The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-07 00:00:00

MR.IIO3HOUSE AND HIS 11.113F.19 CORPUS.

The proceedings in the Court of King's Bench
Siturday, upon this subject, so interesting to
onstitutional liberty of the subject, we have
:nee at sufficient length for every reader to corn-
aka.' their nature. The decision of the Judges
n canisot .ay surprises us in the least we had
'aperaled it : yet we'are of the same mind as to the

avasfilvtionality of the warrant which committed
It Holmes! to Newgate. Mad he been a Member
ithe House of Commons, they might have" made
hr with their own ;" or had the libel, or the ob-
srartion to their proceediags, been committed in
heir local, or within their purlieus, we admit they
ihr.ld hare bad an authority over him. As it
Tn, the proceedings of Parliament wera not in-
estapted by what he had done : and if it were an
bee, as imputed, the Conrts of Law might
liprly take cognizance of it. The manner in
dih the House has taken op the case, we repent,
rictitrary and alarming. We who are in the
isb:.t of considering and calling the House of Com-
aoib corrupt, may be said to libel it, and be corn-
aitie,l to prison artordihirly by the Speaker's war-
a.;t. What would become of the remaining liberty
'ILL,. press? It world be all a fiction, a dream,
ay muse than either. If ever a question arising
,et of the prosecution of an irriividnal, claimed the
/40 itiebtron of the ErirliA W publit, this does. ILkES
gement warrant" were nothing in comparison

e it. If this arbitrary assumption of authority, this
lespotic set of one, and that the popular branch
'(thin Legislature, be allowed to pass off undiscussed,
aredressed,we would not give five farthings for all
be liberty which remains in the country. The vast
tzcteh of this branch of the constituted authority of
realm, and the great extension of the military es-
biklunent oi it, are rapidly approaching each other,
Weill soon make a junction. Our condition, then,
f 1 be truly hopelt ss or desperate! Who will under-
lie to compose a book, or scribble a pamphlet,
shish may cast one single reflection on the House
Commons, althoq.,h it should be employed on
other work than forging chains for the people
4 England ? A man must have the nerves of
mother Vulcan, with the stoicism of a Laplander,
Ibo can stand against the consuming fire of the
lespigic pcnecetion of the Commons, on the one
'dnd, and the cold indifference of the Courts, to
soh procteifinTs, on the other. This fruitful and
subject cannot be too freely and fully

Letters were list week received in tdWn from
Iluseilies, by a hoese of the first respectability,
Atio7, that a British merchantman had sailed from
the latter place. fur Leghorn, in order to convey the
keen to this country, she declining a journey
wow the Continent.
We leant that it is the intention of a number qr,
aficipirited individuals in the lit, to make band-
rue preparations for a grand reception of the QI'KEN,
her arrival in England. They also intend to pre-
ft her with a minable casket of jewels, as • token of
leis esteem and elite. ((.'onstittitinft).
A New Yurk Paper of the 13th ult. expresses a
*Went expectation that the dispute with Spnih
°odd soon terminate in an amicable and satiafac-
ir manner. The Secretary of the Treasury had iI
,Irroetl to lay before the Lower House of Congress in-
floatation as to the probable rednetion in the revenue
might be oceal;mied by the total prohibition of
tbe!uiponation of cotton, woollen, and iron mender-
'art.- The Mallard Mr. Randolph bas been elected
Gereriur of Vitginia fur the present year. The spot
enchs.l apua for forming a colony in Africa of free
Luis irrpn the l:nited States, is a place called Sher-
-41'0.160 utiles south of Sierra Leone, in a fine rli-
au. and fruitful soil.
The new Act of Parliament for compelling the,
B'llk to make payments in gold bars, at the rate o
dly the ounce, commenced operation on Tuesday
The public may be curious to learn what adven-
t". if any, has been taken of this legislative enact-
roomiest' they yield to the more natural expectation,
.b
I 50 person multi be found simple enough to purchase
:old of die Bank at the rate of 91s. the ounce, when the
savior pricy of bullion, as it could be obtained of the
"Pitt brokers, was more than 31. lower. The experi-
"in, too, could lint be made without sonic cost, as the
t.t does not allow less than 60 ounces of gold to he
41',1.1wd of the Bank, leaving a lose on each demand for
444''!1 atom than 9L sterling. It is a fact, however,
c4unevl some amusement in the city, that three
nf. 60 ounces each, have beet' Aimed in the
`..toe of the week.