The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-25 00:00:00

I.IIIEL BER'NIitIESTY THE QTTEEN,

Mr. VVETIIERELL rose to call the attention of
the House to- a paragraPh.tof a most atrocious
description, WhiCh appeared in• a' paper called
"' :-04,steen, Luntinary;" He, would
read .ifte-passage .to, which he
.alluded.. to
_the
Itouse Shall a, woman who is as notoriously
devoted io -BacClins. as to Venus—Shall such a
woman as would, if found on our pavement, be
-oorninittedio 'Bride 11 • and whipped, be held up
it, the light :of suffering :intiocence_?,"-T-He was
sure the House would agree with Jii7.l, that the
publicatiOil subh a: paragraph• as. this was', a
gross.attettiptto pervertipublic justice. It. was
impossible that this, Rouse should_not be ac-
tivaintefiLwith the contents of the
,Bill of
~ Pains
rind Peit2.lties N;klacti-had been introduced in an-
other place, and:of, the Measure: of punishment
which was to be inflicted, if the, cliargts against
her .1.0..it-tv were:proved... It was true indeed
"that the Bill now pending Was.not in strictness a
judicial-preceeding; it was, ilowever, an:act of
the Legislature, of which a judicial inquiry was
to be the basis, and as :it might possibly, come
before that House, .the House was, with respect
to the trial, to'all intents and purposes placed,in
the situation of a Court of Law: That the ques-
tion. of :guilt should. be anticipated in
,any quarter
before trial, .was a gross -violation of public jus-
tice,„ If such a paragraph aslhis
_had appeared
pending the trial of- the lowest and, most subordi-
nate: criminal _offence, it . would have , been 'pu-
nished as &gross attempt to pervert public justice ;
titt-ch more therefore was the High Court of Par-
liament bound to exercise its judicial. functions
upon this occasion, .and-not to permit so, flagrant
. violation. a justice to' pass unnoticed. He
should bring this subject! before the House to-
morrow, and confine himself at present to give
dilative,. that he. should move to-morrow, that his
MajeitY's Attorney-General be directed to Pro-
secUte the proPrietor of apaper,,intitled "
'Western. Luminary." - -
Mr. TIEUNE,Y suggested that the paper in
niight,now be raid" uptin the table..
WE'rtiEELE., said that the paper, was not
at preiOut in'his pOsession.:
'obsei•N'ed,' that a copy of the
.pasper,might be procured between this time and
to-rxtorro s.
,moved, for ,a new 'Writ for
tine-Borough of ifeytesbury, in the roam of C.
A'Court, who had 'accepted the Chiltern
IliindredS. *:

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'IRISH - -•
• gri the' tnotioti of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
' c rei ET: 'tht for the `'House going -into a. Committee;
on th: iii4.l-IYist-iller3
• - Cilitur.ilrEn'opposed.the Speak-
• er'-siltiving" 'the on the ground that the
subject"had-. not: been.Sufficiently-diseusged, and
the Hotise-Wai deficient ininfortnation it.
Th&:Ciiii‘icr.LLoa of 'the E-X C; H Eie.ilfß said a
few Words iu reply ; and after a cons-ersation, in
• which,M C. Hsu-ryn SON, Lord CASTLEI EAGIIS
-111fr.-Ciqurt:rrkh, and the Right Hon. Gentleman
• tonkpart,-it Ni-as ;agreed- that the further- consi-
Repbit -;should: be deferred till
day Orteinont-hs; at4l.• the Bill as amended
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'llhe
SmaliStills Bill, and the- Unlicensed Stills
I.l)i:l4'w-ere forwarded in a similar way, and their
• farther considertion. postponed to the same
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