The Sun. — London, England, 1820-11-09 00:00:00

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First Ten Minutes decide HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. Having yesterday given a brief account. Of the latter part of the proceedings in the House of Lords, we insert this day the following at length : 2 AL • ISe ° ' RUSSIA TALLOW. of l -P i4 trilneti , in and Sample of the Tallow, and a Form Tend er may he seen at this Office. No Tender will 70 44 .c :icd al?Pr One o' Clock on the day of' Treoty,•nor any uoless the party, or an %/gent for him, attends. fir ei4 Tender• must b e ac companied by a Letter iid- P or ed to the N av y B ear d, an d sii,oird by tiro responsible eniraqin to becoMe bound with the Person tender the Sum of Wool. fur the due pfrforma"ee of the IVILT. OF PANS AND PENALTIES. ' ss °ll - TWO PRIZE - S ." 6r itiOii!;A D POUNDS. • TICKETS and SHARES are selling -by BISH, Stock- Broker, Sole Contractor, 4,CORNHILL, aid 9, CHARING CROSS, London, who shared and sold, in the Lottery just ended, 3,645, 10,0001.-2,365, 1,0001. The House then resolved itself into a Com mittee on the Bill of Paius and Penalties against the Queen. ,he 04a, th e 1.07 recal l ci ; Co :o be n 0 this 4 Ot is the olio° O ust' C 11 .; the Pet, °C erl de r, th e r' j inowent COnati l 0 the `', o )1, 1, 0 1, 31i5 01, tha St it )4 v long ,ute EaCo rig fr°"" ; dat o ' r jn , P- o d and : e t ite, 'if rcY a ir rraY ised a s er ,nd 13 .4 he le" !er • t , has ",I olne°lze . 4 e S a 'il ie X3O e d ,ern } : ll ,. is aro O l t, t hroPi ho nt in '0 ! orac le !, has on l/ h 1 I thal; Lo' [. the P °fit • • • - ssenv o c iero t• oraero a electe -- O ° 491 • it • it bY Ttig Orde rr„l'l C 7 71.,41, f, I ;VC... ()Plt!E el, Nov. 7. 1420. ~i ,E COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL i:II.IJESTY'S I .) Y do hereba give N . o- T e ,,, "‘ on Friday, the ink inst. they will be ready to receive Atillers writi); , r (sealed up), and treat for Six Hundred_ les s LY . n OLDSTbNE or BROWN WILLOW RODS, (not kVar,Q an Fortn-eiolst Inches in length ;) to be answerable to the -i,`" les;tizan s.ooeach great Tole, to be produced with Sts r e ''lers; to• • le delivered into his Majesty's Victualling c ', 4 a, Deptford, in regular monthly proportions, between 1-10c4t boss-mber and of Alas ch next. • 4lnd for what a n d I), BARRF,L, kILDERKIN, FIRKIN, LONG 6,. "OT PINK and Start HAZEL WOOD' HOOPS, may fr, in e '"ndesl tar Else use of the Stores aforesaid for One Yews., Sci n ,„ l4 e 2-2sl of December next ; to be also answerable to 7 1 "`" to - he produced with the Tender:. ttir„,' C onditions of the Contracts m4sy be seen at the .Seere y s ,v .5 tt IPii; s ender for a less quantity than One Hundred Mille of ' n' , ls will be admitted, nor will regard lie had to ann or the Price ,shall not be inserted in Words at length, t 7 e t ' , hall not h e d e li vere d to the Board before One o'Clock id Friday, the 17th instant; 'nor unless the Person to assure M, s the Tender, or souse Person on his behalf, attends, hen called Ar• an NfiIiALTY-OFFICE, ISinyEMBER * B, 1820. WIDOWS' PENSIONS. OTICE is hereby given, that the WIDOWS !lOy ~;) f _ COMMISSION and WARRANT OFFICERS of the Ni s h",u NAVY, receiving Pensions from the Charity esta aoue' for their Relief, will be paid their Pensions, due the b y rSeptember last at N0..1Q, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, rily lw ard Finch Aatton, "Esq. the Paymaster of the Ura l'', 41 4. l i e NVidow s o f Flag-Officers, Superannuated Rear-Ad or i r s , Capt a i ns, Comman d ers, Li eutenan t s , an d M as t ers , Po rse r , 4l4 Y> the 10th instant ; the Widows of Surgeons, Th e and Boatswains, on Saturday, the 11th inst. ;- and la th ! , rdows of Gunners and Carpenters, on Monday, the It,,, iv in stailt, and on every succeeding Thursday, between the txl ! of Ten and Twelve. • Cotht ' 4 Notice is further given, that Remittance Bills will be OR tile 10th Instant to those Widows .resident in the i ltar Y' wile hare requested to be paid their Pensions t !e . i ._ r respective Residences. - J. W. CHOKER. T -HE PROPRIETORS OF EAST-INDIA STOCK. L AND GENTLEMEN, late mu-eh-lamented Death of ColOnels 1 10 ArI,I.ANNER MAN, TAYLOR, and ALLAN, having left tahli sh i ' lt arY Director who had served in the Madras Es wa rd Meta, I ant encourage d by my fri e nds to come for- Your "4 k;ANDIDATE for a Seat in the Management of • Doc ir n airs • - 1 0n r , u ) - g a service of 30 years my conduct has frequently been