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A. PULM AN. Esq. The bar al this end is the spot . where her Majesty's Counsel will appear, and from whence they will address the House or examine wit-, news. The next division of the bar is where the In terpreter of the Italian witnesses evidence appears, Beyond this swim, is where the witnemes will stand; *Noir place. or box, forms the centre of the bar. Nest to this stet iota is a temporary desk for the short. hood writer to both Houses of Parliament. Mr. R. R. Gulls sr. Beyond this point, and behind es fae as the roiling to keep off strangers, is the space foe... the King's Coutivel. fur the several agents, &c. The witnesses will pass to the bar, from their re. omit residences in Cotton-garden, up the only stair. case which approaches any of the spertmeets ems. netted with the House from this part of the Wild. i or. In passing and ',passing they will bestrew. cd from all interruption. The officers of the Howe. /tided by some constable', are stationed to keep all throe passages clear. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE QUEEN. The eccommodations to he afforded the Queen were completed on %Wednesday night. We yeatrr. day stated the doer by which her Majesty was to ratei—s new drew being made in the pliazi between Ow Peers' entrance and the passage lea ling to Cot. t. , 0-garden. This leads into the eomi heretofore devoted to the Peers as a robing.roont, when the King attended the Howe to mrrt Ili+ Parllsinent. I here her Moj-icy is to Ise regularly )I.r-el-bed by the Usher of the Black Rod, who conduct! her alon g the passage. snit up the grand ataircises by wie', Ciro Peer. praceed into she House, the summit of sah;cli double fight of stairs leads to and faces the I .ords' entrance-doors on the left hand side of the 'forum.. Insieed of mitering the body of the Ii tore at this roil of it. her Majesty will be ecru 's:l:lrd along a wide moue or passrge to 11. rOOlll set apart expressly for the Quern, - and which is nearly opposite to the door by which str a ngers gain admission to the Nance below the bar. It was Lord Stinfteslitry'a (the Ch ohms') of the Committee) private mom, and it has been handsomely fitted litt.pos-ly for her Majesty. There is one femile ovendaiit providi•il by the [louse to wait oil her Msjrsty. the deputy housekeepi r ; amid she is the c 0,17 wont in that now remains , shout the several t.mins End apartments of the House of Lords. ller Majesty will be allowed to bring with her one feurde aneurism or cmottattion every clay; and that ',et yma. should the (Zorn) desire it, will be accommo dated with a a-at within the liar of the House, nest to her Majesty. A handsome elbow chair is pro. vided for the Queen. It a covered with scarlet morocco, edged with gol.l•lteadel nails ; rand the legs are tastefully gift, with gold bordeling round the edges of the chair. The back of the chair is of convenient height, mud its form is somewhat *wow. los general appearance is neat and tie gins. There is el-n prepared an oblong square footstool, covered with red morocco, and decorated with gilt ornaments to accord with die chair. This champ is placed within the bar, immediately under the station allotted for her Majesty's Counsel, sod Oil the right hand side of the [louse, viewing it Eom below the bar. As her Majesty proceeds to the Howe in the character of Queen Consort, she is entitled to sit view the Throne; and therefore a chair, together with a footstool, similar to those described above, are also placed near the throne. Her Majesty. to comply with the aritiel etiquette, will first take her twat on this chair ; but wheu the receiving of ed. dente at the hir commences, her Majesty will pro reed to the chair provided for her near her Counsel. There being too Lord Giest Chamberlain—and the Secretary (or officiating deputy) csnisot act its this instance, as he is below the title of Knight—it is the exclusive duty of the Usher of the Black Rod, Sir T. Thyrwhitt. to attend her Majesty, after she eats. the House, to her several seats. THE QUEEN'S TRIAL. HOUSE OF LORDS, Almon 17. --- The doors of else House were opened at nine o'clock. Sir Thomas Tyro;hitt; Usher of the Black ]j•,l, very kindly and condescendingly gave di rections for admitting the gentlemen connected with the Press before any other 11E150111. The consequence of which was, that they were enabled to obtain a station the most convenient fur their lab furs which the space below the bar allowed, being in one of the divisions immediately be hind Ord laid out for the witnesses and the Queen's Counsel. The Peers immediately began to lake their seats within the bar, and several of the leading Commoners Onion, them were Mr. Tierney, Mr. C Jena, and Mr. Greed!) took up ststious between that and the throne. •At twenty-five minutes before ten o'clock, the Lord Chancellor entered the House. The Bishop of Llandieff immediately read prayers. The lower pert of the House became a scene of unusual bus tle and interest, the fulness or attendance seem ing to cause some difficulty in the appropriation of seats. Three Jodgas of the King'. Beach (tlitChief Justice, arid Justices Best and flalroyd) took their 'eats on the Woolsack. Biros)* Richards and Gar row entered soon after and took seats beside them. They were afterwards joined by Judge Milos.