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taialt any. T',4osect4tioriN ions advised ti all.. Wl tt n these pt.r.t lotion l to rescind th e ir 'f ormer , Reso could ,:tn it-ht — supposed. that it was from a !'/' Predileaio t n for' Impeachment, and, not hider,hider, tha sariftion to tints at ' the (Mk which they; had on in view ? . Accidental .eirctirnstances !Rigid put stop to an. Impe4ehrnent, 'wliich. 4:11‘loot titee case in a Prosecution in'a Court of ,Lev, Ile tailed oe. the House not to rescind their farmer Resolution, and particularly not at the in ! paste of those titl i Gentlemen who had not co n curre d the majorit y, but vote ras d ;.igainst e very spec i es of ecution. He call e d linen Gentlemen to resis t%the li etieti, because it had' be • en 'brought. for Ward in '; ll ,. culi alloti n • .ot !tile toe for th e - most iusigniticatit Papers. same persons who had ,been present at the rectission were present, he should have no .appre ? %ion in going to the decision. They had no idea dial obstacles would interfere with the sense of , !'`tHolie, till fo r , a r days s i nce the Lea - rned - Gentle applied for instruCtions to the House ; and , ea tbig application, shelved a determination to- 41.11.111a1144 that had.b een chalked out by the H pur ouse. etnew.frorn oral experience, that many Gen if they had known that this been agitated, would have • at ty of, procuring an attendance .own. If this proceeing, on be count lanced; he knew not If Gentlemen; who W ere un eft.of any kind, could thus re-• on of the +louse, he could .restrain thein,from proposing, e Se.ssioneto rescind the vote . his' night. • stated, that wherehis Learned ece off his Motioo, the 'Right elo‘'V him the Chancellok of the, timared, that -the general'question cation would the,n question rid' that alohe; without - any ave warruhted-hiS,Motion. ruined the intimatioli of Alle xehequer, .but appealed to the' use, whether:. that had 'been and if it had been a' notice, Gentleman thought it neees ...rday • h oliad ril7./!1' PETTY • haVing been `one bf those rols)tclit itit;ti e l, l , t it; their duty to vote for the, Impeach first instance„. and .afterli;ards for ‘Ne,„''',P,ltY Criminal Inferinatidn on the former • ~ :g at i v " e , t l .., o i .i t it equally his duty now to give a decided t e e . - 1 1',4ir tent ' ui e Idotion. If he could assent to-the i ktn,i n.. 2 ., that bad beet' u•ed by the Learned Pen ,vtre 1,04?0tt (the . Siqi i Ci tor - ge,neral),. that they . o `,.1.141 : first the first time to . dccide upon the ques latif4, , l 'T all I mpt;ichi4ent or a Criminal 'Fro-. 4hi e,he t . 1 the P..ttoraty-Geueral were more ..desir tTer, wa qi s e,i,ild rot t 0 Impeachtnent. Thii; how the Ikui,"`'t the Cu,se . and he begged to fernlud how vi c ‘ , 114 ,,' , that this l\lotiOn was brought ,forviaid r.;(„rd.ilutece of a notice which appeared only I c4 tri Y ,4 an the books, the objeEt of which optte b", ° „ a way a, Resolution . that had been katl k, ' "le house after a consideration of two theA tis ,a c ad a discussion of two days,previous,to kil',l', t o it. This ResolUtion had been kll'atiiity.vlt:fe,YerY ciicurns .tance of the most forioal i tt k i l vtmli jar the preceedings of that ..liouse, with 4 r4 le t i. tii' circumstances of solemnity as . limed e ti k rs , attendance of the greatest number of ittetitio Kr haPii ever known, and fixed . their ri te ato th e d• . •.' - t Ti . i i l k . ISCILSSIGIV of the subtO . icse 4 . IN' sett under' which the Resolu hich ti lt: adopted, and that ri , ,as . the decision zix..,(4 kiiis,eariiied Nleniber now state,:l not to have ~.,,t , , ~..17(rately kirmed. li e had with his feeble. ;1ei.,11111'44,134,ted the . 'lotion for the Impeachment, lit i 414 he, ur!(4. with the whole weight of the k4l"',,iytt titt! i'luelicor of his Hon. Friends near lthn, ,-,nrei:,.!earued Gentlernan had Said, . that the. -li th at (I ,, u ng, t , ) the mode of Prosecution had not, I Z i atil e d (~,,(2, the Ile did not think , the tili ni , ; 'tit:Ll4llln stated this for the purpose, of xitar. that th.,., 116 ,,ei5e.. but eertaiely be could not • t l is 49 ‘i,, ere . °llLiernen opposite (on. the TreaoirY. tik.etori, vlignoraut cif the „Ti e - tice't then under if . e4 lbee ef , t i h e n T he: 4 yOlLig and inexperienced ti , . 