ABSTRACT
The Bill for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act was finally passed at seven o’clock in the House of Peers. The Earl of Lauderdale said, that the state of the country, as far as he could acquire a knowledge of it, from the most diligent inquiries he could make, was most incorrectly described in the Report, upon which the Bill, now before their Lordships, had been formed. Lord Castlereagh declared, that he was satisfied that the Honourable Gentleman did not mean a personal charge. It is now no longer a question whether THE PEOPLE want Reform or not; but, whether the House is willing to reform itself. The Westminster Petition, unanimously passed in Palace Yard, against the Habeas Corpus Suspension, has called forth a LOYAL Westminster and Western General Declaration, wherein the Declarers declare that they notice, with the greatest abhorrence , the insidious attempts which have been practised to mislead the People, and to aggravate their sufferings, by pretended remedies.
