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p r. FIRNMIP,«!I THE EXII_:NLNO STAR. LONDON. • THURSDAY, OCTOBER S. 1820. PRICK Of STOCKS THIS )AT AT 0/11 0 . 01.0C1L S par cect. Cons. 663 f fr:-5 per Cent. Navy 1043 InMa Stu.* 216—lionds sla. pre. tschesuer Ms Is. 2s. pre.—Ou.nium 33 3 dis. Co"solo for Account 6631. THE QUEEN. BROUG IT 11'S speech was not concluded till about one o'clock yesterday. We gave a correct epitome of the leading points; but on so important an occasion, it would be injustice to his eloquence, to his powerful arguments, to our Readers, to Lis Illustrious Client, were we to withhold from our columns an ample report of his luminous exa mination of the evidence for the accusers. He shewed clearly from the evidence how misetably it had fallen short of the statements of the ATTOi , i-GEN ER I,—whinh proved, that the witnesses must, on their former examinations on oath, have told -a differe•tt story, and consequently was con clusive against their credibility; and secondly, that all the principal Witnesses had contradicted them selves in several material parts, stated various pal pable falsehoods, and pretended to forget circum stances which they could - not fail to have remen bered He contended, that.it was otly necessary for him to convict a witness of falsehood In part of his statement, to destroy the credit of the rest of it ; for the statements of the most mendacious witnesses are always inter woven with a certain portion of truth. Without some foundation of this kind, a tissue of falsehood could not hold together for a moment. To make ourselves understood—had not Majocchi been ih the QUEEN'S service, he could have had no chance whateter of framing even a semblance of know ledge as to journies, and situation of bed-rooms, and parsons in the service of the Qum', Stc.—. but tf, foundibg on these facts, he builds a fa bric whieh will not bear even the test of a cross ex iont.tatioa —if he contradicts himself in his state meots—zots to the most conclusive of all evidence, that lie 4 a perjured witness. We have atsu given, in our preceding columns, an ample report of Mr. WILLIAMS'S very able speech. THIRD DAY OF THE DEFENCE. HOCSE OF LORDS. The LORD C H C. 8 L LOR. took his scat on the Wool sack at five inioutes before tea. I'r yen were reed by the Bishop of Bristol; and the roll called over. roaaioN R SLAIION The LORD CHANCELLOR was about to direct Counsel *to IX: c:,11:(1 in, when Ler.; HOLLAND rose.—llls Lordship said, that before prone:nuns with the regular basiness of the day, he begged to put some questions to the Noble jeord opposite (Lord Liver pool) with respect to the present state of our Foreign Relations From Papers which had I)..teu bid before Parliament, there ap peared reason to conclude that the Eve great Powers of Etatipe bed, by son:? compact among themselves, assumed not only the tiled of judeine of the internal affairs of other nations, but of punishing them for any infraction of certain principles, which these Powers were pleased to lay down as the only ones fit for r.atlons to chserve ; they seemed to have concerted, that, as soon as any emergency called for it, a general armament should take place to meintain the existing state of things In aU its relations' foreign and internal. It appeared that some such emergency had now arisen. The armaments that were preparing in Aur trig, the menacing papers which had appeared in the public jour nals both from Austria and Russia, indicated that something of the kind had taken place, and wes now ping on. He wished' therefore, to k110:7 front the Noble Lord opposite, whether any communication Lad been made on the subject of these armee ments by Austria? Ile assured the House. that he did no put this question in any s i eolt of hostility to his Majesty' s lelinisters, but sole:y because the subject was of that na tional impottance, the.t it was right their Lordships and the Public stereld he in poseessten of distinct information respecting it, and hecaese he was confident in his own mind that the answer would be such as would he creditable to Ministers and satisfactory as well to their Lordships as to the Nation at large. It would, he trusted, be such an answer, also, as would be useful to those gloripus and praiseworthy men who had effected a Revolution in another couetre, ihith was not only advantageous to tha t country itself, but such as every good man must approve. The points on which he particularly wished to have information from the Noble Lord were, whether the House of Austria had com