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THE QUEEN'S TRIAL

DOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, Nov. b.

The Lord Clldheitlfor entered the House a few minutes
lb fore tea eichetito prayers were read, and the names called
The Loeb oiIdHPELLOR stated, that be hail received
a knee ruin Load Holland, idormisig bins that his Lord-
ship's initisposision peter...wee! Atm frame attending, toost_ge.
alterative him (she lateilrhancettor) en move in Isis almesee,
Out he (Lord Holland) olsoubllimle gave to sign the
The Litrd Chancellor accordingly moved and the leave was
granted.
Lord Ellenhorough obtained permission to sign the Second
Pi oleal.
Load Minlo obstained re similar permisssu for himself,
Lords Bolingbroke, Erykine, Earl Derides, and Amens.
The Report of the Uutrainistre was brought lip by the Earl
et soar-ream n If, and *Lycral literal and wee bardamemittnents
agreed to by the Ilisuee.
The Duke of H A 11 I 1...r0N wished to propose the niniseion
of so notch of the preamble as declared the gull of the
Cheer to be proved.
After • short conversation between his Lordship and she
• FAO. 41 I 11*FRP001. and LAUDVADALC, it was noises lo
',Million.. that motion mild the amendments of the Commit-
tee were gone through.
After the nonfinite. ists bail been gone through—
Load ELLEN BOROUGH said, that it now appeared that
sill the modification which the 11.11 had received in ila pos.
sag.' throtrale the Committee, tonsisied ill the m yllable
• the." He therefore celled upon Ihuse Noble Lords wile
had mitre fur the menoil reading under the idea of impor-
Lisa modificative, Isi the Committee, now to voile agents' the
third reading.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE begged to say a few words
to those Noble Lords who bad wished she divorce visual
to be omitted. He exhorted them to t r up iu Sheir
minds the grounds which had been owed, as the gromisla
on wkieh tertaiu Noble [Arils had voted yesterday. A
Noble Friend of hie fur whose character he had the highest
• arissilile rine, ci, had declared shot his motive in wishing
the divorce clause so her re taineel was 'limply Ibis, that hey
keeping in that clause he busted to el. f.al tie intasore
mitieely. Ille had avowed, that lie tan:toothy that manoeuvre
to throw wit the Ital.—Wear, heor, heist j—Tblose Noble
Lords who wished fur the omission of 11w divorce clause,
• might coessidie how for they wire bound so give . free t to
that minartivre hi their subsequent voles.—(l/ww, keur.j
Earl GREY said, skit it was with no inconsiderable
degree of indignation teal he ruse to repel the esijort, mi-
touticl•d, and cilium • s imputation which hied tweet at-
e. inpt.d to I.e bled opus, his cos:duct. lie bad trusted That
• hi* Noble Friend Lad lumen him to.. well to sorrel
I in of atienipting to attain say object by trick or
niaunravre i hut be must say this it was a curious fp. ties
41 trick sail sualiceuvre, whirls conabileil 4 fau ottoman.? dis-
tinct avowal of a inktieselar line of coeduct fur a particelar
porpoise. But if bat was trick BUJ owabirovre, how could
the hurt of thyse be designated who held out expect:it WWI
that after she screed reading • f ibe Bill alterations might have
place, without which many Noble Lends would have veiled
aeaisist it ? Even thi Noble awl Imbrued Lord°. the Wool.
sack, after a very able speech in favour of the divorce clause,
concluded by voting spina* il—in which he was joined by
I othes• of his Majesty's- Ministers who had themselves
ot minced the clause, nut, he should have 'opposed, *Wessel
aufficien4 reason Again. he moist say, that he repelled with
iiidignatioss, rut isioniard with deadens, tier idea that fur any
'earthly object be could condesceed to Ilse use of trick
or woo mime. He hail explicitly slated his object, and
could nut therefore have any us.tiou that what lie bad said
could be pervert. d into an iutention of eutrairaing the
Mork into a decision of which they were nut fully await..
Nothieg meld he more correct is prevariple, and more con.
sonata to every day's parlaamensary practice, thins that
*here a person had objections to tier principle of a mea-
sure, he should in ir. ry stage of its progress mules-
' von, to clog it with coudisimis which might ensure its
ultiastale rejeetiois —(Hear, hear, hear.)—He had from
the &Taming, on several ueerstnes, &delta' his objet-
lion to the omission eat the amok, es a scacrrr absurd,
PHOOSOIoIIf, and degrading to the Sovereign himself, and he
a is prepared to augur it if be had not been spared by the
Pl,Peflo.ll 'of the Right Reverend Bench on the occasion.
