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i ~ 4 ~ l + t ~ .1 4 i 4 1 • 11 4 _1":1' A ge 7 , 4; Zip N 6 ,~ ,~ lt,' , Vl? T H C[ it_6;,/,,,,/ 100vila-/t7`; Lteid' ut ` ie 9d. /P Loa i , 1 b. sz; h 4 54 NUMBER. 9321.1 WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1822. PRICE ,SEVENPENCta JtrsrE.. riILE FETE on SATURDAY NEXT, JULY 13th, At the ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Under the especial Patronage of the KING. IN Compliance with the Request of many order Ladie s an d G en tl em en, who have expressed a wish, in o f 1 r to gratify the Desire of the JUVENILE BR ANCHES t hZ,eir FAMILIES, 'that the Amusements a t these Gardens for ONE NIGHT, terminate at an Early Hour, the lilirietors, all as far as lies in their Power, to meet the - ter m 's ; es ..,°f all who Honour them with their Company, have de.. Extra to Open the Gardens, expressly for the occasion, on an t i on 44 ttra Night, and to devote that Night to the Accommoda th " as well. as Amusement of the Junior Branches ; it is, naerefore, proposed to Open the Doors at Six, and the Rope hrietors 4„, nei ng, Fire-Works Ascent on the Rope, and the other " u serrients, to be all by Ten o'Clock. And as the Pro. feel an anxious desire to see a numerous Assemblage of f e Young Folks now at home for the Holidays, they intend, or this Night only, to' charge Children, under twelve years of be, 2s. each ; other Persons, as usual, 3s. 6cl.—The 31usical iiYattrnent must, of necessity, be a little curtailed ; but the c o '?e - bancing, Fire-Works, Ascent on tAe Rope fL la Saqu,i 41.1 .°ratnas, Heptaplasiesoptron, and other Amusements, wi ll be p..,extensive and as grand as on any preceding Evening. 1 0 ,* ; Supper -Boxes ma be engaged the Day before, or in 'the Orders win, be admitted. • I following Day being Sunday, the Gardens - must , of r e , s -essl tY be cleared before Twelve o'Clock ; it is, therefore, alf C tfully announced, the Lamps will be Extinguished at ast Eleven. N he Gardens will be open on Monday, Wedne sda y , ay Evenings, as usual. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, PARLIAMENT. 'oreign. .--- AND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, REGENT -STREET, LONDON. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES. The DUKE of NORFOLK, The DUKE of RUTLAND, The NIARQUESS of NORTHAMPTON, EARL GREY, LORD BRAYBROOKE, LORD KING, &c. &c. &c. DIRECTORS. noust OF LORDS.. TUESDAY, JULY 9. Their Lordships met - this day at a quarter before five o'clock. Mr. MAsox, from the Directors of the East India Company, presented an account of the Salaries, Pensions; and Superannua tions granted during the present months.—Laid on the table. Mr. El uTuurrsorr and others brought up from the Com mons the Cork and Skibbereen Road Bill, which was read a first time. ,_._,... .. r ,Lord Northwick, Sir Henry Pynni` Francis Const, Esq. James Sedvwick Esq. Sir John Doyle, K.B. Hon. Washington Shirley, Robert Downie, Esq. M.P. Walter Strickland, Esq. Sir S. B. Morland, Bart. M.P. Sir W. E. Welby, Bart. William Praed, Esq. I Sir Robert Wilson, M.P. &c. &c. &c. Managing Director, J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq. F.A S. PERMANENT.' CAPITALS amounting to 650,0001„have been formed in addition to the fluctuat ing Capitals arising from the Premiums; which together con siderably exceed a Million Sterling. Claims have been paid to Thirteeu.Hundred and Fifty Suf ferers from tire, without a single Litigation. The. Profits are divided amongst thoFe who now insure, as well as the Ori ginal Members, in just proportion to their respective Pay ments. _ In the Fire-Office, Returns of 20 and 25 per Cent. have been invariably paid to all Persons who have continuedln• sured Seven Years, upon Annual as well as upon Septennial Policies, and whether they have been claimants for losses or otherwise, which Returns during the last Eight Years amount to 36,0001. In the Life Office, Bonuses of 131.85. and 261. 12s. have been divided during the last fourteen years.; and other very. peculiar Advantages are afforded.. The Westmoreland County Rates Bill, and the Small Notes Bill, were read a second time. _ .. . . 450 ~. The Five per Cent. Contracts Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. , cwt* :?$ 54s HOUSE OF COMMONS. LOAN BILL. The Report of the Loan and Pension Bill was brought up and agreed to; and the Bill ordered for a third reading to-morrow. Per qr. — ln answer to a question from ➢lr. HUME, • The CHANCELLOR of 'the EXCHEWER said he did not expect to sell any of the Annuities' Stock created by the Pension Bill before January next. FIVE PER CENTS. BILL. The Report of this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. ter qr• • CWC• ' The Duchy of Cornwall Bill went through a Committee. The Report was received forthwith, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday. The Irish Distress Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. a 51 Of 01 65 a 41 4 5 51 4s 4(1 ) „.=2 5) S. 45 Qj 3, s :o 4 1 55 153 'od 105 Od 15s OL 165 ° A fi 05 °' d n 115 - A 105 tlts to es 4d 10, 0 050(1 1 j° od , to 36° NA DI ' Is 6(l' gs 0 ,, 1 Ot ......"'''.... to l II A i 0 ill ° ce , o j 409 405 9. •,% 1 Is • bet. .' bsi -Totte ralfor d ' of ries, of 3; ear 1 1 ' Itoss, The price of the Medicine is Four Pounds. COlS t f il ie third e sys" ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET:PLACE. LAST WEEK. NOTICE is hereby given, that the EXIII- Lo RITION of the ROYAL ADADEM Y will finall y SE on SATURDAY NEKT, the 13th Instant, at Seven ,` lo cli . Precisely. .." i45100 (every dav from Eight o'Clock till Seven)OneShilling. Catalogue One Shilling. R. HOWARD, R.A. Sec. dasxhibitors are requested' to-send for their Works on Tues. the 16th, or Wednesday, 17th. GREAT GAIN !