11 4 t, th e 'louse' was pereealy' awaN °f, .it 1, • ere ( wan . .„ . , , )e. ip .nor _ %sir , a another proot that they conla fit'tiii i , ti '"' of it. - Had they not a warning tir•• , le' veto the - All J- ilis.H.,3 ey were about to give .. IN, . Pol l . t,., ~11'Iurable Friend (Mr. Sheridan) . 14e % -. li g t it ll' . arable Gentleman(the tbiAt tie or of ihe Riche i)ii;:ntra e . e N it it el, ltd quer) to consider' what wig ' 111 :1t. (6l at'. the vote he was to give'? ll ti e thi, b . or t_o a ' l the he' did not wish kil „Idpokei,? Fti. Right Honourable Gentle iLivi,ret li t ; lad he Spoken after? . No :, „ `'uhf 44 4 d — Ned' the : t . O ,have stated his reasons 'for oti t i a ,hltilt had I,e,hoe which. he.. foll'O*ed‘ '. The 'l'l4, \v . '''. ,kotio4 fort u ' - '' ll tr) nitpunge the words of, the lak e 11aeti that he Impeachment, and those avi t itie e vot , no. Criminal Prosecution- should ti 'Y to pct I'' against the original Motion with ~ il l i„ _ rid o f L,...,_ . ~. k' l) t. 4 "' , Whe n 4 .. u "ul, and after the `lapse of a 11)eur that "rolu the state of the HOtlitr, it did 'ta,r4ets that t he I\le m b , . -N o . h ad .' , en, present were half the , 01 , ,,,, (~ !,,,oltzilt ro Votea on that' question, . a MO— `o,n,t.v r;,alle, . 11 * ard for rescinding:it. He had v,t, Aul la i 3.„' fat' the Impeachment as the moNt r 1 t)r I. " no des 0/ tr i. 1 i 11 , .; 1) , 1 • o ceecting, and on givina his f: it':ilia.t „,t T s :cutie n . hy the Attorney Gene. Nt hy a en influenced by any preference 5,.. 111,1,,1‘ . Collsititizition ti ' . lAt beneficial ads an- NI, tilt r eSUlt f ,4.4 C. tiliveru rOnl it to the ' Public. 'He ' 4l telf(111,1%11., aeri r° ,h, l t t l , 'at the, Tiouse wouldadhere to , t , Bi,, it , i?t e oi . we , tt,,to decision' of this year would i.,1 Ae' lle , I( Mcl ai Zi preeedent. h ‘t,t3 ultRO/pEs la 1)11 4t I, i t ) resei lla . declared, that if,the Mo-, 411,,,_t sheee t 1 ,,, , a solemn , Resolution • of the lii ?Putt ~4_,, 1, t ,„ , e i „ i ,„. , l itt-, first "to oppese it In rising ~,,,.tm ,_, • •metioie of his' ''' . 4 r ity , t -' 'volt ' w , , . Learned ,t. riend, he. • - ''' l , 4 s t.i''e 1.4% of ; t''kti! *at I toiv:, tt- I (trate sense the ma ii.4,44 i,'',44,ll4'(ti.,tiii., le,,i,llll,le•,,as.ked. the Gentlentan op t aeil-ltcitrro it' inrc', Whetherlthe 'test laugh II - ‘ ( lit e l ,'`l to tilt 'Y the maierithrof the House ? i s el l ~,\toe,-,:),..,'11Y evidence they ctiuld have, 'littp tztlie...4,l4(.,.‘ounietit{:,riis, \.vbether every Gen `! 14) tlit,l)eact„net . 1( ; 71 4 041te side had not pre t, 41(4 4 . iloe t . , t - • zle appealed. to the t.'heir te seti . It et, his ~.ulietlier every- GAntlernan who k' t , k1,, 1r-4,. .1.,; 11 ;', , 1 ; i f " ,.). 01 - . : t h_te.• House had . nts?t el. - - 1 qaeh ~ N! e 1 1 , ' tau I i npeachnifint, if thee 'klitti;ee i hme,, c '''' not lie. NobiGT old Who hail .71 k kii7";:4,11,,'1t.' h imself by his'etients, p;.,- - '''itilit - , -_. • • 1, (/..., it l ,it. styport of . , • tet from persona tieo now abent, littotion was to have hi Itd,, Th e ditlirulty 4emoli I,vai kno' th 'kik a short n o t i ce, , be ere it would stop. 14tkiy to Prosecutionleitul a forukir ReyolUki ktt t,4.-e what was t o rt i ktpre period, of till thC.y prol; ok‘d tl 1 . 1 1'04 s TER 5 104.,11ial given no6e ( belot T i , qttlN;el`). , L 4 s to "mode of Prose ( Rdt! consideration, an OtiVc4 W4111(14; 1311,1\ik. ,aci triaiceildr -rho •:Exi 4':olle4ion of th© cATiiiiereii yh as a notice ; whad the. Lelrned Lor taty reileitv it yester uhnt.- "I.' - . , . . ; • _ptip o luti (tat 1 .14 f t l t.er, L ie.cp.