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House Of Commons.
be taken into custody , which was done . The matter then dropped , and the amendment having been negatived , the Address was finally agreed to . —Subsequently Lord ALTHORP through Mr . STANLEY , and Mr . SIIIEL through Mr . HUME , severally declared their willingness to give the required assurance , and were consequently released from the custody of the Serjeantat-Arms .
Feb . 6 th . —The SPEAKER communicated to the House the answer of his Majesty to their Address . THE CHARGE AGAINST CERTAIN IRISH MEMBERS . Mr . O'CONNELL called the attention of the House to a breach of its privileges , requiring , after what occurred last ni ght , a very serious ancl
deliberate investigation . He had read last night , in the Examiner of the 10 th Nov ., an extract from a speech alleged to have been delivered by Mr . Hill , at a public meeting at Hull , imputing to certain Irish Members that they had privately expressed their approval of the Irish Coercion Bill , against which they had spoken violently and voted ; and he moved that the paragraph be now read by the Clerk of the House ,
preparatory to referring the matter to a Committee of Privilege . —Mr . STANLEY interposed . Before the paragraph was read , he wished to ask whether the necessary consequence of reacting it ivould be any step against the printer or publisher of the newspaper . If so , he took the earliest opportunity of stating unhesitatingly that he should object to the preliminary motion . —The SPEAKER was understood to say that the
reading of the paragraph ivould not necessarily implicate the printer and publisher , unless it should turn out that he had misrepresented information derived from and attributed to another quarter , —Mr . STANLEY portrayed most forcibl y the dangers and the difficulties which must necessarily attend the institution of such an inquiry ; and his solemn warning as to the consequences of the inquiry in case the
denial of Mr . Shiel should not be fully made out . —Mr . O'CONNELL , however , gave notice that he should bring the matter before the House on Monday , as a breach of privilege . Leave was given to amend a clerical error in the Factories' Regulation Bill , ivhich was read a first time . Feb . 17 th . —Mr . BERNAL brought in a bill to prevent bribery ancl
corruption in the Borough of Hertford—read a first time . SUPPLY . The House went into a committe , pro forma .
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House Of Commons.
be taken into custody , which was done . The matter then dropped , and the amendment having been negatived , the Address was finally agreed to . —Subsequently Lord ALTHORP through Mr . STANLEY , and Mr . SIIIEL through Mr . HUME , severally declared their willingness to give the required assurance , and were consequently released from the custody of the Serjeantat-Arms .
Feb . 6 th . —The SPEAKER communicated to the House the answer of his Majesty to their Address . THE CHARGE AGAINST CERTAIN IRISH MEMBERS . Mr . O'CONNELL called the attention of the House to a breach of its privileges , requiring , after what occurred last ni ght , a very serious ancl
deliberate investigation . He had read last night , in the Examiner of the 10 th Nov ., an extract from a speech alleged to have been delivered by Mr . Hill , at a public meeting at Hull , imputing to certain Irish Members that they had privately expressed their approval of the Irish Coercion Bill , against which they had spoken violently and voted ; and he moved that the paragraph be now read by the Clerk of the House ,
preparatory to referring the matter to a Committee of Privilege . —Mr . STANLEY interposed . Before the paragraph was read , he wished to ask whether the necessary consequence of reacting it ivould be any step against the printer or publisher of the newspaper . If so , he took the earliest opportunity of stating unhesitatingly that he should object to the preliminary motion . —The SPEAKER was understood to say that the
reading of the paragraph ivould not necessarily implicate the printer and publisher , unless it should turn out that he had misrepresented information derived from and attributed to another quarter , —Mr . STANLEY portrayed most forcibl y the dangers and the difficulties which must necessarily attend the institution of such an inquiry ; and his solemn warning as to the consequences of the inquiry in case the
denial of Mr . Shiel should not be fully made out . —Mr . O'CONNELL , however , gave notice that he should bring the matter before the House on Monday , as a breach of privilege . Leave was given to amend a clerical error in the Factories' Regulation Bill , ivhich was read a first time . Feb . 17 th . —Mr . BERNAL brought in a bill to prevent bribery ancl
corruption in the Borough of Hertford—read a first time . SUPPLY . The House went into a committe , pro forma .