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^' woul.l say this, that it was not consistent with the dignity. of the clarets of &Wand not to have re gularly settled on her that allowance, which at all limes was settled on peewee of her high rauk. He would therefore submit to the Howe, that a suffi cient provision ought to be made—that they ought to see the Queen treated as the Queen of England aught to hr. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that he would best consult the feelings of the House and the country, to abstain se much as possible from entering on this subject. Ile would only say, that until t h e subject should he brought fully before the Parliament, cert. should he taken that the high personage al luded le by the Han. Member should not be ex. pined to any difficulties; there was no other ; there was no disposition to treat her with ianshotess or inattention.—/Hear, hear.) Mr. flume said, be put the question to the Noble Lord, because when he saw Ministers loosening voter to make good quarterly payments on the Civil Lirt, it was not unfair now, when the annuity of the Queen had expired, to consider in what manna the allowance to her Majesty would be made good. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that if the Honourable Gentleman had waited until the vote rhouhl be proposed in the Committee, he might see that the psyment of the annuity would be provided out of the Civil List. Mr. TtetteLT said, that as a guardian of the public parse hr would net consent to vote for any sum of money, until the suspicions which had col lected about her Majesty should be removed. He wished to speak out, and to guard against any im- Oblation. The question indeed was a painful one ; it was a subject which it would be well not to dis cues. But how did the question come upon them ? 11 might snit she Noble Lord to talk of the de licacy of feeling; but when from busts pro stowiseed in the pulpit, and in oilier places, it appeared that something hung over the Queen, it was his opinion that the discussion of the sub ject, whatever might be its nature, should not be postponed for • single instant—that it ou,;ht to meet the public eye—that it ought to be brought !Deward and decided, as they regarded the Monarchy itself. If in that discussion any thing +should appear against the conduct of her 'Majesty —if those ritepictoto should appear not unfounded, no one before himself would mark his abhorrence of the impropriety of such conduct. As the mat ter stood, he would not vote away the public money. a Why should lie vote the public money to a per eon not recognised as Queen ? Ile would ask the Noble Lord, whether or no there was any init. melon) made to her Majesty of the death of the late King? Whether there was any communication between Ministers and her on the subject ? If there was not, then he would 'sty that their conduct was most extraordinary. In the prayers in that House the natne of tier Majesty was passed over? Why was it su pi:ow(' over ? It could not he accidental. The prayers must have been so altered by orders from the Council. He would ask the Noble Lord the question. why the name of her Majesty was so omitted ? To him and to the country it must be evident ilea some party was scandalously treated— either the King was betrayed or the Queen was in sulted. This was not a question fur party feeling to indulge it. He would speak not Bonn honest Mem ber of Partioment—lie would therefore repeat, that either his Majesty was betrayed, or the Queen was 'limited. He would say to Ministers, if you can Make out a cave, do an. Ile had heard of rumours most injurious to the Queen: if these rumours were confirmed, he had no hesitation to say that the was unworthy to sit on the throne of England. He could not account for those rumours; but surely her Majesty had the right which the lowest subject claimed. He had beard that Commissioners hutl been sent out from this. country, on the suspicion of artists' imputations cast upon her conduct, and that these Commissioners were empowered to collect evi dence on her part, and to mike it known. He would wish to know from the Noble Lord whether this is so. If the Noble Lord had evidence elocidet ing her conduct, was it nut right to an:ske known that evidence hefore he asked a wrist of tl.e public mo ney to a person that possibly he (Lord Castlereagh) may think unworthy ? If those rumours were r!Ve, steps should be taken to rescue hit. Mjesty from a situation could not but be con sidered us degrading iii the public estimation. But, on the other hand, was not her Wijesty entitled to a public heariug ? was it fair, iu the absence of evidence, to throw suspicions on her conduct? Her Majesty's name had been omitted in the Liturgy recently made out. On the death of the late Queen. " her Majesty Quern Charlotte" was left out of the prayers, and the Liturgy went on to say. " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family." This was done twelve months since. Why has her name been omitted now ? Why was he ordered to pray for the same person then that had been slighted now ? The Noble Lord opposite might say, that the subject was amplessaist