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Synopsis of the whole of the proceedings against her Ma-
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TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF ABERDEENSHIRE.
IHAVE learnt with sincere regret. on my cirri.
vat Isere, the death of your late worthy Representative
in Parliament, James Ferguauii, Esq ; and I deem it my
duty not to Imes moment iv acquainting yon wills my dr-
termiu Itiun to d. dint offering myself as a Candidate Cur the
Reprrsentalion of the Cowboy un the present occasion.
The state of my health, far some time past, has imam.
chilled me from attending my duly in Parliament with that
regularity which I bail Endeavoured to observe; acid, tinder
such ciresinstances, I should nut ferljnatifiable in aapiriug
to the charge of the more mien,' acid important interests
of the County of Aberdeen.
I have great pleasure in availing myself of this oppOrtr-
sky to express my cordial and grateful acknowledgments in
those Freeholders who have ea handsomely supported my
pretensions, and I beg to assure them that, rdshusgh I thus
resign, for the present, the tittering prospect of the honor
of representing my native County. which their tandoori' hail
placed in my view, I can sever forget the obligations they
have laid me under.
1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obedient Servant,
CHARLES FORBES.
11th September, 1840.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

MOOSE Of COMMONS, IlowsaY, MUNTMOIL 11.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.
The SPEA*IIII took the Chair at fouro'clock.
THE QUEEN.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
that • Committee should be appointed to inspect
the Journals of the Lords, in order to ascertain
whet progress had been made with the Bill of P•itns
and Penalties against the Queen.
Mr. Serjrant ()snow, in to few sentences (which
the interruptions of a crowded gallery prevented us
from collecting with enough precision to report
them faithfully), signified his intention of bringing
in a Bill, to enable the House to receive the depo-
sitions of witnesses on metl►.
Mr. Conway said, that fur two days past he had
heard reports of such • nature, as made him very
much suspect the motion with which the House
were threatened. Ile heard of some motion or pro.
position which was to he made, to attempt to in-
duce them to relinquish their authority, so far as
to abandon the right of examining witnesses at
the bar. He did nut know but the motion of
the lion, and Learned Gentleman 'night be merely
a suggestion thrown out to discover the feeling of
the House upon► the yues•ioii.—(•• /Vo, no," fro►w
Serjeant Onslotet.)—A II he could say of it was, that
if such a proles-ition should be tirade and assented
to, the degradation of the Legislature,
thought, had lately been going on at a sufficiently
rapid rate, would then be consummated. That
motion would, indeed, be a signal for the procla-
nietiun of radical reform. After arcing, as they
did, that no Court, however inferior, attempted to
pass judgment against individuals, in the unmade-
ration of the ur at trifling matters, if the House
could then undertake to shandoei the examination
of evidence, in outer to facilitate the progress of
the BM, there would be nothing left to frustrate it—
radttel reform must come—the degradation of the
Legislature would be Complete.
Mr. Serjesitt Otisbow said that be had been
metrusulers•ood. The only object of his milieu
was to give audit' I solemnity to their proceed-
mea, by enabling the House to take the depositions
on oath, and for that purpose lie thought it would
be advisable to bring in ■ Bill. lie declined
that lie had nut c unmicated with any Member
of Administration, nor was at►y one besides him-
self netplaiiiirel beforehand with his iotentiou to
notice the subject at all.
Mr. BUMF • I. had ir great object' to the eno-
tines and Bill whirls were to eeeee nerd. Ile was alto-
gether spinet enlarge g the juiisdicts of the
Howe. Nothing rqrsild be more dangerous to the
mousey at lenge than for the House to invest itself
whin islquisitorial function, iu order to prepare fur
tl•e ilistuserem of so ObliirXiltUll a turesure. He
litqwd inseearl of the Bell proposed, his Hoe. and
Learned Fria►tt would resist with all has entglit
when the Bill ►heutd be her ught downs, if that
should happen, to oppose it tir•t of ail tor liniNt.
end afterwards, if the first •it.athrt bbuulul ire mos-
✓ucce*.ful, lie hoped Ins Must. Frwnd would COr
lista« his 'hostility to et, and v. to agaiwit it in every
stage which might (aver its stay and eittertaterisuset
in • t hat llotise. •
Mr. HuSwuusit said, that eiletsgh had weaned
its tke" Home of Laid., to sheer that the effect IS

