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) 2imperial HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JVN N Ear: GREY presented a Petition from Richard Oa thorn • Hint, a prisoner fur debt. praying the House to paps nne le,•islative measure calculated to give him relief' under the f ollowing case. The Petitioner brought an action against Si. N. Conant, fur falsely arresting him on a charge of publishing a libel on the bite Lord Encabo tough. The Petitioner was ta'aeit Mtn custody bel'ore roe iu lictinent was found for the s.iid hind, and he con , tended at the trial that the airebt WAS couUary to the 1410' of E.tglantl. A Apecsal verdict was 1.1'..t . 11, autl tlieJetigev held upon argument of the case that tile drfendatit had Du grmtitl for complaint. Under those circumstances be Petitioned the 11011S4', cow u aittiug of au injury. 'file Noble L.Il supported the view taken by the l'etitioner, as dii Lord Erskine.—'file Petition was or tiered to lie on tim table. TILE QUEEN. Lot d I)ACRE rose to present a Petition from her rt d i e .ty the Queen. He lamented that it was not laid on the tame by the highest atithmity (the Lord Chancellor), but as she Noble and Leerned Lard tele some reluctance to present it, the Petition hail been put into his Majesty complained that the mode of proceeding the Huuse was annul to adapt was unjust, inasmuch as they did tra ado% her time to pretense tint hairs 'nation ft the Continent which she considered necessary to defeat the ins.chissalissios of lire enemies. She complained that an laps e3••1061 HIM be made tigaiest her in the minds of the people of England, if the Lords proceeded with a Secret Committee before she was prepared to rebut the contents of the GI een Bag. The Noble Rarl said, altos,. he aerer had possessed the honum• of the Queen'. , confi dence, he presented the Petitiuu with a culls kilos' on Isis mind, that it would be injut Mos to the interest of the house and the Country to pi sicced hastily wills the Secret Committee. If it was to act in the 'mime of a Grand Jury, lie begged the Lords to consider what would he the feelings of the people of England, when they saw in the Committee four Cabinet Ministers, who had already ra ps essed their opinions. There were two others al-u, who *ere to be considesed responsible fur leaving the name of her Majesty out of the Liturgy. One of them (the !tight Rev. Prelate), was to be considered a respuusible adviser on that Occasion. 'fliere were many out of the fifteen Lords funning the Committer, who were known to the people to be biassed against the interest of thorn ions. l'erson under accusation. He implored the 11 e.se to culisitter the alasusing interest felt from one end of the e•iuntry to the other on this occasion, and a l-to that the Queen claimed from every English GesPletnati justice and eiittitable feeling. She demanded that they wusild nut }totted against her before she had an opportuility of bringing hum the Continent persons necessary for her defence. She further prayed as a subject, to be heard by Counsel at the Bar spinal the proceeding the House seas about to adopt. 'flie LORD CHANCELLOR did not object to receiv ing the Petition. He had been requested to present it, bet (Watching the Journals, the noble mid learned Lord found that it was irregular for hint, as Speaker of the House, to lay such a Petition before .heir Lortlehips. Alter seilie discussion between Earl Grey, the .Marquis of Lausdowue, the Earl of Liverpool, .and Laid Holland, the Queen's Petition was read by the Clerk at the table. It was to die following pariout t;— " CAROLINA REGINA. " To tine bads Spiritual and Temporal. " The Queen hat tug been infos Med, that pioceedings are to be adopted against her in the House of Loris, by means of a Secret Committee, she feels it necessary to appeal to the Lords as a subject of the realm. She is advised that, according to the forms of the House, the course adopted will be a secret inquiry. She protests against any secret inquiry; yet, if the House will proceed is, that way, she declares, in sack an unconstitutional tousle, she has twilling to fear, unless it is in the absence of her witnesses, who will defeat the mxclrinauuus of her enemies. If the House of Lords will allow nothing but a secret inquiry, she begs it may