The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-24 00:00:00

Mtn COMOIONS.

Wks lades Dock Bill ow red o orcomd time, sod coal•
mad.

The Illeereiery N the Army Mediral Hoard presented cer-
tain papaw respretin the late Expedition to the Scheldt,
te►ieb WM entree le lie ee the Tabte, and he painte4.
Me In*/ presented certain Aecoeuts from the Clastoria-
Hasse, which were reviewed to he ou the Tattle.

A Ilistaar Boos Hoe Lards acipsainted the House with
Haar Geese to the QualiAsHies Indemnity Bill, the Leaviag
alibi two fatebseisee Idle Rolla for I,son,orrul. and
ItNientisold.
Wirtganga s begged to knew whether it was dee in-
tonein• of his Hos. Friterl (Mr. H. )Canis) to pompons the
dietroasino of hie Resolution's npon the Report of IiNP FIDIANCP
Committee t It vas hie opinion, this ot would be advisable
I. defer their rosioderate,ei is Wednesday se'issglit, se ll.s
that day no other huntwei *sold interfere.
After mom settle from Mr. H. Mrrhu, the Cbaarellier wf
the Esolieques„ Sir Jolts Anotenther, Mr Horner, nod Mr.
Charles Uvulae, it sae agreed to post poem the domineers& is
Wedneedom or'snight.
Mr. R ova asked, if say (*.eroticism' knew whether it wait
the nitration of Mr. Coombe to postpone hie moil.. respect-
ing Has Majesifs reception of she Penile* of tie My of
Rondos, upon the late Expeditions*. she Scheldt
Mr. %V atf sat AD raid, that we abJ«tiw wavrhidta male,
if the motion would Webs* with say thirg of saseetial ise•
portaom upon the MON fir which notice had bass Fives.
Sir Fit • Ness Bottosee said, that be would, tia Thews-
rhy nem, mihswit a lAAtiOll reaperting Mr. Gale loses.
Mr Cana RD breoght ep Copies of the Mintier* uf *be
Coed-Marta* apes the trial if Capt. tale, oloch were m-
itered to he so the Tali*, awl be mooted.
Led Tuners gave *more ea Ise intentions le we,,, on •
tonne night, " That as Address •hoold be promosted is the
Bing, rerpiesting to know who rolvieril Hoe Majesty's Armee
be the Petition from the Coy of London, empeetiag the lam
Expeditors to the nehrldi '"
THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT, AND THE
PRESS.

Mr. SM•filMa•••••"Sli. I ri.e to present the
Petition of a Geutleinan of the lime of Farquhar-
son, to which I request the particular attention of
the House. 1 present it with great reluctance, be-
cause it MOWS/ a grave and serious charge monist
a remeetible body of sum. the Renchers of Lin-
eau s.lito, and allege.. that they pare committed
an act of grievous im:l unwarrantable oppri salon.
The Petition states. that the Beiichars of the
Honourable So. iety of Litscolieti-lim have violet'd
the iirinciples of the Constiiiition of the Unitrd
Kingileits, awl have usurped the powers of the
Legislature, by making a certain rule or bye-law
Os the following effect:—.o. lean. That no per-
anisortio has unites, for hire its the newspapers.shall
hr ail netted to do exerceitsto entitle him to be
to the Bee."—t Ike./ hear! hear!)—Now, Sir, I
a not tura kk i ll g to dibpate the title of the tlebeh-
era of Lineolserluis to make individual objections
to the admimion of rosy pers.m into their Society.
ailbri. upon just ground*, they iiisy deem to be unlit
to he called to the B ; but I couteesd, that
any general sweeping role of this ..wt, Applieel
any particular class of iii• u, and tr riding, as it ne-
ersgaruly must do, to ile4rarle that chi-. us socirt).
is not only oppressiie„ sod illiberal, Ana Illegal, but
is also unernistitutstiost.—(.4a intairersal et, if
heir .• Ante !) If it iiroi mushy oppresove and it.
legal. this would not lie the place to which the
parties aggrieved nog it to resort for redress.
contend. that though it is matt illegal,
it is likr wise unconstitutional, and that there is no
other mode of redress. but by an appeal to this
Howie; the Society, wherever description it may
hare, or however it may he constituted, not being
that kind of corporation against which auy 'serous.
CAM have a remedy by appeal to the Conti of Kiug's
Bench, Of by " Qese leerresto." Al I mean to
take up this import/rot subject on a fn•ure day. I
shall. at present. observe. that if the principle re-
ceutly adopted by this Society had been acted /TOM
at a more early period. they would have excloded
from the Bar, men who have bees an ornament to
the profession, and *mild have prevented many
persons from having a scat in this House. who hose
been an honour to the Legialatire Body. There is
one other thing I wish to mention: the person
whose petition I presents has written • series of let-
ters upon this subject, which appeared inn respect-
able daily Morning Pnnt. « Tan Hainan
Patss,," and have woo. been re-piableheri in the
shape of a pamphlet. I have seen and discoursed
with the writer of those lc•ter.. and he is c' evinced
that he was wrong in supposing the Lord Chem-
cellor was the author of the measurers/ which he
complains. He is perfectly persuaded Vtat the

