The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-27 00:00:00

..k.DJOUEtNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Sir Ni.J6LLIFFE in moving the adjournment of
the House on its rising till Monday, said he
did so with a view to inform the Rouse the
course it was proposed to be pursued by her
Majesty's Ministers. It was the desire of the
noble earl at the heal of her Majosty'e Government,
that the house should assemble again on Monday for the
despatch of business, and at the same time move such writs
as might be necessary for those offices that bad
not yet been filled up It would then be his duty to as, k
the house to adjourn from Monday till Friday week,
the 12:h March, the earliest period they could naturally
hope her Majesty's Ministers would be again in their
places to conduct the business of the house. (Rear.)
TUE LATE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND TUE
LAW LORDS.
Upon the question being put,
Sir R. BETHELL rose and said,—Sir, I wish to tree•
pass upon the time and patience of the hodse for a short
period, while I endeavour to bring before it souse con•
siderations which appear to me to affect in a materia
degree the regularity and the decency of proceedings in
• Parliaraent, even if they do not in some measure affect
the privileges of members of this bowie. If there be in
any nation two deliberative assemblies, it seems consis-
. tent with propriety and also with the obligations of
. decency that if a speech be delivered by a member of
one of those deliberative bodies in considering a measure
brought before it, that it ghoul,' not be competent for
any member of the other assembly, before the measure
is submitted to them, to take that particular speech and
to make it the subject of criticism, and to accompany
that criticism by personal and offensive observations.
(Rear It is impossible to conceive anything that would

ors tend to interrupt the order which should prevail in
eliberative "erablie, or which could more interfere
with regularity and
members than such of conduct on the part of
But, sir, one might ar enodaor,ise of proceeding.
over without rema-rk ' (Hear.)
of zeal or enthusiasm' if
wetpeatsf scelodraneeenmytlclri'vegniaut,,robvpeearmassnbceiter
of the house—(hear, anndtela
give it if the offundur had laugh)—one
upon one occasion only into eunelaafe(7l,dtutf",llY beeturaiyord-
it turns oat to be a practice repeateke P- 0 ' nilB;a".'i : private,
It''e 1
hear)—frequently remonstrated agayii„,utr-”--('eear,
although forborne to be noticed in public
out to be a practice followed by grave and reverend and
aged 113 e n —(a laugh)—entitled to bo regarded as leaders
in the assembly of which they are members, and who
may fairly be expected to afford the younger members
examples of order, of regularity, and decency--(a
laugh)—more especially when those grave and eminent
personages happen to be invested with the highest political
funetions,tben it becomes unquestionablya cohost unfortu-
nate thing, which zo one can contemplate without the
deepest regret had pain. (sear, hear.) I must beg the
indulgence of the house while I call its atntentioen to
tory
cer-
tawahineproceedings which already figura ith his
assie h is.given of the transactions of our two deliberative
mbhes„ In the month of August last a great and
important m.measure came down from the other body to be
on suiered in this the Lower House. It was brought