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

able portion 'di-- blaine- yeti aid ljave been'attached,
to herToyal Hu '
WnITBREA'n denied that he had imputed,
blame td-the-Prineelleger.t.' Had het een•s,:i Un-
wise as to act thus, the Noble Loed ought
interrupted him ; as he-had not done so; but uuw
.accused hiM, he blight 'to mhke it
meniary proceeding:
.He sppealed:t6The Spe:tker.
if he had been-guiity, of what was' asoribell'
him.

Tlle''SPEAKEß,obserVed, that was noW.fitthat
the Noble Lord should infer What he chose to
state upon the subject ; it wmild then be for .any
other Member. to propose ivliatever course they
thought ;groper.
• Lord UASTLERENGII repented his:statement, and
added, that',the attack upon the Ptince,, appeared
tO'bhn to be the r.rors'e, being made iu his ab-
sence. He did not 'NVdi to impute the design
to the Honourable Member, but he declared ‘vhat
be
.had uttered to be the impression made upon
his mind bythe view of the Hon.-Member's.whole
argument; "

TIaI(NEV, atter his Hon. Friend had denied
any intention of the sort, akcd 'if it was the
Noble Larr's desire to affirm that he had so in-
-tended to attack the Prince .For his part, and he
spoke without partiality on eitlior side, he Was
tree to confess,, that he did not- remembe.r.any
expression iyhich bore such construction. ",
Lord CAS7LEREAGII said, the Honourable Gen-
tleman liad riot denied atilt the faerence drawn
by him tVaS correct.
Mr. WHITBREAIi again- declared, that in any ,
thing lie had Said he had no.dispositio„ to attack
the Prince Regent, ana theNOhle Lord was t»iS-
taken in drawing that inference.
Lord'•cAsTmEttssort professed himself satisfied
with this disavawal,, and then proceeded to ,the
question before the JliMse... lie called on Parlia;
ment to look: at the Ilonotirahle Member's
sition, and see if they could agree with it upon;
anyprinciple consistent Nvith expediency or los-
t ice For, what was it tlia• this. elnimpion of the
liberty of the press .asited them tO do for the Pur-
,pos.e of..rindicating the Princessof fronias-
persions sari had heed cast v4)olt 16.7-7.
why truly atthd distance of about it.o'rtnight to Ira-
nisirtvo newspapers for hay ingpublished the whole
evideoeF on amatter of so much i t crest to tiu•Lcou'n.4
try. Ile contended against adopting such a course.
that.thedis.closUres made were dirt painfnl
and di4gustin!,; ; he wished they had never been,
Seen, but7btCause they werii. called for
.hy those
Ivho 'both inand,ont of Parliarne.nt had begun the.
system of diselOitires. They. kin 4 the other do.-
contents were not in the hands of thestate., bnt of
others ; and tuat it was not, possible for them to .
select for publication only such parts as suited
their w:vii purpcises instruments; either
against men in,ti,at House or agidost persons nut
Of it. rl ktiew well that this was not in their
power, and that though they might;hegin (as they
'had begun).,a system of disclosure, it. was not
likdy they shOnlclbe able to stop short withe they
pleased. After. the Hon.. iNieniber's not And nil
speeeh , !Attie ifiuse look at the conclusion to which
he come, to' take tip these two papers; 'fol.' the
purpose prosecutiag titettl. wit this
charge a .proofpf'the eih;et attf.uoed any,
attempts on their parts to interfere in this Matter 7
The lion. Member; wih ,all his knowledge of bit-
siness, and of tiles extent to which the
! could go in milking chaff es, set out with the de-
-1
; sign to bring Lady .Douglas to trial. for ;
but, after ,long •sp.eeches, with his own partial
comments uptin every thing, he condludad with a.
motion so ridiculous; that it coul4-.hbe meant for no-

.thing else but a 'vehicle. to ihis harangne.—Viedr!)
The Honourable Gentleman professed that his ob-
ject was to conciliate; in his:opinion, 'all lie had
said Or done this :night -Was of fin opposite ten-
dency: aitilUovV;after stirting Up the evil: as much
as ,he conld,he 'was, compelled to shelter hiloself in
retreat.—(A laugh; Whittead haying ifit his
,place, and being on his way, tawards the Bar
But what was'the line of arguthent phrsued by
the Honourable IV)ember itrorde,r to,get the I-louse
to agrce,with hint in the propriety,ot prosecuting
these papers ?, the course anis whole speech,
; he '(Loril '0) thought that 'instead 'Of illustrating
the triumph of the Princess of Wales,, his intive
exertions were directed to try, the four Noble
Commissioners.who had Conducted the Inquiry
He put it to the candour of the Hon. cThitleinan
::Whether. tie :ought, not , to 'have cniployed Lis
(Sir S.Atomilly.), on this business, he
1 having assisted, the fotir Cominiss'ioners,„-and
acted as their confidential Seci'etacy—as it- had
'.been his duty to take down the depositions of•the,
witnesses, to read them to the parties, and to take
Icare that they;Were legal, correct, and Just. H It
was 'a pity that Hononrable,and Learned Gently!.
man was not in his place to contradict the
statements"' of his Honourable Friend, and the
Moreqtd, as4he Learned ..Lo`rds iniplicatell in the
saute ch?Wgi.., Lords Ellenborongit and • Erskine,
WeL:e from their situation, as .Peen s, precluded front
.the pOSsibility of defence. It was not for him to
discOss-the merits of these noble Persous,nind rite
L‘earnedGentleman w-hOwaS,, attite period alluJed
te, Solicitor-General, neitherwaS it for him, to'
j. talter.into or pronounce a judgment upon these de-
, Nish ions The House was incompetent t ithisduty;'
it was not within the stopeof their. functions; and,
I.in- his opinion, vi'liatever the honourable Member
might think of 'it, neither the act nor the attempt
was,calculated to produ6epeacein the, country, or
tranonility in minds, which deseryed.to be trampti7
lized.:lthe Hon. Member had, on a former night,
charged .hint With having pr(inotmed a .sentence
.1 of acquittal upon the Princess Of Wales. 'This hi
had never done. Asia gioisw of the Crown, or as
a Member of Parliament, he was not competent
- to'i)i'onotinc'e any s'entenee Upon hc.i. Royal llfgh;
He n's a Meniber of the 'Cabinet', had
given an opinion upowthe subject,., to widely opi;
rriori he had invariably adhered, 'and declared the
sante in that 'louse., when on a Kite disc.:U.3Bkm- he
, i said, that theyAtlie Cabinet) had. before theta pa
evidence ,Agaiost the Prink.ess, which MIS Mit Sn-
it.
ritority CiOlitra'dietlM, Or froillsCrtaiii 'Clit!sqS
not,entitled to credit. This ecitrviction.-lie7-still
in a intitirtekl,:andt he-also remuit eiLol. ii)pinionT that
the Princess of %Vales should continue under re...
t
reglrd to the ,visits hi=t. da'.tt‘liter ;
-but, not. 'fr'orn any ,Irtipniation
Ulainctly t 2
,ble tindOS,rdOiL as 'O4 xis
any.ftinetiOnS uluien didd-not 't dot% to