The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-07 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

should be received. lie found in that address, that, the)dlithels of the Heide. 4 ,
insinuations had been thrown out against those Peers Jecteuns which this Hoek takes
who had been on the Secret croh;nittee. He had' Matter contained in this paper. r
to receive the same as her Me
been on that Committee, but he stated to the House.
what i e has farther to state is
the grcunds on which he foisided his decision. And , Loot' OACKE did-not-wish,
he did not know why, after a man had manfully and resolution. He concurred mitt
boldly declared his sentiments on the occasion, his Lord lIONOCIIHMORE pert
opinion shbuld be called in question. , per should not only he veceo
The Duke of NEWCASTLE role with indignation, ' cility should be given for its
to repel the observation which went to restrain the agr th It onght to appeat
notes', anslat really and truly be
privilege every Peer had of giving his opinion. He
lion which some Noble Lords
had attended closely to the subject, and conscientiously serrso
Committee was not put
gave his decision. . had eons. into the Secret Commit
The Duke of ATHOL also conceived that the and he had not objected to that
Noble Lord was out of order. 1 ditty throughout the rase. He .
Lord SHEFFIELD said a few worde, we believe. any statement made hr the accused
that any thing ohicla the accused
against receiving the protest ; but he was quite itt
audible below the liar. might to he reeeived with
I there at y t sing new in this
The Earl of CAR NARVON was of opinion that no , any thing whieh had not I
Peer who bad not given an absolute attendance every bandied about from one side of
day, he had al t said every hour: was eotoPetent to • The illustrious person appealed
give a vote. That he might be able to discharge Ills! proccedines.--so she did from
duty faithfully, it was necessary that lie should have i illustriousillustriousperiasn declared het
heard the whole of the proceedings, but most especially from the Iseginning. The ill
prosecutors hello
accused. With ; been the gravamers of het obi
should he have heard the defence, if the incline- I against her
ti In of his mind were against the
respect to the document now offered by her Ma i rinmor. The Noble Lords
jesty. 1011111t.r it were called a 11,•titisios or protest. is,:erret c„ ':tee, had spoken,
Or whatever else, he c,,ssfessud there were come' justification of their conduct.
um; itarleil expressions ill it. and which be 4-amid 1 'I he LORD cHANcebunK
ts ish had n.. 1 been introduced. lint when he ronsiderrd ' intim.
the state of her 11l ajr.ty's mind, under the weight of their 1
D
Lord LAUDERDALE moved
Los slaisips decision, he dont ght a much inure than the word §S jaitir“ should be ill,
ordinary latitude .looonlol in. allowed tier. lie repealed 1 o nrigitt."
he should haveheen betty,- pleased it' the language ; Earl mum said, that tin
hail been snore secnrate : hut the olooruonent in tow- 1 whirls their Lordships had
lion was prepared under circ ttttt stances which must ' rot:tiling'. was so irrhssediable,
have completely destroyed all caution and discvnittw coward trice a silent vote upon
in the human mind ; and Ise thought their Lord-
atrreeil to the resolution, hot
ships might, without at all derng ogati fr their dig-
;1s didofr so. upon the oround,
nity, receive the protest. With regret to the Ses•ret rieht to make the elierptios
It' miller which had been appointed in the first taineol. For the exceptions
instauce, he for one should base objected to locitot one them to be most just and wi
of its usembers, because recollecting that he should tidattd the Noble Illnke (N,
afterwards be called upon to consider the case as a acq,;,..d distaste for ea,./
Judge, he should be snore than ordinarily cautious .
, was rather strange that
in attending to any cape: t • statement n Isiah might being deprived by an ex-post
by any possibility have the stnalle,t intineotose ni 164 upon the most violent
mind. Notwithstanding the Ling sage of the protest, ever was enacted. He cow
every person nowt fret that its statement.; mere sub- Noble Lords could vote for
stantially correct. lie declared (and as ith pain he , our word or the defence, ronsi,
said it) that if he were one of her Majesty.' Counsel He knew not how they rout
he should, after what haul taken l'la'e i" the "'use of conscience to ,'ice a vote of
the proceeding. have withdrawn trans the Bar, aban: I 'seethe best judges of the
slimed the case, left the Jurors in tli-pose of it how 1 would have to answer to
they pleased, and he never afterwards should think of t „ie„ce.
making any appeal to that (he supposed he must Ball I Lord REDESDALE del
it) august assembly. After any Lord had nail Ise felt 1 Members of the Secret Corm
himself at liberty at the termination of the proceedings! Rm.
to Come to a decssion against his Queen without hasime i
heard her defence, he should consider that the vital
prinriplesofjustice had been trampled own. line of those
vital principles was, that in the Criminal Law no person
should be condemned, but by oral testimony which it
was competent in him to examisie and contradict° anti
that ire shonid be allowed to m ski: his full defence. It
was self-evisient that the malsisse a defence woul I he
I perfectly useless, unless the Judge heard :sod attended
to it. But he had heard it stated in that House, that
rd Noble Duke felt himself jostified in coming to a de-
cision sin written testimony only, and without having
heard either the defence, or the evidence adduced in
support of it: and this too the Noble Duke had no daft-
, cults' in doing, althouseh the case was the consideration
of an ex post facto law. th.: object of which was, to de-
throne his Queen.:-(Hear, (sear. hear!) Although it
was for a crime unknown to the law, and although the
case sought the making a crime. an,l then punishing it
by one and the same law, yet did the Noble Duke not
hesitate to give this taw tior sanction of his vote, with-
out having beard the defence.—(lle .r, hear. hear.) Murk
a law, on the contrary, ought to have excited his indigs
Illation, fur it was a law subversive of every principle of
justice. lie expressed his feelings strongly, but he
wished so to express them, for he felt that throughout the
I whole of these pros- edings the character of the House had
been endangered. Ile coneeived that no Peet ought to have
voted on such a proceeding who had not heard the
whole of the case, and most especially that part of it
which constituted the defence.—(clear, hear ).--It
was for this reason that no Peer could Tote On such
a proceeding, except in person, for the very nature of
the case excluded the bare idea of* vote by proxy.—
(Cheers.)---That there were ample grounds for a per-
sonal appeal tdost of them mast feel, and if they did
not so feel, the country most certainty did. Without
consenting to the appeal, the House never could
occupy the high situation which in, the opinion of the
country and the world it had been so long Rectos-
Owned to fill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had not found
dee least disinclination in any part of fhb I
'house to receive the protest. On the contrary, it sr
peared to him that there *as every disposition to receive
it. He took it, that her Majesty was entitled, it she
thought proper, to appeal and make any statement
whatever to the house. Bat that statement would not
influence their Lordships judgment. It cools! be insert-
ed in the Journals of the house, and no more. If in the
address there should be nay thing affecting the dignity
of the illonse, or any individual, such parts would not
appear upon the journals'. It appeared to him that if
the protest were received, their Lordships should
adopt some mode of stating their., opinion• upon
what the Protest contained. With respect to what.
had been said respecting those who vested arithout at-
tending all the proceedings, it was an indisputable
t•fact that in inspeachtnents \nide Lbeds hid iaced
i without bearing ell the evidence.---(ftexr; hear !):-.-
Ille would never shrink from owning that he sslaa
one of theee who advised the communication to tbeir
Lordships, of the matter upon which these proceedine*
I were founded. He had been one of the Secret Commit.
I tea; ;and when he looked back upon the soiautos of the
Besse, and tonal that be bad been celled and expected
le ist Mom to, he should have ',dated -one of his
&Wet to that House if be had ceased (Het7.7:-
t'ii
bet object to the protest, but he elould pro-
v' ilitalling resolution to be inverted sick it epos

