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that he knew not what might be the event of the present
proceredisies ; but he ilitois;lit there were signs, both lei
the natural tied moral world, of great and imminent
danger. Their Lordships would remember that whoa the
Allot ney-Generai, in his opening charge, tittered 11141 foul
and abominable charge against her Majesty, the evidence
in sopport Ut which had so completely failed, the Sun
re petienced an Almost total eclipse; but Hutt on the de-
frirce beteg commenced, that glorious Itiminare seemed
to cast it.: rays with an unusual flood of spiendunr over
their Lordships. In the mural told, clouds were cot-
teeth/ charged with tl der—yes, wills thituder, because
if their Lordships did pass the reit', they would disgust
all the sound part of the community—they world render
them disconterstell, and an easy prey to faction* and evil
disposed Coen. What had created all this sensation i A
breath had created it, and a breath could destroy ii. Let
their Lordships only throw out this detestable Hill ; theu,
indeed, there would lie rejoichig througi t the country;
nor in this country alone, for from our chores the mate of
joy would extend to France, and across the pyrarmas (
His Lordship conjured the House—on his knee* he would conjure
them—to judge of die cue of thip unfortunate, this tmguestion.
ably long oppressed sad persecuted woman—this generous, mag-
nanimous, and liberal person, who had been agonised .in •
wanner not to be described by the institution of 'blue nroceed i nip(
—that they would do by her as if the case were their own, or as if
if it were a wile or dearest daughter an whom they, were sitting
is judgment —(ills Lordship Nat down amid loud cheers.)
Lord HARE WOOD from too :Ministerial Gallery now ad-
dressed their Lordahips. Aker listening to the whole evidence
Produced, I shall shortly state the general impreseitta which it
as made on my mind. I conceive that much of the evidence
has been contradicted, that much of it rests on loose grounds ;
but other pans of it, I am sorry to say. stands on a much
stronger foundation ; and, on the whole, the impression of it on
my mind is, to create at ham • strong.saspisien on the subject a
our enquiry.—But when I find that the evidence depended on in
support of this enquiry is foreign, and that it has been obteined.
not to say improperly, but by extraordinary consid te eretion—
when I consider too the impossibility of having points which
rest on foreign testimony, cleared up in the way that .; might be
done in tut ordinary English trial. I must con
_that some de •
grec of doubt is left, on my mind. The Noble Lord. alter setae
further oho:rya:Mina, concluded • speech which app umed tq make
a great impression on the House, by repeating fU fait Leaf
knead to weir wenthat the Bill.
Lord DO NO UG MOll E now rose. After a few eihservatious
in answer to Lord Harewood, he proceeded to coannent on the
speech of Earl Grosvenor. and made an impotent attempt toots
it into ridicule. He concluded by declaring his deternunation to
vote for rho second reading.
Ertl GREY.--" My Lords, it is with some degree of
reluctance that I rise at the present moment, as
.1 was
smarms to hear the argoesesos of the Nettle Lords oppo-
site in favour of this Hill of Pains and Penalties. Hat,
my Lords, the attention I have paid to this subject has so
far exhausted site, dust were I longer twdeky 'addressing
your Lordships, I tear I could not do it with any degree
of justice to the cause, or satisfaction to tuyeelf I will
therefore now state the remora why I sita/I„votp against
the second reading of the bill. At the commencement of
these proceedings, I Mated my objections to the principles
and policy of Paine and Pemilues. They are so objec-
tionable iii their statute, and so unconstitutional in their
practice, that out Wag but the most nrgeat slate necessity
could justify resetting to them ; and no such state ones.
oily hiss beeteproved in the present instance. The Noble
Bail then proceeded, in an eloquent strain, to combat the
argements of the Lord Chaucellor, that a Hill of Pains
and Penalties afforded snore advantage to• the accused
than a trial by iniperdiment. Having declared. his ebjec-
tiros as to the mode of proceeding at the eutectic:torment,
lie Hien deter 11l ioo ed to attend to the ease as- it wield be
mode out by evidence. He left that if 4ssich a< case was
made out as would justify the degredetion of the Uneeu.
