The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-19 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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on, had entered the palace 'of the S.ivereign fur the
',moose of meleratining thr m
acsared fal.ric of British
1,, i.e emliti not better have complished his ob-
ltt
Ifoo hy 4,41.1111 t a cones.. of proreedings like that
i,rlishic bud een entered uo. In all tines.it has ben
urn rho sub ch measures bapdn o a tendenev to roll barke on
them 61.11 whom the:. ..manated,.anrit Ives not itripox-
oir that the emir.. now taken le degrade the Qneen,
richt hr• regarded as furnishing an example fur the de-
threarment and degradation of her litomand. lie referred
te the Wert* pp, laced by the libels.issue.l at the emu,
✓encement of Het French Revollitinn respecting the
izaren of France, reralted to their Lordships the glow-
lovuage in which such conduct had Fern repre-
'marl he Mr. linrke, and exhorted the House, in the
spirit which dietated :hat language, to repel the peereeat
attach en the Queen of England. lie spoke of the ne-
cessity f &Hewing a Civilian to be heard. and expressed
a hope that their Lordships wool& re-consider their de.
„woo lot that subject yesterday. If this were not
~,"ede het rusted that timse Peers who Were connected
with dot • Ecclesiastical Establishment of the country,
rtonothe t'al'e of her 'Bojo-site. and vindicate the
aaeredul .tigatinn of t he marriage vow, hy opposing. t he pre-
am h i . Ile hoped their Lordships would consider the
wante of evil on either hand, and redect, that however it
✓ght terminate, this inquiry could do no gond, lint
„vim 'fallibly phobice niticfi eyil. tte complained of
the treatment whirl, her 'Majesty hail received in being
Minh- list of the witnesses to he proslnced against
Iheq, restablish Girls said toilet.* oetuirrod in the course
010101 rd of 6 years. lie denied that the Secret Com-
mittee led any resemblance to.* Brand Jury, as a per.
see 00 me case went before a Brand .!ury always knew
exactly the crime with which he was charged, and the
parties by whom it was to he 'lmported. lie was of
°pink' that in the ccurse of these proceedings the
Queen hail nothing to he thankful for, bitt moth to re-
✓oute ate against, and in her name he protested against
Wing recourse to a Bill of Pains and Penalties where
the He use might have proceeded by impeachment. Act-
ing tk as, they gave up that duty which the Constitu-
tion it nposed upon them, and took upon themselves a
task ti Inch they could never satisfactorily perform. Ile
protested against the inference that they were relnctaet
to mid the evident., from their opposing the principle
of the Bill; on the part of her fhlaietov they claimed
the r ight of recriontnation: atoll, finally, he declared
that taltatever might be the result tit the present pro-
credit igt---)whatever might be the etin4equences to her
Itiajvs.ty of the testimony to he given. and the perjuries
to bf directed against her, hr. for one, would never
with( lraw those dutiful sentiments of respeet and admi-
ration which were inspired by her Bich rank, her en.
large mind, and her warm heart, but should still regard
her 1 s entitled to all the honours attached to that ex-

cited rank which, by the laws of bled and man, she was
entil led to fill.
The ATTORNST-GENERAL rose at a quarter before gne
o'cir wk. lie commenced by complaining of the Learned
Counsel, heard in behalf of the Quern, baring abused
the liberty allowed them of speaking against the prin.
cipl e of the Bill, by appealing to the passions of the
Lit as, and introJocing calmnions statements. He
wry reedy to agree with all the objections urged on the
pa?: of her kisjesty's Attorney-Genfirei. against ex pastiness
lasts ; and that this was a case.of that nature he could not
deny. But it was among the many absurd propositions of
thd Learned Gentlemen on the other side. to contend that an
oft wee, marked by our ancestors as of the highest magnitude
tis• well in itself, as against the State. should go unpunished.
