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o'ist:rt noon that point, at seeing them consent to
I'e rnottletisn of their own Bill, and to the sever-
s •C•c• (lithe most operative clause, and that which
• tacie conferred upon the Bill the semblance of
j..agnient : for if they, as their votes implied, were
Paced of the Queen's guilt, they ought to have
-.wit:tined the measure of a ilivorav us an almost
.tesssary cooseqsenee. Ido out mean, my lairrils
•oias to enter into a review of the evidence, but I
k• !% at t avoid expressing my surprise at hearing the
Noble Earl at the head of his Majeiiti's (.usty's.
anent resting his ronviction of the Queen's guilt
▪ the residence or Demon', as if the testimony
"af •o purr a witness were S:y110h111101111 with truth.—
!!/ear, hear.)-1. know tint, my Lords, by what
re:ser.ity of judgment the Noble Earl could 1111 M.
that Demo testimony was confirmed by
at of Dr. Holland. To lay understanding the
..otcary seemed to be the fact, nor am I aware of
P 'v part of the evidence subsequent to lice*" which
"!1 to restore her credibility. Many parts of her
Nia,esty's conduct appears to me to have been treat-
tlssith 111-placed severity, in particular the 'tem-
ne,ta of the Noble Earl opposite, upon the circom-
st,eace of her Majesty's having borne a part in a
eine representation, seem not to have been justi-
f by the nature oft he transaction. Nothing is more
s rein limn than for persons of the highest rank to re-
pt/sent draititidiC personages in private theatres, and
-s.an has ever thought of breathing calititny upon
names, or of impotiter to the individual in the
e'...tunis of titivate life any principle or attribute
inch might have distinguished the fictitious clta-
ac ? Bitt after the very able and eloquent corn.
otents trade limo, tile evidence, se well by the
t 'noose! at the lon., as by your Lordships, it would
I become me in oc-.. allay more of your time
y cideaing at greater length into the details of
•illaiect. I cannot, however, but remark, that
Icaro cireuintanstices which have transpired le-
•!'ectang lb. Illttllrrr in winch evidence in support
th W SIIU2IIt In he acquired, your Lord-
•f, ps ought to anew every part of the (-tear for
the prosecutton with sivinclitit.—(Hear
itok to the matinee nt which the Petticoat of
Wate• was treated, s:urratiuttled by spies staid pick-
Narks, even at the moment that they abused her
! —/Loud cheers. f--Your Lordships
tiaa•t further observe, that altl the allegations
ref crime eoVervri at first an extent of six years, not
ea' its of evideocr has been brought to affix the
rosin of criminality, or even a a 'large of 'oohs-
to the last three years of her Itiyal
Highness's I i fe.--( Hear, hear, Isear.)—•l lie
h oeen has been charged with familiarities to-
ss..tsfs her servants. If that be a crime, the guilt
la nut confined to her 31ajesty. Numerous in-
•tsi:rs may be room! of Kliegs suit Queens conde-
to ....taint; to familiarity with their immediate at-
The Howe ought to hesitate before it
ssal! '..ave its sem tioli to it measure so anCmalous.—
The king himself, as the head of the State, is the
tasowcil propecotor in the ease; the finig's
Mims-
ter- impel the prosecution in his behalf, and at the
*.au", lone," with the household servants, sit
• the bill tas jitili4es awl jurors! Among there
t0...1• our vil•a to he found the broth-rs of the
h n, but far be it fril, int., lily Lords, to int-
ro,' to :my of timer any oilier than honaorahle
•-e-a• ; nod cooscicittious lives. This, however,
mutt diminish the manifest anomaly that
:ails throughout the whole case. I shall
...tit the Noble Duke, treacle your Lordships
'oriin•r, but I say, my Lords, haviitg paid
tc-at attentiart to the evidence, that I you'd say
co if culled upon, from tl.e bottom
• ' *ll bear?. /let Guilty, npoa my
) —There has been a stems;; prejudice
st•: alia•t the Queen, but 1 tail firmly say, Not
111111 n any honour. So touch for my
• ; but !not; at it in a lee,islative ca-
pail a. I feel hatimal, iia lona:lir to myself, in duty
• .tat king and coinitty, tot I in justice to the
QJeco, to ;is Nof('ordeal.—(Lond : lierrs.l