— By ten o'clock the House was filled, and the attendance of Peers complete. Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the Howe, read the order for calling over the House. The *James were illl• Inedbatiy called over. The Lord Chancellor delivered apologies which he bad received from several Peer., as follow Lord Churchill, indisposition ; Lord Melbourne, above 70 years; Lord Lyuedock, above 70 years; Lon! Gardiner, 11111101; Lord Crewe, above 70 years; Lord Erskine, above 70 years old, attended, but trusted that be did nut give up hie privilege if be thought At to claim it oil • future otea. mos • Lord Carysiurt, indisposition; Lord River•dale, ludas posiion ; Lord /dittoed, death of a relative • Lord Wodehouse, above age; lord Granville, above age; lord Cawdor, in disposition ; Lord De Duastanville, out of the Kiegdorn ; Lord Middleton, indsposit tor • Lord Theriot., abroad; Lind illraybroolie, above age; Lord Carleton, above age; Lord iikboriori, iodispoeition; Marquis of Waterford, tudisposi two ; Lord laikeley, iodtapoodioo• Lard Cathcart, above oga.; Lord Vrrisoa above age; Laird Aehboraaa, starred; Lord Moyle. abroad; Lord !he**, *broad; Lord Gifford, indisposition; Lord Byrne, i' Lord Pelle, disability; lurid Le 0 epeesar, abroad; of Clo) me, dead ; Moo" i l . st a s ebame l . ; Seal eir heir, --; nie=l Theivanek shoe ; lissleafetellideem abaye age ; of C r iOsisostrr a ~.... Ulu - d Ilhpribrd, iiidispaigliso ; 0 11 5 1 —. eI A I Nt I V I N• • laillikitelad"a 010111 1, i . . - 1 vi.... .1 .: 7 . 1 .ti ,I)/1/4 .. :1 AV E:1001i..-..1j ;I. 'lll' • 4. „.' t . i.t.li .... 4.4,:t lu v3l,U44i.ui -L.,* 44- , ..2 • , e 41 4Prt 'Creosol Dodle7.an4 Wank shove age; ♦iwaasrt Huard, iadi•posilwa ; Eul Craven, abroad; Earl Ooolow, above TO; Lord ihrewsbery, dieobility ; Lord arolosoodeley. above TO ; Duke of Marlaoraogb, iodispoeitioo ; Duke of Norfolk, dosabilsty ; Doke of Cambridge ; abroad. Lord flotchinson did not answer, and will of course be fiord, unless he assign a satisfactory reason for his shseuce. Oar readers cannot fail to that proposition to the Queen when in France, which was intended to relieve his Msjesty's Govern ment from the necessity of instituting the present proceedings. The LORD CHANCILLOR read a letter from the Duke of Sussex, praying the House to excuse him ou accouiit of consanguinity. The Duke of YORK said, that if such a claim were admissible he was much better entitled to the benefit of tt. Nevertheless; he was determined to do hioduly. While the names were calling over, the Queen, attended by Lady Aim Hamilton, and followed by tier Counsel, entered the House from the robing room. Their Lordships renew:id made an obeisance. Her Majesty took her seat to a clotr prepared for her, beside the steins of the throne. Her Majesty was dressed in mourning, with a white veil thrown over her bend, which covered her bust. Lord A. Ilatiolion attended her Majesty, on corning in, and took his stand behind her chair. The noire of the 'theirs which first announced her appro.cli, coon norit with rattier increased force for some time after her Majesty's entrance. Lord ERSKINE presented the Petition of the Common Council of the City of Loudon, uguinst the Hill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen. Th.. Duke of LEINSTER presented a similar Pe tition from the Freeholders of Middlesex, but as it was signed by Sheriff Parkins ou behalf of the meeting, it was read only as his petition. The Marquis of LANSDOWN was of opinion, that the names of the Peers should be called through b&4bre the /louse undertook to consider l'etitions Ar any other busiuess. - • Lord therawiey not answering to hie name, he was stated by Lord LI•ERPOOL to he above age. A short discussion took place upon the necessity of complying with the rules of the House, by send ing notice of the excuses to the Lord Chancellor. It wes determined diet the fact of indisposition or superiot age being known to any other Peer, might be good grounds for a motion. Lord Glenowley was accordingly excused on the motion of the ; Earl of Liveapooi.. The names of absentees not having suglett the' regular excuses, bring called over— The Duke of HmaILTOII moved that the Duke of Sus..vx should be excused, for the rtll6lol/1 given in his Royal Highness's letter.