with the approbatbin of Government ; and as the M e :A u :Au - tent of all intention of returning to India. leaves citn,i' t •t"tn ;r45 - 7 - emllluynient, - should I he so tort una4e as to slw i t t il the hi g h o bj ect o f my am biti on , th e w h o l e o f m y ti me e devoted with unremitting assiduity to your interests. ttly4. v xisting regulations will preclude me from availing "f the support of sty friends on this occasion until the She h°f September, 1822, previously to which I hope to-have 1 1 4 h t. iour of paying my personal respects to eac Proprietor. \ \ 'e the honour to he, Ladies and Gentleme h n, nth the highest respect, your most obedient servant, F. A. DANIEL. bra.„.'l • ° , aw-bill, New Forest, Hants, Nov. 8, 1820. CABINET PIANO FORTE; ti c , „ i not to- be equalled for gootlTouch - and Tone, shop liro (I'o Guineas, f o r 38 Guineas—Grand Six-Octave, by Ko,: i i t " 4 , cost 100 Guineas, for 75 Guineas.—Pedal Harp, „ l 44 C r ," New, 45 Guineas, cost 7 5 Guineas, the Property — "Yt—Square Piano Forte, at 20 Guineas, and 24 N;at e y4j. le seen frown Ten to Five O'Clock, at Mr. WATLEN's, p„ cestrr-place ; ulSo the elegant Oblique Piano-Forte, much in request. itjA bt. By EAL JAPAN BLACKINC RICHARD TURNER, 114, - LOND, oN-ROAD i c j!iffli ,, :iiri , ' , „lrit;Qr''''' TriliPll l, l l------------ ' [ , '.''•l'' l ' 4 , 11 111t4i -- ' l' i lti l k -- 1 1 i f i fit,: -/ 1; ~ ~,,, r ', - li •' . .--- 1 11 1 - ( i .ll 1* 1 ~ j .i• i 1 i il I, 4 ! r. 1 I,' t 1 1 1 1 , I' II .111. P R IENThs will be kind to request their Servants and Carriers to ask for RICHARD TURNER'S BLACKING • FAME, let thy glad trumpet raise Loudest notes to Tu IINEU!s praise; Let the welcome theme resoumd, Till the echoing world 'rebound !. Who upon our hoots or shoes Stich bright lustre sloth diffuse? Wim a Blacking can prepare,. • 'That such lovely doom death bear; Or suck gloss and richness As TuRNER'S of St. George's Fieleds _ O'er the wide Atlantic deep, Where the surgeless billows sleep; O'er the distant southern main On the Continental plain— . TURNER'S worth and fame resound, For his Blacking sheds around 0 11 each polish'd boot a ray Of beauty nought can melt away. Oft I've seen the polish'd gem Glitter in the diadem; Km much brighter are the rays TtiftsitAt's brilliant black displays ? 'Wrapt in wonder, when in view, The lustre of that jetty hue, Can I then forbear to raise iTo RN ER'S worth my Song of praise? lirrnes, laurels, all will.fade— Monarchs' glories sink in shade: But %then shall TuRNER's fame be o'er .2 Nur till time shall be no more ! E'en 'while mouldering in the tomb, - Fame shall bid his memory bloom, And posterity shall wave 17 8 , r Fadel ess l aure l s o ' er his grave. sp,et,sof this b r illi ant. and easy shining Blacking are re- C„,t,:uGily informed th at the princ i pal Sho p keepers i n D u bli n , m No,. 1 "gow, Edinbur g h and all the Country Towns in Ntu ne „ a o nd South Wales and England, sell this Blacking in ttlesat (id., Is., and 16d. each. F old b N. —The Foreign Trade supplied. , . :this an the principal Shopkeepers within the circulation Lad PaPer. Ly the us e tali particularly invited to recommend their Servants I ' s h ighly esteemed Liquid Blacking, being sanctioned hrstyamilies• in the Kin dont fo t rnay observe, that this Composition,. when . used "ig or Carriage Harness, will produce a brilliant, 'err els. glossy lustra nd at the same time acts as a Pre " of the Leather. e, a USE TURNER'S BLACKING. EYTON . Stock-Broker, 2, Corahill begs b leave to remind his Friends, the last Lottery-for this year commences drawing 15th November; there arc only 3400 Numbers, with FOUR PRIZES OF - TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS, Two of which are certain of - being drawn the First Day, and must be included,in -the 1700 Numbers now on sale; -there fore.EYTON recommends an early purchase at his fortunate as.he is convinced there will not be Tickets sufficient. to supply the Public, the demand being unprecedeutedly great . already. N. B. Two Tickets of the same Number at present may he had, whereby the immense Suns of 40,0001. may he gained !!! BEGINS DRAWING NEXT WEDNES DAY, 15TH TIHS MONTH. ONLY 1,700 NUMBERS. FOUR Money and Consols. The Purchaser of ONE TICKET may obtain TWO PRIZ:'.S of TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS ! And ail the above Numbers are sure to be drawn on the 15th NOVEMBER. The Lottery will finish on the 28th Instant, and is the Last Lottery this year. J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT, with unprecedented Success, sold in this Contract, in one Lottery alone, BOTH PRIZES of 20,0001. and in the preceding Lottery, One of 20,0001., and One of 10,0001. TICKETS and SHARES are selling at their fortunate Of fices, 11, LIOLBORN; , and I 141, OXFORD-STREET. 