The Sun.
London, England, 1811-01-16 00:00:00

COU'l lON OF CARDOZA.

Mr. gkiERIDAN obWrVed, Illat tt the HOUR! W 39
Unel»pitled,lll tlsa 3biellee of the Noble Lord, he
would avail hiousylf of the Opportunity to mention a
circundarice,: the. ecc,,rrence of w Inch .had made a
deep unpreiston on Ins mind. This circumstance:
was,. that a coot/it:a had been allowed to sutler death
during a period when all access was c:.osed to the
fountain of nietcy. He had himself written a letter
upon the subiutt on Sunda),, to the Right Honour-,
able Secretaty of Sate opposite; and he return**
him his thanks for the ready and polite attention
which he had received, although their opinions were
dissimilar. lie would not give any formal notice
on this subjvat. :le would turn it over in his mind,
and consnh his friends upon it, and possibly might, at
some future period, bring it under the consideration:
of PArli4rnetit. '

The CHANCELLOR of the Excite Quoit expressed
his unwiilingness that a false impression should
be allowed to remain for a single moment upon the
public aviod, with respe6l to the proceeding advert.
ed to by the II•n. Gentleman, and therefore al.
though the forma of he House precluded any thing
like discussion or argument, he might perhaps h,'
admitted to staleilhat what had taken place was in.
attiCt execution of the letter ut an Ad of ParliaMent.
On occasions, such as that alluded to, tee Judges
had tuff power to respite a convict if it appealed to
them that sticu a respite eughttor be .granted ; and
although the -ultimate fonntaio of 'mercy might be
closed, yet all the intermediate channels were open.
In this case however there had not been any appli-
cation, either judiciill orpherwise, with a reference
to the .statentent of circumstances faVourable to the
unhapt y convict who bad suhjeeted hirnia to the
seetence of the I,IW. Re repeated his anxiety-that
no fake imPtweion 611041 d ,go torth on the subjed ;
but that it shueld be clearly understood that .who,
bad been done was
.done in stria conformity to the
provisions of tic 40 of Parliament, Which declared
that the pneishment of murder should take place
within a t eriaiu petiod attcr convialion,
Mr. Sit en 10A N declared, that he would bailie
last Man iti the world ft tlirow out insinuations in a
Case on which he should, pet hnmpi, after all, :not
think it athisahle to adopt any path:tine:nary pro-
ceeding. fie was fully' aware that the:Act required
time execution of the sentence in a certain time. He
wits also aware that the judges had it in their own
breast to respite if they thought proper. .Nor did
his observation's proceed from. any consideration of
the merits of the case. He put thlet Wlulllyout of
the qeestion. Instead Of imag !ling that, there could
be any 'doubt whether the Male was Murder or
manslaughteC, he would suppose that it was, 'the
most font and atrocious murder that could possibly
he committed. The question was,,whether under
the, present circumstances the sentetice ()tight to

have bees tarried into exceutlon Was net the
Right Hon. Gentleman aware that the Right Hon.
Secretary of State near him had very properly grant-
ed two reprieves t 0.4 person under sentence of death
in Scotland Anil way hot in this recent•iroance ?
The crime of murder had been • wore than once
pardoned in the present' 114;te M'Quirke,
who was cotVict,d a murder at the Middlesex
' Election,' was pardoned txy his M .jesty ; and Ken 7
irtAly, who was ceuvicte I of murdering a wale!).
man on Weseuinster Bridge, althbeeli-not reCtim-
mended to mercy by the Judge, yet dbtaiue3d ac-
cess by other means to the fountain of mercy, and
was par lotted. lie, considered it as the siroryst
instance of the la:tme and crippled state of the Mo.
nattily, that the fountain of mercy should bestop-
tied, and that a Secretary of Stat, should think
self obl ged to assnine the first of all the Royal pre.:
rogatives. ;1 'he _ene I
ma() opposite had declared,
that,. ttt cases of, great netessityi they' would not.
hesitate to take on themselves the responsibility of
exercising the luuclions of. the b;xecurive
_n He. imputed De blame to them for this de-
claration. It was necessaty that the Army and
Navy should be paid. lint here was 'an assump-
tion of. the Reyal preregative not callE'd for' hi tite
necessity of the Where would have.beenehe
evil of reprieving This unhappy man tbr a fortnight,
w hen a legitimate'au•horoy would have existed to
priinoUnce on his ? Ttie.eoutery was,placed in a
dePlorable.situati,n, 'when a sut.ject thus imagined
that he was justified in unnecessarily assuming the
first prerogative of tie CI own. •
Mr. Secretary B alter what had been said
by tee Hon. Gentleman, could not refrain from
makino'rew observations. The Hon. Gentleman
had•accused him of acting differently with lessee&
to the person. tinder sentence of death in Scotland,
andthe unhappy mat) who was yesterdayexecuted ;
that in the latter instance he had suffitred the law to
take its course, and that hi the former he Imo taken
on himself the responsibility of extending.the
.val between the sentence and thip, pueishment.
But the two cases were perfectly dttlerent. Irt the
case of the roan condemned to death-- in Scotland,
atter consulting those who were cot-mil-tied the
prosecution, he had thought rt incumbent upon
Thirn not to assume the of pardoning,' but
to suspend the exccie ton of the law. As to the
other case, he had-taken all .posnible pains (without
-any' application Ken the ueltappy iodividual) to
ascertatn' whether there were any possible ;grounds .
to admit of the extension of mercy. -He had been
informed by the Recorder, that he told the Learned
Judges' who assisted lain) on the Bench, bad trot the
slightest deubt of 'the gult of the individual. In
deed, 'had:they entertained the sliglee,t'euute of his
wilt, it would have, been.titeir duly (and he was
.sure ilia it would hve'. been their inclination) to
• exercise the power entrusted in them by law, pt
grate iogL reprieve. But considering that it was as
foul inOrder as had ever, been committed, they
thought it incumbent ote them Aurfer. 'the •-law to
take its course, He :submitted to the House, when
the Judgcs, who were neeessarily the.brst acciu.iiii-
ed With the merits of the case, thought fit Ous to.
proceed, whether it would have, been consistent
with his duty lo suspend the operation orthe law,,
and to have obstructed the course, of an Ad of Par-
hatnent. which required' (tor eery_ wholesome rea-
"lous), that in •' CliSt'S of minder the punishment
should take place the .ay after the conviction
conceived that what had occurred Ought to hate oc-
curred. H.. conceived that in ordinary cases the or.
denary operation Of the;law ought to Proceed ;' and
that where no notice was taken by, the Court of
circumstances of alleviation, he would
.nbt he jristi-
fied in army interference. He enneeivud also that
the Learned Judges would not haVe been justified
in tespiting the couvia on the ground urged by the
Hon. Gentleman, •

