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FRIDAY, -JULY 21, 1820..

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE, OF LORDS, Jur..Y,2o.
ht YAL Dtv,,“cp-, BILL.

The Earl ofLVITEn-io'bitn—oved," That a Com-
mittee be appointed to search for precedents .re-
lating thereto, andjoconsider of the-;-mot effec-
tual means of enforcing the .attendance of Mem-
bers of that Mouse ;". Nv-hich was ordered accord-
ingly.
On the motion of the Noble Minister, several
Peers specially named, were ordered. to cora-,
pdse the said. C-,-;m:nittee, ainong whom
Archbishop of y The of Li, eriltiol
The'Earl cif Shatie,bl,l Viscou-nt
The 1,..rd Chaim:llot- Lord Caitjwi.pe
Lord Holland.

Among the Bills upon the table *which were se-
v,,ralty forwarded, the Alien Bill, the Bank
Notes Bill, the Irish Pisteries, tile Turnpike
Returns, and the Lunatic Asylum -Bills,
ivere read the third time and passed.

quarter, and then the merits of the question
would be sent for decision before a competent
and regular tribunal, who could determine whe-
ther the return was according to the law. of the.
land or not. They Well knew that, according to
the custom of Parliament, thoSe and other 14W
Officers were deemed competent, and sat Auring
an interval of more than 200 years. Ile wOuld
ask, therefore, on what principle of jUstice.eould
they "think of applying' what would operate, as a
retrospective law in the present case"?' In caSc:,
of State necessity or expediency, a retrospective
law may be highly justifiable ;I but nothing of the
kind Warranted- a departure frdar the ordinary
course in the case #efore thorn: It: was known
that. Masters in Chancery frequent4y`gat in Par-
liament, and no one ever thought-it to. lie r,con-
sisteit with the discl)arging their "legal duties.—
In the particular case other ,difilculties stood- in
the way .of such an enactment fairly takingp!Eic.a.
individual to Whorra it referred had pur-
chased the office ;, he meant not illegally', as it.
was the established practice at-the time.; but it
-was, an additional objection to depriving him of
the advantage he possessed by an ex post facto
enactment, and for which a considerable sum had
been given.
. The Earl of LI3jERICK, in explanation, ob-
served, that the case was very different with re-'
spect to the.. English Masters in Chancery, who
were on the very spot. ,

The Earl Of ENNISKILLEN adverted to the
Gentleman in question being particularly aimed
at. as.he was mentioned by-name in the Act.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE- argued decidedly in
favour of the clause.

The Earl of LimEtticK and Lord HOLLAND
respectively spoke in explanation. . •
The LORD CHANCELLOR ,argued .-ably against
the clause. With respect io lifas ers in Chancery
sitting in Parliament, there Were' very many in-
stances where they had,discharged both their
le-
gislative and judicial functions with ability and
honour. .to themselves. On the ground these
Officers were objected to, the Attorliey 'and So-
licitor-General, and -Na.rious other, may
.be
equally affeeted; antrit.w.as net,a liitfn extraor-
dinary they had never .11'esni'd of "these-objections
until this lri'sh El.ention canie upon the tbi•pet.
Officers in the ArMy and Navy, may be‘objected
to, on „grounds not dissimilar 1- but it was Well
knOwn that the,.e,',.pallllil4ly. :the latter, had
frequently represented:sOine. _of:the-greatest and
most populous- placesiir the kingdom. of
that kind of'seloOdti bOttet.- left with the
Electors thoinselves. .

Louk,KLicyoN was strongly impressed with
the propriety of rejeCting-, the clause, which he
seemed to say, Was of that nature which he
thought,the House could not agree to ; and he
felt it his duty to take the sense of their Lord-
ships upon it.
The strangers were then ex.eluded, and some
short' far Cher discussion took' place. On the re-
sult, it-was understood, the- division .upon the
Clause itself was thus :

' Contents.
Not-contents - • '
Majority against the Clause. ;--I2
The- Bill being :gone. through, the' House re-
sumed, and ordered 'the-Report to be received
to-morrow.

• INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. '
Lord AUCKLAND presented a Petition, nume-
rously signetd, from Liverpool in favour of this Bill.
The Noble Lord, in moving the re-commit-
ment of the Bill, said, he should not by any pre-
liminary discussions anticipate any argument or
objection .with respect, to the. measure. Their
Lordships then forthwith resolved into a Com-
mittee on the Bill..

