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be degraded and disisaced ht a 11111 of Pains and Penalties. the 1-rariical Counsel then remarked on the mammy in which This Bill had hei ii introduced, which had for its object to dissolve the most sole contract, to separate man and wife ; hut to as bleis the Attori.ey General It d now declared the Kim; was not a rety, but that lie attended on the part of the public. Ile blamed the enemies of her Majesty for continually imputing to her I hat she had degraded the honour of the Crow u, by her coiMuct whilst abroad. The very men who now charged her with misconduct, were those w lin had Mires' her out unlit °teeter!. These men bad also offered her rank and :armoire to the full( st extent, if she would COllll - abroad, and it was not until she presumed to return to this country to assert her innocence, that this Bill of Pains and Penalties was promulgated against her. Ile concluded by calling on their Lordships to retrace their steps, and thereby prose themselves the saviors of the country. The LORD CHANCELLOR said their Lordships would hear the other Counsel of her Majesty. Mr. DENMAN then stood at the Bar and stated, that he at that time felt unable to perform the ditties lie owed to his Illustrious Client, in consequence of the fatigue he had undergone and the ill state of his health. The House adjourned . FRIDAY, AUG. 18. The military assembled round the House this morning nine o clock, to the same force as on Thursday, mid were again btationed in Palace-yard in the different hvenues leading to the House. The Peers began to assemble soon after nine o'clock, and at ten minutes before ten the Chan cellor entered the House. Prayers were then read by the Bishop of Llandatf. Earl DERBY said he held in hand a petition, signed by between 3 and 4000 Merchants and others, inhabitants of Liverpos.l, against the present Bill of Pains and Penalties, and the course of proceediugs :adopted as regarded her Majesty. The Petition was rend, and ordered to lie on the table. Lord DARLINGTON wished to know if there were any defaulters yesterday. The Clerk stated that Lord Montford was absent. Lord DARLINGTON then suggested the propriety of calling over the House daily, to enforce attendance on this most important occasion. Such a proceeding would super sede the necessity of the regulation suggested yesterday, that every Peer, on entering the House, should write his name. The Peres were then called over, Lord Howard, of Wal den, was excused, on account of the death of n near relation. The Bishop of Lincoln could nut attend the House, the Reverend Prelate being this day translated to the See of Winchester, and, until his temporalities shall be restored, his Lordship cannot sit us a Peer. The Marquis of Salisbury was excused on account of ilbeas. The Duke of LEINSTER presented a Petition signed by nu individual de,rritring himself as J. Mills a Brit Free holds-r, against the Bill of Pains and Penalties now before the House. Lord HARROWBY said, the Petition which had just been read, want to deny the poster of their Lordships, both as a House of Parliament and a Cuurt of J mar ature; and he submitted that, consistent with their own dignity, they could not receive it. l'he Duke of LEINSTER concurred in this opinion he had hut recently received the Petition, and had not an oppia 'unity of reading it. The Petition was then rejected. The Order of the Day for hearing Counsel further against the Bill of Pains and Penalties, was then read and agreed to, mid the Counsel being called in accordingly, Mr. DEN MAN proceeded to address their Lordships; and commenced by contending, that lie must be now con sidered as arguing against the principle of the Bill, not as standing fur a second reading, but is if now uhnut 10 lie brought. No step, he conteuded, had yet been taken, and therefore there was at present nothing to retract; no steps to retrace but their Lordships might now stop us having done nothing, and the measure he considered as never !Java% had existence.—On this occasion he Oa% at a loss haw to raise a point on which to argue; for, after having read over the preamble of the Bill again and again, with the greatest care and attention, he could discover no charge a hich it contained against her Majesty. He was at a loss to know whether, io the course which her i Mai, sty's legal advisers had adopted, they had pursued that likely to be most bene belel to the iiderests of their Royal Client ; fur on this occasion it appeared that only one common lawyer, and one civilian, ur two common lawyers, were to he allowed to address their Lordships; and he doubted much whether the acketing himself the second Counsel in this great quetitni, which embraced equally mon sod civil last, was a ise ; having been selected, however, he must discharge his duty to the best of Irb U1)111144. As to these proceedings, the Secret Committee had lwen compared to a Ciand Jun, from which the present Bill Caine ; hid that si as not MI, the Bill slid not come flout that Committee; all toe Secret Committee had dime was to recommend a s:ilemn enquiry, and ma a Bill of Degradation That Bill did not come from the Secret Comiuttiee, but (VOW tot individual Peer. W ha drew the BM lie could hot tell; but lie could not sup ho-e the Noble Peer in question was the draft,man.