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Flogging In The Army.
hon . Member himself . The speech had the advantage of appearing in the first person . But he ( Mr . Hill ) hatl not denied that the report was a true one ; and he ivould not only have to show , that he believed the charge , but to satisfy the House that it was well-founded . It was not a hasty expression , dropped at Brookes ' s or in the street , but a distinct intimation to Ministers , urging them to proceed with a measure
fatal to Ireland . He would pass over the admission made that it was not to a cabinet minister that thisad vice was given ; he would give the hon . Member all the latitude that the word " Ministry could convey . The right hon . Secretary had thrown a shield over his learned friend , which he hacl turned into a weapon of offence ; but his learned friend would not go to that right hon . Gentleman for a character . Adverting
to the course taken hy Lord Althorp , he said , he hoped the House would not protect the noble Lord , but would ascertain the grounds upon ivhich he rested his firm belief of the accusation . Above all things , he was desirous to get at the original reporter of the story . Mr . HILL reminded the House that on AVednesday last Mr . O'Connell stated that he ( Mr . Hill ) was perfectly justified in every thing
which he had said . The hon . Member now seemed to wish to retract or explain away what he had then said . Did he ( Mr . Hill ) not now , in the opinion of the hon . Member , stand perfectly justified in every thing which the newspapers had represented him to have said at Hull ? ( " Oh ! " and a laugh . ) AVas he to have the hon . Member ' s retractation or not ? Did-the hon . Member withdraw that retractation or did he
not ? He would have either one thing or the other ; he would not accept half a retractation . Let there be a full retractation or none . He understood the hon . Member on AVednesday to mean that whether right or wrong , whether accurate or mistaken , he ( Mr . Hill ) was sincere in what he hacl saicl at Hull—that he firmly believed the story , and , believing , merely repeated it .
KING LEOPOLD S ANNUITY . Feb . llth . —Mr . ROBINSON moved for " an account of the sums paid into the Exchequer , or otherwise received by the Government out of the annuity granted by act of Parliament to Prince Leopold , of Saxe Cobourg , since the accession of his Majesty to the throne of Belgium , specifying the time of such payments . "
Mr . GUEST seconded the motion , which , after some observations , was agreed to . Feb . 19 th . —It was agreed that Mr . O'Connell and Mr . Hill should be added to the Committee of Privileges appointed to inquire into the case of Mr . Shiel .
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Flogging In The Army.
hon . Member himself . The speech had the advantage of appearing in the first person . But he ( Mr . Hill ) hatl not denied that the report was a true one ; and he ivould not only have to show , that he believed the charge , but to satisfy the House that it was well-founded . It was not a hasty expression , dropped at Brookes ' s or in the street , but a distinct intimation to Ministers , urging them to proceed with a measure
fatal to Ireland . He would pass over the admission made that it was not to a cabinet minister that thisad vice was given ; he would give the hon . Member all the latitude that the word " Ministry could convey . The right hon . Secretary had thrown a shield over his learned friend , which he hacl turned into a weapon of offence ; but his learned friend would not go to that right hon . Gentleman for a character . Adverting
to the course taken hy Lord Althorp , he said , he hoped the House would not protect the noble Lord , but would ascertain the grounds upon ivhich he rested his firm belief of the accusation . Above all things , he was desirous to get at the original reporter of the story . Mr . HILL reminded the House that on AVednesday last Mr . O'Connell stated that he ( Mr . Hill ) was perfectly justified in every thing
which he had said . The hon . Member now seemed to wish to retract or explain away what he had then said . Did he ( Mr . Hill ) not now , in the opinion of the hon . Member , stand perfectly justified in every thing which the newspapers had represented him to have said at Hull ? ( " Oh ! " and a laugh . ) AVas he to have the hon . Member ' s retractation or not ? Did-the hon . Member withdraw that retractation or did he
not ? He would have either one thing or the other ; he would not accept half a retractation . Let there be a full retractation or none . He understood the hon . Member on AVednesday to mean that whether right or wrong , whether accurate or mistaken , he ( Mr . Hill ) was sincere in what he hacl saicl at Hull—that he firmly believed the story , and , believing , merely repeated it .
KING LEOPOLD S ANNUITY . Feb . llth . —Mr . ROBINSON moved for " an account of the sums paid into the Exchequer , or otherwise received by the Government out of the annuity granted by act of Parliament to Prince Leopold , of Saxe Cobourg , since the accession of his Majesty to the throne of Belgium , specifying the time of such payments . "
Mr . GUEST seconded the motion , which , after some observations , was agreed to . Feb . 19 th . —It was agreed that Mr . O'Connell and Mr . Hill should be added to the Committee of Privileges appointed to inquire into the case of Mr . Shiel .