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PARLIAVIENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 6.

The Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill was brought up from
the House of Commons, and read a erst time.
Mr. Idasos, ftom the India House, presented, pursuant to
pram as Account of the Revenue and Charges of the several
hovernments in India; and also an Account of Penelope and
Salaries granted by the BM India Company.
The Irish Inland Navigation Rill and the Seamen's Wages
Thu were read a third time, and passed.
The Sale of Bread 818 and the Irish Rate of Interest Rill
went through a Committee of the whole House.
?dr. BTNG brought up from the House of Commons the Bill
for establishing a New Gas Light Company in the Metropolis.—
Adjourpcd.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Gleravrtey Divorce Bill was read the second time, and
the House having resolved itself into a Committee on the said
Bill, Mr. Purses was beard at the Bar, and several witnesses
examined oa behalf of the Bill. No Counsel appeared on the
other side.
The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be
read the third time to-morrow.
Colonel DAVIES brought in his Bill for the better prevent-
ing the Adulteration of Clover, and other Seed, previous to Its
being exposed to sale.—Read a first, and ordered to be read a
second time on Wednesday next.
Mr. WI LBERFORCE renewed his notice of motion for
Papers relative to the Slave Trade, for Wednesday next.
The Report of the Dwelling-house Robbery Bill was received,
and the Bill ordered to he lead a third time on Friday.
The Report of the Navigable Rivers Robbery Bill was also
received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Friday.
Mr. LUSI I I NGTON brought in a Bill for better securing
the Duties of Excise on Tobacco.—Read a first time, and or-
dered to be read a second time on Wednesday.
Alderman WOOD presented the Report of Minutes of Evi-
dence taken before the London Bridge Committee.
Mr. RICARDO presented a Petition from certain indivi-
duals, praying that Saving Banks might be permitted to grant
annuities on a small scale.
Mr. WORTLEY presented a Petition from Halifax, against
the Foreign Wool Duty.
Mr. W ROTTESLEY brought in a Bill for allowing the re-
moval of the Settings of Cemmiseioners of Bankrupts from
Gulidhall to the building prepared for them.—Bead a first, and
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow week.
A Petition was presented from the Manufacturers of Worsted
Yarn, praying a repeal of the Foreign Wool Tax.
Mt. SCARLETT presented a Petition from St. Pancras, in
favour of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill. The Hon. Member
then moved, that the Report on this Bill should be taken Into
further considention on Thursday sennight.
Sit G. HILL moved for various Returns, relative to the F.L.
port of Irish Linens, and the Duties paid thereon.—Ordered.
The Justice of the Peace Bill went through a Committee.—
Report to-morrow.
Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY put a question to the Honourable
Secretary of State, respecting a person of the name of Hender-
son, a Collector of Assessed Taxes in the neighbourhood of
Southanspeou, who was accused of making vexatious surcharges.
Jie had fainnerly tailed the attention of the House to this per-
son's conduct, but he found he still retained his situation.
Mr. LUSIIINOTON said, be had never heard the name
of this individual before, either as a subject of complaint or
otherwise.

LANCASTER JAIL.
Sir F. BURDETT esented a Petition from G. Williams,
Esq. a Magistrate for 're, complaining of the practice
which prevailed in the Jail of that County of opening letters
addressed toper's= imbued in that prison.—The Petition was
referred to the Committee on Jails.
JAMES said, be had formerly alluded to this practice,
which prevailed in Lancaster Jail, and bad stated, that even his
letters hat been opened. He was surprised that the House did
not consider that act as $ breach of privilege.
Mr. B. WILBRAIIAM urged the necessity there was that
the correspondence of prisoners should be subjected to restraint.
Mr. BENNETT agreed with his Honourable Friend, that
restraint was nteetsary to a man degree, where the correvond-
ence might be between bad people within the walls and bad
people without. The only question was, in whose bands that
power of restraint tested? Hs was convinced it ought noeto

be In the hands of the tailor, whose conduct the correspondence
might relate to.—The Petition Was ordered to be printed.

