13 JULY 1844, Page 10

Lord Wodehonse used his privilege as a Peer, at one

of the earlier sittings this week, to make a very indiscreet, violent, and indeed abusive attack, on the reporter of the Times who has been investigating the causes of the incendiary fires in Norfolk and Suffolk; challenging him to inquire into the state of his Lordship's Poor-law Union. On Wed- nesday, the reporter, who had finished his inquiry, met Lord Wode- house's charges, and accepted the challenge ; stating his intention to return to Norfolk immediately, to carry it into effect. On Friday, Lord Wodehouse made an ample and handsome apology, in the Times, for his harsh expressions ; and admitted that he had misapprehended the statements of the reporter.