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tasting once more against the manner of proceed-
ing tefich his Mejesty's Ministers had adopted.
The Earl of HARROWBY said, he rose with as
steep a feeling of the importanCe of the case as the
Nutria Earl (Grey) did, and with • determination
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I?..pieweot his mind from befog tirsieciiss,tise right
or to the left, but to look at it when it come be-
fore the House ih soother shape. as if the Com-

nonce of their Lordships had never made a Report.
If there were gross ittjustice in the proceeding, he
could only say that their Lordships were aceom•
plices Hear, hear.)-11 there was ever a
proper proceeding in such a case, the one adopted ,
by their Lordships was that one. Was it because
grounds of accusation had been found against
the Illustrious l'ersotuige in the Committee, was
that a reason that their Lordships should be inca-
pacitated- from sittirng judicially, and examining
into the merits of the Report ? Much had been said
by the Noble Earl relative to his Majesty's advisers
being in possession of the evidence. and not insti.
luting some measure. He would ask, would their
Lordships have allowed any iadividnal, however
high his office, to open his mouth to make a charge
against the Queen Consort, without it was such a
direct charge that would be considered the highest
crime against the state ? They ought not then to
be accused of not having volontarily instituted
some proceeding, particularly when the Noble Earl
told them, that, after the opinion pronounced by
the Committee, if any measure was proceeded in,
it would endanger the safety of the country.—
Then, according to his argument, there was uo in-
stance, let the crime be ever so great, that the quer
tion ought to be agitated.
Earl GREY said the Noble Earl had mistaken
him. for what he did say was, that if the charges
were of the description as reported by the Commit
tee, his Majesty's Ministers ought not to have
paused one moment in grounding some specific
measure on them; but knowing what the charger
were, they ought not to have offered 50,0001. per
annum to her Majelly to have kept out of the

country.
The Earl of HA RROWBT, in continuation, said,
that if her Majesty had beendillowed to remain on
the Continent in quiet, without her coming to this
country to disturb its peace, the sum offered to her
could not be considered by the country as a ascii-
five for so desirable an object. The paper which
had been laid on their Lordships' table was no
snore than the verdict of a Grand Jury, if it was
• case of a private individual. Circumstances had
occurred in their own time where a similar Report
had been made, and the party affected by it had
been afterwards acquitted. He for one would say,
God forbid that the Report of the Committee should
be considered as confirming the guilt of the Illus-
trious Personage accused.
The Earl of CA RN A RVON said, that the Report
laid on their Lordships' table bore no resemblance
to proceedings before a Grand Jury, for they had
the whole body of evidence before them, when the
,Committee had only the charge and not the proof—
(Hear)—and on such a Report were they to be
driven into the most awful and painful inquiry
that ever came before Parliament, and against
which the whole country had set their face, and
their Lordships' were also culled on to shorten the
Session for the purpose, and leave the important
public business undone ? Was there no blame to
attach to her Majesty's accusers, for having left
tier name out of the Liturgy, which put an end to
ell accommodation ? He would ask, was it wise
that the ceremony of the coronation should be car-
ried on, while this inquiry was pending ? Wes it
not holding out to the world that her Majesty
would not have the benefit of a fair trial, by
treating her as guilty before she was tried ?
Was this proper to be held out by the advisers
of the Crown to the public--when he said pub.
lic, lie did not mean the factious, or those that
were denominated an, but he meant the thinking
end wellmeaniug part, who were the strength of the
country ? There was not one of their Lordships
could say that the Sovereign did not owe the great-
est gratitude to the constitution and the people.
He would ask, then, what would be their indignity
to the Sovereign in advising the postponement of
the coronation fur the present, or until the painful
inquiry was over ? Wes it not advisable that 011
the day when the Sovereign arid the people took
reciprocal oaths that there should be no disunion
of feelings? It was a question full of danger to
the welfare and harmony of the country, and would
call down upon the advisers of the Crown the exe-
cration of the people.
The Earl of DARN LEY rose, but spoke in such
a low tone of voice that he was inaudible below the
bar; hut we understood the Noble Earl to say that
be wished her Majesty bad not come to thir coun-
try kat the same How lie could not approve of the
conduct of hex Majesty's Ministers in leaving tier
muse out of the Liturgy. The people had been
in the habit cf praying fur her before as the
Princess of Wales, and why the death of his late
Majesty should relieve them trout that duty he
could out surmise. That and other acts of the ad-
visers of the Crown had provoked her to take the
vie') she did of coning to England ; and in his
conscience he could out excuse his Majesty's Mt-
iir,ters for their injudicious conduct.
Earl G ItitY raid lie rose merely to ask for infor-
mation bow it was that if the charge against the
Queen fur having lived as an adultress with a per-
eon of the lowest description, and that her conduct
was must licentious fur a length of time, was true,
his Majesty's Ministers esitered into any tiegocia-
il its for a compromise, knowing a crime of such a
it lure to exist, which had been poltened down in
'ism House as a mere family divute If it were
only such, their Lordships had nothing to du with
hut when it livatllliert the ehianCter given to it
by the Report, how could the advisers of the
Crown offer, fur the purpose of enabling tier Ma-
jesty to live in this adulterous and licentious course,
50,000/. per annum to be takers but of the pockets
of the people— f Hear, hear)—fur they were not
strangers to the evidence which the Report was
grounded on ?

The Ent of LIVIMPOOL said, he did dot rise
fur ile purpose of prolonging the debate, but
merely to say a few words to set the Noble Earl
(Grey) right; for. taking every word of the Report
of the Committee to be true, he was DWI of opi-
nion. if her Majesty bad staid abroad she
ought to bare an allowance on account of public
ettpedieuee. to have sowed the cue coasiog before
..l'othasseat is Mach hod