he mast then consider himself hound either to vote for
the Bill, or to see hem Alejesty sit ou the throw: kinted
sod disgraced. lint the case to be suede out was, that her
Majesty's cowling had been Its lien:Hotta amid disgraceful,
as to bring dishuneur ou the Sovereign, mid to bees public
scandal to the country. The case to be made out fur the
bill was not one of siistple adultery, bat of gross and li-
centious conduct, winch equally disgraced the Sovereign
and the Country. Nothing short of such a case could
justify the bill. " And bow (s4O the Noble Lord) was it
it, be reused ? by witnesses beyond all suspicion ? (Hear,
lied!). In proportion as the rank of the individual was
high and iihrstrents—iii proportion as the penalties were
seveier—and in proportion as the proceeding was novel,
and coutrary to law rind justice—ill such proportion ought
the case to be made out by evidence beyond all taint-es
above all suspicion! lf, at the couclusion of the Attor-
ney-Greeters speech, we could have foreseen that the
charges at Naples, which were lice fotturiation of, all the
charges, would have been abruduiled—if cop had fu re-
seen that charges were to rest on the evidence of Majocci
and Dinnotit—if we had foreseeu that the charges at
Trieste, Carlsrulte, and at Getwa, world have iken ie-
linimislied, could we for a gumtree' base believed that we
ahould ever have been called hi a beCollill reading of this
bill ? Ou all these charges, the advocates for the bill err
longer I ellt.11; the whole of the charges had dwindled
down in the conduct of her Royal Highness during her
voyage on board the punercii—( Hear, heat I)—W.0111d any
won lay his hand on his heart and say, HIM if he bad fore-
seen tins was the whirls, that would be prosed, that lie
would for a moment have etatertateed the proceeding
By scud tidy .cunt it tll alone, could such a bill as this be
decided. HOW then§ stood the real face of the ease ?
Stne there were deloused to, Willett it tsiabhishr.J 3411 a.
factorily—if the a assesses mi whom they tested wens
worthy of coedit—cuuld lease nu daub, in Ills ease. If
their Lordships rook! believe MAjoeci--11 they could be-
lieve Himiont —it they could beli((se !sari iti, there would
he an cud to the ease ; the fact Id adult, y uusat be held
le be cleanly mid decisively plowed. hill shell' Lot dships
had heard it tick no sviedgett, ti) Ilieair:uursandanppwtens
Of tilebill, that 11.4 l 4 Illlslitaitling all the tali Is to which
these ailin sees had swum, aiiil wliteti alone gnill tuned
it*, interred, yet, It they carte 1111sUppoli tett by oilier
circulostantes, and by dlitillier. they could nut Justly
the Uuuse ill pa—in e this Ifill of Pacis arid Penalties.
It he was sitting as a Jury Mao, lie mind never on emit a grou and
venture on a verdict of guilty. Here Iris I anitsrap prune uuu jut
COnillient to wane leitAtli on thaw parts or the evatiecoe
sit i 1 -
joccu, &avid, and lf.onimit, in shy I, they lhhi coact Hrtly con-
iraelans Clow-at:eh, or were met by the teanst conoierictroes
ti (no other persons of uninipaas..able credo. Fn. is the time tory
kit the Queen Hindu atom ot (MKS, ion tile •1161;c4 islythation
of inipm er conduct had Wen ttlitieW dgan si he, Nlajeaty..—
(Repeated cheers from all pan. el tee that...) Nu. only were
all of tam discankst servulds, bin too to tau were di po:.w-
siou
Or the chug., Ag 411114 the Quteu were tribe) of a arts
which wauld have awe it the brit& of 11;•,-. ,•• so het Majesty
(ter fkinttAleatlPrr ice pre,

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