to his feelings—that observations tone would only create a ferment in the country that might be attended with prejudicial consequences. But who excited that ferment ? Why pray for the Princess of Wales twelve mouths titter, and refuse this mat k of decent respect to her Majesty now ? He was satisfied, that if Ministers could stand otf the question any longer they would, let the feelings of his Majesty be what they may. He was sure they came to it with great reluctance; but it presses upon them, and they cast no longer avoid it. For his own part he would pledge himself, that if Ministers speak out, and if it should appear that this high personage was un worthy to sit on the throne of England, nothing should deter him from doing his duty towards his King and the country. But if no case should be made out, then justice ought to be done towards ber Majesty, and though from the unhappy dif ferences which had so long existed between their Majesties they might not late together, still she mast be recognised as Queen—Queen must come out of the mouths of the Gentlemen op posite.—/A lergh.l—lt must be so before one shil ling would be granted. The Noble Lord had ab stained from giving her Majesty the title of Queen. It was known in England, and in a peat part of Europe, that an inquiry had been instituted ; that a regular examination of witnesses had taken place on the grounds of aiminalwooduot.; stud,on her . • ewcceedtu% to the two of Queen, -her 4WD! was passed over ialthe Litorgyi %ad then it is consider• ed impertinent to ask on what grounds a stun of money was to be voted to her. It had been said that provisiow for the Queen was to be made good out of the Civil List or the Consolidated Fund. What was her claim 1f as Queen, why not call her so; or at lettet why did slat kliiiisters pledge themselves to bring forward the.subject of her settlement, and its the mean time recognize her as Queen by the vote of that He,did not come to the subject with pleasure ; on the contrary, he might truly say, that it was as painful • duty as he had ever dis charged. He looked for no favour at Court; he never stroke to the Queen in his life; be treated her as an individual of high rank, a rank which he respected, not on her account, but for the honest and sincere regard which he entertained for the dig. any of the Monarchy of England. Mr. iIItotIGHAM said, that if his Right Hon. Friend who had just sat down had occasion to say that lie felt himself in a delicate and a painful situation in the performance of the duty which be felt it necessary to discharge, the House, he hoped, would give Inin (Mr. Brougham) credit for feeling the much more delicate situation in which he stood. and for the much more painful duty that devolved on him. He was called on to make some obser vations on the present occasion, particularly as he had the misfortune of differing with his Right lion. Friend ; he did so with reluctance on this subject, which hr looked on as one of great im portance, of difficulty, and of delicacy. It was new to him that any such solemnity was required respecting the Queen Consort as • recog ni Anti by Parliament—by the prayers of the Church or the acts of the Council—or in the speeches of the Ministers of the Crown—by any person in office or out of office in that House—on all or by any of these means he did not see that the rights of the Queen Consort at all depended. He always understood that she, as the wedded wife of the King, is eo ipso Queen Consort. The demise of the Crown, which makes one the Kiug. makes the other the Queen. She must be Queen by the same title that he is King. and she is not the less Queen because no Liturgy prays for her, be cause no Order in Council mentions her, and tin Address consoles her. Her title as Queen is not affected by these omissions; these forms were not essential, and if supplied would not better her title. How then could lie listen to the mon strous proposal, that an immaterial omission— s trifle, light us air, should prevent him from voting, if culled on, or should raise a doubt of the undisputed dignity of so high • personage as the Querti of Great Britain ? The lawful Consort of the King must be considered and treated as the Queen of those realms. With respect to the vote, lie saw no necessity for any vote at all ; if enough remained of the Civil List to enable Ministers to calculate to make good to the Queen her present comity. it was unnecessary to propose a vote about the Queen. The Parliament voted the public mo. ney for the public purposes, out of which the Crown bight resider the payment of her annuity to the Queen. The Crown asks money for general pur poses, part of winch they may appropriate to the special purpose of satisfying the payment of the 35,0001. This he considered v strictly technical slew; then why embarrass the subject with other considerations ? and that led hiss) to an observation which every uric in the House must anticipate who honoured him with their attention. He knew of no cloud, of no suspicion which hung over the Queen. He refused his ear to listen to any rumour. As long its that high and illustrious person was the King's Consort, he knew her by