The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-04-24 00:00:00

2 f • A • t Y o` (1 1 -; • • , •••••• speech passions as-libellous, and . Member, any Pe , publish such speech, Ise is answerable. ariviailly, for such publication, io the lame manner es it -the words had never beep spoken in the Hem.. Hot although this opinion seems of fete to have been go tiemlly entertained, yet it will scarcely be emstended that it is founded on any decisions which have ren dered it indisputable. The present case brings it more fatly under consideration than -any that hes before occurred. The following remarks are oak as obviously present themselves OR timifitst examina tion of the question. Freedom of speech is a privilege of Parliament, essential to the very nature of its debates. It is claimed from the Sovereign by the those of Com• mew whenever a new Speaker presents himself for acceptance. No role can be more firmly established that which prescribes, that for whatever may be _ _ than . said in either House of Parliamint the Member is not answerable beyond the walls of the House. If this were not the case, there wonld . be an end to all liberty of discussion. If the Crown Could interfere on any occasion whatever, if Courts of Law could be resorted to forredress by these who might think themselves injured by any thing that might pass in Parliament, it would then become a question on what occasions, or to what extent the Crown or its Courts might so interfere, and thus an end would be put to all liberty of speech. Each of the Houses is the guardian of its own rights, the tssirtor of its own dignity, the preierier of its awn decorum, and if what lies been said calls notrlown the censure of the House, it is not to be brought in question elsewhere. It is true, the debates in Parllameneare - supposed to take place in the presence only or• the Members of the House, and this may actually be the case, whenever any Member thinks proper to enforce the . rule. But it is evident that this enforcement can only be occasional; and that in a country, and under a Government like this, it would be absolutely impossible for the Houses of Lords and Commons to 'snot themselves up, like a Turkish Divan, whilst the safety and ititerestF. of the people were the sub ject of their &bate. This has been so strongly felt that the general exclusion of the public from either House of Parliament has long been effectively relin quished, aad accommodations are actually made for . them in the !louse of Commons, in a gallery. appro. pi fated to their use. Thus th o proceedings of Par. liament (except in particular cases, where the right of exclusion is insisted on) are essentially pnblie; ai.(l almost every debate of. importance is carried on in the presence,of a considerable number of persons, not Members of the House. .- - Let us then suppose, that in the course of adehate,. a Member makes use pf language injurious to the character of an individual, and which, If eraployed out of that House, "would be considered as libellout. Let us suppose that some one of the,. audience, not a Member of the House, returning from the debate, meets a friend, and informs him that he had just left the House of Commons where he had heard Mr..A.' make use of some expressions respecting the same time precisely and truly informing bins visa such expressions were. Will it be contended that this conduct on the part of the person who' had 'bees present at the debate, would subjt ..t him to a preen; entiori for a Libel ? Was he under any engagement of Secrecy ? Did he. repeat any thing but what hundreds had heard as well as himself ? Did he as ger! it us of his own knowledge ? Does. it appear whether he approved or disapproved of the expres sions be related ?* And is it not as probable that he might cite them forthe purpose of exciting disappro bation, as concurrence ? Upon such a principle, it would On impossible to repeat u ny words, or even to relate any transadion, without being a party in the offence. An indictment might' itself be ; and a man might be deemed an Ativiesth the words—t=. The fiull hash said its his heart, there is no God." . ty !lb . indvpible ; AthiritiOrleylailog„ „ "4•3' • ti , seem* . 4ig ft.,. re4iin o ar.f the House ; 'in wh Minim original publisher, and the opinions he has thus vents to express Can Claim lie .use from their barrimi lo be a e s n e Froieurly exprepest by loom Member in the of .Comutont.. . Hist when the sentiments and language .nrst truly and CorreCtlY'repitted, and the authority .oil which they rest Is imiticular)l stared, what possible Crime, or even inaptaprfeef t can insets to the publisher Ile asserts nothlog as from himself.--Ilt lithe mere historian gf. the events of the slay.—Of thesi events he neith*.eppmve nor disapproves.