going on with the prosecution 'said only be mia.
cities's**. He expected some Gratientan to
.have
risen tip and. protesfrd earoe•tly tutoisest the liiiit:ar
of Comdions liCiug required to ailjoorn from dry I.
day, for the 'impale of watching the deliberations
of the other House, en a wearing which had been
decidedly condemned by thrum's/a. , ile knew
that the method taken for sdjowtsaing the Hotta,
was regular, and perfectly punier to point of form;
but it was disgraceful to she Howse to he kept sit.
ting, adjourning, and proroguing at the will or
desire of Ministers, tie wait the jean, of a ine.ssure
which lutist end disgracefully to those engaged la
i'. and most unsatisfactorily to the couistry. The
House of Lords were doing. sal had for a limit
time been doing, that which t people coos,.
slated ied a doge/see toA elv berate to the country.
.. g .
tie was *wore that it was irreg to reef to whist
wesgoing Oil in the Upper noose; but abed brew
allowed iiii a former occitsiou, ifs order to facilitate
the object of their sitting. Besides the House
could owe their Lordships no peculiar tlefereoce.
when they sew them acting in contradiction to the
declared sense of the Represent.stire Body. They
had entered into • deliberation on that very green •
bag, Which its their House (the House of Com-
mons), lay scornfully rejected and unopened.
Why were they to wait for the decision of the Lords?
He, fur one, felt satisfied that it was impossible for
a judicial proceeding to be carried on in that [louse
with imparti.l fairness. He did not mein to say
that Lords were worse than common men, but

they were not better than cognition men : they most
he subject to CORIUM/0 motives—and in cases where
honour lay o.i one side, and thrift on the other,
they must be guided in their deterosiguitiou like
other t.eoisle.--(4, Order, order.")
The SPEAKER said, that oii the former occasion
which had been alluded to, the irregularity of re-
ferring to the p .... ee dings in the other House had
been marred, bec.ime it hod the effect of making
the proceedings of the lower House more intelligi-
ble than they would have otherwise been. lie put
it to the Hon. Member if the same could be said
of comments as to the probgble result of proceed-
ings which had not yet taken place.
Mr. Honnousa was about to proceed—
Mr. CALCRATE said, that as the Journals of the
Lords had been searched by a Committee of that
House, it would of course be competent iu any
Member to comment upon so much of, the pro-
ceedings iu the House as had been reported to
them. . _

