The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-14 00:00:00

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DEBATES TN *N Till POLL lea 9111,114011 u
C 0111,...; TUL 1101.0'•..11 of hltne, susmaliANt.

Ihe 0111 fur disfranchising the Borough of New
Shurehans being * measure of higls• importance as sit-
Laing to the constitution of Parliament, and being
referred to in the Heusi. of Common!' at the present
season as a preceded. it becutues desirable to collect
the slight notices that tne been preserved of the de-
bates *lsbell this illeallore Pet'3llj4tOrd on its introanetiow
'into Parliament. It is twe:ssary to premier. that of a
large majority of the Electors of New Shoreham, of
which the aseociation railed the CA rialidm Orb n 34
rolllrOlird, 243 were ebargedttith bribery, and that die
circumstances under which they had combined bad
b.•en proved to be of inch a fiajrant nature s% to render
1
i some legislative• cureertoon imperiously necessary.—
With this vietr the measure now in optestiJu was devised
and proposed. ,
On the 1 lili of Aprll. 1771. the House proceeded
upon the Hill for incapacitating these Shoreham voters.
A diversity of opinious immediately arose. The pre-
amble of the Bill set forth, that such men were mem-
ilikni Ler, ,'f 0,, called The t bristian Club." a4l Ibis
was alleze I to be nu itic charge against thefts I
that at least the prea t t should ,et forth the Wen'
tions aa.l tendency of that club : that if this du), lead
been instituted solely with a view of veiling the bo-
rough, it ought to be pros sit that they had don: so :
that this was a Bill of pains and penalties, Old there-
fore strict proof ought to he hail of the crime, and that
it was a crime of that nature that eonld he punished no
where else 'I his patty is ishe.i to rut it off for tWo
tbs.
Some were of opinion that the clime in the pre-
amble was sufficient, it being that of a ronspiraey
against the Constitution. and of the most dangerous
kind, as masked in such a manner as screened them
from punishment at ',minion law : that if nothing was
dune against them it world be ruining the credit of
the late Election Act, as it would appear to establish
bribery by :Vet of Parliament : for if the I.' millet,
by whom the cause was tried, only informed the Honer
of the facts, and if the !louse dish not punish on that
information. refer/dug-officers and electors would see
they had nothing to fear, and be inure open in their
future @heeds,
Others side of opinion that the preamble was tie.
fictive, thusigh she Bill singht to be gone on with, anti`
therefore moved to proceed in it on the following Wed-1
nesday. The motion for going. sin was carried, lop
not withunt a division, and the division was remelt-
able, nut un account of the numbers but of the 31ens-
bets that romrosed the seitscrity. The tellers un tilt
occaeisits were the lion. Charles James Fox and his
friend (afterwards Colonel) Fitepatriek.
Pursuant to the resolutions, Counsel was on the
17th heard at the bar against the Bill. It was alleged
against it, that Bills of pains and penalties, being an
innovation of the law of the land, and not including
every person, might never to be passed but on thelisost
essential poi ate, n hen necessity was urgent, the slimy
great, or the cense of the utmost importance: this'
charge in the preamble contained nu tuurr thsd
' dents minor, which, if it cold., be proved, was pnni
by the law as it now stands : that the House ,
so when it addressed the King to proseente these
but that for want of evidence those prosecutions
been stopped : that the want of evidence was a '
lon for the House to proceed against them:
bribery whatever hail been proved un those men
last election.

