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alrr consideration.where the moral character and best i n terests of the country were at stake? Therefore, I so far as he could see, there was nothing either unjust or unprecedented in the Bilk- He should not feel the least objection to the House retracing its steps it' such a course could contribute to the advantage of the accuse and the ends of public justice, but to such an argument he could not give his assent. If the questions proposed by the Noble Earl were intended solely to obtain the opinion of the Judges on the point, he should not object to them; but if their object was to effect a susoension of the pro reislidgs, he should decidedly oppose them, cornti tiering that delay was calculated to produce great ',oldie injury. The Marquis of Lawsnowi begged leave to state li's reasons for acquiescing in the course re. comae . ' 401 by his Noble Friend, Earl Grey. With wet to the general nature of the pro reeding recommended by Ministers, he could not go the length of affirming, though he knew many' persons in and out of the House :Anneal, that in no case whatever should 8116 of Pains anti Penalto., be introduced into or att e mpt. rd to be passed through Parliament. With all the inconveniencies and hardships attaching to such messures, the extent of which he was as well aware of as any of them, he felt conscientiously that the House could not lady give up the power of notrodiming such Bills; that in so doing they neglit give up a privilege which in eventful times might he made the founds lion of the safely of the State. It was • power which he felt it his duty to defend mod preserve convinced that in some conjunctures it might be directed to the preservation of the country ; but it was for th e ir Lordships to consider the grounds upon which such Bills were recom mended for their adoption. and be should ask. if that which had been proposed to induce their Lordships to entertain the present Bill had not been the allegstion of the Noble Earl opposite (Lord Liveipool), that no other means whatever existed, from the peculiar circumstances of the case, of briogiov, iota • course of judicial examination and suitable punishment the crime which was said to bare been committed ? On the establishment of that ground only could their Lordships be in duced to assent to the passing of the Bill on the table. He bad besore protested against cer tain preparatory steps, which, he feared, had ope rated extensively throughout the country to the prejlidice of the proceeding; but he had felt it his platy to say that be would listen to the grounds nit which the Noble Lords opposite asserted they could maintain the meastve, since Parliament was driven to such • necessity. Now Parliament was in this situation, that the Bill having been laid on the table, and fixed for the second reading this thy. they were called on to comply with an order of a former day to that effect. The question proposed by his Noble Friend tended to enable the House to form an opinion for them selves, whether the Bill of P.iiiis and Penalties in troduced, was the only possible mode of investigat ing the offence, and satisfying public justice. His Noble Friend asked the Noble Earl to suspend tile proceeding until the opinion of the Judges, whe ther there was any other within their power should he obtained. Until that opinion was obtained, their Lordships were not in possession of the knowledge whether they ought. consistently with their duty, !proceed its the mode which hat been originated, or whether there was any other 'sorbet ter one. Ile allowed there was some inconveniency in suspending the proceedings, but how much greater was that likely to result to the public from persevering in • course, which on all hands was admitted to be objectionable.—( Hear/ and which the Noble Earl (Liverpool) himself ad mitted to be justified only by the necessity of the case. He said that much less inconvenience would follow from the suspension of proceedings which their Lordships might thereafter have cause to think improper, bocouse unnecessary, should such be die inference. from taking the opinions of the Judges, the whole blame and responsi bility must rest with the authors of the 8011. In the event of the Judges being of opinion that any other course of 'proceeding was possible, the !louse would be obliged to adopt that course without any delay. On the probability of such an event lie could not presume to offer any opinion of his own to the House, but he felt himself called oil to say, that legal authorities, which were among the highest in the country—authorities which, if he should name, the Noble Lord on the Woolsack would receive with the utmost respect, had not only expressed a doubt, but even denied the sound ness of the doctrine