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imi r' I Y alk. * N . 'JMBER 779.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMEA 1. 'MUSE Or I.OR Oti—Tussosr, .lung 23. Commqt. r of Privilogn, on the Claima to the Roos whioi stood for this day, was adjourned till to. morrow • Their I.ord.hips then proceeded to the further considention o f Garditer's Divorce Kill, respertin. which •onie additional evi dence was Avoi d. T his related ;hien) , to the non inter course between the ; , actin, and the circunist ince of the bath e t achiN, in reference to that consideration. Mr. Fair, at Counsel fir the Petitioner, addressed their Lo:diliips, in an Able and argumentative speech, on the cit vimuiriccs of the case, and on the effect of what had been t weed au crirlenee. h concluding, he adverted to the blame ' :is cniAlact of C ndain Gardner through the whole, and the -4,04 anxiety wbiah the Petdruner's noble family felt, that houtnirs ahoAl not descend to one who had no connee a *.th 111 and contend •d, that ample and substnitial grounds ~.1 • ..vn lad for their Lordshi,is esteems to these important ju "voirins in the Dill. si t e, the Coohael had withdrawn, l'he hill, without ally observation on the part of their Lord. Wit forthwith read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-munow. TiIEf.t.OSSON'S APPEAL. - - The Order being read for the attendance of Ole Judges for the purpose of delivering their opinions respeAing this important and long pending appeal, the same was read at considerable length. from a number of manuscript sheets, by the LORD CH Er Bawos ; the result of this was in favour of affirming the decree of the Court of Chancery. The LORD CHANCELLOR then addressed the House in a speech of some length, repeating his upon the case. In the course of his observa , o s.r rsferred to various authnii•ies, particularly t mat of Lord Chancellor Tuuai.ow. With re sped to his oven opinion as to the main law points ul the case, he could never bring his mind to en tertain any doubts upon tl.em—they involved those ru l e , of onoctruition which had for ages applied with respet to wills. Under this conviction, be certainly should feel it his duty to give a negative to any proposition tending to reverse the decree ; the Noble and Learned Lord concluded by moving a Resolution, tending to affirm the decree ; which, on the question being pat, mot with no opposition ; and 't was forthwith ordered accordingly. The Order for the exclusion of strangers was enforc ed. their Lordships having, as we understand, a case °immediate Pei sr' I. au e to attend to.llWe are consc gamily precluded from giving any regular state ment of what passed. MR. JUSTICE. JOHNSON. On onr readmission to the House, the Clerk was reading a Petition, which, as we could colleft, had been just presented on the part of the above jadicial estarael• , The Petition, after setting forth the leading circumstances of his case, which are already Define a a readers, stated in substance, that the Petitioner was pat to very considerable expence in defending Lhasa in s cause now dep:nding in His Majesty's Court of King 's Bench. That he was in. fo:med that a Bill (the Felons' Escape), tshich con: t aimed several Clauses, that, if passed, would have effaet of an a Pea fade law upon his cause, and prayed that their Lordships, iii their wisdom and justice, would so amend such Clauses, as that the law, at the time of the alleged offence, may not be altered. The Potition was, upon the Motion of His Royal Highness the Duke of Custara LAN o, ordered to lie upon the table. COLONIAL INTERCOURSE WITH AMERICA. Lord HOLLAND, in a very low tool of voice, made a few observations upon a part of this subjeft, in which he seemed to advert to the praiiiice he said, obtained of permitting the importation of certain cournodities from the Continent of America, into some of our West India Islands, par* ttlarly Jamaica, in bottoms not British. This, he conceived to be a relaxation of an important law, in favour of the West India Planters. He thought the topic worthy of attention, and he expressed his intention to bring forward a motion for obtaining certain dis- Cita information from His Majesty's Government upon it. These observations gave rise to a desultory and ?a. ther irregular conversation between the Noble Ba ron, the Earl of CAMDCN, Lord I la w Krsauev, and the Duke of hlo:trooss ; in the course of which the Noble Duke stated there could be, regularly, un der the existing law, no trade carried on between America and our West India Islands, except in British bottoms. In some particular instances, where a strong evident necessity existed, the general regulation might have been departed from ; but an order bed been sent