The Sun. — London, England, 1811-03-29 00:00:00

ii;l mat tney cti ;bed ts' :4 td, m u the PolailAr notions of the times; The conch)... sinii IR. drew from this WaS, lhat it waq not InerelY the Anti ot Newspaptrs, b;.t t tie ideas of ' the fiaitt lry ii.. plieral the Lelrnett Ge((tlernan WaS in the halal of pro%eculing, It was right that the 1-100,:e 4101114 alftuire w!iy suth a disposition reititaitte. , .;tb' the c 111114 y ; for those vitt) knew the c attpre lot the htimin Intel nhist be aware that it wits rather th sPoi , , , !tti rkinaii in :ts preseiit sittiation than to tot.ottiver the diiht,t,keh wh'ch were neees,ary to itfrri a et, a 1,,, It ttithetore was right to ii quire into ihe 0i1.c,,1 such cl!,, °went. It i , appttart-ci that tlitte 4:iii:t g:caterdhp oi9 on to prosecete, ho.w0111(1 U 114414011 11t4 How,. to all 141)4.441 1 11:1 Ar orney-Ge-.. tifl4l,,;L his it.-41) tisihtlity, to st..te the causes by whichi.:liit liittesitititi w'i justified. But suPl)97•; I.;tll,ili,h,ecltiott4 •.:tre not vexliiously butler-. 44 "' ,and InatspbNlic;itions' were proporti , inably (ii -'• ct,..tit.,,il),' woo cl t iii upon the House to consider (41 .' Welt privilege with ‘Vi.iC.ll the. Attar neY--Ge ,bi'l 4 . 3 i! , t , t4ted, ill this powir of filing ittfortita- • ' lt " e x ' fit . : l o,-,t pr . ) , ;ley, ~ whit hi thofigh it •itlight i.IN ON 1444111,dab1# Or !minors wil , ri tile press was D P'' , wit) extremely tr., at:MI . IS it" (1 un fi t, now that ' ,l4 ittt'si wail() extehsivi.. in proceetiiitg.to argue „'' sh : • l u e'llon, he ould first state what he thought " 11,iltire of the privilege 'which the ArlofticY, ,*tai 114t1 it it in his tmwvr to ex• cute. as the law li t 'illl "lTlktly ; he should next stew the - alteration 4 'l4 h al t:ikii , 1 -c i l' the law ; and, las : 11,. he I.Lil , . 1,44. 4 ;:,lil r°l4 "'! l -1 A bettwr the power was.not used %:I.lttitahl and to th , ,illjury of th e subject. With :11.0111,t: ,inviltv,'its.:lf, no tine who h id not cow,- e ,"" 4, ti 06 up qi the .übica could be 3W are of the v.411441014:1) it eiiableii the Attorney Cy'etier al o 6 , ( 1 a4 )lard,,, i i.e 5i1t,i....0s of this realm. Iti , i ll 6,1 1(4 ` 4 i In whi,li, oh! Crown was a ',toy, the 11: 11 ' 1 W. 14 1 1 4 11.111 '1 by the tortni of Court. lii c: 4 - ' ll 1 * ilitii privocg,,, gt , ater than in any other k, eit ' ct hit the hue of the Sovere , go was t ht.:! Ight ttorth, t ., , . 1,,, i ,, ) to ga,irded, out that the indt,..dh,--ii lo i'l tu cat4titi api ri s t a periou W 114.5 O.l 4 ,Vt'T 4, (4 ‘ 4 1 1 1e6 Pt1U 10 file tvas as a giant', to t . ) pigmy s, p it . 1 "; nttgl 61 such aStii4 l l3llCe ; it weht upott:tl..c. iii;LI"0111 lilote4•1411 the weak (+gains' t I(.' '1',.1)1',6' ktti t i l li l l ,i,''ost• tilt! nant.• were the pr0tt . ...., , ii . t0 ot . (11, 1 kit l ik s ' lt a "t , it An over A helloing ( ualortty.' hit 114,0,ki a l' qiiag $ were perrint,ett Cu the i)et , iti"),'l4%ed Witt, ttei.un, the intiiv,dttal Jr cuSt'd of kc ji "4110' t,,itivild with di,. ,all4= POWtrr in 3 t rli i i , Clriiiidable 14 111/e., n 4144 I,ao notl,il4 to pro-, litti.:llto. iie,iiii,i in a nelre torrnittalct iiliV", for k '4 4‘i I.lf e VII' ' I • i 4)1 were tiiL'd utiot. a pk . ;'- 1,4,:01:,t1gi WO s,'lte'll'.4a ciiiiie, as tte44m,. v hil t' 4 J alaßieoteatior vv,o: p - tssvd or-r c+ ii stone orpii.r -1,,,41; ur lit'l•r3t, and the oetenuant 11.4(.1 not tLe • tt l' ij i „ l1 " 1 " ot Ifir pnbhc eye. In 99 c!.tses ow ki u , 'tie: pr, hwt:utioti Wa:.by the -i\JAPNIer• •ithi '44 llsti! , , (1,y,6 . 1 , "'lie,; WaS t...,..tted agai:ext ttif• v . rs.,t) ,•.•.:- t u ,' 40e At intinl.