On the contrary, it was urged, that the
this society made it difficult to get proper ,
against them :.that there was a manifest conspi
against the Constitution by those men: that. •
House did not proceed against them, it would
slur on Hr. Orem illr's Election Bill, and make
most impossible to punish for conspiracies of
lure, as they worth! say," we can only, on a
lose the election, hut they can do nothing to
our corruption the Committee cannot puni
that, as the evidence did nut bring it quite
the persons accused, that part of the Bill should
dropped, and only the addition of a district
rowdy to the borough should be attempted,
would be slight punishment on the borough,
a proper example to deter others from such
corruption. It was, in consequence of these considers-
tions, resolved to commit the Bill. In the Comm
on the 19th of April, the Bill was amended, be
out the disqualification of the Members, and
all the freeholders of forty shillings n-teat withi
rape of Bramber, in which Shoreham is siL
right to vote. But the expunging of the disquiet&
cation could not be allowed and on the eith
was moved to be re-committed. The reason given
that the MOWN Oi-411141•0 who composed the Usti
Club were left tont that the preamble of the Bil
sertetl," that there was a wicked and corrupt soil
kr. Now, if proof of that society, and their
lions was made, it most have been brought
thoso who compose the society ; that those men
to be punished by disfranchisement, &e.
In opposition to this it was urged, that,
ronol reading, the friends of the Bill had been ,
in their opinion that the evidence was not sufficient.
Bust they had declared their instructions to leap
sot of the question, and only balance their votes
misaissiun of others ; that in the House this
hod been signified to the Counsel for the Shoreham
men, who were given to understand, that they
p house about their business when they heti
that It would be the highest iojustice to put
again into the Bill without giving them an
y to he heard against the Biß, which would
impossible. It was determined, however, by
city of 56 to 14, that the names of the meal
" the Christian Club, as orinally proposal,
be inserted, for the purpose at their disqualifiestieo.
This determination roused again the seal of
porters of the ancient system, and ma the With.
the Bill was reported to the Wear. Mr. Dremeppesed
it in a long and vehement wee*: • lieradeamistred
point out hew my reptgonet it was to proles
detain wen unheard; riled the foram premodistn
haste of Bills of rims aml-penaities; sod tribal* NW*
'that the aerated had tom eppeeid by mewl *Ohm
their uprising the whole of the evidence es width thi?

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to; that, on any alteration to thee/peg*,
was riven to the accused to make his afr!
,(eiii. that, in the present case, the accused had
been put of thi.lr goat% and sent home.
I.'ox likewise maintained that the Bill, which he-1
tore the late alteration was ridiculous, was now, by the'
'restoration of the names of the Shoreham men. unjust
end niched ; and that the opposition he should make to
it in its present form, was. therefore, upon stronger
around. Qit the question being put, the amendments
were, however. carried: and in 1111. furore stages of the
Bill, the opposition bring unavailing, the Bill was sub-
seipiently passed, and forwarded to the House of Lords.
It is matter of surprise, that the Parliamentary his-
tory, which presents a very meagre sketch of the pro-
eeellings of the House of Commons, on a measure of so
much interest and novelty, should be altogether silent
respecting the treatment which the Bill experienced in
its passage through the House of Lords. In that &WIS.
bly it is understood from other sources, that the Bill
obtained the cordial support of Lord Camden and Lord
Chatham ; and a remarkable expression of the latter
l'iohleinan is extant with regard to the measure which
the Bill contemplated for transferring the franchise Ist
a place adjacent. Ile said he was glad to see Nest
Shoreham brought back from Bengal to Sussex." Bat
when an examination took place in the House of Lords,
as to the different eircunestances connected with it, the
Chancellor urged so ulatty objections against the pro•
posed measure, that Lord fortescne, old and feeble as
he west at the time, stood up and said, that he no longer
considered himself in the House of Peers, but in one of
the Cutlets of law, and :bat a Court of no ordinary de-
scription. but one where the lan yen attempted to exer-
cise a eontroul over the Judges. The Chancellor, lie
said, was made up of nothing but subtleties and contra-
dictions.

It nes not till the last day of the .Session that the
Bill received the Royal assent.

►ROM

"THE BOOK."

