, 1875-05-08

questions OF Privilege. On tuesday night,
there was quite a serious debate o q mo-
ton by Mr.. c.. Lewis, that the Times and
Daily Neus had been guilty of breach of
privilege in printing q letter rejecting on
Captain Bedford PIN. This letter had
been forwarded by M. Herran, 3 man
a~ssailed in Captain PINS evidence before
the Foreign Committee, to the Chairman
a translation of it was read out publicly,
and it was then apparently handed to the
reporters in the usual course. The House
agreed that there was breach of privilege,
but on the second motion, that the Printers
should be called to the Bar of the House,
Mr.. Disraeli opposed the motion, declaring
that some one on the Committee must
have been guilty, and not 'thoSe innocent
and useful persons" the printers, and ne
hoped that some one would come forward.
When, however, the Chairman of the Com
mittee, Mr.. Lowe, remained resolutely
silent, and Mr.. Bright advised the House
to stop where it was, Mr.. Disrael sppar-
emily changed his mind, and saidhe should
support the motion, which was according
ly carried by 1879 to 1855, AS the publlca-
ton of the proceedings Of the Committee
has been tacitly allowed, and desks set Tor
the reporters, therehas been no real breach
of privilege at all, and Mr.. DisraelTs con-
duct in making so great an affair out OF
nothing is unintelligible, At the same
time, we do not quite understand why Mr..
Lowe, who must have known very. wei
how the letter came to be published, dId
not get up, and with a few frank words p.us
the whole matter OF rest. AS 1t 10, the
House is in the absurd position of having
agreed to punish an innocent man for con-
duct whichon Of its own Committees has
not only approved, but forwarded.
It seems that the Times telegram OF
last week about DR.. Sigl was q blnndsring
one. DR.. Sigl had never been imprisoned,
because the law had never been finally de-
clared against him, and he escaped into
Austria before his appeal had been decided.
The demand for his extradition was made
not by Germany, butby Bavaria, and though
he was arrested in Salzburg, the AustrIans
have not yet determined whether, under
their treaties with Bavaria, any demand
for Oxtradition in such a case is legal. AS
for the notion of DIR. Sigl being surrendered
to Prussia, such an idea has never been
preached or thought of. Bavaria is as
eaqer almost as Prussia herself in sxecu-
ting the laws against the Ultramontane
party, and it was no suspicion even OF
negligence on the part OF the Bavarlan
officials which led to the escape. The
question is one between Bavaria and Aus
tria exclusively. Probably enough LIZ
Sigl will not be given up.
Captain Boyton did not succeed last
Saturday in padding himself across-Athe
Channel. but it was not for want OF
either pluck or strength for it was cal
culated that he padded himself at least
forty miles, though, owing to the drEt
of the currents, he had not even, then
reached the French coast. ooHoweEar'
though he and the steamer which accom-
panied him did not know it, he was oa-
" four miles from the coast. when towards
evening, after fifteen hours in the water,
he was persuaded to give up the attempt
and Get into the steamer. Two hours
more would certainly have broughte MN
to shore. It is clear enough that II ne
had attempted, as he wantedS TO paddle
back 900 miles in the Atlantic 10 ths
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Continued o" last pags)
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