—LITTLE RISK! TEN CAPITALS in TEN MINUTES, nci, the %hNEXoIeT T Ten must b e t g 6th ined of T fo H r thelS MONtrifli nH T (JUL iskf Y), a g Ro pi ta iB s: Od. each, being only. Nineteen Pounds fur feu Ca atrc . iL I vts and Sh;res'are,now selling by BISH , St o ck - B roker, h i 3 e r ‘- , LStat.Lttely Offices, _4, Cornhill, 'and 9, Charing ' s, L ondon ; and by his Agents in the Country. 041 ' the pl an now adopte d, a Whole Ticket ultimately costs Nh r LI . 1 86. Od. and a Sixteenth only Four Shillings ; other `s its proportiOn. Ttith lIISH shared and sold TWO PRIZES of 4'20,000, and :11 0 ,!', : rY-FIVE other CAPITALS in the LAST TWO lICUSTOM -HOUSE, LONDON, July 6, 1822 . OR SALE, (by -Order of the lion. the Com ti of his Majesty's Customs,) on MONDAY, -44, 15111 , TUESDAY, the 16th, WEDNESDAY, the 17th, A ft LHURSDAY, the 18th Instant, at One o'Clock in the ernooo.precisely, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mine g-lane, the FOLLOWING GOODS : FOR EXPORTATION, p i Eat India and other Prohibited Goods, Books, Prints, 4 , thr es „, & c. FOR HOME CONSUMPTION, p_ e arnbrio and other Linen Drapery, Lace, Artificial Flowers, i ` . ) ,ogli Amethysts, Ormol (Squirrel ClOks, Jewellery, Books, Pictures, ms, Grocery, Drugs, Tails, I;amb Skins, Slate 4;leils, Snuff-Boxes, Toys ; Whiskey and other Spirits ; Wine, 1 4 ,!_0f Mac e , China, Sill Stones ; Deals, Mahogany , and other, 4, '..0 0 1. (1 Goods ; B oa t s ; Thr ee vessels, called the " Prosperous, 0 00 ,, anna, ' n ad t` New Union ;" and Sundry other us, as mentioned in the Catalogue. To I CLEAR OF ALL DUTIES. th e )e viewed at the Tobacco Ground, Rotherhithe; and Warehouse and Cellars, Custom-House ; on Wed tevjaY tile 10th Thursday the 11h, Friday the 120, and Sa- Pri r ..q , the 13th ' Intant, from Ten o'Clock-io the morning to r ,} 7 i o'clock it. the afternoon. keel Goods bought at this Sale must bc paid for at the or ver or Flues and Forfeitures O ff ice, Custom-House, on befor e'bad e Monday, the sth August, 1822; or the Deposits e thereon will absolutely become forfeited. C at • ti o: aloues to be ad at the King's Warehouse, Custom, o ne sh h illing. each. • "Itered out at the Custom-house, and warranted to Sail early in August, For SYDNEY and VAN• DIEMEN'S LAND, With LeaVe call at Madeira, • THE tine fast-sailing SHIP PRIN 4,Vio, CESS CHARLOTTE, A. 1, JOSEPH V: BLYTH, Catnniander , Burden 400 Tons, - lying in the Lcitidon Docks. Has excellent _ Pass er , Accommodations for Steerage and Cabin S'pp r Which or f o r Freight, apply to BUCKLES, BAG BIJCki'it A HANAN, 33. Mark•lane. and Co. Sold in. Shares the Last 'awn t't ze of -e20,0C0, 1 -and the Last Prize of £ l , OOO ever Th tai,,e„Lottery begins Drawing the 16th JULY, and con- Iw ooi, Prizes of £30,000, Two of £20,000, many other Xl4„a's, the usual proporiion of small Prizes (Consols and Ch y)—Not Two B tanks to a Prizr. Purchasers may have the l'it4e," the TEN CAPITALS which must he drawn the lar d , - ;_aY, at a very small Risk, as they are at liberty to re the ' ll o l ' Tickets or Shares, on or before the 26th of Tr: L esent Month (July), on the following terms, vii. ' li a r ‘ e t •• • .ci)sts £2l 18 0. , may receive back £..-20 0 0 i f: it l e ' e • n • t . h . : costs. ll 17 0.. may receive hack.. 10 12 0 quarter ..costs.. 5 19 0. .may receive back.. 5 6 0 S' glith • • • .costs— 3 ' 0 C., tuay receive briclt.. 2 13 0 .costs.. 1 10 6.. may receive back.. 1 6 6 . the small Lottery drawn on the 4th of Last Month, l'er e 3 l,' "4, a Prize of 20,000, and 4,982, a Prize of 1,000, ‘ fu r f, "h Sold in Shares by SWIFT and Co. at their old and 'l,lgaß:te Street, 1 1 Poultry;' 12, Charing-Cross ; and 31, . SCARCE!: .ANY RISK. I DDING and Co. No. 1, - CORNHILL, A4re are eonfident'no Person can refrain from making au a s ii , n ture with them, who peruses their explanatory Schemes, b lo rre is now an opportunity without Risking the Loss of ,i, 4 thall Font Shillings, by purchase of a Sixteenth (and 1: - `-; Shares ',:: oroportion) ; for although the Cost Price * is 't . l OC ti. l .. you' ma' receive ' back Lt. 6s. 6d. any time he re:24th Jury., even if i t 14 a Blank , ' a Small Prize, or Un -1.;-'1,? after - 11' . 4 - had the Chance of the following 10 . "Mtals, which Z:i l l n l . be -decided the .Ptst Day. next Tuesday : VW°, first izes ....... a, .... Prizes -' •" • Dy •• • £2,000 each 'l\ `'n ncx.rTr . ... ifo oo each Two next Prizes Two next Prizes 4 esid T wo next Prizes , 200 each of,i„,,!s which the S c h eme co ntains 2 of £3 0 , 000, 2 of ii, , ,, 00, and other Prizes in Consols and Money, and some bill es e may now be had a t th e L u cky Corner, No. I, Corn- STRICTURES CURED. li r a new Method the above troublesome t o Complaint Complaint is en ti re l y era dicated (without the use of. sr 3ho or Caustie), if not constitutional , whether of long. „ —4l lDan itstandi ng , . as well as all weaknesses generally ac. beinz one of the est a ccjing it, and in a short time the whole system is re greatest discoveries ever made., Vul-IN LYNCH, 44, Duke-street, St. James's. lersesPectable references will be given, if required.—All Let_to b e ~. aid. tie A Pos , -p iperfect Cure fur Bilious Affections and Obstructions in j 1. 5. Grd p R A - Just' publis — hed; price 59. fid. woo., And /,,iTICAL TREATISE on NERVOUS, BILIOU S, I hod FLANIMATORY AFFECTIONS, with a ne w . e- . n usti ' f Vuritt7 strictures without the use of Bougie .