!NU °fence charged against her MairAy, as committed
ibile Princess of Wales, had been committed in this
natietry, it would have been hieli-treaans, and subjected
the culprit to the punishment of death : but, bedews. It had
Molted out of this country. and under the most aggra-
*the and disgusting circumstances, with as individual who
Owed so allegiance to the Sovereign of the Realm, it did
not incur the penalty of the law. and therefore. !rimed
these gentlemen, ought to go unpunished. unnoticed ! Re-
alise it had occurred in Italy, that enormity was not to
be visited with any penalty ; and b r• tse it was not an
Offelaes when Committed, should not be knitted as such now ?
in eases very saakogous to this—in calve of Divorce Is
that House, was the Law not an ex h st jade law The
miniage tics when coattail d were imaissoluble ; hut one
party complains, and comes id thx: Home to ask, what' Why
to ask them to pass an ex pint fart° law ! It was not eer-
tainly la the precise form of a Bill of Paine sad Penalties;
bat it was ona in every point of view against the wife. Thep
were not going to pass an ex post Judo law, in making
that high treason, which, If it had happened in shit ronntry,
would hate been so; The next point he should reply to in
the arguments of his Learned Friend vs 'the other side
was, this proceeding ought to have been by i • peachment.
For his own part. be knew of no authority. or no precedent
which could warrant such a course of proceeding in this case.
The opinion of one of the greatest law authorities n thia king-
doze, file. Justice Blaekstone. distinctly laid it down as a prin-
ciple that impeachment could hot stead where the offence wes
not known to the law. But as his liononrableFrieuds them-
selves contended, that this was an offence not known to the
law, he took their own coneesaion as an argument against
abruselves. Supposing, however. that the more proper anode
• .be by impeachment, the mode adopted was still the safer and
more convenient one for the accused. The learned Gent. then
proceeded to comment on the last topic advanced by the 'e-
tasl counsel of her Majesty. His Learned Friends would en-
deavour to permit:le their Lorsliips to enter into the ques-
tion of the expediency of the measure, and on that head they
had, with their usual ability . adduced every argument against
it that could by possibility inlinenee the minds of their Lord-
ships. But without occupying ntoreof the time of the House
than was necessary. he would only remark on that point,
that the expedieney of the measure adopted was not now
Wore their Lordships: that had been recognised in ad-
• emitting the Bill in the first instance ; and the only question
now to be agitated was, whether they should go on with it, or
whether they should absndon it, in order that the mat-
ter speed liertrind at some other bar. Enough. he thought.
hal already been said on that point, to convince their Lor-
dships that both in justice and expedlene) they were bound to
proceed in the coarse they had original?y di e'ded on per.
suing. The Learned Gentleman, after some farther remarks
on the line of defence adopted by her Majesty's Counsel, in
introducing ao much extraneous and inflammatory matter
into their speeches, tench bol by declaring his conviction
that their Lordships 111111 d eo ..e calmly and dispassionately
to do tbarideration of toe a bjeet, avid by their final deri-
sion, they would clearly satisfy the public that under that
system of laws which gave protection to innocence in the
meinest subject, the highest would not be sacred to offend
wit* impunity.
The SoLterroa-OtttaaAL next addressed their Lord-
ships. He began by observing that the present was a
most important and momentous subject ; and by noticing
the manner in which his Learned Friends had deviated
troli the grave and Constitutional discussion be thought
thep should have pursued, by indulging in personal in-
'fed i yes Against persona whom they charged with the
moat corrupt and wicked practices with perjury, and
subornation of perjure without having any esidence
before them, they put themselves not of the situation of
defendants, and placed themselves in that of accusers.
Fot his own part he knew that all those accusations re-
leave to corruption and perjury were false; and the re-
sult would. show that all. the farts set forth in the
preamble of the Bill would he fully substantiated. The
Tsestion before theif .riordsidps was very simple one.
he offence charged against her Majesty, bowsver aban-
domed bee conduct might hi, and however disgraceful
to the nation, was not only an act of high treason;.but
wt. not even sognisahl • by the haw of the land.' Hi
was to assume, that all the flirts alleged against her Ma-
jesty could be proved. Yet his Learned Friends hat
14d, that if they maid hr all premed, still the Bill onght
net to peas. For the sake rsf argument it ought td he
alkettned that aft the chervil against tire Queen were

rue; and if se, be would ask his Learned Friends
whether they were prepared to say, that such a person
ought to sit on the Etienne of England by the side of
the King ; and there setting an t.eample 'of profligacy
to all the subjects of the realm ? Ile would ask, Rater,
was to be no punishnient for such a transgression ?