(;•:,, eta l e.',ig! t tile 1.1 . .0rin3- t,,-x::14111't W 4411111 lit! pit.'44.4,t.t.1, ~y , J II ;'is •"'" t, ,kW (N I : Ill ' s W'ns 1101 lilt; roll: Ili other case,. in tt til va ", the (I, it•likl,ittt had the botiviit ~.f the ; (~, J u:y, •.od the oaths id 'i'Lt w 41" "'"!; II)'' (4: 1 ;1 1, 41, and 4411SWer 'tie chatges ; hitt in tile f.,,,, , " I) ts+, 1 1.! cood ,l4..t:AlSLd,:upon the sell tits,: i,„ . ' t the At1.4„,,,c,-lik;'rej, %no . it shout.: he ~ ottl h ., , . • , ' .. s .. ti. 'I , 44... i art iitt,:t,tit 1 ,, (1, 44cuu5.41.14Q.114 Ile u. 4714 il,l t.. say iltAt the presebt Aitorouy-, 1, 1 1 A.11..,1,...;titt1ett tty , ilie lett, of ollie,,:iOr LIU . , lir ' c 4.446, 'fltliate,so ati()tli t .r (4 3 line , tri mid en ti,„1.,... ~ , I i t . ... • i a,,, ,t114,t1 ,Itt: mntiv.e of '' ):11.. lit ; W.44.4:1 iotal ,''' ')ilier 111 0;i‘t a lo 10,441 4 In 141 4,c.C44.444441i12, ~, I ' , 41 0,, ' , ilk,. sr. , pertiu hied tit 42 1,••:tri),.(1 G.:,(1.4.41; ,ii, l , 4ii, , i4Urt : tt.,' 4, ith out it) 1 . 441 444441,4 411.41. htis is ill • I 111 - • 4,i '',0111 (1 be irrjtist iimi ilito.:1,11. 'flic i I otis , .; ~ .4 4 1 , , 1 .;,, , .11 1 , . '.- '‘. , ' ne,1.1 e . ; 1 t, at t!Rtie ‘‘..;,,, i Ito iiiiii- Il i u , ; ,, • •t I il l ,„, it h1).: 1 to tirct,,, t . . , ,i;....tt in ,tre,i•on th;.! . '4 W,,j i 1: , t l it , i ) ovmi 5.l to lo 1111'4%1 ye,4!:i. ..1211iS (.11t1L::,.4.44:4` e. ~,,, q iiiiitit,:i . 0, a hod ~ , , , th a ttl'atl LI 4 (~ i,- I Aluilcily, Iptt Ire .m.i, %;.. , tclet .43,1 (liseurc. i I ,° klr‘ b.. 1 , ' .- • A 41,,,: .ev(z.d, cool , i not 6119 g a tr.iti , q r , , 4 ' tr the ex;ll,r2tlon ot three years, toil. the 14? ,„41*(1,11,)ptal . - irtit PO (ni liiin. toloitnalit.nts I, 'IT tices • ' '' • r 1 '".' ' 1 i t 1 t , a r : t Wil CI 1 11 i (, ( I t W r fay, iiiitty, (11 turfy ~. k ge tted g , ) i . It PPr. , ' , tvort still hat(h-r, wit,,t) thoy ro, , 4 , ...141 OK, 4 , ..,' ~ 4: , . l• , . .:: , t 4. h i I . ' F, IOU:Is oi pi.notiß,ll pl11.)144 41011 S r., 41t.i, 41 ,'.1 10 fill 111)11 the St;.ap Otiiee with the )iii'licir ii to,ectv.tort, oy bending !hem ;'t .. i.tl it , pt v•o.k aii,l at, acenuat of l'oe mows 01 . ! ii =l 4 ll l„ fi l l'! , l ` 4 "4 ',c.,. Et4ilolS. lint !his w4li 4101 lilt 1144,kri 43 iic' : t:.,!!C was also on ihrittatto'' al to i I tt : Ile 01 I-4111,4;i., up th e d •te•tca- t tor ;ucf,,',ltietit. s , xi r ''' ' V o ke t ":,,' Ilie.'i'riaillit, tor a ' boUt " lob yea j tlS to — '.l . ; : ii! tity,ll.:"l4 111)LlIt Ikte,l uy Special Julies, ti great • f t ,, ttio 'i-e, upon wi,ich lie ihould tint ciwc!ii tunes: 1 . Oiy, I we , i ciit, a$ ll' W:Ai 1,1. intent'on, at. J fattlie •. 134, hiu. itiolitil 1 a scazeitit: * motion Ii: ii , ' lire stinittl ; Iktres4il"'l Sldte, v; .3 }erelly; .I,.ii Sp.l7iiil Juries th t i h ,' c lett ley a hervdot 'et the Qt. t., 4111.1 I hal 11 u ivitt„,,t s ~ , riti,,n„_ • composta;• them ~ err, I ~r toe inu%t cht,. ,41"Lvied with Lake ao4 selt:i'lt-1 with"u t t heY liaJ • ' ' tw„ a 1.1-Int.lit.•)l interest to he thethe 11. ", and wer e ..,44, . "iit pr okt. i L ..4.4.44441Q04 tor the .opportuntly, as '411 '141 1 y , i "Y " PUblit ;Itioil of Sir it,tchard Ptithipa, tiN e to 1 41 : Li, that, wi,ile Sheriff, appitc:nions were' (1. 114 , llin 4 iniiiiy persons to pot t nein on Spe ll ries. Titis at ' k 1 ' \kik'. at they lia,: tilatille6lttl, anti - Itaturli Pi•trit„, •.,1() suppose, th at it W:ls not to; the • . ''''ot ntsohk ail,, il.