The National Register. — London, England, 1820-08-27 00:00:00

@;8 - • -•• The (orten.i . 4 Trial eGatiwie.l front pager; 5.67. to 'Hake her Royal ll.;:lmess comfortable. but I requested ' that her Ro ; al I i cal.i make a ‘iterifire, as I cool.' Hot. consistently ir ilk my ditty as an Olicer, ad i it to my table her s. ho, though 1161 V udirittill to her compaiiy, bail been her menial servant. Capt. ISt lz4s came to me afiern ants, and said he had had a reef (Trace with her Nlajusty, and that be belicved there would be to, 1111Bellity iu coining `u au aevommod..itutu ; hut the rim er:l:A required a day to consider upon the siihjeet. The Leviathan sailed next thy. In tile tiweiting I wailed out ; m i. 10y.! Highness to Istlaw her determination. She rimed seeing me, but desit ed Mr. Heilman to menthol to um that my or quest could not be aceeileil to, and that her Royal Higness would piovidr a table fur herself.—Tots witness was not seas.-examineil. Captain Briggs, of the Leviathan, was then ernhiined as to the places to and from which be conveyed the Princess of Wales; after which lie was CrOSS•eXaalifiell by Mr Delimac.—l)iil you not, in the conrse of yrur rpm ersation wilts her Royal Highness, perceive that there had been some little dirpote between her Royal Highness and Captain Pechell respecting. the stoning of luggage?—OH the part of her Royal Highness I did. 'The PI hicess complained that Capt. Pechell had Hut accommodated her so well as I did. here dill the Countess of Oldi sleep while on board the Lei iathan?—ln the room immediately adjoining to that of tier Royal Highness. • Was there a door leading from the one into the other _ _ The Princess and the Countess of Oldi divided the fore pert of the cabin between them ?—Yes. Anil both these two rooms opened into the dining room? —Yes. The cabin provided for the maid-servants, and oersipied by them, also opened into the dining-room i—Yes ; all he cabins opened into the dining-room. Lord Ellenborough.--Couid any one pass into the Frio reStit4 I Own %ilium passing flitting! Ilse obody. Did ynur cabin also open into the dining-room'—Yea; it was in one ot: the angles of the dining-room. Could ally person pass through the dining-room to the Pi incess's loom without your seeing or heating them %—lt was possible, but not very probable, that any curnsennication could have happened, wit bout my healing it. I was, however, when on deck at night, sometimes nearly the whole night. A Peet—Did you es er observe any improper conduct on the part of tier Royal highness ?—N EVLR. Had you ever any reason to suspect her of improper conduct sass none. . Earl GI ey.—W hen it. bed in your cabin, bad the officers on dusty always access to you, to make their nightly re port They lied constant access. Lord Duncan.—And these officers bad to pass through the dining-room to get to your cabin?—Not through it, but into it; my cabin was in an angle of Ilse room. Lord Colville.—Did any person sleep in the dining room Who r—Young Anstin was one ; Schiavini,l think, was another. There were always one or two cots hung sip hi the dining-room at night. tsonie euisvee A:10011 lucre took place respecting a conver sation between Captains Pechell and Briggs, in winch the Solicitor-General and Mr. Denman took part; Ind it was not decided to call either of tlsose back again. The next witness called was Pietro 1 1 41elle. After being sworn lie was examined by the Solicitor-General. From this as dims, who was waiter at all inn, nothing new was extracted, excepting, that if he "succeeded in she trial' (by wide! we understood him to mean, if the Qisecii wets convicted), lie should be enabled to become Maslen of ass inn instead of WAITER. Exaniiiiatien cola Female Witness. _ Liege Has cresse, a German woman, apparently :12 years of age, sr as limn called: her appearance is the very revers of agreeable; she is (manse and vulgar, and her face is particularly ferocious; her per-on is stunt and very muscular, and her hair, which is like that of a horse, is turned ap behind, and fastened to the sup of lies head by a comb. A German Interpreter was then sworn. At this moment the Queen euteted the House. Their Los &hips rose as usual. The Anita nil-Genet al examined the witness.—Where do you lire?—At CArlsi 'the. Are you a Luthetim ?—Ves. Did you live at a post • at Cailsruhe before your marriage?—] ea. How long slid you live there ?—A year and three quar ters. Did you leave it iu consequence of your marriase ? Yes. Do you remember a person coming with the Princess, called Berganii?—Yrs. How long ago is it since she came to the illll at earls tithe ?—Aloolit three yearri, pei haps. Do pia ri niendir r ill what [OOlll the Pi ince ss slept ? Y es, the number was 10. Which adjoined to that room r—No. How was that used ?