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London, England, 1810-02-21 00:00:00

Here Deaue moat have lcuown the whole of the libel
he was plittlitsK. The House would always feel
diwoard to set with liuerthty ; but, at lb, panne
tune, printers eosin to kmow, that they were liable
for what they did; soil it was their bn.iitruo to !WV
that au libels stele from their prtuting-
huinolt, under the pest of drio.iflig it!mis them toe
resr.mtinetit of Th.. house would set
how far they ought to Ko in this ease., cost what
mitigation their humanity would afford ; fur his
part, he would 'amok*, that the pti..01.01, Julio
Gale Junes, should be pruductd, and punished for
hip offence.

The SeEARii sated the comse punned by the.
Home on former uccasiuus, sod put the tpuncimi.
" That this paper it a high breech of the prjvileget
of the House," which was carried near. eon.
YORKK wing glad to this ample concur-
rence io his view of the siihject, awl thought that
he could do no I r ie., than mote, "'that J. Deane he
coinioitted to the custody of the S,tienut at Arms,
sill to-iiiiwrow."—(Seeeral cries of no ! en !I
The SPEAKER thought it h., duty to votive, that,
in toe cute of Wilkie, the last proiter wbu was
limiight before then, the I lou.e had deemed it
right to mark their sehi.e or his odium. bye tempo-
rary lin
The CH 4 eckEi.oot of tlw Excatteu Ea expetweed
his ummou tnat it tests oti them to adopt
the dame cotivie vow. Th..ir lenity was us this ex-
tended to the printer. opus. his, ;tieing up the pests-
olfmtler to them, end they ought wit to dia.
Ilse person from whose I-formation a:oue they
coula bring the charge None. lie therefore up-
proved of this 100/1011 fur his committal till to-
tnutr..o.

Upon this question being put, Mr. H. Snarl'
said. he was not diapered to screen such practices
as these ; but printers could not possibly see all to
which their name was put, cud tor which they were
ninestelne. Tue snore dignified and merciful coarse
ter the House to pursue, seeing that tins person
had expressed his regret, end tussle all the repar-
ation he could, would be. not to commit him, but
to order his attendance to-morrow night 'rimy
might suppose, from his prompt attendance this
night, that he would respectfully obey them in tnis
order. He concluded by moving ea amendment to
this elfin t.
The SPSAC to observed, OW were the question
put in this way, it would ispipetr, that a person had
committed a high breach of their privileges. and
was Mornay set at liherv.—(l-/Eter / hear //
Having stated this,. it wee hie duty to pat the
question.
Mr. WHITIIIISAD was exceedingly sorry that
this matter had been taken up. Sr brought into
entice at all. It wee only giving publicity to this
For... He had, on this account, said No! when
the iteration was put last night; but wheat it was
brought forward, and then queitiou arose this itiAht,
as to its toeing a rim brines of their privilege., it
was intp.ssnble not to concur in that vole. The
prink r had done all he could, by expressing his
contrition, and giving up and offering to prove the
author of the libel. lithe Him. Grath MOO would
therefore withdraw his Atuttednient. he would pro-
pose what he considered' ould he inure command
to the feelings of the House. namely, that Deane
should be sow reprimatwled aid discharged.
Mr. Snits withdrew his Amendment. and that
prarord by Mr. WIIITIIREAD was substituted.
h r. Catuaut remarked, that this Amendment,
sad indeed all the leniency of the House. proceeded
upon the propriety of coseduct and evidence given
to them by Deane. Bet how were they situated,
should they thus discharge his t He might not
have told them the truth; and they had no meatus
of incertainetigishether he hut, or not, till to-morrow,
when Jones was produced. Let them, therefore,
wait till this was shesni ; and if he then appeared
deserving of lenity. extend it to him, but not am
upon mere presumption and appestrastees.
Sir Junta ANSTILUTIIta concurred in the heinous
nature of the offence, but thought they ought to
pay more lineation to public opinion than they had
done, or were doing. These pipers had been shpt
past for four years, and now it was only wbea the
name of the Hon. Gentleinso (Mr. Yorke) sp-
,pearett at the top of one of then, in large letters,
that they were for the first time brought under the
notice, and submitted for the correction. of this
House. They were now to be as a crime ;
slid he thought the least the Hon. Gentleman
could do. would have been, to hive snored for the
lightest passible punishment. They ought to give
fair notice. that they %Auld in future be more se-
vere, and not be severe in the first instance, ,It was
also very strange. to think of treating this person,
not so a common witne-s, but to commit him till
lie concluded his evidence, leaving bun all the time
in igasrance of the penis/ meat intended for him-
self:

The CHANCRLIAR of the Eacmc.nta had beard
nothing flout the other stile to remove from his
mind the necessity of taking the course originally
proposed; on the contrary, every argument enforced
its adription. The Hon. Gentleman who spoke last,
seemed de-srous of encouraging proceeding* of this
kind, (hear! hear !) sod to ecreeis their authors,
he imputing to the Hun. Gentleman who brought
the charge forward, that he had acted from persoual
motives, and not from considering it as a breach of
their privileges. However little his Honourable
Friend's nu ire might claim the protect or the
Honourable (.eutleinan, there Ives another in the
same paper (Mr. tVinithain's) which might have
procured • hole of his regsrd.—Hut the matter
di.) not depend on names; it been declared
a libel upon the ptueredings of the House.--
(Meer ! /tear ) Tite Honourable Gentleman
accused diens of having half licensed the practice,
by learns: It unnoticed for four y. ars. How malty
ii.s.ances were there within the lest few years, of
throe subj.cis being fallen up su • half in inner, and
not procee.led tu. Wen oot tb, notices and
warnings? But still every offence by the Hoit. Gent.
woo to be accounted the first, and seen t:.e slie.htest
punishinetii, hard and severe. Hut th. re wait no
shadow of severity in this ieratici.. A person
guilty of a gr 4.41 and Ilealitlyloy. litiel was to be or_
tiered to be committed for 24 boom.—(Hear !)--
The Hon. Geistlctivsn Permed to dox,t tf lie could
pence who rtroplo)e4 hum. He hail seated
the reveres; hat if he was cousste.ra Rol by Gentle-
men in this wry. the Know might have
a very different account of the irrti-artaun. Thog
House, sod every Member of tt, Its was sure, would