POOR LAWS AMENDMENT BILL.
• Petitions were presented from /Ink, from Exeter, and other
places, by Mr. T. Coe: elver, against the Poor Laws Amend-
ment Bill.
Mr. MANSFIELD presented. a Petition from St. Mary's,
Leicester, against the Poor laws Amendment Bill; and a similar
Petition from St. Margaret's, Leicester; and also one from the
Parish of All Saints, in the same'place. Ordered to lie on the table.
Sir ROBERT WILSON presented a Petition from Liver-
pool, against the Poor Laws Amendment Bill. This was called
a Poor Relief Bill; but he, as the Petitioners did, considered it
as a Poor Spoliation Bilk
Mr. SCARLETT defended the Bill. Ile was sorry a Gen-
tleman possessing the talent of his Honourable and Gallant Friend
should call this a Poor Spoliation Bill, whilst it was in fact a Bill
most friendly to the interests of the Poor. Ile was convinced,
notwithstanding what bad been said, that the Agricultural Pa-
rishes were in favour of the Bill.
Mr. CALCRAFT condemned the Bill. Perhaps some Agri-
cultural rarishes might be in favour of the Bill, but a great ma-
jority of the Public were against it.
Mr. SCARLETT wished Gentlemen who condemned this
Bill would do it in a fair and manly manner, and not by raising
a factions cry against it, by giving it a nick-name, and calling it
a Spoliation Bill. His I-Immutable Friends should recollect, that
the great portion of the Poor Rates was paid by the middling
classes, and not by therich--by a elan of persons who were op-
pressed and borne down by the present system of Puor Laws.
Sir ROBERT WILSON denied that he had any wish to,
raise a factious cry against this measure. Ile had said, the Bill
would, in effect, be a Bill of Spoliation ; and he would repeat it.
Mr. CALCRAFT again repeated his objections to the Bill :
he was not aware, however, that any angry feeling was called
for on this subject, for he was convinced not a single line of bis
Hon. Friend's thU would pass into a law.
Sir C. BURRELL defended the Bill. The gallant General
had declared he had no intention of raising any factious cry.—
lie could not say what the gallant General's intention was, but
certainly his language was calculated to have that effects
The Petition was received, and ordered to be printed.

THE " CONSTITUTIONAL" ASSOCIATION.
Dr. LUSHINGTON said, he rose to present a Peti-
tion from an individual of the name of Thomas Dolby,
and he regretted that, at that hour of the evening, he
should have to complain of the absence of his Ma-
jesty's Ministers; for hi considered the subject which
he had to bring unJer the attention of the House one
of great importance, and well deserving the.consi-
deration of all the members of his Majesty's Govern-
' ment. The Petitioner represented that he had been
prosecuted by the body styling itself the Constitu-
tional Association—that he had for thirteen years

