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

,
MoVed . ithArt Ifetpetreble
soddenly : chatigqi into a ,Reeolution
foe a Cr urinal PrOseeution by the •AtterettV-tle-
neral, Without any* previous notice; to the lietasel .
or Atiy cordniurikation which courtesy might perhaps
haVe denianded, tO the iSitilele Peri;ottage who *is t
objeet of the, proCeeding. Ile did net by '.fiy.rineeas
deny the right of aaing thus, he only could not
expressing surprise that: thoF:e whoussertel
right themselves should be eager to relbse it to
—Another matter of considerable surprise hlee:
was the next stand that Wra; macte on this. que.:4t;eie
—namely, on the impropriety,:aS it wzis ter;acel
of ever moving for the reheireling of Resolutions •
WhiCh had passed in a preceding part of the ;line
Session ; a prettedente, which it was said nfight
,•
lead to the most dangerous censer I uenees. Whot,
was the natuit of the Resolution nuke melee. (Le,
ciassien, • and"which his Lietrned Friend had rileved.
should be abanacned ? DA it net at the thee
when it was proposed b his Honourable Frieitel
('Jr. Bond), and zigreed to by the Efouse
rescind the Cive and dirof a Crirmeel PiOSe-
cution, which the Houtee„ On aformer oeceeien.,
negatived ? That -Reeolution, therefore, is her'lf
a precedent that, it is net contrary the rules
of .Parliament t& rescind its Rei;oluziotr.., in .the same
Session in which theyeeere passed, if cirdunstances
should demand studs a step to be taken:: It lipid
• been insinuated, With a' view„ ins doubt, ofconvey-
ing the impression elsewhere, that the measure now
proposed was a stratagem contrived fur the oureyoko
of defeiitingthe ends or pUblie, 'justice, in the eley.
sedition of. Lord •How ? If it Were
Wished to relinquish one Mode ofprOeeedingan.f to
leave the other uncertain; there might be hetet~
ground for swipicien, but When, at the sitme mornept
that it was proposed to zibolish one, anothc,i was es-
tablished, all plausibility in the, suppositien that it
was a stratagemsanished. • the proposition whielt
was introduced by his Noble Friend was that 'which
had been formerly praised by those who stood
most lbrward, in' the attack on Lord Melville, as
a' measure: the most constitutkaial, the most, jost,
the most likely to be etThanal, the most •die:eificeil,
and the most becoming to the. chareaer o liarile-
ment and of the Country. Such indeed seemed to
be their opinion still. As to the .clierge of ini2oll
,sistency, what inconsistency was there in this frank
anti open avowal ; " thought, any- Crinsinal
Proceeding- unnecessary, we thet-etore took those
measeres which appeared to us best to defeat it,;
the House having, however, ,decided, tied some
H. Criminal Proceeding should be instituted, we have
'now the option between to o moo es "Whidt We were.
:net before called to decide Upon,"
the Gentlenien on the ether side, " the riten,un pre,
posed must be calculated to prevent the ends of
justice, as it, is upheld by those who wi.slo to save.
Lord Melville from any Preseeation
Does it•follow then that a tribunal is less excellent,
because 'it is less repuennit to the feeling's of the,
accused ? llc trusted no m.tn in the House. would
hesitate iu saying that it waS desirable, if possible,
to unite the 4cellence ul the tribunal, with attentijW
tO the fcelingi of th:t ac(Ave;l person. 'lie r‘iLiA
Hon. Genternzus spellelast Ii id tiiA!ei ,recd
of argument to prove the imprAicability olcollect-
ing the sense Of thelleuse fairly on the' out. ion.,
without entering into any of the reti,aetnente a iii Ii
that Right Ilenourable Gentleman deprecated, he
\N.341 ~() to the sithplo • question. Can there lie
a doubt in the plied of any tai:onel In that ies
• the eccasion alluded to, muds the, greaee pate tof
the 'Members preferred the impeaclunint ,? If this
'was the case, and if there was nothing in the, eh--
entristances that had since occurred to change .their
opinion, he could not conceive why their conent
to the present -Proposition should be withhelde--
The Noble : Lord (who. „speaks in a , wiry .which
always entitles hiin to the attention of the Hense),
allows that the .cireumstaneeif have not been such
,to priiduce any i-,hange, in his tliinion;; he even
adilZet, that he approved of the impeeeltment, be-
eause it was constitutional , not on, slight trivial
groun&;, but because it ,was constitutional 3 and
should a mere question of term: be allowed' to stand
in the way of such it measure Theßight Honour. •
till, m
, Gentleman comented fbr some .•tinie on I\i r.
i dhatit's distinction bet w eerr •it State crime and tiro
crinte Of is Statesman; .aio Contended, that 'if pert .of
• the el etrge against' Lord Melville, with' regard •to rap-
plying the public money sto purposes which he, wotlid
not disclose, were substantiated, it was
to have Mutter more fit for the consideration
of the House. of Lords. The objcaion made bye
some, that time would 'be eiayed 'by .the critaimo..
Prosecution, had been already answered by. his
Learned Friend. The Only case on the lorithals
heited- two and a hell; arid though the •nbili.,
ties of the Le tined Gentleman to whorn.the present
proceeding • weal be entrusted, would, prc.ibahlri,
being it to is termination sow-ter, it could .sietiN;ely be
*e.kpeeled before the next Si%sion of Pardiaincette-
to the long delay in the case of. Mr. IliistingS;ther'e.
existed .no analogy between .therri. One yeas Of it
veri:eikettmscribed extent, the other 'ernbriliedAdi
the globe. -Indet,d, if those are nments proved rims
thitig, they proved that no 011:“.t,; no, ka
the future, to be tried by Impteichment, a .doarine
which he:stispet:!.tA would not readily be Admitted.
The Right Hon. Geetlemen here recapittliated his
orgiiments, and freileel by Sitying, he ti-ui-;l.ed the
lelothe, on a due consideeition Of, all 'the circ'urri,
inCe3 before them, would lint consent to cii ii r
the substance' ,of justice for the s;:ike uf the
fern is of it. •

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of that of the famonA 0.;•;t1or mit',ltlityo who
sent an unfortnnaie client :of driv.eit ititp
tAile, a copy` of a most argunto,u.itito .ittAd
vin(..itt:Spot.tely, which ho it ad intonded
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the mkt:rablo "ALI?, ii Cicor4,, I,J i naci.44.l this
ch.te, titrte.
~ 1, should not now. ..oating t -
'id, at maseilles 'So i.e 1,3 a no doubt, it the
Itight Holt: Celiac-mum had expres..sed 'the send-
Ineot3 hi. had just done, on the es-4,11'4114\14min
tla giiitiott of impeacl
unfent was forznerly, unatte-
eesctallv agitated, the tvsuit uwald two b;:va vety
tiiirtlct it; like, Noble Lord 0t11(1 have been i'filaccti
in 0 nituati.4l /146 re agree:ll)k. to his fteling4,
Country NVOUId have befit( ;tsr4.l'eti. of complete and
ipipartial jwrice. But it now cattle too late. el lie
Itie,lll. Hon. 61-I,itlern.ilt, :k orgtuhentv and
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