The Sun. — London, England, 1820-11-10 00:00:00

THE QUEEN. 110 USE OF LORDS (THIS DAY), Noy'. 10. '1" liis morning the. attendance of Peers was not 'numerous till after ten o'clock.—The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat as usual, after which prayers were read by the Lord -Bishop of LLAN DAFF. TH E BILL. The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved the Or der of the Day for the third reading of the Bill for degrading and divorcing her Majesty the Queen.—The Order of the Day having been icad, The Earl of MORLEY rose for the purpose of addressing the House in opposition to the Bill, ile observed; that having first given his opinion. o❑ the course of those events which had happened subsequently to her Majesty's arrival in England, and the necessity which Ministers were under to investigate the charges against the Queen, he felt himself called on to explain the reasons which induced him to oppose the third reading of the Bill. If on Monday he had supported the 'second reading, and now was against the thin, reading, it was because he thought it about to pass with charges that had not been made out. Jf the charge of adultery, for instance, were no conclusively made out to their satisfaction, the the clauses, as exhibited in the Bill, were, he would not say of a revolutionary, but certainly of an anti-monarchial character. The charge o adultery, their Lordships would remark, had extended to three years, while the other charges were spread over a period of six years, and yet, at no one given day, or at any pre cise time, had a distinct act of adultery been proved by one credible witness. Whether this arose from the want of exertion or the ab. sence of labours and endeavours on the part o the prosecution, or from any other cause, he left to the judgment of, the Muse: but the fact was simply as he had stated. There were undoubted ly some inferences, and even the strongest ones, of such au act being committed ; and if the allegations of adultery had been limited to the period of six weeks instead of six years, he might have given weight to these inferences in the decision of this case. But in proportion to the period of time which embraced these allegations, must have been the multiplied opportunities for establishing the fact. Having thus stated his opinion that the adulterous inter course, as between Bergami and her Majesty, had not been established by the evidence for the Bill, and finding it admitted too generally that this in tercourse had nevertheless been carried on at sea, he wished to direct their attention to what had taken place on board thn polacca. It was ad mitted that Bergami had slept for five weeks under the tent, and hence they were called to infer the commission of the act, as so and so was said to have taken place ; and therefore was it consistent with common reason or common sense, ' or even justice, to infer that something , else must necessarily have occurred ? Such sweeping con clusions as these were, he was happy to say, at variance with modern practice, and could not be tolerated by liberal minds. In modern times the practice was, by established rule, that the hus band so separated from his wife could bring witnesses to establish the impossibility of his having been the natural father , of a child born in his absence whereas by the old law it was held, that if he was within the four seas, be must be reputed to be the father. This doctrine was supported by the Learned Judges on the 11th of May 1811, who, that day, gave this opinion, which allowed the husband in • such cases to establish the presumption as against the wife. Applying this judgment to the sup posed connection between her Majesty and Ber gami, while under the polacca* tent, he would ask, if there were no circumstances to con tradict the allegations, so far as to excite great doubts as to whether adultery had bee❑ com mitted by these parties? It appeared that both parties were dressed while reposing in this tent, and it should be remembered that a com munication was constantly kept up between the deck and below, so that persons might silently and secretly have come, at any time, below from the deck, and discovered, if they had been suspi cious, what passed in the tent. Besides this, they would recollect that there were 10 or 12 persons who were occasionally on deck ; that these per sons wet+ of low characters, and likely to stumble up from intoxication. The opening outside of the tent was accessible to intrusion. lie much doubted if the commission of adultery had ever in any case been offered to be proved where the parties had been surrounded by strangers and liable to be surprized in the very act ; and why, he would ask, had not the allegation of adultery been established by the evidence at their Bar. Certainly it was not for want of witnesses to prove the fact, or arguments to enforce it; and therefore when he considered the circumstances of her lifelrefore she went on board the polacca, he could not bring himself to believe that, while on board, she had destroyed all the benefit from years of antece dent caution. With all the attention he had given to the case, he never could credit this. Exist ing Laws were urged, in defence of the Bill, as not supplying any remedy, as she had not been guilty of High Treason, in her connection with Bergami ; but this defect might have been obviated if the really was guilty of such an hateful act, and could have been re medied by an explanatory Law, unless the safety