LorditEnEsnALE, at the commencement of the
discussion, enteredsupon the clause going to sup-
port. three Commissioners instead of one, as fixed
by the former Acts .to conduct the business of
the Court. ..11e thought the increased number-
was-unnecessary. -The system had been in force
seven years, and one Commissioner was found
adequate to its judicial administration. Since
the appointment of the-late Commissioner, much',
or rather the whoL of the clamodr or disappro-
Vation that long prevailed had subsided, and he
htd received numerous coMmunications, expres-
sil'e of the warmest approbation of the writers of
the way in which the business of the Court had
been latterly conducted. The Noble and Learn-
ed Lord concluded by moving an amendment to
the relevant clause, enacting .that one fit and
proper. person should be appointed instead of
three, as proposed by the Bill.
Lord AUCKLAND defended the clause as origi-
nally proposed. The increased number he
thought was called for by the very increased bit-
siness of the Court i ,and farther, as a pro-vision
I,against the accident of one being confined 'by-
ness, or prevented from attending to the business
from other causes.

in the result, division was called for on this
clause, and the strangers were excluding from
the House, when one or two of their LOrdships
said, a Agreed, agreed," and the strangers re-
turned. It was understoOd, the Noble and
Learned Lord declined presiinL; his amendment.
Lord AUCKLAND said, that he should not pro-
pose any 'clause relative to thoe per:ons who
were confined by order of the Court of Chancery,
as he found that the Noble Lord on the Wool-
sack bad ,taken that._ part of the subject in his own
hands. -

After some desultory ,convorsation,:the Bili
went through the Committee, the House'resunii
ed, and the Report was 'ordered to he received
to-morrow.("jou ined.

[PRICE SEVENtENCE.

PROVINCIAL "JOURNALS.

The Conductors of The PnoVrNet AL JOURNALS
not being conipelled to the daily labour attending
those of the MetrepoliS,- are .remote from the
contagion of the Party conflicts
.and rabble cia-
mours which disturb us in town, and have 'con!,
sequently more leisure•for reflection. Therr
opi-
nions are always wortaY or respect, .and contri-;
• ,
blite in a 'great. degree to .express the .general
sentiments of the Country. We May also say"
truly, that many of the Provincial EditOrs,.be-'
sides the advaut tge l'..;l!i:_fh" we 11:t.ve noticed, Seem"
to possess more abilities, knewledge,,and regarti-
to moral principles than most of these of the
tropors. Witholit invidious, distinctions we may
fairly mention the Conductor; of The -Leafs In-
ietlig•e‘izcer, flYie Corre4pontlent of Dublin, The
liibernian Joarna!; The Birnzinghrun Commercial
;Herald, in particular, the good sense, constita-
tional knowledg(l, public. spirit, and moral prin.,
ciples of which first induced Ili to adopt .the
of selecting articles from their respective Jour.-
nals, together with our. usual daily extracts froth
those in London-. We this day suLjOin the sea,
timents of The Bionsingham Chronicle,-on the im7
portant subject . which now excites a universal

interest, and we cannot but feel'pleasuiT in stat-
ing to the Country at large, that there are two
such judicious Journalists. in a town so populous
and so distinguished. for manufacturing .skiil and
colnintrcial importance.,

(F;•onz th- C'7ronit le.)

In the' present state of the'public mind we
would willingly refrain from all obseivations on,
the subject of the Queen : we would act as others
talk:- and feeling the propriety, of abstaining from
all that can inflame 01• prejudg6., we•would.espe-
cially avoid ;the conduct of those pretended
friends,,, but inyeality worst,enemie; of her Ma-
jesty, 'who, while they` loudly claim for her all
the benefits of a fair,trial; and an iiyirrr. hear-'
lug, are labouring to inip,,,tle the course of jus-
tice, to preclude the possibility of that unLialsed
decision to which a tranqu:lai,d deliberate 'in`,
quiry alone scan lead,, and to renew thOse scenes
of-popular conimotion which we have so lately
witnessed.

:" It is. asserted to be a principle of English
Law, that every accused 'perSon is:to be. dechied
innocent until preyed to be guiltY. Let this be
granted. Does it therefore follow that the per-
sons bringing -forward . the . charge are, to be
deemed guilty until they have substantiated it?
Or;that every Fitness by whom. that charge is to
be proved, is to be considered as ,vile and
,cor-
rupt, and to be exposed to 'popular, indignation
and popular outrage Is not justiceVen handed,
or are those only who may appear at the bar of
a -public tribunal as criminals henceforth' to be,
viewed with favour by. the country.? These are
questions which we have • some right to ask upon-
the present occasion, and it becomes those who
declare' themselVes the. -friends :of innocence and
virtue,.. and affect a desire: to support the public
morals.and,the public justice of the .country, to
take care that the answer which they must re-
ceive from all sensible and considerate men may
.not convey a severe and merited censure , upn,
their conduct. . .