If lee haitheire a supporter of the: Dill, his task would have
been easy ; his difficulty arose fruits his being opposed
to Ilse principle of the hills ; and every day's, every
hour's reflection, every thing that be heard, Of fella, or
P• 144", condemned him in she opinion, that by the evidence pi ea-
diked at the bar, the charges agatual the Quiet., had out
been made oust. 'Feeling the difficulty iu which be-was
plrrial as an oppaser of the whole of ilia Bill, with respect
to she divorce clans, lee hail iutcaided sot to vote at all
the meestion, and he did not think that even want of
frirners could be imputed to hien, and still list 'lick or
rumor aver. His &eject had been to get rid of that unheard-
Ihat portentous, amid (if it passed, he is Isis cuuscieuce
believed it wiruld -pre/v.) that shot fatal measure. To
effect that object try all fair meanie, lie should think
✓ight, but amongst fair means, he weer could reckon
the abuse of any confidence *Mel: their •Lorilships might
repose in Min. He never wialaed to sue-veal by disingeonows
'methods, but in this isestatice he felt that tie heel bees guilty
vf• an indiscretion in giving his Noble Frieud the ad..
erentage which be bad taken of his 'candid avowal.—
He thought the appeal of she Noble Paid (Elleuliortnigh)
not at all onaplared in calling upon Ilium who bad hers
' i•idesee d by nu trick or Maisanivre to give their votes to bring
the Bill into its present positive, to consider the situation
vim which eke) lead been b./night. He had ihought it OW-
.
y 10 say Ibis arch illfirepelliog the chaser !wing,*
against him—a charge doubly painful consideriteg she quer-
te: from whirl, it came. He might be in error; tie rea-
lmbago on which he founded' Ins °pinkies might be falls-
mous, bait he bad sever eunceeled dons from the House;
be bad declared them,aisell acted upon them, mid utterly dis-
claimed Amy beafair mid open OlralitlVVll.
The Earl of LAUDERDLE expiators!, sad said milking
'would bare gives him greater pans than to Wire used
• epithets towaids the Nubile Earl (Grey) witiell he might
think • tended to operate injuriously to bill character, which
'no man more amp. med Mass he did. He di/ use the words
trickery and onoteume, but be never meant that it was
stnerorfky trickery, as the Noble Earl had stated, bat par.
•Iliautentary maioareivre—(Herr, hear)—which bad before
'beets frequently played of) in that floosie, sod was to be eso-
pectod on the present, sus well as on other occasions; but he
thought it would fail of its purpose in the Bill before the
House, sad be had tieweghtit his duty to expose ita-•-(Beere,
W.F.)
The Earl of .LVERPOOL mid, from lamas wends whirls
led fallen from die Noble Earl who spoke kit but one, he
was called open to say a 'few words. Hs eueld ark their
'Lordships if is any stage Of the proceediog coull be
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accused of bolding out expeclatious ? He bad explicitly
stated, that on the fricative of the second reading it would
be open to Noble Lords to say wino part of the potemble
they would suppm t, and rilat part they would oppose; but
be bad been equally explicit fn declaring, that in his ewe
opiuion lbe preasnble was prayed, and therefore be never
(sold have field out any expettatiosis of alteritiens en his
part. He agreed will, the Noble Lord (filiewburough) that
the mouosyllable tire" was the oily saikerial attetation.
Isud I* also agreed with the Noble Egi I (trey), that tf an)
Noble Lords had voted for tile **veil reading ou grounds
Of tiptelltilVllll which bad aot been reallved, it was open to
them to vote as if they hail soot voted fur the secood read-
ing of the Bill. As to the Do Classic he had all along
aitated tl at it was • me aaaaa of slate expediewe.). and tut of
persoual relief; and that if Mime religions objections were
unpaid to that clause, bisfeelisig would be to title aft al
to that objection. Whatever else aught be assert( ti, too
aims bail a right to impute improper motive., or to charge
I,!m wish any etiodstri net omit, direct, and r,xpheit.
Lord ELLENBLIKOI.3;II declared, I. his *pinkie. that
those Noble Lords who had void for the ofhiriun of the
eLviirce 'clout* ou religious motnids could not but rote
, octinsi the third trading of Ilse Bill. It would nut, in his
*oft, be sufficient that they should stay away, and nut
"uppers il, !statute shunter peroOtted the eueueoiationo of a
.t" muse which be might by Isis preiseace have prevented was
himself guilty of aiding in the vommissitio of it.
