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feit the right of succession to the Throne. To futlow, hdu,
ever, the course suggested by the Noble Lord, would be it

etreei to give the Queen a license to commit adultery ;—it
would, indeed, he directly to oppose the principle of that great
authority which had been lately quoted at the Bar, in one of
the most eloquent speeches ever delivered—for, instead of

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saying to the. Queen, •` Go thou and sin no more," it would
be telling her, . go and sill as much as you please, for no pu-
nishment can follow."—(Hear, liqarl.)—But their Lordships
were, he trusted, ietcapable of 4.enctiNing such an anuf Lily
as he omission of the clause &tiler cottsideration *oulene-
ces '.involceZ.n . . . NI ...
Ilk , rl of C[! OW exprested his sUrprise thit, s the
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tern of the Clereti, in which conviction he 'fully participated
any attempt should be made to expunge the clause of Divorce
Fur hiinself he would say, that as lie could make no compro.
raise with adultery, he would vote for the retention of that
clause.

Earl MANVER.said the Bill had his must entire and u
qualified approbation, and he would never consent to the
exclusion of the only important enactment, and one which
necessarily followed the preamble of the Bill. A Noble Vis-
conti t had yesterday declared it as his most conscientious
opinion, that the Queen was the victim of a foul and base
conspiracy; be (Lord Nlanver:) trusted it would not he
thought tort presumptuous in him, if (after having given the

evidence and arguments on both sides the most anxious bear-
ing aio; attention) he drelm (d, firm an equally conscientious
conviction, that instead of being t he'virtiin of a conspiracy,
her conduct had been most degroliihr and scantlalous—(hear,
hear I from a tew Peers in the Gallery, -on the right of the
Woolsack)—most adulterous and infamous—(more cheers
from the same quarter.) . .

Lord PALNI(43TH fell some reluctance in obtruding him-
self on the House ; but his apology must he the sense of duty
which he entertained.. A Noble Marquess under the Gallery
(Buckingham) had stated, that it was a 10-ostrous anomaly
to strip the Queen of her rifts and privileges and still suffer
her to remain the wife of the King ; but was t here a Noble Loi d
present prepared to 'say, t hat t hei e was a single
_woman in Ito
country who had no civil, no private rights ? One of those rights,
and it was the right of every married woman, was her hushand's
protection! It t heir Lordships were of a difit Tent opinion,
he should regret having suffered the Bill to reach its present
stage, without having declared his sentiments against it. A
,tirserend.Frrlate,lnut said, the King: conld do ho siroug : this
was an axiom quite tree in a legal sense, but common 9eIISC'
revolted at the idea of taking the assertion strictly according
to the letter. He would yield to no one in Isis attachment to
his Sovereign in his pubiicand political capacity; hot he d•ould
neii her be doing his duty to his Sovereign, our 10 himself, if
he did not also adroit that the King had private rights and
ditties to perform, within his own family in particular, as well
as the meanest of his subject:.

Lord DARNLEY hoped'that the limited phalanx who were
opposed to the Bill in 10b.,-supported as ithad been by thine-,
parties all over the House, would triumph at last. He never
felt greater pride in his life Orin in breini ore of that phalanx.
He was under the painful necesiity,bowever, of differing win!,
his friends, so far as to think that the Divorce Clause ought
not to stand part of the Bill. He would state his reasons in
two words. The argument of the Right Reverend Frelate
opposite (the Archbishop Tuam) had not been answered—no
attempt had been made to answer it ; he did not think it was
possible to answer it ! Feeling irresistibly the force, of it, he
conk! not consent to give a vote for the divorce of the
but heir;; unwilling to aid the object of the Ministers, he
would give no vote on the 'other side.
Lord BELHAVEN said, that he agreed with the Noble
.Earl near hits' (Grey), in thinking that if the Bill was to pass
at all the Divorce Clause must stand part of it. His Lordship
begged Co add a fsw words as to what had fallen front a Noble
Lord in the Gallery ;Lord Man vers),respect ing n he assertion of
his Noble Friend (Lord Duncan); that her Majesty was the vic-
tim of a hare and fOril conspiracy. Ile hoped the day would yet
conic, when it would be-laid open' to the world whether such
a conspiracy did exist or not ; but he would assnre' that Noble
Lord that, to induce him to convict any one of this Agents of
the prosecution of being a party to conspiracy. he world re-
quire evidence ten times steouger than that on which his
Lordship (LOrd Manvers) had ventured to pronounce so
strong an opinions of her Majesty's conduct as he had done.
The calls of " Question !" now became general, and it
was put by the CHAIRMAN—.. Shall the Divorce Clause
stand part of the Bill ?" His Lordship declared that the Non-
contents had it.

