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however, of those cooclosioos, the iceskre ought
to be prepared to substantiate their charge. H.
should perhaps be told that the only proarraitor ou
the other bide was Public Justice; onder'this
!sprintl shape, he should soy of her accuser. that
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of Lords. ought to be propared with his evidelice.
having 'jumped over trial without the Inuring
of vrhiieney and Meier trieboist ireefiCt priw;
oersted to judgment. lonia Munk,
boon apprised of all the eireonsetimees of this
^ase.earir is the year IMO, could not, when 1
!w. brought a sill into Parliament in:duly 111110.
rannplens of- being surprised by • demand au
'tie part of-the occosed for an *My trial. Tun
Learned Gentiensaii easomehted severely ilpagO the.
conduct of Ministers, for having. while such charges
were wilding. offered 1.,0001. a rear'to the Oilmen.
oiat she might be eanblid. by the expeaditure of It
vipti income in foreign coustries, to indict a greeter
von, open the morals of whatever mann, iihis•
maght choose fin leer residence; and coricluded
by lashing is pnwinftil appeal is her Mojesity's :fie.
half to the justice and generosity Sr their Lord..
ships. to admit her claim es an early nisi. and Se •
...tend to lice the advantages of that principle if
Poglish law, fal.ely willed inerafel, for it was only
dart, which held that. anti! conviction of guilt, The'
.reused should be reputed and treated as into.

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Mr. Duffs .tit then AMMONIA the Honer.. He,
rind. that having been comnseeided by his filar
Irises Client shot morning to enforce her demand
at their Lordships' bar foe as immediate proems.
• on ei the proceedings that had bees iwatituted
against bee, he could not be said to be wholly
tj.rvp.red on their Lordships' inetructione. that
P er Majesty's Counsel should confine tbernselvea to
t•-rtain points. He then urged the absolute nears.
•Ity under which her Majesty was placed to relieve
1.. r cliarscter at the earliest moment from the
••rere impietations that had been alleged against her.
Her Majesty required nothing at their Lordships'
r. riots but justice. It was his duty to separate the
n.sestion of time from that of charge; it was a
14.11 of Divorce and Degradation, without a ver.
il,et of ■ Jury, and without sentence pronounced .
:.• the Ecclesiastical Court, and at the same tune
• ney were told that the charge had been known for
t.x years. He was aware in a case where the Sore.
1...gn was a party. that the proceedings he had M-
inded to were not necessary ; but if thet was not
the case. her M .jesty would have had an opportna
late of defending herself in both Courts. and it
would be then a tosestion whether a wife, abandoned
he her husband, would not be a mitigation, where,"
d.ruice was asked for. He begged not to be sin-
aerstood confessing guilt on the part of the Mut. •
trious Lady seemed, but as her Counsel heed
the argument. She called for no delay ; she was
only anxious to see at their Lordships' bat the wit.
'n
-inns that (levee to scow her. He, as one of her
Alsjetay's advisers, wished to have a list of the wit.
nea.es that ens to support the accusation, and he
could not conceive how it could be denied. r The
(Nage was thought by some to amount to high
r•ensisisi jfit,waa such,-• bill newt be found by a
C. and Jury, who were obliged to be soon, in
novo Court, and on that oath to inquire whether
1... re a-as- grnund for flatting a bill, and if the boll
sae found, a list of %intumesce was handed to the
'cltsrtl party, for the purpose of inquiring into
your characters ; but in the present proceeding
t'.at advatitsge was denied, and he diJ not know
lit.' it might be 'considered by his Leonard Friesid
▪ hinistlf for it to he their duty to abandon her
Nlajesty's defence for that reason, and trove it in
tt•to lianas of those who had brought forward the
••.oriation. Front the reign of Henry VIII. there
$4,4* 110 precedent for such a proceeding; as from
tint time every isAvralust had beets dealt with
a ke. end tootle amenable to the law of the laud in
t '-e same way. 44e had lward of Bills of Attainder ;.
•I the on'y exeunt he bed ever heard fur them was
tf re.-meeessity. cinch did not arise in this case.
When he considered the Csminicion which had
I.•-n sitting in a .foveign country. and what pissed
1., it regolarly reported to the Ministers of the
C-own, there could be no seeress fur delay. There
tars soother .eircinastanee-4t had come to her
Majetty's knowledge who the witnesses were. auict":"
If they were too times as many, all she wished for
W•l4, that she said the public should be tolerated
of the ionteats of the 'green bag. as site had no
f-it of what it contained. foe she knew the infamous
wore, it sprung from. She not only wished for •
hat of the witnesses. but she considered the con.
sects of the greet bag to be her's and the public's
raptor'', He had us guide to go by in arguing
tp•s cote but tho of the common law, and he coo-
iothorst the Secret Committee to be a Grand Jury,
shiJ their Lordships the higher tribunal. Heeled not
cuthe prepseeil to argue she case in the limited m3ll-
- prescribed by their Lordships, he woad there.
fore only ask for a speedy hearing, that her Majesty
might be able to know who were the permits who
had given evidence against her to feria the accuse.
Leon. The Royal Parties. however high their sta-
tions in lift were, muse sired or fall et man and
weft. If any thing had fallen from him or his
Learned Friend in the course of their smuttiness,
which, in their Lordships' opinion. reflected im. •
properly on any person. he had In beg that they
would beet in their coasideration that they were
etrumel foe the washer see. It had been said that
it oat toe • NI of Almond Penalties. He would
*h. if- it wee sot, what other title ought to be
rven to it ? Was it not pains and !woollies to
degraded from the bead oh the higloot society
io the initiate, ea the class most infamous at so.
early, -sod after having watterird that degrade.
him her Majesty might be liable to atipeaelinerist,
for it woe only ellisolaget, if the accusation was
oroood, whether it wash:toot amount to the highest
crsawegainet the wate. Hs concladed by rectum.
tag that their Lowlehips would not allow. dollop
'the Leaned Omuta then withdrew.
The Eed/ei Ltettoroat, and. that instead of
pftstinraiwgelle peOtweiling foe twenty-four twos,
ereasiertgimlellio. objection to its cooing es
terecriediettedlighig; last in hie opiiiN anisedee.
leitowirtAbitrer then pweipitancy. and according
te•wase which were known to dieut
all, • delay be necessary. Idretiderik time
might 'he otareerery to collevt tftr ssitemetiess wed
the dueness/se of the Judge,. trociti he mem
&et for their LateWlipe to haws the Airileit. of
8644, °janitor. oat} Chop whoolci be rpoliaidiaird:to
le attend their judicial duties in the different