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never get with credit, and they ought to have' the legality of cranatitmeatiee case of. Mr. C4e,
been passed over. .The Honourable Member here Jones. The Hon. and-Le-aimed -Gentlestnia here refer- •
related an anecdote of a man called Irish Murray,l red to a passage lath" paper oomplailnedlofothere it is
who happened to engage in a quarrel, in which he ! respeSented that the practice of theHousb wascis•tornalse•
was beat in a most unmerciful manner ; the 'next day 1.! a man criminatehimself,which mode-of aigumentwas.
he appeared with his eyes dosed from the contusions • in des teeth of a Resolution of that House,in 1774, and
he had received, a cut on his nose, and several of his was therefore a libel against the House. The retnarkS.-
teeth driven from the front of his mouth. pa being ..made upon the warrant by thaalonourable Baronet,
met by a countryman, he asked him haw he could 'proceeded to cut hp the. Constitution by the soots.
suffer himself to be disfigured in such a mamierr 'an& He had .contemptuously denominated it " this thing,
for which be was a disgrace to his country? To which :nsi ,etnttis, this piece of unsealed papete"—But as
it
he replied, that he took the world airy. Such-a prin- nett-this' -unsealed paper for which that House had
ciple, it was.scaree necessary for him to observe, veasl nobly struggled, And torn it. from the crown,. and
the worst possible method of geting clear of, or ! from the ..Power'of the Lord Chancellor of England
counting for a misfortune. As to the questien before (Shaftesbury)! .Bshould the House of Commons, that
the House, he woeld certainly vote for the letter's House which settbe Crown. upon the head of James
- beng it breach of privilege ; but if it were passed 11. (Ifeardteee,),—and• established the Bill of Rights,
over, the first crease which should be taken, must be • he suspected of the right • discharge of its duty, al-
to compensate Gale Jones for the losses he has sustain- though it might Rye gonceklittle ton far in the case
ed, and then teercmove from the House all-power of of Mr. Gale Jo
contumenes ? The writer
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committal. ... , • • • them was lious, in• 'bikac an
Mr. .A.DA.2•I conteeded, if the arguments of an. mode of his arguments. In Los ease '•e would
Hon. and Learned Friend of his were to be attended recomend the mode pursued in drat „of, Major
to, there was an end of the authority cf the House of Scott ; where the House ling prono‘mcepronounces)th
Commons. Had not the House of Commons, from publication libelous, yet, thought proper to.,pass
the earliest times, through the reign of the Tudors, only a reprimand. Mr. Pitt,. on the occasion
.he,
during the tyranny of theJameses, armed with nothing alluded to, took a particular part in the disces-
but its• own privileges, fought its way through every ' sion, and desired the House to take it. up _With
exercise of despotism, and the effusion to human great moderation. He contended tl'at Str Francis
blood ? But it was reserved for the present times,
.Bnrdett had. not correctly represented Sir Robert
for the year 1310, to start great doubts upon this Walpole, when he • imputed to him sentiments fa-
important subject. He conjured the House not to vourable to-the arguments he had urged.' -It was
Give up its privileges, merely becauie, in a solitary., for them to bear in mind that was the Commons'
ureance, they might not have been exercised with a House pf Parliament, and it was not to be lowered in
due regard to discretion. He would appeal to every , the Constitution, as a branch of the Legislature.
man who understood the Law and Constitution of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY rose to explain. He
the Country, if it were not the character of every never doubted of the power of the House of Com-
court of Justice to maintain its authority by an in- mons to commit for breach of privilege, but he enter-
nate power ? and upon this subject lie would refer tained a doubt how far they possessed that power in
thstn to the fourth of Coke's Institutes. Was it the case of a libel.