A division was demanded, and strankers were ordered to
withdraw. The numbers were (which we repeated) soon
afterwards announced to be as follows
Contents •
Non-contents
Majority for the Divorce Clause ....-67

.. 129

strangers were excluded, we heard that Lord KING
rose, and said that he should offer no apology for submitting
to their Lorthihips 'a clause, the insertion of which in the 13111
seemed a nuttier of course, considering that the Queca was
not remotely placed in the illustrious line of Princes its the
succession to the crown of these Itealms. The Crsr,vn was
limited to her Majesty, in the event of certain persons prede-
ceasing her, and that. by the Most sacred and fundamental laws
oft he land. if it devolved on her, the well-known loyalty oft heir
Lordships must at once make them adopt a different view of the
present question ; and, looking forwat d to that event, they must
he equally ready to provide for it. He therefore moved
this clause—“ And be it further enacted, -by the authority
aforesaid, that in case the crown of these realms shall at any
time descend to her said Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth,.
then and in such case,
.this present .act, and all the matters
and things contained therein, shall become utterly void and
of no effect, and the whole of the Preamble thereof shall be
deemed and taken to be false, calumnious, and scandalous,
upon the same evidence on which it hat h now been held to be
sufficiently proved."—(Loud cheering, with cries of order.)
Lord CiLVILLE (of Culross, in Scotland, one of the Scotch
Peers) rose, with much warmth, to vindicate himself, and
those who acted with him in favour of the Bill. He said they
were aspersed—they were attacked—hy this oughts). He
denied the justice of the imputation, and he felt it due to his
own conscience, and that' of those who voted with him in this
measure, to say that they acted conscientiously in it ; and
that they still slid support the Bill. Notwithstanding, be
ventured to assert that he and those who honoured him with
their support were as loyal as the Noble Lord, or any non.
He wished, therefore, to know whether that Noble Lord was
in order—(Hear, hear !)—He was proceeding, but was him-
self interrupted by.
Lord HOLLAND, who spoke to order. Toe Noble Lord.
(Colville, of Culruss), had asked whether his Noble Friend
was in order, but had not shown him to be disorderly, or
pointed out how, which every Noble Lord was h,tund to do who
took upon him to interrupt atiother.---,(Lond clots rs.)—The
motion, he. verily believed, might nut be agreeable to the
Noble Lord : but it did not, on that account, become disor-
derly.—(Hear, hear, hear!)
Lord LAUDERDALE, with great vehemence, supp rted
the objections to Lord King's clause. lie yielded to no mats
in loyalty, but he thought this motion attacked every Peer who
had supported the Bill; and it was the manner of maising it
rather than the motion it-ielff, which all must perceive to be
disorderly.—(Cheers.)
Lord KING could not allow that any thing disorderly was
contained in his Clause. It ascribed no motives to any one
except loyalty, of which every one was, and justly might be.
proud. It only affirmed what was the necessary consequence
of hiyal feelings, and assumed that their Lordships, as loyal
men, the moment the Queen. Consort became' by succession,
Queen-Regnant, would change their belief respecting her
conduct. This was a necessary consequence of their regal d
fur the first principles of the Coustiapt ion, by which ev, ry
Monarch was deemed '' most excellent," without any regard
to his conduct or chat actor.

The Clause was negatived without a division, and the
Chairman was dirrtted to report the Bill,
The House resumed, and ordered the report to be received
to-morrow.—Adjourned.

