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,011* !,. - r t . - r _•,. . _ \ y 1 ~ r; ` ~: r :fir ~ ±~j :. SUN. 11 (.I.Z( ir ti NtIVIBER, 8958.1 SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1821 PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURTof CHAN CERY, bearing date the 3d day of March, 1821, made in a CAUSE, wherein THOMAS WILMOT and OtherS are the Plaintiffs, and RIcHARD PENNY and Another are. the Defendants, THE CREDITORS of MARY SUTTON, late of Ha mps t ea d , i n the County of Middlesex, the Te statrix in th e sa id D ecree name d , who died on or about the 16th day of July 1812, Widow Of William Sutton, formerly of lialutistead, aforesaid Gentleman deceased, are forthwith to Bacome in and PROVE their DEBTS before Sir JOHN SIMEON, r t In of the Masters of the said Court; at his Chambers - t a fa t t lfE t ampton Buildings, Chancery-lane, London,' or in hereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. TTIE near approach of the DRAWING of the LOTTERY, and the whole of the 4,007 Prizes to be decided in One Day, .NEXT THURSDAY, Induce J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT, the Contractors, to solicit their friends to be immediate in their applications. The Price of Adventure being only half what it has usually been, has induced many persons to make'-donble pm - chases, Which Las materially increased the demand,ohd makes it imperative ; 4 ' those who intend to adventure, to do it immediately, as tea nd J. S. would be very sorry t o see any of their old Pa ons disappointed of Chances. • Ticket only 141. 14 s .—Si x t eent h on l y,2os. Tw o f le, ^I X 21,000, and 4005 - other Capitals and Prizes, with Extra Chances for inin AY g X2O,2OO.—MUST of £2O,2OO.—UST A LL LE DRAM N IN ONE D NEXT THURSDAY. gl l . CRET SHARES are selling by .1. and J. Contractors,SlVE -37, Cornhill ;. I I, - Holhoin; and I tlYmarhet ; where they sold, in the Two last Contracts, ...LI, the 20,0001. Prizes ! also, 2,053, (Class 13.) 21,0Q01.1 TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , 133*Arr SOTHEBY; at his House, Wellington-Street, Wa terloo -Bridge, Strand, on THURSDAY, May 24. 1821, and Twel ve f o ll ow i ng D ays (Sunday, excepted), at T we l ve Cluck, PART I. of TIE .Extensive LIBRARY of his Excel lency th e CARDINAL FESCII, particularly r i c h i n Alibatial and Local Ecclesiastical History; Royal and Noble fhllealogies ; Versions of the Scriptures; Sacred Philology ; coundis; Works of the Fathers; Theology; Canon and Ci- Laws: Ancient - History and Biog r aphy ; tog e th er w ith serfl-al- Early Printed Books and Chronicles. ' „ To be v i ewe d on M onday, May 21„. and Catalognes (p r i ce ' ;';'.l to b e now had at the Place of Sale of Mr. Parker, Ox ; Mr. Thorpe, Cambridge : - Messrs: Constable and Co., .c.dinbur.h • and_Messrs."Hodges and ArfArthur, 0 , tURGESS'S NEW `.SAUCE for General Purpose s , baying -givn u gat arbation, and t he demand for it continuing e in ch tn icrease re , JOH pp N o BURGESS , "'d ''():S beg mos t. respect full y. .to offer this their best ae ,,wledgmens— to the Public .for th e i r lib era l patronage of 'ts • th e r ~ i anie : its utility and -g rea t convenienee in all climates ' n re commended it to. the most distingui s h e d f ore i gn con who have all spoken tiighlv in its r ecommen d a ti on . h~tta prepareithy them ONLY; ;and for preventi ng disappoint 'llent to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by etch bottle being sealed upon the col k with their firm and rlre,„'„ w e ll as each label h ar i ng their signature, with whichtit...it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON long established and much " ? eented ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, continues to be pre - /)li red43y them after the -same mantur that has given the -'•tatest satisfaction for many years. • arehume. 107, Strand, corner of the• Savoy-steps, London. (The Original Fish-Sauce Warehouse.) L IS T - MILLARD'S, N o . IG , CIIEAPSIDE, IN MA AND FOREIGN AND BRITISH LINEN, • T -4318R1C, SHAWL, AND MUSLIN WAREHOUSE. H E NOBILITY and 'LA DIES of Fashion ae c ,lre very respectfully informed, that in addition to the et,,o,,ollied supply o f b eauti f u l s h aw l s, India. and British linenS, French camb r i cs , lawns, handke rchiefs, India erm u "Ohs and ca li c O es , a var i ety o f articles for ornamental th e ,. In e is introdu c i ng after the most app rove d F renc h sty l e ; Int,chants buying for't he East and West Indies, and proprie ilif:f fashionable busitiess in the country, are respect f u ll y - ( ..Ted, the greatest variety of the newes t L a di es ' dresses, 4d, v: hu e „, and colours, will he fouint peculiar to the house, t e ,. 