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we, a Bill of Pains and Penalties was preferred igainst himforflying from lustice—(Hear, Sot the present case was directly the reverse, as' it was proposed to the Illustrious Personage under con sideration, that if she would fly the country, she would .be rewarded for her flight by such a liberal grant of the public money as might enable hei to maintain her station abroad. The proposition was, however, rejecto.l,' and thus we were in a different situation respecting her Majesty from that which re garded Lord Clarendon. Looking then to all the circumstances of her Majesty's situation, he thought his Noble Friend must agree with him in thinking that a very strong ground of State necessity should be made out, before their Lordships could consis tently institute an inquiry which, according to high , authority, would inevitably proye derogatory from the dignity of the Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the Empire—(Hear, hear).—But what degree of State necessity could be adduced or ima gined for inquiring upon this occasion, merely_ be cause the Queen thought proper to return to, or to remain, upon English ground? It was inconsistent and unjust, he *would maintain, to call upon any por tion of their Lordships to make out charges upon which they might afterwards be called upon to judge. The Noble Lord on the Woolsack had, no doubt, al leged that the Green Bag contained nothing that could justify impeachment, and this allegation the Learned Lord grounded upon the strange doctrine ; that nothing was impeachable that was not indict able at common law, in which doctrine his Noble and Learned Friend behind him had coneorred—But notwithstanding the, very high authority of both those Noble and Learned Lords, he (Lord. Holland) would ever maintain that suchscloetrinn was contrary to the Constitution of the country, particularlytothe privileges of Parliament. It was a proposition utterly untenable indeed, that the rules of the lower. Courts could fetter the discretion of Parliament, or that no public officer could be impeached unless he commit-1 ted such an offence as yeas cognizable at common law:, The lei consueindo parlinmenti was no doubt a part of :he common law, but he never could subscribe to the doctrine that indictable and impeachable offences were convertible terms. The estatnishment of such a doctrine, indeed, would serve to exempt Ministers from all efficient responsibility, unless for offences of the utmost magnitude known to the law. Let us sup pose, for instance, that a Minister so much abused his authority as to involve or continue the country in an unnecessary or dishonourable war, was not that, he would ask, an impeachable offence, although not such as was indictable. at common law?--(liegr).— So, with regard to the Illustrious Personage under consideration—she might turn out, from inquiry, to have so conducted herself as tt, have degraded her rank z and, if so, that conduct would, he maintained, be impeachable. Would it then be becoming, as was stow proposed by Ministers, that those should be ap pointed to draw up the charges against her, who might afterwards be called upon to act as Judges? hear).—Nuw to conic to the point with re spect to propositions of inquiry by Secret Committees. It was known that such Coninzittees were peculiarly odious in public estimation. The Lamed Lord on the Woolsack had observed, that it was always the custom to institute an inquiry upon any Message from the Crown. But where was the instance of such an inquiry as Ministers at present proposed upon any Message from the Crown, containing a charge against an individual ? He maintained that no such in stance could be adduced, and that every argument of analogy and common justice was against the pro position of Ministers. especially in appointing those. the accusers, who might become the Judges. Every I precedent, indeed, upon record, would make against such a proceeding, if the House would not refer to the reign of Henry Vlll.—(llear, hear, hear).