‘. ~... ... t.t_ ... i t. t4 4 .,... b 1 61, e 4,..iiiniaita.teh. 4-411,.1.1414 tti lif t I ' 14,1 iidtuti,ed lit prustcutious 11i,it dlic et,, 1%4' 11111); that' thonl., proireollollS 101" libel vii ; ., 444 i.,,, s„tl ii, a110,..43, et . .tit:r, yet they ati':i:.tt,'Ll 1 44 . Wits 1, l tlitt ~,, in't4l.lp4 not 1,••• iiii-)wt.itit•—::ttle liberty ot i , :tioje(l, T y , , t -410 111(1 hot , 't. 1114.4.1t141 144:4,114:e Vkiiii, 1114 it, Lions 14, s . `r h(, 44tr 'illed 38a JuAitteation, 'and ler this that k ikit „ kt "Y ft , td A &I : eat auttiolity, , tit tic believed I•hivi "1.144161)1it was,not (U be tound - to OW old ) i l ti %,tliel. be,"th,(l to hitu to Le eittittary to,cOm `,4 l we 2 l thigio i)e staved, tivitt phisectitidda :4111,fiiidip: coeval with the conituhn law. but ..- ‘4ltlok 1,5 41. 1 .4 ` '" 4 4 nu, (:oeval ' ith it. By the sta :4l tain,l i v x). l. l 4 the hi's', the whop jut et tile crime, tii it d u ' A ' h Y the /Ws of itico,trd the Fi'or i . I;lit.il, . 14 NIOY, and Ektibei n f fk/I*lls°Ci 'Ai" ,;',ll'i; 1. :1;1 4 , i l l i 4 ,, i ‘ lt "141 of tittl severs iiiii.ops I uvali 1 11.3 ~ ni atld there wos a diilloti of Lord 1, 4 ,, ~,.:„ i L. , . , 11„ " 4 4 tia the 6,strie eteet. Tbtre l?,i, - '''it it i I 1,. ti, .im. ivowit up hl iirattiee upon. - 1-,l t , • ,'') i l' '' "utitolity (lie' tneant the -au. i, t , 1. • - , , -''.; Jud , , , ,, .. -' t 'Ho' ~ 0-. ,e,ettetf- to at tile thife - of '- •,,,,, t , oi A.l , I,:`' ' v,_ . , s "tr. vox, i 13,11), he wou,d 1.14 t.,•,,1 k it the .61a , 1 -. ‘ ,• •-• . • it44,,,,,, . PLAL KAI. : 1101,4 1 pi„ •t ~ 1A,,,,.. ..,.;til,..a w&i, th e r , t I. ii.' 'I i 0 '14.., '"' - y4 , E,..;. 1 . 1 ,,, .„, -. 4, 4 .4014 1 - /c . k ) _qii ~ , .11,' - 1 4. t lo 14.i41y..in 4411 (awl, ot 1it164-4 4 14e. ), 41i ' ;' by li, l- : 'si tVL'itir . tll4l W:,b tit,- CaSe in . 1 010' - %.4,141, ot itAcht.tiu,er, b 4; tle' 4`,4'.1 Way iibt 1114 case zit Nit 111 . King's Bench upon any other occasion. The wort uses. might be wade of this pf ivikge, for if the At. torney General WOB pleased to state but half his case at th st, he might make - new charges in theleply, which the delendniu would have nu • ITICthIS of tel.. luting,. it VHS' impossible not to notice t tot! great certainly orthelaw, which was-represented daft-1%11(1y by ditre:ent Jud4s, and by the same Judger at Litt- terent times.. Fie then referred 4i the case of Mr. Took,:, and die opinions of Lord Nlansfiddand Mr; Jt:stite Biller. He ti , xt adverted to tLe";aw luid down by Lord Etletiborotk , ; in the .riai . Mr. Cobhett, and In the ease of Carr and Pin Hips itt the former of whici. t.t,...tedi - that where the, -fuelings of an int.ti. idnal begin.to be hurt, then ht.l g3ll the offence; and n the hitt6r, that an author should t , e open to trui..istn, though his irehhgs wore hurt. He (Lord FoLit:stone) ctut . not oee.why the leeli:no of an author should he Tess re gatde4 those of 'a Statdsnillo, . . all ,men, to be exposed Ito the 1 , Nll 01 p0b111..: (;ell - it heAtd wrong. - Yet .such wars the dlitinc tint) taken by the grave eyes of the ht.'. The i.u nishrnent was also a matte - I:of inipoilanee. In a hbri was held tci be °ply' a , irn4demeattor able by fine and imprisontuenti•but the ,n• ment was ContrOrd or iate,as'il 'to dei)fice the inch v kind of the - 111,-,al lii,t esi.stc...ner. The. person .4 con. victvd ware, fol the tuog NViiteri of Pvrbdi cal Pa,pers eft London., 46d were se:,t ro j.itij tram ttla scene of coeir busilie,s H 6 Instanced the case of the Puhhaiwri of the hitlqien-' dent inaititaihoxl, that- Jutt,cs had a right- lo tonline, but nut to ruit,. .He inhi:incecl also the ra Cs ul hlr. Gil,. Junes an) 11 , 1 , . Vino:A - Ey,' and ,A - L.:A:tiled the prdc:lice 4.1 orth-lit,g the individual to hod s,tetiqs ior goOd beim lour, ai lo oupti•ollownt for life. • .1-ie hart itroeured'a Of; pri 3 OlltAs iu. Ne awl twin(' -itholig, them many perSOIIS COM, I, t.t.l til pt.thiShe7.l Wan tinly two or dire,- cotlfisi...nitini; aril Mr. atiiiilsi)u, who ‘vA uit)- oezzhiig the public 100. ey, to colt -414. „wilt, for inutuos. At t'“e last Assizes, a tti,lll k . v„'..pro,t-t.:utt.:ti tor atlilltettltit,ito COOIIIIII it I And. Wbo bad pro, erci 6tistics,tich .1 length him if he, hlltl oetql ca itt(lided be votila been haogctl, w,is st . ntonce.l to only two yeaisl.confittettlent.