carried on the business of printer and publisher, and
never during that time was he subjected to a prose-
cution—that in a short space of time he had been
twice prosecuted by this self-styled Association—
that he had hitherto escaped the vigilance of the At-
torney-General and the Secretary of &ate, and had
at last fallen into the hands of the Association. He
further represented, that an indictment was pre-
ferred against him, for a publication which had been
discontinued before the prosecution was instituted.—
It was important that the House should be aware of
the circumstances under which the proceedings were
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commenced, because it would be ielf-evident, that
if the Attorney. General had to determine upon the
propriety of instituting a prosecution in this case, he
would not have agreed in the policy of doing so.—
After the bill was found, the Petitioner was arrested
and held to bail. And here he could not avoid no-
ticing, that the Association rested themselves entirely
upon the authority of four Acts which had been re-
cently passed by Parliament, and which he would
ever consider as mqst mischievous innovations on the
spirit of the Constitution. These they put forth as
their authority. Under one of them, the Petitioner
was held to bail for his appearance, and for his good
behaviour. He had subsequently had several inter.
views with a Mr. Murray ; a negotiation was entered
into, and the terms of an adjustment was proposed
by Murray. Let the House see the nature of these
terms, which this Association thought itself justified
in proposing. First, he desired it to be recollected,
that it was not the sentence of the Court itself that a
defendant had most to apprehend ; it was the hin-
drance to his trade—the dispersion of his customers,
and the manifold consequences that attend the break-
ing up of an establishment. And it was the consi-
deration of these circumstances that would induce
every man to agree in the policy of leaving prosecu-
tions of this nature entirely in the hands of Govern.
silent at large; but the terms which Murray laid
down to the defendant were these: that he should
submit to plead guilty—paying all the costs of the
proceedings instituted against him—that he should
surrender up his stock—that he should give informa-
tion who was the author of the publication—and,
lastly, that he should not sell any books, except
such as the Association should deem to be blot:
fensive, for a period of two years--(Laud cheers).
Upon hearing this statement, did it not directly oc-
cur to every man, that this was a proceeding of a
most illegal nature? He would take it upon him to
say, that there was not a man in the House, who
would doubt that an attempt on the part of any body
of men to wrest his property from any individual un-
der the threats of a formal prosecution—to subject
his future business to their superintendence—to do
nothing except by their permission ; no man could
doubt such an attempt was a conspiracy, and that
the persons accessary to it were illegal conspirators.
He would contend that their proceedings violated the
Constitution—violated every law. The Petitioner
further stated, that lie was desirous of averting the
vengeance of this high and powerful body—for high
and powerful it was, comprising many individuals in
high stations in the Church, Prelates and others, who
ought to have considered that they were liable to be
appealed to as Judges in the last resort, and ought to
have known that the Constitution could never permit
any individual to take a part in the prosecution of a
case, which by possibility might come before him in
his judicial capacity. The Association likewise in-
cluded some individuals who should tf(en be name-
less, because he was satisfied that they had been se-
duced into the alliance—because their understand-
ings had been betrayed by the example, and he was
sure, the expectations too, of busy meddling fools,
such as he saw were presiding over the self-consti-
tuted Society. The negotiation, however, broke off;
the terms proposed were not enough for their ven-
geance; they instituted a second prosecution against
the Petitioner, and immediately arrested him. They
carried him before a Judge, but there they refused to
take the securities offered by the Petitioner, because
they were the same persons who had bailed -him on
the former occasion. The Honourable and Learned
Gentleman enlarged upon the hardships to which a
poor man might be put under such circumstances.
But the Association would not be satisfied with leav-
ing the case to a common Jury —they must have a

