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sack, and delivered his sentiments with reaps&
tlit:illove bill. lit the c urne of his obsetvatio s.
he said, the present was a Bill of as much i,neirrt-
ance as any that ever ime tinder their Lordships'
consideration ; and he was surprised that those who
supported the 1/Ie:I,4ITC, Silolll,l have orged its pro-
gress so far, without stating anything oi the groonds
or p:inciples upon which They tholight the House
ought to adopt it. HOwever, as the suhjea presenc-
e i itself; with reference to the proceectin,:s at the
Bet that day. and what was sot forth in the pream-
ble of the bill, it was worthy of The won ‘-rino,
consideration of the House. His Lordship then re-
ferred to certain parts of the potarohle of the 'AI,
as the statement of the resoltoon of tee Co:omens
to impeach Lord Viscount Melville of hig,i evinces
and mintemeartoors ; the statement of certain eas.
being contrary to taw, &c. This last called upon( Oein,
by their ag-& ing to the Bill, t c admit preview. that
the eels alluded to were contary to la:v. -To
such an implication. as well as to the generality
of the language of that part of the gm, he ;must
serioady esti @ ; lesides, they were called upon to • I
nazi that which had reference to the siticles of Inn-
peachnaenr, which "lead been joist read, and of
which it was impossible t"
mastera'rrif their cont:
Bill col t tined three
they had no ihformilti.
peacheeent before they
referring to certain er
nothing of ; and a e
ation, was the prrepss&l
And suits ; not only
the public,esuf on the
view of the cline, tht
ently proceed, without
Bill went farther, it
sag illegally done,
peachrnent ur not.
of the Objeas of the
Gas charged in the
stated the rules and •
striitia lesiva-a to the
iy the Athol .
ittipeeting burglaries
for the props itty of
that pas t of the law.
Sir Thomas Coke,
proaeediags in coma
0t Lord Orford; upon
0 of the Fluter either
first an:horities at t.
been, from that which
insta, c • of the preite
the indemiiificat ions
cially with regret
sidered, in cffeft,
his evidence; as
aupaoshion, ahat•
Partin by civil suit
sad onnify them.
ltlree the 8,11
and amended, ere
with its dine, counts
he should not objea
mitten ; but, fir the
done then, it would i prefr 4 upon
known and established pi iuciplet of the law in these
records; and he.conjured their Lordships, with re-
gard to the measure in question, not to etc) tuts far,
w!nch may lead to eensecrieraces, the injurious ef-
fea and operations of which, it W.AN impossible to
foresee.
Lord HOLLAND, in anewer to the ereumente
of the Noble and Learned Lord, spoke at some
length. lie contended th it the case before these
did not admit of those construnions, which the
Mode Lord on the Woolsack had given 5: ''n, and
that the cases referred to did cot bear, its repent I.
the case under consideration, in the way he bad
stated. With respell to the hen-anion which
was so Eloper insisted op n as necessary. that art
reAt before the • House, in the reports Isom the '
Climmissioners of Naval Encriry, constituted by the
Legislature, and the different reports sent up from
the other House, together with the articles of im-
peachment, was, he thought, sufficient to enable
them duly to take the bill into consideration. Thlt
parties who wen • the &ices of the gin, were, as
strialy defined as those in the c use of Lrirld Mac:
clesfleld. Trey were those who served in the
Navy Pay Offic-, under the Treasurership of
Lord Viscount Melville, and limited in num-
ber. The in .iemnity was pintos •I, w ithont re-
ference to whether their evidence should be in
favour of Viscount Melville or not. A true
and correa testimony we; tee object aimed at; and
their Lordships should no. be ovancrupelous in.
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case. wher in, on similar o -casinos, notwithstanding
whit was advanced b. the Learned Lord, their an-
cestors were not scrupulous at all. It was fox the
interest of truth and justice, and not with reference
to what might be the event of the trial of Lod
Viscount Melville, that they were called upon to
pass the hill. Nvither, he contended, would their
passing it go in the least to prejudge the case of Lord
Viscount Melvile ; 'and, as to that part of the
wording, cnn:rary to law, he conceived, that all
Bills of Indemnity were far no other, than for aas
contrary to law 1 hut they bore a construaion
different from that put upon them by the
Noble aid Learned Lord. As to any language
Which may be incorrea. and not essential to the .
objett of the bill, it may he amended in the
Committee; bur, with respeet to the ohjeaion
against the indemnity for civil suits, their Lordships
should consider how Mir, w:th,•tit it, it would be prac-
ticable to obtain the iwcrs ary evidence, either for
the vindication of the char .der of a Noble Member
of that House. if innoceur, on the one hand, or of
the interests of the public.and of truth and justice
on the other. Oil-these ground he hoped no alter-
fa:an:n:ll wouldobiea be
whichi rsad ins
etr,hueaully ;ell
fitdeenndii nagniailad46.e-

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Lord HAWKESBURY professed himself friendly

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Iced been fist Ten% is ma us
isible the lloose cr•;:ld ai y r be
3ntlnts. 'lite preamble of the .
proptniiions, resptEling which
anon. Oae referring to the Inn- • t
hey knew ..vitae itivac ; a s•-c:?al i
ails done ; which aft.; they knew
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third and more serious cotisiden-
osed indrmatty from civil agions
ly on the pert of /34 Majosty.or : 1
the part of indiridnahi. In tats
nit Lin.iships could nit'consist-
out adequate information. ' The
it proposed to indemnify foe al)
, whether cir.nerged with the itn-
. Adverti' sg to the consideration
he bill, being accomplices in the
the imp:mt.:mei-A, his lairdship .1
nd provisions of the existing lases,
it ev!derce of arcrino:kes ; pars
f Kong Vid a 4rl and Qute • Anr.es ;
ies and (1....'xr wi-nezi. and .:red
of aciher;ng to the .print;pSre ot'
w. He adverted to 'the c.vscs of .., .
. the Earl of Maeclesficld, and the
If
3nteriplation of the inwachtnent
upon which occasions Or cuttdet4
rer was different, or. /niti by the .6
,
it tie time tliat it thrash+ -have
rhich it was proposed to he, in the
ritnr. He ti:r.titly•eiasapproved of
ons in the wiy pro:not-J. cspe-
!ft to civil suils, w4t7ch he con-
, as giving a witness tummy tor
s the Bill proceeded upon the r
• them may he demands upon t:'e . t
sits, from rar.ich it WM proposed to .3
To this pralciple he could sat .._....
recpsiced to ire Materially OMNI
re that House could, consistently •
urteuance it. hot Ors's. purposes, I,
hjea to the ail.'s goir.g to a Corn-
the better security of all that was 1.
'ould be preferable to a. 2 tip in the