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f BOUSE . .QF COMMONS. TUF,SDAY, FEB. 5.. Mr.lttres,ateti 'intention. of applying fcrlaither ex i larsati , n is Allted the. rtit Match, and tha,Leiter in which it' (lOW Ached 'that the re ult of ditit,inf.tination r.,lli;ht have heen ; oommu. tlicated; is dated the 3i Match, being two days precedirT, - .Lord ilrilitirESßUPY explaincO, by haying, that all he meant was., that MirsiArts had no later corn municAtion on the subjett..7—Adjutunetl. Lord PROLIY, anti Tii02.14i5 FOCEY, Esq.,took ttte atths anti their Seats. The Exchegner Bilis Bill was read ti second time, and ordered to he committed to.morrow. The Land Tax Cornmildoners' Bill was corn. mined. Report received, and ordered to be read a third rime to.rmolow. DEFENCP. OF TUE COUNTRY. Mr. ELLIOT rose to call the attention of the House to a pdrticular circumstance in the Papers laid upon the table in consequence of a Motion of a Right Hon. Friend of his (Mr. WiNottorm). The numbets htated to be recruited in ,a certain period were bUtted to 6e 503. But 396 boys were also mentioned. He wished to know, Irons the Secretary' at War, whether these 356 boys were an addition to the 503, or were included in them, The SEC R ITARY at WAn thought. they were in. eluded in 503. _ Mr. ELL irrr wti that the Letter of Service for the Recruiting should be prOduced. The SEC k ET:I RY at /rill? said, that the Letter of Service was very long. He held an abstruEt of it in his hand, which, tlinugh snot come frotn the 'War Office, and, therefore, not stridly oflicial, he intended to lay before the House. but if the Hon. Gentle man for the whole of the Letter of Service, he should endeavour to get it ready as soon as pos t Mr, WINDHAM thought that the spirit of his Bon. Friend's Inquiry rendered it proper that the official and regular Letter Shguld be produced.— This was agreed to. Mr. ALEXANDIR I►rou4ht up the Report of the Committee of '')orply oo the. Army Estimates ; which were agreed to ;, arid a - Bill, or Bills, oriel.. td. IRISH PAPERS. Lord ARCHIPALD HAMILTON TOM to Move for certain Papers relative to the Loans raised in Great Britain hy Ireland. After a few observations, he handed np to the Speaker the following IVlutions ; which well! read Irr►m the Chair : ISt, 1 113 t tto Ao2.otillt be laid before the !louse of the Sums Nioney horrowett in En:,;latiti ft,c the service u 1 Peland, 4latior, till tetwo, iltilt distinguishing the )cars. Forilt siatcd, that the l'reasory adoptta . I,lie, oniv 400,4 for.transierrtng the Loan which they his wax byNate i oit the 1;41 . 3k of Xchttoged at par. Ai i :c4ll.llt of the Alialunr or Site Notes of the hank i;f I rebind Incireida awl in itio4, di-itinguishing tacit quarter, and he , Notes under the value afSi. A!s Account 'l l ‘s , v the I,oiin, from Great Britain ,A v,t' trAnsiiiitted to Ireland; of the Rine of , cl;36;t: at tt it time ; iiini the Notice given by the Treasury, s4atervient .1 the Ptices and, Fluduation of the Stci.k el the 114111404 I rclatill, with the Divnlcricis gtaiitcd at ditlerent cli4tingui . ..liing each year, trout the year r79S to the year ige4. r Tin :6'Z, Motions were agreed to, ;rid the . Paper's ordered'. Silt 110-Alt: POPHAM. Mr. K INNAI lel) ro'4.: to' make his prornised rvlotionint 'tapers relative to Ili, 11/lajesty'S Shirt Itt e nttney 'Anti 1.,R bentible. 