„ , e.t , igte 1;411' , awered i. Cou 'l d -"e Noble. J.,mrd • with alt. his. inge . -; -.4.. - • • -'' ' - •• nuttj;; atisurer 'it liiviself?,: The Nizble Lord had _stated, C . (311 isteii.,tly;,,l.lii4t lic e "till preferred the,lni peaOnienc. in the Whole Itecords. of Pitiliament" there was but one instatice of a ,tfosecution h, the Attorney Petteial against ii Neil and.i43 that an aigument for Adhering td a,ResolutioSe he Might . say, inadvertently taken, when suelk ResoluCion was contrary to the praefice of Parliamtnt from the cAr liest periods airs History lf they were to adhere to the forth and not the sense of the .Hour c; they should decide against what was the opinion of airna jority of near five hundred Members. This IN/I,titin was not to rescind a Resolution of the House so much as to carry into eflia the - sense of 'the'vast majority of the Members. By adopting the Impeachment, • they should get rid of the embamtssitent that would attend the other course. They all knew the ferment that existed, the MistakeS,and misrepresentations that had taken place, and if the. Trial by impeachment would not be so exPeditionS• as that in the King's . Bench, was it not desirable that the trial should be put off till the ferment should be allayed ? If the ' lion. Gentleman would consent: to prosecute on the evidence, and riot include the charge of participation, which'would involve the investigation of accounts, the matter might go to a Jury. Any Lawyer would. admit, that it any other mode, of trial could be dis tovered, it would be preferable to that by Jul), - if the Jnry was to be adjourned, .whicht.should be the case if complicated accounts were to be submitted to their consideration. Impeaeh,mept - was wore consistent with the dignity of the House, and with the rank and station of the delinquent. He cAI- • edOn the House. to follow the sense of the Majori ty, and• adopt a course which, it 7 thiy had ewe to :the di'seussion =entangled by forms, they would 'have adopted- that which 'was ' , the 'sense of , too Members in opposition „to 43. • :. • -- - - Wr.. WILLLVIISJVIWNE thought the ,T rouse was indebted for the. situation in ,which they found themselves to those who voted in the first instance -against till: Crithinai PresecntiOn. . He' complained Of the 'short notice which had been given of the Mo tion.at tuts, period of the pession, when:a week at ' least ought ' to. haiie been, c giren. . '.`hough he dif '•ferred.frorn • the's& Hon: 'Prima's' Who'had conducted the. whole of thii bUsinels with suclt•rnoderatiOn ,andability, with regret he was still dispbsedto give the. preference to .Irupeachm:.nt. There was but one Instance on' tlie.l,l,irnals df a ProsectitiOn"liy the At tomey-Ge i oral;ia ficrthat hadfailed in can Sequence Of one technicalflaw. He preferr,e4.the Impeachment; therefore; because technicaldefeas might sometimes ..find their way into the , pkoLve(lings in the CouitS ; tind . the 'Government might order the Attorney Ge neral to: enter u, npli prpsequi., - which,. from the man lier in which the business had been hitherto con dutaed, .he did . not'thirik unlikely in this case. . He was therefore an enemy to such proCeedings. The Impeachment Would-be . more cons1:1 tent • wit ft. !the dignity of the House, and . more satislaaory to the Public. After a few more observatiOns ()fa similarly judicions nature, thelion. Gentleman concluded by . . moving, That the .diseussion be adjourned to Mon day next. The SP.E.eIKEI? having asked who seconded the 'Motion, and not bavilig observed' an intimation made by Mr. Windham to that effeet, the discussion proceeded. . .. • .I'iIr.II(ILLM,VS, if he had been present in the ' first 'instance, Shobld have voted against Lord Afel vine, beCause he thoUght" he deserved punishment. .—He had, since voted,against the Impeachment and the Criminal Prosecution by the Attorney General, But as the House had come to a lieSolotion in favour of tho latter, he should:certainly vote against the re scinding that Resolution. „ ~ . - ' - • ' •• ' Ji . b . % /V/Nig./..4..4/ was, , from the beginning, in tai our ofian Impeachment ; but the House having resolved on a Prosecution by' the Attorney-General, he was decidedly. againit rescindiw; that Resolution. Besides, with all, his , prepossessiou in favour of an Impeachment, he never iuiderstood that a Proseett tion by the Attorney-General, in a case similar to tit& present, was unconstitutional. -It