municated io his Majesty's Ministers the object of the arma ment now forming in that Empire? Whether it had solicited any assistance from this country in money or in fleets; and if it had, what answer had been given by his Majesty's Govern ment? Ile trusted, nay, he was sure, that the answer would be such as to negative any connection, direct or indirect, which would lead to the interference of this country in the internal concerns of independent nations. His Lord ship would be obliged to the Noble Lord opposite, to state also, whether the events which had lately taken place in the South of Italy, had altered, in any respect, the relations of amity between this country and his Sicilian Majesty? Ilia Lordship concluded be egain expressing a confident hope that the Noble Lore at the head of his Majesty's Goiernment would be able to state explicitly to the House that this Country was no party to eny engagement which may have been firmed, hassle to the liberties of other nations. Lord LIVERPOOL said, thit the answer he bad to give 4..attld, he hoped, be satisfactory not only to the Noble Lord, but to the House. lie must at the same time observe, that t h ere w ere some points referred to by the Noble Lord, on witicif he could not, consistently with his public duty, give all the exe planation desired, Wben the Noble Lord bad on a former oce nearly similar to the present, as to the state casisn put a question or our relatidni *lth Sean, he had answered explicitly that the chance which had taken piece in the internal affairs of that Go vernrcente had not 'caused spy change in its relations with this country. Eut the eventswbich bad recently happened in the South of Italy, were of a different complexion from the Revolution ip There was a division between the twd branches of the elonarchy ; Sicily had not acquiesced in the Revolutied s.l.lch had been effected at Naples. He would not now inqebi e e net (4e motive for this division misb; be nor how it plight nr.r , r7 effect the ultimate result; it wit shfficient to state eta the. - ifact of that division existing, had been deented by his Ma jesty's Government a good reason for deferring for the pre sent any recognition of the new or existing Goectntnent at Naples. On the genial question, he had no difficulty in stating, 1 that without giving up the right which he conceived eVery coun try, under certain circumstances, had to interfere With the its ternal affairs of other countries, it was no part of the policy di his Majesty's Government to interfere with the internal c0n..1 cerns of other countries, and that it was no party, either directly ei indirectly, to any engagement of any kind or description for such interfeience.. , Lord HOLLAND Observed, thit the Noble Earl had omit ted to state whether the late events had altered the relations of amity between this Country and his Sicilian Majesty? And also, Whether the events whidh had occurred in the Neapolitan territorlex, came within that description of circumstances, which, in the Noble Lbrds apirrlon, justified interference with the internal affairs Of tither Countries? • Lard LIVERPOOL said, that it was well known that a Gentlendni Of great respectability, both for character and talent, had been' his Majesty's Minister at Naples (Sir Wm. A'Court). That Gentleman was still at Naples. His Lordship would not, hoWrier, conceal that no new letters of credence had been sent out to him to the existing Government. Lord HOLLAND wished to know, whether he might un derstand, that if the two brancles of the Sicilian Monarchy bad concurred in the Revolution, his Majesty's Government would have thought it incumbent on them to send mkt we s t letters of credence? Lord LIVERPOOL had no difficulty in saying, that if such bad been the case, new letters of credence would have been seat out. ne thought it right to add, that the existing Govern ment of Naples was in the same situation as the British Govern ment in this respect--4t had not, as yet, sent any new letters of credence here. Earl GREY said, be had heard the explanation of the Noble Lord with concern and regret. He would admit that the un fortunate division between Naples and Sicily did constitute a material difference from the unanimous proceedings in Spain, but he did not conceive those differences such as to make it necessary to suspend that amicable intercourse which had sub sisted between this country and the Government of Naples. The Noble Earl at the head of the Tre;sury seemed to think' new letters of credence necessary, to enable our late