--They are, to him, matters of sperfect indifference, and he submits them, without comment, to the judgement, of kis Residers. Of the correctness of this reasoning, there never was a stronger proof than that which is of. perhaps forded by occurrences, which are at this moment the subject of getierai conversation, and deeply occupy the public mind.. If there ever was a publication which more than any other deserved the name of a libel, as affecting the honour, and even the - life of the party, as being directed against-a person of the high. est rank andstation, and arinvolving teatterstend ing to embroil the whole nation in a kind of contest, which has heretofore been so, fatal to the country, it will be found in the declarations of Lady Douglas against the 'Princess of Wales. Declarations con taiuing charges not only of the most. heinons.crimes, but filled with . .every thing that can disgrace and lower, in the eyes of the people, the character of the ill us t r i o us person against whom they are directed. Yet these declarations have been published in thou sands of . velumes, and have been inserted in every public journal in the kingdom, without its Loving been held that the parties so publishing' them were liable to a rrifsecution. The reason for this is mi. pent—such publication is not the assertion of a pro position, viz. that such acircumstance is.true, but the relation of a fact, viz. that such a person asserted that 'such a circumstance is true. A fact which would equally have eiisted whether the publisher had rep laced it or not ; end which in many cases would be 1 infinitely more injurious .by being confined to a small circle r than by .being.given to the public at large, where it may be justly estimated,. and meet with its proper refutation. Whit would be the si. tuition of a.' person 'libelled either in the House of Commons onelsekhere, if no one could inform him of The alander without becoming a party to the offence? How many reputations have been whia pored away for want of that publicity of accusation which alone, can afford an opportunity of vindica. tion ?' That these distinctions have not alfays been madein oar Courts of .Law; that the guilty person, Who has given rise to the malicious libel,. has been suffered to escape, acidic he who has brought the slanderer before the public, and given to the persou accused an opportunity of vindicating 114 character,. has been the object of punishment, is greatly to be regretted. To impute a malicious disposition, to the' there relater of a fact, which the party neither asserts' nor disavows, and upon which he has perhaps never formed.au opinion, is. to create - i crime where none exists,. and to punish it, is to puniiii a person whO is no proper object of auimadvertion, either With respect to a reformation in himself, or an ex ample to others, as !Nis plated beyond the reach of either humiliation, or ignominy, by tht. conscious- I nes: andthe publish y of his innocence. These remarks, it is presumed, are sufficient to demonstrate that with respect to the rebates in the House of Commons, there can be no medium be. tween perfect secrecy and perfect publicity—if the j former be adopted let the doers be closed—if the j latter be permitted,. let its hear no more about pro.; lecutions for repeoling in ant( correctly oat of doors what_ bas AMOR- lad lu ..the .llosisa.. • Let, tbati Haute punish its Members, if they o ff end against its rules; bet let these recollect that if they_ s creen' _ Yet this circumstance, of mentioning what passed Member from punishmeot, whilst another individual in the debate toeny person he may meet with, is as ' is to be deemed a criminal for repeating what he has,, ' 4 " the relator had proclaimed r been allowed to say, with impunity, in the House, it Common Crier ;—u if he is to them, that, the censure properly utaches. Vet bad•printedit ; as if he bad publisher may. be arraigned, but the House of Com • the Newspapers in the mods stands faet'at the bar—afid though the idea of pabileafioa, is the narrator may undergo the purqhment, it is the •to the rest ;• bat the Caw House of Commons that in the judgment of the na-' correct idea v is, that of render; don, and in the estimation of common sense suffer memo whatever and a the disgrace. y words eistrostedto a man's Such being the. state 'of the case when libellous s effectually is by the most word; spoken by_ kMelllol' in the House are related, advertisement What then 'is dr published by perions, notbeing Members, out 6 1 1! . Either that a person who the - House, let us now consider whether any add must seal his lips when be re- what difference is made in the case, when the words. .1 has a right to publish what• spoken in the House are related or published, of any way, ,tlikbe pleases.