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We had not, until this day, an opportunity to make any observations upon the mode of proceed ing, finally adopted by the House of Commons, in the case of Viscount MeLvtxt.t. Our readers are a are, that Mr. Willa - nesais's motion for an im peachment was negatived by a majority of seventy seven, and that the amendment for a criminal prose cution, moved by Mr. BOND, was carried by a ma jority of nine. In consequence of this determina tion, the ATIORKEY GENVIAL will immediately file an information against Viscount NIELvt t.r.e, for a misdemeanor, in violating the Ad of the 25th of His present NIasILSTY, by drawing, as Treasurer of the Navy, from the Bank of England, money deposited there for naval service, and before such money was absolutely necessary for naval uses ; with making, in conjundion with ALIIXANDER Totorrea, Esq. his Paymaster, private profit and emolument of such money, by using the same in the discount of bills, and pecuniary speculations, and with receiving various sums of the said tno. ney voted by Parliament for naval services only, and embezzling the same, or otherwise appropri ating it to his own private use and emolument, and with refusing to account for the same, in defiance and contempt of said Aft. In discussing this sub jed, we hope k is unnecessary to premise that we shall carefully abstain from the slightest allusion to the merits of the case, and confine our observations exclusively to the mode of procedure. The infor mation by the Attorney General is in the nature of a Bill of Indidment, with this difference only, that it does not require the previous findiug by a grand jury, to put the party upon his defence, and bring the charge to trial before a petty jury of the country. It has beet &gelled to as a severe and summary proceeding, though certainly as ati agent as the common law itself, and consequently a constitutional, and sometimes necessary process. In the case of Viscount hLtvitte, however, even these objetions disappear. The Tenth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, the Debate upon it in the House of Commons, the vote of the Bch of April, the Report of the Seleft Committee upon the Tenth Report, and the adjourned Debate of the 12th and 13th inst. and vote thereon, give to the proceeding at least as much solemnity and deli beration, as the finding by a Grand Jury. We might say that all this preliminary matter gives to the mode of prosecution by information, adopted in the case of Viscount Matvitca, more solemnity and promaion against a malicious, wanton, or un founded charge, than the formality of a Grand Jury, in the same degree as the House of Commons, the grand inquest of the Nation, is superior in weight and consideration to the Grand Jury of any particular County. But we need only contend for an equality in both cases, to enable us to conclude that Viscount M etvt t. a has not only a greater advantage thati these indi. viduals, whom the Attorney General prosecutes by information from his own knowledge and motives, bat that his Lordship has all the benefit of grave thought and circumspection, enjoyed by those whose case is submitted to the preliminary process of a Grand Jury. This observation is made merely to shew the fairness of the proceeding by information against Viscount Ntecvli.te, as an abstract propo sition. The next view in which it may deserve consideration is, in relation to the process by im peachment. The method of Parliamentary im peachment before the Lords, by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, is undoubtedly the more solemn and dignified pee (*.lure of the two, as being a presentment to the most high and supreme Court of criminal jurisdiction, by the most solemn and grand inquest of the nation. It may, therefore, be more worthy of the rank and consideration of the party, and is better calculated to make a great impression upon the public mind, and mark more strongly the punishment and the o2ence. It would drag the party more into public view, and would be, is various respects, more painful to his feelings, for while he may ap pear by Attorney upon his trial, upon information by a Jury of the County, before the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, he would have to appear in person at the Bar upon an Im peachment before the High Court of Parliament.— Were Viocout:t Islxtvrs. Eto be thu; exhibited, like a criminal at the Old Bailey, from day to day, pee haps for months, and obliged to listen to all the charges and insinuations of his accusers through all that time, surely, if even an acquittal were to fol low, it would not be said that he had escaped with out a severe punishment !—The advocates for a criminal information by the Attorney General con- tend that it is preferahle to the ?wide of impeach ment, as more ex ped ijous, less expensive, and 'litany efficacious. The trial of Mr. HASI Inas, the latest process of the kind, which lasted not merely for days and months, bat for years, has left behind it a strong impression of the tedium of such a process. Even that of Lord MACCLESk 'LLD, which has been cited on the other side as a case of expedition, lasted ^5 days.