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prehohle vele% of the inquiry, witl plainly arinnore.
ed *hut the wltiontt • enure* toilet, Iw which
woo lit Goff it event ti .11y I.CCIIPI y to iLloggro.
Noble Lord then •tronyly cruivoirti thr IN•loativt of
Mooptirel., whir*. Is. wed, 114 d a trtilietwy to injure
the character of their Sovereign. prisdaple
of fiction was to throw us mooch ma po.Whle thy

odium of every ievere measure opiate the Crown; and
In shield theinselvea from imputation. hy saying
r. --ati-Jhu :bow formed no opinion morn the matter."
--(Loud cheering from he Opposition J —The
•.• I.ord en ssssss reeled ovally u; the extorts-
won of the 140/Illt Earl (Liverpool), oh., haul stated
that at first he bed eneertailwat hopes of .ac+
r.s. is the reeved negotiations, but s»twerioreilly
rps..t.tied his expression, by saying that he had rev.
tertainsd that expectation only for a few days. Hut
thee Noble Earl, when the proposition for poeopien-
tf.g• the meeting of the Committee was first wade.
.ail sued that he had entertained no exert-elation of
siice«ss whatsoever. Another Noble Eyrl (Har-
er.whe ) declared that it was the general aisle of Ow
11.ove that the meeting of the Committee should
.iiiiotrieed. When those who persuaded the
I Iwo.. •I. toren • Secret Committee eepressed • wish
to it...tpvtor the meeting of the Committee. it loos
mil for others, who had always objected to the
Co 1111 l titter, to oppose such a wish. for they who
0i......41et the Committee ought never tut meet at all,
ei,igiir vary well mascot in putting it off far ten
die., trusting to the chapter of act:Menlo that the
oic.lnitt might, by some fortunate COMINIIOIIOII, be
rendered wholly smecessary. When the Noble
1t....e.e (Kenyon) had, on a former evessing, in a
?ei mid proper smother, proposed the postpone-
nicht of Inc proceeding altogether, it was opposed
by the plea that such • measure would be eon..
Crary to the dignity of the House ; bat now
what was become of their dignity ?—(fleas.
hear.)—Was the dignity of the House increased by
their 'Wm-Trent proceedings ? Were they placed
In a pedestal, by appointing fifteen Noble
Lords as jades for an immediate in ;airy. and
keeping them since its air suspended ? The whole
pr.veldisig was usecoustitutioind and unpreredent-
eel, and devployed such uncertainty and indecision,
that lie could not avoid saying with his Noble
Friend, that it was disgraceful to the character of
the House.
The Earl of Dauutt.uu should not have risen
were it net to metier an incorrectness into which the ;
N President of the Council had fallen with re-
len veto the a.eimenement of the meeting of the
tementeitee. Toe Noble Earl hail raid. that the
ten•tatoneettent took place in consequence of the
wisher of this House ; but such, undoubtedly, was
11411 a lair view of the care. The of the
House could he collected may by the votes of tier
House. mud the vole of the House, on the first
isigltt, on eat favour of an immediate inquiry ,• the
aoljournuitnet, therefore. was toot made in defr-
rear!. to their Lordships' feelings, but to more ,
priseeel in rooter. 01ace. tr. •:-.44,4ds oil
lie tis-t night, it did not heroine their Lordships'
*taccily to reirr•—(Cries of " Hear, hear." /rout
440. Opposition benches./—Catilsl any one doubt
that .f the vote of the House of Commons were
trocuis tonne the matter was referred to their
Lord•hipa' House. the Committee would hare been
•4• if the vote had been other thou it
v•as, the Committee world not have met upon
thee day after its woirtiosition ?—(llrar. Lear.)—He
tioubtett toot that it was the general wish of their
Lordships that the green hag should never be
opened, hut he would repeat that if the vote of the.
House of (7iiintesono were such as. had been antici-
pated by the Ministers of the Crown, the. Com.
mitter wouitl have met on the following day.—
( Hew, hear.)
fhe Earl of Ilsiaowne said, that every Noble
Laid wino took a part in the proceedings on the for-
mer occasion repressed a wish that the meeting of
the Committee should be postponed, and that tut-
tiale.rilettld he afforded teenier upon such des-
cussime at might lead to a satisfactory armoire-
inept. hut lee bad said, that the seine of the House
haul Mil been collected by vote.
• The Earl of DARNILSY could refer only to the
vote er; the House to collect or understand the sense
of the Doric. A suggestion had been thrJoes out
en the first night for regulating the course of pro-
esordneg by his Noble Friend (the Marquis of Lana-
dawn), which was supported by irrefragabie orgy.
mew., fosentled upon the strict principles of the
Co.estitution. bat it was neglected. and Owir
4isorip have since beau governed by the discretion of
ithe House of commons.