laid down by Judge Forster. Should the validity of that doctrine be allowed by the Judges, the House would be compelled to gip into the Bill, subject to all the inconveniences with which it was attended. But the moment it would appear, if it should. that the inquiry night be put into a shape more reconcilable with the principles and founts of the law of this country, then the country would be delivered from the cruel necessil of conducting an investigotion affecting 1111 l e diately the character of the Queen. and perhaps the succession to the throne of the realm, on prin ciples, and in a mode, which every one 4 f their Lordships. even those who had originated it. ad mitted to be unusual and severe. This being the first day that their Lordships had the benefit of the attendance of the Judges and the Attorney-Gene ral, it was the first also on which they had an op portunity of funning an opinion on that question, on which they should all be obliged to give en 'pillion at some time or other, viz. whether there was any other male of proceeding against her Majesty but by a Bill of Pains sod Penalties. The Earl of LIVERPOOL and Earl Gitev seve- rally explained. The Earl of CARNARVON raid, that hiving but little expectation of inducing the Home to abandon Ow Bill, he was perfectly- ready to concur in any ' , l'44eiiirm which held out a chance of putting an end to that in which he saw nothing but pure and unittialified evil. It h a d been said that it was then too late to retrace their steps, because the charge had been made • but be (Earl of Caniarvon) contend ed that th e charge had been inside from the very commencement of the proceedings; and he had never beard a doctrine more strange titan that that Ilume was compelled to proceed with such a mea sure from the moment that Ministers might think proper to prom:ire it. There was so distinct and unqualified ch age of adultery in the DIU front , beginning to end and was the hoarse to go into the discussion of it, and the examination of evidence in support of it, to elicit proof of a crime which was no where alleged in it Earl Gate thooght that the Bill was liable to many objections in point of form, but he conceived that adultery was distinctly charged therein, and he had said that nothing should induce him to vote fur its second, reading but a clear proof of that charge. • Earl GREY'S motion was then put and carried without opposition, and the Jodgea immediately re tired to deliberate. During their absence— The Earl of Livsapoot. suggested the expe diency of adopting on future mornings *rime more speedy mode of ascertaining what Lords were pre sent, than by calling over all the names, which had consumed three quarters of an hour, or an hour. His recommended that every Peer on coining into the House, should write doan his name and the hour at which he ent-red, and deliver the same to the Clerk, and that the names not written and delivered in should he taken id be absent ; and after s short conversation with Lord 1-lot.t.aan, submitted a motion that effect; but it was not put front the Chair, and we undetatood it was with drawn. The Judges having been absent about twenty minutes, istotrued to the House. CillEY JUSTICE ABBOTT said, that the (louse had referred to his Learned Brothers to consider— " lithe wife of the lleir Apparent of the realm. be violated by a foreigner not owing allegiance to the King, she consenting to such violitioo, whether she was guilty of high treason wilhin the true con struction of the statute of 25th Edward 111. ?" and they were all of opinion that she did not thereby commit high treason. Their opinion in this case was grounded on the lauguage of the statute, which raid, that if a man do violate the wife of the King's eldest son he was guilty of high treason. Unless therefore a mail could legally be charged by au indictment with high treason, which indictu►-nt must be in that as in all other cases, that the crime wos committed against the twin's duty to the Crown, the wife con• sequently could not be charged as accessary to that offence. As a foreigner, not owing allegiance to the Crown, was not bound by the local laws of England, he could not be charged with commit ting that crime. lt was then ordered that the Counsel be called in. The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that before the Counsel were called in there was one circumstance which he did not wish should be paused over in si lence. He understood that among the Counsel who were to appear before them th-re were no I , ss than five Members of the other House of Pailianielit. It appeared by the Votes of the other House, that those Learned Gentlemen were permitted to attend at their Lordships' bar. He by no means wished to oppose that step ; onn the contrary, lie had no doubt there were