—Asa dining-ruoin. What room adjoined (hair—Nu. IY, which was a bed. room. ho bed that room ?.....tierganti. Was there a door from No. 10 to Nu. 11 ?.....Yes ; there was also a dour hum Nu. I I tu No. 14, a double Wit j mete were tae doors, and both could he stmt. What *oriel a hell ass in Nu. It ? . —A broad bed. Was it these bifore or >Myr the Ps ineess strived?— There was another there before, but 1 hail been ()Mend to put a broad bed. 1 bad been obliged to do iso berme We Princess arrived. The courier had at rived, and then I placed the broad bed. Was it your ditty to atteild to the bed rooms?—Yes, I was the maid of the rooms. Huw lung did the Princess remain at the inn?-1 can not say exactly the lime, but !think about eight days. Do you remember oil any evening basing orra•ion to early water to No. 12, while the Princess was there?— Yes. About what time was it ?—Bet.ceeti seven and eight o'clock perhaps. 1 cannot exactly remember; but it was that hour to the bent ut n.y ineinoty. Du you recollect wilele the Ps iuct ss and Bet gami dined that day T—No. . On cal tying the water to No. l? did you see any body? —Yet, Bergaini and the 'net ss. Where was Iliergami when you went into the room ? in bed. W! ere was the PiiintOt—She sat en ' ' THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Coedit you see whether Ile rgami had his clothes on.or ' oft ? —No ; but I could see the arms were white. %Viten I tottered 1 saw that Bergaini had his arm round the neck of the Princess; and Witeil I entered, the Priocess let the arm fell. Was tlte•white you saw a part of a shirt, or of an arm? - do out know. What dill the Prineess do when you came into the room? - jumped tip and was frighteneil.l After !nether questioning as to this point, a Gentleman said the witness said the Pi incess '• got tip." Some ilisrussion lore took place, and .11r. Brougham said, the Queeu's interpreter net being present, a gentleman tra i ls• Iced the %surds. That geittlenisto did not wish its such a business to appear officious. The Attorney-General here, in the course of some con versation upon the translation of the Genoa'', seemed to question the ACCoiracy of the Interpreter. The eXalltillittion was resumed. Repeat what yon said the Princess did upon your coming into the room sins frightened--she jumped up—she had risen. Had she jumped up in 3 our presence?—Yes. When I entered the Pt Owes% get up, and I retired. The Bishop of LANIIAFt said, the luterpn•ter had not, in putting the question to the a ituess, given an accurate Ger man mewling to the Enal.sh words. Lord HOLLAND said, the House ought not, particularly on so iitip.:rtant It Cube, to adopt the trstusla ' of• any per son, iii or out of the House, who was not aww • n Tilh female witness had stated, that on entering a room its which were the Prioress and liergioni, she saw the Queen sitting tin the bed side ss ha her urn round Bergami. The Interpreter detailed that the Princess " had started up," on hick sonic difference originated in the House, it being deemed, that if the Princess •' had started ties " how could she be sitting at the bed side with her arm round liergami. Mr. Brougham begged that the further remota:lnm' of this witness might bs postponed till to-morrow. This was acquiesced in ; the House, however, requiring some other witnesses to be called. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appealed to the House, whether he ost,glit to be required to call another witness be fore he Lad concluded the extimitianon of that one now before the H ouse.—( I lesr, hear!) The LORD CH 1N( ELLOIt —The intention of calling another witness has mg been abandoned, suggested is hither it would not be comenient to adjourn to-morrow at hoer o'clock. A Noble Lord said lie wished they would adjourn every day at four u'elitek.—( Hear and laughter.) After some further conversation the House adjourued soots after four o'clock. SAIVROLY, AUGUST, 26. The LORI) CHANCELLOR took his seat at within five tontines of ten, and the Bishop of Winchester read prayers. Lord Sherbourn and Lord Sondes were excused on ac count of indisposition. At a quarter past ten Counsel were called in. Chat les Constant, a German Interpreter fur the Queen, was then sworn. The Interpreter, who attended yesterday for the King, again attended this day. Lord E.RSK INF: said, it was a rule of the Courts below, that the cross.examination should immediately follow the direct examination. He was of opium), airfoil., that, in justice to the Queen, the a hole proceedings shouid be abandoned, until fit opportunities of entering into a cross examination should occur. Lord LIVERPOOL bad no objection to an adjournment fur the pu►pose of coming to souse definite rule. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that it was the wish of the House that the Couesel tor the Bill should stair, if in the course of these proceedings. they wished to di part from thy• usual course of cross-exuntiont ion, and in a hat is ay they wished such deviation to be made. The Counsel for the Queen would also be heard in objection to such departure from the orditiar) com•se observed in the Courts below. Mr. Brougham urged with touch force and eloquence, the difficulties under which he laboured in this case. He was boned, by his professional duties, to be ready at all times, and not to complain that he was taken unawares, to state whatever he conceived for the interest of has client, nod for the ends of public justice. In ordinary cases, where there were rules to go by, precedents to quote, and analo gies to guide him, he should feel ashamed to confess he was unprepared at any time; but now he thought it neces sary to state that, for the interests of justice—for the inter ests of his client—the sue of which it was his duty to attend to, and the other the duty of their Lordships to guard, that it was hard, to say nothing stronger, that he should be called upon tip argue against proceedings as aovel as these its the present case. lie thought that a Counsel, without acknowledging incompetence, might state the diffi cult es against., which he had to contend. He (Mr. Brougham) had a solemn responsibility. Although the lead iug Counsel, he was yet only one of six of her Majesty's legal udviser., and its u case of MI much delicacy and importance, he could nit, a ithont an opp.ur luuNy of consulting them, take upon himself the responsibility of ansorring fusilier. They might doubt whether he should make an) statement at all ; or whether he should again call the at tendon of their Lordships to I hat refusal of sitnesal ; the refusal of metitionieg time or plat e, when or where the alle g ed acts were conmtieteu, ss Melt had led to all the pre sent emharrrassment. The romequetices of that decision were irremediable. And althousti tle•ir Lordships could not entirely retrace their steps, tie suggested whether they might nut yet grant a hat ought never to have been termed, now that they saw the difficulties in which that refusal hail in volved them. Lord LIVER POOL wished to know o het her the Learned Counsel was now prepared to argue the question, or wished for further time ? for it %stolid be tin untecessat•y detention of their Lordships to hear tine half of au argument bow, it. the) a ere to re MOM' it on !timidity. Itlr.Broughain oil) wished to slate the extreme difficulties under which he laboured, iu miming against proceediags so anomalous. '1•l:e LORD CHANCELLOR suggested, that it would be best that the If nose shousd Ito* adjourn.— Adjourned accord nsly at half-post one o'clock. HOENE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, AI GUsT 21. The SPEAKER took the Chair slimily before font. o'clock ; and lie afterwards iiiieimed the House, that Henry (irattan, E , q. complaining of an iinilue election for Dublin, and Mr. Ready for Colchester, had tailed to enter into the segiii,i'e lecoLaiirances. Order for taking the Pc;ilion into conaideration according') dircharged. PSOCCEDINni OF THE LORDS.—Lord CASTLEREAGH, with the view of determining the propriety and the period of further adjournment, moved that a Committee be ap. pointed to examine the Lards' Journals as to any proceed ings relative to the conduct of the Queen. Mr. TIEItNEY said, lie should not oppose this motion, but he protested against suet: proceeding being construed into :approbation of the mode of trial. Lord CAY4LEREA(III observed, that no such acqui escence could be inferred from approving of this motion --(hear hew ) Com 'tire appointed, and directed to report forthwith. 111 r. 11.tOGI)i'N presented the Report of the Commit tee *appointed to tocanrine the Lords' Journals, wide', bet forth a hat proceedings the other House had taken re specting the Bill of Pains and Penalties. Tun KING'S 111 EIVS.—AI r. 11011110 USE presented a Pctiiion from 170 Prisons in the neighbourhood of Char. nig Cross, Leicester Fields, &c. complaining of th se vere injuries and losses sustained by them by the closing of t lae King's Mews. Read, and ordered to he printed. AGRIUULTUILAL Ai/IMAGE. Sir J. NEWPORT en. (voiced whether it was true that the ports were open for he introduction of foreign grain by small an arrangement, of the returns as to make the prceeeding depend on the fractional part of a pettily ? Mr. F. ROBINSON replied, that the statements re specting certain rowels wet e not correct. A Wolin N M eST—THEQUEIOI.—Lord CASTLEREAGH then moved, that the House at its rising adjourn to Sep tember IV, Monday four weeks. At that time they might be able to judge when it would be requisite to meet fur the purpose of proceeding, in the event of any measure coining front the other House; at least a fortnight ought to be given, to afford time for the arrival of Members, as the fullest possible attendance would be desirable. Mr. TIERNEI said, lie understood that on September IS, they were wily to meet to name another day to assem ble to proceed with any matters that might be brought before t h em.