The following extract, though written nearly four-
teen years age, is particularly applicable to the in-
teresting topics of tl:e present moment. The circum-
stances which the writer then anticipated have now
actually occurred ; and the same resolution and fore-
sight which, in the year I tsttli, were displayed by the
illustrious personage in whose name the sentiments
were expressed, are found to animate her Majesty under
trials of a similar kind in the year 1!,420. The pas-
sages we quote will he found important, not only in
areotmtitig for the recurrence of the charges brought
against her Majesty, but in explaining, in a manner
the most fair and satisfactory, the peculiarities of
which her enenmies have repeatedly taken the
vantage. The argument,' urged in the commencement
of time extract to justify the publication of the premed-
ing% referred to, most pointedly apply to the prelud-
ing% now in band, and demonstrate the propriety
protest which her !Majesty has made against the'
Mon of a Secret Tribunal, and of the necessity
open investigation for the examination of the charges
and the witnesses against her.

FITRACT4 01 A LFTTRO TO 11111 NAJVITY OILOOGE
°crow-ate, Me. ►Ron ItYR novat. NIONNIVIS Tut.
CUSS OP' WALAS. NOIR NKR NAJTITIr 411. ITN caaouna.
" The publication of all these proceedings to
trorW seems to me, under the present cirrosnetances,

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CITY A DIM I.:38,

The little public business now transacted in Perlis.
ment. and the little interest which the people take at
present in any other publir business than what is rt•
lathe to the Queen, lave induced us to direct our at.
teotion more particularly to-day to the proceedings of
the Common Council of the City of Loudon, of which
we have furuished our readers with as ample a report
as the limits of our time would allow. It age* gi
cause of pride and pleasure to find the independent dB.
:ens of the metropolis marponfur4lllyesbtp forwardoediesintheakna set
ilegdot:
za
ienjnoffePrliengtoththelerottrhiebur te°e of respect to a persecuted amt
magnanimous Queen, oho, in defiance of threats and
temptations, has once more returned to the host m
of her proper country, and thrown herself upon the
generous protection of the COMMON% of the land. The
attempt to move the previous question on the Ad-
dress to her MAJECTT, originating in the party of the
Ilva Royalists. shows of what spirit their loyalty and
their gallantry consists. When a Queen of France was
the subject of ill treatment, ten thousand swords were
expected to leap from their scabbards. The age of clai.
valary was announced as gone; halms, no bright
achievement was displayed in her defence. But when a
British Queen, impelled to escape front the insnlts of as
involuntary exile, seeks the shelter of the British shore.
and the acknowledgment of legal rights of which she
bad been unconstitutionally deprived—when every arm

