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111ia1im............ • pet them. N They melt, then, have come seer with Out the Is of pro fi t, without clethenr—merely from a tender regai'd fora dignity of the Orowe, and tiotemoral interests of the p f =l e f time to givirslisinterested evidence. Those moral indeed but badly consulted by the individuals who had met ea foot these nefarious proceedings. Whatever might be tie effect of them hereafter, very little doubt could be entei g ef their mischievous tendency now—of their unfortunate Impost the mind of society--(or the most innocent ikketienil of life became mixed up and, involved with the tra mail" etre. claus crimes; and even if it had been proved that the 11-I tnetrions Defendant was guilty, there might be lurking in the.: minds of the Public, that dangerous casuistry which leas ever ready to set up the vices of one party as a counterbalance to _thoee of the other ; and which, in his opinion, was productive of the most deplorable consequehees to the moral cberacter of the nation. This supposition krose from the idea of the guilt of her Majesty. But she is not guilty! The facts stated against her were odiously false ! He begged the attention of their Lordships to the evidence of Mr. Powell, wbo stated that Rastelli had been sent out of the country in order to afford comfort to the friends ef the witnesses in otton-Garden , If letters had been written, why had not e another Coarier -brought them over 2 Were the families of those gentlemen such nice sticklers as not to believe the hand-writing of those be loved relations, without the asseveration of Rastelli to that effect; and yet it is admitted that Rasteln knew nothing of them. Mr. Powell, in giving his testimony upon this subject, expressed himself confident of the immediate return of ft;- telli. Although that immaculate person had fallen in, and been blooded, and dosed,such was hisanxiety to return, in Idr.Powen's opinion, that he would, notwithstanding this visitation of Pao motes; which had so conveniently interposed—' take up his bed and walk !'-(A laugh).—Soon after, however, Mr. Powell's yell- Awe upon the return of this favourite was shaken, fur in the let ter of Colonel Brown it was stated, that he was 'baffling it was to be feared, and preferred staying at home. No doubt it was the fear of the pillory, which was still kept for people of that description, that interfered with RasteUi's sense of duty. The Learned C ounsel then proceeded to shave the discordant parts of Mr. Powell's evidence • and calko upon their Lordships to decide, whether the evidence of the gallant Lieutenant Flynn, timid and nervous as he bad been, and confused under the powerful cross-examination of the Counsel for the Bill, was not in every respect more to be depended upon than that of the Agent who had sent Rastelli out of the country ! What would not such a witness as Mr. Powell have suffered under a cross-exami nation of such a description?—liere the Learned Counsel took the opportunity of noticing a vile attack upon Captain Flynn, which appeared in a Paper of no character, either as to talent or principle. That Paper represented, also, that I witness, who was examined the day before, had admitted that I a: aushand was a bankrupt.---A Peze..—" What Paper 7.. Air. Dintatme.—" The Mora* Post"—(dlaugh).—Wlrateone pulsation, he bugged to know, was to be given for the absence of Mutat ? Would they give Cuchi as a compensation ? He was not wanted. Would they give Raggazoni, or De Mont, or bacchit They were not wanted. They were all gone. Their plans had been all destroyed, and the difficulty was where to find, in the 500 pages of evidence, an atom of respectable evidence to compensate for the absence of that villain. The Learned Gentleman then spoke in severe terms of the absence of Colonel Brown, who had acted as commissioner, attorney, and collector of witnesses.— The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment -on the inn. probability of Lieutenant Hownam, who was the protepf of her Royal Ifighness, presuming to give her advice ; if he had de clared this to Captain Briggs, it was one of those (*Odes tints which ate usually confined to the quarter-deck. He com mented in severe terms on the conduct of the prosecutors, who, if substantial justice was their object, ought to have called those respectable individuals who were acquainted with the conduct of her Royal Highness, and not the wretched and degraded ani mals who had been brought in accusation against the Queen of Ragland! Wheu he looked at the substantive case which had been proved fur her Majesty,' and the wretched, broken-down case against her, he felt confident that this Ali could not pass, if there was justice or common sense in England, notwlthstabdieg the witnesses which the blood-hounds of Milan had hunted out to appear against her! It had been stated at the commence ment that all the witnesses fur the prosecution would be exa mined, and his Learned Friend, on the other side, had prayed for the success of the Queen, though not that she might triumph over all her enemies, though be must now feel that was likely to be the case. The Learned Counsel then contrasted the witnesses