The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-19 00:00:00

ment-, he had been left by his Learned Friend
who preceded him, to undertake one particular
branch of the case, under the presumption (a very
.. mistaken one, he feared, however kind the opi-
nion on' which it was founded) that it would
be in safer hands. lie came before them
ith the best advice the kindness of his profes-
sional friends could afford him ; he undertook,
with a Atte-sense of hisimperfecgons, the arduous
duty,which thus devolved on hits; as the legal
oilier of her Majesty—an office Which he 'far
prized, in this hour of trial' and difficulty,
that,, arty appointment which the Crown had in
its:,g.iff to bestow in the. SUnshine- of its pOWer,
times of 'tranquil enjoyntent.. But if in
the discharge of his duty,' 'as Counsel for her
Majesty at the bar of their Lordships' House, he.
I.houltl` fail to convince their of the impropriety
principle of the he trusted that they
would attribute that defect of argument, net to
thi! W-eakness of the cause, but the imperfect ta-
. hqifs 'of the pleader. In arriving at this,stage
of the proceeding, he came 'to the Secret Coin-
tnittee which had 'been appointed to investigate
the incrits. of the case,.-- to whom a quantity of
private papers, and documents had been\referred
that purpose. --The.Se had been compared to
the proceedings of a Grand JurY finding a Bill.
lee would not travel over the grounds of that ar-
gument, which had become beaten already by.
repetition—l.-he would not contrast the finding of a
particular and defined fact of crime by a Grand
with thiS finding,Of no intelligible crime
or accusation by a mere acCuMulatiOn of evidenCe
—hitt he would' point out the Striking difference
which appeared to him to exist between the Re-
port of the Secret Committee, .and a Bill of in-
Oictment fOund by a 'Grand Jury on a 'charge of
felony. The first, thing .which struck hint in the
4ratit of „resemblance between the Secret Com-
mittee and the Grand Jury finding a Bill, to
which their. proceedings had been likened, Was
that the Secret Coininittee was not the body by
-wbicb this Bill was fOund.-7—[While Mr. Denman
was proceeding with this argument the Queen
entered the House.- .As she did- not make her
appearance before the commencement .of the'
proceedings, it was generally understood she
would not think it neCessary'again to be present,
• ifte Counsel in support of- the .Bill should pro-
•ceed to Make gOod 'the allegations it contains by
the examination 'of the witnesses. The Queen
done iii; preceded the Usher of the Black
bowi;a, her Majesty as.. she advanced.
:Slie was veiled as before, and she was acconapa-
iii:d by
.Lady Ann
_Hamilton.' On passing" the
bar site courtsied to their Lordships. The Peers
rose ; the most profound silence prevailed. Those
nearest to the Royal •PerSOnage bowed; and her
ptciieiity thin took a seat in front 'of the Bar,
near kteT .COunsel, and Lady Ann Hainilton sat
tioWn behind her.: On this occasion no shout's
frpm the populace, When she 'Was about to enter,
. were heard, as was the case on TitursditY. It
minutes after'eleven when her Majesty
took her seat. Mr.--Denman paused for a 'fen'
Tnernents till the Black I,ted retired; • and then
proceeded.}—A Stieret 'Committee had already
sat,:and their situation 441 been likenea to that
of a Grand Jury.' lie- was not going over the
objections that had been already urged to this si-
butalniost the first thins that struck kiln
was that-this Secret Committee was not the Body
liv heal the Bill'Then before' theirs Lordships
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was fonlid. It had originally' been recommended
by the Ceommittee, but it had not been found by
thrn,They recommended, it was 'suited
frfirrk certain documents, that a solemn inquiry
should take.plztee, On account of the 'great num-
ber of adulterous acts committed by ltei Majesty
Ithese.;#o appearing to. them so deeply to affect
the moral feelin4i Of the nation ; and the necessity
ofi,snch a legislative Measure they deeply deplore.
That they,recOMmended was notl Bill of Pains
and Penalties, but a solemn inqUitiy. Whether
the documents on which 'they founded that Opi-
pkon,were true or, false, did not appear ; hitt the
of Pains and ,Penalties was recommended,
and, liemeant. not t 6 state it disreSpectfully, sim-
phri by one of•their LOrdsliiilS—a. Peer certainly
Idgli in his Majesty's -Councils, but appealing
there and offering that Bill to their 'Lordships,
simply as a Peer of the House: the Bill'was`not,
he supposed, 'drawn by. the NOble Lea who
Shresented ,it; i'night, for aught he knew, have
een the production of the Attorney-General, or
tbie Gentlemen of the Black' Itod, who required
his Learned , Friend's
..attendance ; but proceed
from Whatever quarter it did, he would still treat
,it:with the:Same ',freeaont as if it' were the lowestindictment that prOCeeded from the lowest Court
.in:t he country.
.And when lie looked through
it; and found no State necessity to justify its.en-
actment—no reason giVlen, ;exopt- those recited
n its preanible—nOthing
,more than an' ebtillition
Ofmoral zeal, on the part 'OT the Person who' drew
~it up, it.was not necessary to offer any apology
tok this emu's() ',of proceeding., , The 'Learned
~CQUBSPi then proceeded to 'read the/Preanible of
the 13111.2„,atid...remarked upon the various parts of
it, as insoilicientv to the proceeding before
Jitei,r Lordships: Tie 'N{,Otild defy airy one to tell
'him on wfrose,opinlOn her Majesty's 'condtict had
dcsierveo epithets that were 'conferred onit' by
• the present ill. Referring to a former, ii#estitieln, he -'.
,would to the 'attention. of the
llonse:the letter of •1806; where
4' flirting';' was the severest phrase that tit* who
most iniitnately watelied her' ItOyal Ilighness'ihe
Princess .of 'Wales's conduct could 'adopt and
Tet,,the ?tamer of the present Bill had thought
fit, m.latout any evidence. before the .lionse„ to
,preseut to them,"that Biil, containing *the ohnoxi-'
,•,ou# .and the. extraordinary Otrases that hfta.been
, read •Mrs.. Lisle also, lamented. Itel! Royal
Ateps",s.tarniliarity; but surely in the conduct of
nO; objection; 'and of
,i!lus:fric's
•-4P0mag..,,w441he „dared pot ''now name, but
$44.9:; had .act4lty descended 'to 'such familiarity' •
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.ye44ll that 041:p' e-r- son d dr. e s - hint in
saya 'tiliVS,Oc4; :Nut `Coffee-house,'
his compliments to itOyalllighness,
an• d
begs" sound so. With jocularity thatillus.-
trious Person remarked to two Noble Personages