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ing it, and the sulniequent introduction of it into a Come of Justice, would eountet►ance per jury'—and that he then threw the paper non the lire. lie did so, bet it is sort possible he did this with a view to express any illegahic in the proceeding. h would tee alsearel..-for three were many others there acqtratitted with the facts, and whose duty it was to keep the paper itself in memoriam reL The Sheriff repeated the name offer, so that he did not conceive it illegal—if the first 'promise was illegal, se was the moped. With respect to the initiatory questions on a trial, the Noble Lord entered into is coosideroli of point. of law. He justly 'toted that the Court rst avks is there any malice agents( the occuseil ; but he slid notiitate that the Court, supposing the ofirmative, endeavoured to investigate Vee nature of that malice, and whether it is such as might dace the witness to injure the Prisoner by his testi mony. Ou the second quretion, as to instruetious what to oar on die trial, the Court also would in quire into the partiettletr species of instructions given. Yrecisely so on the third question. • Have you re ceived any reward, or promise of reward, to in duce you to give evidence ?' the Court would exa mine the nature of she reward. The Court never considers all rewards, or promises of reward, as disqualiticatione; for t h en um sodas triminis could be eximained—it is settled beyond dispute that a swims eriminis mty give evidence ; yet he re. ciives a promise of reward, that of y free pardon. The principle I contend for appear, from the autho rity of Barnes. p. 416. He states, • The law will sanction private efforts to produce testimony, but it does not render him altogether exceptiouable, nor go so far as to entsibilate his testimony; a promise of reward, if the witness afterwards speaks outoloes ni t disqualify him.' This is direct and positive evidence regarding. the effect* of a promise of reward—this will not induce a presumption of perjury. if in initialihas he mates be has received a reward. 'flits is not only dm law of Scotlitsid, but the constitutional law of the country Ou the trial of Lord Melville, certain quest• were proposed to the twelve Judges relative to the eiliniwitrility of Mr. Trotter's evidence. On sonic of these the Judges disagreed, and a Bill was in crusequence passed to introduce certainty en the subject. One of the questions proposed was, whe ther a person con be examined as a witness on a trial, in which himself will remain liable to debts in cow of the conviction of the accused ? The Judges were ttua►imously of opinion he could ; and Lord who delivered their opinion. said he was competent, because the temptation could not be suppored to have the effect of swaying his testimony, since he was bound by the laws of morality to disclose the truth, the whole truth, ■nd nothing but she truth. The Noble Lord slid much about tampering with witnesses—l cru state, without fear of contradiction, that Mr. Trotter was sent fur and examined by the managers id that Iris! before he was put into the witness's box. Understanding this to be the law of Scot land, and the country, 1 thought it my bounden duty to protect the witness in the only efficacious 11 . 11 v dues a satins eriminis obtain a promise of par !on ? that he may conic into Court free and unbiassed. In amne countries. for instance Ireland, it Iwo been found necessary to protect witnesses by pulling. guard into their house. if members of an extended conspiracy takeout oath to put to death any rue geeing information or evidence against them, is it not the duty of prosecutors to provide pootection for •dces.es abroad, on the same principle as security guru to them against violence at home? It has hen objected that it was told Campbell, • that if soind give evidence to please the Lord Advocate he would neither be tried nor be a 'Autos.' But by this was merely isiteuded, that whatever evidence he aoidd *gin should be in a satisfactory manner. From the beginning to the end of the deposition there does not appear any intent to sway the wit ne-s. The indulgencies complained of have not coAtied to the instance of Campbell." Here the Learned Gentleman reed an extract from his report, being part of an address made to the Court