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indecorous es well as false. tie alluded to the
publication of Lists Of the Gentlemen who !plied oh%
the first night of the Session, which bodied seen'
in a Morning Paper of the 26th of thirmontli.—
It was not of publiiihing the nataesetliat
.hr com-
plained, but of thVinode in which it was 44e, Ve-
cifyiag those whoWpresentrd counties pad, popu-
lous boroughs, and putting, as a title to, die two
lists, to the oue those who voted fur itiquiry into
the late disasters ;" and to the other .t. those who
voted igr alto theould nut but sup-
pose this to have arisen from inadvertence ou the
part of the Editor, and therefore did not intend to
ground any motion upon it ; but thought it neces-
sary to notice the mutter. for the purpose of setting
it right, and putting the publishers of newspapers
upon their guard against soy similar offence in fu-
ture, whirls would call on the Howie to inflict the
severest punishment. It was a direct misrepresent-
ation, and by it, !se, who was always a friend to the
fullest inquiry, was held forth as being against vt.
Mr. CLUMSY did not think it was any breach of
the privileges of the House, to publish lists of the
Members who voted for and against particular
questions; so far, indeed, was it from being so,
that, in the reign of King William, a good time to
refer to, such lists were absolutely ordered to be
printed.

Mr. LAICISLCES said, the complaint was not for
publishing the nauies, but for distinctly misrepre-
senting the motives of the Members who rated.
Ills name was there inserted as tieing. against in-
quiry, whereas, he had stated in the masse. most
explicitly. that he considered it to be absolutely
necessary.

Mr. WILIEKFORCK wished the practice of pub-
halting names, and every circumstance connected
with their proceedings, to continue. But those wbo
took this upon thetwelves, might to take care that
they were correct. Jii the list alluded to, his name
wits entirely omitted, so that it might be thought
he was not attending to his duty ; which, ever since
he had been in Parliament, except when prevented
by indispneitinn, he had anxiously endeavoured to
fulfil. Re had also been munch misrepresented in
two Papers. The characters of public-men de-
pended 4restly on the representation of their
speeches in that Halite ; and if these speeches
went forth in the Newbpapers, tinged with party
motives, he couldconceive bathing more destruc-
tive of justice, and the constitution of the country.
He', an enemy to party of all kinds, was much in-
jured in this way. as he was unfortunately without
friends to take care of him. jA laugh.) Ss much
had he been misrepresented by the public prints,
that he weld ar•onished he had not tart the confi-
dence of his constituents, though lb part of his
parliamentary conduct coutd ever liar's! exposed him
to that loss.

Mr. Pontos BY mid, he hail root consolation in
observing one thine, from the Callversatiuts of this
subject, namely, the anxiety that appeared ia gen-
tlemen Nom the opinion of their constituents.—
With respett to the reports of their proneedienra;
they ought certainly to be correct, and auy wilful
perversion ought to be panished ; but the evil was
not so ditEco!t of remedy as gentlemen seemed to
imagine, fur they had only to rise in their places,
and correct say misrepresentstion which they
•
thought affected them iii the public opinion.

The Cosmccr.t.ou-of the Eicozottom was sur-
prised 41i the opinion expressed by the night Hen.
Gentleman, that Members of that House had no-
thing to do, in cases of misrepresentation, but to
corny down to justify and defend themselves in their
place:. Wav !bat sdiguitied way to prrserve
,their
privileges ? The Right Hon. Gestltitiau had to.
inflamed. that there was a feeling of greater tepid
fur the opinion of their conortoehts evinced uow
than at other times. lie could smoothing to jus-
tify such a slispicion. lie was inclined rosins le-
nient in eases of unintentional error; bat if all
misrepresentations were to lie corrected by Mem-
ben in their, places, then those winch were inten-
tional had still the same power over those very cor-
rections. With respect to the goad time of King
William, the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Creevey) seem-
ed to he mistaken. It was a very different thing
for the House to order lists to be made out, and fur
persons, allowed to attend their debates, to amine
that authority. He, however, thought it would be
better not to notice these errors at all, or to punish
them, when they were coaplained of, with greater
severity.

Mr. Poisson:iv explained. He did not say there
was no inconvenience in being misrepresented ; and
the Right Hon. Gentleman hied grossly misrepre-
sented him, in imputing such an opinion to him.—
IA laugh.)
Mr. Wutennuan aninsadverteJ on what had
been said with respect to the sensibility of
mem-
hers at this moment, as to the opinion of their con-
stituents. It had been said, that, *boot the end,
the sth or 6th year of a semon, smisibility al-
ways prevailed more than at other times, end he
did conceive that a feeling something similar was
now pretty generally shewii. Gentlemen had at-
tended more to the feelings of the people en the se.
coud day of their meeting than on the first. It
was true there was net a Gentleman who might not
complain of the reprint given of what he said is
that House, hut in his opinion it was much better
not to take notice of these things. The Hon. Mem.
her for Yorkshire had no more rileson than others to
.:unsplain. If he was ill attended in one paper, he
was well treated in another; end, like other inem-
hers, from the representations contained in differ.,
eat papers, of him and of them all, the maid/
was enabled to form a pretty accurate opinion both
as to their abilities and integrity. A more lam,
cent breach of their privileges than the present he
could not conceiv,. The names, if properly stated—
(Hear! Aeorfl--Gentlemen seemed, es they did
the other night, to draw nice distinctions, but a
ease had never occurred in his memory, where there
were snygsod grounds for complaint. There could
be nothing mitre conducive to the safety of the
State, and,the weal of the country, than that every
thing done in that House, every, sentiment ex-
pressed, and the vote of every Ifiettiber, should go
forth to the public.
After a few words from Mr. Ranues and Mr.
MANNING,

The SPEAKER observed, that he wits not inelincl
too soon to put Nu rod to • conversation which re-
lated to their privileges.; but submitted te the jo.lg.
watt of the House, sfiether, on the present ucca-