--- tiutt a di,,,ropoitton Ot ptniisit:rent . in rA infeh wa, contrary to justice anti But 'it oto,;: . : be th it 11 tbi.: were wrc)pg, the dOt .hdaut ht:ght :ve tor a urit of eiror. But wl;at woutil h. the c: , tilecitt: at ter ai; 411 pp p&.,ll to 111 , . Lord, 01i, :;*it oe attewled with ii 01 tot y,ats, „Hid !night be atid the ts:rtu oi fire tllah t pired , ..y . the 1.111.'y i,.t f eliitlC to a (.t.q.:lffittialiop to revert it,, Whtl) tt!ercHwAth vmstew.e a ortVi- loge it) intl:vttlYdla 1.0 suCle.,ll3,alible xi:;10, .‘ , .,1:11,;..1;:)ira1t,..iv. Lu th:e,.: to; abit.olls uc.IC J.,1.1 ;, , ritte y, ti ot ltltt A.korm. ) -(,ivnt-tal ; la%y 1 . 140, 1)ot cottlintit. : tithe i, in..e ; ;t gip. riLto if 111oi1 1N Jeit'.l • i,, , :•<llli,fki IthOta I%V° ;1 . 1?/.4 if.to lit y. , ;,- teil.jii4 the to oijper to thy c,ibt. (1 W,15 !if Cll4bie I . he 2\1'ort:Ill"1 ,1,1 too parCit,a :I t :- ek),(:!.(t ;1:,1 41)3, vi;its r.ot glkett, to t.: 0 0)i11 . 11; I, 01,• Milt - Alit; hi w ‘V4 id) W. , 5 CO' trV in , titu s ted for Ow goc.tt offence of r«i titre us bit:Kers.. ex,en',.t tt tt, ih,t i e ut ,1400,wys.tnottstruhtti—rit , ptlittng the 11• ht•tly 01 the I Wit) the Attortiyy- GeoL•rol,' Coti ,- I.tdicitutt tl it till ,i,,t ot . Lord toi;tb,•‘vflft sat , 3 h never te.td, ill I,,yttloon that o:4e 111.111'6 ktbat v wits, .it 4olotht:i, When lite scvCt'qut the,law rekiscd, .1. - Len, e 00.16 letus to Ittkitiirit 0t,..0wr it. , A the g.aipt reusoos upon ;‘..11:,:11 he groututeti fliti Cnottil e ; 1,111 ttvire: wet e of hers Of 'it - Indic?. ttpn. , thought the,power It'aS exereist....{ ,ibti sively and partially. He did Glit 111t0111 Ot htiorin,inons, he coolo. irttrte . .Nit • panning and 'All. Burke - as authoittlei, • but be %kat quite sure they were. illegal., ay cs.ercisett , in tiic; prestrnt day A : learn..d a. glitowit,of vir 431* . - ; tholothew . Shower ru1 , 41 1 1 b e ( i quieti ate t.,e Other sttle, but 'that was alt argument 01 . 1.;ottortJ, trot A' decoion at tie Bench, and altuded Loth° ease of one man, a6antst annther, and not 16 a case in which the. Crown w.. 14 party. He cited toe case 01 two Nleinoers p'tesecuted for sf:ditit;u4 speeches in the House oti Commons, ants accinitiod f.)r their not , pleattlng the, illeg,inty, by the ,ptqadio ? .., to Ala.! . dicqion of the Court. 'ltie st.concf that of To\k - n and other's, in the time t.l and Mary; ire itltewtse comitatett, , and 'Adthiced the authority Of iikt:kstone, to p: o b q Unit, sticil should only be i . e.s , ,iteki to in cases that notal - of a: inurnein's. but thost... Cis SO Car trom- requiring iitiM t.t 'decision,- were pt rinitted to Ile, over for ei: ; t,r months, and sct'etal, of them were heVrtr LnUtit'lle fol‘‘iltli t*l Pia 014 V c4stis, two Were ac quitte d, and 16 sytiteiteed: Was infor.ned of a person whom bree intor , mations'were tiled and west) was put to. great Vence in e , . ,l,, !tirienc-..:, anti yet, never. brought , to to.trial, t, uii i t be 5,11 d that tilis was leinellCy 5 if so, it was jula such leniency as sending ii man to jail three years insteatt of ten. The .38 Hen. VIII. re-. •,11:, to tne case of individuals and Lord Holt, in -.1 opinion, stated, that informations were only legal where iodic...talents would' not lies but tne 4tels at Elizabeth, and W:',iiatu and. Mary, were better authorities Jinni 1ii03 . 