The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-12 00:00:00

, his lean,' 111Htlee hvi not come for an argil.
t ofi that rtatintt; tee Alitiennium contempialvdi
Onto person', had sot yet striae, when the
is of Commons was to act under !vernal con-
Asset, or when that 9*TE. 'eight be @writ' al from the
tribal,' of ha,gioftre. Tt.e Hun. ar.d 1..,-stned
Oentli;men elliett drown this topic "Oho snit.—(A
:single fetus thi (kposflitut)--h.' thr t•Parsiu:innary
....tinientivievesini*eitupelised by Vittiete, I or by
. the fittest bireumnitins. The *as founded
ea the meted Report-o'lhr Secret estetteittee Hoy •
tben could Cu4rie bite been -cnetempiated by it ?
but being contemplated, both toutd it be asked what '1
proceedings had Wee instituted artinti a King's '; 2
'dose. If, on the ;Aber band, Olivet teas meant; "o.t.
'it wits •cnntodeti tinti no proceediegs bad been -

Ated against kid. Where the •w at the venality of
Any enquiry ? Kr ;earl the concluders of a letter i
swing the dangerous tendency of some mobs, frevi •
the Lord Lieutenant of '/the West Radio 4 of York+.
shire, and were the Goserntnent to eesteet Inch in.
(*rotation, they yea, *lvory, to be impeselled. It • •
mertaioly was desirable that Inforsitslion sbovid be a
akprived from the purest, sources ' • bet should • snao •
come to the Secretary of Stat# and
conspiracy was formed for taking the Tower add
Bank, should the Minister Cyst volt,' 4:* How triatty
chillrert haseyou?"--4•Sis."-4.4l•*.tnawy Rises.° ft.
—6. Wny, my Lord, f had one, bet she raw away,
cod now I have another, who Ido net believe is le. •
gaily my wife."--t• Go, go sway," says the Meals-
ter, "who can credit one word )oo say? tee to vat,
it be truth was known, you area polygavnistr.. Yoe
could not hare been at the -Blue Boar—yo• loom

nolhisig of ii6e tratsattlen."—(llear, lat;str 1 frost

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men on the opposite side were to promoie monogamy
and the perfection of connubial hliss, they might by
this plan be very seecessfel, but it was net tinnily
discernible how they could thereby strengthen tin .
Constitution of the country.
Sir S ROM I LLY explained.
Mr. TiMiNEY said, that tiso—ainht Hon. Gen.._

*lemon (Mt. Canning) charged the authors of this
motion wi►h absurdity, and that it could base ad
practical object ; but there was a very intelligible
one, to procure something formal on which to ground
further proceedings. If an agent, though perhaps
employed for a good purpose, uses his faculties for
a bad one, it most at least be a misdemeanour. Bat
Government dare not agree to the motion; they
know that the pegs*. of Oliver is sacred, and that,
if they attempted to touch spies there would be sock
a retort as they could not bear. It was said that this
liostruction to the Committee was useless—thei might
do what it requires without it. Bat nothing was
' more proper to be referred to it than whet was do.
sired by this motion, for str►tking more teaches .pub• .
lie discontent than an indifference in this moose to.,
the sufferings of the People. The Right lion. Gen-
tleman had confounded informers with spies. Vo. '
luntary informers were allowable, but be must ever
condemn the employment of the latter. Is some
way or rather the statement made this night respect.
ing Oliver must be investigated. The lesity of tile
Right Honourable Gentleman on this very important
subject was highly reprehensible. Ile was one of
the first to predict the rising talents of a Learned
Gentleman opposite (the Solieiter•Gennral), end
his opinions we cowiroted by the agreement of the
late Mr. Horner; bet notwithstanding his admiration
of his Islets's, lie was pained to hest. the Learned
Gentleman this night, and to listen to him deliver
opinions on the Law of England that tie could
never subscribe to—namely, that • person once
put on trial for • crime can never again, sc.
quitted or condemned, appear as a witness... 6..
There came forth sock • quantity of information;
from various and unconnected quarters, on the in-
famous conduct of spies, that • great load of guilt
would lie somewhere, artless removed by the en.
quiries of that Home. The Right How. Gentleman.-
had read one letter of Lord Fits william's, because it
gave an alarming picture of the state of the country
in December, 1816. But he had not read a second
letter from the same Nobleman, of a diametrically
opposite tendency, when he had been appointed Lord
Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, nod
had good opportunities of discovering the tree state
of the disturbed district. This was any thing but
candid. He believed to mite alarm was the drift of
Ministers, in order to shot people's eyes to what
they really were themselves. The Lord Advocate
stated last night, that every man confined in Scot-
laud, was confined ender the Common LAW. Oa
his own showing, then, there was no necessity for
susoesiding the Habeas Corpus its that country.
—Great. disaff►•ction had 'listed, but it arose from
the general dioreas, and the acts of Spies.-6—lt
was Oliver produced the explosion. Geotlemee
were fond of prevention in theory, but 11.0•01'
reduced it to predice. If Brandied. was incited.
by the isfortration of Oliver, then the latter was
guilty of the murder cotnroitted by
,the former.—
There had been a severe system of treatment exercised
on the unfortunate men confined in remote parts
of the country by officers, thinking they acted con.
forniably 4* the views of Government. If Mi.
sisters did not consider this question, the country
would say they were afraid of it; and as long as
there elided a free Press (and God forbid it should
ever cease to eslst), so long the debates of that
House would God their way into every corner of the
.kingdem. There would be but one opinion os each
conduct, and it might excite greater grim Ices to the
Noble Lord than he yet saw exist, and in whit*
more would agree in opinion. The Noble Lord
triumphed, bet be. triumph would not be of long
duration; the time will come when justice must be
done, sad the Noble Lord himself he put on his ewe
trial.-7.lLoad and reputed cheering.]
The sOLICITOR•gENERAL and• Mr, TIER.
NET mutually explained.-
Mr. CANNING, in espian•tion, denied his hav-
ing made such an eofsk use of the ioinosunications
sent by a Noble Karl (Fittwilliam.). The second
letter had been read, acrd it was that spots which the
&bete in. the Holm of Peers had turned. •
Mr. TIERNEY repeated his former •ssertise,
that the Right lion. Gentleman had made use of the
one because it -suited his purpose, and kept back the
whirr, which weed militate ag•tsst him.
Mr. CANNING maintained, that 460 insinuation.
of the Right Hon. Geodesist(' was oaf.ir. Ile bad '
no
wish whatever to withuld any infutinstion with