— Even in Atterbuty s case, where every engine was to excite prejudice and passion against the accused, no sealed bags were sent down to the two Houses of Parliament, but a Bill of Pains and. Pe nalties was brought into the House of Commons, which was afterwards sent ae the Lords. In that case the investigation of the matter was public. There was no Sect et Committee of Inquiry. But it was a 1 little extraordinary, how differently his Majesty's • Ministers argued upon different occasions with re-i sleet to the expediency of instituting a Parlianien tiny inquiry. Upon the proposition, for instance, of a Parliamentary inquiry relative to the conduct of the Manchester Magistrateri, Miniszers urged that such an inquiry would imply pre-judgment—that it would by derogatory and degrading to the party accused, and yet, on this occasion, they maintained most strenuously, that such an inquiry would be an act of kindness and mercy towards the Queen ! Streit was the consistent reasoning of his Majesty's Ministers. But what utility could be derived front the proposed inquiry ? Was it expected that a few Members of that House would in a few days come to a conclusion upon the contents of this Bag, while kiniters had been feasting upon them for several rnontl.s, without being able to come to any decisicn upon the subject? but of whom was this Secret Committee of a few Members composed ? There were among them some individuals who ought not, lie must say, to have been placed in such a situation. He begged it to be understood that he meant no per sonal offence whatever, when he said that it was pe cultarly unbecoming to select as a Member of this Tribunal, which was to inquire into the guilt or in nocence of the Queen, the first Prelate in the coun try, with whose advice hit- Majesty's name must be understood to have been omitted in the Liturgy— ( Hear, hear).—This was a proceeding of which the candour of the country could not possibly approve;* for every candid man must desire to have impartial justice done in this case, and such was his anxious desire towards the Illustrious Personage under con sideration, whom he declared he knew only by sight. The Noble Lord at the head of the Administration bad spoken very loftily in contrasting his public conduct with that recommended by himself and his friends. The Noble Lord had indeed asked, quite in a tri umphant tone, what would have been the situation of the country at present, if the counsels of the No ble Mover had been followed ? but to this he (Lord if there were glory in the. Holland) should only say, pre'settt situation of the country, let the Noble Lord amd-Ins colleagues enjoy it, ei eat ea gloriajforcer—(A Myth); -.:.in the present case the Secret Committee would be exposed to all deceptions, without any i me ans - ii exposing them. Far, therefore, was he • 44 4 lIOUSE‘OF COMMONS. . . . . • fr e• t I from thinking_ that a Secret Committee would Le for the safety of the Queen--(Heer): On all these . grounds he should vote for the-motion of the Noble Earl ; and he implored the House, if ; . as they were told, the times were perilous-i—ifthey were:reading on the ashes of unextinguished fire, to consider the con the sequences ortaking a false step. There was another reason, which WAS one rather of feeling than -logic, but which bad its weitgit with him—if the Lords now took up the busians which "the Commons had rejected ;it would naturally be said—ft The Souse of Commons has yet some spirit remaining ; the Mi nisters cannot do as they would there; nol they, are driven back to the Lords, their old pack-horses, their drudges, who are ready to do for them any dirty work l",—(Hear). This would be said, he would riot assert, with truth, but with some degree of plau sibility. The present subject was one which he would not even have glanced at if he had not:felt it strongly impressed on his mind, that the proceeding, which their Lordships were about to follow, was one di rectly opposed to the dignity anif interest of the House—( Hear, hear, hear). ' The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, the Noble Baron who had spoken last bid objected to the insertion of the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury in th'e Secret Committee, be cause he was the constitutional adviser of the Crown in the al -1 teration of the Liturgy. Another Noble Baron, in a former conversation, had objected to the insertion of the name of that person, because he was the responsible adviser. He (the Arch bishop of Canterbury) believed that neither one nor the other of the Noble Lordi was correct. He would ask, where was their authority ? Ras it in any Statute? The only Au he was ac quainted with, which referred to this subject, was the Act of Uniformity. Did the Noble Lords fi nd their opiniosrs there?