Luc.% LraomPE Said, that injustice to his Wej,itj's

46aetletbettl, litittisb Swann, lie hail so ireepteudy eos.
deemed, he Nun say, that be bond sot etsteeiee, is a come-
try like this, soy thing more bensalag of Mini teen, than
wises they found their IMMAGO• ineremieree hostile to public
fisting to withdraw them; he thought it was bat a roper.
'respect ter that feeling to vote as they did yesterday. He
ba'y consider it as a mark of respect to the religiose
prejedicis of the Iwskinfornsed and mist reepettable poet
of the Holtilisonhy.
The E„ri of VONOUGH MORE thought the whole stilt*
conversation in which they had bees too lung eogaged was
most irregular, (retreaded es it was wpm, • reeerwilise- giantism
or direction to Noble Lords as to what past they sbuog
take in the subee.lorert staged of that proceedlog. Wad it
not been pot in the form of advice frown the Lay Lord. to
the Reveresol record', its to what conduct, cm secant of
their vote on te Gooier occasion, they should pursue on the
cussing stages of the Interims, h 11 cert.'s,'" was she wog
irregular c005..68.1,0n he had ever listened to dories;
the whole of the procesdingr. His Maj. sly's .r.isters had
e•Art3inly given n., pledge as to the preamble, e,r ally thing
he, bats had hit Holm, entirely al large. Tiny had
givese remotes for their own cesdnu, and that iris all they
held ,loue.--(Order! Order!)—He .Lod nut coosider himself
IMO of order; lie always conducted himself with decency,
and hoped to receive it from others. He hoped at the termi-
nation of those awful proceediogt that the House nughl suss
be occupied irregul rely. The Noble Earl expressed his
determinatius to re press all assumption of advice or ochre.
wise as far as regarded biases-If. Hr thought the caesium of
the Noble Cod (Liverpool) throughout the proceedings bad
been inerked by isszemousitess and a patient and canilkl m-
entions to the evidence.
'flee LOH 13 CHANCELLOR mid, that be owed it to
Ike Noble Elul (Grey), to the Hone, to himself, and to the
country, to declare, that be inert alai toil
'Mop to any trick or seionouvre few any purpose whatever.
Ile solemnly declared that be bad not uttered one siogle weevil
throughout the whole of this proceeding, with respect 'Woe
to the preamble or the enactments of (hi. Rill, whirl, be was
loot ready to repeat al Ihis moment. With respect to the
vote ohs, h lie gave yesterday, be bad thought himself Mooed
ill honour by the declaration whorls was made some time
ago by the Noble Earl (Liverpool) to consent to the with-
drawing of the clause in del:retire to religious strophes,
*Meows,* us the same time he wet reedy to avow his own
opireion that those scruples were outmoded. Dy the drams-
Itou of tie sentieneuir of the Howse yesterday he theoglit
the clause was fully justified, and if the Bull were to be re-
l. cede. d at all he illol/2111 ibe clause ought to stu=d part of it.
'The sineveidenent that the word Hie' before ,01 'Lion
ministries cod place.," be left out, was Own pot and agreed
to.

The Duke uf HAMILTON begged to trouble their bard.
ship* with but • very tear word. in • soli. et to which he
hail b. purr alluded. To the words" adulleroisi iderco.rse"
he had • derult il, en insuperable objection. He should out
now go: at I. tight ilstu the rel.tnif am which that objec-
tion was founded, as it *ill ouggiated and penned ho be
generally understood, that it would be inure convene, rit to
discern the uhjeciiibus to any particular part, 'hem the whole
Rill was under considtratiuu for the third reading. He.
therefore, now TON` merely to give Notice, that hr shbuld
on the third reading move that those words be kit out.
The East of LAUDERDALE begged leave to suggest to
the Noble Duke, that perhaps his saseadeseut would ran
better by iueiudiug the 'sold " as" iu the uneirsiou. He
hsil himself snow au amendment to propose to their Lord-
ships, which was, that the words whirls continued for a
lung period of time, during her Royal Highistes's residence
absurd," bemuse they might appear to weary persons to
Melodic • longer period of time than he conceived it •p..
p-arid by the etrideuce that the adulterous intercourse bud
existed.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL admitted that the words were
its surer degree ambiguous, but be thought they were. bums
out by the evidroce.
'nee Eail of ESSEX said a dew words inaudible below the
11411'.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the Crime charged
being as adulterous hareems/4e, atsd mot • simple act of
adal-
Irry, it was out necessary to specify either the tiaft or the
place.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL. said, he was willing to leave
oat the *olds" for a long period of lime."