—Looking then to the nature of the charge, against Viscount Mst.vi invAving a misap plication of the public money, for the pur pose of private emolument. for fourteen years, by himself or by Mr. TROTTER, with his connivance, at the voluminous extent of the several Reports upon the subjc.l, and the number of witnesses, whose names appear in these Reports, whose evidence would probably be all reproduced upon the trial ; there is every reason to presume, that though the trial might be of shorter duration than that of Mr. HASTINGS, it must greatly exceed that of Lord MACCLESTICLD. At a period then of such vital importance to the country, and at the most ethical moment of the most important war in which the country was ever engaged, surely it cannot be a desirable thing to draw the attention of Parliament from the hostility of France to the miscondua of an individual, and divert the public spirit from BONA.. r AIME to Viscount ?Acts , ' E. Indeed, now that the business of the Legislature is so much increased by the Union with Ireland, and the extension of our wealth, our commerce, and population, for the dispatch of which, seven months in the year are scarcely sufficient, Parliament ought not to be sub jected to the additional and extraordinary trouble and fatigue of a trial by Impeachment, when the end can be obtained in the ordinary way in an infe rior Court. If the process by Impeachment be more tedious than by Information, it follows of necessity that it must be more expensive. Impeachment induces not only an expence to the Defendant and his imme diate accusers, but to the individual Lords and Commoners attending, and the country at large. The expence of Mr. H AST I sos's trial was excessive to an abuse. The Impeachment of Viscount Met vi tte, though probably not so enormous, would no doubt be very heavy ; so that with the delay and the expence, even upon an acquittal, he would have virtually suffered both fine and imprisonment. The third and last part which we shall, at pre sent, discuss, is the efficacy of the process by infor mation. It has been urged in favour of impeach ment, that a subject intrusted with the administra tion of public affairs, may be guilty of misconduel but so powerful in rank, influence, and conneaions, that the ordinary magistrate dares not or cannot punish him. Now when corruption is unknown in the administstition.of our laws, and Judges are be come independent of the Crown, this objeetion has ceased to exist. On the contrary, instead of fearing that Viscount bitty r Lt. r. may escape punishment, by his personal influence in the Court of King's Bench, the public have more reason to apprehend, that the deep impression made upon the public mind, by the recent discussions in the House of Com mons, and the authority of so powerful an ac cuser, may produce a prejudice against Viscount Met-vitt!, in the breast of the most honest and upright jury. Upon the trial of Mr. Ilasrisns, it was contended that the Lords were not bound to observe the same rules of evidence in an impeach ment as are admitted en criminal trials in the interior Courts. Those who entertain that idea, and are anxious for the punishment of Viscount Met,' ttr, would, therefore, prefer the proceed ing by impeachment, conceiving that his accusers would be less fettered by form, and have a wider field of evidence to range in. Admitting the case to be so, although we believe the point is not yet finally settled, we do not see any thing to dread in the present case, from the technical rules ob served in the inferior Courts of justice. The evi dence applying to the heaviest charges against Vis. count Matvisa.r, is not liable to any technical ob jettions, and cannot be withheld from a Jury. Nei ther is there any danger, in the case of convitlion, that he will escape punishment. The Court of King's Bench has the power of inflifting in this case, fine, imprisonment, and personal degradation. It cm, therefore, by its sentence, not only punish the party in his person, but also compel pecuniary repa ration for the country, by making any sum, of which it shall appear the public were unjustly deprived, and profits produced by such sum, the measure of the fine. It was reported nn Saturday, upim the authority of a letter from Tortola, that a French force of 20 sail had arrived at St. Domingo, and were eapeacd immediately to attack Jamaica.