Star. — London, England, 1819-12-14 00:00:00

10334_ - .V.IrAL ISTELLIGENCE. Durrssu W.N.W.—Arrired and sailed - 61 Ittit.b.h Army, Wmr.asu ; Robert and Ann, art! TBOAR, from Quebec; Dove, Powtie, Hat.t from emel, for Plymouth; VlLtaaxs, from Hull, for Rio Janeiro. Came .on the Rico and sailed, the Saracen,/ Cana, f..r law 0;les; rt!rfutt.:, Y00:40, for St. Viment ; Woodlark, n fo ur: RegArd, Iit'LLOCE, for Oporto ; and t .l . • • I.r:lrcf:l, for Constantinople. Some of the out rc up again. . Dccv.usca 13.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the v. from the Downs, for Madras ; and his Ma ., from a maze. I'ut back the Barbadnes .:Lr, BA: h - 1/remarn ll.—Soled the Lvdy' Arabella packet, 1.:11, for Lisbon ; Hope, Cora, for Yougball. The e ls., packet, from the !brazils, put into Scilly on the • t ; suited from Rio Janeir o on the 11th October ; Fesarrivt.4 here this afternoon. scur S O ON OF V ETY FOR THE SUPPRES SIICE. tostsequence of placards... Try plentifully posted about the 'Meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, .; ; ;Suand, yesterday evening, for the pdrpos.! of hearing Lee "Feuggnity, Tonitera nee, and Slbrietj," by Mr. Coverer, gryr, and, as the placard said , " other decided Friends of . r ." Each person attending this Meeting was directed to 4.7 e shilling at the door, for the expenses of the room; but, ...A:less, long before the hour appointed for the perform- A.-great room was nearly filled with company. 'roc gene. :rat .:ace of this company, indeed, was pretty respectable, thtlil Were many females, apparently the wives and of decent tradesmen. kt,:ren o'clock, the Chair was taken by Mr. HoTer, who dr. object fur which they were convened, and ea t hope that the proceedinp would be conducted in a laws manner. Mr. Courts then cams forward, and in a i fonible mid able speech, pointed out the advantage. which 'rearaliy result front the giving up the of tea, spit its, lie decl red he had used none of these attides For several ell he felt his health thereby much improved. JD.? Moved • of Ih.olotions, pledging the Meeting to aki.ltain from all ::males. The itesolutions were severally put, and • ot.s4 ...gteed to; as was also one, in which hir. COMMIT itryt,ti.t: to prepare a plan for the general instruction of the ki!:.;dem. To this proposal Mr. Colons at once agreed, Las, is should make every exertion to have it completed as a poodble, in order to be of general influence. lie should I. v. ry effort to have ii sold at a cheap rate, thutigh, by there was no saying whether a tract, recommending to hr sober, woulfi not be called political, merely because -ie was put to it. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, asalf-past eig h t o'clock the Meeting adjourned. following are the Resolutions to be moved by Lord Joust , th:s day, on the subject of Parliamentary Iteform : Rat it is expedient that all Boroughs, in which gross and 14 bribery and corruption shall be proved to prevail, ccase to return Members to sense in Parlament ; provi es 3 made to allow such of the electors as shall not 'awe ?roved guilty.uf the said offence, to give votes at any 1....1ec /Oe held for the County in whi ch such Boroughs saall be 'vely situated. I I sat at ii expedient that die right of returning Members to b Parliament, so takes 'from any Borough which shall 1..:. proved to have been guilty oc bribery and corruption, 110:given to some great Town, the populatica of which rty ot: Less than 15,000 persons ; or to some of the largest • :•ti , t it is the duty of this House to consider of further W , :itteCt and prevent corruption in the Election of Mem ci t Vac the Borough of Grampound, in which gross anti no ' r•rruiftion has been proved to prevail, do cease to send Sato this lkuse. OLD BAILEY. Tf•••;clay, the Recomma passed sentence of Death on the • ,e-•: persons capitally - convicted, viz.—Henry Peers, for ..tcaling brass ornaments from St. Martin's Church, .af-l.ill i Robert Niles, Bid. Phillips, Henry Tows), J. 'x,ll. Moore, R. Turner, D. Woodfoll,, nd J. 'Muldoon, for • .'or i ; 1. Tfanikists and W PUis, for Lighway robberies ; P. e and P. Cheat, for horse -stealing; J. Davis, W. Connor, l'..A'son, and W. Tapper, for stealing in a dwelling-house; Still and J. Busk, for sheep-sttalnig ; E. Voss, 1). Keaton, tin and George Dawson, for uttering forged Bush es; and J. Miller W. Howard, Afary Campbell, Elizabeth ith, and 11:mnals Barker, for robberies in dwelling-houses. • &venter° were sentenced to be transported for life, viz.