to be restricted to the House of Lords and- the j Mr. WHITBREAD expressed his warm attach-
House of Commons, that they alone should be de- ment to the privileges of the House, but still he con-
Rrived of that power so essential to preserve the au- sidered the arguments, of, his Learned Friend '(Sir
fooricy of every other Court ?. And were they to Samuel Romilly) remained unaffected by those of
be limited to possess no higher authority than that his Honourable Friend who had just sat down. He
of a Constable of the night ? He would ask if the must also contend, that in the breath of the nostrils
offence attributed to Mr. Gale Jones was not conSi- • of the Speakers of that House, whether good or bad,
derably greater than that of preventing him in his depended the liberties of the country.—The warrant
way to the House ? When he reflected upon the -of a Chairman of Committees must he obeyed, but
past struggles of the House cf Commons, he was that was ex necessitate ; and lime did that stand
convinced there was not any thing, except its in- in regard to the case of Mr. Gale Jones ?
He
ouisilo. jai power, which maintained it in .the Con- I firmly believed there was no lawyer endowed with
stitution. He quoted time authority of thecaseof Crosby, more constitutional knowledge than Mr. Hargrave ;
where Chief Justice Gould had expressed his opinion ! but he had always been led to undeastand lie had
how far a man was legally liable to be punished for ! ever expressed a zealous opinion upon the power of
writing. or speaking contemptuously of Judges : commitment claimed by the Finest of Commons.
and to make that opinion apply to the present cc- —lle did not think the letter of Mr. Fox applied in
casino, it was only required to change the object, ' the present. instance. In the case of Reeves, it was
namely, Courts of Justice, into the House of Com- never agitated that any commitment should take
mons, and with them it must be acknowledged, that place, and yet that was a case of libel ; and although
whenever Courts of Justice lose that right, they lose it was contended, on one side, the book ought to be
their authority amongst the people. Judge Blackstone, , burnt by the common hangman, and on the other,
who had been appealed to as an authority, certainly that his Majesty's Attorney-General should be di-
went on to state, that if 'contumeilous behaviour was meted to prosecute, which was the epinion of Mr.
practhed, an attachment immedisesly ensued, as a ne- Pitt, yet what was the consequence? Why, he was
cessary consequence. This auth, ray, like the present acquitted by a Jury. After. such an acquittal, how
under discuss on, could not be traced to its commence- would the commitment of that House have appeared
treat. Did his Hon. Friend recollect, there was once Mr. Fox in delivering his sentiments upon this sub-
a time when a Lord Chancellor, the Keeper of they ject, says, all Courts, Lords and Commons, have
Great Seal, attempted to deprive them of the deci- all. usurped power in the exercise of these rights.
sion upon the election of their Own Members ? The I Being now called upon, be could not preneunce
power of that House resisted the attempt, and pre- the publication of Sir Francis Burdett a libelous at-
served their independence ; and he hoped the day tack upon the privileges of that House. When the
would come, when the sense of the people, expressed i question of Mr. Gale Jones was first brought for-
by their Repsesentatives in that House, would remove ward, the Bill of Rights had been referred to ; and
from their situations, those men who incompetently di- I there was one clause mentioned, which was certainly
seated the affair; of-the colliery. In support of the doe-lin:4de to _protect them against the Crown, instead
trite he laid down, he would cite a case in 1774 e when of being exercised in any other manner. In the
Mr. Woodfall was imprudent enough to reflect upon conduct of the charge against Mr. Gale Jones, there
the conduct (S the person who then filled the Chair of i were many Opportunities of avoiding the didiculties
the House cf Commons. The question then was, wile-' in which they were placed, and from which at present
• ther Mr. Woodfall should be committed ? But Mr. it seemed way difficult to extricate themselves. He
Woodfall having stated his author to be Mr. Horne, deprecated that spirit which busied itself in putting
end the latter Gentlemen being brought up, pleaded the worst construction upon the words of Sir Francis
not guilty ; and at that time there was not one word Burdett. From no motives of alarm, but from a sense
heard about the privileges of the House. It was the of propriety, he was not disposed to*pusL.this case to
