The Sun. — 1835-08-21 (London, England)

AGLI-O-NBY again called on the Hon. and Gallant Officer to specify the charges against the Committee.  Sir HENRY HARDINGE said one of the charges, was, that when he stated that a Select Committee was not a judicial tribunal, and that strangers ought to be excluded, an Hon. and Learned Member opposed hir.i, and contended that as it was a Criminal Court it ought to be open, and when he (Sir H. Hardinge) appealed, his appeal was rejected. Another objection was, that as the Hon. Member for Tralee had a distinct adviser, it did not become him to be a party to such a tyrannical proceeding as to allow a Committee to assume the functions of the House. He had, therefore, in the Committee, as well as in the House that evening, described such a Committee as a Star Chamber Court, as a democratical Court, and a monstrous Court. Mr. AGLIONBY said the Members were anxious to do their duty, and notwithstanding the taunts and accusations of the other party, and notwithstanding the threatened absence of the Hon. and Gallant Officer, he would go on with the inquiry, and do everything in his power to render justice to General Darling.  After a few words from Mr. O'CONNELL,  Sir HENRY HARDING E said what he complained of chiefly was, that the charges against General Darling were couched in terms charging him with murder.  Mr. WARBURTONrose to speak to order; first, because the Gallant Officer had spoken on the subject repeatedly, and also because he was finding fault with the very subject under discussion.  Sir HENRY HARDINGE contended he had a right to explain, and was about to make some further observations, when  Mr. HUME rose to order, and said if the Gallant Officer found fault with the proceedings of the Committee, he ought first of all to have them read.  The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that till a Committee had made its Report the House had no right to make any use of a portion of its proceedings. Mr. TOOKE, as Chairman of the Committee, vindicated the whole of their proceedings. Mr. TWISS complained that the Committee would not pledge itself to any definite course of proceeding. The character of the tribunal was left in such a state that it was impossible to know what they were going to do.  _ Dr. BOWRING maintained that the Committee certainly had refused to interpret the resolutions of the House by any resolution of its own.  After a few words from Mr. FRESHFIELD, Mr. WAKLEY stated that if he considered the Committee to be a judicial Committee he would not have belonged to it. He regarded it merely as a preliminary Committee of Inquiry. The motion was then agreed to that the Committee have power to send for papers and records. Mr. TOOKE proposed that a certain list of Parliameetary papers should be, referred to the Committee. The„CfIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to thecdurse as beince somewhat unusual. As a matter of cout"se the papers could be moved for in the Committee, and ivoitine sent to them. ;-,-O'CONNELL observed that the objection to the prodaCtion of the. papers came from a person professing himself ti lithe friend of (general Darling.—( Hear.) Mr.;„ TOOKE said" tlat he would, presuming they could have access' to the papers, withdraw his motion.