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DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF YORK. mode of enforcing the attendance of Peers on Thursday the 17th of Aug., ordered to report: The Committee taking into consideration the best mode of preventing interruptions in the public streets, have resolved "I. That the High-Steward of the city of Westminster, or bis Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace of the said city, The Earl of Liverpool moved, "That an shall, by their strict care and directions to humble Address of Condolence be presented the constables and other officers within their to his Majesty on the Death of her late jurisdiction, take special order that no empty Royal Highness the Duchess of York."— hackney, coaches be suffered to make any Agreed to, and the address ordered to be pre-stay between Whitehall and the end of sented to his Majesty by the Lords with white staves. Abingdon-street in Westminster, from 9 of the clock in the morning until 6 of the clock in the afternoou of the same day, during the sitting of this Parliament, and that no carriages, drays, or caris, be permitted to stop in the streets and passages between the end of Market lane, in Pall-mall, and the end of Abingdon-street, between the hours aforesaid, or to pass through the old Palace yard, from one of the clock in the afternoon during the sitting of this Parliament; and until one hour after the rising of this House, that all carriages, drays, or carts, hereby permitted to pass through the said streets ther in the manner following-(that is to say) and passages, be obliged to go one after ano. all carriages, drays, or carts, going towards street or passage next to St. James's park, Westminster, to keep on the side of the and all those going the contrary way to keep on the other side of the street, and upon no account what oever to presume to go two or more abreast during the sitting of this Parliament; and herein special care is to be taken by the said deputy steward, justices of herein concerned, as the contrary will be the peace, constables, and all other officers answered to this house. And it is further Westminster, and the justices of the peace resolved, that the High-Bailiff of the city of for the city and liberty thereof, or some of them, residing in Westminster, be served with the order of this House made this day for the purposes aforesaid. "11. That the deputy-steward, justices of peace, constables, and all other officers afore A said, "do take special care to prevent any ob- "III. That the Lords with white staves do humbly move his Majesty that he will be pleased to give orders that such guards do attend this House on Thursday the 17th instant, and till his Majesty's further order, as hath been usual in cases of impeachment." On the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury, the resolutions were agreed to. The House then adjourned till to-morrow. House of Lords, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1820: The Marquis of Queensberry, the Earls Glasgow and Waldegrave, and a few other Peers, took the oaths and their seats, BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES. LORD KING rose and said, that as it would be necessary to examine certain wit nesses relative to the charges contained in the Bill of Pains and Penalties, and as it would be necessary to have an Order of the House for the purpose, he moved that certain witnesses, whose names were contained in a list which he held in his hand, should be ordered to attend the House when called upon. The Noble Lord then handed a list to the Chancellor, and the motion was agreed to. REPORT OF THE COMMITtee of PRECEDENTS. The EARL of SHAFTESBURY, Chairman of the Committee of Precedents, as who were empowered to report from time to time, brought up the Third Report of the Committee, which was read by the Clerk as follows: "That it is the opinion of the Committee, that during the course of the ensuing proceedings, upon the Bill of Pains and Penalties, no Lord should give more than one order of admission on any one day, and that the same should be signed and sealed, and should bear the date of the day on which it was to be used; also, that as the space below the bar would admit but of a limited number of persons, it would be adviseable that the Lords should give their orders only on alternate days: that Archbishops, Dukes, Marquisses, and Earls, including the Representative Peers of Ireland and Scotland of the same rank, should give orders on the first day, and the remaining Peers on the Becond, and so on alternately during the succeeding days." After a few words from Lord Lauderdale, which were not audible below the bar, the Resolutions of the Committee were agreed 10. (Aug. 16, THE TIMBER TRADE, that as that day was the last during the preThe MARQUIS of LANSDOWN said, sent sitting, in which any business would be tant question, which was so soon to occupy attended to, not connected with the importheir Lordships' attention, he would take that opportunity of pre-enting a petition, which he then held in his hand, signed by all the respectable merchants in London and Southwark engaged in the Timemployed in that branch of commerce ber Trade, and whose collective capital amounted to upwards of two millions. He was glad to be enabled to state, that the prayer of the petition was in confirmation of the positions contained in the report which he had the honour to present to the House as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Trade. The petition stated, that the Timber Trade was then suffering a great stagnation, and it would be expedient that some alteration should be made in the existing duties for the a state