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9Z ( 7'he Qtrretes 7' , 101 rlttiv:rdpori page 191.) He could not consent to allow the Counsel to open the defence, witless Ibey w r I r prepared to go uu to the mad. Ear. GREY ditlered t. the Noble Lord ou the vs ool sack. and II 1:1 that n list of the witnesses having been d e nied to the taoecii, a. well as a specification of the times aid ply yes where the rheged oifences had been committed. avaiell she v. 001.1 h.'% e bruit otititled to if s h e had Item tried under the of Ed. 111. some m 1161,4114.0 011 g ht to be acelll iit d. Ile. MIS 411 , 1 ,, .ed to accede to the pieposition now ; but he ...a not mean to ' , lt'd ae 111/110.11 . to any fin tiler application that might be made from the sante (punter. The House had beam placed in that situation by the refusal to fortiish a list of witnesses. By that refusal the Queen had been deprived of advan tages the would ha+ e had in env other course of proceed. lug. The Noble Earl concluded by observing, that he never, since he lead a sent in that 'House, had given a vote with more satisfaction than the vote 17ie should Cam give In support of the application of Counsel at the Ear. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, be could not conceive any course to he more daisgerous than that of sloppier, in the middle of a defence. It was not fit the sit:lenient for the defence should go forth withe tt cri.ifnee, because the evidence might not support it. The whole el tits defence must be draw is together. It might 14 "ineonvepient to mop. but it they went on they sit 4 '.; to hake the whole of the delVtice. It Counsel o.:l1 e...k for a few hours tit arrange his evi.imice, he nl i ;lit Ivo a it, mid then go on and complete his defence. It, on she usher bawd, a tenger adjournment was convenient, Jte teas entitled to that tmlolgettee, but be was perfLctly satislled, limn long con lideration, that nothing could be more Inconsistent to all justice soil reason as a tilt isina of the case. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, he would himself object to a partial proving of the evidence, but none of the inconveniences to be apprehended from site.' a privi lege were applicable to the mere perio:s.s:ati to ma an opening statecient. if there was to lie any leaning on one side or another, that lefthiag ought to be to the ac cost J party. It there was any doN lit in their Lordshi e s' inlaid upon the subject, they ouctlit to find the determina tion of that doubt ut ll.e reeoll.l Con of whrt the am:tined party had before s!....ered by the ploceetliiirs of their Lordships. it on:ilit to he I r co:ieet4.l that by the Report of the Secret Committee of tit it Lordships, the chaiactar of the illustrious accused had been for two months suffer ing under the funk st himinations without her having had any opportunity t:f refittiog them; and lie conjured their Lordsliirs nut to into po , e a s. court delay of two nienths betweeis the addimintial load of accusation which had hi en heaped upon her Dinjesty by the evidence ad.inced at their Lot oshios' bar, nod a fair unortsuity of vi,;fticatiag her hitiocence,. As yet, cv. ry thing had been accination ar itimb hor eptVed by any coun ter picots--n: nen more, tuirep::.leii by an; Cuing even in the shape of lISPPVIi,m. T . oe tell of CAW:AI:NON te;:rettril estremrly that lie moat ilisseht 111.0 those with whom ho was generilley lo the lat,it of arm. its. It way probable, indeed vermin, from the line of t...c,-exim;:::itlon pursued by the Ccuuarl of hrr that the defence would go to involve all Cite witne.ser tor tbe prnrecittion in a charge of rerliiry, and to bitolve per.i.as to high ttiod!ons i.t chari;int of a rtni work ?V' jalui ;.at:ri 111011. 