The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-09 00:00:00

HABEAS CORPUS ACT SUSPENSION HILL.

On our re-admission, we found the SPtaxita putting
the question, that this Bill be committed in a Committee
of the whole house. strangers were again ordered to
withdraw, when a division took place—For the commit-
ment, 127—Against it, 31i—Majarity, 91.
When we were again admitted, we found that the
house bad resolved itself into the said Committee. The
Bill passed through it, and the house baying resumed,
Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report. It was im•
ineiliat..ly received, and the amendments 'which it pro-
posed were agreed to.
On the SPEAKER putting the question that the Bill be
read a third time,
Sir F. BURDETT rose to express a hope that Minis-
ters, before they passed it, would pledge themselves to
the Irish nation to pursue a conciliatory line of policy in
future, and not to introduce a Bill of indemnity, to
shelter the outrages which might be committed under it.
—(llear, hear.)
Mr. DENMAN rose to inform the I-100. Baronet of a
fact of which he appeared to be ignorant, that the Insur-
rection Act contained a clause which answered all the
purposes of a Bill of Indemnity.—(Hear, hear.) —The
Learned Gentleman protested crungly against the pre-
cipitancy of the measure, and suggested the propriety oh
the Magistrates having a Barrister of ten years standing
to assist them with good legal advice.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL denied that the clause
to which his Learned Friend alluded. afforded indemni v
to MAgktrates who should maliciously atm.e the powers
intrusted to them, and contended at some len,tli that it
only ga v e them that protection to which they were entitled,
tinder the il:tricult circumstances in which they were fre-
quently placed.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that if the clause in question
gave no more protection to the Magistrate in Ireland
than was already given to him by the law in England.
there could he no harm in leaving it out altogether.—
(Hear, bear.)
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that in England
this power was given to the magistrates by a specific act
of Parliament, hut it was nut so in Ireland.
Mr. II:till:11AM had not read M.Nally's Justice, and
therefore could not tell what the law in Ireland was. Ile
could hard y suppose that nothing had been dune in Ire-
land to protect the Magistracy since the acts of James
I. and George 11. had passed in Englatiii.
Mr. stituirr objected t tenngly to the ainhiztiou sman-
ner in which the whole of this bill was drawn iip, and
pointed out three distinct clauses, in %bleb the construc-1
lion of the hill was, in his opinion, liable to doubt..
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL controverted the legal
doetrieea laid down by the Hon. Member who bad pre-
cede I him.
The Bill was then read a third time without a

11.. S. RICE propose.l to iiriez up a clause authoriz-
ing:the Mug a Serjeaut or lioiv:a Coonsrl, or the mkt-
:gut barrister, to take hail from io•rsuus tah n up under
the authority of flak ;set.
the Arrow; El-liEN::!1.11, state.!, that the Cour?
had this OnWM' already, by the groeral I tw of the fool.
IDESJIAN.—theu then— ran hr rlo
to ...ftso, ap..citicaly, its the Art tvo are nuts abou: to
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Mr. 11. NCB adshtsd it librller. rist the letiort
had this power to take bail I tomtit should be romilleete‘
that these Coarse did not sit from day to day. bet in gee
moral from month to mouth. It was to prevent pen ..m
from being imaged for mouths. who had sot co o-
mitted any maims in ee. but olio had mily been fiss .4
abroad after sunset, that ha wished to give the masa
power that the Conn possessed 1 tbs parties aominated
in the clause which the Clerk bad jest read oaths house.

Mr. W. SMITH thought the clause ought sot on any
account to be excluded fro. the Bill.
The SOLICITORMENERAL thought it quite un-
necessary.
The clause was then rejected.

Mr. SPRING RICE next proposed • clause to em-
power the Lord Lieutenant to appoint an additional
Loc•1 Magistracy in cities and towns. having the same
powers as the others within the counties where the Act
was put in force.
. The Ihrquess of LONDONDERRY declared his dis-
like to the ',nod* of creating an additional local ma-
gistracy, without qualification or tion for a tea-
porary purpose.
The house. divided on this clause, when the numbers
were—For it, 3l—Against it, 110--Majority against
it, 79.
While strangers were excluded, we understand a di-
vision took place, upon a proposition of Mr. Dexu '4.1.
to omit the Magistrates' Indemnity Clause, when the
numbers were—
For omitting it, 30—Against it, 109 —Majority, 71
The house then divided on the question tharthe 8111 ,:o
pass. The numbers were—
For the Bill, 109—Against it, 28—Majority 81.
The Irish Insurrection Act was then passed.
The house afterwards divided upon the third read:oz
of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bitl, when the nu :I-
bera were—

For the third reading, 109—:Against it, .17—Maj3-
rite, tit.
The Bill was then passed.

The house adjourned at half-put twelve o'clock antil
Monday next.

