The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-16 00:00:00

ineonveniesce wising
the Bar, it did not apply
should he first ni.ole out uu tbr inquiry. of their having
acted corruptly, and upon that ea4e.' anti nut on the
previous inquiry, could ;they br called to the Bar.—
No complaint was made a'•ainst his 31:ijetty'l, Govern-
ment. On the contrary, they had done their
But there certainly 41%1% a strong; prima freie case
against the ince' authorities, and he should therefore
vote fur the inquiry.
Mr. WYNN observed, that the present was a sub-
ject whicia the 'louse of Commons always regarded
with the r-reatest jeallinsy. Unquestionably that
House tvas the tribonal before whirl, all complaints
of an infrimrement 1;f thy rights of the people, as re-
spected the election of their representatives, onght to
he brow b!. Tu call in the mil:tare during an elec-
tion was an infringement of those rights, whirls no-
thing hut the clearest necessity could justify.—(Hear,
hear).—What had that !lease been in the practice of
doing in eases of a simibir neon.? When, in the
roar 174 the Members for the Pity of Westminster
called witnesses to the liar to prove that the church-
yard, in the iteiglihonrho..l of the httstinvt, hail beets
taken pos.e...siun of before the .oltimesicetneut of the
election by a body of arose,' the Ilonsr carne
ta a resolution, " That it wet; a lii2ll infringement
of the liberties of the people, a 14E11 s rich ItiOtt Of the
freedom of election, an,l an ill:.
hear.)—'.Vidi the permission of the
house hr would also real a short extract front the
observations of an in.li►i;loal of the hi ...hest alithori ty,
one of the most eminent individuals who ever sat in
the ('hair of the of Commons—he ineaht
Speaker On-low, a hen, iu compiianee with the in-
structions of the lieitsr, he reprimanded ille
strides who bail railed in the military on that occa-
sion. (The Ilunouralik llentlessian here read the ex-
tract to which lie alintle.l. After citiiw the Ite.ulu-
don, it pro..eeiled to remark that the breast of the of-
fenders must he li!le41 with sorrow awl remorse fur
their act, pregn ant as it was wi•ls danger to the (-•on-
stitution anti freedom of the country., which they had
brought into sudden and i ttttt anent hazard upon a
nsere pretence of fear and necessity, the most distinct
and undeniable proof of the exhiteuce of which could
alone hare justified tin it proceeding. It concluded
by derlariug, that what the 31agistrates lta:1 dour.
was in direct violation of one of the most essential
parts of the law of the realm.) lie alionlii he
to add a single word after reading this smota;ion,
which so clearly laid .I.)..vti the role that the inter-
ferenee of the military ..n !nit .11 an occasion Was in.-ti-
llable 1114 1111 di? clearest nece%gitv.
there mizlit have lot-vn snels a necessity in the present
case : hot that was a question whiels ought to be in-
vestigated, and lie tliercfore thought the 113nouraldr
Member Ferfectly right in calling for an iuquiry by
that Iluu-e, which was bouad to defraud the pi ivilegra
of the prople.--(ilear, bear )

11r. !WC EI T the propriety of det;•,isting
the rights ai.il privilegr•• of the people in the election
of their representatives, lout contended that in a easeof
absolute nece•sitv the iii!rriorviur.• of the Military was
jll4tiliable. 1143 Merl* not :t emisitiertiole riot
had not Several Melt been litiusei,V.l dutvu, itH.I Wine of
their legs lirokeu hail not the Blot .141 been re of
three time.: ".• Were not those sit the molt who reinained
guiltv of felony ? and were not the lagistratrs, tv:so
arted on their own resoonsibility,instilieil in at len:rtli
callin in the military, to pa* an rad to that which they
could 1161 t 1.011 1.,11.1111 II tlll9ll nut even if
the 31;14 i.strates wcre wron !cid the lioimii;•alde
31ember for Carlisle taken the riser course it itlt re•
%pert to them? 1);i4 lit he not rather to have moved,
that the Petition blll/1111 referred to the evonination
of a Select Committee, or r.stlwr ntl:,111 lita the Wilde
lonsioess to have been -011.116 u-a to the
lien. It ? The Courts of Law a ere 4.1)1.11 to a,iy one
who had to eitaiplain either of tlai• Ur of arty other art
of the 3ltigistrary. For l:i• own pa; t, he most state
it as hi, opinion, tlit‘t if the Honourable Mcial,er hat
haul beLler or It ...I heels better advised. he
would rather have rejoiced at that proceediti4 on tile
part of the Magistracy, which li prob.Coly pre-
vented further mischief.

Mr. WY NN ex:lain:4l.

\1 r. t..llAlt.lFl' declared that never since he hail
hail the honor of .a seat in that !louse h tat lie heard
their Priveleges and the Privile.;es of the people
treated a• they had just heen by t.:e lion. and Learned
lientleman. The Honourable anal Learned tientleman
recommended that the ath iir should he ni tole the sub
jert of an :teflon :at law ! IVas that the eonstitittional
way to seek redress for the interference lot the military
at an election For his own part, lie reg-receol that
a man capable of entevraiaiag siteli seittins uits. 8:1•1 of
venturing to maintain them, held an Oficial situa-
tion of !II) 11111 ch consonn lice 23 that pO•systtril
by the Ilu tttttt rahle cool Learned ientleman.—
Ile seriously lie!ieved, that if the llonourable anal
Learned lientletnau h i,l oriole the Veei'll which he ha
inaole that evellin:r befoore his aispoititaieut, he wood.'
not now hold the si,otatiun %%hid' he did hold. The
fact that tilt military had interfered was •ontheient to rail
for Parliamentary • inquiry. The :%lagi••rate.. might
nerliaps joist...tied: but it the Mouse obit not itopiire into
the affair, the Ilou.e 0011.1 not be justified. Ile thortglit
it impossible that the Mtn. and Leaniani lientleman
could have listened to the eloptent ectrart from the Te-
tt:humid of 'Air. Sp-alier Oashiw, which 113.1 been real
y his lion. and Le:trued Friend, otherwise lie would
not Lave ventral sorb 41141:11111•4. .1,1 to the precise
eourse to he poirsite.l. he believed that that pr tt tt -eget, by
the Honourable .I.•v, r oas correct : hot, if not, he
trusted the noose %timid not loose the sidi,tatter of the
prnpusition. If it was Cooneo! that the tieleet
lliittPe WWI preferable to the Committee of Privileges.
let Pull a Committee be appninttal. .1t any rate, lie
trnsteil that when it was seen that the military hail been
Introduced at an election, no sophi•!ry or roam:ion law
pleading- of a .111111:0-.I:h ile:4lP, ithitirt. the 111.,1151F
of I:unlit:om to relinquish one of their dearest privi-
leges.—(llear, hear.)

Mr. BENNET sail, that the Noble Lord opposite had
declared that he had never kno►►•n a more malignant
riot. Ile (Mr. Bennet) load. It was at the election of
the noble Lord himself, when the Noble Lord. or his
advocate*, thought tit to in►rodnrr the Captain of a
slave ship from Liverplol, at the bead of a hand of
bindgrou•n►en. The .:our set were afterwards at Car-
lisle, so that it would appear they were in the constant
pay of the Noble Loral. They had, however, been
soundly drubbed, anal be (Mr. 11.) hail seen the spolia
optma consisting of a nonether of great ender's.
Lord 14)1VIIIER begged too be allowed to say a
few words, in consequence of what had fallen from
the Hon. Ilentlen►an. Ile allowed that there was a
riot on the occasion alluded to; but it was occasioned

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