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' my mind; I confess that the Royal dignity appeatrto have been',
little csinsulted in this proceeding I and, in point of fact, where
is the difference between making a complaint and a demand
of redress, and sending down a Message to Parhatrent recom-
mending hem to institute' proceedings, with an implied asses
ranee that fiis Majesty would be •the first person to.blisatisfad
with their decision, and joyfully accept the proffered redress?
My• Learned Friend who spoke last, under that convenient
AL are of speech in vslich an orator says be wanot don lat a;
Cue moment he az,ua:ly does, has enumerated all dune die-
! graceful, degrading, ofrent.ivc particulars, to use his on a words,
I of that adulterous intercourse which is alleged to have stibsisted
between her Majesty and a fireigner. If information were re-
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cei4cd in this country of conduct so disgraceful and degrading,
is it lot 'a logical iaferenee that it would have been followed up
by an order requiring her return to England, that if guilty she
might no longer retain her illustrious rank and privileges? Was
any ,proceeding of this nature resorted to? No such thing—
reward was held out instead of punishment, and instead of
an order to return to this country, a prohibition to re-
turn. Instead of attemptiag to retrieve the sullied honour
of the country, every facility was afforded her of adding to
the national dishonour. The real opinion of the framers and
'supporters of this Bill must be collected from their actions.
So tar from thinking such a Bill essential to the morality of the
country, thcy were ready to consent that her Majesty should
have a large income, and that she should be 'acknowledged at
Foreign Courts as Queen of Great Britain, without any hint that
she had committed ollences degrading to the character of the'
country, still less that any measure had become necessary to de-
grade her Majesty from her high rank and station. My Lords,
we hive been accused of calumniating a set of persons called
witnesses, and attempting to raise a prejudice against a number
lof this description, before it can be known what is the nature
of their evidence. It is necessary for me, in order to repel this
charge, to ask what is here meant by the term' witness?' Am
I to understand that tbeie witnesses are persons of rank or
station, approximating at least, in some degree, to the high rank
of the Illustrious Lady who is under accusation? Am I to
suppose that they are persons who at least possess a fee simple
in the habiliments in which they appear -before your Lord-
ships--that they have the means of independently providing
themselves with food—that they have the power of loco-motion
—and that they may be seen at the corners of your streets,
and in your public places? If they possess none of these re-
quisites, how can I be justly accused of calumniating them?—
How can it be said that I have improperly stated the want of
effect which' must attach to their evidence? My Lords, I have
been accused of unnecessarily introducing an allusion to the for-
mer conduct of an Illustrious Individual, calculated to wound
the feelings of that Illustrious Individual, in a way that was not
in the least called for by the circumstances of the case of my ll-
lustrious Client. The fact is, the allusion was necessary to my
case; because, *hewing, as I thus did, that charges of adultery,
proved and admitted by the party to whom they were applied,
were not considered of such a nature as to be injurious to the
morals of the country, or to call for any measure degrading to
the party charged, I make out a strong case on behalf of my Il-
lustrious Client, inasmuch as, supposing for a moment that the
charges against her are true, I thus shew that there is no neces-
sity for passing the present ill, such charges having but a few
years since been considered of too little importance to call for
any measure degrading to the party to whom they applied.
I have thought it of importance to urge these arguments to
your Lordships upon this view of the case for the purpose of
sheaving, that supposing the facts alleged to be true, it does ant
by any means follow that this Bill is at all required, or neces-
sary; but at the same time, it becomes me to say, that my Illus-
trious Client, firm in conscious innocence, is perfectly ready to
meet the charges alleged against her, and to shew their malice
and absurdity."
Lord KING said he had now to submit a Resolution to their
Lordships to the following effect, namely—" Tbat it was not
necessary, for the public safety or the dignity of the Crown,
that the Bill of Pains and Penalties against her Majesty should,
be proceeded in."
' Lord GREY observed, the speeches of the Learned Counsel
at the Bar had made so great an impression on his, mind, that
he wished for a short delay, to consider what cootie ought to
ha adopted. He hoped that his Noble Friend Would postpone
Ins motiou until to-morrow morning.
Lord LI VERPOOL was also in favour of a short delay.
Lord KING then proposed his Resolution - the debate upon
which was postponed till to-morrow.—Adjourned.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST' 19. 1820.
prucz OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT OUR O'CLOCK I
3 per Cent. Reduced 681 6-3 per Cent. Cont. 611 68
36 per Cent. Cons. 776-4 per Cent. 871
5 per Cent. 1031 —Long Anne. 18 1-16
India l)onds 21s. pre.—Exchequer Bills 41. pre.
Omni= 6 a dis.—Consols for Acct 68h

The proceedings against the QUM are the only topic of
conversation in every circle. Mr. BROI:OIiAX'S speech on
Thursday, of which we yesterday gave a full repeat, pro.
duced a strong impression ; and that has be-en much heightened
by the address of Mr. Dentax yesterday. He was succeeded
by the ATTORNEY and SOLICITORPGINERAL, and to them Mr.
BaounuAst (her Maassres Attorney-General) replied. Mr.
BROUGHIII contended, that a Bill of Pains and Penalties should
never be resorted to but when no other course was open; that
the present case could be brought before their Lordships, as a
Court of Judicature, by Impeachment; and he cited a number
of cases to skew that, from the first instance of Impeachment
on record doWn to the present time, all manner of Individuals
had been subjected to :t for acts of almost every description.

• Wilco Mr. Boot.cuast had concluded, Lord Km: gave notice
of a motion for discussion this inwr-ing, widch, if carried, will
Let gilt of Ole proceedings altogether, on ar.other ground. The
Words of his motion are—" That it is aot necessary for the
safety and bonuur of the nation, or the dignity of the Crown,
that the Hill of rair.s. and Yetudties, entitled An Acr,' am.
shookkbe proceeded in."-

Ito;Vever this motion may be disposed of, it seems veri der-
tab that the tactics of defence will be so managed, as toirermler
it almost iropossible for the House of reere so proceed tnnza..
mine evidence before the Commons shall have met; when-it is
probable that some strong resolutions will be adopted. in that
House, which may have an effect on the whole proceedings.—a
We say it will be next to impossible, before the Commons meet,
to proceed to wmine evidence; for Lord Kisn's motion against
the necessity of the prosecution, is expected to be felloWed by
one from Earl Garr, against the fegedity of the proceeding;
which case the evidence cannot be gene into before Tuesday
morning—the day after the House of Commons resumes its
Sittings.
Iler Mitsitsrr quitted the House towards the conclusion of
Mr. DMAI4'S learned and eloquent argument, and, with Lady
I.lastiLrox, retired, to the private apartment appropriated to her
use. Her Manny was, however, apprised of all that occurred
dining her absence by one of her Chamberlains. She again re-
turned when Dlr. BROUGUAII began his reply, and continued till'
he concluded. As soon as it was announced to the officer on
duty in l'alace-yasci that her Idsaitsry had retired from the
I louse of Peers, the infantry, who had been previously saws:.
tering about, were formed in line, with rested 'arms, extend-
ing along the piazza in front of the House of Lords, and termi-
nating at the Members' entrance to the House of Commons--
11w cavalry were drawn up in line on the opposite side of Pa-
lace-yard. Shortly after these movements the carriage of .her
Manses, was driven to the door by which she is admitted to
the House of Peers, and was followed by that of her Chamber-
lains. A considerable number of Well-dressed men, and several
respectabk-looking females, who had interest sufficient to obtain
a station within the barriers, riessed round her MA:ewer's
equipage, and remained *ere tea stie wade her appearaace.—
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