had been stated that onlyone precedent existed, 'by- Which the mea sure could be justified; but it shonld be recolleaed, that precedents could not be numerous, for that Pro secutiong nf 'any nature against 'Peera'of the 'lcahn had been. far from common. :. With ,regard to the ; technical errorin the case of Lord Ilaiii:tx, it was certainly true, that technical errors, though tittal to a Criminal Prosecution in an ordinary Court of J te:t ice, might . not ' be fatal to" an IMpeaelunent ; 'but. this must likewise. be. considered, that the condudors of an Impeachment would' probably. not possess much technical law, while those.who defended the delin quent would be' mined ' .at all points ' with it. ,As to 'the' competence of the Triburial,lecould not ad- Mit, in their full extent,. the eulogium on the, one }land, and the censure on the ot her of the Courts of Justice. He readily Allowed l tha - t. lie did not think them completely the' . best . Tribunals for such sub jetclj.i...kut the, delinquency of Lord Melville was ra ther the.crime of a Statesthan titan a State Crime, and'hel,vonld not go so far as' to say, that lie would prefer beyond all 'comparison for its investigation a ;,.,louse of Lords to, a.4try.. He did not feel perfcaly satisfied i'vith the fitness of the Attorney-Gener.il to condua the ProSecutio, after the declaration lie had made , .in the House. He was .certain, that that Learned Gentleman would never allow his private sentiments to interfere with his public duty, but in tlitrt , declaration --he' - had contented himself with expressing the difficulties under which , he laboured, and did 'not go On'and say, he could and would in fia ekecute the task assigned ,to hirn. With out he uwi . able, by his argnments, .to ct?n iirk*a-,/tiry, they would only tend to raise preju dices . against the Prosecution. Then 611110 the questiOn, whether or not the. House ova's at liberty; to chancre the . fOrm of proceeding wiiich it hat, adopted" Mr. Windham *tended, that it had no right to contravene tts fbrit.?r judgment. With out 4tleetini to doubt the ilia, how did the Learned Gentleman college the SeriSe of the Howe on the question ? What were the Parliamentary grounds by viliCh he ascertained it ? Priiii intereinirse and eOuversation might .afford him tii, Means ,of forming. . a.juderri brit onit, bat this was not a fair mak of cstiniatibn ; and, he protc.,tvd strongly aklinst the tx:ltuntption. of what \li; the :iense, in dlr :4 coil-. tradiaion.tO thelleclarvd vote of the I 1 0 , 1 ,,e. - I.'hure, • Would be no end to this }Arid of loi - Ise . conje4itre if it were once-admitted, and no futuro decisio:l of nir lianierit would be exempted from its op:,.raiii..l, , All I,4tuesilong -Are itet te.sottthintitO • yes-cir me : . May, but others are not; at' ill p tbie of beingfdeci.; ded• by a simple affirmation ti* neg - qtion. lti that •qu'estidh there had lbeen tutu Mac - ling point, tiler or . net there'shenld he a Ceitilitial Prosecution • at lull, and then which of the two modus should lie adOpted ?' the Learned .Gentlertian. had Said the ge- - neral principle ouglit first to have been settled. ,tii this he differed front hiM.. For though some might ininiediately say yes, and etliersliO, - there were many NVIi6 'Would hesitate until they knew *hat 'species of CriMinal ProSecution was to be proposed. On 'the question Of Itneaclinierii., there had been four classes of opinions. First, those Which Maintained the in justice of any Criminal ProceMinx whatever. Se condly, those who wished for thelnipeachment.