His Learned Friend had said. that as no crime known
to the laws had been co: • I, there ought either Us
be no penalty, or an impeachment. Certainly the of
was not cognizable i.y any known *law; hot.
if the facts could be troved, he would ask whether
any one could pretend to say. that there ought to
be no punishment ! When a case of adultery was
established with regard to the meanest sutojert, the of-
fence of the adultress, although not cognizable by any
known law, was punished by a divorce which isnnorthately
followed. And was not the Sovereign of the military
entitled to the sante rights with his subjects ? During
every Session of Parliament Divorce Bills passed, and
Pains and Penalties weer inflicted in the degradation of
the offending party. The present was said to be a new
case; the proceedings were said to be out of the ordinary
.4•lntete, and that the present was an e.r peal facto law.
The very same objection might be urged against every
other proceeding of a similar nature in private life; of
which the instances nen• so numerous. Leering out the
high cask of the individual in question, the measure was
pursued before the *AMP tritium' on unnierous either oc-
casions. But if ever such a Bill was neveSiery, surely it
most be so in the present hombre; for eureirit woo not
to be tolerated that en offrocalike this was to pass away
with impunity ; anti that the offender should continoe
to hold her high station, and set an etample of profligacy
to all the females of the land. Betevern the ease of the
1 Bishop of Rochester and the present, there was Ito c -
parison whitever. The moment the Queen pet her feet
upon the shores of England, and laid claim to all her
rights as Queen, from that n tttttt eon tusaltetuative was
I left, except that of bringing forward the present Bill ; and
it was impossible not to institute this proceeding. His
Learned Friend (Mr. • Brougham) hail thought tit to in-
dulge in some- significant alfusions to the ceign of Henry
VIII. If the Learned Uent. would boot state any single
case which occurred in the days of that King, appli-
cable to the present occasion, let him nut hesitate to
make nse of it—let him boldly cite precedents from that
period, that they might he as boldly repelled. But
against dark insinuations it was impossible to oppose
any argument—against that covert mode orattack for
which the Learned flentleman was so celebrated, be
could have no means of throwing up a defence. When
the question was put, it had beret answered, that the
King would not hear the complaining party. It did nut
suit the high character and station of the Monarch to
come before their Lordships in the rapacity of a corn-
plainant. But information having been communicated
to him, most deeply affecting the character of hip Con-
sort, and consequently the honour and dignity of the
Crown—his Majesty had recounte to the• stilly- conduct
which it became hins to adopt—le' sent duwui.jhe infor-
mation to Parliament. and left it for the coußeration
and judgment of their Lordships. His Learned Friend,
however, thought it right, after jotst tuuchiag upon the
subject, to say that he would abstrin trued the question
of recrimination. His Learn 00l Frieral acted perfectly
judiciously by dispensing with any chsclossionnpon tbilt 1
topic—fur he rust have known. that it Itailmetonnolms
:ion with the principle of the Bill. After dm enquiry
hid been gone through—after the onerito; of the case had
been unfolded, a question may arise as to whether such
a topic of defence may be allowed to be urged. The
course, however, which hell, been thus pendently ful-
lowed by his Learned Friend, was not judged by the
Learned tiesstlemenweele-issibeveed on .dm lame side,
worthy of imitatiou. Hs (the Solicitor-lienetni for Isis
Majesty) knew the acute mind of his Learnerl•Friend—
and reflecting upon theelicearaey of Hoe judgment of
that Leartied Denticulate*. mind, he could not but
declare his belief that his Learned Friend, moist at
the very moment *hen he was urging this topic, hart'
been conscious of its total inapplicability. BM it had
been the singular misfortune of these proceedings,
that in every stage of them, they were attended with
eirettnostanien which were wholly irrelevant' tit them,
bat whirl, senerceNalated to produce what they were
intended to woollier, general agitation and distraction.
.Whether or twit, the ease would, in its future stages, he
accompanied by the- saute unhappy circumstanced he
was unable to anticipate ; but he owned, that judging
from the past. he comb! nut avoid entertaining the Most
fearful apprehensions fur the future. He took it then,
that the present case respoired some r; needy ; anti nett
that the remedy proposed by their Lordships was the
appropriate one. His Learned Friend, the Queen's
Solicitoir-Wetteral, had asserted that a Bill of Impeach-
ment could not be sustained in the present case; he
(the King's Solicitor-tieneral), fully coucurred with liis
Learned Friend. in Nuking that such a Bill could not
be sustained, and conarquantle that it ought not to he
proposed. He defied Isis Learned Friends to show a
single precedent in the whole range of history, of an
impeashment having taken place, except in came
which the common law could not reach, or in anat•
versation of office. At all events, without being
understood to give any positive opinion upon the
subject, it appared to him that the Tossibllity
of this case bring a case for an impeachment
was at least veex doubtful. And their Lordships
would not fail too.take into calculation one especial
ground why this was not a case for impeachment—.
