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to the time of het last departure from Rome. ' I will make, my Lords, no comparisons ; I will not so far dishonour the respect able names I am about to quote, as to compare their credi bility with that of the witnesses for the prosecution. What, then, does the first of these witnesses, Lord Guildford, swear? That he' saw nothing particular in the manner of the Queen towards Bergami'—' nothing in the conduct of Bergami towards the Queen but what was very respectfuL' Lord Glen bervi, in like manner, states, that he saw ' nothing like disre spect' in Bergami's 'behaviour to the Queen. Lady Charlotte Lindsay, a witness whose testimony was given in the fairest and most honourable manner, and who, I cannot help saying, was most harshly treated by my Learned Friends on the opposite side; she says that Bergaml -conducted himself in all things towards the Queen, as a persoa in his situation ought naturally to do.' Your Lordships will observe, too, that this Lady was with ' her Majesty in March and April, 1815, when the alleged adul terous intercourse must have been in the days of its first enjoy ment and extravagance. Can your Lordships believe that Lady Charlotte Lindsay was a person so destitute of all ordinary powers of observation, as to allow any circumstances calcu lated to justify the suspicion of an intercourse to pan nano ticed ? Can your Lordships believe so, who saw the talents which this Lady exhibited when under examination at your bar? ' Can any one believe it who has the honour of that Lady's ac quaintance, and who must know, that in mental capacity she is ' an individual infinitely above the usual standard of her sex?--. The same Lady swears farther, that the Queen behaved to wards Bergami as a mistress should towards her servant; that she chewed ' the same familiarity towards Bergami as she did to Sicard and others.' Now, my Lords, a word as to the evidence of Lord Llandaff. His Lordship says, that he saw nothing improper in the conduct of the Queen'—' nothing to reflect disgrace on the character of the country.' Let me next, my Lords, request your attention to the evidence of the Honourable Keppel Craven, the Chamberlain of her Royal Highness.— He says that he saw 'no improper conduct' in her Royal degrading familiarity;' and again no sort of impropriety of conduct' either when Bergami stood behind the chair of her Royal Highness as a servant,. or afterwards when he sat as a guest at the same table. Sir W. Gal, another of her Majesty's Chamberlains, says also, that he saw ' nothing improper in the conduct of the parties;' and that Bergami acted as person in his situation ought to do.' fo this witness, another question was put, such as 1 verily believe never was put in any Court of Justice before, to ascertain the goat or inno cence of an accused party. Not, my Lords, that I complain of the question, for I have felt, throughout the whole of this en quiry, that, only give me an honest witness, one who has a cha ractei to lose, one who has some pretext for standing upright in the world, and I care not what questions you put. The question, my Lords, was this, ' Did you eves observe any thing in the demeanour, in the conversation, or iu the looks, which could induce you as a man of the world to entertain ass Rea that an adulterous intercourse subsisted between the Queen and Bergami ?' See, my Lords, to what an unheard of test the conduct of my Illustrious Client is subjected. If, iu the whole course of the time that Sir William Gell had an opportunity of witnessing the conduct of the Queen, one single act of indis cretion, one loose expression escaped her Majesty in the wan tonness of joy, or In the innocence of overflowing gaiety—if there xv as one word, one action, one look, which could for a moment fill the mind of this' man of the world' with only a suspicion that an improper intercourse subsisted, it is to be brought forward as an evidence of guilt on the part of her Majesty. Not by facts is she sought to be convicted, but by possibilities; not by evi dence of what did actually pass, but by suspicions of what may have passed—suspicions excited by such indications as may have been gathered us all the confidence of unrestrained intimacy; when the heart and soul had delivered themselves up to the freest enjoyment! To have one's conduct so tried, is, indeed, severe; but to have it by such a test acquitted, is, indeed, a triumph, which the purest might envy! What, my Lords, is the ar.swer of Sir W. Gel! to this searching question ? I Nzvza