Special Jury. The Petitioner applied to the Court of
King's Bench, and moved for a rule, calling on M
Murray to famish the names of the Association. The
Court of King's Bench determined that the defendant
was entitled to put the queaion to every man on the
Jury, whether or not he belonged to the Association?
He could not help thinking that it was a most extra-
ordinary circumstance that the Court should b'e com-
pelled to resort to such an expedient as they had de-
vised—an expedient that was unnecessary and unpre-
cedented until a Constitutional Association had risen
up and rendered such an innovation necessary—
(Cheers). As to the legality of the Association, it
had been defended by reference to the existence of
the Sotiety for the Suppression of Vice. He has al-
ways thought that the inutility and absurdity of that
Society were alike : it had been worse than useless,
for it had even injured public morals, by drawing
subjects into notice that otherwise would have re-
mained in obscurity. He should never forget the
mock-modesty with which it had sent a notice to an
Honourable Baronet, complaining of the indecorum
of some of the ornaments of his residence—(Hear,
and laughter). , The Petitioner went on to state, that
if some means of repression were not adopted by the
House, he might still further suffer from the perse-
cution of this body, calling itself a Constitutional As-
sociation ; and he prayed, therefore, that the Howe
would afford him such relief as was within its power.
As he (Dr. Lushington) wai firmTy of opinion that
there was a design in this Association to curtail the
liberty of the Press, under the specious pretext of re-
pressing disloyalty ; a, he saw plainly that the ob-
ject of the leaders of the combination was to ingra-
tiate themselves with Ministers, and not to promote
the benefit of the country; that their proceedings
were the result partly of folly and partly of mean-
ness ; and that he was satisfied that mischief must be
the consequence of taking prosecutions out of the
hands of the constituted Authorities, the Home Secre-
tary and the Attorney-General; he gave his cordial
support to the prayer of the Petition, and begged
leave to bring it up--(Hear, hear).
Sir M. CHOLMELEY said, he differed from the
Hon. and Learned Member who sat down, as to the
views which he took of the objects of the Constitu-
tional Association. He (Sir M. Cholmeley) was a
Member of that Association ; but he did not stand
up now to defend any of their acts, for reasons which
he would shindy state. He was induced first to in-
scribe his name amongst the Members of this Asso-
ciation, from a feeling of disgust which he could not
help entertaining towards the indecent exhibition of
seditious caricatures in every street about town. His
eyes were insulted on all sides by the display of pa-
ragraphs and caricatures on the walls and in the win-
dows of every street through which he passed—
(Hear, hear).—Things were different in his time;
when he was a boy, he remembered that lie was
obliged to go into a shop if he wanted to see a bad
caricature!—( A laugh).—Now such things were exs
posed gratuitously, and, as he thought, for bad pur-
poses. One caricature in particular filled him with
disgust—it was called 44 A kick up in a Great House,"
and represented a mad bull with a woman on its
back, tossing -about some figures of Bishops, and
putting even Royalty itself into alarm!—(A land/r).—
He thought such exhibitions very indecent, and he
therefore joined this Association, who professed to
put down all improper exhibitions without regard to
any party—(Hear, hear).—He repeated that the As-
sociation was not set up to prosecute any particular
party. He had promised often to attend their Meet-
ings, but the close attendance which he was obliged
to give lately to his Parliamentary duties—the late
hours to which he was kept up at night—( A laugh)
--disabled him hitherto from being often present.—
He did not, therefore, hold himself responsible for
any of their acts, but he would venture to affirm that
their objects were loyal; and for himself he could
say, that though he did not bring a great share of
talent to that House, yet no man there possessed a
more loyal heart, or one that would shrink less from
the performance of his duties—(Hear, hear).
Mr. DENMAN was sure every one gave credit to
the Hon. Baronet for his loyal feelings, but the state-
ment which he had just made was the strongest evi-
dence of the mischief which this Association was
likely to. produce. It proved that many worthy per-
sons had joined this Association, who left the di: posal
of unlimited funds to persons of whom they knew
nothing, and over whom they had no controul. He
(Mr. Denman) was quite sure that the Hon. Baronet
would never have become a member of it, if he had .
seen the Circular, signed by a pet son named Sharp,
and had heard of the conduct imputed to various
members of the Association in the Petition before the
House—(Hear).—He could not help saying, that if
it were proper to put down libels of this description
(which he did not mean to dispute, though it might
be done by the authorities at present existing), it still
must appear a little extraordinary that there should
be such an extreme soreness and tenderness as to
libels on one side of a question, and such a callous-
ness and supineness as to the infamous slanders cir-
culated on the other—(Hear, bear).—This was an
inconsistency of a most singular and unaccountable
kind, if, as the lion. Baronet had been assured, the
object of the Association was in no respect political.
Strange, indeed, it-was, that respectable individuals
should confine their measures of prudence to a few
poor publishers, acting openly under the eye of the
world, and yet, perhaps, come to this Association
reeking from the disgusting, sculking, and anony-
mous scandal promulgated on every successive Sun-
day—(Hear, hear).--He should not have now risen,
had not the Hon. Baronet appeared to refer to some
expressions used by him (Mr. Denman) in another
place. In no instance, and under no circumstances
would lie forego the right of an English advocate,
to make any observation the interests of his client
seemed to demand, in the course of a base and infa-
mous prosecution !—(Hear, hear).-11 owever exalted
might be the personage to whom that observation
might apply, however protected by the laws, if he
(Mr. Denman) saw him acting improperly ia the
course of k prosecution he was employed to resist,
he should not hesitite as to the line of conduct he
should pursue—(Hear).—No circumstance sliculd
induce him to sacrifice the invaluable privilege that
belonged to him as an Advocate in an English Court
ofJusuce. He regretted, indeed, that the expres-
sions he had used were extorted from him by the
facts of the case ; but if he were again placed in die
same situation, he should feerit his duty to repeat
them—(Hear, hear)..-.-The question was then put,

that the Petition be read ; and Sir W. Cnnintry
intimated across the table, that Mr. Denman haj
mistaken him.