11e should think that' he was wanting 'in respcift to the I.L.lti. Officer who was bete particularly 'c oicrfill, in , justice. to his OWil .cliaratter, and above 'all iti a proper considi..r,ition e d for thignity of tha't fkitse, if he were tri . brint forward a Motion of ibis nature without stating, in a ohnimaty manner at least' the grounds:urion which it , z , proceeded ; lrnweiier, lot hail the satisfar:tion to cly,thst he should tint be obliged fodersin the'tfoo se long. Ile was tensitile of ,the .oopletisatit situation ioi Nrilatch he stood. it .was riot a lit tit irksome to his feelinp to be obliged to attribute one to a mein. be'l sit that profestion which all were aecmitriined to 34egatd.with in iris of the 'fu heft gratitmle 4511,1 rt. ipcct, and morelleciAly when that person'w;know to, ae.',inal - empli.iytnetit i and inpossesaion of the confl. tfente Ar ibetl'over'nment 'Bin lie trusted the House wopid gi vt burn credit fir /wit ,haViOg broached this 4.ol)ii'litiwily and without ducconSidetat inn : lie had d , .. ll it was i riot .: dune` scun a manner . forced upon lit hy'Ylittt.nilth' 400 irtil)Wi4iintiff . tiniitiitell by the fi t ). noortil'ile'l l o.Miral ' (Sir H.' POpintitt) who sin saver 0 4 iiiii,q him," whilie peri had'niit been. idle On other tuhictib.' Mier ' Chele' s ri; . ..r preliminary 'olisetra. rit=es, he ItOiii , .l.l iblit the house would not think any spolr.„gy froin hint .sas iirc,i6s:try fur calling its at ten.; trit=e; t o the exp'4.od'ittiii.! of r ite pithlic rito'ne'y, , 'ni'cr which it tc . ,i,4 is peCHlllo4uty anti ptivilege to siiatih with the (11 , ...,it ; U anal constant riate-- The FlOuse,;:,fie had nti 't,lotib wt, as sensibre'that the' dig y . of alit; CaPtir i r of fliS Nlajesty'S Navy iivas not oily' its light flier )3nerny, bin also tit 'take care theil air politic, mone'y was 041...taltrictieiitafi.. ly squandered liiilti' th'e `,iati4tiOn "of . their brittle iinkt atittiorit:y.. .1 t would be in the"recollettion of, the ficnse, that" , in :tlitt year' iSoo, 'Sir 'finite Popham einow . ::m3etriant. Eltp..tliti,in in the Red Sea. i , At -'l,tt rinse . 11e acriVrAl '4.i, CalCsitt4 he COUlti . tint ej it' 63V, riot - was it Ifinterial ; hut he arrived. in I i'.:;.,-..ittitty in the 'year' 1803. In the' tnean time, , / ; f . . I ;etiorrnoir,, uCcouo!'of fio,oool , had been sent to the '....: thniralty, ant' the Otarges and ev,pence( cif trt . 1,17.x. : petlikion. The Admiralty,. struck with iistisitish. merit at the extravagant arnnunt ,of this Nino, sent vttlers to the Navy 11...1ard to have the matier t oVe A . titited. It w:is to the lone a nd d ia ratt er of,iliat .... attention . • Report that fie. w i shed to call the at of tip,: i lowe. It would be'stifficient fur him air state the . w otds contatned in toe Report of thin 111}1.1iti, T1it...n ,, 1i the vetp.de of it, it was said that gross it:. i regni.iiititS V.'ert cnititnitted in this afrair ; th a t the ...., .: sums, wt:rc enotinoos ; and that a grvar &id had beet) e - ATcticled that needeal not .have itt'em expended. ' It k.N,tcd, that aii ,ffiChot had been ClUrged in t he ac » col),, t!. tli.ileti , k'd on the I,4th of An i ;ust iCiot ; that rushy ~„,.' ,0ch.,41. had pone v..th the Ship • whet, she i c .i f ',.:;,,, , un i - .... , anti fl)At. tiiifi :irClica if3d returried . , loTaio with the Ship t , )11:113111toti. Ths was lit le..ist a Lircifintetant e. t ; ins T ixi.flt). mitt there'w 33 bt.'hi , li! at) . (til..!t Ci“;;ii.Vi441.L....; ; 5 1 V+ , ,i,otilly airilca.ed WI the thAil ac c'ounts to t ee.,3 , hat - more had been expender' there was aey charge for. It : , red that one Paper went to establish zr char" titre'rhe repair of the Romney. What this repair ould riocnow state, but at any rate it was proper that it should have been done with some attention to economy. But he found it Si ated in the Report, Otat out of 90061; there was an excess of charges of 71801. With re. sped to the Sensible, there were also several par ticulars of overcharges stated by the Navy Board., He had altered the establishment of that Ship, and made her 'a 32-gun vessel. It was also found, upon examination by the Navy Boatel, that so tar from paying attention to the wants of the vessel, a mast and other articles