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formed that it was necessary that 
he should have with him the cer- 
tificate of his return, he sent for 
it from the Crown-office, and then 
went into the House, where-he 
seated himself on the bench at 
the right hand of the chair, no 
member being at that time pre- 
sent, and prayers not having been 
read. The marshal of the King’s 
Bench, who had been apprised 
where his lordship was to be 
found, now entered with two or 
three of his officers, and carried 
him back to prison, notwithstand- 
ing his remonstrance that they 
had no right to lay hands upon 
himinthatplace. After the House 
was assembled, the Speaker in- 
formed them that he had received 
a letter from William Jones, esq. 
marshal of the King’s-bench pri- 
son, which he read. Its purpose 
was to acquaint the House with 
what he had‘ done, and that he 
was in waiting‘ to receive their 
commands on the’ occasion, hum- 
bly hoping that he had’ not com- 
mitted any breach of privilege by 
the steps he had taken. 
In the conversation which fol- 
Jowed, it was agreed that the 
HISTORY. 
marshal had not intended any 
violation of the privileges of the 
House ; but the Speaker confess- 
ing it to be a,new case, and giv- 
ing his opinion for referring it to 
a committee of privileges, a mo- 
tion was made to that effect by 
lord Castlereagh, which wasagreed 
to. On the 23rd the committee 
gave in their report, in which, 
after stating all the facts of the 
case as above related, they gave 
the following result of their consi- 
deration of the subject. ‘In deli- 
berating on a matter of such high 
importance, your committee have 
to regret that they could find no- 
thing in the Journals of this House 
to guide them: the case is en- 
tirely of anovel nature ; they can 
therefore only report it as their 
opinion—That under the parti- 
cular circumstances given in evi- 
dence, it does not appear to your 
committee that the privileges of 
parliament have been violated, so 
as to call for the:interposition of 
the House by any proceedings: 
against the marshal of the King’s- 
bench.” This report was ordered 
to be laid on the table, and the 
whole affair thus terminated. 
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