—J. - 1 / 7 , Westerman, M. Wild, J. Lewis ' J. Jones, W. Cur l; Walker, W. Guyett, C. 'Taylor, J. Cocklin, M. Fonseca, • :r .31 . J. Coldi , W. Orem, W. 11. Clark, J. Dermott, and • , !sq. , ,n.—Twelve for 14 years, viz.—Maria Williams, W. I'. Smith, G. Lucas, C. Haynes, J. Murtough, T. S. Dobbins, W. Veal, J. Moore, R. Carr, and G. 1101- -And 51 fur seven years. Faon were sentenced to be imprisoned in Giltspur-street "I 34 in the House of Correction for Middlesex ; and •in Srmgat.., for various periods. SeVeral of whom were rerrtl to Ix publicly and privately whipped.—Seven were fined C.. 4; Sit were privately whipped and discharged ; six iudg •:s wrri• rrrpiti d ; and 32 were discharged by proclatnation. :••eirrali to the leth of January next. „ rune: was being pronounced on the capital convicts, ; 4 ;• Jur 1,4 , f•ry, and Deward. for highway robbery, were .••••iont convulsive fit., which greatly agitated the wre, by great exerti.o• , .. carried from the Dock, ceremoay was cismpl•-ating with their unhappy :••• The two convicts having recovered in about a cr ut . .;.; liner, th••y were coaveyed back to the Dock, and I:Loll fate in tears. ~; the corAicts exhibited thehmost daring eff:un '; of hrni who roc -teed judgment of tran s p ortation fur and impudently asked if they could not talk ut-a three days more, to dud their own and his Lord is lat . /as? BETTINS AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY. DERBY. Mr. •.t ,t Pierte's colt 15 to 1 agst colt out of Midis lot art ltrather to Blucher eS to 1 agst Sparrowkawk. Au I lirlt Pandaree to 1 apt Cat 41 ag-,; 25 to 1 apt liarpeee OAKS. 4 1 IV Sorcery filly 1110 to 1 agst Bride tirs-ri ?G. "."‘..p'Th • ee Regent's Stag Hounds meet Friday, at Bedfont, at " 4 hunter.: weat‘fer.—The East Essex Fez Hounds 'Thurs. .t 11.• th, I lan; Saturday. at Fity Place, blessing.—The Ts' •raltuti's Wunr.ds, if tke weather permit, to-morrow, Tiiday, at Wolvtley Wood, at half-past sen.—The ILiuntis, if the weather permit; Thursday, at Cron '"" ; '..tturday, at Rusheteud, at half-past ten.—The per.: !1,•; ,114 ;1 to-cr ()crow, at Medbourne Guide Post ; Thurs " 1.6 ';0n ; Saterday, at l'rrstwold, at half-past ten. • as Mr. Chappel, of the Royal F.xchaege, was e 4-11 *: " 1 'iirrey Cana!, the ice broke, and he fe ll in, up to his $ .t.sro.7e brill: at hand, his life was fortunately saved. 1 , •I'ing, Mr. Derr, of East.Stnithfield, dyer, on going 4„ •ram, on the attic, discovered it on fire, proceed • 1 OW': he immediately ran to p• °cure a pail of water ; -.4i lag the stales, fell down and expired. lit . was $6 • ...Abe fire was s lily extinguished. • if , j,!in Register ednesday states, that some chtingnished characters had determined to 1 4 FbliC Meeting, in order to oppose the intro c44• 'lcn into of any measures subversive of - ' rk•i• V('lit . . AO -77 • ~ 19 i • • ;-.4 r." 4" as "t .., f i f 7 A r • • • . - \rj I f : \'''..:6." I 44 a. •° 'l / 4 ' ..'. ~ .' b ', 4 4 . . ...V.!, Ilk•.: • ft, ..illat ... ' . ........,,,,, - 0 A P • . at 00t. 04..4, • ig „_. ''...._l_ .---"' • . '..):Jr . * - _.... - . . .. Piti . cE . SEvtiN-rics7 , . mode.*f proceeding, which would send a case of conteMpt to be tried in an inferior Court—Weser, hear).—But -in this instance, whatever the feeliog might be of the gravity of the offence, he hoped no excessive punishment would he laid upon theoffender. Mr. COURTENAY stated, that he had been about to precesal in the regular way, of moving that Mr. Hobhouse be committed to Newgate, when an Ho-. nourable Friend of that Gentleman's came from tho opposite side of. the House to him; and requested that he would move the committal to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, in place of that to Newgate he had therefore made his motion to accommodate Mr. Hobhottse, and had no intention of aggravating his.punishment. But from- what the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had just now stated, he was lefk. without any alternative but that of moving that he be committed to Newgate. • Mr. BIWUGHAM explained, and .said that he • could not have supposed that it was the wish of Mr. Hobhouse to incur a double punishment—he cotdd_ not but conclude, prima fireie. that the increase of punishment would be regarded as a severity; but if' it were the wish of Mr. Hobhouse that he should be committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, he had no intention of opposing that motion. Mr. ELLICE said, that he entertained a warm friendship towards Mr. Hothouse, and that feeling had caused him to inquire into the state of the prison referred to ; and the result of that inquiry was, that if Mr. Hobhouse were committed to Newgate, he could not be confined but in a ioom with a convicted felon. It was the knowledge of this which had in duced him to request the Hon. Member to move for the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, not being aware' of any additional fees. He thought it right to take the blame of that motion from off the shoulders of the Hon. Mover upon his own. Mr. 