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spirit of the Civil Law, it was impossible for him no*to vote
for the Bill with that clause,—.-(:Hear r.)—ln voting against
the Divorce he beggtal irtimisii'on to repel the insinuation
that had been thrown out, that persons who voted against
the Divorce, hit still for the other clause, were voting rather
fur the degradation of the King than that °flier Majesty. Such
an. insinuation was utterly repugnant to his intention in
the course which he had taken or was about to take.—
(Hear, hear, hear !)--If there. was one circumstance more
degradingor abhorrent than another throughout this unhappy
case, it was the manner in which the tianme of the King had
been introduced in the discussions upon this 13111. The House
had heard one Noble Lind say, that if he were Archbishop,
and called upon to produce the Bnok.of Prayer tai his Majesty,
he would have flung it into his King':; face sooner than do
such and such an act.—Hear, and a latiels!)—Counsel at the
bar, participating in this improper feeling, had ventured,
korrceeo nferans ! to compare the present exercise of
the Kingly power to the roost abominable tyranny in the
era of corrupted and imperial Rouse.--(Hear, hear, hear,
heat !)—This comparison was in the highest dcgrre un-
just and unfounded; it was totally uninet.iteil 7(t-tear) ; for,
its the future history of the world, he national regency of this
country, under the guidance of the present So\rcreign,
would bear comparison with the proudest period in the
annals of the histoty of any country.—(Hear !)—Havine• slat-
ed, respecting the Bill, that lie had voted fur the seconerretd-
ing, he was under the necessity of adding that he could not
vote for the third reading with the divorce clause twining a
part of the Bill. But he was in this difficulty—that atter
- what had taken place, be could not bring himself to vote for
the third reading, nor could he, approviug of it general ly,con-
seientionsly vote against it, He mist, therefore, with the.
leare of the House, withdraw when the division took place.—
(Hear!)—He would sit down a ith this satisfaction, that lie
felt he had conscientiously discharged his duty—perhaps ins-
perfeetly—bot assuredly with a sincere and honest desire to
act justly and impat •
Earl GROSVENOR enteted into an explanation of that
part of his speech alluded to by the Right Rev. Prelate who
had just sat. down. The Notile,Earl proceeded to state, that
he telt indignant at thesatiempts which bad beets made by the
pet-Sons who wished to prop a falling Ministry to throw.
the odious of the present measure entirely iris his Majesty.
He next observed, that in allusion to the sonission of her
Majesty's name in the Liturgy, he had said, that if such
a measure had been proposed to him as Archbishop, he,
would sooner have thrown the book at the head of the
adifiaer of such a toeAsole• than (mace adopted it. He
said also, that lie, if in office, would have sooner trampled
the tosigoia of that office tinder ,his feet, than have instituted
the preserst proceedings. Ministers had said that they would
tart press this measure, unless it had the general concurrence
of the House. What ! did their Lordships think that a ma-
jority of 2S out of 230 eiders was expressive of the general
sense of the House?— Clear, heat-14-4f not, why was the
measure further pressed upOn their Lordships? The Noble
Lord concluded by observing, that what had sieve takers place
had outs, graved to convince him more and more of the justice
of the vote which he had /given iu favour of her Majesty,—
(Hear, bear!)
• On the cosestion being loudly called for,
Lord ERSKINE. said, that, as the House was so naturally
anxious for the decision on the Bill before them. he should.
content himself with saying, tiot withstanding his great re-
spect for the tearnisig of his Noble Friend on the Woolsack,
that he continued of the opinion be had fortuerly given on the
subject of the evidence, declaring that, if it were the last
word he had to utter iti this world, he should pronounce
it to be wholly insufficient _to support the charge ; nor
could it have supported it in dny Court where justice
was duty administered. The case had nothing to do
with circomstataial evidence, but tented wholly on
the discredit of the witnesses engaged in a manifest
conspiracy throughout the whole body of the proof, which
an intelligent Jury would have rejected with contempt. The
case of the supposed murderer, by time proof of the knife and
bloody garment, must come to nothing in an instant, even
after murder established by proof, if the witnesses to sech
farts had been heard to declare, after the murder had been
committed, and the prisoner arrested for it, that no knife or
blood had ever been seen by them, and that the accused was
purely ionocent. As to the Queen being guilty on the testi-
mony of her own witnesses, he denied it altogether, for the
reasons he had already given.
The Duke of GRAF'TON said, that upon looking into the
whole of the evidence, he must pronounce a verdict of not
guilty.—(Heac!)
The Marquess of HUNTLEY said that ha was satisfied of
the guilt of her Majesty, and should therefore vote for the
third reading of the Bill. The evidence of Lieut. Hownam,
alone, was sufficient to convince him of that, and he wasonly
surprised how the Noble Lord Opposite could entertain a con-
trary epinion on the subject ; and lie hoped that, considering
the sincerity they evinced of tier Majesty's innocence, they
would add to it by letting their wives and daughters associate
with, the Queers.--{Hear, avid a taiaci4.)—fie was alixi.us not
to give a-silent vote upon this occasion, in coliseipietice ut tare
threats held oat Sty Coursel at the Bar.—(Hear, from the
Ministerial (tenches.)
The itlargaest of DONEGAL said that he had chisely at
tended throughout the whole of these proceeding., and di-
rected. his attention as closely as possilile to the examination
of the evidence, both by hearing it in the House, and reading
the aoinotes at his Leasure out of it. In his opinion the e,vi • .

