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&is he was seconded , as usual , t > y trie bithef gentleman fixed on for this purpose . A very „ slight debate ensued . ; Mr . Whiibread "would not support Sir Francis , though he agreed in the greater part of his address ; and Mr . Ponsonby disapproved of the manner in uhich the subjects were brought forward ; and on a division , there appeared only one- for Sir Francis Burdett ' s motion , besides the
two tellers , the mover and the . seconder of the motion . The gentleman ' s name is Cuthbert ; and his name ought not to be forgotten , as to be singular in a good cause is far better than to follow the leader in the beaten track of servility-Nothing , indeed , can be more contemptible than the fashion of an address
coming from the ministerial side of the house ; and we thank Sir Francis Burdett for interrupting this silly practice , and standing up for the people , and speaking the language of the people . — Mr . Creevey distinguished himself in the
following nights , by his observations on the Droits ofthe Admiralty . the four and a half per cents , in Granada , and sinecure places and pensions , held by members of Parliament , or those who had been members . But he was not
successful in his endeavours , any more tl > anu Mr . Broughamy who brought the subject of the Droits of the Admiralty before the house , in a very long and laboured speech , in which the whole sub ject was developed , with great clearness , accuracy and precision . The doctrine , however , of the king ' s personal claim to
these droits , was much weakened by this debate ; and it seemed to be pretty generally recognized , that they were subject to the controul of parliament . — The Establishment of the King and Prince Regent occasioned much less debate than
the importance of the matter seemed to require , and the plan was brought forward in a very contused manner by Mr . Perceval . An increase of expenditure to the' nation , not a diminution , was held out . But if this minister
introduced but weakly this important subject , another wai much more unfortunate , for after giving notice of a motion in consequence of the dreadful murders and horrid atrocities , committed in the
metropolis , and expatiating on them in gtowing Colours , he ended by proposing a committee to enquire into the nightly tcatch m £ the metropolis . This brought up Sir Samuel RomiU y > who stated , in a manlypad energetic speech , the neces-
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sity of probing the wound more T cteepl y > of going to the root of the e * il , of encjuiring into the causes of the increase and the atrocity of crimes , of the effects of imprison : *; ents in the hulks , and the whole nature of our criminal laws . Mr . Sheridan , a . ls *> , n a strain of wit , for which he is particularly celebrated , turned into complete ridicule the poor
Secretary ' s speech , and the negligence of his duty , us first officer of the pol ce of the kingdom . The whole Hv-use was moved by the flagrant necessity of the case and the impotency of the measure proposed by government , and t was resolved unanimously , that a . committee should be , and a committee accordingly was , appointed , to examine into the whole state of the police . Sir F Burdett ) who is one of the committee , moved
afterwards , for en account of the poi . ee officers and ther qualifications . The thanks of the country are due to Lord Bolkstone % for bringing- a very important subject before Parliament , the state of the Ecclesiastical Courts . The
immediate cause was the case a poor ignor rant girl , thrown into prison under pretence of contumacy , atter having beeri excorr municated . The girl was a mindf % and the offence was triflin ? ,, calling a woman by a bad flame . His Lordship gave a history of these courts , and produced several instances of oppression under them , fin shing Ly a motion-ibr / an enquiry into the nature of their
iurisdictvon . Sir W * Scott cntere . into a laboured defence of thern ^ such as might be expected from a judge in them , and such as a grand inquisitor would plead in support of the inquisition , but he expressed a wi ^ h , that some other sentence might be substituted for that of excommunication . Sir S- RomiUy explained to the house what excommunication was , and the state of the poof
girl under it , who had urtered an expression , coarse indeed , but most probably true . He was happy ; however , to hear excommunication so reprobated , and trusted that great g < o * l would result from it , by a bill to put * n end to such a sentence . Sir S . corrected Sir . W . Scott on , the power of imprison netvjt in the ecclesiastical courts , since they ^ m oy -it mediately , though not imme" cliately , the temporal court always imprisoning . upon their application . Sit John Nicholy another spiritual judge , allowed that excommunication ought t # be abolished . "After a few more speeches ,
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62 State of Public Affairs .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1812, page 62, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1744/page/62/
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