by one of the individuals tried, after his trial, and declaring that all the prisoners had received every powlsle liberty and indulgence. He stated that three letters had been written to hits front Campbell fur money, one of them representing Otet biter domestic distress, but without any effect. The olij.ct of causing the Sheriff to examine Campbell, was that the deposition might be lodged in 'hr Crown-office, to give the secured every means and opportunity of instituting an action or criminal preyeeding, if there appeared any ground. As for hauging on this testimony, it was an extreme rase, such as never occurred. " 1 vubmit jot' the Lemied Gentleman rearmed, " that the Noble I.oe i l has not mode out a Cale fur the production of the record—that lie has mistaken the law—that lie is isiterfering with the law of the country. Not or e of these persons has been imprisoned under the •uropertsion of the H:stwini Corpus, but ler the emotion law of the country. They all have their actions against rue if 1 did wrong, mid this pro ceeding notild clash with and obstruct their re medy. 1 slibulit it that the House ought to follow rte pecetivait laid down iii 1794, when on a mo -61,41 fur the production of the record of the trial of Paltrier anal Muir, the House resolved that the record ..ue lit not to be granted." Mr. J. P. GRANT — •' Sir, it is both my deity and soutioution to appear before the House on this occasion. I was present at the trial, and of C. nu " i for the accused. It is extremely painful, but s•nittrative uel my to declare, that the circumstances 44 Campbell's testimony, form its struing a charge against the Law Officers usever existed. I sin sorry I .i he compelled to make such charges against I ;emlemen of great respectability—nosily of them "1) own associates. I shall not go into statements In:aiding the conspiracy, but s at present, confine I:1. 'chid e attention to this question only. 1 sill roherile every thing that miry be demanded as to die event and danger of this plot—all this does "fit Wei g h ii feather in the case. The Learned Ceutleitmli has said, that my Noble Friend h. , * Intel fered wails the law, become th e s e t"iii sere arrested and tried under the common 1 "s. and because they arc entitled to actions for 1 ' 16 ". 1, it any thing to Parliament what ac lions crrtisitt individuals may have, in whom is i:utturntted the safety of the country, the superin iesde're ..r its jurisprudence, and the wolching. the 4.atcliitog of the Law Officers of the Crown ? It is • • us to s,r) that individuals may, if they please, bring actions against those who have wroii4 si them. L-t us look boo this eherge—it is t : 1. Tint the Law Officers of the Crown have lain penal with a iettneal-.-O. Thai knowing there was a question, lie most answer in the negativ e b e fore he could be'exaSfiined, cad th s t it he did answer,• so he would be guilty of perjury, they yet twougld him termini. 1 say t• the Learned Lord and his coadjutors, that a record of this ',attire shouhl not remain isticontradicted in this House. This:mead Colombo, the deposition on oath ofa credible witneseto This man has stated reefs, anti circutinialeces, which . could not have escaped the maul of any man con- fleeted with the traiwaction. file has given the names of trarlies, who may deny his statement, if it be false. And I ask of my Learned Foetid, the Attortiey-General, whether, iu his experience. he hiss ever met a case, where perjury might so clearly be 'subleased, as in the present. if what Campbell has advanced be unfounded ?—(Hear, hear.) — Now in what situation it this House placed ? Mouths and months hive elapsed since this man's trial, and circumstances have been disclosed; which, until this period. I thought no honourable mass would have suffered to remain a single hour, with out contradiction.—( Hear, hear.)—The Learn ed Lord, who may be termed the Grand Jury of Scollaud. might have prosecuted this indivi dual, and the Learned Lord could not possibly have felt greater pleasure than I would feet, if he had prosecuted this matt to conviction, and thus rescoed his own character. and the character of tile profession to which I have the honour of belonging, from the stigma which this business attached to them. —( Hear, hear.)