The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-06 00:00:00

• els Mid h • it* i 4
apprebeisil ape , lat such a
upon of Corpir, o dis..
Burge a prOni couenitted, as being iliegalfy ewe.
milted; jtOtas if a malt were to be temieitted for
'Vag that •Bassk Notes haw bccoufe depreciated iu
ottir velar bp their number, sod that were called
• breach ofthe PriOleNcl of the Directors of the
Enelantl. •
lie therefere.thonght it would
!owe emu extremely adriscable to Nave stated in the
•sarrant of coauttittnent.of J. G. Jones what the
sc; was which he did; and, he slid net hesitate to
*dare that, in his jodgment, if that act did not
tiler W something .which was done by the House,
by a Member of the ii•onse, in the character
I such Members it was an illegal ernatnitinent.-
44 be die also further entertain a very great
doubt, whether the Haute of Commons has n right
io commit any nian fur what he said of any Mem-
ter of that House, even in that character; if it re-
eled to his past conduct ; beveuse, if the conduit
,as past, however atrocious the calumny might
k, it was no ohAruction le the _proceedings of
she noose, and therefore it way not necessary for
ate to coattail any person In that case, in.
opport of the•proceedings of the house. That
,se Moose hatl,legai power to.conimit for a con:
t:„:11,t of the limas?, was a proposition which he
r„,d,ly assented to,. and that they had that power
4,0 breaches of privilege whick might have
1-.84,:fe,:t of übstraseting the. proceedings of rho
nut as .the ilow.'Harottet (Sit J: Anateue
e,,s) vemiti have it, for_- a constructive taindruce.
eau to the preieedisigti tif the Aeon, by
at it into di:replete:lOW the pitille; sifter they
ode h Catithat of privilege ,had
lit, be conceived, ton Nitwit Oalttlety and. re- 1
fputient to meet the honest `ipsnmon sense of 1
senkilid; for that no proceeding, could fairly
eel to be obstructed, alter they were user. That
tSg !kuse had power to commit any witness who,
,you legal *summons; refused to attend, • soul at-
wading, refused ttiatiswer, or to bring with
Joeumente justly Required of° him ; or.,
:dm obstructed' a Member in his way to the
}(,,se ; or held out mew°, to intintiiiith a
31er:slier from voting in any way, were pointseriliielt
be readily admitted it as necessary for the pro-
„Jingo of the Manse that it should have that
tower, without trtsiOlt it could riot go on, nor
would the House be everaccure in ,coming to an
tobjassed discussion on any subject. No man
eon% therefore, doubt of the existence, belle
o sun could doubt of the necessity ist•eacis,
twee: But when any thing was published •so
lieeist condilit bf the Roust', ,er any Member
it, not relating to any proceeding then depend.
g IS the Volsci: he certainly entertained great'
aubt of the right of cenimilment in %rich a case ;.'
ist, fiq doubted, 'Weenie it was ;against the most
parfait and sacred principles of justice, be.
not Hit Hoek was in such a ease itself the panty
ievishig and the judges of the accusation; because,
!this prOceeditti, the party accused cannot hear
slat 15 said agaiosti. par ho heard in his own
irreace ; for • would any man say it was cons
Sot to the rules of justice to read a few de-
Itched passages out of a tong work, and heating
slat the accused. had to say, and then ordering
ha W Mire, • -Ind then the acenseras le-
tsiog /firer' titelisitftb*, and argue among
tlAseilves iipon'the ateot of their own power,
beitiad the bai•it of the seceded, :and then corn.
Rail him indefinitely_ without bail ; would
it/ mail, ho asked, say-that this would be eon.
want to the priticiples •of jestice ? lie appre.
kraled it to be impossitle to make such a practice
spar like justice In any degree. What would
be said of a judge whos after he had heard a libel
odd; were to ealLepoit the Defendant for what
him, to say for himself—were their to bear that
Defendant, order him to retire—were to hear evi.
limo and eloquent speeches frdm the accusers be-
lied the Defendant, suet then to call him into
red; and imprison him without hail for an iudc.
hilt period ?. Would.not such a judge deserve to
licimpeached ? certainly he would ; and yet pre.
tad), such was the Case hero; and the ineonveni.
tact: as Weil at irregularity, forit tit only were
the Members of • the ilinise the accitsers and*'the
idgil in their own• cause, 'bit they Proceeded
moreover in evidence, which was not giign under
the sanction of art oath,. • it was true
.that the
ratty here admit ted himself to be the atithir of the
libel; bat he was contending for.thelwinciple upon
which proceedings should beliad. lie had, indeed,
that analogy from (Jousts ofJtistice
was net a role by which the House should 'be
glided; he ownctl he Was not of that opinion,
tut the rub s of justice ought never to be dis.
'larded by any humitratithority. One of these
rules tvess that BO man should be contemned,
uuicartl. That, and some other rules; were
not OlirVITTUrh *fsee the House of Commons,
let above
as Courts efe.lusese, and erewabove
Ineattes-.4estgeetiont. 'All human tribunals
were by. thesive; • for none that was not
fOstkenent natere ct at! inept:ma with such rul..s
!ilfrfe• But it had beetr'said there *ere prece-
WIS inCunrts of base-fee* -Oasiolatitting persons
forlilelling that, Ptheeedingi, its in this case: lie
441 aqt say there- were lest any, but; they were
!ex. lie believed. . There were precedents, it
hs said writ what were •t hey ? —for really Gen.
111" talked much sheet precedents, and said
,t 7 were Now if they were
''lloeerables. of course Some of thesis might
cagilylt
iwntlaced. Where are they ? Where
14 the ;wee llents of commitments of HOW', this
tar illiel4, lir SI embers of this House, for their past.
tv'd4l t if ot:ie, its toy ease is here the accused
prosecuted by any other tribunal of
". L'lmuld be glad,said he, to know where they
Ur, ,
le Only ease which reeemblcs the pre.
*," i° the use' of Attie-or which took
Ned _l_
4OUnt the year 15901- in the reign of
'l` 'r the Tuctori—retigns not remarkable fur
crectiellts to be imitated at the present day by
tkis 'hose, on a point which relates to the liberty
°f
qter the subject ; for much about this time we End
n.r
r '4l en (Elisabeth)s by her Message by the
the
"II , a
!! o order. the House of COOIIIIOOP, on
Honing ..hParliament, -
e '6 sot to Concern
t
Ir4elqs• With, *setters :of state." And again,
sl the subject of her Majesty's marriage, she
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