'C. W. WYNNE -observed, that in cases of committal to Newgate, the party should be first in custody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy; the Officers of that House. There were, however, some precedents of committal to Newgate when the parties were not in the custody of the Serjeant—but then they were at the Bar of the House, and so the House had possession of them, otherwise they could not be committed to Newgate. As the House &old only empower its own Officers to execute its warrants, Mr. Hobhouse consequently could not be. committed fo Newgate until first taken into custody by the Ser jeant, unless he chose to surrenderNmself, and would voluntarily go to Newgate and request the Jailor to take him in; The Honourable Gentleman then ad verted to the case of General Clavei ing, who had been' guilty - of prevarication at the Bar of the house, Aid wit° was thereupon committed. • The SPEAKER rase to a point of form. He said, that where the ulterior design of the House was to commit to Newgate, it was not necessary that there should be a previous order to the custody of the Ser jeant.. There were a great many instances of direct committal to Newgate by order of the House. In those cases, there was not, as the Honourable Gen tleman supposed, any want of proper persons to exe cute the order, as it always conclaalcd by a request to the Speaker to issue his' warrants, one of v. :ich warrants was to the Serjeant at Arms, to take the offender to Newgate, aria the other to the Jailor to receive ltim, the neglect of which order, ua the part of the Jailor, would certainly be a gross con tempt of the privileges of that House. It was there fore not to be doubted, that the mode, of immediate committal to the Jail mentioned, was one not at va riatice with established regularity. Sir C. BURRELL alleged, that the Jailor of New gate would have no right to take charge of r prisoner without a proper warrant, and therefore Mt. Hob house roust deliver himself—(Cries of No, no 1 Mistaken ). The SPEAKER supposed that the Honour Member had not heard distinctly what he stated again defined the course of proceeding, and remai that any refusal of the Jailor would be immediate) treated as a gross contempt—(Hear, hear). Sir C. BURRELL bowed to this, bpt look an portunity of reverting to the statement of an Honour able Member relative to the situation of the prison. It could never be meant to send a Gentleman of Hobhouse's condition of life into contact with fell and the House, he was sure, had no desire to pr him with this severity. He pot it, therefore, to in common kindness, to allow time for considerini to what place of confinement he should be sent ''‘ The SPEAKER—Has the Honourable Baronet any Amendment to pi-.7.ase ? • Sir C. BURRELL-1 move,- as an Amen that after the words " committed to," instead Majesty's Jail of Newgate, the words " the ct of the Serjeant at Arms" be substituted.. Mr. ELLICE seconded the Amendment. . Mr. COURTENAY. said, this put the maveen erectly to where.it was, when the Honourabl demon opposite (Mr. Brougham) thought . .attack him. He assured the House that he was mated by the same feelings as the Honourable trona, and the Honourable Seconder, and ivished it to be ascertained whether Newgate , a proper state to receive the prisoner,• he should iingly.aecede to the Amendment. Sir C. BURRELL trusted that time would given, in order to have the necessary accOmmod completed. Mr. COURTENAY had no objection that ' author should be taken into the custody of the jeant at Arms, instead of his being committed Newgate—(Hear, hear). Mr. Alderman WOOD stated, that the Newgate was at present so crowded, that'it be quite impossible to commit the author t prison, without associating him with felons. . lieved he might undettake to say, though not absolutely authorised to do so, that some _ of confinement within the prises would be offered. Mt. Hobhouse wert_committed. He said isidita IP r ''' 1 1, : .. t I . ' . 