were ordered for her one month previous to her arrival at Calcutta. Other, Accounts, relative to the proceedings in the Red Sea, would also be necessary in order to investigate this proceeding. When these were produced, he . believed that they would belound extremely curl. ous. There were other P• • 'so that would be necessary, particularly th there was any such, Iron') Marquis Wdle, live to this busi. netts. If it should be declare that there was no such letter, with that declaration he must of course be contented. There was, however, one drams. stance which would form an inducement to the House to grant these Papers, and would be a justification of his cdndud in the present instance. It might be asked, whether there were not other TribUnals be. fore which this matter might more properly be ' brought ? The reason was this :he had heard, and had heard it from good authority too, that the late Board had it in contemplation to move a Criminal Information against the Hon. Admiral. Now, when he saw the inefficient AdMiralty out, and the ',Orient Admiralty in, he thought it proper that the matter staould come before Parliament. The CoMmissioners of Naval Inquiry, one of the most honourable 80. dies that ever existed, would not have arty thing to do with the affair. He hoped that the Hon. Admiral would be able to clear himself. If there was no such Report as he alluded to, the Hon. Ad. tuiral might thank him for giving an opportti. pity of exposing a ,false and scandalous libel. He Concluded by moving. • tit, For an Account of the Repairs of the Romney in tßoo. Idly, For the Report of the Navy Board on this. transaaion.. 3ttly, An Account of the Repairs ofthe Ships in the Rect Sea. 4thiy, Copies 01 the Letters 11.0111Miliquil Wellesley on this subjco. On the Motion being put, Sir HOME POP t lAM, though .he hod not the smallest ohjeftion to the Motions . of the Hon. 'Member, yet trusted, he ehotild meet the indul. gence of the House ,for a few Minutes, 'whilst he read some Extradi of Letters to and from the late First Lord of the 'Admiralty, and to the late Ad. miralty, on the subjed to which the Motions of the lion. Gentleman referred. He should not follow the Finn. Gentleman through the whole de tail of matter which he had drawn from an annoy. moos publication, though he could not help corn. plimenting him on the fidelity , ' of his, memory, in tracing the,Charges through such a length of time and number of dates. So far was he himself from objeCting to the produCtion of any Paper that could serve to throw a light on the subjeCt, that he should, with the permission of the House, submit ; some Motions.. for further- Papers, with a view to that end, as soon es the present Motion should ha slispoled of, and he had no doubt, that the Honour!. hle ClentleMan would'have a different opinion on the question, from what he seemed at present to have formed on an ex pane Statement, when the rapers should be laid on the Table. He could not here omit replying to the observation of the Honbura. ble Gentleman with roped to the cirounstance of the Pamphlet to which he had alluded, and from which he appeared to have derived all his. information, having remained hitherto unanswered, that that anonymous Publication would have been : long since anewera, if the Press had not been somewhat alarmed, so that he could rireget a. Printer to print his Answer. That impediment had since been remetved,, and the Answer was ready for, publication, which bad been deferred in . consequence of the Motion of the Honourable gentleman. Withe . the petmiision of the House; and if the Horeaurable Gentlemartthould not have any objedioe, he pro, posed. to read certain Extrads from Letters con. tamed theroire,:, Theo, he confeased,' were not in an official fofot before the House, but he proposed toinnve,in the course of the evening, tot all such, in an official form, as would be necessary. . to give the House a clear view of 1110 whole,' of the subjeo.