no other title than that of the Quern Consort. What in quiries had taken place lie knew nothing of, lie would hear nothing of; he would not listen to them ; lie ' , wild keep his mind free ; but if any charges *Oust her Majesty should be ever brought forward, that charge he would meet and decide on es.must become an honest Member of Parliament. He had a duty, a high and a delicate duty to per. form, not merely to the illustrious persons them selves, fur God knows they were not the only par ties coin eroed, but also to his country--reserving until that most painfol !moment should arrive, if it ever slionld arrive, all expres•ion of his opinions, he would be then really to see justice dope to the Queen; until that moment, big with events of intim:t auter, of such importance, that they who alone are intimately acquainted with the extraordinary cir cumstances of the case can judge of—big with im portance to the parties themselves, to the subject, and to the constitution of this realm—till that import ant moment should come his lips should be sealed, stud he thought that in justice to the illustrious per sons concerned little should be said on the subject on one side or the other; it would be but prejudging the question. But he might say of her Majesty, that to all that had hitherto passed, both outside the House soil within its walls, she hid not 'hewn a slowness to meet any accusation, nor a difficulty in the tosintettance of her case. Assuming then, from her alacrity to meet accusations hereto fore, it was but fair to give her credit fur the pro bability that she would 'hew an equal alacrity to meet future charges, and an equal force and fa cility in making her defence. The House would allow him to say, that the more temperance and calmness that should be brought to the discussion of a subject so leg with public interest—so full of incalculable importance to the Constitution of the retrial—so bound up with the character of all the branches of the Royal Family, the better. On such a question it would be the duty .of every meta to abatoion the feelings of party—to deprecate every appeal to turbulent passions out of doors. At the pre sent 'mimeo the unwarrantable discussion of the question would only have one effect—the total defeat of the tints of justice, and the degradation of drag lug the subject through the mire of every hustings in the kingdom. For himself, he stood in • situa tion of peculiar delicacy. He had two duties to perform—the one a protessionel duty, the other of a public nature as a Member of Parliament. He ' trusted that on this question the same spirit of jus tice, of inederation, amid impartiality which he vow ed to God filled his own breast, filled also the breasts of every man in that House and out of it, and would continue to influence their conduct as long and as often as the question should be brought before the public.—( Load cheers from all sides of the Hoyle./ Lord.C.urri.eatteau said. that after the speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, it was not we* 1. emery for him to say much; of the delicacy of the situation in which that Hon. and Learned Gentle.. man stood, he Mt that the House agreed ; and he too flood in • situation of delicacy. and' if he fol. lowed the same coarse he could not do wrong. The speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman must have carried conviction to the feelings of the House; they most see the propriety of the mode which no doubt they would pursue, instead of torturing the .question by insinustions. He (Lord Castle reagh) would not rise at all after the Hm►ourahle Gentleman, but to state that in what fell from him before that night, he merely alluded to the steps which might be token to secure a provision for the Illustrious Personage, and the steps now taken were to guard against the inconvenience in the payment of her provision. He had merely adverted to the general provisions for her and the whole of the Royal Family when the subject could be suitably submit ted to the considerm son M Parliament. After Lord CASTLEREAGH Sit down the House went into • Committee of Supply. Th• CH•NCELLOII of the ExcurQuEn mo►ed the first Watslotion, that 600,000/. be granted for the supply of the army in England, and 5150,000/. for that of Ireland. After proposing these Resolution., the Cu ANCItI. LOA of the EICHRQUER said. the House was aware that on the Civil List there were a great variety of pensions which were paid in quarterly payments— some of these depended on the life of his Majesty_ such was the annuity of the Illustrious Lady so often adverted to that night. It was his intention to pro pose a vote for a sum of money to meet those ordi nary payment., just as if the demise of his Majesty had not taken place. The next quarterly day after the April payment would be the sth of July. before which Parliament would be assembled. He then proposed a ft-solution, that a sum of 400.0001. be grouted to satisfy such ! tensions, annuities, &c. as are charged on the Consolidated Fund and on the Civil List, and which would have been paid in case his Majesty's demise did not take place until the sth of April, 1820. Mr. TILIN EY