I he I.OIW CIIAM 1:I.1 .01Z—My Lords, in a eery early
•!-,.• • as the Hill 1 slated in the Hutto, Oast ir any nor soled
fs r s I. set nu.l rc!lding of the Hill, lie was perfectly at
1 ••) to fo/ne alterations in the col:intents, when it
FS cu to a Commiller. I like/rise stated that you could
:t, the e.vrlusinll of the divorce clause, and that you were
s.• ! '•••riy to pureed as they do in the Ecclesiastical Conti,
• paillea sue for a restitution of conjugal rights,
1-••• v 1.. t. a lilt lia that dellaaini a f restitution.
!'••so great pritwiple tau win, Is we ought to proceed should
1 • *iat Hinst-1 think you cannot vote against this Bill
• s- emend of expediency if you cannot reconcile in
snots! tint that is justice. I slated before that I
..1 upon isi,ssof as a cu.jmor with the fiat of year battl-
e. " and I 11,411*(31. .! nbat I tom s.zain asst., t. that if in
!nese of the prosasedi tog I abould ice any reason to 3:1-1!
• S as to whether guilt was tatablislied by legal pre.
—own, I stosou,l tole arc.sttling to that correct.] aqui ttttt a.
t" • I.osits. I hate ...flooded to the fact ; and it is not IIOW
In iias vac woad .•••1 the pokey its expediency
e: • , lout I say that ti,, ilia... Aim, nue is, are juts.
• •••• son trot coos towed by legal evidence of the fact of
• '+rat, that as, by legal presatiption' 51y lands, I take
t t agaiti to say, that if you 4ie taut c•filaluerd by
Is .;a! pie-tiniptite et ish nee, notwithstanding all you hale
1, you cm zltt not Its say Content to the thud iiadiugof
t' but if yi, as e c. 111% OM VI that the, e if legal parstlasp.
•.• •volence, no case of exp. do airy ought to make yule
s ac sous' it. The lineation to winch I now rsw•aw In
.•`,lreo, mywlf la simply ibis, whether the guilt is nut proved
si !red presuonplit t proof case slits rest (sum SUMO
• merlins! cases: for instance in the case of murder,
I c trsit Illist; these wan to impostr a hillier the man Wag
E: -:rticrett, and on its being "ace, sail,. it that lie was 11111eIg6r.:
• I, II next inyts,ry MM who was the moirdirrer, nasal the mar.
os •1 was ate" root lord arts riircnonstatottal is Metier. Ile,
sr t! r course fit Ins peOfe/5110114111fe. r.rullretrd the case of
✓ being shut is the highway—tilt wadding ul the pistol
y lie a• 44 Out lodged in his bait—it a as Carrion.;
e aged from his luso mill put into cold water, abets it
•••-• ascs•rtaistesl that it ass a piece of a is ; and the re.
s•• t:edes of the ballast lie would say. for :he parpose of illus.
I.si!ur, ass tumid in the pocket of A II then he would ask
ts its being .0 tuteiod. Oat ant strong presumptive esti.
4:^-..71. Of Ihe Kalil of A It • There ails out one case of adul-
ts.), sine "(lone hi:wired to which they one not oliligt•d to
pair t presumptive evidence—fur the actual fact of the *dal-
t-. I,!ittit committed was hard., ever seen. la cases of thin
k ~•I the it Lordships bad been au the habit of inquiring first
• to the time 21111 place, mot the own Inuit) of committing
t r., 1, ,:ad afterwards they look into their consideration
tritecedent cirenmstance* which took place &stirrer. the
Fti.es before came to the CoOrlOGita• That adul-
t •,11 bad taken plate. If their 1.0111111111011 were &-
past Com 11,31 rasa its the present cases and stetermiste
Is,ai outlining but the posot.ve pew( of the fact world
convince them of the stoat of the 11.431 accused, they
sarkl bs atadoing all dist had bean done in similar
cosi! for armories. Me oiarld, fur abstain. support that si
m. 41 mot *mow locked thrumming Wass rooso,ated the duos
IP 44 mots, open. mod tie, aut t!ataod commaiulass altaltent.
La la mad .41.atit tbat Coo mere clic sodium 4 Abel, being
fuJo kicked is. that rust* to:!d not be rbgtitot eri.