— Certainly not. Unless 'then the Noble Lord.; could point but their authority for their assertion, he was obliged to regard it as gratuitous: There was ;a-vainly no one who would be mom disposed than he was to relinquish his station on the Committee 'in question, if the Noble Lords could point out such grounds as would be satisfactory to the House, and which would not im peach his integrity as a public or a private man—(Haar, lune). Lord CIOLIAND-expl-ined, that nothing was further from his intention than to impeach the integrity of the Reverend Lord. but as that Reverend Prelate conveyed die acts of the King as head of the Church to the Clergy of England, and as there was no net done by the King, in that or any other character, for. which there was not some ostensible and responsible adviser, he considered the Reverend Prelate ai responsible fur the altera tion in the Liturgy—(!leer, hear): The Earl- of LIVERP(X)L laid, the alteration of the Li turgy was the act or the King's confidential servants who had advised it, and who were prepared to justify its legality and its expediency. The act was done in the Council, and the Lords of the Council who were present were perhaps strict'? respon sible ; but in the practice since the Revolution, the acts done in Council were preceded by advice on the part of the King's con fidential servauts, who were thus the peculiar objects of respon sibility. The Archbishop merely acted ministerially, and was obliged to execute the Orders in Council. Lord DA Clt E disclaimed the slightest intention personally to offend the Reverend Prelate. In bringing forward the Petition of het Majesty, he bad oh served that some of the Noble Lords who formed the Secret Committee had, in Some way or other, already formed an opinion. That the Ministers who had laid the Bag on the table must have formed- an opinion, WAS not de nied; but it was doubted whether the Reverend Prelate was pledged on the subject, or whether he was the reccimnsible ad viser of the omission of the Queen's name in the Liturgy. The Noble Lords on the other side might assume the responsibijity, but they could not divest the person who waalegally responsible of that character. If the Archbishop submitted the alteration to the Kiug, and returned to the Council and declared the will of the King, he was the King's adviser, and though not remov able, was impeachable for bad advice. Lord LIVERPOOL again explained. The alteration of the Liturgy was made by the declaration of the King in Commit. —lt might be a question, whether ail the Lords present at the Council were not strictly responsible? but, as in reality, the de claration was made in all Cases by the advice of the Committee of the Council, general'? called the Cabinet, they were the per sons on whom Parliament would fix the responsibility. As for the Right Reverend Prelate, he, in communicating the order to his Clergy, had no (Motedon left him. Earl (i REY said, the Reverend Prelate, in coiranunkating the Order in Council to his Clergy, acted ministerially, and might not be for that act responsible. But in signing It as a Privy Councillor, he unquestionably made himself responsible ; 1 for he (Karl Grey) apprehended that the Parliannntary power of impeachment was held, not only to chuck pernicious advisers, but to deter any persons from executing illegal commands— ' (Ilene, ko. , :.—Though, therefore, the Cabinet Ministers were the persons more peculiatly responsible, yet no one who had lent himself to the execution by his signature 'could be exempt from responsibility. In some cases, indeed, it was necessary to addre. - ,s the Crown, to learn who wereits advisers, as in the case of a negative given to Hiss, for then no signature appeared ; but to acts of the Council there were the signatures of the Councillors-4" Not always," from Lord lAvtaroot, " not In this case."]—at least there was an entry in the Council Books of the Lords preset.t. Earl DARNLEY said, he dii not rise to make any remarks, but to state, that as the advice of the Ministers to omit the 1 name of the Queen front the Liturgy was the cause of the pre , sent embarrassment of Parliament if no other Lord, better qualified to do it justice, wok up the subject, he should call the attention of the !Nese specially to in,. The House divided—Contents, 47—Not-Contents, 102— Majority against the motion, s.s.