that bad been called on both sides,and contended that the witnesses for the charges had been found not entitled to the slightest credit. Wienesset had been obtained in a way unkno an to a British Court of Justice ; discarded servants and domestics had been suborned fur the corrupt purpose of destroying the character of their bene factress. If the Queen had Weal the degraded mistress of a menial, %you'd she have refused the splendid provision offered her ; was it possible that if she had sacrificed all that could make life valua ble or character dear she should so boldly face her accusers? The .Learned Counsel then remalked with much feeling on the persecution which her Majesty had undergone. " The death of the Princess Charlotte " said the Learned Gentleman " was the signal for the foul conspiracy against her Majesty; and the death of her last friend, our late much revered Sovereign, was not announced to her in a letter of condolence, but iey Cardinal Gonsalvi stripping her of rank and dignity, and giving her a passport, not as the Queen of England, but as the Princess Caroline of Brunswick. The accession of a Sovereign to the thrnue of these realms, that period which is marked by the ex :ensigns of the God -like attribute blercy, by the pardon of the criminal, and by the libera tion of the captive, was marked by the degradation of the Queen of England, by striking her name from the Liturgy, and attempting to deprive her of the prayers of the people, which prayers she has front the hearts of millions! As to this Bill, the Divorce part of it no longer exists, the fact of the parties living in foreign countries six years, and the letter of license granted to her Majesty, have put an end to it.— If, my Lords, you go on with this Bill of Pains and Penalties, it is at your----lf, I say, it is your pleasure so to do, you must do justice to the accused. I have beard, my Lords, that while we are defending her Majesty, there are persons, not in a low capacity, not of the public press, but who have seats emong your Lordships, who are industriouily circulating injurious reports against the Queen. Could I, my Lords, call on that Individual, I would say, ' Come forth, thou foul slan derer. and meet me face to face ! if you do not, than art worse Clan the Italian who gives a perjured but an open testimony, while thou poorest thy infectious mlumnics into the ears of thy broth.. Judges, and plungest into the breast of a Royal victim a poi•es :ed stiletto, in the semblance of the sword of justice !' Were it possible that any of the Blood Royal could do this, I would say that he had done more to degrade himself from the succession to the Crown than my Royal Mistress would have done, had every charge been proved against her !—My Lords, the whole gene rous population of England is in favour of her Majesty; and nothi.4 would be hailed with such universal joy as your Lordships pronouncing a verdict of Not Guilty !—During the Whole of these proceedings, her Majesty's Counsel have had the proud gratification of fighting the battle of Morality, of Chris tianity, and of Public Justice; and, although I cannot compare myself to that warrior in the cause who has fought so nobly, yet I, perhaps, may claim the humbler merit of having dis charged a few loose arrows at the champions of this de graded Bill, and say, " In this glorious and well-foughten field " We kept together in our chivalry !" My, Lords, (continued Mr. Dmistam), this is an inquiry un- • pr.:cedented in the History of the World: the down-sitting and up-rising of this Illustrious Lady have been sed4ously and anxi ously watched : Her daily looks have been remarked ; and - scarcely even her thoughts escaped the unparalleled and dis graceful assiduity of her malignant enemies! It is an Inquisi tion, also, of a most solemn kind ! I know nothing in the whole race of human affairs—nothing in the whole view of eternity which can remotely resemble it, but the Great Day s. when the secrets of all hearts will be open! " He who the sword of Hear's; will bear, " Should be as holy as severe r t And, If your Lordships have been furnished with powers, which 1 might almost say scarcely ODINUCIENCZ itself possesses, to 'Trite at the secrets of this Feniale, you will think that it is your duty to imitate the justice, bene.ficence, and wisdorn of that benignant Burro, w ho, not in a case like th is where innocence isinansfete. but when guilt was detected, and vice revealed, said—" If no accuser can come foreword to condemn thee, !wither do 1: ce no l'e l , s ,, sheer go, and sin no More !" The bearued Gentleman's speech appeared to m a k e a great impression on their Lordship& * A pause of sense M onien ts warred after Mr. Denman had c oncluded ; =a the Eiel of Lffirearoor. had riseq to moue t e e edjournme et, %Ann Mr. BaatiGSAX advance 4 the Bets 4104 ebedlße43 Oat 4- t h e the stuntulng up of the sue of the Qswelt wat his If the other tide ineed to reply by marathon one Co should wish to take tin to-morrow mots* to oessider whether wasident segued the Home to prank Dr. Loshingien eke to address it. The Arsoniorr-Oraina. answered, thot it was ondouhttik die sad intend= to avail himself tke 'insistence of kis Friend the i3oliciter-Genned. this the bad been allowed an former occasions, and particularly io the Counsel for the Qraen, when two of them were allowed to open their ease. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the rule, subject to any ro.consideratioo, was, that the House would hear two Coun sel on each side, and, in his opinion, either party, waiiing that prtvilege, did not deprive the other of the right to exercise it. Mr. BIIOOII3IAM added, that he did not immA to waive his claim, and should therefore revert the ambitions of his friend. Dr. Lashington, to-morrow morning. Adjourned at 4 o'clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1820. THE FUNt/S. PRICK OT STOCKS THIS DAY AT OKIE &CLOCK 3 per Cent. Reduced 67 661 671 661 67 3 per Cott. Cass. 671111-31 per Got. 76 751 74 4 per Cent. Ss}Ss}pew Loog Annuities 171.—Indis Bonds Us. Us per. Exchequer Bilis 4s. Ss. pre.—Cow for Aces. Ni 61 6711• THE QUEEN. We have, till to-day, been prevented, by want of room, from laying before our Readers a full copy of the Report of the Secret Committee of the House of Lords, on the Correspondence between Colonel Baoww and Mr. Powann: nor can we now find room to offer any remarks on the contradictions which this Report establishes between the evidence of POWELL and the real facts. Mr. Powrinn stated to the House, that his only object in sending Rosielli to Milan, was to pacify the families of the witnesses : and, on another occasion, that it was to get some papers verified, which he was to bring back with him. But look at the Correspondence (No. IX.) and there it will be seen, under Powtt.c's own hand- writing, that the real object for his being sent abroad was, that he might be of use to Colonel Bilowx, though it has been asserted, over and over, that Rasteili was not an agent of the Milan Commission, and that no such agency had been or could be established. Again it also deserves notice, that Mr. PowELL expressed hopes that !taste& would return, though he had in his pocket at the tithe a letter from Colonel BROWN (No. V.) telling him that the Colonel believed Mat Rat telli teas Shuffling"—aye, others have been shuffling, in this business, as well as the per jured wretch Rattelli. All but the veriest, slaves of power were satisfied, long before the closing of the QUEEN'S case, that the prosecution had completely failed, and that a Con spiracy against her MAJESTY had been completely established ; and Mr. DENMAN'S summing up must carry conviction to every mind, not predetermined to shut their eyes and ears to the truth. We cannot pretend to notice particular points in Mr. DENMAN'S address ; for it was throughout a congeries of strong points which would be injured by separation ; but we must call the attention of our Readers to one circumstance which may have es. taped the notice of many, that Barbara Kress when speaking of the rooms, spoke impersonally, —" It was ordered that a double bed should be put in the room;" &c.—leaving it _to be concluded that the Quires 'had ordered this arrangement. — But mark the fact, as now brought to light by an article in the Algenurine Zeitaing, German Newspaper. Though apartments bad been taken for the QUEEN, at the Bear, she was conducted by the postillions (properly tutored, no doubt,) to the Post Inn, where GRIMM and his accomplices had, we suppose, taken care to make such arrangements, and give such orders, as best suited their infamous purpose. But , we shall here give a translation of the statement ;al the Paper jusealluded to: " Flinn ens Guam) Ducnr or Barms.—As so much is said in the Newspapers respecting what took place during the rest deuce of the Queen of ENCSLAIUD at Carisruhe, it may be inte resting to know what is said in Carisruhe itself on that subject. Before the arrival of the Qum, apartments were taken for her at the Bear Inn. The postillions, however, drove her, without ceremony, to the Post. Moreover it is customary in this, and all other respectable inns of the country, that waiters, and not females, should attend on the guests. The maids have merely to clean out the rooms and to attend to the beds, and it would never ester into the head of any maid to enter an apartment while the guests were in it. If Mrs. Kress did this, she must have receivel particular instructions for that purpose. Two Chamberlains were appointed to attend the Qoaas during her stay here, and they were with her the greatest part of the day. The boar when Kress gives out that she sur prised her in her room was the% of the Cirde at Court, and the Queen was present in it. The Chamberlains in attendance on ber must have been best able to clear up this point. There are still Englishmen at Carlsruhe in quest of witnesses to confirm the dexterity and sincerity of Madame Kress, and others who are seeking for witnesses against her. Will it at list be necessary to have witnesses again foe all these witnesses?" The prints which daily calumniate her Maistsrr are in a great rage with Mr, DENMAN, because he could find no parallel to the present prosecution in the History of any Christian country, and was therefore obliged to go back to the times of Imperial Rome. They would willingly forget that ere long the events that are passing before our eyes will be matter of history; and should a third prosecution of a similar character ever arise, the a4vocate will not then need to look only to the history of Nero for a parallel. The miseries of Oct./4ra, the wife of the Roman monster, commenced with her marriage day ; like her MAJESTY, she was the object of two conspiracies; and she was equally deprive 4 fif her fuller and bTi?b!rr her natura l !