out. desiring that no such pow ers should be assumed by the Governors. Cases of strong necessity might exist, with respeill to articles of provision, but the view and spirit of the instruc tions sent was certainly the preservation of the carry tag trade. • After some conversation, in which the Noble Earl and Lord Hswiitssauav bupportei what had fallen trots the puke of Mostar/as ; Lord l lot LAND, who did not proles, himself satisfied with the ex planation given, gated, he should take a future op portunity to move for th information to which he had alluded. MR JIIISTICF: FOX. The Oyster of the Day brig read, for the consi deration of the Petition preseno d on a former night, on the ran of Mr—lns:ice Ft s. the Petitiau was accordingly again read. After which, Lord HAWKESBURY tiase and stated, that under the circumstances k was this opinion, that the farther proceedings in the MI *e of the Learned Judge, had better be d e f erre d mail the next Session of PaAisment. Hebad, therefisre, in pursuance of the notice he bad given on it fonner day, taken the liberty to bring in a Wll, which he now presented, for the purpose of continuing bum their present state ot progress, the proceedings in que.tion until the next *sum' of Parliament, not withstanding any prorogation ur adjournment. Vt.l3 respect to what had faUen front a Noble Baron, when he had first mentioned the sobjed, he thou) ht the merits of the Bill may very w e ll b e di scusse d . uti its second mad. i:zz. What be shotAd now 1 top - sse was, that the * * MN K,'YO • • . i• s „ . ~ ; , ~.,., •,. - --I - • 'it --' '• t• - P••' • - • •.. : pca ...., ;a 'Aul;uni %I Lcre: . kN N tytol O 'til 7gll t „, •I• . r. "41 his T 4, Liget rt / .' '• • ;Iv'''. .. ..... Itilk 701 v.! ..- i. , IP , bit' .ii i , iiill t Vif** .. `I ,'• Ca. '... .ir, t to t 39 rt 0 .. .trig .• 44..i.3 . lA.. nballethint, ft, , togia •Liil Etta **Ott.% All i b Welk ... ' • • • , ' Asia .i • .2 • . . WEDNESDAY, J Bill be read a first time, and ordered to be printed. It wis his intention to mom the second reading of the BM on Thursday. The LOBO CHANCELLOR said a few words with respeet to the precedi nue which applied for proceedings of the kind, in tl ie case of Mr. Hastings and Sir Thomas Itumbold. Lerd HAWKESBURY, in reference to what he had stated of his intention ! of moving the second reading of the Bill on Thurst lay, said, he was aware he could not regularly give I uch a notice until the prints were on the table. tie wish, therefore, was, to have it understood, that if the Bill should be printed before that time, he sihould move, minims. day, for its second reading ; and moved that their Lordships be summoned for t 1 tat day.—Ordered. Mr. S. Boca:at, accompas ied by severed Mem bers, presented the Report of the S.ileft Committee of the House of Commons, 'to wtnnuso much of the Tenth Report pf,,rkst_Ct‘mnissraters of Naval . tuquirf as . raiii.trto the appropriation of eel: ain monies to purposes not nay ai, &c. we; referred, pursuant to a late Motion of : Lord I lawk-sbury's. Lord GLENBERVIE pees ented a Bill, we be lieve a private one, which wa s forthwith read a first time. Lord HAWKESBURY, t dluding to the docu ments which had been just laid wpon the table, moved the second reading oft he Bill " to indemnify all persons concerned in as !V:MCInS 40,0001. to Messrs. Boyd, Benfield, and Cc. &c." which was accordingly read a second tire 4e, and ordered to be committed. Mr. Montague, from the ( :bamberlain of Lon don's Offi.:e, presented certain; Accounts dire led to be laid annually before radio' sent. The Bills upon the table 91/ere forwarded, after which their Lordships adjourned till to-snotrow. ROUSE OF COM, Mr. WELLESLEY P3l/LE bros. numb.rr of Recruit, which t juu,el the Corps of MIMI, Waggoners, 1 of January, to the Ist of June, IC table. A Message from the LOW/ Wort! Lordsbii4 had agreed to Use Laud T.r Barrack Ma.ter GetlC. An; Rill, the Bill. the C.),umiettonere 114i;take I Qounty Bill. , )KS. ..ght ty an account of the the Rot al Artthety Curlll, Ninen, Ste. from thu lit Ordered to lie on the 'mil tit.: Hone, that their Cum 'oilstone's Bill, the l'.onJon Port Improvement lilt, and the London Fish The Mesizngers also Informed tly r. Hutu., that their Lord ships requested the !Ulnae wouid cootoivo.cate to theist the Report of the Csmmittee upon the 'I tenth P :port of the Com mission r• of Naval Inquiry, teepee ting the issue of Money front the Rank, oppropriei..l to sera •iees lint Naval, &c. alum, respecting the Debt due to the C town, bi the late Adam The Speaker informed the MA sengers that the [louse would send an ensure' to tneir Lt. &rips by Messengers of its own. The Notth Shields Light House Bill, fmre the Lords, was brought op, and read a first