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ARzragert.AßY PROCEEDINGS.
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ROUSE 010 LORDS IDLY 115.,
The ROTA *sent was declared by CoMmistion to the Capital
Punishment CoMtnutation Bill, Capital Felonies Regulation,
and the Privately Stealing Punishment Bills, and to the Scotch
Malt Duties Regulation Bill; together with a few private or
local Bills.
The Lords Commissidners were the- LORD CMANCILLOR. the
Earl of Saarzessaav and Earl BAIWURVT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR) in the way of notice to the
parties, stated that the attendance of Counsel, Agents, Jce. may
be necessary, on the 17th of August.
Their _Lordships
.then adjourned for some time, during plea-
' sure. On the resuming of the House,
The Insolvent Debtors' Bill was returned from the Com-
mons, with the acquiescence of that House to their Lordships
amendments therein.
Lord CALTIIORPE moved for a Return of all the Com-
mitments and Convictions which base taken place under the
Gantt Laws, from the year 1814 to the present period. Ills
Lordship observed, that althongh he did not then intend to enter
into the policy of those laws, he could not help remarking that
they were framed when 'society was in a very different situation
from which it was as this time. The established exclusive pri-
vileges which were not 'compatible with a'high state of civilizi-.
Lion, cosnawroet and the wealth which towed in its train, had
raised up numerous classes of society, possestdog opulence that,
did not arise from great landed possessions, and who were na-
turally desirous to purchase game, as well as the other luxuries,"
while their wealth enabled them to offer an irresistible tempta-
tion to the poor and hardy peasantry who would violate the laws
to procure it for them. It was his intention in making the pre-
sent motion, to afford their Lordships an opportunity of consi-
dering a most-important subject, and one closely interwoven
with the best interests of the country; for the Game Laws did
great mischief to the morals of, the people, as they taught•them
to look lightly upon fraud as the means sof violating laws held
to be unjust and oppressive; but they were peculiarly injurious
as affecting most deeply that class upon which the health and
strength of every other class was founded.—Ordered.
Lord LIVERPOOL moved, that all the sealed Papers rela-
tive to the charges against the Queen, which had been commu-
nicated to the House by the Royal command, from the 6th to
the 28th of June inclusive, should be returned to the Office of
the Secretary of State for the Home Department.—Ordered.
On the motion of the Earl of Snarressurr, it was ordered
that the Committee of Precedents be empowered to report from
time to time.

a tendency to obstruct 'the course of their proceed-
ings, was by common la* an offence. It so' hap-
petted, however, that any motion connected with the
present case would be an anomaly ; as there was tic;
instance of Parliament taking notice of a libel on an
accused person who was the object of a legislitiee
proceeding before Parliament. There existedithere-
fore, no precedent for them to be guided by ; but he
apprehended that it was the duty of that House to i*
terfere in the present instance, as much for the pur-
pose of protecting the individual, as to secure to
themselves the exercise of a free opinion on the cast.
The question, ,as it appeared to him,• was, whether it
was not the duty of Parliament to afford the same
protection as the common law of the laird afforded to
all delinquents who were sub judice in civil, criminal,
and ordinary Courts. The question being, as he had
stated, entirely a new one, it was not for him to re-
commend to the House the come it ought to pursue;
he should content himself with stating his owu huni-
ble opinion. He 'distrusted himself too much to go
kgrearer length thnn this, but after he had taken the
matter in hand, he had done his best to elucidate it.