wia !' What, my Lords, can my Leareed Friends say to such testi' mony as that which I have now quoted to your Lordships? They will say, for we have heard it said, Oh, these were individuals of high rank and character. The Queen was on her guard before them !' Well, my Lord; sup pose for a moment the fact were so, let me introduce to your Lordships a witness of a different description; let us see how the comparatively low are supported by the high in rank ? My Lords, there is the evidence of Si card, a man who has been for upwards of twenty years in her Majesty's service, and who was placed there by his Majesty! He swears, that' the Queen's manner of treating her servants was uncommonly kind, almost to a fault,' that' Ber garni's conduct was always most proper:' and that he was posi tive that in his presence ' no undue familiarity or impropriety' took place between the Princess and Bergami. Left speaking. (To be continued in a Second Edition.) -.) The following distinguished persotages were en tertained by the Earl and Coonteis ofbErtkv, at their house in Grosvenor-square, on Tuesday evening : The Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl of Darnley, Earl of Thanet, Lord and Lady King, Mr. Brougham; Mr. Derfinan, Mr. H. G. Bednett, M.P. and Mr. Creevey, M.P. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess toncAzEs arrived ar their house in Portland-place, from their seat, at Harrow-on-the-Hill. DAVID SCOTT, Esq. jun. of Bengal, has remitted fifty guineas to the Proves; of Montrose, to be dis tributed among the poor of tbe town and parish. The Hunt met at Cupar on Monday the 25th ul timo. The Fox-hounds htnite4that day., Wednesday, and Saturday, and had tolerable sport. The Races throughout the week were very good, especially the one on Thursday, between Sir DAVID MONCIUEFF'S mare, Betsey, and Mr. Downipnilr's horse, Eglinton, the second being a dead heat, and the others gained by half a neck, and half a length. Although the company was, from various causes, not so nume rous as on some former occasions, yet it was of the highest respectability. The Balls displayed beauty and fashion ; and the Ordinaries were in M•NAB's usual style of excellence,---Among the company were, Lady Catharine Whyte Melville; Lady Moncrieff; Lady Dur ham ; Mrs. Durham, of Largo; Mrs. Rigg, of Tarvit ; Mrs. Stwart, of St. Fort; Airs. Ayton, of Inchdairnie; Mrs. Balfour, of Balipirnie ; Mrs. Durham Calderwood, of Polton ; Mrs. Bethune, of Blebo ; Mrs. Paterson, of Cunpoquhie ; Mrs. Don, tr: Springfield; Mrs. Claude Russell; Miss Wemyss, of Wemyss; Misses Metcalf; Misses Hope; Misses Graham, of Fintry ; Plisses Dewar, of Gaston ; Miss Inglehart; Miss Bayne, of Item; Miss Low, of Clatto ; Miss Donaldson; the Earl of Leven; the Hon. Colonel Ramsay; the Hon. John Stuart; the lion. John Gray; Sir David Moncrieff, Bart. Col. Oswald; Colonel Don, of Springfield ; Major Belches, of Invermay; Mr. Itigg, of Tani, ; Mr. Thomson, of Charleton ; Mr. Ayton, of Irandairnie ;, Mr. Moray, of Ahercairney ; Mr. Stuart, of St. Fort ; Mr. Leslie, of Roches ; Mr. Cheape, of WeUfield ; Mr. Paterson, of Connoquhie ; Mr. Whyte Melville, of Mount Mel ville; Mr. Durham Calderwood. of Polton ; Mr. Bayne, of kites; Mr. Dewar, of Gilaton; Captain Parsons, 10th Hus sars; Mr. Guthrie, younger, of Craigie ; Captain Ayton, H. A. Captain Cheape, I. C. S. Mr. Dowbiggin ; Mr. Moncrieff Skene ; Mr. Gardiner Marshal ; Mr. John Brougham; Mr. Graham. jun. Ste. •Adiimariimm - • 'of., FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The Paris Papers - of • 'tricksy 9 Saturditv and • Sun day last have arrived. , The Duchess de Berri ind the young Prince con- 4 tinue in good health. The accounts from . Spain, in these Papers, come down to the nth instant. The discussion of the Finances was resumed in the Cortes on the evening of the 10th; on which occasion they came to a reso. lotion that monopolies on tobacco and salt shall cease on the Ist of March next. The Law respect ing the extinction of Majorats, having been returned to the Cortes with the Royal Assent to it, has been published. The Resolution sanctioning a loan of 200 millions of reals (fifty millions of francs) was carried in the Sitting of the 12th instant, by a majo rity of 126 to 27. The latest news from Naples are to the 10th inst. They state, that Palermo, opened its gates to Count Florestan Pepe on the sth, and the forts were given up to him ; which were taken possession of by the troops under his command, until the disarming of the city should be carried into effect. A general