Star.
London, England, 1804-06-23 00:00:00

no fuch thing known to this day by thtlfeldso wen
heft acquainted with him in, the whole tenor of his
proceedings. Information had been lately fent so him
(Mr. W.) of the Rory which hail led to the dircharge
of Mr. Morifon's fervent. and certainly it was a
trantattinn which would had to the ditiniffel of his
(Mr. W.'s) fervent, or of any gentleman's fervent,
without the necetfity bf their incurring the itn-
putatinn of &Royalty or difaffeßion to the interefts
oftheir country. Mr. Morifon was a farmer, in the
icrvistity of Banff, very refpeetable in his fituation
of
life and dillinguilhed in that part of the country
;for his loyalty, which was particularly confpicuous
Sour years ago, when fympinms of difaffellion pre-
vailed emote a certain defcriptien of individuals.—
'This fervent had entered into a volunteer corps of
'Banffshire, whole place of affembling was at fevtn
miles diflanee fruit his mafier's refidence. It hap-
pened that in the mnini(4oetober be had became,
ployed by M. Mnt iffWill`thatelting a bars, midi
had been told by his iltbr that he could not pofii.i
bly fpare hint at that time to attend an infinities's
of the Corps, mit was abfoletely, neceffery that the.
work (Wald be completed loon. and if be went he
*would be cursed et immediately. sotwithftanding
thi,scautipn,. however, the fervent wents.cuntrary to
esprefs orders; and was accordingly diimiffed the
(erilce. Ii appeared that that was the only tinse
his make had ever prevented him from attending.
the various meetings of his corps, and was it not
very Literal thd le *sold have refuted
ance with his requell al tech a feafon of the year
when be wanted the barn compkted for the pow
pries of sagriciattuie 1 There was no fy_mptom of
didayalty here. k was a very seems/ lion latch a
partieblar entegenvy. But 11'1, dist eMeeprly to
the Vehmteer.fityllens Wein 10 try% 4nitrioned, •
WA the V,willitteet SeiViCe terati4 /40' 10+
told that we eistai.its4 hinder cm. immune from
eateries among* them t We we Mlle celled
&Weal; and were alt the ..traina sOd penult* to he,
inilißed upon tte that beep itbirfa. mann Mr.
hiorifott fas cdufingtpstifit tic Mani 01: a.
ferniest main 0ne..10.1e twei ;Atiteetelf.—
The volunteer flee* ems tlytteisiff. liberty.
If the whole country mere to be finie in this man-
ner, we vetestrame machines, and in a thort time the
volunteers would be entirely cliff iived. It was eta
dent that there was nen law either in England or
Scotland 6W the procedure of Cie Lord Advocate,
Lad therefore his condalt mull be Riled illegal and
z:kve. There was another feature in this tranf-
which. !lace the Right Hon. Gentleman was
preknt, he would mention. After the letter
been written, Mr. Morita* made an application
melts Lord Advneare. referring to a 'timber of re-
, le people for hi. charalke, and requefted that
t Wield Ise a ktter fent him7[Here the Lord
vacate kids " actin the Terms you have Rated")
—in order an rewire the felinity of the lenience.—
The anfwer font by the Sheriff Clerk was. that all
might be very MI; but that Mr. Muciten mull he
a fool. if not acquidcing in the Lord Advocate's
opinion, he refuted to pay espences, It was in the
power of the Lutd Advocate to deny or to give par-
dna, and his comb, on that occation pertienlarly
aggravated the tradation, and proved him (fill more
to he unfit for the official fituation which he held in
that . nut. it appeared to him, that fop-
poling the Lord Advocate to have ..&d hp* 7.0
be had idled antrimay. There was not, however,
the healed foundation try law for filch a fingular•
Ondalt. The reed Advocate of Scotland had no
power to commit under filch ciisumfiences, The
liberty of the rabid* was guarded by law., of which
were the Lord Advocate to he fuppotaat ignorant,
test ignorance alone would difqinality him. He was
well aware. however' that the knowledge of the
Right Honourable Gentleman in the laws of his
country, would leave him without the [mailed lha.
dew ordefenee upon that footing. He (the:Laird
Advimete) knew as well as any man, that what he
had done was in defiance of all law whatever. He
441 nat. wilik to be prefumptuons in pretending to go
into 'a hiliticy of the law of Scotland, but he might
eertainli venture to refer to the Statute of the firli
Parliament of ling William 111. which was ex-
piefily intended for the liberty of the fubjell. It was
these eneßed, that no man ffinuld be imprifoned,
he be fornifittel with an information of the
rounds of his imprifeement, eitc. It might be fait!,
That it was true, that though the law was prec'fe
upon the febjek there might he emergencies, when'
it would be neessrary for men to do things.
ether (medians they could not be jellified in doing
but in this cafe the line of cnndult was provided tur
by the law of Scotland. The imprifonment of per-
foes, without expreffing realms, was contrary to
law, and in this ode there was no information given.
If Mr. Morrifon had (lain the perfnn fent to execute
the illegal warrant, there was no law to which he
could be maderamenshle for taking away the life of
any individual executing fuch a commiffinn. The
Alt further Lays, that there (hall be a trial of the w-
hin (ley day's after his apprehenfinn. The Lord
Advocate, however, had not only violated the law
in ether particular., but a' o in this one. beeaufe he
had ordered the Sheriff to keep Mr. Morifon till he
(the Lord Advocate) fhould give orders foe his fibs.
ration, which, being an unlimited time, was perfelt•
ly illegal. '!'hough the cafe of invafiun too was ac•
total, provided for by the AR, yet this did not fall
within it to as to be pleaded as an excult. Commit-
ments, according to the law of Scotland, might, in
' that cafe, proceed bran order from the Privy Coen.
oil, Um perfon apprehended having always his relief
tby law. He thought he had (hewn therefore that
the Lord Advocate had thus aided in every point of
view not may illegally, but opprerLvely, and contrary
to the sowers dunce of his official litnati in. The
Right Hun. Gentleman flood in a Giusti 'n of very
high refponfthility. He had flat power either of pro-
fecuting or at abitaiaing from profccutimi. If a mat-
ter, bassever.saimmout, be lateig,bt under his cog/1;-
6am,, with ,a prayer to him founded on a mecogni
tion to proficule. he had the power even in that eels
to refute compliance with that rt.gliell. Thi. we. not
a fancied cafe, hut one which, many years ago, had
been determined try the fupert..r ttibunel if this
country. deeldieg dud the Loid -Advocate of Sent.
lied had the power' to Retitle railing a prnfeention.
There. were powers which ought evedeatiy only to
be entrefted twa,perfostocapable of bsing leaved by
any motives but thous it juttice and coity. It was
therefore from a thorpugh cnn.ini.et roe Right
Han. Gesideama being him/manic its al! tilde p sti•