—Ordered. The Duke of Cambridge was also excused, on the motion of the Earl of Lavaxruot., being lip. poiestril his Majesty's Viceroy fur the kingdom of Hanover. BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES. The Earl of LIVIRPOOL mowed the Order of the D sr fur the second rearbog. The Duke of Lintstas moved that the Order should he reseiodrd. The Douse divided— Coutents • 4l Isiuu-cuoirots OINIMME. Majority siphon the amesidawat - 219 il'hen strangers were re-admitted, the House was in debate on the motion for calling in Counsel. The Earl of CAIINAIVON was of opinion that it would be inconsistent 'visit public interest, sad inconipaible with the honour of their Lordships' House, to proceed farther by calliog in CoauseL The objectione to the Bill were so general and so strong. that he could scarcely make up his mind to voting %pots it at all ; but if enlivened so to do. he would ceitaiiily vote against it. Was it possible to believe that such • measure was neces sary for the stiterests of the country ? Was it to be supposed that the country was threatened with any ohnigrr by their Lordships declining. to pursue it ? He did not believe that there was one Noble Lord in the Howse, or one individual in the country who really dreaded evil or danger from abandoning the Bill. Ile was not aware of any grounds which could - be urged even on the barest footing of sup. position by which it could be Wiesen that the Bill was necessary. He objected to Bills of Pains and Penalties on more general grounds. They were a mode of legislating, er post fuel. (it was said) in cases where the parties could not be made amenable to the ordinary administration df justice—as in cases where there was obviously ground fur a criminal charge, but such a defect - of evidence as would prevent conviction before the common tribunals. He conceived the ground of ileirctive evidence one of the strongest ob j.ctiuns against Bills of that nature. lie pro tested against such • principle of justice, on the most public grounds. He @decried to the case of Sir John Penstock, wherein the mode of trial was changed from impeachment to • Bill of Pains and Peualiies, for went of sufficient evidence. lie thought that case Ito ground for their Lordships' prevent proceedings. Foe although there was at first a majority of 90 fur introducing the 1101 airaitiit Sir Julio Fenn's* into that House, after hearing the evidence awl 'debating upon it, the Bill was carried by a majority of only 33 in the House of Commons, while in their Lordships' House it passed by the very feeble majority of seven. Bishop Burnet lad, in the course of those prucedings, defended the nature of such Bills, and insisted oat only on their analogy to the practice of English juroprudence, but bad mainta.sied the propriety, iu certain cas.-v, of giving the preference to that mode of trial. But how did the 1t.,. Lord support his argument ? The first precedent which he quoted was that of a Bill passed against an iii dividual charged with attempting to poison the Bishop of Itocliester, by infusing some kind of bane too his food and drink, and the isccwed wits condemned by the Bill to be boded to dstith. Such was ti sample of the early precedents of this de wiiption of Bills. As to the matter of charge of the prevent Bill, what bad their Lordships seta or what heard to iuduce them to believe that it' Was • proper subject of inquiry foe that House Their Lordships could not be isaaanot of the pros ceediuga which had taken place to, limitiossa of Con:nouns, nor of the vote which agibillatiftkind come so upon the 14-borese thou Thairlijord. pi - mst,hoptSgpsiM it be b.i.• solloseir4 • 0671 ;pi) , pLti,:igerst•lii • ' ..:6 • " • • ;,"••••• ' • • . - 0 ; 'edged b y some of the Members of that House, who alo e belonged to Administration, that Minis. tees would be glad of Anon any mean, for getting out of the serape in which they considered themselves, by bring compelled to proceed with the Bill. Was it possible then for their Lordships to believe that this was • case in which (it had already balm admitted that it could not be brought before the ordinary tribunals) there were reasons of public danger that compelled their Lordships to proceed? Let their Lordships look at the peculiar circum stances which accompanied this ease, at the ob vious proofs which they had that the country in general felt no interest in the prosecution of ;t, hut rather the contrary. if, indeed, the Noble Earl who moved the Order of the Day would state to the House the matter of public danger involved in the charge—or if that Noble Earl really apptehended danger from abandoning the Bill, after what hod taken place, and would state the circumstances of his fetes so as to satisfy his mind—he might be induced to support the coo tainance of the proceedings. But there was before their Lordships not even the shadow of such an opinion. He strongly invited the attention of the ' House to the situation of the Queen, is situation by no means suitable for • person of her high rank. She had been left in circumstances of the utmost difficulty. He laid no blame on any of