The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-07 00:00:00

ROUSE a LOPtIA, JULY U.

e 1
in( !eta business was this day trans•Arted,
'her which the nsu.l -atlioornmeot during plea-
sure, preliminary to a debaie, look place.
:file Bills upon the table were torwarded in
their respective stages.
The Marquess of LANsbowts: gave notice of his
intention to move the second reading of tire Ca-
relouiee Bill on Monday.

THE QUEEN.
PETITION FROM II ER M ESTY.

DACRE said, that in consequence of what
took place last evenine on the subject of the Poi-
,
:'("A then presented on the part of her MAjesly,
held itt his band another Petition from the
'34" Illustrious Perionage, which proceeded
'eitFiy on similar groUnds, but prayed also that
,
1r Oajesty may be beard by her Counsel against
t 1)! Rill now pemdin,-; in their Lordships' House.
The Noble Lord then handed in the
was tead by the Celli, and appeared as
mullows
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CA ROI:INV. RentNA.
" The QueenAus heard, with inexpressible astonisliMent,
,that I3ill~ convrvitw-charges, and intended to degrade her
.'l4tV dlssol;e her Mat riaae with the King, has been brought
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t" first Minister of the King into the House of Lords,
nerF her Majesty has no Counsel or other Officer to assert
her rights. The only alleged foundation for the Bill is the
trltprt of a Secret Committee, proceeding solely on papers ,
'4l)ttlitteil to them, and before whore no single witness wa,
t..e:icauitt("l. The Queen has been further informed, that her
last night Were refused a hearing at the Bar of the
,louse of Lords, at that staize of the proceeding whet, it was
I.lt(tt material that they should he heard, and that a of the
Witnesses, whose names are 'known to her accusers, is to be
to her. 'Undersuch circumstances, the Queen doubts
Trott anY other course is left to her, hut to protest in the
Lot she
manner against the whole of the proceeding;
Stlititerl:foizions•to !baiie one more effort to obtain justice,
aiutaadtte her claiinsdea
stirtehsetnh,aait her Counsel may be admitted to
Lord n of the Ilouse of Lords."
~ACHE then moved, that her Majesty's
outisel be called
.li-T.he Lotto CFLIN-CFLLOII stituested, that pre-
f:lll to healiog Counsel, the Honse should be in-
t.‘in'ed as to what Points they wished to address
" their Lordihips.
:111i-s suggestion was; after a short conversation,
antiti
reed ret.,' it was voted that Counsel should
tie stilled 'in, and directed to state what points
wislyetl to address the House upon,•and hav-
,g done so, that (hey should immediately with-
.kra‘v
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Counsel were tben called in-, and Mr. Brougham
th" Mr, Denman appeared at the bar on behalf of
C. Queen.
'4e OPTI.CIIANCE'LLOR communicated to them
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f the House, tit4t they should
t'tHt.ect°ll,l:lllll3o":llo..s° on which th.e.y.,t.ei,s4l,ted to address
"ttr Lordships, and then with (I. a
BIIOUGHAM stated that her Majesty had last night,
to h" great pariU•iSe, been served with an official copy of a
hill Presented to and read the first time in their Lordships'
uuse• P,etituhle to that Bill contained charges of a
.711'M'Ittave and serious nature against her Majesty--against
• ' he appeared. Her Ha-
i; ,• • r map fur whom
was to the situation in which such a p, tiered-
to tiusexpj.,u,,,llv placed her. Slie al.u, wished
" Itt'ard with respect to the mode of proceeding as well as
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be time.
cnojany-
angle ittto entirely, or only in part, which
. !i•dert'itt may obviously operate as a very .setious dis-
drantage to her
,Majesty. Her Majesty was also d.• -
••
aa-hu' of l'kitit; heard With respect t' certain matters which
fret 140.0glit well calculated to produce au important ef-
• Oti these She conceived the present was the time
•::1,11; wlth ordinary fairness to herself, their Lord-
.7tsP,s could be addressed; and she wislnd that the ;mention
• Zutdbe:"(t.use could be called generally to them. Their
t
lus rujection of the prayer of the Petition of yes-
Ras a " t° be heard before the Bill was read the srst time,
th 4't.?lts disadvantage to'her. They were als.o.tii,e
lt,lre
of
l's' " PPenit; in a certain quarter, of which they ,
- to no more than if they never existed, and of
cre
coutrse they knew regularly na more of the Report of the Se-
C4)--rnatte, except from its being printed in every News-
Per, though for aught they knew, it might be a fabrication,
444 a gross libel Upon the Committee itself; and that those
.*ll°. circulated such reports • deserving
In fact Were of pnnishrnent.
. the
,Report Went farther than the Bill. Upon the
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,theC4e.rv.tras ineuilt matter which would not he confirmed
Th. • :•P4sstalt.", of, the Bill, or negatived by its rejection.
.• .wete. the only
points upon which ho had received
,:4stroctious.
„ ThThem .".RD CuANceLLott expressed his opinion,
Li„ -I)9i Litirstauding what he had heard, the
Counsel could not. now, be heard, ouless
6l)e gitCs'iint of the
,mode of proceeding, or
Corn 'Peet to the time. They would not t o
Ple"e i
t j",tic, t
t.I.ICT to her Majesty or to the
Zate, if they adopted any other course thin that
ptirr : rrit'Postd. Ihe anamolous character of the
tr. etnihg sirould be cousidered. If it were mat-
r of
wittact that were meant to be spoken to, upoin,
Nu" Principle could the Counsel he now heart
Such ~Ii"14c,()(ild be more disorderly or irregular.
-v,'ence may be lour into ou the occasion
eof
ethte defence, ti
aril tlin the &oose% could he
teljtul" I)41 ea upon such points. Whatever
the c
House may deteintioe 'his case, he sub-
uestion of the effect of establishing
"eh Ike q a precedent as that now required could lead
sh had rherefore to state, :hat the Counsel
ould confine themselves to the consideration of
I,lle time and the mode of proceeding;, The Noble
rd on the Woolsack then regulatly
that effect. moved to
Earl GREY contended such a mode of proceed-
, ing was contrary to all precedent, and retitled tss
!et a dangerous example. 'rite occasion, such as
1t was, betrusted would never occur again. Their
cOOships should bear in
mind this was a 1)"151
txtraordinary case, and they should take care that
tirtit tibstantial justice he rendered but at the same
they should not exclude any thiog that may
uperate in a contrary way. With respect to the
P"seil the extent of the application,
_" • first point was the mode of proceeding ; the
a`coud respected the titne. They urged to be