Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-29

iious hbels had been prosecuted in
1884.
The Solicitor General, on the contrary,
contended taai the existing laws were in
sufficient Fit was true, thai The lowest
class of the people, aiouewere engaged IN
this conspiracy, their number ought 10
prevent them from being considered as
objects of contempt This circumstance
served TO render 1t the more dangerous.
because more terocity was TO be expected
from IT,
Sir Francis Bur,lett attempted to throw
ridlcu'e on the idea of the danger with
which England WAS represented as being
menaced. lie sad, that he saw no con-
s;Wacy but that Of ministers 10 create a
false alarm, 10 Caiumniate tie innocent,
AMI prey emit tue adoption of the only mea-
sure winch could save the country. The
report o! tire committee is couched in
terms So general that it is impossible TO
answer its allegations.
Lord Castlereagh having said that the
speech of the last speaker was not adj
dressed 10 the House, but TO those who
were strangers To twas interrupted with
loudcrles of Order, order.
Lord Stanly said, that every one ought
TO he called 10 order, who would attribute
To AL Honorable Member the design of
addressing his remarks, in the House, to
any other persons than those OF whom il
was composed.
Lord Castlereagh said, that he did not
impute tothe SIP aker the design of in
flaming the minds of the people: but that
his speech WAS not made TO convince
the House, but to produce effects else
where.
The Speaker.-I think ii is in order 10
consider every discourse pronounced iii
the House as addressed only to il.
Lord Castlercagh.-l submit 10 the de-
clslon of the Speaker. In an eloquentand
animated speech, he proved the existence
OF danger, and asked, if on the eve of an
lnsurrecfion i'll the Capitol, and in the
Provinces, the House wished to see the -
ecuilve power, compelled TO standwith FOL
ded arms without making any efforts TO
correct it before The explosion should
overturn the government. Was ii proper
10 wait Till blood should flow, or 10 pre-
vent lis eiiusion The safety of the
stat imperiously demands this measure,
and without if there exists no means Of
saving this country from bloody and
terrible catasirophe.-(L Castiereagh
sal down amid numerous and prolonged
appiauses)
Mr. Ponsonby in admitting the exist
ence of the danger, of which he was con-
WINGED Is member of the Secret Com
mliiee, coniended that the present laws
were sufficient to suppress it. As a proof
of 1t, he stated, that tlev- had been AIDE
quate to- arrest the cousplrators at Glas-
gow, as the House had been informed
The distress of the times has produced
discomfort, which leads 10 Instruction,
but tliat Is moi sufficient motive to sus
pend the Habeas Corpus, the grand Bull
wSrk OF British Liberties. II is conspi-
racy ofiamine stirred up by maleyo-
iencc.
Lord Coclrane thought fiat the coun-
try ought 10 demand the dismissal of the
present ministers, as The sole means of
saving il from degradation.
The votes were FL last faken-2z3
against, 99weYc IN favour ofthe ist read
ing ofthe bill. The House adjourned at
8 O'Clock in the morning.
FEB. % The third reading of the bill
to suspend The Hsbeas Corpus was or
dered by majority of 265 against
1903.
Sir Francis Burdcftproposcd AZ, amend
ment, that 10 person should be imprison-
cd III Il damp or unhealthy dungeon; that
they should have the benefit of air, ire,
and exercise that they should not be
loaded with irons that they should have
liberty t. address petitions TO the king and
the two Houses, ana 10 see tlieir wives g.
children.
Mr.. Ponsonby moved that the suspen
sion should only continue 10 the lst OF
May, instead of tie lst OF July.
Another member moved the suppress
sion OF the clause which permitted the
transfer Of prisoner ilom one prison TO
another The Attorney General opposed.
by observing, that it might be useful 20
remove 4 prisoner from those who might
holl Intelligence with him. An these
m"noments were succcssively rejected,
and the bill adopted
PARIS, Feb. 10.
On Saturday last Mrs. Robert Patterson
with her two sisters, were pres, nied to
the King. These ladies are neces of the
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