4 7ed for morning., dinner, and evening dress, on the usual lo w _• J. Millard resp ec tf u lly i n f orms f am i lies arriving in that his present entire new' stock having been purchased , qf ic r the most favourable circumstances, every description liry family linens, including superb foreign alamask table il tt Zl i and napld ns , an d hi s new and rich fur nitin es fur the "10ig-room, beds, studies, &c., for beauty, permanence of Or, p ur s, mid unexa m p l ed price,. claim their peculiar notice. 4 0 L i :- rce only is made without deviation. India Shawls - • educated, by Permission, to the Margness of LANSDOWN. .4 1 ,,.4) a few days will be published, in I Vol. Bvo. ATTEMPT to DEFINE some of the FIRST PRINCIPLES of POLITICAL ECONOMY. By THOMAS SMITH. Printed .for J..M.•Richardson, Combat. unr. etlnesdar, the 16th, will be pliblighed, in 4to, with s ir :flaps, Ch ar t s, Pl ates, Sze. 31. 13s. Gd., 9„PINAL of a VOYAGE for the DISCO 4-4N-i:MLY of a NOTI-I-WET PASSAGE from the AT 150,`.4: to th e PACIFIC,' performed in th e y ears o f 1819 an d „P his Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, under the or- • by ut " , . W ILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, R.N.N. _ 4 4 „ - ° l lty of the Lords Commissimters of the, Admiralty. `"e same time will b - c,.pol,lished y printed uniformly, 410., 1 , 1 , .10s. 6,1., 1--111'. NOR TH GEORGIA GAZETTE and WINTER the si?NCLE, a Newspaper that was , e stablished_ 7. ~n to:ara t diqN N ' employed i n th e Di scovery of a orth-N1 ist. Passage, By Captain .DWARD SABI NE, It. A. Printed for John Mtirroy, Albemarle-street. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. th: j ILNIBRIDGE, MAY 11.----The following Gen -rtien Were on Wednesday last admitted to the Illiderrnentioned degrees : OficiTEßs OP ARTS.—GeOrge James Pennin • 11'1414's College ; John Escreet,' of Trinity College. Pennington, Fellow E Fellow of 111t14"c81-alCs; o'RoAr n l ' i s T ;i 7 b il er e ts nrY FellOw ' o n i . King's College i . !cartl. OkeS, e FelloNv of King's College ; .Thomas s. Dixon,ost v ,„,, ohn's College ,James Thomas yenwicke,. of of Sege Simon Alewburn, St. Johns College , Henry Lloyd, lieJoh P eter's Coll ; John Thomas,. Corpus Chnstt College , Wilkinson *asney, of Catharine-hall ; George Henry : hielY Ilutchinson, of Caius College ; William Hartford _.Vti -4et.% of Caius College ; Charles R.eynolds, Caius College; Ire tek Aloney, of Cams Collen-e. • i ngio reemourl;srar!ataa ni toj4 the Quarter Sessions at Aylesbury, John Bianchi b was s ah,irleted of selling obscene 'snuff-boxes to some Eton oy , 114 ..sentenced to pay a fine of M. and be imprisoned six months. Sin: Prosecution was instituted by the Society for the Suppres -7 of Vice and Immorality. from.-Ce rapid sale of the present Lottery is so far is being astonishing, that the greater wonder n that any Chances are left for sale ; when it is con~i . Is_ n,,ored that the price of adventure is only I. 4 . l t f it vhat it used to be, with the absolute cer ;:;?l,'' y of 4,007 Prizes including Two of 00, and 100 Chances for Two of R 20,200, 0 Ing all decided in ices for Next Thursday. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY On the motion of the Earl of ST. G-ERMAIN'S, the Glerawley Divorce Bill was read a third time, passed, and sent to the Commons.—Mr. Brogden, Mr. M. A. Taylor, and others brought up from the Coinmons the following Bills :—The Dublin Gas-light Incorporation Bill, the Steam Engine Smoke-consumption Bill, the Chichester Police Bill, the Westminster Improvement Bill, the Conway Bridge Bill, and the Mile-End Gas-light Bill. Read a first time.—Sir Henry Parnell brought up a Message, announcing that the Commons had agreed to the amendments made by their Lordships in the Holyhead Road Bill. PRIVILEGES. The Earl of STIAFTESBtRY presented a Report from the Committe4„4-Privileges, stating that John . rarl of Portailington had made good his claim to vote for the Election of Irish Represen tative Peers. The South London Gas-light and Coke Bil was read a second time.—Adjourned till Monday ROUSE OF COMMONS. The Speaker took the Chair at a quarter after four o'clock. Mr. BLACKBURNE presented a petition from the Clew and Inhabitants of the Town of Preston, against Bull-baiting. —Ordered to lie on the table. Lord BARNARD presented a petition from persons en gaged in the Woollen Drapery Trade in the Town of Bandon (as was understood), relative to the Laws affecting the same.