37, CORNHILL ; 38, HAYNIARKET; THE QUEEN. THE MI FOR EXPUNGING TI [NORITY LE DIVORCE CLAUSE. Barons Hill Rodney Yarborough Saltoun Bayning Kenyon Hopetuwr► Suffield Eldon, Ch. Calthorpe Combermere Earls Stanhope - Balearras Dartmouth Aylesford Verulam Morton Portsmouth _ Caledon - Lauderdale St. Germains Ailesbury • Bathurst • ' Ilarrowby Liverpool 1 Dl'tlgtav,e Westmorland 11 aoci4s fiebt Lottsdale Moo ot-Edgecomba- Farnham Pomfret • Whitworth Mayo Shrtftesbury MarqueSs Cornwallis Dukes of Wellington Portland Beaufort Archbishops of York 'l'u am DUke of Clarence Sidney Curzon Bishops Chester Coil' Peterborough Gloucester St. Asaph St. David's Ely Worcester Viscounts Melville Sichnouth Falmouth Earls Winchilsea Courtoun Mount-Cashel Romney Stamford Brownlow Fitzwilliam PROTESTS AGAINST THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIfS.-NuVENBER 6, 1820. DisiENTIENT, No, 1. Because the Second Reading of the Bill is equivalent to a decision that adulterous intercourse (the only foundation on which the Bill can rest) has been satisfactorily proved. Because that aciulterous intercourse has been inferred, but not proved; and in a doubtful case, in which the imputed guilt is not proved, although innocence be not established, the benefit of that doubt, conformably to the principles of British justice, must be given to the Defendant_ Essex, first reason only Mansfield Hillsborough, Ist reason only Enniskillen Kenyon Richmond and Lenox Orford Jersey, first reason only Somerset Carrick Selsey Grafton, first reason only Rosebery Anson, ditto Morley, first reason only Darlington, ditto Leinster Belllave!), ditto. DISSENTIENT, No. 11. Because this proceeding, from its nature, cannot be assimi lated to a common indictment, in which a conviction upon one count alone, out of many, is sufficient. And because, Although enough has been proved in evi dence to satisfy us of the existence of guilt, yet as evidence on many of the allegations has been contradicted, in some d i s proved.,and 'mothers isso suspicions as to be laid wholly out of the case. we are of opinion that it is inexpedient to pro ceed further in this measure. Plymouth Dyneror Grantham Denbigh Clinton, second reason only Gage, secund reason Ilchester. The following Peers have also protested against the Bill upon general grounds DISSENTIENT, No. 111. William Frederick Lansdown Jersey Grey Plymouth Fitzgibbon Albemarle , Hamilton and Brandon Duncan Hillsborough Wentworth (Fitzwilliam) Derby Anson Yarborough Sherborne Cowper Audley Kenyon Carrick Selsey Foley Arden Egremont Torrington Suffolk and Berks Loftus (Ely) Morley Granville Richmond and Lenox Bedford Fortetcne Darlington Belhaven Caltborpe Ellenburough Graftdn Breatlalhane Auckland Dawnay (Downe) Mendip V.:H(deo) Leinster Hawke Gosford Romney Rogebery Scott (Vortlaild) ► Planet Hood Ashburton Howard of.Effingham Alvanley Varnarvon I)nndas Caledoll Sunridge Ducie King Rossiya Dacre Gratithani. WARWICKSHIRE ELECTION.--At the close of the Poll on Monday the numbers were— Mr. Lawley 1906 1 Mr. Spooner .. 755 FOR THE SUN. THE NATIONAL TRIAL. Ma. Entron--Tbe Case of HER MAJESTY-has now undergone the fullest investigation—it can-, not h,! t: s4id 4,h4t , her Judges have not before them _ _.: 1 m?.lo4,ev,icience as to enab4 them to -pronounce mitiCcleCiSion upon her guilt or in nocence. If any' testimony has been purposely withheld, it is now clearly apparent that the back wardness is chargeable upon the opposers of the Bill : what is now become of the effect which was momentarily prodneed by the declamation upon the absence of titAsTELLl,'when it has been esta blished beyond all possibility of ,doubt that nu merous witnesses have been held-back by her M ajesty's Counsel, who, if the facts of the case ad mitted ofisOradiction, .s-nusf. have . had the amplest /14rister:,V$41,Sirying them. If there is one circunistande - litlich more than any other must operate to her _conviction, if there is one proof against her • more damnatory than another=--it is this. The Queen's Advocates have, evidently, been sorely pushed ; and of this there is pretty strong intrinsic evidence afforded, we think, by their own speeches. We would request any un