very good and suffi•ient reasons for allowing those Gentlemen to apneas. There were certainly strong reasons why the Queen should Hot be deprived of the legal assistance of particular pereous, nor the Crown of the assistance of the Attorney and Solicitor-General ; but still he thought the pri vilege was not to be allowed without a protest against its being drawn into general practice, &any general practice could be found on that anomalous pro ceeding. Feeling, as_ he did, that measures of a judicial character might hereafter be taken in the other House of Parliament, lie was anxious that to the many necessary and unavoidable anomalies which were inseparable from this proceetliog,this ano maly, at least, should not he added, that individuals who were Members of iheother I louse of Parliament, should be allowed to act as advocates in this. He had the honour of knowing some of the individuals who were placed in this situation, and he enter tained not the slightest doubt that they would acquit themsilves with the utmost delicacy and propriety, under the peculiar circumstances in which they found themselves placed. It was not with a view to this particular case, but upon gene ral 'principles of expediency, that lie had made these observations ; and be confessed lie saw no oilier means by which the individuals to whom he alluded could avoid the inconsistency of acting as advocates at the bar of their Lordships' House, in a case upon which they might aftepwarda be called upon to de cide judicially, than by withdrawing themselves from the body to which they stow belonged. The LORD CHANCELLOR having put the quer tinu, heftier it was their Lordships' pleasure that her Majesty's Counsel should be called in, it was carried in the affirmative. • The Counsel were then ordered to be calle.l in, anti Mr. Bsoughain, Mr. Dolmas', Dr. Luskin... ton, Mr. Williams, Mr. Wykle, sad Mr. Tindal appeared as I,er Majesty's Counsel, follosed the Attorney-General, the SulieVor-Gener sl, Dr. Adams. Mr. Park, and another Learned Gentle man, whose person we did slot recognise. The Duke of lismil.Tou rose so ask by whose order the Attorney• General appeared ? The Attorney-General said, that ass order of their Lordshivs having beers served on him, by which it appeared that Counsel were to be permitted to be heard at the bor of their Lordships' House in sup port of the Bill, he had considered it his duty either to attend in person, or appoint some other Learned Gentleman, to support the Bill and eill the evidence. The Duke of HAMILTON said, the Learned Grimeman had not stated by whion he was ordered to attend. or front what person lie had received his instructions. The Atturney.General repented his fortn.r state. ment, and in addition said; that as witiieleies were to be obtained, lie had thought it his duty to obtain information front every source which he could, anti amongst others he applied at the Secretary of Stata's office for the Home Department, amid from the information obtained there, lie lead obtain ed other sod further information on which he had acted. The Duke of HAMILTON said, that he supposed lie was to undurs'attil that it was the Secretary of S tate by whom the Learned Gentleman wasin structed. Lord Holdum said, that the Leaned Gentle man approved to hive received his information only from the Secretary of State ; but by whom in structed did not appear. The Earl of Lovearoot said, that the order of that House having been served on the Attoiney- General, he wits bound either to appear himelf, or - .~~., ... ~ii~ . appoint some one else to appear at their Lordships' bar, to support the Bill before them: he had there. upon used the proper means, and lad applied to the Steretary of State, from whom having obtained information. he now appeared to support the Bill. After a few words from Lord HOLLAND. . Mr. Brougham proceeded to address their Lord. ships. He said that his Learned Friend (the Attora ney-General) appeared there, but for whom was not so clear; for himself, 1w was before their Lord. ships for an individual, for her Majesty the Q.seesi, of whose Counsel he appeared. It might be in the recollection of their Lordships. that the last time lie had appeared at their b..r, they had thought pro per to delay to • subsequent stage the arguments which lie had considered it his duty to tender to their Lordships, against the principle of the Bill now before their Lerdshipe. It was also the plea. sure of the House that Counsel be informed that they were to confine themselves in their arguments to the mod e nr procredeilx before the House. Their Lord-hips might probably remember, that he at that time regretted that their Lordships would not allow him a greater latitude of observation; but their Lordships had observed that that latitude of ohstrvatiou