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:Ile Learned Counsel then resumed his argument.
hat he complained of was, the want of a definite ground,
and the introduction of so great a variety of circumstances
quite irrelevant to the main fact ; and that was holding
out' motive to the passing of the Bill by their Lordships,
which never could have had Oilee were the proceedings
really judicial. Some of their Lord,lCps might thus be
induced to pass the Bill from one motive, and sonic from
another; it was impossible that they (the Counsel) conk,
apply themselves to all that variety of inducement %%Inch
might weigh on their Lordships' minds, when they consi-
dered. this Bill not on the ground of being a judicial pro-
ceedon
g but on the ground of state necessity and
expediency. " In the presence of my royal mistress (said
Mr. Denman), permit me to say, in attempting to adopt
this which is miscalled the trial of her Majesty, we are
departing from all established forms of justice. She
asked for a trial by her Peers. She did not desire that a
message should be sent down, and papers laid upon the
table sealed in green bags. She did nut wish 'Judges
should deride on her ease without hearing witnesses exa-
mined on oath, nor did she wish final judgment to be gives'
by him who was desirous of obtaining a separation." He
claimed she right of recrimination. It was too obvious
the whole object of the Bill was to release his Majesty
from the solemn obligation of mat ridge. He might ask
the House of Lords in such a case, to look to the hid-
conduct. Could he prove his wife eloped without
his consent? If it should appear that a young and ami-
able Princess, coming from a foreign country, had Mond
her Inisband's • I alienated shortly alter marriage; if,
on the death of a beloved child, she was deserted and ob-
liged to wander in affliction ; if, atter an bloody into the
charges against her Majesty, she was acquitted and re-
ceived by the father of die husband, who never deserted
her ; if, sunder the circumstance of a long separation, the
husband lied withdrawn all protection ft his wife, be
would ask their Lordships whether they could hear such
a cane?—lf this Bill was to pi oceed, lie claimed, on behalf
of his client, the right of recrimination. This must be so,
11111(.83 it was said morality was for the low and soot the
high. The Bill had the greatest tendency to produce a
disputed soicreasimi. Suppose his Majesty was to marry
again and have a child, would the e nut be doubts of the
validity of such a marriage? The case of Mary, daughter
at Queen Catherine, and lib:Aiello, daughter of Astute de
Bottleyn, proved that marriages which did not please the
people would always bring doubt; upon the legitimacy of
the offspring. Bills of this der.cription opened, as it were,
an office for scandal; and if the House took the Crown
from the Queen on the ground stated in the Bill, they
might be bound to visit the heir apparent with flue
same justice.—He called on the Lords to pause before
they gave PAM Lion to such a Bill. It would appear, by
reference to history, that the French revolution was pre-
ceded by accusations against the Queen, of the most dis-
gusting character. What effect it would have on this
country time would spew. lie contended that the Queen,
as a woman, was entitled to the most delicate attention
from their Lordships. He concluded by requesting the
Lords to consider what ought to be the married stale, as
between husband and wife. Inquiry in this instance
could produce sin good 'feet. His royal client disclaimed
any wish to shrink from fair trial ; but to a Bill of Pales
and Penalties she protested. She had no opportunity of
knowing the witnesses, as in case of indictment. He for
one would never give up those sentiments of homage due
to her Majesty's rank and elevated mind. He should never
fail in the duty he owed to the Laws of God and Man.
The Ql/6101 then withdrew. _ _

The ATI;ORNEY GENERAL rose at a quarter before
one o'clock to address the House. He commenced by
complaining that the learned Counsel for the QOCCO had
deviated from the question on which they were allowed to
he heard. They were to be heard on the principle of the
Bill, ye they had gone into the origin of the Bill, appeal-
ing to the passions of their Lordships, and introducing
calumnious statemeuts. The Honse had the advantage
of the assistance of the Judges of the laud, who would
see that no vague uncertain evidence was received. He
defied his Learned Friends to find a case to prove that
impeachment was a proper mode of proceeding.—
He should abuse the duty int, usted to him, if he esidea-
vonred, in that stage of the Bill, to expatiate on the enor-
mity of the charges, or allude to the evidence it: support
of them. He should not comment on the disgusting lice•
lions scenes to be exhibited. His Learned Friends might
with impunity taise the name of the Queen, which never
ought to have been mentioned, but they should never
ellieit from him any observation upon topics which ought
not to be introduced until the proper period arrived. He
detimded the principle of the Bill as applicable to the
case of her Majesty, who could nut be proceeded against
by impeachment. He disclaimed any appeal to the pas.
alone Lords ; straight forward language, without re.
gaud to popular clamour, was the best mode of pi (weeding.
The decision of the House of Lords would no doubt satisfy
the meatiest/10*cl of the realm.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL next rose. He partook
of the objection made by the Attorney-General to the
line of conduct adopted by his teamed fi jeer's on the
other side. Instead of consiilm Mg a dry grave question,
his learned friends had indulged in inv cot% e. Wiuhuut
evidence, but relying on their own aspersions, they had
put themselves iii the simulations el accusers of all persons
concerned in directing these pruceediegs.—The Solicitor.
General then went over the same gsouud as the Auto ney-
General, without eliciting any thing new.
[At the rouclusion of the Solicitor-General's speech, the
Queen again entered the House I
Mr. BROUGHAM, in reply, said. the main argument
of the A itorsiey-Gencral went to prove, that .lie chat gee
against her Majesty were such as could nut be proceeded
1111 l unless they adopted a Bill of Pains and Penalties,
which they considered a Bill of Diviner.. lie allowed it
to be such, but lie called on his learned friend to spew him
a single instance in which Parliament was found legis-
lating away a marriage without being called upon for that
'impose by the iujiired patty Mr. B. then deprecated
the Solicitor-General's code of morality, which led him to
deprecate the :ninthly in a Princess Is than in a Prince.
He disclaimed ititentimi, in what he bad said upon that
subject, to wound the delicacy of any Id anch of the royal
tautly and concluded by rzpremmig his belief that their
Lot riships would du strict justice.
Musto• TO *TAY PROCk:EDIIiGS ON TIIE