pardon was granted to the Insurgents ; things resumed their ordinary course ; and the former Authorities were reinstated in the exercise of their functions. It is said that thee has been published at Messina the an swer of the Commandant of the British squadron at Malta to some request made to him by the Palermitans (most probably for assistance); and, it is added, that he rejected their offers with the greatest disdain. The Constitutionnel, of Friday last, contains the fol lowing article, dated Carlsruhe, Oct. 15:—" The trial of the Queen of England occupies, at this place, a num. l ber of individuals, particularly singe a knowledge of the importance which the agents of the Crown have' pointed out to the Parliament as attaching to the evi dence of Barbara Kress. Certain it is, that there have been here for some time several Englishmen, some of whom appear to be sent to procure testimonials in favour of the woman Kress ; and others to collect evidence to impeach the credit of that witness: Many individuals are brought to this place from the vici- ' nity, and different parts of the surrounding cointry, for examination. It does not appear that our Go vernment interferes in the business. We are assured that Baron d'Ende, Chamberlain to the Grand Duke, has been repeatedly urged to repair to London, and that it has been left entirely to his own option to go or stay. The Baron had been attached, by order of his master, to the person of the Queen, during her residence in this town, and he scarcely ever quitted her. It is matter of public notoriety here, that on the day, and at the hour specified by Kress, as the occasion on which she surprised the Queen tete-a-tete with Bergami, there was a reception at Court, at which her Majesty was present. This is an alib . which could easily be proved. We feel it our duty g moreover, to observe that, in no inn of any respects' bility, are the guests attended in their apartments by the chambermaids (filles d'auberge ). That service is invariably performed by butlers or chamberlains (sommeliers). It is, therefore, difficult to'make out how this Barbara Kress, a waiting-maid at the posting-inn, could contrive to introduce herself into the Queen's chamber, while her Majesty remained in it, more especially as Barbara Kress had no busi ness, and no pretext whatever for being there. These' are the observations which are made in this place on the evidence of that woman." A letter from Rome, dated the 7th instant, men tions a curious question having arisen between the Papal Government and that of Vienna. The Pope's Legate at Ferrara has reclaimed, in the name of the Pontifical Government, the Count Canonici of that city, who had been arrested by the Austrian Al tho rities at Verona, for having belonged to the Associa tion of the Carbonari. The Legate has founded his demand on the ground that the Count Canonici, being a subject of St. Peter, is, in that quality, not amena ble to any foreign tribunal. Will the Austrian Go vernment comply with this demand of the Holy Fa ther? Whether it will or not, we suspect the situa tion of the unfortunate Count will be little altered. The Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt has con sented to the demand made by the Second Chamber for a modification of the Constitutional Edict. He has likewise consented to grant to the States the right of voting the taxes. According to letters from Paris the French Go-. vernment is about to send an Ex pedition to Mada gascar, to found a Colony in that Island. Two sons of one of the Madagascar Chiefs, who have been edu cated in France, are to return with the Expeditioh. A most tremendous explosion of the extensive powder-mills at Esonne, in France, happened on the 16th inst. just as the men had retired from work. A triturating mill first exploded ; the ignited mate rials communicated to another mill, as also to an erection used for the glazing the powder, and this to a fourth building (of stone) in which the process of granulation or corning was carried on. This last explosion, which succeeded the former 15 seconds, was attended with a most tremendous crash ; stones, and blazing beams and timber were projected to a great distance all around. Esonne and Corbeil were shaken to their foundations, doors and windows were shattered and forced from their positions, and scarcely a square of glass remained entire. The shock was felt at Melun, and along the banks of the Seine, as far as Soisy-sous-Etides. The damage is great. A concurrence of circumstances truly mira culous, has prevented the loss