--: the.. llouse,, by the same person, that spoke them. the case; to *hat a train of Stipposiug then the foregoing arguments to be well ` If it• was right that any founded, and that any individual who heard the a Member, should be a& nerds his a right PI relate free facts of hit having tel upon any occasion,. hat beard them, whitis there that should prevent the' -., who might not be able, er, person who spoke them from relating to the pubile t : attend, an equal right to hear 'that on such en occasion 'The made 'use of-, such ex. ' preseut what language NOS pensions in the House ? Is possible Ahst he act. circumstances took AO: Oust; should be justifiable skull the narration of it cri. entered into .betamm the miaai? Can a man be excusable for committing a who were admitted, .that robbery, and pinithable ' only becaus e he informed 0001141 te.secrecy ? .Were they another perdon thit he had committed it ? If it be trausactiois of the House might at all allowable that words spoken in the HOMO to their "re,. bit could stet. Commas should, be known to the courtly, the . - .., • e • be to. attribute to Coos. of Lew the superintendence loticottegi e on. pf_ 411 Al f onso of Commons, and. to 0. 1: assert tal4 . sg i r_ Is tto entertain the com plaints'eif c l" Mils e 'May conceive themselves aggrieved by Inert; 'Allude respecting them in that Holm . , By sense or other every user tioss of this kind is. allotted to the : public.-- Whether by the '?devaber sir the hearer is eats in leaf pulps of tier, of the Jeep importance; and if Courts of Law are alloined-tobe-the judges of the ,language ussde Sim of billuiliblis its thellouse—to detide whether **presides., n tridyrecorded, are libel or sot last, and-to push's the publishers at their will and pleasure, it must not only deeply affect the freedom of debate bat mast lower the House of Commons in them:W*6*n of the public almoit be yood conception. Under the doctrine which appears to be at present established, that truth or falsehood may be egoillylibelloes, public defaulters and others, who have rendered themselves justly obnoxious, will endeavour to urges themselves from the reprehen sions of the Representatives of the People, by prose cuting those who publish:the sentiments of such Members as reprobate their conduct. These prose calico will, if thopresent oils shoiki succeed, ra pidly increase. The Home of Commons will lend itself to its own dishonour. The accretion will be brought ostensibly against those who relate its pro.. ceedings, but the opprobrium of the puniehmeut will fall on itself. This kind of vicarious atonement will suit tite spirit of a British Senatori who will not find himself much disposed to speak bissentiments with freedom, whilst he cannot but be conscious that for repeating what he bts before said, another individual is passing his time in the society of felons, and amidst the hor rors of a gaol. Thus the freedom of debate will be essentially infringed upon. Under the pretext of attackinm the p ublication, and not the speech, the privileges of the House wilt be subverted. Courts of Law will become the virtual censors of its proceed- Questions may arise in these Courts, whether certain words were or were not spoken in the House in the course of debate, Under the King's writ of subpczna the Members may be called upon to. attend and give evidence. Anomalous cases will occur; which may occasion endless litigation, and give birth to controversies between the Crown and the Parlia ment which maybe productive of the most serious consequentes. On the other hand, the House of Commons by a proper assertion of its own dignity, and a firm ad herence to constitutional principles, may readily pre vent the dangers and inconveniences to which the interference of Courts of Law in its proceedings is likely to give rise. Having asserted for all its Mem bers freedom of speecb, and having allowed publicity to be given to its proceedings, it must claim the in alienable right of being the censor of its own report ers, and the judge of all offences committed against itself, either as a collective body, or in the persons of its individual Members—" To petitions from the ' people," said the present Speaker," this House opens wide its doors."—lf 'any individual be aggrieved by apablication purporting to be a statement of what has past in the House, would' not such a petition be properly entertained?