The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-29 00:00:00

Aram
, ladslies
Illiijesri
'toed, •s's-net, 1. have:no doubt, a delifeerale ~ . , • humbly
forlibAie purpose.. •Are ordinary proceedings riposteu _ eseneishusent. was equal to our 4 Jintment,
to • ihe 'Weight of such foul, malignant misrepresents- when Alter all the promises which roar
...Lordships
trei?* usiirst•ZtatioD the more dangerous, and • the wade. alter all the hopes which your Lordships
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• twe;rs:Tatal, Veit is nit ente.hYtions. but ,titlashood behrout to us some weeks ago, your lordships now
inliesktp•wiiii And fitted to truth,. fur the purpose of tell As that these hopes, raised by yourselves, are
• detra.'fien •ITW:t is one of the peettliaeities in which to be annulled. that they are to be dashed away from
' *tie aiss:pliteset. nod which might to operoate as a reasouloorlips, aid that we are now to have to snore, or ra-
'sgilitet yerifLetthships-only allowing us the ordinary. titer infinitely less advantages than in an ordinary ease,
adirldfaiesatlefetvellpersons have a right to claim. But, tfoot Lordships think fit, under these new and 'etre-
itiei.Lor.le; 1 wiliereed a little more iutodetail„ut show ordinary circumstances, to compel as to go ok to sit in
the atteleitite: nullity of this. eeteaue,tin.lee. benefit as it is this place, and hear witness after 'Winless exhumed ,
estitet-•lenif of eunr-Lord,hips. I doulst not, esteene it updn points °lleitis+ we cannot form even a conjecture,
in asitifftage,enately from not knowing the role of law: vesteeting eoetioct-all ever the globs, for. six or seven.
nail noiti Snare to sheirLordshipe what the rule of liar is, ; yeoca•—•Here we are to sit, and grace wills vat corporal
and if litette it ineorreettv.. 4 eleeite to.. be interrupted. presence the solemnity of your Lordship's proceedangs.••
gaplitisl. a witnesngoes throng!' A fair teem' nation, mid. lily lords. I haws elready said that I have been called
dial harems materiels for creees-examination, .havlng 1 erste If show the Obierfieu3 Which exist against your
tie,.wit
v"tee9o4!le.ni,..tneas before, and his very eatatence.un• ilordsleipie rule, rather- thhh to point out. affirmatively
1 tenoi.to stye -in tell 'die 1 lerav cross-examine this (any other mode of proceeding. indeed It is much easier
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withe troala be nelly to ettrik from me an bumble •to do the onetime to indicate the other. We are sensible
achnostledgeieht fu 'your lorilstilps for whit I ft/Wanly 'ot the thaadvastages unties which we here laboured from
440 end aceept, hrit saiet 1 )Ate not•dte menses of •ticeepte timeervoutset of theseßroceediqgs ; „but notwithstanding
log.-7:-Tbil wleneis gOe* Out thy twO months uncentras ' these (gond vantages, we le areendeavouted to th e best of our
dieted.: .A. not,comptein af the delay arising from power te perfitem'our datY.. We relied erste your Lord-
-1 Aist.ssecey "is an iaonvettience which falls eqnallit ships peOenises; and we are astonlshol and staggers d.to
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open. buttaA: es. If eour Lordships bad greased a delay tiiid, that instead of fulfilling rhos • promises, scour lord-
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"1 1 t • • tig;ntla in ihe 6rst instance; instead of two ships now propose to.rescind them, Before I cowhide,
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" c`Vn4a7"ed ih inqdriel 'fther half the'ialee I skink it right to correct '.material .mistake with re-
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had- .el heird, .sait'siatedd have avoided all thud die- spent to what passed when- tise witness, 'lliajoctili, was
mile: it 'which you . now dell yourselves placed. If. & celled up the secotta dine. 11. am supposed to have
i speeincation el partieulirs had then been reenteil,.4 I pledged in self on that isecasion not to cross-exesitine that
I should ii.,te been able at Oec to crovi-exatnioe the 114- : witness a IS. coed time. It is so stated upon emir' Lord-
! iesees. and l• :hoed, have had no eight whatieer to 34'k ' ships Minn. el, sad I suppose I can aver **thing against
'oe slstla. It is from the refusal of voui rtotiLsitipe lb' the reeved. At the same time it is so utterly inconsistent
I grant this seciiii:ntion that a%l the figheirriy 'seism, 'ill with all the olsservatiotes I. have made upon this sitbjeet,
Its yery..ease fur Jour lest‘slitps to et*, "* do as no •th or at.ro Lordships
ips will allow tp state what I did say
i Comte-of Justice. • Aro as coon as the plaintitrs abet en tiiat ograsion. I admitted theirregularity of calling
I la coaaroleil the 'other Patty lidmediafely. eaten., elajocei during die examination of an tiller witness, and
I PPon: hit defence." 4dine• tut volt lordships have, ; I pledged myself not to repeat that irregularity WWI
even said, that it 'is• it • great •evif if the defence * the ca.* had'hien opened, but your Leta/ships will be
is postponed in ordinary rases' for • a single dity i
.ilut pleased to retedlect that l• did not wave the liberty of
they who made. such ati oli,ereadin ale evidently I erotee-examining him a. second time. I ought to *polo-
igarraanti that
on .ili ctilitiiir,piiracilinneirenideivcitomuilemetrlsizrzthe:tlit sip
.1 gizelotuayour
portion
nrioshf Tosufrortihmaevinifut9rapassulerde wyourlsetail
rd-e.