had given the subject his best consideration, and
he confessed he felt a strong inclination to think that
it ought to be considered in the light of a breach of
the privileges of Parliament. The Honourable and
Learned Gentleman then proceeded to. detail the
whole course of the proceedings 'which had taken
place in Parliament with respect to the Queen.—
That House had authorised the searching of the
Journals of the House of Lords, the result of which
was, that the Report of a Committee_ of the other
House, pledging that House to a judicial inquiry,
was now on the table of the House of Commons.--
This, in his opinion, was proof that they had recog-
nized the existence of the inquiry. It shelved that
there was a pending inquiry id Parliament which that
House had not abandoned, but only suspended.--
They were pledged to nothing—they had committed"
themselves to nothing, but there was that before the
House which shewed them that there was in esse an
inquiry going on in Parliament. The question, ac-
cording to this sari;ument, then was, whether that
class of delinquents which were only cognizable by
Parliament, were hot to receive that protection from
Parliament, which all delinquents received from ordi-
nary tribunals? Were they to suffer an accused person
to be run down by pamphlets out of doors, every one
of which, in ordinary cases, would be made the sub-
ject of prosecution? With respect to the offence it-
self, he thought there could be no doubt that it was
one of a most heinous nature ; and if the Ilouse were
unwilling to make a precedent of it, he should pro.
pose that an instruction be given to the Law Officers
.of the Crown to take the matter in hind. In the opi-
nion of all the greatest and most enlightened judi-
.cial characters the country had ever produced, the
calling a person under trial a criminal, or attempt-
ing in any way to prejudice his case, was-looked upon
as one of the greatest attempts to prevent the course
of justice known to the law. The writer in question,
in the present case had'not only attempted to create
prejudice against the Queen of England, now on her
trial, but had actually convicted her by anticipation.
He said, " that if she was fOund. on the pavement,
she would be sent to Bridewell and whipped." This
was the way he spoke of an individual who had al-
ready received the Address of that House, and re•-•
specting whose conduct the House of Lords had pro-
nounced that a solemn inquiry should be instituted.
It was a case loudly calling for protection,—it was
an offence totally involving the breach of every ten-
timent of Christianity. The Learned Gentleman
quoted a variety of cases which bad occurred in the
ordinary Courts of Justice, in which the hues ference
of the Judges had been exercised in protection of the
accused against attempts made to prejudice their
case out of Court. The essence Of the offence of this
writer consisted in branding with criminality a per-
son not convicted nor tried. He would leave it to
the House at large to determine whether they would
allow the Queen of England to be exposed to those
outrages, from which the meanest individual in the
lowest Court would be protected ? Under these cir-
cumstances, if the House should -think that a breach
of privilege had been committed, he should move
that the offence be made the subject of a prosecution
at common law. He should conclude, therefore, by
moving—" That it is the opinion of the House that
the Publisher of the Western Lurniniky has been
guilty of a breach of privilege." Re moved that the
Paper in question be read. .., . • . '
The SPEAKER said, the Houseimust tinders' tand
whether the Honourable and Learned Memberoffered
the Paper as a breach of privilege, or id what shape
he offered it ?

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The Lords Committee, appointed to examine into, and re-
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House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given, by Commis-
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Mr. WETHERELL said, he should first Move that
it was a breach of privilege.
The Hon. and .Learned Gentleman having, at the
SriAlma's suggestion, seored under the par t which •
be complained of.as a breach Of vilege,- • .
:I The Clerk • then read as follows :-.4" Shall she who
is as notoriously devoted to Bacchus as to Venut-
one, who if found in the streets, Would be Aippea
'and sent to,BrideWell—be held up in the light of suf-
fering innocence?'
• Mr. WETHERELL wished that the whole letter
should be read, in order that the connection of thak
partiCular part with the whole shOuld be :sea.
The Clerk actor tingly read
.the letter from the he.
ginning, and ctiatiaired reading, wail interrupted by
Mr. fIERNEYi who observed; -thatlke.:thought
enough had been read to..ciritrile• the:particular pas.
sagealluded to, With -her Majesty the-Queen. .
I,li. WETHERELL. then rnovect,th4 That it be a
Resolution of till, Heusi/obit it appearkng.ta them
that "thetiiqtiky' at preset; PeAdlng. in Parliament
might become tbi:sitbject of a Bill of Painr and Pe.
.naltieseor other grocsedings htthat Rotise,:that
per, under the cirturristancei tile: Ow', teas a. boach
:of the briiileges .df the UMW,"
Sit' cflol4SLEY:•SgeteljaiLibi
lie,hoped tbe•House would put nth
flagraut interference with the course orthelr proceeJ-