— Whellier it Wiib distau by he Attot [icy Comm! or Lot he could not tell, but it would he his duty to e smith.. it a freely iis he would a 13111 of It coining limn the lowest quarter. The Learned Ciaksel then proceeded to read and comment uu tbe Preamble of ilie Bill, which he said described as scandalous, vicious, nod wicked, conduct imputed to her Majesty, w hiell Mt sine had a right to describe under those terms. Another objection to this 11.11 of indict- 1 went, as it am called, was contrary to all oilier bilk of ladih talent, not only the lairelice charged, hut the evidence in suppoi t of the charge, bas bran put apun the face of the till. Was it ever known that iii a Bill of earth:fluent for murder prefer, ed against John Thomas, that as well as setting forth the time and place of the murilt r, it also appeared on the Bill that John 'fhowas and the deceased had lived on bad terms for mussy years; 'bat J. Thomas had beets seen to watch and a ay-lay the deceased at different times, in sec i et places and in the dark. l'he Bill also set forth other vague charges, founded only on hire:cilias, not stating where the alleged nets Nook place, or the cc oh lice to support the charges, but leaving it to chance io discover vs holier the bribes which had lit ei. catered its every ',quarter w hue h her Ray al Ifigino ss had v,siird AO largely, might not Moore some base:aid sordid wretch to present himself to give evi dence in support of these inferences. Lastly came the most uufortunate part of this measure—the i'llll,4ll—lle Post er' ipt to the lettei-1 he only important part of it, namely. the clause for di%orcing her alajesty, and giving tio his Majesty the power to contract wart Mgr with another. ,At this pea toil of the proceedings her Majesty entered the House, pi eceded by the Usher of the Black Rod, and accompanied as yesterday by Lady Anne Hamilton, and took her seat as tormetly neat her Comiscl; the Pews all rising; and howling La her on her Lutiancc, her Majesty t !musing thi. Long L int id.; . THE NATIONAL REGISTER The I.earned Counsel then resumed his argnmeut. Itrliat lie complained of was, the want of a definite ground, and the introduction of so great a variety of circumstances quite irrelevant to the main fact ; and that was holding out a motive to the passing of the Bill by their Lordships, which never could have had place h ere the proceedings really jndirial. Some of their Lot might thus be induced to pa •s the Bill from one motive, cud some front another; it was impossible that they (the. Colinsel) could apply themselves to all that variety of inducement which might weigh on their Lordships' minds, when they consi dered this Bill not on the ground of being a judicial pro ceeding, but on the ground of state ne••essity and expediency. " In the in esence of my royal mistress (said Mr. Denman), permit me to say, in attempting to adopt (Ids which is miscalled the trial of her Majesty, we are departing from all established forms of justice. She asked for a trial by her Peers. She did not desire that a message should be sent down, and papers laid upon the table ►ealed in green bags. She (lid not wish Judges should decide on her ease without hearing witnesses exa , mined on oatli,nor did she wish final judgment to be given by him who Was desirous of obtaining a separation." He claimed the right of recrimination. It was too obvious the whole object of the Bill was to release his Majesty from the solemn obligation of tiles tinge. He might ask the House of Lords in such a case, to look to the hus band's conduct. Could he prove Isis wife eloped without his consent? If it should appear that a young and ami able Princess, coming from a foreign country, had found her husband's mind alienated shortly after marriage ; if, on the death of a beloved child, she was deserted and ob liged to wander in affliction ; if, atter an inquiry into the charges against her Majesty, she was acquitted and re ceived by the father of the husband, who never deserted her ; if, nuttier the circumstance of a long separation, the husband had withdrawn all protection from his wife, he would ask their Lordships whether they could hear such a case?—lf this Bill was to proceed, lie claimed, on behalf of his client, the right of recrimination. This most be so, sinless it was said morality was for the low and not die high. The Bill had the greatest tendency to produce a disputed succession. Suppose his Majesty was to marry again and have a child, would the , e not be doubts of the validity of such a marriage? The case of Mary, daughter at Queen Catherine, and Minimal, daughter of Anne de Bosileyn, proved that marriages which did not please the people would always bring doubt: upon the legitimacy of the offspring. Bills of this description opened, as it were, an office for scandal; and if the House took the Crown front the Queen on the ground stated its the Bill, they might be bound to visit the heir apparent with the same justice.