i criminal rises, iltit4i4oXether with their allPsiscfellntilibips that I should not have dune so hull not thoughtit
i the defendant brae-v*ol4 in possession of 111ACPrrel'us.kAjoutilptely necessary that your Lordships should hear
informationwhich ire reeved from your Lorshehips i whit we had hi erg, before you plunge yourselves into
justice. To souse of. your. Lorsisfar Art mew eppear 7 the course which you ere about to pursue.
! sitite extraordinary;m if a man alienTir hot. lie:called • Mr. Dessian would not have trespassed on the time
upon to answer *for. hit life: without' *any pfeViles of theirjlewalskdipjbv elf...ring any argument, after that
information, but %itch Is the Get The law.' be le* which *0 bemeffild'uced, but from the deepest sense of
c'i'te,, or ode.areeeeturs.less lewyer-like then esassenf your their Lpnisliips wishes to give the case the utmost coo-
Lordsbips, no man earn lib' p..t open his trial without 1 sideralihn. There was no security for her Majesty,—
Whelk wolves' at the nature of the offence wilt which Cheri vas go *entity for the meanest subject of the
be is charged, and the characters or the *Witnesses wbol real~—thestawaa no security for any one of that august
are tea-ssgport..it. - In a common law' pilweedieg therm llithrbit who*theo sat judleaally, but may hereafter be
fore, a man se Tailed •upon .tu enter upolt hie i Owen charged with cribsinalitY, if the restrictions
without, ally unfairness or breach of justice,* beitasse it t n
.proposed should be carried into effect, and
its leit own fault if he is not prepared. Otte wolkl.mole • ele r.rendre-the whole proceeding a mere mockery
upon cress-e*aniluatlon. the Noble Lords fblkilt there' a a name. On 4 fall cross-examination depended
Is ereli inherent virttie in a Cuttusel--tio'th Bells tike , •
• .• - ea. i evdr. ir ;silting s. and, if Counsel were. prevented from
there, is such ;Ingle in his dress, or *even in
don, or the proßssiosel.habits be mat have 4 siftleg•evideDest really and substantially, then was the
that the moments* witnowAsis been eiamiotel • yogi.• life and props:4:4l every man at the mercy of se-
Lordships' Oar, e may tlle rWeel ;quid and enoSt to he i Imbrued end Jo retches. Ile would caution their
prepared to cross-examineedm ? I think very few of your , Lordships against miaow-ft rewioLiposoo,, day, which,
Lordships can hare fallen into so gross an error, but 1 'on the Morro*, they migtt time 4 necessary to re-
am afraid. that_ many Of your "Lotilsltipi,
some 4 whom,_ om triad. lie wonls hot i Mg Them as lawyers of
I know to Ins vast. enlightened, just add honourable. tMt he se ....•- .. appeal to them as men
I Man, have fallen into some mistake with: revere to. die relined
estmknites Hall
i aupposed.adiirtive of this eetrsordittary delay. '1
-shall of refined aid eitirrated Oda, whether, if the means
now,•therefore. proceed to sleek, that this esiraterdinarsr; of etoseOttamittallelb we fb- denied, it were possible
dehiris of no ise.whattever. In-the first plate, the putt- that` subsantial justice could be attained. In cases
lie-alias of these proceedings is ralculated to poison the
I public mind. and the Judges. whonre usixed,with that - . of High Tre.tson, the accused not only received a list
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of witnesses with their names and places of abode,
public, must be suture or leas influenced by it. In the next
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place let pse patca.case. estippse, ID tbe averse of tile next
three or four wee-k;..iiist I cow to the knowledge of any but no other witness could afterwards be called by the
L rown unless named tied described in that list. Even
eircuinstsuces, the elfect of which would be completely to iu case a perjured defence should be set up, on
destroy tot teitimonyof a witness abs :leas. been rte-. another trial only, and by fresh witnesses, could
mined; for example,
_that he bas received a sum of : that defence be assailed, and the perjury detected?