— Ordered to lie on the table. • On the motion of Mr. LUSHINGTON, the Militia Pay Bill and the Irish Militia Pay Bill were severally committed,' and the Report ordered to be received on Monday next. Mr. CHICHESTER moved that the second reading of the Dundalk Court House Bill be postponed to Monday, the 27th instant, on the ground that a meeting of the Gentlemen of th e county was to be convene d, w i t h a view to take into considera tion the provisions of the said Bill. Sir J. NEWPORT said a few words in support of the post ponement, and the second reading was accordingly postponed to the above day. COUNTY COURTS' BILL. Lord ALTHORP moved that the further consideration of the Report of tile County Courts' Bill be postponed to that day six months, on account of his not being able to carry it thyough all its stages during the present Session ; but gave no tice that he would bring it forward at-an early period in the next. • On the motion of Mr. T. COURTENAY, the East India Prize Money Bill was recommitted, and the Report ordered to be received on Monday next. . • On the motion of Mr. J. SMITH, the Bankruptcy Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. On the motion of Dr. LUSHINGTON, the Witnesses'in Foreign Parts Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next. On the Motion of Mr. C. GRANT the House went into a- Committee on the I r i s h Insolvency Court Bill, and the Report was received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on that day se'nnight. On the motion of Mr. C. GRANT, the Irish Prison Bill was read a second time. A Message from the Lords informed the House, that their Lordships had agreed to several Private Bills, which were laid on the table. __ _ ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Marquess of TITCHFIELD brought up the, Report of the ComMittee appointed to try the merits of thern Petition co plaining of an un d ue return for the County ofWarwick. The Report declared the sitting Member duly elected ; also, that the right of voting at elections for the County of Warwick was in the freeholders of the County, and not in those of Coventry ; also, that the Petition was not frivolous and vexatious. Mr. C. DUNDAS brought in a ,Bill to amend the 22d of Geo. 111. for the better relief and employment of the poor.— Read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on Mon day, and to be printed. ADJOURNED DEBATE UPON THE BREACH OF PRIVILEGE—" JOHN BULL." Mr. G. BENNET moved the reading of the Order oldie Day for continuing the adjourned debate 'upon his motion of yesterday. Mr. SCARLETT felt it quite impossible to con cur with the course of proceeding recommended in the m o ti on o f hi s H on . Friend. He ,objected to it, because he thought they ought not to make use of the power they possessed for vindicating the privileges of the House, to extract evidence from individuals which was afterwards to be brought against them upon a criminal prosecu tion. Another reason why he disapproved of the motion was, that he had doubts as to the power of the House to direct a prosecution of this na ture. Because, it was not of the libel, as it af fected the lion. Member personally, but as it affected the Privileges of the House through him, that they complained; and for the protection of those Privileges he thought they ought to exercise the power which they did possess. The true and legitimate ground, then," upon which be thought they ought to proceed, was this ;—that .the Privileges of the House had been. violated by a report, of a speech de livered in that House, in which the sentiments uttered by one of its Members had been wilfully misrepresented, so as to cast the basest imputa tions upon his character. It was well known that the proceedings of that House were reported in contradiction to its privileges, and that it pos sessed the power of preventing those reports from being made whenever it should think pro per. But there was no one who did not now agree in the utility of a faithful report of their debates, not only as it regarded this country, but as to the effect they must have all over Europe. Therefore he should at all times be averse from withholding the liberty of reporting their pro ceedings, as long as that liberty was exercised as it had been for some years past. But still he thought the House ought to hold the privilege of preventing Reports being made use of for imprcper purposes.. if they found a