•'--4 Thirdly.; those who urged the ProsectitiOn by the Attorney-Generals and Fourthly; those who were desirous that some Criminal Proceeding . shOUld , instituted at'all events - In this involution and coin -plieation of sentiments, he thought it impossible for the Honourable Gentleman, with all hisretinement, to get'at the true Sense of the House. in a very full attendance of Members after a long Debate, they came to the precise vote, that the AttOruey- General be direaed to prosecute Lord Mel ville criminally ; hut it was impossible to distin guish the principles on which' that vote was found ed. All he knew was, that the majority thought one of these . two things ; either that .the'Prosecu tion by the Attorney-(.General Was .the best Mode "of pro'cedure; or that it was better than abandoning all criminal procedure ; •but fo which of these distin6t opi n io ns they leaned it Was impoisible to tell. Af rer the lapse of a fortnight from the proceedign al luded to, at a very late peridd of the Session, when the .attendanee of Members was but Scanty, and with .a notice so short that. it was difficult to col lea even- those who' were. yet in the Metropolis, this'unexpeOedineastire, reversing the former Vote, had. been produced. He ,was justified in calling it totally uneipe&ed ;for; although it might be ima, gined that the general . instruCtions , to the . At torney-General to prose Cute Lord Melville would be followed by some specific Resolutions, .pointing out the parts of , the, ,oblc Lord's unkind .to .which that Learned' Gentleman's attention (Asia chiefly to bedirthed, no one ever contemPlated the •probability of . a 'proposition overthrowing :Sc. 'im portant a decision as that of the 13th Instant.— " Bat,"' says the Learned Gentleman who opened the discussion of this evening; " the matter was , hurried through' the Ilonsie, and but loosely at , tended ti)." if so, it Was the Most elaborate hurry lie' had ever seen, and the most Studied ti4abille of .ciandita he had ever heard of: To' rescind. that pro ceeding•wolild eStablish - A 'nest dangerous prece , dent. Who-knoWs but that filter a fortnight, when' , the 'Mernber's • had dithinished to Arch a degree, :that it - ftrbuld be scarcely 'possible to term a HouSeS,. (a eircuthstance which fret - ineptly occurred to~rards fine clone of a'SeSsion) it miight be proposed to rescind thepresent proceedings Windham dwelt strongly _On the' extreme scandal to the House that, 'would, 'attend such a reVocal of their Vitas. (Inc of his Chief eauses of complaint against Lord Mehille was, that lie had involved the, cha peter s of Public Men and even. of the Legislative Bodies. The House of COmmons was 'as • much .on trial as *that , Noble LOrd. it was necessary to clear it from any imputation of improper: mo tives that might be cost upon it, and it would be one mode of doing so, halving taken- a solemn Re solution, to refuse suddenly, • and without cause, to depart from it. The 'CIZANCELLOR' of the EXCHEQUER rose.---The first point to which he would .direct his remarks was almost the only real ground: of opposi tion to the Al aicttl of his I.earned Friend, and that . • was, that there was somethi n g in the circumstance of brine hig it fOrwArd now that put it out of the power of the House to adopt a proposition which it had formerly .been the evident. wish of the majority to embrace, Considerable misapprehension ,existed about the Notice of thiS.Mot ion. it would be fyund on exainiuing the subjei,. that no attempt beeu Made, as was insinuated, to take the House by sur prise. On the I the 'louse Caine to the Lieci sion With respect to the Criminal Proceed:4l , s in a 'Court of,Justice. 0711 the 1301 t4erC was flu 17[01iSC. The 1 tith *as Occupied in the diScussionS of that part of the Tenth Report of the Ci inehissioners Of Naval Inquiry nth clt related to the asSistance 'afforded to the Hou s e o f Boyd,. Ilenfield, 'and Co. in the next' week only. three sitting (Ines elapsed before' his Horieurable ,Friend, behind hith (Mr. Bond) gave notice of a Motion for Some specific instru6tions to the ,:'attorney general, Who availed himself of the opportunity to beg tfiat the House would grant ample direc tions as 'to the line of condud he should pursue. He' (the Chancellor of the Exche(luer) then diStind ly stitted to the HouSe, that the inure be considered the subjea, the morche became convinced of the superiority of an Impeachnient to acommon Crimi nal Prosecution, and on his Honourable Friend's pro posing th.it his Motion should stand for the next day, be desired it to be deli red ti:l' the present evening, htcause he thought the House ought not to confreC itself to