said, that, not retracting a single syllable, he wished to say, that, if he truly under. stood the resolution, it was a vote to make good the charges on the Civil List; now out of the Civil List there was no sum of money recognized as for the maintenance of the Queen. The Act of last year, on the death of her late Majesty. made this alteration ; and out of the Civil List there was not now one farthing for the maintenance of the Queen. The charge on the Consolidated Fund was an an. nuity granted to her present Majesty as Princess of Wales. That annuity has ceased, and the Queen has not now one shilling, but is entirely dependant on the bounty of Ministers. The next vote was a sum of 50,0001. for account of such civil contingencies as were not connected with the Civil List. The next vote was for a sum of 400,000/. on ac count of Irish Treasury Bilk. The several Resolutions were agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, the House resolved itself into a Commit tee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for a sum of seven millions of the Unapplied Aids of the year 1819, on sccowtt of the Ways and Means of the present year. The motion was agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. IRISH ELECTION BILL. _ . On the motion of Sir HENRY PARNELL, the iribh Election Bill was ordered to be read a second time this day fortnight. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. Lord ALTHOKP, in postponing the reading of this Bill, said, that the objections to it were Ist, that it compelled the debtor to take advantage of the law, instead of remaining in gaol or within the Rules of the King's Bench ; this, lie thought, was an equitable clause, because it was not fair that the debtor should have an advantage over the creditor, who was the sufferer. The next objection was as to the clause reespecting freehold property. With regard . to that, the life interest of the debtor only was made liable to the payment of his debts, an equitable provision which necessity called for. Another objection was, as to the necessity of compelling the debtor to remain three months in gaol. This was considered a severe and unnecessary se verity; but it appeared to him and the Committee that this imprisonment would operate as a punish ment. He was willing to concede that the facility of credit was too great ; that was an evil which should be cured, but in correcting it the House would not give the debtor an advantage over the creditor. Mr. Alderman WOOD lamented that so much time had been lost on a subject of so much import ance, which affected so many, and respecting which the table of the House, indeed he might say the whole House, was covered with petitions. The Conveyancers' Bill was ordered to be read • second time this day fortnight. On the motion of Mr.- MAIERLY, accounts were ordered of the Net Revenue, from the 10th of October, 1819, to the Stli of January, 1840, sepa rating England from Ireland; Also an account of the New Duties„distinguish ing each duty, if possible; Also, an account of the deficiency of the Con solidated Fund up to the sth of January, and the manner in which it is intended to make good the same. The Hutt. Gentleman said that he under stood the arrears of the Consolidated Fund were great to an unprecedented extent. He understood that there were from ten to eleven millions of arrear. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Hon. Member was mistaken—the amount of arrears up to the sth of January was eight millions six hundred thousand pounds. In comparing the last quarter with the corresponding quarter of the previous year, there was an itidease of six hundred thousand pounds of the fend ; he hoped, therefore, that the arrear would ~ be considerably diminished in the quarter ending the 6th of April. Mr. MAIIIRLT said, in addition to the eight millions six hundred thousand pounds, there was en addition of two millions six hundred thousand pounds, which be left oat of his estimate. The CHLRCHIACH of the Excumbuss assured the Hon. Gentleman that he seas in error. The Right liem.Gentlemaa went on to giee a sham ea- - planation, but in a tone of voice so extremely low as to be altogether inaudible in the gsllrry. The CMANCELLOIL of the Rimming& brought up a Bill to continue certain Laws which may es. pire within a limited period = which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to. morrow. Lord Avennar gave notice. that he would pro. r im* a clause in the Committee nip this Bill. that the furlvent Debtors' Act he included in the Bill. as nue likely to expire within a limited period. S I papers were brought op. and order to lie on the table, and the House adjourned at Half-plat Eight o'Clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS PAPERS. FARIS, FEBRUARY IR. This morning it was announced at the Tui leries that the Dunhese of Berry had passed a tran quil night and was still at rest at the moment of toe courier's departure. Yesterday. at twelve o'clock, all the military bo dies were adinitted to present their last duties to the lifeless remains of the Prince whose loss is de plored by France. The hundred Swiss, the life guards. and the Officers of