Star. — London, England, 1820-11-11 00:00:00

"7 46:: %- , asp • e • . . . • R '• ~,.- w -- mister, he would sooner trample under foot the seals of office than introduce a meallatre so olbsoxions!—(Hearthearthear). It would not be rorgetten,That iris Majesty'e Ministers had asserted in that House, that if the measure appeared not to meet the gene ral concurrence of the House, they would not persist in maintain- Mg it. Did their Lot dships think that a majority of 28 was evidence of a general concurrence ?—(Leud cries of Hear !}—He should say no more in answer to the censorious comments of the Learned Prelate, than declare, that everything he heard more and more convinced him of the impropriety—the absurdity of the measure—(Load cries of " Question!" when the h\oble Lord sat down). Lord ERSK INE took the opportunity to notice the argu ment of the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, which was ground ed on the case of the murdered man. The circumstances stated, were certainly a strong presumption of guilt, but he begged to know, what the Jury would have thought, if the person brought forwatd to prove the murder, had declared in Court, that he had seen neither the bloody knife nor the mur dered man?—(Hear, hear t boar). —This was the case to which the present might indeed be compared, for he must assert that so complete a contradiction to the statement of the Attorney- General had never been given, than that which appeared all through the evidence for the prosecution from the mouths of the witnesses, not only in cross-examination, but in the direct examination of all the evidence—(Hear, hear). The Duke of GRAFTON said, that after having looked with the greatest attention to the evidence for the Bill, and par ticularly to that of Majocchi and De Mont, he must, upon his honour and conscience, say, 1, Not Guilty."—(Loud crier of Hear, heJr.) The Marquis of HUNTLEY said he was as decidedly con vinced of the Queen's guilt, as the Noble Deke seemed to be convinced of her innocence. The evidence of Mr. Hownam was quite enough to establish her guilt. Indeed he was greatly surprised that the Noble Lords opposite had thought for a moment that the evidence was not satisfactory, and he hoped they would gl*e a proof of the sincerity with which they had delivered their opinions, in their conduct to their wives and daughters—(A laugh, and cries of Itcar, hear). His Lordship was deter mined not to give a silent vote, notwithstanding the threats held out by Counsel at that Bar. The Marquis of DONEGAL said, there were some power ful contradictions to be found in the most essential parts of the evidence of blajocchi and De Mont, particularly with respect to the dress of her Majesty, and the bath. — With respect to the charge of familiarities, there had not been de slightest proof that Bergami and the Queen had slept alone in the tent un any one night—(Land cries of Question !).—He assured their Lordships that he should give his vote as conscien tiously as any of their Lordships, having suffered no bias to interfere with the conclusion arising from his examination of the evidence. His vote should be against the Bill, as a measure injurious to all parties, as well as to the best interests of the station. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER said, he had determined to vote for the third. reading of the Bid, provided it was unaccom panied by the Divorce Clause, which he considered to be incon sistent with the general tenour of the Christian Religion, and Inconsistent with the Standing Orders of the House, which were founded upon the principles of impartial justice. The House not having separated that most objectionable Clause from the Bill, he was compelled, by his couscientious feelings, to v ne apinst the third reading of the 1111--(Lond cries npeor).— reszetted to be obtiveti to oppose many of those with whom he usu-ily voted ; but he was convinced that consistency of con duct was the best s;:curity against misrepresentation--(Hear.) Lord ALV A NLEY spoke a few words against. the Bill. He declared that he bad not heard anything front Counsel at the Bar, which deserved the character given of their conduct by the Learned Prelate. Lord DARN LEY could not let the question goio their Lord ships, without appealing to those who had before wavered in their opinions as to the guilt of her Majesty, to stand between Minis ters and t uin ! The mass of the Commons of England would, he was convinced, resist, with all their force, this iniquitous Bill, and other nations would view the conduct of the Upper House of Parliament with the deepest contempt. Here there were loud cries of " Que3a,n!"—Strangers were th.:ll ordered to withdraw. At twenty minutes past one o'clock the House divided on the question, that this Rill be now read a third time: CONTENTS - - - is ON-CONTENTS - . 