4 dAta, and they did not allow the Attorney-General topoeved with vegalibiliolorai,itions. He con.;ernned; in pointed terns, the principle of compoundingmtortnations, and thought it necessary to inquire whether that v.asmot adopted by. the present Attortiev-Uvneral, , and whether those Newspapers which adopted his pOlitics were not theaetore• secure'? He instanced the ease of Mr. - Peltier, who was iiroic.cuted for ajirrel ori . ldbonilpartik , and way not ,brought up for • judginent. Titere were many at tier inCitlidnals'who toad toy as much iran•gresied the imunds - olde :Letic) as•inotte:presecoteil . :by the kitoritty.-Getieral, wtio nod never be,:n nr . ought uplur . jtlthpllPl)t ! Me had no objection that ftost.4. writers should go no, htat hit,th,iiglit others filiot-id lia.e the' sante privi lege.. jl, tv the tinkle Loud: anoded to-the case-- ,t lie ~ : - . lorn.rtg Post. iteXt Cited the case ot Mr. t.. t ; . p - rtiirieteirSf the Ptiblication fer win( b 21 - Prei;ectition 4as instituted against him, Notwithstandiog •;aid, :that afro or three other persons con., tiAr-t.l whit •a 4 Ahother C3Se•wi - Pi that: of lyir; Lovell, now in NeW,..:aie,• though- it o.proeedin g was taken agai-Ist Ake -author.: l'his tit-certainty,- of. lite law' tetras another gieiltltardsh:p :Of Wl,lell .010 public 14*1 toi:OtallihO) . . • rat& Notilv.„Lord there, read 4 ptv,sat;, - e 'front he Cornier,. which stated, thaC it i 4ta., wrottg•foi :he - people to dit!ensa !holt - writ oldie, militati• ode, "- for - soldiers Utter- cot of the ,paleiol tie lititish Constitution. • lle instanced anoth.l:r passage reflemithr, tin some of the which he ..aid` were never noticed, - ast.iit ..ciriatuitehey• they aligner twhaVe ht-'t spirit -appearedto hint to"inn' through. the -whole of hi. Majesuy's. Goss, vertu-new.' Atteu noticing the eau.- G. s i e Jones, the Nook Lord read a outlier paregr..wii lion) The Mo niqg 1)41, which anoinnuilv-.:‘rted oe-on the coridaa. OtAlie., minority on theklue , tion or,:ijoiti meta: in one of ihe.tlebat , es 'on:the. sit'ije..a.'of Majesty** 'irdisposition, mid content.. , :!; ti g ht di e same rule which , was applied. to one• should have been applied to both of them. Having r.c.tp:ttil:ltr 1, his principal arguments; he concluded. with mating " For • an-. act ount, of all the -ittforntatioh*f4tql, officio in rases at this then Attoche . y-G,e.iera;, , from the tat of Januory, 'l'Bol 7 it) the pr-sent ti ne, specifying the dn'tes of the libels, :.rid i.roe.cd— iOgs- had thercon." Tbe EY-GA N ARAL 4.4hert'ed that 1N Ole-Lord did noCtriestion.t he• right of- the dual possessing the thiit:t.- which'.he - had the honour 40 hold, to tile' iofOrootikytis ex otiiciat but that the ohj•da•of his trautiot, respefted tire exercise that: rtorrt For hirnSeit the woniabe the last Man to•.s.,e, that if an officer in his'situation•sti tsar lust sigla.of tlihA ns to exercise a rigro cutrusced to hint in it , . partial manner, .r.oa to the injhry of ip.lhidoats w ho se notified conduct might be othrokious to him, lie.ought mut to be as responsible as it his condutt vyrre He -trusted,' haweVer, that he i•liould - expes-. riee.c,!•the indolgeht al tetitien 01 , the 4-lotts.: 7 whilette, rep,...lled the char i ges which had been preft.” red ,4 - ;;;Iiist• hini ; and he able. to con. ince !Immo b a r in the us-eot 'Vitt power, he had Out this. cinahicted Itirosell•ar snch,a • manner "as • to' call fot the intrrposition at Parlia7nent to restrain the power li se tt..Hi n the first I ,llce, she was sure . that the Nobletord-kt outd do lona the justice to acknow ledge;,t hat n o: o f - tidal hhpedintent had.been - east in, the it , his obl:sitiing•th. fullest information . ori• the sn t h ect to Motion. Nut only•had the Noble lord t 7 and • the access ta.witiCh he was chtliled, to the •recoi-ds o; the-Oth..!e, hot instructions had been given to -the differeht Office's to -facilitate his in (phi, s, nod to SAVA' etttlialr:•sstflellt w1.4i414. 