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\ ise fijnipetiat HOUSE Or LORDS. HOstlealr, JUNE 5. Coane.TT's PETITION.—Lord HOLLAND said, he held !dig Maul a Petition fruit an individual. who stated, that he -ail received same injury by the Acts of Parl iament , im p osi n g ..s-trictions on the Lank of England, with respra to payment in •,pet.e. The No ble Lord added, that it was not his intention to annual any proaveding upon the Petition ; he shoithl liaise it he ;:nol, Mader that the House might judge of the nature of the rivieFt made be the Petitioner. the Petition being reel by the Clerk at the tilde, it appeared . faat it wa.; from NVilliam Cubbett, of 'totley , in t he county of Mane:. The Petitioner complained that he had suffered great laurddiips from the operation and ctfect of an Act passed to tin • ' p..a.rearietion on 11,:nh Payments. In Iqis the Petitioner paid tire , : thousand pounds fur an estate ii. the county of Southamp ton. The estate being mortgaged for 1,30(1 he was nut able to discharge the interest due, and therefore had received notice from mortgagee, that he must proceed to the fmeclosiite of the e..art , :age. and a sale of the estate. Understanding this must be rititiMis to himself and family, the Petitioner implored the pro ,. main of the lionise.—The Petition was indered to lie on the table. The House adjourned till to-morrow. when his Majesty will al take his seat upon the Throne at two o'clock, and give the Roy A!.3ent to the Civil List, and other Bills. • TUESDAY, JUNE 6. Royal. Ar.cs:NT.—This day his Majesty went in state . to the Pecas. to declare the Royal Assent to the Civil List Bill. Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt , the Usher of the Black Rod, was then . nedered to command the immediate attendance of the 'louse of Commons, to hear the Royal Assent given to several Bills. The Speaker. attended by a large number of the Members of the House of Commons, attended at the bar. The Speaker. holding in his hand the Civil List Bill, then addressed his NI ajesty in a short speech. The King then gave his Assent to the Bill. Having left the House, an adjournment took place to four o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE KING.—The House was numerously attended, in espectation of a communication frona his Majorty respecting the Queen, whose arrival had excited much general attention. The Earl of LIVERPOOL entered the House about five o'clock with a green bag. His Lordship took his twat, and soon otter delivered a Message from his Majesty, which was read from the woolsack by the Lord Chancellor. G. R. The King feels it necessary, in consequence of the arrival of the QUeen, to communicate to the House of Lorna certain papers and circumstances respecting the conduct of her Majesty since her overture from this country, which circumstances the King fele r.ost anxious to avoid laying before the House, convinced that thc subject must be as painful to the House as himself, but the sizps mow taken by the Queen leave him nooption. The King feels fully confident the House of Lords will adopt that course of proceeding which will best support the honour and dignity of his Mairoay's Crown. The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose after the Message bad been red, and said, " The Message being delivered. I have now his 2ciajesty's command to lay on the table those papers to which lie viola—(here the Green Bag was laid on the table.) I shall misc. to-morrow, that his Majesty's most gracious message be taken into consideration, when it ts my intention to propose au Addzess, to assure his Majesty we will adopt that course ut pro ceeding beat calculated to support his honour and dignity. I will. ioanthrow, move. these papers be referred to a Stxrea Committee of this House, and I wish it to be understood what the object Guist be. In moving they shall be referred. it is with a view that the Seerat Committee may decide whether any, and it any, what coupe of proceeding should be adopted." The Noble Earl con cluded by moving, •• that his Majesty's most gracious Message be taken into consideration tornorrow, and that the Lords be summoned to attend." The motion was agreed to, and the Lards summoned accordingly. On the motion &lithe Earl of Shaftsbury, the House adjourned. WEDREESDAY. JUNE 7. Tat QUEEH.--The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose, in pursu ance of notice, to move an Address, returning thanks to his Majesty for his gracious Message, and to assure his Majesty that the House would adopt that oourse of proceeding which the justice of the ease and the honour and dignity uf the Crown might require. The Address was agreed to nem. his. tiettaear Commis-rec.