Mr. DEN MAN added, that he wished to be clearly
understood by the House, as he had been grimly
misunderstood and misrepresented on the subject to
which he had alluded. He thought that the lion,
Baronet had referred to him (Mr. Denman), and to%
comparison drawn between Neto and an exalted in.
dividual whom he was not at liberty to name.

The Petition was then read by the Clerk, as follows;
" To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kinrdom of

Great Britain and Inland, in Par Hansen.. assembled.

" The Petition of the undersigned Thomas Dolby, or de
Strand, in the County of Middlesex, bookseller,

" Sheweth—That your Petitioner hat been settled in bodily,'
as a bookseller for thirteen years, during which time he has crewed
himself in the support of his family by honest industry, and hn
never been convicted of publishing any libel, public or private.
" That a number of persons have lately combined togethee
form a Society, under the name of s The Constitutional Ana.
dation,' and to raise large funds for the ostensible purpose
checking the alleged increase of disloyalty and sedition.
" That an indictment was lately preferred againft your Pr&
firmer, under the direction of this Association, by Mr. Murray.
their secretary and solicitor.
" That such indictment was preferred against yo dr Petitions.
for an alleged political libel, in an obscure periodical plii !icattast.
which was quite unsaleable, and had been dk:ontiniud below
the prost cution.
' "That after a true bill bad been found on such ir dictrunt,
and your Petitioner bad been arrested and hold to bail thereat
for his appearance, and for his gond behaviour in the meantime,
your Petitioner bad several intervi•ws with Mr. Murray,during
the last of which terms were proposed by Mr. Murray. on behaf
of the Association, who, in consideration of your Petitioner's
submitting to plead guilty, to pay all costs, to deliver up his Ed,.
to give certain information as to the author of the alleged wad.
'and ester into an engagement not to sell any hooks which the
Association might deem offer viye for two years, offered to waive
bringing up your Petitioner for judgment.
" That your Peritioder being desirous to get rid of thee:pew
and hazard of defending himself against so pow,rful a body, was
willing to accede to some of the above terms, and the ranee were
nearly concluded, and considerable information had been oh.
tabled from your Petitioner, when, on a sudden, without any
reason being alleged, the said Mr. Murray informed your Peti.
tioner that all negotiation must cease.
" That within three or four days after sack negeciston had
been broken off, your Petitioner was arrested on the finding d
a second indictment, which, from the shortness of time that
had elapsed, your Petitioner believes must have ken in preps.
ration while the negotiation was actually pending, anti in lest
than au hour after his arrest he was called upon to plead m 'ads
indictment in the Court of King's Bench.
" That Mr. Justice Holt oyd, the Judge then presiding in the
Court, ordered your Petitioner to put in bail at the sitting
fudge's chambers that evening; but in consideration of the dust
notice which your Petitioner had received of his alleged offence,
he allowed your Petitioner further time to determine on hispies.
" That accordingly your Petitioner apps arse! be.ore Jet.
tice Beet, at his chambers, and offered as i'lll to the second is.
dictmeut the same parties who had already bailed your Petitioner
under the first indictment.

" That on this occasion Mr. Murray obj,•cted to the semi/
offered by these parties, and contended that the recognizantes
entered into by them under the first indierin •nt !tad been foe
faired by the mere finding of the second indictment, and he an-
nounced his intention of immodiately taking proceedings is the
Court of Exchequer fur estreariug such reccgnizances.
'6 That in consequence of such notice so given before his lard:
ship, your Petitioner's bail required him to sell his property and
provide for their security, which your Petitioner accordingly
took steps fur deirg, and should have carried into to his
own total ruin, if he had not discovered that the threat so held
out could not be legally executed; but yotir Petitioner is in-
formed that another defendant, similarly circun,s:an,. : was, in
consequence of the threatened pr.-Jct.:dings, unable get bail
who would run the risk thereof, and that he, in ccsiscquence, re.
mains in confinement.