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whiell
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repiiiteitiv ttahen
the
~_ anis ins ac.nowesugmeas os keel mans os wino' see
a bad bees unconstitutionally demi ved—when every mese
ing Wed- vantage. 'rt.,. argument,' urged in the commencement
bad been employed to goad sod irritate her mind—elan
Tied, beet of the extract to justify the publication of the procevil-
a secret tribunal was about to present its awful array to
s remark- ings referred to, most pointedly apply to the proceed-.
investigate the secret charges which had been long pre.
the Wel- ings now in hand, 21111 demonstrate the propriety ofthe I
'tl on the protest which her !Majesty has made against the forma- • pared against her life or lionour,—ehen. (*aflame is
t and his then of a Secret Tribunal, and of the necessity of an her integrity, she boldly comes to meet her accusers.
open investigation for the examination of the charges and demands, as the only favour, as open alai a
is on the and the wittle‘ses agaiust her. I public trial—io these circuiestances is she to be dee
as alleged RITRACT% 01 A LTTTEO TO till WAJPIITY OILOOGE 111. perm nied the notice which her elevated n Ind sad reek
being an ocetarc to. inun. room OFR novai. NIONNIVIS Tim mac- : demand, and denied by men who boost that tbey.
;windier cuss OPIIIALIOI. Now NKR MAJTITIr 111. IE4 cellos:ea. i
above all others, are the friends of order? It pill
I thelnn;t The publication of all these proceedings to the !
lee world seems to me, unikr the present cireemstances, I becomes the independent citizens of Losdoi to dr-
, t
thdriZ (whet/ger reluctance I feel against such a measure, and 1 feat the disgraceful design, sad m hold she . .
6 6 hOW (*re I regret the hard necessity which drives use to /eaten of the British ebenietet.. by the
led a mil- it) to be almost the only remaining resource for the yin- ,
uniehable ,Ilicatioit of suy honour and character. The falsehood of and compliment they bare resolved to present.
--eellie---
e thought the aernsation is, by no meanie. all that will, by such I As
the
ra
ars
relative
to . . .„ .
the remoter, Ci of SITSIs•
hese men, publication, appear to the credit and clearance of my
thins had character ; hut the course in which the whole proceed- tees, which were current yesterday and Mebiley, have
ings have been carried on, or rather delayed by those to subsided,
it is probable they still al their rug.
ret np
a bad tea" whom your Majesty referred the considerations of them,
: that no will show', that, whatever 'measure of justice I way have It is pretended, in a Ministerial Paper of this crass
ten at the ultimately received at their hand, it is not to be suspected , lug, that those rumours were willies' feundatles, see
as arising from any merciful and indulgent considers- 1 i that they hae been laid hold of assipteuml of sprai-
ned" of thin of me, of my feelings, or of my rase.—
, evidence " Undoubtedly against inch a prne.eding I have ever lation on the Stock Exchange. it le certain, hay
felt, and still feel, an almost invincible repugnance. The ever, that the reports alluded to erigineted Is tht
onspi airy measure, however, of making these proceedings public,
lt, if the whatever mode I can adopt, (considering especially the west end of the town, and were ciradated and creffilid
d throw a absolute impossibility of suffering any partial pro.due- among official men. It is possible they were theta*
she it at- tions of them ; and the necessity that, ir, for any purpose readily believed feast what bad been peevish
if this na- any part of them should he produced, the whole must
petition, known of leis Majesty's sentiments respecting bb
le:brought before the public) remains surrounded with
all the objections which I have enumerated i and nothing Ministers, and from the peculiar difficulties Is
to us " could ever have prevai led upon me, ores' now even prevail
which some of these Ministers are at pent
nosh "I" upon inc to have recourse to it, bee no imperious sense
• home to or indispensable ditty to my public safety, to my present placed. Their office cannot now be said to be a sist
should be character and bunoer, awl to the feelings, character, and care; for though the public business of the esenstreh
rt of the the interests of my child. It shall at no time be said,
testis- very far fns
rti, whirl with truth, that I shrunk back from these intense'''s suspended, the Ministers are mani .
I, and set charges ; that I crouched before my enemies ; and being lilk, or without concern. Almost immelliitely
manifest eonrted ' them by SOT submission• into moderation ! No,
have hum
'',defied idefied them t I have erre felt and „tit; af er showing themselves in Parliament, they retinte
l
'°"l'hieta- feel, that, if they should think, either of pursuing these the purpose, it is supposed, of taking part in the ler
