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her Majesty's name must seeessiilii be restored to the Lituree,
by her tights and privileges as Queen being reengeletaee(Chey).
If the language of the Liturgy was to be altered front time to
tone, it followed, as a matter of coarse, that the names of- the
King and QAten should be inserted. &clash= of this de-'
Wription reelected but little eredit on the Royal Family; and 41
these was any case in which there aught tosbe a spirit of coed-
Nation and forbearance, it was when differences existed !hat I
prayieg to the GIRTAT FATIMR or 511111013 to *howled Ought
to make their.appeal ; and whose forgiveness tome who were
now present might feel themselves called upon to implore e for
the iceuries dune to the Illustrious Individual whose vane hems
htimbly advocated !—(Tlwse words, pronounced with Muth
fseling, ceued a solemn silence through the whole Howse).—
The Noble Lord, however, would have it tinter:l* Majesty was
of course prayed for in the prayer for the Royal. Family. As
well might the Noble Lord have said, that her • Majesty'S name,
was included in the prayer for all sorts and conditions of mete,
(ef laugh and loud cheering).—This was quite as rind an answer
as be could make to the singular proposition If the Noble Lord
—(boud cherrs).---The inserting of her Majesty's name in the
Liturgy, was a duty which devolved .-upon the' Ministerse--
Ihd they performed that duty ? As to the speech of the
Noble Lord, it did not contain a single proposition to which the
understanding could apply itself, or one sentence whieli was not
an answer to that which preceded it.(g..,18 of amhtuae).—
lt was equally vague and incongruous. The Noble lord had
Said. that the omission of her Majesty's name was a measure
decided upon by the King himself in his closet. Who was the
King in his closet? lle knew of no King to his closet existing
.in this country !—(Che, es).-11 they had advised-his Majesty to
such an act as this, would any matt my that the King had done.
whet was just or hououreble ? or rather would not every man
wholad .feeiing of homer .and justice about him, declare
that they had suggested a measute of the grossest injustice, and
one which reflected the. foulest .disge ace on theniselves--(thiste
stied cheers).—Her Majesty might to have been accused as
• Queen, if any charges were to be preferred against her • and,
as Queen,ought to have the whole of her rights undimi-
nished and unimpaired. When it was asserted that the charges.
were withdrawn front a due regard to the public tranquillity,
to the interests of the nation, and to the feelings' of all parties,
- would there have been any inconsister.ey in retracting the
• erasure, and restoring her Majesty. name in the Nadine&
• Form of Prayer?: Assuredly not. But true, the horrid con-
tenot of the Green Bag formed an insurmountable obetaele.—
lie inew net what that portentous bag did really contain ; but
this he knew and believed, that it was not infallible. It nsight,
.h. seoubted net, contain numerous charges, but it ought to be
reeellected that charges were not crhoese His ilLejoity's Mini.
- spire, *wen', first jetnpetat the sentence, and at last retrattedi
mitehmeges of memo--(Clicerre) He submitted to the Ilan:
• Member who bad proposed the resolution, that it ought net to-
.be entertithsed ; inasmuch as there was no ground to criminate
the Queen. His own responsibility in this unhappy affair was
bauxite He did not hold •Itimself answerable for what had
occurred with regent to it, previously to her Majesty's having
*sieved in Kneeisid. Of thls, Ikevever, he was quite certain,
that no ateniatiOn could be brought against his Hon. Friend for
- the tare helled acted.. The proposition of Ministers bad not,
been .stalls tail the loth of April : but why had It not been
made unfair? Why had it neebeen submitted to her Majesty in
Match, or early in April? Was it fa or proper 'that her Ma-
jesty she* have received no ether notification of the tat* to l
which phi hz4 been raisrd by the death of his late Majesty, than
whatthmerasute of her name front the Liturgy cernmunicated ?
Coulelthis be viewed in any other light than as a manifest deSign
• to-dagemle her ? However, during the whole of the time, the
vi-
gibe= of those who were opposed to her was never once re.
lazed j sand though no information of events in England was
. given to the Qum, it was not for want of a facility of access to
sise country where-the then resided, as was proved by the fact
of** Milan Commiseeltaving been then sitting, end in regu-
, file loonnunicatiee with the Cabinet at home. That Committee
Midi its Deport, and was it not, be would ask, an eternal stigma
en the laws-and administration of the country, if, upon such re-
peer bee Majesty had beeteiseld guilty, without affording her the
opportunity of vindicating herlideour?—(oiters). If them were
Sot good and substantial grounds for the proceeding adopted, it
ewes one of the most taprant violations of justice, and daring as-
. vaults on freedom that acy Minister ever yet had the bardibood to
escomMend to an arbitrary Government—Lard decimations).—
What was it that was done in this case? Her Majesty bad
been peejudgedo.she had not been confronted with the wit.
noses against her. Her,geilt was taken as certain, and she
was dins left without deenewer of openly proving her innocence.