—The Earl of LIVERPOOL then rose, to propose that a Secret Committee of fifteen Lords be ap pointed to examine the papers laid before the House by his Majesty's command, and report thereon as they shall think meet. In adopting this course of proceeding, his Majesty's Ministers were only influenced by a wish to lead Parliament to a decent and decorous enquiry. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE objected to the proceeding. Ihe House was placed in a most extutordinary situation. If tie et.oduct of the Queen had been such as to demand Parliamentary taquiry. in what situation would the House of Lords stand as .he Court of Judicature. It an impeachment was recommended tiy the House of Commons as the grand Inquest of the country, end no person would be bold enough to say the contents of a green bag might n t lead to impeachment of the illustrious Serum , the Ilous of Lords would stand in the situa ion of Jurors. What could be the icsalt of such a Committee, but an opinion from the individual Lords who had procured the experts: evidence, and that of five or six milers who Linea be adieu to their number. The Noble Lords wh had been some months in possessor of the evidence were, no doubt. aide to form an opi nion on it, if so, why not direct the Law Odicets of the Crown to proceed in the open Constitutional form? The Earl of LIVERPOOL was moat anxious to avoid stating the existence of guilt in the illustrious person, and whet he said must be/ taken hypothetically. Hail a direct case of guilt been made out, within the operation of law, it would have oeen the duty of his stajesty's servants to direct the law officers to institute the due course of proceeding ; but scypos ."' said ihe Earl of Live.pote, tinecase to be that the Queen has been guilty f . treasuo ; mat bappoiing the commission of a perfidy (adultery) abroad. and the evidence so strong and clear as to leave no doubt. I have to inform yout Lordships, on high legal authority, that would not be high treats by the laws of this country, nor would it be cognizable by the civil tribunals of this country. 'fhestatute of Edward the Tiiird makes the act of adultery, committed by any perms with respect to the Queen Consort. treason. The Act also makes it high weasel' the Queen, if' consentMg, because she is an accomplice; out a case Lae this it will not apply, for if' the Qitcen or Princess ot Wales commit adultery abroad with a foreigner, Gee loreigner odes no allegiance to this country, and it would be AO crime If the foreigner is nut guilty of a crime, she could not be considered an accomplice. That is the opinion tat' the li.ghest authority. No per,an can say there is not a defect in this law, but it is the law Yet lilt is not high treason by it does not follow that the King anA country are to steer by On, crime, without any mealy. Adultery ought to be an indictable offeiwe. but it is Jested as a civil offence. Then, 1 ask, it' an indictment came: Lk: brought Against a private individual in ihe King's Bench, now is it possible it can be brought against a Quern ? It was a case which Parliament could only treat as a ci.oslaUve que,tion, and in that vie v prosidci a reme-17. Thhie THE NATIONAL REGISTER. was no possibility of a judicial proceeding. and the eourse adopted was the belt mode of bringing the subject under the con sideration of Parliament, Lord HOLT—AND opposed the motion. It was unfortunats, upon a question on which the public felt much interest and irri tation. that the odious proceeding of a Secret Committee should be proposed. The pubue had too much reason to be disgusted with Secret Committee. Ile objected to the proceeding on con stitutional grounds. The 1,011 l) CII ANCr.I.LOR never rose to discharge a more I painful duty. He considered every pecsou innocent till found guilty. Ile would not go to his grave without asserting, to the lust moment, that the benelit of that principle belonged to every individual, high or low. Ile supported the motion for a Secret Cot nmint e.Lelievitii; : that mode of proceeding best calculated to protect indocence, it innocence was to be p rotected. The Noble ' and I.;:areeti Lord gave an opinion upon the statute of Edward 1 the Tidal. which agreed strictly with the statement made by the Earl of Liverpool. No spiritu.d court had jurisrliction in a case where the attulteter is a foreigner, and the act committed out of the realm. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained. Lord DONOUG II MOR I.: supported the motion. The Noble Lord said he (Witted in opinion upon this question from the Noble Lords whose views he in.d long supported. The Motion was ultimately agreed to. after which the House adjourned. rucnsoast. JUN 6 S. Tun QUEEN.—Lord Ii.ENVON adverted to the pro- (veiling adopted by the House yesterday, which senc tioneil the appoint ineut of a Committee to exit 000 ioo e the documents relating to the coed/set of her Majesty. As Is was UMW is conciliatory tor:waren inieht lake plarr, is would not he right to enter into the du ies of the Cum. miller until all hope of accoomuodatiod was at end. Th. Noble Lord concluded by moving, that the ballot for the Committee, which stood for this day, might be postpone , ' to Monday. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, the House might twin the Conimittee, and decide whether the Members shout', meet before Tuesday next. The Nolo* Earl considered that the most proper course of proceeding, awl in the interval. should any fevourable circionstence occur, the House might avail theta/wives of it. After a debate of t onsiderable length. the question was put on the Noble Baron's Motion, and the Homo; divided. The numbers were : For Lord Kenyon's Motion IOS Against it Majority for the Ballot The House then proceeded to ballot, mot the Earl of Shaftesbury reported that the foliwo ing Peers had been chosen to form the Committee: — The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Earl of Liverpool, The Lord Chancellor, The Earl of Donougliniore, The Lord President (Earl of The Duke of Beautort, Harrowby), Viscount Sidmouth, Lord Beauchamp, The Bishop of London, The Duke of Northumberland, I.ord The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Erskine, The Marquis of Buckingham, The Earl of l.audcntale. Fifteen in number. , On the Motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL the above Committee were ordered to sit on Tuesday at two o'clock —Atourued. FRIDAY, JUNK 9. The Plantations Drawback Bill, the Transfer of Grants, and the Irish Tenauts Recovery Bill, were brought up from the Com mons, and read the first dine. Mr. Lack, from the Board of Trade, presented an account of the quantity of Timber imported Nom the Baltic within given dates.—bard on the table. ROYAL MARRIAGE ACT.—Lord HOLLAND rose to gise notice of his intentiun to present to the House, on Monday next. a Bill to repeal the Act of the 12th of George the Third, am. mainly called the Royal Marriage Act. It would be irregular, be said, in giving notice. to state the reasons on which his Lord • ship's should induce the House to adopt the proposed measure. but the House would perhaps allow him to state his reasons for the selection of so early a day so Aloaday fur the consideration of so important a subject. His Lordship had chosen that early day because, independent of many forcible reasons on which the Act oryput to be expunged trout me Statute Book, it might be pos sible that vie provisions of the Act ha.. strong bearing upon the unfortunate difference in the Royal Fatuity. 'file discussion might suggest to the House some practical expedient. uivested of a penal character. which their Lordships iniot ie,ott to. If any such remedy could be tunnel practicable, it would super. (de the painfur duty of we Committee on Tuesday, because. to the view lie took of tne subject, such a measure as rte had to introduce would be one to relieve both the Illustrious Personages, low the paintUt restraint boil were placed under, and dose without injury or disparagement t 3 the honour of either party.— Miming that such a result mignt arise out of a repeal td we Au to Willell he snore silts 'en. i: was his intention next Monday to introduce cue 'abject t bit. if any thing should occur between the pleitent and Mon ay to prevent me illiCUSSion, he should consider it proper to pos.paile toe coashleration on such an important matter to a later period. He felt disposed to bring tt bah e the House because it might be prod cave of some good. Toe Sob.e Baron edited. that he introduced tore subject without previous consult'. nit:alien with any one, and above all, he did not bring it forward by the suggestion of any person wao coact tae supposed to be di rectly er indirectly instructul by the Ruyan Parties, or of persons who had the tionour to be in their confidence. lie stiould not then enter, tae said, into coasidera.ion or tne ist *I as affecting the prwent state of t h is country, but sit down, repeating the notice of Ids intention to lay it before die House on Monday. Tire I.oldl WWI adjourned. HOUSE (/1: COMMONS. MONDAY. JUNE 5. Mr. COKE presenteu a Peutwo Irian William Cobbett, of Botley, similar to that in the House of Lords.