—l fear I express myself with too much warmth on this occasion. But let it not, for a moment. be 'imposed. that 1 feel any thing like personal spleen towards the Learned Lord, and the other unfortunate Gentlemen who are intolicsit ed in this proceeding.—( 1 Icor. hear.)—l feel no sentiment of that description. Is there utiy thing in the Learned Lord's private life—or io his general conduct. as a professional inati—that can provoke pelsonal hostility! Is there any party victory to he obtained in this case? Is there any thing whatever, connected with what is termed party, visible in the proceeding now adopted ?—(Hear, hear. hear.) — Certainly there is not. I believe that those, in this Howie, who have thought most on this subject, look to it only as a question in which the welfare of the country is involved—and, therefore, feel that it ought to be brought forward. I shall now read certain extrema from a copy of the record—or rather from notes which have been published, of all the proceedings that took place with respect to Campbell—to the truth of which he has sworn. I call oil the House le bear with rue, while Igo over these depositions—and let every Gentleman. after hearing them, lay his hand on his heart and say, whe ther such a case as this, placed on the solemn re cords of a Court of Justice. and sworn to by the in dividual who was called in as • witness, ought to IMPS without notice and without animadversion P Let every Gentleman. after he has heard the statement, declare whether the tooth°, of it does not deserve to be punished, if he has disseminated falsehood ? 1 will not enter at large into what took place, before this man was sent to Edinburgh. I shall only aal vert to that. to ',hew iu what sort of spirit the ge neral investigation was conducted—and how im portant it is. that this House, when the first Law Officer of the Crown in Scotland is accused of having o'erstepped the line of In. duty, should spew to the minor Law Officers, by their decision, that the Coostitu tion does not warrant proceeding% of such a nature. What my Noble Friend says. is thi s — Produce the record. Let the parties accused he braid. If they have evidence to skew that they have been uujuetly attacked, give them every fair opportunity to bring it forward. Hot, as it is a case in which they ought to be put on their defence, we must take this luau's deposition to be true, until it is proved to he fake. I shall now read some extracts from it. %%lien Campbell was first taken tip by the Sheriff of Lanarkshire he said, he dill not know for what he was apprehended. The Sheriff in sisted that he did, and told him the best thing he could do was to confess all he knew—for there were six persons ready to swear against him. ' John, said he, ' if you proceed in this way, and deny what you know, you will do yourself much harm— but. if you act in • different manner, you will do yourself much good.'—(llear, hear. hear.) — Campbell answered that he did not lee much harm in the one course, nor much good in the other, and he therefore declined. fur. Drummond, the Ad vocate-Depute, now came into the room, and stated that the Procurator-Fiscal had tomnsissioned him to declare, that lie would confer on the Deponent any obligation lie chose, provided he would become a witness. This Can.pbell positively swears to be true. Soon afterwards the Procurator-Fiscal him self came into the room. NOII. i conceive, that this otatement is enough to call on Mr. Drummond to prove whether the Procurator-Fiscal had or had nut given I such directions. In a few days afterwards the winless was removed to Edinburgh. While he was confined in the castle of Edinburgh, Mr. Druninioscl route and informed him that an iinlictineett had been found soloist M`Kinlay—atid that hte (the winnow's) name was ar 11111 l got the list of permits who were to give evidence. amt now was the time to titter 11l i ll e whether he would he a witness or not.