namely, that the punishment which it uniformly inflicted
in case of conviction, went to the life, the properly, or
liberty of the person. Supposing that a conviction was
established in the present instance, were their Lordships
prepared to say that the guilt which was brosight to
light deserved any of these punishments, which were
the inseparable consequence of guilt established by ism-
peachment ? Hence, if it did so happen that their Lord-
ships in their wisdom had thought it right to bring this
matter forward by memos of an impeachment, it must
necessarily follow, that upon conviction by sorb a pro-
cess, some Bill of the nature and description of that upon
their Lordships' table most follow. Why then did he
object to impeachment?: Bkeause its application to the
circumstances of this case was axtremely &Ostia{ ; and
next, it was an inadequate remedy. broom l'ir punish-
ment which it inflicted could not be mit into exectdiod id
the present instance; and because, therefore, some Ober
ineansot punishment must follow. Hut he begged tektites.
frost' his Learned Friends in what 'respect it would be hot-
ter for her Majesty to have this case hronght forward is
the shape of an Impeachment than in its present form.
What advantage would the former course afford her, which
she did not enjoy under, the presents Witnesses woniel be
examined on both sides
.;. this evidence which they would
furnish must he adettustle to support the charge; the
Om, if it should pass in that Nouse, would hovels came
before the other Immesh of the Legislature, where it was
by so tarsus a matter of course that it should be oddpteti,
and where her Majesty would hey* a second aad as am-
ran, opportunity as that which she would enjoy be-
re their Lordships, of going through her defence. ex-
amining witnesses, arid-beTng heard by her Counsel.
But their,' said tier learned Bent., the charges against'
waited, if the mode by impearhioent, had him
dinto operation, "mold be more specific and parricide,.
ais dig Dow were. Etutituaskted his Learned Friend
rllial accusations be mime spesilie ? Could thry opkaßst
frookanthigoity gran-lor than tlsole vhigli h blip,
eidesol
1.4 Milo the preamble to the Bill ?
_ln tlietleetplexe,tkit
name oft he aduheter was giveh 1 it was speciOcilly salad
that as to time, the adulterous lineman., s'e

for two Lein ; and that as to place it was not confined
to one, but was extended to many kingdoms. Could
charges be more specific than this ? At least it was quite
clear to hint, that if an impeachment had been the pro-
cess heed upon, the charges would not be made morel
specific than they were in the preamble to this Bill. Be-
sides, according to the principle laid down in Sacheve-
rell's case, it was not necessary ; that in the case of
an itorpracliment a specific detail of the charges was
by no means necessary ; and certainly, according to
that principle, the specification and particularity
which had appeared in the preamble of the Bill, was
fully as extensive as they could be its the case of an im-
prae.lurat. Ilia Learned Friends had next recurred to
another ground of objection. They said, that the charges
mask against the Illustrious Accused referred to the
tissue when she tilled the rank of Princess of Wales; that
1 in that capartty she enjoyed advantages as a defendant, of
which she was deprived as Queen, and that consequently
it was an injustice to await until the period when she was
stripped of those advantages, or not to concede them when
the accusation was brought forward. Hut their Lordships,
he was eunfident, had not yet to learn, that the conduct
which was imputed to her Majesty in her capacity of
Queen, would have been equally criminal iu her capacity
of Princess of Wales. The same policy, the same reasons,
!the sauce overruling necessity, which urged the prosecu-
tion under her Majesty's present circumstances, were
eopiaily forcible in regard to her as Princess of Wales.
His sietied Friend had next proceeded to state, that
• marriaire was a religious tie, and they quoted the opinion
' of Sir Wm. Scott in the case of Dalrymple and Dalrymple.
. It was quite true, that marriage was a religious ceremony,
but it was equally undeniable, and the same authority
which furnished the opiuion, declared it, that the critnea
. adultery dissolved this religious tie. And here he hews]
! once for all to say, that he argued upon the assumption
: that the farts cliarged in the Hill were trite, because
otherwise, it was Impossible fur him to proceed with
Iris argument. The Learned Gentleman had next denied
that there was any offence committed. No offence eon,-
' milted! What was the substance of the preamble ?