more extraordinary, because an acrimonious discus- the utmost extremity unor chid he think it right to
sion took place, and the Most eminent characters of ont-herod Herod, in cases of this description.—
the country, Fox, Thurlow, Loughborough, &c. He thanked his Learned Friend, the Master of the
took part in the dele-te ; but it never occurred to Rolls, and the Noble Viscount Milton, for their en-
them tbet the House of Commons did not posses the deavours that the question should be well consi-
s:ower to commit either Mr. Woodfall or Me- Horne. tiered before the House came to a vote. He
It was for the times in which we lire, to dispute could not help also returning his thanks to his Learned
such -power aed privilege, and he almost consi- Friend, Sir Samuel Romilly, for his speech, •which
skied it a waste of their time- to refer to •any other was not only replete 'with argument, but did honour
orceedent. With respect to the case of 1701, there to the breast which dictated it. Under every consi-
was then a division upon the privilege of the House &ration, he would recommend that the question
Commonsoaf ; and it would be obeeeved, that Sir Ro. should -be postponed to a period out of the Session,
Bert Walpole was one of the tellers for the majority. and that Mr. Gale Jones should be forthwith liber-1
It had been admitted in all. slmes, and receieuized ated. He was not in the habit of•alwaye agreeing
by every great authoritys gnat the power of Courts with the Hon. Baronet. He had only one fault, he
.•sa Law could not resoles. the privileges of the House exaggerated ; he (Mr. Whitbread) meant the Brie=
ci Commons. The greet Lord Holt never delivered vances of the country. The Hon. Baronet was in the
.• epinion against ill& haring power to commit. habit of speaking in the superlative mood -but ha
4- was no argumene to adduce the conduct of an could say, net with an intention to do any injury.—
int( operate Coramittee, as an indemnity to the The Place Bill was the destruction of the Irish House
I;l,4:Terence of an individeal. When, in tho case of- Parliament, and he would ask the• Noble Lord
I Crosby, a isruLas Corpus was m ,ved ,r, aid the (Castlereagh) if it was not tote case ? But the pre-
oueseon was argued bclo:e the Court of Common seat nstairce was contrary ; they began with Wife,
Pleas, eeid about the same time in the Exchi over, by imprisoning Gale Jones, and would end in degra-
the Judges never questioned the privileges of teat j ding one of their 'own body. He would conclude, by
Heise:. He would refer to the expressions of Lard giving them advice to liberate Gale Jones, and put the
Ch'eff Justice Grey, Dennison, and Forster, who dl i present motion beyond contention.
'sr aintaiited there was no -reason t • question the • Mr. CANNING regretted that this business had
iicges of that House ; and would they be disposed i been at all brought under the. notice of the House ;
to overturn such great authories, by that of a single but as it was, he could not consent to pass it by as •
case, supported oely by the 4eclaration of Lord Ken- the last Speaker proposed. The Howse could not-'
yogi ? La favour of the cloc.trine he now laid down, he shut its eyes to its own privileges, by overlooking
-had the anthority of Judge Blackstone, Lord Coke,- such a publication. At the same time that he pressed
end Chief J 1; ee I-12,1e, whose opinion on this sub- , this upon their attention, he begged it to be under-
ject was more particularly expressed in a manuscript, stood, that nothing was more foreign to his motives
now ia the possession of the learned Mr. Hargrave. than any feeling of unkindness towards the author of
In his and notes upon the Commentaries of . that publication. On the contrary, indeed, he thought
C 4 ke upon Littleton, there would be found a reference highly of the natural disposition of that Honourable-
to his manuscript. He had therefore applied to Mr. Baronet; and was decidedly of opinion that his ta-
li
rgraYc, and he had found the opinion of Judge lents were such as propemly directed, might render
1.-i le expressed to this purport, " that to commit for great benefit to his country, and great credit to him-
ach of p;;ivilege by long and accustom d self. To the Resolutions-before the House- he could
.1 a ge,. to the House of Commouv."—ln addition to not he:„itate to give his assent, and he did-fnot appre-
:.ll other authorities. on this question. • 'ere was held that the decision of the,Honse, in' securing its
thst of ,h diustrious Mr. Fox, whose nsw rto an priy:l•:ws, would be liable to' misconception among
i airy e•cting the power •of the House, was, that any urn_-t- of per:ons. As to any ulterior
procee
utemi.t alone would justify commitment. Every he e-)mild n.-t say ane thing of it until he knew what it.