—(hear, bear ! ) Lord F. OS itolo. E said he should use every possible effort to prevent the Bill from polluting even the threshold of that House.—(Hear ! )—But should such a Bill be on happily received, no power on earth should induce hint to attend and witness such mockery of justice; rather Iliac attend he would vacate his scat. As a Court of Judica • titre, that House had " damned" itself—he was forced to use a stronger expression—by passing the Grenville Act; therefore he stud that the Bill, if entertained there, would be " a mockery of justice." With these impres sions on his mind, he moved, as an amendment, that au Andress be pi esented to the. King to prorogue the Par. liament till it should be deemed expedient to re-assemble both Houses fur the dispatch of public business. Mu. HOBHOUSE seconded the amendment for an Address. sic would do any thing to get rid of the mo lt . strolls measure that was a tw degrading the House of Lords. He did so too front other motives—to escape front all that military array which hedged round the House, and which appeared even in the neighbouring apart ' mem. Mr. TIERNEY did not she how they could very well agree to this Address, since the measure complained of was not before their House. Lord F. OSBORNE observed, that he did not wish to press his ansentlineinit to a division, as some lion. Ft lends seemed to be against it; he had proposed it un constit alieate' grounds. Lord A. HAMILTON declared, that he had the most insuperable objection to the prosecution under any eir cmustaeces.especially when he recollected liow i the Queen had been pursued, not for six years, but twenty six years. He therefore thought it was impossible to do justice to the Queen. She had been abandoned at home, and vilified abroad ; lie protested against the proceeding, on the giound of the condnet and treatment which had been ob served towards her. The Bill was proceeding in defiance of public opinion, and without atforeLng to the Qnern those means of defence which lie deemed requisite, and which the law warranted, amongst other thingsrecri mination. Lord CASTLEREAGH deprecated a partial discussion of this important question, and a full discussion of it was impossible, as the facts were not before them. To agree to the Address would no: lie to promote justice, but to submit to intimidation.—(Hear, hear.)—lt would be a base surrender to those efforts to create a flame in the country. The best way of restoring tranquillity would be to let the facts transpire; they would, by being prove or disproved eventually bling the public mind to its pie). per state. If it wet e desired to keep the country lit feat, no better mode could now be suggested than to quash the proceedings. As to the military array, nothing mete %%OS done oow than took place even in the case of Mr. Hast ings; and it was not the act of the Executive, but was lit consequence of an Address CEOIII the Lords. Mr. WILBERFORCE repeated his regret that the wish of Reel louse had not beets stieces.tial with the Quern, and still depluted that it was deemed necessary to proceed.—• But should the measure come to that House, he that its consideration would be interminahle. (Hear !) A debate might be raised en every question that was asked. Mr. BROUGHAM said lie would have re•ataiated silent, had he not teat eel that it might he tniseonstined. He bail cute ealed the House to pause before it was too late to stop —by Mr. Wilberfuree's 1111 l tion, that '• pause" hod bet ii one' wards gained : but now it was too late to thinL of pausing. The period had gone by. The ease had been opesied, and a ith a degree of peculiarity most C1111S11i1:11 - 1111,1 and that witness had beets examined who was to prove ;ditto:4 the whole of their ease. lie had lint !teem cross-examined. Besides, all these mat lets had be•ett published to the would. In the fettling, cesiipa tali% t . y toiling case of Ltd Melville, j.tiblieatien had t• 1111 f to itihited till the case was !emit:ate., ; belt hen's, tin ;slot purpose lie knew not, the publication moraine alter mu:fl ing WaS permitted, this was a gross and ontiageon. injustice loaatde the Quivem—not ou the pat t or tln it Lot ilskips, for they aere all wisdom and lee :he nie.i;it it was calculated to produce stick rib el. It tsar not so yet. But to stop the proceedings now would be a crying injustice towards her Majesty, and he therefore bulled that the House would nut cadet tain the address. The anw iiihnee! was negatived without a disi iot ; flo• main tplemtion cal Clot ; and the Ilonee it(ljouriteil to September I. An embargo was had on all vessels in the barl:ou of Palermo, and the oars of the ruw-boats taken away. The crews of many of those vessels werz thrown into pa ism.