Mr. HumE, in his ridiculous speech upon the
treasonable placards, states, that the address
which appeared on the Ist of. April, in this city,
and in all the towns and vintages in the West of
Scotland, originated with the Government. In
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reference to the Address, The Glasgow Herald
of yesterday contradicts the statement of Mr
Hume, and says, " We have made inquiries at
the proper sources of information, and find that
the seditious placards of the Ist of April. were
not only printed, but originally drawn up in
Glasgow. Two lads, Robert Fulton and John
Hutchinson, who printed the Address, tied to
America, and three hundred pounds were, at the
time, offered for their apprehension. Three well
.known persons in Parkhead composed the Address
and employed the above two laids to print it in Mr.
M'Kenzie's office, but without the knowledge of
the Proprietor ; and the expence was paid out of•
the penny a-week radical subscription."—(Glas-
gow onnzer•.) •

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LONDON,
THURSDAY, N.OVEMBER. 9, 18

THE QUEEN.

lIOUSE OF LORDS (THIS DAY), Nov.

The LORD CHANCELLOR came to the 11°Ise
few minutes before ten, when prayers Were re
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by the Lord Bishop of L The °auf';
was then, called over. Excuses were
the Marquis of Hertford, the Earls of It°s1)1
Morley, Pembroke, and Huntingdon.
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The Loup CHANCELLOR intimated thay,-
received a letter from Lord Holland, whichstsc,
ed that he was unable to attend in his placer° t
ng to an attack of the gout, mid requestio3
le Might lie-permitted to sign the Protes6.:iii,
mad lately been entered an their Journals'
first day he should be able to come (1°
,o the House.

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THE SIGNING OF THE DissENT.
The Earl of MINT° now moved that the SP
ing Order (141) should bb forthwith read•
The LORD CHANCELLDR then stated, tit3t
was instructed by Lord Holland to move the st;'
pension of the Standing Order in favbur of t'vtd.
Noble Baron, whose illness prevented Id° a ,
tending in his place at the time the Proteit
entered on the Journals and who Was 'still it!'
if
disposed. He, unfortunately, could assure t'le
Lordships that he was too well acquainted
the nature
,of the indisposition.with
Holland was afflicted, for one moment to 01.'1'5'1
his assent to that Noble Lord's request. j';'
therefore, moved that the request be ,
graoteir
and that he (Lord Chancellor) should be at
lerty-to inform Lord Holland by letter what to
louse agreed to.—Agreed.
The Earl of MINTO then ' moved the 5111
Tivilege in favour of himself, Lord 'ErsO'f;
,ord Ellenborough, Viscount Bolingbroke, 'll'
be

(we believe) the Earl of Darnley, w
wished to subscribe their names to the Prott‘s'.

This motion was agreed to.
, c, heti
Lord Em.rssononou said, lie only
to sign the second Claace of the Protest.-1'
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was agreed to, though the Earl of Lauderd
objected to the signing of particular parts wit-h
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is tit
,some explanation was entered on the Jourila
the time.

PROCEEDINGS ON THE BILL.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY brought UP the
Report of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, Or'
ther with the amendments made in the Gcll
mitten, which were read by the Lord (I'3°

cellor.
The Duke of HAMILTON said, he had to ill 0
logize to their Lordships for not having 19
earlier stage, during the amendments to the 13`,
taken occasion to address the Douse. Ile (
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that that part of the Preamble of the 13i11, Ny'ji
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stated that the adultery was proved, should e
left out. He hoped his Noble Priend on the,/
cross-bench would object to passing this part
the Preamble of the Bill.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL believed that themee
j,
gular course would be, to read all 'the arne°
ments first,, and afterwards to object to them
singly or collectively.
After a few words from the Lotto Cn.tsciLLal4
and Lord LAUDERDALE,
The LORD CHANCELLOR proceeded to 11'0
the amendments as far as the sixth, w)
were all agreed to. It appeared that atn°"
these the principal one consisted in the inserti°l'
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of the letter " B " instead of the letter `t
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Bartolomeo.was changed to Bartolomo.

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Lord ELLE• nort.-:LGII then observed, that it
was expected that the Bill would have been Oic,,
modified in the Committee, but it was now Oil
fest that the only alteration it had underP°
was the substitution -of one letter for ,another
with a. few verbal alterations of nearly the s°l
importance, or rather of no importance at Ail.
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Ile therefore hoped that such Noble Lnros
had voted for the second reading of the Bill, °,l
the ground of the Divorc clause being exinoge
would now consider it their duty to vote agai°
the Bill.
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just fallen from the Noble Baron) that he 111513e#
to say a few words on that Clause, He truster
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