Earl Gime said, be was as well aware as the
Noble Errl opposite that occasions bad happened
wfwreiti pipers hod been laid olio') the table and
tin proceedings instituted upon them ; but such
bud never occurred when the papers had reference
too proreethug thee pending, for in vac+ caries .it
errs skimp meet fee the Ministers of tile Crown to
stale to the House how such papers were likely to
affect the proceedings. The Noble Erni bad
omitted to give this inforinatioo to the illoti-e, or tra
stale whether the papers now laid upon the table
would be I kely to int swift the ntretivg of the Com-
mittee. 'hits was an unprccedeated proceeding►.
The papers were thrown to the House to be used
as ii might be thought expedient, but if no
ocher Member were to notice them, the Mi-
nisters o! the Crown would DOTI distinguish them •
by their attention.
l'he Marquis of IsxsvowN repeated the course
winch he bad proposed on the first night, aisd the
arguments which he bad then used against the op-
potirtineed of the Secret Cotuniittee, but no Noble
Lrod on the Mtitisterral side of the.liou.e .fated or
aril:tilted any objection to the measure. Tins sea
on the first eventitg; on the second. the Noble Ertl
opposite (Liverpont) peoposed the postponousent: so
lust hoeing on the first day voted an immediate 'a-
gony, the House, on Ow mere unsupported sugges.
trot of the Noble Earl. cooseuted on the sectual
day to postpone it, sad so hoot day to day until
Fri.loy treat.
Tor Eorl of Lie serum., in explanation, said,
that he by no means was induced by any circum-
stances which had rreeutly occurred to forego ha
forte►r opinion. thilt 3 Secret Co•auntttee es► trot
Limy a per•fbctly conatiretiossal. but also the most
decorous and proper anode of proceeding that could
Dare been adopted. Mid such r proceeding not
been adopted in the grist mustier, the yueatn•n
e out" tura *is ,r 1 tit si very itatferent state. 'rise •
N .Lie L ,s; (Lord Hulloed) in saying thrt
flu ;Lord Li r.eipool, trod vu the- brat &rigid raisers-


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or flit (Nallatitnir toit
m-,•terrence which email induce him In lUipie

M. 1-.-Copy of a letter from the Queea to the Earl of
Lienwpool, doted the 9th of Jane, lOW.

Nu. 9—Ptutocul of the lit conference, beid at St. Jaime&
'goitre.
Na. IQ.—Po:4mA of the td coofertace, held at 'lief's/reign
011 b tr. ,

—Protocol of the 3J confereace, held at St. James's.
al Mare.
No. IR—Protocol of the dth conference, held at the F4ll.
reign Office. _ _

34.113—Prolipeol of the Sth conference, held et the Fe.
reign Othre.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE reeterted that it was
inspeetable for the House to understand the question,
witless the whole of the procertlinge was laud before
thews. It was DA to be expected that the floete
would express an opaiaon whether the renewal of
lite ocgocietion were prt.ltrr or MA. 11,11.1.5 they
were apprised of all the previews circumstances.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL Fail that he was aware
of only one paper which loot been officially cow-
cittineated to the Cabinet, (Asides thole new on the
table.

Lord ERSKEVE Inkr(l, how it seas possible for
the Huuse to Wier suoy ellvtce to the Kitig upon the
! • propriety of entering upon tlee late negaciatterw, tin-
. less the elusle clierge exhibited against the Queeu
' were first known ? He. fur one. should never ex-
press-on opinion upon the subject white the evi-
deuce seemed ►o i►teperfert. Suppose in the largo-
oiatioils the Queen stood atom her rights, and as.
'road leer clean to the liberty of going abroad or
staying at home, just as she pleased, how could the
Haase express am opi►►ion spew the propriety of re-
• jactiug such preliminaries without fully undrr►taud-
aug thy Qure-ses condition ? but he twgged that he
aright nut be 4iodennood us expressnig stay wish to
opeu clue green pug. With respect to the op-
peimunent of the Secret Committee, he still thought
et a perfectly constitutional proceeding, and lee,
therefete, had conseined to become a member of it.

The question of adjoututueut us. theu put and
cursed.—Adjourned.

11101J&E OF .0011110biS, 'Jemmy, lure IL.

