The Sun.
London, England, 1805-06-26 00:00:00

I,4tuesilong -Are itet te.sottthintitO• yes-cir me:
. May, but others are not; at' ill p tbie of beingfdeci.;
ded• by a simple affirmation ti* neg-qtion. lti that
•qu'estidh there had lbeen tutu Mac-ling point,
tiler or . net there'shenld he a Ceitilitial Prosecution
• at lull, and then which of the two modus should lie
adOpted ?' the Learned .Gentlertian. had Said the ge--
neral principle ouglit first to have been settled. ,tii
this he differed front hiM.. For though some might
ininiediately say yes, and etliersliO,-there were many
NVIi6 'Would hesitate until they knew *hat 'species of
CriMinal ProSecution was to be proposed. On 'the
question Of Itneaclinierii., there had been four classes
of opinions. First, those Which Maintained the in-
justice of any Criminal ProceMinx whatever. Se-
condly, those who wished for thelnipeachment.•'--4
Thirdly.; those who urged the ProsectitiOn by the
Attorney-Generals and Fourthly; those who were
desirous that some Criminal Proceeding.shOUld ,
instituted at'all events - In this involution and coin-
-plieation of sentiments, he thought it impossible for
the Honourable Gentleman, with all hisretinement,
to get'at the true Sense of the House. in a very
full attendance of Members after a long Debate,
they came to the precise vote, that the AttOruey-
General be direaed to prosecute Lord Mel-
ville criminally ; hut it was impossible to distin-
guish the principles on which' that vote was found-
ed. All he knew was, that the majority thought
one of these.two things ; either that .the'Prosecu-
tion by the Attorney-(.General Was .the best Mode "of
pro'cedure; or that it was better than abandoning all
criminal procedure ; •but fo which of these distin6t
opinions they leaned it Was impoisible to tell. Af-
rer the lapse of a fortnight from the proceedign al-
luded to, at a very late peridd of the Session, when
the .attendanee of Members was but Scanty, and
with .a notice so short that. it was difficult to col-
lea
even- those who' were. yet in the Metropolis,
this'unexpeOedineastire, reversing the former Vote,
had. been produced. He ,was justified in calling it
totally uneipe&ed ;for; although it might be ima,
gined that the general. instruCtions ,to the. At-
torney-General to prose Cute Lord Melville would
be followed by some specific Resolutions, .pointing
out the parts of , the, ,oblc Lord's unkind .to
.which that Learned' Gentleman's attention (Asia
chiefly to bedirthed, no one ever contemPlated the
•probability of .a 'proposition overthrowing :Sc. 'im-
portant a decision as that of the 13th Instant.—
" Bat,"' says the Learned Gentleman who opened
the discussion of this evening; " the matter was ,
hurried through' the Ilonsie, and but loosely at,
tended ti)." if so, it Was the Most elaborate hurry
lie' had ever seen, and the most Studied ti4abille of
.ciandita he had ever heard of: To' rescind. that pro-
ceeding•wolild eStablish -A 'nest dangerous prece,
dent. Who-knoWs but that filter a fortnight, when'
,the 'Mernber's • had dithinished to Arch a
degree, :that it - ftrbuld be scarcely 'possible to term
a HouSeS,. (a eircuthstance which fret-ineptly occurred
to~rards fine clone of a'SeSsion) it miight be proposed
to rescind thepresent proceedings Windham
dwelt strongly
_On the' extreme scandal to the
House that, 'would, 'attend such a reVocal of their
Vitas. (Inc of his Chief eauses of complaint against
Lord Mehille was, that lie had involved the, cha-
peter
sof Public Men and even. of the Legislative
Bodies. The House of COmmons was 'as • much
.on trial as *that , Noble LOrd. it was necessary
to clear it from any imputation of improper: mo-
tives that might be cost upon it, and it would be
one mode of doing so, halving taken- a solemn Re-
solution, to refuse suddenly, • and without cause, to
depart from it.

The 'CIZANCELLOR' of the EXCHEQUER
rose.---The first point to which he would
.direct his
remarks was almost the only real ground: of opposi-
tion to the Al aicttl of his I.earned Friend, and that
. •
was, that there was something in the circumstance
of brine hig it fOrwArd now that put it out of the power
of the House to adopt a proposition which it had
formerly .been the evident. wish of the majority to
embrace, Considerable misapprehension ,existed
about the Notice of thiS.Mot ion. it would be fyund
on exainiuing the subjei,. that no attempt beeu
Made, as was insinuated, to take the House by sur-
prise. On the I the 'louse Caine to the Lieci-
sion With respect to the Criminal Proceed:4l,s in a
'Court of,Justice. 0711 the 1301 t4erC was flu 17[01iSC.
The 1 tith *as Occupied in the diScussionS of that
part of the Tenth Report of the Ci inehissioners Of
Naval Inquiry nth clt related to the asSistance
'afforded to the House of Boyd,. Ilenfield, 'and
Co. in the next' week only. three sitting (Ines
elapsed before' his Horieurable
,Friend, behind
hith (Mr. Bond) gave notice of a Motion for
Some specific instru6tions to the ,:'attorney general,
Who availed himself of the opportunity to beg
tfiat the House would grant ample direc-
tions as 'to the line of condud he should pursue.
He' (the Chancellor of the Exche(luer) then diStind-
ly stitted to the HouSe, that the inure be considered
the subjea, the morche became convinced of the
superiority of an Impeachnient to acommon Crimi-
nal Prosecution, and on his Honourable Friend's pro-
posing th.it his Motion should stand for the next
day, be desired it to be deli red ti:l' the present
evening, htcause he thought the House ought
not to confreC itself to affordi ruaions to the
.Attorney,Genetal, but ought seriously to re‘;ise the
Wheie of the proceedings, and put ihem into the
farm of an 'lmpeachnient. When his Honourable
Friend urged, the simplicity of his MOtioti, winch
was merely to exclude from the consideration of
the Attorney-General., Mr, Jellicoe"s tifThirs, be
answered, that those .who thought With him dint
the' l'roseeutiOn ought not to hi proceeded 'WI tit,
but Ovit an. impeitchment should be subStituted;
could not possibly Conetir in any Alation for fresh
insfru.i;, ins to' the Attornev-Genert ' -h34. thus
111.7, if tile H-onse were hot 'aware
of 1H that wasnow niking, it was not to be
attributed to his reserve. This was the sixth day
from that en which the Notice hail been given
Was it gr., i at a titne„when tile business of the Ses-
sion was concluded ? or, louks - only
were expeded the ,ry, it was at a tithe
when the notice of a Mot;on ee6ting' the Anti
to which so much importane: attattheSby
6toticiftlen on the bppfhite y given. tie left
tit( I louse to consider J ti notice! shatild be
dated from the mere of form yesteme
day, or from the tire, i!i!!=,..r;,ll:,r' it. :hies,
w-,ts cbar:lL•wr
cess of which ir...1;-!e it, Toti, !It to
tiAopt his ; the'
v hen an Lori,l