The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-28 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1820.

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/.OERMONS on VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
By the late THOMAS BROWN, D D., Dalkeith.
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TIDE NAVAL OFFICER ; or SCENES
and ADVENTURES in the LIFE of FRANK
MILDMAY.
My muse by no means deals in fiction :
She gathers a repertory of facts,
Of course with some reserve and slight restriction,
But mostly treats of human things and acts.
Love—war—a tempest—surely there's variety ;
Also a seasoning slight of lucubration—
A bird's eye view too of that wild society—
A slight glance thrown on men of every station.

DON JUAN.
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TALES of MILITARY LIFE. Containing Vandeleur
and Gentleman Gray. By the Author of the " Military
Sketch Book." Also just published, in 3 vols. post Svo.
SAILORS and SAINTS. By the Authors of the
" Naval Sketch Book. In 3 vole. post Svo.
" While reading Sailors and .Saints' the floor of our
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the salt spray of the sea on our face—so completely have
we been absorbed in the graphic descriptions and living
presentments before us."—United Service Journal.

terial to enlighten the petitioners, and lead them by the
nose to commit even greater follies.

'I he Earl of GUILFORD said a:few words in explana-
tion, expressive, we believe, of his ignorance of what
source the petitioners lud derived their well grounded ap-
prehensions from.

Lord DACRE presented a petition from RuysLon, in fa-
vour of the Catholic Claims.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented several pe-
tions, praying further concessions to the Catholics, and
the repeal of the Sub-letting Act.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented petitions from
the Unitarian Chapel of Beever, and from MilfinTl, for the
repeal of the laws against the Roman Catholics.
The Bishop of LINCOLN presented a petition against
the Catholic Claims from the Deanery of Buckingham,
and two other Deaneries.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE had on a former night
presented to their Lordship*' House a petition, professing
to come from a person named Watson, an Alderman of
the city of Limerick. He had since ascertained that this
petition was a forgery, and intended as a hoax upon the
petitioner. His Lordship bad since written to that in-
dividual, who disclaimed all knowledge of it. Since that
three other letters had reached his Lordship, on the
same subject, but .11 in different hand-writing. The
question for their Lordships then wars,. whether this
ought to be considered as a Breach of Privilege,
or whether, as he conceived, it was not too contemptible to
call for any further consideration.
The Earl of LIMERICK said, that when the Noble
Lord (Downshire) had spoken to him on the subject of
that petition, he (the Earl of Limerick) was con-
vinced that it was nothing but a hoax ; however,
he was not disposed to treat it so lightly as the Noble Lord
had done, hieing, as lie conceived, a violation of the respect
due to the House. He had a letter from the individual whose
name had been made use of, which he would read as a part
of his speech. [Alderman Watson's letter denied
all knowledge of the petition.] The Earl of Limerick, in
conclusion, said that he had no motion to make on the
subject, being satisfied to leave it to their Lordships' dis-
cretion to dispose of it in whatever way appeared consist-
ent with the respect due to the House.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—The Noble Marquess
had presented a petition on a former evening, and he con-
fessed that, on hearing that petition read, he thought it
was net the petition of the party it purported to be. In
his opinion, it was intended as an insult to that House.
The Noble Marquess thought he could not do otherwise
than present that petition to their Lordships, but they
must feel that the person who had sent the petition bad
insulted their Lordships; and had been guilty of a breach
of their privileges. The Noble Lord had stated, that he did
not mean to follow up the measure, but it then became his
duty to propose sonic measure to their Lordships, and he
should propose that their Lordships should, as usual in such
cases, appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the case,
and on discovering the individual he might be brought
to their Lordships' Bar, and punished or admonished, as
might be necessary. Lordship concluded by mowing
for a such a Select Committee, which was ordered, and
the Committee immediately appointed.