108 . 99 Majority for the Third Reading - On the question being put, that the Bill do now pass, Lord DACItE rose amid very vehement cries of " Orskr;" and as soon as the Peers had taken their seats, he observed, that h..: had been entrusted with a Petition front haralajesty, pray ing to be heard by Counsel against the passing of the BilL— (Much cheering). The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose immediately, and said that he apprehended such a course would be rendered unnecessary by what he was about to state—',!hear, !rear).—lle could not he ignorant of the state of public feeli n g with regard to this measure, and it appeared to be the opinion of the house that the Bill should be read a third time only by a majority of nine votes—(Murh cheering,).—!lad the third readiog been carried by as considerable a number ot l'ecrs as the second, he and his Noble Colleagues would have felt it their duty to per severe vsith the 801, and to send it down to the other branch ot the Legislature. In the present state of the country, how ever, and with the division of sentiment, so nearly balanced, ju.,t evinced by their Lordship.:, they had come to the determi nation not to proceed further with it. It was his intention, ac coidingly, to move that the question that the Bill do pass be put on this day six monflts—(The mast tat:meat cheering took place at this tin...airccted de daeatt~rt). Earl GREY rose as soon as the Earl of Liverpool had re sumed his seat, but the confusion did not subside moil after his Lordship had been for some time on his legs. His Lords* complained of the whole course Ministers had pursued with re gard to the Bill, which, after the declaration ot the Noble Earl, could scarcely be said to by before the House, but which was still betore the country, and would long live in its memory— ( Hear, hear).-11e charged the servants of the Crown with the grossest neglect of duty, in the first instance, in listening only to exparte evidence, and giving a willing credence to the most ex aggerated and utiluunded ealumuies—(Lmd cheering).—They had thus for many months agitated the nation—they had pro duced a general stagnation of public and private business—and they had given a most favourable opportunity, were it desired, to the enemies of internal peace and tranquillity. They had betrayed their King, insulted their Queen—(L sol cries of hear franc sides)—and had given a shock to the morals of society by the promulgation of the detestable and disgusting evidence, in the hearing of which tke House had been so long occupied— (Hear, Lordship also reprobated in the severest terms the conduct of the Milan Con *ssioners, who having been appointed, not to investigate truth, but to obtain testimony or guilt, had found in this country but too great an inclination to put faith in all the stories their agents and witnesses might it:vent against dee. honour and reputation of the Queen of (ilea Britain. The result had been that, after inquiries, secret and open—after the grossest calumnies and the foulest libels had been made the subject of detail and debate for en days—after all the injury that it was possible to do the Queen had been ac optnplished, the Bill was abandoned, not without reason, but assuredly without apology. His Lordship concluded by as suring Noble Lotds on the other side, that the people of Great Britain would not be satisfied with the mere withdrawing of the measure, but would demand a strict inquiry into its founda tion and origiu—((;reat cheering). The Duke of 'MONTROSE rose (other Scotch Peers rose too, but gave way to his Grace). lie said he was as little deh rient in cotisci;nce, courage, and spirit, as any man. He di(- fered from both the Noble Earls, to whom he nevertheless gave ample credit for the best motives. Ile differed from Lord Grey, thinking the case proved; and front Lord Liverpool, in re fusing to let the Lady, proved (he thought) guilty, continue his Sovereign's wife. He could not agree to thus dropping the Bill—(8a ne cries,/ Haar, hcar,frons the Scotch and C u is,t Lords). Lord ERSKINE addressed a few words to their Lordships in a manner truly emphatic and striking— " 1 have heard (said he) the proposal of the Noble Earl-1 see the fate of this odious measure corisum mated—and 1 feel nothing but the most lively and entire satisfaction. I heartily rejoice in this event. My Lords, I am an old man ; and my lite, whether it have been for good or for evil, has been passed n der the sacred rule of the l aw. In this. moment I (eel my %trench reuok,ated and s repaired by that rule • • beinf ) ;:tored—the accused charge wherewithal we had menaced has passed over our heads—there is an end of that horrid and portentous excrescence of a new