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',tweeter tot, on wlkidh day it assembled, purstiant been *conveyed ta the prisoner wee stilt open to Etta. f Was And to proposi, and of the necessity which
,in. It then went onto municate it. The opinions of the Judges had been, called foe it; as they were aware that the measure
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State that the Lords Commissioners, whose names taken, and no ground was left for supposing, that, if was to be liy Bill, and 6cl already heard those Argu-
s" w specified in the present Commission. or any three the fountain of mercy had been open, to access, inir ! ments which had induced them to prefer that mode
°r more of than, were thereby authorised to notify thing Would have been Submitted in application for of proceeding., he felt it unnecessary foi him, after
ani declare the reasons and causes for the opening its exercise. . • . all the debates that had taken place upon it, to do
and holding the prey et Session of, arliament. The Mr. SHERIDAN replied, that he would be tilt': more than merely move for le.tvc to bring it in ; ac,
hut man to set afloat any loose ideas upon a matter cordingly he and red for leave to bring in a Bill to
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Commissioners so empowered were-
-sissies Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Ed4aril Venable, of such delicacy. He was fully aware of the res Pi- ' provide ft* the administration of the. Royal Alitlio-
I.„fd Archbishop of Ne..rk, John Lord Eldon (Lord Chancllor ofing.power left to the disciltion of the Judges, but the ,pity, for the care of the Royal person during his Ma-
Cret. Briotin), John Jeffries Earl Camden, John Earl 0t Chance for
present case had nothing to do with that power„nei- i jesty's illness, and for the restimption of the Royal
land, Jam-as Dukc of Monuose, Herrage Earl of Aylesford,
tner Fart gaiblints Robert Banks Earl of Liverpool, Daley tiler had the circumstances* 'pectin the murder any , Authority upon his Majesty's recovery.
liac-nlrs'i /-.l..rrewhy, Rkhaol Lord Wellesley, Henry Lord aeue thing to d 6 with it. The Right Honourable Secretary i Mr. WILLIAM SMITH did not rise to retard
Erase, and Edssard I.ord znenberousb. had in a late instance in Scotland exercised the Royal ' proceedings which had been already too dilatory, but
And statin that the Commission proceeded on the Prerogative of mercy—he has respited a convict twice. ,to express his very great regret; that the early adop-
author itv of g
esters Patent under the Great Seal, ke. e.resorted did net blame him for this ; the necessity justified ! Lion of other measures had not been to, in
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The Commission brine rend, . it—but no difference in the cases could justify an. in-1 order to prevent delays and difficulties which had oc-
The LORD CHANCELLOR again addhused dividni4 subject idrespeetthg one man by an cotension , curred.
the Assembly : ,of the Royal.mercy, and giving up another to death I The Motion for leave to bring in the 8.11 was then
" My LAAD3 AND GENIICIa', by withholding it ; no matter whether it was a case ! agreed to mint. con. and the Chancellor of the Exche-
" Acting by virrne, and under the authority given to wand verging open manslaughter—whether the Jury had quer, Mr. Secretary Ryder, Lord Clive, the Attorney
.tnongst i entertained any doubts previous to their ultimate ver- • and Solicitor-General, and Mr. Robert Dundas, were
the other Lords in hiq Majesty's Commi.s ion now rcatl,a
cow, things, we ate authorised to notify and declare the reasons dict of conviction—no matter whether it was or was 'ordered to prepare and bring in the same.
and ceases for sbe evening and holding the Session of Parlia- not a case of the foulest murder, the question as to till The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Dent; and we have only in the present instance to discharge our usurpation of the first prerogative of the Crown was -then brought up the Bill, which was read a first
auty, by calling your earnest and inrmediate attention to the af- still the same. Hetheretore put the merits of thisparti- time—ordered to be read a second time to-morrow,
gluing circumstance of his Majesty's present indisposition; In cular case altogether out of the question. The Right and to be printed.
order that you may provide as far s may be possible, for the Hon. Gentleman had said, that the Judges would not CALL Ole THE HOUSE--PRIYATt RILLS.