—Adjourned. . A Committee was chosen by ballot to try the merits of the Colchester Election Petition, when the followir; were ap pointed :—Thomas Noldswurth, F.sq. Chairman; Samuel for rocks, Hon. J. Butler, Robt. Downie, F. W. Grant, Arthur Chichester, R. Shaw, J. ii. Leigh, W. Astell, Lord Kings borough, Sir R. Millbank, W. H. Fremantle, J. R. Grossett, J. Dodson, and Mr. Peter Moore. • The following were next chosen by ballot to form a • Com mittee for trying the merits of Wootton Basset Eleetitin Pe tition ;—M. Atwood, W. Dobson, Gabriel Doveton, J. J. Bux ton, W . J. Dennison, C. Brownlw; Iktervyn Archdall, Sir T. Mostyn, W. Chambers, J. Carroll, L. Evelyn, E. Smith, Reeves, C. Tennyson, and Mr. J. Caleraft. • ' A message from the Lcrds informed the House that the Lords had agreed to several private bills. Lord FOLKSTON& presorted a petition from certain free holders in the county of Berke, praying for a better regulation in the mode of polling at elections.—Ordered to lie on the table. A similar petition was presented from Reading, by Mr. F. Palmer. Mr. WODEHOUSE reported from the Committee ap pointed to inquire into the merits of tht petition complaining of an undue election for Limerick, that the Committee had met that morning, but could not.proceed to business in consequence of the absence of Sir John Shelley, one of the Members of the Committee. A Medical Gentleman of the name of Brand, was then called to the bar, and he stated that Air J. Shelley was so iH as to be unable to attend the Committee. The Roo. Member was therefore discharged from his attendance en the Committee. Sir RONALD FERGUSSON gave *lite, that en Thurs day next he should bring forward alma& respecting the Milan Commission. . ' Lord JOHN RUSSELL sbeiettiEriliV dW wdsefereest sidering the Gramponsejleftsiffinsmissalketead fieutounr. row ; it had been fterti tosi tth Lordship gave notice that he should en to-morrow. Mr. DENMA N rA7S friesflan Gaythorne Batt, exactly similar to that pima** anibillibtiding day by Earl Grey in the Homo of Lark itr whicittlitturtitioner, who is now confuted in Whiteouts -meet Prism; complained of having been unjustly committed by a Magistrate on a charge of libel; of the decision given against him by the Drnrt of COM.. mon Pleas, when be brought an actiorugabot the Magistrate who had so committed him, and of his bolsi iow,kest is prison for the costs of that action. Mr. Denman, at the tow time, expressed it as Ms own opinion, that no 14 pity right, a_cording to law, to commit a tom to The petition was ordered to lie ortbe table. 1 • On the motion of Mr. C. GRANT, it was onisestilmi the House should to-morrow (this den :woke itself in s Cuessit tee Go the Irish Seizing Act. LONDON. 3 per Cent. Redoced6lll i j-3 rer Ct. 77 781 4 per Centt. 85; 186 11*--5 per Cent. &rip 1; pr. ~ - . s'`+.'r . WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1820. THE FUNDS. PRICE Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O.CLOCK Bank Long Ann. 17 13-16 j r - - India Bonds, 17;. 19s. pnt. Old Annuities 6131—Ezdt. Bills is. pre. par. Commercial 4s. ss. pr.—Omnium f pr.—Cow. for Aces. 70e 70. Ministeri seem at length to have Anad e up their minds as to the mode of procedure to be pursued re specting the Queen. Last night, Earl Genies Mo. tion, that the Order for the sitting of the Secret Committee on the contents of the Green Bag should be discharged altogether, and. recommending that, if the House should proceed at all, it should be by open inquiry, came on for discussion. In order to save the time of the House, the Noble Lord asked' the Earl of LIVERPOOL whether his MAJESTY'S Mi. Miters had abandoned the intention a still propo sing a Secret Investigation, or whether they meant. to submit to the House any proposition for some other, and more constitutional mode of proceed ing ? His Lordship replied,, that, from the bast consideration which he had been able to give to the' subject, the mode cf proceeding which had been ori ginally proposed to, and adopted by, Parliament, was the fittest to be pursued; and, therefore, it was h:s intention to propose, that the Committee should pm ceed with the Secret Inquiry.-.. Earl, Garr then moved, that_ the Order should be discharged, and was opposed by Lord •Li trearoot, and the LORD CIIANCLLLOIL Lord LIVIRPOOL, in adverting to. the Qutax's Pe tition for delay, in order to bring to this country wit nesses in her defence, expressed his readiness to postpone the public investigation, until it should per fectly suit the interests of her MAJEcnr. But it was only after, the Committee •should have decided that there was in the papers ground for inquiry, that he considered delay necessary, or called for. This is, however; not precisely an answer to the QUEEN'S Petition, which deprecated a Secret Com mittee,* and contemplated only an open inquiry.