Star.
London, England, 1808-04-05 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Accounts were presented from the India House, the Custom
House, and from the Chief Secretary's Office in Ireland, which
were laid, on the table.

The frisk Warehousing Bill wu read a third time and passed.
Petitions were presented front the Debtors in the Cads of Lon-
donderry and Cardiff, preying relief.—Laid on the table.
The Lord Advocate of Scotland gave notice, that he should on
Wednesday move for leave to bring in a Eill respecting the Pub-
lic Records in Scotland.

The Bill for prohibiting the Exportation of Wool to Ireland
before bond giv-n, was read a secor.d time, and committed for

The Innkeepers Allowance Bill was reported.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. HENRY WELLESLEY rose to notice a
mistatenaent which appeared in one of the Morning
Papers, of the speech •:f an Honourable Gentleman,
(Mr. R. Thornton) so far as it respected the conduct,
of th., Marquis Wellesley. The report purporting to
.be the speech of the Honourable Gentleman, was.
centradictory to the whole tenor of it, as delivered in
this House. He trusted therefore that tke House
would not suffer such misrepresentations. He thought
'it right to mention the subject, in crder that the
nettrable Gentleman might affirm the fact to be
he had tated ; and for . the present should contents
himself with having noticed the misrepresentation:,
hoping it would operate as a caution to persons in
future.
The SPEAKER requested to know whether the
House was to understand that the Honourlible Gen-
tleman meant to institute any proceeding on the sub-
ject ?
Mr. HENRY WELLESLEY replied in the .
ne-
gative.
Mr. R. THORNTON conceived the Honourable
Gentleman alluded to some words which had been
attributed to him in a Morning Paper ; he had 'seen
them, and was struck with the palpable misrepresen-
tation which they contained of his speech.* If those
. words were to be taken as the Speech which he had
delivered on the occasion cr the Noble Lord's (A.
Vamilton's) motion, undoubtedly they would imply
elakat be (Mr. Thorn4.o) had imputed to the Noble
• idarqu'is insinuations a personal nature; whereas,
bn the contrary, the whole tenor of his speech. went,
as to the Noble Marquis's public conduct. Indee
be had never heardry one person arraign the Noble
Marquis for his private conduct. He.wished distinctly
to be understood as not havin'a used Any words of a
personal tendency. 'Certainly the editor of the paper
• alluded to had reported hi.p very c.l4rnsily.
• • •

The SPEAKER.—" The House will forgive me
if I think it my duty to state what is the public law,
with respect to the subject now before them. Un-
doubtedly the House has, in a certain degree, tole-
rated proceedings of the nature which has been allu.
ded to, and which on complaint cannot be justified.
It is therefore for the House to say, what limits it will,
give to its own toleration."—(Hear, hear !)
Mr. R. THORNTON rose to add one word, by
way of observation, but
The SPEAKER The House will perceive
that this has proceeded far enough."—(Hear, hear!
Order, order!)

DARDANELLES.
Earl TEMPLE asked the Honourable Gentleman, (Mr. W.
Taylor) whether it really was his intention to found any mo-
tion on the various papers respecting the Expedition to the Dai-
danelles?
Mr. W. TAYLOR fined Friday the sth May to bring forward
a motion upon the subject.