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deice of their • their Lordship %mid Els
ettherleeetly eleepieg. in the mine teem, er midst. Op
some coverts( be Alm weeks, he believed that way few of
their Lordship would have any dmibt or adultery_ 'swift
been coomitte&-this wee precisely the present PP, NO
bow was it to be proved except by cirtonistaistial evident's,'
He laid aside all she evidence of Demouti.Suebi.,and Xs.
joechi, except that whit.% wee net emitridtered, end which
might have been contradicted if it could, and the etidedes
for the defeue ; in his opinion it was impossible brassy per-
son ant to my but the eau Italy had taken plats; lksvtf they
could nut say mot pithy, policy and expedirocy hold nothing
to do with it. "If he was not convinced that the rvideoce
formed a legal presumption of her Majesty', swift, he would
oat vote fur the Bill. lie had taken the liberty of saying
these few words so this great cud lamentable occasion, bet
he was tint •Miliciently vain ae to suppose that any (Mug
which fell from so humble an individual as himself would
ineneuce their ; but, in his auntie's*, be be-
lieved there was legal evidence of her Majesty'', guilt, and
'that being his conviction, be cared nothisig foe public Omni.* ;
then fore, he could tool kelp
.bringing humself to vote for the
third reading of the Bill.
The Bishop of CHESTER said he bad voted for
the 'ennui reeding of the Bill on his conviction of the
guilt of her Majesty; if she was Mouton!, there never
was immerse° before so combined with the appearance
of guilt. He bad also voted against the divorce epee,
becattae be thought it was contrary to the established
usage of the law of the laud, and also from the divine
• precepts of our religion, and be would defend that vole
against the charge that its giving it he had voted fur
the degradatioa of the King; so far from throltiog Mal it
had that b-aring, he thought if there was one circumstance
more degiadiag than another, it was the way his Majesty's
uame had bees mentioned by those Noble Lords who he'd
set tip the charge against those who opposed the divorce
clause; mill he also thought the attack as the Reverend
Archbishop was not justificol. His most decidpi °pied'se
was, however lung his Majesty's reign bight be, it would
hear comparison with ally of the reigns of his predecessors,
however glorious they might have been. lie felt great dub-
coolly as to what be might to do on the present stage of the
Bill ; for having voted fur the snood reading, he could nut
consistently vote against the third reading; and having
voted agaiust the divorce clause, he could not cuosistemily
vote fur the Bill. He bail, therefore, to beg leave of their
Lordships to withdraw himself, and not vote at
lusgh.)—lle would sit duo n being satisfied that be had cull-
scientiously ilmie his duty.
Earl GIeIiSVENOR felt it quite impossible not to say •
few words poi to %bat had fillets from the Revereesi
as to the mention that had been made id his :Majesty's name,
as to what hail proud between his Majesty anJ his 3liiiist,rs
nlutve to this business; it lieS reported that it was his
!Majesty who urged it 00, suit that is was he that proposed
to the IL vi rend Archbishop that her Majesty's 11111111 e sliusitd
lie left out of the Liturgy. He had reported to the House
what lie lied heard, with the hope that it was nut true, sod
iu having dune that he considered he bad only perlionned
his duty ; and if it was true, he bad stated that his Maj. sty's
Ministers ought to have trampled their seals of office under
their feet.—rileur, hear)—Tie Noble Earl at the brad of
the Government (Liverpool), with his proverbial candour,
stated, on introducing this meaisre, that if it did not meet
with the general concurrence of the House, be would
witlideaw it. lie would ask their Lordships if they could
consider that the majority of 28, fur the second reading of
the Bill,slieseed the general concurrence of the House? there-
fore every thing be had heard strengthened him in the great
impropriety of sitstailieg the Bill. The Noble Rad oon-
cloded amidst loud cries of " Question—Clew/lion."