—Petitiun ordered to ate printed. Sir E. KNATCIIBULL presented the Report of the Galway (town) Election Cos iiii nitre, which set forth, that Mr. Piender. gust was duly elected. and dun use Petition against the return was nut ihsvinotis and vexatious.—Report brought up, and or. utseit to ite on the table. Mr. Janice, use new Member tor Carlisle, took the oaths and lilt stmt. The Southwaik Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time, and mder.st to tie co ttttt lined. Mr. W EsTE UN presented a Petition from Magistrates, &e. of Essex, against use Colchester Sessions Bills, praying to be heard by Coon el. IA Bill was lootight in fur the better Paving and Lighting of Bury Si. Eusisuou's. Mr. DUGDALE pre ented a Petition from the Clamber cf Commerce, liiniunginosi, complaining of the Ittsstrictions oa ; pr..ying mat there migm be no increase of the Restric tions on the lin e ortatinn or Corn, and that a Co tttttt Mee might be appoint-4 to revise tile Consioeicad lt . ..:drietions.—Oideretl to bat pr.nu..;. Mr. SYKES presented a Pedtion troth Free - .Widen' in the icighbou.houtl tit Huh, praying fur Reiman. It was partial Retorts which they desired certainly, but they thought their case merited ewititteration.—Head, .md oiderod to be printed. Petitions were presented from the ports of London and Liver. pool, praying that no changes more favourable to foreigners nii4ot be Proposed respecting the duties, etc. on colonial timber. —Read, and ordered to be pirated. Lord CLIVE mescal el me Report of the Portsmouth Election Committee, corfilning the return of Admiral Matkhant, the Committee deciding that the right of Election was as represented by Admiral M., and not as set forth by Sir G. Cockburn ; bat that the Petition of Sir G. C. was not frivolous and vexatious. Lord STANLEY ask.sa, to remove alarms in Lancashire. whether it was intenikl to impthe any fresh duty on the im portation of Cotton ri 001. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that there was no such intention. The only changes wete those of last year, respeetieg the ad valoran duty. Fo It F. ow Tit Ir. BARING moved, that a Select Committee le appointed to inquire into the mcuus of extending the Foreign Comine , ce of the country, and to mon their. opt nions and observations thereupon.—Agreed to, and the several P e titions were referred to the Committee. GRAMPOUN D BI LL.-101'd .1. RUSSELL, in moving that the Grampound Disfranchisement Bill be conitnitted, observed. that he had no further remarks oat the general merits of the Bill, Mr. SMITH supported the Bill its a sate and expedient mea sure, and as caiculated to de e rive would-be patitove of their means of compliant. The noble mover of the Dm was entitled to the thanks of the country for supposing its tat mercies. Serjeaut ONSLOW highly approved tit the 11th to disfranchise Grampound—rte meant disfranchisement in diet:roue sense of the word, (hear:) not ail extension to die beigirbouring hundieds. (Hear., heat.) Cur:twat: by its Boroughs, had slimily sufficient influeirce ; and lie desired to see Grittopound efficiently and " ra dically" disfiancliiscd.--i A laugh and cheers.) Bill ordered to be a 111111 l itura. The Speaker.—" Are there any instructions to the Coro !Mace?" Mr. D. GILBERT said, he could not vindicate the conduct of Granipound ; lie would not—but he objected to the mode of the proposed disfranchisement, because it must inevitably become a o recedent. (Cheers.) It *ea meant as a measure of Parlia mentary Reform, and its tendency was to make the Asa enbly more democratic than it was at present. Ile conclutted with moving an instruction to the Cum l ittee to extend the right of voting to Freeholders m Finlike and Praire, and to retain the Mayor of Granipound as returning Meer. &c. The CH ANt !EI.I.Ott of the EXC vcau ER suggested the propriety of adjourning the debate till tO-11101701V. there being business of more pressing importance. Mr. LA NBTON had to propose an amendment, and be could not consent, without some public g rounds, to put MI his im portant motion of Parliamentary Reform. He heard that a Cabraet Council was to be called. owing to the: embarkation of her Majesty from Cataiw (Cheers.) The Ministers and the King 'melt be in trouble—but why was the House to adjourn important matters? (Cheers.) The CIIANCEI.LOR of the EXCHEQUER could not be expected to make coridnunication of a secret nature. (A laugh.) There was not often any objection to grant indulgence ofa nature. He added, he should bring forward the Budget on Wednesday serantgrit. Oa Monday this Bill could be fully discui sed. Adjournment to Monday agreed to, and several other orders afterwards postponed. The n miming orders were read. