Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-26

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mode Of proc ee3ing, such as that the bill
should be read athird time before il wa
Icommitted He could understand that BIZ
| might argue the time Of proceeding to thu
second reading of this bill, but nothing else
and if he did so, itmight be said that il was
not for the counsel to attempt to direct the
house as to the mode Of proceeding. But The
question of time was an important one ane
her majesty had informed her counsel Il
call for no delay al all. but is ready to entel
at orsce upon her defence this evening, i
they could, or tomorrow: and let them also
proceed to prove the report and The strange
preamble OF the bill that very night, or next
day. What, therefore, he had to ask was,
that the queen should not be injured by ha-
wing this bill hanging over her; he therefore
had to ask that the bill should either be
thrown out. or at all events, read a second
time Immediately, in order to go as speedily
as possible to the examination OF the charges.
He was bound TO believe thai, some of the
d,cta given out of doors had had 'inauence On
that house and it had been said that she
was to be dealt with as the lowest in the
realm. God grant that she had been the
humblest, aud not the highest; she would
then have had no proceedings against her,
because she would have been fenced round
by the triple shield of British justice. Then
the bill of divorce and OF pains and penal
ties could not have been brought against her,
until the verdict of jury had gone against
her by twelve honest, conscientious and I'M
partial Eng Iishmen. at whose door the inhu'
ence of the other party might have fagltated
for ages before one single particle otit could
have entered. He was bound to suppose
that their lordsbips had decided that there
could be no impeachment, from the color OF
the transactions, or they would not have
made themselves acquainted with the EVIL
dence in case in which they might soon be
called upon to Judge This. in JUS ice 10
the consistency of their lordship's proceed
ings, be was bound TO believe but how
could he tell that her majesty, when sailing
about the Mediterranean with this person,
adultery mghtha been committed in Glib
raltar, or in Malta, or in some other OF the
kings dominions, which might render an
impeachment necessary. He took it for
granted that the house had made up its mind
that no Impeachment should be laid for adui-
terry on board kings SLIP.
The lord chancellor said. the house could
not suffer counsel to assume any thing as to
the course Of proceeding il had pleased to
adopt; the house might, il it pleased, hear
such observations, buthe would not slt on the
woosack and hear them.
Mr.. Brougham said, no power under Hea-
ven should prevent him from attempting to
do his duty to his ilustrious client; bul he
might be put down; there was no resisting
power, yet he knew their iordships were
wont TO be just,
The lord charlottesville house is Just
when it makes an order TO POINT out the
course which counsel should pursue"
Mr.. Brougham then continued He asked
for tue immediate second reading OF this bill,
in order that il might be instantly thrown out,
He had right 10 assume hat pubic justice,
or whoever was The. parry for whom the at
tomty general was 10 attend, could be not
unrrepared 10 bring Iorw ri their witnesses,
for public Justice must have !oreseen the ne
cessity of bringing forward witnesses on
charges examined into in March, 1919, on a
bill brought into that house III July, 1890
But the attorney general beng The counsel
for the crown, he had rlght perhaps to
consider the kings ministers were tue par
ties against him and his client and they
chit now to be at the bar with him, instead
of sitting in ju lgment IN that house. Minis
thousand pounds yearii they had believed
one tenth part 81 The charges against her. =
He then proceeded with his argument against
any further delay III this proceeding ; and
implored the house to mark the painful si!ua-
lion in which the Queen was placed. Various
steps have been adopted, all tending to stig-
matise her--and sentence Inflicted before
it Was passed, or e> en- before evidence had
been heard against her. She therefore tho
she. had right to complain tia, the first step
towards her trial was to deprive her OF the