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though they acquit the pannel, do not acquit hint
honourably. Tile). are like the von livtet of the Ho-
mau law. and have. some at ail; on the prisoner's chc-
r.,cirr ; but the Lord A.lcocale interprets them in the
strmigest rtisit, and affirms, that mill the charges
he had urged against 51'Kuilay, aud all the alle-
g stions which he had b gilt forwird, bad been
substantiated by the suagictil words Aot Proves.
(Lowe Cheers from the 11pw:sition.)--Thi3 case
ussuni-d a still greater importance loom the pecu-
Illf official eiarticter of the Lord Advocate. That
office in Scotland doff:-red materially from that of
the Attorney-General in Es gland. My Hon. and

Learned Friend. the Art iiiii who never,
aou tooth lent. would defend these proceedings,
and who lately said, God forbid that he should
seek ni the plitions for evidence of a prisoner's guilt,
bar uot the charge or peculiar protection of pri-
soners. Nor was he. like the Lord Advocate, the
principal officer of Police; nor did he bear with-
in himself an entire Grand Jury, and put per-
sons on Mid by his tnere authority for any crime
whatever. The Lord Advocate was boned by his
eituatioit to protect Vie prisoners from having evi-
deuce brought agaitist them ilea might be lan-
eteced by hopes or fears; but here it appeared on
the contrary, th it the wititess against
had. in case of his refusal, been threatened with
prosecutioit, by which his life would be endanger-
ed; and in case of acquirscrisce, promised a tit ue-
Inns Of greater wealth and respectability than he
could otherwise have ever autiripated,"—(lrenr.)
The LORD ADVOCATE. in explanation, declared,
that nu otter had been made to the witness.
Mr. V. FITZGERALD declared his conviction,
that no grounds existed for instituting proceedings
against the Law Officers of Scotland, aid conse-
quently he should vote itgaitast the motion.
The LORD ADVOCATR, in sorwrL to an observa-
tion from Sir S. "{fndly, deviated, that the cause
of delay in publishing the authorised report of the
trial was, that the notes of the alma-hand writer
had been sent to the Counsel for 11w toitioncre, who
detained Virus from August till January.
Mr. J. P. GRANT stated, that this mote from the
extreme inaccuracy of the short-baud writer's
woes, skid' rendered it very difficult for a:iy
Gentleman to trace his own rowed).
Tite ATToRNEV-GENERAI. could not, on a
careful perusal of Complo•irs teiftionniy, come to
the same conclusion as had been drawn by the
Learned Gentlemen opposite. 'rule teal ap-
peared to lie that of a very artful mare who had
predetermisted to neutralize his own testimony from
on unwillingness to declare all that he knew.
Nor did he dank that brceusie a witness thought
',roper under very suspicious cireinnetances, to
attack the character of a respectable iothaiduul, it
should be followed by the trial of that itijuied itt-
dividual. The real q'seetion for the [louse, how-
ever, was, %%Nether there appeared usiy grounds
fur instituting u charge against the Lerd Advocate.
The charge had beets aimed by the Noble Lord
opposite, as if the crime of the Loud Advocate was
a subornation of petjuiy ; but the ouly thing proved
war, that a promise of protection had beet, offered
to a witness. This was not, nor could it he eonsi-
(kre,l ar talaperstig with a witaCis. It %AS uasafe
li, deal in general theoriee, Oa points is tech must
ever be regtil.ited by facts. Oit the getteral
it was loableitly tine that a %%nurse
would be rendered until iiiissilile if any promise of
reward had been extendeit to him ; but it ought
always to be inquired what was the precise reward
iiiii sired ? tins verrdar i,s genera/dans, and the
only menus of cents'', k stow ledge was by descending
at (nice to 11w particular ciscumeinucee.
Mr. FINDLAY supported the application fur the
production of the papers r.-q tweet.
A her repeated crier of ‘• Question! question P.—
,* Withdraw P'—

Lord ARCHIBALD FIAMI t.To• rose in reply, and
said, the Learned had derived front his
friends in that Iluoie, the tiasimance of nil argu-
ment never before used by namely, that he
via* ineve Irons prosecuting din. Campbell fur
peijoiy, because he had nett oulficietit evidence
whereupon to convict. Tin: had never been •rged
berme. What load posed in that House would
never milay the people or Scotland as to the
expediency of the measure* remitted to; anal el Id
the record even be negatived Ms the divitwioo. the
vote of the I louse would 'wither red et credit on
the Comitioi,ps of Great Britain, nor locket to restore
or *obtain the impeaclud character of the Lord
Advocate of Scotland.

The 1-lou*e then proceeded to divide, when there
appeared—
Fur the Mutiou 7l
Against it
Majority in tivusor of Ministrrs tIS
GAMING 1101.7SI:S.

Mr. OGLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for
the suppreraton of gaining, and regulating houses
of play.
The other Orders of the Div were then disposed
of, rod the Hotsae adjourned at 11 %LE' PAST TWELVE
O'CLOCK.