The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-06-08 00:00:00

rritiVirity among the pubEe. lie could not toy
atlas he shared throe ueloor with them, bat while
t ranted. it would be most onfortionato for the 1
character or the Home if they should have re-ourtie
.a nominal n- tiopopishor mode, of proceeding. .
I'h• LORD CHANCELLOR declared that hr never
!end a teener p.infol•duty to perform than to express
iris stootittmst• in public Iwo.. a question so ex-
-Ytrely delicate as the present, and so sensibly sr-
frt rio the interests and honour of the Royal
It was. however, hi. enoilobition to reflect,
oat thr Itrilie.plr• r0.0r..1 to every
the prottr i.O affioled by 3 wit•he '641.
ond God forbid that he should aryls to dertire any
iisdividual of ! If now he should re.
etinorn•rl the If.f Meta in the first nominee, and
befor.. aoj err I, ..I a Secret C mittee, whose
rt,ity it void I Ire o•.Iy to suggest whether soy
further, or whit proceeding• were necessary, at
IRO% From a fir r 1) cotirirrion that ouch a proceeding
calculated rather to protect than to injure
oritence. Fie could not conceive how fuels a Cont.
•wittee could in any snootier prejudge the interests
of the Queen in the event of an imiwachment being
recommended by the Committee of the other
NVese the Noble Lord to ask his 01.11)100 whether
any impeachment would he recommended, lie
should certainly &mower in the negative ; but if the
Committee were to recommend • judicial torn-
reeding, he shonld then know how to deal with
it, and if a legislative proceeding. be Olinda
equally know how to deal with Mitt. Time Noble
and Learned Lord then remarked, that by the
stAitta of Edward 111. the man who olionlcl
vinfilie the Queen, the wife of the heir to the
Crown, or the King'. eldest daughter, was guilty
of high treason, hut that the female consenting was
held to he guilty only by iniplicition of law, as ac-
&scary to tremolo. If the Mlle, however. were
committed in a foreign country, the principle of
law would no longer operate, and he knew of no
way by which the fact of adultery committed ler
.nch circumstances by • Queen enold he pitiliolird
by the ordinary tribunals of thid country. He also
iemarked, that no greater prejudice could happen
to the accused by the appointment of a Committee
than arrow to every pertion accused by the finding
of an indictment by a Grand Jury.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN obseroed, that there
els' no analogy whatever between the ease of the
finding of • bill of indictment by a Grand Jury.
and the Report of • Committee appointed by 'ht.
House eliminatory of her Nlsjesty'a conduct. In t
firmer ca.e, the individuals forming the Gravel
my did not afierwardo assist at the trial as would
he done by the Lords of the Committee, for in the
ease of her Majesty the House of Commons would
stand in the place of the Gram! Jury, and their
I .ordshipn as trims in the place of the Petit Jury.—
( War, hear.)
I'he Earl of DONOUGHMORS said, that in a case
of ouch importance he could not suffer the ocea-
oion to pass without expressing his opinion upon
the course of proceeding which the Ministers of the
Crown had suggested, lie acknowledged tills
noon sae% • subject he spoke with extreme diffi-
dence, foe having the misfortune to differ in
vow of thimatter from that which was profetord
liy those Noble Friesids with whom he mi. aceo....
I..med to Sri, lie could not but regard leis own
...fitments with diffidence sod distrust. Ile had
...oil winor attention to the *object before lie entered
t!o. House, but he moot coofe-s that he had since
lased nottimg that could induce him to change his
-oititioni. Ile thought the mode proposed was the
'oust delicate, effectual. and respectful that could
lie pnrAvirrt, heiwg the beat calculated to collect the
troth of the allegations charged with the Irmo pros-
• ble
irjnry to the parties concerned. He hone:tied
to have heard during the debate so many allutions
no
bed been made to public opinions. a. if their
Lo-d.litie.' first object in ',reforming their great and
ooteton duties were to ascertain what the people
toight say, without regarding their own *rose of
prositiely and justice.--(Hear, hear, hear.).—
His Noble Friend nese him (Lord Holism!) had re-
marked that there existed in the public mind great
Cettsihility and great irritability upon this subject ;
Mot limo his Noble Friend aware or the measly that
had been wed to excite this warm feeling ? Did
het know tif the fame and milled statements which
lid heels published ? Did he know of the ilistiwted
factaWhich heal beets communicated? And did he
cot how* that a few proprietors of public newspo.
eters bed she power, if they wished to exert it. of
..eteiting • clamour upon almost any subject ? After
'•
few &ether observotiona. which our limos prevent
it', from publishing, the Noble Earl concluded by
expressing his approbation of the motion.
• Lord HOLLAND assured his Noble Friend that
although he had alluded to the warm feeling %%hist/
1,01 been excited in the public mind upon this sub-
jeer. he by no meanr spoke of it with approbation.
and he had even added, when alluding to the sensi-
bility and irritability of the public, that he did net
oboe, those leelitigs. He certaitily disapproved
errengly of the mode of proceeding by a Secret
Committer, and he had further urged the ittensisis-
. setter of the House now bur • g any course which
miglit tend to peevent.the futn.e exercise of their
jodiciol authority with impartiality and honour.—
TEM, Lordships stood in this painful situation, that
they 'mist take into their immediate coosoferatious
the 'subject matter contained to the papers. when
they might be called on to act judicially Oil them.
He would not say that the mode prop med.was the.
most severe nee that could have been thought of,
hut he had tin brutal ii•i• as va”iti: sheet it was a most
uncommon, ~,,, beggrtt their Lordships'
riou„ for liswwg uct•ni r.it at, mad) of their Lord.
time esplai.atioy, hut he trusted the im.
yortalice of the guettiuti would be a sufficietit
apology.
The Mmejais of LANSDOWN said. he rose merely
for the purpose of expressing, that he concurred in
every sentence uttered by the Noble Baruu iu his
explanation.
Tlie motion we, then carried without • division.
Their Lordships are euintooned fut. 10.1110rfuty,
for the purpose of balloting fur the 15 Lords to
term the Secret t;ornmittee.
Adjourned.

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