The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF OF CONIMONS.

Sir T. LETHBRDRIE brought in a Bill to enable
the Trustees of Alms Douses, and other charitable I
foundations, to alienate lands and hereditament*, in ex-
change for equivalent property of a similar nature.—
Read a tirst time, and ordered to be read a second time
on Monday.
Mr. RENETT presented a Petition from IViltshire
complaining of Agrocnltural distress.—Referred to the
Agricultnral Committee.
Drtilk‘l,l2: brought in a Bill for the more effec-
tual pitnisliment of young offenders.—Read a tirst time,
and ordered to he printed.
A Petition was presented from the Clergy of the town
of Brid.rrnorth and its neighbourhood, against the pas.-
ing of the Bill for the Emancipation of the Roman Ca-
tholirs.--t lrilerr,l to he printed.
Mr. CHOKER obtained leave to hrin.• in a Bill for
the Regulation of his 31aiesty's Marine Forces whilst
on shore. The Rill was brought in and read a tirst
time, and ordered for second reading to-marrow.
On the motion of Dr. 1.1 *Silist iTt tN. the Committee
on the Husbandry Horse Duties Bill was postponed till
to morrow.

CATHOLIC CIAIMR.
Mr. CHOKER having adverted to the dream.
stance of the important debate on the Catholic ques-
tion being to come before the House to-morrow, ob-
served, that if it should be the pleaanre of the House
so far to adopt the principle the Bill. as to allow
of a second reading, and send it to a Committee, he
should certainly feel it his ditty to propose ;:s an Li.
structiou to the Committee, that means be afforded
hia'sl to make a provision fbr the Roman Ca-
tholic Clergy.
Ts Flan Manufacturing Encouragement Bill was
read 'a Haft time and passed:
Mr. Ll.-51,11N6T0N broiTilit in a Bill for the Ex-
planation of the various Clauses in Acts relating to
Stamp ditties, which referred to Spoiled Stamps.—
Read a first 'time and ordered to be read a second time
taniarraw.
Mr. LUSIIINOTON laid on the table an account
of the number of Stamps issued fir Dille of Exchange
and Protnialory Notes, from the Ist of Jan. Itt3o, to
the Ist of Jan. IS2I.
Mr. 11. CLIVE presented an .trconnt of the Nuns-
her of Pe sons who hail been couvicteil of crimes
coonected with the forgery of Bank Sates, with iti-
diriclital descriptions of the n dim. of the offences.
BRE %CH OF PRIVILEGE.
Sir RONALD FERGUSON began by declaring the
rehictsnce with which he at alit tune made a complaint
of a Wesel, of the Prisileges 44 that House. He was,
however, iudoced to rise on the present occasion, in row
grommets of paragraphs of a most gross nature which
had appeared in The Morning l'o:.1. An article 14
appeared in that Paper of yesterday, libelled his !too.
Friend the Member for Appleby (Mr. Creevey), anal ail
those who acted with him the oth,w night, in term% i.f
the most unwarrantable nature, representing them as
Jacobins, and people whose only object was to overturn
the Constitution. To-day this was followed up by a
libel of a different character, in the shape of a letter
signed " Eoglishnian.'"flie writer of this letter
accused his Honourable Friend the 51elulon for Ap-
plehy, by innendo, of a species of coward:tat, in a trays-
', action wdlieli hail occurred betwixt him mei an lion.
Hamlet (Sir (1. Warreniler) whom he did not then see
in his place. With respect to that transaction, he (Sir
Ronald) hail to state, that he was the person consulted
by his Hon. Friend, (51r. Creevey)and if there was any
dereliction of dutr„ or any point of honour unsatisfied
os that occasion, it was him, (Sir Roualil) aa;l not that
Hon. Member, that was dishonoured. As *aim as lie
(Sir Ronald) had had an interview with the Noble Lord
opposite (Lord Binning), who acted fur the Hon. Ra-
tline: Ise had no further comminieation withhis Hon.
Friend (Mr. Creevey) till the final arrangement of the
affair; and he would t, that a more has,, false, or
malicious libel never was inserted in any paper, than
that of which be now complained. In conselurtwe of
some words which were dropped in the course of debate
by the Hon. Baronet, (Sir G. Warreniler) seeming to re-
flect on the lion. Member for Appleby. lee (Sir It. Fa-
fawn) had applied to the lion. Baronet fur an explana-
tion ; an explanation did eventually take place of a na-
ture the most proper and satisfactory. The honour of
his Hon. Friend (Mr. Creevey) was entrusted to his
care on that occasion, and feeling under those circuits-
stances that his honour was as much involved as that
of his Ftiettil, having taken the matter in band, he
hoped the House would give credit to the assertion,
that the lionunr of neither of the parties was compro-
mised in any way. A similar libel hail appeared In a
Sunday paper, called " John Bull." As to that paper,
he considered it a stain upon the ',Oil::: Press of the
country—a most malicion-, fal..e, and rascal! e pnblica-
tint'. As far as a party feeling went in .dictating
animadversions, God forbid, a libel of that kind
should he punished. lint the case was altered when it
was prints character that was attacked. And not only
did this paper attack the virtuous living, but it raked np
the ashes of the virtuous dead. The Honourable Ba-
ronet declared, in conclusion, that he should not follow
the example of the Hon. Memlier for Yorkshire, by
moving that the Printer be called to the Bar, but should
content himself with having exposed to the public thi
calumnious libel to the satisfaction of the parties, and
the honour of himself and his friend. Matters of this
kind when once concluded ought not to be revived. He
rout I not sit down witlioat expressing a hope that the
Noble Lord opposite, tvlos acted with him on that 0C.71-