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nentleman OIL Whitbftsd) • sisould;, in the same
amanner as if he bad carried ,his original 'ModOn for
an Impeachment, be the person to draw up, the
Articles, and choose his,Coadjtitors in the task, and
that exclusively.. The 'Learned Gentleman 'next
insisted, that although no' notice was entered. upon
the books 'before yesterday, yet. that a substaneVe
notiee had many days age been given of the present
Motion, which. Arta enough to' prevent the House
being taken by Surprise.
Mr. FOX. said be should- be short in what he had
to remark. - The sort of notice' that had been. given
of the present Motion was such as to argue a mere
attempt at somedtiug like a notice, and not at all to
answer the purpose for which notices generally,
were ietendede,-e-Indeed nothing could be so curious-
ly argued its this topic was on the other side of the
House, ~ The Right Hob:, Gentleman opposite him,
and those who espoused the cause of Lord Melville,
now tortes that they have fallen into a gross mis-
take respeaing the manner in which this business
had hitherto been condu6ted. That mistake they
surely could have seen the next Morning after the
•mischief had been dope.- But it seems it required
a whole week's consideration to discover it, though
the Hotise are now called again to decide upon it only
after a consideration of twenty-four hours. To what
a miserable situation would the Housed= be driven !
A number of Gentlemen had expressly come from
the country to vote on the former qeestion ; they
went back in the contidenee that they had carried
and secured, their point ; but no, the question is
again revived, their decision is again reversed, and
that by a much smaller number than that whiCh bad
at first established it. Then where was the security,
unless every Member remained constantly in town,
that a Minister may not take the House by surprise
when he pleaseS, and rescind any Resolution, though
however maturely it had been discussed and so-
lemnly adopted. If the Gentlemen opposite to him
really and sincerely 'preferred the mode of Impeach-
ment, why had they, not voted for it when it was
first moved ?---The fay was, that they did not ex-
pea 'that either the Motion or the Amendment
would have been carried, and consequently voted
against both. Yet they now say, that they prefer
an Impeachment ; he should only say, that their
former vote was in contradi&ion to their present as-
sertion, and he should leave.theM to reconcile it.---
Whatever might have been his preference for an Int-
l'
peachment, he could also see many Objeftions against
it. Was it nothing that the Noble Laird was to be sent
to a Tribunal where his inthience, coeneaed with that
of his colleagues, bad placed from 70 to 8.0 of the
persons who were to sit in judgment upon him
He should now prefer the Criminal Prosecution,
and for this reason, that it had been adopted by a
full House, after a most deliberke and solemn dis-
cussion tied that by those whO bad all along con-
curred with him in the principle of the measure.—
The Learned Gentleman said, he would allow his
Hon. Friend, and those •who mated with him, to be
the Managers of the Impeachment. But how
could he answer that the House would permit him
to do so ?—Ntenherless were the -difficulties and
obje&ions which Might be thrown in the way a
the Managers, and which would naturally. induce
theM rather to decline the honour cat' such a fruit•
Iteis task. Indeed, it would be a nice and difficult
matter to selat the Matiagers after all that had.,
piEscl. After full consideratiOn, of the mode of.
proceeding now, pro (se it. was difficult to disco-
ver the, motives that prompted its adoption. Was
it an atternpt of the Minister at a trio nph over
some of his colleagues, or; rather• his adversaries ?
or was it„ a stew endeavour to screen Lord Mel-
ville ?-11e. snotort neither attempt, but
rather jobs with those*lto wished justice to be
&me by proposing; :tier voting for , a Criminal Pro-
secution'. Indeed, it was impwiilble to accede to
the Motion no-,v propoed, Without undoing all that
had been done, and fort )iting the honour Which the
Honse had gained in the eyes of the Country.' It
was proposed, to adjo'urn the Question till Monday
• next, to allow time for Gentlemen to return froth
the country. For his part he should' prefer a call of
the House,,and in
,order to allow an opportunity
of making a Motioe le that etTed, he should con-
dude with moVing, That the other Orders of the
Day be noW read. -
Mr. H. ADDINGTOArwouId trouble the House
with only a few words. The. Opinion, he expressed
upon a former occasion • Wil4 confirmed by subse-
quent reflation, The Criminal Piosecution he
looked Upon as more lenient, snore temperate, less
expensive, and more expeditious ; and dpon these
grounds to be preferred. If. the Gentlemen who
now propose an Impeachment bad all along thought
it the preferable mode of proceeding, it was open to
thenednrinW two whele days, that the former De-
bate upod that subjea continued, to express that
predildlion. Now' the roily question was, whether
the House would resolve to at with consistency or
not ? The reason for suspending the Civil Process
was, that much new matter had subsequently come
to light of a serious nature; but jwhere no* was
the Parliamentary matter to ground so strong a
:measure, as that of rescinding so solemn a decision
of the House ? It was a most dangerous precederde
and the House, in its•wisdom and dignity, would
guard against it.
The CHANCELLOR of Ole 'EXCHIMHER shortly ex-
plained,'
The Ho ROBEI(r DUN:TM§ , that he
would now prefer the mode of Impeachment, tho'
he had before Voted agtinst. it It -was more suit-
able to the dignity of the llonse and to the charae-
ter of the person to be tried. .As to the notice, he
should only Observe; that L.ord Melville knew no-
thing of the Amendment to be prolkmedtill he had
entered that House to make Ilia Defence. The
Amendment was Moved from a, Spirit of lenity,:
mi coeon courtesy, often suggested the propri-
ety of such notices, and ,it ' was rather strange it
'should not have been attended to by those who,
hn4 so long lived on terms of friendship' and inti-
macy :With the 'Noble Lord :Perhaps they flu
gilled that the benefit of their lenity might be en-
hanced by the seirpri.-4e, but it was a species of le-
nity and teedereess whielt he could not briug himself
to admire,

IcE RE said a few Zvi rds against the Motion,
after which the QueF,tion Wll9 tYgerly Lialled fort and
the i-fow.e divided 011 Mr, Fax:: Motion,:

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