The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-29 00:00:00

lie secelleaed the- prevailing pririciple•of. a RiOt
ecureble Gentleman, now no more (Mr. Pitt),
• upon questions of this nature, viz.- to endeavour to
gar such crowds upon a constitutional questine rs
:-.lieule separate the really well intentioned from the
I ad, Le thought he could.not riC: bettor than st.ig
gent_ a sinelar course of proceeding, and for that
reuse would recommend delay„, .The Ho-
t curable Gentleman deprecataAteing led away
by the- nifittence of passion rather than judg-
ment, and was therefore anxious for adjourning the
Question. .
The MASTER of the ROLLS (SirW. Grant) wish-
ed that however opinions of Gentlemen might vary,
tie ultimate decision of the House should not be
able to impeachment. He should be sorry that as
inanyersspeelable Members had declared they were
not prepared to decide on the question, that the
House should proceed without giving proper time
to v ell consider the Paper. Some Gentlemen had
ehjeeed to the discussion on this. slay, because it
rr euld interfere with the Walcherso question, For
his part, he had voted for the resent question to
hr discussed, conceiving that, other, Gentlemen
would, like himself, be prepared, but ashen he
toiled that not to be the case, he- was .bound to
accede to the adjournment. The question was not
hether the Paper denied that the HOuse had the
right of privileges, but whether that right was de-
nied in such a manner as to make the author liable
to answer. On that subjeEt he,was quite clear that
if was a libel. If the House ,was to come to a de-
rision on the principal question this night, there
were ulterior questions depending on this, which
could not be decided now, and therefore as it was
probable the Walcheren debate might. go into ano-
ther week, he felt that he must vote for adjourn-
ment of some description or other. There was
another strong reason for delay, and that was, that
in this case the House were Accusers and Judges.
On the question of Privileges, without reviewing
the state of the Constitution, he would say, that if it
were necessary to model the Constitution anew, he
would give to such a body as this.:HoUsdethe privi-
lege that they now enjoy. The House, however,
were the Judges, and ought to proceed Avith a great
deal of sobriety. • As to the propriety of bringing
the question before the House, heeforone; was not
disposed to go in search of questions of privileges.
The present question was, however, forced on the
House ; and, therefore, they could not give it the
go-bye. It could not be retreated from ; and this
he must say, that he never koew a question of pri-
vilege mooted that was produelive- of great good.
The night Hen, Gentleman was- not inclined to
crater timidity with the cloak of- contempt, when
there was a fair, decent, and honourable way of
avoiding it, and must vote for the adjournment.
The CHANCELLOR of the .Exeuitutiert was dis-
pogl, after what he had heard, egpeeeiiilly— from his
Hoe. Friend who last spoke, not to '619 Pose the ad-
journment. He was anxious not 'be'thought as
ob-!inatcly and pertinacieusly adhering to opinions
of his own, which, however, he still onfoitutiate-
ly retained. He wished distinctly to state, that
though lie yielded to the opinions of others, he had
foetid no reason for so doing through fear, or a
ish tor unanimity. Be still thought that ie
peinr et legal right and legal crime in the chkge,
the case was as clear as any that had come before
tee House. He agreed to delay on the ground of'
necessity. With an understanding that the intro-
ductory part of the amendment should be emitted;
with tles understanding he must 'be permitted to
re. ke au observation or tease From the wanner in
e pith Gantlemen opposite greeted his acquiscence,
the, ticu,e would see what sort of unanimity it
was they wished to preserve when they desired
adjournment. Some of his Honourable friends had
been imposed upon by them in that respee. With
ts al observation on their consistency 'he would leave
the non. Gentlemen to their triumph.
Mr. PONSONEY insisted that the flight Honour-
-able Gentleman was not justified 'in making those
ehservations, for he (Mr. P.) had yestetday Moved
for a week's delay, on the ground thee'it was de-
sirable time should be given to understand the
paper. The Right Honourable Gentleman had said
that his a,q-uieseence was not received with sans-
faaioo, but that it had been met, as it were, on
his side of the House, LI a mean, shabby, and paltry
feeling of, pleasure, in a triumphant manner, as he
had expressed himself. The Right Honourable
Getelearatt, however, rated himself tax) high, and
(Mt. P.'s) Honourable Friends and himself too
low, if he imagined they were to be 'elevated by
any such thing as what he was pleasechto term a
triumph. •
The Hon. Member who proposed the- amend-
merit, afterwards withdrew it.
Mr. BLACHFORD deprecated 'the use:of-personal
allusions instead of argument, and thought that
some alteration in the rules of the House was neces-
s try if such allosions were permitted:
Mr. DENNIS BROWNE arose to speak (and the
Hcuse being disposed to separate), considered it
indecent and improper to interrupt a Gentleman in
his speech, by rising, and withdrawing out of the
House. ,
The question was then put for adjourning the
deb..te till to-morrow sennight, and the SPEAKER
declared that the Ayes had it.
Mr. LETHBRIDGE, however; insisted that the
c les had it, on -which the Gallery was ordered to. be
cleared. The House, however, determined without
a division, that the debate should be adjourned till'
this day se'nnight: •
Ihe House then adjourned at One,o'elock this
ummingt-