The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-19 00:00:00

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Par!Wisest I. the mac warner aa.the expii.e. incur'
tee fie the defence oilier Majesty ?
Mr. Huai wished to know. whether the Milan
nassion had attest from the outset under the sanction
and with theapprobation of his Majesty's Government ?
Lord CMI.V.RIMIII paid, the inquiry hail certainly
been conducted from the commeocement with the full
knowledge and approkation of Government.
Sir Ilan tan float. said. his decided opinion was,
that the !louse would act criminally, if it consented
to bonbon the public ccith one shilling of the ex-
p. WPC
Lord CANTI.e a XACPII said be was ready to agree to a
moles for an account of the expellees incurred on
both sides in the proceeding now pending against the
Queen, as far as the same eOlllll br 111.0te Ont.
Mr. WIIIITaar \o accurdinets with.trew his motion,
and the motion suggested 111 Lo:c1 Castlereagh was
pat and azreed to.
Sir ROBERT Wit.sox moveul fur an account of the
negregare amount of the fees recekeut in the Court et'
ft 'quests.— Ordered.
PETITION AGAINST THE BILL OF PAINS
AN D PENAL"! El.—Mr. lE:ma presynted a Petition
from the Provost, Magistrates, Burghers, arid others
of the Burgh of Montrose, praying, that the Home
ovoid reject the Bill of Palos and Penalties against
the Queen, if it canoe down from the other House of
Parliament. He begged leave to make a few obsuer-
rations in consequence of what lead fallen from the
Aletober for Dumfries (Mr. Dou4la.), who had
urged the necessity not only of restraining the
liberty of the press, but of clieckinz the current of
nubile' opinion in regard to the Addresses to the Queers
which poured in from all quartets of the Kingdom.
In the observations wiiich the Honourable Gentleman
had thought fit to make. upun the Press in general,
he appeared to have forgottum that a part of that Press
was under the influence and contront of his Majesty's
Ministers. He knew not whither there was any
foundation for the lion. but it had been publicly
stated that a part of the plate which was formerly in
the possession of her Majesty, stamped with the royal
arms, had been seen at the table of Mr. Street, the
Editor of The Courier. With respect to the manner
is which Addresses had been conve)eul to her Ma-,
jesty, the observations of the Honourable Gentleman
were wholly inapplicable to that carried up by the
Corporation of Montrose, for that body went to her
Majesty in coaches and four. Ile had himself seen
t':e Seamen's Address carried up, and the whole pro-
e• eding was contlaeted with the greatest propriety.
Mr. K. Docot.as said, the Him. 11.1itleinan hail en-
tirely mistaken the scope of his (Omen mho's. He had
expressed no opinion as to the nece•sits of restraining
the liberty of the press, bust hr ha,l sail what, as a
Member of Parliament he haul a right to say, that the
u'aiects of a part of the pie '4 Seethed to he to intinii-
date Parliament.
Mr. Ht'SKISIIION said that the Honourable Gentle.
man appeared to allude to him, as having stated on a
former occasion that the Ode in question could not
be disposed of by any act of the late King. The Hon.
Gentleman had stated, not indeed of bis own know-
iedge, that this plate was now in the hands of an in-
dividual. lie felt persuaded that soils a statement must
be utterly unfounded, and timoi applying to his lion.
• Friends :war him, he found that the plate alluded to
hafi, weer been out of the custody of the Lord Cham-
berlain, aitwe it was restored to him upon her Ma-
jesty's departure from this country. Whether any
p'.a.e with the Ru al Arms stamped upon it, was or
was not in the possession of all individual, w•..% a fact
which he was unable to determine. It might happen
that individual was in possession of plate of thistle-
s,ription, without such plate basing beets presented
b) bis Majesty.

Mr. Ht etc expressed himself satisfied still' the
explanation of the Right Honourable Gentleman.
fltere was ooe part of his statement which the Right
HAtuarable lientleman had titis-umlerstmal, and
wuich he wished to correct. He LA nut said that
trie plate was, but that it had been in the possessiun
of Mr. Street.

PORTUGAL.—Mr.III-mr. said, that in consequence
of various reports of an a!arming nature, he wished to
kn ow from the Noble Lord oppusitc, the nature of the
relations which subsisted at the present moment be-
tween this country and Portugal ?
Lord Cvscarotsson thought it could scarcely be
expected that the Members of his 3lajelty's Owen'.
meat should be calk) upon to give an opinion upon
events whirl' had recently occurred, anti with regard
to which, they had in fact received no authentic in-
'rotation. Ile hoped that this would he deemed a
sufficient
.answer to the Honourable Member's question.
Mr. BROODIEN brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee appointed to examine the Lords' Journals with
respect to the Queen, which Report described the
state of thus:• proceeding% upon the adjourtuuent of
• their Lordships' House.

Upon the Report being read,
Lord Carrtsasa6at moved that the House should
at its rising adjourn to Tuesday the 17th of October.
By that day be calculated that the House would be
able to determine, from the proceedings of the ether
House, to what farther period it might he. expedient
to adjourn. li the Bill of Pains and Penalties should
come down from theother House. it wenld be obviously
desirable that that House should be called over, with a
view to render the attendance as full as possible ; and,
t ieretiore, he thought it proper to mention his inten-
tion to propose that the House should be called over
early in November.
Mr. Hums thought that, if it were possible, the ad-
journment should now be fixed for each a period as
should afford die Lords an opportunity of deciding up-
on the fate of the Bill of Pains and Penalties. This
he conceived the better mode pf consulting the con-
venience of the House, and therefore he took leave to
suggest to the Noble Lord the propriety of fixing upon
some more distant day.
Lord 4 as ritettaan conceived it more advisable to
adjourn to the day stated in the motion, and thee it
would be open to the Mame as Is Ural sow day in
Picoreguber ahem it might be conveelent to wet for UM,
dispatels of badmen. - ll3s giew was, that if the Biller'
Pains aad Penalties ,should -he adapted by themakkledeeti
Ilemsse."that- friestday- flw railed OW.
three weeks *Mewed** as is a ease of seek
it was oh accessary that as little delay 181141 A
ble ebeekl be up sake place.