not take place before the arrival of witnesses necessary to &vedette the whole. She asks for no delay in the inquiry; but the Queen cannot suppose the House uf Lords will authorize a secret inquiry lulu her conduct, when her advisers are unable to provide for her defence by the examination of witnesses, which can o►t arrive in time front the Continent. The moment toe evidence arrives she will entreat the House of Lords It, proceed in any way conducive to the interest of jos- Lee ; lint in the mean time lies Majesty desires to suspend Ilse proceeding, mid lo be Item d lay her Counsel this day at tee Bar." Lord DACRE, at the conclusion of the Petition,moved, 1:1..t Counsel be called to the Bar. llie motion was put and agreed to. Mi. Brougham a nd Mr. Dllllll4ll were then called to the Bar. Mr.IIHOUGHAI then said, be had the honour to at tend at their Lordships' Bar as counsel fur her Majesty the Qneen, understanding it was the plea! tire of the House that he should he heard, on the subject matter of the Pe tition just pre,i ided. He lammed that his feeble power was nut more efficient in bee Majesty's behalf. It was his ditty to enti eat the House for a few bouts delay, hut lie bad the command of her M ijesty to make any .iClifiCe I Stilt 'l' than otter the semblance ot, or wish, to otter any into-traction, to fair, speedy Inquiry. It became incumbent an him to make that statement, oecause it was important the House of Lords should be sati.tied the Queen did not want ;Jilfair delay. She only desired delay, not ot probe r itiuo, not of judgment, which would attetid the iugttity, tra:t because injnatice would he committed if they weal 04/ fur some weeks. • All the piiiidples of law stook! be set at defiance if their La ilbiiips should unhappily be advised to refuse die 1011)0' a her Majesty. 'the Message bent to the House, brought before t'ailiainent certain papers in scaled lib4s, which related to the conduct or the Weed during her residence abroad. What sort of tes timony, of by o hat means it bad been raked together in /be odiods filthy hag, it was not fur him at that time to explain; hut wriateser was in the hag, it would appear teat it related to the alleged iidscou ~ ~ et of her M - Jetty 1/11 the other stile of thr Alps and Appriiiires, far limn the tribunal by which slat was then to be tried. In that Case it was °brooms teat her witnesses t come Born distant parts, and it would require more than lite: or six weeks to urarg them to Ellgh 1. Tile feat ned counsel requested it delay of not extent. They had a gallant British ollicer at liuutn, who would seta' the principal witness against THE NATIONAL REGISTER. the Queen oat of Court. lie would prove that the said witness was a discarded servant, who had teamed her Majesty of -100 gold N•poieont It W.i4 jestice the meanest subject had a right to chilli the Q wets demanded, and it the Lords denied the delay required, :hey would sanction it WO murder. Mr. DEN M AN followed Mr. I3i...ugh:lm, and ail van eeil the most forcible arguments to support of the Pelifont I I :Weir Mr. I)emitais cuucln l d, Maher proceedings on the Petition were postp•med to Weiliteraley. E GREY then pustpoorel his motion respecting the Sextet Committee till to-morroo Tees's-oi. Jeer 17. THU QUEEN. Earl GREY rose, pteveriss In ',Ming his motion. for stapler the proceeding of site Secret Committee, and ex presee'd a wish to ask the Noule Earl (Liverpool) whether any thing lin.l OCClikred to Milder him to think the said Secret Con 111 l itiee ought out to proceed to-morrow ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no difficulty in answer ing the Noble bird's question. He had considered it a matter of attention to the Illustrious prelim, and those who retantimendeil delay al the bar, to allow twenty-four to elawe ii, order that the Lords might tmasider whether rte Petition ought to alter the proceeding of the Home, lte was enabled to say, oil the tallest c.riiiiiitera tioll of their proceeding, that lie wai decidedly of opinion the course their Ldrilshipe lied adopted of referrilig the papers to a Secret Committee, was the proper emu se With. with regent to the justice due to the Illu!trioits Individual and the public interest. As lung as there was any hope of averting the investigetion remained lie was anktent the Co 1111 l inlet should not meet, but as (ilia hope lied torfor tunatelv been dissipated, thete was no coilise but the . pi oceeiling the Home had adopted. LAI I GREY then said—Under the ',Maid necessity which v.:sults from the Noble E iris answer, I rise to ult'er the motion of n kWh I gave notice t but, before I proceed to state the reasons, which, I hope, will inilitee the Linde to rescind their deter 11l ill ation of i electing the documents in the Green Bag to a Secret Cult 111 l ittre, some apology is due for sea 1511iig to Make this motiou. 