--- The Hon. Bonnet then proceed4.'to read Extrads from several Letters, from the printed Copy of his Reply. The first was, front a Letter from himself to Lord St. Vincent, dated July 2, 1803, in Which. he repeated a pressing solicitation' for an interview with his Lordship, hi order to. obviate. the Calumnies' with which hischalitder was traduced; S ec o n d; a n Extrad from: LOrd St. Vincent's Answer, dated July 3,, ,in. - which his Lordship states, 'that the Admiralty had ciliated the Navy: Nara to inquire into, and report Upon the Coptbid of Sir Irony: Popharn,.; ~and that a Copy of :the Report, When made, should be given to him, .aecompanied with.the obtervationi'Ofthe Admiralty theicon. Thee an ExtraCt ,frOtn a Lettei tea I St. Vincent, July 5, in. which Sir H. 'Popham states his'wish to accelerate the report on hi! condi" . aOdiolicitg to be minified personally before, the N3yy go ar d, in order to'robviate diflicupleai'• and remove embar. rassments the prnsecolittri Inquiry. Fnutth, dated-. July 23, Extrad.from. a Letter to Lord St.: Vincent, stating 'Sir Ilorpe Popham'e objed in addressing hisLucaship, to arise, from an innate desire to have his cOndua fully inves tigated, and pointing out to Ws Lorthhip's auto. Lion the Report nettle on the State of, the Ship ROM:. ney, aril the condtlet of Sir .!'lame Popham at Chath4m, Offer an, Inquiry held thereon his re,: turn from Indi a , atel examination of all his OS., ceti, tonehing 'the ►lilf,!rent Charges nt,ide, against him; which Reporr'had.bc6lhilhly favourable tOthe I - lon, Baronet,. Fifth, on FottrAd Of, a. Letter to Sir Even Neiman, l'°;eetetaor to the Admire4Y; dated 16111 July' t 803. renewing his application to be.personally examilted before the different.Purds, in or,ter to accelerate the Report 'on bi t) o,lt t lutf, this Note no whatever 1144;1 been returned, Vi le next w as a n Ex trao of a Letter to the Navy ii eird, to which he ...news his solicitation to he in; , stiomental it, ANcicrating the Report tip his dal, and appeals to the tepott made at Chatham, in proof that no repairs-had been made On the Rom. ney but what had been necessary. The Honour able Baronet then explained what had liaised at Calcutta, in the repairsof the different vessels under his commandi none of which had been adverted to by the Hoo.Gentleman, except • the Romney, nor by the anon.ymoui t publication , from which lie had taken all his infory; tion. Here he could not omit to notice, - tlitt anonymous publication had made no slight irni' • 'on on certain gallant Officers in the Navy. In of this the Hon. Baronet read an affidavit that ' l ' en voluntarily made by a Gentleman who lad en out with him as 3d, then as xd Lieutenant, and had afterwards been made Commander by Lord St. Vincent. The Gen. tleman he adverted to was Prsusicli/lason, Esq. Commander of His Majesty's Ship Rattler ; and as that Gentleman was indebted - wholly for his pro. motion to Lord St. Vinent, his voluntary and on. solicited testimony would have some weight . ' with the House. The affidavit had been made before the Mayor of Portsmouth, on the sth of January, t Sog, subsequent to the appearance of the Pamphlet, but before the notice of the Honourable Gentleman's motion. (The tenor of this affidavit was highly complimentary to the conduct of the Hon. Baronet, as a disciplinarian and an Officer, and stated, that in one instance ,1.00 lives had been saved in conie quence of the excellence of his boats, and the well. trained expertness of his crew.) The Honourable Baronet then observed, that it was not unworthy of remark, that if the late Admiralty had had it in contemplation to institute a criminal prosecution_ against him, he had been in England thirteen, months, whilst they still continued in office, with. our their taking any steps therein, though the Re. port upon which so much stroll was laid haebeen in their possession from. February till May, when they went out of office. As the observations of the Honourable Gentle Man seemed to have made same impression on the .House, lie had trusted to its indulgence thus far, to which he should only add, that as the late Admiralty had sufficient time to have consulted the Crown Lawyers, they might, if they had chosen, have brought him to a Court Martial, and it would appear from the passages the Hon. Member had quoted from the Report, that they would have cut off the hydra's headif they had it in their .power. The Hon. Baronet concluded by asattring the Hon. Member, that when the Papers jie called for should be produced, he would alter the opinion he had already formed on an ex pane case; and expressed a sincere wish that there might not be a single disientient voice in the House on the Motions'of the Hon. Gentleman. Captaitz MARKHAM defended the proceedings o f th e h a te Navy Board, and confirmed Mr. K IN NM It in his Staterilept respeding the intention to move for a Criminal Information against the Hon. Admiral. Mr, WM.. DiC'KANSOisse said, he was not 'imme diately prepared to answer the question as to the Report before the Admiralty; but this he could yen. rare to say, from' ,his clear recolleetion, that the Navy Board reportethhat they had acted contrary to their usual course, and that they had determined on. an ex parte examination, because they thought that motes of proceeding more agreeable to the late Board of Admiralty. It had been asked, why did not the ,present Bind bring that Officer to the trial of a Court. Martial ? answer to that was.; that the time had ex r aited."they, therefore, did with .the charge all that they could d'; they sent 'it t 6 the CoMmissioners of Naval Inquiry ; who rejected it • as merely an sx parte Report; Hc, however, had the vatisfaetion of congratulating the gallant Officer, that whenever this business shall come to an inves. ligation, he will he excoloated, not only on account of hie gent l id 'eharaeler, but•from the evidence re, speeting the fad itself. • Me/R,Ki/A/1//, in explanation, said,' that what the Navy Boarfi4tott done, to meet, as they auPPPaesi, the wishes Of the late Board of Admiral. ,tY• was merely the raking the business tsi irnine. diately, and without delay. The CLUNCELOR of tit EXCHEQUER said, he was very tar.from wishing to give the least opposition to the Motions ; hut be could not help saying, that as it bad been understood from the first notice of those Motions, that there would be no op. position to the medallion of the Papers that were demanded, he should consider it mare,coneunant to the,general principles of equity, that no unnecessary or aggravated deteilrif circumstances should be *tat. ea, in order to produce an impression, when the Motions were not to be resisted, ha rather lamented that the Hon. Movo had gone so tnuch into detail,' and ha should: nut say ,a word on the other side, if •it were not merely with a view of removing'prejo. dice: As so touch stress had been laid on this Re. - port of the Navy Board, it was necessary to consi. der what that Report was, which wpula euificiently appear from their own expressions in a Copy of ..it, • which he held in his hand, in which they stated, that " they deemed it necessary to infant' the 'Lords of the Admiralty, that they had ltamed this iteport 'Docuinents upon which Sir Home' Pophern had. not beenestaminett; and that they had departed from t heir usual course, - conceiving it to be ttie wish of • their Lordshipi that they #ltould proc.ecd in that manner," . . fri r . FOX thought the Right Hon. Gentleman have delayed his construetion of the. meaning of his Report until the Report itself should have been produced ; ha ,was surprised to hear him coin.. piain that the Hop..Gentletnan (Mr. Kir.tvAlßD) had gone into too much tletail when he wits lay. ing grounds before the House for an inquiry.