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they won't's-UlO the subject of it into their treated as she now was ?--f ffeur.)—rse again his.
serious and immediate consideration. I plored the House to pause before they took. an.
The question having been put from the Chair-1. other step in this hosinesc—(Hear, bear.)
Mt. .I$V4 N •••i4 Seeing no one better_quali. Sir ROBERT Witsort said. that it was not his
lied about to rise •to milk-illoistion of the Noble intention at the present- moment to enter into the
Linde I think Witty dot now to ark hien whether general discussion. No Message ever gave him
the letter from Lord Histaiutton-to Mr. Brougham, tnore acute pain than that brought down this even-
which "the piper a'benunre ing from his Majesty.—l//ear, hear.)—What he
doeutweot..-ififeir, heml;—or-whethelr. Lord Hot- rose principally fur wet, to call upon the Ministers
chinson was instructed to tettdeetblist Queen of to protect the Queen, twirling the inquiry, against
'F.ooland a•proposition to lay &tint her rank, her till indignity. He did not allude to any indignity
Mid title, and twofer her rt bribe of 50,0001. which she might have received from foreign Courts
t.-year at the payment of this aitcrifire?-111ene.j or Minister., acting under the tXlllllple of this coon.'
ask whether Ministers, hardy in I know them to try. He also begged to say that he thought Wilts.
he, have ventured to make such an s'itfer to the graceful that the Queen should have come to
Queen of England, or been •privy to its tender ? Colsis, and find no other I ready to re:
•If they hare, then I say that by their conduct cerve her sod the royal standard than a coin-
they have the Queen, aK,I •betroved the man pocket•host.—(Cries of Hear, hear.)—lt
henr.)—l wish again to ask, is was also disgraceful that she had no asylum pre.
that letter genuine? Till they have answered in pared, on other roof to shelter her than the house
the affirmative, I. will not believe the kfiect to of on honest man.—/I Lear, hear,frone she Minis-
.he 90—(Hear, hear)-1 never till then will credit serial benches.)-11v would repeat, that the gentle-
it possible that an English Minister, in this sitiia. mall to whom he ulluded was an honest man—
tumor the country, would venture to say to a Quiet,. Ilene, hear, hear, ppm she Opposition benches)—
of &gland, without the consent and approbation one who had always discharged the ditties of every
of llortiamerst—(Cries of Hear, hear)—' You St.6l:On he had tilled with honour to I lf and
mast divest yourself of your titleof Quern. to which advantage -to 'the community.—iflear, hear.)—He
you have the same right as the King has to his own would repilt, that it was most improper her Ma-
-T-(Cleardrear)—and we will bribe you fur its re. jesty should have been left so unprotected.—
linquishment with SO,OOO/. a.year'—not, indeed, (Hear, hear.)
to be paid out of the pocket of the King. but of Lord ARCRIBAI.O Hhgrr.Tos said, be should
the people in their present state of distress.— take the liberty to make a few observations, be.
/Hear.)—And this was the sum to be offered to a I cause no opportunity, perhaps. would hereafter
person who, if the statements whispered against her arise, so proper for them is the present. The
were true, was not only unfit to be the Queen of House would recollect that he hid formerly enter-
'England. but unworthy of touching the shores of I tained a strong opinion on this subject; and now,
this country.—(Hear, hear.)—To call such con. though the lion. Member who had just spirkrn had
duct high treason was not what I shall call it, mon- expressed his opinion that at present it would be
strati, as it is, hut certainly it was base treachery to prudent to avoid the discussion of the particulars of
the Crown,. and directly calculated to shake the the case, still he (Lord A. Hamilton) thought that
foundation on which the Throne of these realms the erasure of the Queen's tonne out of the Liturgy
rests. As an honest MM. feeling a reverence .for was a thing which ought to be enentioned—(Hear,
the Crown of this country--feeling a con- hear)—because it was one of the !woofs of the dis-
viction that the character and credit of that position of lois Majesty's ;Ministers to condemn the
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'Monarchy vv.!, on the high sense of feelings
eittettaisird for it by the penpie, I ' Id not act
Ike an honest man towards that people if I did not
take the first opportunity et lurking whrthrt the
Inter of Lnrd Hutchinson 'be genuine? .1 ►epeat
ti at I HA alm, if Ministers have ventured to tram-
s-nit %rich a communication, or to have offered to
enter into such a nernciation eith the Queen,
Nr, they, or are they not, wiles to this offer 1"
i/tear, hear, hear.)
Lord CAsTf.ettEaon-4 On many occesions
have had an opportunity of admiring the temper of
the Honourable Gentleman—Weirs tf " Hear,
fear,"
.from the Ministerinl beeches)—and sure
I am, that ■ more inauspicious manifestation of his
temper he never gave than that which he had now
KiVell on the entrance of as gr:nft lind 'Trion*
question as was ever 'grated, affectitrt► the dignity
honour of the Crown and the best interests