can. and preservation of the sacred person of his Majesty, for have recommended to mercy ;he could not argue that., The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
os due maintenance of his Royal dignity, and for the personal therefore, the Royalmercy mightnot havebeen extend- said that there were two points which he wished
nrcite of his Royal authority, in such a-wanner, and to such ex- ed. It was, in fact, extended in cases where the convicts to submit to the consideration of the House—the
teat. as the exigencies of the case may appear to require." found other channels to the Royal mercy than through one related to the expediency of a Call of the
The comin„ns then withdrew from the Bar, and the Judges. He mentioned the noted case of M'Quirk, House for Thursday next. He admitted' that this
returned to their own House. who had been convicted of murder, and though not was but short uotia ; but considering the many
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The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice of his recommended by the Judges, became an object of the notices Gentlemen have had, together with the so.
intention to submit the prepositions which he had al- Royal mercy. Another case was that of one Ken- lemn urgency of the present occasion, be thought
ready stated, touching the question of Proxies, to the nedy, who had killed a watchman on Westminster that the notice was not too short. (Thar, hear.) He
consideration of their Lordships, tomorrow se'nnight, Bridge ; here the Royal mercy was extended, though should therefore, with the consent of the House, move
and moved that the Lords be summoned for that day. a subscription had been set on foot to enable the wi- on sitting, that the House be called over on Thursday
—Ordered. dow of the deceased to petition against this exercise next. The other paint respected the regulations which
The customary orders at the commencement of a of it. But nothing more clearly shewed the present had been generally made at the commencement of a
Session were then made, on the motion of the Earl of maimed and crippled state of the monarchy, than that Session, limiting the period for receiving Petitions on
LIVERPOOL, as the reading of a Bill pro forma, any individual should be obliged to assume the pre. Private Bills. This regulation could not now lie
(the clandestine outlawry) in order to assert the pri- rogative of mercy, and grant or withhold mercy ac- ' adopted in an unqualified nranner, because it was im-
yileges of the House to proceed to the discussion of cording to the dictates of his own discretion. He did possible to prejudge what might be the opinion of the
business or to press Bills, on the motion of any of its not blame the Right. Honourable Gentleman for re- i Regent as to the propriety of proroguing or not pro-
individual Members, Ste. The clearing of the access spiting the convict in Scotland ; the same necessity . roguing the present Parliament ; but with due refer-
to, and passages from, the House of all annoyance or that justified issues of money for the army and navy, ' ence to the occurrence of that contingency, he should
interruption, &c. justified that : but still it was a terrible situation for to-morrow move for the adoption of the customary
The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved that the any subject to be placed, dealing out the Royal mercy
s regulation upon that subject. The Motion was then
LordWalsingliam be appointed Chairman of the Corn- according to his notions of how far it should be grant- I agreed to, and a Call of the House ordered forThurs-
mittee of Privileges, and all the Committees of the ed or denied, and actually usurping the first preroga- i day. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).
House, during the present Session. tive of the first Magistrate of the realm. ----
LordWALSINGHAM, h a few words, expressed Mr. Secretary RYDER admitted the fact of having
his grateful sense of the high honour and the impor- taken upon himself theresponsibility of suspending the
tante of the trust thus conferred upon him. The course of the law respecting the convict in Scotland.
.guestion was then put, and it was ordered accordingly, Why he had done so, he should be ready to explain
nein. aim when called upon. Why he had not done so in a res
His Lordship was also, on the motion of the Noble cent instance, he was equally prepared to account for.
