The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-24 00:00:00

THE DEFENCE.

The evicleite'oll the rift of the. clefence hay.
ing closed, AlAvv;Lt, witiresscti
himself to tlii:dt;oort.

In order to shew that he had no intention to
embezzle the public money, be appealed to the
whole body of evidence to prove that he had not'
in any sipile instiinee kept oeh any voucher or
doeument,that could furnish a shadow of 'suspicion
against him,:and that 'the only omission that had
appeared, -w is iu his favour:' That lie had 'been
guilty of misapplication Of the public moncy, he
did t► t. deny but Ile hOped the Court would not
visit benindinitcet anticipation of resources, which
had illwxpectedly tailed him,with the penalties
and disgrace of an abandoned 'swindler.

Ile admitted that he had found himself incoo-
petent to the intricate details of official atTairt,
and that the accumulated load of unsettled
lances quite overpoweied hilt). He 'was' aware
that the ruin of his fortunes must btu the'reStilt,
but he implored the honourable tribunal before
which he stood, to save his honour, -tad if his
character was not destroyed, all wAtild not be'
loNt ; he bagged, this for his own sake, Oat noire
especially on behalf of Isis unconscious wife and
IMO children.

ll then procleded to offer some obserVations
,on the on which the ,clrirge rested, and
said, taut out hing but the. eleare4c prod should be
admitted to substantiate such serious, balances*—
Jle declared solernitly that he was never, till very
all " said recently,
must
ctl'ti h
y ,ti 7; r C°f the' MigdU (t
muste ref
the
inTa nifcs
istices
ut
from an exanduation of the accounts, that 'lll the
deficiencies Hurst have arisen ,from the 2.1 d
;i'llareh last, when the Mutiny Act, which mado
the offence With which he stood Ci:ArgOd sobiOlY
penal, received the Royal Assent. ,
After a n ember oaf
or;
Con the .Init'ge'of inkipplicition, tisk 3f...0tt
que:t
ncei which
not to screen me from the eonsequ.e .
tivvait.. toy extravng mire-4M I cimpre, you, by
the sympathy that himoorable winds feet in the
'li,olllo.ls Of Mk reputation, to protect the
by your sentence from. the aectistttio4 or even the
suspicion, uf dishonest tuotires."

Lietit.-Colouvl Maxwell's defence being gone
through, the Court adjourned tilt Manch on
which claytlie deliberations will doge, but the
sentence Ciiiincit be promulgated • till has re.
cetited the. sanction of the Prince Regeut,-.7
(ham the Leedu Meretsq of Saturday) •

IMPERIAL PARLIA NI ENT.

HOUSE OF L,ORLiS, MoNtiAy, AUGUST

T ER PROROGATIOIt

About half-past three o'clocki.the Loan CHAN-
CELLOR, the Earl of :BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, and
Viscount itlymytt.t.E, attended, and their Lord-
ships having robed, took their, seats as his Ma-
jesty's Commissioners, on tli4 benPh, in trout
the Throne..

• Mr. Quarme, as Black Roil, was then ordered
to desire.the immediate attendance of the Com-
Mons, who (being represented on this oee►t'ion by:
Mr. Ley, jun. one',of the principal Clerks;. anti
other Officers, of the House) forthwith appealed
at the Bar, and the Royal Commission, au►horis-
ing the Lords therein named, who were generally
those of the Privy Council, or any three, or more
of them, to declare the Prince Regent's pleasure
witl► respect to the further prorogation of Parlia-
ment, was read by Mr. E. Waltuesley, us locum
tenens.tor ti►e Reading Clerk.
The Loan CHANCELLOR, as organ of the Com-
mission, then said
tt Ml' Loans ANn GeNTLEMZN,

irtue of the Commisiion under the Great Seal, to us,
t►nd other Lords directed, and now read, we do, in obedience
to the commands of his Royal Ilighness the Prince Regent,
in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, prorogue this
Parliament until Monday the Ist day of Noveui6et next,
to be then here holden and sit; and this Parliament is ac-
cordingly prorogued until Nionday, the Ist Isioveuther next."
The Commons then withdrew front the Bar,
and the Lords Commissioners retired.