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petitioners ? with what was ttie to the public ?
And, after having proceeded so far with the
Case, they should now do that which would in a man-
per gnash, and en: an end to the invesiipatims.
it would he contrary to all those ditties he had
tated ; and they were imperiously celled upon to
procee I, and to cOme to some determination upon
the issue or the business. contehded it was
their bounden duty to proceed with the investiga.
tlon without delay. H iwever slit tt the period r
tte session might be, it wes iheir ditty to proceeil
as long as they could. and ro make as considerable
a progress as they could, in the course of the present
szesion. With reepeCt to the 13i11 he had on a former
day mentiooed its Los imenti sn to bring in, he was
more and more convinced of the convenience and
expediency of it. Thcir proceeding as far es they
could would evidently tend to the convenience
of several individuals who might he fieelly ea-
snioed that session, and released from farther tremble
and expellee. It was. he repeated, the ditty of the
House, steadily And persee itinely to pursue the in-
vestigation to the end. He scull see ;to solid reason
which could be adduced against such .t legislative
measure as he intended to propise, n newly, a Bill
tOr continuing the proceeding from session to ses-
sion. With a reference to the ACI of Settlement,
and the general principles of the law itself, they
were bound to come to some concluslon upon the
present case ; he therefore trusted, their Lordships
would resist a motion, which, in principle, would
tend to pat an end to the proceedings altogether.
The Earl of CARNARVON. though he seemed
t 6 admit a great deal might be urged on the ether
side of the question, yet, upon the whole, was in-
clined to concur in supporting the motion. With
respett to the Nohle Secretary's intended Bill, he
observed, that its passing into a Law would not alto-
gether depend upon that House.
Lord AUCKLAND spoke shortly in explanation.
The LORD CHANCELLOR decliaed going into
a general moon-tem upon certain considerations
connected with the subjett, and adverted to by
some of the Noble Lords ; but, in reference to what
was thrown out, as to the approaching period of the
secsien, he would sty, that even if they could make
no more pi ogress than tour days examination, he
thought it would undeniably be a gross injustice to
Mr. Justice Fon, if they neglected to secute to him
much of a further examination. The two wit-
tiesses, Mr. Armstrong aid Mr. Galbraith, it would
he recollecled, had only been examined in chief.
The very le.tst they could r'o would be to secure
tee benefit of their examination to Mr. Justice Foe,
Even as the case stood, a very desirable pi-ogress
might be made this session, were their Lordships to
set earnestly to the besinees : were they to come
down, suppose about one o'clock, and to give six or
seven hums per Jay for a few d ie. to the investie l-
oon, a considerable prneoeso might be made ; but
at le on, he repeated, let them, on principles in
common justice, secure the cros.-examination of
the witnesses to whom be had alluded.
The question was then put, and Lord Aucklaoil's
motion was negatived without a division.
I Malta; DIVORCE BILL.
The Order of the Day respelling this Bill being
read, Counsel and evidence in support of the same
were celled to the Bar. When some additional
evidence was shortly put in respecting the alimony
awarded Mrs. Teuch, and the annuity of 1001.
which had been settled on the Lady for her sole use
by her father.
Mr. Angst then (as leading Counsel for the Bill)
addressed their Lordships at considerable length,
upon the leading merits of the case. He called
their Lordships attention to the peculiar importance
of the case ; the leading circumstances of which,
he again recited. He dwelt upon the circumst ince
of the Lady's husband having left and deserted her,
and attaching himself to another woman, with
whom he had long resided, had several children,
and placed at the head of his family. He observed
that Ow• laws of this part of the United Kingdom,
with respect to divorces, were different from those
of every other kingdom in Christendom. In other
countries, divorce was equally accessible to the
husband and to the wife. In the northern division
of the island, it was essentially different. In Scotland,
the divorce e r,,,cu10 Mat fi,teunii, could be granted
by the Eccle.naetical Coot ts, and equally at the suit
of either party. He adverted to the case of a Lady
of exalted rank, of the most amiable demeanour,
and perfectly irreproachable eh:trailer, who, in con-
sequence of the conduct of her husband, one of the
most illustrious Peers of the realm, in point of b-
usily and degree, whose house was related to that of
royalty in Scotland, the blond of whose Kings flowed
through his veins, wa; constrained to take the benefit
of these lines • and yet no person even diced to
toter a doubt ;hat the character of that amiable and
exalted Lady (we believe the Ditehess of liemil.
ton) was in the slightest possible degree afieZted or
snllied by such a peocrdare. The case of Mrs.
Addison furnished :t precedent of their Lordships
own making. thoueh, he aslmittol, the incestuous
adultery of Mr. Addison formed a distlnet feature
in that case. lie aegued, that under every considera-
tion which he urged, there was a moral impossibility
cr Mr. and Mrs. Teush's coming together; his was
not a caw of accidental infidelity, but a positive,
systematic connection with another woman ; and
the circumstances to which lie described Mr. 'Fetish
to have reduced hinweif, which, of course must afa
feet his ability to pay the alimony, was, he argued,
a swing and additional consideration favour of
the Bill. The divorce eroncomeed a :Wise ell hero
Nvas by no means a perteet or sufficient one—
many of die husband's rights, particulatly with
respect to the property, were unimpaired by it.
A tided to these, was the consideration, that by
the passing of the Bill, the lany would be placed
in the situation of any other unmarried woman.
.hest: vet ions groe tic i.e epitied, that the Pe-
toes entitled to a favoileibie decision on the
their Lordshios with respeiTto her Bill.
Conned and witnesses were then ordered to
arael ; after which, the wstion was put, that
Bill be now read a second time.
Bishop of ST. ASAPI I rose: he observed,
ose-ition before their Lordships was one of great
a pecniier impoeteaee. That House was more
peciaily the guardians of the public morals ; and
igainst these, nothing, he conceived, could be
- detrimental than the ftemsency of divorce. ;
e therefore, open all ecea eons, unwilinot to
'mar in them ; and, he thottelit, however is trd
caw might toes. upon a few itiffividuals,it woulst,

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