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PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, ,Ttz. 31. The Mouse sat till four o'clock, heariug Clauses and ordinary Appeals. The Bishop of WIN THESTER took the oaths and his'seat. PRIVATE HILLS . On the Motion of the Earl Of SHAFTERBURY 7 it was ordered ,tl►at no Petition for Private Bills should he received after the 15th day of March next, and that no Reports from Judges on Peti tions for Private Bills be received after the 18th April: The House then adjourned during pleasure. A few minutes before five the House' resumed. FOREIGN TRADE. Lord Gai-N-i - ILLE presented. a Petition fTorn Burelem and certain Potteries in the County of Stafil.rd, praying the removal of the Restrictions on 1.4 . -;:tign Trade. _ The Marquess of LANsnow gavenotice, that he should take an early opportunity of moving for the revival of the ComMittee on Foreign Trade. Ile withed also, to ask his Majesty's -Mini sters, whether they proposed . to consider the de pres,ion which bad occurred in the Timber Trade. The Committee, appointed last year, wa only empowered to make a general inquiry into the subject, and he had no doubt that the house would feel- the necessity of entering into a due investigation of the state of so important a branch of trade, during the present Session. The Earl of IdsEt:root. entirely agreed in .the principle Laid down.by the Noble Marquess, that it was essential that the question should ,be ells= cussed during the present Session. Some Hue; tuations had appeared in. the system on which that trade-was established, and, the system itself was not one which could be entirely approved of., The Committee appointed . by that IlouSe bad felt the necessity of obtaining fortherlinfor-• ration before it could proceed, and the delay which had occurred in obtainiog .any . : result was to be attributed to• that circumstance, as well as to the shortness of the last Session, which had prevented that information frolii being obtained. When the Noble Marquess Should make his mo tion, he (Lord L.) would be ready to answer any questions which might be put, and to communicate all the information of which his Majesty's Go vernment were in, possession on the subject. The Marquess of LANsnows adverted to the 54th and 55th of the late King, as Acts Which did not clearly define the manner in which the, duties on the various articles of the Timber Trade ought to be imposed and to be paid. So, much doubt, in fact, existed upon the subject, it was necessary some alteration should be made, and that the liability to duty should be clearly explained.—The Petition was then read, and laid on the Table. FOREIGN POWERS. The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose.--!3 Noble Earl opposite had, on a former occasion, alluded to a paper respecting ; the state of Europe, ad dressed by the Allied Powers to certain Euro pean Governments. That Noble Earl had also put several questions on the subject, to which he (Lord L.) had endeavoured to answer to -the best of his knowledge. He (Lord L.) had then stat ed, that there was a do.:urnent 'which had been Rent by his Majesty's Government to Foreign Powers, which would explain the policy adopted by this country. in consequence of the transac tions in the South of Italy ; and that he should hale no objection to lay that paper before the House. In pursuance . of this declaration; he should now move that an fluuible Address be presented to his Majesty, praying, that he would be pleased to order that a copy of _certain com munications made to Foreign Powers, and dated Foreign-Office, 10th July, 1820,. be laid before the House. The question having been put, • Earl GREY was understood to inquire whether the Noble Earl would have any . objection to lay before the House, the declaration issued by the Allied Powers, to-which the . doCument now mov ed for was an answer ? he Earl of I.Ivrn POOL stated, that he should have no objection whatever to produce the de-' claration alluded to, if it had been officially com municated to his Majesty's Government. As it" bad not been received in an official manner, it would be quite irregular for him to move •that it be laid before the House. Its substance, how ever, would be found in the document now pray ed for, as it was an answer to the paper in ques tion.—The motion was then agreed to. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented a peti tion from the Borough of Derby, which his Grace stated to be numerouily signed, praying . that no further measures be adopted against the Queen, and that she should be put in pos session of all her rights.