would be restored to hire, and that on the second reading or the Bill be would be coo,- bled -to inike h a objections to the principle of it. He conceived that the period had now 'arias* when laying the truth or falsehood of the ullego. bons nit of view, aid admitting ilie recta to be true as stated in the preamble of the Bill, _, which he had denied, tied did now deny. to pastes any colour or found:if .whatever in truth, and Ise was sure their Lordships' sagacity and justice would not allow them to mistake the admission which he now made merely for the sake of raising the argu ment to demur and object to the principle of the Bill. The objection which he meant to urge could not be interfered with by any proof to he offered to the fact*. The filet case which he should remind their Lord.hips of was that of the Duke and Duclie-s of Norfolk, in the years 1669 and 1670. In that rase the Duchess had presented a petition to their Lerdshipa' House, in which she stated not that any Bill was intended to be brought against her. but merely that the Duke of Norfolk was offering to their Lordships • Bill of such a nature, and she prayed that she might he heard against it before the Bill should be received. The order of the House, of the Bth January, 1673, direcied that the Duchess should have notice of the Bill (offered but not received), and might be heard by Counsel what she had to object against it. He did not now ask to he heard against the first reading of the Bill—he well remembered the scorn with which, on a former occasion. he was put down when he had suggested that he should be so permitted—. he was then considered as desiring what had never before been asked or granted—a thing, in short, subversive of all the forms of proceeding by which their Lordships hail governed themselves. He did not, therefore, then ask to be heard against the first reading, because, by their Lordships decision on the former occasinii, he was precluded from it; but lie stood now on the authority of the case which he had cited, that he was entitled to be heard against the principle of the he cowl on the ground that the Duchess of Nor folk, if not on the oecopti reeding of the Bill, had been heard in two previous stages against receiving it, :and if that were not a cue in point, he could not tell how • case in point could be found on any subject whatever. There was in May 1698, the cue of Knight and Burton, - which was, it was true, a Bill of Pains and Pensl ties, arising out of proceedings in the Exchequer Chamber; but there was also the case of Lord and Lady Angleseu, which was a proceeding for • 818 of divorce. He would not impute any thing to the Noble Persons who had sought fur precedents ou this occasion; he was ratified the floes he had cited had been by them overlooked: there was no other way of accounting for the omission of what was so germane to the matter ; but the facts were, that in one of the ca-es he had cited, • list of witnesses had been allowed. and these two cases were nor in the Report made by those Noble Lords—while, in the case which wus put into that Report, a hot of the witnesses were not allowed. He would now proceed to state in the stage at which they were arrived, his objection to the principles of the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR—" The Counsel mud withdraw." - Mr. Brougham hereupon retired one step from the bar. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that undoubtedly wheis the case should be closed it would be com petent for the Conitserto answer and overthrow the testimony given, and over and above they might certainly object to the Bill itself, if it were thought objectionable. That he conceived would be the regular coarse of proceeding; but if he rilliqy un derstood the Learned Conisael, lie wished to be now heard against the principle of the Bill. The LORD CUANCELLOR said, there was one srgunient in favour of the regular course as pointed out by the Noble Burl (Liverpool), which was, that if the facts were not proved there would be no occasion for occupying their Lordships' time by going at all into the arguineots ou the principle of the Bill. Lord _KgNYON said, their Lordships must be aware of the extreme regret of the country at ftrge that any opinion should be entertained by their Lordships of the necessity of going at all into the evidence. lie therefore, with a view to avert that necessity, moved thit Counsel be now allowed to proceed. The Earl - question wl• answer to alter the decision to, that Cuumel only question _ course or p►oeerding. was that the after closing . fur her Majesty' The Margo' proper to see time of the way. He thought Learned Counsel the principle of stage of the proc allowed to speak therefore, thinrglit whether they tried brig forward their argtnueata• against the