The book The Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington was written by author J H Joachim Hayward Stocqueler Here you can read free online of The Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington a good or bad book?
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Hansard, that they were publishers " by authority" of the language used by the highest judicial tribunal in the land, was of no effect. At length, the Messrs. Hansard appealed to the House of Commons. The House, by a vote, declared that any proceedings taken against persons for simply publishing its proceedings would be guilty of a breach of privilege. Nevertheless, one Stockdale, a publisher, who had often fallen under the animadversion of the House of Commons for the character of his publicat...ions, continued to persecute the Hansards, and. Ultimately, obtaining damages, called upon the sheriffs to levy execution upon the goods of the defendants. The sherifi"s obeyed the writ of the Court. The House of Commons, in vindication of its privilege, committed the sheriffs to prison, and likewise the attorney who acted for Stockdale. The press and the public took up the subject with great warmth ; and between an anxiety to protect the 1840. ] LIBELS IN PARLIAMENT. 207 characters of private individuals, and to uphold the majesty and independence of the Courts of Law, and a desire to maintain inviolate the freedom of Parliamentary discussion, much wordy strife arose.
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