The National Register.
London, England, 1813-06-27 00:00:00

;TUNE tr.

Arr: SANKI.S protestA 'earnestiy against any principle winch 11
went to the introduction of a conscription in this free comitry, the 11
consequences of which would be most dangerous to our Constitu
timr. After we had so often risen superior to thi greatest
dangers, he had no fear of the heneficial effects of the system lif
which we had had such long experience.
General FERGUSON said, more men turned cut in this country
from voluntary enlistment, than in France from the conscription..
Mr. BARING 114:Cd foe IHl•explanution to one of the charges for
corn ptirelia.,ed in the Brazils.
The CHANCELLOR of tilt' EXCIMQUER said, the corn purchased
in the Brazils was 635. per quartet only : anti he was happy to say,
that the army in the Peninsula had provision for 100,000 men for
tweive week,.
The Cliksci.u.oa of the EXCHEQUER moved, that a sum not
excec:lntg 01. should be given iu aid of Queen Anne's Bounty.
.%a., agreed to.
The St ipendiary Curate's Bill was read a second time.—Adjourned.

Thursday, the number of Members in the House, at four o'clock,
being wily thirty-eight, the ibuse of course adjourned.

FRIDAY, JUNE 25.
SI- H. P tnNry.t.t fixed Monday f'r the discussion upon the Resoln-
floe ref ttlye to the Corn Trade, and stated that it was his intention to
atol.tn:t that Foreign Corn should at all times be imported, but that
wits t: Eto4ltsh wheat fell to 804. per quarter. the impott,tl corn should
be st:ltj-ct to tt duly of %t present English wheat was at 1301. so
that tt ere moat be a 141 of 50s. upon it before. the duty %%wild he im-
posed upon the foreign.

MR. CREEVEY.

Mr rneryty rose. porsnant to 'twice, to male a statement of his
case ro the House. He ote-terved, that in his itistance the privileges of
th ii,se of Commons were greatly affected. It was the first care
th,:t het ever occurred in which a Member had been arrsignNt for 11.-,v-
-iog givon correct copy of what he had spoken in Partiament. lie
had defiverei in the Hoose of Commons what he had eonceiyed to loc
3 cooA tefts.o, for open'tig the trade tic hobo to our oilt purl!, and he
mentr oe,t I.lverlhott as an iostance of the dt-trws to which the
wit of eotel..tvownt had 'educed multitudes. It was maid by General
Tarletttn, that this w.o. an over-statement, and in coos:911N," ot such
an asserti: .- he ',•:d Ilowy,lit it his fluty to publish oil omit-ate copy ot
liis • tweelt, in which 1w spoke of the vexation of new surehat ges,
and
certain injurioui cumstguees, owing to the conduct of Mt. Ktrkpa-
tih k. It was for this tit: prosecution was instituted st:•iiiist him, anti
i! it'll been admitted thnt the I ...lirper be had whited cont'i.octi re cor
Tea goo), of what he had stated in the noose of Commons. Ills Cowl-
sel said tit defence, that he was not amenable; to the Cc.art, and ar-
gued against the possibility of admitting the existence-of any power io
the Courts of Law. paramount to the authority of pot {lament, atod affect-
ing the privileges of ita Members. Ik also stated, that there was no malice
or re entment It: the intention. About the intention, it eas tie:, opinion
of the Judge that there was not touch significatiori; if ti.e %%olds were
found to be defamatory, the lilwl was estsblished. '1 he colist quenee
WAS th tt the J• I found him guilty, and imposed the ;woolly, up•ot
him. Dot he begged also to state to the Must., that in ;tossing sen-
tence. Mr. Justice Grose obsetysd, that the Paper also contained a libel
against the depicted Mr. Perccval, and matter of disaffection to
ver-ment. What was this hot a matter of disatfi.ction to hint, by chatg-
ing him with offences for which he had not been tried ? If such con
duct was to he borne there
. was an end to the relation between the con•
aliment tool r•pres,ntative, and in fact, a justilieetion by Parliament
of en offence offered to it by a Court of Law. A fur ,otne further ob-
vrvations, Mr. Creevey moved a string of Itosolutions expres•ive of
the nature, of the trial, the result of it, the opinions oithe Judges., &c.
Mt. W. WYNNE opposed the motion. Ile did not think that the
responsibility of a Member who puble-bed what Ike had Spoken in that
I-louse, was co..itited to the House. lie certainly was not answerftble
for WIMt. he had spoken to any body ttot of the House; but the-mo-
ment lie undertook to publish it, he became a new character, and was
at liable as any other libeller.
. Aft,r some rentatits from Lord Citstkreagh, the Attofney-Ge-
neral, alai
wasterters, who were decidenly og,airt=it the motion, the
piopos'Aion pt to the ground, and the other aders of the Day
were proceeded opun.
I.ICENSED VICTUALLERS' BILTh •
The bringing op.ef the Report of the Committee- on the Licensed
Viotuallet's Bid was postponed to Monday rex,.
The II:: use was ordered to proceed upon the East India question on
Alobdoy.—Adjourned. •