law, retrospective, and iniquitous, and op pressive; and the constitution and scheme of our polity is once more safe. My heart is too full of the escape we have just had to let me do more than T rak.: the blessings of the system we have regained; int I cannot praise them , adequately myself, and I prefer expressing my own sentiments in the fine lan guage of one of the most eloquent authors of any , age Hooker, who thus speaks in his great . wo rk on Ecclesiastical Polity: Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of Gan; her voice the harmony of the vrol:d all things in Heaven and earth do her homage; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform concert, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy." (These fine sentences were pronounced by Lord Easstin in a tone peculiarly impressive and touch ing, and formed a very appropriate conclusion to proceedings in themselves so memorable). The question was then put by the LORD CHANCELLOR, that the ail do pass on this day six months, which was carried without a division. Loud cheers resounded throughout the House. The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved, that the House do adjourn to the 23d instant, which was agreed to ; and on that day the House of Commons meet agreeably to the last adjournment. LIST OF PEERS wow VOW) ON TNc THIRD RILADDIO 0? THE BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES. TOIL. Lords Harris Ross (Glasgow) Meldrum (Aboyne) Hill Comberniere Hopeteun Manners Ailsa (Cassius) Lsoderdale Sheffield Redesdale &. Helen's Northwick Bolton Carrington De Dunstanville Roos Saltersford (Courtown) Stewart (Galloway) Stuart (Moray) Douglas (Morton) Grenville Suffield Montagu Gordon (Huntley) Somers Rodney Middleton Napier • Colville Gray - &balm Forbes. AGAINST. Lords Breadalbane Erskine Arden Elletthorough Alvanley - Loftus (Ely) Fitzgibbon (Clue) Bayning Gwydir Caithorpe Dawnay (Downy) Yarborough Dundas Selsea Mendip (Clifden) Aucklsud Gage Ftsherwick (Donegan) Amherst Kenyon Sherborue Berwick Ashburton Ragot Wslsingham Dynevor Foley Hawke Sandridge (Argyll) Dude I lolland Grantham I'onsonby (Besborougl King Belhaven Clifton (Darnley) Say and Sele Howard of Effingham De la Zouch Clinton nacre Audley Dc Clifford. Bishop of .Gluticester. Bps. of Cork and Roue Llandaff Peterborough Ely St. David's Worcester St. Asaph's London. Viscts. Exmouth Lake Sidinouth Dlelville Curzon Sydney Hereford. Vis'eta. Granville Anson Duncan • Hood Leinster (Duke of) Torrington Falmouth Bolingbroke. Earls Blessington Bradford /dorley Grey Gosford Romney Rosslyn • Caledon Ennisk Men Farnham Carrick Carnarvon Mansfield Fortescue Grosvenor llilsborough (Down shire) Delawar Ilehester Egremont Fitswillism Fortsmouth Stanhope Cowper Dartmouth Oxford Roseberry Jersey Albemarle Essex Thant Denbigh Suffolk and Berks Derby. Earls St. Germain's Whitworth l'ertiLun Cathcart Mulgrave Orford Manvers Bosse Ntlson Fowls Limerick Donotighniore Debnore Mayo Longford Mount-Cashel Kingston Liverpool Digby Mount-Etigecumbe Strange ( Athol!) Abergavenny Aylesbury Bathurst Chatham Harcourt Brooke and Warwick Graham (Montrose) Pomfret Macclesfield Balcarras Home Coventry Rochford Abingdon Shaftesbury Cardigan Winchilsea Bridgewater. Alarquisses Conyngharn Anglesta Camden Northampton Exeter Headfort Cornwallis Buckingham Lothian Queensberry Winchester. Dukes of Wellington Northumberland Newcastle Rutland Beaufort. Marquisses Bath Stafford ,Laosdown Dukes of Portland Brandon (Hantihon: Devonshire Bedford Grafton Richmond Sonserse, Earl of Westmoreland, C.P.S. Lotd Chancrllor. Archbishop of Canterbury. Pukes of Clar,ence Y cork. Archbishops Tuam York. Duke of Gloucester. We observe that the three deuce or Counsel for the Del 4ill;--Puke of Newcastle:—; ra who bad not heard the persevered in voting for the 1 .0 1 1 .clat"Aul of 1444 1 4. • THE EVENING STAR. _ LoNbos. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1820. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Bank Stock 217-3 per Cent. Reduced 681 3 per Cent. Cons. 69 681 691 69-31 per Cent. 4 per Cent. 861-5 per Cent. Navy 105/ 1 Long Annuities 17/ 11-16—India Bonds 265. 231. pr. South Sea Stock 764—New Arms. 68/ Exchequer Bills 3s. ss. 4s. pre.—On.nium 1 dis. Cons. for Account 691 681 691 681 69. THE QUEEN. No language can describe the scene of exultation and joy which yesterday spread like lightning over the Metropolis, as soon as it was announced that the Bill of Penalties—" shapen in sin and brought forth in iniquity"—was consigned to " the tomb of all the Capulets !" Deep and anxious were the enquiries in the morn ing respecting the probable issue of this diabolical measure; and no wonder, for Lord LIVIIRPOOL, who, early in these detestable proceedings declared, that unless the Bill in its progress should meet with " the general concurrence of the House" he would cease to press the measure, had pressed the Bill into a Committee, though the majority had consisted of only tweareight for its second reading ; and was known to be determined to force the Bill on to a third reading ! 