The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-08 00:00:00

themselves with great propriety e.nd
in, ray, and were not open to the animadversions
psi ich been Made updn them.
1".r.-IZatit.TottAi.Cdiselailned all intention of -mil-
inedecrting upon the conduct of the Judges.
7,-Ir.W.PonE perfectly concurred with the Hon.
'Gentleman in the propinety of,giving the Learned
JUtiges"rtlie Opportunity at laying every. doctf-
meat which they might think 'necessary before
the He Was happy to find, from what
had fallen from the lion. Gentleman on the other
side, that no blame whatever was alielliAlitable to the
Lord Lieutenant it was now univesally admitted
that hiS mace could not, consistently with his
duty., have neglected 0 attend to the recominenda-
tion of the Judges. One good, therefore, had re-
suited from this ,lisenssion, that all the calumnies j
which had been thrown out against the Irish Po-
veil:went. at public meetings, and in public prints,
,were admitted to be without foundation,;—Thar
Government, it was now acknowledged, stood'
pule- and unpolluted. It was not for • him
to prescribe the
_tone Which fe.2 Hon. Gentleman
ought to follow; but if he cl-..c..5e to put off the
question till next Session, he begged that it might
be recollected -that it was the 11On. Gentleman
and not, he.:011.. Pole) that put it off. He was
only anxious for the full investigation of the case,
.and be haped that if the papers came fn time the
Gent. weetld bring it on this Session. He
Was not now s..peviiing in defence o? the'Lard Lien- ,
tenant- (because it; was now con?-e:ised that no
possifile blame could attach to hint), but defence
of two Learned JudgeS, men, of, as high learning
and charactenis any Judgesin:the:latd. The Hon.
Gent. had thrown out some insieliations against the
mode of administering criminal justice in Ireland;
tn this -insinuation he begged to reply, that he be-
lieved more purity, more attention to the rights of
the subject, could not be Conceived than prevailed:
in the administration of criminal justice in Ire-
land : fie could take upon himself to assert, that•
in no one single instance had either the Govern-
,:
went or the Judges been influenced by any con-
tiideration of the. religion of the person upon
whose case they were to decide ; or made any dis-
tinction -whatever on that account. Indeed it
Was allowed on all hands, that if there was any
thing for which the Duke of Richmond's Go-
vernment was particularly distinguishable; it was
.
for the purity which marked the administration of
justice. Mr. Pole concluded, by expressing his
readiness to,. concur in the procluc!tion of any
Paper that might tend to the complete elucidation
of this subject... ,
Mr. NV. FITZGERALD remarked on the various
and desultory nature of the lion. Gentleman's
charges. He bad first accused the Lord Lieu-
tenant; he then accused the Judges; and he now
keensed the Juries of Ireland.
Mr. BARING was surprised at the warm and in-
temperate manner in which Irish subjects were
discussed in that House. He recommended that
Parliament should put themselves in complete
Possession of all the circumstances of the pre-
sent case, in order to enable themselves to form
. .
a deliberate opinion on a question of such a grave
and important nature. -
Lord CASTLEREAGH admitted, that if the insa-
nity of Hall were of a confirmed nature, tile re—
commendation of the Judges to commute the pu-
nishment of death for military service, or trans-
Eportation would have been highly improper. But
there were cases, and he had little doubt that this
Would prone to -be one of them, in which the in-
sanity might not be absolutely confirmed and per-
manent, and in which therefore a sound and hu-
mane discretion might be exercised in substi-
tuting a mitigated for a more severe punishment:
. The motion was then agreed to.
A Message from the Lords announced their
Lordships' assent to the Irish County Dridgesßill.