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rimy of that House upon their conduct ?
Whatever opinion Gentlemen opposite might en-
tertain of the imbecility of Ministers, he would
declare, that no fear, either personal or pub.
lie, would ever influence his mind. [llear,hear!]
pursuing the line of conduct he had taken on
this occasion, he saw beforehand, that of the
two which presented themselves, he was by no
means.-electing the easiest course. • But be saw
that the time was arrived which others only sup..
posed to be approaching. no then ask* what Gee..
tlemen opposite now acknowledged, however they
might think his construction of the letter harsh,
that-it was a resistance and defiance to the House
of Commons. He took the more difficult course
of proceeding, and Gentlemen who thought his
vievs.of the Hon. Baronet's conduct, at that pc.
rioa. uncantlid, were now convinced by -this -se.
pond letter, and all his subsequent conduct, that
it was well futilities) and just. Illear,heartlUnder,
these impressions Government acted, and acted as
he trusted a [latish Government would always
act,, with respect to the laws, and never to jitter.
fere with the laws till necessity compelled them to
do sio,t to take care of the public security, and to
see that the country should not be endangered.—
[clear, hear!] Would any Gentleman who
knew the liberty enjoyed by a British subject
say, that it was in the power of any Government
to prevent such scenes as had lately taken place
Could any foresight, any preparations, any pre.
cautions, any measures be adtspted by which an
armed force should be ready in every street of this
vastmetropolis, to prevent the breaking of win-
dows, or even the conflagration of houses, or the
esLtssination of individuals ? [Hear, hear!)—
N no such interference could take place with-
out exposing its authors to the charge of oppres-
sion, military tyranny, and a design to trample
on the liberties of the people. [near, hear t]
It was the duty of Government; all that they
'amid do or could be expected of them was, to
see where disorder was beginning, to check it
then, and preserve the peace. Pere had been no
neglect on the Part of Government in this respect,
and whenever the Civil Magistrate saw it tieces.
tart', the military were ready to obey his directions.
Thus secured, whatever feelings he might have
fur the injuries inflicted on individual sufferers, he
never for a moment entertained a fear for the safe-
ty of tfie nation, and preservation of the Consti-
tntien• He never entertained a fear,. because he
knew, that if tumult raised even its most formi.
liable head, Government hail taken means, and
mere ready to crush. it. [near, hear t] .As for
the question, with regard to the Serjeant's exc.
cntiug the warrant, it was must unfelt to charge.
Ministers with hanging in doubt as to the proper
mode of performing that duty. The fact was,
they were not called on to• decide the matter at
all, or consider, as Ministers, how it might be
done. Had it beep yn discussion in the House be- I
fore the warrant was issued,. he would have had I
no hesitation, as a Member .of Parliament, to give
his opinion, that they had a eight to break open
the duor. But when a person, execoting an
portent duty, tbstilitettatiolegality of his commis.
'ion*. it became necessary to.defer giving an opi-
nion or offering to cohtroul one who acted at his
own,ptril. [Hear,. heart] There was some.
thing to be observer{-too between the. Gentlemen•
opposite and the Ministers. They formed their
jutlgatenis at different tiawa and in, very different
aitnations. Gentlemen opposito were now giving
their:opinions after the affair was past, without
respOnsibility, apd with ell the composure they
would discuss. an Abstract point of scicuec.
argetrent now was, whether, while these trembles
-existed, . and danger was thrtetteited, Ministers
might not have exceeded the law, with a view!...to
the getterel public weal. Ie his opinion it would
haveibeen unjustifiable to interfere with a legal
agree, acting under another constinstional autho-
rity in the discharge of hisalety.--[ifear, heed]
With reapeet to• the ---pecsent motion, he entered.
into the vie res.and considerations of several Hon.
• Gentlemen opposite. He thought that going to
would bti inexpedient, but between seve-
rity sind notice there was a middle course which he
begged to recommend to the House. To do no-
thing upon this letter was a. very equivocal way
of consulting their. dignity. They ought rather
to meet fairly what was opposed to. them,
out shrinking, and deal with them firmly and tem-
perately.
.Insthe situation in which the writer of
the letter was now placed, it was not necessary
to visit hisaaffence with aeverity, nor would it be.
right,to pass it altogether without notice. He
!tad sapported the motion for his con.mitment on
a former letter, a little more guarded in its expres-
sion thin the last, though with the same tendency,
and for the accomplishment of the same object.