„ ' tl; Appendix.on tbe Diseases of Women ,. and y John Lynch, 44, Duke-street, St. James s. Sold by W. Crawford, 114 3 cheapside. • GATESHEAD, DLT IMAM. On Friday last Mr. JOSEPH PRICE, proprietor of the Durham Glass Works, having completed his 60th year, gave a dinner to a large party of friends, and the whole of his numerous workmen, the latter men and boys amounting to 130, and the total to 160. At half-past two o'clock the men mustered at the glass manufactory in Pipe well-gate. After ranging themselves 'in proces, sion, they set out headed by Mr. Richardson's excellent band of musicians, who played a quick step all the way till•they reached Mr. Price's house in the high part of Gateshead. One of the boys was the bearer of a white flag decorated with laurel. A large space in the garden behind the house, about 90 feet in length, and 30 in breadth, had been covered in for the purpose of the refectory • and two rows of tables , the whole length, afforded ample accommodation to the numerous company. At three o'clock an excel lent and substantial dinner was served up hot. The smoking surloins of beef and the plenteous supply of rich plum pudding, (withont mention ing other viands) brought to mind the doings of ancient times in the balls of our English Barons, when feasting and hospitality were more the order of the day then• they are at present. As soon as the cloth was removed the Rev. HUGH SALVIN delivered an impressive grace. The President (Mr. PRICE) then requested .a bumper to be filled to " the King's health," with four times four. The toast was drank with enthu siasm, the music striking up the national anthem. " The rest of the Royal Family" followed, (music, " Brunswick March"), and then 46 Suc cess to the Coal Trade," (music the " Keel Row.") Mr. GRIEVESON then rose and said, " Mr. President, Mr. Vice-President, and Gentlemen, 1 have been requested upon this interesting occasion, in pro posing the toast which I am about to give, the good health of our worthy President, to offer to him the sincere and hearty gratulations of his friends upon this auspicious day.--(Ap plause.)—And while I claim, Gentlemen, the right of express ing, in the name of the general company, my best thanks for the truly liberal entertainment we have experienced, and are still enjoying, I can easily picture to myself the feelings of satisfaction which must be the President's, on seeing himself surrounded, as he is this day, by so large a body of friends and well-wishers.—(Applause.)---On ' an occa sion like this I trust I shall not be considered as going out of the way if I advert for a moment to the vast importance which our native manufacturing industry bears inthe scale of national interests. What is it, Gentlemen, that constitutes the incompa rable wealth and dignity of this great and flourishing Empire, but its matchless persevering industry in useful and ingenious la bour of every sort ? Great and honourable as is the British Peer, he is not more so, abstractedly, than the peaceful, industrious mechanic or artisan, Who maintains his family by the sweat of his brow.—(Great applause.)—How happily the Poet expres ses it: — "Great are thy blessings, industry ; rough power I Where labour still attends, and sweat and pain ; Yet the kind source of every gentle art, And all the soft civility of life." Gentlemen, if I have in some degree digressed, it was only to pay a compliment where I felt it to be most appropriate.— (Applause.)—[A paper, containing an extempore address on the President's natal day, was handed to the Speaker, and read by him to the Company : • It gave great satisfaction, but its length prevents its'finding a place here.]—" Gentlemen," con tinued Mr. G., " all I have now to do is to express my ac knowledgments for the patient hearing you have honoured me with, and to request you to fill a bumper of rosy wine to our worthy President.—That he may long live to see the Anniver sary of this day, and to enjoy the fruits of his ingenuity and in dustry, I feel persuaded, is the wish of all."—(Very great aps ;dense.) • Mr. PRICE rose and returned thanks, observing, "It was out of his power to state what he felt; but he trusted they would "take the will for the deed."—(Applause.) The Band played, " May we never want a friend and a bottle." Among the Toasts that were given were—" The Lords Lieutenant, the Earl of Darlington."—" Both sides of the Tyne."--" John George Lambton, Esq."—" The Mayor and Corporation, of Newcastle." " The Duke of North umberland."—" A Public-Spirited Officer, the Sheriff of Newcastle, Alfred Hall, Esq. *--" The Owners of Sheriff= Hill Colliery," (to which Mr. Hutchinson returned thanks.)-- F" Earl Grey."—" The Vice-President."—(Mr. Harbottle ex pressc.dhis acknowledgments for thehonour conferredupon him.) Mr. G. ilgrnett andthe Lead trada.—(Mr.B. returned thanks.) The Pitiotc4ives of the Crown and the Rights of the People ; Sir Robert lyw7,;s, and succes's to the works at New Green wich ; All l;1 nest iilen who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow ; the worthy Rector of Gateshead, the Rev. J. Col. linson ; ,the Independence of Parliament, may it never yield to the power of • the Crown, nor the influence of Faction ; Mr. Askew, and the Magistrates for Chester Ward ; tke Land we live in, may it be fi ll ed with plenty and the People wiTh gra titude. The company, in the course of the evening, were entertained with several excellent songs.