the parties. These things might have been merely the result of human, mid perhaps of mutual infirmities. But her Majesty had been kept for a long course of years in exclusion from her Royal Consort, from - the late Queen and her Court (from which her pre sent Majesty hod been forbidden), and from the whole of the Royal Family. She had been thus placed in • situation the most defenceless, one which more than any other subjected her to the perils of those infirmities of her nature of which he had before spoken. If, in such a siitedion, she had erred, it must have been under circumstances which would call for the commiseration of every , individual from the highest to •the lowest. But this was not the question for their Lordships ; they were confined to the bare consideration of how for public policy was concerned in proceeding to examine the conduct of her Majesty. They had as yet heard nothing to strengthen their •de upon that question, and as to the case of real guilt which he had just put, it was a case merely of assumption. Their Lordships had heard nothing tasted, nor had any thing been offered which could satisfy them of the probability of a criminal charge being established. But admitting for a moment the truth of the charge, which, as he maintained was not yet even insde,t hat ought not to be sufficient to induce their Lordships to undertake a scrutiny of facts and evidence, the result of which would be most likely to deprave the public morals, end spread disgust or contamination throughout the country. If the case were well founded it ought not to be proceeded against by that mode of trial. But what was the charge ? The Bill before the House, in stead of displaying strong grounds of prosecution, magnified evils and crimes, supported by at least direct assertion, contained no one statement of per petrated offences. Three were a variety of vague and almost silly charges, such as that of raising an obscure individual to &Auction, and heaping ho. nours upon him. Ben if this were criminal. where War the line to be drawn between proper and improper distinctions ? Were there no persons of obscure parentage and of humble fortune who had been advanced to the honours of the State, and that too very deservedly, whose first claim, perhaps, was no greater than dist of having served some who were able to promote them with zeal and fidelity ? Was England a country wherein to set up the exclusive claims of high birth to the honours of the State ? The only appearance of • criminal charge, which was coupled with thi s an d other topics of trifling grivence in the Bill, was that which implied the crime of adultery. But if that charge were 'merit to be maintained, why was is not stated distinctly ? If it were said in reply that the charge of adultery could not be proved, but that conduct little short of convicted adultery could be proved, he would then put it to the ministers of the church and those of the law who heard him, to say, if they ever knew any other grounds upon which • divorce hod been allowed than that of adultery proved in the very fa'ct ? If that were the charge, it should have been stated with such plainness, that the illustrious accused might have been enabled to meet it. If that were not the charge, there could be none at all sufficient to give grounds for passing the Bill. He would express no opinion upon the conduct of the Queen. All that lie would say upon it would amount to no more than that which was generally known, as it was a subject of almost general agree ment, that to proceed with the questiou could lead to no good. The ohjections to the measure were general, having been expressed in every part of the country. For their Lordships to proceed might have the effect of irritating the feelings of the pub lic to • dsegerrius degree of hest, but without pro.. bsbility of effecting any degree of public good. He objected to calling in Counsel. Earl GREY said, that when his Noble Frieud stated his objections generally to Bills of Pains sad Penalties, he must accede to all such objections. But when it was proposed by another Noble Friend of his, without any reopens having been given to rescind an order which had been deliberately entered on their Lordships' Journals, and to give up the discussion of • subject, which, how ever painful, had beets undertaken after grave and deep deliberabou and debate upon it, lie could not so readily assent. The difficulty of soiling on the question would be'peinful to him as to others. But while he subscribed to all general objections against Bills of Paiiisaod ramifies, and while he felt the pain fu leers of voting or epee ki eg on that before the House, lie still felt himself bound to admit that there was a law in the wisdom of Parliament, which, in came not clearly cognisable by other tribunals, and yet requiring as nutter of expediency that the.guilt should be visited, ought to be extended to euchre traordivary cases, and ought to furnish that remedy which could not be obtained by an application to the ordinary Courts of law. The general objections which he felt to Bills of Pains and Penalties must, therefore, give way in a case wherein it could be prove d ! to him, that if such a Bill were not introduced there could be nothing done for the attainment of justice. His Noble Friend lad demon4id what pubh,c grounds then woe for Ibis NlVinikup4 tad stated that•much ftit>wi tell ~a ~~ .::~..