The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-17 00:00:00

PRIVILEGE. OF THE HOVAP..

Mr. W. §l:llllrTra.a to prasent a ICtitinn from
the Geetleman who was yesterday committed In the
envtody of the Serjesnt.at-Arms fnr a bros 4 of
Prilliete• The Petitioner did not ti 'sty his hrin...
guilty of a breach Jof privilege. but he tv•tmetfolls,
asserted, that he had nn intention or offending the
House, or any lion. :Mother of it. Ile prard•
therefore, that he Lulea ha broaght up and dit-
charv-t!.

On the rru.tinn llott the Peitian draught ep.
Sir ill-RnErr, errin:ro
reit: ecting the question then, could ~n! tarn;, anto•trg
his protest sointt whiL:t the iloo4n
I had assented, of 'cling on got...iota Of Whams io
I the double rapacity of Joao, tied accuser. lltr. coot
e nos see upon whir princi;di Af l*w or 10.11 Ce. tlro
House could compel a mar. to appear it their Isar,
and he obliged to become his own accuser. Tho
practice was, in his opitano, pregnant with danger-
Out coomsgaeneet, and 'herniate one to which be
would
principle of Rhadacranthuli, "castigitique as4.littpos.'•
It chastised first, and beard the part, after; which
he conceived was a mast enjiast method of proceed-
ing. As to the particular charge against the Peti..
tioner, be did not believe him guilty, for he ender.
stood that the words used were pearly similar to
those reported ; and that there were cl.eers sheet the
same 11,11P.—(Cries of No, oso ! front sereral parts
of Me Ilouse.)--Ifo bad so understood it front the
speeches of several Members, who had asserted that
words not esactly the same, but nearly to the same
effect, had be'n aged in the House on the occasion
alluded to. At all events, it seemed to be admitted
on all hands, that the report had been given without
ill intention on the part of the Petitioner, and he
maintained that *hare there was no ill.intentiort
there could be no crime. The Petitioner had staled
that he did not intend to offend, end that his object
was to give Isis report as Nifty as he could ; aed in-
deed the general accuracy with which the reports at
th • debates were giver was remarkable, colsidering
thecircemstances ander which they were taken down.
If, then, thee. was so ill.int•tstion an the part of the
Petitioner, how, he would ask. could the H-use
pu-
nish? It ought, be conceived; to be held in the
(louse es it was in another share, that " trail now
facit rcurn, nisi incur sit rect." did got meets to
go farther into the tpie.tina, but he cno1:1 ant sit
,dnott without again protesting against the dlocerous
as4unaption of power upon which the 110954 Sc ed
is eases like the we..ent.

Lord CASTI.r,REAG!I di-I nett see is *hit els..
rester the c. tro..t,t oppeired before the Haase
et; the present orciel,,ts. If the person w:101+ re.
port hint been the sehj-ct of reniplent Wile to lucre
%is cffrnce sitite:l with lenity, it •ould he
to his condom it the bar, as.l not to till. a etrn, 11's
olds:. the lion. Enronet had ptc.!ored in his Je-
re mt..

Mr. COURT F.N.VI" o!•:►r«dt that it %rut
r•r!tlnsa of the I :nth or fA,00,,,.•1
a • hat he was los:.!i.d.isstt so this wntlil, cut le.• ..f
thr irjuri ,tsit w't; to ;I 181.1!.. •• li,ts i• 1
pet`ilic end vi•:th it vote rt.! it•l s• any
111 i •S;41t181 lor.. Oft 'vile ref...steel to ciannut to
I,ltirt siirh orrtlity eond••rt and Chlfal
i th► Ilcu•e Fs ss,sr.ss!uss
nit►!y !rr•t "1 •:1i ro eas► ort.ich Ire;
tt, .- • r •nki.!.?•atinci.

'Mr. III.: ••:4. t!”t eria! rtnt
the ohip,, I ptl h sr" horn O.' nr:•),'lra•
ide l'or.ote, t.. i• ;f2rp.vfl of
• ISP It oil. r.irlik4 stn., tort t' • tountt in
ciestir•n na• •,c1 a lailitepireson Dijon •,f ed•ct ff.
!Inne•n•3• 1,, !.!..e.!rr f..r At•Priir yti h. 4 • 44 : if 11,4 C
11,4 t. ,n bid been in au li..ear it tau ti nn
*hen t•.n•e rt.:no 'kg were mitle, he wll. cpsite•
from H. behaviour on • forn.•r V.casinn, O.( b,
('di• 11."^c) would Dot have hesitated in ri..• sin!
In cent...dice the insinuations which bed bsra Orono
not against him to his absence. If his Right Ifni,.
rdiputi hm trot born folly conviacesl as( 0.0 who, („r
the paragraph complained of was a mist gr.ss r•:•in•
presenlattoo, he so eu'd cut h ter te1.... n..y eutic
of it its thl steak! bove ttin•ittlittl tlra

