The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-03 00:00:00

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sure the conduct of Iliac man ‘,lto would be dar-
ing enough to bring forward an tinfotnioto and
malicious charge. In consequence of what had
passed on the occasion when he brought this
charge forward before, he thought it incumbent
on him to come before the House to prove that
he had not been guilty of misrepresentation.--ft
Wben he had detailed the nature of this charge,
he thought he had given a sufficient quantity of
proofs to afford the House a hostage of his sin..
cerity. He had reduced the charge to a set of
articles of impeachment, as the most convenient
form of accusation. What would be thought of
the Naval OtFer who wo,ld bring forward any--
impeached charge against his Admiral, or an Of-
ficer against his Commander ? lle helievefl
that the Court-Martial would, in justice to all
parties, dismiss the teccuSer. Applying the
case to himself, he would ask, whit would
the House think it he could charge the
Learned Judge with misconduct. which he repre-
sented to have passed under bis own eves, and the
nature of which be could not liossibly mistake, if
place .
that misconduct did, not really take
He had persons in tine gallery—(thiltr, order !)
—he het lied pardon for the expression—welt
he had. in the City of London—(Loud laugh-
ing,)—well then he bed in the City or Westmin-
ster—persons who would prove the unit) of
his allegations. He would ask the Learned
Attotney-General what he would think of the
Judge who should, in an As•iie town, semi
into the Court-house an armed body of soldiera
and clear it of every individual ? Yes, the Learned
J ridge did clear the Court—there was not a mall
remaining with the exception of his Hon. Frienti
opposite (Mr V. Blake), who by some stratagem,
or another contrived to hide himself tinder one of
the Benches.—(Bursts of LateL!liter.)—The Hon.
Member then entered into a long derail of tit
circumstances oh his chlage, and concluded by
laying on the table articles of impeachment against
Baron M'Cletlamt. He then moved, That ti.te
charge be taken into consideration this day felt.

night.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that his Hon. Friend
(Mr. Martin), if he might so call him, seemed to
have brought on this motion under an idea that
his own conduct was as much at issue as that of
the Learned Judge whom he had accused. He
(Lord C.) was of opinion, that the House, in re—
jecting the former motion, had 00 imp, ached the
Hon. Mover's veracity, bi t had decided on the
ground that, even according to the stattment of
the Hon. Mover, no reasonable ground appeared
(or imput►ng corruption to the Learned Judge ;
that the only point which that statement went to
prove was, that the Learned Judge had decided
improperly on points of law—a question on which
the House could not interfere, except on some
specific allegation of corruption. fie therefore
hoped his Hon. Friend would be prevailed on to
withdraw his motion.

Alr. MARTIN said dial it wa: imposs ble, ors
any ossasion, for the Nuble Lord to apply to hire
in vain. As to corruption, he certainly could
impute none to the'Le,arned Judge, except by the
inference that so astute a Judge could not have
decided so erroneously except trom personal hos-.
tility towards him.
The motion was withdrawn.

Lord CASTLEREAGH sail, that the charges re—
mained on the table, and it was necessary that
they should be withdrawn, or the House would
be compelled to t,►ke some steps respecting them.
Mr. MARTIN said, he could not be the pe►son.
to withdraw his own charges ; but he should not;
object to their being withdrawn it any other
Member chose to !mike the !notion.

Mr. 13NowNt.ow said, that atter these charges
had been made against the Learned Judge, i< was
but fair that the defence should be entered into,
and if such was the feeling of the House, he
should wish to state what were really the circum-
stances of the case.—(Cries of '' Proceed !
Chair !")

The SPEAKER said, that it was the privilege of
any Member to deliver in at the table, without
any previous motion, charges which he had to
present against any public officer. It was them
the custom tor him to name the day on which he
wished them to be taken into consideration. This
motion. the Hon. Member bad made, and bad
withdrawn. The charges, however, still remained
on the table to be disposed of, and even, if with-
drawn, would remain on the Journ,tls, unless ihe
proceedings were ordered to be expunged. The
House might take this course if they %%ere with-
drawn, or if they were now taken into consider-
ation, might reject them, and then order the pro-
ceedings to be expunged.

Sir J. STEWART said lie should move, that the
charges be rejected, and that the proceedings be
expunged. The charges against the Learned
Judge were, not that he had wrenched the
law in favour of the Crown, but that he had
thrown its shield before a prisoner who had been,
proceeded against on the suit of the Crown. Un-
der such circumstances, it would be thought a
hard case to hold over a charge of such descrip-
tion as that preferred by the Hon. nember sine die,
and especially as four years had elapsed since the
act complained of had taken place. In the course
of the last tour years he would undertake to say,
that the Learned Judge bad established a charac-
ter for legal knowledge and judicial impartiali, y
in Ireland, which nothing could shake or tinder-
value. For these reasons he shoidd conclude
with moving, that the charge be rejected.
Mr. MARTIN, in a few words, expresso! his con-
currence in the Amendment, guarding himself,
howeTer, against any misconception as to :he truth
of his statements, which remained uncutdra-
dieted.
Mr. CRAWFORD bore testimony to the character
of the Learned Judge, whose knowledge and itn-
partial conduct, he said, were generally appre-
ciated.

The question for the rejection of the charge
we's then put, and carried without a divilion.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL.
Lord ALTHOI3I) moved die second reading of the
Insolvent Debtnts' Bill.

Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN eXpreSsCd big
concurrence in the pi inciple of the Bill, which Was
(4.llwied on the Resolutions of tLe C.,intnittee.
The Bill, be said, was of great importance, not
v: 1y to tlae tracliu4 iuterests ut the cusxtutuui,y,