KING rose, and said it was his intention now to propose
a resolution to their lordslisps to this *glees, viz. that it is
not necessary either tor Use mitotic ii,itety, or the wit-
tily of the 'Government, that this bill should pairs iuto
law.

Earl GRIA Said that the impression made apart his

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mind, by what he had heard in the
the Counsel, was very strong against proeeeding woos,. he
Hill. He therefore wished that time should now Le given
to their Lordships to consider what ought to be done upon
this proposition. He therefore hoped he 'would not be
considered as asking too much of his noble ft iend to post-
pone his motion WI to-usot row, when their Lordships
would all come better prepared for the discussion. If he
wets now forced to come to a decision, he twist say that
lie so strongly felt all the inconvenience of the course in
which they were engaged, that he should certainly be
mooch disposed to adopt some other mode than a Bill of
Pains and Penalties.
Lord KING intimated his willingness to postpone bis
motion WI to-morrow.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL was willing to consent to
the delay proposed, but thought that the debate ought
now to be commenced, by, at least, placing the 'imposi-
tion before their Lordships: they might then adjourn the
debate until to-uturruw.
Luid KING, in compliance with this recommendation,
moved the hollowing resolution—"'That it is the op
of this House that it is nut liCCenblay to 1111, public satety,
nor the security of the Government, to 'hiss this Hill."
The debate was then postponed until to-morrow morns
iug, to which time the House adjourned.

THE MINORITY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
FOR STOPPING ALL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TILE ULMER,

AUGUST 17.
Duke of Leinster, Earl Fortescue, Vi..c. King,
Somerset, Carnarvon, & Say and Sele.
Bedford, Grosvenor, LordsG wydir„
Argyle, Thanes, Cliften,
Hamilton, Cowper, Auckland,
St. Alban's, Ilchester, Dundas,
Marti. of Dowthhire, Oxford, nacre,
Earl of Essex, Vise. Anson, Belhaven,
Darnley, & Duncan, Sondes,
Jersey, Lords Bolingbroke, Ducie,
Albemarle, Downes Holland,
Suffolk, Torrington, Hawke,
Besborough Hood, Foley.
Stanhope, Kenyon,

FROM TUESDAY .VIGII1"S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTS.