of the country was at stake, which nobody could pretend to say in the pre sent case. Ile considered an ex post facto law made to depose the King or Queen, to be most dangerous and unconstitutional. Suppose the Duke of York to succeed George the IVth. what would be thought of a Bill introduced to depose him for something he had recommended, or some measure he had taken ss c years before his ac- But it might he objected, that they were not arguing in the case of a man ; not cession. meaning the least disrespect or suspicion of any one, he would suppose the case of the late lamented Duke of Kent,who had a daughter, and suppose that child loaded with such suspicions, might not the precedent of this measure be a powerful engine to prevent her accession to the Throne ? Indeed, if this unfortunate Bill should pass, how could any Sovereign of this Kingdom sit upon the Throne by that firm and secure tenure which was the basis of power in the Monarch ? It was impossible, he would allow, too highly to value the advantages which a country like this derived from the virtues of the reigning King ; but great as these were, they were not to be compared with the security and permanence of the dynasty, a consideration which added to the repugnance he felt to the present Bill. Ile re , gretted much to differ from the Noble at the head of the Treasury, but taking the mea sure, in all its bearings, as both anomalous in law, and contrary to justice, he dissented from, it. Before he sat down, he would say one word on the conduct of her Majesty's Counsel while pursuing her defence. lie had deprecated, and would deprecate, all attempts to intimidate the House, from whatever quarter such attempts came; and he was certain, that if these attempts had produced the least effect, it was to induce their Lordships more strenuously to support the Bill. Lord Sosicits observed, that he was far from wishing to take the lead of any Peer, and he should have been happy to have agreed with the Noble Earl who had last addressed their Lord ships, and to conscientiously say, after sifting the evidence thoroughly, that the present Bill , ought not to pass ; but he regretted that a de cided conviction to the contrary remained on his mind. He thought too much levity had been shewn in the discussion by some of their Lord ships, but yet he felt this question to be of a very grave and heinous nature, while considerable doubt, to say the least of it, rested on the con duct of the Queen. Twenty-eight of their Lord ships had already felt it necessary to decide, that the present Bill should be read a second time, though from tenderness or caution some wished the omission of the Divorce clause ; and even among those who voted against the second reading, some had not only not denied, but even admitted, the guilt of the Queen. This fact alone was sufficient to prove that their Lord ships did entertain very strong suspicion of the adulterous act alleged in the Bill.. At this very late stage of the business, and after the great fatigues their Lordships had undergone, he felt he ought not to weary the Ilouse by going into the evidence at length, but in justification of his own opinion, he would not do his duty if he did not slightly touch upon some points. lie would have them consider well that part of the evi dence which was positive proof of guilt; he did not mean the absolute point of seeing the parties in the act, but such evidence, as combined with time and circumstances, tended to confirm the inferential proofs. In following. up this prin ciple, it was sufficient that one or two cases were made out s , and then coupling them with the cor roborating circumstances drawn from other parts of the evidence which was given at the Bar. —lt had been maintained with some boldness by the Queen's Counsel that evidence would be produced to impeach the character of the greater part of the witnesses for the Bill, and some Noble Lords had even gone so far as to admit that part of the evidence might be expunged. But how was it as to Barbara Kress's evidence, where it turned out quite differently. Even the lloble Marquess (Lausdown) who had dissected the evidence for the prosecution, with so mas &Fly. a hand, had nothing to urge against her testimony:—(Left speaking.) HALF-PAST ONE. We hare just learned that a division took place, when the numbers were— For the Bill Against it Majority for the Bill We understand that the Earl of LIVtRPOOL immediately Jose, when the Bill was ordered to be read a third time this day six months. • EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT. 'The following Paper has been circulated in France, professedly as a Protest of the Duke of 0 aL cAris on the alledged illegitimacy of the Child of which the Duchess de BERRI was recently de livered. It is said to be a mere fabrication, in tended to create confusion in the Kingdom ; but it is incumbent on the Duke of Orleans to dis avow It in the most solemn manner, as well as to declare his unequivocal sentiments on a subject so iute - restiug to all Europe : • PROTESTATION DE S.A.S. LE DUC D'ORLEANS. His Serene Highness the Duke of ORLEANS declares by these presents, that be protests, by all • manner of right, against the process verbal, dated the 29th September, 1820, which purports to establish that the infant, named HENRY CHARLES FERDINAND MARIE BIENDONNS is the natural and legitimate son of her Royal Highness Madame the Duchess of 'Br ash The Duke of ORLEANS will produce, at the proper time and