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.lee toiled ist sututamiialiog it, lie otigti nu longer
be suffered to continue a Meuolter of flirt Mouse.
He load now in the gallery four ur live persons—
( Cries V s. Order, Order !")—Well iii
the City of London or Westminster, to support
the buds of his statements. Ile would liras ask
the Learned Attorney-Gramma *hid he svioulei
think of a Judge in this country, if. oar eo.
tering a town, where lie was to preside at the trial
of an informarion, be shouts! semi a body of armed
kilo:hero into the Court and ekes it of every person ?
vet such was the conduct of Haulm M'Clel-
iond on entering the town of (lalway, and
every one in Court was iietrially drivers 001, with
the eaceptiois of his Mu, frieloof opposite
(Mr. V. Blake), who contrived to 'vocals, 111110.01
'ruder the beaches.—(Hear. hear, and luaghiag.,S—
Pretiatts to the trial of the itiforittatiors against lout
(NIL Martin), a Jury had retired to consider of
their verdict in some case. While the Jury to try
the iirfermation was swearing m, the former Jury
tipped iit the door, and seut su intimation to the
Judge that they had agreed on their verdict. The
Judge desired that they should wait. The Jury
again tapped, arid requested that they might be
dismissed. lianas M'Clellaud them told them, that,
if they eloped swim, he should certainty commit
to the dock. lie lamented that he should Mirror
with the Noble Lord opposite on this questiou
he was convinced that the Noble Lord wrs actuated
solely by his respect for the judicial character,
wlach was onooloulatedly toddled to esteem soil beile-
Tattoo. The coritreriety of assertiou, however, on
this sithject was so great, that every friend or the
Learned Judge ought to desire a further iiovestigas
liras of it. The Ilion. Member then proceeded to
comment on the conduct of Baron
refusitsg to postpone his mod, although he haul
to phew the unavoidable absence or a most
material witness, signed by Doctor Crampton rod
the brother of the witness. Such conduct was
altogether uojustiliable, and was not werrauted by
the uniform's 'mole of proceeding in this country.
Not to driain the House longer on this subject, he
should merely rotate, that lie hoc; reduced his charge
agairivt the Judge to writing, under the head of
" Articles of Charge," which he should beg the
Clerk to read.

Th.. paper purported to he articles of charge
against tl.e 11011. James M'Clelland. Baron of the
Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and stated. that in
the Summer Assizes of 1813, in Galway, et which
the said Hato° presided, au information had been
filed by the Right Host. Qenia Bowes Daly against
Richard Alan in, Esq. for having endeavoured to pro.
yoke the said Mr. 1)517 to fight a duel; that on that
occasion James Whitestonr, E,41. Counsel for Mr.
Martin, requested the Judge that Mr. *snit' might
1w permitted to cro.s-exaseinne Mr. Daly, lie havit%
been called to the bar of Ireland, and twirled to act
as Counsel ; that slits request was refused by Baron
M'Clelland, and that the observations made on that
occasion to the Judge had excited in his mind feel-
ings of ratraiment agsivat Mr. Mar in. The piper
thee' stated the eircumatance respecting the threat
to the Jury. as stated in Mr. Martin's speech, stud
repeated the statement relating to the refusal of
of Baron M'Clelland, at a Session of Over and Ter-
miner, held in Dublin. Deceiniter Isl 4, to put oil'
the trial of Edmund Burke, indicted fur perjury,
siotwithstandsug affidavits were ofii-rest. skewing the
absence, from severe illness, of a most material wit-
ness ; and concluded by saying. that iis these se-
ver.il acts Baron M.Clellatul had been guilty of
high crimes and misdemeanours.
The paper being read, the Hon. Member moved
that the House should resolve itself into is Com-
mittee on Thursday fortnight to consider of the
said articles.

Lord CASTLERRAGH said, that he could be ac-
tuated by no feelings in this case hut such as must
flow from a love of justice; but he thought it right
to remark, that from what lie had been enabled to
collect with respect to the Learned Judge, be asa
convinced he would be incapable of prostitutiug Ins
official dignity to the purposes of personal resent-
Meld or corruption. As far as he could collect the
sense of the House on a former occasion, when the
Hon. Member moved for the production of papers
connected with this subject, it seemed to be that
this case was depending altogether on a point of
practice, involving ►n no respect a charge of
corruption or other improper couduct, and not
requiring the interference of Parliament. It was
now four years since this subject had occurred,
and although during the host Session they had not
the advantage of the Hon. Member's attendance, yet
it was competent for him, as a subject of the ens pine,
to have brought it before the Legislature. With
respect to the employment of soldiers in the Court-
House. it certainly sounded somewhat harsh iii this
country, where it was the practice to remove sole
diets to a distance from the place where the Courts
of Justice sat ; hut in behind it had always been cus-
tomary toemploy them about the Courts of Law, and
be even remembered haviii seen ;withers w►thin the
body of the Court for the purposr of securing the
safety of the judicial proceedings. He conceived
the Judge perlectly justified in refusing his consent
to the Moo. Member's taking the brief out of his
Counsel's hands, notwithstanding the proofs gieru
by the Hun. Member of his abilities to perlotin that
du►y, hot this undoubtedly, as well as the point of
refusing to postpone the was a matter merely
of wool:ice, ;I any thing which fell from Itior
could have any weight with the Hun. Member, he
should reciuminend to him, since lie had removed
from himself every imputation that might effect his
veracity anti his cooduet, to withdraw his motion.
( Crier ty. •' Withdraw !")
Mr. MAu•rta said, it was utterly impossible for
the Noble Lord, oil any occasion. to make a request
to him in vain—and SiliCr, 10 the uprniuu ul' the
Noble Lord, and lie trusted of the House, there
was nothing that traded to compromise No veto.
rity, be had Rio objection to acquiesce in the Noble
Lard's suggesting, fie was therefore quite salts.
tied to let the articles lie on the toble, cud pot ups
poiiit any specific day fur taking 'hail low whim.
deratioo.

Lind CAsTt,KREAtto said. if the non. Umber
thought of trustssig Ilse Wick* es the table►
they woo, swahot, he entered ins tise Jooro
*lid to Incrust that, dot House toast proceed to
stoops dettrooloosiou, It the Wu. Member. would
Convent tv reitlbdrow the orticlro. It would reliefs
the Music now the is sly of laity foram" war
cresting*.
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