—Read, and laid on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MISCELLANEOUS FtEEMANTLE gave notice of his intention, on Tuesda y 'next, to move fora Committee of the whole Holse, to , take into consideration the Sup phi. Of Water to the Metropolis. DuNnAs presented Petitions from ,Rich mond, in York, and other places in' the same County, praying for the restoration of the Queen's name to the Liturgy.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cll.ll.tiONtli presented a similar Petition from the. City .of York.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. LAIIBTON presented a Petition - from the Nobility, (entry, and Freeholders of the County of Durham, with 3,400 signatures,' praying an inquiry into the Milan Commission, and - also.. for the restoration of. the Queen's name to the Li turgy.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. QUMMING rose to present a Petition from a body of individuals calling themselves a Lodge of Odd Fellows; in Scotland. • The Hon, Gen tleman read a few extracts from the Petition, alluding to the Proceedings agaimt - the Queen, and praying for the Restoration of her 'name to the Liturgy—and moved that the Petition be brought. up. The SPEAKER wished to call the attention of the I-louse to the description of this Petition. lie had found no instance in which a . Petition, headed as coming from a Society not known to . the law, had been received. lie intenaea no offence to this particular class of persons ; but he wished the House to consider how far the precedent, if now established, of receiving Petitions from . Societies not known to the law, might be attended with inconvenience. If this Petition - was received, other Societies might also claim the right-of pre senting Petitions, and from some of these the House could not but see the impropriety there would be in receiving- some such. He need scarcely mention certain Societies known by the names of the Orange Men, the :White Boys, the . Peep-o'-day Boys, and others. He was anxious to avoid the shadow of restraining the right of Petition ; but he. would put it to the Hon. Gentleman who presented it, whether it would not be well that the Petition should for the present be .withdrawn, its description altered, and that it should be presented as the Petition of the individuals whose names were attached to it. Sir J. NEWPORT and Sir W. DE CRESPIONE were of opinion the Petition should be withdrawn. Mr. ABERCROMBIE was averse to rejecting the Petition, lest it should be taken as a restraint on the right of petitioning. Mr. DENMAN thought, as there was nothing objectionable in the prayer or wording of the Petition, and as there was nv rule against receiv ing a Petition thus describing the Petitioners, it ought not to be returned to it' distant part to be re-modelled. - The Petition was then brought up and read, and was from the Lodge . of Odd Fellows of Inverkeithing. It was receivet4 and ordered to be printed. _ _ Mr. WYv.z.t.t. said, he held in his hand 32 Petitions from the City of York, in favour of Parliamentary Reform. These Petitions were signed each. by 50 persons. They prayed for extension of suffrage, and more equal representa tion. The Hon. Member made some comments on the vote come to by the. House on Friday night : looking to that vote, it might be said, that the House represented the Noble Lord and his - Colleagues ; but it was .a farce to call them selves• the representativesof the people. Mr. HOIMOUSE wished to know, from the Member for Durham, if it was his intention to renew his notice on this subject, which he with drew last Session. Mr. LAMBTON said, it was his intention ; but he considered it could not be brought forward with advantage till the business respecting her Majesty was disposed of, arid, therefore, he should now name the 10th of April.for bringing forward that motion. Mr. GIIENiTLE, said, he had, up to the present time, invariably voted against, all motions for Parliamentary Reform, and he•had done so con scieutiously, as believing that whatever might be said by. theorists, still this House acted under the opinion of the people, and were controuled by that opinion ; but after the vote come to by the House on Saturday morning last, he could no longer believe that public opinion had any con troul over the House ; and persuaded of that fact,•he could not refrain from expressing a hope that, before - the present Session passed over, some Gentleman of weight would come forward with ,a proposition for Reform, of that moderate nature which the House. might adopt for the be nefit of•the country. Mr. Purr,Lies agreed in the arguments of his Mon. Friend ; he was fearful, unless some step was taken to reform the llense . , and to retrench the prei-ogative of the Crown, revolution must follow; he considered the vote of last Saturday MOrning as . contrary to the opinion of the great body' of the" people. WOO'LEY could not agree to this de daration Of the' Hon. Gentleman ; in his opinion the 'vote of last Saturday morning was in unison with the Majority of the country.