h Sc would supply thP.ktrgooisut, that it the House was.. et le: :loped it would he.sucleas to correspond
uld be libelled cellectively, it could be libelled also in the duty of tic house to administer justice with an

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stand tend, and as to ensure site- concurrence Of a with
littOind numerous nisjolty-:- • - . able Baronet to prison. If a few individuals sitting its
1 ! Mr. PONSONBY—o Sir, as far as I :unconcerned, a coffee-room were to be committed for questioning
thave-nothing to accuse m/ielf with. If I had been- the proceedingsof the House, it would reflect discos-
4irthe house, I would have- opposed.the committal of dit. If ache could not nd the wertly Bad heard
!fee* us.. It is' thenarrative of 'Sir Francis. Burdett, that it was the intention or the HonourableMover to
eistrielostateelthat this House has not a right to commit send Sir 'Francis Burdett to the Tower ; if so, he
any indisiainal 'to prisoneeecept one of'its own Mem- would vote against such a motion: He requested
I bers,and hegroundshisargtementsupon Marta Charm; the-Honourable Gentleman would inform the House
I.that is, he must be tried by hiSPeers before his Punish- whet he intended to do ? I (said Mr. Sheridaqwill
' ment. I differ from the Hon. Baronet in his political not hurt a hair of his bead. . • :
'views; in private life I have not-the honour of know- aft. LETHBRIDGE said, it was not his listen•
ing him ; but for his ability and integrity, I-would don to reply
.to all the observatioos. mode ',respecting
give him full credit.--('Hoax, hear.) I shall repeat his ,motives for bringing forward the. motion, but he
my words, and perhaps more forcibly ; that, from the roseoo reply to 'the Right Hon. Gentleman who lied
conduct of the Honourable'.Baronet in- this House, just sat down. Ho conceived that it was regular for aey
he merits my highest encorniums,--(kar, hear)—hose- Member to take the proper steps to discuss whit her
ever in some things I may differ from him. Will considered a breach of privilege ; but whatever might
net the Freedom of the Press be allowed, in some be the- opiniori of other- Gentkrrien, he should lay
measure ?—(Hear, hear.) 1 mean --the Liberty of doven a line .or conduct for himself.. He considered '
it the constitutional liberty of it, which fairly he-conduct of the Honourable Baronet to be each.
animadverts on all public measures and men, bht that no man alio felt for the dignity of the House of
the individuals exercising which, if they go beyond Commons could approvei •He brought the mo-
t certain latitude, are -answerable, 'and,- perhaps, eion foto-era as an inexperienced aiernber, and• if the
'too often brought into a Court of Justice. A die- Houle thought limper to proceed, the, Resolution.;
- cretienary power ought never to be overstrained.— were in thtir, hands.
r assert that the privileges of this House are part o , Sir R. SALISBURY rose, and intimated his oxen •
the laweof the land ; and I would defy any Lawyer, tioe toe move the committal f air Francis.Burdett to
in. a . court of Justice, to argue that it could take. the Tower, if the House should decide that the lerer
ander itsejurisdiction the privileges of this House. was a libel. %. •• • .
The laws-of Parliament are alone the foundation , Mr.. SHERIDAN explainedtantl expressed his in-
oflera our' privi • ' : As to 'the question whether the tention to move an adjournment, if it was the inten.
letter of Sir . ncis Burdett is or is not libelous,. .tion of the Gentleman opposite to vote the con:ana-
-1 have had many revolutions in my mind, and /tent of the worthy Baronet. - .
still it is not settled.:" But I would ask, whether it TheSOLICITOR GENERAL of SCOTLAND
was not lawful for' the Honourable Baronetto discuss supported the resolutions. .
