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been said in respect of Ilia negotiations which ,
had taken place when crime had . . known to
hoe been committed ; war any than d enough
beio
trite), that it ought nut to be retort TDI when the
the peace of the country was endangered, or where
!VW .the morals of the people wen Asadangod ?
Would it be said that a statesman would have doge
his duty, if he did not try to avoid such copse-
gumtree lay.segociatiou ? He woe not afraid to sey, ,
that the evidence was known to his Majesty's Mi-
nisters for some length of time, and he was not
afraid to ackuowledge that they recommended the
negociation. But when forced by her Majesty'. as.
rival in this country to one out of two alternatives,
either to pay her all respect due to a Queen, ur to
take the present course, his Majesty's Government
could not hesitate as to which course they ought
to take.
The Marquis of BllcltlNGlFlAMobeerved, that
he perfectly agreed with the Noble Earl (Liverpool),
that the negotiations which had been entered into
were perfectly proper; and also that the adjourn-
ments of their Lordships from day•to day were
highly proper, while there was a hope that the ne-
gociations would end in so adjustment. It was
taken up by their Lordships on that occasion with
a feeling which did them honour; for if such
a conclusion lied been brought about it would
have saved the painful necessity of hearing the
Report which had been read at their table, it would
have eased the feelings of the people and also of
4he Royal Family. He was of opinion that his
• Majesty's. Ministers had taken the most constitu-
tional coarse. He had only one other observation
to make, which he believed he might make without
impropriety, that the Report of. the Secret Com-
mittee was agreed to with the greatest unanimity.
Lord HOLLAND said, that the odium in appoint-
ing the Secret Committee was on the majority of
the House and not on she whole of their Lordships;
but when the Noble Marquis told them that the
House agreed to the adjournments for the sitting
of the Committee, he would inform him that they
were not informed of the stature of the charge.
The Noble Earl (Liverpool) had stated in loud and
lofty language that inquiry was necessary, but he had
not informed them that inquiry was.not necessary if
leer Majesty remained shooed, and for her remain-
ing there she was offered MOOO% per annum of the
people's money. The Noble Earl (Harrowby)
stated, that his Majesty's Ministers had been driver
to this proceeding, and if this were his opinion he
(Lord Holland) would say, let him enjoy it ; it
might be correct, but he and his Noble Friends
had nothing to form their opinion on except the Re-
port they had heard read. He was, however, of
opinion that the proceeding from the beginning was
wrong. He agreed with his Noble Friend (Earl
Grey) that the pageantry which had been mentioned
by him ought to be suspended ; it was far from his
wish to say, that it ought out to take place at
some future period, but while this inquiry
was going on it certainly was not the proper
time. There being no question before their
Lordships, except that of adjournment, lie would
not enter further into the subject than to say, that
when he agreed to the adjournments for the sitting
of the Secret Committee, it *as because he was
told that there were negociationa going on which
would end in an adjustment, and in consenting to
them he gave no opinion on the accusations against
her Majesty. He hail, however, always been of
opinion, when there was ground fur such a serious
charge as that alluded to in the Report, that the
first proceedings springing nut of it ought to ori-
ginate in the other House of Parliament.
Adjourned.