Speeches of Lord Campbell: At the Bar, and in the House of Commons, with an Address to the Irish Bar as Lord Chancellor of IrelandA. and C. Black, 1842 - 520 pages |
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Page 211 - heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliaments by our Lord the King, and by the assent of the Prelates, Earls, and Barons, and the commonalty of the realm, according as it hath been heretofore accustomed." The whole commonalty of the realm,
Page 118 - in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble " and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, " and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle " nursing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at " the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing her long abused " sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance."*
Page 249 - any action or suit may at any time be brought against any Peer, or against any of the knights, citizens and burgesses, and the commissioners for shires and burghs of the House of Commons of Great Britain for the time being, or against their menial or any other
Page 255 - that the power of publishing such of its Reports, Votes and Proceedings, as it should deem necessary or conducive to the public interest, is an essential incident to the constitutional functions of Parliament, more especially to the Commons House of Parliament, as the representative portion of it.
Page 267 - Report of the House of Commons; and every Member of the Parliament hath a judicial place, and can be no witness ; and this is the reason that Judges ought not to give any opinion of a matter of Parliament, because it is not to be decided by the Common Laws, but
Page 458 - published bond fide and without Malice ; and if such shall be the Opinion of the Jury a Verdict of Not guilty shall be entered for the Defendant or Defendants. IV. Provided always, and it is hereby expressly declared and enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken,
Page 330 - reports the conference with the Lords, and that their Lordships had adopted the article in the words as amended by the Commons. And corresponding to this article of grievance is the assertion of the right of the subject in the ninth article of the declaratory part of the Bill of Rights; viz., "that the freedom of debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned
Page 426 - the publication of such proceedings may be to the disadvantage of the particular individual concerned, yet it is of vast importance to the public that the proceedings of Courts of justice should be universally known. The general advantage to the country in having those proceedings made public more than counterbalances the
Page 288 - When the House of Commons adjudge any thing to be a contempt or a breach of Privilege, their adjudication is a conviction, and their commitment in consequence is execution, and no Court can discharge or bail a person that is in execution by the judgment of any other court;