Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-06-17

an opportunity should be afforded to
the ministers of the crown to justify the
proceeding. When the discussions should
be brought forward, lie would be perfect
ly ready to state the reasons why he
thought himsef-he did not say. justified,
outbound 10 publish this circular To
the lords !ieutenants of counties In En-
gland aud Wales, under the peculiar cir
cumstances of the present times. Ger
tainiy il was not his intention that PERSONS
should be disturbed in their rehgiuus.
worship. OF The case which the noble
lord had mentioned me had heard nothing,
except what he had just heard from his
lordShip but il was case which proba
biy would have occurred though no such
circular had been published and he did
not see how il was particularly connected
with that letter.
The Earl of Landerdale.--The noble
secretary had not stated whether he WAS
willing to lay before the house the opini-
on of the law offices of tile crown, and
the case submitted to them upon which
that opinion was given. Ii was utterly
impossible to form correct idea OF the
soundness of the opinion, unless the case
were also produced. The noble lord OH
the Woolsack must be aware that this
was the fact, and therefore the house
could not be properly informed for the
discussion without the case as we'll as the
opinion lie trusted that as the noble Sc
cretary was so anxious for the discussion,
he would have no objection to supply the
proper information for that purpose.
Lord Holand.-He did not mean to
say that the subject would certainly be
brought into discussion by his noble
friend, or any other. noble lord. I'm the
production of the case and opinion, il
might possibly appear that there was no
ground for discussion; but at all events, IL
was very Important that the opinion aud
the case should be laid before the house.
With regard 10 the case of Mr.. Wright, OF
Liverpool, he did not mean TO say that the
circumstance might not have happened
though the circularletter hadnot been pub
lished /; but Mr.. Wright had been held
10 bail and this circumstance warranted
a strong suspicion at least that the pro-
ceeding was the consequence OF the cir
cular letter.
The Bishop of Chester.-It was not in
consequence of preaching the Unitarian
doctrines that MIR. Wright had met with
any interruption or molestation. He had
been charged on oath, by most espec-
table gentleman, a merchant of Liverpool,
with having preached, that the notion of
the Immortality of the soul was mere
deluSion and that the idea of future
state was an a6surdity, and thatwas a rea-
son that Mr.. Wright had been proceed
eel with in the manner mentioned by the
noble lord.
Lord IIolland.-Th doctrines men4
toned by the Right Rev. Preate were
such as one would scarcely have expect
ed to hear from a pulpit-but ii was
| not to the doctrines that he referred, but
to the manner IN which The individual ha
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trineS were.
The Earl of ROssyn requested the no
| BILE Secretary of State TO inform The house
whether he had any objection TO the pro-
| duction OF the case laid before the Law
Officers of the Crown and their opinion
upon it
Lord Sidmouth replied, that there was
no objection to produce the opinion, but
that he would oppose the production of
the case, and would state his reasons
when The motion should be made for its
production.
The Earl of Liverpool moved the Sd
reading of the Irish Arms bill.
Lord Holland observed, that he did not
mean TO press his objections very strong
ly TO this bill ; but he wished to call the
| attention of the house 10 the consequent
ces of passing such unconstitutional mea-
greatest Importance, had been suffered
to pass the other house almost without
notice, from its being a renewal of for
mer measure of the same nature. This
showed how cautious they ought TO be in
giving their sanction to bills of this kind.
1t had not been thought necessary TO ex-
tend the suspension of the Habeas Cor
pus Act to Ireland but, however, he con-
ceived that the Ministers were pledged,
even by the passing Of this bill, TO exert
themselves the more strenuously to intro
duce such an effective system of civil po-
lice as would render the passing of such
bills unnecessary. To that he trusted the
Peace Preservation bill, which had been
introduced along with this, would power
fully contribute.
that the Suspension of the Habeas Cor
pus Act had not ben extended TO Ire
land, because the ground of the disturb
ed state of Ireland was not disaffection
to the Government. Ireland, however,
required remedial measures, but mea
sures of different nature from that of
the Suspension of the tIabeas Corpus
Act. The Government of this country,
and that of Ireland, had been endeavor-
ing 10 form strong and effective system
of Civil Police, in order to render the
passing of such bills as this unnecessary.
From the state of the Irish population,
they had, however, experienced great
difficulty in their progress towards the
Accomplishment of this desirable object.
The difficulties, however, had greatly
diminished, and were daily diminish
ing. Until, however, such a system could
be matured, measure of this kind was
necessary.
The Earl of Darnley said. he would not