The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-06-20 00:00:00

4 The SoucrroesOnstaaat. in iiippertiog the r .
toiled that ritrerencae were =ode to whks took pies
isre the Ciattaittee of the House of Cotumens, is
order to prejudice their Lordships. Thir Lammed S -
Heim referred their Lordships to the gpeehrions of
the Magistrates, passed in 1816. Semi dt those 'roof,
'edema referred to the mien's, of fittlttilp Politic-.
ketoses. and She sale of spirituous liqnso. vw os.
)100. was to the construetion of the Douse- '•• 37.4 ad
inperer made to the Objection ? l'isPre' se:n. reeinpl.
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;Memel( proved tiwis the coedit:atoll stfklkeleini;:wee .
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also that Collins never voteseas kiii wth' tag vet •
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Jury believe the stateuiM Wile. Vitriol ?
charge wag for a wraps Partiality in %move of II
Reid, and Co. of whoa Mr. IVlgrue was a partial
The Jetty placid' trent fa ilia tiithhoi
Mr. %grill: u tliytiatekWa theFiliirg
corrupt partiality hi llaroor'of" 'field; aid
this wu a eau of grentlmpartinea'ati the Chide
of the defenodants. Owe Obit clieinti•itiii all
drcliniag to the pare. lii h. rig aVg-paals
years In It aatl integrity. pia; lrihrigibre. a
so assay yearsof esamplarycoadoei, that•koionh
guilty of the charge imputed to him 1 • •
TheCsic, Justice said that Mr. Jastlcelhot
obligated to leave the Coart.•be would hear
'ter on another day. The Ctiart rive. at,haTf-Pairtirt
o'clock.
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DZIMAND.
. The Ceartsiess Agit" crowded with iq.li.
tors to hear the Water arggvent.ou die motion, rrkigh
had been made on s former day; for a. Citation to thi
King's Proctor to appear and see the .doestment -in
question propounded-sad proved; ass- testsmieViary
paper of his late Majesty.
The King's Advocate. Dr. Arrests, and Dr. Jewaset
severally contended against the motios.•aa being not
at all within the power and jurisdiction of dee
They observed that no Instance was so muck aa_auj.
raised to have err taken place is which a Royal Will
was brought lite conteetation in this Court ; that it
was a clear Prerogative of every reigning Sovereign
not to be impleaded In any Court of law in his own
dominions ; that as it was utterly impir.liftilorhre
Court to compel the King's personal appearancetrso
nelike eitiltrit wan) Aitlimis,tahlicanws id .

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• roaor ; that thilairealifto-es-eho hiseeriCkq." ,
by his Commiselese. ;though conceived, In wi ••••Se ..,,_' ••••1/4
comprehensive tonna, did not autbothe him to appeDll/4 —litrada--#.?
in a case like tin present ; that if the .Court were. to i` / •
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cite Man to appar, it could cot enforce such citation . .
iryinaishing biro as eraotaniacinns in case Of his non- •-•t, .
appearance; nor colitis justifiably proceed igtinst4,. •
his Majesty iiipsweet foe wain of an appenancerxi - ..
that if the Court were ma to go on to judgment nelit• •• 1., ..... .
ittrult
to pronounce for the validity of the paper in' pi, A,z
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lance of the King's Proctor, the party proporNioir i-, • '
could take no benefit from such a judgment, a • 7,
as she could neither ge into the Court of AiMmill*MlN.
into Chancery to compel the King to pay the legacy - so
purporting to be bequeathed by this paper. The
Learned Counsel farther suggested, that as the party
stood before the Court claiming a right as Princess
of Cumberland, the Court, If it entertained the suit
at all, would perhaps find itself under the necessity of
ping into an investigation, of the grounds of that
claim, which might lead to very perplexing god in-
pleasant results, and though the present was nut a ...
time to go into the merits of the case set up, yet (the
Learned Counsel said), as the affidavits in support of -
the application had been alluded to as forming a strong
prime facie case in support of the paper, they must
say, that so far as had yet appeared, they regarded it
in a very different light ; that the contents of the pa-
per were most extraordinary and improbable ; that
the affidavits (with the exception of the Lady's own)
went merely to a belief of handwriting, that the
Court
the ground of band-writing alone; and that the cir-
cumstances which were alleged to have led to the
writing of this bequest, and which had occasioned its
concealment for so many years, were not only mys-
terious, bat highly enepicious. Finally' they cow-
tended, that If the party now before the Court had
any right as against the Crown, it was to be priced
by some other mode, but not by the authority of this
Court.

After an argument of several hours on thesA topic.,
II the Learned Gentlemen having COLICIUkied. Dr.
T.
I .111HINGTON ',se to reply ; but the KING'S ADVOCATa
objected that in a case like the present the strict rules
of practirs ought to be ob d, and that by those'
rules a reply was precluded.
Dr. L'SHINGTON maintained that he had a right to
reply, and that great injustice would be done if be
were precluded.
The Learned Judge (Sir. J. NICHOL!) said that
the objection had been very properly taken ; but that
in all cases where the Court wished to hear farther ar-
gument, it had the power of permitting a reply. In
the present instance, the Learned Judge said be was
himself desirous of hearing what coed be said in re-
ply to the objections against the application.
Dr. LUSIIINOTOM thereupon began a very long and
eloquent speech, of which oar limits will permit us
only to touch very briefly the principal topics. He
said, that his L d Friends had notventured to dis-
pute the Royal Prerogative of making wills. Now, if
the legislature thought fit to sanction the Monarch's
making a will, it must have intended that such will
should bind him to his successor, whim duly proved ;
and how was it to be proved bat in this Court ? Those