" 'Xe are ready and willing to alloW to-her
ivl'jesiy all the advantages of the_aiolin so Offen
cited on her behalf : we are willing to .coniid4r
her as innocelit, and we shall rejoice to'see- that
itinOcenc-e Proved—but we shall not -cOnd6uni her
accusers, until 'their. is also, proved : w
shall not consent to brand' the witnesses againSt_
her with ignominy, until their testiniony has been
falsified. And, above all, we shall never be-con-
senting to a plan for drowning the voice of
lie justice in popular clamour, and depriving the
Queen of all the benefits of an open and fair:
trial, by letting loose the senseless violenct, of
the mob against those ITho must 'be patiently
heard -and clsearly confut:ed before her introce.itcp
can he established. -

“ Her Majesly may. depend upon receiving full
and equal justice from all but those vllo are most
loud in their Claims to be'consideced her- friends .
They indeed are -endeavouring to reduce her to
a situation of all others the nos,t-degrading and
the most Injurious. They are placing- her on a .
level with 'those whom mob patronage has al-,
ready sunk to the loweSt stage of conteippt ; ,they
are endeavouring io deprive 1 her of all the ad-
vantages which she may expe. et •from the just and
generous feelings of Englishmen, and to make her
t'le piiiipet, of a party mho, alike tlie enemies oC
all that is-good and dig,nilied, wOuld rejoice in
the degradation.,-of iloyst.ltv, fovcever it may be
acsomplisiied ~' whether by tbe Urinal ritlze of
trittnipliant Jaeohinism or by the ciciiiing adulla'-
tiono(Radical applause:Let those whavalne the
welfare of the'cowitry look v, ell to iiS safety at
the present CriMs—our evil spirit is abroad--_the
'sedtched -snake Int-closed, mkt is itself again--it
has already raised its. crest, ar.d. -protradetV its
Porky tongue.:--Twe must ertudi it.now, Or 4e l'iall
r.,06n. feel ifs.fangs.” , :
~ .

LO EON JOURNALS,

.[I)4ILY
TItONI THE MORNING PAPA IS et HIS DAY.

tiltorning Post.]
THE QUEEN.

In the House of Lords, last night, on the too--
Aiou'of the Earl of LiverpoO4 Committee was.
appointed to search- for precedents re)ating to,
the Royal Divorce Bill, and to consider of the
tnt4t-etil-cttall means of nfarcinq the 'attendance
of the Meinbers of that Rouse upon the trial.
Thus do their Lo rd ships, at every step, consult
Only the means of coming to a proper decision,
and rendering substantial justice, on this pain-
ful but most important occasion, while the.
enemies o' Justice continue to have recourse
to the most infamous expedients to arrest its
course and defeat its ends. The spectacle which
has been passing before us for the last few
weeld, we do not hesitate to say, presents
many features more deformed and hideous than.
have perhaps ever been exhibited in any country
•
not actin Ily in a state of rebellion. Hitherto re-
spect for the Laws has been the characteristic
glory of Great Britain. It would be tedious, if
we could recollect them,, to repeat the many pas=
sages in foreign: writers, which.rlass this among
the foremost'of our national merits and bless-
ings. In England/ sacs one, the law is power-
-ful—every thing else is weak. There, says
another, political dissensions do little harm,
because as soon as the law speaks, every other
voice is silent. Can this be said of our pre-

sent condition—,--cr, rather, is mot the cmpleiel re-

verse of it the fact -? Are not the loudest voices
now outrageously raised to speak, instead of the
lac ?—An accusation made by the highest per-
sonal authority among us has been submitted to
The whole Legislature, and is now before that part
of it which constitutes also the highest 'of our
Judicial Tribunals. With a view to constitu-

.e
tional responsibility, this Charge undoubtedly

proceeds from Ministers, and is so ackno.svledged
by themselves ; but in point of strict truth, and
when the decorum due from a Public is consi-
ilered; it is alike undoubted that the King's

Mes:4age was his act as a man, as well as a Sove-
reign. Let the -Minister be responsible for car-
rying it ; we distinguish this from other Mes-
sages only for the sake Of marking the degree of
attention with which it should be heard ; and
then we ask, whether a more hideous obstruc-
tion to justice has ever -been known than is now
attempted by that clamour which vilely pro-
nounces the accusation to be false, before a single
witness.has bee-a heard, and stigmatises Parliament
for having. consented. to judge it, mpon authen-
tic documents, the .allegaticms of which are to be
personally proved on oath.?