Ambassador at the Court of Naples (for so he must call him) to resume, his functions. But he (Lord Grey) conceived, that as nothing more had occurred in Naples in regard to the change of government than what took place here, a delegation of the sovereign power to the dem heir to the throne, no new letters of credence could be necessary, any more than when the Government of this coun try devolved on the Prince Regent. While he confessed himself not satisfied with the explanation of the Noble Earl, he was very happy to hear that whatever steps had been taken by Austria, In regard to Naples, have not received, directly'or indirectly, any encouragement whatever from this country, end he trusted that there was no disposition to give them any countenance. Ile did not wish Ministers to be fettered as to their future conduct, when new events and circumstances might arise, but he 'now conceived the Noble Earl at the bead of the Administration had pledged himself to this House and to Europe, that we had no disposition, either now or hereafter, to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries. He hoped this declaration would be received by the Courts of Europe, that we not only disapproved of the conduct of Austria, but also that we were no parties to that unprincipled alliance, which had been formed for the put paw of repressing the rising liberties of independent States. The Earl of LI V.ERPOOL begged that he might not be m 1 understood; and he Would again repeat, that it was not the po.. licy of this country at this time, or under the present circum stances, to interfere with the affairs of the Two Sillies ; and that we were no party, direct or indirect, to the interference of any other Power: rum COLONEL BROWN: The Marquis of LANSDIWN begged to tall the attention of their Lordships, to the Correspondence that had been laid before the House respecting the couduct of 'Camel Brown . He confessed that the Correspondence never satisfied him, u he had, at the time hi read it, a letter from a gentleman of whose veracity he did not entertain the slightest doubts vrhieh threw much additional light on the subject. Although he had not been under any injunction of secrecy with regard to this letter, yet he had not thought it necessary to make it public. But another letter on the same subject had appeared in the public papers, (alluding to the letter of M. Marietd, dated SepteMber 20th, and printed in our Paper of yesterday.) Whoever had read that letter, m►st feel dissatisn•d with the documents laid . before the House, and that the business could not rest here, but further enquiry must take place. Every one must feel, from the complexion of these letters, that an improper interference on the part of Colonel Brown had taken place,through the medium of a third person. The Noble Marquis then read extracts from two letters from M. Marietti, one dated the 16th, the other the 20th, of Septem ber. He said it was buposaible to consider the conduct of Co. lonel Brown as a mere act of friendship, to a person of whom he bad no knowledge, and who was residi6g In another country, and this done by an agent for the opposite party. It was not possible for a man like M. Marietti, living under an absolute and despotic Government, having a communication, made by a person in authority from another country in alliance with that in which be lived, but to be influenced to se cure his son from a danger which he (the Noble Marquis hoped unjustly) thought threatened him. He thought it would be de- sirable that these two letters shL'P.ld be made evidence to bring the subject further before the House. 'Lord LIVERPOOL agreed with the Noble Marquis, that, after the knowledge of these two letters, the business could not end here. Ile only wished that all opinion as to the conduct of Colonel Brown, should be suspended until further correspond , cnce and enquiry on the subject bad taken place; He, however, felt assured that Colonel Brown never had any direct commu nication with Marietti on the subject, and that it had been through the medium of a third person (M. Albertonio), nor did it appear in the course of that correspondence, that the Alien Bill had been mentitmed. lie (the Earl of Liver. pool) thought the best triode would be to make those let ters official, either by calling M. Marietti ,to the liar of the house to identify them, or by any other mode most con genial to the wishes of their Lordships, and which might inter fere as little is possible with public business. He certainly thought that stone proceedings should be had Upon them. The Marquis of LANSDOWN observed, that neither the letter or M. Marietti, nor that of Allsertonlo, gave any contra dictitei tb the assert/On that the Alien BM had been mentioned, :atheists they did not state It, It being agreed by the House, that the original letters should be produced and made the Marquis of Lastsnowm pre sented the fftters. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, Oat M. Marietti should be sand in, tad sworn as to the identßi df the letter., ,leeriph Matiotti was then called in and sworn. Five ktters 'were thes presented to him to identify;,-No. t< was a letter from his *her, slated tip ilia of August, which ho had teteive4 1 ,. ?r' , by poet.—Mall was'also writted by his father, and anted the 16th of September. lie had received it by thaopost, in'an en velope.—No. 3 was the copy cif a letter, written by his father to Colonel Brown, dated the 19th of ...September. This copy was in the hand-Writing of his father.—No. 4 Was the copy of a letter, Written by M. Albertonio to Colonel Brown. The.copy was in the baud-wilting of Albertonio.--No. 5 was a letter from his father.' The Ma *vials of LANSDOWN inquired of 14.• Marietta; if he bad received any other letters on the subject?' M: Marietti stated that he had received a very snort letter from Aibertonio, saying that he (karietti) was interfering too mnehi.and that he had been seen in the house of Do Mont. To this letter he bad answered, that IL Albertonie had beer mis informed, and that it was nortrus that he had been at the house of De Mont; The MarguNd pANSPOCI i tr inquired who M. Merl wis ? M. , Maned replied, 'that he was a friend of Colonel Browns who often went to the house of his father. ^ - ----- - The LORD CHANCELLOR wished that M. MulettiH should to-Morrow morning prod.& the letter of Alitertiadib witch he understood him to have in his posseseira. Counsel were then called in, and Mr. Wn.traves immediately recommenced. There said, no subject connected whit this case to Which his Tinted Friend and himself had directed their observations more fte. queerly or with more force thaw to that part of it which regarded the deficiency of witnesses for the prooecutioni by which her Majesty's Counsel would have been prevented from the necessity of calling witnesses at all. Their Lordships would permit him to commence his statement this day by noticing one or two facts illustrative of the dilliculties under which her Majesty hboured" It would be remembered that the general wire of the evidence of Kresse was as to her seeing the Queers and Bergami tepther in a bell-room, .and the arm of Bergaiti in a certain position, Bce. Now it was necessary, that all the information that could be collected in Carlaruhe, where that circumstance was add to have taken place should have been brought forward. It happened that a Chamberlain of the Grand Duke of Baden, had been In attendance upon her Majesty during her whole reel dence there. Upon the propriety of calling such evidence it would be needless for him to expatiate; and measurer were taken to procure the attendance of a person so important to the case. Her Majesty wrote letter with her own hand, and sent it by a mkt respectable person, the brothel of the Queen's Attorney-General, to secure the attendance oP that Chamberlain. That letter did not obtain the production of tWe witness. She then wrote another to the Chambletkin, and another to the Grand D.:;te, but without success. Three *Veda'. Blest sengers failed in producing that witness, who was himself moat ' anxious to come ; and who, on the last occasion, declared, with tears in his eyes, that he had orders to the contrary. There was another instance of difficulty. A woman was compelled to embark upon the opposite side, by those who had refused to permit the Chamberlain to appear. Again, it appeared that the Queetr had seen a Palace at Rastadt, of which she wished to become the occupier: The Grand Duke had at first no objection. The treaty upon the subject was allowed to go on so far, that the Chamberlain had gone the length of purchasing furniture to equip the Palace. but suddenly intimation was given to her, that hrr residence there might not be agreeable, and the Palace *as refused. Again, it was net an tmtnaterial fact in the view of the Queen's Counsel, that no evittettee had been ad- duced, upon the part of the prosecution, with respect to the cha racter and conduct of Berganti, while in the service of Gen. Pints. An application bad been made, at an early period, to General Pino to