'That just ire will be violated in this course of proceeding, I think cannot be doubted, for under what eircatitstances will her 313- jesty the Queen stand•ia tint proceeding ? 'Fins is an ac ctisatiod of her Majesty the (Aileen. 11 * the Chef gcs are proved,and she is unfit to succeed to the turnouts which she received. oil the demise Of his Alajesty, it t affect her Life as well as her honour, and I ask whether it is possible for your Lordships to collie to a decision upon the ac eriAation, withuitt suspicion of bias on your sor If the hitherto received construction of the statute of Edwin d 111. be true, I cannot persuade myself that the subtle distiertMn taken by the noble and teemed Lord of the woolsack would protect her Majesty, supposing her guilty. Doubts at lethal sissy arias on thu gist:awn. It is a clime against the State, and to be prosecuted like every crime of that nature. I say, then, the acensatiou may be brought before the. House, and your Lordships cannot, in justice, interpose by secret Bigotry, WOlllll prejudge the question on which your Lordships may be called to sit in lodgment. The Queen, who cause before the House in a way no Queen ever CitoiC befirre, begged the House nut to deny her the opportunity of remitting the evidence against her. He did not stand forward as the advocate tot the Queen. Whets cleinonr arose from opposite's, to the principles of justice, he should never yield to it ; 1,111 alien it arose from the tear of a violalioutifjuetict, it was not to be despised. The Lords, who boasted a lung line of gimlet'', ancestors, should take care thi y did soot lose that Monier to which they were emitted to by a too will ing readiness to second the views of the Mionetris of the Chin e.• His Majesty's Ministers had uut ouly !nought themselves into peril, bet the honour of tile Clean Twelve months .tier they received the arca rennin *soloist het Majesty. It they then thought these Was Kruninl for at emritus', it was then duty to proceed jetlicially. They had prepared their on la wwle ssrr, and if they had brought the else. *ea haulm!) before mem, the question try this time wood have larva at rest, and the tneenvemeilee under %nicht hie comity nun re• monied might have hens aye; 'ed. It was impussiole nut to see that Ministers had adopted an arregtitat cowrie, proving ist this instance, as in others, that 'hey we ie able to guide the Vessel of State. Dowd hie .ttionicie, with a kuuw ledge of the contents of the 0 vest flag, dr scribed the Queen to be the grave salt - throne of England. (Hear, hem.) It worn tieeterattues were made by those who knew the mimeses ut the Bag, was it a matter of wonder it' the c . re of the proceed 's% was execrated and tiespieed by inn Country. flirM: %no tile grounds on which lie solicited the House to rrt:rd. !SUM perplexity mud error. The Noble Earl luded by mov ing, hoot the Urdtr for the Secret Cutunot(ee to inert tee morrow be discharged.. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, lie had heard the Nook Earl a speech with surpiise. Pie Noble hail had eitaig..l his M.ijesty's Government with vacillating pone), mid ...- ability to steer the vessel of State thritu,..,h puluicuh storm . This was not the occasion for explanation, but he was pr.- pared to have their acts during the lust gigot years tried by Parliament and the Country. Tue nets of the home Ear.. should also he tried, and it e uuld then Appetit- whose email sets would have laid the country prostrate. (Hem, hem ) He trusted the House would believe Al mister§ tied dime atinost no retard titis proceeding, MO t h at they Ins.' shield( from responsibility. The Noble Larl noticed all the argumeots of Larl Grey, aud opposed the mot toe I woks,, after considerable debate, was iieeatived.