Mr. Hostioosit buwed to the authority of .the
Speaker. Hie impression was, that the House
ought to reject the Bill in 11'wiae. On that ground
he had supported the mot.on of his Noble Friend
(Lord F. Osborne), for addressing the King to pro-
rogue Parliament. On the seine ground he sepia
declared his muttered objectionlo entertaining the
Bill in either House of Parliament. As to the
public, their opinion had been pronounced against
it in the most convincing way. It might be said
that it was not their business to attend to public
opinion—it might be said that that opinion was
only the effect of popular ferment, caused by per-
sons and parties who very well knew when and how
to excite it. But where were they to stop in the
exeraise of such an opiniuu ? Were there no oc-
casions wherein it might be uccrssary to attend to
the public voice? If there were any, this must he
one ; for that voice had never been more loudly, nor
could it he more disinterestedly or honestly exer-
cised titan in condenthing this whole measure. This
was. not the burst of clamour 'awakened upon a
factious and unimportaid occa.ion—it was a feeling
as honourable to the people as to the Govern.
ment—it was the love of justice and the hatred
of oppression which they had imbibed from the
institutions of the tliwitry, and winch would lead,
as it had done in other times, to a deter d re-
sistance. lie was ready to ask, who were the Par-
ties to be "benefited by the measure ? Nut the
King—(lle had surely a right to refer to what had
taken place in the other House. whets it was known
to all the kingdom).—They had been told by the
Prime Minister, that the Bill was not intended for
his Majesty's benefit—that the King sought no
advantage from it. Who then was to reap the
advantage ? Even supposing that the Gentle-
men opposite should be cursed with success
in the proceeding, what would he the result to
the Illustrious Pasties chiefly concerned ? Why,
one would be proved a worthless strumpet, and
the other—he could not well name what in that
assembly : this, if they succeeded. But hail they
well considered what might take place after ?
Could they ever hope to carry the law into effect ?
Now as one part of the Bill had been given up, in
deference to the feelings 4.f the. public, what hin-
dered them from yielding op the other in obedi-
ence to the saute motive? The Ball would not be
a Bill only to degrade the Queen. it would degrade
the King, and the Parliament, and the country, if
;towed Into a law. Let them, fur God's sake, put
a stop to the proceeding ! What were they doing ?
Any thing desired by the people? No; the people
had *hewn the stroppiest aversion to it. And what
became of the character of the English Government
in coosequence ? The whole system of Foreign
Government became intermingled with the confines,-
tail police. 1 he offices of the Ambassadors abroad
were converted into depiaiteries of spire and eve
droppers. 111160(11CIS of perjutd. and false wit-
siesses.—(fieur, lieer.)—Wfutc a spectacle ! to tee
the Parlieteseast, the potion uUstatk, oinking to an
investigation of foul . clothes-b 'Ks and chamber
utensils. And was it' to be imposed on them, the
Iteprreentainne of the people. as one of their tie-
cottny duties, to updertake this salmis, mockery
of inquiry, when the people hail, almost with.
one snore, decided against it ? It might be
said that forbearance would, in this stair, be an
injury to the Queeu. lie did not stood there to
*peak fur the King cr the Queen, hut fur the con.
sensation. Suppose the Queen were to suffer 144•
jury by dropping the Bill, the publit 'merests
were parainuunt. But he denied that her M jetty
could suffer injury. Enough had trawling.' us

prove that there was no htuntlatilm.tylialetrer for the
preamble of the dill ; enough hod brew deem to
ihrw that it was i ssss tithed upon the evidence of do.
cements. the moments of which were MAI fur the
inflow/44n of decency, soul insufficient fur the con.
vittiort irf ony Mulerstundiog of otdisiary jstaticedand
hourly. The shortest method fur desposiests of that
Bill would he for the Iloa.re to •Aree to a motion
ou
sil:ir to that of the Nubile laird (Lord F.
o.lsorni!) to address the King and pray hitu to
prorogue the Parliament. It was out the wish
of the people that they should proceed. It
was said not to be for the advantage of the
King; and Own, by the oav, he smuts! be 'lad.
to know who was to pay ? Ile took h for grant-
ed thoi the expesiass would' not come Out of the
pot:kits of . the Gentlemen opposite; aud though
terry were not them allowed to .Itrioso-iwoe .asiels bad,
been exploded, except foe the Queen's defence,
• large sum would be of necessity Isvished on the
proceeding; and fur what T Any thing wished
for by the people ? No ; but a treasure which
most end iu disgrace and defeat. Ile sorongly ob-
jected to • mode of trial in which the judges were
soot only jurors but prosecnto:s. Ile inferred this
from their own proceedings. When the Attorney.
General appeared at the bar, bring asked at whose
instauce he did so, his reply was, that he came
there at the command of their Lordships: Before
this tnottstrosas tribunal it was impossible that jus.
tice could he rendered. What then remained fur
them (the noose of Commons) to do ? At once
to put the seal of their pprobat on the measure.
In doing this, they were not called sou to retract in
ally degree, because they had already declined that
they would not proceed ; they could tint be dai-
graced by holding back, for they had declared that
it would he d.steracefssl to proceed. The Noble
Lord opposite, and his a.tocietes, might incur des.
grace, but that %v v. nut for the louse to cotts;der.
At any rate, for his own part, hr would say that
he had not sufficient respect for them to be willing
to suff.-r, or that the House should suffer disgrace
imbed of them. The examination of the-case for
the prosecution had proved wholly unsatisfactory.
The best way to close it would be by agreeing to a
, motion which he offered by way of amendment, for
an humble Address to be presented to his Majesty,
humbly praying him to prorogue the Parliationt.
Sir K. %%Timm( said, that had it not been for the