1 1N 1 - 10141prieity . co documenis rug t other wise )on'U by direr:nog , . his attehtion thokt pa7 - .ers phrticniarly tram which be coould o'o`tain Sat ory tr i•torl,t;tor'e - Lord hcttt.oluittifitd Itinascit to the ...toost.-t ait acettiote statement cti the thy . t hoot - mations witteh b,:et) tiled ex hdtc.h, by itlru (the Aft° , oey- t;eiterd) 'the friarWeich ~ t.hei i tiern the Noble. Lord inteired, that. there -was -to, -sti4oect.. ci Ll b 0. 41 properly lis.th ; .111 A. alai t e 0 , .,1)5c iv;is ii to r a Antibes-, thycsttoiion of the stiO. jeer, for Itlr pta:l),)se fISC'I"! iliilll4 Whet ctiSatioll clt,!\*Ai'CA ,( l ;,1111 wit. Slot lotillOrd tact:: I lat.ie hi 17 , y in .t...hicit the Noble 1.,0rd,; had n.ll it id Oii hearati4., on herore-lho iii-h , ,trigh Alley might • be. c • a - , cu i: l l,.*l .to' shew that the otdioary trie: law rei.p.tived4 cur•,,....;:i0n.. if :suc h w eld Lortio .and.-it he conceived- t hat the Lu•-gi',.lhture .to irrterfere, • the l a u hi,cst suet~ IMO is 111111 lie 1 rat tike but', he Telataiedi it. i4,!41 .410-001111eCtioit with-the piesent question.,•. The -Noble Lord had eitargedthito with many acts of harshhess towards .2 ho4e. 'o4fetleti. vs (42,'&05it Whom he had felt it his,duty to . tile;Critomal inforntatians. How was, this acct.!. 'OlOO th4irtte out by 'the facts 1' •It•was true. that the - Noh.e . turd •asserted the influence of the Crown ii.44l'been' used against those: iclividuats•- who had beet) proseouted tor libels ; but tientAied Coe-Noble Ittritt, or aoy 'one Who had been .ami . observr- .of his proceedihg* since his aecessiout to tudice to say, ,t to one Lsitigie else iiirre hAd•bet Amy exercise of the intl'n;iu_o rll then ill poWer i to he prejudice of these, it ;ailiSt whom :it turd-been this. ditty to institute pro- Ihr libel/ 'On the cootraty, every piaseett, tioo thitt hat Lae had been. conducted with the greatest leTniy, Indeed ) ht was happy to • say, neeatise iii the clechiration :..w aw 'included' A :jtist chit at tit of the .chtistittuihn feeliega of, the. ctrontiy, that no Maw -standing iri leis situation, hoWeier - bold his disposition, however strotig his. neiVes, howe.er wicked his dare,: so much abuse the power -Nested • itt him as not it), giVe an offender - prosecuted by the Crown as great ativ'antacs. t,r g- ter .advaiitaes in his durance than fitly oi:hri,ity \V,re at ly osectitionti se closely watsdie& to use commenced -by .Attor. blots-Geitt rat i ere .untie •any Itltllvtdtlats v‘ hose conduct •excitect• such curtain truparry, it they •ix, ceerled the just lituils of 'licit. pot.vei ? Was zeal or ability vt% toted to detect their errors ? t h e y, eveti allowed the- Orlin iry,. excuse of 41i:titian infirmity tar any wrong. which they 'night corn-- had hceti :thrown out by the Noble Lord, although lie had saved into . (the Attotitty- General) personally train the ,tieces.ity ut rt•peliittg the accusation, that the paltry dirty-toes of might at) inducement to, thwe NV Ito held- .he_ sitoatiofi at Attorney-General, to pet', r procA im ill .cases ut by ihttututiattori, by indictment.. Hereally forgot whether the fee to an Attorney-General . was di. 84. tin Ids. •44. but in either case he would not condesceud fa de fend 'those who: might- be-placed in, that situation,'- froth -the imputation- Of -beitik influenced ey, • BtiCh metives... He well' Itnew , to , what, cause. , Ink u test, ins debted tor-this-observation Of the Noble Lord. Ito was perfealy a ware-i hat Ow Noble Loeb had thrown it