But what right was there to
.presunte upon bet criminality in
-the smallest degree, no charge being made against her? Why
was the sword to be htedeamended over the head of the Quern?
The reason sumpeleelted come to England—this was bee ,
whole crie-ellmeettof :*Mrs).—Yes, the grand accusation
*gaunt her was, that eke hail come to this country to meet her
enemies face to Gee, Cod dare them to impeach her ! Weil,
indeed, might it be :snit that the public mind was shocked;
' for if ever there was a ewe to shock it, this certainly was that
ease—(Ckers).—Wbat crime had been adduced? bone. He
did not complain of elarges; his only complaint was, that no
v.• charges were brought forwatd—(Lord and repeated dare's).—
Lut the charges be preferred, he should meet them, he should
repel them; be should prove them to be false and *rowdiest !
(Continued cheers.) —He was not favourable to charges of this
metre, agaitist Illustrious Persons, coming-before a •Committse
of that Houser and if they were brought -forward in one in-
- wince, it was eery imitable they might be adduced in more!—
(Cheers, andload erica of Hoar, hoar ! )-11ut the grand crime 'of
eensine to (Aland; wilds, at first, it appeared was too heinous
to be patekteed, had, according to the Noble Lord's acknow-
4*enient -thetieht, entitled her Majesty to his good feelingf
indeed, ivanyety singular; but strange events would al-
. leaps octave-eel iotegh).—elf, as Princess of Wales, she might
with impunity bare done what she pleased, and gone wherever
eshepleasee—if, as Queen,. she Elkin have done the same, bad
• the' only remained away from F.ngland--it must appear rani-
• best so the House, that but whole crime consisted in having WI.
sit-red to set her foot upon English ground, which was free toall
the world except herself'..--(Lstod end fang appiosess).--le had
been asked, why the Advises. of her Majesty delayed so long in
taking her seeie of.the proposition regarding the liturgy? The
• resnin was, that thug were =Wiling to discuss all the disagree-
abbe proposals keen got instance; they rather waited until they
would melte thee squirt of her legal right to the Cre Heart)
—ltesidsa, it wog lit lately that the seeesoloe front her claim of
being rawelfee. erasseade a sine 'meson. how far then had
her Majesty's friends departed frost the originaibasis ofthe roe
. peed arrangereeoe? He asserted they had not at all departed
from the originalterme, and it Wilai.kithe too atureefee those to
make such a thirste who now say thee this secogshies of her
' title as Queen, w,as.in itself s oenceesion—(dies gMeer, hesse:—
That any Mope tslieeby her Majerty could be looked upon in
the light of ewsimMiestlest to the Crown, was absurd to suppose.
There omelet Segue thing tan a subject to the King. But
the &tennis/eke ethic illhjesty to reside abroad was taken with
et view to Abe arainmlat el the country, to premise any un- 1
Peeessary *idea Panterit, of the question of ere is
and weld bet lie. tilliiiMed into an admission of guar. or a
giving up of side Ileiteseeelimmted a ear if Hoar, her, haar).—
Than, mesa. with goad to same observations which had been
made psi certain Ow of her Majesty's conduct, when 'die
bee no, legal adeiser by her, he thought such remarks =-
mingle ; particularly the important step taken by her
of ipaggailto thieCOlallay, which was entirely her own act, he
Anipoilet had been much betteeeet alone. 80020 of the mew
• . epires of the. King's Ministers wanted jostilleatiost much users
Asti ever the moss objected to of all the nseasnres eemennsanded
$o the elocen by her advisers ; *when no one bad as yet shed
ep to defeed these measures, it was magma to expect di
_Queeh's friends to defend theirs. Her Majesty did net Wink
enquiry, she stood here upon her legal rigius--(Yksee---
-From the beginning of the discussions on this subject, he la-
, imaged that reties bad been too much tresed op with it. The '
letestelts Lord opposite bad said, that Ministers could not now pro-
reeeene to the Wog a retracration of steps ; in other werds.if their
views were not curled into elle° they most lose their places.
Ile hoped this assertion had not been nude in consequence of
lel previous communication with any party, for. thee the
qui:llion would be, not whether the Queen was guilty or not,
but whether Ministers were to low their pieces h—(liewr, hear).
It. wee hardly. Ler or honourable to mix up with tbe consider-
ation of guilt n.a woman these speculations. If these
suer au imputation of guilt her Majesty was ready toNneet the
tealge ; see ha.' gieen proofs of it by her coming to this din-
try. Indeed, after what passed At St. Omer", she had howl,
any option but to cane hers--(Mose).-1 here was no other
cotrtee left Mr, charged as she.wes : and the question of whether
abe had a yacht,
..er a palace, was of miner importance com-
pared wi:h tee vindication of her character. However, it
reßald not be eterceeled chat bee Majesty • must have contrasted