1112 I iorle hell been told, that ihrre mss a Great mid foul et.:, piracy a•;l.et tar nine 11141 the e*iilenee was the ptudoco of that cu--;.rreey. Vas IY rtght that char ;ea of sodi a ahoold forth to the worbt, forleivil up by the el, id( nee in ~ : ;';:.sit of them? The tabiron wits not the on'y hitereat oiraerved their LartlAi;ls' eeir.i , leriition. The wit:q.c...-a wl:a had born tom from tit, it a by the it ttsforcete el oro!..ii Poor's; ir•tiv;s:ii..'s who thitit he liin.bezted by the lbw of orfc%-ce, wt.& ail equally enti:Lci to the protoetiwi of thrirLork:,.:-, a. ',on' CA matte a brtef but forclb!e treeelt in tartar of the in...a:;:t ere cli•hoect by her al..i . ;,rsay'S Cutsmel ap.temc.l tit 15:01, the couol not, with any propt;rty, rctinu! it. (ileur.)—lle coon' Hever briug hisr.elf tu belivo thut the Attu, fur ii. r klajesty would to for ci.:.Tr+.ts:r.t.. ;:'A eh ;Neu r ae to bi.ik, in Inc h:ti;initea of an an vut me 1.4 Cie Qtn.i.v, the Itl.,;.lter Chihli& winch public justice had ott his humar wad discre tion. Lord REDESDALE said, the Louse were upon this subject to net upon the Lei, eo:I not to e an) lieW law. The centric in u%.icll t;le Quersee CronAct wi•hed to proceed was in viclatiju 01 stwit ain:unity u the House way bound , o hiPow. Ltd DM . iNLLY did not know ii; od ‘014.; prii;ei, le the House cuald refuse the Queen's eGausel the pow vs of v'ol!og the eihiehee for the defence, %%lieu they had g met(' them the power of ditid:o; Site oro.“-er he (cold net lit 1., tai;rtssale lus te4tet that tio.:se 111;.1- tattles had not all heed Avoided, by gi Hot of wiintwa. Tue LORI) CrTANCELLC% then rut the queetina, and a diVimi,all took place, w a rn Vous, Conte) tw .... Non•t• city for s'..e ;action On onr . : i :to the Ilonoe we f.r. , oid Brougham a !sii, EaVil hur h.sat•e to make twine es. , • .-!, (t ti.e ev (.61 for the proseco...!a, i.cut ei. , ei:xf, ahy Treat of tits own case, oi ...e facts which. be should au.itice in tile de. fence. The LOED ',ASCE:LEO% cer ,. .hlcred coilimenvi on the evidence el part of itie cam:• h.r the defesooe. It was en art of jii.tiee to the witi.v.es that their ev 1%;,0nhl not be a rinuated by the °forret:dons of the Co:iu tcl, but by the counter-et Wein e that be prut:iiced in stipport of those tobses Los d ERSKINE contended, that their Letd-hipa otl7lll DOl to have permitted tl:e Solicitor General to Pr MU up the ev i d vice ; 1.111 now that they bad 411.111 t in, VI by hot allow the Learned Cenem , t tor the (aileell to Make lirtif coin reeuts on the -vidcocr that had guilefutili, and al,vver the Wise' vatiutis h,f dm .al ? lie be told that it *NS Iw:omit, and an was every pain of C ,rse pro. Crt(llBlE.4, Whit . V. et e totally without pieuedeut. Ilia Lordship concluded with moving, " That the Couhsel the 4.loCeit ;night have lease to shake his coutinviits (Hi the evi,4th,, c. that had hr 4)1114,11.11st hetet e their Lordships." The Lord CIIANCLI.LOIL put the question, Ishii a di tision took ' , Lire, alien the numbers aet e— l'ontries Not-Coolants imy AgainAt Lead Li - skit:C., motion-121 A !_rinucti st foul o'cioc.k. ViSNM . THE NATIONAL REGISTER Counsel were tlmn t nlled in, and upon our re admission we n ITC informed that Mr. itiough..m propoheil to gist: final >luso er to their lordships' proposition at it u't lock to-snot row. •rnoT EST, On the motion of the Duke of Leinster, that the Order of ti ,c Day for the Second lt:aditig of tit.: Bill of Pains and Petiabis spina the Queen be reicind.A. Dissentient. August 11 . , i 5.20. Ist, Bccauie we fully conch-, in the opinion which has been exprcs.ed by the house of Commons, that the proposed inquiry would be "tlisappinting to the hopes of Parliament. derogatory from the dignity of the Clown, unditijurious to the best illtClez,LS of the Empire. Bzcaose the