—(hear, hoar.) —is this, I ask, a question as to what information lie could give ? Is this a question its to what lie meant to do? Mr. Drummond. without his consent, puts him into the list of witnesses, and telly hint his name is there. ' Yuu are,' said he, • to lie ex amined as a wittwso--you are to be placed in the box—and now Is your time'—to do what ? To say whether or no coo Will come forward as a witness. Campbell .:aid he doll not wish to be a *intern,— if he were, he knew lie could not go back to Glasgow—for Ise would not be *uttered to lire there. Drummond said, that was sore—but lie might live in soy other maiiiffacturing place. He afterwards observed, that he had thought of a plan that would answer perfectly well He would write t o bird Swliuontb to get I a si tuation in the Bache. He oould do so imme diately, if he pleased. This, it is to be observed, was done when Campbell's name was placed on the list of witnesses. lie must be a witness— he cannot avoid bring placed in the box—but, us it was. impossible to know what lie would say, when he was placed there, these tempting offers were made to him, to induce him to state circumstances that would be pleasing to the Low Officers of the Croon. I.nwever, refits:2'zi the ailitatitm. sisal lie had been so peace-officer before; it was a troillilr some situation. and he had lost by it. Hut still this pintecti he swore oast tarred to him—but hrs. Otli•et was to go abroad. At this caniversation, DI uantotond, sod no other Iverson, save the wittiest.; WE% present—and lie slated, deft 1) 1 had often been with him it) the C4'111... Mids.,. Octet ir cumstionces, no third person 11.1 114 by, we must be contain with Campbell's evidesice on this pond. Dr snood afterwards asked, 4 Whit, liven, do you afros:nod whit will you have Novr• sill this were so fahrocatioso, it is to he presumed that Campbell would let it drop as 41011 as po,siltle— boat he again alludes to this very circumstance of writing to L or d Sid ih in his neat colorer:onion with Drum ttttt tark He slates, that lie asked of hint whether lie bad written to Loral SOlOlOOlll, $4lOl lira Drummond said, a I have not, because! you refused the offer.' It this appears, that Cpsiop bell adheres to his original stor y. I tells it a second time, which, if it were n fabrication. lie would scarcely venture to do. When asked what be wished to have, lie made no answer. Theis collies the passage which the Learned Lord has read, anal of which he has endeavoured to invoke so much—a iiassage whirls appears to me to he the most painful in the wbole prsoceeeliog. Mr. Ifinina-: mood then said, that if he (Campbell) gave swill Information as 00t11111 please the Lord Advocate, lie would neither be tried himself nor c.alted opa l s tat act 11'4 a witness. —j fear, —ll,l the iiii4inc tion is clearly a , T.1.V11 and giving inforination. Mr. Dtllloillood him video yours to make I a %t:to...ss. Bast, finding fist d o , i s useless—he s.iy-, well, if you 4 1.. e such in foroodimi as we Mr , oar (...;11 ant na k. a witness of you. WAS it 110 t OVA r, room that they had been tomion fit Mr. Drummond b t,ia, ho offering 110 inconsider able rewind—awl at. raid, with no. obscure hint of the danger to which Csoipl.eil will be exi.o,cil, if he does not give ilif....w.tioai.—(hear, hear.)-11e tells him distinctly. iii.a are two benefits ishicii pliability of co:oluct aid insure—you may pro cure a reward, anal you may escape danger.— Campbell, in answer to this invitation. sacs • I do not know what i'.foriontiosi you waist.' Drum mond then Misery. al, a I will give you a day or two to consider of ie—anal lie asked, a Elo you wish that I should come hack to you ?' witch proves a strong desire. ois the part of Mr. Dlun't• wood. to keep up a communication with Campbell, fair the purpose of procuring information. I flat not say, that Campbell'- testimony is sufficient, without further comoderation, to convict Mr. Drummond ; but the assertions are so strong, that 51r. Drummond, as he is deeply co n nected with the case, ought not to suffer them, iu justice to I self, to pass utocon trailicted.— (hear, hear.)