Wepor ter misrepresenting what was said by a Mem ber, for the sake of casting odium upon him, or of maliciously destroying his character, then it was competent for the House to inflict a punishment, not for the libel upon the Mem ber, or upon itself, 'but for the ivanton violation of its privileges. That was, in his opinion, the most legitimate plan of proceeding in the present case: What was the nature of that case ? This person stated that the lion. Member had made an apology, of a nature which must have been a disgrace to him as long as he lived. He (Mr. Scarlett) had known that Honourable Mem ber for many years, and those who had only known him for a shorter period, would agree with him in affirming that it.could be nothing but a most base, a most atrocious attack on his cha racter. With respect to the explanation which had been given by his Hon. Friend, be thought it did him the greatest credit. For, according to the imperfect manner in which their proceed ings were reported, it frequently happened that misunderstandings took place ; and so far was he from agreeing with those who would hold themselves high and refuse to give an answer to any request for an explanation, that he deemed it the duty of any man, not only as a Member of that House, but as a Gentleman, to make such explanation. ' The more particularly ought be Io do so, if he had unknowingly bi.ktn the means of creating pain in the breasts of individuals, through the ignorance or malice of others. He felt that his thanks were particularly due to his Hon. Friend - for having brought the subject be fore the House.; because since that was done he had looked at the Paper in question, and he con sidered it absolutely necessary, for the preserva tion of the character and dignity of the House, that it should be noticed. He had heard rumours that the Paper was supported by persons of more consequence than these whom they had seen at the Bar. It was even stated that persons who were worthy, or rather, he should say, who were unworthy, of seats in that House, were employed in writing the articles that appeared in it. He was glad on that account that the subject had been before them; because as far as the words of the persons who had been examined would go, these bad at least discovered the source of the in famous falsehoods which had been published. It was not his object to submit any motion to the House, but be must certainly vote against that of his Hon. Friend. Mr. G. BENNETT said, that in bringing for ward the subject he had done what he conceived to be his duty. As he had before said, he first considered the necessity of clearing his own cha racter, and next th e poss ibili ty of discovering to the House who was the author of the libel. Hav ing done that, he selected tbat process, which he thought, according to his own principles, would be the .most proper. Perhaps he was wrong in the view he had taken ; but he had taken it honestly and conscientiously. At the same time, he now saw the objections which had been pointed out by his Hon. Friend. He saw the ad vantages which he had gained by the examina tion of the parties, if they were sent to trial.-- lie would confess openly, that he had gained these advantages and upon th a t, g round he beg ged leav e to withdraw his mOtion. Sir R. FERGUSON expressed his satisfaction at his Hon. Friend's having consented to with draw his proposition. He was glad that he had done so, because he thought the persons who had been before them, should receive no,punish ment whatever; and if any proposition were made for committing them to Newgate, he . for one should vote against it. The only o bj ec t o f his lien. Friend, had been to rescue his own character from the foul and false aspersions that had been cast upon it.. He (Sir R. Ferguson) did not think, that even that was necessary; but he was aware how keenly every man must feel when his honour was attacked. The four who had been before the House had sufficiently ex posed themselves. They had given evidence of which no man would believe one word to be true ; and the reflecting part of the world would see that there was the sane degree of truth in their infamous publication. He wished be could be lieve that the person whom they had seen was the real and only author of the paper. It was a new era , in the history of this country, when a paper was established for blasting the fame of virtuous women after their death—(Cheers.)--- But it was a still newer era when such a paper should find supporters.—(Cheers.)