~, -42 3 • • , ,~, .~ ~'. .. must het the principle °t i the here of treason was, that se.. ...ord Or") been comories in felony beam principels in treesnn. He mesons might ' was speaking its moues* of dime before whom he the propriety felt almost ashamed to chew the little scope of his when Ministers legal kiinwl.dge. hut he must express his doubts so far, with the as to any other than the general coestruction of llo! Yaw beesight against re ijcaty , _ law. In hie o t 0000 oo n, therefore. if the Queen had -are her • splendid establishment s with stit intreeltice I II beenaccessarycommcommittingeg adultery. she had b e . Lion to foreign Courts. if she would only Terrier' f come a principal in the Orem... The difference from coming bick to England—whet. all this had established between criminals by the haw of Irma.,,, been openly admitted, be must say that he could 11 1114 that of being Principal , in the first and in the sot see what there was in the letter circumstance seemed degree. Accessines io Wool stood in the which ought to have the effect of making that, I predicament of treasonable 00000 opals of the snood which was before thought so easy to allow, now he. degree, with this difiereuce, that the latter could -tome intolerable to any fair sense of justice. He be provided 'meanie without the arreignesent, erre observed symptoms of dissent in the Noble Lords 'Moly without the conviction of the chief Micheletti. -epposoite. If they were excited by the inferesices Wham the principal of the diet degree in a crime ' which he had drawn from their couduct, he would of "'roma was not to be found, three of the salute them that he heal not the *lnches/ inclination second degree were made answerable. He rensitherd to make easy conclusions but such as he thought it as a klarawn principle of the law of treason, that would be readily admitted, eve,, by these Noble all parties aiding and abetting were pruicipal, hit Lords themselves at hose conduct he was exam . • g. the second degree, and liable quite as south as He hail observed before, that he saw nothing nn those of the lien degree. Ile would put a case: the simple circumstance of the Queeta's arrival in Suppose a paity to lead the Queett into • partici.. this country which could have converted that which bar sittillion, where • refer was to be committed on was bearable before into an salience which could her person ;he would be an accessory before do! not be passerlover. But in as much as the Howie fact ; anal could it be supposed diet he was hot were now concerned. it wins their duly to consider pulii•liaille, even 'linnet. the acteshisuld be Is, acct. with firmn e ss th e situation in which they then stood, drat frustrated ? But then otippese the forcible and deliberate and decide according'''. What was violation tit else Queiria's ;wren., abroad. the act that situation ? Grave Marl seriouo charges were committed by a foreigner, and (however improbable brought before them against the Queen of Eng- the an faring by an d as. land. whether true or not he would not under- eistisig such forcible violation, or neglecting to bine take to express even an opinion; he had come there der it; *Amid not lie be at principal in the seco n d to do his duty as a Peer of Parliament, and to degree, anti refire the punishment doe to the reef pronounce in his judicial capacity °is t h e ease es aggressor ? I(' the plea of the act bring in that c r a e it should be brought and substantiated or not, be. committed in 'nether country by • party not uwieg fore him. He was there neither as the partisan of allegiance to Me laws of England would not melt the King nor of the Queen. Here there were such an accessory as he lied puinted out, he thought charges of crime before biro which. if true. ren- it would be difficult to ',hew dust the Queen (cup sein the lle co v e7te li :i::i m e: dared her unfit for holding the rank of Q u e en o p l os is is d ig .it h .. e r r y r cl i a l d t)) ; : t e t ti .o ti m ie e sc w in o g h. of Englaa.d. This was their situate)... By what - means they had been brought into it, or t o the statute. God forbid that he should wish to whom any blame which might belong fir having prosecute to the extreme tannishment of the law, the brought them into it, was to salsal. ha did tout infliction of which the humane seirit of the age pretend to say. If the charges were true, the de. rendered tineweible ! But he wished to