" That a Rule for a Special Jury having been obtained by the
prosecutors, your Petitioner called unett Mr. Mtrray to pro-
duce and deliver to your Petitioner the names and adureases of
all members of the Association liable to serve eu limes in the
county of Middlesex, when it appeared that such list could not
be furnished in a State to be of much use yru: Petitioner;
the addresses of many of the members not being known, and
there being she many anonymous members, or per-ans adopting
feigned names, contrary, as your Petitioner submits, to the
words and intent of the Act of the 39th of his late Majesty,
making all Societies illegal of-which the names of the members,
11 or any of them, shall be secret from the Societe, at larr, or sf
r which the names of all the members shut: not be entcted in a
bolls to be kept for that purpose.
" That in consequence of such inability to produce a proper
list, the Court of King's Beech has ouly been able to as-iat your
Petitioner, by allowing him, en the approaching old, to inter-
rogate each Juryman as to his connection with the Association.
" That your Petitioner conceives that this (though perhaps al
the remedy which could, under the circumstances, be extended
to hint) is, in fact, very impel feet. inasmuch as he submits that
he ought not to be obliged to depend solely on the word or oath
of any individual who may be influenced by strong political
feelings; and, moreover, your Petitioner submits that a Jury.
man may not be bound to admit that he Is a secret member d
the Association, and thereby subject himself to the penalties d
the said acct. .

" That your Petitioner humbly submits to your Honourable
House that this self-styled ' Constitutional Association' is, ill
fact, illegal, unconstitutional, oppressive, and mischievous.
" That independently of the arguments against such combina-
tions, on grounds of public policy, your Petitioner is advised
that they are illegal at the common law, and that (in the words
of Chit t' Justice Newton) ' if a man labours to indict another,
and he is indicted, it is maintenance, for that the indictment is
the action of the King, and the statute prohibits maintenance
in all quarrels and actions.' That, moreover, one of the avowed
objects')! the Association is to open correspondence with Brandt
Associations, contrary to the form of the statute of the 39th
George I I I. AS your Petitioner submits.
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s, That the self-styled' Constitutional Association' (as appears
in your Petitioner's case) assumes in a most unaccountable num-
tier to itself, and to individuals who have no interest in the al-
leged charge, that discretionary power of instituting and drop.
ping prosecutions, which has heretofore been exclusively exer-
cised by the law officers of the Crown.
" That this discretionary power, thus usurped by a combi-
nation of private individuals, is not likely to be exerted withtk
prudence, forbearance, and humanity, which may be expe
to mark the exercise of it by a responsible Public Officer; rill
your Petitioner submits that the proceedings of Societies are
frequently marked by disregard to many of the milder feefirds •
which usually actuate individuals.
" That it would, in fact, appear from the conduct pursarai
the Agents of the Association, that their purpose is not so muck
to bring cases of alleged libel to a fair trial by a Jury, as, if Pi'
Wile, to punish on their own judgment of the offence, and by
impoverishing and alarming the persons whom they select for
prosecutio:!, to force them to a compliance with the conditions
exacted by their prosecutors.
" That your Petitioner will not enlarge on the cl';ec'itils
which hare been and may be urged, on public ground., aZa'-"t
this Association, as calculated to divide and distract the cons:
ntunity into partial combinations, and to subject the Public
Press to a single party in the State, via:. to that pol:t c l par,
to which the nimibers of a Society may choose to and thcir
countenance; he is chiefly ,le-irnus of laying le•fore rvr no'
iaaurable (louse the practical operati• n of proct:ediegs which
affect the very sources of justice, and winch he begs ka,.e•hordy
to recapi:t.l.,to, Viz. that the Society's prosecutions are coarltxted
by irresponsible persons, and by bodies actuated by strong poli•
tical feelii:zs, actuating them to attack only their political NO`
cents, and to rake up publications which the fair and open Ad-
ministration of Government, acting tinder official responsihilitis
and the controtil of public ()pinker, woul.l nveilrok; that Co
submission can be made to each a Society whel, a dett'llhllt
can be sure will be acted upon b4staAk, or which it is not de-
gradiag for a man In make to those sit his neighbours who woo
,sume the right to sit in judgment cover him; that he has
means of knowing that the Grand Jury did not comprise
of his prosecutors; that the proceedings of the Society prevail
his having any tither gitartiatee that his prosecutors do not serve.
Oa the Sip:dal or Common Jury, cscept their own assertura:
.1141 that it is not clear that a Juryman is bound to answer