—He had seen some articles in the paper which he believed must have come from higher quarters than those wretched and unfortunate men. The men who could support such conduct were the most base, the most wortbless—he could not find expres sions for his feelings—they were the most coward ly assassins. lie hoped they would be brought to light, and receive the punishment which they so richly deserved. Mr. BARING thought that his lion. Friend had left the House in an awkward predicament by withdrawing his proposition, without substituting any thing else in its place. Such a thing having once been taken notice of, and held up, as it de served, as a most gross and glaring insult upon the House, to be then left to pass without punish ment would be leaving it to be supposed out of doors, that the House might be insulted by any body with impunity. He had every objection to prod cult c i e e e swhich prosecution, had on account before state d of ! t,he Though been there were some lion. .Members who did not care for the privileges of that House, he trusted that there was a majority who did, and who be lieved, that with those privilege's, the liber ties of the country would cease to exist. lie could not therefore consent to leave the House in the situation in which it was then placed. He should suggest, a course which lie thought would be the best they could pursue under the circumstances of the case. At. the same time, he was anxious to say, that he should never wish to prevent free observation upon what fell from Members of that House, so long as it was kept within fair limits; because lie considered that it was not only beneficial to themselves, but likewise to the character of the House itself. lie would not be disposed to take , notice even of an extreme freedbm of eemark; but where there was a malignant Misrepresenta tion like the present, and charges of the most atrocious nature were made without the least foundation in fact, the House was bound to pro ceed in the usual way against the parties so offending.. He should, therefore, first move, that Henry Fox Cooper be committed to Newgate.— And if the House sanction that proposition, he should then move that the Printer be likewise so dealt with. He should have had some hesitation with respect to the Printer, if he had honestly given up the Editor without that evasion and prevarication with which he had insulted the House. With respect to the other persons, he thought their evidence to be most disgraceful to them. But he had not sufficiently examined it to found any proceedings against them. Perhaps some Hon. Member who had read it more atten tively might make a proposition to the. Houser the question as it regarded them might be ItT2 journed until their evidence was printed, and in the hands of Members. Whilst he took this course, he wished at the saine-time to Observe, that witeneTer the privileges of the House were infringed, he trusted they should not be guided by the notions of his lion. Friend (Mr. Bennet), but proceed A once to vindicate itself by its own power. lie then moved " That Henry Fox Cooper, having avowed himself the author of a false and scandalous libel upon a Member of this House, be committed to Newgate." On the suggestion of Mr. BAN ES, the motion was worded thus :—" That Henry Fox Cooper, having confessed himself the author of the said Libel, be committed to Newgate." Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY differed most completely from his Hon. Friend who had just spoken, in thinking that his Hon. Friend, the Member for Shrewsbury, had placed the House in an awk ward predicament. It was absolutely necessary for the safety and honour of the House that his Hon. Fri en d s h ou ld bring forward this subject. If there were a base set of assassins behind the screen, he should sincerely regret that the real authors, should not be punished instead of those wretched men of straw. Lord NUGENT considered that the thanks of the House ware due to the Noble Marquis for his notion of Adjournment last night, so as to enable the House to come to a decision upon this question, deliberatively and calmly. He,did not agree that the House was placed, in any dilemma from which it' could not - extricate itself but by the course recommended by his Hon. Friend. On the contrary, they had already been in such a dilemma in the early period of the Session, and had extricated themselves without adopting vich a course..., The Noble. Lord alluded to the Ad dress to his Majesty, which appeared in the Gazette, from the Presbytery of Langholme. A