have gradetion of the Queen was a necevsary measure, the doubts which he had cepressed cleared up. For otherwise she must be allowed to easume the title this purpose lie washed that the Judges should he and privileges of Queen, and ascend the throne of called on to &clay. their opinions spin too quer these realties with the most foul and dishonouring duns to Ir framed for that purpose, and if the hey suspicious hanging about her. Th e i r L or d s h ip , wanted further interpretation he would advise net wit. as o te r ei d ie ec cird arat a io d l u is lte as ry, w a o n u t a r ld iutl ii, could not then without displaying a cowardly and the Bill should be withdrawn, aid the law 61 . toes pusillaiiimiaus spirit, shrink from the cutnederatiOn g by the stt u eLi of those heavy charges. The next quertiost then P would be, ought that deliberation to be proceeded fetters charged in the Bill decidedly within the is under& Bill of Pains and Penalties ? Comistehtly limits of the statute, and app uiteing at the sue.: with what he bad before advanced, that isa cases not time a modified mad leisient punishment for this clearly within the jurisdiction of the lower Court s , character of treason, by enacting divorce and de -and yet requiting the interposition of justice, where gradation as the means thereof. l'itrir Lordships there was no other course known to the law, he was would then be able to greet a fine and regular trial. bound to admit that a Bill of Pen a lties was °efts _ allowing the list of witimeses to the Delesidaut, aid airy. But first of all he required to be convinced all other advuntage., of a trial for high treason. that in this case there was uo other course o f pro. would therefore propose that two questions should reeding, before he rive his entire assent to the he put to the Judges, their 111144W1-111 PO he sample measure. They hail been told by a Noble and affirmative ur negative. First, othether the charge very Learned Lord that there was no other poser continued in theßill was or was not trauma by law warble of reaching the specific offence charged, If the shower should be that the Crime was not *an the law of Parliament, because th oug h a d u i,. punishable by any known law, their Lordships lery committed with the wife of the Heir Apparent would then be so fa r co n v i nce d t h at a ll t h e wr i tten was treason in oth er su bj ec t s , th e N o bl e an d authorities laid b een hi t h erto i n error, an d h owever Learned Lord doubted whether it could be so in objectionable the anode of proceeding mi g ht b e the case of the Quee n , s h e b e i n g . wily an accts.- he must consent to the progress of the Ball, being wiry. He felt much diffidence in offering even determined to fulfil his judicial duty ow the ques a doubt in opposition to the opinions of the that brought before pine, because be would not lay Noble and Learned Lord on the Weekecke but soy means countenance the charges which had been his duty required him to examine evely part of made ageism the !loose of Lords. Fle believed this momentous subject with firranera• if he under- alter all that substantial j.•"irr "meld be done. If stood the Noble cud Learned Lord tightly, hi s oh- those doubts which he had eifirreed were not Wis. jections to ordi n a r y j u dici a l pr o d e ed e i gs were fie& he Mart agree iu all the objectuous urged by founded upon two d ou tit s . Th e first doubt ex- his Noble Fre ese !. pressed by the Learned Lord was upon the received The Loan CHA NCELI ON felt some degree of and general canstruction of the statute of anxiety to explain his opinions and notions of the Edward 111. The secnnd way not offered by the calawoithelug severall y ns estion r s a p il t y st p b u y ti t o h f e s tbl a e c L: ai rd .. . occ T u lt r e . Learned Lord as a doubt about the co n struction se, l l ied bel of the statute with respect to treasonable adultery ring its England and being committed 41111 committed by a fereiguer in another c o unt r y, t h e man, sod abroad. being committed by a foreigner. Noble and Learned Lord being convinced in lass On the first lie had belme expres, -d has opinion. As own mind that such an adultery could not b e to the seemed, he thought that if there were uo tree charged as treason. In reply to this fie begged leave ron io the act of the principal, there could be noir to say, that supposing the received construe. in the accessory. He could not help thinking that lion of the statute to be correct respecting the the objections to constructive treasons. wet. net violation of the Queen's e perron, that it war equ a lly powerful ho cases like that before them. The test ctiminal its the Queen as in the principal ; lie main- writers disagreed with him. it was true. The words tamed that it must be equally treasonable in the of the statute were. "if any snail violates the wife Queen, whether the act were committed at home or of our