A R.EVOLCTION has 'taken plate at NAPLES.-
-By the French Mail of yesterday we received in-
-telligence of this important ei.sent. .'There-are
various statements relative to this interesting oc-
currence, but the following is, we believe, not
-only the latest ,bat most anthentic that has yet
'been received. It is dated from Naples, the 7,th
'instant, and informs us, that, the Revolution was
produced chiefly from the circumstance of a
very heavy tax of thirty-five per cent. having
lately been imposed neon all -lands and houses.
The first display of refractory spirit was by the
'military.. A 'party of 150 cavalry probeeds
'ed in the first instance to the mountains, whither
they were soon followed 'by neatly the whole of
the army at Naples,
_having preyionsly seized 'a
ilailitary chest, containing a considerable sum of
money. The King having ascertained that a
'Constitution for the' Country was all that was
desired, consented to comply with;the expressed
-wish ; on which the Hereditary Prince, who had
just returned from Sicily, immediately threw him-
'self at the feet of his Royal Father,. exclaiming
—" Yon have saved the kingdom." - The Con-
stitution was expected to be proclaimed 'about
'the middle of the present month ; the Ministers
Ilad been dismissed, and some of those who-had
served Murat were expected ..to be recalled.
We 'hope the latter- part of this statement will
prove erroneous. The GOvernment of Naples
is unquestionably a bad one -; but if traitors are
to be restored to qice,, the measure will not fail
to lead to-a system still worse, if not to a succes-
sion of evils.---(ibid.)

[Morning Chronkle.]
On Wednesday, Ministers received official dig-
pat :ies from Sir Williern A'Court, the BritiSh
Minister at the Court of Naples, announcing a
Revolutltn that had taken place in that Govern-
snent. The particulars are differently stated, and.
we can only mention the occurrence as reported
to us. For some time past dissatisfaction had
prevailed in the army in Sicily. At Palermo,
it had assumed a threatening aspect, and prepara-
tions were making to .send a part of the garrison
.of Naples to the Island, when a Deputation of the-
Regiments in. Garrison, intimated to the Com-
inander-in-Chief, the unanimous Resolution of the
Army to have a representative free Constitution,
and that-they expected his Majesty's Compliance
with their demand Within fourteen days. The
demands of an army are commands. The, King
yielded to their application--his Ministers were
'dismissed, and persons chosen in their room, who
possessed the confidence of the troops and the
people. Thus the revolution was effected with-
out bloodshed, and every thing was quiet and
joyful when the Couriers left the place to carry
the important intelligence to. the different Courts
of Europe. - . •

[Morning Herald.]
An opinion prevails that „the investigation re-
lative to the conduct of the Queen will not' be
gone into the 17th of August. The cause as-
signed is the extfeme inconvenience ivhich the
Peers would suffer from being obliged to attend
at that time.

[British Pre:ys.]
The -House of Lords is expected to adjourn
over this day, and not meet again until the time

required for the second reading of the hilt. of
Divorce and of Pains and Penalties against he
Queen, which is fixed for the 17th of Augnst.
It is maw understood that the adjournmetrt will
be to the I.6th, ,as a 'day previous will be neces-
sary for swearing in the Peers -who have not yet
taken. the .oaths thisSession,.arnounting to 150.

We understand that fifty men employed'in the
preparlition's making in Westminster Abbey for
the Coronation, and lately discltarged, were last
morning recalled, and resumed their labours.
Those persons Who think the present unhappy
differendes in the Rdyal. Family may yet end In
an amicable arrangement, may spcculate upon
this as a circumstance calculated to 'encourage
their hopes. We are glad to find that her Ma-
jesty has abandoned the intention of residing
at Barnes, and has taken Brandenburgh House,
which, although not a Royal Palace, is not unwor-
thy of a Royal Residence. We may now expect
that Ministers will not delay to offer her Majesty
the use of a service of plate.—(Mid.)

[New Times.]

SUBSTANCE OF A LETTER FROM NAPLES, DATED

JULY 6, ifigP•

" A sudden, but very complete Revolution has
taken place here a few days ago. Two regiments
of cavalry unexpectedly marched from their quar-
ters, and 'took post at Nola, whither many per-
sons-flocked to join them. The Government now
Attempted to collect together a large military
force to reduce the Insurgents, hitt soon found
itself unable ti? effect this purpose. The General,
who commanded the third division of the Army,
repaired to Nola, to take part with the Insur-
gents, amtwas followed by another cavalry re-
giment. Affairs now became so alarming, that
the King was advised to yield to the storm ; and
accordingly he has this day issued a Proclama-
tion, stating, that as the wish of the nation for a
Representative Constitution has been so unequi-
vocally expressed, his Majesty engages In publish
such a Constitution within eight days! Hitherto
there- have been no tumu't wry proceedings ; but
when we consider the kind of people that form
the lowest classes of Naples, it is very much to
be feared that this tranquillity will not long
continue."