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London, England, 1820-11-12 00:00:00

examination of all the evidence, that the strongest judicial
proof of guilt had been established, that antadulierom
course had been %Deb too sulbricotly proved.r(Hear !) lie
had herd muck of Cie molar feeling op *he subject ; but
dm* all the mischiefs si tth which the state silaPthreatened,
he saw no greater than what would result from a sudden
and abrupt tersniontion of the present proceeding, instead
of going through with it to a just and satisfactory conclusion.
The Earl of bIOsSLYN ruse amidst loud calls fur the
question. Whets he saw agents employed to corrupt wit-
uesses, and i ewards hi-Id out in proportion to the force of the
charges made, mutt he not look at such evidence with great
suspicion 1 The greatest portion of the charges had been
abandoned by the advocates for the prosecution,and yet they
clung to evidence w hich they acknowledged to be suspected.
'file circumstance of Alin.sters p, emitting the Princess to live
three years abroad, after they had become acquainted with
her conduct, appeared as if they connived at it. The Bill
was not thought expedient when the scandal was fresh, nor
when the Princess lived three years in Italy t its expediency
only commenced on her arrival in this country. If the
divorce clause was thrown net, and the degradation of the
Queen persevered in, then might she be loaded with the most
odious epithAs, and )et she, by such a decision still de-
clared to be good enough to be the wife of the King.—
Such a proceeding would be unjust to the King. Notwith.
standing the public opinion, and the probability of the House
of Commons rilectiaig the Bill, he must notice the hardship
of the Queen, in being subjected to this troublesome trial,
under such manifest disadvantages, and which were a strong
aggravation of the hardships to which she was subjected.
At the condos' of Lord Kusslyo's speech, there was a
gen'ral cry of" Question, question! Withdraw, withdraw 1"
llis Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, from one of the
galleries, appeared most anxious to come to a division, ea-
claiming lowliy, " Withdraw 1" and making a motion with
his hand for strangers to quit their Lordships bar.
Lord HULL A N I) robe during the cry ol " Question !" and
" Withdraw 1" to direct the attention of the Howe to is
point which appeared to h s Lordship to have escaped their
notice. It was not necessary for strangers to withdraw
before the House clone to a division. The Noble Lords,
' according to previous arrangement, were to vote without
leaving their places, and if any Peer called for a division,
after the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack declared
whether the question was carried or not, titre strangers,
according to the usual practiee, must c ithdraw.
The Earl of LI VERN/01. said it would be the duty of
the Lord Chancellor, as Speaker of that House, to stale on
wLich side he II gilt the majority rested ; hot us it was
most probable the House could conic to a division, he coo-
1, ceived. the proper course would be to exclu•se *trailers
forthwith.

The House below the liar was then cleared of strangers.
and the door being closed, they proceed,d to a division
about three o'clock.
The crowd of persons without waited with a strong
feeling of expectation to hear the numbers announced.
Several bets were made. Some who professed to be in the
secret were disposed to take the majority at ;iu. Others
at 25 ; but the [venter part of the speculators looked for
something near the majority predicted by Mr. llobbouse
at the St. jittllCS'S Mee:ing, natueiy. about 61 or 6:1.
At half-past three o'clock the dour-keepers announced
the numbers to the public to be—
For the second reading of the 11111--Contents 123
Not Cuotents 95

Majority for the second reading 24
The House theu adjourned till ten o'clock tomorrow
morning, when A motion will be mule to go into a Com•
mittee upon the provision* of the Bill.

TUESDAY, NOV- 7.
The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack a
few minntes before ten o'clock, when prayers were read
by the Bishop of Bristol, sod the list of Peers called over
Lord BACKE then love to present a Protest from her
Majesty, and said—" My Lord*, since I came down to the
House this 'awning, a Protest from her Majesty has been
put into my hands. Not having taken any share in the
debates on this painful and important question, and en-
tertaining, as I do, strong feelings on the subject, I ought
perhips, to make some apology for now addressing your
Lordships. But my opinions, my Lords, were not in-
duenced by what has passed at the Bar of this House.
My objection to Bills of Paine and Penalties for acts lung
since committed, was so even, that no evidence that
could be brought forward would, in my opinion, justify
resorting to such a measure. Having hail this Protest
placed in my hands, I will make one or two observations
upon it. Whatever opinions I may have had as to the
nature of this proceeding, I concur most cordially in the
first part ocher Majesty's Protest, that her acknowledged
prosecutors have voted against liar on this trial. I know
that precedent* may be bun I for such votes, and it is left
to the individuals themselves to decide on the propriety
of prosecutors acting as juror,';
hut the country will form
an opinion upon it which it is not difficult to anticipate.
Her Nlajesty further complains, that ROOD, of the parties
who hove given their voices against her, have not attended
the trial during her defence. (Hear, hear.) I will not
say they had nu right to vote, if they could reconcile inch
an act to their consciences. Her Majesty then protests,
before God, Bret she is wholly innocent of the crime laid
to her charge, and declares that she will abstain from ell
thriller appeal to your Lordships, reserving to herself the
further vimileation of her character in another place. I
tiow, my Lords, will read
THE PROTEST.
" 'f he Queen has learnt the decision of the Lords upon
tile Bill ito,.v before them. In the face of P.uliament, of
her Family, ;tett of her Country, she dues solemnly protest
against it. 'noose who asowed themselves her Prosree-
tors, have pit slimed Ili sit in judgment upon the ette"ti°ll
between tile Queen and themselves. Peers have given
their voice+ ;glint her, who Ita.l heard the whole evi-
dence for the tilmige, anti absented themselves during her
Al ace. Others have come to the discussion from the
Scared Comm/the with minds biassed by a mass of slanders,
which her enemies have not dared to bring forward in the
lit
" The Queen does not avail herself of her right to ap-
pear before the Committee; fur to her the details of the
DiVilstite must lie a matter of indifference; and, toeless the
count' of these unexampled proceedings should bring the
Bill !Afore the other branch of the Legislature, she will
roeke no reference whatever to the treatment experienced
by her during the last twenty-five years.
" She nosy, must deliberately, and before God, asserts
that she is wholly innocent of the crime laid to her charge ;
and she awaits, with unabated confidence, the final result
of this miparalleled investigation!