—Adjeutued. SIND'S:MAY, 31IDIE :211. Mr. G. Bennett. and other Members tiom the COIIIII3OIIS, brought up the Exchequer Bills' Bill, the liarlsadoes Free Port Bill, and others, which were read the first nine. The Earl of DONOUGHNIORE rose, on the second reading of the Bill, to amend the law in Ireland respecting trisit Time mente, wul explained the object of the Bill, which is to enabie landlurds to get possession of premises alter tenants have abseon• wituout incurring the expellee they were originally cable to. The Bill was read the serxend time and COlilitilLtCti for to morrow.—The House adjourned. TWItIit•DAY, JUNE 29 Lord CALEDON moved the second reading of the Tythes Compensatien BM. The Consolidated Fund Bill was rend a third time, and puttied. Exchequer Bills Bill, the Barbadoes Free Post the Greenland Fisheay Bill, were read a iertioll time.—Ailjourned. FRWAY, JtINZ 30. The Royal Assent was given by Cominiesion to the Loan Bill. the Fuudal Debt Change Bill. the Irish Clerk of the Peace Bill. the Irish Coesting Trade 11111, tie tri.sh Coroner's Bill, the Dahlin Fondling /Unita Bill, the Watch and Weld Bill, and the iitd-doll Bill. . The Cianmisaioners were the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of S.larrsbiery. and vie Lord Chancellor. 'Poe Earl of lithisLYN presented a Petition from the Ship Owners of Leith. praying that no alteration may be made in the Omit% on T. , oher. • Ala Tte.• .'entions from Fife, against the Malt Duty. Several Fllean!. Bids were brought up from the Commons anti read the first time. The litrloCadjontned to. Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. mosarsv. Just' 26. The House was filled with ,4einto-r. before five &clock. l'hr Dtury Lane I hentre Dill was read a third time and pai4ed. The li.ool,oitiCoau Bill was read a third time nod paged. Sir J. MACK INTOSII risked, whether the pasNige throuAls the Mews was to ri main closed up alto. gellstr. and whether another passage was to be mode to pre. vent inconvenience ? Mr. HUSKISSONI said, he apprehended the liberty to paw , ciroueit the King's Meas was a matter of isidulgence tai ' the public, and not a right. The sullied did not cum , : under his coenizase e. T me t)trec N.— Lord C AS f I ER EAGII ram, and imme diately the profound silence seas observed in the House: He said, that the house Isere nnw to consider that all the elfas is neute upon the pa, t of his Majesty's Governinent and the Advisers of the Queen hail been completely exhausted, and that the negotiations having failed, they could Intik to Ito other course than that le puttee; the charges against her Majesty into a course of judicial enquiry. However painful such a proce.ding must be, it was impoesihle, after shat had takea place, to ,ugeest ally other mode,consistently with justice to the tiat• , to his M .jesty, and the illustrious object of the cherges. There had not been, he had nu hesitation in say Me, Ilie slightest disposition upon the part of Govern ment to shrink trout responsibility. On the contrary, they had proceeded upon s d Parliamentary principles, and at the emote time that they scouted the idea of shritikine, from responsibility, they conceived that Pal liament were not warranted ill receiv Me charges of so grave a nature as those which lay oil the fable eareilt Ministers appeared to have Strong pi iina fiche evideace of a ground of enquiry. They also were of opinion, that whatever emu c the trans:Kinn' Might have originally shaped itself juin, a satisfactory bet -I:enient of the daft-rens:es ley more within tile he power of Par- IMMO thee any where else.—(ifeer. hear I)—lnc Queen had been kelvise.l to protest against a seer. t enquiry, stud to demand a public itivestigation ill the catty stages of those itausactions. She had in her mower to me resulutions of that House renewed the appeal, and described hermit as an Mimed Queen, who soueht a public enquiry us the most elfectual means of viudicating I.er diameter. The House bail, indeed, strung reason to expect that as the Queen bad declared her reliance u, un Pe di:lntent site %%mild have con. sidered every arraligemeot tlint might take place after such au ackuusieedement as sabot:lncite. lit this expectation they 'vete disapp o i n ted, disappointoictit was the more to be regietted as iiie