This !clic! !le .vtgalst.Xensider,as a_prAJOL tuAltspel
every doubt from the breasts of thuso who were
uot convinced of the design of the-former. [Hear,
hear!] It was an aggravation and repetition of
the odence for which punishment was already in,
IJicted. ‘Vitli these views of the matter he would
have to propose a Resolution, as an amendment
to the present motion, to this effect .
" That the Letter of Sir F. Burdett, tuhlreMed to• the
peaker, nm a high aggravation of his former Mlinwe against
the privileges of the Haase of Commons. But as from the.
retail made by-the Sergeant at Arms to the Speaker's Warrant,
it appeared that the Warrant had been executed, sad the Party
committed to the Tower, the House would uot proceed fuC-
thee epos thin Letter, at this time."
—life conceived this would be • better mode of
disposing of the business, than not to notice the
Netter at all ; itoi only as more consonant to their
dignify at prefoinc buk as the matter might be
again taken, ijp hereafter, if circumstances rendered
jt neeeseary. (Elen4Tol cheering
Sir.3ollN ANSTRUTH in explanation,
#aid, 'that if it cnehl,be thought there was any
thing eqiiirocal' In the
.original motion, he would
actir in any mate seefinbe mode of expressing
the opinion bf ,the Rouse.
Mr. WHITHSEAD could. net upon peuteipte
assent to the Right Honourable Gentleman's mo.'
Outs, who pow, he ohserywl, prolessod to be in-,
ineoced by expediency. He Was glad tp find that
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that they they were come to their senses? and felt that
they. aught to have torsion ind'provitlet agaitrit
resistance to the Speaker's Warsant. 14 al of
no,. no,
,uppn the Ministerial Benches.] Reilly,
he thought, that from the beginning the Right
Honourable Gentleman ought .to have seen reaso
to apprehend that the excpstion of the warrant
would have been misted. Sir Fraticii Burdett's
declared opinion of the character of the warrant
Bias calculated to 'induce the apprehe
n
yet it appeared that the Right Honourable Gen-
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tleman was quite, unprepared fir the eveninst t.
formed a serious ground of Complaint agalriihni,
is
but there was another ground of complain(. It
would be recollected, that when the Honourable
Baronet actually .resisted the warrant, the case
was referred to the consideration of the Right
Honourable Gentleman, and his answer was, tha
be knew nut what advice to give, as there was no
precedent whatever in which this warrant had been
resisted. gow he put it to the Right Ilonoura.
ble Gentleman personally, professionally, and
officially, whether upon abandoning the law to
pursue politics,-it did not become his duty to
study Parliainentary History with somewhat wore
attitudes. In point of act, there was a Wee.
dent of the Speaker's warrant having been rtisist.
ad long before that issued against Sir Francis- Bur-
dett, whose manner of acting he was by no
means disposed to justify, and that resistance
was accompanied by contempt. But in this pre.
cedent how did the House proceed-a-why, they
voted that the party so resisting was sick. Such
1 was the mode by which the House averted any
conflict upon that occasion. -But yet, as to the
privileges of the House, he was at ready as any
to inattifain them, and that tite warrant .of the
Speaker was complete—that if good for any thing
it was good for every thing, and that it authoriz-
ed the breaking open 'of doors, if necessary, in
order to enforce its execution. If it were not
invested with that authority, What, he would ask,
was to become of the most important functions of
that House ? llo* were witnetses to .tin brought,
to the bar, as in the recent investigation respect-
-1 •the Duke of York ?---how was the [louse to',
come at various points of information material'',
to the performance of its first duties ?-..in a word,'
if the Speaker's warrant were not omnipotent;1
what was to become of the inquisitorial power of''
that House-? It was impossible that the people'
could be so insensible to their own best interests,.
Icould be so besotted as to entertain a wish of
wrenching from the House a power so essential
to all the. good purposes of its institution. Let
it be recollected, that although the House of
Commons had erred from its duty in many
stances, it ought not to be derived of those lid?'
vileges which were indispensible to its utility
and power, when it should become more confor-
mable to-the opinion and the internee( the people.
I That it must become so conformable be could en-.