—Or is it decorous that the pe- 1 tioners should be referred to a Court of Law for redress, and that the person who has given a true and impartial narration of what has passed in the Ifouse, should be punished. as a criminal, and perhaps, I perish in a gaol powers which the House ex- 1 ercises over its individual Members are prompt and effective--censure—imprisonmerit--expulsion. If r upon examination it should appear that a Member has so far disgraced.himself as tobare been actuated r by motives of personal resentment., arid, under the 1 - pretext pobllc doty,to bate tatter - dm opportday 1 of ratifying a malicious purpose , the House may Withdraw its protecfioni and leave him to his own ! defence, or may even cause him to be prosecuted -by I. the Attorney-General. Surely then, if an appeal to its Interference be properly made, there is sufficient authority to grant redress, without, sending the • par ties to contest the subject before Courts in West. minster, and Juries in every county in the kingdom: That a Member of Parliament is amenable to the criminal laws of his country, in the same manner as arty other individual, cannot admit di doubt, and as a libel is considered as a criminal offence, tending to. a breach of the peace, thiteffonis a pretext for the interference of 'Courtss Law in the proceedings of Parliament, But it must be remembered 'that the I privileges claimed by Parliament extend . no further than to secure the freedom of debate; that these privileges *cannot be broken in upon without the : most in nrious consequences ; that to attack and punislr'as libellous a true tmdfaitlifut report of whit has beets said in the House" is in fact to try .tad die. i grate the House itself ;° that such right-of inteiferepci I ih the Courts of La* is at best doubtful;' whilst the House itself bias an indispetable right, and is per- . fectly competent, to interfere in aft mattert, whether 1 immediately or remotely connected with its debates, I and is hwested with fell.setberity to administer jeo tics to all those who coesplain: of the proceedings of ! am of Its Washer*. If they dulls* to exercise , these powers, .tet.tlipei. dose their doors, and pro.. MblttlittlgOthorthOPakifeOto of their Preettediegl ; but let than, get . coisider* tile *Om suiessiairWs. iisicard p Mitt , some examinatiort breaking open Aing Caisk.rliary . Richard Raiford, Esq. a Proprietor of that' bank / of the firm of Baker and Co. stated,. that on Satur day night, 'tithe month of April,. 1811, their bank was broke open, and entered by means of a false key ; the stone closet was 41to opened by afalle Ley the iron chest in it forded open, by taking tie top off the hisses; from which Weilkatelee,soo gibseat o Au* of England and country beak notes, bitty of exchange, &c.. to Am aroma of betwee n $ an d .9000 L It also appets.red, by thceilidonce of several Wit nesses, that the Prisoners were hi London early en the Monday morning after the bank had been robbed, and were introdumid to * * man to.whOns they offered 11 variety of notes. and bills for sale, fot lees•thsa their nominal value ; and to inducitite slum to pot eheso•them, • slid, :be: might do it with great itirety, as. they were.out trf the CinterbUry Bank on Saint day night, lad the robbery would ditcavered tilLthit time -they. were . .thtt! treating Jor.the sale of its booty ; and the' d i sc o ver y and pursuit would airy much impeded, as they kid broken an instru ,Pent in one of the looks. This provetlits be the ease, as part of an instrument was-found .in one of the locks. The Prisoners were comnatted for farther examination. • • - •. A woman was committed for trial, on a charge of Mitring forged Bank of England notes. • . A pitchied battle, for a stoke of ten guineas, and a pane of twenty, was finght on Thursday, on Rag. • shot Heath, between Grreemwood, the f%ittiogooacit. man,ond Geo. Graveik, a naTigator. Mter a most sanguinary contest of - an hour and a half, Greenwood was declared the victor. CHILD-DROPPING.—A decent dressed woman left a male child, about six months old ja. the care of a -barrow-woman, in Oxford-street, on Wednes. day, under pretence of calling on a friend in tLi neighbourhood, but did not return. A humane pm seller undertook to convey the infant to the "'axial Officers. - _ _ _ HARM Wethiesdo,y, Mr. James. neon, of Arbiongi, "to Miss Boni, of Artillery-streot, Fillobel-square- IMED. . . Oa the 15th inst. at Beath Larbotki, Wag6;a! tie ad vanced age of SO., (lathe 4:st init. at Bagley. In Woreeetershirg, Roe. Richard Raringtoa, Rector of %hit.tpne,ln the meaty at LONWN Prilitpd sod Ptitilisbed by 1). Losses i th' A.:slur Ontas, 17.1/116g111.40 Yesterday afternoon, as Benjamin Codden, groins to Mr. Ballet), a gentleman of fortune, in Alpha. place, was riding a spirited charger, in the New. road, Mary-le-bone, the horse became restive at some boys playing at trap-ball, and on the rider clapping spore to him, the animal reared up, and went over upon his hind legs with such force, that he was killed on the spot. The rider was taken to the Hos. pital in a senseless state. A melancholy accident happened in the afternoon of GoOdFriday, on the river Witham, near Lang. rick Ferry. A party of young men belonging to Boston having gone on the water for a pleasure et • cursinn, imprudently. hoisted a sail in the boat ; when on their. return, notireing.very well- versed in _ the management of ;sail, a sudden squall upset the boat, and they wets all, five in number, plunged . , into deep water; four•of them with difficulty