of a single life. French 5 per Cents. left off on Saturday at 75f. 15c. A Mail arrived this morning from Hamburgh, with Papers tw the 13ki instant ; but their contents are unimpozient. They confirm the previous accounts of the desperate situation of Ali Pacha's affairs—the mutiny of his troops at the sight of those of the Porte— the surrender of his son Veli—and the seizure of im mense treasures and magazines by the Captain - Pacha, which Ali had laid up in Parga. The Hamburgh Exchange on London, on the 13th instant, was 36-10-37-1. Yesterday kfternoon an Austrian Messenger set out from Chandos-house, with dispatches from his Serene Highness Prince ESTERRAZY, for the. Court of Vienna. Yesterday Count and Countess Liesrm; arrived at their house in Harley-street, from their seat, Chisle burst, in Kent. Hon. P. ASHBURNIIAM, son of the Earl of A$H• SURNIIAM, leaves town to-morrow for the Continent. OLD BAILEY. Sessions commenced yesterday, before the I Barori WOOD and Mr. Justice Palma, the ight Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the COMMON Slift• JIIANT, BCC. &c. D. Gentle and W. Reid were indicted for stealing a quantity of China plates, ornaments, &c. to a large amount, the property of J. Mortlock, in his dwel ling-house. Mr. Mortlock is the proprietor of large China warehouses in Oxford -street, and the prisoners had been in his service as warehousemen ; and Gentle slept in the warehouse. In 'consequence of a great quantity of China having been missed, an inquiry was made, which led Mr. Mortlock to send a person named Sainesbury to a Mr. Cook's, a Chinaman, in Wardour-street, where he found several China jars, which he knew to be the property of the prosecutor. Mr. Cook described the persons from whom . he had purchased these goods, and suspicion re s ti ng upon the prisoners, they were apprehended. While under examination at Marlborough-street Office, they each made a voluntary confession of their guilt, and ac knowledged that they had been in the practice Of robbing their employer more than a year and a half. Some keys were found upon Gentle, which he ac knowledged he had procured for the purpose of plundering his master. One key fitted' Mr. Mort ' lock's desk. He also said, that he had given most of the property to the prisoner Reid, who disposed of it, and brought him his share of the money. He had received in this way about ES% which he had iven to a young woman, to whom he was about to married. An officer went to the house where the young woman lived, and found several articles of china, and a memorandum-book from a Savings Bank, in which a receipt was entered for £75, which she had paid into that Institution. The confessions of the prisoners were put in and read, and a more 'ex tensive system of robbery has seldom been exposed in a Court of Justice. Reid (who had three years ago quitted Mr. Morzlock's employ) had kept a re gular mart for the sale of the most costly articles of -China, which he advertised in the public Papers as the property of a Lady who was gone to Paris. He had in this manner sold stolen property to a very great amount. Gentle attributed his deviation from the paths of honesty to the persuasions and artifices of Reid, who pointed out to him how easy such a system of depredation might be carried on without being detected. Mr. Baron WOOD summed up the evidence, and the Jury found both the prisoners Guilty--Death. Charles King, of youthful appearance, was capi. tally indicted under the Black Act, for feloniously, knowingly, and maliciously sending a letter to the Rev. William Johnson Rodber, without any name, demanding money. The Rev. Mr. Rodber, who is a preacher at fit. Margaret's Church, and Secretary to the Society for Building Churches, &c. stated, that on the Sd of Ot- 1 tober he received a letter signed B. B. B. at his house in James -street, Westminster, by the twopenny post ; witness had no knowledge of the hand-writing or of the prisoner. On receiving the letter he consulted Pace, a Queen-square officer, and by his advice wrote a letter and kept a copy—he gave the original 'sealed, to the officer. On the evening of the 12th witness received a second letter by the twopenny post, in the same hand-writing as the first. The witness stated he was married, and that he had no knowledge of any of the relations of the prisoner, but he had since learned that the aunt of the prisoner worked for his family. Cross-examined by Mr. Arrriazws.