1 tert*in little dnibt... Indeed, he 'would venlate tO
say, that the cause of reform Wei making,raPid
prugress—that witbih the last month many, ver y
many canverti had. been made to that cause. • loet
it then be ',eked, iti. wind state the Houstlivoild
be placed in the event of a reform, if stripped of
the power under ditcussion—if the Speaker's war-
, ant were not omnipotent ? The Crown was
known to have an influtuice in- that House,and else-
where; and what must the people expect to be
the iodination of that influence in the event of re-
form. Must they not calculate upon its hostility,
and what power could a reformed 'House of
Commons - have of coantoriteting that hos.
tility if its warrant were not effective ? Upon
this ground, he thought the Speaker's warrant '
ought to be omnipotent. But although he main-
tained the power of this warrant, it did not follow
that he would vindicate an improper application
of that power, as in the instance of Sir =Francis`.
Burdett. At the same tiete,as it was deemed pro.
per to issne.the warrant against that Honourable
Baronet, why should it be conceived necessary, •
so long after Its issue, to consult the Attorney-Ge-
neral as to the mode of its execution ? Ono
should suppose that an opinion upon this subject
should have been previously obtained, and that I
the City of AVestminster should'not so long have
been suffered to retnain in a state of tumult. The
Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Perceval)° and 1
bis Rt. Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State
(Mr. Ryder)toek credit, it appearcdi for the as.
sistance they offered, and the exertions they made
upon that occasion. But what said the Scrjeant
at A tans ? Did he not state at Abe Bar, that he .
could not get a sight of the Secretary of 'State ? \
and also, that until Monday morning he could, not
obtaiu adequate assistance? [No, no, on the 'Mi.
nisterial [leaches]. • He was in the recollection
of the House, and the Minutes, When printed,
Arran I doservearr airew• he w-fer 4,e-weiriorreetr-Ifite
Righl Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Perceval) atteinpted.
.to ex use himself, by stating that he had' no ria,lat
to interpose with the execution of the • geeakerlii
warrant, unless specially applied to for Sit. 'But
what did the Right:Hon. Gentleman do when so
applied to ? Why, the Serjeant at Arms
_was re.
.ferred to the Bow-street Officers. lie begged the
House to remember the deposition of this Officer,
enfeebled is he was by• so many sleepless nights,
and to consider the circumstances of an indivi.
!ideal so situated without any decisive advice, or
adequate aid to enfotee the warrant with which he
was entrusted. The Right Hein. Gent. claimed
credit for not 'calling be themilita'ry prematurely.
But why not call in the dvit power ? That in fact
slid not at alt make its appearance until Monday,.
in conjunction with else Military: Ile was happy
to hear it admitted by the Right' Hen. Gent. that
the tumult which love rise to' this discuision was
net the result of tiny deep-laid plan, that there
was nothing 'attire than an ordinary mob, which
could be quieted by the ortli,eary mettras.—[Are,
so, n the Ministerial Beaches.] The Hon.
Member deprecated these toterruptiens—he re.
pealed his conception of the Right &lon. Gent.'a
admission, that there was not apprehmislon of any
* extended plet, or conspiracy us the recent disturb-.
ance. Such indent was the general eonvictitan,
artklthet thcise disturbances I°o4 never have, etc.
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But while he deplored the indiscretion of Wai-
ters, and Complained of their moaner, of provid.
ing fire the executionnt the Speaker's warrant, he
.begged it to be understood, that he. meant not to
make any apoingy for the conduct of Sir F. Bur-
-1 Jett. On the contrary, he thought that the lion.
j Bart, even upon his own principles, ought ntio
have persisted in reSisting. After 5 days of ation
osi
p
he did yield to force, and he might as well bate
so yielded, for his own view of trying the ques-
tion, within the first five minutes after the war-
rant' was presented to him. He vies, therefore, nu
apologist for the conduct of Sir Francis Burdett.
A Nuble Lord had interpreted the lion. Baronet's
letter to mean a .resulation to resist the execution
of the warrant. Then it wais matter of complaint
that arrangements wereinot promptly taken to
the
its execution, Why, in. fact, was not the
warrant executed, as it might have been, by two
or three constables within an hour or two after it
was signed ? (Hear, hear ' on the Ministerial
Benches.) Gentlemen on the opposite side meant
no doubt, as indeed they endeavoured, to throw
the blame upon the Serjeant at Arms, but they
could not succeed. The House could never eon-
'eive blame fairly itnputtable to an unlearned Oan,
with 'a mere inilitary edicetion, for doubt and ig.
aOMB CC upon a subject with
_regard to which the
Learned Lawyer, the' First of the Trta,ury,
professed his inability to decide,' and felt It tie-
cessary to refer to the advice of the A:torney.
