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BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. HENRY MAXWELL begged leave to call the at-
tention of the House to a breach of privilege, as gross as any
which had been committed during the 12 years be had had the
honour of a seat in that House. (The Hon. Member then
proceeded to read two extracts from the Dublin Evening Post
of Tuesday and Saturday, commenting in very unmeasured
terms upon the statement made by him, Mr. Maxwell, Colonel
Ferceval, and Colonel Verner. In the extract the Hon.

Members were charged with " deliberate lying," wben they
stated that they were not aware that Orange lodges existed in
the army.) The Hon. Member then stated that he should
leave the paragraph in the hands of the House, and con-
cluded by moving that the Editor of the said paper be called
to the bar.

After a few words from Mr. HtlsiE, Mr. JACKSON, and Mr.
Twiss,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would put
it to the personal feeling of the Hon. Member whether or not
he would persevere in pressing that. the Editor of this Journal
should be called to the bar of the House. If every Bon.

Member of that House who was attacked was so sensitive as to

bring it forward as abreach of the privileges of the House,
there was scarcely a newspaper published which might not be
almost every day brought to the bar of that House. They
lived in tine of very great excitement, for which allowance
should be made. As for himself, humble individual as be was,

he should require a skin as thick as that of the illustrious indi-
vidual in the Zoological Gardens, called the Rhinoceros, to
bear the attacks that were perpetually heaped upon him. The
Hon. Member concluded by trusting to the good sense of the
Hon. Member that he would not press his motion.
Lord Viscount MORPETH said that he too had been sub.
ject to attacks, for which he never sought redress in that
House' although recently a very elaborate parallel had been
drawn between himself and Pontius Pilate.
After a few words from Mr. BARRON,

Mr. O'CONNELL said that though Hon. Members op-
posite might affect to despise the attacks which had been made
on them in the Press, it was to be wished thatthey hadproved
that they so despised it by the course which they were prepared
to adopt. He, too, had been pretty well abused by the Press,
and what the worse was he for that abuse? He believed he was
the best abused man in Europe. Did Hon. Members opposite
ever read the Dublin Evening Mail, remarkable for its talent,
or the Dublin Evening Packet, remarkable for its stupi-
dity ? Well, he never complained of these papers ; nor did
he ever ask to have the editors called to the bar of the House.

In truth, to do so were nothing more than to advertise these
papers. He knew Frederick William Conway well, and he
knew that when he read the report of that debate ho would
be exceedingly rejoiced. It would add to the number of
his subscribers, which had been recently very much diminished
by his abuse of the Agitators.—( A laugh.) But when
.was
this done? At a moment when the eyes of all Furope were
directed to Spain, and accounts were anxiously expected from
the scene of war—when public attention was fixed on the
camp at Kalisch—and the infernal machine was playing away
at Paris—(Laughter)—at such a moment here came the three
Grands, playing away with their infernal, machine—(Conti-
nued laughter)—against Frederick William Conway. They
demand that F. W. Conway, the father of nine !Seely chil.
dren—( Laughter)—should be brought from 11, Trinity-street,
to the bar of that House, that they might have an opportunity
of seeing a person dignilkd by the appellation of .Rundytundy.
—4 Hear, hear, and great laughter.) But, seriously speak.
lag, was there any pretext whatever for such a movement as
this against the liberty of the Press ?—( Hear, hear.) If, in-
deed,deavo uirt,„Advetroernaisewaritmeorbinto til,liefiticeintcyaotfheLdoenbdaotne,s
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there would be some grounds for such a proceeding, and tha
Hadonesne,
writer might be sent to gaol. But he asked if Frederick Wil.
liarn Conway were likely to produce any such al:et ( Hear*
hear.) Tile good humour of the Hen. Member opposite—.
(Laughter)—and he looked the very picture of god-humour

--(Continued laughter)— would suggest to them that such a
motion ought not to be persevered in. Indeed, he would ad-
mit that the Hon. Member opposite was of sound mind, if he
withdrew his rhotion.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. HORACE TN'VISS rose to join his entreaty with that
of the Hon. and Learned Member opposite, that the motion
should be withdrawn, though he by no means did so on the
same grounds.
The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there ap-
peared—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority against the original motion
On entering the gallery we accordingly found the House
proceeding with the other orders of the day.
CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. JACKSON moved the third reading of this Bill.
Mr. O'LOUGHLEN moved that the present Bill be read
a third time that day six months.
Mr. SHAW thought the grounds of the Hon. and Learned
Member's opposition were very unusual, arising, as they did,
from the circumstance that another Bill on a similar subject
had been lost elsewhere.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the Amendment ......
Against it
Majority against the Bill —44
MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
The House went into Committee on this Bill.
Mr. POULTER moved that the second clause be left out.
The Committee divided, when. there appeared—
For the motion

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A,Yainst it
Majority for the motion ......... ......... —l2
The clause was accordingly struck out.
A lengthened conversation then ensued respecting the pro-
priety of rendering binding, by a distinct enactment, a mar-
riage between a widower, and the sister of his deceased wife;
in the course of which an opinion was generally expressed
against the law on that point. The subject was, however,
thought worthy of further consideration ; and, on the motion
of an Hon. Member,
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit
again.