Lord ERSKINE, from the confusion its the Howse, was
hardly audible below the bar; we understood bin to say.
that it was impowible for their Lordships to declare her
Majecty gm illy ua the evidence before thew. It was not a
question of law, fur their Lordships were jurors to consider
flue matter of fact.

The Duke of GRAFTON spoke in so low a lone of viiee
as to be inaudible below be bar. His Grace concln.led by
deelariug, that in his opinion her Majesty wits nut guilty.
The Matelots of HUNTLY said, that be bad pant the
greatest Miro ion to the whole pruccedinws, and he was con-
vinced that her Majesty was guilty, and n Holt the evidence
of Liei.t. Hownsin was sutficieut to prove it. He was de-
t, npin, ol not to give a silent vote on account of the threat of
r Majesty's Ci.misrl, as to what was to be apprelio tided by
their !Lordships from popular fseltug.

The Marquis of DONEGAL had riven the proceeding
his most actions attention, sad when he considered the evi-
dence to support of the Vill. be was bound to say that her
Majesty isaa nut gnalty. The Noble Martinis then com-
mented on the evidence of Demont. He was sure. that
neither their Lordships nor the country would derive Other
benefit or bottom from persevering in this measure.
The Bishop or6I.OILIVESTER felt convinced that the
divorce. clause, which had been retained in the Bill, was in-
cotisiatent with the state and truour of Chriatian morality;
therefore, doing impartial justice, lie I. It it iuctutibent wt
I to volt ag t the third reading of the Bill. De re-
g.etted the occasion that obliged him to darer froth those
sigh whom he load itliva” acted during the short period of
his pm liamesitary lite, turd for whose p..ltlical sentiments he
had a &tided preference. After a few further observations,
which the noise in the House prevented its from hearing, his
Lordship said, that being well convinced that by consiitency
of conduct respectability of character was best secured, be
should give his vote arriiii.t the present question.
Lord A LV A N I.ICY fuse, unitilit loud cries Of "Qua-
lion !" iiltdraw !" %%Inch rendered the
greater part of his felll4l ks inautlibte. He eNt.ressell
his determinist to oppose the third
Alluding. to the remarks if a Noble Lord (the
Marquis of HuiitlA be. di,clainsed the iilra of
influenced hi the threw, of Couuel at the
bur—lnv could have wished that the Counsel us, both
vides heel displayed better taste:
Lord EI.I.ENIIOIIOI.IGII opposed the question.
He admitted, too:sever, that the case srood•liti very
prettlour greunds—for, having heard the evidence
for the prosecution and that lon the defence, iu his
opi...ion, the strung•e-t proof of the Queen's guilt
ued on the laths eveitencr.--(ficur, hear.)

The Eat of DA RIO.LY End, that the whole of the
calve had been au ably rattnintd by his Noble
Friend ;Earl Gre), its a vetch, which, fur the elo-
ritteisce and force a Its reassunisnr,, mad the coach.-
*melees' of its arguments, would fur eves be rerntain-
beret!, that lie ahould not at all enter into the
merit. or it ; but as an appeal bad brets matte to
certaits Nei* by a Nubile Baron, hr (Lord Darn-
ley) could tan 11_1 liar tinettion gas tu a diviaion
without to tkilig • strosigier appeal—net to 'shore
Noble Baratta who composed what had been denu-
minuted the united plialarfs with *lnch he always
acted, but to the oisiontie side of the Dow. lie
did appeal moot earnestly nod bulenottly to those
Noble Lints un the other rode who might be ww.
tern% as to the part *lnch they *area to take on
this ensat important garotted, who had not (like a
Noble Atogisib) lurantds decided opitsitsti of guilt
in her M 'jolty, not to be removed earn by soli-
ciency of evidence tu the cuntrary. to lb s last
sts4e of the cuss., he csileil oil all such to weight
well the consequences of paring so estrourdioary
rod anontalnua a Bill; to pause and lave die Hussar
rem the odium lied dab It wauld be sure to
luring with it; to 41,12/111/ dually between the Wifely
of the 311..isit-ra of the Clown, laud dot critel.dor
glatltiton ul tittle is, by, interposing itself au,
thunty before it should be too Late. ( 14e4sr,lieor.l.
—The opiirea of the merle ow& dreaded 4a.l Ilia
gook of adultery tad saw Linen proved. I N.strulte
not now of Wiw rabbles whore rlantiouva • lie.coit.
tensed ar ultra at- the' alktiod:
orition Of the iutrillgetat sad froproC.