—Between 9 and 10 o'clock seve ral of the workmen's wives and female relations were admitted, and the tables being removed. daziting commenced, and con cluded the evening's amusements. , . It is but proper to state that every thing was conducted with the greatest Order and regularity. The Excise Licenses Regulation Bill was read a third time and passed. The Scotch Spirits Exportation Bill went through a Com mittee. The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday. ' Mr. BENNET brought up the Report of the Committee for Members returned to that House holding places under Go vernment.—Ordered to be printed. RECEIVERS-GENERAL BILL. Upon the motion of Mr. LITSITINGTON, the House re solved itself into a Committee uponsthe above Bill. Mr. HUME moved as amendments to certain clauses, that the Treasury be empowered and authorized to grant allow ances to Receivers-General, at not less than 3001., nor more than 6001. ;—that Receivers-General be restricted from acting by deputy except in cases of illness, or other sufficient tem porary causes, that the latter part of the first clause be omitted, providing a fund for defraying the expence of the Receiver- General ; and that the collections be made in the same way as the collections of the Excise. - In his opinion, Receivers-Ge neral might be dispensed with altogether in favour of Collec tors similar to those of the Excise. _ _ Mr. LUSHINGTQN said,, that the Hon. Gentleman would scarcely think that Excise Collectors would answer all the pur pose of. Receivers-General, when he informed him that the dif ference of security which it was thought right to require from those two clases of offfcers, was betwixt 300,0001. and 16,000,0001. If it was thought requisite to take 16,000,0001. from the Receivers-General, it was obvious their responsibility must he much greater than what could be handed over to the Excise Collectors. He had no objection to insert the clause disabling Receivers-General to act by deputy, except in cases of illness, and to omit that part of the first clause objected to by the Hon. Gentleman, but he could not consent to his pro posed diminution of salary. If such were to be attempted, he was sure they 'would lose their best Receivers-General. The plan laid down in this Bill, he was thoroughly convinced, was the best and cheapest that could he adopted. Mr. Htr stE . and Mr. LuSIIINGTON . mutually explained. Sir JOHN NEWPORT believed that within the last six months the Receiver-General in Ireland had been abolished, and the money paid on account of taxes remitted directly to the Bank of Ireland. If this mode had been adopted there., why could not the same course be take; in this country ? Mr. LUSH ING TON said, if the Irish mode of collecting the revenue here were adopted it would occasion double—a Right Hon. Gentleman near him, said four times—the expense. At all events it would be much more expensive than the present mode of collection. Mr. HUME was of opinion the revenue might be collected and transmitted to the Treasury without one &rthing expence,. After a further conversation, in which Mr. Lushington, Sir C. Long, Mr. Alderman WOod, Mr. Calcraft, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Bennet, participated the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. . Mr. W. COURTENAY rose to bring before the House cer tain publications, which had been brought under his observation • within this last fortnight, and which contained matter, in his opinion, amounting to a breach of the privileges of that House. He hoped it would not be thought improper in -him to direct their attention -to that which, hi his judgment, struck at a vital point of the privileges of Parliament. Some time ago an ac tion had been brought against an individual connected with the public press of Scotland. An Hon. and Learned Gentleman, a Member of that House, had thought it his duty to bring the circumstances connected with that proceeding before Par liament. Doing this, that Honourable and Learned Gen tleman had necessarily; had unavoidably been placed in the disagreeable situation of an accuser. This situation, though it was one which was disagreeable, was one which was neces sary to the exercise of the most important functions of that House. Any one, therefore, who interfered with the free; bold, and unembarrassed discharge of duty was guilty of a breach of privilege, and such breach of privilege, as it affected the dig nity and importance of that House, demanded their most serious attention. In the course of the observations submitted to the House by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, lie hid had occa sion to offer some remarks on the conduct of certain indivi , duals connected with a public employment in Scotland, and the manner in which these remarks had been noticed by the in• dividuals to whom they related, was that which he was now about to bring before the-House. A letter had been published in the form of a pamphlet, addressed to James Abercromby, Esq. and signed John Hope.. Mr. Hope was connected with an office in Scotland, on which the Hon. and Learned Gentle man had made some observations.. The letter which he• had written was of considerable length, and expressed opinions with respect to what the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had stated in the conscientious discharge of his duty within those walls, which, in his judgment, amounted to a direct and dan gerous breach of their privileges. Some of the' passages were of a nature which seemed intended to provoke perional hos tility. That this was the object of the letter lie thought the House would admit, when he read part of the letter to them. He would not detain them by going over much of it, but he would read one or two passages which; -it appeared, were of a most gross ,and improper character, and on these the Henise would decide whether or not their privileves had been violated; The first passage set out' with speaking of the reports of the Honourable and Learned Gentle man's speech. The writer then gave it as his opinion that those reports were correct,- and proceeded to consider a re, Port which has appeared as being - his unquestioned speech.