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the conduct of this Htiose? and I will say, it is 1113. Captain PARKER said- there could not be a
possible for any man rcOrtteasure words. Ido not say attonger proef elect-the Jetter was a.libel than the
I would have gone the Otenedengths--o(Hear.) Can 'apprmlacc qf•ille:mpl).*llkli had .„assembled round
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it be denied that the Peopletave-a'right to debate the the sioneao.... ~,e.. - . • , o's • • _
necessity of a Reform is Parliament?. which might The 4.TTORNE't .EliftßAL contended, that
be considered by some, inside the: House, and others the publication vras-a libel; - -
out, that it was too great a privilege; yet they had that . - "I4r. ADAM explained, arid expressed his intentice.
, right, and would maintain at. (Hear; hear, hear.)-. Iris -to *love an amendment. --- ss
the first time, I must acknowledge, that- reSolutiters: .:Lotcl PORCHESTER thought that Ministershaa
stood in the face of the House, staring at them, with: evinced. a 'vindictive spirit; and on that ground he was
out giving a knowledge of how they intended•to -pros4 inclined- tcatppose the :Resolutions, as it was not pos-
ceed. I would wish it to be understood; if you intead siblethe7rnotion emiteneledfor could be discussed with.
' to move for the committal of the Honourable Baronet; -beep:nil*. coolness aooi4nepeniality.
you shall have my decided opposition. The letter in The Right Hon. WELLgSL.EY POLE said, he
question did not call for your interference ; it is had been surprised by the repression vindictive, et-
below the dignity of a House of -Commons to spy, 'tered by the Noble Lord. He trusted the Hoes.'
seek, and look after causes, to call their privileges in would give hire credit for impartiality. A more gree,
question. What are you doing ? only making. the !mil, and scatidelotis libel, had heverein his opines,
man, whom you would wish to put down, more po- occupied the attention ed.:Parliament, and if it oft;
pular. The case of Mr. Wilkes cannot be out of decided to be a libel-by 'the-sense of the House, le•
your recollection ; the present is nearly similar ; by 'thought ,it their duty to- Conetnit• the'author to thz.
an ill-timed policy you would frustrate the object you Tower. He thought many of the Members who
lied
aim at. I cannot be thought, or considered for a not spoken with freedom during the debate,' were in•
moment, as the pupiL of the Honourable Baronet.— timidated.by what had passed nut of doors.
He has never served me, or those-1 have had the ho- Here an Hon: Member spoke to order, and cone
nour of co-operating with ; the comparison is bad; plained that the observation made by a Right Hon.
but he has often put us on -an equality ; still I think Gentleman was unparliatnentary ; it was, 'however,
he is entitled to every thing from his ingenuousness decided by the Speaker, that the Right Hon. Member
—Hear.) —I again repeat, that such a vote as that was not out of order. He then continued and stated,
of ordering the Honourable Baronet into custody, that he had been induce -to allude to the transactios
shall have my decided opposition. It is not required ; without the doors, by what- had happened on his was
the zra of the country does not call for it ; and if it to the House. Passing through the ball, he hot
is carried into execution, the very name of the liberty been surrounded by.a-mob, many of whom exclaimed
of the press is done away with:=( Loud cries of Hear, " Buraett for ever I". and other .words. He thought
hear.) the House would do its duty to the -country, which
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER' looked up To them for protection.
said, it was impossible to say the libel complained of Mr.WILBERFORCE objected to the ResoAmlutient,
was,a fair discussion tif a constitutional question.— and declared his intention of voting for the erel-
He thought- the House ought to follow up the ol- ;nem likely to be moved by the Honourable an!
fence, if they considered the letter a libel, with fair Lea'ined Gentleman, Mr. Astern.