— Another point that suggests itself is—has the Qum/ obtained, or will she obtain, such- -information of the charges and witnesses against her, as may cor respond with the rights of the accused under in formation or indictment ? Without this, her MA: JESTY'S sending for witnesses would be nugatory. Will the contents of the Bag be communicated to the Legal Advisers of the QVCEN before their exposure in the usual stage of the progress of a Bill iu the Lords? for the proceeding evidently will be by Bill. Under all suppositions, what an interminable business is the country and the Parliament threatened with ! It h scarcely possible to calculate what number of years the inquiry may last; new evidence coming out, re quiring other evidence from Italy to rebut it, and on each occasion six weeks' suspension of proceeding ; and, during all this time, factious intrigue, popular ferment, and public disgust, dividing the great mass of mind in the kingdom. This is, indeed, a most un fortunate occurrence in our domestic history, how. ever it be viewed. ". We think- it-may be gathered, from the speeches of Ministers, that, should the Report of the Secret Com , mistee be unfavourable to her Manna, it is the intention of the Ministers to introduce into Parlia ment, a Bill of. Pains and Penalties most probably having fbr its objitct - to divorce her MAJIIITY from the KING, of course; then to degrade her from the style and title and privileges of Quint of this Realm ; and to exile her from England for ever. The motion of Earl GRIT was supported by Lord HOLLAND, Lord BELHAVIN. and Lord BULKILILY, and opposed by the Earl of DONOUGHI4OI* and Lord LAUDERDALE. The motion was then nega tived by a majority of 102 to 47. The Secret Corni mittee will• consequently proceed with the investiga tion this day, and unless it differ from all, the Secret Committees appointed under similar circumstances, in the whole course of the Parliamentary history of this country, our Readers can be at no loss to antici pate its decision. It has been rumoured that a dif ference prevailed in the Cabinet as to the course to be adopted on this delicate subject, and the marked contrast between that now to be pursued and the line of proceeding suggested the preceding night by Mi 7 nisters, in the Music of Commons, proves that the [report Was net iinfouudei. . VIE ARMY. • .. ‘L _ _ * •• _ - . .-.-- MILITARY PROMOTIONS. .. j , Pride 01 OFIDNANCI, JUNE 23, 1820. Roy 4 PI t of Attillery— First Lieutenant Backe Cup p**, -pay, to be First Lieutenant, vice Bruce, re tired Ca y. . commiammis ow:W.loin Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, nianed ii '' ty the Lord Lieutenant of Che•thire. BefijaMin Pin*, COL to be Cornet, bite &Jaunt, resigr:tl .....a......—. • NA VA I INTELLIGENCE. . - . Pmfuntriii, ;Os 26.S•Wind E.S.R.—Arrived the Triton, Caatsa,itothitalta. Arrtied eff thii port, the Eliza lialghtly, Smiern, freak AWED - Pnassesnesti, Ilene 27..s•Wind S.—Pasted by the Jacke.on, front Batavii, and Marr, from Rhode Island, fur Anwerizra ; Prince George, Passes, and Kingston, Lsvea, from Jamaica; William, front Andra* ; liarvey,from Dunkirk; Tigris, It . 1 -.. Jane, and Sit Edward llaiitliton, from Jamaica, all for L. - don ; with *rectal others, names unknown. Arrived his A 1..- jesty's ship Unonsroar, from Chatham. Mat, mite 27.—Wind S.-'Came down from the Inver and sailed, the Manwell, Mounws, for Jamaica; and Catherii.e, llousax, for Cadit. Fauaotrrn, Java 25.—Wind S.—Arrived the Duke of Kent .paelet, with a Mail from Lisbon in eleven days. She kft at Lisbon a French 80-gun ship, a frigate, and a *loop of war of 20 guns, with troops on board for ltio Janeiro. Lrvraronz,Jsot 26.—Arrived the Friends, Wow:mot-se. from Africa; Neptune, Ptacs, from New ()Aran; Cansritutiot., SIAWARD, from Norfolk,. Virginia; and the Victory, EINDLAT, from Halifax. NOR= Sumas, Jena 26.