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nun 'el, that tho`ertgrocsed Ar-
:(sie. of inn)eaelument VknrY :Lord Vit.cou t
?viciville he Nita; whiclt y, re read accordingly
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the' 1-. ion. Member moved, that thoy he car-
).-lcd to the Lords.--Ordered. * • •
It voi.then ordered, on the 'Motion °fiord
rt.u., ilia Mr. WHITBRF.An do carry tho Artielei.;
to
T,.ords; which he instantly did, aceOrnpariled by
Apt. r Mernbers; and (Al hi,, return, acquainted the
1.1.6 w ~e from the Bar, that he had &livered the Ar-
ticles of Impeachment, f
pursuant 4-i the Order ofthe
llowe, at the Bar of the House O Lords. -

INIPEACIIMENT COVAIITTUE, CONTiNVING
• BILL.
Ml', WHITBREAD, pursuan► to the notice which
he'had given yesterday, rose to move for kve to
'bring' in tilts till. In consequence of what he had
h ii sited, it
,Vtould be annez;e3r,ary for him to take
np much of the time of the House. 'The misasure
li propcp..ed undouble,lly; a deyiation from the
Vi1151.411t101131, /011115 i but ai every such deviation

Wag jl.LtifiablP. the gmiriri of the expediency
that exiited f6r fl,:e,tion. then 'vas, whfAhey
such a degtea of ,e ditlicy existed in tl-e prextit
instance as -would justify sneh a deviation Cate:, of
Impeachment had not frerlu,?ntly occtirTed; and
when ' they did .it-',was -on very grave and serious
grounds. The J ft,ue of Commons had voted an
Impeachnient M the TTesent instrmce ,againq Henry
Lord Vi9col tut :Melville, and it would be to be re-

gretted: that the 0.,,4 of it should be defeated by
any accident that might' occur. The House was
aware that the .Impeachm'Att had been voted at a
late period. of the :iiession: The Committee that had:
been appointed to dtav,rup the Artici6A of Impeach-;
Ment' had sat every day without. intermission.—
Many Witnesses retrained yet to b examined, , one
of whom he had mentioned yesterday. • That per-
son had .since arrived -from Scotland, and might
undoubtedly 'be examined before the prorogation.—
Rut there were other Witnesses from that quarter,
whom it s o ild be desirable to examine as soon as,
possible. If the other House should agree to the
Indemnity Bill,:it would be, desirable also to 'exit-
Trotter without delay. These Were the
grounds upon Which the Committee .-Mt it their
duty to submit' this proposition to the Honse. If
the House should agree to it, they Would' unques-
tionably grant large powers, which he Wei confident"
would be exercised with mot:leratibn. .At .the same
if the House` should not be disposed to grant
thesopowers; it was not his intention to preas the
proposition,. If any case should occur to.:defeat the
proceeding's already taken, neither the :Committee
nor he would think. , they hart diseharged, their duty
if they had' not .submitted such a , proposition *to
the House. The Hon. Member then moved, that
leave be given to bring in A 13114 that,theproceed-
ings now pending'before Parliament, for the Im7-
peaohment Of Lord.. Viscount Melville, shouhl*be
continued notwithstanding any prorogation , or dis-
solution ef Parliament ; and that the Conimittee of
Impeachment do continue to sit notwithstanding
any prorogation er,dissolution,of Parliament.
The C lANCZL LW?
.of the .EXCHEQUER
felt that it would be necessary for him to say a very
few words indeed, as the Honourable Gentleman'
himself had admitted that his proposition was liable
to mans- objeaions ; to. himtheobjeCtions seethed.
insurmountable. • The Motion, if agreed to, would
amount to a dire& inroad upon the Constitution.--.
Nothing could be. more certain, than that His Ma;
jesty possessed 'constitutionally the prerogative of
„putting an end to their deliberations, either by pro-
rogation or dissolution; which would be . virtually
taken away by -a Measure of "the naitireof that pro-
posed. 'There was hot a single instance of a sure
ear mode of proceeding, except in such periods'-of
our History as the House would not be much in
'dined ' to draw „into 'precedent.., It' was:only for
'grave and weighty reasons that he could bring him-
self to objea to any thing proposed.. for the phir
po.Ne of promoting. the views of the tions-e in the:,
present instance. But he felt that.: any , degree of,
inconvenience that might be apprehended was bet-
ter than n order to obviate it to commit a breach -of,
the principles of the Cen)titution. . He felt, there.
fore, that no ground. had been laid for the meiwu!,,
because the utmost. inconvenience that' could arise
would be, tint the Commute could not epth in, ie.
their funetions: a few dayslonger no but might
'employ themselves on the same subjeaa few day".
:in,the beginning of ne.:.z.t.Sessioti, became it was
not, to be supposel ,that. the Hattse wodld: proceed
With the Impeaclquotit in th..,. earliest days' after.
their thectitur,: The only question thf.,Teltire was,,
,whether the Committee should -sit cortilitk num-
bet of days at the,cotinhc,ncetnent of me .t Se4sion,,
'or the -Howe. shoeld adopt a measure that would
break d'.l,A-n 016 bat'fiers of the Constitution?
1'1,4; agreA. with Hon.' Friend
(Mr, 'A' 111;ttr.AD), .that, this Motion should, not
be, prc,,,sed against the sense-of .the House; but did
not think that Ills Right Hon. Relation liad stated
the questitat bell y. • 'film rein sClon was ,nOti Whether
they should have the power of exaMining now,such
Witnesses as they might next Sesion , examine,
buf, if the othe.tbranches Of the Legislature should
pars 'Bill, whether they should
.not
have an opportunity of getting ; evidence Which
that was calcnlated to 'procure, before any impro-
per impressions should. be made that, inter-
fere With it. • •
, NAT E, thought there was ano-
ther inconvenience which might be remedied by
the Bill, and which had not been, noticed. by his
Noble ltelatiou.. The deitth of Mr. Trotter -might
withdraw him altogether from examination, and if
'the Committee were to have the benefit. of his.evi-
intnediately in the .event of the !Bill passing,
it; Might lead to other sourees.hf information.
AI?" IVH./ IB R EAD proposed. that the objec-
tionable part should be left out 'of 'his Motion, and
trusted that.there vould be no, obj'eetiOn to pais
Bill for continuing the .proceeding already...taken at ..1
now pending notwithstrinding,any 'prorogaticin or
dissalniion of Parliament, tts-inthe case of,Mr. Mist-
inoi's :Impeachment. . . • .
Pi TTY Mailed. the Amendment, That
the part of •tlie Motion , which related to' tha.sitting
of the. Committee ty...t'kft out but on the stygges=:
tion of the Cif ANClltf...oa Of the, El‘citi:cktigß pile
Motion was put int he ex,t4 tern-I,s of .that pr dent
in Mr. Vbr leave to., bung in a
previde' that the • ProceeciOgs now, pending
bcfore Parli:tinent for .the- Impeachnient ,„ of. Henry,
Lord 'Viscount. Melville shall not, be discontinued
notwithatanding. any prorogation or dissantion of
parliament."---I'he Motion Was agreed to, and the
Committee of Impeachment ordered to pre-Pare and
bring in the Mil, • -