The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-08 00:00:00

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I it Was not with Bergansi alone the Queen bad been guilty
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of indecent familiarities. Some people had gone
so far as to say, that at Bleckheath she hail net
been very discreet in her behaviour to the 1-•arl
of Liverpool.—(A loud laugh.)--It was !aid tli it
she had played at blindman's buff with the Neh!e
Earl.—(Another loud laugh.)--But he (Lord li.) ..
supposed there in it ...
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i was nothing ; or at all even!, it
must have been when his Lordship was mit of neice,
• and wanted to get into 10011ce.—(Peals of laughter).
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said across the table,
.• never.
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I The cheers from the Ministerial Benches on this single 1 !
word of his Lordship, were the loudest we ever helm.
Lord KING concluded by slaying, that, litho's'', iipon t‘'
principle he opposed the *Bill, he should support tl:•.! t f '
clause of Divorce.
Earl GREY said, he could not see how the Noble and )
Learned Lord on the Woolaatk had been able to ren;ove
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his doubts by the decided opinion of the Bench of Bishar.
. lie repeated that which he bad advanced, over and '
over agai ts, that it was inconsistent with the interest:tot-the
people and the honour of the Crown to declare, that I
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a woman convicted of &Julien., and consequently tic-
worthy to be the Queen of theie realms, should be coo-
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sidereJ worthy to remain the wife of the King. lit the
hope that the hill would be rejected on the third reai:iile,
he should vote for the Clause of Diaorce.
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE sup orted the :'a!'' , )
and in layout of Lis opinion repeated the argument: le:
had urged yesterday.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH said he could no: • r.i!. , t
any religionsubjertion from the Ilishaps, nor any sit it
objection front the opinion of his Noble at.d L ormol t
Friend Fin the Woolsack against the retaiuing Vie IF&
clause of divorce. To reject it, would be to declare
that the Queen was by frr too bad to continue tbieen,
but quite good enough to be the wife of the kin'-•. He
considered such a declaration as something in the
nature of a seditious libel, and he should therefore 1
vote for the clause.
Lord SOM u. ERS spoke in favour of the c1..-f.. bat
in a very low tone of voice.
Lord CARNARVON said, he would mod cer- I •
tainly vote for the Divorce Clause. Nor tin- !!••te-, ,
had declared by its vote, that the Queen was ii.d l:t t
to be associated nit,' by any woman in Em.. land, al.l
now they called on him to say, that she was fit to be
the wile and mate of the King. He would not be in-
strumental is such an insult to the King. aid if th'st
was the measure that his Majesty's Minister's thought • i•
fit to bring forward, humble as his voice might be,
it should be raised against such a monstrous insult to
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the Throne of England. k
Lord HOLLAND said, that nothing he let.l heard,
could induce hint to vote ageism' the Divorce Chose. 9
It was a most extraordinary proposition, alld a Ire%; IA
extraordinary measure altogether. Ile as ished to sev.f. f
his objections to the Bill, is every shape and star,
and he would say, noon his honour, nut con:ent, ole -
tier the bivorce Clause was retained or r4yet• d, *.o
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the third reading of the Bill.--(Hear, hear :)
The 51arqu's of BUCK! N BHA al said, th. j in cor- 7
sidering that question, he was naturally most auxiutts AJI
that Cie opinions ofithe Right Rev. Pr, lutes should l.e y .
had on the subject, and the result of their opiniqua •
convinced him that by the law of Clod, there o•as no
t . impediment to divan e in eases of adelterv. Ilelterfie
that to be the lent tti Gosl, he could not comic.... 44 • •
lease the Queen the wife of the king. There was a . .
sentiment in the speech of a Learned Gentleman at the
Bar of that House, which was not applicable. lie s li'?,
that your Lordship did not say aceording to the I
Gospel, " Go, and sin no more." la that he agreed. , a
For by entitling the Divorce clause, their Lordships s.ii:i.
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the Queen might go and commit what sin she plea'eo,
for site was sure that no ill consequences could Ivilow.
Lord SIANVERS said, that on a prior occasion he •
had given that Bill his most unqualified approbation,
and tie would not now consent to omit the moat esaen-
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vial part of it. A Noble Lord had said yesterday, that
be was conscientiously convinced that the whole of the
charges originated in a foul conspiracy. Ile said jus:
as consrientiously, that he thought quite the reverse.— . .
(Herr, hear, hear !)—Frout the Duke of Clareece.
Lord DARNLEY said that he would rut inn. on
either side of the question. It was immaterial to him
hoar that point was decided. He would not, by voting
• on either side, be thought to sanction, either directly
or indirectly, any part of that Bill. Lint cries of
question, question ! on which the question W.li put, a : li
d noon was called for, and strangers ordered tun at lidraw.
On our r•--adtuission we found the numbers to he, 1
For Cie Divorce Clause
Against it
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ttejorit) in favour of the Clause .. 67 4 I The House immediately adjourned to ten o'oek
to-morrow morning.
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In the cotme of yesterday, the House of Lords pro-
, reeled to discuss in a Committee the various clauses ....
of the Bill of Pains and Penalties. On that which
had contingently provided for a Divorce, in case the 4.
alleged adulterous intercourse were proved, much '
difference of opinion, as was expected, prevailed.
There never has a case occurred in which a Divorce .
has beets granted, without an application front an
aggrieved, and petitioning party. It Is requisite, be-
sides, accor.:lng to the law of the land, and to the uni-
form decision of the Judges in ecclesiastical court:,
that the applicant should appear in court, with what
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is technically called clean hands, or, in other woad-,
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without an imputation on himself of the crime on ac-
count of which he seeks to be relieved from the of-
fending
par.y. The discussion on the Clause in ques-
tion was adjourned till this morning, when, tnicabit• 1
dieter, the Clause alas, on a division, carried by a ma-
jority of 129 to 62. Let nut, however, the enemies of
the Qneex rejoice on the occasion. The opponents 1'
of the Bill have allowed this ineens;stest and obnox-
ious Clause to stand as one of its conatittrewe parts, in
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order to ensure the defeat of the whole. front the
number of the Noble Lords determined to oppose that r
portion of the measure, who were among those who ; .
supported the other parts of the Bill, joined with suck
as have been uniformly in opposition to the wltule the k
failure of the Bill, on its third reading, Is, at this ts3J-
. went, confidently anticipated. ,f
Boston papers arrived this morning to the 1391
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October, of which the following is an extract sas-
(loon Naws.—Letters from Europe say, that indi-
cations existed that our territorial differences with
Spain, and the tariff squabble with Prance would
shortly be settled on terms equally of equity and 1
justice. Letters from Port au Primer: dated tPh
August, say, the town has been set on fire la twenty,
sine places since the great yondagratiou, and ti.e , . 1
foreign merchants are very much alarmed, aid bar-
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ricatie their beiges.
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