44 General concurrence of the House !" Could any man but a Courtier trem bling for place, for emolument, for character! hold a majority of twenty-eight as expressing the ge neral concurrence of the House of Lords, in the policy, expediency, and justice of the proceedings ? Yes, hold such a majority, and composed of such materials, as expressing "general concurrence" in the dirty, immoral, and cruel measures, levelled at the honour and life of a forsaken, unprotected, and insulted woman—yes, forsaken by her natural pro-, teem, cast off by her constitutional guardians, in sulted by base, despicable panders and jacks in office ! —and that woman the niece and daughter-in-law of our late beloved Monarch—wife of his present MA* JE•TY.***QUEEN of ENGLAND !—yes, that woman our lawful and beloved QV EEN Seeing Ministers, notwithstanding of their pre vious declaration, thus press the 13111—the abomina ble danger-threatening Bill, to d third reading, was it surprising that yesterday morning was one of great anxiety ? It was so indeed ; for, however some incon siderate men might view the possible result, it was' held by every rational being as involving the perma nency of the British Constitution, the purity of our national jurisprudence, the personal rights of every subject (threatened in the person of the first subject of the realm), and the stability of the Throne itself. Could the burst, then, of general joy at the triumph of the QUEEN be other than general ? It was gene ral, indeed, and was demonstrated in the evening with a blaze of light throughout the Metropolis, which could hardly have.been expected on so short a notice; and the illumination will be universal this night and on Monday. We will not repeat here any part of the general proceedings in the House yesterday. Suffice It to say, that at twenty minutes past one o'clock the House divided on the question that t4tis Bill be now read a third time: CONTENTS NON-CONTENTS t 99 - 99 *Majority for the Third Reading - 9 After the numbers were announced as above, the House continued sitting, without strangers being ad mitted, and various contradictory rumours got into circulation as to the cause of the continued exclusion. The prevailing report was, that the numbers bad been erroneously taken, and that a second Division was going on. At a quarter before two o'clock the circumstance was explained in a way much more satisfactory to the Public, by Mr. VIZARD, her Majesty's Solicitor, who came out in front of the window of the room occupied by her MAJnaTY, and called out, in an exulting voice— , ‘ THE BILL IS REJECTED!" This welcome intelligence was immediately hailed with loud and unceasing cheering from the assent• bled multitude, who, we need not say, were of uhe most respectable description, none but persons of the better classes being admitted within the barriers. The intelligence quickly spread, and in a few mi nutes nothing was beard but cheering and rejoicing in all tke streets and avenues leading from the Par liament House. Immediately after the majority was announced— namely NlNE—the precise number of Ministers who sit in the House, and who had, on their own respon sibility, advised this measure and brought in the Bill of Pains and Penalties, Lord Limcarom., per haps thinking that they had incurred a sufficient degree of responsibility already, rose and stated, that whatever his own conviction of the guilt of her MAJESTY might be, yet looking to the difficulty of intreising that conviction on the public mind, and to the small majority by which the third read ing was carried, he felt it his duty to withdraw the measure, and therefore. moved. that the putting of the queition that " this Bill do pass," be postponed to this, day six months. The motion, after a few. words in opposition to it by the Doke of:1. - ksr::,— . aid some severe, but just animadversions by Lord GRIM on the canduct of Midisters, was agreed to without a division. His Lordship, by his Motion, was just in time to prevent a Message from her MAJESTY, desiring to be heard forthwith against the passing the Bill. Lord DAGRE held the Message in his hand, and was about to present it to the House, but the Motion of Lord LIVERPOOL rendered that step not necessary. Her MAJESTY received the news of the majority for the Bill with great fortitude, and signed the Mes sage drawn up by her Counsel with a smiling air, saying, as she wrote the words CAROLINA Regina, " Theie, Regina still, in spite of them !" In a few minutes, her