. .
The St%Arm interposing, observed, that the
usual course of the House, at the commencement
of the Session was to establish itself, by the.a.p
joint-
metreof itsConimitler% Grol Cotionticers,
The Committees end Gr:4o.Cotanttee, of Ile-
ligion, 'frade, Privireg,2s, 84, wet; then appUinted,
and the usual Standing Orals, °Mlle amid -were
read and agreed to.

REGENCY BILL:
C.n.A.NCRLLQR OL the EXCHEQUER Itabselvetil
thin th.• general anxiety for the intioduation of the
Bill, leave to bring in which, he was about to so-
licit, and the ample discusmions Which had al-
ready taken place on the subjem, 'tendered it un-
neet,siaryfor him to say once word more 'than melet
ly to move,.

Tat leave be given to bring.in a 13' ill to,proLL.
vide for the administr tion of thc floy,al Authority,
and the care of the Royal t),,,rsot, (luring M-i-
-jesty's and i'or-the:re•aimpiion ot the 110) al
Authority by his Majesty."
Mr. W. tistrrn roie, not to, oppme the motion,
because he cotic6Veti that the. pri4kkiiiings'of 114: 't w o
Hous,:s Parlisitne d .
nt to ,sop,; the deficiency,til
the EXCOUIiVe• Authority had bten inuch too dila-
tory, but to expreis regret that another course, .by
which a number of inoonvvniences trould,have. been
avoided, had hot been adoptsxl i,3 preblence to the
preient.

,
The.ot,tinn was tEett agreed to ; and the Chan-
..
celloi of the Excheciuer, Mr. Seerrtary ityilei, Lord
C:iive, 'lie Mater of the Hods,' tip ; toe Attormy
liod Solicitor Qemeral, ere 'instructed tta'britig in
the Bill.

• ,
The CPIANCELLOR of the
ly brought in •the 13111; and, on his inotioti, it wis
nad a first tune, and ordervd to, be tt;ad a second
thno..to,rnorrow, and to be plintett. • '

PRIVATE
The CHANCELLOR of the EXiriEraUEßlid,'there
were:two points. to which he wished for a te• ;in-
flates to draw the attention of the •}-101.,
conceived; that although in the new Situation in
which the. House . had been just. placed, no refer-
ence could be strictly made to their former orders;
yet that the orderS.which had been made for call-
Mg over the' House might fairly' be considered as
warranting him in moving,, without r further/notice,
That. the House 'should be Called, over on 'Thursday. .
The other point related to private business: 11
been considered as convenient
commencement of every, S.esSiOn.-of
Some years past, to limit the, time of receiviii, •
tions for Private-Bills, the Bilis themselves a;:
Reports of them, in order to give to all pairt:
Wrested the opportunity oflorenderitr!,;
completely acquainted with the the pro-
ceeding. He, gave notice, therelbre, tiat hewould
to-Morrow make a motion to tins effea; but in
giving. this notice, he must that there was a
consideration to which the House'ought to attend.
It was impossible that any one 'Could foresee what
might, be the opinion of his Royal Highness the
Regent •b .as ,tti the propriety of any adjournment or
,prorogation of Parliament:- 41 it should be thought
desirable by his iitivisers.,•that any adjournment or
prorogation . should soon take place, iC wOuld, then
be,expedisAit that the House•should *review the Re,
soluti,4l respecting Private &Hs, which he should
to-morrow stibmit for their adoption. He moved,
that the-House be called over on Thursday. Or-
dered.---Adjourned.