—The Dantzic, Hovel:a, bound to London, in proceeding to Sea on Saturday, got upon the Insmid. After discharging part of her cargo of coals, she was got elk, making siz inches water an hour. The Jup.ter, Hnu, at Treport, has damaged her keel, andsccei,ect other d..mag 1 , , by getting on shore on her passage. ' &Rhin of the Duchess ofYot u es health : OATLANDII, accts 27, 1220; 9, v. r. " The symptoms of the Duchess of You's complaint .;:e considerably alleviattd; bet her Royal Highness's sirens h is, as might be eapecttd, a goed deal impaired. " nasal' 1166Ln:fa% M. DAncrE." Accounts from Oatlands this n.orning, state, that the Duchess of YORK is gradually recoveriiv. Lady ANNE HAMILTON has written to the imager of Drury-Lane Theatre, intimating, that it 4 dot her MAJESTY'S intention to visit the Theatre this evening, as reported in several of the P.ipt:ls : The LORD MAYOR j•ts vacated a 'Common for Friday next, upon the propriety of addressing the QUEEN. A General Meeting of the Inhabitants of Stork and its vicinity, was held on Monday, in the CUll - dfiall that cityrfOr the purpose of taking into consideratica the propriety of congratulating her I Ltsxsry . tle QUEEN on her Accession to the 'D a uane, and 'on her re turn to this Kingdom; and of expressing their senti ments on the degrading treatment she has experi enced from his Majesty's Ministers. There were pre sent nearly 3000 persons,' and numbers were obligfd to retire on account of the excessive heat. The A - - dress having been agreed to, was signed by the Hig . :4 Hon. the LORD Malicia, who presided as Chairman the Meeting, and forwarded the same evening to M A it- SIADUKE WYVILL, Esq. Representative of - the City, with n request that he would present it to her Ma- Jerre without delay. Rutroursays,"that . already the Italian all-lies, who are to suppott by their testimony the charges in the green bag, have reached Of course the , .e • Illustrious strangers may be - expected in London in a few days. .. Rumour also says, that her MAJESTO/ having heard of the sitting of the Secret Milan Committee (secret as the Members thought themselves), contrived to furnish them with many specious and circumstantial hints, to enab:e them to work a proper dram a---a sixth Act to the School for Scandal, the denouement of which will place some of her enemies in a most ludi crous situation. We observe it stated in several of the Papers of this morning, that " should a Bill against the QUEEN be introduced into the House of Lords, her Majesty's Counsel, in consequence of their being Members of the House of Commons, cannot be permitted to conduct her case in the Upper House—that Mr. BROUGHAM has signified his intention of resigning Ifs seat in the Commons, in order to be qualified to plead her MAJurr's cause in the House - of Peers—and thr.t the Queen has been graciously pleased to accept of this direr, and to express her acknowledgments for such a voluntary sacs ifice to her interest on the part of Mr. BROUGHAM." We have no difficulty in saying, there must be considerable error in this statement. It is by no means contrary to practice, for Members of the Com mons, who are Counsel, to be heard on Billi, both private and public, at the bar of the Hou s e of Lords. Should, indeed, an Impeachment be pre sented by the Commons to the House of Lords, that would place her MAJE4TY'S Counsel in the predicament above stated, since every Member of the House must be supposed to be a party to thq pro secutican ; but our Readers will see from the debate in thiHouse of Lords last night, that an inioeachment is not the course of proceeding which is contemplated. It is reported, that prep a ratory to the proreedinp in a great impending Clint. Con. Trial, a paper is handing about, in a certain circle, which purports to be a statement of certain facts, too bad for even a Green Bag. We take not upon ourselves to vouch for the correctness of this statement; indeed, from the impropriety of such a procedure on the part of the eleintl; in any cause, we would rather say thethirg as impossible. And we.-are the more ihclined to come to this conclusion from another pretended cir cumstapce connected with this rumour, namely, that the reason for the suppression of this fact is, that the conscience of the plaintiff would not permit this to be stppended to the other documents in the case; far a well-informed conscience would more strongly reprobate a party circulation of the charge than a more direct exhibition. ' No Book ever was.published, which more power fully recommended itself than The Chronolog. y of Last Fifty Years, emphatically . called The al rankle V the Tones. Such a Work has long been wilted for the Library, Table, and the News-room, where it is as essential for continual reference as The Court • Calendar. Cors-rsacnonent, Jinn U.