Queen unheard.—(l /ear, hear, hear.)—He indeed
thought, that it was not only so, but contrary to
the provisions of the Act of Parliament on the sub-
ject. 'That Act nuthorired the king in Coun-
cil to make whatever changes might be neces-
sary in the monies of the Royal Family to be
prayed for• in the Church Service from time to
time ; but by what speciiil pleading, or rather
special quibbling, could that be construed to con-
fer a right to strike out the Queen's name alto-
gether, ?—(llenr, iseur.)—lt was -one of the prin-
ciples of those laws in which the people of this
country gloried, that no person, in any rank—that
no individual, from high to low, throughout the
kingdom, should be deemed guilty till proved
so. This principle, he contended, hod been
violated by his Majesty's Ministers in their
conduct towards the Queen. Ile asked, whether
the mark of inchwoily to which lie had referred,

u•d tranquillity of the people—(Hear, hear)—
awl if ever there had arisen an occasion which re-

load not the effect of a condemnation previous to
the proof of any act of criminality, and whether
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quired • control of temper, this was that occasion ;
and it was to be regretted the Hon. Member had
betrayed a total absence of that quality of mind so
-essential to his coming to a cool and impartial de-
cision upon this meartire, when he came to give liiv

that was a fair measure of justice He said that
et present her Majesty was condemned, as far as lay
within the power of Nlini.lers, throughout his Ma-
jesty's dominious, and be said that her name ought
in be replaced till something should be established,

vote. —Weer, hear. I—The motion that I have
vow moved is a mere vote of thanks to his Ma-
jesty for his gracious Message. iu obedience to the
sruiform practice of l'illllllllllro.t. It is to separate
this acknowledgment to the Crown, from the other
location which will come on to-morrow ; and I will
xry, that if ever there was a communication made
fini • subject so deeply affecting the feeling., as well
as the interests of the Crown and the people, in
manner so entirely unobjectionable. this is that
communication.—(f *ries if Hear, hear. j—There
never was one made in which less was spoken that
bad a tendency to prejudice or anticipate the topic
involved in the inquiry. It was but an act of com-
mon decorum to give notice before such a delibera-
tion came on; and it is really painful for me, feeling
as I do a proper sense of duty, to follow the Ilon.
Member in the same tone and temper of which he
has set such an example this evening.—(Hear. j-
-1 know the Hon. Member can combine in his pir-
liamentary conduct very contradictory feelings, such
eta he has now displayed, but this display of Ins
temper will nevertheless not justify one its entering
upon so important a subject in reply to his question
until to-morrow slight, when 1 have Ixed my
/notion. ( (Jeer. )
Mr. BEAUMONT was of opinion, that an answer
to his Hon. Friend's question would by no.measis
interfere with the subject of to-morrow
Hear.)—He thought the question very fair and
very proper as to the authenticity of the letter. If
no answer was given, he must conclude that Mi-
n;uers were 'shinned to avow the document.--