GeOeral. if any of his friends were to resort to
such an expedient to palliate the neglect of official
duty, if aley could attempt .to cover themselves
by casting bletiie on such an officer, he week,
really bo ashltlited of them. But •Mioisters uputi
this questiun WOW to call forth the compassion
of the House. What claim, hue/over, had they
to that consideration? Westminster was in com-
motion, and leaving that commotion to extend,
they took lime to consult lawyers. It wool(' be.
remembered, that *heir, in 1780, it was pro.
posed to take the option of the Judges, as to
the mode of repressing the riots, a great man ex-
claimed—" What ! wait fur the opinion 'of the
Judges, end all. London may be in flames in a few
hours ? No ;" said he, i g let us act immediately,
and take the respOnsibility upon ourselves." But
Ministers- were not in this instance so courageous.
No ; the Right Hotioulable Gentleman shrunk
from the occasion, and now endeavoured to
1 shelter himself by the censure :of a subordinate
, officer. [llear, hear !] It was stated that some dif-
ference of opinion 'prevailed bet:green the Sheriffs
and the Magistrates on Senility,. and that this dif-
ference occasioned a delay in the elocution of the
•warrant. No proof, however, of limb * difference
appeared. But in fact the execution of the war-
rant ought to have taken place before the period
that difference was said to arise. Now, "eith re."
`gard to the 'effect which the COUP of iliie (Hades.
iron appeared to have epost the mind of en O.
Friend behind him (Mr. seer Wen )., he WO ter.
Willy sererised at it. • Ili' ItOn. Frienif sitkilbet
he Would steed by the GOY Clarailltr. thatMihisters
ought to 1609410 m lb Mih tacit eltists:., it
would serlutssfy ask Mir Hon. Friend*: w
could gall upon 'arty Gentlemen
,connected WiTh,
' him to rally round a rush—to Mo. open teak.
nem? Vas it possible, after the' preefis at, Niko
hecility.and vacillation which, this,* iellyiktereklied so
recently afforded, that his Hoe. Friesseceillil con_
titlerately press such a propoeition: Übe would,
his lion. Friend must excuse him Wise fattier Prefer.'
red soling where he was, and declining; the cameo..
1:41tio. 'r he lion. Gen tlemae, feeling tile Tenter/ *mire
' tikely to follow any attempt to proceed, in this ie.-
i stance, to the extreme alluded to by soma Creni
Iticmcn, pirticularly recollected the case of Wilkif,
1 he expressed his• preference for the mere. moderate
course. If an 'expulsion 'were to takti.'iia•pt the
i house was aware what must tottery.' All mast
rW
:frknow what an election fueinmitistero was, and
tall must calculates' upon the ennsentignee of Sir
!Francis burdett's re-election, though 'apparently
against•his Will. Au expuldon, therefore, Was a
proposition.not to be entertained even upon this
ground.. But he disclaimed all sense of fear as
among the causes of, his opinion. No, he was
not afraid •of the censer/to...trees of consoiraey i
among any set.ol.persons whatevei. [ Hear, heart]
This he thought proper to state, as some Gentle.
Men had alluded to-conspiracies. But at the tame.
time, he would not be understood to believe in
the existence of any conspiracies whatever, nor
did he mean to cast any censure .upon Sir Francis,
'Burdett, although lie must say, that had the Ho.,
Ittttt irahle Baronet confined himself to a proper
"hew of resistance, instead of proceeding to Wee..
unities, he would have pieced his popularity event
a throne from which it could never be dbiledgetl.
• Hear; hear ! on the Ministerial Benches.]
e,--did (.eVenren -feittrimaghie that'•theit-
Main,er of viewing things was general; that !hal
country was filled with lawyers and attornies like
themselves, likely tn'make distinction between pie;
Validity and value nf a warrant ? He could arms,*
the Right Honourable Gentlemen, that isualer.oaa
. .n. .
coierts had been matte to the doctrine of Sir
Francis Burdett, nor merely by his own men.
mitts, but by the Conduct of ° the Right Ho.
nourable Gentleniew theniselves. Let the recul.
'cajun then, •of this conduct, urge • the House to
'attend to considerations of expediency in due 1 ime.
`Let the House beware of doing thing" where they
could not Nemec the.cootrequences; He 'really be-
lieved there were few who. would not have been
willing ro revoke the vote they were induced to
give, upon the proposition of the Right .110.
oottrable Gentleinan, or sit least, what •he prtii
posed through another, that Sir Francis Bur..