The general expectation that the important debate eels.
Tire to hei Mqesty weak! tiller place this terming, produced
wa inaniense crowd AO every avcoue leading du the House,
avail boors .before the doors were tiptoed.
• ballet span the Berwick-opon.Tweed Llectiens Petition
produced rely early attendance ot Menvivrra also, avid on
no OCC•41011 beer we seen the Moose wa crowded during the
14COrlel 5i0146011.
Mr. F. Laws presented a Petitiou filrae Ike Freehold/we
of die county of Writs. complaitolig (a. we
11w member ea whieli thine voles /*ere talon al Ilse pulls'
buoileta This Pei, inns wilt termed a ilrounnutteav
11: ISM F..XI:ISE PAPEits
Sioutittllattava gave Honer, that if c•i•rs4o=
ptimpoird • ells the Heiseireland,
far Mhte~
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Of ill:dim
.4gid or Buy

.rise result
Wit reasetlr uve such es haul been expeeteirr; •
:e
Noe .it iiis ie i mbar gut. ut evening that lie amps..
to a hope *I • -llr then essuirtrined. that she resat!:
of the thacuonints would loose firbistlitile. flow.
ter he wan warranted .in entertaining Such ft hz
their Lordships might tell when they Yniel semi
.. . .. .1- .4.
paper,. ,
Lord not.r.anis ruse to speak; Pot Lewd 114011,ltlit
quickly stepped fireweed towards the tabAtic
stowed diet the Hauer de now adjohrts.' . •
Lord iluLtAtio these Amok', end renstilltert, Not •
by the proceediog ',OW perused the Waiters of the
Crown shifted Their irsPoristhility from ihemselvei,'
upon Parliament.
Lord Dacac raid, that the Mose might still be
placed in great difrerulties, should the (louse of
Commons chinee to form an *Moe ePou this soh.
jpct different from that which was expected. [fish
as the legal opinion is 'helloes, Wes; 'Pleat nu stria
peachateut could be imMtoted igainotthie Qom*,
non ems's. War the House of Cidinntems might 'not
differ from that opinion, owl institute ass impeach.
meat. He begged to ask, whether the ground for
eiljourising the meeting of the Contrisittee was to
be found in the pipers bow laid ors the tmble ? The
Noble Earl did not say it was, but from' the course
pursued, such wilt to be inferred. 11.!was also sle.
sirous to know what was the extent of these papers.
and to what point they reached ? Did they refer
solely to the recent negoscilltiollll, or did they contain
those previous negoctetions which should be known
to the [loose for the purpose of ebteiuing a pp rfect
knowledge of the recent transactions ? He further
desired to know whether the Noble Earl would
have any objection to furnish 'ugh other documents
upon this subject as ;night be thought necessary ?
The Earl of LivxRPOOL said, that the best way
of knowing what the papers referred to, was to
cause the Clerk to read the titles of line papers.
Lord Ent.Lx sem moved that the House should
adjourn.—(Cries of" Order! order P')
Lord HOLLAND Moved, that the titles of the
papers should be read, to ascertsin whether they
ought to ailjourii.—(A laugh.,
U pup Ibis poiot, and the right of giving
priority to the question of adjournment. Lord
SrltNcrit and the LORD CitanctuAntspoke briefly,
when Lord Rot.t.E declared that he would not press
his motion, so :,is to pre‘elit coy Member from de-
herring his sentiments once upon thequestiou. lie
had been iudur-ed to make the musion, because los
'notion was before the House, and the debate was
carried on very irregularly, each Member speaking
av often as he pleased.
The Clerk then read the heads of the Papers Ind 1
before the Howie. i

No.? —Copy of • letter from the Earl of Liverpool lo
tbefdoems, is answer to her Majesty's letter. Swine date.

No. 3—Copy of a letter from Ih.• Queer' to the Earl of
Liverpool, dated the 104 of June, len°.
Nu. 4—Copy of a teltertrunt 11 E4rl of Liverpool to the
Quern, in mutter to the foramen., dated the 1 lth of Jane,
1420.

No. ft—Copy of a letter from the Queer to the Earl of
Liverpool, dated the Mb of Jane.
No. 6—Copy of a letter from the Earl of Liverpool to
the Quer', dated the 13th °f low.
Wo. 7—Copy of a ote from the Carl of Liverpool to Mr.
Brougham.
MKS—Copyist a mote from Mr. Bettettimmt to the Earl of
I.iverpool,slatiag that he had it its command from her Ma.
jemy to propose to append two psrsouss us her behalf to ma-
mate the conferences.

his hope that the diecousinna weNh.l lead ter fa-
re.alt. reloaded. his words. he believed!
In the lwat of 4vltate it wits very put i-
• that.he might love exPiesseill hisitioli different.
horn what he hi...ititendesC-Vi Ith !might have
Isisoseff ; bot op that ores.
oho es• partirolsrly creefil..wd rr wells he
ild remember, 1w said on the 6r.t night that
ir consented is the insinpviteentruktfjim