the royal guard, suc cessively passed before them. At 11 o'clock, Mar shale °odium, Macdonald, Viemesnil, Glavin° St. Cyr, Ms►mont, Victor, Coicity, Kellerman. Jour dan, Suchet, Moncey, Davoust, Soult, and Matter, all these brave and noble warriors traversed the courts of the Louvre in the serohlance.of profound g►ief, saluted the Prince's bier, and then presented themselves at the apartments of Monsieur. On Tuesday next the body of the Duke of Berry will be conveyed to Saint Denis. The funeral ors- Lion will he pronounced by the Bishop of Trnies. The Marshals presented themselves yesterday at Saint Cloud, to offer their homage to the Duchess of Berry. The Duchess of Reggio eapressed to these the r►gret of the Princess at not being able to receive them. We understand that about two months since, • man named Antoine, walking owe night in the roe Aubry-le-Boucher, was stopned by two persons. one of whom hastily said, " Have you not assassi nated the Duke of Berry yet 1" This man and Antoine hare, we are assured, been since examined by the King's Attorney-General. Two days before the aseasoination, a man went into the shop of the Dochers de Berry's florist, where he chore a rose. The Grist, however, re fused to let him have it, saying, " I am keeping that for my good Duchess of Berry."—" You love her then?"—" She is so good !' —" Be tranquil ; toe shall spare her." We received yesterday the Madrid Gaselier of the ad and Bth of February. It appears from them that the utmost. tranquillity prevails in the capital. An authentic letter which we have received by the Madrid courier, assures us that the number of the insurgents is daily diminishing. The °mend com mending the troops faithful to the King, who are progressively increasing. hopes, in a short time, by means of persuasion alone, to induce the deluded soldiers to return to their duty. Every moment a general submission is expected. A meeting of about sixty Members of the Cham ber of Deputies was held on the evening before last, at which M. Jard-Pauvilliers presided. Tha project of law relating to individual liberty was there discussed, and almost unanimously rejected. Generals Count Maurice Mathieu, and the Mar quis Dessange, both Peers of France. and now in Paris attending upon the present Session, have re ceived orders from his Excellency the Minister of War to proceed immediately. the first to Lyons. and the secood to Nimes. the head quarters of the military divisions which they respectively command. MADRID, TEBILUMIT 7. We have accounts from Cadiz to the 3d of this month. General F►eyre had then his head-quarters at Puerto Santa Maria ; his troops occupied every point adjoining the Isle of Leon, in which the ►e bels were closely blockaded, as well by land u by sea. Their means of subsistence were diminishing daily, and discontent was increasing among them in the same proportion. Hopes were entertained thai they would shortly surrender at discretion, without the necessity of shedding a single drop of blood. A detachment of rebels who had sallied out to obtain provisions on the side of Vexer and Corti!, at the moment when the blockade of the Isle was completed, have been cut off by the troops of the royal army, and no resource was left to them but to disperse along the coast in the direction of the camp of Gibraltar. They are closely pursued by the troops under the command of General Joseph O'Donnel. At Cadiz, as iii all the rest of the Peninsula, the utmost tranquillity prevails. On the night of the 3d instant, M. Lozano de Torres, Ex-Minister of Mercy and Justice, M, Ugarte, treasurer of the transmariite expedition, and M. Villorfrotitin. member of the Camarillo, were arrested in their respective houses by com mand of the Captain-General of Madrid, and con veyed in exile to Coruniss, Segovia, and Tarragona. M. Lozano de Tones thought that their oltitct was to instill him again in the Ministry, and be pre seated himself to the Captain-General in Court dress, with all his orders. It is known that Lo =no had for a very long time enjoyed the cosh denca of his Sovereign, mad survived all the changes of the Ministry during three years, which acquired for him the name of the Spanish Decaus. The famous Melchior has been executed. There is no important• news front Cadiz. The head-quarters of the Royalist army are at Puerto- Real. only two leagues from the Isle ; de Leon. The insurgents are shut up on all points is-the I.la de Leon. Admiral %well° has captured one of their gun-boats, with two officers and 28 men. The Guesses coutinue to observe a strict silauce oo the eveut. of Andalusia. /From the Nowiteas.) The Cadiz Journal of the Ist February contains two Proclamations from General Preyre, dated from the head-quarters at Xeres, January 29. One of them is addressed to the insurgent soldiers, the other to the inhabitants of Cache. The first commences with the words •'Sokfrartor 101gbbffer en J. Rirrawro." At rionottomas to time Abe Kiees chseetitcyAtitl Noitt4t to Mum a t hand, and tht G ssetal promises th.m. in I•te Mayear)'s tifillDe, tondos! and Whet _stow% !r repentance may niers!. Letters from Ronda of the 111.1 s r 4 I spumy, from Xeres of the 291 h. and from Cads of the ht February. all agree in the following : General Prryre was en the 29 1s sal Kreps, with the Ant chtiesuu 1.1 the army ender I "en mood, 6,000 stiolig. These troops ape sal fi..r Lass dition, and had ionised MI the 30th art Sew. Nier ! 