appear upon this occasion. But some communication, k was belitied, took place between the General and the Ans. Dian Government, in whose service the Gene ral was, and it wa inthnated to Mm, that if he came to England, be could not tome in his uniform. This intimation appeared rather extra 'ordinary, and the General wishing to know whether if he came Mould lose his Commission, no answer was returned, and Os seal Pino did not and would not come. Nor was it withou t saw that the Queen's Counsel bad stated, that a vigorous demand would be made of every witness to be produced on the other side. Did not those things furnish powerful argument upon the part of the Queen, upon a subject which, without facts, could not be argued upon at all. 'There were other persons whose presence here was interdicted..-phridans and lawyers, who remained at a distance became they were under apprehensions from the potter of theAustrlan Governnsent. There were others, too, whose evidence it was not yet known would be wanted who were kept away by the interferenise either of high or low Allies. This statement he made to their Lcidships as auxiliary to the most powerful facts stated by lift : Leaned Friend, and reasoned upon with such irresistable effeet. Having ddne so, he trusted their Lordships would permit him to make a few general remarks upon the ease. If, as the adverse suppo sition was, the crimes of the Queen were of an open, stadia. guised, notorious description, and therefore of a nature dew.' gatory to the Government of the Kingdom, and to the King dom itself, how happened it that the charges were so loag in being proved t If a Man assassinated andther at Charing crosst in the day time, there would be evidence enough of the fact. It was the time at which such crimes were committed, the darkness of the night, that rendered that difficult of prod. Now, if the imputed conduct of the Queen had been so open and profligate, how happened it, her would ask, that thil evidence was drawn from apocryphal and deubtflaVT-Ifino, ing key-holes?—that evidence which had bees siven by cashes, who should not_ escape from the general rwisbasseatina awake* the perjured. If this was an open undisrldsrd gacy, why had there been so little of that Miura prod, vdth the exception of that stated by De Matt, as to the bed-room, which in sine times out of ten, obtained in cues of Crim. Con.l How was it that some of this sort of proof had been adduced. and that there was a total blank and silence upon it, and thak i lii too, when the Counsel for the Bill were in possession of Prystry the chambermaid to her Majesty? That person was present at• the time when the passion, if it existed, was in its heyday, and still net only no proof had been given, but no witness bad been called, upon so important a subject. That witness had been * that celebrated Eden, Cotton-garden, yet the dared not call her all this delay ? Why was it, that in a cue that had asi : l immediate analogy to High Treason, there had been a delay . until the time elapsed When an acquittal upon a charge of High Treason, if such had been made, must be proctnotuseed, the Statute of King Willem the Third having interposed - that • [ll 4 • • A private letter from Genoa, dated SeOtelittiOr says t—" No intelligence from Palermo has reached this place. since the 28th ultimo, The last, letters from Naples, which arrived on the 18th instant,: do not confirm the report spread here by tile courier, of the capitulation of Palermo; but.only state that they soon espeeted to hear of it, as a Neapolitan army.of POW inn) hasi laded at NelaZZO." Wiv ' ""` ' • ; . ---~-- - R"~='a . - ,••• FRANCE.. •. 1 : flit P is Papa's continue to ite &led with details rf fetes and rejoicings on the birth of the Duke of BortablAux. The latest Bulletins announce the mo= ther and infant as in the best possible State: In celebration of the birth of the DURE, INO, by an Ordonnance, published in the Mori tsar, has nominated the Cardinal de la LUZERN; the Cardinal BAusart, the Archbishop of Botm. 