The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-17 00:00:00

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THE LATE DUCHESS OF YORK,

The Duke of wiat.t,tcrrott reported the answer
of the-Duke of York to the Message 'of Condolence
of the Spittle, on the death of the Duchess of York.
ppOCODINOS AOAINST
lan eV matador of Lprd Kora,. an order was made
for the ationdanne sf feroist wiipcises. • . • •
Tht,loo. of, Saprressuar • made, anothrr:Repoit
from titoripsunittorof, Precedents, respecting seam*
treats regarding the proceeding" orb. Isbt,
secrusikonading that no Lord 'lipoid lung pare than
oar enter for the admission of persona below the Bar.
said that That order should be-signed and sealed, Ind
date& stat•the splay on whirl' it was to be used ; and iu
consequence ot the Limited spate allotted for strangers.
the Bentonite* eseemmended thpt the. Lords should
issue tirdors on alternate days, vi:. the Archbishops;
Dukes, ,liarquesses, and Earls, including Representa-
tive Petra o(Seetkuid and Ireland, of the same rank.
to issue, enders the first day ; all other Lords the next
day. sad so on alternately,
Thic Report. was agreed to, and the recommenda-
tions ordered to be carried late elect.
Soot coureesation then took plate on a notice given
by Lord Viscount Use& to have a standing Order
retitle . patting questious, by asking each iadividaal
Peer whether contest or not content ? Stio• observe-
fleas were made by the Bari of Laaderdale, Lord
Holland. the Earl of Litrefroat. led the Lori -Litsu;,
cellor,espealeig the anode of putting questions, the
result was as eaderstanding that the were particular
mode of pvli.g a quosiles. by calling opooteek
divididtbreer for kis vote. woold oily be applied es
the sitirqueetioa.
Valftwasetiiia the Loam Cos weis.Loo. the Lords
were lir be laid over at tel eels& tram-
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PETITIthvs Bat 0

AND- PSNALTIRS,

CORPORATION OP LONDON.

The following Petition of the Corporation of Lon-
don was this day presented, with the usual formalities,
to the liouse.of Lords :

To the Right Rononrahlt the !Ards Spiritual and Teeporal,

in Parhangout assembled.

The hatable Petition of the Lord Mayor. Ald►finess, and
Commons of the City of London, iu Common Council
assembled,

Sbeweth—That your Petitioners are informed that a
Bill is now in progress through your Lordships' House.
by the preamble of which her Majesty the Queen is
iharged.irith having carried on am adulterous inter-
course with a person sawed .Bergatai. And is further
accused •of the most licentious conduct, since her de-
parture.froin PAgland in the year ISM That the
Bill purports to deprive her Majesty of her title opts,
dignity as Queen, and to annul the marriage AA*
has for 25 years subsisted with his most grails/kw'
Majesty.
That your Petitioners have always considered Bins
of Pains and Penalties as contrary to the constitutional
jurisprudence of England; and they, therefore, Most
respectfully state to your Lordships, that'they have
viewed the proceedings in question with the deepest
regret and alarm; and that actuated by the firmest
attachment to the p►inciples of the constitution, and
by the most ardent affection for the lions, of Bruns-
wick, feel it their duty, most humbly, to represent to
your Lordships their conviction, that this measure
militates against the acknowledged rules of justice
and equity, and is calculated to weaken the stability
of the throne.

Your Petitioners, deeply impressed with the appre-
hension that by persisting in these measures, the peace,
the security and welfare of the realm may be endan-
gered, and the surresgion to the Crown itself weakened
and impaired, most humbly pray your Right Honour-
able House, that an investigation of such vital im-
portance to the State may be conducted upon principles
more consonant to the established rates of
Jurisprudence, and calculated to enhince the loyalty
and attachment of the people to the Illustrious House
of Brunswick. And they entreat your Lo►dships to
afford her Majesty those means of dcfonce which see
indispensable to the proof of innocence, and to re-
ject the Bill of Pains and Penalties a• wholly inappli-
cable to the present times, and as totally unfit to Mail%
the ends of Justice.