°t:St9Tst P!!,. in that day of abject Courtiers, servile Senators, and unworthy Priests, to second the inclinations - of Nato; but the Arop le of Ratite received her on her return from banishment, with the same ge... nerons sympathy which the People of England have uniformly manifested for their persecuted Quash. History has dwelt little on the instruments by which the Tyrant was enabled to effect his abominable pnr- 1 poses ; for, unfortunately, Sovereigns can always find instruments for the blackest purposes with too muds _facility; and the sufferings and final death of the nom fortunate 9CTATIA are, therefore, considered the to cessary result of the foregone conclusion of Nano. Towards the conclusion of his address, Mr. Dra w! hypothetically dragged out to public obloquy some person—a Peer—whom he described as endea vouring to taint the minds of his brother Judges, by circulating among them, in the total absence of proved or proveable offences, false and fulsome ru mours. If, said the eloquent speaker, such a person— whom he also challenged to appear (" Come forth, thou slanderer r he exclaimed) —should prove to be one of the Royal Family, he has done more to fcr reit his succession to the Throne than ever has been done by the subject of the present Bill. In justice , to Mr. DENMAN, we must presume, that the con duct which called forth this dreadful castigation, has been of the most odious description. The following Notice has been issued from Bran deaburgh House, dated October 25 : " Mr. K. CRAVEN and Sir Was. GaLL, Vice-Cham berlains to the Queaw, are commanded to announce, that, in consequence of the lateness of the season, and the probable approach of wet weather, her MAJESTY wishes to decline receiving any future Addresses in person after Monday next, the 30th instant. It is, nevertheless, to be understood, that her MAJESTY by no means intends to exclude the presentation of such Addresses as may be at this moment in preparation, and which, if not ready by Monday, her MAJESTY will receive and answer without the ceremony of a formal Deputation." TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF THE DEFENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. The House met this morning at the usual hour, and the usual preliminaries were gone through in the ordinary form. counsel were called in at twenty minutes past ten o'clock. Dr. Ltearnecrou addressed their Lordships.—" My Lords, if I had been left to my ewn discretion, and to follow the dic tates of my own wishes, I should not now have rben to address your Lordships. But in the discharge of my duty to my Blue.' trious Client, I am delegated, by my Learned Friends, who think this, case so important, and so extensive, that, after all their exertions, some facts yet remain to be stated. Your Lord ships mast feel that my task is not en easy one, and that I coins to the performance, surrounded with difficulties be yond all measure. But, my Lords, I have one consolation, a consolation that, in the judgment of all my friends, this case stands on a foundation so firm and secure, that even the; treatment of an unskilful Advocate cannot injure I have also the consolation to feel that the more this ease beer*. tinized the more will the innocence of my Royal Client appear. I will, in the course of my address to your Lordship, avoid re petition, where repetition can be avoided ; but your Lordships must feel, that, were I gifted with the most powerful elo quence, my observations can have no weight, except taken into consideration with the circumstances that have already taken place. It becomes more immediately my duty to make one or two observations on the subject of the charge in this Bill: I have, in the whole of my professional life, been engaged in cases of Divorce ; but there are circiimstances in this case unprece dented in the records of past times, and, I thank Gon, without an example in the present age. It is not, my Lords, that the tri bunal is new, or that the Government is implicated in the cause; but there are other circumstances without a parallel in the page of history. I will first notice the age of the party accused, and I affirm to your Lordships, that there is not a single instance, in modern or in former times, where a husband sought to di vorce his wife, by accusing her of adultery at the age of 50. It is a circumstance well deserving the most serious considers tion—a wife separated from her husband, scarcely living a single day with him after her marriage--she is sought to be divorced at the age of 50; when there is not a single instance even where the parties bad lived together, of a divorce being sought, where the wife had attained the age of 45. But there was another point. The husband of the Lady accused, has been twenty four years separated from his