'BRAUN, gad the Abbe de. MONTESQUIEU, Com manders of „the Order of St. Esprit ; and also a number of Knights Commanders of the samelOrder, namely, tke'Prince de TALLatalipm, the Duke de Luktmlottto, the Duke de GRAMMONT, the Duke d'Atnitotcr, the Duke de LAVAL MONTMORIft:Cv the, Duke de Dvaas, the Duke de MOUCRY, th; Duke de LIVES, the Duke de SERENT, the Duke ArAtistaku, Marshal the Duke de CORNEOLIANC, Marshal the Doke de Bat.t.ties e Marshal the Duke de Ruldio, Marshal the Duke de RAGUSA, Marshal dt Duke d'AtsupsnA, the ,Duke de la r the Duke d'Avautafty, the Duke DECAZES, Marshal the Marquis de VIOMENDL, Marshal the Marquis de `ltiovaxoNvlLLl, the -argil- ;6 V ICTOR de LATOCr MAU/DOURO, the Marquis de VAUBECOURT, the Mar quis Ditasou.sa, the Marquis de RIVIERE, the Mar quis de CARAMAN, the Count de BLACAS, M. M LAME, Da SERRE, the Baron PASQUIER, and thc Count FRANCOIS D'ESOA RS. SPAIN. The following is- the substance of the Provision passed. by the Cones,, for the security of the persons and properties of foreigners resident in Spain. Article t.../101n is an inviolable asylum for the persons and property of all foreigners, who shall be under the safeguard o . the laws; provided they respect the constitution and the other Jaws of tke realm. Avt. 2.—The individuals cOmpreltende4 in the preceding Ar ' title shall be assimilated to the Spaniards. Art. 3.—Whether under pretext of reprisal, or any other Illative whatever, it shall not be lawful to put an arrest, nor requisition, nor embargo upon the property of foreigners, ex. kept the effects appertain directly to the Government with which the State shall be at war, conformably to the laws of na tions, and without departing from the conventions confirmed by treaties. The following is a* abstract of the law for. regu. lating Political Clubs Article 1. All Spaniards shall have a "r?ght to diems public affairs,. in conforming to the provisions. of the law. Art. 2. Every bleedng or Society net authorised by the law shall be instantly dissolved. . . Att. S. No Ideettrigi or Associations can take place but by virtue of a licence erom the local authority, who shall take the measures requisite for preserving the public tranquillity. Art. 4. These Societies, tolerated by competent authority, shad la advise be regarded as Corporations. ~' ISTJ 'of I pros tkat epee tidal exin 'bad :arm to p] mor in a Illuj PORTUGAL Letters froth Oporto, of the lfith uk. given in the French Papers, state that the Constitutional Army, about 18,000 men, was then assembling near Coim bra,to march from thence; on the 20th, in three di. visions, towards Lisbon ; letters from which place mention that their arrival was anxiously waited for by the inhabitants and troops there, who were impa tient to join them. The same letters state that the New Government had left Oporto for Coimbra, and that the garrison of Opbrto was composed of militia regiments, under the xommand of Gen. Atkin PONT°. The above is confirmed, in its most important fea tures, by the crew of the Hope, Captain Lotto, which left Oporto on the 16th, and, having abandoned the Hope s were saved by another vessel. The Captain arrived yesterday, and is the bearer of letters, stating that the Supretne Junta quitted Oporto for Coimbra On the morning of the 14th, and was to leave the !after place for Lisbon on the 20th. Subsequent to their departure, it was reported that Count PALMELLA was going to meet the Junta with proposals on the part of the Regency, but all the people of Oporto were of opinion that the Junta would not listen to any propothls of the Regency, but proceed on to the Capital in the way originally determined, as every day, and every league they advanced into the coun try, convinced them that the population of tho country was on their side. His Majesty's ship CONQUEROR, lately arrived from St. Helena, and which , had been detained in the Downs since the 16th ultimo, in consequence of the events in Portugal, received orders yesterday to pro ceed to Chatham, to be peid-off. The district in the County of Galway which was lately in a very disturbed state, is no* happily as peaceable as any part of Ireland. Yesterday, as a young man belonging to George's Coffeehouse, opposite the Haymarket, was cleaning the windows of the upper story, the frame by which he was holding being rotten, gave way, and he was precipitited into the street. In falling, he broke the windows of the floor under that from which he fell. He was taken into the Coffee-house so much injured, that he died in a very short "time. Ile had onilg been married three weeks. An awful instance of sudden death occurred in shoe-lane about seven o'clock on Saturday morning, as a young man of the name of Shaw, a carpenter, was running along, going to his work he broke a 'blood vessel, and was seized with st vomiting of blood ; he was seated on the step of a door some tines and was afterwards carried bee to his lode- lag in Red Lied-eouit, when a surgeon was sent for, but beforehe sarrited Shaw was dead. 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