—He called on the Lords to pause before they gave sanction to such a Bill. It would appear, by reference to history, that the French revolution was pre ceded by accusations against the Queen, of the most dis gusting character. What effect it would have on this country time would sheer. He contended that the Queen, as a woman, was entitled to the most delicate attention from their Lordships. He concluded by requesting the Lords to consider what ought to be the married state, as between husband and wife. Inquiry in this instance could produce no good effect. His royal client disclaimed any wish to shrink fiom fair trial; but to a Bill of l gins and Penalties site protested. She had no opportunity of knowing the witnesses, as in case of indictment. He for one would never give sip those sentiments of homsge due to her Majesty's rank and elevated mind. He should never fail in the duty he owed to the Laws of God and Man. The QV EW then withdrew._ _ The ATTORNEY GENERAL rose at a quarter before one o'clock to address the House. He commenced by complaining that the learned Counsel for the Queen had deviated pons the question on which they were allowed to hr heard. They wet eto be heard on the principle of the Bill, ye they had gone into the origin of the Bill, appeal leg to the passions of their Lord Ships, and introducing calumnious statements. The House had the advantage of the assistance of the Judges of the land, who would see that no vague uncertain evidence was received. He defied his Learned Friends to rind a case to prove that impeachment was a proper mode of proceeding.— He should abuse the duty Mit listed to him, it' he endea voured, in that stage of the Bill, to expatiate on the emir ntity of the charges, or allude to the evidence in suppoi t of them. He should not comment on the disgusting licen tious scenes to be rxhibite d. His Learned Friends might with impunity raise the name of the Queen, which never ought to have been mentioned, but they steroid never ellicit from him any observation upon topics which ought nut to be hitt minced until the proper period art ised. He dt fended the principle of the Bill as applicable to the case of her Matcsty, who could not be plot:coded against by impeachment. He disclaimed any optical to the pas. stone of Lords ; straight forward language, without re. /aril to popular clamour, was the beet mode of tit oceeditig. The decision of the House of Lords would tio doubt satisfy the rneaweet subject of the 'calm. The SOLICITOII.-GLNE11:11. next rte , e. He partook of the objt ohm made sty the Attorney-General to the line of conduet adopted by his learned 'veils on the I other side. Instead of considerinz .!re grace qursti on, his luau tad friends hod indulged .11 imecni C. Willem: evidence, but 'dying on their uwn aspersions, they had put themselves in the situations a accusers of all persons concerned in directing those proceedings.—The Solicitor. General then went over the sante ground as the Attorney- General, without eliciting any thing new. [At the conclusion of the Solicitor-General's speech, the Queen again mitered the House.] BROUGHAA, in reply, said, the main argument of the Attorney-General went to prove, that the charges against her Majesty were such as could not be in oceeded unless they adopted a Bill of Pail's and Penalties, %sold' they considered a Bill of Diviner. lie allowed it to he such, but he called on his learned friend to /thew Idea a sii,gle iustance in which Parliament was found legis lating away a marriage without being called upon fin that purpose by the injured potty. Mr. B. Olen deplecuted the Solicitur-Cieneres code amorality, which led Inn to deprecate the adultery in a Princess more than in a Prince. He disclaimed idention, in what lie had said upon that subject, to wound the delicacy army branch of the royal faultily; and concluded by expressieg his belied - that then Loud:4l4,e would du strict justice. MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS ON TIIE BILL.—Lord KING rose, and said it was his 'intention now to propose a resolution to their lordships to this effect, vie. that it is not necessary either for the public satety, or the secu rity of the Goverument, that this bill should pass iuto a law. Earl GREY IP sid, that the ia►prea:ioo nude upon hit ;~ mind, by what I* had heard in the arguments used by the Counsel, was very strong against proceeding with the Bill. He therefore wished that time should now be given to their Lordships to consider what ought to be done upon this proposition. He therefore hoped he would not be considered as asking too cinch of his noble friend to post pone his motion till to-morrow, when their Lordship* would all come better prepared tor the disenssion. if he were now forced to come to a deci.ion, he must say that he so strongly felt all the inconvenience of the course in which they were engaged, that he should certainly be much disposed to adopt some other mode than a Bill of Pains and Penalties. Lord