APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE, 
ed in a celebrated book, read in 
infancy for amusement, and at ma- 
turity for the sake of its moral in- 
‘struction—he meant The Arabian 
Nights Entertainments. In that 
work it was stated, that a great and 
_ yaluable prize was placed on the 
“summit of an exceedingly high hill, 
and that those who went in search 
" of it were directed to look neither to 
the right nor the left, nor to regard 
_theterrifying noises they would be 
assailed with, but to keep a steady 
and unaltered course; concluding, 
that if they turned to look behind 
them, they would be transformed 
into stones. Many attempted to 
ascend, but failed; one adventurer, 
however, strictly abiding by his in- 
" struétions, and despising the dan- 
gers which surrounded him, reached 
"the summit, and gained the prize. 
He therefore should endeavour to 
_ imitate that individual—the learned 
but he should proceed in the course 
arked out for him, without devia- 
ng to the right or the left. [is 
bject was, to obtain justice against 
great public delinquent, and he 
ould do itin spite of every ob- 
cle placed in hisway. Had lord 
felville made his own defence, he 
id, he would have been ashamed 
f vindicating his conduét by the 
means which his counsel had em- 
ployed, whohad made a speech of 
eight hours to mislead and misre- 
esent, He had asserted, that the 
fendant was not bound by the act 
his own framing—that he (Mr. 
W.) would most positively deny ; 
but admitting it to be the fact, he 
‘was guilty of a breach of the aét 
antecedent to that statute, by doing 
that which he had received a com- 
pensation for not doing. In that 
breach he was guilty of an offence 
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indiétable at common law. Mr. 
Whitbread then proceeded to reply 
to that part of Mr, Plomer’s argu- 
ment which respected the hardship 
imposed upen his Jordship by the 
species of prosecution adopted, 
‘and said, it was the defendant's 
wish that it should be so. ‘The 
house of commons, he said, had ori- 
ginally proposed to prosecute be- 
fore the ordinary tribunal; but the 
defendant’s friends would have it 
otherwise. ‘The Jearned counsel 
had also dwelt upon the noble lord’s 
services. He (Mr. W.) did not 
deny those services, and thought 
him entitled to praise for his general 
conduct, excepting with regard to. 
the public treasure, and that he 
had abused, That was the only 
erime the ‘commons charged him 
with. The orator then went on, 
enforcing the necessity of keeping 
the naval treasure sacred and apart 
from every other service. It had its 
fibrous root, hesaid, in the industry 
and labour of the. meanest peasant, 
and was a fund that ought not to be 
exposed to the possibility of risk or 
loss. The learned counsel had 
ostentatiously stated that lord Mel. 
ville had’ paid up all his balances. 
That made no difference in the ques- 
if he had not paid them, he 
would have been compelled by 
legal process. But, doing his duty 
in one instance, did not justify the 
omission of itin another. As little 
would the argument avail him, of 
his giving up the salary and profits 
of office. He could not do other. 
wise. An act of parliament was 
passed, by whichno servant of the 
public could receive more than 
60001. a year; and, as lord Mel- 
ville’s places amounted to considera- 
bly more than that sum, he could 
not take credit to himself for not 
receiving 
