The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-25 00:00:00

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A verbatim Report of the Secret Committee of the
house of Lords has been published. The account
which we gave yesterday was so accurate, that
we have no occasion to reprint this document. The
vindication thus published is only remarkable for its
want of information nu all the subjects, in respect to
which it was intended to produce untnized satisfac-
tion. A more meagre and coutemptible perform-
ance, when considered in reference to the charges
made, amide greatiaterests involved in the question,
has nut, even in these days of notable discrepancy,
Insulted the eyes of an anxious and injured nation.—
'flit Report of the Committee of the Commons has
not yet been made to the louse, but it is espected
Ibis evening. If it be not of a more convincing na-
ture than the Report of the selected Lords, who have
been so select In their topics of animadversion, it will
be a very Common place matter indeed. Even the
cruel and arbitrary acts of the Ministers, and their
equally tyrstinicsl and shuffling instruments in the
Magistracy, could scarcely have tended more to show
to the Public the indefensible nature of the inroads
made on the English Constitution, and the scandalous
violations of individual liberty committed under the
Suspension, acts which, in many respect., even tide
justificatory Report dares not to mention.

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We have been so ample io our Report of the pro-
ceeding, at the COOIIIIOII Hall jesterday, that we
must leave their importance to recommend them to
the Reader's perusal. They, iudeed, deserve at-
tention. Let the particulars which the discussions
Nlisclose respecting the fate of the unfortunate man.
who perished by his own hands, through the Suspen.
lion of the Habeas Corpus Act, and the shuffling
between the Authorities under whom he was com-
mitted, be read in connexion with .the eulogies pro-
nounced on the mildness and humanity of certain
Public Fenctionaries, and mark what will be the
natural feelings thus excited. The letters upon
that subject from the brother of the deceased,
will be read with melancholy interest by all,
and Atsay perhaps excite compunctious reflections
in the most callous defenders of the late overthrow of
our Constitution. We verily believe that Ministers
themselves—at least some of them—now wish that
they had never thought of baring recourse to the Sus-
pension Act. It has been a grievous occerrence,
both in theory and practice. The measure, it must
be recollected, took place in full peace ; and that at
such a time it should he thought necessa►y to defend
the English Constitution from Englishmen only,
seems hardly credible: end still less, that the authors
of this act should not dare to trust their conduct is
the adoption end execution of it to legal in►estiga.
lion, even after they have declared in the opening
Speeeb of Parliament that the ferment has subsided.
Will * Bill of Indemnity cover such sins'.l

The onditr.mentionettabips arrived at Calcutta as
follows, via.:—The Missend General Kyd. the 10th
July ; the Margais al Wellington the 25th July ;
Mineeva and Streatham, the 27th July; the Rose
and Princess Charlotte of Wales, the 13th August ;
the William Pitt and Carnatic, the 28th August; and
the Thomas Grenville and Lord Castlereagh, the lst
September.—The Waterloo and Wiachelsea left
Penang for Malacca and China, the 25th Jaly.—The
bunks, out ward.bouud, put Into Plymouth, the
I`l iulthot.

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