time • The !taus• resolved itself into a 6 Nsmrvittee macre Wenon's Divorce 11111; Counsel woe orderel to ire called in, and heard at the Par. Mr. Witten! accordingly attended at the Bar, and afte• a short address, some witnesses were I minified. The House then resumed. On tit- Motion of Mr. ROSE, the House peaceedod to bal. lot for a Secret Committee upon cs iriath , 4 ZOiltalliet in the Elevenei Report of the Colorist minners'of Naval Enquiry. After the bad"( a Committee was appointed to exertions the lists, and to report the names of Me seven Members en whom the majority should fall. Oil the Motion of Mr. STURf :FS BOURNE, the Com mittec the Corn Bill was de/ erred till Thursday nest. Mr. WHITBREAD moved to at there be laid 'before the House an Accosts% of the Balances in the hands of the Receiver General of the Past Office, on the • sth of January, sth of Yoh March, April, .srf. in the year to tie 50 day of Apr I last; part:felarly an account of tl to names of the different per. sons in whose hands the same 'care deposited, luring those periods. He also moved for asi miler Account from the R. meet General of Stamp Duties. Which were ord:red ac fordingly. MARK( lAM expo seed a wish that the Honour able Gentleman (Mr. Jeffreys?, would postpone his Motion re lative to Ea.l St. Vincent, at.d the late Board of Admiralty, which stood for Thursday neat , to a future day ; some mei. only upon this silbjea had been laid before the House, and several more were necessary., and if cwt all before the House, they could not en into the question with propriety. Mr. JEFFREYS declined postponing his Motion. Admiral MARKHAM observed, that it was not his fault, that this business did not come before the House earlier In the present Session, but those papers were absolutely necessary, and it was something novel to the House for an Honourable Membet under such circumstances to refuse postponing his Motion: it was a ease of very crest importance, not only to the late Board of Admiralty, but to the country at large; very se• rious charges were brought against the Noble Lord, late at the head of that Board, and also against himself as a Member of that Baud, and it would he a very great hardship indeed, if the House were to proceed upon the question, when the papers on one side only were before them. Mr. JEFFREYS was proceeding to explain further; when The SPEAKER informed him, that the only question was, whether he would withdraw his Motion or not The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the Henom - able Gentleman would nut press his Motion ; the name important the subjeft, the more necessary that all the vouchers should be before the House. . . I NE 26, 1405. seeemily real a find time, arid ordered to be read a second to•rets, , ovr. Mr. S ruRf;ES BIIUR NE also brougld up a RII for abo. certsio fern In the Custom Howie, arid insuring the more effectiral attendance of officers arid other 11Cf.Oil• belong • ory to sire revenue; shoo Bra fie regulating the Exportation ~t' Spirdrems Liquors from England p SccOland. and from thrice elsewhere, which were severally read a Snit tune, and ordered to be read a scald time to.mn i vo l v. Mr. WHITBREAD wished to be informs/I Ay the Right Hoot. G mtlenran (Mr. Pitt whether Lord Barham had re sigued the office of uoe of the CoMmiaaavilers of tete Royal Coinmirsion of Nava/ loqu.ry • to which hlr. Pitt arowered tai the affirmative. Mr. PAUL rose, in proseanee of his notice relative to the Nabob of Ott le, anti a charge against Marquis Weile.ley; and oliservard, that when lie first proposed to brim: this bosinem be fore Cad Howe-, lie was perfectly strisi&M that it was a questron which should be brought 'reward ray some MemOer who would have more wehvht with the House than he could; however, tie felt it his duty, and as a very yourig Member, he bugged th iorlidgence of the Horne. The charges Ire had to tool fur. ward wren of a mon serious mature, against a Nobleman high ot the coMOlence at bb IC!ng, and high in the opine/tool the . P O / 91 * . :W/rh'l`Oill toil Me oriental career w7th v. much celebrity. Fie eirarged him with, after having entered into a treaty with the NaJmb of Gude, whereby the latter (one of the must powtrfol Primes of the country, with near three millions of so'iiectsj„ engiged to pay a tribute of 900,0001. amorally, haying viol nod Cr it treaty, hies led the Nabob's territorie., took pos se; inn of his c 'entry, end converted two millions or the reve nue to the its,, o his own Government. lie therefore charged h..n with a breach of the law, and s violation of the Act of Par- Ailment, in appointing his brother, Henry IVellesley, to the Government of that territory, at a thatance of 1,100 notes horn this Kingdom When be