institution of proceedings which arc allowed to be anomalous to the v i irit of the British Constitution, and which do not appear to be warranted by considerations of State ntces- ity,ll, in our jqtl:pnent, inexpedient, and may be viewed with much cuspicit4i Ly the peoi.le. 3d, Because it does not appcar to us that any object which be attr.incl by the propu.Axt inquiry, whatever may be its rosidt. is of arch importance. as to be commensurate with the evils which, under all the dream:Aeneas of the ease, may be ex pected to arize from it. (SETetl) STA Nttnrr.,.. KENYON, • II A ..I'il.'i':;:sl & BRANDON, For the Ist and 3d reasons; IF T . ...V. Eli. ALPENIARLII, E:' . ..r.:+11, COV,TIIII, 11", , :iiitHID, ' DACIIK, PUNCAN,• HILLSBOROUGH, FOLEY, . KING. Those marked thus (') generally vote with Ministers. The oCici - s we qposision Peers. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CARLTON 110:iSE, SEPT. 5. The King has been pleated to appoint George. Bartholomew Pixoch, Es q. to be Standard Be.rcr to his Ah.jesty'n 13. ind of C.ntletnen Pensioners, vacant by the resignation of John Stock- dila, Esq. FOREIGN OFFICE, ST:PT. 1. The King his bzcn plcitsed to arroyo of Mr. !Taney Strong as Consul at Glzsgow for die United States of America. BANKr.UPTCIES ENLARGED. J. Harvey, Bull Ile:Al Passage, Leridenball Mmket, poulterer, from SLpt. 9 to Oct. S. W. Lcr.ghtuct, Tunbridge, ironmonger, from Sept. 9 to Oct. 2S. BAkEItUPTS. W. Larlhara, Great Yarmouth, coachmaster. Solicitor, Mr. Taylor, Featheruone !lonian. .1. Gm:res. Nottingham, grocer. Sol. Mr. Taylor, Field Court, Gray's Jim. DIVIDENDS. Scpt. 27, F. W. Birmingham. tobacconist-26, M.D. Martin, Burlington A rcioe, Memlilly, jeweller-28, T. A. Ker. rison. Norwich, banker-30, W. Hamilton and M. Agar, Riches Court, Lime Street, merchants—Oct. 11, W. Lowndes, J. RO. biostan, and 11. Nicll. Manchester, cotton dealers. CERTIFICATES to be grunted Sept. 26. J. Rood, IkTrtsinouth, brewer—J. Levi, Wells, Norfolk, cabi netmaker—A. !'.l•Fark.ne, Postern Row, Tower Hill, toyman— S. Culver, ',.ottealiam Court Road, baker. PRAYER OF A SEAMANo--•It is well known, that captains and s:ti!ors are accustomed to hold religious meetings on the 'leeks of dliFerent ships every night in the week. On Thursday evening lust, on board the Fide Capt. Payne, of South Shields, lying in 11;11-wharf tier, off authcrhithe, after the praises of God had been sung, the elliciating sailor kneeled down =hist a large assenthly, and with great solem nity, humility, and propriety, offered up extempora ncons river, in the course of which he said,- 6. 0 Lent! we hare 6.11c1d this day thh:e handmaid whom we have never Wm bc:,ne I we ble,s thee that the is in health ; and we ;my, If Ll:a is inne:Ent of the crimes laid to her charge, that her innocence any be inly prov.ll. tl Lord I supp,,rt her under her pres..nt beau tria!s; thvy she seek to Thee for grace and str.cn.zth ; 11!::., Lord, grant t:.at her perAecution may soon end and when she Iles tiat:e w hit all the e thihgs, anti sufnred thy rig7uccm, will, U! nmy she enter into that rest which Thou hest povided fur 1.1 l who heli2ve in the laced Jesus Chritt." Such was the plain slvnitaneous language of a rious sailor, who has nothing to do with political r arty of any kind, and wh ) could not have the least ilea of this affearing in print. The harvest is nearly all finished throughout the country. The prase is most abundant, and the grain of the ba3t•tputlity, so the bread ought to be excel eat and reduced Li price. &ark, on the Li; :;;411 Coast.--S.everal Sharks, about c eht feet in length, have recently made their apt:urn:we on. the Essex coast, a circumstance not reit - tem:axed by the oldest seamen. The crew of the 14::1!!..'" .