° In addition to the India news - communiepted on Saturday, we have to state that several bodies of Hour•a's troops, which were left to defend the panes in the upper provinces, have been disperse.' or cot to pieces; aid that a large body of Scicks, under HOLE A it's infuenee,, Which had carried ravages to the environs 4 Delhi , and ovenul large portion of the Doab, 4e:weer the Ganges , the .lumna, has been totally % tlefeated and dispersel, Letters were received on 3sturd,iy from Halal and Einbden, dated on Tuesday fast, t Which there were six sail of the line and seven frigat; the Tezel, in perfect readiness for sea. It is confidently reported, that orders have issued by the Court of Madrid to capture all At rican vessels freighted with goods from British ports upon the principle that the merchandise being sured here, the loss will fall upon this country. The Casette, which contains an account of a 'ant enterprise in the West Indies, is in the last pa, Our Falmouth letter states, that 11; sal of line, supposed to be part of Lord GARtlbit is appeared on Thursday evening off that p ut. stood off for the southward, to resume their st: off Brest, from which they were forced by tho verity of the weather. The Galway eledion terminated on the Mr. EY se declined. the contest ; and Mr. D DALY was returned. Lord Rot La is taking measures to form aVt tter camp in Devonshire. The 9th R giment of Dragoons march W I to Guildford. Admiral tiwo esr is appointed Captain ta Channel fleet, the command of winch, Adi Coax wat.Lis will resume in a short period. The tißth Regiment, under the commat Lieutenant-Colonel Faticav, arrived at Anti on the 14:h of April. The fah Regiment, • the orders of Colonel M.Nata, has ar:ived Vincent's, to relieve the With. • Ft iday se'nnight,the %Vest India fleet, which the day before from Cm-k, were obliged, b) nary winds, to put into Kinsale. The Ontario, STAR RUCK. for Ntsv York, gt shore coming nut of the dock at Liverpool, and feared w.ll be lost. The Diamond, Mt'os*, from Loaded fo South Seas, was all well at the Isla..d of Ker : 14th February last. The Sail', Wit.t.in us. and the Mary, RA f rom L oo d m to Madeira and Jamaica, were ar off St. Kitt's on the 28th September last. The /ndustro (of Exeter), bound to Lend( been taken, retaken, and is arrived at Hastink I'ho Trio, Fansect, and the °our, S raoso, Liverpool, for New Orleans, are captured Frei ch privateer, and carried into Cuba. The Elmo has been pleased to constitute point Commies SMELT. Esq. to be 'Lim Governor of the Isle of Man. The KINO has been pleased to present the A LIZANDiII Stew ET to the Church and Pa Dingwall, in the Presbytery of Dingwall and of Ross, vacant by the dzaith of Mr. Datort The Prince of Wax's+ has been pleased to the Rev. J AMY' MIME CLARKE. F. R Chaplain to His Rnyal Highness's 110u:shots Librarian to His Royal Highness. A List of the Irish Members who voted impeachment of Viscount Met vit.:. E. Right Et P.,itsrauby, W. II Hume, Sir Julin t, Wirt. 11.4. C. if. itutehiol HOU. Slider John David Latouctie d-therivb, Pater Wrlttr Baptist, Robert Loiescl,e, Right Min. Fitz;erakl, Itichsrd Thomas Bligh. S r Sntriervilley Hors. A. Diger', J pnei Steuart. For Mr. Bones amendment : Hon. A. Acheromt, C. J Tito sirs Iltrarrrl, Frrireis The letters by the Leeward Island Mail livered from the Post-Office on Saturdat Spartiate continued at Berbadoes on the 16th The Osprey sent a detained American into Doi on the 24th. LeCestings and Hearers were the 4th May. The Jason and °Tree were Tortola I.n the 11th, on which day the sailed with three rnerehantmen for St. Then Saturday se'nnight His Majesty's sloopsP) tain JAPIVARIN, and Rosa ofh Captain 1 sailed from Cork harbour to join the W, convoy. Mondiy last His Majzsty's ship . Captain 841111/14 arrived in Cork harbor Plymouth. The report respelling the loss of the T gate, communicated by the Jamaica nu nated in the accident she met with some at Bermuda. and where she still is rep-44;N The jangle fever has again broken oi Candiatc frontiers, and c-ried uhf vast ni the natives. What is very remiss peans have been but slightly affeaed by it. The I.,:dy Ne6o3 letter of manila:. of has captured a Spanish vessel front et for Cadiz, worth 100,0001. and has cant America. The Lads Nelson and her ,Ti wards experienced limy severe weather. nearly ,inking when they reached James ri The Empress Joseric at is to :cturn to Chapelle, the waters of which have :Joule. much relief nom the rheamatirm. The RlliSiAll General, Karon de Wren has been sent from Peiersbnrgh to Berra% the differences between that Court and but hitherto without elect. The Getter; Glared that his master was bound by trio port Sweden with his whole force in an: war in which that Government might be Prtc.Aia It.ts not yet acknowledged Bos title to the Crown of Italy, notwidicand: sections of the French Journalists to the In answer to the Inn r of ll ,war • IT L i :inflow acceptance of this Crua•n, I'llloll only tl for his communication, :out for the asst was pleased to give of his modal aticn. added, that he WA% but rental ly cruiceic affairs of Italy, and be ho, eI the Emperlr constclt thn,e powers mete immediately particularly Austria.—Boa seal:re% new neither given in the unperseription nor ip of the Into. 4 JJ Cie 13 +1 t• is fagot r, • : Intio;:r . F.. 6. • 1.. •. L• cc. : "" • ed its IUP 4 es and etre& oiland h time Stmodil l attr jo ys, am' for to I)6c rene met by e been trying 11701 „f th. Ante. 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