origroilly gave notice a tins motion, it Was his intention to enter at large upon the subject ; but from the lateness of the Seredor . and many other circurnstances, he feared the iisue might lie unsucceofal ; he therefore would coratent himself wits moving fur cotain Papers relating to Marquis Wellesley, ac 'riot's, at the same time, that he should be present at the discussion ; his love of power, his insatiable amtminii bad led him int , . errors, 'and into acts of oportemion and injestice. He then moved to a copy tit the rionsiter of Sir John Slone, now Lord Terignrrioath, stating Irma reasons for entering into a treaty with Seaud Alley, and dcrivirig the N rhob of OA,: of his possession., dec. also for several other Papers relative to thieve transactions. Lied CASTLEREAGH aid. he shoold not enter into the legality of the aopointrocot of Lord Wellesles l / 2 Branner but begged leave to state the adore of his appointment. Ile was private Secretary to Marquis Wellesley, arid was se..t nu a moat impotent mission into the interior; tits firs return he Was appointed Supertntendant of the ?mimic , : of oml.l by a Curnenremn, he held that appointment 17 months, but never received any kind of emolument, and executed hit trust not only to the satisfactign of the Governer Gmeral there, hut to the satisfaction of tot Board of Directors at home ; he attended diligettly to the settleno at of the revenue of that county, and exposed in. person at at' time, to tlor climate; and he averred that the situation bed not only been prejudicial to bum in a pecuniary way, but his health was considerably impaired Sir W. BUR ROWLS did not think it fair that the lion. Gentleman's opening should beatitude! with such expressions against the Nelda Marti:vs: with respect to the legality of the appoilitnient, it Bid been his lot to hold an ciAiemi legal .itri al.on in Bengal for ten Teats. from which he was well ac quainted wits theesibiect, arid he 41 , 1 no , llama the appoint. me..t of Mr. Henry W...tieiley would ha rowel to be rilegir. Mr. WINDHAM thought if it was improper for toe Neiadertmas f Mr. Pool! ere wales- wadi observations, it wit equally improper for the Noble Lord mid Hon. Baronet. Mr. PAUL replied, that Mr. H. Wellesley was appointed second sander tire Governor General, amid be was well infooned that he 41.(1 derive Lem:id/cable pecuniary einultuiseirts, more than any other %object eve. had. His annual income was 6,30311. 'reside, an allowsnee for his table. 'lr. WELLESLEY POOLE rose to contradict the aeserti , m of the Hon. Gentleman: Mr. H. Wellesley items' sit deroreatry emoluments, am! to his knowledge the expruaawof Ms mis sion to the interior was paid upon vouchers by tie Geverhmerit of Bengal. Ile hoped all the papers might be laid rant the table, and trusted lie tome would come whuti tois sohject would be fully investleated. Lord CASTLEREAGH propose) that those papers alsould be produced without prejudice to the public service. Mr. FRANCIS asked the Noble hind (Castlereagh) to in. form him, whether any dispatches had been receiver, from Mor mon' Wellesley, giving an aceountr.fthe war web llolkar, in the year IRA; arid also, whether the Directors lied received ac. counts to enable bun to hang liWitatil the Imla liaJget this year! • Lord CASTLF.REAG'T answered, he 111.14 not in possessi rit of any advice; direct from Bengal on that subject; the Packet had been intercepted, arid from this, and other causes, no account had arrived; as to the India Budgo, he bad riot re. seived the necessary accounts. Colonel CIAUPURD said, that from the delay in printing the necerwary papers, it was impossible for him to bring forward his Motion relative to the State of the Army. ARer some conversation between the SECRETARY at WAR and Colonel CR AUFUIt Do the latter tcbtpotied his Motion till Friday next. Sir WILLIAM BURROUGHS brought nip the Report of the Committee, to which the ballot for a Secret Comontiree was toferred, when the following Members appeared to bare the majority of Votes, and were appointed atconlinglv : Lord Castlereagh, Right Hon. R. Ryder, Lord Glenbervie, Right Hun. G. Canning, Right Hon. T. Grenville, .11512 Rt Illon.W.VVirulhani, Mr. Serjeant Bro. It was then agreed that four shuold be a quorum. Mr. JEFFR FVS answered, Le would ptedge himself to the House, that there was nothing :it the Papers alluded to, which could bear upon the subje3 iu any manner, an if it wu oe canary, he would take the %elite of the House tenon it. Here the conversation dropped, and the Knice stand‘ as I; . . IMPEACHMENT OFJLORD VISCOUNT MELVILLF Mr. BOND observed, that though his motion stood first on the orders of the day, yet a notice having been since given, by an Hon. and Learned Friend of his (Mr. Leicester), of another• motion, which, if he could persuade the House to accede to, would render the instruction which he meant to propose, altogether nugatory—he though it would be more for the convenience of the House, that he should allow the motion alluded to the precedence. Mr. LEICESI'h R—" In the motion, Sir, which I have to submit to the House, as my objeet is to bring it to a revision of a former proceeding, I think it will be fairest to all parties, that I should set out with stating, that 1 mean to move, • That the House should proceed by impeachment again , : Viscount Melville, no the charges exhiloited against him in the 10th Report of the Corn m:ssieners of Naval F.nquiry, and the Report of the Commit tee of this I louse, and also to insttueit the Attorney- General to stay any proceedings against him, by ii formation, respeaing the said charges, by the order of the 13th June.' I cooties', Sir, that, when this subjeft was first agitated, I saw no auffi,:ient grouial for any criminal proceeding whatever against that Noble Lord. I considered the Noble Viscount to have received, at the time, the full measure of punishment for what he had done, in being corn. pelted to resign one of the highest And must im portant offices in the State, and being struck out of the list of His Majesty's Fr ivy Council. After hav ing undergone so much, I was of opinion, that it WAS unconstitutional that he should be sent beMre orrginady. Mr. B.ALDWIN brought up the Report of . the C.rminittee upon the Woollen Clothiers Sinpencion Bill. Mr PETER MO(.11RIF moved for the Order for hearing Counsel on behalf of certain persons petitioning against the rirem the Report be discharged, and fixed for the third reading of the ill, which was act orlitlly ordered. The Report was then received, the Bill ordered to be en goiesed, and read a third time teeniorrow. Mr. fIUSRISSON gave notice, that he would to-morrow move for a Committee to consider upon the _ n ut.,`S on Ow/ t Plate Giese imported into this kingdom ; also on Drawbacks and Mounties upon Sugars exported. The SECRE TART at WAR brought up en Account of the Cm:Ea:to:a he Death, Desertirm„tt. from the Army at home, up to th latest period. Which Was ordered to Is on the Tabu.. The CH ANCELLOA of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, thaah• rioted to-morrow move for leave to bring in • 1141:, ay liointing Controls...honer' for auiiiting the Public Account.. Mr. ROSE brought up • Arli to enable the Trustees of the British /111WleUni to pilfcliamt thOCOlloCtiOri of Marble Statues belonging to the late Charles Townley, Erq. which wa. mad a first time, and ordered to he read a second time to-morrow. Mr STUROES BOURNE brought up a Bill fur raising the turn of 1,500,0004 Ihe the service of the present wear, to he raised by loam Indiroptisr Hills. Heals) brought up • simi. 1 it 11411 for riming 11.111110,111.1. and ate • olatihar Bill for raising It, Q1)0)001. fug his out ties o: tb• present yea' ; whir& sere another tribunal to receive punishment 4 second nrur, for the same offence. The decision of the . . - (►lt`atE etxrswc►. House, however, expressed a different opinion. I\ fully acqeiesce, at this time, in the authority of ' 4 that decision—and, in what I mean to propose, I have no intention whatever to controvert its judg ment, or w call it into question. The House de termieed, that his Lordship should be criminally prosecuted. in the inferior Courts—and, had it ' adopted the motion fur an impeachment, I should not have to trouble it with my present motion ; but. whets I recolleet, that, after they had previously determined against an impeachment, and the mo tion which afterwards was proposed by my Right . Hon. And Learned Friend (Mr. Bond) was mite peeted by most of the Members, and was hastily acceded to ; I put it to the House, whether, if the motion was now to come before them, for the first ' time, they would not have preferred the mode of impeectiment to a criminal proceeding? Is the bra place, it would be most becoming to the dignity of the psocedure, and the cbarther of the Helga el Commons—in the second place, it would be more consonant to the high rink and station of the indi vidual accused—and, in the third place, it would be more conducive to the ends of substantial justice, both to Viscount Melville and the public. It has been the usual pradtice of the House, to psoceed in the way of information—but, through the whole of the Journals, I do not find a single instance.of such a 'proceeding, towards any Peer of the Roam, ez ceptio the solitary instance of Lord Halifax, which bore no analogy to the present case. Lord Halifax was Anditor of the Exchequer; and this House, heving first voted that he was guilty of a breach of