principle of the Bill. He thosight that the coast. deratioo of saving the tune of their Lordship, Ines as nothing to bring saved the • disclosure of fact., which. if the Learned Counsel's arguments pica trailed. would be the desirable result. The Conner' were then ordered to he called in. and Mr. Brougham advanced again close to the bar. The Loao COUNCILLOR, it4d►essieg the Coon. eel. informed them that he was commanded by the [louse to ark if they chose now to proceed iu their arguments against the ritteiple of the Bill > at the same time they meat clearly understand, that they could not then so proceed end at any future stage likewise. Here there was a cry of Counsel to withdraw, which was loudly reiterated, as Mr, Brougham had not retreated et all from the bar; ou which, as be. fore, he stept back a pace or two. The Earl of LAUDIIRDALE said, that he mast abject to the course of I►rocredutg proposed ; for the Counsel might flood it expedient to object to the principle founded on facts amity; from the evidence to b- given ins the Bill ; when, by the mode adopt ed, they would be precluded f making the ob. jectiow , , however well founded. He objected to this, hecHu•e it apwareil like the Court making a b orlon' wi.l► the Counsel to pursue a certain course in defending his client'. cause. The Coulasel were then ordered to be called in, on which Mr. Brougham slept forward to the bar and apo logised for his delay in withdrawing when the call took place for that purpose, Ile .aid he had en derstood from those who were in the habit of attend ing the bar of their Lordship., that the withdraw ing was a mere act of form; he begged, therefore, to clear himself front any imputaiiiiii of disrespect to their Lordships, as he was well aware there wire those present who were quite really to misconstrue any thing he might do or say.—/ Loud cries of " Order ! order !"/—He now understood that he was to make his election as to the time when he would argue ageing the principle of the Bill, and he the more readily chose that moment from be ing edified their Lordships' sense of justice would induce them to revise their decision against here. after heating him; should any thing essential to the ends of substantial justice arise alter the evidence had been gone through to render it necessary. His first objection we., that the Bill was a private law made for a particular case, said to punish a parti cular individual, a proceeding never resorted to iu any country, or in the worst of times, without a deep sense of its hateful nature, and its utter re pm:mince to every principle of jurisprudence. From the earliest period of the Roman Curie, the greatest Juriscorssults bad described such laws as of a dreadful description, raid only to be justified by absolute uecessity. Such laws were ex post fuel* ; they first permit the deed to be done, and afterwards define whether it he guilty or innocent, or rather before ally notice or warn. log given, anti then lay hold of the person and inflict 'punishment, as if the guilt had been pre viously defined. He disclaimed the childish pe. dantry of quoting to their Lordships examples from the Roman history, but it would be in their Lord. *hips' recollection that not only the wisest end best of the legislators of that people, but even those of moderate sagacity, have startled at passing lasso like these. And in the history of our own country, the story of the enactment was speedily followed by the account of the repeal. It might be objected that he was referring to a period when civil wars bad deluged the country with blood, but he did not refer to those times for examples, but because the cases he was about to quote were against the exam. plea of Bills of Prins and Penalties. In the reign of Edward 111. the Bill against Mortimer was pass. ed end quickly rescinded ; so also similar Bills in the reign of Richard 111., and indeed almost all laws of a similar nature adopted udder the pres.ure of temporary expediency were afterwards repealed. The case of Lord Strafford would be in the rerol. lection of their Lordships. All the Bills against the wives of Harry VW., any reference to which. would involve him to the history of the violence and cruelty of that hateful tyrant, he should for the present purposely pass over, end take his stand at better periods, and only just glance at the mile of the two Charleser, when Strafford suffered under a proceeding which' was the greatest disgrace that ever sullied the purl.) , of either House of Parlia ment. Hail that been a case of impeachment, it would have been comparatively a case of justice ; there would have been at least the forms of justice half observed, and the spirit totally neglected ; but it was a case of attainder, and to Oki, their Lord. ships what was the sense entertained