The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-04 00:00:00

WORKHOUSES.

The NOBLI; LORD also presented a petition from Nor-
folk, praying that the loan for building workhouses might
be extended beyond the period at present allowed.

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

Lord STRA NGFORD having now entered the House
and taken his seat,
Lord TEYN HAM then rose and said—Seeing the
Noble Viscount opposite in his place, I will, with the
permission of your Lordships, ask him a few ques-
tions. One is, does he mean, or did he mean
to apply those observations to me, that I un-
derstand he has sent to the Morning Post totally dif
ferent from what I understood and comprehended him
in the House, and totally different from the reports
in all the other Newspapers. I want to know whether he
means to apply those observations to me or not?
Lard KENYON rose to order. The question was
quite irregular. The Noble Lords were both in the House
the other evening, and the Noble Lord opposite had an
opportunity of hearing what was said ; therefore, be had
now no right to call upon the Noble Earl to say whether
the matter was true or not. It was the most irregular
question that ever had been put, and if their Lordfilips
wished for harmony to be kept up among themselves, they
would not allow it to be put.
Lord TEYNHAM had great respect for the Noble
Lord who had just spoke at all times ; but his character had
been assailed, and be conceived that he had a perfect right to
call upon the Noble Viscount, and he trusted the House—
Lord EL LEN BORO U H rose to order. The question
could not be understood. No one had a right to ask such
a question.
Lord TEYNHAM persisted. He was not aware, at
the time of the uncalled for, the scandalous, the false—
(Order, order)—
Viscount MELBOURNE rose to order. It was abso-
lutely necessary that some degree of order should be pre-
served in the proceedings of the House. The rules of
debate must be adhered to, otherwise it would be impos-
sible to preserve the decorum of the House. The Noble
Lord was perfectly irregular ; he could not refer to a for-
mer debate. There was a standing order against it. He
trusted, therefore, he would pay deference to the rules of
the House, and not persist in the question.—(Hear.)
Lord TEYN HAM rose amidst loud cries of disappro-
bation. After the amiable speech—(Laughter)--of the
Noble Viscount, who had just sat down, he was perfectly sa-
tisfied, and lie would not further trespass upon the House. But
as he had been attacked, he trusted the House would for-
give him, though he was an unworthy member of the
House.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped they would see the pro-
priety of his conduct, though it was against the rules.
The Marquis of ;WESTMINSTER presented a peti-
tion from the county of Chester, complaining of agricultural
distress.—(Referred to the Committee.) Also one praying
for some measure for the speedier recovery of small debts.
Lord FOLEY presented a petition from Worcestershire,
praying for relief from agricultural distress.

Lord WYNFORD moved for a return of the liabilities
of the Bank of England for the last ten years. He moved
this on behalf of the Agricultural Committee.

ORANGE LODGES.

The Order of the Day for the motion of Lord London-
derry having been read,
The Earl of WINCHILSEA rose to request the post-
ponement of the question for one day, in consequence of
the absence of a Noble Earl (Roden we believe), who was
not yet in town, but who he expected would be then.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY felt embarrassed
at the request made by the Noble Lord. He was anxious to
oblige him, but he was placed in an awkward position, having
given notice of the motion for such a length of time. He
first gave it, in consequence of the gross personal allusions
which had been made in the debate in the other House,
for he felt most anxious to get rid of the pain which those
dark and cunning insinuations had given him ; therefore
he was most anxious the question should be now discussed.
He was, however, in the hands of the House, and if Noble
Lords opposite thought this the best moment to bring it
forward, he was most anxious to rid himself of the pain—
of the lash of the public journals.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA begged leave to say,
that he had not had any communication with the
Noble Earl to whom he had alluded ; but know-
ing the intimate connection of that Noble Earl
with the institution in question, and knowing the ability
with which he could defend it, he was most anxious that he
should be present at the discussion. .
The Duke of CUMBERLAND thought that from
what had fallen from his Noble Friend, it was but just to
the Noble Earl who was absent, and it would be doing no
more than justice to that constitutional and loyal associa-
tion—the late Orange Lodge—to wait until he was present.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, when he first
gave notice of the motion, had distinctly stated that he did
not proceed to the discussion of the question because of
the Noble Earl's absence ; he therefore expected that he
would have been there, considering the length of time that
had elapsed. Under these circumstances, he could not