—At length, Campbell informed Nit. Druonsuolial that he was anxious to go to Prussia. Nlr. Drummond told him the menus of woo f ; thititer would be supplied to him, if he would give information. Campbell theta said. lie had ito cbjection to becoming a wit ness, provided his wile was taken into consider align. Mr. Drummond raj d, 4 Let us sit down and understand each other ; for I should not like to be mistaken at last.' The sending for the wife, and the advancing a pound owe, . for that purpose, were then spoken of. While they were discoursing, the Solicitor-Grneral, the Procurator- Fiscal, the Sheriff, the Sheriff-Stabstitoste, and u clerk, came ii.. Air. Df1101011110: knit% asked Campbell, a What here you got to say to this bust netts ?' the latter answered, • That unless a pass port for the Cnotioeut were p.oeuretl, and the of going out of the country were granted, he would not be a venom.' Here he does not say, he could not give information. lie state; a I esunot be a settaess on thus trial. on which you have sablicenaed me, miles, I get a passport for the Continent, and money to carry me thither.' —Ca ttttt ot this be easily denied, if it be untrue ? Was not the Clerk, who had taken down the con versation. to be found ? Was not the Procurator- Fiscal of Edinburgh present ? Was not the She riff-Depute of Edinburgh, Sir %Valium Ray, also present? All thew persona were witnesses of the transaction, and could speak to the truth or falsehood of the statement. —(hear, hear.)—Camp hell declared, that the soon anal aubstance of all the conversatiou amounted to this—that he should re ceive the means of going to a foreign country, and lie preferred Prussia. The House knows that .Is. Gal, air ss. a week was. at that time. manu facture's' wages, anti goad encouragement was held out to persons to go to Prussia. Camp bell selected that place, a here such encouraging prospects presented themselves, and this circum stance, I conceive, tends to strengthen his general statement. I will not go over what has already been ended as having taken place, when this agree ment was committed to writing, Some time after ward* Campbell wrote to Drummond, analog that lie was in need of a pair of shoes, and that his wife wanted money. In consequence, he got a pair of shoes from Mr. Sibbald, the gaoler, who iliformed them, by direction of Mr. Drummond, that he could not then have any money, but that he should be supplied when the first trial was over. —(hear, hear.)—ale says be wrote a second letter to Mr. Dronunotol, with a gentle demand fur 11100PV • to which lie received the tonne answer—that he could mot have any mousey then, but would be presented with some after the first trial was over.— (hear, hear.)—ln the name of Heaven ! can any thing he more easy than to convict this man of perjury, of lie told a series of febehoode ? lie states circumstances connected with persons who might be adduced its witnesses agaitist liim, no a trial fur per jury —and, in troth, lie appears if lie to leave no point untouched, which, f lie were guilty, would operate against himself. It seems that the agreement was burned—bat Cannisbell still contends that he had a right to rely on it. as it was slot destroyed by him. His statement is, itt some degree. 6011/e out by the Learned Lord him self, who admits that is paper was drawn isp e and that a oilier was burned.--( hear, hoar.)—The Learned I.nrsl also admits that the Sheriff ought to take care of all duouniente—but he says.. that the Sheriff had a right to burn this paper—Why ? Be cause at ass a paper that contained nothing which might not have seen the light. I shall leave the House to decide between the Learned Loid's gloss, foul my statement of this transaction. It is for them to consider whether the paper iti question did or did not contain something that might have been very i m:idrtaiit is the el tosidatiou of tine atiliject.—i:4eder, hear.)--.C.rtipityll ,g-ter on, IN stele, that lie edit kooks% basin the circolatitig binary, by iseller of Mr. Driiaptiondl—and lie refer* to claw., in cupped of Ins assertion. In fact, lie states every iiinig that could, if he were telling iiiitrutlis, expose lion tarot decidedly to a dimitiction. Nue:, as to Lis life brink in danger, lie says. that this ap prehended'', was alto;-:her visiosary. Ile dial not conceive Its. weir iii hunger. Hot, as Mr. Di wet in,m4l seemed to adhere to that eoiselltblON. Ile ail leaved I . to .10 *1). moil never altedmited to unde ceive him. dl,. Noble Friend, from taw lia.; , ;ron;l4. slated, that Ise dial not menu to accuse the Lea, ',a-a Lord or his colleagnea with iieting improperly... Ter subject of tiecusal.mi was this—lllat Mr. Hume ' 13ruininoild. the ',reified Lord's Deputy, for whom. in law, lie is limn I, held out to the witness proinidies of reward for giving liiii testimony. Now I must take the liberty to say, I ,differ in op . from she 1.-urinal I..ird uc to the law of Sedulous!. 