—Although we have had no fresh papply of Wheat dine Monday, what was left over from tit-c dors - arrival, _was more than adequate to the demand, having kat few Myers at market; and no sales retold be made, except of a few samples of soperfine quality, which obtained Monday's prices :an other•sorts were ansaleabk. The Oat dude was ve-y 61413" cheaper. In Beans, Peas, and.Barieyi there is no variation. IZ-4 'DON ; Printed and pubibbed by Ursa, Karr, Pickett- Place, Teener-Bar -- 4 1 congratulating her MaJzsry tl.e ;ession to the intone, and 'on her te- dom; and of expressing tfieir semi- grading' treatment she has experi- ajesty's Ministers. There were pre- persons and numbers were obliged Int of die excessive heat. The agreed to, was signed by the itig!lt soma, who presided as Chairman orwarded the same evening to Ma P.- Esq. Representative of the City, at he would present it to her M lay. than already the Italian all-lies, who their testimony the charges in the reached Calak. Of course the , .e • TS may be _expected in London in tys, that het Maierry having heard the Secret Milan Committee (sec:et thought themselves), contrived zo many specious and circumstantial them to work a proper drama—a :hood for Scandal, the denouement of Dome of her enemies in a most ludi- stated in several of the Papers of t " should a Bill against the QUEEN ) the House of Lords,-her Majesty's !gamine of their being Members of =mons, cannot be permitted to in the Upper House—that Mr. gnified his intention of resigning Ifs xis, in order to be qualified to plead use in the House - of Peers—and thr.t yen graciously pleased to accept of express her acknowledgments for sacrifice to her interest on the part of lifficulty in saying, there must be pr in this statement. It is by no practice, for Members of the Corn- ounsel, to be heard on Billi, both lit, at the bar of the House of Indeed, an Impeachment be pre- !ommons to the House of Lords, her MAJESTY'S Counsel in the ve stated, since every Member of o supposed to be a party to the pro- Readers will see from the debate in Is last night, that an inipeachment is proceeding which is contemplated. hat prep a ratory to the proceedings ding Crum. Con. Trial; a paper is a certain circle, which purports to certain facts, too bad for even a take not upon ourselves to vouch I of this statement; indeed, from the ch a procedure on the part of the apse, we would rather say thething ,lad we - are the more ihclined to lusion from another pretended cir- led with this rumour; namely, that suppression of this fact is, that the plaintiff would not permit this to e other documents in the case; for conscience 'would more strongly r circulation of the charge than a ition. was-published, which more power- ed itself than The Chronology of 1.•,e emphatically r.alled The Chronicle itch a Work has long been-wanted 'able, and the News-room, where it continual reference as The Court ruailllL-L-Abbisighinebeve had no fresh • MilledaY, Whet tests hh over from th-t ore then adequate te the demand, having whet ; and no des solid be made, excep t ;epergne quality, which obtained Monday s s were unsaleable. The Oat dude was ve. y er. In Beans, Peas, and Barley; there is ed and published by LIITSI KW; PickeT Place, Teenple•Bat • . , neu.s, , Mid, he heid in 1460* Petition trout 'a Yeti enlighten& Wlt& inerchenti. 'lt was from the tham. ber of Geminate at Maegow, praying for an alteration In the mode of Collecting Dudes , on Spirits.—Ordered to At on the table. The Bill for providing Summary Remedies for certain wilful Injuries, was s recommitted. The HOuse then resumed, and the Report was brought up and ordered to be taken into considera tion on Monday next. • The Special Constables' Bill passed through a Committee of the . whole House, and the Report was ordered to be received to-Dior/ow (this day.) The Consolidated Funds Acts were considered in Committer, 'and it was agreed that leave should be asked to bring in a Bill to continue the sante.—Leaie was afterwards given to bring in the Bill. The Population Bill passed through a Committee, and, the report ordered to be received to-morrow (this day). ' The Warehousing Goods Bill passed through a Committee, and the report ordered to be received to-morrow (this day.) The F.xchequer Bills Bill, for raising twenty-nine millions was read the third time and passed. Mr. CIIETWYNI) gave notice, that he would, in a Com mittee, move for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish the punish ment of whipping female offenders in all cases whatever. Adjourned at Half-past Seven. THE EVENING STA It , ' .... ~. r ••••• . ~.