trust. in not having duly examined his accounts. at the proper periods, passed an address to His Ma jesty, praying that he would order him to be prose. cured by the Attorney-General. That Officer Was once or twice called upon by the House, to gate what proceedings had been taken in the prosecution, and he answered, that lie had been stopped by an excep tion from the Court of Exchequer. The present case, however, is evidently a deviation from the long-established wage. It only occurred in the so litary instance of Lord HAlifax, that the Court of Exchequer was constituted a criminal tribuaal—. and eves y other precedent that we find, where Peers have been concerned, has been uniform ly in the mode of impeachment. —I admit. that ▪ Peer of the Reelm is by common law subjeslk to the iu. isdietion of the inferior tribunals; but I main- ' tarn the constitutional doctrine to be, that every man has a right to be tried by his equals, and, con sequently, Peers to be tried by Peers—particularly in all cases of this kind. I see, in this case, no grounds of any exception to the uniform popaEliow— The circumstances were such, as excited the IlitMest anxiety—Am' the public attention was called to there in the most formal manner. I'belleve'thAt there is scarcely any Gentleman who hears me, who will deny, that the high rank of Lord V iscaunt Mel ville, and the great,, sr.eritoriouo and eminent ser vices he has rendered to the public, at least is his former lite, must fully entitle him to every privilege which the Peerage has been aecustomed toenjoy,koo fore observed, that the proceeding by inepeacbdient would he more conducive than any other to the ends of substantial justice; but. in saying so, it can not be supposed that I mean the slightest refleetion on the Courts below, or the the goer of 'foie Judges. Si far am I from cuing sa, that .1 lemnly declare, if I had a suit in which my c/a:era/ter and property were involved, I should prefer those Courts to any other tribunal in existence. But is must be remembered, that in all new gese., sucla as this, the Courts of law are restrieted by the techni cal rules of evidence, from which they do not, and indeed cannec depart, and must, of course, fir.cl great difficulty in such an investigation as has been proposed. For iustance, there might, perhaps o be no great difficulty sn proving the a:counts of Mr. Trotter I but. according to the rules of evidence, all the to/snug:lions must be sifted to the bottom ; and should Mr. Trotter be brought eke witness, his evidence, according to. these rules, most last 12 or 14 days, and be decided upon by the same jure.— In an impeachment, on the contrary, the comet and the parties would be uniacumbered and unlettered by such rules or orders, and there would be no 01- , ficulty in receiving whatever proofsmay be adducml. The mode of impeachment before the Peers 'HAS d be by far the best for ascertaining fees and motive and it would be the most advantAgeous to the N able Lord. if innocent, and if guilty; the most injorievo Another strong reason to induce the 'Jolliet° adopt this method is, that of justice to Lord Melville, against whom there has gone forth amost inveterate pet judice in the minds of the public. which might have its influence upon a jury, but could not ra..ly reach the solemn tribunal of the House of Peers. Every one knows, that a prejudice has e, veiled the minds of the people, that the Noble L in qaestion has embezzled the public money, as. A defrauded the country of thousands and ten..- thousatols, by which trues were enereAsed, and tee national burthens accumui.teme. This w An the tneee. - sal sentiment whisk ran throu g h all tee addreoee presented to this House on the subjeO of the Te..;., Report, and what chance can there be lor an imp..r - tial decision, when such a case comes under the cognisance of a jury ? The evidence to be pi so duced is not of that short and sites:nary netere which could be brought before a jury in the course of twenty-tear hours, but to the length of he ini peachment there is no limitation ; and there wimol be time for the investigation of testy thing. In what I have to propose, I haven right to expeet the concurrence el a great majority of the gentlemen opposite me, who originally voted for an =speech. spent; for out Of mernben who gave gulp voices o i that occasion, there were not fifty who did not prefer an ewe-et:him:To to a criminal prosecui :set. It the decision of the I louse had been given solegeof and deliberately. my respell for it would induce ray Acquiescence; hut I maintain teat the vote 111-4 upon passe the dcoila tii te a ra h il l y ot o i, r m in . incidentally after a n t , t i er pai th :ad eee rv a..l:: questionblore the HClailwas, whether or Rat WAY