eldest son," &c. This text only declared abroad —even though in the latter cure t h e deed that it was treas.') to violate the wile. He doubt should be committed with a foreigner, who would ed whether the opinions of the text writers. that the not be responsible to the laws of this country fur his Quern partook of the mall's 'resew]. could be allsio actiesis. Time in ins of the Noble and Learned tained. He would say, that if this subject was Lord were entitled to much respect—his severe halm, painful to the Noble Lord, it was no less so to him. of study—his l ega l acuteness—his caution in deter- But being called on for 1111 0111041111, it behoved him mining, must give hie opinions their fullest we i g h t to offer tied to their Lordships which, he thought the with the House; but as yet they had heard the Noble most correct. Where there was nu crime therecould and Learned Lord advance nothing hut doubts upon be uo accessary. As to est Koglishmati standing this point. Fur hie part he must be allowed to any, by while a foteigner committed any act whites wee that he could not conceive the doubis of calm re- not treason by the law of this ceuiery, such can.. flection in the closet could be weighed sgainst the • duct might be highly immoral and reprehenstble; concurrence of authority frequeutly 01141 practi- but if the fact were out treason, no consist er aid cally expressed. When the Noble Loral stated rendered in the committing of it could be treations therefore that he .doubted. he still thought their He intended simply to discharge his duly, of Lordships at liberty to adopt the general con- which, however painful, lie was determined not to structure) of the Imr of treason upon the par- shrink from- the execulion. 'Wider case which was now brfure them.— The Earl of Ltvearooe had no objection to Every writer whims he had been able to consult, the questions being put to the Judge..—lt had concurred in the ordinary interpretation of the been alleged that the present mode of proceed statute: Lord Coke, Chief Justice Hale, Serjeant ittg spinet her Majesty was without precefleut, but Hawkins, mid Justice Blackstone. all concurred.— such was by no means the feet. It had a prere- The Noble Lord on the Woolsack only stated dent in many bills of divorce passed through the doobts--all these authorities determined the case. House. Unfortunately there were cases in which the Or course he should, in adopting the general comae I wives of Pettis were brought there to be divorced struction of the statute, require. as lie did then, j from their husbands,and degraded from their rigid* that Me crime ghouls! not only be definitely charge I privileges, aid immunities. Now he coeteoded. ed, but substantiated also by the most simmer, t that the same was done to such Peeresses as wt-s clear, and overtake-lining evidence. No grounds of ! now proposed to be done in the case of her Ma light conduct or of jectionable demeanour, however i jesty. Whatever hardship might belong to the much to be regretted, were good grounds for itn- proceeding in the last case was attaches to die ',eschewed. The Let of ad u lt e ry o ug ht to b e j former; for certainly a Peerase would, uompara. clearly proved by unquestionable evidence. In ‘I lively speaking, feel the bitterneos of steseratioo meeting the second point included in the doubts of from her husband, and degradation from pier rook, the Noble and Levelled Lord, he would teeter to the so acutely as her Majesty. The de grinettion wait principle of law which regulated the puniohment of exactly as great in such a case ars that whit+ it was accessories , . It war, as he understood. -ou the I the object of the present Bill to dli t 3. With whet groued of the Queen being only an accessory, - justice, then, couldthe Bill be called as ez posifeete upd no principal in the treason. that she was dew? Bills of the former nature were passetd on ac eed net to incur the penalties of the statute. r count of the feelings of one individual. Thai alleged general principle of taw required that ecces. crime in the present ismtance dtd not save-one iu llMka 111 guilt should not be proceeded agates' ex- ditidual only, but the whole state ; and if ibe House ler rftetber with, or after, the coovictoti of the would inflict degradation in ibe femme use, how dccasorios segailur prieripdas." lurch more powerful was the motive, in tbe:eue mu . ~'`' `~ F.: _St ME J; ituri t arise from going on.: nod he teen a Minister.of Govennoknt, the,* have weighed with Itim in considering or instituting such a inerrore I and ere admitted that they had gone he knowledge of the charges of guilt 'pima her Majesty the Qaeen. as to NI or the if if sty ea CPI gri td 110 our •w tilt p(► do In tin wii en' dir Irti gfil Li fry hri ►u du Ih I. re' for d' dr in oli Ili Eli fp to sel tit 1111 Nt thi th, hi thi kr till Or of bi tit of is IS SI in of t w 1 n i 1 ttu RR me flu tim lias 1 I i I 1