T. Faulkner. Hayes CO;;4l.eicerster:tiquare, straw hat manu-
facturer. Solicitors. Messrs. Courteen and Robinson. Walbrook.
. C. Rudd. Law Hat, Lancashire, woollen manufacturer. Sol.
Mr. Chippendale. Crane Court, Fleet Street.
H. Taylor. Manchester. and E. Taylor, Blackley, calico
printers. Sol. Mr. Ellis, Chancery Lane.
R. A. Smith, Sheffield. grocer. Sol. Mr. Battye, Chancery
Lane.
J. Gunby, Birmingham, sword maker. Sods. Messrs. Sturdy'
and Co., Crane Court, Fleet Street.
J. Alilthorp, Put Ovens, York, clothier. Sol. Mr. Edmunds,
Lincoln's Inn.
J. Newbold, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, butcher.
Sol. Mr. Platt, New Boswell Court.
J. Armitage. Birmingham, saw maker. Sols. Messrs. Boun.
field and Williams, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street.
W. Wood, Holine Farm, near Wetherby, Yorkshire, cattle
jobber. Sol. Mr. Wiglesworth, Gray's Inn.
W. Goldsworthy, Sun Tavern Fields, Middlesex, ropemaker.
Sol. Mr. Heard, Htioper's Square, Leman Street, Goodman's
Fields.
1. Jacobs, Bristol, glass manufacturer. Sole. Messrs. Adling-
ton and Gregory. Bedford Row.
R. W. Coupland, Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire, linen draper.
Sol. Mr. Batty; Chancery Lane.
DIVIDENDS.
Sept. 5. R. Collins, Nlaidstone, dealer in hops-43, J. Bailey,
London Wall, coachin.,ker-5, W. Green. Albion Mace, Kings.
land Road, underwriter-9, J. Browne and .1. Gregson, Liver-
pool, upholstercrs-7, J. Guardner. Alapleborough Green,
Warwickshire, dealer-1 i. .1. Rothwell, Arnold, Nottingham.
hosier—le, A. Aaron, Plymouth Dock, silversmiC,—S, W.
Parker, Bridgwater. mobster-9, W. Watts. Gosport, victualler
—l5, .1. Weston, Liverpool. merchant-9, L. H. Standish,
Bishopsgate Street Without, straw hat manufacturer-9, W.
Mitchell Regent's Dock. Poplar. ship builder-7. W. Fletcher,
Wolverhampton, ironmonger-14, P. Leigh, Haslington,
Cheshire, tanner.
CERTIFICATES to be granted Sept. 5.
W. Walker. Worthy, Yorkshire. merchant—F. Kendrick,
Holborn. linen draper—W. Tennant, Liverpool, tailor—J. Jack-
son, Leeds, merchant—J. Shelley, Hanley, Staffordshire, shop-
keeper—R. Bibby, Liverpool, merchant—M. Peake, Hands.
worth, Staffintlshire, merchant—J. Scott, Fore Street, corn
dealer—S. Sadler, Birmingham, pump maker.

A passage in her Majesty's letter to the King says
—" When bereft, forlorn, and broken-hearted by
the death of her child, this was the moment, as her
Majesty declares, ' which was chosen tin. redoubling
the persecutions sgainst her.' " Numerous facts, in
the long catalogue of disgraceful operations abroad,
might be cited to prove the correctness of the state-
ment of her Majesty as to this point ; but what do
we want more than this—that, in the superscription
on the ctiffin if her child, which contained the names
of the illustrious persons from whom she had descend-
ed, the name of her mother was omitted What stab
more cruel than this was ever given to a mother's
heart ? Let the people of England say what her
feelings must have been when she, in reading the
English papers, saw this proof of the obduracy and
malice of her enemies ?

Many persons entertain an erroneous notion with
respect to the proceedings against the Queen.--
The fact is, that should the l'uins and Penalties
Bill puss the House of Lords, it must be sent to
the House of Commons for their approval, amid go
through the same stages as any ordinary Bill in
Parliament—if not arrested in its progross by a
majority. In the latter case it will of course fall
to the ground, and be a nullity.
A temporary bed has been erected at the Foreign
Office for Lord Castlereagh, where his Lordship will
sleep occasionally when in town, during the t end-
ing trial of her Majesty. His house in Sr. James's
Square continues closely shut up, and tlw a inflow
shutters arc all closed from the basement :o the
I attic.