grosser or a- more flagrant breach of the privi leges of the House than that was could scarcely be imagined; and compared with which, An at tack upon an individual Member must almOst sink into insignificance. - Upon that occasion the House passed over the insult offered to it, upon the promise of the Noble Marquis, (which was afterwards fulfilled in a most handsome manlier), that an apology should be made from the Secre tary of State's Office, where the Address had been permitted to appear in the Gazette by mis take. He did think that if the House proceeded to act upon the motion of his lion. Friend, it would be most severe and injurious towards such poor wretches as this prevaricating printer. The Noble Lord concluded by moving, as an -Amend " That Henry Fox Cooper be called to the Bar of the House, reprimanded, and dis charged." The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had taken leave of the question, but he was anxious to avoid any thing which could be construed from his conduct as tending to shew that he was dis posed in any degree to neglect the claims of jus tice, or that he did not feel the necessity of main taining on all occasions the character of our Courts of Justice, and their right to determine the criminality and punishments of those who had in any way incurred the wholesome rigour of the laws. His only objection to sending this case to a Court of Justice was, that the individual might not suffer from the confession which had been extracted from him before the House, and though not the less alive to the gross nature of the offence, and to what the defence of the privileges of the House required, he felt also that the end of that inquiry being answered, they would best consult their own honour and dignity by tempering jus tice with mercy in the punishment. Ile had no wish as to the course to be pursued, but that they should be seen to hold a hand of even jus tice towards all parties. lie did lament and re gret that the same feeling of just and louct indig nation had not been expressed on other occasions than when the mischief complained of was con fined to the Zion. Gentlemen opposite and their friends. He lamented that an Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite, whose pu.suits 'must have given him those irate sentiments of justice which belong to his profession, should have been led to cast, aspersions and insinuations on unknown and unnamed authors,—(hear, hear! from the. Opp osition benches,)—to whom, however, the specu lations of the world attached the responsibility of the objectionable writings.—(Hear, hear ! from both sides.)—The Hon. and Learned Gentleman must forgive him for saying, and so must the', lion. General who spoke before him, that their conduct bad not been perfectly consistent with that feeling of justice which they had expressed. No one had a stronger feeling for the defence and preservation of the virtues of Englishwomen and. the honour of the men than himself ; he' knew no two qualifications which' ought to 'be 'TRICE SEtrkicPtNet. more religiously guarded. No one could be less disposed to tolerate the offence committed on the privileges of the House than himself. He had read the journal which contained it, if that were any offence, having been led thereto by the corm - non curiosity of our nature. He admitted that there were no circumstances of palliation in the offence ; but he would have been haPpy if the loud burst of indignation which followed it had been on any occasion awakened by the torrents of libels which had been poured forth on other quarters, which hati assailed the highest and most respected characters in the State, and spared nothing iii its fury of calumny among all the institutions of: the country. That would have been a feeling worthy of the British Parliament, and • becoming that sense of honour which ought to distinguish the s in ;' but he could not respect that . sense of justice, and those feelings of indignation which was only to be awakened by attacks on those who profess -`ea thelir` or tifeir 'political friends, while such offences abounded in other quarterS.T - A libel which bad appeared two years ago in The Times, and which attributed to a Right - Henourabl e Friend of hi s a di s p os i t i on to ridicule the.suffer ings of his fellow-creatures, contained an attack as flagitious and painful to his Right Hon. Friend as any thing which could be found to arise out of the case before the House. If he had on that Occa sion witnessed any thing like the gloW of indigna tion