— bne part of the 'letter ran thus.—" On the gross- injustice re sulting to a defendant from the perversion of a private action brought by a political associate.—(Hear, hear !) in . - order to prepossess and prejudice the minds of a party who have yet to decide on the. subject, it is needless to enlarge." With the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to whom this letter' was ad dressed he (Mr. W. Courtenay) had no political connection; but language like this, come from -,.batever quarter iemight, imputing perversion of facts from base and unworthy motives to a Member of that liouse, - he thought ought not to be suffered to pass Unnoticed. Another part of the letter was very strong, though, in his judgment, not so strong as that which he had just read. It imputed, wilful misrepresentation, and ran thus—" Whether you believed what you stated I do not now ask, but the injustice and intemperance of the course taken you cannot now dispute." As he had already Stated, he had no connection, in politics with the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, -- h6 only felt at this moment that lie was a Member of •Parliament. That iien.: and Learned Gentleman would perhaps be the only person in that Hciuse who would think the course which he now took was not tight. He, however. on this occasion, could not suffer his conduct to be governed by the fear of displeasing that Hon. and Learned Gentleman. It. was his duty, as it was that of the House, to do that which it seemed right should be done. Another passage in the letter stated the measure which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had re sorted to, sufficiently marked his ,consciousness of its being unjust." This was a personal attack which could not be passed over, and one which amounted to a direct breach of the pri vileges of that House. So long as it was deemed important that freedom of speech should be enjoyed in the House of Com ' mons, it appeared , a) him necessary that comments of the nature of those to which he now called their attention should not pass unnoticed.' What that could be - called freedom of speech ' would remain to them, if every individual who brOtight forward an accusation was liable to be singled out by the party.ac cused as the object of a direct personal attack ? So much with respect to the case of Mr. Hope, but there was.another mat ter not only connected with it, but so connected that he thOught it necessary to bring it before the House. In the Cinirier of Monday there had appeared a letter from the Advocate of Sleet land, which appeared to have been sent by Mr. Menzies with comments to the -Editor. The comments which he had supplied were these :—" I feel no inclination to make any comments - on the above correspondence, I shall -be contented with saying, that in what you put forth as a fair report of Mr. Abercromby's speech, improper motives were by very strong inuendo and implication attributed to me. Such imputations I regard with the most perfect scorn, and _I have now shown that whoever was the real author of them, they were altogether 'unwarranted, groundlesit, and false." lie wished the House to consider the nature of these publications. To. him he must confess that they seemed to form part of a system which it was necessary to put' down. From whatever side of the House observations were made, if comments like these were to be made, the practice would be fonnd dangerous in the extreme.. It would be most injurious if members were liable to be made the subjects of personal attack on account of their haying performed their duty. It was on, that ground that he pressed the subject on the attention of the House,, and he thought they would all agree with Min - that the object, motive, and intention of the letters in question were to provoke a per- Soria' quarrel. Trusting the House would view the subject as he did, he proposed first to put - in the papers, and he should then move that the passages which he had read amounted to a breach 'of the privileges of that House. Should this be carried, it might be proper to call the parties to their bar. What fur. ther steps might be necessary, it would be for the House to de termine ; but the main object would be gained if the House agreed .with him, as he hoped they would,'in voting the letters a breach of their privileges. He then put gi a letter dated 27, Queen-street, Edinburgh, July 1,- 1922, to Jas. Abercomby, Esq. AIP. Lord BINNING suggested that it was common to read the whole Of a paper from which passages were selected as involving a breach of the'privileges of Parliament. The SPEAKER said, when it was necessary to look at the context to ascertain the meaning. of the passages obe jected to, other 'parts of the documents or the whole of them were read. