The Sun.
London, England, 1813-03-18 00:00:00

.In' he Portlarrd.Ciabinet there Itadibeen no
exercise of judgment oir the guilt or innocence of
.;
theptincess of.W bet t he, delivery.of an opi-
oihthe dOcuhi,hitsi before them: They
,khev the law better tli in to pronounce such sett-. -
T,tence..• P,Very, Subject in'tii.e realm had aright. to
,be eches'ider'ed innocent, till guilt was proved in '1
due cotirse of law. If, instead (4 Coining to a con-
eltisiet. that no fiirther proceedings were called
for, they-h•ad thought that she ought to be tried
-for treason, it would .nor, 'even in that case, have
been a jiidieial sentence to rob her of that wiliCh
eVery other subject poSsessed—the_right 'of being
deemed is docent tot proved guilty. Here the 'So-
.ble Port! tilluiled •to the minute of the Grenville
Cabinet, to the principle of whic)-1 the seceeeding
Cabinet had -adhered—hot tryiog the Princess , in
a judicial sense, hot looking at the documents he-
fore them, in order to advise whether not further
proceedings ''should ht,instituted. Upon this they
came to the decision that it was ihexhedient, and
this being the,Cuse, it was indi-yensable to justice
to have recommeieled that her Royal Highness
'be receiNcd at Chun,
.since, a cchttr;tvi
coere would have subjected her to thsnspicion
guilt upon all the grave matter of charge urged
4-,,,,inst her, and upon v.hich it was thought !hat
no proceediogs: should be instituted. The Ho-
noiwahle Member had stated that they must conic
to -a decisive step—and whrtt was the decisive
..teat he advised them to take ?—to prosecute two
..Newspapers %t eat not ne me,hu Uy the,.
he think it necessary to institute.. this. trial for
Abe. purpose of proving the imiocence of •the
PI ineeSs of Wales ?: %Void(' a mock - trial of
this 'nature have that• effect ? The .very idea
.was alisur(l. With respect to recent examinations
,alluded to bythe Honourable 'Alember,,he, would
neither admit or.deny that such examinations were
going oh, He had on the other might declitted an-
swering the LlOnourable.Meniher's.questions, till
he knew if the Parliamentary course he Meant to
•
pursue was righttoldproper. Nothing thathchhad
heard front hinethiS night liad satisfied bite that in
propriety oi' wisdom, he ought to depth.t from that
deterthinatiori. would therefore, not kniSWer
the qttestions of the Honourable .A.lember, but he
would Say, with perfeet decoruth,hhe, would not
answer•his questions as to v% hat hanpeneti out of,
that House. Ile Wotild tit t submit fais.public-i.!ow=
duct, or as a•Minister Of the Crowili to he cate-
. chisthl ,hy the, *Honourable -.Member to see if he
approved or il-isapptoYed, of its. He Must lay'
Parlianientary grimnds `for his propositions., aehl
on the: present important occasion, thot.,,,h on
matters of minor con4egitellet:, it might be con-.
venient for the 'dispatch of business to 'allow in
courtesy of qtieqion and answer, he saw enough
Of this subjat tti resolve him not` th rehas:. 'rhe
Hoponrable Geritlenfau had said, that in his...,opi-
nion, Parlianietitotigltt i,titertere to giee the
Prineess. t.protection of rhe his part,
lie kneW of nothing that .deprit•ed het' of this pro-
tection.lf any proceedings were instituted against
her, ihnnistbe through, the law, and she .wotild
have all, ththprotection of the law. Bet now. it
w not the law, but a defence of clamour that was
set ep•—the worst.defence thatconld ,be devised.
lie was sure that every protectiow the law could
WAS., desired tulle. extended to her on all
y a ,
sides, and b
ll patties interested. 1k wold not
trespass longer upon the attention of the Hous.e—
he hid "said enough to put Parliament upon its
„,-guard tigainst going further into things in which
their interference could he prodwctiVe of no gooti;
'•and Must create further ,lertneut In the public
hibui. He dicl expect koinething better-frouithe.
Member, who was so inual: ettuched tO!the
liberty of the press; than a oiotioti of the kind he
had Jost oiferetl. Ai all events, if that llouour-
able Member were determined to make a'saerifice,
it odght to have been on a liberal scale., and he
-ought to have prosecuted all the
,I.eiv::papers, and
not selected two which had beep.tai•dy in resort-
ing to Pnblicittions- on this „subject. ile con-
eludedTbystating us his ;opinion that .Parliatacut
coital not, interfere with any ,prospect oladvantage
to justtee,', or the repose ain't ti'atitiiiiiity of the
country. Let fhein look soloierly zo the state of
th'e ,qite;tion, and riot allow their ppssions' to be
Misled by the Hon. Memher. Instead Of their
agreeing, with hinh, they would take no stethek-
cept they Saw that it wmild,he ii it the
tvelfaie and peace-, of the country, and with the'
honour and.d4.;oity of piirliantent.
Ir. roNsoNyri stall he must confess that some
parts Of the speech of Unit: Friend (Air: Whit.
bread)...had .very„ much surprised him. -Till this,
'time he 'had oot 'been aware that any blame-was'
itnnutahle to the four NahlthCotninissioners who,
had gone into the Inquiry ; but if what. the-Hon:
Gentleman said "was true, he could • not. acquit
theta of blame in subinittint to the ,Crown dep0....-
sitions not, warranted by the:evideuee. tie could
not impute a greater bknre tha9 this, is hick he
might call ajtulicial forgery. But he trhsted his •
Friehtl.s zealthad been deceived by the per-
son whO put the Copy of Mrs. Like's evidence into
his' hand, and that it wohld.'he. found the four
Conun;ssioners hail donethe most ample justice to
all.• They were till Peers, and be was sorry to
say,' could nut in that place answer for their].
selves. liehadalso to lament that his ..Learned"
Fried (Sir S. Romilly) had eptirted the house
previous to the charge lade; 'because he tests sure
• if thee.eire was such as represented, that Learned
Person must be as culpableas. any of the Noble
Lords, But Ife felt a.petlect, reliance on their
knowledge an di probity, and was sure they had
submitted nothing tolhe Crown, but what was
warranted .by. the evidence they htid eaten. With
regard to the motion, he Would hive it his tupport,
o
but for reasonS.diaerent train those of the Ho-
', nourable .Mover„" lit, beliesed no man Would
sevt that he had interfered improperly, of it all iii
thennfortunate this. ensigns Which subsisted in the
Royal Ili!' Lad viiihCagainst the titles-.
tihO the otlfer night, and wouht.this night have,
voted: hgfiitistth'e question •for the trihl of Lady
Done-las hailithee-lir 01 But it hats'. i ,"
n
the
.liresent, Morton? to- proseettte certa,n
, It' Ghntlenien on theother side thought
all the Printers ul
who had Cottin-itted offence,..NhwiSpapers should be in-
he ivad noohjeetiort to *the proposition st.) • ex-
.1
teuded. •
lair. BATH 1111ST-51,41, the Right Hon.flentlentan.
Al4l—'eerte.inly-,t4en a very teu didet view of the
question from that urged in itsslipport by the Ho.