KING intimated his willingnes to postpone his motion till to-morrow. The Earl of LIVERPOOL was willing to consent to the delay proposed, but thouzlit that the debate ought now to be commenced, by, at least, playing the proposi tion before their Lordships : they might then adjourn the debate until to-morrow. Lord KING, in compliance with this recommendation, moved the following resolution—" That it is the opinion of this House that it is not netessau y to the public safety, nor the security of the Goverinnent, to pass this Bill." The debate was then postponed until to-morrow morn ing, to which tio.e the House adjourned. THE MINOLITY IN T;) ?.: HOUSE OF LORDS. roa STOPPING ALL PROCEED; N:iB AGAINST THE QUEEN. *renal' 17. Duke of Leinst..r, Earl 1 'ortescue, Vise. King, S(,r ier4ut, Carnarvon, 6: Say and Sele, 1 , d✓cd, Grosvehot, Lords( : v,ydir, .1 c' , :e, Thanet, Clitten, l: L..i:it9ll, ‘.',,...mer, Auckland, Nt. Alban's, 11.:44;:er, Dundas, M AN . of i lownshire, t ' . iford , Dacre. Earl of Essex. Vise. .‘n ~ n, Belhaven, I /,,,.114, .c i ) 1.1 , 1 C n,A Sondes, J,.. •••3 , Lords II t ,Itnghroke, I little, Ali,: made, Dow ne, Rolland, ntl.t.., Torriogtor., I I awke, Itr , ho:7v7;:h 110(Xl. Foley. Stanhope, h ~;.yon, FROM T ULSDAY T'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. T. Faulkner, Hayes Court, Leicester Square, straw hat manu. facturer. Solicitors, Messrs. Courteen and Robinson, Walbrook. C. Rudd, Lawflat, Lancashire, woollen manufacturer. Sol. Mr. Chippendale, Crane Court, Fleet Street. 11. Taylor, Manchester, and E. Taylor, Blackley, calico printers. Sol. Mr. Ellis, Chancery Lane. It. A. Smith, Sheffield, grocer. Sol. Mr. Bettye, Chancery Lane. J. Gunby, Birmingham, sword maker. Sols. Messrs. Sandy. and Co., Crane Court, Fleet Street. _ _ _ J. Mdthorp, rot livens, York, clothier. Sol. Mr. Edmunds, Lincoln, Inn. J. Newbold, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, butcher. Sol. Mr. Platt New Boswell Court. I. Armitage, Birmingham, saw maker. Sols. Messrs. Bous field and Williams, Botiverie Street, Fleet Street. W. Wood, Ilolme Farm, near Vv'etherby, Yorkshire, rata* jobber. Sol. Mr. Wiglesworth, Gray's Lin. W. Goldsworthy, Sun Tavern Fields. NI ropemaker. Sol. Mr. heard, Haopec's Square, Leman Street, Goodman's Fields. 1. Jacobs, Bristol, glass manufacturer. Sops. Messrs. Adling ton and Gregory, Bedford Row. B. W. Couphunt. Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Battye, Chancery Lane. DIVIDENDS. Sept. 3. R. Collins, Alaitistone. dealer in hops-2.11, J. Bailey. London %Vali, coachmaker-5, W. Green. Albion Place, Kings land Road, tinderwriter-9, J. Browne and .1, Gregson, Liver pool, uphokterers-7, J. Guardner, Mapleborough Green, IVarwickshire, dealer -11. J. Bothwell, Arnold, Nottingham. hosier -12, A. Aaron, Plymouth Dock, silversmith.-8, W. Parker, Bridgwater. maltster-8, W. Watts, Gosport, victualler —IS, .1. Weston, Liverpool, merchant-9, L. li. Standish. Ili•lmpsgate Street Without, straw hat manufacturer-9. W. Mitchell, Regent's Dock, Poplar, ship builder-7, W. Fletcher. Wolverhampton, ironmonger -14, P. Leigh, Ilaslington. Cheshire, tanner. CERTIFICATES to be granted Sept. 5. W. Walker, Wortley, Yorkshire, merchant—F. Kendrick, Holborn, linen draper-IV. Tennant, Liverpool. tailor—J. Jack. son. Leeds, merchant—J. Shelley, Hanley, Staffordshire, shop. keeper—R. Bibby, Liverpool, merchant--M. Pealce, Hands. worth, Stafllirdshire, merchant—J. Scott, Fore Street, corn dealer—S. Sadler, Birmingham, pump maker. A passage in her Majesty's letter to the King says —" When bereft, forlorn, and broken-hearted by the death of her child, this was the moment, us her Majesty declares, which was chosen fin• redoubling the persecutions agninst her.' " Numerous filets, in the long catalogue of disgraceful operations abroad, might be cited to prove the correctness of the st meet of her Majesty as to this point ; but what do we want more titan this—that, in the superscription on the oyfin of her ehdd, which contained the names of the illustrious persons front whom she had descend ed, the name of her mothcr leas omitted What stab more cruel than this was ever given to a mother's heart ? Let the people of England say what her feelings must have been when she, in reading the English papers, saw this proof of the obduracy and malice of her enemies Many persons entertain an erroneous notion with respect to the proceedings against the Queen.— 'lhe tact is, that should the Pains and Penalties Bill pa.: the House of Lords, it must be bent to the }lease of Cott - ta:mg for their sl.nrot•al, alai go' throug,ii the same allgcs as any r.c,',iaary Bill in Parliament—it' not sr,sted in its pragross by a majority. In the Litter ease it wilt of course fall to it,e ground, and be a utillity. A ti uiporary be,.l ha.' been erected at the Foreign Mice fur Lard Cartlereagh, where his Lordship will sleep occusiorally when in town, during the uend ity; tri.l of her I.7ajesty. Isis house in St. James's f;:quare continnes closely shut up, ruwu the e iii lnw alturters arc all eland from tue Lasemeta to the