out ti - eCitese on tire trial - of Cobbett h a d tinted to' lteDefendatit, that he Was itittlitchcc(l consider - mien of this profits of his paperto lihrshe course Wiftch he had adopted. By 110 cathlid boweVer, - could the two case:gibe thought to ros.:;“.. bia..' A NOblethar) whose heart beat so with iiinioarable feeling as tit it of the Nosle could 'ti.eidtly) tlntulc,, t!ectiose to net Attoriley-t.hdf.l , li,t lid hero ...tiled ;.. ..I::ll.nrrksa (A ill r c,tINO vit;ord which he had rtttitie, that, therclote, it fair to t)iing the . two ca,el uivtet- Sur ho was A'at•tilef - tt wa=ioi) man t ! ; 1 House, .and pii4iessed,of hboral sent6ilent, %% Ito would per ?ny betikeery them. Alio111?- circurn. stance at .dtz-4 , ,ed. bard:4llp had peat) prei-wd !.)j. Noblc.Lord. .Thuallobto Lord had stated that these • Ltrtity,tl ittiOrftiviiotli were made pecoliarly the .l t en gines oliptession, hecati;ie no tune *Hien in i g ht e'.apst aster the tiling.of the informatio:t welild pr e .. of 0 . prot.'ecution, mid therefore liiat:vv'hetlever a libel Intd.hetzoptthikhed it was a 1.., Tways:opea 40 the Attort.ey.Generolto prosecute :he tiller at }tow C otls, k table a periOd. tleeveraftei tiie cttimrni a un,of the ~ ,tience,; NOW 116 wCuld ask ,was a single Me:aber in that w!t0,,,0n the- NOble mtat,ement; dahnot that teas iiiturtnations had be.tt • 1001 I* StAte t obs..trtatTiti ant 11:. g'4lalT-, tinit3Ss it inten.led to I that, after a l thne, he (theAttigni.4 7 .Q4:t.ral) bid up, V2siiv e ly ?e;tercised tho•powerentryt-oed to huu for option of offenders ? The Hbuse tvuiald scarcely therefore, that alter a term ititd elapsed from t to Ptibiicatiorlsof a libel, in no sitigleditonce,had ap informatico , hceo filed by hiMaga;ost,ap otfedder of that .desetiptionl ,(3trenticrs of other descriptions' he might hae prosec.utcd, at perio4s, more. distant tram tltst;cotnmi sion of the ofrences but, with re-, sped to the, kind of offence ;illucied,to by the No., hie. Lord, he, had never alloWed a longer time to intervene between .thc diseoilery of the of ' fence and the filing of the, information than what was reluiri.d. for the necessary, legal prepara. tir3ll; Lot the Noble Lord bring a d)re..t charge pa .11,is whjel'it a , and he pledged himself to meet it.— . 4noriter, accusation mode .by, the • Noble Lord, ap• plied rather to the general adminis.ratien of the law Oa the SUbj 2 than to his particular office. The Noble Lord asserted that, the Defendant in a oh , rninol informition for a libel had not the privilq,,e of prm tog a tales. But if he had the power of, pray. iag.a f , ,zles, the prosecutor would always beenableol Avitit-T a the. recordi, and thus the same effect wooLl oe pro.tuced. The Noble Lord had, how. di.iscitn.ed very largely on the nature of •Six'. . cial Jultes. He had asserted that Special Jurors were s , ..lected by an Officer of the Crown—that they mad:. interest to serve—that their. set vice was iucre. tive,and that ti t ey; would take (rare not to return a ,tertih.‘it unvalakin . k. to the Crown, lest:tits)! should omf , :nd ilte,'Ssid.Officer, and be rejoae(l by him on snbletruent occasion*. Ile Lard hal stated all this without an ; aecuta.e Lti , ,•vledge of the. feet. The f . ..ffiiieer . to whnm heallii"lea, was no more 'ui d'r the cotitr9ul of the Crown than the Jude Would not the House; suppose from the, slalom. n t the. Noble Lord; that this Officer was reittlntabie at •tiie pitastare tit the Crown, and that he . woold,thereforr ad under :he :typreliensior) 'Of dir-. pleasing -the, Lrown, 2 YLI the fah, was„ that,tliti was appointed for life, - thatAto* had as firm a t o hi s i si dt :e as the Jud4es ha".l.; and, as he had • befor e obsem vett, that