— Whenever he or lii: Ftiends had moved for an In. (pity into any :Auld-eft, they wer e a l way i to ld , t h ey ought to make o ut their etrie before checHouse would grant an Inquiry, iHe, never would allow that whit was called the' `;good natureAolye Gentle. man, or th e delire of. Inquiry inEapother, should be sufficient grounds 'for the proceedinge. , of that House. He remembered,. in Motions at Inquiry, that when the neatest friends and trlations of the party whose condos Waa the objet} have voted for the measure, still the HOttse had re fused it tie never saw in any shape thil Report of the Navy Board ; he did not antic-irate what it ' might contain, hot he Lad nut a worse opinion of it fps irs Stating candidly the 11:13911d C.l departing Itcorr the usual courte. a e ~,1 Mt' Fin' , n exrlanation, 'alit wed, that fro ttols moving fol an In q uiry ought t( m ake vat (I,l'•ir ( 145 ei Lot he thought. he had reason to cBtt l' i l n when a sort of a ggravated statement war m oat ig on a Motion that it was understood would net resisted. Mr. r1NN,414,0 ,in rep h , h., sa id; he did ess i . think it was n ece it a ry f u r him to epologiie CO l" Howie for having Made, use of the same exp rettios as were to be found 'let the Report Of she N ,i lY Board, but es it was atlowlai that neither th e l's' v r e Board nor t h e AdMiralty could' no w take uP, Ih business, he th o u g h t • t h at the best reason , for br, i l e g o i issg it before t h e Flutist. As. to what wee 1111'..1 the ex • part e Rep ort , a s i m il ar Repots had beets eli e t in the cases of Si r R, King, Sit A. Mit e h tl l i R. Bickerton ; a n d; h e understood, after the 11t of Captain Cook, a. Ls Forte, the NeYf $ (911 aetually'consulted the ATTORNEY and Sot.ol/01' Gamlen., how they should proceed w ith rel j e s: to his Executor. P rece d ent s, therefore, el? 4 ; 4 1, , in favour of the course t h e y had taken i it fbe' lent Officer, however, co u ld exculpate hist e "l should he extremely happy, and would be sehrf, the first to retraft any expression Ile had tittdel'" of injurious to his feelings. Sir HOMR POPH A M ) and the CJIMICELLOttsti EXCHEQUIR, were of opinion, that the HON S t tlernan had unnecessarily introduced the rierntl* gallant Officer now no more. ris k' Mr, KINNAIRD rose with considerable, n o tic and said, he should not su b m i t to be Oho- "` expressions he used, by t h e not ions that Of .'"' ' ) i'' ih the House should chase t o c a ll nitre dent it in/ 'two( no reflection on any man, but merely '7 a case that first came to his recolletlions The Motions for Papers were then agreed t o i Sir HOME POPHAM then rose, *a a rt _ er th ing a variety of letters from himself to thy • 0 1; 0 1 Board and Lord St. Vincent, begging to bee° isi s in explanation of the Documents, and the CO, to - the same, he then took a review of the ee, Ad of tli t Navy. Board towards him, and stitee'Z, those Papers that he had been in vain solieltie% pies of, fi rst notde their appearance in a sciltrifoit Pamphlet against him, which eppeered to rot e authority, and wa s sent by /*CSC 10 eYerti.vnio. i s in t a i dn y d i L n e g det. t t l e n r d Hs e e r wc l i l to i i ol lncti i iu n lede t dA he bosy S w q em u r, :d .v r ii o l n c he o p thudi es o: ri 10 „.:, On the Question being put, ii ,-, ii, Mr. FOX said, he should have been an t ' i t hs the Honourable Gentleman had con fi ned him l"' i l l s his defence : but as he attacked, so polet e , f l o f oart late:Board of Admiralty, and Lord St. "I'dor who was