That her Majesty went to Italy—that she engaged in
her service a menial servant, who had been in a similar
situation before—that in a little time an imptheer fami-
liarity had taken place, between them —that she heaped
favours upon him—that she fenced herself round
icy his relations—that an adulterous intimacy had
taken place, which degraded herself and the nation
to which she belonged in the eyes of foreign na-
tions. Would Isis Learned Friends say, that no crime
was charged here. Ilia Learned Friend, the Queen's
Attorney-Ueneral, bad said, that he did not understand
what was meant by an " adulterous intercourse." He
Would take it upon bins to say, and he was under the
correction of their Lordships—tint every Bill of Divorce
at least the majority of such Bills, contained the word;
" adulterous intercourse." lint his beamed Friends
. next hazarded the assertion, that there was nn difference
between the crime of adultery when committed by a
woman, or when by a man. Such a monstrous propose-.
don he did not repeat i hear—adultery in a man could
not be made the ground of a Bill of Divorce, whereas
adultery committed by a woman might. And here he
begged leave to observe that the cruel and unnecessary
• attack upon a certain Illustrious Person might base
been spared. and that an argument should be put forth
. in order to justify such an attack, was indeed surprising.
It was then sejd that her Majesty was encouraged to
eatigeate, in order that she might be made the victim.
Ile noticed this, the rather because it was a specimen of
tht spirit in which the proceedings had been conducted
.ios gerte,iu..quarter, What: was it posailile that let-
, sone filfieg tut eminent situation in the state—with the
feelings which a ',dished intercourse most always
! engender, .anti with that spirit with which, from
j their elm:alien and rank they must be supposes! to
' he possessed. Was it possible that persona like
' these could countenance so base a conspiracy against
Ithe honour of All Illustrious Lady. The Learned
Gentleman hail condemned the measure of her Majesty's
i departure from this reentry. if censure was to follow
i 41 account of that measure, hr begged leave to ask, was
nod the individual who received the proposal for her de-
-I.porture equally guilty? Hnt blame was to be attached
to no quarter, because the advice, in his opinion, was
good. 'fhe Learned Gentleman then proceeded to re-
. capitulate his arguments, and concluded by an srppeal to
their Lordships' judgment in favour of the justio e, pro-
' priety, and expediency of time Bill on their Lordships'
table.
Mr. liarive ear immediately presented himself at the liar
, of the flame, to reply, at a little after three o'clock, Shortly
.1 after die commencement of his speech. her Majerty re-entered
4 the nom, the Peers all rising on herentranee, and until she
I had resumed her seat. The Learned Counsel begun by
1 awing, that he should confine himself to very few of the
I observations which had be". urged with so much talent by
I his Learned Friends on the other side. In reviewing the
arguments he had heard, the first which suggested itself to
him was that elaborate, eloquent eulorium passed bi his
Learned Friend, (the Solicitor-General) on the Constitu-
tional proceeding by Rills of Palms and Penalties in toe ab-
street. They were, es the Learned Gentlemen stated. part
of that happy Constitution which Clod forbid auy man should
live to see injured.
Without subscribing to this character of Bills of Pains
and Penalties, he, as a lover of the popular branch of
our Constitution, would be permitted to say, that if, by
Constitution, was meant joutice—and au impartial ad-
ministration of the law, together with all cause things
which were loved and respected by every society—that
he was ready to admit that cases might occur which 11,/'
only justified hut enjoined such measures as Bills of
PIIIIII and Penalties. But it lay with his Learned
Friends to show that the present was among such rases
of emergency—and their Lordships who. could not be
under those biassing influences which sometimes pre-
dominated over an Advocate's mind, so as to shut out
the contemplation of those things, by which he might
arrive at a more just, though not an acceptable view
of a case—their Lordships, at least, would bear in
their recollectios, that he and his colleagues stood
before their bar, professedly to declare eirsinst the
necessity or expediency of :he Hill upon their table.