prejudiced. individual fairly to compare these harangues of her Majesty's defenders and those ,who have supported the Bill, and then to express ihii opinion as to . their relative character. We would ask him whether the conspicuous characte ristic of the latter is not a studious restriction of the attention to that which on every trial is the object to be attended to—the intrinsic and com parative weight of the evidence adduced by both parties ? and, on the other hand, whether that of the former is not a- substitution of topics by which the passions are inflamed, for those by which the'reaien is convinced ? This plainly shews that argument has not been found, as a Noble Lord has asserted, useless, but unavailable, and that in the default of argument, it hasleen -considered expedient to resort to other means of conducting the contest—to dark insinuation and vociferous re pro4 ch. . With regard to what has passed with ou he walls of Parliament ; invention can add nothing to the vulgar abuse that has flowed from the fountains of Calumny and Sedition upon those, who, in a conscientious discharge of their duty,. and in contempt of popular outcry, have given their support to the Bill. But falsehood, and impudence, and scurrility, now act their parts with diminished effect. Intimidation is now the thing principally employed ; the supremacy of Public Opinion is now the exclamation ; and Public Opinion; we are told, has been loudly pronounced - against the measure. That there has been 4t4tDisd, exTeression of disapprobation withL out the house, no.man will deny ; because every man of common sense knows, that the voice of disaffection is naturally loud and boisterous. It is now, and has been. on a hundred former occa sions, the last resort of popularviolence. Every man of common understanding knows, also, that this inflammatory state of the popular mind is a necessary effect of the pestiferous incitements, administered by a . flagitious press. Is it possi ble that suds deleterious stimulants can be taken day after day—dose after dose—without strongly operating upon persons, who, though they cannot . - detect .a fallacy, have passions to be roused ? Such angry demonstrations are a consequence proceeding of necessity from the cause here adverted to. The mere mob are now, as they always have been, the machinery by which wicked and designing men have sought to accomplish their destructive purposes. If it be meant that a sentiment of decided hostility to the Bill has gone forth froth the people, in the proper sense of the word—that is, in a sense not excluding the respectable portion of the community, elements of society, except the rabble and their leaders—we flatly deny the assertion. What! beCause the road to Ham mersmith has been covered with the puppets of sedition ; because the Legislature is beSieged by clamourists ; because the streets and . roads have resounded with their yellish exclamations ; be cause the farce of addressing her Majesty, a farce how easily got up we all know, has been so long ' performing ; are these things to be construed into indications of Public censure ? We think it the more incumbent to raise our voice, at the -present moment, against that favourite metonymy of re bellion, which speaks of 44 the people".for " the populace," because we' regret to observe that the artifices of faction have succeeded' in mak ing an impression where we did expect that they would be scouted with contempt. Surely, the high-minded Noblemen, who have been called upon to act as judges in this vitally important question, will not suffer their decision to be swayed by any manoeuvres that party-spirit can put in motion. The people—they to whom this designation is justly due—look to that august tribunal with a confident expectation that its il lustrious members will uphold that honourable fame, which has never yet been tainted ; for the People are well assured that the stability of the laws cannot long remain unshaken, and the re spect due to their enactments will soon cease to be observed, if, influenced by the base. motive of fear, they once deseend from that dignified emi nence which they now occupy, if they once bend down that "erect and manly port" so long ac customed, " cce/unz tucri," to truckle to a set of noisy ruffians. Will they not, in the animated language of Lord DE DuNsTAiiviLLE, " rather be buried in the ruins of' the Altar and the Throne, than be intimidated from acting accord, ing to their sense of justice ?" AN OLD CORRESPONDENT. o„,* We