Star.
London, England, 1810-05-12 00:00:00

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.of opinion that it was• absurd to argue on th•-•:e1,•,
principle of destrqing.the privilege- ' Pa,;
was encouraged, the King n:ilbt order ti:,.l;‘
ment of Foot Guards to maim into the
Lords and take their feats as Peell. Tim the
of Parliameinntstlsfihceothum,lsdi
convinced was the first principle of the Connit;•l*
that power it might perhaps abuse ; but it
not, therefore, fao.ander the jurisdiction of as
rvitoi
with
equal
decide on the conduct of that of King's Bench.
Coloonsmiorinuilrtiavapnipoidliatiaeiarnlowedhi
and the opinion of that Committee was, that
bert Sawyer ought to be heard by Counsel, 4141,
Attorney General was directed accordingly to (1,1,.
him. There was another case, which was an art,,
brought by my Lord Peterborough for aCICII,
which was compromised by the payment old
to the amount of £l5O. l'he3e cases, howe‘er .•
sufficient to stew, that in all times the posseranc,
thorny of the House had been exercised, and -
denied, when it became a question in any of t,
Courts of Law. In addition to these, Gently
if they would take the trouble to refer to k
North's Life of the Lord Keeper Guildford, vA,
.find a case in which one Burdon, an AttelTer,
ing infringed the privileges of thii HJuse, utsord•
ed intJhe custody of the Sajeant at Arms; it
happened, that before the Set jeant at Arms col
arrest Burdon, the -House was prorogued, and
don brought his action of damages against the
rant for assaults,as often as he attempted to taker
'Burdon resisted the execution of the warravt,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose te oak;
fall and entire approbation to the explicit state/
of the LcArned Gentleman, in answer to the TPA
which the Noble Lord had given, why the H.
should not be allowed to hold the possession of
jurisdiction which they claimed. The whale of
arguments of the Noble Lord went to inculce
opinion that if this jurisdiction was allowed, th
was unconstitutional, because the subject must
having no Court to which he could apneal in ca:
wrong. It that argument went for any thing, it
equally applicable to a Court of Law, Ire
making every allowance for the infirmi:ies of
nature, the decision might be that tlic House h.
right to imprison, and that might be supposed;
ror in judgment. He would suppose an actint
brought in the Court of Common Pleas, and suw
decision was come to, that a WTI it of error was I/
the King's Bench, and that the Judges sllonl,
lude tqgether to defeat the law of the lant'.
could nut for a moment believa), and that the J,
resort was the Huse of Lords, who should, or.
appeal, come to a similar decision. Then, he,
:ask, what remedy had the party aggrieved who
fered by the decision I—Would it be contended,
because a jurisdiction might, in the exercise et
abused, that, therefore, it could not exist in it
Such a proposition was monstrous, and if

obtain, must not only put an end to all the price
but also to the adniinistratioa of justice
Court in the kingdom. The Learned G;•,;,
opposite had so well elucidated the subj:ct,
*as not necessary for him to say more on th:1;
of the case, to allow the interference of a;,v
lower Courts would be to part with all juri.:
as well might it be sa:d that the Court of
Session had the right of interfering with the C'
King's Bench, or the highest tribunal, the Hole
Lords, as that the Court of King's Bench coil'
trout the jurisdiction of this House. The How
Commons were the sole judges of their own j
leges, and of the event of them. When the
came before another Court, th tt. Court would
to the decision of this House. in regard to its
leges, by that decision they are bound. and nue
accordingly.
Mr. PONSONBY observed, that the only qt
now wais, whether the report should lie ou the
and he regretted that the House had not &Tie,
question before they had enter: into what he
ceived to be a premature discusiion. The mime
lug of the report on the table signified no mere
main question, than if he were to talvt off It
and throw it on the table. (4 leash.) He 1
theregeore, that House would put an end to all
!tension on th,.t score, and let the report be lair
the table ; that being accomplished, he hoped
nisters would then muster up resolution enonglt s.
the House tvliat course they meant to recommcni
the occasion.

The question was then put, and the report
to lie on the table.
Mr. DAVIES GIDDY again rose to mike
tion founded on the report. He expressed his
that some Gentlemen named on the Committee
not done their duty by attending in the Canimir
( Hear, Htar,) —lsecause then their opinion,
have been known. The Hon. Gentleman thew
pitulated what he had stated on moving, that t!
port he laid on the table, As to the three modes.
pursued, viz. first, the inhibition to the Courts of
in proceeding in the action ; secondly, as to the
mitaal of every person concerned in aping out the
against the Speaker; or in serving the notice 01
( which would not preclude the parties knot rn
ing in the action), and thirdly the pleading in
nuation, or in b.tr, to the action. He therefore:
move that the Speaker and Setjeant might, as
was nu time to be lost, be permitted to Appeat
plead, meaning to f011,.w up that motion with
ther, that the Attorney-General be directed to i
them. The Hon. Gentleman, after making some
ther observations, moved,

" That the Speaker arid Serjeant be permitted to app
ple:al to the said actions."

On the question king put,
Mr. PONSONBY arose. He presumed 'lt:
motion just made met with the concorren:e
Majesty's Ministers. Before he ;•roczetle.t
to understand whether he was c.orrect in t:i.tt •
sition?
The CHANCELLOR of the XCHl'.(2.'t
said, he had nu hesitation in saying that he adr:sed
motion, and he wished the Hut. Gentleman
always act with the same candour.
Mr. PONSONBY said, if he had been in the
of the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat 4
he would not have drawl, the. House iuto such

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