The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-01
THos. TUNsTALL, C, K. D. c.

The following extraordinary account of the pro.
ceedings OF a committee of the Kentucky ie.
giflature appointed to inquire into the con-
duct Of Judge scbaaian,is copied from the
Weaeru World of Nov. IT.
JUDGE SEBASTIAN.
The gLajJ beyfs Of this ve,y honorable Judge oil
the court of appefis. is now for the happinefs
of the citizens of Kentucky, broken in pieces.
We mentioned ia the supplement to the laft
Wefcrn World the motion which was made for
| an inquiry into HE conduit and that committee
was appointed for that purpofe.
The committee met Yesterday. In the fore
! noon of the day, letter was received by the
! fpeaker Of The legislature from Judge Sebattian,
informing the EIoufe that confcious Of his in.
nocence, he had haftened to town to meet any
charges which might be preferred againf him,
bat at the fame time prayed that the inquiry
into his conduct might be poftponed until he
| had fufficient time to procure evidence to re-
but any chsges which might be alIedged,
| Mr.. John Aliei alone Imported the requeft of
| the Judge, but Mr.. Grundy, General Hopkins,
MIR. Pope ant Col Ewing fpoke in oppoiition
and wifhed tie inquiry TO proceed. Their ar.
guments we fall give at length in Our next.
The ayes AID noes were taken and Mr.. Al
len we believe was the only voice to be diftin-
yuifhed in favour of the requea of Judge Sc
baflian.
The committee met about three in the after
| noon-Mr. Pipe IN the chair.
A letter was received by Mr.. Pope, and read
to the COMMITTEE, from his excellency Gov.
Grcenup, inforoing them, that his honour
Judge Sc iaftiap, had rcignel. The commit
tee, however, notwithstanding refoved to pro-
coed with he indiiry.-Mr. Charles wilkins,
John Jordan, Janes T. Martin, of Lexington,
and Mr.. BuIlett,, LouifyiIle, were then fworn
anil IL info oeI thn,x L.
petitions, after hing written out, are TO be
igned by themtlves, and entered on the
Journals of the bufe, we forbear, at prcfent,
FULFILLING them The refult, however, 10,
that the fulleft All NOT Satisfactory proof was
produced of thiSonoWabie jEdge bedding ten-
Eo1 fer life offa1 fbsu/and doliars per an1au,
from the g'V,rn'ent Of Spain, TxprsjJJ for per-
/onai )ervife.
| The impreiiol made Of all prefcnt, by the
| diftoyery OF thimoh nefarious and unexam-
pied deprayity lone of our fupreme judges, is
more eahly contived than deicribed. There
feemed to be an hanimons exprefiion of abhor-
| renee dcpieted N the countenance of every
member and fp9ator againft the man who,
holding feat idhe firit court of his country,
was bafe enoughp become the political penii-
4 oBer of a foreignlower.
The committt met again this morning, Mr.
Bullet was re-eNnined, and governor Green.
up, Mr.. RicharSteel and Mr.. Bullock of Shell
by, as likewife jdge Innis, Mr.. John Brown
and Jofeph Geof of w oodford--The partic u
lars Of theie esifce will be given after the
committee repd to the houfe-The reful.,
however, 10, thaBenjImin sebalsn had been
appointed or aged to by Judge Innis, the late
Mr.. George NiIoIas, aud the late Mr.. Muir.
ray to confer wi Ciozo, an agent appointed
by the baron dc hrondslet on the part Of the
court of Sp1in,p lifien 60 certain ove,tores
that we're made the faid baron de caronde-