affordi ruaions to the .Attorney,Genetal, but ought seriously to re‘;ise the Wheie of the proceedi ngs , and put ihem into the farm of an 'lmpeachnient. When his Honourable Friend urged , the simplicity of his MOtioti, winch was merely to exclude from the consideration of the Attorney-General . , Mr, Jellicoe"s tifThirs, be answered, that those .who thought With him dint the' l'roseeutiOn ought not to hi proceeded 'WI tit, but Ovit an. impeitchment should be subStituted; could not possibly Cone t ir in any Alation for fresh insfru.i;, ins to' the Attornev-Genert ' - h34 . thus 111.7, if tile H - onse were hot 'aware of 1H that wasnow niking, it was not to be attributed to his reserve. This was the sixth day from that en which the Notice hail been given Was it gr., i at a titne„when tile business of the Ses sion was concluded ? or, louks - only were expeded the , ry, it was at a tithe when the notice of a Mot;on ee6ting' the Anti to which so much importane: attattheSby 6toticiftlen on the bppfhite y given. tie left tit( I louse to consider J ti notice! shatild be dated from the mere of form yesteme day, or from the tire, i!i!!=,..r;,ll : , r' it. :hies, w - ,ts cbar:lL•wr cess of which ir...1; - !e it, T oti, !It to tiAopt his ; the' v hen an Lori,l , MoVed . ithArt Ifetpetreble soddenly : chatigqi into a ,Reeolution foe a Cr urinal PrOseeution by the •AtterettV-tle neral, Without any* previous notice; to the lietasel . or Atiy cordniurikation which courtesy might perhaps haVe denianded, tO the iSitilele Peri;ottage who *is t objeet of the, proCeeding. Ile did net by '.fiy.rineeas deny the right of aaing thus, he only could not expressing surprise that: thoF:e whoussertel right themselves should be eager to relbse it to —Another matter of considerable surprise hlee: was the next stand that Wra; macte on this . que.:4t;eie —namely, on the impropriety,:aS it wzis ter;acel of ever moving for the reheireling of Resolutions • WhiCh had passed in a preceding part of the ;line Session ; a prettedent e , which it was said nfight ,• lead to the most dangerous censer I uenees. Whot, was the natuit of the Resolution nuke me l ee . ( L e , ciassien, • and"which his Lietrned Friend had rileved. should be abanacned ? DA it net at the thee when it was proposed b his Honourable Frie i tel ('Jr. Bond), and zigreed to by the Efouse rescind the Cive and dirof a Crirmeel PiOSe cution, which the Hout e e„ On aformer oeceeie n ., negatived ? That -Reeolution, therefore, is her'lf a precedent that, it is net contrary the rules of .Parliament t& rescind its Rei;oluziotr . ., in .the same Session in which theyeeere passed, if cirdunstances should demand studs a step to be taken:: It lipid • been insinuated, With a' view„ ins doubt, ofconvey ing the impression elsewhere, that the measure now proposed was a stratagem contrived fur the oureyo k o of defeiitingthe ends or pUblie, 'justice, in the eley. sedition of. Lord •How ? If it Were Wished to relinquish one Mode ofprOeeedingan.f to leave the other uncertain; there might be hetet~ ground for swipicien, but When, at the sitme mornept that it was proposed to zibolish one, anothc , i was es tablished, all plausibility in the, suppositien that it was a stratagemsanished. • the proposition whielt was introduced by his Noble Friend was that 'which had been formerly praised by those who stood most lbrward, in' the attack on Lord Melvill e , as a' measure: the most constitutkaial, the most, jost, the most likely to be etThanal, the most •die:eificeil, and the most becoming to the . chareaer o liarile ment and of the Country. Such indeed seemed to be their opinion still. As to the . clierge of ini2oll ,sistency, what inconsistency was there in this frank anti open avowal ; " thought, any - Crinsinal Proceeding- unnecessary, we thet-etore took those measeres which appeared to us best to defeat it,; the House having, however, ,decided, tied some H. Criminal Proceeding should be instituted, we have 'now the option between to o moo es "Whidt We were. :net before called to decide Upon," the Gentlenien on the ether side, " the riten,un pre, posed must be calculated to prevent the ends of justice, as it , is upheld by those who wi.sl o to save. Lord Melville from any Preseeation Does it•follow then that a tribunal is less excellent, because 'it is less repuennit to the feeling's of the, accused ? llc trusted no m.tn in the House. would hesitate iu saying that it waS desirable, if possible, to unite the 4cellence ul the tribunal, with attentijW tO the fcelingi of th:t ac(Ave;l person. 