wife—separated by hid own art and by his own choice—separated not in consequence of the mis conduct of that wife, or of the breath of suspicion having tainted her character, but separated in the wayward indulgence of his own pleasures and his own passions. Now, my Lords, how stand I then ? Lives there a man in the world who is so bold as to come before your Lordships, and say he has cause of complaint—be has injuries to be redressed, under such circunistances ! But although Kings are in many respects above the laws of man, who dare impiously affirm that he is above the laws of Goo? Is there one divine law for Kings, and another for man ? Are the vows at the Altar to be binding on the peasant, and to be violated with impunity by the Prince? Is there one Gem for the poor individual, one divine law for him, and another for the sceptred Monarch ! What was the object of the sacred contract of marriage, but the happiness of the individuals? But where, my Lords,ishall I look for the happiness of the lestrious Accused—where shall I find we trace of comfort, dui.- ' ins the whole of her married life ! Shall 1 look to Isos ? Shall I look to lsls' or to the time when the intercourse between the Mother and the Child was . forbidden ? Shall I look to the time when that Mother was exiled from her Country and Friends, and when the spirit of persecution followed her every step ! I know, my Lords, that the agitation of, this subject shakes the Crown, and the dignity of the Monar chy ; but it is in the faithful discharge of a solemn .duty that I have been compelled to advert to these painful circum stances ; and I have done it with all the delicacy I have been able. It is hardly possible to *hew the difference between shis case and the proceedings in the ordinary Courts. lint nillat should we say of a husband, insensible to his own die. Cill...lr m a a husband (aeries Fifty Th ousand Pounds a-year, pet to restrain his wife from an adulterous iutereourse wide* he helicied she was carrying on, but to permit its unrestrained pees? What ehoold 'we say den individual earning to claim jos dee who had said to his wife, " 9e thy wey,.. not in the . leopeete at the RatouW,, Vaud by say frirkt Mr. Denman , Yin*iisr* ofd this any, end sips no essre,“—but 454—indedge Ay crimi voi passint--rend inidt foie pleasures of edniterWil sad yen aIeII he fkraiiked elk the mast inspb wow I am happy, tuy Lords, to he able to say, ;bat I shall not be under the necessity of introducing another topic. It has been considered, by my Learned Priced', unnecessary to say one word in recrimination. This Hew% my Lords, has the power to pees this BM ; but, unless you are prepared to violate the laws of Goo and man—unless that Bench, which forms a part of the Constitudoe, is prepared - to abandon the tenets of the Gospel—you cannot, and fou shall not, pronowee for this Divorce! Before I enter upon the ghost examination of the evl. deuce, which It is my !mention to parsec, permit me to sac a few words as to the principles by which you are bound to be di. meted in your judgment upon this ease. It is not to ask you to acquit the defendant upon a point of law, that I address you upon this point, but to prevent those of your Lordships who are not conversant with that way of considering the case, from being misled by the Learned Counsel fee 'the Bin. The Solicitor-General, in his summing up, quoted the de. claim of the Learned Judge of the Ccnsistory Colin, in the ease of Loveden again, Parker. Now, though to the talent-4se matchless talent—of my Learned Friend, no man bows with greater deference than I, yet I am surprised that he has extracted a principle from a particular part of that cases and applied it as a general principre." litre Dr. Loanunnton read the passage quoted from Sir Wu. uses Stores decision, by the . Soueroa.Grxeaar. It stated, that it was not necessary to prove the direct fact of adultery—a thing, in most cases, impossible. It Is suiScient to have inciden ad circuinstances, leading to a conclusion of guilt, not to a rash conclusion. " What !" said Dr. Lusnlxotox, " Do you think, by the situa. don in which Sir 'Wu.wiat Scion was placed, when he delivered this opinion. The case was under discussion and argument. He said this : 4 Here are acts of indecent familiarity proved by wit. nesses above all exception. Here are intercepted letters from Mrs Loveden to Mr. Parker. of such a nature and character as many a woman who would enter into a brothel woultL be ashamed to mention. I should not read those letters, but they contain the moat positive evidence that the het had taken place." Those letters had not been given in evidence,but a verdict was given in the King's Bench for the defendant s although it was proved that he had passed the night in Mrs. Loveden's chamber. In another cue, that of Mortimer v. Mortimer, on the 12th of July, 1816, the Learned Judge insisted, when the Counsel were on the point of giving up the idea of arguing, upon hearing the ar gument—and it fell to my lot to argue upon the ease- .although convinced Of the guilt of tie woman, the Learned Judge or. _ _ dared additional evidence ; for, said he, ' I may have a formal conviction of her guilt; but, no "Ndicial proof.'