—.The letter gave me much alarm. Mrs. Rodber was at Wey bridge when the letter was received. Thomas Pace, officer of Queen-square, deposed to having taken the prisoner into custody at a coffee shop, in company with Cooper, to whom ha stated that a gentleman, near the House of. Lords, asked him to write the etter. The first letter was then put in and read. The letter observed, that the writer knew well that Mrs. Rodber had gone to Weybridge with her father, for, and that he would let the Gentleman and Mi-' sisters know all about it ; that the writer had been ill-used, and was in great distress, and if Mr. Rod ber would let him have 4.1. 15s. to get his clothes out of pledge, he would bury the matter in his own bo som for ever. The letter was very ill spelt. The Jury pronounced the prisoner Guilty—Death, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, in which Mr. Rodber joined. Mr. Justice Pence -aid the recommendation should be attended to. C. Griffiths ' for stealing a horse, the property of R. Smith ; and J. Wilcox , for breaking and entering the dwelling-hovie of R . Cozens, and stealing two pair of trowsers, &c. were also capitally convicted. The LORD CRANCRLLOR gave a grand Cabinet dinner, yesterday, at his residence in Hamilton-place. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER gave an elegant entertainment, yesterday, to the Marquis and Marchioness of LAN/MOWN, and a large party of dis tinguished personages, at Gloucester House. MANSION-Housg.—Pearson and Hart, who stand charged with having robbed the Dover coach of 500 ounces of gold, were yesterday re-examined, when J. Hillyer, the book-keeper at the Ship Hotel, Dover, stated that Pearson booked himself for Gravesend, in the name of Brown, on the day of the robbery ; Hart also booked himself for London on the same day, in the name of Warr, to go by the same coach. The witness saw the gold deposited in the front part of the coach. Hart had a small pair of saddle-bags, and got up on the back of the coach. Pearson sat in front, on the near side of the box. The reason witness remembered them so well was, he had seen them before, and had particular reasons to remem-' ber them.—W. Slade, the coachman who drove from Dover to Canterbury on the slay of the robbery, stated, that he deposited the gold safely near the bottom of the front boot. He had seven outside pas- sengers, and he believed Hart to have been one of them.—Mr. ANDREWS applied to the LORD MAYOR, on behalf of the prosecutors,• to put off the exami nation another week, in order to give them an oppor tunity of bringing forward witnesses to prove that the prisoners had been down to Dover often before,' watching and making inquiries respecting other con signments of gold sent to the same coach-office.—The LORD MAYOR acceded to the request, and remanded the prisoners for a week. THE QUEEN. I . • I . Her Manny held another public Levee at Bran denburgh House yesterday, and notwithstanding the lowering aspect of the morning, and the muddy state of the roads, half London seemed to be abroad; in deed, upon no one former occasion, since the outset of this affair, have we seen the streets and roads more thronged than they were yesterday; and as the weather cleared up beautifully towards noon, every thing passed off with eclat. Several of the processions were composed of vast bodies of persons on foot, and these were, •as usual, admitted to the lawn and ter race on the river front of the house, the Committees only, of, each party, being introduced to the draw ing-room ; and the Answers to their several Addresses being read from the balcony by Mr. Alderman WOOD, ' in presence of the Qtrtax and a numerous suite. Her MAJESTY went through the fatigues of the day with unwearied spirit, and appeared in excellent health. She wore a dress of bright crimson satin, trimmed at bottom with three distinct rows of white fur, with a tippet of the same materials. Her hair was confined by a diadem bandeau of diamonds, the points filled up by the star and crescent alternately. The following is a brief description of the Proces • sions, &c. in the order in which they arrived at Bran denburgh House. JOSEPH Hums, Esq. M.P. with the following Ad dresses :—Merchants, Burgesses, and other inhabi tants of the City of Aberdeen ; Merchants and In habitants of the Town of Kilmarnock ; Merchants and other Inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Ding; wall ; Merchants, Burgesses, and other Inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Wigtown ; Merchants and. Inhabitants of the village of Crief, -Perthshire; In corporation of Weavers, Borough of Easter and Wester, Portsburgh, Edinburgh ; Female Inhabi