of freedom than it was at present purpose of approximating the trade more to distinguished by, from which it would result that the intercourse in that way between this country and the northern parts of Europe, as well as the North American Colonies would be considerably benefitted, and great and permanent advantages would be derivable to the empire at large. The petition was then brought up and read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee on Foreign Trade. CONTINENTAL RELATIONS. LORD HOLLAND stated, that as little attention could be expected to be paid after other question but that which had occasionthis day during the present Session to any ed their Lordships to be convened at this un usual season of the year; and as that impor. tant business engrossed all attention and made but as idle talk, he would now content himobservations on every other subject appear self with giving notice, that he intended to address some questions to the Noble Eart opposite, in order to obtain some information on a subject of national consideration. He would not then enter into any specifica. tion of the points on which he purposed to solicit information of the Noble Earl. It would be sufficient to mention, that the questions which he intended to put, referred to the relations between this country and Russia, and between both and the government of Spain, arising out of the memorial of the Russian Cabinet on great recent events, and particularly bearing upon facts contained in a Declaration of Russia, and materially affecting the present state of Spain. By giving imputations of taking the Noble Earl by surthis notice, he hoped he should avoid any prise, if in a few days he should put ques tions to the above effect, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Noble Ear! would CONTINENTAL RELATIONS. of the points on which he purposed to dning er p ordinary course was no doubt for the Peers to give their votes una reće, or a great number at a time on either side of the House; but the regular way, and that which was laid down by the standing order, was, that every Peer should express himself individually on the question, whether for or against it, and then if there was a difference of opinion as to the taking of those votes, a division would follow, and one party would go below the Bar, and the other remain within it, as stated in the last order, which so far from being inconsistent with the former one, was subsidiary and auxiliary to it, and without it the other must be incomplete. The House then adjourned. Wouse of Lords, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1820. BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES. The determination of his Majesty's government to proceed with this measure created an interest fully commensurate with the importance of the occasion. At a very early hour many individuals, hoping that their assiduity would procure for them an opportu nity of witnessing the progress of this interesting inquiry, assembled in the neighbourhood of the House of Lords. Those, however, who did not bear with them the passport of a Noble Lord, or were unconnected with the Public Press, were very much disappointed, Their early rising, as far as their curiosity was concerned, was fruitless. The gentlemen connected with the Press were enabled, before nine o'clock, to obtain a station the most convenient for their labours which the space below the bar allowed, being in one of those divisions immediately behind that laid out for the witnesses and the Queen's counsel, Soon after their introduction, the Peers began to take their seats in the body of the bouse; and several members of the House of Commons, amongst whom were observed Mr. Tierney, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Grenfell, &e. who took up stations near the throne. The space reserved for the Queen's counsel, the short-hand writers, &c., was provided with three small desks. On these five juk-stands were placed, with a supply of pens, ink, paper, and wafers. As ten o'clock approached the Peers arrived in considerable numbers. At twenty-five minutes to nine the Lord Chancellor arrived, and took his seat on the woolsack. The Lord Bishop of Llaudaff, as the junior Bishop, then read prayers. Soon afterwards Sir Charles Abbott (Chief Justice of the King's-Bench), together with Mr. Justice Holroyd and Mr. Justice Best, entered the house. They were soon after followed by Lord Chief Baron Richards, and Mr. Baron Garrow. The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas arrived im mediately afterward. At ten o'clock precisely the order of the house was read for calling over the names of the Peers by Mr. Cooper, deputy clerk of Parliament. The names of the Peers were then called over. Lord Prudoe-here. Churchill was called-the Lord Chancellor had received a letter from his Lordship that he was ill. Lynedoch-excused, being upwards of 70 years of age. Gardiner-excused, being a minor, Crewe-excused, being above 70 years of age. Erskine answered to his name; he said that he was above 70 years of age, and should take advantage of his privilege in a future stage, if he thought proper. Carysfort-unwell-excused, Gore-excused-considerably above 70 years of age. Cawdor Grenville } above 70 years. Camden-indisposed. Dunstanville-out of the kingdom. Berkeley-ditto. Cartaret—above 70 years of age. Vernon above 70 years of age. Lord Rochester-excused from age and infirmity. Carlisle-ditto. Loud shouts, which rent the air, now proclaimed the arrival of the Queen; for some time the noise from without was so great, that we could but indistinctly bear the Peers called. Her Majesty entered the House of Lords at the door on the right hand of the |