'lie r‘iLiA Hon. Genternzus spellelast Ii id tiiA!ei ,recd of argument to prove the imprAicability olcollect ing the sense Of thelleuse fairly on the' out. ion., without entering into any of the reti,aetnente a iii Ii that Right Ilenourable Gentleman deprecated, he \N.341 ~() to the sithplo • question. Can there lie a doubt in the plied of any tai:onel In that ies • the eccasion alluded to, muds the, greaee pate tof the 'Members preferred the impeaclunint ,? If this 'was the case, and if there was nothing in the, eh-- entristances that had since occurred to change . their opinion, he could not conceive why their conent to the present - Proposition should be withhelde-- The Noble : Lord (who. „speaks in a , wiry .which always entitles hiin to the attention of the Hense), allows that the . cireumstaneeif have not been such , to priiduce any i - ,hange, in his tliinion;; he even adilZet, that he approved of the impeeeltment, be eause it was constitutional , not on, slight trivial groun&;, but because it ,was constitutional 3 and should a mere question of term : be allowed' to stand in the way of such it measure Theßight Honour. • till, m , Gentleman comented fbr some .•tinie on I\i r. i dhatit's distinction bet w eerr •it State crime and tiro crinte Of is Statesman; .aio Contended, that 'if pert .of • the el etrge against' Lord Melville, with' regard •to rap- plying the public money sto purposes which he , wotlid not disclose, were substantiated, it was to have Mutter more fit for the consideration of the House. of Lords. The objcaion made bye some, that time would 'be eiayed 'by . the c r itaimo.. Prosecution, had been already answered by. his Learned Friend. The Only case on the lorithals heited - two and a hell; arid though the •nbili ., ties of the Le tined Gentleman to whorn.the present proceeding • weal be entrust e d, would, prc.ibahlri, being it to is termination sow - ter, it could . sietiN;ely be *e.kpeeled before the next Si%sion of Pardiaincette to the long delay in the case of. Mr. IliistingS;ther'e. existed .no analogy between . therri. One yeas Of it veri : eikettmscribed extent, the other 'ernbriliedAdi the globe. -Indet,d, if those are nments proved rims thitig, they proved that no 011:“.t,; no, ka the future, to be tried by Impteichment, a . doarine which he:stispet:!.tA would not readily be Admitted. The Right Hon. Geetlemen here recapittliated his orgiiments, and freileel by Sitying, he ti-ui - ;l.ed the lelothe, on a due consideeition Of, all 'the circ'urri, inCe3 before them, would lint consent to cii ii r the substance' ,of justice for the s;:ike uf the fern is of it. • a :l a : e titi.,l Sabi,le C ' l tic ;I:! i , ; ) , r dea yf l eery tinnnatel. rev of that of the famonA 0.;•;t1or mit',ltlity o who sent an unfortnnaie client :o f driv . eit ititp tAile, a copy` of a most argunto,u.itito .ittAd vin(..itt:Spot.tely, which ho it ad intonded iit ( 11, 1 0 1V:i' of hint .. ;tt li. tit 1. 4 . 4 A hts !" : , aid the mkt:rablo "ALI?, ii Cicor4,, I,J i naci.44.l this ch . te, titrte. ~ 1, should not now . ..oating t - 'id, at m ase ill es 'So i.e 1, 3 a no doubt, it the Itight Holt: Celiac-mum had expres . .sed 'the send- Ineot3 hi. had just done, on the es-4 , 11'41 1 4\14min tla giiitiott of impeacl unfent was forznerly, unatte eesctallv agitated, the tvsuit uwald two b;:va vety tiiirtlct it; li k e, Noble Lord 0t11(1 have been i'filaccti in 0 nituati.4l /146 re agree:ll)k. to his fteling4, Country NVOUId have befit( ;tsr4.l'eti. of complete and ipipartial jwrice. But it now cattle too late. el lie Itie,lll. Hon. 61 - I,itlern.ilt, :k orgtuhent v and , r , , 4 groat deal (...Jf AuterzuZei A4tl eliCleaVO t