The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-22 00:00:00

IMITSE OF COMMONS.

An Account of the Expenses of the new Custom-house was
brcnght up.
0;1 the se:•ond reading of the Orford Harbour Bill; the
Douse divided--Ayes, 36; Noes, 6—Majority, so.
"Sir John Newport's and Mr. Whitbread's motions were
postponed till to-merrow. •

Sir li. nIDLF,Y obtai;ied leave to bring in a Bill to amend
flu: Act respecting Highways, which he brought up. Head a
tirA time.

LOUD COCHRANE.

The SPEAKER §tated, that he had just received
aletter sinned by Mr. Jones,,the Marshal of the
King's Bench, dated Lobby of the House, of
Commons, Tuesday, 4 o'clock, March 21, which
he should'read to the House. Its substance was
as follows :

Stet,—l beg leave to inform you, that hearing that Lord
Cochrane, who had escaped from his sentence of imprison-
:Tient in the prison of the King's Bench, was in the House of
Commons, between two and three o'clock this afternoon,
thmight it my ditty to apprehend hint, and I have conveyed
him back to the King's Bench Prison. I shall he obliged to
yct, Sir, to inform the Honourable the House of Commons
of this circumstance : and that'l am in waiting,to hear their
-p!easurc. I humbly hope that I have not been guilty of any
hz-each of the priviltgcs of the House, And that if I have offend-
ea, it will be imputed to au error in judgment, and to no wish
to offend the House.

The• SPEAKER observed, that possibly some
Member might have some-remarks to make.
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought it was Clear that
the Marshal could have no intention of offending
the House. He was not aware that the chamber
in which they sat possessed any peculiar privi-
leges when the House was, not sitting ; but if any
Member thought the transaction involved their
piivileges, he might move for.;,an-inquiry. His
own opinion was, that no breackllptivilege eras
condi-itted by the act taking :place in the apart-
ment dedicated to their meeting„,.when in fact
they had not met. The Marshal considered him-
self as doing his duty as a Magistrate, in re-
taking the Noble Lord and re.:committing him to
p-ison, and he had repectlay submitted his con-
duct to the House.

Mr. WYNNC.—Certainly this was not a breach
of privileges of the House, nor of an individual
Member after be had received the legal sentence
of the Court. As to a Member's sitting in the
Ilouse before they were asYembled, it was some-
thing like his &Outing down to the House. The
only light in which he could view the matterwas,
:•.'s to the entrance of a peace 'officer into. the
House without pet mission. This, when the House
was sitting, would be a Iligh breach of privilege;
hut, when not sitting, no privilege appertained
to these walls. They might sit in the Painted
Ch umber, or any otlierapartment of the King's
Palace, for they were only called together to
meet at Westminster. , If the apartment had pri-
vileges, they would equally attach to any stranger.
A stranger %could be turned out of the House,
and then apprehended. This was but an apart-
ment of the Palace. He thought no further steps
should be taken ; if there were, the case should
•
he referred to the Committee of Privileges.
Mr. TikuNEY...—Thete could be no dispute as •
to the Alarshal's conduct, awl he had adopted
.the first mode of proceeding ; et there was some-
thing to notice. A Gentleman came down to take
hi-, seat. Privately, he (Mr...T.) might know that
be had been convicted, but not otherwise. It
was possible that part of the sentence miglic'have
been rhnitted. Difficulties of;varions sorts might
arise. Who was'..to say ar.what:titne the Speaker
took the chair He had knoWn thnt (lone at nine

the t»orning. Suppose a Gentlenian comes
down with proper documents front the Crown-
.
inquir;n,..;,what he was to do about taking
bis seat, and ht being early, was arreSted, and
taken away tic should like to hear the ambit-

rite of the.tipeaker on the subject ; but he hoped
sornc proceeding would be .instituted, that the
circum-tance might not improperly be drawn into
a precedent, ►►s it was possible that Much incon-
venience night occur.
The SPEAKER —The case was new to them all.
'lle had little. douhrthat t6e.qfficer was not likely
to incur the displeasure of the House. The indi-
vidual accioired,no special protection 1)7 entering
the Hynse at the time he did ; hut' ini*ving been
returned a Member, if considered as com-
ing clown to the House to• tale his scat, a case
seemed to be made out in justice tb the House
itself fur referring the matter to the Committee

cif tirtyileges, to 6attiliie whether any roUnctithiti
cif complaint existed.
Lord CASTLEREAGA moved; that the Marshal's
letter he referred to the Connnittee of Privileges.
BENNEiT stated, that lie had just come
from the Icing's Bench Prison, and had seen Lord
Cochrane, whom he found confined in the strOng
room, which was about 14 feet square, without a
window, a fireplace, Or a bed. He did not know
how long the Noble Lord was to he confined
there; but the place was totally unfit for the con-
finement of any person.•
Alr. W. BOOTLE.—As so very short a time had
elapsed, nothing could he said as to how long
the Noble Lord. was to be so confined. He
thought it might have answered the purpose suf-
ficiently to have called in the Marshal, and asked
him whether the sentence had expired, 'without
affording a shadow of right, by referring the bu-
siness to the Committee of Privileges.
The SPEAKER said, they bad the fact of the
conviction : the rest remained with the party to
slim.. The House should endeavour to act with
safety as it respected themselves.
Lord CASTLELIEAGEL-The question remaining
was, whether the Privileges of the House, 'gene,-
rally, had been inftinge.i?
Referred to the Committee . of Privileges : to
meet to-morrow at twelve, and to report thereon.
Sir C. MoNcK postponed his motion till to-
morrow.

On the motion of Sir C. MONCK, an account
teas ordered of oak timber offered for sale to the
Navy Board during seven years past, specifying
what had been refused.

Sir J. NEwpoRT gave notice for that day three
weeks, of .a motion respecting an Act of Lords
of Session in Scotland, of the 14th of February,
in contravention of an Act -of Parliament.—The
House afterwards adjourned.

Faum TTIE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 21.

l'arch, 2 1 , 1 8 I 5.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Epworth, of his Majesty's ship
Bulwark, addressed to Rear-Admiral Griffith; and transmit-
ted by the latter to John Wul on, Cooker, Esq.
His Majesty's ship Bulwark, at Sea, Jan. 22, 1815.
Stn,--,-Aftera chace of ten hours, 1 have cap-
tured the American schooner privateer Tomahawk,
Philip Besson;Master, of two hundred and two
tons, with nine guns, one a twenty-four-pounder
on a circular carriage, and eighty-four men, be-
longing to Baltimore. She is two days from Bos-
ton, and has not captured any thing.
I have the. honour to be, &c, - -
(Signed) F. P. EPWORTII, Capt.