Star.
London, England, 1818-04-11 00:00:00

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BREACH OF PRIVILECE.
Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON rose, per,
to his notice, to introduce to the House a tral,-
of which he would endeavour to state the part,
The freedom and independence of that it
considered to be the sources of all i:s power,
ever might be the result of his motion, he fel
was only discharging his duty. They had ;
much of the reproaches on the character oith
contained in petitions. The best answer to the,
be given by the House acting as became s.
aware of the disagreeable nature of the c,,
had to make. He was aware that the reprew.,
of Scotland had been peculiarly an object of
The case he had now to state regarded thr
{Lanark) which be had the honour to repres
explain it, he must observe that last Noreen
months, Sir Alexander Cochrane declarFd
candidate for Lanarkshire at the next elecb
favour, and against him (Lord A. Hari
whole influence of government and their
was exerted, which of itself was unfair and

Ile had communicated his intentions to
Lord to whom he alluded (Lord Douglas,
should not hesitate to say, that the ca,e is
breach of the privileges of the House. Tne
simply this: he had in his hand a letter v-r:
Mr. Thomas Ferguson, an under-factor to •
Lord, and who, in Scotland, must be reg,
acting under the Noble Lord's influence. par
when he said he had that authority. He did
to attack the Noble Lord personally. He
for the privileges of the Huuse. He corn:
with the Noble Lord, whose answer to him
of general denial of his having given E'er:
such authority. Without any disrespect to
ship, however, these were two contrary as
The circumstances were rather peculiar. '
dined to soften much the words he into-:;
used in consequence of the Noble 1aC75..5
the contents of the letter from Fergaso- :
Esq. should be considered true, he shc.l.ll.
sized in using strong terms of criminati':
read Ferguson's letter, in substance as fol.(
" Glasgow, Yitb
" Dear Sir,—According to your desire I co'm
Lord Douglas your wish to have a situation under
for your young friend Mr. Dyke; and I am auttn,
that if you support his Lordship's views in pain..
election, his Lordship will secure an eligible sinatior
friend, which will be of great advantage to him ;
independent of the Munition family, I think yoa .
of Lord Douglas's offer.
" If you have not made a protr.ise to Lord Artkilv
ton, I think you have good ground to get clear off;
you mention regarding your vote, you certainly
well used. If an application is made to you from
family to promise your vote, I think you should n
til I see you in Glasgow, when I will 'ell you all
Alexander Cochrane is not at home now, or I wo
ten more particulars. Move the goodness no: :c
matter until the whole is arranged. I wr;te to
hope that I shall have the pleasure of wiry you a'
at Glasgow.—l am yours, &c. "Tioum
" Directed to William Dyke."
Though he should not make a person]
was proper for him to call for examinati,
ter mentioned himself and Sir A. Cochran,
sired Mr. Dyke not to mention the matt
was arranged. Some authority, it .rcule
been given to Ferguson. His question to
glas, and that Noble Lord's answer, were
general. Mr. Dyke had written to sa:,
not believe Ferguson had had Lcrd Dc.
thority. But either Lord Douglas cr
connected with him must, he thought.
some authority ; for Ferguson was, in fa
his Lordship's factor , but his being in
ment of Lord Douglas was not very ma:
point was, whether any such authorit;
Was it likely that Mr. Ferguson would
of his Lordship, and make such an offer,
authority ? There appeared two ways of
either to move to call Ferguson to the '
fer the case to the anneal Committee
He should move to call him to the bar.
quent step might be adopted by orders:
Advocate to prosecute. He was not
precedent to direct him. There was a;
which occasioned some difficulty. It
that it would not be fair to call up a ma:.
ledge conduct for which he might after=
secuted. However, he could perceive -
jection to calling him to the bar, and
House might come to some decision. •
moved that Thomas Ferguson be ordered
on the 21st instant.
Mr. C. WYNN said the letter slur,
the Clerk, to which Lord Archibald "
no objection.—The Clerk then read chi
Mr. W. DUNDAS said, he thoucht
correspondence which had taken pare
Noble Lord ;opposite and Lord Dougl
Lord might have spared his motion—(
hear! 1-corn the Opposition.) lit.e co,
the Noble Lord on the subject, he was
be able to satisfy the House---(Loud
hear, from the Opposition)—for he ws
Loud Douglas to declare to the Hoots
nour, that he never did give any only,
to make any such promise as was ant
letter which had been read to the Ht
desired too by that Noble Lord to star
sure the House was too generous to
qualified and express denial, and too
any unfounded suspicion--(Hear,
therefore conceived, that after hay
statement by the desire of Lord Doti
could not agree to the motion now bt
implying a distrust in the word of
Nobleman (No, rto ! from the Oppo:n
not sit down without reminding tr
whose motion was before the Ilcu:e
ing—" that a man who lives in a
not throw stones"—(Laughter.) For
Lord complained of the influence ly
he himself was supported and assisto
a person of no ordinary rank—for •
by the father of the Noble Lord--',,
would oppose the motion.
Mr. WYNN.—This was a case of
a most serious innovation on the r
House. After the letter which had
impossible to deny that the offence h;
ted by sonic one. That it was dor
glas, no man eould for a moment st
positive denial which that Noblema'
be given on hit- part to the charge.

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an offer, widiants:j terferea
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to the bar, or so ta sayings
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to the bar. A which
by ordering the Lail Learnt
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be ordered to =mil what •
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