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Insolvent Debtors Bill, and at extended conversation took place on the tilling up of several of the Mattes, particularly whether there should be "one" or " three" Commissioners. Mr. DENMAN objected to the increase of the number. The Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Adjourned. Tultsuatr, JUNC 6. At about lealf.pust out o'clock the Speaker came down to the House. He appeared in the official gill-edged robes. There were normany Members present. At two o'clock Sir 1. Ty r hilt, the l slier of the Black Rod, son 1111 l once" the House to attend in the House of Peers, to hear his Majesty give the royal assent to certain Bills. (See Lords.) The House then ailjo,rned till halls-past three o'clock, whets the I louse re ass. mbled. MAttniAne AcT.—Mr. W. SMITH presented Petitions frosts Protestant Dissemees et Nut wide, pray iiii; to be re lieved from lry provisions of the Man iage Act.--• Ordered to be printed. The Host. Member sliest gave notice, that au Voiday nest lie Moodie move fur leave to Inoue en a Bill use Use subject, similar to the mutton which lie hod formerly made. MESSAGE FKOM THE KING RESPELLING THE CIO Ek.N. Lord CASTLEREAGH appeased al the bar and stated Mat he had a Mem4.11, , ,r Is the King. ill, Lordship brought it up, aid presented is to the Speaker, who read the %totting edit was s' ler to that pseseseeed in (hr Lads, it is iiiii ecessary to I vino:it 61 hese./ Lod CAsTL.EREAGH, the Aiessage haring been lead, 11101 , 041, in put blidnee t.t list pracroset 111 11111:11 that au Address be presented to tile Kunz, Mae tor leis im.st gracious Message He at the sante u n to oeggrd lu give ounce, that to 1110110 w he You'd , ' mule, 11141 Ille Papers. Ile seiereed h.* Secret G o n e meire. Mr. ILENNEr (AL P. for Sieve% slimy ) lose, as the question for the Addicts was benig put, anti bald, that a; Ile saw 110 clue about I dispensed tu pursue a similar line of conduct, be washed to ablst . ll4l4l Whether time teller, pm porting tu be wi writ by Lord riuicitinsuse, were s ge nuine document ? Whether, i.l 141'1, Lend Hutchiusun had, with the cognizance suit ppiao4lloll tat the L 1 iug aim Isis temiered to Ii r .Is4je,.t) propontithis lii lay down the rights of Queen; and whether tile Dime of :r0,0001,a year 11.11 been infeied tier to niquiesce in tuck iihatoduAinent tit het tights I lie %Isbell to Muni whether these thing, weie facts tt.inl2, tite nom:nets orre, and after they bail, le , tile) had brew good by u 1(1,01 ilOll. Gentleman, insulted to.• Quern or tietia)ed toe Kit_; even idler weir hardy totemic!, he would out (relieve 140 h mate mein, to be founded ill 11•0111. WI he heard tiles ass, rd. lilt he heard it from thenviekes, he would nut behest. it possible that an Minister, altnout the cousein of Parliament, let it be remembered, (Loud cries of he a!) Could thails of aialtib i ; propositions to tie Queen to divest hi wit in her air his and tit:es, at the sane line Mies in.; her the bi the of 50,00)1. a year If cumplumee %me the r. suit? ( hear.) And t.. whom was such it suns, without the cutest:id of Par liament Milled? Why, to uue who watt due lased to be not only unworthy of wearing the Crown, but of settling lout out Ett,,lish mutual. As ins hugest matt lie deemed it list duty to put these lillebllol4l to the Noble Lord.—He reerred the Mono' hy—ile respected the Lru le— bu t he sisouto hose embittered ineuselt treacherous to the interests of the Cousin andrereeple had lee mot preferred these enquiries respectiog proceedings that were caleulated to deeply allect, it not to iiiiderUliliv 111 e amppniebs of the Country •uil toe flu lle bail 11111 been lIIIC üb , .ul 111111 dib i arbest 10 I ibe 111 put :Ill) bimaist quest iiiii and limit:rine he had stepped forward. Were t use sift , turrets Itec ? Thal was leis question. !lad the Miundcis vehthre4 to make such ; had thi 7 ventured to proinsse to the (jtteeu to lay 111111111111 r t 18ht' ((neemq,sc via ering.)