Secretary of State, appointed Chairman of all the The two cases were essentially different. In the for-
Committees for the consideration a Private Bills, I mer he had taken upon him temporarily to suspend
and of all Select and Out-door Committees of their the operation, and not, as the Right Honourable
Lordships, except in the case of the special appoints Gentleman had said, to usurp the prerogative of
Inept of any other Noble Lord ; which was ordered mercy. He had extended no mercy. He had only
accardingly., suspended, till it could be known whether that mercy
1 Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday next. would or would not ultimately be granted. But the
case of the unfortunate' person lately executed was
HOUSt OF COMMONS. different ; the Recorder had reported to him, that the
tLIRKAL ERROR IN THE tasoLCTION. two Judges who had assisted hint in the trial, had
the CHANCELLOR of ti EXCHEQUER entertained no doubt of the guilt of the convict, and
tared the attention of the House to a clerical error I had seen no ground that-could admit of an applica-
which had ituadvereedly crept into the wording of the I tion for mercy : it was, in fact, a case of as foul a
11 Resolutions It had come down to the House worded murder as had ever been committed in England. He
in such a way es to make the whole perfect nonsense. knew not therefore hew, in such a case, he could take
It was desirable to't Ike the speediest method of re- upon himself the responsibility of obstructing the
roving it, in order that upon so solemn an occasion course of justice, and the wholesome provisions of an
their subsequent proceedings might not be obstructed Act of Parliament, in a case where there appeared no
by any error that might appear to be the consequence pretence for doing so. Another consideration was,
of an unseemly negligence. The Resolution as in- that they were doing nothing but what had been la-
tended should stand thus " Resolved, that it is expes ready done. Uuder the same circumstances, in 1789, '
dient that Letters Patent be issued under the Great the same course was pursued ; trials for murder took
Seal, &c. &c. of Great Britain and Ireland, Etc." but place, and execution followed upon conviction.
by an inadvertence of the Clerk, the Resolution now Here the conversation dropped.
sent down stood thus, " Resolved, that it is expedient Lord CIAVE reported at the Bar, that their Lord-
that Letters Patent be issued undef the Great Seal of ships had agreed to the Conference ; the Members op-'
Great Britain and Ireland, called Great Britain."— pointed to hold the former Conference then went forth, '
Thiradmitted but of two constructions ; either that carrying with them the Resolution so amended, and a
the Great Seal was called Great Britain, or that the few minutes after Lord Clive reported that said Confess
'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was tence had been held, and said Resolution, so amended;'
sailed Great Britain; the one construction was non- had been presented, to which they had desired their
sense, and the other false. He should therefore pi-o. Lordships' concurrence.
pose the amending of the Resolution, by leaving out MESSAGE rnom TILE LORDS.
the words " rails/Grew Britain." A Message from the Lords acquainted the House,
Mr. SHERIDAN did not rise to oppose the that their Lordships had agreed to the Resolution an
Amendment of the Resolution, but he did not see any amended. Shortly after Mr. Quarme, the Deputy
impropriety in the wording of the Resolution, merely Usher of the Black Rod, knocked at the door, and hays i
because it was nonsensical, since, for that reason, it ing been admitted, summoned that House to attend the i
bore a stronger resemblance to the whole measure House of Peers, in the usual way, as follows :
itself, than which nothing could be more perfeitly non- Mr. SPEAKER—The Lords, authorized by vine
sensicida (A Laugh.) rue of his Majesty's Commission, desire the immedi-
The motion for amending the Resolution was then ate attendance of this Honourable House in the House
agreed to, and Lord Clive was sent up to the Lords of Peers, to hear the Commission read.
with a Message, desiring a conference upon the sub- The SPEAKER* followed by the Members, went up
ject of their last conference, to the House of Lords accordingly.
teem:lloe of A cOmcr. On his return, the usual Clandestine Outlawry Bill
Mr. SHERIDAN stated, that a circumstance had at the opening of a Session was read a first time.—
tecently occurred—he alluded to the late execution He then acquainted the House, that that House had
of an unfortunate person convicted of murder, which been in the House of Peers, where Parliament was
could not but excite a considerable sensation, respect- opened by virtue of a 'Commission under the Great
ing the present alarming suspension of the prerogative-I Seal, and that the Lord Chancellor, one of the Lords
of mercy. He had communicated with the Right I Commissioners, had made a Speech to both Houses,
Hon. Secretary for the Home Department on the I of which to prevent mistakes, he had procured a copy.
subject, and bad to thank him for his attention to his He then read the Speech, for which see the Lords.
letter of Sunday; bat be thought it a ,question in- Mr. SHERIDAN said, that knowing as he did
oohing matters of too serious moment, not to bring that certain strong scruples had existed in the mind
,before the consideration of that House in some shape of Lord Hardwicke at a former period, whether the,
or Other. He did not intend now to give a formal I Commission by which the Parliament was opened,
notice upon the subject, but after referring the plaint I was in itself sufficiently efficacious to warrant the
again to his mature deliberation, and giving himself putting the Great Seal to the Regency Act by way
the advantage of the opinions of those whom lie lof Royal Assent—he wished to know, whether the
meant to consult upon it, he should reserve to himself ; samescruples nowexisted, or whether the present Com;
the right of submitting the question to the House in , mission would be thought adequate for that purpose .