which now prevailed, he would not have com plained of the speeChes which had been made, and the feelings which had been manifested. His Lord- I ship proceeded to recornmend that there should be nothing of party feeling apparent in their conduct, and that it should not be held out to the public that there was more security in attacking one side than the other. He thought that the punishment of a reprimand was too mild, and to send the a fendeis to• Newgate would be tbo*rong a mea sure of punishment. So little toleration had he, however, for cases of this kind, that were it not for what he had seen on the occasion to which he had alluded, he would have had no hesitation in agreeing to the commitment of :these parties. BUt conceiving that the case of 7'he Tithes news paper was much more gross than - the4resent one, he could not think it adVigable to give the latt er 4. - - a severer litinishment. Ile would therefore move, as had been done in the former case, that the parties be taken into custody by the Serjeant at Arms. He thought that at least they ought to be kept in custody for one niht. The Clerk then r ea d from the_Journals the re solution which the House Had come to a on the ease of John Payne Collycr, charged with misrepre senting the proceedings of the House. Sir'J. MACKINTOSH observed, that The para graph comp l a i ne d of did not appear intheJournals. Lord NI.J . GENT explained. Mr. SCARLETT could have had .. no Wish to trouble the attention of the House further, but for the clo s i n g o b servat i ons of the speeCh of the Noble 'Lord. If any party feeling had been - Manife - ited, surely it was to he found only in that speech. Never had his own miud been n less u :der the-influence o f party feeling than While this case had been_ under discuSsion.. He thought that the House was Unanimous in its opinion orthe libel be fore-them. Ile did not know, nor wag le in.the least aware what libels they could 'co'unte nancing of Willa - fortned such a general stigma on the Gentlemen on his side of thellOnSe: For his Own part, he had been, strankelY:irtiSunder stood. He had stated that, having fiCa:ett . .but of, doors the scandalous paragraphs of the paper in question attributed to Meinbers of That House, .he thanked his lion. Friend for having affOrded an opportunity of completely refitting an impu tation -which, from the first, he had never be lieved: If that con v eyed an i mputation to any Member of the House, or if it display e d the least tinge of party f ee li ng, h e was ready to confess that he did not know the import of his own lan guage. He might have been mistaken In his un derstanding of what he had uttered, but party feeling hair not influenced him ; if there had been any party feeling displayed, it was by the Noble Lord ; for his own part he read as few libels as any body ; he had not time for : such reading. But it seemed c l ear enoug h to him that party feeling could have nothing to do with libels-on private character. :He could make all due al lowances for the effects of party feeling in public writers. He would suffer them to make almost any comments they pleased on the public con duct and opinions, of public characters, for the sake of serving -their parties, to whatever side they might belong ; but this toleration could _not be extended to calumnious and false attacks- on character. Though he'did not read many libels, he had read the JoUrnal which contained 'this ne, and as the Noble Marquis admitted that be had read-it, he would remind the Noble Lord of another paragraph in that Paper, in which the writer boasted of his belonging to rather an exalted rank in society. As' he said before,le did not believe it ; he could not believe that any gentleman Would write such paragraphs. If, in deed, it were possible to imagine the- cafe' of a man who belonged to superior rank, with which he was engaged -to invade the liberty Of the press, by a very coars e an d di sgust i ng abuse of it, the plan could not be much better pursued than through the means adopted by this journal. It was' well known that the abuse of - a , privi lege led the moderate to be less eatcfnl'of its preservation. •In the Auguttan empire libel's were constituted high treason, because Ofthe'Satires published by one'Cassius Ceverus against thejl lustrious women of Roine. - The story was -in Tacitus. He hoped no such . effect vs , onld "be pro duced either by this or 'any other . Jourthl. As to the case 'of The Thnes he knewnOthing of k it, becanse lie was lice in the HouSe arthe time ;