The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-07 00:00:00

PRICE SEVENPENCE,

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stating what he l.ad so far stated, he had been,
actuated solely by a Sense of duty, and having
performed his painful task, he should content him-
self by moving—
“ That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty,
praying him to give directions to the proper Officer to lay he:
fore the House cdpies of all Commission or Commissions, fu.s
strnctinn or Instructions, which have been issued by his Ma-
jesty's command, since the departure of her Majesty the
Queen from this kingdom, in the year 1814, for the purpose
of taking depositianis, or otherwise,baking inquil-y, respect-
ing her Majesty's condnct, together with the amouut of
all sums of money, and by whom they viere issued, to the
same end."
The question having been put from the Chair,
Lord CASTLEREAGH rose to state to the House
the grounds upon which he felt it his duly, under
the circumstances in which the House at present
stood with regard to this subject, to oppose the
motion of the Gallant Member. It would be a
waste of the time of the House to enter into a
general examination of the conduct his Majesty's
GovernMent had thought proper to pursue Willi
reference to the important transactions relating to
this motion. He did justice to the Gallant Ge.
neral's ingenuity in making Ministers out to be
the cause of all the discussions which had taken
place.on the subject in that House, and for dis-
covering that they had Heated the Q'teen with so
much injustice. He would leave it to the House
to decide whether any thing Ministers had done
in the course of the proceedings could justify the
imputation. He would confine himself to the moo ioa
of the Gallant General ; and in opposing that mo-
tion, he assured him it was not from any disposi-
tion to withhold from the House the fullest infor-

illation on the subject. He hoped the House

would not be led to believe that there was any im-
proper mystety as to the transaction 11 node(' to,
nor-as to the mode of providing for the payment of
the charge at ising out of it. He could assure the

Gallant Member that there was nothing attending
the whole of the transactions connected with the
case, from beginning to end, wi,ich be could be
more desirous of laying fully before the House.--
lt the light from firEt to last but he
would be allowcd to say that it would 1)e rather
an extraordinary proceeding, that before the
House had waited to take any measures of inquiry
of its own, or what it was clear it would arrive at
by another process, it should address the Crowti
to put- them in possession of the whole of the
circumstances.' He- apprehended thar nothing-
,could be more impertinent to the Parliamen—
tary course, or more subversive of the ends of

justice, or indeed any thing which the human
mind could conceive, more contrary to common
sense than such a proceeding,-(Hear !)—He
should say on this subject, as he had said in his
instructions to foreign Ministers abroad, it was
right for Parliament to have every information
connected with the case, when i came fairly, and
in due course of proceeding before them; but be
contended that it was most unjust and injudicious
to anticipate a branch of the subject in the manner
proposed; for bow could the House jqdge that
Ministers had acted rationally or honestly in one
particular point, unless they knew the foundation
of the whole ? lie was ready broadly to admit

that the outline of the facts contained in the Bill
at resent on the table of the other House, had in

the first instance attracted the notice of Govern-
went from reaching them from so many quartets,
boqi private and official, that it was quite impos-
sible not to adopt the course they had done; un-
less, indeed, it was contended that rite Servants of
Government tere obliged to shut their eyes to
every thing which concerned the interests of the
Stare; that they ought to sleep upon those cir..
cumstances which any individual in the•kingdotn
would for his own honour take up. should
be prepared to argue at another time, only he
thought that institution W, ich the Gallant Mem-
ber was pleased to call a Commission, was that
sort of official ploce,ding which under all the cir-
cumstances of ibe c.;se, and tinder every view of
the question, it was most fit and proper should be
appointed. The next question, whether any thing
which savoured of actimony, or if any thing im-
proper could be attributed to the manner in %%Elicit

the Gallant General had stated certain sums of
moral to have been appropriated, under the faci-
lities, which it would appear from his statement„

,Italy affolded. He must here stare, that the in-

formation was not drawn Iron] Milan alone—it

was collected from every part of Europe.

Nlrith

respect to the description of ebar-acters_ en-

gaged in this inquiry, he was sure the Gallant

General did not mean to insinuate tl►at they had.
been advised to take any step that was not con-
sistent with principles of justice. Even for the

protection of the Queen herself, it was expedient

to ascertain what was true and what was false, of
the information that had not bee►► sought, but

was forced on the ears of Government. The in.
quiry had not, he might say, an official origin ;
he meant that it was t►ot commenced in a way
which would constitutionally place it and all that
it brought to light upon record; but its ohjtit
was to attain all the practical ends of justice, aril

to do this the most obvious mearis were resorted

to, the employment of persons of high character
and of great professional reputation. The Hon.

Gentleman Lad mentioned the name of the Vice-

Chanctilor in a :vay that COUld 1141.1:y be borne
out, It wwilti not, it was tine, tall within the

province of that eminent Law Officer to conduct
such en inv€Etigation; but it was surely uo
hlemish upon him, and afforded no ground of

blame, that employed by his Sovereign, not per-
haps as King, but at Duke of Cornwall, or as a
private person, he sho..ld institute a plo.zei7ding.
in which there was no discredit, unless its ies„l,B

were discreditable to older Prties• hi“: yet
to learn
,vhy
such an conducted on prin-
ciples of purity and how,ur (of which the high,
legal character of the persons engaged in it gave
the surctt pleAge)J wel to zee duc;ibed 119 any