money upon eondition of sweenng against the (deems. , Supposing any Noble' Lard to have relations travelling
n3y, 'farther, that the co/ivied& of the Queen is Loon-
abroad, in Egypt, or elsewhere, and charges were
anion precedent- to the payment Of the niokey : itmay
*gild* them, they could bare no other mode of
surprise persons unacqueinted with the raise of ismal.ft m_aar
may lappets; extraordinary pp. Lay Lords, though-Ludt. defence than. .a free cross-examination of the wit-
ed Lords are of 'course
.aware of what I ass about to newts. .And supputing, farther, that the advocate had
I state, that though I have tea *Dames- In prois this , his client by his side, who told him that the accuse-
atrocious case orbribery, I. should be enalili to off._er i lion • was false, and the acnistr. unknown, must
itiliannie.ftolitista adia'auPee'l.wianiaesir ! not the. character of the witness be examined, so as to
cross-examined perjuredlrielia.sel
w* s testimony r
I bad' previously asked bins. whether he head renewed determine whit ere. dit was due to hi ' -
such and such sums' of money: • If I had asked this, 41But, suppose," said Mr. D. " as the fact exists, that
and the witness had denied it,-1 shook' ig.that eases he. I ire ate pestered with.evidence, whicih. states, that if
entitled to Call evidence to prove the*.fiet. It may be 'the last witness is, the person she is supposed to be,
said that tile& a ease. as I' have pat would Afl•Within.l shot her character is headed with infamy. Yet, 1 will
your Lusk**. vole, and that your L'lrd'APPElrb4d I say, that as an advocate and a gentleman, I am not
allow me to call these witnesses, notwithstanding any i isatifiod .a
i putting questions of that nature to her,
technical oirtission. Out only 'hi nk, my Lords, how nun
berless &retitle ci mediae alters, by which the;esti limey of** firrtlier investigation." If tinder such cireum-
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witness tutty be impeached, berielesthe imiense ease whtch irences they were to be deprived of the opportunity of
I havrjust put. .Courtter-declaratitine from a large Sass, praying this at a future period, by any decison of their
and it into( Oeousesst importence that freedom iffionld be Lordships, ther, hr hoped that such decision Would steed
.put..eliettlng setts costume-declarations, such as,."lllaee ' clone, and never be fdllowed on soy other occasion.
eon ever stated each facts et any other times" 41 is barely
possible flint theordiairy Coeds of Law *mild permit Like ail the applications ofhe r Majesty*, Countel to their
wit -if
lit relarelledi Of the 'fteeeld ride • in' the dionetrous cage .
fiardrld s, he re retied that thin which desired copies
Iwhich. I ewe put; bet! swoon posting. meet 'wawa lei' the depositions. hid beau denied. On that gritted,
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lodubitab y fall with's-the strict rule of IsAr. If 1 bpd itielalienee was due iii tlieni. • . liecaute. aelias
I dear* witnesses to Ploo‘illiti .4.,0. hid. AIL time hitgins-ardoeaware.to diderenrracit, or those to which
kinl things utterly incogalstret with Isis resent
.4(4eposod, thee by mspns of cross-examination,
ninny, I could not callyue of t
rbadprevioustywalli:Etatnlneti A. E. ti thumpordealar
- • m 1" i their testimony could be shaken. If their Lordships
...1, did. not allow that . wilih ;key* then claimed, the
ApciSiatnit me! ihniese"%iteoLgirdwislarfa'titi.nuriabey alagillfro:iiidi rerrog . would be deprived of all inane of establishing
Thai Lordships (or 'eliciting thirst eottnter-declaratiose. I, her Innocence in the fate of mankind. If her Ma-
Mil any .An„ with has ever whores:A the course of a : jesty lirtte deprived of an ample, fall, free right of
atenivation,.resort to smolt an Peanuts' el thiesi . crosteesandeatiee, so as to throw a true light upon the
.I:l4ll7ll4seny coaater-decheretions. how many allet.Pee" I eases by throwing infamy 'upon these who usdele the
plots of the utmost importente are elitism trom...ii_ inforeoni charges, then should they be justifiable in
jit.en ie the merle of a rifling' parole felii..e3llll4-5- withdrawing from the proceedings, nailer the bores-
Eds.? I feel mr:or-II Pill a lianthw' which does
r, and 1 a ndon it-1 put anothee, sr 'chatsdog that from feelings. into which.be could net for a
illrtr_f isesie if; Sat if 1 seen to be tied done by pier waremeat. enter, !lee stylised was to be pursued by an
fillielsibipi` vales-11411 an not.alLowed to predate ileW layaway, deternsinatiou to accomplish her destruction.