1 i - 1 : 1: i . . . .., / .. i i - .. , . i . , 1 . r. , t , _ .:,.' 1 1 ; ! no! urable ; he arked, diately an op- onour- prison. of Mr. felons; • t punish D them, idering It. - 3aronet • idment, I of his custody et bacic >le Gen- t fit to was ac- ble Ba- as he e was in uld wil- ould be lodation that the • • the Ser- lined to Jail of it would to that He be- he WAS ne plow &red, if rithht the TUESDAY-, DECEMBER 14, ISI9. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. • HOUSE O_F LORDS, DECEMBER 13. The Earl of CLAIIII4IOII took the oaths, and his seat. Mr. 11,1110,-.lt, front the Trehsury, presented certain Papers, containing itoturns of the Herring Fisheries, and? the Northers? Light Houses, for the years 1818 and 1819.-ord:red to ikon the table. Mr. Parkhouse brought up she Fifteenth Report of the Car-7 vatic (7ommissioners.—Ordered to lie on the table. . The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved, that certain Returns respecting the Revenue from the 10th of October, 1817, to the 10th of October, 1819, which had beta laid on the table in con sequence of a pr.vitstis motion, be printed.—Ordered. Mr. BROGDF.N, from the ilotise of Commons, brought up the Malt, Sugar, and Pension Duty Bilis, which Were read a first time. TRAVERSE BILL. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved, that the Order of the Day be read for the thir t reading of this Bill:: The LORD CHANCELLOR, after suggesting some verbal amendments, of minor interest, pro- i posed Ahe principal clause, Which he wished to intro duce; and .% hich he hoped wouli prove satisfactory.l This was, that in the event of the Attorney-General not proceeding with the trial %%ilia twelve months after the information was filed, the defendant should be empowered to give twenty day,' notice of his in tention to bring it on, and that a di-cretionary power should be vested in the Court, either to grant further time to the' Attorney-General, or to withhold it, in which latter case a non pros being entered, the de fendant should have his costs. The Noble and Learned Lord concluded with again expressing his hope, that this clause would be such as to meet the concurrence of both sides of the Hou se . Lord HOLLAND rose, not, he said, for the pur pose of suggesting any alterations in the clause, which was in itself as perfect as it could be framed, but to express his sincere acknowledgments to the Noble And-Learned Lord for having done even more than could possibly_ hay! been expected.. • Though he meant not to say that 4111-had• been : 4lfected which could be wished, so far as regarded the Bill, yet with respect to these particular provisions, they were infi nitely beyond. what he had ventured to hope for, and as such he not only gave them his most cordial as sent, but should also declare his decided opinion, that they must materially improve the •proposed enact , ments.—The Bill was lead a third time and passed. stisTATILSIESIT. Earl GROSVENOR said, no one was more convinced of the props iety of admitting that privilege, by which the proceedings of that and the other House of Parliament, were seat forth to the world, than he. was • nor was he inclined to complain of any slight misrepresentation of what fell from him in that Wass.. But when he stated to the House the ground of his-present com plaint (not a solitary one, but one of many that had appeared Against him in a. certain Evening Paper was of opinion that' their Lordships Would agree with him in thinking, that he bad good reason to complain. lie Mould not have noticed the misrepresentation, had it been one relating to general politics or toe staLe of the country; but this was a matter purely permiital. The Paper he had mentioned. had made him r.fiect on a Right Rev. Prelate, the Bishop of London : cow, it world be in the recollection of those .Z; rile Lords who were rrtisent, that he even went out of bis way to eulogize that Right Rev. Prelate— (Hear, hear! from Lord Holland). He would occupy no more of their time en this subject ; but be had a motion to make, which was a mere transcript of that which he had submitted to the House during the last and former Sessions; and therefore be hoped it would not be objected to. 11: then moved fur a Return of the number of hirxcure Places and Persions, with the amount of tile salaries and eal ok.ments.