at the head of it, tie considere d Charge's quite unfounded, and it was ren lll ' iste that, notwithstanding the motions for 4 1 '1'1 gi , ' the conduct of that Noble Lord, the P resen , Of nisters had take n n o s t e ps of the kind In"' coming into office. . l9/4 „ i ',/I'9r. PITT repli e d, that no person s houl d f , ( Mo no kwn better than the Honourable Gellsi ere n ° o " o f tlll Fox), that it is po ss ible to disapprove hig 1 ' g ee conduct of a Minister, and yet to tak e no set t , aye measures after he was displaced. D ion , Sir HOME POPHA' M'S Motions , after sorts . — iv j , v Members,ationfrninSirC. Pool , E, Sir A. Fle.atraolOs i other Mr. GR ty moved for a C'opy of the Lette l etruftions from the Admiralty to Sir * kr v o i 117 "Ttt , regretting the treatmeet of Spentsts Neutral Vessels.—Ordered. ~ . M"' SPA e N te lS a i g l re l : A d .i : E tl C lS. o ' o The CHANG EL,LOR of the Ext.:oEl2e- ug h „A. " w tlee, that the discussion on the Papers sarily be put off till Friday. ~, Lord m. 4, MIDD LESEX ttsaA E m moved hearing the Charge against the late Shgrif' Bar of the H ouse . K ati.' t t. le EC 0 a crier . ot ihc Dot os o 1 The Clf dNCELLOR o f thr E l4ll 50" thought the course most agreeable to the P o Of• of Parliament wou ld b e , that the House 01000, considerationin i t t o houtilearing any t o h t e he Report eeivsoidrtenocfc ititisaroviirlibiatfill w then before the ta . H e therefore moved for tilt 1 of the Day being discharged. 1 , i 4 be:: Mr. FOX thought it would be extrest i '. 4 , f ottr, ' after the House had once come to tile 6 6 00 0fs ji of letting these persons be heard by thei r # 4 olc, suddenly to depart from thia resolution'!" 0 1 ' 11. COUtit thil; was more unfavourable to the f e v i i s eccesed, •He thought it clash r acy to t!DT r, t t of Of Of Crintinai jatltice to determine on the go t , ~ perm with out hearing evidence o f the chargdt I. 7he ATTO it NEY-G4 N if R i4L contend ,1 it was the constant pre di ct o f P ar liament; A l l - ill , f pared it tothe case of tha'Court of 1 0 o :1. c iilou f l i l pronouncing ju,lgmen t on t he minutes and on a v e rd4 p ast i n t h e cou n tr y. h e . 1 the Resoluti o n s o f t h e i r C omm i tte e upon t h e l 0 0 1 should have as touch weight with 'has He ueel , verditt of a Jury with a Court of Justice. Mr. Fox explained. . t h e Mr. SHERIThIiV agreed entirely i n o 4 0, merits eeptessed,by.bis Hots. F r iers-4.W" !Or i n this subject. He wished it to be untir r ocor to ot; tttiliee Sheriffs iic ont ,bi,yi t _were rca so ulo nfi f s a eo t i I f . t at o rh m et o n H ci i:j t ruc inwishingek:ee that svti a r ci o nli bg t , :ris joo t: o r rreinely tlesir )us ordains both ; and i. $ l , l c an opportunity of doing so, they we 1 :',,,,,04; themselves as nut ha v ing been folly an" yotlii heard, as they conceived themselves'. e r e beln as he conceived them, entitled to be. I° ' esi err ' a review of th e var i ous argum ents of th'',. Cti ll A I.ox of the Excit EQU I it and of the Art t o %); inc let '' siexa.t., and differed from 'Lem in th, e c h .- 0 $ll4 which they drew ; and, he maintainett, t rio Sts had a right to sa y at t h e a ir , that the t heir 9 had Come to conciudo., 0114E00 by 'holt: d iet lutiont, in which the Evidence slit; 04 'die ri out ; and that t h e H ouse cou ld not d eti Ill'lJ they heard Counsel an d Evidence a t s ic n j 0 5 atone, the queation of guilt or iri r ''' cence tif i " behalf, I the Sheriffs, at which plac e, %stil l ult tr be determined. l. i o hiy r u o uc t: e l ' o t tither the : I t se l f : l e 4 Sheriff's B a iBtlii completel thought, e l ß f w dpt o a would have i l s t ii a loc e n e k l a o t in h o t a u ::: ei ; : i t ic l o l ls : A . Y :c Loa it and of the whole of their case, as. M i tid it nl " ; Wll5 pronounced on them.