The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-21 00:00:00

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Baronet.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, he thought the Right Hon.
Gentleman had exercised a sound discretion, but thought that
great inconvenience was caused by these repeated adjourn-
ments, when in two or three hours the question might have
been decided.
Mr. BROTHERTON denied that any blame could attach
to him, as whenever there was a disposition to come to a ter-
mination that evening he never interfered, but it was evident
that the debate could not be closed, unless the House had sat
till five or six o'clock.
After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS,
Sir R. PEEL said he hoped a vigorous attempt would be
made by the Noble Lord to prevent another adjournment of
the present debate.
Mr. T. DUNCOAIBE said, before a vigorous attempt was
made to put down the system of adjournment, he hoped the
Right Honourable Baronet would have justice on his side,
before this vigorous attempt was made to stifle dis-
cussion in that House. It was totally impossible they
could conclude the debate thus. The subject was now
out of his hands and in those of the Noble Lord, and the ques-
tion might be called a personal one between himself and the
Government, which knew, as well as he did, that they had
opened his letters. Nothing could be more tyrannical than
their refusing him any justification, and he would not allow
any public business to go on till some satisfaction was given to
the Howe and the public. The Government might have
adjourned the debate to some evening when it would net
have been inconvenient to them, but the High.. Ho•
nourable Baronet knew that public opinion was beginning
to bear against them on this question, and the public
would not see injustice done to any man, even though
it were to so humble an individual as he himself was.
But did they think the matter should stop there? No; cer-
tainly not. He was determined to clear his character from the
imputat'ons thrown upon it by the Hon. Members for Bute
and, Pontefract, and indirectly by the Right Hon. Baronet
himself, by associating his name with the violent outbreaks in
the year 16.12. He would maintain that it was a base and
mean act to open letters, which in their place they dare not
avow to have done.
Mr. S. WORTLEY assured the lion. Gentleman, in the
most positive and solemn manner, that he had never accused
him of giving the slightest encouragement to those disturbances
—so far from it, he verily believed, that if the letters
of the lion. Gentleman bad been opened, they would have
been found to contain exhortations against such violence.
Mr. DUNCOMBE must say, that he bad understood the
lion. Gentleman to state to the House, that he (Mr. Dun-
combe) had been in correspondence with those evil-disposed
persons who attempted with hand grenades to burn the town of
Sheffield.
Mr. S. WORTLEY assured the Hon. Member that he had
never used such language.
Mr. BRIGHT put a question to Sir Robert Peel as to the
business of the House.
Sir R. PEEL, after saying that he would on a future occa-
sion explain some phrases which the Hon. Member (Mr.
Duncombe) had misrepresented, sad that regarding the busi-
ness of the House he could not make any other arrangements
than had been made, from the circumstance which had oceurred.
The debate was then adjourned.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter-past One.