by their an cestors of that Act, lie would beg leave to res.' t o them a passetge from a history written by one of the most eloquent men that ever existed, and • near relative to ore of their Lordships who then heard !situ. Here the Learned Counsel read a passage from Mr. Fox's Hisioey of James the Scemsd, which, after stating the fate of the Earl of Straf ford, proceeds to give an account of the conduct of the House of Lords, at a subsequent period, when they reversed the iniquitious act, and in the preamble of the Bill stated, that to the end that right be done to the memory of the deceased Earl, it should be enacted, that all records of the att lin. der shoulA be wholly cancelled, to the end that it might not be visible to after ages, to.be drawn into example to the prejudice of any person whatever. Of a similar nature was that Bill.which at present • Lordships' table, by • • of which, exalted, some from the face of the proereiling it elf-: because. if any act had been committed Ili eirila• Lion of *sty law, their Lordships would never have entertairsed the measure. And here he mast be allowed In make one obaervalion respecting another mode of proceeding : he considered. that if no :illegal act had been done, impeachment was the merle for trying what could not be indicted by li'w. He dad Hot mean to contend that a person might not be impeached fur what was oleo indictable; *hat he meant wits. that crimes may be committed not cog nisable by the Courts below. but still strictly coral!. able by their Lordships. lie therefore thoughtainat something of a raison should be given to shear-why itnpeathment had not been resorted to. In Sire ford's case impeachment was resorted to, and the Bill of Attainder was brought in pelt. she proceeding+ on the impeachment, and it was only when they at: prehended that the impeachment would fah', that they adopted the attainder. The present was, h • conceietxl, in the spirit of thole proceedings. The actors in that injustice were then on the poins%c• bide. and their successor in the pre sent day now have recourse to a similar measure. when they foresee that impeachment would fail. If the case were such as to make the promoters of the Bill doubt of their Lorttebips entertaitting a charge of inspeachinent, they might have laid their papers and proofs before the other House of Parliament ; a vote of impeachtnent might liae.! been t h en brought up, and their Lordships would tioubtlebs have suffered it to go on. Indeed, es it was the privilege of the Commons to impeach. it might be doubted whether their Lordship. could avoid enterineol it. Had that step been adopted, her Majesty's advisers would have bad a 'resin': charge, with such peculiarity of detail as would have enabled them to see on what points they were called upon fur defence ; and if nut allowed a list of witnesses, they would have hell what would at least snake site measure bear some resemblance to 1 judicial proceeding, which at preseut it did not ; but he trusted that it would at least resemble a judo. coil proceeding iu its regard for substautial justice. Another thing from which a conclusion might be drawn, that the present was not a charge of guilt, or the proceeding • judicial one. was this, that if the charge had been of a something done for which the party might be indicted, or ems impeached, lie would be precluded from urging any thing on the expediency of the measure, because iu (-sauna of ..iestsce such questious were wholly foreign to • ju. dicial investigation; but when it was a question of legislation, of a Hews law to be pa-sed, he as* immediately let in to adduce every argument hug to expose the impulicy or injustice of the prO ceeding. The Learned Counsel, in coutiommois. observed that lie could spew front their Loidships' proceedings, or rather front the protests of the virtuous minorities, that such measures should 'sever be resorted to except true failure of justice. or the most absolute and pressing state necessity. Whhout these exceptions nothing could justify such a proceeding. The Leamed Counsel proceeded to read • protest, which among other distinguished names had that of the Lord Chancellor Cowper signed to sit, in which the arguments he pan) just urged on their Lordships were corroborated inn! supported. Where then, he would ask, welt the impelling necessity which alone could justify the proceeding ? Was the puccessiou in jeopardy ? Supposing that her Majesty had been b.oright under the operation of the statute of Edward II l. from the peculiar circumstances, from the 'ewe tie, or age of the parties, it would be a reason able inference that no danger could arise to the succession ; yet as that would have been a case of impeachment, he would have been lasitiod to treat it simply as a question of fact, and could