—(Bear, hear !) —He was aware of the general feeling of the people, and' alive to that feeling He believed 19 out of '2O desired to see this question respect ing her Majesty set 'at 'rest - ;' he als'o knew, that they- wished it *to be settled without any further prosecution against her; but at the same time they-desired to see the question 'settled without giving her Majesty-a triumph over any other per son.—(llear-hear.)—No Gentleman could vote on Saturday Morning last, without considering what must have been the _• consequence of a decision different toithat to which they-had come. It must have had the effect of driving the present Ministers from office, and placing Gentlemen op posite, to whom the country would not give con fidence, in their places.---(llekr, hear !) '' - Mr. BARING contended, that the, majority of the - countrY were decidedly opposed to the vote of SaturdaY morning, notwithstanding, what had been said by the' Mu; Gentleman: Sir It. IVH.so:4 was persuaded -Ministers op posed the restoration of her Majesty's name in the Liturgy, not on account of the opposition of any other party, but because they considered them -roses bound by certain public declarations they h:4d nia&. Mr, BirrtraWoriTli thought, as the Queen had been prayed for as Princess of Wales, her name should he placed in the Liturgy as Queen. He knew such was the. opinion of_ many loyal per snns. Ile said nothing of the Queen's guilt or innocence, but he thought it was an'act of jus tice; arid justice, as well as honesty, was the best policy. • Sir F. BLAKE declared his .opinion, that the exclusion of her. Majesty's name was unjust and arbitrary. This was the age of revolution, and he should not be surprised if Ministers should by their obstinacy promote that feeling in this ,Couri try. A great injustice and wrong had been done to . the Queen, and the House ought not to delay for a•moment to do her that justice she had a right to demand—to appoint her a Palace, and to restore her to her rights. Mr. Serjeant ONSLow complained of the Mem ,ber for Yorkshire having imputed motives to. Gentlemen who voted with the Minority, y on Friday. - Mr. S. WonTLcY denied that he had made any such imputation; he had only stated his own opinion. Mr. Serjeant ONsLow said, he so understood the Hon. Member, and so he believed did many other Gentletneu; but on that ordaskm he had given his vote conscientiously, and on what he considered the justice and legality of the ques tion.—The Petitions were then received. Petitions were received from St. Giles's, -Cam berwell, and several other places, in favour of the restoration of her Majesty's name to the Liturgy. Mr. CLIIMEN moved for account of the Wl' - rears of Assessed Taxes, due on the Ist of Ja nuary, in the cities of London and Westminster, so far as the same could be made up. Sir M. ItIpLEY saidche _would on. Tuesday next move for some returns relative to the As sessed Taxes generally, and should then call the attention of the house to-certain difficulties which had athen out of the plan for compounding fOr Assessed Taxes. Mr. CunwEN suggested to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the propriety of repealing en tirely the Tax on agricultural horses,. as a relief to the agriculturalist. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, lie could not at this moment hold out hopes of any Such relief to the agriculturalist, as that alluded to 'by the lion. Gentleinan.