*deft should be committed instead of being re.
primanded. [No, no; frog a fete voices.] He
would ask the Honourable Gentleman hiosself,•
•who brought the subject before the House, .bit
Whom be did not then sec in his placel.l lo011tk).
whether' lie did• not now • regret tke proposition ?
Sure lie was, thst a team' of reglet upon the de.
cisiori of the Howie in ;Ma cagey was frener4.o.l
[Na, noifrom'theChiinorllor ef the I,:4fhequer].
Why, the Right Ilimottrable Gueraltmseir could
not retired to Li A 0.17 CV 40 NAV, alth WOO evils,

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*pantos con dlattgAisiisters upon the sues.
s alluded to; ts th4the wirer coon: w-nues:l,l
ifiree been to rote for thelepvimano of Sr,' Francis
6 'd
tit cit. It was, argued, ' that if the Honuurabl:
tigronet had beets ft:wino:m(lrd, he would have
forbid the House to" gn farther; bat 19 that
it was antwered,..that then the Honoirrahle Br:
collet woolit bare, been palpably. wrung. Of
course, ifthifiluuse had proceeded to committali it
would have stood acquitted io the eye of the couee
try. Here the Hun. Gentleman took occasion In
submit a few words to the consideration of the
house, as to its future conduct. He hoped, that
recent experience would teach the House the pro,
priety of cautiously abstaining from passionate de.
visions—that it %souk' ant allow itself to be pro.
wi,li,ed into rage by such a miserable productiuu a,
that of Gale Jones, • which' led to so much evil—
that it would nut enable such a man to occasim,
trouble, by putting a sword into the weal hands
of an angry Minister—tbet it would nut be (unsaid
to notice frivolous libels, and dies bring thosepfo
vileges into question among the people fur whose
benefit alone they Alid or, ought to exist. As to the
consequence ethic)* arutetiot•of (lie recent diger.
bances, lief hoped and trust hey would be inguir.
ed into, and the result reported to that Rome.
—The r.ectple ought to see that where serious
outrages were committed, where lives acre actu-
ally lost, nothing was left undone by that House to
procure information, Red to administer ill the re.
dress in its power. Of the two propusitiuus he.
1 fore the House., . he confessed th.it he shioilil prefer
that for an adjournment. To the Chancellor iii.
the Exchecolei's observation• that the hotel, of Sir
Francis Burdett should be inserted upon the-Jour.
eats,' with the opinion of the House upon it, in
I order to be referred to in the event of any appli.
cation from the Honourable Baronet for his re.
lease from the Tower, he should only say that in
the first place such an application did nut appear
to be at all .likely. Bnt, if . it. were made; if
I the Hoe. Baronet manifested any disposition to
make a proper concession to the authority of the
House, he shouldbe willing to have this letter fur.
gotten eitogether. Indeed, upon every conaidera.
lion of. policy and experience, the House should
idecline to _put this letter on the Journals. He
I would therefore oppose the Right Honourable
.'Gentleman's motion,- for•which, however, loam
•ii gene' at principle, he could never consent to rule.
• A Member ti'merved, that the Hems .s whea sir.
tint e:titi Pinta), °nett to hate icen apprised of
the appieitensions entertained iis to the execution •
of the Speaker's *arrant, in biller that measures
might have been token by the House necenlingly.
The SPEAKER tonic beeiloss to 'address the
Housei conceiving that by this obseradien, it was
meant to impute to Jinn 'a neglect •of duty, The
• lion. Member's charge,. henbaerted, ievnlved twa
peilvta4 toe omits to- a. waiter of . fact, sad the
other as to.a.mattite of opinion: ,It watt egged !his
while the Willie ii-okirifitig U iltE 4 FAII, IN)
was iritatinsed of l4l*,Ftpicit t ordain% fitilettlom to
`resist trite eXectstion of his' MO. anti that.ls
tisoo* to' bate 'netiOad 'Wit eirittlaffittldelitita
'' The. Hon. Member-whO-ittede Ow Oltstratiox,
time and stated in explanation, that not kedelles
dive contrary when Mae House met, nanseihthatee*
..retsistange would be aide, the If tosiomilffiti II
been apprised efihe circtirostances.. ' •
• The SPEA K Eit resumed,' ifiatlitt-traft Wei
lily doubt on the Silkier; the fustjteat et An' •
told. bi tn, that Sir Francis BetsletOrWild OW'
piny him to the To.** On g'Focilareserninevaild
that he bad. so arranged -it with him. Bet his la;
s;,rustibns upon receiving**. itifelligtacelteMtlet.