reach. ed the shore; but the other, a reinectable young '> men, of the name of Fuller, On of Mr: Fisher,,;: Sleaford, found a watery grave. One et his cons..r . panions; in endeavouring to rescue .him, nearly . shared the same fate: Ilis.boilj was soon after found, and an-,lngeest held, wheti a !edict with the unfortunate circumstance, wars reAurnetf., On Tuesday, a foot-Oce ii)olijolace between Mr. H. Smith, aged 47, and Mr.' Ifihn Clarice, aged 62, of Stodmarsh, who undertook, .for . - ewingeP, tel run from that plane to the Better.merket, in Centerboryi a distance of five miles,. the fornser. giving the latter, a - mile at starting. The, wager was..vionNby CORA, * . • who, at the place of destittation l lefthis antegonA, about' forty rods behind. ••. • •• . ,•Agnisr. Escuassox.—SeterdaY'll*,ti: lIKlatA . 2 l meion-eseende' d front g ismo* *VI a Winpen; wh had beenfer some time in preparatieve.. The bitteiikrP;- went up in fine style, took a aostit.easterly.diristir • • ties, and descended at F•Jeeiliv. In the county • Roxburgh, tea miles, west of Bettie*, having: tra...... veiled seventy-four miles in one hour and • twenty: minutes. 'Die money collected'on this'oecasiOn did not cover the Alironaut's expences. Tuesday afternoon, as the Balloon Coach was, passing through Honiton, a nun, who formerly acted * as guard to the Clarence, in 'attempting to mount behind, fell, and the wheel of the coach passing ever his breast, killed, him on the spot. On the morning of the 14th instant, a mard qt. ' woman, mother of four children, and aged &boar W I ' co mmitted self-murder At Dumbarton. She cat . : her throat with a *razor chile sitting in the Collet* Green, and,, after it had bled very profusely, she waded . into the river, from whence she was immedi. Utely taken out ; but she died In a few minules.— The rasor was found in the river more than 20 yards. from the bank. . . much a publication , as if th t' it . it through the town by the I t sj l had written it ; as if be Nu dispersed it throughout all 1 . kitigdom.—The vulgar ide committing of any thing ti idea, and clearly the correct t• ) 1 ing a fact public by any ono 1 bet may be conveyed by w most intimate friend, as efl extensively circulated &diet I the consequence of ;his ? I has been in the House must ''! turas from It , or that he hi he has heard there, in , any Supposing the first to be. th absurdities would it bead! I I one individual, not being 1 mined to hear what passed not everyhther intlivadual, I i i y mi g ht not chow.. to Wm from• these who:were pre 1 made use of, and what ci I —Was there say oempact i l ) 4 House* and the Stromlo" the latter should le bon ' I ' bn select, that the transu be with sefvfy coufidud to . - • ( - ' TB r ' EtrATES ' ke : h t • • • Da KING v.. cßEvay Akili g . ., , 11,..,,:rdemeoveuenidsitenr:.4,usilositfhtt:•11:::sitotitihniftntsi, 0tetit,i7.14:.,,.:A.:10..''7,140:::1:21:77111.Hty:::e4t.'0010.:‘,.re.,.ifi.:7611:77-711:thitp!let:Inn..they: ;IL:iiiaripH.:. .1..... 7 . 1 04:411440 4.7- .' ie '' . .. gressa ' ,o l — .' io*Vl' rtronvich...oB.l.l.l"l;ll6:l4ll4:►"'ill* .ItlHlitibutlia-rtbe.*ll.l.:l4l:,..ll4irska.:ll:....',e...Platithel :111.fi.''.E.:777.:tu 11 " madit il' e t : i : nob ' 7IL-0111:::t :1111:6111111144.:1,tehicst.lkola"eliiyta°1:vrilrflida:7:11:1: . eind tin 4 t ffiietar WM** 7 POIO. '.. - 4 . ' 4 /. lj 1 ' . ' ' ' ''. .' . 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I Lii iini t iegfilli iil lnt il criminal, f r tr oth 1 1 041 the iWv epi While.; r " : u l i :4l of s 4 h ot :looe ,underwent aped i .v n i t b h ri e j 111 : 1 cA a r o th o t r il i i i i da r ' 4 1 I t : Y , W i Dig i s 0 0 e l v h i i te dt ill th e Muse; IheY • -este-- 2 1--' They ba .N;s , ed the an ka Sit:t v... i la ir m ing i M na 9 li p : or confirmed by, the cue of Lord Abingdon •thet , meats which he wsier avhsoW, and publishing user- !of 04m. , . ON . 3 . Tords ISO e although every Member of Parliament has liberty of :tiona injurious toOn indifehiatS Pr dangerous te the l' ahaul l:_a . ,:l led , 44- end censured them. It theY time since. speech ID the House, yet it such speech ' contains 6.1*. public. The secod r is p etispre he Makes tnOhnewnas I were a, w".mmosal lihia spoken t itra nd ie ro c b aha bi brg n :e7 th w e lre Cais ill fiel ter rag. "-• k -un-' agula prossions which at COmtv** law would be coutideied. assertions as of hie ow.u.liWincledge, witlionteqressly , mod rle . 1161117 being related elseethere, by as libellous, and the .blernber . , of an y o ther p e rm,. stating then: as restil eni th e aufkority.,of a •Mellber . any person whatever. To assert the contrary would ..I. ........1. a.. :. ..........m. maasiatally_ .4 - the House : ' in *w el Misiite•beiontes the 'Metal 1, IM to . attrib, to Con* of Law the superintendence ; Richard robbing ford. Esa. bury p . in k .U ian add . . AS k • 4...• L.-I_ i