Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-09-01


asihey would 10 High Treason, They
could not furnish lis, ct witnesses with.
Out suffering The Bill at Pains and Pen
alties to proceed in the mean time, and
| TO allow the witnesses for the prosecution
10 be examined. The more the proceed.
in2s OF that House were assimilaied 10
those Of The Courts Of Law, the better he
should like them. The act which did
assimila'e them TO Courts of Law, did not
say one word about furnishing lists OF
Witnesses. He would ask the Noble and
Learned Lord, what would be the conse-
queDce, il In cases, either OF Civil or Cri
minal Law, lists Of witnesses were fur
nished before prosecution No man
knew better what answer 10 give TO that
question; lie knew that the general inte-
rests OF justice required that no sucl,
thing should be done. II appeared to him,
under all the circumstances of The case,
that the question 10 be put 10 their Lord
ships was, whether they would suffer
themselves 10 depart from the rules which
regulated the ordinary course Of Justice,
which would be violation of the great
principles Of the Constitution aud there.
fore he must oppose the motion.
The Marquis of l.ansdown strenuously
supported The motion. All preceden, had
been abandoned in the mode OF pr0secu-
ton why was il 10 be followed TO the
manifest violation of justice, in narrow
ing the means of defence
Lord Liverpool opposed The motion on
the same grounds with the lord Chancel-
lor, and lord Holland, in replying TO him,
illustrated and enforced the arguments
of Lord Erskine and the Marquis of
Lapsdown.
The Marquis of Butte, lord Belhaveu,
ana Tie earl OF Caernarvon. supported The
m ton.
Lord Erskine replied. He again con
tended, that without a list Of Witnesses, il
was impossible for the iiusirous accused
TO know TO what points, times or places,
TO direct her defence or from whence,
or OF what SORT the materials should be
which she ought TO collect for it,. He
commended that his motion was founded
ON The analogy of the excellen, statute Of
King William, which had been of so
much use. A Puisne Judge Voster's)
opinion, i, seems, was to be taken against
that which had been the law OF The land
for 20 years, and yet they were 10 be told
that he was an excellent Wing; and That
lie was against this Tory law. II it was
Tory law, il was another instance "a
mopg thousand that there was no ani-
NAL that ever God had created bui what
was OF some use. ca laugh) He denied
that there was any Glamour in the coun-
iry,iihere was only feeling in il, aud The
cure for that eficrvescemce was 10 do JUS
iice. Their lordships had "A right TO
dimisss his motion because they were
supreme but ought Ia grant it, as they
were just.
The house then divided. Contents
% non contents, IS majority against
the motion so.
1t is impossible we skould think 10
read the argument of Lord Erskine, with
out being convinced ofits truth. Assur.
eddy, alter the evidence on the part Of The
crown has been gone through, time must
be allowed The Queen 10 enable her 10
hunt up her excuipatory Witnesses, il she
asks Tor iime-otlierwise, she will be most
unfairly dealt With; and her sentence
must be reprosated w the nation and The
wOrld.-The Italian Witnesses already
produced, il they are fair specimen of
the rest, will cast disgrace and suspi-
cion upon The result OF the prosecution.
Such miserable wreiches NAV furnish "A
corrupt Parliament with preiex, for
gratifying the resentment Of a gindiciire
king-but her sentence will not receive
The stamp of the public. Will ministers
dare condemn her on such testimony 2
Will they so far brave The Indignation of
En- gland ?-Persani who acts so conspi-
cnons part in this royal drama, cuts
Of course an important figure in the
newspapers. The Liverpool Mercury of
The i4lh, altey stating in what way the
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gland, came 10 jraye her, shows of what
IN ,tprials she form cd her Italian court
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Among these was tIc Countess VI Oihi
who became her lady of EonOr. Then
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is most tire that this gentleman icas originality
engaged by her Maesty at dIiiaH IL, an hxn.bie ca.
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