Itirjaiit. was,' that' he shoold-:proceed forthwith eli:
execute.the inerrant. •At that times:hosteler, sag
iintil 'A late hour thatnight, he hod no approhres
sion whatever, that any- resistance mac in AM:
With regard to the remarks of the 11414140whav'
upon the subject of thy advice. proper to be she*
to the Serjeant at Arms, when the ititeatitia la
resist *as known, he -certainly. gems Ow bed 1
advice in his power. When the Serjoint told
him that civil aid was required to execute the
%%arrant, in conscipience of. the mob assembled
• about Sir' F; . lit, rdett's house,
\duty' to' refer him to the Secretary ofd Slat('
Throughout the progress of the ()winless, had
had frequent communications with the Serjeant il.
Arms both night and dory. In fact, for fully.
he thought it hit
eight hours, it so engrossed his time and attentive!
as to deprive-him of any repose whatever. Wt.",
might be Opposed by some Gentleinen, Matte
Ishii failed in his duty, in not giving that advice':
the Serjeant, which he lied siiiee received from _
greve opinioil as
_to the breaking -open en ou
door for the purpose of eveeming his warred.
Upon the_;Serkats VII attrOvltion.-01.
-14,oeht
door 14.
Vie Voinr: el-breaking open the outer .i ,
se whit.
certainly dill' ittoilld'
(lilt:). fet.siilehriems.tellefiegi la:: ,
ever of a similar instance upon *Word,' he bau„l,,.
gatlacirity to guide 'his judgment as Wise 111'7
• of such a proceeding, and thonght
titep•edSetrhjeeaintlut ,steo
wtuhiesidJßu4lges
iiitiliif.
alphnrsynPrierat;:t.wiltidos,
him for , nit advising the Seiksat to 14,1
life in jeopardy: He felt that. e might Da!, To,
any:, man to risk his life in a proceediaa W.o.lell_:,
i would not think right-to undertake himself..
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was .his.opinion at the tier, and sutik Inta
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nine still. The Howse referreferredthe,sep Y.e°
the sources from which he was issottlikel
lain competent information,. to bean Oisartleinii ,
mere accustomed to Ow ezeetat.; on of
0, to
*messy:. But as to the breaking,open ' kit,
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Ighuthiagt:tuydowthrerh
4,bolf6itivai:rrheotouifsb(neootrergoceFhticsnujomudorhimoisectwmtiletalulisaa,co"orti i
not advise the Officer to ria,ls..hta •ItSitarisigiit
-441,,csotsing. C ifittartilrver 1-I,_;:,..kepoith
" • s',hll tookl that fottteaP which'
tic's
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varcillation evinced in the whole
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t Of illitsisters upon ...
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---------the
"es. h„
of
is thititthe wirer course woeltl ao
ir the*primand of S:r Francis 31
vied," that if the Honourable
feptimaitiled, he would have fu
lIJI
to' gn farther ; brat to thst Cu
,at then the Flonotarahle B. ea
. been palpably. wrung. of sit
had proceeded to committal, it if
icquitted iis the eye of the Cutlet tel
it. Gentleman took occasion tit 'r•l
sis to the consideration of the -pi
iture conduct. He hoped, that tie
Kould teach the House the pro, ap:
y abstaining from passiunate Ile. e.l
null sant allow itself to be pro. 'Ss'
r such a miserable productiuu et 1,,
es,. which' led to to much evil_ rd
it enable such a man to occasii th
ng a slued into the weak hands be
ter—that it would nut be (assist th
s Libels, and thee bring those Vv. ill
ion among the people for whose TI
rdid or, ought to exist. As to the reel
ielt aruSetalt.rof (lie recent dicer. Al
and trustsihey would be itigoir. ta,
resets reported to that Home. sh
'tight to see that where serious
ouinitteil, where lives um: attn. tit
; was left undone by that House to la
aUll, MO to ildtPitlibter ill the re. 0
;r. Of the two propositions he. tit
. he confessed that he *kohl prefer to
in-ninety. To the Chancellor of II
i obseFtation• that the letter of Sir ti
should be inserted upon the Jour. II
opinion of the House upon it, in el
Tred to in the event of any appli. tit
fionouratble Baronet for his re. tl
Tower, he should only say that in i
such an application did not appear u
likely. Bnt, if •it were made; if h
met manifested any disposition tit tl
concession to the authority of the Ti
uld• be willing to have this letter fur. t
er. Indeed, upon every consider;. i
and experience, the House 'knit t
this letter on the Journals. He a
.re oppose the Right Honourable I
notion,• for•which, however, open r
ciple, he could never consent to vols. a
o'isorved, that the Hues .i whea sir, a
tiS), °VOht to have Leen apprised of
ions entertained es to the oxecathos - r
r's Warrant, in Order that measures a
en taken by the lines. accordingly. 1
KER. took necilon to 'address the
iving that by this observ.dieellfwas t
itte to Alio, •a neglect .of linty, Tie I
is charge,, be:owe:red, ievolved two
Dacia to, a. master of . fact, awl' tits
reliant of opinion: ,It wasiNNOL
taconms
1.4 i i
iiitipg u Frisit IllitoA, ,
Of Afeje4cja artiseet'a 0002 t*.tt
Xtatiell of his' :410, and that.le
to ' notified 'wit siristill*****
. .. . .
