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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) 64.: The Libel Bill 25 JUNE, 1867 - The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part I November 1850 - November 1868
64.: The Libel Bill 25 JUNE, 1867 - John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part I November 1850 - November 1868 [1850]Edition used:The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part I November 1850 - November 1868, ed. John M. Robson and Bruce L. Kinzer (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988).
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- Introduction
- Textual Introduction
- Public and Parliamentary Speeches 1850–1873
- November 1850 to July 1865
- 1.: Secular Education After 4 November, 1850?
- 2.: Cooperation 28 March, 1864
- 3.: Corruption At Elections 4 April, 1864
- 4.: Hare’s Plan For the Metropolis 10 April, 1865
- 5.: The Westminster Election of 1865 [1] 3 July, 1865
- 6.: The Westminster Election of 1865 [2] 5 July, 1865
- 7.: The Westminster Election of 1865 [3] 6 July, 1865
- 8.: The Westminster Election of 1865 [4] 8 July, 1865
- 9.: The Westminster Election of 1865 [5] 10 July, 1865
- 10.: The Westminster Election of 1865 [6] 10 July, 1865
- 11.: The Westminster Election of 1865 [7] 12 July, 1865
- February to August 1866:
- 12. The Cattle Diseases Bill [1] 14 February, 1866
- 13.: The Cattle Diseases Bill [2] 16 February, 1866
- 14.: Suspension of Habeas Corpus In Ireland 17 February, 1866
- 15.: Representation of the People [1] 12 April, 1866
- 16.: Representation of the People [2] 13 April, 1866
- 17.: Representation of the People [3] 16 April, 1866
- 18.: The Malt Duty 17 April, 1866
- 19.: Inclosure of Hainault Forest 25 April, 1866
- 20.: Representation of the People [4] 26 April, 1866
- 21.: Chichester Fortescue’s Land Bill 17 May, 1866
- 22.: Representation of the People [5] 31 May, 1866
- 23.: The Ministerial Crisis 23 June, 1866
- 24.: The Jamaica Committee 9 July, 1866
- 25.: Electoral Franchise For Women 17 July, 1866
- 26.: The Disturbances In Jamaica [1] 19 July, 1866
- 27.: The Reform Meeting In Hyde Park [1] 19 July, 1866
- 28.: W.e. Gladstone [1] 21 July, 1866
- 29.: The Reform Meeting In Hyde Park [2] 24 July, 1866
- 30.: The Value of Land 25 July, 1866
- 31.: The Reform Meeting In Hyde Park [3] 26 July, 1866
- 32.: The Reform Meeting In Hyde Park [4] 30 July, 1866
- 33.: The Disturbances In Jamaica [2] 31 July, 1866
- 34.: The Reform Meeting In Hyde Park [5] 2 August, 1866
- 35.: Public Health 2 August, 1866
- 36.: The Extradition Treaties Act [1] 3 August, 1866
- 37.: The Extradition Treaties Act [2] 4 August, 1866
- 38.: The Naval Dockyards 4 August, 1866
- 39.: The Extradition Treaties Act [3] 6 August, 1866
- 40.: The Disturbances In Jamaica [3] 10 August, 1866
- 41.: The Lord Chief Baron 10 August, 1866
- February to August 1867
- 42.: Political Progress 4 February, 1867
- 43.: Goldwin Smith 4 February, 1867
- 44.: The Royal Commission On Trades’ Unions 15 February, 1867
- 45.: The Metropolitan Poor Bill [1] 8 March, 1867
- 46.: The Straits Settlements 8 March, 1867
- 47.: The Metropolitan Poor Bill [2] 8 March, 1867
- 48.: The Metropolitan Poor Bill [3] 11 March, 1867
- 49.: The Metropolitan Poor Bill [4] 14 March, 1867
- 50.: The Reform Bill [1] 8 April, 1867
- 51.: Trades Unions 10 April, 1867
- 52.: The Reform Bill [2] 11 April, 1867
- 53.: The Reform Bill [3] 9 May, 1867
- 54.: The Reform Bill [4] 17 May, 1867
- 55.: The Admission of Women to the Electoral Franchise 20 May, 1867
- 56.: The Municipal Corporations Bill 21 May, 1867
- 57.: The Fenian Convicts 25 May, 1867
- 58.: Reform of Parliament 25 May, 1867
- 59.: The Reform Bill [5] 27 May, 1867
- 60.: Personal Representation 30 May, 1867
- 61.: The Bankruptcy Acts Repeal Bill 4 June, 1867
- 62.: Petition Concerning the Fenians 14 June, 1867
- 63.: The Sunday Lectures Bill 19 June, 1867
- 64.: The Libel Bill 25 June, 1867
- 65.: The Reform Bill [6] 27 June, 1867
- 66.: Redistribution 28 June, 1867
- 67.: William Lloyd Garrison 29 June, 1867
- 68.: Martial Law 2 July, 1867
- 69.: The Reform Bill [7] 4 July, 1867
- 70.: Tancred’s Charity Bill 4 July, 1867
- 71.: The Reform Bill [8] 5 July, 1867
- 72.: The Case of Fulford and Wellstead 5 July, 1867
- 73.: The Reform Bill [9] 15 July, 1867
- 74.: Commodore Wiseman and the Turkish Navy [1] 16 July, 1867
- 75.: Commodore Wiseman and the Turkish Navy [2] 22 July, 1867
- 76.: Meetings In Royal Parks [1] 22 July, 1867
- 77.: Public Education 29 July, 1867
- 78.: The Courts-martial In Jamaica 1 August, 1867
- 79.: Meeting In the Tea-room of the House of Commons 2 August, 1867
- 80.: England’s Danger Through the Suppression of Her Maritime Power 5 August, 1867
- 81.: The Extradition Treaties Act [4] 6 August, 1867
- 82.: The Metropolitan Government Bill 7 August, 1867
- 83.: The Reform Bill [10] 8 August, 1867
- 84.: East India Revenue 12 August, 1867
- 85.: Meetings In Royal Parks [2] 13 August, 1867
- February to November 1868
- 86.: Proportional Representation and Redistribution 29 February, 1868