Lord Chancellor has too flinch liberality to
have• originated any such proceeding, or to have
had ally thing to do with the matter—he is sa-
ti.fied that this act of oppression is to be solely
attributed to the Benchers of Lincoln's-Inn. amid
that the Lord Chancellor is no way concerned
in it. lam proud to state this, beeittt.e
should he sorry it should for a moment be sup-
posed. that his Lordship wit.a capable of giVing his
panction to finch a transaction ; and I have to add.
that the Lord Chancellor is in no respect limy to.
or accountable for. this rule or bye-law having
been affixed in the hall in which he holds the Court
of Chancery."
Mr. SPEAKMI.—.." That this petition be brought
up."
•l'he Petition was brought up and read—lt was
iu th.se terms :

TO Till NON. VIZ COMMONS •W. Tit% UNITED
lIINGDoM OF GMAT ■NITAIN AND INSLAND.IN
PAIt.IAMSNT ASSEMBLED.
The Humble Petition Of GEORGE FARQUHAR-
SON, of Great Charlooe-btieet, in the Perla St
Clirist Church, an the County of Surrey, Geode.
ma.;
•N[WITN,

That your Petithmer. as *subject of the United Kingdom,
by birth, is, and rho oo s to be, entitled to all the rights. civil
and political, which are, or have hero, liertuifore, enjoyed
b) Ilse people of these matins, under ti.. Reign aides piresent
Most Sacred Majesty, and the Reigns of his Royal slid
bestehen. Predersomors.

Yore Petitioner humbly sohnsits, that the C:overwound of
the United kingdom knows no distinction of persons—drat
WI contortion': to the Laws are alibi, the objects of its atten-
tion, and that no class el men can, without no infraction of
the spirit and essence of the Illritish Constitution, he de-
prived of our of their rights, coil or political, by the act of
Trellis( for the Newspapers, shish are published in this free
Country.

Thaionnie time previous to the year 1007, your Petitioner
was a Writer for *event of the Newspapers, and, from lire
hterary escrtioos to t►at eapatity, derived considerable emu-
*lnarients. Anil your Petit 101Ier bISIllbiT IllgrSfil, IS the e.
Galt of his iii‘wmation sad belief, that some of the moat se
eemplistsed Scholars, egoism* Lawyers, and ealtzlttelicil
Statesmen, who hose ever adorned ouch.' y, or sit es Repre-
sentatives of the Commons of the tatted Ensisions, in your
Hostiral.le Hou,.e, have been persona w►o, is the early pe-
riod of their lives, have written fur hire is Newspapers,
sad other Periodical Publications.

That the Bemires of the Ilroorable Society of Lincoln's-
In% hove, r your Pi/Wirer submits, violated akt pritseipliaa
of the Coustitotiem of the tatted sod usurped
the pow.. of Ilse Legislator, by snaking a Rote, ur B)e-hate,,
tu the follisolog effect—. isii;. That nn petrel, who Ira
written tor hire, is the Newspaper,. &Lail ►e &distilled ludo
EIKTtiI.P. to entail bin to bt called to the Bar."

That your l'etitiotoer late', usaJk apphartion for Ih.• par•
paste of entrriaie his same, as a Member of the Holi ~,,, ral.te
Satiety ef Linetrin's•lus, and studyser the Law in that
Society, with the new of being exiled to the Bar. 'mot he
use iefuresed at the office of the Steward of the emit Society,
that he could siot be admitted, in runirquenee of such Rule.
et Bye-law, which 'achieve the class of ewe, therein desig-
mated, from doing the Exercise" t►at are to entitle them to
be called to the Bar .--and 'Oar Petitioner humbly statuette
to the jeJgownt of 'our Honourable Rolm. that wide Rule..
Or ke. taw, is an arbitrary sad uneoustahrtierial pruceirding.
Your Petitioner, therefore. @elicits the at trasauti of your
Ilisinourahle H wise to the satiett ef his romplaiid, acid /, nimbly
ways, that lox will grant sorb relief as to your Hormirable
Hoer*, is it. a isieni, shall seem meet. And your Peti-
tioner shall e'er FA', . BORG& FAncit: HAR SON.

Mr. Sr I\F.a-'• That this Petition do lie .at
the tattle." Ordered.

Mr. SIIICRIDAN—ft I have o •Ir to give notice
that. on Freda) next. I •hall autiimt a tuo.ioo to
the House. grounded on this Petation."
Mr. liESialf MMITII4—" I wish to make • sin-
gle observation: I sin one of the Be netters of
the Societe of Lincoln's-Inn—bat Ido assure tbe
House. that, a• far from approving of this resultitiou.
it was passed absolutely without my consent.—
(Hear ! hear!) 1 sin, and ever was of opinioa,
that there ought to he no objection against any
person being admitted to the Bar. but an
tion founded on his moral clammier. This is the
only restriction which shall ever have my concur.
Felice. I have to odd, that this regalstion has been
sent to all 11w other lons of Court. ant ta.t every
one of theta has refused to adopt it. ( Hear! beer!)