—(The Papers moved for by Mr. Curwen were then ordered.) . Mr:BENNET presented a Petition from Stam ford, on the subject of the•proCeediugs against the Queen, and raving that her name should 'be at once inserted in the Liturgy. The-Hon.Ment ber, in presenting this Petition, declared his opinion, that the recent voterof the House had operated to bring it into contempt, and to in crease the discontent of, the country more than any act they had recently done. Lord A.. 40411,1'0N gave notice of his inten tion of moving, this day se'nuiglit, for copies of the whole proceedings ,relative to a Clergyman in Scotland having been put under arrest, for disobeying the Order iu Council, and praying for her Majesty: Sir H. WIL3oN put a question to Lord Castle, reagh, as to the Monarchical note relating to Naples, and its authenticity, similar to that put by - Lord Grey, on a former day in the House of Peers. Lord CASTLEREAGH in reply, said, be had no objection to laying all the information in - his pos session on this subject before the House. Lord NUGENT presented a Petition from Ay , les- bury, praying the restoration of the Queen's name 4n the Liturgy.—A similar Petition was presented from Lichfield. Mr. AUTTERWORTH moved for a return of all the Weekly "Newspapers - published on Saturday and Sunday, and the.amount of the stamp duties paid on such • publications for the last 20 years, distinguishing each year.—Ordered. .A Petition was presented from the Paper stainers of Dublin, praying relief from the duties imposed by the Act of the 45th of the late King. Mr. Er,ris moved for a string of accounts, re lative to the expellees of widening, improving, lighting, paving, cleansing, &c. the City' of Dub lin for a series of years. Dr. I4USHINCTON asked the Hon. Gentleman if it was hisintention to' resign the office which he at present bolds of Master in Chancery. Mr. ELLI 3 answered in the negative. Dr. LUSHINGTON then gave notice., he would on the 21st of February, move an Address to his Majesty for the removal of the Hon. Gentleman from that high office. Mr. DEN MAN presented a Petition from Sutton .Ashfield, signed by upwards of 1000 persons, praying the insertion of her Majesty's name in the Liturgy, &c.—lie could not believe, if these Petitioners were fairly heard, they could fail of effect. 14.. complained o$ _the exclusion of her Majesty's name as an act of the highest injustice towards her, as it condemned her unheard. It was unjust to the House of Peers, who were af terwards to be her Judges, since it subjected Se veral Members of that House who advised the omission, and afterwards sat as Judges., to a charge of prejudgment and, lastly, it was unjust to his Majesty, whose wife her Majesty was. He had heard a; great deal of parade about the re sponsibility of Ministers; that parade was wholly unnecessary,as by the Constitution, Ministers were responsible ; and these repeated declarations on their part seemed rather intended to convey.to the House an impression that they did not act on their own responsibility. House had beedinflu enced by any such opinion in the,conduct they had recently adopted, they had acted most disloyally towards his Majesty. He thought the House ought to comply with the general call of the people, and address his Majesty to restore her Majesty's name ; there could be no difficulty in doing this ; a similar. Address was presented in 1741 to George 11. praying him then to restore the name of the Prince of Walessnd the Royal Progeny to their former place in the Liturgy. 'r.h Petition was received, and ordered to. be read. • _ _ Mr. HuistE gate notice he would, on Friday, move an Address to his Majesty for copies'of the Letters Patent appointing - the late and present Presidents of the Board of Controul, and also copies of the warrants for the payment of the salaries to those Offirers.- The Hon. Gentleman also presented,a Petition from the Guildrie of the Royal Burgh of Dundee,'praying the insertion of her Majesty's,naine in the Liturgy, and,that. she Should be forthwith invested with all her rights and privileges. Mr. HumE, also presented a similar •Petition frorn Edinburgh, and in doing so, commented on the conduct of the R e pteSentative for Edinburgh; who had refused to present it. Mr. DUNDAS said, he had not refused to pre sent the petition with any intention of delaying it in its progress to the House. He received . the petition with a communication requesting that he would present and support_ it. Feeling that he could not support it, he had considered it_ acting with more candour towards the .petitioners4to're , turn it to them, and intimate that he could ndt support it, knowing full well that there would. be no difficulty in finding persons who would present and support it most cordially. Mr. iIU.ME had no doubt but the Right •Hon. Gentleman intended to state correctly what had passed, but on reading the correspondence be tween the Right Hon. Gentleman and the peti tioners, it would appear