such way as he might be advised to adopt. I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
The CHANCLLLOX of the EXCHEQUER replied, that he apprehended it would be necessary
was sure that the Right Hon. Gentleman would not ' that a second Commission would pass for that pur-
wish any misapprehension upon so nice a matter to pose. He was proceeding, when
go abroad to the public. He therefore must have The SPEAKER interrupted him, by intimating
been aware, that all that had been done in the case of the importance 6f making the orders usually made
that convict had been done in the strict execution of at the commencement of a Session, previous to the
an Act of Parliament, which required; that in cases discussion of any other business.
of convictions of murder, the execution of the convict ,
' The usual orders were then made, and the usual
should follow within a limited time after the convic- Committees appointed. I
,
ion. The Judges, however, might have respited the ! TYE REGENCY BIM
prisoner had they seen reason, so that, though the 1 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
fountain of mercy had been for a time closed, the in- then rose and said, that as 'the Houseswas in full pos-I
terneediate channels through which mercy might have session of bath of the motive of the measure which be

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THE KING.
" WINDSOR CASTLE, JANUARY 16, 1811 i
44 His MAJESTY has had a good night, and is in all
respects as well as he was yosterday."
(Signed as usual.)
" WINDSOR CASTLE, JANLARY 16.

el His MiwurrY's state is little different from what
it has been these last two days." (Signed as usual.)
The Parliament WAS opened yesterday, under the
authority of the Commission agreed upon by the two
Houses. The AUCIIBISHOP of CANTSIMURY, the LORD
CHANCELLOR, the LORD PRESIDENT of the Comcm,
the Loon Pamir SEAL, the Duke of MONTROSE, and
the Earl of LIVERPOOL, acted al Commissioners for
that purpose. The LORD CHANCELLOR delivered a
short speech, calling the attention of Parliament " to,
the afflicting circumstance of his MAJESTY'S indispo.
sition, and to the necessity of making due and suitable
provision for the care of his Nl:worry's sacred Person,
the maintenance of the Royal Dignity, and the exec.
cixe of the Royal Authority."
In the House of Commons, the Regency Bill was
brought in, read a first time, and ordered for a second
reading this day.

A variety of interesting communications have been
received from South America—from the River Plate
to the 2d, and from Rio Janeiro to the 22d November.
A Manifesto from the Junta of Buenos Ayres oc-
cupies 16 quarto pages, and another from Chili, in a
more concise form, states the progress of insurrection
at the Western extremity of the Continent. The im-
portant fact is, that the country which was considered
most attached to Old Spain, and from which a con-
tribution of 20,000,000 of dollars had been promised,
has at last joined the Standard of Revolution. Mexico
having thus followed the example of Caraccas, Bue-
nos Ayres, and Chili, it may be assumed that the
whole of Spanish America, the territory from which,
since the days of CHARLES V. Spain has drawn her
resources, is likely to be alienated from the Mother
Country, and that the insufficient supplies by the
Bulwark will be among the last she will receive
from the Western World. While the new system
is thus advancing elsewhere, Monte Video conti-
nues firm in its adherence to the old cause ; and if
the blockade be removed from Buenos Ayres, it is to
be attributed•to the intervention of Admiral De'
Cauttcy, who has arrived in the river Plata, and who
subsequently entered into a correspondence with the
Orvernor of that settlement. The latest advices from
Lima are received through Cadiz, they are dated 28t1
July, at that time all was in tranquillity there ; but
the whole range of country from Santa Fe to- eride
is described as a scene of sanguinary warfare. The
San Jean Baptista has arrived safe, after a voyage of
three months and eighteen days. The Atoche had
reached Very Cruz, and General VENROAS was about
to take possession of his Government.
We have also this day inserted in our Alumns ex-
tracts from New York and other American capers ;
with eatrasts from Comma papers to the 2sl rast.


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