4. They set out on the 314 for Puerto Heads"— (These two ports are on the lily of Cadet.) " There was ,Iso at Xffil a regiment of ruin'''. SIM. The rest of the cavdlry extended ibelf from Puerto Santa Maria to Alcala, where Gesarral O'Donorl was stationed with 600 horse and 1.040 Not onlohers. " The royal army consisted of 30,000 attn. dis tributed round the I►la de Leon. " The gu.iril of the hay of Cadiz is very ascii...? and strict. The ves►els which are moored in the passage communicating from the lily ails the hay of Puntsles.ll:tve recrivrd orders to aillsraisce Iwo the interio► of the hay. By this nieasore Pastilles might freely act against Caracc,es. of it were found necessary." THE BRITISH lIRESS.- LON DON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY n. iseo. The very singular and delicate situation in which the Queen of GREAT BRITAIN is nu. placed, as% made the subject of some animated ohse►va+t o t,■ last night in the House of Commons. Tile mo ment of demanding from Parliament sin b supplies as may be thought necessAry her &Gating the ex penses of the State during the niter'sl betsreeli the demise of li:s late MAJESTY and the melting of t!.e first Parliament of the present reign, was t•oucetvrd by Mr. Hume to be the most appropriate for ob taining from the Ministers of the Crown some ex planation of the intentions of the Government re specting the recognition of her MsJeares Con stitutional rights, and the security of her ,o-rsonal property. The answer given by Lord CASTLE.. REACH WWI expressed with all the accustomed cau tion of the Noble Secretary; hut from it might he collected sufficient to sliew, that the same allow ance will be continued to her MAJESTY as she had enjoyed while Princess of VALES, until the ques. Lion of her rights and separate mainteuance, as b-- comes the dignity of a Queen Consort of Hug. land, shall be fully determined by Parlidinent.— The discussion of this interesting sod important question could not, it is evident, be undertaken with propriety or advantage in the present unsettled state of the Legislature. Nothing indeed could be more injurious to the interests and feelings of the Illustrious Personages more immediately concerti. ed, than to have the subject dragged prematurely or partiallyinto dispute; we therefore think that much credit is due to the prudence displayed upon this point last night by Mr. BROUGHAM, who, while he broadly and distinctly asserted the rights and privileges of the Queen Consort, eucceeded ii imposing a bar to all untimely discussion. The public, however, cannot avoid remarking the very extraordinary reserve with which the Minis ter, of the Crowe iu Parliament have taught them. selves to speak of her MAJESTY. They have never as yet designated her by any other title than " that person," "Inc illustrious person," a the person iii question," or some such circuitous and indirect mode of expression. Fortunately, however, the constitutional rights of her MAJESTY depend not upon the peculiar form of words with which it may please a Minister to notice her, for if by sonic sport of destiny all the Cabinet Council were suddenly afflicted by a physical defect which prevented them from bringing out the words " Queen," or " her Majesty," as applied to the present Quern Con sort of these realms, the wedded wile of King GEottue IV. would not be the less a Qiiren, neither could her 51aaeirry he degraded from her high rank by the omission of her mime from the Liturgy ; yet the public will naturally inquire why such au omission were made in a manner so solemn and remarkable, and why the Ministers of the Crown, who are at mice the depositaries of the Ktuo's confidence and the responsible advisers r f his actions, should refrain with such extreme reserve from acknowledging the QUERN . by those titles and designations which by usage appertain to her the. weed rank ? Upou this subject various rurnosra have been abroad, some of which undoubtedly re. crier confirmation from there circwinstau..es; but with respect to her MAJEsTY's rights, stud the re cognition of her relation to the thrque of Great Britain, we conceive that !so iotermediete mi'de of proceeding can be adopted by the Govern ment and she Legislature. Her character as QUEEN must be acknowledged in The folle,t Jaunt, or she must be treated as a cri. initial. An Act of Parliament ,to degrade her, without ,proof of criminality, would ,be 'Kt of isgrant injustice. The great ma.xims.of morality rind equity cannot be infringed-for the ouire.grsti• ficatioo of private feeling*: reposing •beaeatii shield of innocence. Iter t ights are sacred, and lc. though the power of Parliainent hoot or de•troy Akio cluutit in the abstragt be questioned. yet Allis power most events understood ,S4l.lafercOce to s case of extreme necessity. and where-the east - eise of it is inconsistent with integrity and jostice. qkinitthiltrilthlkr scia Sftwttitillf .