'rule Slieilif says, after what Nei been done, you cetinot take the oath, and go into the .Jdary-but, without col 1111 l smog iie,jurv—sad the Court di citled that such was the tine. The Learned Lord immediately slated, ' I wall not rxiiinine this wit time' and lir withdraws him. This could have been dime only ou nue of two grounds ; either on account of the perjury lie had cummitted —or be rause lie could nut legally take the oath. Now that. Learned Lord hal rekrred tun case no Burnet, II) thew that witnesses may be protected and rewarded fur a particular purpose. I beg Iroise to observe, that book is not considered a book of authority— neither is the ease to which the Learned Lord al ludes looked upon as bring properly decided, and accurately reported. It was held by the Court there, that, because n third party hail given s wit- i (ICS." lalilletIli,; ) , : , it was 1141 proper that that third party should deprive the Crown of its witness.— ' Dot, if the Learned Lord would state, as a lettyer, that N matt may be re:monied ces a witness, whip has received alit is called a good-deed for his evi dence, then I will answer him decidedly by the opinion of live ethinent lawyers iii Edinburgh, which has been handed to me. Their 'tames I aced not mention here—but, if I did mention them, lie would admit that they were perfectly **infector!. They say 4 is person is disquidifiedl us a witness if he is ndlibacid hy the party who htas prousist-d a re ward.' Tics as groult;lsd on the authority of Erskine. The witnesx, iii the cosiiineitcement. is *skid, whether lie has received any thing fur the evidence he is about to give ? And, if lie answer in the affir mative, lie is disqualified. The case of Horne, mentioned in Bernet, p. 416, is nut correctly re ported—end we do tint tiiip.k the hook itself a re frretice of authority."—[The Lord Advocate of Scothind unit several other Members here called for the names of those who bed given this (mien-m.1 — .'llle opinion," said Mr. Grant, " is signed by Gen. Crinistuun, James Moncrierfe, J. A. Murray. H. Colliorn, and Andrew Hutherford.—s(Cries rf hew ! from both sides of the House )—The coNclu sum I Come to is this—that those who placed the vitioess in the box, knew that lie could not serve them—or that, if lie could, it was only by men niitting wilful mid corrupt perjury. —(hear, hear.) - I have turned the ' , abject in my . d, Hod endea voured to final out by what mean* they can free themselves from this itnputetimi, and I coined think of any argument that can serve them. It is a di le 1111 l m out of which they cannot ;;et. —(/her, hear ) If a" answer to at occurs 10 any Gentleman oppo silo. I hope he will state it to the House. %Ile are told that M•liidility could not be convicted without the aid of this witiiess--atidl that the Learned Lord abandoned the case, -when lie saw the turn the evi dence had taken. %Vliat turn had it taken ? IVhy it was found that the person who was to give infor mation could not be ireeit ell a• a witness.—(hear.) As to the question of this protection—this iiiriem siity—how for it was allowable fur a 'prosecutor to grant it —the authorities are most decided. I shall infer to Mr. Pullexfen anal Mr. Serjeant Maynard, names known not only to prof;aisional men, but to every person acquainted with the history of this country. Two persons were indicted for teideid vouritig to tinhorn witnesses of the name of Dugdule, who were counected with the plot of Titus Oates. Polleicfrii, who was for the 13efesidants, said, ' ‘l'lletlier nay answer will do for your Lard-hipt, or nor, I catmot tell—but the answer I would Hive is this—that the witnesses fell into great dislike mid danger—and, therefore, were obliged to hide from those who were likely to injure them. Under (twee cir cumstancre, there was enough to iiidnee the l)efetid lints to give them money and protection. If I give money to any man to swear a falsehood, or lie away the truth, it is very bad ; hut, in Order to discover the truth, I May give him protection and assistatice.'— Mr. Serjeant Maynard, in answer to this, Paid, • Then you base found out a better way than the Devil himself could have suggested, to uphold imbornatiiiii.'----(Al laugh.)