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gallant crews of the Discovery
the cheering influence of
The only li%ing creatures
lined in the harbour of Mi
whole and a white bear. 1
couragetnent presented by
gion, Lieutenant Parry•, we
that in a future attempt, •
uncommonly unpropitiou!
complisli the grand object
maritime nations of Rumps.,
the Pacific Ocean through

On Sunday the follow,
other persons of distincti.
at Itrandenburgh-house:.
Duke of Redford. Earl of
and also Lady Ilood.

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TilE SEDITIOES H.ssro,
collect th it Mr. Williams,
Si. Martin's-lane, is the p
instrumentality the incendi
scot enabled to evade the,
This Mr. Williams has
the missioners of Assessed
St. Martin's-in-the-helds
tended in his place at the
conclusion of the business,
(a very worthy and active
seat, took his hat, and addi
missinners, observed, that '
a long series of years, WI
sit there again so long as
members. The other r
rose, and simultaneously
propriety of his withdra'
Hams as instantly took m
The readers of " The
formed, that, owing to an
Irreparable dekct In their
the papers of yesterday
lishea at a later hoar than
making tb remedy the defect
sure an earlier peblication.-
PitiNCtl.T AIrECDOTE..--;.
female royalty, at a distance
an efficient guard against
yet. in England it is well
self could not adopt a more
his " thing.'" from picki'
" heigh, fellow! well met .
inferior to the Chamberlain
gilled that, previous to the
Wales upon her eventful
offences lay iu the eclat
places of public aosnw.meut,
Italian Opera one night per
both parties ; tut the Lady
the usuil Warmth of mew;
tient auditory, the °emit
accosted, in his way throng
:Townsend, of Bow-street rintol
; t here ! turn back !---Iteeta do
Townsend e" said one of the Pr's.
Ahearn's here, and she's 'eclair
tell ye!' And so the Retest-trit
:!Ulster Townsend's bidding, like
,stitir their tails •• standing prostrate
r • It.e Meeting of the fratitthioners
!111.-Fields- which we aanottaeltil
.tor the purpose of addressing
*tors to a•public one,
Ifeoting was held today,
tespettably attended.