place, the witnesses who can make known the origin and true mot her of the said infant. He will exhibit all the necessary proofs to make it manifest that the Duchess of BERRI was never enceinte after the unhappy death of her husband; and he wilt point out the authors of the machination of which this very feeble Princess was the instrument. Until the favourable moment shall arrive to make such a disclosure, the Duke of Orleans cannot avoid calling attention to the fantastic scene which the above Proces Verbal states to have been exhibited at the Pavilion de Marsan. The Journal de Paris, which all the world knows to be a confidential Journal, announced, on the 20th of August last, the aecouchement in the following terms :—" Persons who " have the honour to approach the Princess assure us, that the accouchement of her Royal Highness will not take place " till between the 20th and 48th of September next." Whet► the 28th of September arrived, what passed at the Duchess's lintel ? In the night of the 28th or 29th, at two o'clock in the morning, all the family were in bed, and the lights extin gnished.—At half an hour past two the Princess called, but the Dante de Valhaire, her first femme de ehaMbre, was asleep ; the Dame Bougesil, her ordinary femme de chambre, was asleep; the Dame fat Moine, her nurse, was absent; and the Sieur Doneux, the arcoucheur, was undrest. Then the scene was changed ; the Dante Bourgeon lighted a candle, and all the persons who arrived in the chamber of the Duchess, saw there an infant, not then detached from, its mother. But how was this infant placed ? The Physician. Baron, declares, that he saw the infant placed on its mother, and not detached front her. The Surgeon, Bougon, declares, that the infant was placed on its mother, and was still attached to her by the umbilical cord. These two medical practitioners are aware how important it is not to explain more particularly in what manner the in fant was placed on its mother; but Madame the Duchess of Reggio has made the following declaration :—" I was made acquainted .rerr le champ that her Royal Highness felt the pains of child-bearing ; I hurried to the chamber on the in stant even, and on entering, I saw the infant on the bed, not yet detached from its mother." Thus the infant was lying on the bed, the Duchess 'in the bed, and the umbilical cord introduced under the coverlet of the bed. Remark what was observed by the Sieur Doneux, the ac couchtur, who, at hall.past two, was informed that the Du chess felt the pains of child-birth, who run on the instant, without taking time to dress himself wholly, to the apartment of the Princess, whom he found in her bed, and he heard the child cry. Remark what Madame de Goulard says, who at half after two was apprised that the Duchess felt the pains of child birth, who went immediately and heard the first cry of the child. Remark what was seen by the Sieur Francine, the Garde de Corns of Monsieur, who was on duty at the dooeof her Royal Highness, who was the first person informed of the event by a Lady who desired l.im to enter. Remark what was seen by the Sieur Laine, Garde Nationel, who was on duty at the gate of the Pavilion de Marsan, who was desired by a Lady to ascend, and who instantly went up, anti was introduced into the chamber of the Princess, where there was only the Sieur Doneux, and another person of the household, and who, at the moment when he entered, observ ed that the clock was at two hours thirty-tire minutes. Remark what was seen by the Physician Baron, who arrived at thirty-five minutes past two, and by the Surgeon Bougon, who arrived some instants attar the Sieur Baron. Remark what was seen by Marshal Suchet, who was lodged, by order of the King, at the Pavilion de Fiore, who, at the first notice which was given to him of the pains felt by her Royal Highness, hastened to proceed to her apartment, but who did not arrive till forty-minutes past two, and who was called upon to notice the cutting of the umbilical cord some ,iinutcs afterwards. Remark what should have been seen by Marshal de Coigny, who lodged, by order of the King, in the Thank' ies, who was called when her Royal Highness was delivered, who hastened o proceed to her apaitmeut, but who did not arrive till the nomeot when the cutting of the umbilical cord had taken place. Remark, lastly, what was seen by all the persons who were introduced after half past two, until the moment of cutting the umbilical cord, which took ple.te some minutes subsequent to forty-five minutes past two. But where then were the relations of the Princess during this scene, which lasted at least to minutes? Why, during so long a space of time, did they affect to abandon her to the hands of strangers—to those of sentinels, and of military of all ranks ? Is not this affectation of abandonment precisely the most complete proof of a manifest and gross fraud ? Is it not evident, that after basing arranged the piece, they withdrew at half past two, and that, placed in an adjoining apartment, they waited the moment for themselves entering on the scene, and playing the characters which were assigned to them? — For in the night, even whets a female, of whatevcr class of so ciety, it may he supposed, would be attended upon at the critical period of child-birth, was it ever seen that the lights were extinguished—that the female attendants were asleep— that she who was specially charged to take care of her was at a distance—that her accoucheur was undressed—and