ommittee, itemisations, or of lerineing forward any other which the
tiations about the business of the cit alae.
sy leaving wickedness of inilivieleals may devise, to affect my
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id giving honour (since my conscience tells me, that they must
rithin the he as base and groundless as those brought by Lady The following is an extract from The Curitil
GOZCM (North side of Jamaica) :--It having bonne
Douglas), while the witnesses to the innocence of my
ituatesi a Vie•
,_ _ Le conduct are all living, I shall be able to disprove thous presented to the Admiral, on the neeield of the
dmie""" all; and, whoever may be any accusers, to triumph over !WHIM brig Beanie, which railed en Saturday at
h the HIM their wickedness and malice. But should these seen- night from Kingston, that the Independent ereile°
riven was, lotions be renewed, or any other be brought forward, in were in the habit of procuring men front that OR
cjsristis, any knee time, death may, I know not how soon, re-
.whtat ie prioacialui the enamel= of daidinkipi
iIV most e Bil AVIS iny Innoteilet Ile 'best seetelty,Anlffiitherie :
the
soiieti.» me of the meows of my justigeation and troy defence.—
" As far as myselfam t
ill
concerned, t a aware of the .apt. Minas&
mother country ; he addressed the following HOW
Nil. iamb- to L
Illi.
observations to which this publication will expose me. " 111**—A", s°l" aneet)„__"lll42blivat
r heine to But lam placed lo a situation in which I have the choke t" "11"a' tnraalth the '''""'''', ~.. KIM*
nen ought oelv of two most unpleasant alternatives. And lam per- ..,...t° the. corners-, and dateaa'aae;ttno'ar`Aet ord. semi
1
fecily confident that the imputations and the loss of elm- rtanit: i't srteht to is you Away. Out if I .
•
at chi ee outer which must, under these eirennistauces, follow from or eosion gross a ,lobate so lobate of seitteeity es
s so clear my silence, are most injurious and unavoidable: that say Lifting any semen frees the Pellsodesis Ist ether
ffi OIL
suci. ient. si mace. soder such circumstances, must lead inevitably shell be obliged to take steps the most elbeeeeles banner
to my utter infamy and rein. The publication, on the mem returned to we."
cave then I
otes by an other hand, will expose to the world nothing, which is INTRACT Ur • LETTER 'Ross at. JACO OR MPM
,ores
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spoken to by any witness (whose infamy and discredit it
a question is net unanswerably exposed and established) which it !NTS AiIIICIL
Shoreham can, in the highest degree, affect any character, for ho- The state of this market is testy dread/id s etht..
of every thing are entirely nominal—sales Iwo asi••
bee wield nonr, virtue, and delicacy,
lati dote; " There may be circumstances diselo.ed, manifesting a prattle, le
certain, and oat to be made payable is
. .i.__— degree of condeseension and familiarity in my behaviour which 50 per cent. would be lost; salt provisienl_ikan
Pa' ;"'''' and conduct, which. is the opinion of many. Nosy be are destined to rot ; the exportation of Boor MIN.°
2 °Mete' eossislesed as sot sufficiently guarded, dignified, mail re- and five mouths stock on band."
ild be maw served. a rannstanees, however. which my forage *dues- .—.......
by a majo- den and foreign habits !misled me to think, is the humble Had not the Royal disputes engrossed at praMild.
embers of and retired situation In which It was my fate to Km and attention of all ranks and all classes in the
el, timid when 1 bad no relation, Is °Val, tie friend to "al" the creme which are now taking place in 1
finders. me. were wholly free from oftmee. But when they have
been dragged forward, from the scenes oficrivate life, in the
00
Min have
fact. ietscaiptedpeaarsusollihagtulprasee, bo
La' hbe been a
grave proceeding on a charged Hi Treason Lid inaegelc°llY interest. •
Qua, wises aesitory, they seem to derive a cadent and character, esespsd from a revolution by a timely essesealleil
IP appeal, from the sewn of the charge. which they are heart the part of the Government to the Wishes et! the 0.11"
entered so to forwent to pport. Anal cannot bet When. that y The moat obnoxious parts of the Eleetioit I;lter fig
mks sever femur view rXeethaeratlate aciergeat i Itillibeeeenbeer gillildeeaPenrCep :ye: andbyweinigion. y• 4 1-
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pee bataces.ii WV*
.belton
stmoininhef any otherikepL
pai. iheir , that they have bum taliea std armies tare to let dawn My'
onsets mini= and re drove me of that fall mod that the atteller with which the VeMellinit,4l.
eel elleille WSW as the 'of hew Lettis. Well- my illaaarike 1 and P 0414 er le 40: was-tbtfalS.sji is tpr
tilflit
width tbet .4irdi abaft mat pony *Stifled bie to receive." '• I Wilt removed. .