Wm% • witbotat.rtnT• Lordships' persuiesiens though I The Arroamtv-Ogretaat, then oldossed their Loll-
Ca: received the most important.* Inferstsation, I ships.. jiae coupon:geed brompervisit, that bad say sue
n. aectAteprived af all tbelteltethe of 0 erooo-oko- not eisaidetern with their Lordships bees present and
lle. I no. premed tomtit "hem witnegons.l heard tkiaildresies of his two. Learned Friends just de-
ihe AktentePeette"l wo'lli be ^O4 ent!olfh livered, bd ton+ -haws *apposed that their Lordships
for ilaisgh he appears here fief salt, is bad eider consolidation some cola to.he adopted foe the
ividh marvellous agile** talk. AM lieurtimeorblek,was dated, at variance' oath eves, prin.
-Oeutladean'i obeetentiesse have . . raga-. ei eof judicial premeding ; that the y were about to
Orly ligai ad OM 1011 iiiratiotige.QueeD, as belied itp-
.eotsse sew rule, unknown to she Weipliab law. Bat •
Vheriiis Pose* ilFlDdte eapstily4. ..,,,i..„, ... the tete-gat am of tho+eatiou ?It was nut
oo to saki :thee dnee Courts •of Juitlies kaant . • Iliershitikl deplet from hurt known rule, hut
Wed with just. Jilispik and with bold and' in . gest teetetistr iliny'should 'Whereto sok...Which pmemeed the
Counsel, such dlleiltimi heti newer been Wpm& MA* saweilit efoges-..mat.wliethee they **wit relax freer
the party agetipi:•• illy tonlit,. it fir nil* lloohorrio shirt Pend** in diesel:lod ieg of &,e scented, but wise-
call the course to irbleityolw teedahlpa *onii.terlicill deer *I shoal..tik art
.t,ko pesio.datt for die *dna,
us, a crtoMisiditiatibn. I. calk* tozillt 11 1111119(7 taiffe-tel the iteejtiat4orO HUI Spa and Lerma
fore your•Loriships;„ year *Now are an s" r I:deeds...ea. ilm Mae kadsthruegisoot the whaled's-
of its sufficiency, and if your nisisips delight'''. Isild cussieti addrinenil Undelsitiiins Sepia* 1$ which he

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';:*iifiliglia=fig:2ll4llgargia4lialagirrig2l2ll.f":"l**"`"l4y dr,'" lich'i efti:l . .16‘tsboallev aPilutibk. I inights to be 'permitted la pill a few
'as ii343‘ allied ilkit'ati-aolporianit 9 . 1911‘.41**01 *idiom through your Lordships. This is er .I**ria.
reeding, io lb they to tortt• to the public Me* 10 ..5 favour and permission of your Lordships--a permit-
fre.4., .'marelmtsttatatiant at.fur esetuolcoit te.sigt,N. =haat l alsoqld,distirin to receive as such in any
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sc a rillse rut Slttur.isy, .that niken tilt' w Ssr
ituets hsrti,• 4tqrt of !omit* to which your Lordships appeal for
Krantz fame to that ?after her saatialptqr which eats- *4414 -1 • stioild thing it as ,a tlfht, and there
Islishi.3 :thei'fit.:t of adulten , she wart *upped by her is .no Judge -Who won't{ not grant at as a right.
11i9ests • 'iirttorney-lleneral; this bp/ng a grOst false- issllleit -as' A tamer. 'Now, Ney lards, um this
hoed, -and, I haven* doubt, a dtlibevate mstrath, told, iseund, I • humbly submit to your Lordships, that
for.4.bt .!,parpc.6,... ..I.reorlivart proceedings ',lmaged our Won Ishineut. was equal to
tour disappointment,
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