Counsel rushed into the room, with the glad tidings that the Bill was rejected. Her MA. JESTY spoke not a word : she looked fixed and insen sible as a statue. Mr. BROUGHAM suggested the propriety of her MAJESTY proceeding immediately to her carriage: her attendants handed her down stairs, her MAJESTY still remaining perfectly silent ; and it was not till after she had been some minutcs in her carriage, that a flood of tears coming to her relief, she was able to resume her speech, and her wonted serenity and firmness. Thus, at length, after no ordinary struggle, we may be allowed to congratulate the country on the success which has attended the expression of its voice, and the efforts of the yet uncontaminated and unbought portion of the Public Press. The cause of truth, liberty, and justice, has gloriously triumphed over a conspiracy more atrocious and cruel—more deep, artful, and insidious than ever before threat lened our insulted country—yes, " insulted," and by those, too, who ought so be its first defenders ! men who riot, and revel, and fatten on the sweat of the brows of her patient, industrious, and meritorious population. In reason, other things might have been expected from individuals so circumstanced. But has the public voice obtained all that justice demands ? Alas, it is yet far otherwise ! A great crime has been attempted against our virtuous, our gallant QUEEN, and the guilty—those of them at least who can be reached by die laws of England— must be punished. The Hanoverian and ether Ger man toad-eaters, protected as they are, may escape ; but if a single individual of the guilty conspirators can ue found in England, England demands that he be condemned to suffer the penalty. Yes, England wills that the laws which protect and guard every Member of the Royal Family against the machina tions of traitors, shall be enforced against those IA ho conspired the ruin of her MAJESTY. We doubt not that due attention will be paid to these suggestions by those enlightened individuals who are best qualified, throughout the Empire, to give order and propriety to the expression of the public voice—a voice so commanding, when duly declared, that it cannot, in this country, be stifled by either power or corruption. But we cannot dwell longer on the , subject at present. Let us, however, once more congratulate our fellow-subjects on the defeat of conspiracy and villainy.. The national character never appeared to more advantage than during the whole of these pro ceedings. The People saw that the Quart; was on the point of becoming a victim of a powerful conspiracy, and with that love of justice which they have always possessed, they expressed their indignation at the base attempt in so loud and unequivocal a manner, as to palsy the hand which was stretched out to destroy her. Every violation of justice leads to still more exten sive violations. The injustice from which she was about to suffer, would have afforded a precedent for the destruction of others; and the interest taken by the people is, therefore, not more honourable to the generosity and good feeling, than it is creditable to the good sense of the people. The triumph of her MAJESTY is also, therefore, their triumph; for the successful resistance of oppression, the defeat of in justice, are causes for triumph truly worthy of a free and enlightened people. French Papers of Wednesday arrived this day. His MAJESTY is stated to continue in good health : Courts were held on Monday, for the reception of:Gentlemen in the morning and Ladies in the evening. The health of the Duke of BoURDEAUX, who has been vacci nated, is stated to have experienced no alteration. The following Deputies have been elected by the Colleges of Arrondissement (L'Eure), M. LIZoT (President of the College), Aennys (ditto), M. de VATIMESNIL (ditto), Aulexs, Extra. Maros (Somme), M. CORNXT d'lNcomtv (ditto), town of Amiens (ditto), M. , DAVELRBY BELLANCOURT (Pre sident of the Tribunal of Commerce of . Amiens). The Moniteur . quotes a letter from Bourdeaux, stating that Don MANUEL DE BARROR, attached to the Spanish Legation to the United States, arrived on the 50th ult. at the house of the Spanish Consul at Bourdeaux, with the Treaty respecting the cession of the Florida', which had been sanctioned by the Cortes. It is added, that he was to embark immedi- . itely on board the ship Le Rapide, for Philadelphia. The accounts from Naples of the 20th ult. contain no furtl:er intelligence of any importance respecting Sicily, but a report is mentioned, that the Province of Palermo will be placed under a Military Govern ment. It is stated, that alien ships of the English Mediterranean squadron, under the command of Ad spiral 'Mooax, having assembled in the harbour of Naples, a communication on the subject was made