amendment just proposed. he was about to submit
• motion for the purpose of ridding the House of the
threatened inquiry. The silence of the Noble Lord
and Honourable Gentlemen opposite was surpris-
ing. They might flatter themselves that it was
becoming their dignity. but the country would not
be equally satisfied with it. He was aware that
there was no hope of carrying the amendment; but
if the Bill found its way down to that House he
pledged himself to throw every obstacle, rverr
means of opposition in its way which his shins. '
tion in the House could supply, or the inge-
nuity of Mall could suggest for the purpose.
He would do so not only because of his hatred to
the abominable and detestable mode of proceed.
ing, but because he had witnessed the progress
of it, and felt himself quite competent in that stage
of it to judge. He hail heard all the evidei cc; he
hail observed the mintier in which it .1148 given ;
he had noticed the demeanour of the Judges. His
convic ion upon the whole case was, that it origi-
nated in a foul and hateful conspiracy.—/Hear,
hear, hear.)-1-le knew these were hard terms to
apply to any puhl.c measure. But lie would fur-
Mph proof of the truth of his assertion, by the
evidence already given, from which it also appeared
plain to him that the conspiracy did not originate
at Wart, but was first agitated at Hanover.
Ompteda was an Hanoverian Baron. This man
who had violated the rights of hospitality. who had
forged keys, picked locks, and filched letters—
who had abused the kindness of his hostess, and
afterwards rebind gentlemanly satisfaction for the
affront—this coward, fettles,- and traitor, when he
returned front his base mission. was restored to
honours from which he had been suspended iu

consequence of his behaviour while the country
was possessed by au enemy, and arrears of pay,
which be had thus forfeited, had been wide
good to hitn. He strongly reprehended the con-
duct of the Milan Commission, which had set up
an advertising-office for scandalous information, a
rendezvous fur slanderous said unjust servants and
waiting-maids. He pointed out the pay which
these people had received ; SAcchini, for instance.
received in the service of the Princess of Wales '7O
Napoleons a year. He (Sir K. W►Laou) had made
inquiry respecting something which he had heard
respecting hint, of a Mr. Geoffry, from whom lee
had received for answer, that Sacchini, under the
title of De Milanie, bad actually been paying a
a•week tor his board and lodging. What an income
must this fellow, who served for 70 Napoleons, and
thought than excellent wage*, he deriving from the ,
public money. Were these hour.t roceerlings I Let
the Hou•e look at the money received by the mas-
ter of the polacre. He • would get altogether
1,5001. by the time he would return to Naides. This
was at least equal to 5 0001. steeling in England.
Any one that knew the country must be aware of
that. A Prince Cardinal of Hume was rich in re.
ceiving 14,000 dollar* per antium. This man
would receive 11,000 dollars. The King was
betrayed, sod the Queen oppressed and insult-
ed. Site had been deeply insulted by the
most gimuitous, ungcntleutinilike, obscene. and in-
hotness inves+iitat►on ever enforced. It was un-
posstiile that the King could know how he was
treated fur what purposes his Palace was used—
to what objects his rest/incest wore applied. He
objected to the proceeding more strongly tl►su he
did at firs'. He had opposed it before, because he
felt tor the Queen's misfortunes : Ire had considered
th• imineuse power of her accusers, and the tearful
means against which she hAd 143 contend. But now
his mind was mode up by conviction. Had he •
rho•srnd lives l►e would oacrifice them all rather
than see injustice triumph rod tyrutt►y prevail.
Ur. PuiLumoas exprcb-ed his regret that the