I'e-loess I•y soother and • different issue.—(Lorry/
tyres if Ns der !)
Mr. 111.'11E impressed his astonishment at the
et tidoci s.f the Hon. Baronet. hid he been present,
.:tlrr shoo the tpeech was made, which had been
nt•furtsuatrty osisrepreeented, or when he (Mr.
wow) gave ass esplanation of what that speech an.
tr•+lly coolaiirel, he would not have uttered the eh.
as .vatiusis s hints he had dune, 114viiig taken the
h.lll he had done in this business from tie
s.j., si miniver. he should not trouble the Howse
with any further observations, *scup► it were to es.
yre•• a hope that they would show the utmost lenity
see tie reillianPr.
Ltd BINNING would have entered his ',swill.
ate prate.► spinal the dealt(' which the lien. Bs.
tourt appeared to entertain, if be had hove in the
11 rum. at the time when he had expressed them. Ile
would do so wow, because an attempt had been mail.
to create so opinion, that words like those mention.
el in the report had hems actually sand by the Hon.
hleuther opposite. He could 11569f111 the House, that
within an hoer after the limo when he sent the Hon.
Gentl►man the second note, be (MM. Home) had
sent him a most distinct diaavowal of the sentiment,
att►iheted to him. ortivrithatanding the important oc-
cupations b, which he was then envied.
Mr. LITTLETON would take spun himself to
say, that liumegh some cheers might hale occurred at
the coutineseemest of the 'valence complained of,
there woe net that could be cosstrived into con.
tinned cheers.
Mr. Till ronmoN.—ne musty, on the part
of the nape, that he (Mr. C. Hotchissoo) had me-
son to complain of the estimations which had been
used by the Noble Lord who had just sat down, be-
vies, they attributed, whether he intended they
•'tnuld or apt, (and he thought it woe not Ms inten-
tion to attribute them) welkin to on flowour•ble
Harem, which did sot valet, and to the prisoner
'minor by which be was not inlotseed. Ile had
talked of the Hos. Hammes leading himself to co,.
tail attempts which he should 'sot farther explain. Ile
supposed it was because he had rsprested doubts re.
girdles the propriety of the punishment 'dieted on
the petitioner. Now Ito (Mr. Hatchisison) would
not be intimidated by such insinuations train impress-
ing his own seatiment•. After booting the evidence
which that Geollesnan bad given, and which was
given In such a gleaner as to recommend him to the
attention of the Rouen, be declared his intention of
sapper/14 the milder Resoiutioe chk b was proposed.
Valuing. as it was Lis duty and his imierest to value,
the privileges which he, as a Member of the Home,
possessed, ho still thought that those privile:es
would km been 'efficiently 'indicated, if the per.
sea who had transgressed them had been brought
to the ha► of the Ilutas, reprimanded, and then die.
award. He eipeessed his resolution -f not allow.
log himself to he deterred by the Noble Lord oppo-
site riot, r!. leering his opinion on se question of
prieilro that came before thee In the two cases
in which the Bosse had miffed its privileges is. that
fisitsies, it hat: everted them with the utmost severity.
ID outing this, he hoped that he had not dos. Brij thing
to impose the norm of the prisoner. It was far from
his intention lode so. Brfore he set down, he bad
number obsersatioes to make. It would be in ►be
recollection of the whole Honey, that the Right Ho. !
•rumble Member for Liverpool had, open %spotlit.;
this subject, laid great a:reaa epos the is cheers" !
which were aid to halm taken plasm Ho had teen
given them is an instooca of the malignity of the in. '
dieislial she hod written the partgrairk ; he bad
said, that he had made enquiries regarding those
elseers, and that he had found that sot a sight cheer
bad been glom the hood and front of the
iloneurebhr Baronet's ofeading was, that he had
•aid, shit the case of cheers haring been excited was
clear ry mode •at. lie slid so too: the Hoes* had
heard it eartited by metal of Its Members: there
was his Hon. Plinio o.s his right hand, and his lion.
Friend behind him who cnecarred in that opinion
The Impression wade by the whole proceeding in this
ease upon his mind was—first, that there had not
been any intentional roierepeesentatino ; end second.
17, that as strong a case as possible bad been made
out to jiiatify the lenity and compassion of the House.
Lord BINNING captained.
Mr. WM. small then moved that the Petitioner
be b(0,1,-,ht to the bar.
The goestioa iris pot and carried; the Petitioner
was tl en Work to the bar, reprimanded by the
Speaker, and sliscLargail.
Lord CASTLEREAGII then muted that the re.
primatsd given by the Speaker be inserted ou the
Jon roar, whirls rips ordered.