be wits no note under the in finence of ttle c:rawn.than time Judges were. :He' ow,d it to the . now in possession to declare that a tonic Imo:loin:able trim -did snot exist ; and ' he. it a., .d,41; that no one., would . fed, wore the imoputation that he woold'deal ,partetils , wi•eo )lte Crow n and 1110 pur';();) aett;hen, tilt; Not)H Lc,rd more cortezl in stryi:)g, Jo s were seleei•d by this •t weie t 41:en fr , im the I.:iceimolaeis'-book. :Is f ht. duly of tie' Constable of each porisfm,to torn ttte Wittic3 , Orttle FreeiltAdeni itt, that parish ; row). I, N ii wore colle,(ted ono book, ry 3 pet suc-d by the ()dicer in qu•.•.siisom was, .t.O . ii?t no clue knot.v whfte he opened' ti anti e g an tian,es,, lest that hnowle.;!g,-..,,5hi ; ‘ , ..1,1 ti) such .c.,,,:itrivances as .he was $1;00 I reil .‘ the Noble 4ord-harl said, he w i islied be as oid ea. CipiAng the book, therefthe,, in Oiticrent.part„ and witholat communicating ;toy information, lie, took forty-eight names; which names were given to the parties who attended ~on .a future day, h a d ea c h alt(anately t Ito privilege of Striking Out it olme, tool the number Mai reduced to twenty lour. fist of twenty-four names was returned to tits . Court, and from it twelve individuals were dr tvjo try the cause., Atnore invaytial coorst)of pro f ,leeiling, tir.o to hst,cou : • and he t ro.- f ted thwrel(ge, thttl it 1 - 1 , ,,tin4.) \you'd nut emis id rf it 05 r ; Inc motion tit the Noble Lorcl. T:),(2l:4it):of.„ets!,bout! into wst:aterneni of:a gre;it nurutter ot:case4 which path occurred in Courts nt ,I t Anne, arid hail endesvoute•.l to conVimi& tho house thafdifrcrentjuagments bad been ptonouneed by ditle,eot IndAes, and even by the same in , 4 0 ,,It ct s of l'bel, 11111) the discussio n of tkis sithjed then of the vat Moos _,ll Was enough tor him to say., that tins subject was,D9t heipre the tit)11 , 46, nor did it wise in any_t,t..ay final the all , . ged undue eset eiseof his-power ivy Att,orneyyPtinterols !mow ever, he would decider, that, tualiing every ali o :: a oce wbich - ought made for Ifnplan infironly„ he was *atisfiea that the E:0mo principle of inStice'n,,,i at:to:n(4 cull the I..e.i•ncil Judges io txhose cooduL t time Noble•Lordh,zil Aloidsd. SpealsingolludgmeloS fur which, fir ice 10e.(1 !severe beyond tlieat.uj e a the Noble. Lord tvl,:ti, (.1 by way of contrast 10'1'04 conduct sod opintoosot Loto••••,;tilet.Jostioc Holt: I - Te wail howevcr,,t that if the Noble Lord would look back in till'illtialTh4ht of, tiie Court of liint-T 4 's Bench eu I ',O-• ttflnne ois of that time,. he would fin() ,11e....1,oiniie‘i anti tyright Judge whom he had men-• in s opinion,. that the licentiously , heti* of Ilie:in. , ;teis of his.day for the utmost. severity (.1 puilittoucni ; and that, in lila,. his jnags. hrents. %cry, ;.ay t lac let)st of *bent, not more lenient than those witre!i lite Nobl,;:.%Lotd condemned. He: wwild part'cuLnko scone of the jud ,, rnet.ll it-: %vole t.4,1e anxious nor to hs trnde on the ti,tme of he Liou*.l, lie wo31;1 : . $4007 himself, then:Niro, witti rotating the fah genetaqi .and clialtemiging the Noble 1.,0;•.1 comr:tdiet,ii . l i e mild, In his e;,tlilleratioll Ul'3overe senteuceh the I Lord had- ti) tlic at ttit rtt C rif ,'- thretlyeirs! vimprisotunentpassetle-n Hart :affil • Allti—NoWe Lord osserte...(l ,f o r S i qg h t todisiotme. said : acres, the tabs', that he -nod 'ob4erved it w;ms for two.libels )•--He ci d not ..he,a . the Nobittlo i rti say so before. It he diet si y it had eseaped,his ear. - Whikt he had u;,dersto,•o nitre in his speech to represent, was, that the n encti o f, thr , yt.a ! s* imprisonment - had byen suns lE. r the r übtieatiou of a biligie