Next he was told, that he interfered at too late a
stage of the Bill, for that it had been read the
first time. If this were the fact, then, truly, was his
illustrious client in a lamentable predicament. Fur
their Lordships could not fail to recollect, that her
Majesty's Counsel were refused to be heard against the
receiving of this Hill- They were refused to be heard
against the first reading of this Bill, and it was hecasise
they were so refused that it was Competent to them at
this sow of the proceeding to enter into the represen-
tation of all those reasons--all these frightful obstacles,
which, in his opinion, ought to scare their Lordships
from adopting the Bill. His Learned Friend had
said, that sn the whole mass of declaration which they
had put forth, lie could find but one argument, and with
respect to this pour little argument he bad dealt with
them like the man in Nathals's fable, for hr took it
wholly away. Ret the Learned Gentleman would not
deny, that as impeachment might lie in die case, and
the utmost that he could be brought to say was, that the
qneetinft was- Yen deubtftd., And was this doubt, in-
deed, the grontiffOpen which their Lordships woald be
called alma tepees a Bill of Pains tied Penalties? Ths
Learned Attorney-Owed bad chart,.
feint bet Inallrerently read in the Canon moo.
cue ittOorr, ;end skid, that he (Mr. B.) had elem.
errs ell Nettie pages of that hishog, Bat he seem,
Ireg leave to tell that Learned Gentleman, whose

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Constitutional experience was but of yesterday whet'
compared even to his. (Air. Brougham's), he would.
tell that Learned Gentleman that he had not only
skipped over pages of that history, but that he
had closed his eyes upon chapters and volumes of it.
Mr: Brougham then proceeded to quote a variety of
cases in point, it'd then referring to a question of the
Attorney-tegneval, begged leave-to correct atieTessiete
of the Learned tieutleinan, by which he seem to ...-
tribute to the recent decision of the Judges, an extent
which it did not bear. The dodges were simply aseel,
whether a Queen consenting to he violated by a foreigner,
did thereby commit high treason, and they determined
to the negative, leaving the question still undecided.
liecanneitiormed no part of the case pot to them, if such
as offence was indictable under any other head than that
of high treason. But the Learned Gentleman bid ad-
mitted that this was aMN of Divorce; and if so, than
she Attoiney-General, his Bill, preentble, and yrovisos,
were all out of Court. They said too, that every Bill of
Divorce contained the words " adulterous intercourse:*
It might be so—but then they were merely expletive, it
being well known, that the stringent wordein all such
Bills were, "the foul crime of adultery." The Learned
Oentleman bad with extraordinary inconsistency called
this*Bill a Bill of Divorce at one time, and dented that
it was so at another. The King he said was no path..
' This was the strange anomaly of the proeweditigtossisit
was the little particular which was wanting, and which
being wanting, formed the foundation of their Lord-
ships*,istristliction. lie would challenge hie_ loused
Friends. as he bad done before, to show a cote
where Parliament interposed to dissolve a marriage
without the application of the party injured. His 1414-
irCy, indeed, was placed partly in the attitude of a COM-
plaining party--but not sufficiently so to furnish his
Consort with those means of defence, which would be
within her grasp, were he in the ordinary situation of a
complainant, suing for a legiclative reinedv—for hariltis
MAjesty come before their Lordships in inch a capacity,
he must of course become snbject to all the trending
orders of their Lordships' lionise. The Learned Coun-
sel then adverted to the circumstances under which her
Majesty bad been formerly induced to leave this country,
and stated that be referred to it merely to exhibit in its
true colours the conduct of those who had a share India
transaction, and who now were implicated in framing
this Bill against tier Majesty; and he said that this me-
duct was sufficient to mistiest their conviction that Ed*
measure was neither expedient nor necessary. WI, it !
was it possible that an offer to procure her Majesty an
appropriate reception at foreign Courts—that an offer
of money even, could proceed from those who felt that
her Majesty was guilty of the crimes which they Dust
imputed to her? Said the Attorinty-General, " I still
pass over all these degrading. disgusting, anti teliouk
sets of hers, which are offensive, and injurious, to the
character of the country, and tending to degrade as in
the eves of foreigners 14 • Now, be would ask. *as not
the ljtgittal inserfereere from these expressions 'this
that an order should have been despatched to her
Majesty to return home and preyont that degradation to*
our character which she syas effecting witblhatig• tier. 1
But nu ; she was encouraged—she was enjointil to wak
ibroad—she Will menaced if she returned,,tand piety
facility was offered to her to continue that &drag of de-
grading conduct which now formed the preteNt-of the
anemaloitt proceeding against her. They (the Qiienn's
Advocates) had, among other things, been accused of
caltimitiating a very numerous and respect dire' clay of
persons, whom, for thr make of lorevitY, he should ear th..
`witnesses. They were charged .with ',labia, Lanais/et
depreciation of the evidener' wo which they inight•arts V
!lat.r reserved till they saw th
at there was in it something
I wrong. He was tire last person to calninniate tiny one.
