The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-01-30 00:00:00

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Mr. PONSONBY derived one pleasure from
that dehate, as he was happy to see Gentlemen
were then so anxious to stan.l well with their eon.
stituents. If any wilful misrepresentations were
pithlished, they certainly could not punished
with too much severity. They etainly ought
he correct, but inaccuracies might sonctimes
nucently occur. 1111 did not think the evil qui'e
sti great as some persons were of opinion it was,
as it could be remedied without much a-Acuity,
by the parties noticing any such misrepresentation
in that House, and thus correetieg the error.
'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
did not know what reason the Hon: Gentle.nan
had so particularly. to c•impliment the 'House
on being thus anxious to stand well with the Pub-
lic. He did not know that they were then more
than usually so, or that they had dune any thing
that seemed to bespeak them inattentive to the
duty they owed their constituents. With respect
to the subject before the House, he thought if
brought forward at all, that it ought to have been
not merely noticed, but complained of. Ad the
Hon. Gentleman think it nu inconvenience to be
misrepresented, because every Member might
come down and correct those misrepresentations
that aftcted him ? Was that the dignified low of
conduct he would prescribe to the House?. Ought
any misrepresentations to be made merely because
they could be corrected ? When a Nletr:...r made.
such a correction, the correction rested with the"
same !torsion who had been guilty of the tnisrepre.
sentation. They could give it just as they preased,
or omit it entirely. It had been said, printing lists
of their names was nbt a breach of the privilegos
of that House, itemise the !tripling of the names
had sometimes been ordered by the Members of
it. .Did the lion. Gentleman mean to assimilate
the printing of the names by their own order,
ith that care and accuracy with which they were
then printed, with the Publishers of Newspapers
giving to the Public au erroneous list ? It a cir-
cumstance of that nature were noticed at all, he
' thought it the more dignified way to being it fur.
ward by uav of complaint.
PONSONBY, in explanation, said, he
had been misunderstood. Ile did nut say that no
inconvenience arose from such misrepresem ious ;
on the contrary, he had brit!, that if such were
wilfully male, they ought to boat:wen:ly punished.
• Ile had said, that the evil was nut quite so great
as some Gentlemen sei.med to think, as. It could
be remedied ; but that was uot.saying
ed no inconvenieuce at all. •

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The Chancellor of the Excheqtter expislited.
Mr. %V f 1 i "I' lift EA was sorry- the ifight -lion.
Gentleman appeared su sore when Ins lion. Friend
bad spoke() of the present feeling of the ilottse.
Ile It.td sometimes noticed, that towards the. claw
of the sixth 'Session of a Rirliamen't, th.: Members
appeared more commonly awake to the interests
of the people. lie saw a something of that sort
of feeling titer, in the House. lie hid observed
more on the hecotiti slight of the Session than oft
the fist, and still more on the third. lie was uli.
willing to complain of the count-stet of some news.
!wiper Editors, or he is ight, as his speech had liven_
entirely left out to mite r4ovn for tfic night
motrahle Gentleman's opposite. The Member
for York might have cause to eamplain ; but he
dared tosay, that if ha was misrepresented in one
newspaper, he found a good report of what he
had said its another. Though seine were bad, yet,
upon. the whole, the people were enabled by them
to form a tolerably jug s.sitiinate of the character
of a pu'ulic man. Of all others, he thought this
the most ionocent breach of their picas ges. 'l'i.e
placing an asterisk against a man's name, to mark
another as the representative of a borough, when
erroneous waanot so great as to justify bringing
the Printur to the Bar. lie had been in Parliament
20 yeara,-and never once remembered a case %here
he was not disposed to let the Primer escape ;
and this was the last ease in which he a uuld in-
flict punishment. Ile agreed with the Alembers
for York, in thinking their names ought to be
published, that no ambiguity might attach to their
conduct.

After a few observations from Mr. Banks,
Mr. MANNING briefly replied, objecting
mure to the marks and comments which accom-
panied the [tames, than to the printing of them
alone.
The SPEAKER observed, that though no gees. '
tion was before the House, the debate must have
a Relit, end he hoped they had then arrived
at it. ,•
INFRINGEMENT OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. W. WYNNE said, that in consequence of
the notice of a Noble Lord for a motion for the
Minutes of Admiral Gambier's Trial, he thought
it his duty. to look over those minutes. He was
very much surprised, while reading them, at a let- •
'ter which there diet his eye. Every Member 10..
that House he thought had a right to vote as 'll
dine/fired his duty •e sited -11ftnit him id do, *lt r.
..
out being prcviousty exposed to be interrogated as.
to the vow he meant to give, or subsequently as to
the reasons which induced him so to give it. Lord
Mulgrave, in his letter to Lord Cochrane, had
violated this privilege, as his letter informed the
Noble Lord, that, understanding he intended op-
posing the motion of thanks to Lord Gambier fur
the victory in Basque Roads, he was commanded 1
to ask why he iintended to oppose them, to the'
end that Ministers might be enabled to judge of the
grounds on which his opposition was founded ?
He wondered how the writer of the letter went so
far to infringe the rights of that house. He was
aware that it might be said, ally did he not bring
forward this subject on the Noble Lord's motion
being made ? His reason for nut doing so was, he
thought a question of privilege ought not to be
coupled with any other. Heconcleded by moving
for " A copy of the letter from the Louts
Com-
missioners of the Admiralty for the teial of Lord;
Gambier, dated 15th April, 11109, together with
one dated, hi aykUth, addressed to Lord Cochrane,
and referred to in the former." ' •
Tho CHANCELLOR of this EXCHEQUER
bad no objection to the production of the letters.
Nothing, however, in his opinion, told,' be more
proper than to call upon the Noble Lord to stale
the groUnds on which he intended opposing the
proposed motion; as it was .n.testary that they