----' Upon soy word,' said time Chief Justice, • if thia were the way, we should have all the witiiesses tampered with—and the promise of a thousand pounds would seldom fail to do much mischief."f his is the first tittie I ever Inatil it publicly asserted, that it wait alrovlabie to tleul with wattle-eget in the way in which Campbell was dealt with; and, unless Parliament ,state their feeling on the subject, there is not a petty Magistrate in the country-- there is not a trafficker in law-- - -rhere is not a petty- i fogging ettotney—who will not think himielf josti tied is resorting to such prild7lices --(hear,ideddr.)-- I ion afraid I have detained the Horne too long— , hut I hope the House will consider what I hare said, as arising limn the most conscientibUsi fer E l- that the whole of tilia (*.lSt should be Minutely examined. lf, feeling as I do on the subject, I bed tint stated my sentimrists. I would have been guilty of a gross w•glect of my pnblte duty—mull, if the House do soft hike the subject tip, they will be'lic cesearies to the production of evils the Intuit serious. Vegan' cull on those unfortunate Gen tlemeii, who are implicated in this• trainee thin, to stem/ forward and. dear themselves'. This they• might to do, for they must feel with me, that the security of public justice dependfs on the honour and probity of witneasew, which ought never to be tampered wit h.—(Grge, hear.) — Much has been mid about the ready mimes* which profeseiciaal tientlesneti lied to Campbell. Now the. statement of Gets , to which I leave called the attention of the House, snail which Campbell after. l wants swore 113, was ealsaValt4l to . itit its.* "ref sage. woos minter, in a r.'ll of tikoveo. If tlibt rear a free accemito the. Witilo., vrt. Cert:tll,l3, Lad it. At is consultat of pioftssimial oleo, the paper wm. sa.olneed—and there was but °tie of than who Ire hetrd it could lie true.—(hear.)—With that fetlitse, supposing that Campbell would nut be ..log e to support his statement in Court, we detcr. illleiVit to tale . a preiiininory objection—and if that wer e over-ruled, ne intended to have examined as to tbe truth of lisp' matters cositoitted in the paper." Sir A. Cot.gunoux declared that he never w i ts iies.e4l eliargesi more completely ill-founded this, whieli were this slight brought forward to .in clace the ilott.e to Jigre.s t., the inotion.--ific:or.)- - After site iiiiiiiissiciiis of the Learned Lord, tiatliiiy; kid been that deserved the attention of the flouse. The Learned Gentleman opposite, spoke of unfortunate Gentlemen. Ile knew not ulna he memo by so designating then,. Oise of those india viduals, lie believed, was isot known to the Noble Lord who cousinenced the debat e —b ut l ie was kouwii to the L. , •risell Gentleman, cud he appealed to Wm, whether lie did not hold him in high estima tion. His character was an pure and unsullied as his e„i tio , Were ge t a t and distinguished. or cording to the story told by this witness, that Oestllettsaii hail acted its the must improper manner. There was internal evidence of the falsehood of Campbell's deposition. In the commencement he states, that he told Mr. Drumm/mod lie would be in danger if he retitattod its this country-10- wished !Pi go abroad. And yet, its the concluding. part. lie makes Mr. Dr tttttt nond act most inconsist eistly, fur, instead of sending him abroad to a place of softly, that Gentleman talked of getting him a place in the Excise. Ile was sure there was no Learited Gentleman who laid beets its the habit of exu,nining evidence its a CI itlillittl Conn, that would not at I.,ter perrelVe the falsehood of the story.—. ( I leur, hear.) —Tile st•itetnent was a complete mitt tore of truth and lit se'liootl. It displayed a scanty reboil cif thee ingredients of troth, Mixed up with an ovet flowing cells of falsehood. The Learned (411(11 . 