On the contrary, he etrieCtet that the witnotset re-
duced wield he a race of 'exalted station, Troporetimitsl
to the rank of the accusal ; that they wonigire7sit•least
persons of independent fortune, and such as.drep wore
accustomed to meet in society; he imagined that they
were visitors to this country supported aOkeir itit a ex-
pense: that they would be 'fair, unbutight, itnetrellpellcd
evidence, from whatever country they tpring. This aas
his expectation, anti the appearanee of a elouttof *ji-
mmies of this stamp was the only thing which Kits him
any apprehension for his illustrious client. Menisci eO.
retell a fair allowance of 11013/e testimony; of respect-
able English Officers, and persons of that orderwisith
would give weight to what they stated. lier.-Majtatly
and her Advisers had to await the cowing of, those le.,
tribes, if their Lordships, after hearing the argilineton
they had urged, chose to go on with the Bill now keener
them. lie was sorry on nn affair of th:s piihtie nature
to have to take up a few moments in defendingiiiiieelt
against a charge of having digressed, in order to initial
pain on an illustrious individual, at the 'lame time is AO
not verve the cause for which he stood. ritrilliks
charge, aggravated Ivy the consideration, that flue
attack was made at a time when every good feePteg
should have prontipteti an opposite line of trembles
(alluding to the attack upon the Duke of York, waste*
lienourable declaration, that however painful, he woodd
prof tem his great public thuy as a Peer of Parliament.
seemed tJ have drawn down rarur party, reseplent
upon him.) lie antivered that he was Cmiape led
to allude to the character of that indivitiiial lii
the discharge of his professional ditties. 'tie but,
indeed, heard a new code of morality this de,. • Its
way told it VMS ludicrous to compare the case of ortibee
and !'rides, in these matters, as affecting the 'aka* ui
the country. It wit not to throw odium that he rapped
up pa.sages of the life of the illustrious individma Ili'
statement was to lead to the conclusion, that att th •
murals of the country were concerned, they, Par A
on not to sleep ever one case, and in another, ett
la slightest lapses with' the- severest prnalti4- .116
slioidd he deeply pen; ten. were he, in the strict aksPeri-
gorous discharge of his prefessitmal duties, in nartsesi
that party at such a time as this. And homes: r,
i that whatever he did in the conscientious fulfillina of
te,
his charge, there was ton much manly sentiment IA ai
person not to supply something to console him for rue
unintended pain, lie now retired, etnititlent that thinfe
Lordships would do justice to all emeeerned, antitioisi
cider 35 well the expediency as the necessity of this
liefore them. '
•
The lea pleadings being now concluded, kw."
Toe Marquis of littssnows expressed a trisis„iit 4
inconsistent with usage, that the grounds on torten I e
Judges had delivered their opinion might heist&
Parliament.
A conversation ensued, in which tire Level ettlifitill
Lon, Lwril thtav, awl Lard Hotieln pertieipatedetill
seemed to be finally understood, on Lar' LI ralte/ibles
' observing that the opinions of the Jodgee•in 1 7911jgetyst
`on record, awl would suppl)all the informatioa metals
that motion -

1 which they I toot no motion was nece•isairy.
r rum.. isms to
at . i',`:' a
nit, ani witb . MOTION TO SET ASIDE TILE 111.2. t.... .
:dt hdreAtionkt nitiht li Licit K.er; rose after Mr. Profiles.* eihaost gli l
Wired, that it was his townie* Pei:Omits milord
a would sell House, wlsleb would liars she sem ef peostitelast ties
hr ease., sad of Oak Lordshipa on third:K.44e of WC Bill.
.1..
was, tnat tne a y sg the TiaviesalopF jpariv on his • • by
els doubt, is. the a ist Awhile' of the econsel iit the !sir
ips would be strolsi thin heti/NW Nr floe to consider +e !Y.•
allies'? The bh ~,,ra d. 4 if a periled Ives ritade ti pat .if thrillasdatib.
him with consideration et tbiCilill. Me AA not fia•Niare asitaKte
ion! .IPlet oF it tor %loch to ask his MAU Primed • &pm, his
id Veet'a 10_,Se 'unison ts4-laarrow.. 704 ail the Wass 0:
at he wawa Yeaki ra lb* Bill, cerfainly the itote pa •
Day, whose t milkl was' that, a mode of itreiLliat The ta`ll all Si.