--Ordercil to be laid on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. FINLAY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for Ligbtirg the City of Glasgow with Gas. Lord A I.TIIOB.PE gave notice that he would on Wednes day. next move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. Mr. 1.. iu the absence of a Right Don Friend, movea that the motion which stood tin this evening, relative to the Linen Beard of Ireland, should be postponed till Wednes day.—Ordered. Ni. Alderman WOOD ga v e notioe, that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to-murrow (this day), for the better Em ployment of the Pour of Ireland. On the motion of vir. LUSIIINGYON the Malt Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Sir IL PEEL, the Cotton Factories' Amendment Bill was committed.--Report ordered to be re ceived to-morrow (this day). BRIBIERY Sir C. BURRELL moved the second reading of! the Bribery Bill. Sir C. HAWKINS opposed the Bill. • Sir C. BURRELL said, that it was not necessary for him to say malty words in support of the Bill, af ter the evidence which had been hears on the sub ject at the bar of that House. It was not surprizing however, that the Hon. Baronet and his constituents, s hould regard the *AI with such decided hostility - but the testimony on which the Bill was founded, and which had been given both above stairs and at , the bar, in the course of last Session, was too clear and convincing, to require further argument.—'l Nothing had transpired on the trials which the House) had ordered, that tended to invalidate that evidence. Under such circumstances, he trusted, that the great majority which had agreed to the Bill on the first reading, had no reason to refuse carrying it into a law. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed vs•toorrow (this day). BREACH OF PRIVILIWZ. Mr. COURTENAY moved that the Order of the Day requiting the attendance of Robert Stodart, at the bar of the House, be now read. Mi. EI.LICE rose, and said, that the writer bathe pamphlet, which had givenirise to the order, did not wish to give unnecessary trouble tO the publisher or the Ilouse, and he had, therefore, no objection to avow himself, and attend the bar of the House, when called upon ; his name was John Cam Hobhouse.• Mr. COURTENAY said, as the House bad made an order requiring the attendance of the publisher, it was still necessary, notwithstanding the avowal, to to call upon the publisher, that it might be seen whether due obedience had been paid to that order. The Order of the Day was then read, and the SPEAKER desired the Serjeant at Arms to inquire whether Robert Stodart was in attendance? and on being answered in the affirmative, he .commanded hint to be called in. Mr. Stodart appeared at the bar, and was interrogated by the Spatter What is your name'—A. Itabert Sto4ast.., Q, Look at that pamphlet, and state whether you were the publisher of it?—A. I am. Q. Do you know the author?—A. I do. • Q, State his name ?—A. Mr. Hohliouse. Q. State his name at large?—A. I am subject to deafness ; I cannot hear distinctly. Q. What is his christian name ?—A. John Cam Hobhouse. The SPEAKER themasked if any Member wished to propose'any other question? which appearing hot to be the case, Mr. Stodart was ordered to withdraw. Mr. COURTENAY said, that after what. had passed, he bad no wish to visit the printer or pal*. usher with the consequencei of the offence, as the author was now declared ;but before he proceeded further s he would move . that Robert Stodart be dis charged from custody ; and he would then move, that John Cam HObliotHe be ordered - to attend the House to-morrow (this day). Mr. ELLICE stated, that he could wish the Hon. Member would name a more distant day, as Mr. llebhouse wits obliged to leave town to visit his fa ther, who was dangerously ill ; yet, if ordered, he would certainly endeavour to attend. Mr.couitTENAY said, that he had no objection to name another day, but as Mr. Ilobhouse had, through his friend, given the House to understand I that he was ready to attend, when called upon, he thought it better, for the purpose of avoiding delay; to move that he be ordered to attend the House to- Toorrow (this day). '• *The SPEAKER rose, and said;- that with regard to the first motion of Mri Coorteday, he seemed to misunderstand the Isiluation in which Mr. Stodart stood, he was srotsin Custody, and, therefore, there was no necessity for a motion fps his discharge. As to the. attendance of Mt. Hobhouse, he begged to absetre, that if the fact of his being the writer of the pamphlet, only appeared from the examination of the publisher, it would be indispensably requisite to order