- 87.: The Alabama Claims 6 March, 1868
- 88.: The State of Ireland 12 March, 1868
- 89.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [1] 26 March, 1868
- 90.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [2] 2 April, 1868
- 91.: Procedure In the House: Amendments 21 April, 1868
- 92.: Capital Punishment 21 April, 1868
- 93.: The Municipal Corporations (metropolis) Bill [1] 5 May, 1868
- 94.: The Established Church In Ireland 7 May, 1868
- 95.: Local Charges On Real Property 12 May, 1868
- 96.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [3] 21 May, 1868
- 97.: Representation of the People (scotland) [1] 28 May, 1868
- 98.: Representation of the People (scotland) [2] 8 June, 1868
- 99.: Married Women’s Property 10 June, 1868
- 100.: Registration of Publication 12 June, 1868
- 101.: Representation of the People (ireland) 15 June, 1868
- 102.: The Government of India Bill [1] 15 June, 1868
- 103.: Lodger Registration 15 June, 1868
- 104.: Public Schools [1] 16 June, 1868
- 105.: The Municipal Corporations (metropolis) Bill [2] 17 June, 1868
- 106.: The Government of India Bill [2] 22 June, 1868
- 107.: Public Schools [2] 23 June, 1868
- 108.: The Sea-fisheries (ireland) Bill 24 June, 1868
- 109.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [4] 25 June, 1868
- 110.: The Municipal Corporations (metropolis) Bill [3] 30 June, 1868
- 111.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [5] 6 July, 1868
- 112.: Public Schools [3] 7 July, 1868
- 113.: Supply—post Office 7 July, 1868
- 114.: The Government of India Bill [3] 8 July, 1868
- 115.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [6] 10 July, 1868
- 116.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [7] 14 July, 1868
- 117.: The Fenian Prisoners [1] 16 July, 1868
- 118.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [8] 17 July, 1868
- 119.: Poor Relief [1] 17 July, 1868
- 120.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [9] 18 July, 1868
- 121.: Imprisonment For Costs On a Dismissed Charge [1] 21 July, 1868
- 122.: The Fenian Prisoners [2] 21 July, 1868
- 123.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [10] 22 July, 1868
- 124.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [1] 22 July, 1868
- 125.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [11] 23 July, 1868
- 126.: Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices At Elections [12] 24 July, 1868
- 127.: Smoking In Railway Carriages [1] 24 July, 1868
- 128.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [2] 24 July, 1868
- 129.: The Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market 25 July, 1868
- 130.: Smoking In Railway Carriages [2] 25 July, 1868
- 131.: Imprisonment For Costs On a Dismissed Charge [2] 27 July, 1868
- 132.: Poor Relief [2] 27 July, 1868
- 133.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [3] 2 November, 1868
- 134.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [4] 4 November, 1868
- 135.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [5] 6 November, 1868
- 136.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [6] 9 November, 1868
- 137.: Fawcett For Brighton 10 November, 1868
- 138.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [7] 11 November, 1868
- 139.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [8] 13 November, 1868
- 140.: W.e. Gladstone [2] 14 November, 1868
- 141.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [9] 16 November, 1868
- 142.: The Westminster Election of 1868 [10] 18 November, 1868
64.
The Libel Bill
25 JUNE, 1867
PD, 3rd ser., Vol. 188, col. 546. Reported in The Times, 26 June, p. 7. In Committee on “A Bill to Amend the Law of Libel, and Thereby to Secure More Effectually the Liberty of the Press,” 30 Victoria (8 Feb., 1867), PP, 1867, III, 391–4, Colman Michael O’Loghlen (1819–77), M.P. for County Clare, moved to add a new clause: “No action or prosecution shall be maintainable for the publication of any defamatory matter contained in any report, paper, votes, or proceedings of either House of Parliament, which either House of Parliament shall have ordered to be published; nor shall any action or prosecution be maintainable against a printer or publisher for the publication of any defamatory matter in any periodical or other publication, if such defamatory matter shall be a true and fair report of the proceedings of either House of Parliament” (col. 544). mr. j. stuart mill said, the first part of the clause provided that there should be no remedy for any defamatory matter contained in any document ordered by the House to be printed. Remembering the multifarious sources of the documents which the House ordered to be printed, he could not help thinking that if there was to be no remedy against the public, as there could be none against the House, for the circulation of any defamatory matter, the House could not do less than appoint some person to look carefully over all documents and see that no defamatory matter was needlessly introduced.
[Eventually the clause was withdrawn (col. 547).]
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