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London, England, 1821-01-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

eluded by thankirvr the House for the patience with u hich lie
was listesse to, and declaring, that long before the olli•r at
St. Omer he was convinced of the illecahsy and inexpediency
of the measure which he tad stow exlte•ed. (Ttt•'
which followed the powerful speech of the hon. gent. was as
loud, and continued as long, as we ever remember to have
hearth in Parliament. _ _

The ArIGIIN EV GENERAL of course opposed the
motion. lie spoke at great length, and speech pos-
sessed so little point, as to defy the possibility of an
abridgement. lie was followed by the Solicitor General.
Sir J. MACINTOSH said, they had been taunted that
they had slumbered for the last eleven months upon the
subject; lint when this bill of pains and peuri'dms had
begun its farad deploraWe career. that House had been
adjourned for two mouths.—(cheers.) Another objection
had been brought forward by n member of filo most
candid ' I and most amiable disposition and manners.
Ile had objected dist they had not stiongly branded the
exercise of the royal prerogative. Now lie (Sir J. Mack-
intosh) had always thought that the sentence of truth,
was to be carried into effect eveu against the crown; but
he had understood that the sentence of truth and justice
was to be carried in the mildest form of words.—(Cheers)
They meant now to arraign and to condemn as illegal the
Order in Council. It was unadvised, because it was il-
legal—it was inexpedient, purely because it was a breach
of the law.—(Hear, hear.) 'flue adroitness, dexterity,
and parliamentary practice on the part of ministers were
striking and extraordinary. Ministers were accused of
injustice, and a prosecution was brought into court
against them. How did they encounter It ? They prayed
that ro evidence should be received, that no %el iliet
should lie prommileed.—(Clicers.) The right ivaiourable
woolen) in, one of the advisers of the crown, iiid net dare
to icre,ve tile judgment of the cowl to whom lie had
appealed.--(Lund elects.) Ile shiutik Gnus it. 'file slit-
gularity, the absurdity of the proceeding was the mute
apparent, because the noble lord, the minister of the
crown in that House, had staked his existence as minister,
on this very question, that the conduct of his Majesty's
advisers had been expedient and warranted. Yet now
the noble lord proposed to sin kik from this view of his
conduct. Such, lie begged the House to observe was his
lordship's confidence in the justice of his case. He would
nut seder the indictment to proceed to trial—he would
have no vet diet—and no judgment.—[Cheers.] The
learned gentleman, proceeded to take au historical view
of the different alterations which had taken place in the
Liturgy, end closed an admirable speech by saying, that
Ile had not conversed with one intelligent person, what-
ever were his political opinions, who did not deplore the
omission.—[Cheers.] If the cry of the people I:,1 been
for punishment and blood, as in the ease n: Lord Stratfurd
is hum lie regarded as a guilty man, lie is uilu have offered
himself a sacrifice rather than lent it any seemliest; and
lie would have acted in the same manner wiled the inno-
cent and virtuous Lord Stafford fell a victim to popular
delusion. But when it seas 1•or lenity and indulgence
towards au 'info' tinr:te. lady, lie thought that such a cry
might be listened to by a prince of any humanity even at
Constantinu;de or Xl erect:o. lilt, in this instance, the
' illustrious object of pepidar favour had been degraded
before trial, pi osecuted iiathout cause, tried upon insuf-
ficient evidence, and was subjected to punishment after
acquittal.—[lle:ir, hear.]
Mi. SCA RUA contrasted the boasted promise of mi-
nisters to meet this motion with their present alleiipl
to tly Ifioni it by au adjournment. Wee, lit ice, or
thrice, when gentlemen centered the omission of her
Alajiaty's name in the Liturgy, they were told that their
interference was premature—that when the proper time
came ministers week' meet the subject matilidly.
the tune had come—mid how did the, meet the questa )))) ?
Why, they had met it by inns in,: so aajOllllllllllll---,or, in
other words, they had not met it at all. He would venture
to put the matter on this point—that th..re were nut ten gem
denten present, who, if they met together in a private house,
WI/Yid have any differeuce of opillloll Ull the subject. Ills
learned friend had, ou this occasion, appealed to the honour-
able feelings of the house in deciding this question ; be also
would appeal to the honourable, the just, and political feel-
ings of gentlemen; and he would ask them, if they bilked
together on tile suhject out of the House, whether there
would be any dilleience of opii ) i aaaa as to the injustice of the
course which had been u•ed towards the Queen? What
was the case? It Was the case of a person punished, not
twee ly berme she was convicted, mot merely 'triune she was
tried, but absolutely before the accusat. against her was
framed. It was an arbitrary right! (Hear.) The learned
gentleman concluded a long aud argumentative speech by
expressing his firm belief that the whole conduct of minis-
ters was occasioned by the fear they entertained of lasing
their places; and lie called nu those w:io imagined that, it
they were left in a minority on this occmiiiii, they wool,'
g Ise up their sitilat s, not to refrain from voting st4ailisi
them tin that account, ; °minced as he Was that lin Ville
1111 eSpIcA. aaaaa of disapprobation (mild birth e them
to IM ego the advantages of Mtn e.

Lord CASTLLItEA( ill, in the first place, denied I liat his
Majesty'a had it right to feel their CO/1111aq l'llllll-
- those charges tuturd out to be true or false.
A H they had to do was, to take fare that priee.•diu,s were
not inaituted against her Midesty on light or le ivoliats
ground,; mid that they had conscientiously dune. I•hey
hail not endravoui'ed, by any i,dlaouce which they possessed:
to bias the minds of those who weft! to consider the questliou :
on (lie contrary, nt (lie cominenceatent of the busiitc.s, they
coded on those who had any political connexion with them,
to net in to total oblivion of that cunu.•xioi ; and he thiitt lit
gentli•nteu opposite would encounter very little diliiculty in
lindha; ilefSl/11,,, who were even cuw:rc•ted with the &Jae-
reign, had tell with the most pei feet ifret•dinn.
bear, hear.) lie wished he coald pay the trained gentleman
who had just sat down, mat lii•fricods, the same complimein ;
he wished their luct had been equally (rte fi petty
motives; lint he believed every unprejudit vd man W11111:1
allow, that illlllllllkl 14111111 hail acted a • pule awl akinn
terrified part oh this oft•n.41)11 than their opponents had (11,11,.
With respect to the merits of the question, it' utinisters
had committed an infringement of the law, it was the
greatest joke Ilial possibly ,mild be. (Much langltier.)
lit the *notion, the words " ;mil ittealledlellt"
were sibcii with releristice to what took place IY months
ago, and which had nothing to do with present 1'41,1,111•
,ialierw. If the gentictut•u opposite had euute forward 1/1
kl bold way with a vote of it 11.111 e, he WOllld Kaye stet it
with eptal holodess. lilt they hod recant se to a ►%stt•m
or manugymetit, which could only be met by management
—and when a proposition was ma•le that could lead to 1111
1.1111111 11111 good, it won filir to 111)111 it by mils Mg other or-
oleos of the day, or by codling for au an mitiouroosheut. 'r he

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