311in sheets proceeded to defend the law laid dawn l.y the Laid Advocate, which, he was conviiscrd, would hove tmi cb greater weight with the lionse, than die opinion that hail beets given by live of tbe eight Coup, el, who defended M'litsility. could be pitied by this motion They would have the deposition of Campbell, win, Its a witoess, could not be belh veil, laid on their table— moil a stigma would thus be cast on the Learned Lord, as well as on several individuals who were not Nlembris of the noose, and who were, therefore, entitled to protection. _ Mr. W. * WYNN conceived that the present goes. lion lay in H very natrote compass—mid aid but render it necessary that he should follow those Gentlemen who had already delivered their senti ments, into a dissertutioti on the law of Scot land. If an Addresa were called for, in order to remove the Advocate-Depose (:one his office, then, he conceited, all the Learned Lord bud said would be much in his favour. lint this was is mania fur inquiry —and, although he could see tea- HOMO for nut ptarieg returnee on every thing contained iu ti.e deposai tttt t yet he conceived the pruitu•ittna not to he refused. There was nothing extraordinary iu a witness at one time staling par ' titular circumstances, and at a future period deny ing them. The stink for treason it. Lancashire anti Cheshire, in 1643, formed a ease iu point.— The inch. iJoalt were arrested on the oath of at per son h om e d 1110011.1111 t, when he woo called Ott to give evidence in the %COMPS'S box, he directly con tradicted his former testimony. l'he Crown Law yers had, of course, nothing to do but to closa up their briefs and coverlet to 1111 acquittal. Oa the second day of Paililitnetie. itiee'i,sg, alter this transaction, they seta Go all the witneeses— they examined them day after day, and, at letigth, came to this decisluit, that there were good grounds for putting liana. persons on their irt!,!.--. The Learned Lord appeared to have in his passe sion u printed copy of the trial, which were stated to ba the uncorrected proofs from the notes of the short-hand writer; bat it was desirable shit all per sons should hate it similar copy : from the a stem of the evidence of Cornish' 11, it *SS impos.ible to have it perfectly investigatedditrina the course of a debate. This man was 'epodes(' to have said, that in case of giving his evidence he you'd not reside in the country. and that ally maimfactuting town in it wits as dangerous for him Hi Glasgow.— This was eery intelligible, for a great emitter., must necessadly exist between the several manufacturing districts. That be also declared that a reward had beet, offered to.him, with the as *titmice of personal safety; and that upon this dr clatation of however,lteCuur w ti d t , is ese t % t iiti lv . oc 1; quitted sire pnnei. Tiii. different from the statement made by the L. tuned Lord, and nothina could determine the point at issue so satioractury ni the production of Sir Wni. Ray's testimony. fie expressed his surprise that any man, having a fair regard for his character, and being desirous of avoiding the possibility of illiy (attire miarepresenbitions, should hold coninium cation with a witneva, to receive his testimony, sith out having taken the ordinary precaution adopted lay every Magistrate in England. of hiving a de; k with Mtn to 'tote what might past. The case of Muir and Palmer, he obierved, was essentially dig. Mitt froth the present; for, while the proceeding% of the Rouse, in that case, were directed strint4 the Court of Judreamre, the present Motion eon templated (ily am investigation into the canittct of the servants of the Crown, vi Inch appeared to have lweti disapproved be the Court of Law itself.-- The propriety of any interference on the part of the 'Louie Was questa:melt by the Learned Lnrd. because it might prevent the inetitiation of civic pro ceednigs by the inaared party ; such im obser vation, if allowed ni tiffs instance. must lie also held valied in the case of .eveYv tither pistlic runt.. tionary. even the Mibisters of gtite and might ha a bar even to a parltaitteittary impeitalnueut. lie conceived that.. very sisaltient calk had ingest Made out fur the int eeferettee of the House, and lie there fore should gti,,f iris ante in Weenie Of the inutioi , , Lord Cestr.encidit exiiVesta:d his dissent Coat the opinion' oi l the .(rob. • &Metier who.poke halt. and ttid. mit see obi Obit's& to justify the its' inatittiting any IStaretealtugs against the Law 011ieett of the Crown its' Saittlaild. Ile, therefore, trusted; that the tient* w 611141 ottt call for the re. and, the prodtittion of afhich enitlif he Atli-tided With tea uskful euno•cluiwitc . ..ligstestion appear on the fare of the waned Mitt the lAra oTh. ren of the Crown Were not' justilitat iti instituting adIIIIIII 41, C I; i 1.. s Mil