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Parliamentary Proceedings.
of . the House , of which he might be accused for obtruding a different matter , 'issured the House , that it was not from any disposition he felt to deter the respectful Address which was to be proposed to his Majesty for his gracious Speech from the Throne , but that he felt and deemed it his duty , as a Member of that House , to maintain and enforce the rights and privileges oi his Constituents , who could not imagine themselves to be in the due enjoyment of them as lon ° - as the Habeas Corpus Act remained suspended ; that was the great bulwark which protected their liberties aud personal safety and nothing now
re-; mained to countenance and justify the continuance of its suspension , since tha issue of the late trials relieved us from the apprehension that any plot or conspiracies existed to endanger the form or peace of our Constitution . He therefore requested that some one of his Majesty ' s Ministers would previously condescend to inform the House if it was their intention to repeal it themselves , or renew it at the time of its expiration . MrDundas lied to MrSheridanand objected to his motion ( upon which
. rep . , the Speaker observed there was nothing in the form of a motion before the House ) . Mr . Dundas moreover gave it as his firm opinion , that nothing had occurred since the last meeting of Parliament that induced him to believe , that the Act then passed for suspending the Habeas Corpus Bill should not still be kept in force , and even renewed after the time it of course expired , should circumstance * call for such a measure of precaution . Mr . . AM supported Mr . Sheridan , and in a very pointed and animated tone the free discussion of
reprobated the attempts that were made to silence political topics , and to prevent Englishmen from candidly expressing their feelings and opinions , by conjuring up among them nothing less than the terrors of a Bastile . ,, ' .-Mr . Morris professed that he did not think Mr . Sheridan altogether orderly , but that should he bring forward at a proper time a motion of that tendency , it should meet with his cordial support . The Solicitor-General replied at great length to what was advanced by Mr
Sheridan . Mr . Pitt , Mr . Fox , and Mr . Sheridan , respectively oilered many remarks . The latter gave notice , that he to-morrow would submit a motion to the House , for repealing the Act passed during the last session for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act . ' Mr . Sheridan moved also an enquiry into the nomination of a third Secretary of State , an office which he said was abolished , and suppressed by an Act of parliamentcommonly called MrBurke ' s Bill
, . . After a sharp conflict of pointed repartee between Mr . Pitt , Mr . Dundas , aud MivSheridan , the Speaker proceeded to read his Majesty ' s Speech . Sir Edward Knatebbull rose , and begged leave lo move an Address , which he prefaced with a very few observations upon the King ' s Speech . He said nothing upon the first part of the Speech . For the conduct and events of the war . Ministers were responsible , and he doubted not they would be able to give comleat satisfaction to the HouseThe negociation of the States of Hollandhe
p . , judged unworthy of any comment . He concluded by moving an Address to the same purport as that moved in the other House . Mr . Canning seconded the Address . Mr . Wilberjorce next rose . ¦ He had made the present question a subject of serious deliberation , and though he remained for some time in considerable doubt , his decision obliged him to differ from those with whose sentiments he had usually acquiesced . He thought that peace might and ought to be conamendment to the
cluded on equitable and honourable terms , and proposed an following effect : " His Majesty ' s faithful Commons assure his Majesty , that they will always be ready to furnish him with such supplies as may be necessary to support the dignity of 1 iis throne , and to promote the welfare of his subjecte . Notwithstanding our recent reverses and disappointments , they earnestly hope that his Majesty's throne and dominions will remain sejeure from the attacks both of foreign and domestic foes . Yet from the retrospect of these calamities , they judge it adviseable to admonish his Majesty to take such niea-
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
of . the House , of which he might be accused for obtruding a different matter , 'issured the House , that it was not from any disposition he felt to deter the respectful Address which was to be proposed to his Majesty for his gracious Speech from the Throne , but that he felt and deemed it his duty , as a Member of that House , to maintain and enforce the rights and privileges oi his Constituents , who could not imagine themselves to be in the due enjoyment of them as lon ° - as the Habeas Corpus Act remained suspended ; that was the great bulwark which protected their liberties aud personal safety and nothing now
re-; mained to countenance and justify the continuance of its suspension , since tha issue of the late trials relieved us from the apprehension that any plot or conspiracies existed to endanger the form or peace of our Constitution . He therefore requested that some one of his Majesty ' s Ministers would previously condescend to inform the House if it was their intention to repeal it themselves , or renew it at the time of its expiration . MrDundas lied to MrSheridanand objected to his motion ( upon which
. rep . , the Speaker observed there was nothing in the form of a motion before the House ) . Mr . Dundas moreover gave it as his firm opinion , that nothing had occurred since the last meeting of Parliament that induced him to believe , that the Act then passed for suspending the Habeas Corpus Bill should not still be kept in force , and even renewed after the time it of course expired , should circumstance * call for such a measure of precaution . Mr . . AM supported Mr . Sheridan , and in a very pointed and animated tone the free discussion of
reprobated the attempts that were made to silence political topics , and to prevent Englishmen from candidly expressing their feelings and opinions , by conjuring up among them nothing less than the terrors of a Bastile . ,, ' .-Mr . Morris professed that he did not think Mr . Sheridan altogether orderly , but that should he bring forward at a proper time a motion of that tendency , it should meet with his cordial support . The Solicitor-General replied at great length to what was advanced by Mr
Sheridan . Mr . Pitt , Mr . Fox , and Mr . Sheridan , respectively oilered many remarks . The latter gave notice , that he to-morrow would submit a motion to the House , for repealing the Act passed during the last session for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act . ' Mr . Sheridan moved also an enquiry into the nomination of a third Secretary of State , an office which he said was abolished , and suppressed by an Act of parliamentcommonly called MrBurke ' s Bill
, . . After a sharp conflict of pointed repartee between Mr . Pitt , Mr . Dundas , aud MivSheridan , the Speaker proceeded to read his Majesty ' s Speech . Sir Edward Knatebbull rose , and begged leave lo move an Address , which he prefaced with a very few observations upon the King ' s Speech . He said nothing upon the first part of the Speech . For the conduct and events of the war . Ministers were responsible , and he doubted not they would be able to give comleat satisfaction to the HouseThe negociation of the States of Hollandhe
p . , judged unworthy of any comment . He concluded by moving an Address to the same purport as that moved in the other House . Mr . Canning seconded the Address . Mr . Wilberjorce next rose . ¦ He had made the present question a subject of serious deliberation , and though he remained for some time in considerable doubt , his decision obliged him to differ from those with whose sentiments he had usually acquiesced . He thought that peace might and ought to be conamendment to the
cluded on equitable and honourable terms , and proposed an following effect : " His Majesty ' s faithful Commons assure his Majesty , that they will always be ready to furnish him with such supplies as may be necessary to support the dignity of 1 iis throne , and to promote the welfare of his subjecte . Notwithstanding our recent reverses and disappointments , they earnestly hope that his Majesty's throne and dominions will remain sejeure from the attacks both of foreign and domestic foes . Yet from the retrospect of these calamities , they judge it adviseable to admonish his Majesty to take such niea-