out hove argued from inferences or probabilities; but here lie was entitled to argue it as a law to be made. end not a trial under any existing statute. If a shadow of danger to the Bocce...ion could be • then one only of his objections would be removed. There was another danger to the succession, which was, where it was likely o fail fur want of a succesor. but to that be would not call their Lordship.' intension. What then was the ground of necessity here stated ? Why, it was said, that the conduct of her Majesty. from the st s. lion which She occupied, might degrade the Crow i and the nation, and then an inference is drawn that the connectiou between her Majssiy, the Crown, and the nation must be broken, because of sisc:t. conduct. On this lie would observe, first of all, that the charge was for conduct of her Hajecy before she was Queens, when only the wile of • subject, though filling the highest station iu the realm, yet but a subject. Now observe :104 that acted. If the Queen had been brought there far on act done whilst Princess, would any woo have denied that it was • Bill of Divorce, awl must then have been had on the ordinary terms; all the forms must have been duly complied with. Th e party must come by Petition to their Lordships' House, and must have come in to ask it with meal hands. But it was delayed till her Majesty because Queen, and then proceeded in alien her Majesty had lost, sr some said, the rights of a private wife. and although he did not joie iu that opinion. it was sufficient for his argument that some entertained it. The question now was, of the King awl .the Queen, and not of man and wife, and he did soy, that it would he unjust if they dial slot give to her Majesty every benefit as Queen which she would have eujoyed as Princess. Having raised the goes titiu of recriminaticra, he would put it out of view, but he should violate the instructiorrt cf laid on their Lordships' table, by means of which, his illustrious client if he utorsesi the wont aga , ts rl of itIIZIWOOL thought that after the rank the most exalted, station the most respectable, without absolute necessity. He equally laid out cl " .1 Thich had been put to the Judges, the and above all, every th i ng dear to character and view the questions al levity of conduct ; and ill which their Lordships had heard, and feeling were to be b lasted. The obliteration of the conduct of the parties previous to marriage be lecision which 0%4 Lordships had come attainder was not done to bring to life the odious should also postpone. because it was ounecessare otuutel should be heard upon the Bill, the precedent; it was done in hatred to it, that it to the safety of leis client. Au advocate knew but Lion remaining was, what was the usual might be held up as • beacon to warn, as a land- one duty—the protection of his client ; and whatever poceoding. 'flat course, in his opinion, mark to guide, when future Princes rod Parka- the consequences might be to Princes, power*, do- ie Attorney.Generil should proceed, and meats should oe called upon to decide in similar mission, or nations, as au advocate he was hour.d by ig his case, it would be then competent cases, that they might avoid what had been done all the me.sus his power to stop the Bill. lie tjesty's Counsel to reply. L ord Strafford; because in his own time it was asked if we were arrived at that period iu polished irquis of LausnoWN said, it would be abhorred by all good men, and in the immediately society, when we dared not call things by their ore if the argument used for saving the succeeding age was rescinded by the eons of the proper names, and when that milord to b! ciiminal ! House did not in reality press the other actors in it. Having thus stated the general ob. which was committed by dignified todunduals. He thought it was quite clear that the jectioua to Bills of Pains and Penalties, he would would appeal to the heads of the chinch if 'idolise, :ounsel must be allowed to speak *gantlet velment to say of the present case, that the worst of was only a crime no woman. He would .4 if the las. de of the Bill, either new or at a future former • Bills, sot escepeing those of Henry the sour of the country were more tarnislid by whitewall be proceeding. but that he could Rot be Eighth's wives, were , regular judicial acts, comw only ventured to be called adulterates nitwit:muse, h • speak twice upon it. His Lordship, pared to the one Were their Lordships. He should glum by that which he would mill oddities,. is thought that the Cisenael might to sleet assume that media( illegal could be laid to her was with jadeite psis abet this was areas frees bey would we or at a im, .lampeat pc. Majesty's dewy; sled that be wee booed to Imp Wee, became be Mt is COSMO* with the a- raster • • • • - • A _.....:_-. I