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The following letter from her Majesty, which I'
is dated August 7th, was sent by the Queen's mes-
senger early in the morning of the Bth to the
Cottage at Windsor, accompanied with a note to Sir
ilenjamin Bbainfield,written by the Queen. desiring
Sir Benjamin to deliver it. immediately to the King.
Sir Benjamin Bloomfield being then absent, the
letter was received by Sir Win. Keppell, who for- i
warded it immediately to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield,
at Carbon House, who returned it in the afternoon
of the Bth to the Queen, informing her Majesty
that he had received the Kings commands and
general instructions, that any communications that
might be made. should pass through the channel of
his Majesty's Government. The Queen imme-
diately despatched a messenger with the letter to
Lord Liverpool, desiring his Lordship to lay it
before his Majesty. Lord Liverpool was at Coombe-
wood. He returned an answer that lie would lose
no time in laving it before the King On the II th
im reply Lavin., been received, the Queen wrote
again to Lord Liverpool, requesting information
whoilier any further coinionnication would be made
on the subject of the letter to his Majesty. Lon'
Liverpool wrote the same day from Coombe-wood
that he had not received the King's commands to
make any communication to her Majesty in ••onse-
queue of her letter t—
sia,—After the unparalleled and unprovoked persecution which
during a series of years, has been carried on against me under the
name and authority of your Majesty—and which persecution,
instead of being molitied by time, time has rendered only mo.e
and more 'malignant and unrelenting—it is rot without a great
lawritice of private feeling that I now, even in the way of remon-
strance, bring myself to address this letter to your Majesty. lint,
bearing in mind that Royalty rests on the basis of public good ;
that to this paramount consideration all others ought to submit;
and aware of the consequent-es that may result from the present
unconstitutional, illegal, and hitherto unheard-of-proceedings;—
with a mind thus impressed. I cannot refrain from laying my
grievous wrongs once more before your Majesty, in the hope that
the justice which your Majesty may, by evil-minded counsellors,
be still disposed to refuse to the claims of a dutiful, faithful, and
injured wife, you may be induced to yield to considerations
tacted with the honour and dignity of your crown, the stability
of your throne, the tranquillity of your dominions, the nappiness
and safety of pint just and loyal people, whose generous hearts
revolt at oppression and cruelty, and especially when perpetrated
by a perversion and mockery of the laws.
A sense of what is due to my character and sex forbids ma to
Teter minutely to the real causes of our domestic separation, or to
the numerous and unmerited insults offered me previously to that
period; but leaving to your :Majesty to reconcile with the mar-
riage ow the act of driving, by such means, a wife from beneath
your roof, with an infant in her arms. your Majesty will permit
inc to remind you, that that act was entirely your own; that the
separation, so far from being sought for by. me. was a sentence
pronounced upon me. without any cause assigned. other than that
of your own inclinations, which, la your Majesty was pleased to
allege, were not under your conwoul.
Not to have felt, with regard to myself, chagrin at this decision
of your Majesty, would have argued great insensibility to the
obligations of decorum; not to have dropped a tear in the face
of that beloved child. whose future sorrows were then but too
easy to forsee, would have marked me as unworthy of the name
of mother ; but not to have submitted so it without repining
would have indicated a consciousness of demerit, or a want
of those feelings which belong to affronted and insulted female
honour.
" The tranquil and comfortable society" tendered to me by
your Majesty formed, in my mind, but a poor compensation for
the grief occasioned by considering the wound given to public
morals in the fatal example produced by the indulgence of your
Majesty's inclinations; more especially when I contemplated
the disappointment of the nation, who hail so munificently pro.
vided for our union, who had fondly cherished such pleasing; hopes
of happiness arising from that union, and who had hailed it with
such affectionate and rapturous joy.
But alas ! even tranquillity and comfort were too notch for inc
to enjoy. From the very threshold of your Majesty's mansion
the mother of your child was pursued by spies, conspirators, and
traitors, employed, encouraged, and rewarded to lay snares for
th.: feet, and to plot against the reontation and life. of her whole
yoor Majesty had so recently and so solemnly vowed to honour,
to love, and to chetish.
In withdrawing from the embraces of my parents, in giving my
hand to the son of George tile Third and the heir-apparent of the
throt,e of England, 'muting less than a voice from Heaven would
have made me fear injostiee or wrong of any kind. What, then,
was my aatortidament at tinning that treasons against me had teen
carried on and matured, perjtiries against me had bees mettle).
cued and embodied, a secret tribunal had been held, a trial of
toy actions had taken place, and a decision had been made upon
trios: actions, without my having been informed of the nature of
the charge, or of the names of the witnesses ? and what words
can express the feelings excited by tile fact, that this proceeding
was f,,uneied on a reqtzest made, and on evidence, furnished, by
order of the father of iity child, and my natural as well as legal
gaardian and protector?
Notwithatanding, however, the unprecedented conduct of that
tribunal—.conduct which has since undergone, even in Parlia.
nom:, severe and unanswered animadversions, and which has
been also censured in minutes of the Privy (;ouncil—notwith •
standing the secrecy of the proceedings of this tribunal—notwith
atand.ng the strong temptation to the giving of false evidence
against me befo e it—notwithstanding mat there was no oppor •
wilily afforded me of rebutting that evidence—notwithstanoing
all these circumstances, so decidedly favourable to my enemies—
even this secret tribunal acquitted nic of all crime, and thereby
pronounced my princi pal accusers to have been guilty .0-die grossest
perjury. But it was now tatter the trial was over) discovered,
that the nature of the tribunal was such as to render false swearing
befo to it net legally (.ritniaal ! And thus, at the sugge,tion and
request of your Majesty, had been created, to take cognizance of
and try my conduct, a tribunal competent to administer oaths,
coayetent to examine a itnesses on oath, competent to try, cum -
rtent to licqu:t or condemn, and competent, moreover, to screen
those who had sworn thlse•ly against me from suffering the pains
and penalties which the law awards to wilful and amino perjury.
1. rest as n.) h.e1;,,1r I'.ol*/1:1:'111'18t !lave been tit tlii, slim!e.
fill era ion of law and just is that indignation was lust in pity for
hint who could lower his princely phones to the dust by pane it:,
coJneenance and fiirour us the most conspicuous of
cloned And noturious raj u; en,
Still there was one whose upiigi.t mind nothing could warp, in
whose breast injust.ce never found a piece. wituse hand was
always ready to raise the urft.rttnutte, and to tt; the °plat cd.