are sorry that we were obliged to pustp.me this Letter. The ArchbiNhop of TIJAM . —My Lords, it is with the ut most paikthat I offer myseli to the notice of your Lordships which Lsltould not have done, had tt not been for the very direct manner in which the body, of which I form a part, were called upon by the Noble and Learned Lord Oro spoke last yesterday., My Lfird , ,•, I will 1,, 0,, ze t i vme of - the tith charter of the Gospel i‘c",rdit, to 6t. Matthew. My mind has long been n,acte up to vote against the Divorce Clause from that very verse but if I csn'sliew that the Illus.; trious Lady whose conduct l as been so long tinder considera tion had been put away by ner husband; it I also sheet front the Holy Scriptures a siolemn denunciation horn. the law against such putting away, then shall I shew sufficient ground to induce site tievoteagainst the Divorce Chose, which would release the King from the marriage contract , and leave hint at liberty to many again.- That such a putting away of the wife did take place is abundantly evident from the letter of the husband, to which alone I would beg leas e to refrr.- 1 he denunciathip-to which I Intro alluded is in the second chaieter of the prophet ).kialachi,.- when for literally puttirg 'away a wife, the face of the_ Lord.was turned away front the people, and he regarded not their offerings. The templet re sounded with the lamentations of the women; and rite Pro . phei established his charge against them as a crying sin, by reminding them of the fust institution of marriage. The Cod. of Israel bath said, "'he hatet h alt putting. away." My Lords,l stand here a mqst nnwillingJ (Wee in this cause, and I will candidly confess to your Lordships, that nothing but force and the heavy penalties which your , Lordships have attached to absence, would havecompelled me to attend this distressing ipvestigation. I have been brought here by compulsioo— . fenced front the must important duties, which po one but my ' self could be called upon to perform; and which have been suspended three months in consequence of my abst :.ce. But, however reluctantly 1 have conic here, I have paid every atten tion in my power to the whole of the evidence on both sides— to the i•ery -able arguments of Counsel, and to the eloquent speeches of Noble Lords in the various views they have token of this cause. I have attended .every day--every bonr. , —aod, I may almost say, every minute; and I have voted tot the-se ;011(11-Oadillg of this Bill, because no other measure was'lie fore the Bouse,'in whirl' I could declare that a clear, satis factory, .arid irresistable ease had been•made out of the guilt of the Queen. But as to this Divorce Clause, my Lords, I can never reconcile myself to give lit my sanction ;• and if it goes out of this Committee as a part of the cannot give it my further support ; for I would rather have the conduct of the Queen to . pass unnoticed, than that a divorce should he added to her degradation. The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH presented himself to their Lordships, in consequence Of the-appeal made to the Bishops by a Noble anal Learned 'Lord, and the earnest de sire which be had expressed to hear the opinions of •thiase Bishops who had not yet delivered their sentiments on this subject. But, for that appeal he should have given no opi • niun on the present occasion, especially after the debates' which had taken place since he first dieted himself to the notice of their Lot &hips. He had felt chusiderable y ill entering on this question, and the more because the N i d.,le 1 and Learned Lord,. whose comprehensive, mind might he r - . . . preted to embrace every pubject connected with it, !.td slated ltirwelt to labour under great difficulty in deciding pit it. Indeed he had never felt a greater difficulty in entering on the examination of the que.tion, whether the Dicoice Clause Might to stand in the Bill Or not. It liad:eccv been his desire, that if possible the clause should be nmitted, not that he felt any doubt as to its legality; fur lie was sure that, incases of adultery, divorce was sanctioned, as well by the lawiof God, as by those of man, and he wag compelled to e s case the i t t a r i y u g h he b d e i e d n c so li a " n 'i l l y b p g rt r i e v a e l ti. " l. i i n u ' t t tlt a e t r e i' s ) V e “ r ' e i in his mind, objections to the manner in -which it had been in!roduced. lie thought a divorce ought not to be made a pit of a Bill of Pains and