The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-07 00:00:00

PRIVATE

Lord A. HA mrt,ffiri I)eigietliottsir the lion. Member for
Statlimishire (Mr. Littleton) whether he intended, at an early
day, to bring on his motion relative to Private Bills.
Mr. Lirr ',ETON said that two Hon. Members, who had
taken considerable interest in the question were not yet in
town.

THE REVENUE.
Mr. HUM E begged to withdraw his motion, of Friday
evening, for an account of the revenue received within a given
number of years ; and to call for accounts taking in the period
of the hot ten years.

DUTY ON. FIRE INSURANCE.
Mr. LINDSAY presented two petitions from several
once comyanittsi, praying for a< reduction of the duty on Incur.
ance against fire.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON moved (as was understood,
for Accounts relative to the tonnage of the port of Loudon.

BREAM OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. ROliswrsoN rose to complain of a misrepresentation
of hist sentiments delivered in that House by a public newspa-
per; anti of a misrepresentation which lie could show the House
by evidence must have been wilful.
The SPEAKER wished to know whether the Hon. Mem-
. bar meant to conclude with a motion ; and whether with the
regUlar motion under such circumstances, that the party of-
fending should be called to the bar.
Mr. ROIIERTSON said he did riot mean to go that length ;
but he was anxious to set himself right with the House, lie
wished to show the situation in which the paper which he held
in his hand placed him.
The SPEAKER said, that he had asked the question be-
cause the Hon. Member had set out by stating that he should
show the House not only that he had been Misrepretented, but
wilfully misrepresented. Now, Under such circumstances, it
was almost impossible that the lion. Member could offer any
explanation to the House without ending by that particular
motion which was designed to vindicate its privileges.
Mr. ROBERTSON expressed himself unwilling to take that
course, but still wished to set himself right. It was not that
his sentiments had been misreported ; he would stand upon
them, as they were mated, or fall ; but the comment upon them
in another part of the paper was unjustifiable: and, from what
had before happened in the same paper, he believed that com-
ment was wilfully unfair.
Mr. HUME rose to order, and objected to the Honourable
Member's replying in that louse to the comments of any news-
paper. if he was misrepresented es to the statement, he had
made, the offendet,mtgbt be te— the ber; but, for no.
tieing any comments or attacks, Wile (Mr.. Mime) could be
induced to do ao, there world not be it day in the week in
which he should not be compelled to trouble the House.—
:laughter,)---For his part he liked to see
(mleitea.er leladnntlarae*lo" would' be sorry to take a step towards
shackling comment anywhere:—(liar, !mar!)
notwithstanding this, he was
desirous sir. 1t
2 as regarded his views
isiekt:laSislN;tiali4thett?tp,ecially
on what bed fallen froin t te Chanceller of the Exchequer.
'rite CILANueI,I;IM, of the EXWIEQUER said, that he
should be glad to have any error, set right ; but the Honourable
Member wax not 'eking exactly the regular course.
ItOIiERTSON then eattl, that he would call the editor
of the paper to the bar. He had hew] groasly misrepresented;
and the effect of the .comment was this:--Ile was charged to
have (=tended, first, that the country would be ruined by her
"Port% and afterwards, on the 'amatory, that she would be
ruined by her imports., ~Now this ittetement was wholly un-
roweled. Ile had not centradicted himself !natty such manner,
but heti contended that the country would be ruined by her
, WO, of imports ; and be had reason to believe, from what had
ftlmeriraPPeered in the saute paper, thut the mbtrepresention
was wilful : he would show the ilotise that it WWI 11°.
r The SPEAKER was 16'117 to interrupt the Hon. Gentle-
' man, but the woof which he was truing to offer to the House
• would not, in the present stage of the proceedings, be neces-
• ShrY• The complaint, that an individual had commented and
misrepresented, was sufficient, and indeed all that was regu-
larly admissible in the first instance. 'When the offender was
I at the ear of the House, it would then he the time for the
: Honourable Member to dhow any previous error, supporting