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY observed, that in some instances the House had at once voted the paper complained of to be a breach of their privileges, but in other cases it had post. poned coming to a decision till a fuiure day. The SPEAKER was aware that both courses mentioned by the Noble Lord had frequently been taken ; but he believed - the course taken when it was a constructive breach of privi lege, differed from that which had been preferred where the - breach was positive and distinct. The question now was whe ther there had been a comment, and what were the terms in which that comment was couched. If there had been a com ment at all, there was an end to the question about breach of privilege. Mr. C. W. WYNN agreed that the contents of the paper,, which had not been read, had no relation to- the question then before the House ; but as the passages which had been read might be mitigated or aggravated by the other parts of the do.: cuments, it was desirable that the House should be put in pos session of the whole. He remembered a case where the whole of a long pamphlet had been read at the table. This, however, was inconvenient, as the • attention of the House could not be so fixed on the article while reading, as to make them fully ac quainted with,it, and therefore he thought the better course was to postpone the further "consideration of the subject till to-mor row. lie did not say that there could be any doubt of the pas sagest breach qu m o i t g e h d t abneio more n o t r i e n g o r to l e i a s b ag, e g a r c a h v a o t e f d t r y i e e g o e t , h e b r u t p a a r s ts t h oaf theletters, h e moved—" That further consideration of the subject should be adjourned till to-morrow." • Mr. TIERNEY apprehended the whole letter ought now to be read. His own opinion was, that nobody could doubt a breach of their privileges had been committed. But the whole of the letters when read might soften down those parts which they had heard. The whole should be read, that they might not visit the offence which had been committed with undue severity. If it was likely that the reading of the whole would mitigate the charge, of course there would be no objection to its being read. Mr. C. W. 'WYNN said, in the last case, that of Mr. Hob house's pamphlet, the consideration of the subject had been adjourned for a day. That course he thought it would be tie . sirable to pursue now. The SPEAKER was aware that a great variety of prece , dents were to be found, and that two very different courses had frequently been pursued. One way was to decide that the writing charged wes a breach of their privileges, and then call the party to the bar to admit or deny that he was the author ; the other was; -Wore deciding whether or not a breach of their privileges had been committed, to call on the author of a paper brought before them to defend or explain it, as in some cases it was thought this might influence their decision on the.question, whether or not a breach of their privileges had been committed. But in a case where their proceedings had been commented on, it mattered not what the terms were in which it had been so -commented on, whether complimenting or reflecting on them—the interference with their deliberations was in itself a breach of privilege, and no explanation at the bar could alter the decision on that point, though it might materially affect the proceedings consequent upon it. The House had a right to view•their privileges not as formed for their personal con venience, but as a great public trust, which wa s n ec es sa r y to the discharge of their functions. From day to day, however, their privileges were invaded, but the House shut their eyes to • this in cases where no great public disadvantage was appre hended. Ile called on the House to keep these two points -distinctly in their view when called upon to vote—whether their privileges had been violated, and whether having been violated, it was necessary for them to take notice of the fact. He pressed the subject on their attention, that they might not be placed in the predicament, that disregard of their privileges should ever be construed into a doubt of their existence. Un der these circumstances it was for, them to consider whether they would 'suspend their decision in a case where there - could be no doubt of a breach of ,their privileges having been committed. Mr. 'W. COURTENAY concurred in this view of the subject. The MarquiS of LONDONDERRY said, as their privi. leges' were violated, when any report of, or comment on, them was published, there could be no hesitation' in assuming a breach of them to have been committed in theatreseof case. But if there were any doubt as to the proceedings which were to follow their vote, it Might be advisable to pause before they came to a deasion. It had been common in similar cases to postpone the further consideration of the subject, and as one of the papers referred to was an extended document, he thought they would come td the consideration of the question with more advantage after an adjournment. - The bPEAKER had suggested the course *Mai he had taken the liberty to recommend, conceiving that having voted tv breach of their privileges to have been committed, it would afterwards be open to - them to pause' before they determined what they should do upon that decision. To him it apPeared that no step could be satisfactorily, taken by the House till after they had come to such 'a Resolution. That decision recorded, the .House could have no hesitation in laying its injunctions on the Hon.