The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-18 00:00:00

visions are made' for the rectifying by superior
Courts of errors committed b, subordinate oath°.
rities. Again, for the due adedoistration of jus.
Lice in ordinary cases, it is "raided, that the ac.
cased party shall bet tried in the county or sheriff.
dote where the:criminal lets limpeted to him are
alleged 'ha, have heel committed, by which wise
provision etch science is saved to Defendants,
and they eiijey, whit is an invaluable bleising to
the innocent, skonetkiog approaching to an appeal
Ito their vicinage. With pride. as in Englishmao,
end with grateful admiration of the wisdom of
oar ancesiors, do I
impress my coneletien,
'.bat 'Minter .rases the'-ithniusi. jurirpru.
dance of our country. in its practical admi.
aistration, approaches . nearly to perfection.—
But what is the process attempted to be en-
forced by the House ef 'Commons I At the will
and pleasure of, perhaps, a doses of its 'members,
a Mao may be dragged to their Bar from the rocks
of Orkney, or from the verge of the Land's End.
Or, if •the, harsh sound, of turbulent patriotism
should grit/ upon their honourable ears from the
coasts of 'Donegal, the culprit may be hurried
across the • Channel, to .answer for his want of
courtesy. He is put upon his trial instanter.—
'However incompetmit he may be to speak on his
Oita behalf, 00 one Is allowed to plead lttr him.—
Tito witnesses whichorey be produced against him,
SlT;awed kyAogranatientof an oath • and when
, !unit in•errenged defence is, finished, as
pax', by a simple !Woof/the House, be consigned
to imprisonment, nut, for goy definite leogth
time, but during the will and pleasure et- thoio
who live.actedto.ihe doeblicapacity of bib ac.
d irk 'inr.d4d • •... •
The commonmoo et ineekilid, Sir, revoke
ageipat this ckaina, 'tui it is thus analysed; and it
accordlotly happens, .that the attempt to while"
it upon men of resolnte minds has frequently. re.
deeed.tha 40010110(.Commens,to serious .entbar.
rastinsents, and rendged it the object pf odium
area
,contempt. 64. piths eeign of Cos aces, II."
'rt., MyrrtlßCt p subject, which
• so CareriallY guarded by the Great
sib
and by the late law of Habeas Cotpus•
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wai. y•day. violated by the arbitrary and
44 capricious commitments of the Comrnons.—At
46 last the vigour and courage of one STowar,,
is of Exeter, put an cud to the practice!, He re-
-44 fused to obey the Saareawr at Altos,. 'lead
44 upon his leferree,, ass mild, that he knew of
46 no law by which they. pretended Ustommit Mm.
" -irseilosseeszfiadiog it egpelly. dangerous to
4. proeeed or 4 recede, got elf by ae:eweelea :
66 they inserted Is 444 t rotes that ST411111& *rue
" indisposed, and that e, month's' time was al. • f. •
66 lowed him for the recovery of his heeltio—
le the case of theAylesberrmen, in therelps-at
Qeeen ANNE, !hick Lord Msimots seems to foots
with so much pride and satisfaction, the violent
proceedings of the House of Commons led to such
embarrassment, that, to cut the knot, the Queen
was obliged to dissolve the Parliament. 'the • *
summoning of the printers in 1771 established
practice which the Howie had prohibited; namely,
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..gie practice of publishing the debates in Pattie-
pent. Mr. Mims, the gratuitous trustee of the
Duke of Yoga, baseielluded to the ridicelous
defeat which it sustained in a contest with. the ce.
lebrated Mr. Hemmer, new better known by the
name and title of Joni! Hoax* loose, Esq. I
need not remind you, that when during .his
opoisestitutionel expullsioe;. Joan Wireless was
summoned to attendee the bar of the House, hp
refused so to .410 ; and thatthe Comment, to via
rid .of the difficulty, summoned him for a futon%
Aly, over which they took tore to adjourn. •
Aud whet has the House gained by the comasib,
tal of Jams Gat,a JONES ? Of that Gantlet:out,
I will net street . speak slightingly. The Arai
endurance of miefoetuart, excites, its my wind,
emotions of _respect. Bet,. I- trust, that the ho.
.nest pride of Mr. JONES. himself will not be O 4
:leaded, when I stale my *pluton, that neither his
eondition in life, nor hiiiiintuence in society, ren.
tiered necessary the orueetdiogs which, at
.the in-
.etance of Mr. Yong, *ire adopted against him.
dills demeanour at the Bar of the House of Com-
mous CANCE4I that it.w.de not his aim to olstpiii.a
vulgar popelerity by systemetic insokoco; and I
-sin persuaded, that even.the majority of, these
who may have thought him strong, in the Brat
stance, are at present persuaded, tit, considerlng
the long duration of his :,iiintrlionmetat, he is,
" more sinned against, theivslening."
La its subsequent warier.; with Sir F.
SETT, the House has involved itself in a teultiled•
of perplexities, of which, the public may as per.
ratted to think, that they has. not tended Woad
to its dignity. • • .
If, Sir. the House of Commons appeal to pre.
cadent in support of &eclairs of privilege, wide*
.1 am now taking the liberty to ezemine, tlsti pee.
rein will she appeal to precedent, to show how
this privilegehas been abetted. They will remind
each other of ,the " arbitrary and tt•apricious can.
mitments" ir('ehtl' reign of .CsiaitLes 11. .They
will reeolleet 'alit id the year 1/04, • five indlai.
~duals. haring, orortght an action in the CtEeilitE
Death against the Constable of A_ylesbury, for. re.
fraying to take their 'totes at an Election for *bat
Borough, were by thetHoese of Commons impri. • . •
sorted for so doint—that these individuals, having
.attempted to obtain their liberty- by writs ,of
Habeas, the House proceeded to imprison the So.. .
!Wear and Counsel who had sued oat the said
writs, and pleaded for the prisoners upon their
`return.
The people, Sir, will not fail to remember,
lkatwhsn this House of Common' wu Illtrohenhire

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