Star.
London, England, 1817-06-25 00:00:00

tie rettiat lc *.s well fottnileci, file *tithing tai,
untying of their notice. Look to the state of Its
where the public yoke was ompressed—eonsidet t.
murders and malignant crime! that pct trailed
degraded and enslaved country. Let Ministers Lt..
wise look totlie conditinn of Pnrotgal, w bete the steel
theassassin superseth d the exercise to la*, and r. v.: •
ed wrongs her seltich Coorts of Justire afford, d s• rc
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dress. Did Ministers consider, that by stispendsoinii
liberties, arid c.aimirg the powers of arhiti :try puni,i,
ment a pretence of justice, or any of the
1 tot ms of trial. they were doing nil that they could e,
change the c;:aracter of the people of England,
bring then to a level with Ole most degraded riskier:.
and
.to renter them malignant, murderous, and te•
vengeful? lie ( Lord Co:fluor) never felt
pain on any ()cession as now. when he obsetved the
treaset es in pronttess. and contemplated them C4)1,1.
SillAi.tst'S. The l2ortimittee had yone tryond its
strt:ctiors ; is was ordered to report ;nfohn4tion: and
not to recommend specific acts :t deinotism it nas
constituted in a way that it caul.' be expected tc ite
nothing else but the tocsl ot Minister,. At first 14,e
names of the Members were pretended to be chore •
by ballot ; but an Hon. Member (Mr. Brougham)
read the list before it was announced. Was not Ons
a mockery, a palpable deceit, a delusion ? Was it no;
like the packing of a Government Jury ? He (Leet
Cochrane) pledged himself to bring torward a nee..
sure to correct the present made ot balloting, and :a
obtain a more unbiassed clestion ? Then the Kepi::
of this Committee concluded by recommending a
measure for the suspension of the people's rights.—
This was of a piece with the ether measures of
the House. lip did not recollect a single instance
in which it attended to the Petitions or corm Led
with the wishes of the People—(Hear,
Unless the House turned over a new leaf, unless it
changed its system, it could not much longer pro.
teed in its career. To suppose that Borough-mnu-
gering oligarchy could be long supported by a di s-
potic military force, was an ammo delusion. Tae
British peor,le would not allow their Constitution is
be so uestroyed, and that too by men Ike the present
Ministers. He ls.td now expressed rather his tre!ines
than his opinions or arguments, and he could in t
help warning Ministers of their danger. A despotic.
Government was always the most insecure, end a
Revolution %vas rapid in proportion as the cppressicn
of the people was severe. The Dey of Algiers gent.
rally received the first intimations of di.e.onteat trr:at
the rebels who surrounded his Palace to decide i.is
fate, and who must either .lestroy him, or be them-
selves destroyed. He (Lord Cochrane) had him,elt
been present when many heads were cut off fur at-
, tempts at insurrection in that State, and be had sera
them piled along the wail of the city, like shut in de
arsenal of Woolwich. It the present system was
continued, the walls of the Tower would viol La
covered with heads in a similar manner, or the heazs',
of his Majesty's Ministers must be cut off—(.4 :au.; l).!
Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON felt himself called
upon to say a few words iu answer to the Right He-
nourable Gentleman (the Lord Mar et) who had
complained that, the, executive had not treated him
with sufficient respect. He was astonished to hear
such a charge, because he knew that in the °lice
with which the Right Honourable Gentleman was
at the time in a constant intercourse, the highest on'.
Mon was entertained of his intrepidity and pnbli:
services. He bey god to state, that Ann tue 'A of
December a detachment of Life Guards was em-
ployed in dispersing the mob in Skinnersitreet, two
of whom were wounded in the execution of their duty.
He stated these things because he was afraid She
Right Honourable Gentleman was disposed to attri-
blue a negligence of duty in the office of his Nobler.
lotion. With respect to the paper which had been re.
ferred to, he wished it to be clearly understood, that
though the printer was acquitted of any criminai
design, yet there was an expression of the disap•
probation of the Government upon the tran,•actina.
. With respect to the employment of Oliver, he stolid
merely state that he came forward voluntarily with
his information, gave most respectable references to
his character, and had nut stipulated or received asy
remuneration whatever (Ilear,hear).—He knew that
the suspension of the Habeas Corpus was justly viewed
as a desperate measure, and could only be justified
by the most urgent Lccessity ; but he cont.idarvd tits
necessity tiow existed, and he believed the country at
large was of a similar opinion.
The LORI) MAYOR explained. The r :fluty
never appeared at Skinner-street at all, nor near the
Tower. The first time they made their appearance
was when the mob had reached Aldgate, after tie
mob had dispersed, and when a few only remained
picking up arms in the street.
Mr. MACDONALD said, as the Unite tvas
r anxious for the division, he should reserve lernte.;
for another oppot tunny. The House then die•ded—
Ayes, SO—Noes, JO—Majority, 50.
The Bill was of course read a second time.
Lord CAS FLEREAG H then said, he ....4sltesi
to be committed to-morrow, and to be read a r; •-!
time on Friday, when the amendment of the Ri.efit
Hon. Bart. (Sir J. Newport) would be best briny::
forward, as the House would then be better attecete.
in all probability, than upon the Committee.
Sir J. NEWPORT expressed his detelminat.cr.
oppose the Lill in every stage.