Star.
London, England, 1821-02-01 00:00:00

PROVISION FOR HER MAJESTY.

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Lord CASTLEREAGH, amidst the profound si-
lence of the House, rosetto move the Order of the
Day for the House to resolve itself into a Comniittee,
in order to take into consideration so much of his
Majesty's most gracious Speech as related to the
making of a suitable provision for the Queen.
Mr. BROUGHAM rose and said, that he had re-
cerved her Majesty's‘' commands to present the fol-
loss ing Message:

" CAROLINI IL—The Queen, having learned that the House
of Commons has appointed this day for taking into consideration
the part of the King's most gracious Speech which relates to
her, deems it necessary to -declare, that *she is duly sensible of
' his Majesty's condescension in recommending an arrangement
respecting her to the attention of Parliament. She is aware that
this recommendation must be understood as referring to a pro-
vision for the support of her estate and dignity; and front what
has lately pissed, she is apprehensive that such a provision may
be unaccompanied by the possession of her rights and privileges
in the ample measure wherein farmer Queens Consort, her Royal
predecessors, have been wont in times past to enjoy them.
" It is far from the Queen's inclination needlessly to throw
obstacles in the way of a settlement which she desires, in com-
mon with the whole country, and which she feels persuaded the
best interests of an parties equally require ; and being anxious
to avoid everything that might create irritation, she cautiously
abstains front any observation upon the unexampled predica-
ment in which she i> placed ; but she feels it due to the lions*
and to herself respectfully to declare, that she perseveres in the
resolution of declining any arrangement while her name conti-
nues to be excluded from the Liturgy.
" Brandenburgh House, January 51, 1821."
—(The reading af the •Message was followed by loud
cries of Hear, Hear, from both sides of the House.)

Lord CASTLEREAGH /coved, that the Speaker
do leave the Chair ; and the question having been put,
, Mr. WESTERN said, that had no communication
been made from the Queen, he should have felt bound
to resist the motion of the Noble Lord. * He, for one,
on this day, would not consent to take a single step'
towards granting any supply ; nothing but a change
'of meastnes, and a full explanation on the part of
Ministers, could persuade him to comply w;th the
terms of the proposition, that the Speaker should
leave the Chair—(Hear, hear). In the first place, he
would say, that he thought it was the duty of the
House not to grant a farthing of the public money
in the present state of the country, until a complete
and comprehensive inquiry had been instituted into
the expenditure, until some extensive reductions, in
some degree commensurate with the extensive and
universal distresses of the times, had been made
(Cheers). He would now address himself to the ques-
tion of the vote which the House was about to give,
and he entreated the attention of Honourable Mem-
bers to the situation in which they stood. One of his
Majesty's Ministers had avowed his intention of
moving this night for a grant to her Majesty the
Queen ; but the House would recollect that the Noble
Lord, when he gave that notice, had most unjustly
taken occasion to say, that her Majesty was in his opi-
nion guilty of the charges that had been brought
against her—Wear, hear). The Noble Lord had
said, that though her Majesty had obtained a tech.
nical acquittal, she had been virtually convicted—
(Hear, hear)—convicted on the verdict of 123 Peers,
and nut only of them, but also Of some other NOble
Lords, who had voted against the Bill for reasons of
' policy and expediency, but had, at the same time de-
dared that, in their opinion, she was guilty. Thus
the Noble Lord, in the same breath, had dared to
pronounce the Queen of this country guilty. of adul-
tery, and to announce his intention Of coming-doWn
to this House, to propose a grant to her Majesty.
What were the People of England to think of a
nister who acted in so inconsistent and unaccountable
a manner? The indictment having been withdrawn,
and that act being on every prinCiple of justice equi
valen: to a verdict of acquittal, was it to be allowed
that any individual, either in that House or out of
doors, should charge her with the crime of adultery ?
—(Hear, hear).—World such a charge, or would it
not, be a libel, if uttered out of that House? And
did any man pretend to say, that the late proceed-
ings against her Majesty would authorise the Noble
Lord to say without the walls of Parliament, that
she was guilty of adultery ?—(Cheeri).—lt he would
not be authorised to say so out of doors, he (Mr.
Western) contended that, in common sense, or in
common justice, the Noble Lord had no right to use
such language itt that House—(('heers).—lf such a
right to traduce her Majesty really existed in conse-
quence of the late proceedings, then he would say
that the Bill of Pains and Penalties was a thousand
times worse than he had ever imagined it to be ; for
although it had been withdrawn, it would appear
that the punishment which it enacted was still to be
enforced—(l/ear, hear, hear).—He did nut know
with what motion he ought to meet that of the
Noble Lord, but it appeared to him that perhaps
the most proper amendment would be, " That the
House do now adjourn !”—(Cheers).
Lord CAsTLEREAGH now rose, and delivered
himself in a manner which indicated peculiar warmth.
If he understood rightly the object of the Honour-
able Member who had spoken last, it was that the
House should not consent to the Vote of Supply re-
commended in his Majesty's Speech, till they bad
taken into consideration all the financial affairs of the
country, taken an accurate view of all our embarrass•
ments, referred to every circumstance connected with
the public distress which was complained of, and, in
short, adverted to every topic connected with the
public expenditure. But he wished the Honourable
Member to recollect, that this motion involved one
specific object, and it by no means included the vari-
ous considerations relating to the supply of the year,
which, notwithstanding the anticipations of Honour-
able Gentlemen opposite, would be found to impose
no new burdens on the People—(llene, hear). It
appeared that the Honourable Member would • not
wish the House to entertain a particular point, which
involved what that Honourable Member considered
a particular grievance, till the whole question with
regard to our Agricultural and Commercial Interests
was disposed of—(llear, hcar)—and that, too, in a
manner perfectly satisfactory to his mind—( Cries
of No! no!).—He certainly understood the .
nourable Member in that sense, and in that sense he
believed him to have been understood by the majo-,
rity of the House. But, with respect to the Queen
not accepting any money that might be. voted, till fier
name was restored to the Liturgy, he (Lord Castle-
reagh) thought that it was quite discretionary With