-and Learned Gentleman to attend in his There was little difference in the course to be taken, where a Member and a person not a Member cf that House, were concerned, and where the parties were both Mem bers. In the latter case the Members would he directed to at tend in their places, and if that' were not *sufficient, a mar. datory resolution would be come to by the House, declaratory Of their opinion, that nothing further tending to a breach of the peace should takeplace. He hoped, after the explanation he had given, his motive would be understood for recommer d ing that an immediate decision should be cone to On the ques tion. Mr. Secietary PEEL rose with great diffidence on questions of this nature, 'but . he wished to throw out that if any thing were to be inferred from the practice of the House, it was evi dent that the Househad frequently interfered where two Mem bers were concerned, - without coming to any vote on the matter between them. It could act the same part in other cases. He confessed that he thought it would be better to act on the pre cedent established on the last case of the kind, that of Mr. Hobhouse. In that case the Member for Yorkshire brought the subject forward without notice; It was theit postponed till the next day, and even then the House did not vote a breach of their privilees to have been committed, but deferred doing so till the following day. In that case the pamphlet stated, that "'nothing but a' military . force prevented the people . frosit forcing the Speaker out of the chair, turning the Members osit ,of the- House, and throwing the key ok it into the river I harries. The House, hOwever, wisely paused before they .voted. this to be a breach of their privileges, and that precedent he thought it would be well to follew on the present occasion.• Mr. TIERNEY said it seemed to hint that the pamphlet of ' Mr: Holilioetiehad no referenee to any' particular individual, or even. to the House itself. It was general andarguMentative, ancfmuch of it might be explained (he did not say to the satis faction, of the House), as to the motives of the writer, and the state Of mind under which the pamphlet was composed, so as Materially to alter their 'view of the case. Here it was neces sary most promptly to interfere, for it was not to be endured .that a Member of Parliament should be personally attacked for discharging his duty in' that House. liethonghs notwith driLaslot,,de.atcuronrstedr;aljowsnstliaiin—fg: . they ought not to have' any hesitation in voting a breath of their n o hi t t i r gles N inn t ft a olei xosbt fatalee thatl t yl e b i e a ce osb n t e uuo d af. ; la e f e invaluable.--- He eairt athelnitis‘psivitfr;al;:thlild-lastn:iholgluogb.ia"turietiwriii;:ina)ednlhiteO would he great incdnvenience or injustice in doing sO,sto vote at once that a breach of their privileges had•been con - imitted.--s That done, they might afteriearels satisfactorily take other steps. Mr. C. W. WINN—If it were necessary to do so he wouii -at once move that the. on. and Learned Gentleman should be orderedforthwith to: attend in his place.—(Cries of "Move! r e move l"). , -The grounds on which they had to act would amply cohaixrnaiyeetu, yedhh hadhsta:: iare,boept f e nl aetterior that ao ileordet luelhtpils oslh l r oeri l o e i teo ;tHmtuathnoett af6idhgonietet by the' NOhle Lard, that justify them in so doing. It' any thing personal were- to Ge apprehended he should be most anxious to interfere. He how:: ever thought they could not well decide on the question with out hearing the whole of the letters read.—(Cries of " Read, read !")—lle could wish- the subject to be more deliberately considered ; but he was anxious in the first place, before any thing else was done, to move that the Hon. and Learned Gen= tleman should be ordered to attend in his place forthwith. Mr. BANKES thought it absolutely necessary on this occa sion that they should take a course different from the one they pursued in the case -of Mr. Hobhouse. There a gross libel had been committed against the House; btit there was nothing tending to an immediate breach of the peace, as in the present instance. He was anxious th guard against any thing that might lead to Personal hostility, and therefore wished the House at once to - decide on the papers brought under their con. sideiation. With this view he begged to move " That the kn= guage of the said papers amounted to a breath of the privi leges of the House." Lord BINNING thought it impossible to cone to such a vote without the letters being read. He confesSed that to him it appeared that the precedent established in the case of Mr. Hobbouse was that which ought in the present instance to be followed. He was sorry to refer to that case, but if he remem bered it correctly, the pamphlet then complained of said, the writer did not know what but military force prevented the people from turning the Speaker out of the Chair, the Members out of the House; and from locking the door, and throwing the key into the Thames. Ile knew of nothing that could tend More directly to a breach of the peace than this—nothing that could be more likely to tempt the people to break the peace. Yet the House thinking it possible that some new light might be thrown on the subject, had postponed Coming to a decision. How could the House be sure that no new light could be throWn on these papers? Could it be contended thatprinzafaeie it was a greater offence to impute improper motives to an individual Member than to the whole House ? lie appre.: hcnded not, and upon the whole considered it necessary to proceed with deliberation. He' could see no reason why they should not take the course recommended by his Right