Member- who, tstade Ay eissemities,
ad in esplanades, that not itaditgas
• whengte House wet, nanseiyithets,*
uuld be aide, she floasionsOffsa heN
A oft he eireotostinteea .. '
A K Lit reittniedi. flatly:4o *WC
n the eulijact, the Soloed at Al*.
tat Sir Francis Battlett4,ftild !tic.'
t the 'reittrer an S'aeuctlaytuarninefalti
so arranged -it with him. Bet is le%
•pon tee:ovine* intelligenctlivau lit
s,' that' ha shoyld.:procaed fortamtitisZ
inerrant. •At that times:however, , , ~,
hour that'night, he had no appiliket •
ter, that any resistance oat ise-siert
si to the remarks of the IfiltahOt*
abject of the &deice. proper to be es
jeant at Arms, when the Whiting to
known, 'ho certainly, gra, iheled
his power. When the Serjoint tat
civil aid was required to execute tits
in • conseipienee of. the mob assembled
F. 'Mirth:Ws house,
he thought it hit'
'era him to the Secretary of Stalk.
lit the progress of the !mimes, k hi
!tit communications with the Serjeant at
It night and day. In fact, for folly.
.5, it so engrossed his time and atentisal
ire-him of any repose whatever. ButDe
!'
supposed by Souse Gentleinen, that
in his duty, in not giving that advice to
•
intt which he had since received from
nits', as to the breaking •open en outer
the porpoSo of raectoing his Warne
re Serk,sill'iLltkoadt“)Jar. yak pt' .
's't rb.raling open the outer door,
a°
..
did • not' feel himself 106'44 im ,
n to•dn So. There
,heing,no case wkat'.
siniilar instance upon *scrotal,. he Will
.'
to guide his judgm tothe leg
as . o_,
a proceeding, anti thonght
jeans ,to ,steo
wtohiesidJau.l4lgegiiitilof.
any
at
;ii. 1:161-
tit
tint advising the Seiyeant top-
mission at the time,• and seek vr!ts 11.0_ Ini
I. The ilotpe referred the.Sersw:h!
11:alt)tiltfir'i.iirt!sk.. kehilgiishetir-i:fselitthatin
undertake f.)i!r°(teeeu!dhhiatin4as:l;fil.leheirgs:h:
•ces from width. he was irometlmit•i°,7o,
ipetent information,. to thew oho'. 4
cnstomed to the executing of warlin7oo
at. But as to the bre:Alec 0pe11.°',..,
sor of a house to execute his warrsili,".;
he before obeerved, on reet.4lo.
_t
coal
whatever to &rat his jUdeeliti alsowo.
ise Ulu Officer to rikis .Itti liferbring its
eatonosg, Cillar.lArar -I_,„ he 'OlOOl.
.ft
• , ,he wok. the, pent' %hi" mu
k -au to '--
referring-the Sadolut sr .-r . isst
A„ and deed ..
Oes re,s‘ egilseteWto 4041" g .
Ni, operating. .ditest
..r.
1 TENtri.E coMpleined om t" ioll--
. _ of 311.
alien evinced in, the whole reset .
sot
Tile tone
thrtstighout this htiallicaii.