hie portion a Bat isfnren as Lwaibipthok
ezpstieted elm Big impobcy
.sti4 dative of pereeveed
leg in a malteere twihialt tiki greet loan of the
people of ON Britain were *lolly hostile. No
man was less likely to yield his opinion to the threats
.or moleuce of the factious asadrieditiosa thee Wu-
self. and of this he had gives insure, at a time.
whet, his property and life had been threatened.
But the *ruse of the public hod been fairly ptice.
flounced against this 1111.411Urc. fie entreated Noble
Lords to consider well befofe bringing by their
votes, and the unfortunate proceeding or this any.
this country, which had long been celebrated for
justice, generosity, and honour, into disgrace and
ignonimy—feeling strongly, he could tint help es-
pres-ing himself in warm terms.
The House having now become extremely impa-
tient for is division, strangers withdrew, and were
not permitted to return into the House. On divid-
ing, the ',timbers Were—
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.Cordenis lOB
Non Contests 99

Majority for the third 'reading.. NINE.

The division was received with the loudest cheers
from the Opposition benches. As soon as silence
could be restored. and before the question was put
that this Bill do pas•,"
The Earl of Ltwantroot, rose—

Lord DAcRR rose et the some lime With a parer
ih kis hind, which we understood was t Protert
front the Queen against the proceeding,
Laud cries of •' Lord Liverpool !" proceerh•rl
front sty. ral Noble Lords, awl Lord LIV EaPhOL
then 'Addressed the House as follows :

" My Lord', convinced. as I am, of the justice
Pod !zperliency of this measure. and being con-
vincer) no less assuredly of the preyed guilt of err
Neje-sty, with respect to the Charges of this Rill, as
I hod it impossible to emery the same conviction
to the minds of others, I shill not attempt to pre•s
the 11111 contrary to the declared opinion end feel-
ing of the public. My Lords, if such a division
had taken place on this ir!casiroi as took place on
the second reerhog of the Bill, from the incontest•
tilde piorfs before the House, I should have felt it
my ditty to hove sent !hie lull nowt• to the Howie
of Commons. As, however, dies&•`..s but this nta.
jority nu the third reading, I think it proper trow to
move, that this Pill be not lesol now, but he read
this day six mouths."—(Hear.)
The Duke of 111trento-r then rose, aml, as
soon as lie could obtain silence, lie declared, in
the most solemn manner, that he had given his
vote for the third reading of the Bill on the clearest
and most conscientious conviction of the Queen's
guilt. Ile should therefore oppose the Noble Lord's
(Liverpool) mof;on.
Earl GREY then rose, and after commenting
with severity on the unjustifiable pertinacity C•f
Minister' in pressing the Bill to ■ third reading,
and then uhandoning it without any essential
change having been wrought in the character of any
part ot• the proceeding, briefly expressed his con.
gratthitions to the House and the a OUlltry oil the
relinquishment, from whatever cause, of a mea-
sure so iniquitous, unwarrantable, and hazardous
10 the slate uiiii the euniire.
The tit-ti put from the iVrorlsack„
c' that the Bail he reed this dap six iiiontlis';" which
was carried without a division.
l'ne loudest and most enthusiastic cheers burst
i ttttt iediately from several Notrle
Adjourned to Thursday the 23 I of November.

FUR E IGN L LIG ENCE.