for as yet there was not a tittle to the prejudice of
her character. But his Majesty's Ministers had
taken it OH themselves to say. that it was not
prope► the Queen should crone to England
and coupling their present with their past condact,
he did not hesitate to declare, that they had done
the Queen gross injustice. Was it not the right of
every individual in the country to be considered
and treated as ' cent till the contrary was made
out ? and was the Queen of &Igloo(' to be the
only exception to the rule (Hear, hear, hear.)
That she had been made an exception to it was
clear, for her cause was prejudge•l and her charge.
ter prejudiced as far as Ministers could effect that
in every curlier of the kingdom ; and now she was
to conic to a trial without any opportunity of re-
moving those unfavourable impressions. The con-
duct of the agents and emiss tries of Government
abroad was such, that lie believed they were pre-
pared to condemn the Queen before et-limit:6°u or
even accusatiou. He called on the House not to
'How their minds to be prejudiced by any unjust
arts on this momentous and awful question. He
knew not of what her Majesty was to be accused,
but he repeated, that, as far as Ministers were
ceocerard, she ass condemned unheard. It was
an old principle of the British constitution, that
even• proceeding in which Ministers undertook to
act for the Crown should he construed as sanction-
ed by their counsel and advice. Now he asked
them whether they, io Council, had advised the or-
der for striking her Majesty's name nut of the Li-
turgy; or whether it was the result of some dark isi.

(Hear.)
Mr. Caeevs• mid, it was quite caupetent fur
ally Hon. Member to put such a question as hail
been pot, and quite parliamentary. Ile held in his
?gaud a motion that lie had pencilled before the
question, and which ass fair sit account of what
passed by the authority of Ministers on the Isle
occosiost respectiog the Queen. it was quite clear
that the charge against her Majesty, on the present
occasion, was ejtirnler to that adduced on former

trigue, is carrying on the purposes of which they
were, instead of advisers, merely instruments, not
In be held responsible to the nation ? The same
order published in England had been sent to Scot-
land, but many of the clerp wen of that Church
had disregarded it, and continued the prayers for
the Queen. He should now say, that had he con-
sidered any more fit opportunity could arise here-
after for thesi utoervations, lie should have reserved
them for it. In offering them to the tiou-e, he

orCinnOnli ; it was Ow same ermine that was now
about to be revived. and it looked very extruordi-
wary after the bribe that had been just uffered to
heQueen. The King was to present the evidence,
on his 11r1iijestj's part the bribe was tendered,
sad the King would line ulivin•trty In give effect
to whatever we.. -d• tided upon,for without
hie convent it could nestr hove legal operation.
He advised the Howe in pause before they coot.
mated themselves in this delicate and serious affair
to the discretion of his Majesty's Ministers.—
•Ifiear, hear.)—Since the sane of Henry
there was no precedent for the course they were
wheat to take, and he did not think that a very fit-
o.nrrabie precedent for tlwrr scloption.--4 Flea r.
The conduct of Ministers was extraordinary. Last
night they could not attend to the debate on the
finsinisound 4301, because they were arming them-
selves against a woman.—llleor, hear, hear„)—
VINO woman. they ought to recollect, was the
daughter of his late Majesty's sister; she was,
therefore. the late King's niece; she was the pre-
sent King's wife ; and, besides. the mother of Ilse
late beloved and lamented Vrineess Charlotte—
if that lamented character were now alive, did any
man helices that her Majesty would bays bees

had acted an the,dictates of his own judgment
alone, discharging what lie conceived to he his
duty—(lkur, hear,)--without consulting with any
sale, and holding himself solely, responsible for
them. But he could not see these acts of antici-
pated condemnatimi without raising his voice
egirii.st such a course of injustice, and he called
on Inv Majesty's Ministers to give their Queen the
same advantage which the law conferred upon the
meanest iitlividual in the empire, of bring reputed
and treated us ocent 141 proved to be guilty,
anti to retrace the severe and unjust s,ltpf they had
taken. lie begged pardon of the House. It was
not his intention to obstruct unsiecessarilfthe pro-
ceedings of Parliament on this moat graverquestion;
hut he said that if iris Majesty's Ministers proceed-
ed to an inquiry, or rasher to an investigation, with-
out snaking some atonement to her Majesty, the
inference would he Shot a condemnation was desir-
ed rather than a fair trial.---(t/ear,/rear.)
Mr. DENMAN said, that in a personal and a con-
stitutional view, perhaps abetter opportunity would
arise hereafter for expressing his sentiments on the
part acted by his Majesty's Ministers on the present
most important question. and he certainly feared
that if he attempted it at paeseut, be should be br