The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-11 00:00:00

oppose the transfer proposed by the Noble Earl
opposite to the county of York.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL had never meant to
say that the Crown had the power of creating a
new Borough. He was aware that the Union
with Scotland and Ireland was an insuperable
obstacle to such a creation. lie had-only stated,
as a doubt, whether, after one borough had been
extinguished, the Crown had not the power of
reviving its Charter and giving it to another
place ? Ile had not wished that the Crown should
assume that power, but should be authorised by
-tire Bill to make the selection.

The question eras then put and agreed to
with out a division.

The Bill was read a second time, and ordered
to he committed on Monday next.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMAIONS.

The House was occupied till half past four
o'clock, in balloting for a Committee to consider
the merits of the Petition complaining of an un-
flue return for the borough of Portsmouth.

SCOTCH JURY BILL

General-MowroomtillY presented a Petition
from the Freeholders'of the county of Ayr against
the Scotch Jury Bill.
Mr. ABERCROMBY thought it strange that the
House should be called upon to reject this most
necessary measure, because some people imagined
that it was not called for.

The LORD ADVOCATE said, that when the se-
cond reading or the Bill came on, he trusted
he should be able to state such reasons as would
induce the House to dis*countenance this Bill.

Sir R.FERGtisoN re-stated his opinion of the use-
fulness of this Bill, and denied that the opinion of
the majority of the Scotch people was against it.
DENMAk spoke in favour of the Bill.
Sir G. CLERK begged to state that the opinions
of all those enabled to form one upon the subject
were against the Bill.—The Petition was ordered
to be printed.

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

Mr. It. 'MARTIN said he had to call the atten-
tion of the House to a matter connected with its
character and privileges. lie had on the preced-
ing evening presented a Petition from the Stage
Coach Proprietors of London, praying that some
measure might be adopted for punishing, in a
summary manner, those persons in their employ-
ment who by ill-treatment injured and maimed
`their horses. This, said the ilonourable Mem-
ber, was a serious and grave matter, and yet a
Daily Paper had represented the very mention of
it as having convulsed the House with laughter.
He (Mr. M.) had spoken of a horse's eye being
]:necked out, and this lamentable fact, which in
such an Assembly ought to excite any other
feeling than that of merriment, was said to con-
vulse the House with laughter. • Such a state-
ment was derogatory to the character of the,
House. lie would not detain the House longer
by commenting upon it. The report had appear-
ed in The Times Newspaper of that morning,
and it was his intention to move that the Printer
and Publisher of that Paper be called to the Bar.
lie then gave in the paragraph complained of,
which was read by the Clerk at the'. Table as
follows :

" Mr. RICHARD MARTIN rose for the
_purpose of calling
the attention 6f the House to a Petition which had been put
into his hands by several individuals of capital and respectabi-
lity in this metropolis, and its vicinity. In the present state of
the law, it was much to be lamented that' horses of the most
valuable description might have an eye knocked out—(A laugh).
—cr be irretrievably ruined for ever—(A laugh)—by. grooms or
other servants, against whom, from their station in life no
damages could be recovered. It was, therefore, but properlhat
those by whose act such mischiefs should be occasioned, should
stiffer in their persons ; and to provide some such punishment
was the object of this Petition."
He denied the truth of what was here asserted
to have taken place, namely—that the House
was convulsed with laughter. He thought that
the paragraph reflected "on the ;House, and he
thought it malicious, because all the other
Morning Papers reported his speech correctly ;
and this very paper reported the speech of the
Worthy Alderman, who seconded his speech,
correctly:
•

The paper was then put in and read by the
Clerk.

Mr. MARTIN then moved that C. Bell, the
printer, do attend the Bar of that House on
Monday.
The SPEAKER—Who seconds the motion ?
After a short pause, a MEMBER on the Opposi-
tion side, seconded the motion.

Mr. TrraNty would assure the Hon. Gentle-
man that if the Reporter attempted to raise a
laugh against him (Mr. M.), he would be amongst
the first to take serious notice-of it. If a laugh
did take place, it certainly must have been at
some expression of the Hon. Member's, and not
at the subject. He was sure one.moment's re-
flection would induce the Hon. Member to take
no farther notice of the subject; if such matters
were to be animadverted upon whenever they
occurred, there would not be a day without the
House tieing employed with them. He would
appeal- to the good sense of the Hon,. Member,
whether it would be worth his while to proceed
any further.--(Hear.)--The notice that was
taken of it already would be a sufficient warning
to the parties concerned to be more cautious.

Mr. MARTIN yielded to the appeal, and the
motion was withdrawn.

Lord J. RussELL presented a Petition from a
Body of Separatists residing in Ennis, praying
that they might be allowed to make affirmation,
instead of an oath.—Laid on the table.

Mr, THOMPSON presented a Petition from the
Company of Dyers, praying that the Thames
Wharf Bill may pass into a law.—Laid on the
'Table.