dence of Wijocci anti Dumont, which bine the harden of the
proof in this case, was inconsistent. He pointed out that,
Dumont and &lajocci were asked as to the saute fact,

rrwriely, the dress worir on particular occasiuus toy tier Ma.
j..:sty, they did nut xice c.rfesroxyding answers. His cle-al
ar,dctsuscieutious rote was therrfore against the Bill, which,
be was sure, could ttevrt. be reiolered beneficial either to thcii

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Lordships or to the country.
Tree Bishop of GLOUCESTER rase, and stated that he
could not concur in the divorce clause in this Bill, which, if
not hostile to, was certainly inconsistent with, the spirit and
tertour of the Christian nierafity and law. ft did appear to
bier inconsistent with the Standing Order of the House on
other eacc:asions, and not according to impartial justice be-
tween the patties. This being his conscientious feeling re-
gal-6.v the divorce cLuee, he was compelled to cute against
tire third reading of the Bill. It gave him pain to vote on the
present occasion against those for whose political sentiments
he entertsisied a decided preference; be was sorry now to be
compelled to differ flow them, but he seas obliged to dO so
to support the dtenity of his episcopal character. I
Lore ALVANLEY, we believe, said that nothing had oc•
curred from Counsel at the Bar to authorize the allusion of
the Noble Marquess opposite; indeed, they showed much
better taste than he had in their choice of topic.
Lord ELLF;NBOROUGH, in voting against the Bill, could
not help making this observatiou—that among the strange
peculiarities of this case was this, that the strongest, evi-
dence of her Majesty's guilt was to be derived from tier own
witne.sses.

Tttc Earl of E)ARNLEY rose amid loud cries of " ques-
rion,7 and eulagiz(d tht, speech of Earl Grey, which he said
would be remembered at long as these extraordinary proceed-
ings themselves would be. He implored those Noble Lords,
whose opinions were yet wavering on the expediency and po-
licy of this Bill, to step forward in this 'its lost stage, and
to interpose their authority to stay a measure so pregnant
with disastrous consequences. He trusted their Lordships
would recollect that this measure was against the sense
of the great mass. of the Coninsoni of England. He would
WO, f4r a nimnent, pay any deference to the. opinion of the
rabble; that he despised as much as any Man : but the ex-

pressiOu of pubic ferlittg to which he alluded -vas thC atrookt
unanimous opinion of the respectable classes it, society. He
hinted-their Lurdships would consider tli.stse matters before

they rushed on the consuo:thation ,of„a measurf which.was
looked upon with di4gust in :hts and alitioit et eryFountry in
Europe—a mea,ure which would (as tve itniterstooti the
Notile 'laird) reflect disgrace, on that once prow it assent h'y.
[At the conclusion of the Notile Lord's Speecti the cries tit,
" Question'Were loudly repeated trent 'all parts of the
Strangers.were then ordered to Witlidiasv.l
Ott the division there appeared—.
For the third reading.
. Against it .....
Majority

I OS
99.
-9,

The following is
.thereport .of what passed
during thp exclusion of strangers
Lord DACILE rose amid very'.vehement cries of
" Order," and As soon as the Peers had taken
their.seats:he observed; that he had .been en-
trusted with a Petition from. her.. Majesty, :pray-
ing. to be .heard .by Counsel against the passing
of the Billy---7-(Abch cheering.)
The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose immediately,and
said that heapprehended such a course would be
rendered 'unnecessary by what' he was about to
state.,---(lTear,- hear !)—He could not be ignorant
of the state of public feeling with regard to this
measure, and it appeared' to be the opinion of the
House that the Bill should be read a third time
only by a majority of•nlne votes.---(Much. cheer-