Star.
London, England, 1813-03-24 00:00:00

man gui4got be, idchseedy' thasi.wee. fumbled by
the Honourable Gentleman" (Att. Whitbread.)-
--,The Right Hon. GcntleMan had thought proper
to take an advantage (and he would allow him to say
an unworthy advantage) 01 that attention to Parlia-
mentary usages on the part of the Hon*. Gentleman,.
which made him unwilling to say positively what
were the piecise words which he had used, and with-
drawing an assertion made when any other Hon.
Member disclaimed words which had been imputed
to him. Now he (Sir Francis Burdett) could not
draw any thing unfavourable to the character of hu-
man memory in general, or that of the Hon. Gentle-
man (Mr. Whitbread) id particular, from what had
fallen from him this night. But the whole butiness
which had given rise to the late proceedings in Par-
liament was so confused and so anomalous, that he
was not surprised that difficulties and irregularities
' of differont kinds should arise, which could not come
within those technical rules by which Learned Gen-
tlemen wished them to be bound on the present oc-
casion. His (Sir Francis Burdett's) impression
when the paper was brought forward was, that Mrs.
Lisle %fished to correct her deposition, which had
been made to convey a stronger expression than
she had intended it should carry. This was then
the impression on his mind, and even now he could
feel no. other: In her deposition she had omitted
something which she wished to supply, which it
was said she ought not now to be permitted to do.—
When they considered the manner in which these de-
positions were taken (not having been taken in the '
common and regular way), it must appear to them
that it was possible for a witness afterwards to re-
mark, that the deposition appeared to give a stronger
expression against an innocent person than she wished
it to c,,nvey, and in such a case it appeared to him
the ends of substantial justice would be answered by
the statement being corrected. Time had pressed so
hard on the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Whit-
bread), that he had no opportunity of taking those
Steps hich it had been said he ought to have taken,
to verify the paper which he had produced. He could
not agree in the reprehensions- which the Honourable
Gentleman had undergone, because he had done his
duty in that House, where they were not tied by the
forms of the Courts of Law. He gave his thanks to
the Honourable Member for the manner in which he
had conducted the business, and he could not feel
any regret for any circumstance connected, as he had
no wish but that the innocence of the Princess of
Wales should be made manifest ; and it now was, by
the publications which? had taken place, made mani-
fest to all the world.

Mr. PONSONBYrwith some warmth, denied that
he had taken any unworthy advantage of his Hon.
Friend. He had only observed a mistake into which
he hiatsclt had contessed that he had fallen.

Mr. WHITBREAD did not consiaer his Right
Hon. Friend as having taken any unworthy •:idvan
tage of him. He was sorry it his Right Hoe. Friend
had taken a wrong impression of his conduct, be-
cause he could not recollect all this had been said by
every Member on the subject.

Here the coaversAtion
mint SCUOOLS.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT, after a variety of obser-
vations on the state of Public Education in Ireland,
concluded by moving, that a Select Corimrittee be
Apprinied to examine the same—to consider the plain
recommended in tLe 14th Report of the Commis-
sioners under the 46th of the King—and 'to report
their opinions az to the best method of speedily ex-
tending education throughout Ireland—and ot ren-
dering effectual the funds appropriated to that desir-
able object. •
Mr. PEELE opposed the motion, as unnecessary,
because a Bill on this very subject was already before
the House.

After a discussion of some length; in which Mr.
WELLESLEY POLE and Mr. Wm. FITZGERALD took a
part, and a reply from Sir J. NZWPORT, the motion
was put and negatived.