The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-03-05 00:00:00

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

Lord TEYNtuat rose and said that he thought it due to their
lordships as well as himself, to take that opportunit/to qopf-
ptaiu of a most atrocious attack which ifis made in -the .tan-
(lard newspaper of that evening against him (Lord Teynham)
and the noble lord behind him (Lord King.) In the article to
w.hkh he alluded the noble lord and himsett..were called "We
devil's advocates," (a laugh) "the Church-hating gemini," and
werein fact represented to be "scoundrels," because they had
presented petittotis'eolnptaining of abuses connected with the
ti a system, and praying for relief. NoW he would solemnly
declare that in presenting such petitions
,as had been intrusted
to him upon that subject, and which he considered it his duty
to present, he had 'never. been wanting in that respect towards
the Church of England which it was his duty as well as his in-
clination to feel, and which indeed it Mitild he a most repre-
lusible thing on his part not to entertain. lie really thought
that the honour and dignity cif.the house inquired that a stop
should be put to such slanderous and calumnious attacks upon
members of it, and with that view he begged to give notice that
ire would to:indrrow Move that the editor and Fitter of 'fha
paper be called to their lordships' bar to insiver'fbr their e6fit
dud. -

the Lorin CHANCELLOR begged to remind the noble lord, in
the first place, that the question to be now put was, that the
petition that was presented by the noble marquess do lie upon
the table, and in the next place, that even were that disposed
or, he. did not conceive that the mode of proceeding adopted by
the noble lord was the usual one in midi cases. Ile appre-
hehded that it was not usual to give notice of proceeding touch-
ing-the'privileges of that house. The noble lord must be aware
that a.motiort of that 'kind took precedence of-all-other buSiness,
whitever, -and theridore, if the house was to take up a Matter of
this description, their lordships should, not only int justice-to the
paper, tselt; but to the house, proceed, to its consideration in-
4iatiter. . Their doing so would not depriVe the parties in ques-
tion of the means of gettitg full notice to prepare their deteno
when called on, and therefore he would -repeat, Aliat:it:the hOtige
should decide—a decision that he for one should deeply tacit lit
—to call the printer of this paper to the bar for such a trumpery
article, their lordships should decide to do so at once. He was
sure thathis 'noble friend, (Lord King) who, it appeareithad
'icon SO attacked in this article, would not join with the noble
b'aixin in demanding to have the printer called to their lord-
.ships' bar, and indeed he loped that the noble baron (Teyn-
bath) would himself see that the more dignified course wohld be
riOt to notice such a ,matter. If, however, the noble baron
sliiihrdsPersist in his motion, the question-as to calling those
persons to the bar should be deemed at once, for aliundaht
notice would be thus given to thein, and abundauttitne afforded
to them to prepare for their defenc?..
'Lord TEYNHAM said that if other noble lords did not care
shout such attacks, he should not mind them either. After.
what_ had occurred, he would not persevere with his intended
motion on this subject.