and liberal punishment. Mr. LYT FLETON said a few word's in dsap-
Mr. GRATTAN said, the question, as pressed by probation of the Resolutions. •.? •
the other side, rather diminished than increased tho Sir JOHN NEWPORT' diapprovo,l of the seve•
i dignity of the House. He thought it mule. ceslAry to ray Nihieh 'Ministers had expressed 11.eir willingness.
notice the letter which had been the subject ee eerie.' to adopt. •
plaint. A man might discuss the poster or i strli.:- Mr. SHERIDAN demanded to know who the non
ment, and if it- waf intemperate, it win. ulinecessary was in that. Raa ;e who would move for the ulterior
to *Oki it; because the dises.sion left e e House measure of seacting the Hon. Baronet to the Tower;
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Without any creditor satisfaction. A question of this
...e left t.t to the original mover of these Resolutiors
sort was always a contest between a giant and a ~.-t re.:on:lle to the feelings of public spirithis cnndua
dwarf, and the consequence always must be, that upon .hat occasion- lie had leagued himself to th:
the dwarf would be-. raised, while the giant vs as di- i rreasary, and bee line a stepping-stone in this wart
rninished. . The public would not consider whether 1,,t p,,rseention against that respectable character.
the dwarf had insulted the giant, but they would feel Sir ROBa'RT SALISBURY said, that he vat
that the dwarf wanted protection, and therefore they the man who would move the ulterLord Fior mealksuesretoe. .
would shield him. A div took place upon o.
Mr. BLACHFORD supported the resolutions. amendment, AyesBo--Against it 271—Maje er
hnbYri 1?1'
Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL supported the —The two resolutions proposed by Mr. Ltuge
• amendment, but thought the privileges of Parliament
oueht to be maintained. were carried without -a division.
'General MATTHEWS complained that the Ho-
nourable mover of the resolutions did not knew what to the Toever, a debate of some length took place, sa
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Francis
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be
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he was doing. The Hon. Member had spoken' of his ring which strangers were excluded. .
hair standing on end, but be bad not spoken in any To this Motion, -an Amendment
way to afford inf rrnation to the House. He was Mr. ADAM, that the Honourable Baronet shoo att
conviticed that the House had no right to commit the reprimanded in his place.
Hon. Baronet. On many occasions the worthy Ba- The House having divided the numbers were%
miles had been branded by Gentlemen on the other For the Amendment i 52,—FtIrthe Original Motion 139-3:
side of the House, with the term of Jacobin, Demo- joritY, for Sir Francis Btirdett's Committal 97.
crat, and Demagogue ; but the country knew Sir t. , Adjeo , rued at Halftpaseeleven. was propesei. b. y
' Burdett, and bow to appreciate his talents. If Mi-
nisters sent him to the Tower, it would be against ,
the good wishes of every friend to his country. He
fully coincided not only with every expression in the
publication complained of, but in the whole political
conduct of his Hon. Friend (Sir Francis Burdett).—
If there was any observation tie- which be gave his
concurrence with more sincerity, than another, it
was that that House had not a leg to stand upon.
Lord MILTON considered the Letter a libel, yet
he should feel it his duty to move an amendment, if
n.) other Member were inclined to anticipate his sen-
timents. The Noble Lord then stated the substance
ef a motion which it was his intention to move, namely
that it was impossible for the House to pass over the
inferences drawn by Sir Francis Burdett, and that
s :me passages of his publication amounted to a breach
of the privileges of Parliament. ._
A motion to this effect having been put,
Mr. WYNNE contended that the Letter was a
Breach of the Privileges of Parliament.
Mr. HU'rCHINSON gave his negative to the Re-
solutions.—Mr. CURIVEN and Ma. Small also disap-
proved of the Resolutions.
Lord G. GRENVILLE thought the letter a she
lation of the Privileges of the House.
Mr. FOLEY declared Isis intention to vote icr :'roc
previous question.
Mr. SHERIDA.N denied the right which heel loos

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