that Gentleman to attend, because hemight thereby be enabled to shew that he was not the author, and that the publisher was mistaken ; but, as by the state ment of a friend of the'aecused party, there remained 'no doubt as to the accuracy of the fact acknow ledged by the publisher, he did not think there was any necessity for an order to call Mr. Hobholise to the bar, however, he wished the House to 'use its discretion, and judge for itself. -Mr. COURTENAY then stated, that hehad given the subject Ahem. before the House a good deal of zonsideration, and had made his mind up, both as to ,the nature of the offence, and the ' manner ip which it ought to be punished. The offence itself was not ,vague or undefined; a contempt of that House was taken notice•of as punishable in a sunimarr way by the highest authorities. For the satisfaction of those Members who had not paid the same attention to the .lect, the Honourable Member thought proper to read some passages from a Report of a Committee' of the House of Commons upon a former occasion. By that Report, it appeared that the privileges of that House were to be considered as part of the fun damental law of Parliament, which was part of the law of the land, or the le.r terra, as recognized by Magna Charta. Contempt of the Courts below au thorized a summary proceeding against the offender, and a committal following thereupon was as much the law of the land as th..t which followed a convic tion upon a trial by his peers. That House was not therefore to be deprived of the right of protecting itself, and maintaining its dignity, which inferior Courts possessed ; on the contrary, that right had been acted on from-timeiminemoriar, had been sanc tioned by the highest legal authority, and identified with those laws which protect the lives and proper ties of the people, in order to prove that the proper way of punishing a contempt by the House of Com mons was not by giving directions to the Attorney- General to prosecute, but by the summary mode of committal. The Honourable Member read an ex tract from a speech of Mr. FOX, the purport of which was, that a libel on the House of Commons ought not to be punished by the intervention of an inlet ior Court, upon the prosecution of the Attorney-Gene ral ; but should bo looked upon as a contempt of I Court, and punished by a summary process of com mittal, executed by the orders of the House, and by no other tribunal. The Honourable Gentleman then stated, that he would submit a Resolution, to form a foundation for the ultimate proceedings of the House, by expressing the general feeling of the pam phlet in question. fie then moved, " That the said pamphlet is a scandalous libel, containing matter tending to inflame the people to acts of violence against the Constinftion, and especially against this House; and that it is a high contempt of the privileges and the constitutional amt.°. rity of this House." On the Resolution being put, it was carried •with only one.dissentient voice, that of Sir F. 136nDETT.. Mr. COURTENAY then moved a second Resolu tion, namely : " That John Cam Ilobluntse, Esquire, having acknowledged himself to be the author of the said pamphlet, has been guilty of a high contempt of privileges, and the constitutional authority of this House." This Resolution was carried like the former, with only the dissentient voice of the same Hon. Baronet. Mr. COURTENAY then rose, and said, that as Mr. Hobhouse had avowed himself to he the author, and there was no necessity, as had been observed by' the highest authority in that House, for calling him to the Bar, it remained to move, that he be taken laps the custody of the Serjeant at Arms. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that before the Honour able. Gentleman put motion, he wished to inform titri on a point of whith lie did not seem to be aware; namely, that by a committal to the custody of the serjeant at Arms, a double punishment was in 'curred, that of a fine in the nature of fees, and iro rprisonment—besides, there must be delay in that proceeding. He wished also the Hon. Member to recollect, that Mr. Hobhouse was called upon by a ,tense of filial piety, to attend to a father , who was then in an exceedingly dangerous state of health. At to the manner in ;which the House was to vindi cate its privileges, he made no question that it ought to be in, all cases of contempt by its own act, and he would always protest against that anomalous jun• rtorf pal did' Sic. his 1 :try. le 01 IZ 111 er 1 1