"The Earl of LAUDERDALE sail by thadiSrnission It
woul.latil: more airmegly appear In imply the *bole period
oilier Majesty's residence abroad. He therefore wished that
instead of "a lon period of tines" it should rise "a part of
Its' time."
The Berl of Intirtowny said, that in order that it
might out appear to have occuried during any part of the
Moe her Majesty was is England, it was ueeratotry that the
words "daring her Royal Highuesa's residence abroad,"
should be retaii.eil.
The East of LAUDERDALE said, that fur that purpore
it *as also u ... ... ary that the former clause should run, " in
various planes and couutries out of the. realm."
Earl FI7ZNILI.IAM said, that if the adulterous inter-
course hid aver existed at all, which be did not In herr,
from what appeared in the evidence, it could nut have cuts.
liuursl forger than the year 1817;
'rhe Ems I of LAUDERDALE. euneeuted that his amend-
meut shoe IA be wishiliewn.

Tbe Roelof CARNARVON.saIi!, that if their Lordships
look at the whole of this proceeding front its nat-set,
they would find that it dot nut appear that any part of her I
'Majesty's rooduct abroad hail produced what was ladled" the
necessity" fur this measure. Their Lordships knew that it was
not until ho r Majeety warred to Ragland, in mistenipt of a
proffered loibe, and iii defisuce of the throat with which that
offer was accomp.iiirol, that soy snemsace had been laid be.
fore then. uo the subji et of her conduct ; moor did it appear
that eves the.. " the public seasidel and dial ur whorls
that conduct hail brought us. the Royal Family and thin
kingdom," wa. considered to have rendered this proceeding
envoi twersoitty ; for their Lordships well knew, that after
the Illes.ace had been received, his Majesty's Moistens
in conceit sigh another public body, had made certain
011efillf01 to her 31aj. sly, strum's/mystic shim with offers
which implrrd moo intention of proclaimoug her conduct to
have been very (Sr 'from a public scandal on the eyes of Romp,.
After appointing a Select Csomasittee to esaniisie the docii-
taewls which accompanii of his 11.j/sty's Nemec., their Lord-
ship* had adjourned from time to lime to await the result
of those negociatiols. A treaty was entered two, to which
their landellips were not directly a party, but In which their
assent had been promnied, and whirl, the it adj.ioriorlienos
tacitly *ppm% •1, suit if the condition. of that Treaty had
bereactvpied,ilis Majesty's Ministers would halm withdraw's
all the proceedings. Ile therefore moved, that after the word
." abroad.' in the preatiebk, time following words alioakl be
introduced : " aunt olulestopoeuily to her relbroi rehowel WARM
a.yeAr of the mobile moo, y, and the proffere4 lommago Ud
boat notares of Parliament."
Ties wows wa..poot and negatived.
. Laird KING, moved to leave 1.11 the words " by which
nwdrel of lio'r Majesty" and all alit followed, sod to intro-
date it' their place, an ainenilmeut to the followiug effect,
" and whereas Conosiissioisers who loid h-en Seat to
Aldan, for the pogrom of Iwrralli aliug i.er Majesty's con-
duct, sad ore Vilmarcatt, an adetwate at Mau., had collect-
ed • moss. of fake and scaudhloug eladeoce, which thrii Lord.
ship. had hero employed minty weeks in emitoloilog into;
be it chatted, that Gum mod after the thissiorg of this
Coll, the said Consmossiusiers, and the Pahl Vilmar.
he for ever dombled from bolding any place, peo-
iiiim, prat', or emolument, from the Guseroinent of
add conflated frfooafer.)--By
the adoption of this ashrudme sir, his Lordihip said, the
Bill 'Would still continue to be a Roil of Pains unl Penattiesi
the only d:ffeetime bruit, that those Pains nod Penalties
be applied to their props objea.—(fleor, hear, hear,
end mach tunghlet )
This 'meadow. oil was pot and negatived.
lard Si Vitt);\ than addressed alehouse from the gal.
lery opposite the Ilihistelial side IFle said, If he torrid by
aiiy mesas have broocht liiamelf to torment to the present
Bill, ohieb he heti. sal to be most odious sad niejoiii. *WI he
coo IA never have am/vote:111u the divorce clause. HIS OkiettlibUll
to that clause rested ea V. !igloos feefitsgs; they; were foieuded
am these words of tour Sivluor s " Wham/ pottetli aim, his
wife, except for forwicalmoi, Wreath her be toMmit addl.
eery." Be ermild sot thiuk that may Biala Mipsdimeen,
w rally sub.daisti•ted, wax at all to be pet is
ompitilsoo with the aveirine implied by um*e wore; sad
these words' blt'llist bee. pi al by the 11.itiosq on
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