`.',tale, stationed off Bradwell to prevent sru;;rl-Pag, shot at one one of them at the mouth Of the liver Pluckwater, but without the desired effect, tt which the shark &Tame so enraged, that the men were artirachsive that it would overturn their boat. They harpooned another, but did nut succeed in hatt::l3. it in. Vim—We cnneunee with re:4ret the death of Mr. Rae, late of Drury-lane Theatre. He was u man of very gentlemawlike ruttners, and. although not in the very first class of actors, of txmcideruble attainments awl high repute in his profession. Nir. Itae was in the yes.r of his age. On Saturday week he underwent a painial operation, which was most skih . ‘tlly and succes: , ffilly r. crfintmed by Mr. Surgeon but from previous long snaring and cons•Jiuent dallity he sunk under it, and expired almost without a groan on Friday morning, at six o'clock. On Saturday Fennight u le ,, acy of 100 guineas, bequeathed Ly the late Mrs. Catherine Wilson, of East ll,:reham, was paid into the hands of the Trea surer of the Not-tit:l; and Nurwirl► limpitul (lice of duty) fia the benefit of that elntrity. ' • ' Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, London, Sept. 1,1520. Stn,—! !mg to enclose you, tor the information of met.- ships in generai, a Translation of on Edict, h r;.•;ei ed to me 11) his So edish and IN orwegirn Dlajesty's Cul:, ge of Con:melee. 1 have the hodour to bc, &e. (Signed) C. TOTTIE. Dlr. John Bennett, jun , Lloyd's. LTIIA AsLATION.] We, the President and Alenthers of his Royal Majesty's and the kitigdom's College of Commerce make known:— . . _ Whereas, his Majesty's College bath received official information, that an epidemical disease trts broken on, i n the Spanish island of Majorca, his Majesty's College bath thought lit to declare, not only that the Ballearic Islands are to be considered as infected by the plague, but also that all ports in the Mi'diterraneau, and the Spanish ports on the S coast of Spain, from the S. coast of Portugal to the Gut of Gibraltar, both inclusive, are to be considered as suspected of the plague; and in emismittence, all stops or vessels arriving in this kingdom, either from the said places, or fi out other places MI that part of the bury coast nut within the Mediterranean, as well as from the West India Islands and South America, which places, accoiding to the Quarantine Ordinances, are always sus pected to be infected, must touch at the Quarantine Birth at Kanco, to undergo proptT quarantine, which is hereby advertised for general information. Stockholm, 31st July, 1521). Extract of a letter from Palermo, dated Aug. e ation with Messina is cut oil by the (tuerillas and their party, and no couriers are permitted to pa-F. His Alajesty's sloop Racehorse is here, sent troni Nlalia for the protection of English shipping and subjects, if it should be found necestasy to quit this place." Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Genes, dated 2-111 i August:—" a Sardinian vessel, arrived at the Lazaretto, in the Gulf of Spezia, it is reported that tl o l;ritish and Sardinian Consuls had left Algiers on board a vessel fur 3larscilles, but we have not been able to the cause of their departure. This city continues to tn joy a pet feet state of tranquillity." CAPTURE OF TILE CLINTON AND LIBERTY. SMUGGLERS FROM NEW YORK. His Majesty's sloop Sappho, nt sea, off Downpatrick Hcad, Aug. 13, 1K:(1. Slll,—l beg permission to enpie,s my satisfaction in having the honour to report that his Nlajesty's sloop under my command this morning captared the Chinnr pilot.boat schooner, No. 2, I f New York, 81 tons Widen, Oliver llielzs, master, and eigl t men, very deeply laden with a cargo, consisting of 557 bales of tobacco, sonic icw crapes and silks, and a small quantity of teas. Being close in whit Downpritrick Head, at