that he was mistaken ; they only requested hint to present their petition at an early day, and added to that request an e:c., pression of the -satisfaction they would feet if it obtained his support. The Right Iron, gentle-1 man's answer positively denied presenting it at all. Mr. W. Dusniis said, it was not for him to enter into a long tirade in answer to the Peti tioners ; but he told them fairly that his Opinions were different from theirs, and therefore that he' would not present the Petition.' lord MALTON said,:the Right 'Hon. Gent man had not left it fairly to the PetiOduers ju4w.hether lie was a proper person to present the Petition or ❑ot. Mr. W. DuNDAs and Lord MILTON, mutually explained ; and the . Petition was ordered to be laid on the table, and to be printed. Sir R. FEnGuscrx, in presenting a similar Pe tition front Kirkaldy, said, that 99 out of every 100 in Scotland were hostile to all the proceed ings against the Queen. If County .Meetings were called and held in.Scatland as in. - Englarrd, the present Ministers would have not a leg to stand on. If the voice of the people of Scotland were, properly heard, it would be found still stronger than that of England. The Petitions from Scotland said nothing about . the Liturgy. Thank God ! their religion was not under such trammels. They. could pray in their own way ; and he was sure the prayers of an_honest man were much more - acceptable to God than any prayer that the Noble Lord could manufacture in the Cabinet. The Lonn ADVOC ATE asserted, that these Pe titions from the Scotch Counties had been carried unanimously in all but four. They were all signed by Justices of the Peace and Commis sioners of Supply, representing the whole pro perty ofScotland.. Mr. KENNED Y denied that the great property of Scotland 'was fairly represented in those Meetings or in that House ; and until it 'was fairly represented, there would be no peace in that,country. Scotland was not a country easily roused ; but if she was, she would not stop until she had a fair share in the Representation ; and beyond that no man in Scotland wished to go. . . Lord I3tNIND43- would maintain that these County Meetings' represented the great Landed Interest in Scotland ; and they -spoke the opi nion of that Interest. The Petition from the Inhabitants 'of Edinburgh alas got up in a The atre,'and was signed by all sorts of persons over and over again: He denied that the generality of the' people of Scotland had any wish for Pai'- liatnentary Reform. 'Mr. J. P. GRANT said, it was true the Meeting alluded to was held in tr - plapliouse, because no other place could be found large enough to hold the Meeting. The Petition. then adopted was signed by 17,000 of the male adult population of Edinburgh, praying for the removal of the Kin es Minister s ; and only 1,60 Q signed the Loyal Ad dress. He contended, - that in all parts of Scot land L-in parts where political discussion #eyer was heard, the. people were almost unan-linousin their desire for Parliamentary Reform. _ . Mr. ABERCROMBIE' said, all the information he had received from Scotland respecting the opi nions of the people as to the proceedings a gainst the Queen , a nd the conduct of Ministers, she wed that it was hostile le: both. He himself was a freeholder in two counties of Scotland', and held not a single acre of land, in the whole country. That-shewed the nature of these County Meet ings in that part of the natiOn... Sir G. WARRENDER • admitted that there had been considerable agitation among the lower ordeys, in Scotland respecting the proceedings. agaito.t.the , ueett ; but the landed proprietors approved, no doubt, of the conduct of Ministers. He had no doubt that Scotland would be the first part of the. Empire that would retur n to its senses on.these subjects.-- 7 (llear.) Mr. BnouonAsi said, nine-tenths of the Peo ple of Ent; land and Scotland had loudly express-.' ed their opinions against the conduct of Minis ters ; and the nemaining tenth had expressed no opinion at all. It was not to be endured by the People that they should be "told by the Ministers that they- were mad.' That was not a very ready way to hring them to their senses. •Mr. FORBES said, all the landholders in Scot laud were Commissioners - of Supply ;in that qua lity_ they might- attend _County Meetings. The peOple:ol -Aberdeen were actually canvassed in thestreets . iti sign the •Petition in favour of the. Queen. -Mr. ITtimE said the information he had received was directly opposite to the assertion of his Ilon. Friend. Sir R. FERGUSON said, that in all the Loyal Meetings, the Gentlemen Freeholders loudly declared, that they had no connection with the present Ministers.