—" But, (rot*. sued Doctor Lushington) " I am not tube supposed to ask for your verdict because there is no legal proof, but because there is no proof which could in any case influence a person of integrity. judgment, and diligence, to suppose that there was the slightest foundation for those charges. The case, as I understand it, is this :—ifere is an ample opportunity here are circumstances coupled with the opportunity, which lead to a demonstration of guilt. Now that the opportunity of ossismitting adultery sholdd be consiiered as a proof of it, dime is not one of your Lordships en ignorant as to allow. I admit that if therewere evident familiarities of an indecent nature oddly between the parties, and that opportunities of guilty en- imam were sought after, it would be unnecessary to go any further, but the circumstances must be in the same degree of cer tainty as the opportunities. If I were arguing this as an ordinary ease, I'll tell you how I should treat it. I should shew you De Mont, and Samba, and RasteUi to be perjured; and then, if yea Would not stop me before the end at aryargsmient, I should throw ?pal brlet, What! when I had proved that the four principal vrit- MIMI* mpilist my Client were perjured, to permit me to proceed : Gracious Gem, where can be the security to life, and characters ma Impiety ? If, when I skew you, that she, two, three, fees, and live of the charges are supported by perjured witnesses, are you to say, " Unless you prove the 6th and 7th, to be fabc upon the same grounds, I shall deliver a verdict of Guilty ?' It Is the order of Dwma Femme= that we are enabled to detect foul conistracia, by bringing to light circumstances . which prove the perjury of those who support the charges ; but that Power has limited the means of eladdathig the truth, and has not permitted us to follow it beyond the bounds of necessity. The plaintiff in an action board establish his case upon the most indisputable evidence; muck more is it Incumbent upon the man who aims as taking away the life or character, to In the guilt by Ilimupeeteil testimony. lit should say, " Thus far will I go, bit no farther; not that you, the victim of 'my revenge, shall at least go with a stain upon cots, which nothing tan effacer Dr.Lusbington eonthuted : —4401 y Lords, let us in the firm place anoint what was the eon/Fact of the Queen towards Bergasni? The Attorney-Goseral told your Lordships that he would skew you that she was so much notice the power of this domineering passim, that his will and pleasure were her's, and that there was such a consummated familiarity between them as could only be accounted for by the last favours having been conferred. Now, my Lords, I undertake to demonstrate by the evidence produced,. that no such familiarity, no such intimacy existed; that there was no want of proper respect in the one towards the other —no want of a re gard to ail the decencies of ordinary life. I am sure your Lard. ships would feel that I did not do my duty, after making so broad an assertion, if I did not point oat the evidence on which it it grounded, and by which, I say ‘ it is indisputably proved. First, then, my Lords, let us look to the proof of the Queen's adver saries ; let us see what it h ; sod hovi k deserves to be looked at? Foremost you have that memorable witness Majoechi, and what does he swear? That 6 Bergami had more audio. city than the other persons of the boasehold'—that there was rather a familiarity between her Royal Highness and Berpmi: Good Goa! my Lords what a phrase after such an opening of the case there was 'rather a familiarity ' between them ! What a phrase from so chosen a witness; from one who has limn so nurtured to the task of ruining his Royal Mistress; from one whom I may call the elite of the prosecution! What an answer to give, when we consider moreover that my Learned Friend the Solicitor-General put all his "Minns so ingeniously, that the witness could in no in seam, help understanding fully how much was expected from iffm, and how far be was hired to go. After all this, what a sees-- , total of evidence ! There was rather a familiarity between them!' We come next, my Lords, to the evidence id Mademoiselle De Moot. She says that, on one Ma' 11111114 they was ' very familiar; and that, on another, she • made no observations.' Althoegh your Lordships will per haps agree ' , with me, that if ever there was a witness more likely or more disposed to observe alything which might operate le the prejudice of her Majesty, it was this woman. In fact, my Lords, except in the evidence of the two masons, who were entr king at the Villa d'Este, most 'admirable judges truly of the teihd • act which a Queen ought ti observe towirds her Chamber hie, ad who swear no mom than that they walked together, like two friends, like husband and wife, your Lordships will not and in the whole body of the evidence, one single assertion of this existing familiarity. But, my Lords, let as now turn to the other aide of the evidence. I have to present to your Lord ships twelve witnesses, whom testimony goes not only ever the whole 11'004 of the ingetot; dams gi criminality, but estadl I a b t IP . b I sl Y - n. u ft !a tt ci tl , I