six o'clock, a. sr. the wind S. W. squally, and execc,iin ly thick huzy weather, tl e chase commenetll and continued with cott•itlt.:able interest (at times at the rate of ten kimts) until eight o'clock, by wlitch time we had chased her round Lillala Bay under our tile, and com pletely suueetled in heiniMiig her in between Kintii- Karnak k Point and Puttoocheney Rocks—tile latter only tli„,iant one or two cables' length, wizen we were obliged to tack, at the same time (in stays) lowering the larboard quarter and stem boats, and tool; pm:Ass:Go of the piiie. I have the honour to be, A.c. (Fl:meil) I. 11. PLU3IRIDGE, Commander. N. B. The ( baton is well found, coppered, and coppet.fas tened, her late master avers, the fastest sailing boat out of America;" and til:iy I add, the most pafcct picture of what the Americans denominate a clip; er.' To Iteuz-Admiral sir Bart. K.C.B. Conlin:alder in Chief', &c. His i%lci. , ;y's sloop Sappho. at sea. off the Staggs of I:Muir:awn, t tilt Augmt„ Slw,--Ohtainingitiforination by a low c mentor:m.lml among the papers m!;.sittniatit the permo of the late micaer of the Ora a slur' I,am:A the Liberty itaikal on the 11th of July front New Ytrli, with a cargo of tobacco, and finding this tors roborated by th? oral communication of her inebriated crew ? I &mind it expedient not only to avail myself of the in:Urination so obtained, but to turn the superior faist sailing of the Clinton to the greatest advantage for his Itloje , ty's sere ; finding sic was vary much over-loadal, I lightened her of tat bales of w ham), and by so doing, made a ntatctial diff:rence in her rate of sailing. Thus improved, armed, and furr.i. hod aoh a e.•; final crew and code of siatial , . I dechLd in my nwn mind the rita , ;t4; of Broadhaven to be the moil probable pines to intercept tae sloop in in question ; and so mniged (with the Clinton to wind ward) as to he about eight miles N.W. front ti.o , c rods about four o'clock, A.m. of this thty. llctwctiti Mur and five o'clock, the land about Broadhaven bearing V.S. W. a ctitt:r t: as dzsetit.d W.S.W. fit:mill:4; in for the land, to which cha•c tc,its Mime. diately given, and the nec?,sary signals, as per log, male to the Clinton ; tine at the first view, I Lilt perfectly aatir.iktl, front her very part'aitt'aa ancarmee and wavering monomer,. that she was the sloop I anticiottal. At G. 311. had her within reitill of our guns, wh,,n a few welklirceted lativtatcl bnaCctities, ftli , kll to the Ciinton's I.,..s:ictry to windward, made her tlet.ia from say further attain) t to escape, and I had the gintideation of boa.titiig and making prize of tlic Liberty of New York, 74 tons bur.icn, I laden with 4.0 hales of tobacco, Geese Natvig, master; 1.. Armstrong, superc::r - ,;0; five scaram, and live calling thcamaives pasengers; in al; 1. persons. 1 li..ve the honour to b', &e. (Signed) I. 11. PLUM itli)GE, Commander. To Sir J. Howley. Hurt. Head Admiral of the lied, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. WELCH SEAMAN'S SIGNAL Smut . ) , after noon last a novel spectacle was cxhitited on the river Thames, opposite Pickle Ihrring Stairs. A red flag was hoisted, with the word " Prcgeth," signifying Bethel, or place of prayer. By two o'clock the vessel, as well as those adjoining, were crowded with spectators. A miuiAter, once 101 ()Piker in the Navy, of the name of Smith, addrcssol the audience in a most impressive manner, from the 72d Psalm. • He had seen signals in storms and in batiks, but never one so cheering to his karta.; that hoisted this afternoon. • Two Naval Captains likewise engaged in prayer. The effect produced was exceedingly imposing, and the populace rcared much gratified. AIWA WiLon, convicted of high trcas:m, was exceated at Glasgow on Thursday laA.