The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-05-25

ceed,ngs OF this honorable House, and the
conduct of certain of its Members and the
printer of the said hand bill having been cal
led to the bar oil this Honse, to answer for the
said publication, ailedgcd that you are the
author thereof. What have you to say in
your behalf?
Mr. Jones answered, {" I acknowledge,
Sir, that l was the author of that paper;
and l am extremely sorry the printer has
experienced any inconvenience on my ac-
COUNT
Mr.: Speaker" Repeat what you have
said"
Mr.. Jones complied.
MIR. Speaker" Have you any thing more
to say in your behalf?"
MIR Jones-"I sincerely lament that /
should have incurred the displeasure of this
honorable House and trust they will not
consider that, in what have done, / was
actuated by any sense Of disresprot to iys
privileges, or the persons of any of its Mem
bers individually; or that had any other
motive in mentioning the names of the two
honorable Members alluded to, save that
they happened to be connected with sub
Iect of public dicussion. | have always con.
sidered 1t the privilege of every Englishman
to animadvert on public measures, and the
conduct of public men but ON looking over
the paper III question again, / find that
have erred; beg TO express my contrtion,
and throw myself on the mercy of this
honorable House this House of Commons
which, as an important branch of the
Constitution, has always had my unfeigned
respect"
The speaker then addressed the house and
put in question
That John Gale Jones, having now &C
jknowledged himself TO be the author of the
paper in question, was guilty of gross VIC
lation of the privileges of that house."
The question was carried nem con.
| Mr.. Ysrke then rose and said, that after
the vote just passed, he thought il impossible
the house should not follow it up by some
further resolution, which should mark its own
sense of the indignity offered to its high au-
thority. by the person now at the bar, and by
making proper example, warn such per
sons from taking upon them to comment in
such a way upon the proceedings of that
house, and the parliamentary conduet of
its Members He therefore moved, that
John Gale Jones, for his offence, be commit
ted TO his Majesty's gaol of Newgate
| Shortly afterwards, Mr.. Yorke appeared
prepared to offer Mr.. Deans petition, and
presented it to the house.
| The petition having been read.
Mr.. Dean, the printer, was then called to
the bar, and the speaker having recapitula
! ted to him the nature and circumstances of
his offence, told him, that in consideration of
his demeanor yesterday, and The peculiar
circumstances of his case, il was the plea
sure of the House that he should be discharg
ed without fees, and he was discharged ac-
cordingly.
ron the 18th March. Sir Francis Bardctt,
after denying the right the House of Com
mons had TO commit Mr. Jones, moved that
he be discharged-but hi, eJtion was mega
tivedby a majority OF 1891
-.t LONDON, March %
| We received last night French and Dn CHI
papers to the 10th and 1Sth of this month -
they are in general uninteres ing. Russia
has openly acknowledged all the evils entail
ed on her by her seoserviency to France,
and has proclaimed national bankruptcy
by an Ukase, which the Moniteur acknow
lodges to be remarkabie.
| The miniature por:rait of BOnaparte
| which he sent to- the Princess Maria Louisa,
| is set in 16 soItaires. each of which is esti
mated at $4,000 forms.
March 81.
American papers to the Goth ult. arrived
| In town yesterday.
The question on the comparative disadvan-
| tages of war with G.. b. and France has oc-
casioned much discussion in Congress, and
indeed throughout the u. S, and We are hap
py to find a more just disposition to appreci
ate the consequences Of war with this couu
try than has hitherto been displayed in :
merica, begins TO be prevalent. The reso
buttons of The i2cakiegiSiafure Of Mas sachw
sets ON The dismissal Of Mr. Jackson, re
fer 10 This subject, aud cannot tail, ve
should hof,e, TO make q due iahre ssion on
eUery sober minded man in The Unifed
Sfafes. ~ Thus they speculate on our
divisions.
Letters reed. yesterday from the coast OIL
| France state, that all the American proper.
ty seized in the several ports of that coun
| try to the 9th instant, had been sold, and the
proceeds paid into the Frenh treasury. The
amount is said to be considerable. 1t is adj
ded that General Armstrong, on receiving
notification to this effect from the French
minister. sent back a strong remoDstrance on
the subject, which was, however, expected
to be attended with no good effect. bona.
| parte, we believe, next to ourselves, bates
the Americans most cordially we only wOa
der that any persons in the United States
can be So blindedby their Partially to France
and by their prejudices against this country
as not TO see thdt Il we s.IOuid iaii under the
power Of France, America could not exist
| for six months as an Independent state.
! On the subject Of the adjustment Of differ
cnces between this country a',1 America We
have little to add TO the communication tina
every thingis done as tar as it can be done
nm thie eide pf fitr W atpr The urrerus viz.