Star.
London, England, 1827-06-01 00:00:00

. —.lent upon his ezettions for their suppoit; and
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ilt;t be and they must be utterly ruined it it should
Aot please klur House to liberate him. The Petitioner,
ithereforp, prayed that the House would order his dis-
charge, and, in consideration of his reduced circum-
nces, without the payment of any. fees. The Hon.
ember was proceeding to address the House, and to
found a motion npon:the Petition, when, .
The SPEAKER said that he would, with the permiso
pion of the House, state what was the usual practice id
such cases. When any Hon. Member intended to pre-
sent a Petition similar to the one before the House, and'
to found a motion upon such Petition, it was usual for'
notice, to betiven of the intention previous to the day'
of presenting the Petition; and when any similar Peti
Lion was presented without any previous notice, the
custom was for the Hon. Member presenting it to move
,that it be printed, and to fist the day on which he in-
tended to call the attention Of the,House to it. If some
such systeut.were not_foliowed, the House would be
taken by surprise... :
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After a few remarks from Mr. EWAN and Mr. Hod
in support of the view taken by the Speaker,
Mr. MANNING said, that he had yesterday evening
mentioned to several Hon. Members, who had taken an
active part in the proceeding, his intention to present
the Petition he had laid before the House; and if they
were not in their places, that TO no fault of his. lie
had not, however, the slightest wish to. take die goose
auntie ;and would therefore move that the Petition
should be printed, and give notice that he would to 7
morrow bring forward, a motion which would here for.
its object the granting of the prgrr.—The PetitiorcwO
I then ordered to be printed..

Inc. salt aCT.S. . . .
Mr. MIME said.. that th!!mqtion which he was
About to submit torthe,llouse, youldhave for its ob-
ject the repeal of one of. those Acts, casintonly called
the Six Acts,,, which. were passed in the Session of
1819.. :He bad strongly objected to the measure at
the time: It was brought forward, and he did so
.because 4,was injurious to the liberty of the press.—
Hehad fat some time intended to bring his motion
before she House, but. circumstances had induced
bite tr? defy doing so, and he was certainly not.sorry,
thatanckwas the case, when he considered the change
which 13,11 taken.place.in the Ministry. He hoped
and expected that those who bad agreed with him. in
opiuion, .before they had changed their side of dte.
House woßld. still sapport him. At the time of .t.the
passing of the-Six Acts, it was allowed. by those who
brought theca for ward that. nothing but the peculiar,
circumstances of the time could call for such a pro.
.ceeJing; and he maintained that whatever might
have been the state of the public mind .in 1819, no
period could be. more favourable to a repeal of .the
offensive measures that} the present. • In this enlight-
.eqed age they were . a disgrace to the statute h00k,—..,
than Apts.had -expired' in• 1621,, . and had not

gen.. greatly _ , Upon
the principles he had laid down heanticipated but little
difference-of opiniotui It would become the liberal
Government they riow had, he should say he hoped they
now had, to take the' first opportunity of freeing the
Statute Book from those blots which it had contracted
at a period when the circumstances of the times fortel
' tbe House into a violent and unconstitutional course of
Legislation. He did not know whether cap. S. Or tap:
9 of the Statutes of that year, ought first to be repealed,
his opinion was that they ought both to le repealed
together, and he felt that he was open io the inwuta.
Lion of going only half way in proposing the lora, of
one. !here was no alteration which could be proposed
that would more deeply interest the countiy,and Done
for which he was personally more anxious,* excel t rig
always a diminution - of the public expenditure, and
reduction of taxation. He should conclude by 'moving
for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act of the 60th
of Geo.III. entitled .4 An Act to impose Stamp Duties
upon certain Publications, and to-check the circulation
of blasphemous and seditious 1ibe1..."

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the Hon.
Gentleman did not pursue a very judicious course in
manifesting that warm friendship he professed towards
his Majt.sty's Government. If the repeal of these Acts
was to be followed by so much popularity, it would
have been better not to run before them, and tints
Wyk* to deprive them of it. • 111eny parts of this Act
were amitneed by all parties at the period when is was
passed, and it was bad masoning to say that everyone
who then disproved of certain parts of it shouldnow
vote fat its total repeal, after it had obtained the sanc-
tion of a large majority in Patliament, and having had
a trial of several Teats had been found to produce ao
evil. To put 'these publications on the same fooling
with Newspapers wasnn act of impartial justice to the
different patties•interested, and gave a protection to the
public, which was•much required against the excesses
of a certain class of Writers. As one of a series of mea-
sures, this Act met with.the opposition of the side of
the House where he and his Hon. Friend then sat.i,but
this was certainly no reason why they shoald now sup..
port the isolated repeal of one of them. In his judg.
meat this Act ought to remain otithc Statute kook ;
although certain clauses, he thought now,las he did -
the time of the - adeaqtageotts:
been omitted.
of the diffusion

publications;

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posed to a charge
dical publications
son why the

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merely proposed
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tam clauses, he thought uow;.as he did at
le enactment, might advantageously h ye
. The Hon. Gentlonian had-spoken much
3:1 of intelligence by means of these small [iPli
but was he prepare) to say, that since the
is Act there had been any decrease of such
' Why should the' Daily Papers
.be ex-
large for stamps, from which other petit).
lions were to be exempt? He saw no rea.
stamp, and the same regulations, should
led to both. If the Hon. Member had I
osed the repeal of certain clauses of the ;.
it, perhaps ;• have acceded to the proposal ;
ed hirnied" to nothing; and, much as he