In our yesterday's report of the Nrliamentary
hate, the speech of Mr. Dennis Browne is by usists:o
attributed to Mr. Dominick Browne.

A mistake took place in the reports of yesterday 4f
the divisions in the House of Commons. The first
division took place on the motion for leave to bring i ►
the Habeas Curp:fs Bill, which was carried by 195
6S. Leave was granted do bring in the lnsurrecti 1
Bill without a division; bnt a division took plane ,st
the first reading of it, which was carried by 202 • •
44. The third division was on the printing dry bill,
ro give time for considering its enactments, which was
lost by 149 to 22.
Ma mos-nous c.—WADDINGTON,—Yesterday Par
ton, the Bow•street offimr, appeared to answer vie
charge of Waddington, for an assault. He was at.
tended by Mr. liomphreys, the solicitor.

Wadilint:ton stated, that en the Sib inst. Purr's
came into his shop, No. 55, Fleet•street, and cumin r
behind the counter, took up some Waite paper, an
collared him (Waddington), saying that he ivws h
prisoner. Waddington asked him by what authority.
Parton chewed a peace officer's stag, " whittit," slid
Waddington, " any one might have for sispence ;
but be 'hewed nu other authority, but threatened t.)
blow my brains out if I wade any resistance." Wad-
dington proceeded to stale, that in spite of Parton's
endeavours to hold him, and in total disregard of his
threat of shooting him, he disengaged himself frond
him. _ _ _

Two City Olcers came into the shop soon after. an I
told Waddington that Purton was not a City Officer.
66 which," said the Radical, " had I known sooner. I
should have treated him accordingly; and now, In.,
Lord (to the Lord Mayor), I appeal to your Lord.tii
in defence of the privilege of the City of London, at
well as of the outraged laws of the country."
In r. ply to a question from Mr. llumphreys, WI I
diogton said that the parrs which Purton took ua
before he collared him were printed papers ; bet th
he had only n,ed them as waste paper, never liarin ;-
sold and• of them

Nunn, the officer, being called on to answer the
charge, said he saw printed papers lying in the w:•t-
low which bad nut the printer's name, the satue it
others he had received at the shop from Waddingt
when making a purchase there on the 111th of Jani-
ary. He here produced one of the papers, which wt.§
beaded, " An Address to all the Public except th •
Robbers;" and proceeded to say, that cunsiderin;
himself justified by law in seizing the papers, aa•l
bringing Waddington before a Magistrate to atr:.ver
for exposing them, he weld into the shop for that pin.:
pose. fie atio.itted that he collared Waddington, but
denied that he threatened to blow his brains wit ; but
that Waddington having said the frien•ls of liberty,
who were outside of the house, meaning a mob who
had collected, would not allow him to he taken, he
(Parton) said if any one were to interfere, he wo•rl
bluff► his brains out. He stated that he had nut at the
time any tire-ants about him.
't he facts being sated on both sides, Mr. firm•
plireys produced the act of the 39tH tiro. lIL, !IT
which it is enacted, that if any person shall sell, or
any tnattner expose to public vine, any priutet paper
on which the name of the printer shalt not be printed,
it shall he lawful fur any of his N) stoti..cti to
tale such persm before a Justice of the Peace to 3..•
wee for the said offence.

The L RD 11 A TOR, WI looking at the act. told Wsi•
dington it appeared to him that the officer was justi-
fied in what he ;sad dune.

Waddituton appeared by no means satisfied with
his Lord* .i.'s decision, and was p;eparing to •ritis
the matter, when the Lord Jl.trnr repeated that th s
complaint teas dismissed. Waddinztowrelurtantly re-
tired from the har, wherd he stow!, eonseiing himser,
however, for the disappointment hr Lad cxprrienced,
by the consideration that he ha I :at all e'vents expose
to public view the outrage that had
.been. cotrEnitte I
on bins.

COI t KR'S INQUEST -a-Thursday evening an Inri.
siti.nt wus ta sen in the Wait-room of St. harthulout •w*.s
Ilospitai, before Iliumas Shelton, R..akt;utoner, on tne
i:uoy of Charlet, Arailine. Vail:eared that the
celird, who was al•out tweillq•lears of •;;e, won ae
only son, and rbirf snppu•t ayoor widow. Oi
Taesdity las% slnrin:r the Isiah 000, es ha was pi...1-ing
ing the foot-way, a ,tune y figibtit.' two itas,trl
wits blown 6,11 the lop (4.44 pt%rty wall of tie
twos- of :Mr. litien.d.aper, corsto of Picket -
crret, %thief' rolling 'loan the ro..f snit% the decee4
ed oil the at.,: felled bins to Ithe%giona.l. 1.6
sets iost.tn ly rouveyed on a shown In toispre,Cip.,
tnd i sensible ,:ate to Cie *Love tospitli, whelk'', lie
in a fe v mingtes. Ve..dictl-40.14dvatal

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