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but npoo the motion of Lord Hartington, it was to
cut urge its vtews to a ronsiderstion of the tights
sod mivile;es of the People of Englund. The
Cnuiti:ttre him' certainty decided in favour of
such a riaut in the HOIIMI of Common*, but
that decision was hr from sett;ing the point,
mon, which th: re were insuy debates; the
credinue.l to be disputed; and Lord
Hartio4ton !mitten; and others of great weight, op-
1, in i.irious writings, the doctrine which the
of the Committee went to establish. He
*lola ask the:n, wits the House prepared, at the
pr tent moment, to decide upon so disputed a topic,
alias they had so great a weight of business upon
their mind.., of another description ? But the Right
Gentleman bad talked of factions men, ILA
k... 1 quoted the opinion of Lord Kenyon, as to their
ealuinniming Courts of Justice and Parliament; he
did • not expect this from the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, tier what had occurred doling the last Ses.
'Con. If they were to pre.* their Kit lieges to their
full extent. they might, pet h ,pt, present the people
frown speaking, but they could not prevent them
from think, ig.--fHear, Rene, firer./—And when
they saw, th,t, so the last Session, two Mini-
st-rs of the Crown were accused of a breach of
the CrinstituCon. and acquitted, only because the
act was not finally accomplished, they must think
and feel tun. The Right Hon. Gentleman might
wish to stifle their voice, but his efforts, it was to be
hoped, would be unavailing. He hail quoted
as soy passages from the publication complained of.
Mn :aid great stress upon the word resist." He
Folksione) had looked particulaily to
that, and he found the word resist coupled
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with the word le,g4l.—(Cries of bear, heir, hear.)—
By leol resi.tenee he should suppose was iumint
peritiolt ■nd remnn•trunce, the right of the people
to which enuld tint be denied. He should trouble

the Reuse f+rther, having stated what he thought
wouirl he sulica•nt to ahem, that even the Right
Dan. Geotlroian himself; who was s anxious to
prep,: tar diaeos,ion, had not eousulerril the subject
ao delihrrAtely and thwassiountely as he was anxious
to recomtnettd.

M. Canitsa Htla Mr. Cuaims explained.
Mr. ADAM said. that no person cool.' he more
attached to the rights and privileges of the House
than tly was. lle thought the question was a MOO,
iintiortant one; and it was because he thought it im-
portant, that he wished it should be decided after •
full. fair, and de/Outride consideration. They
ought to be able, not only to form a JucLoient upon
the question, but to ewe the reasons upon which
that joileine,it was formed ; to give satisfaction to
the :multr iron so iinportant a proceeding.—
The question before thew was one which never
bad le, n agitated with respect to a Member,
except in the cases of Scott cud Alderman Oliver,
for the last twenty-five years. Every person who
considered what the privileges of the House were,
must see that the privilege contended fur in this
instance was au *Odom disces►ed, and se little
known to them, that the debate ought to be de-
ferred until they could acquire the information. iii
which most of th, in must lee at present svantii.g.
He confessed, that though his professional habits
might be supposed to ender I inure familiar
with such subjects than the generality of Members,
be was not prelim eel at this moment to go auto the
debate. In the case of Oliver the simple question
was, whether the matter was offensive? and even
that was adjourned over for a week, iu order that
it night be duly deliberated. He did nut enter
into the question whether it was libellous or not ;
but lie must say, that he was not prepared to give
• positive opinion, after the greet number of quota-
tions and precedents upon whist the Hnuouraltle
Baronet lied endeavoured to ground his principle.
—His Right honourable Friend had that know.
ledge, and that as►istance, which mast enable
him to inform himself, sooner than others; but
that was not the case with him. Der with many
Members of that House ; in the little leisure
which he had, and the little assistance with
which he was favoured, he had managed to look
over the case of Crosby, the Lord Mayor. but lie
wished ,to be bettor informed, mid take the case
up proposition by propmition. Sir F. Burdett had
contended, that the cases of Ashly and White sup-
ported his doctrine; but Lord Chief Justice De
Grey had said, that the Judges of the land had
contended, that the House hail the right to com-
mit; but he (Mr. Adam) would like to have as
opportunity of referring to those authorities, upon
which the proposition was grounded ; he must
state, under all the circumstances, that there was
not common sense in not adjourning.
The ATTORNEY-OW.4IIIAL contended, that there
were many reasons for not agreeing to the adjourn-
ment. He begged the Home to consider the state in
which the question stood ; the House bad already
decided that it should be adjourned only to this
day ; be agreed that if there was any difficulty or
doubt involved in the question. et should be de-
ferred. But against whom was the complaint
made, and fo► what ?--amainst a Member, mut for
violating the privileges of that House. His Right
Honourable Friend was desirous to have time
to consider it ; but no doubt he hail already consi-
dered the right in the case of Mr. Gale Jones ; so
that the question was decided upon • former occa-
sion. There could be nu doubt in the strewed
case; it was impossible for any man to read the first
page without con►idering it a libel. He quoted
some passages in exemplification, and concluded
with eXpetesssog his strung wish, that, upon a ques-
tion of such importance, no delay should take place.
Mr. BRAGG% BATIIVIIIAT said, he considered the
House was in the situation of a Court of Justice,
and should, in consequence, have time for deliber-
ation. He thought it impinper to introduce irrele-
, want matter, • thing which hail happened in the
course of the debate, but that the subject should
he attended to—to the exclusion of all circumlocu-
tion. When his Hein. Friend alluded to the Bill

of Rights as a bill of wrongs. it did not appear to
bun that the House was censured, or that the ten•

deuvy of the words amounted to a violation of
the prisilettes of the House of Commons: an allu-
'ton might have been made to any particular Mem-
-1"."—to Mr- Yorke. perhsps, or some other. by the
airoptinu of such terms, but certainly was net di-
rected %guns* the Hour. The subject. uPcsr3 the
whole, was one which required much time. for
other reasons. I) -.ides the unprepared stole of the
Members, for such • discussion. The House had