tants of Beverly,Yorkshit e ; Male Inhabitants of ditto. The Address from the Inhabitants of Dundee was presented by the Rev. Mr. ‘VHITFIRLD, and a select deputation. The Address from the Journeymen Carriers was attended by about one thousand respectably dressed ' men, on foot, all with white favo:irs, several flags, banners, &c. with trumpeters and a numerous band. Brecknock Address, presented by Mr. MADOCES. Glasgow Trades and Middleton Addresses, pre sented by Major CARTWRIGHT and Mr. WOO L E The Sudbury Address was presented by the Rev. Mr. FOWICE, and a deputation of Ladies and Gen tlemen. This Address was displayed on beautiful white satin, with an embroidered border of crimson, and the whole tastefully decorated with white and crimson rosettes. The Wootton-under-Edge, Haverford West, and Lanark Addresses, were presented by Mr. Hoeueusit. ST. GEORGE, H A NOVER- sot/Aim—Upwards of sixty carriages and four, the drivers in light blue sa tin, preceded by banners, and three trumpeters op horseback. The Address was presented and read by Mr. Hosmoust, supported by Sir GERARD NOEL and Mr. P. Moons. WEST HAM, EssEx.—The Parish Constables on horseback. Two .trumpeters in the dress of yeomen of the guard, on horseback. Two standard-bearers, on horseback, clothed entirely, from head to foot, in white silk. First banner (also of white silk) in scribed with the words Brunswick" and " Freedom," surroonding.a Var. Second banner of white silk, in scribed. 4 , Address from West Ham to her Majesty the Qualm" Six persons on horseback. Carriage and six with the Committee, the Union Jack displayed above it. Upwards of thirty carriages and four fol lowed. The Address was read by J. PITCHFORD, EMI . . JOURNEYMEN CA RPENTERs.—NearIy four thou sand young men on foot, walking four a-breast ; with a multitude of flags, and five distinct bands of music interspersed through the column. Some of these flags were very handsome ; and about the centre of the procession was borne a stupendous ban ner, on which was represented Britannia .crowning her MAJESTY with the laurel wreath ; and overhead the words di Britons, behold your Queen I" On the r everse, the Civic Authorities were represented deink /homage to her • MAJESTY. Another banner had the representation of an enraged lion bestriding a pros trate Knight armed at all points. Others had the mottoes appropriate to the occasion, the arms of the trade, &c. DEPUTY, COMMON COUNCIL, AND INHABITANTS, OF THE WARD OP BRIDGE.---This Address was brought up the River by a numerous Deputation, male and female, in a splendid barge. The rowers were all clothed in scarlet, with state caps of black velvet; bands of music on the deck, flags and en - - signs displayed from every pan of the vessel, and accompanied by a whole fleet of pleasure boats. THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OP THE COACH MAKING TRADE — A numerous Deputation ; the Committee in a coach and four ; the remainder on foot, with wands, flags, music, &c. THE JOURNEYMEN Saimaa—Between two and three thousand persons on foot, with an-infinite num ber of very splendid flags, banners, favours, golden wheatsheaves, and other appropriate • devices ; the whole led by a person, bearing in his hand the - Ad dress, and mounted upon a beautiful white horse, decorated with rosettes of white ribbon. • This party had also several bands of music. Sr. JOHN'S, WAPPlNG.—Between twenty and thirty carriages and four, beaded by the parish beadles on horseback, carrying the banner of St. John, and ann. ther with the inscription, " Take away t he wicked from before the King, and his throne shall be este , bfished in` righteousness." Tug Gt.a.ss-BLOWERS.—This, perhaps, was the most splendid pageant of the day. It consisted of a great body of persons walking three abreast, and - bearing an infinite variety of different devices, and exquisite workmanship, in glass :—such as the crown, sceptre, and cushion; plumes of feathers, gii andoles. stars, vases, epergnes, &c. Some of the leaders wore cocked hats, composed of entirely spun glass ; others had caps of antique shape, made of the same mate. rial; and many of, the flags, or rather banners, had their devices worked in glass. This procession had also music in abundance; and, taken altogether, they made a very brilliant and glittering appearance ? Addresses were also presented from Huntingdon, and various other places. - • The Duke of WILLINGTON entertained the Mar quis of BUCKINGHAM and a distinished party, on Tuesday, at Apsley House, PiccadWy. I . 1 ..-,..: 1 ~1 _- N • __ ...