Hon. Friend the President of the India Board, by making an order for the attendance of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman in his place forthwith, and postponing the further consideration of the subject till to-morrow. Mr. BROUGHAM could not avoid viewing these papers, in the first instance,'as a breach of the privileges of that Howie. Incidental to the main question, another circumstance had claimed their attention, the chance of immediate peritoual alter. cation. But the question .before them was, whether tir not a breach of their privileges had been committed ? The circum stances to' which he had alluded would only operate as a rea son for proceeding with all posSible dispatch. There was a, material difference between this cage and that•of Mr. Hola house. The pamphlet thin complained of was of a general argumentative character, It might be in violation of their pri vileges-it might be indecorous,. and much to be reg,retted by the House, but it did not so immediately act as an obstruo= don- an ohstruction not constructive, remote, and conse quential, but immediate and direct in the way of performing parliamentary duties. As'an attack on an indiiidnal- Mem.: ber was calculated to interfere in the first instance with the discharge of his Parliamentary duty, and add to that the chance of steps being taken like those which perhaps Were now taking, and they must feel the necessity of declaring their. privileges to have been violated, and of adopting measures of prevention. It has been said that the House had been in the. habit, in the case of an altercation between two Members, of Llying its injunctions on them to go no farther, and that with.: out coming to any vote on the matter between them. This to him, with great deferenee to the authority from whom it came, did not appear important to the present question.— In that case the House heard the words spoken, and could act accordingly. In one case an Hon. Member had reported to the House words which had been used in the lobby, and there upon the two Members who had differed were required to give their word that the affair should go no further. There equal justice could be done. Both were within the juris diction of the House, and neither could complain of its in- terference. But he would ask, ought they not to press as lightly as possible on their own Members while vindicating their privileges ? Did they do this in the course proposed to be taken when they were violated in the person of his Hon. and Learned Friend, if they laid their injunctions on him before they declared what course they would take with the wrong doer ? It was proposed that the Hon: and Learned Gentleman should be required to attend in his place before they said one word about what was to .be done with the offending party, oe evel voted a breach of their privileges to have been commit. ted. In his opinion, to art thug would not be to deal out • equal justice to the parties. They ought at once to pronounce that a breach of their privileges had been committed, and on that vote their future proceedings might be grounded. He was strongly of opinion, that in the-first instance they ought to come to a decision, and mark- their determination to put down a System, which, if not put down, would go to cut up by the roots every vestige of Parliamentary privilege. There was not the shadow of a comparison between the most slanderous and indecorous attack that could be made on the House in its cor poratesingled out by a party whom he had felt it to be his 'du t y t o capacity, and an attack made on an individual Member put as it were on hit trial, and acted upon by others who were therefore implicated. Men would continue to perform their ,duty in spite of all general attacks which might be made on the ' House ; but when individuals came to be singled out by those whom they might chance to offend in the discharge of their public duty, they could not be expected-to proceed with that fearlessness and steadiness which was desirable. He hoped the House would unhesitatingly vote that their privileges had been violated. Mr. C. W.WYNN agreed with the Hon: and Learned Gen= tleman that one of the most sacred and important duties of the house was to guard against any of its Members being called on to account for what they said there in any other place. Ile would withdraw the motion Which he had offered in the first instance to save time, as that course would be more expeditious which met with the most general concurrence. He wishecl e uheer the peculiar circumstances, all preliminary forms to be get over as quickly as possible. Lord BINNING withdrew his opposition to the vote which had been proposed. Mr. W. COURTENAY offered a few words in reply, in which he set forth the importance of coming to an immediate decision. The question that the papers before them contained that which was a gross breach of the privileges of the House, was put And carried. Mr. C. VYNN said, they trust now propose an adjourn ment of the further consideration of this subject, or make an order for the printers to attend, in order to getat the authors. The SPEAKER thought it would be better to order the printers to attend, and then adjourn the further consideration of the subiect till to-morrow. Lord BINNING remarked, one of the printers lived in. Edinburgh. Mr. TIERNEY said, seven or eight days must elapse be fore the printer could attend, and supposing the Session to ter minate before the author was brought up, his Honourable.and Learned Friend would be bound by the Order of the House to