Petialtiis. On the other 'hand, he .vas unable to comprehend bow her Majesty should cease to ;b e Queen, and yetsemain the wife of the King ; and bete arose the difficulty which pressed on his mind. He could not con ceive bow a Clause depriving her of the title of Queen, would be consistent with suffering her to remain wife of his Ma jesty. The wife of the King was, to all intents and purposes. the Queen Consort be therefore desired to know, reinai.ii.g in : this,situation, by what possible enactment she could be deurtved 01 the title of Queen ? The Divorce Clause wade the 1.111 intelligible, its object being to degrade, hut without that, or some Clause in its place, it would not he distinct ly expressed to what the degradation of her Majesty was to coo sist. tie was for taking a middle course. Instead of agree- ing to the Divorce Clause (which would lead to consequences that many of their Lordships did nut seem to conternplatej, he would ask if a Clause could not be introduced less powerful in its operation, yet, at-the same time, sufficient to give etfeim to the sentence of degradation, though free from the objce• tions which applied to the Divorce Clause ? The objectimis to the Divorce Clause were chiefly of a relit; -- OUS nattily; lot as matrimony, though unquestionably a religious institution, was also a civil contract, and gave civil rights, he would ask if those civil rights could not be annulled, leaving the reli gions part of the contract untouched by this Bill ? Any Clause that might lie proposed to ellect this should have his Support. He was too little acquainted with the legal terms in %%Inch such an enactment should he proposed to frame a Clause him- self, and he therefore should content himself with thimine; out this suggestion to those whose-legal knowleitge could LC beneficially applied to it. The Noble Earl et•the head of tha Tr'eastny had spoken of something of the kind yesterday;. and to him he would leave it to propose such an alteration in die Bill. The Archbishop of YORK. felt called upon to say, that he had never meant to assert (it was impossible for hint to do•so) that adultery was not considered in the Scripture a sufficient ground for a divorce. Is;Lit it was his conclusion, from the general langtyake of Stripture, with respect to the sanctity of the marriage union, and the reciprocal obligations which it imposed, Duane could nut conscientiously recumMenti iu this case the adoption of the divorce clause. Lsrd REDESIMLE said, he admitted that marriage was a civil contract, and also a - religious contract, hut it was also in the nature of a religiims vow, and from that vow it was that no human power could relieve the parties. The only question was, Wnether.by the adultery of the wife that vow was not discharged as to the husband ? But as marriage was a civil contract, it affected other patties besides those who contracted; tor instance, the children born of ; he-wife - ; a divorce was to regulate the civil rights, and so tar only did any divotTe clause in "any Bit properly extend. Ile there tore thought the objections to this clause arose chiehy from - a misconception of the nature of a Divorce Bill.. If marriage were merely a Common contract, the two parties might dis charge it of themselves; bur the contract of marriage was one in which other patties were affected, and even the whole state.• lie wished to know how they could substitute any thing instead of the present clause, which would not in effect 1), a divoice clause' lie thought - it manifestly improper th a t a person in the degraded state in which it was proposed to place her Majesty should remain wile of the King. The Queen Consort was a public character, and it was due to the public that ' Pei -so!) so degraded shOuld nut continue in that situation. The LORD CHANCELLOR had felt great difficulty in approaching this subject, and be considered that lie owed an apology to the Reverend Bishops for appealing to them as he had done ; but he had felt it necessary to the discharge of his duty, to inform his mind by hearing the sentiments of those who, from their sit oat iss, were better acquainted with the nat ore of the religious contract, before be ventured to express hikown opinion. He owed a similar apology to their Lordships generally, for the delay which he had taken the liberty to propose. .Pe had been induced to propose -this delay, the rather because the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury had wade a declaration by which he conceived 67.