—The Petition was then order ed to lie on the Table. Sir. It. WILSON presented a s imil ar Petition from N'ardeils'Overseers-, and Inha bitants St. Saviour's, South war k, and was attended by many e th ref the Parish t of MeetingC u r cl fairly represented the opinions o f n t w h ee a :e t ct l habryge before parish,. wealthy m a ri r s ie l ed in public p o liti cs. If ctable individu a ls, w h o h a d Mi nisters would recommend the" insertion of her Majesty's name in the Liturgy, it would not be ion! , before the house would a d opt i t. If t h e y had given any indiscreet pledge,,th e y h a d better break it, and retain their places by doing right. • CA.LVERT supported the Petition. He was afraid Ministe r s ' cou ld not ' o p en t h e i r e y es ; for if ifti iey did, they would lose their pNces.— The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. Petitions were then presented, complaining of ondrie returns for Tregony, Boston, and Warwick ; which were ordered to be taken into esmililerati on oil the 13th and 20th of February, Petitions were ?resented front Derby, West ham, &C.-pray ing for the insertion (tithe . Queen' s name i n the Liturgy, and and on the 6th of May. fir Parliamentary Reform. M r. RENNEDYwisliedt o linow from the Noble LOO what had been done:lAM) respect to the vacancy in 'the office of I.Ord Re:;ister of Scotland. Loid CASTLi.:REAGH said, that nothing had yet Teen d o ne ; but when the matter came to be considered he would give due notice to the House. Mr. KENNEIiY declared the answer of the Noble Lord was perfectly satisfich‘ry. Mr. W. SMITH - moved for an account of all Extents in Aid issued from the Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished , the mmotion po,tponei. Mr. W. SMITiI thought it a motion of course, but he would postpone it. till Friday next, and then be would more fora number ofPapers relative to the way in which the tilave -Tiade k earlier' on by other nations. He understood they would Ire grant td without apposition. Mr. H. complained of the deficient stAte . of the- Weights and Measures, ghd wished to know whether any thing was to be done to amend them. Sir G_ CLERK said, - the Committee would soon make its Beloit t Oil t his suhjtct. Lord .1. IIViSELL moved for leave to bring in a Bill to cx chide-the Borough of .Grampound from the Elective Franchise, and•to give it to Leeds.--Leave vas then given. PM)VISION I'OR THE QUEEN•. CASfLEREAGiI moved tl►e Order of the "Day for the Ilou§at.resolNlE, , itself into a Com mittee upon that part of his Majesty's most gra cious-MessaN,which referred to making a suit able provision for the Queen. Mr, 13rtouonAin immediately rose and proceed ed to read a Message from her Majesty to the House. ' It was verbatim as follows :- CAR011::E, R. "Thy Queen haring learnt that the House of Commons has appointed this day fur taking into consideration the part of the King's most gracious Speech which relates to her, deems,itnteessary to t1:-elare, that site is duly sensible of his Majestrs; curnlescension in recommending an arrangement respecting her to the attention of Parliament. She is aware that this recommendation m;lst be understood as rcfer:ing to the support of her estate and .dignity; and, from what has lately passed, she is apprehensive that such a provision May he unaccompani e d by the Possession of her rights and , prici legea, its the ample measure wherein former Queens Corisott, her Royal Predecessors, bare beers Rohl its time past to enjoy them. " It is lar front the Queen's inclination needlessly to thyme obstacles in the wa): of a Settlement, which she desires its common with the„whole country, and which she feels per snaded the best interests of all: the parties,ecinally require; and being most anxious to avoid every thing that might create irritation, she cautiously abstains from any observiition the unexampled prediCament in which she is placed. But she feels it due - to the I ouse and to I.erself, rc9iectfully to declare, that she perseveres in the resolution of detlining• any arrangement while her name co:airlift:3 to. be exclulied from'. tbe Litur gy. " Brandenburg)) House, Jan. 3), 1521." ' I On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, , 1 Mr. W,EsTEnN declared, that he. for one-would not consent to grant the public money, prior to some explanation being/given on this. subjeet,,and • to a previous inquiry into the expenditure of the country, so that 'a reduction might be made hi it consistently: NI ith th 6 'g:eneral. distress; . This he insisted was indispensible to our tranquillityand security ; and they. ought rather to think of goin•4 into,measures for the relief of the universal pro sure, than of voting any rill; thori,ght,proper by 1 Ministers, especially' under such circumstances as4hose of the _present case. He intreated' the attention of Gentlemen to what ~ would be their , i situation if they adopted this. course. A gri:t i was moved to her .I\lajesey, . when it. must be re collected that Min4ters, ,and particularly the Noble Viscouni . (Lord- ,Castlereagh)., in gi:vibi,:r notice, had most unjustifiably asserted that:.her Majesty was guilty, They had: stated that a technical acquittal was all that the had.obtained, •but that a verdict of 1211 Peers :had pronounced her to be an adultress, and that other Peerf', / , who also held ,her to be guilty, had not voted otel . political grounds. 'Yet, telling. them this, the I, Noble Lord dared to come:down, and ,call upon c 2, thetp for a provision to an , individual so" circtini- •! staneed.. Good God l that a MiLoister should dare dare to say that a Queen of England Ilas air adultress i , and in the same breath _pr.o.i)ose to lay 50,0001. - a 'year upon: 'the 'PV6ple for' bcr support. Was it to be endured thot the Queen should_be thus : denotinte'd after the Wi th draw al • of the Bill of -Tains and .Penalties, winch w• - 35; a withdrawal of ali the - clnrges against her. He considered it to be a libel. The Noble Lord . might be protected bY.his'inivilep:e in thiSlionse, ". but if any one ventured to say- the same - ':hipic,'. out of doors, it would be a libel. The proCeek ing could not justify anyione in saying the Queen was-an. adultress ;---it-could not be authorised by law. To assert it :Was,Oiore OnoxiOns to justice than all the precedi4 , measnres. • The bill via* withdrawn, and yet ihe-aCtuged .was to be sub jetted to: the same punishment aS if it ": had bee • carried, or,if not, she Wils fCi, Stibmi't to hays Ira character wounded and -a dagger Oniciel - tifo her heart. The withdrawal of - the . Nil w l ,, 1,,, co n.!( . tended, equivalent, to an acquittal; and ite.wouljf; n oshilling,a single shilling, unless the 11Puse cTroet , to some understanding, and the distresges of Ow country were taken into view. "lie Would not.•ll' , . one moment say th a t th e Q ueen was guilty, :144ci' vote her a su m o f i - Mniey as if slieziVere innocent.: The proposal, should -have his . 'most deter opposition. . Lord cAT - LE REA G 4 wished the. HOU Alembfr had alloWed him to offer a little preliminary e%''. planation, in which'case lie m et itai - e avoided, coming to the conclusion iv ith Which' he had ter" minatedhiS speech, that of reSisting the preseut‘ proposal, on the 'ground: of refusing all -supplies till the distress of the country was investigated. and remedied.. The questiOn :before - the .flou was not one of . snpply for Me 'SQ's"sion usual sense. It was simply to take into c on sid l 4,:t. , ' ration parts of atuost gracious - Message froM tie Crown, relating to a provision fr,the Quee s ; and, it would be indeed a novel Erode of allaying the distresses or the country and *Meeting LW" acuities, if the douse, were persuaded. to adopt course in this insfmcc never resorted' tti without a precedent, unless the jealOusy o f the Crown was so great a s t o induce Parliament, to refuse a 4 grants of supplies.—(llear!)—But the Hon. Gentleman would impede their pre— ceeding„ till the agricultural distresses, aud. til l the commercial difficulties - of the country were, fully investigated to his .oun satisfaction, :ail u months occupied iu suggesting - , such reniedies - as he approved. It was not necessary- to ,argue on Such ail opinion, He would now advert to the tile' sage Which had been delivered from her Majesty' —in effect, that 'she would accept of no provisio". unless her name was restored to the Liturgy.; Here her Majesty would have nothing to dreau of the exercise of any authority in' opposition 01 her rights. She might, if she pleased, deCliv e , the grant—(Hear, hear !)—and no power woul d for.e its acceptance upon her. The Crown had no desire to press it.—(Hear i)--.—From the begill: rang of this. unfortunate business, there never !Lau existed hi that quarter any wish to infliCt-pain or iniury on this illustrious and unfortunate Lady.' (near, hear!)---But her Majesty . need uct Le