propos tion of the Member for Ilramber was tae outs alternative which the House could have adopted. The &dike Upon which Ole had send on his occasion was unwise. But her Majests had, by her refuml to !Wen to the wish of the House, renewed her claim, mid it unw became Mionters, whatever might be their opinion of that advisee, to him.. furwaha toe charges, poi ticularle as line though, I net coulee the most ati•aimigeous to herself. Sloe hr must sae, the List Bi wise icket this bad es er refused to be duetted ay tue audios toy id Parlia ment Tue Mato• would nut require that he should state the pas I iculars ut tile proceedings. the adoption of which mould hr rer 1111 l hirsidett II) Government, neunet her Majtety, but he ;bilged Memel( it stmuld be open to its • huraeter.-.- (Wear, hear.)—lt went d be expedieut to ;vend against baying Lao judicial proireeMogs. Int e nt clash. by an opposition of view's amid setitiuseids, !) allll there fere lie sIIIIUI.I prop sat' to Mode Ike de isimi of the Upper House—not to .t he iimi e nted tit it inellouse olCite mons was nut adapted to decide upoti lee lit :rave and Important subject., but bet rime the tallies House aas More judicial ill its titbits, dint t outs enter tutu tile quest mull Willi a Kreider ti.„ree 01 I , ru , art). 011 Filial Ail' ee'lltagla he 1•111.1(111.1 be • prime ed to utli r a . Intim to vie Ilouse teem the eultieet of her sl.j s s s Atientes , mitt tueatr,..l the HOUIW, lutist tithe miter item,. dial at wink lit to eistitate proceedings upon the mill) et. mica as 1r tar eitarave agiiiint tile Queen, that lie should fee it iii,' dues to roans her ail jest, to vindicate her OA a Chafollt'l.—(llvilf, (Lord Caen( renti) 111,11111 to prapeee teat t ee drhale on Ins Majesty's Atecinge 511 old ". 10."Ip d tab t rid.n se'inught. lie awn ‘late,i, t i do thr only tonne t.ini c sold be 0111a/61a litly followeo, atter ter i 1 tine ofi ie at. „ 4 -ciati iiii was that of enquir)•.-- Cl , ' Must a Ib.o P.iiihtehriot would resume its enrient chat rot • 1... tn . ,: Int 11.01%:erili11111 — (licar, hear l)—nnil act it; dos oci as divesit el of ell a m t r e yes The Noble I, mt i e, that oil thursday se'ititight be should a distal it MA . gflHlt/dell 11111/0 I[ll • Qa.e.it's answer, if in the iet. rain tin primeedin e s nett initialed My the other House, • als'd In" 1 1. 0 lied the adjourned debate upon his .Nlajesty's Mes as -r to friday se - insights lIieOUGHA AI, from the bottom of his heart, im plored liar donee to let the voice of party tre.still tipou 51115ur.•.isunt, is (Ito inevitable course was now I hal of iu puii Upoll the part. of her Majesty, and upon his ow It pat I, 1141 Im exptess infinite satisiaction at the chatite of )mbar which was ttow held out —( thee. s) at site ter 11111 l anon lit t h e unjust, unentailitutimiel, nod 'Ned pi 0- ceeding which it had been the intention of the Green Keg to meta itte.—(Hear, hear I) The Queen's first rceptest lieu hems a Reines. fur no open Unpin y, and lie had now to I ougiatniate Ili House mid the Collistry, that an in quiry must take ;three. Greatly as lie admired the gene ral etitiiinet rif the Noble Lord, he had hot formed an adequate idea of hie ingenuity.. It seemed inn that the 'salmi)? was to lie instituted, not upon the principles of p 11111 l c justice, not becease it rids absolutely necessary eottleroilly. with die censtilititunal view of the subject, ewe the te , .veit hart on Settirday last te ;nested to ill% e r ;mutely proving her innocence. A 1 , 111A1., mid erne tai lu art ) Yes ; and much mote F 11 4:11 peas lg u a she hail made a similar 11 . 11.1t•I, jell' 1111 1.1,4“ . 1 CYrs' .1111 e had bet n far a lair 1 111 0 11 Ii 11) 1.411 nut the Noble Lord cult sewed n futlenglii ago (Deal, liras I ) No—lle cutlet oat pie net an meets item> of sisidiea iiiiii until justice f 1• dish voilatett us 111 t: Xi/411110'01 tat 111 t. (iicen Beg. 1 drat, heat ! ) I lir NiMile Lois not he persuaded on do so udns u reuse tat j 1 1 ,4 it. ,•11. 11041 a feeling of kallnillI) or a. 1114 du it 0111 A. ( and 1:1101 of hem ! ) 5..10 were his Lurit , iitsp'e pones as a tactician.' The Qiierit tennis/el tiepin). Site was tearlessly prepared to stead tar 1411 by the iiiveettgation.' The whole of the charges, infect, were testolved tutu •thls—the Queen had i