that her family, who resided under the same roof, and almost in the same apartment, remained upwards of twenty minutes without giving the least sign of presence or of existence. His Royal Highness the Duke of (Means is convinced that the French Nation, and all the Sovereigns of Europe, will feel all the dangerous consequences of a fiend so audacious, and so contrary to the principles of hereditary and legitimate monarchy. Already France and Europe have been the victims of the nsurpatinn of Bonaparte. Certainly a new ttsuraation of a pretended Henry V. would bring back the same misfortunes to France and to Europe. Done at Paris, the 80th September, 1820. The Duchess DE FRIAS is on her way from Madrid to Paris, where it is expected her Grace will reside to wait the Duke's arrival them, as it is said that his Excellency is called to the Court of Spain, and that he intends leaving London early in February next. The Princess SOPHIA has purchased the house in Connought-place which was occupied by the QUEEN. It is fitting up, and is expected to be in readiness for the reception of her Royal High ness about Christmas. • i * For " SQuis," seq. the Fourth Page. 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We refer to oar fs /9 liamentary Report for particulars, and aog l4 o not that the sound sense of the People large will enable them to see matters la th° true point of view, and justly to appreciale * het the real conduct of TUE QUEEN, thr ou g h all b• mists of Faction. We received this morning the Paris Papers u• Tuesday last. The following are extracts:---bei " PARIS, Nov. 7.—Yesterday the King received a not li of Gentlemen in the morning, and Ladies in the evening• er " The Duke of Bourdeaux, who has been vaccinated) periences no alteration is his health. DEPUTIES ELECTED. DEPARTMENT OF L'EURE. At Bernay—M. Lizot, (President of the College). At Andelys—M. de Vatituesnil, (Ditto). SOMME, 3D COLLEGE. at °l At Amiens, extra Muros—M. Cornet d'lncourt, (Preside the College). Town of Amiens—M. Daveluy Bellanoourt, (President of Tribunal of Commerce of Amiens). ° gob " A Letter from Brussels, of the 3 d inst. says , Mr. - Gordon, British Secretary of Embassy , passed through hop yesterday on his way, en courier, with dispatches from IP ° to Troppau. FIVE PER CENTS. Monday DEFLRRED STOCK Of the 22d Sept. 1819 97 f. 35 c. gid Sept., 1820 93 f. 50 c• I at NAPLES, OCT. 40.—1 S is said that the Prov i nce o lermo will he placed under a Military Government. 0 ,41 1 C " The intentions of the Cabinet of Vienna are -very to us, but it is thought that the Etupecei of Austria concert with his Allies, be induced to usaintain peace. ,11.1 The Times of this day contains the folio.: c e libel upon the Milan Commissioners, who '' A o 9 not been heard in answer to the infamous clia, r ,: c t against them! ! The Public cannot but reco“:v the high panegyric which the LORE. CILO C k ij / LOR pronounced upan Mr. COOKE, who lo s r pi the head of that Commission, and who his I)°,, to! ship, after au intimacy of fifty years, declar'to. be one of the most upright and intelligent met' had ever known : O PI " Lord Ktmo proposed a clause, the object o f which '',;(it(fi substitute the Milan Commissioners for the QuitEN, 'oeif subject those rascals ,to specific Pains and Penalties Wino.' conspiracy and subornation, instead of the innocent vi e : n .ol their eats. We recollect to have beard of an instance ' bud French Revolution, when, a respectable citizen bei0g1:011' to be guillotined, the attendants slipped the chief exec i : t o til into his place, and turned the operation of the law a1: 31 4 ,6 last and basest agent. The intended sufferer was dui' 1,0" to his country and to hi, friends. The proposal o f KING would have led to a similar result." The QtrxEN proceeded to the H ou se of 14°1 to-day about 12 o'Clock. , Letters from Naples to the c'Oth October I 'd received yesterday morning. The accounts '5O, Palermo, which they contain, give a most (110,4 trous-picture of the transactions which took P o lo on the entrance of the Neapolitan tronPs,,j e ti l that city. In consequence of an arran'r e cO made with General PEPE., the Neapolita; O :p under his command were to have entered the escorted by the Civic Guard, which was c .cil posed of Noblemen and Gentlemen of resPe e lii' bility ; the populace, however, attacked the ' 1 et Guard, and having made themselves mast e „ r di• their arms, proceeded against the Neapol",:el' whom they repulsed. Much fighting ei 3 ,! fr od t and the armed mob committed every kind o' rage, murdering several of their fellow-ca j A i wg These tumultuous and sanguinary procee'lie r were fortunately put a stop to by the Couve l ' which was concluded with General Puru, 0 01 : ing to the Sicilians an independent Pariiaroe and thus was tranquillity for the motnellt established. if ej Other letters of the same date were reel yesterday. They express the astonislunen thi the writers at the reports just received, ; 1 , 4 London Letters and Journals, of the adval l ;ill c the Austrian troops into their territory, ai ro er disturbed state of the interior, both which it 0\ • declare never to have had any founda,,ti ° :pli, l truth. Intelligence had been obtained at from Palermo up to the evening of the lit i'to which time the citizens continued still the rejection of the Treaty by the Parliall' e ; Naples. The Neapolitan General (PEPE), 'lOl taking possession of the forts and batterie s yid proceeded to deprive. the s inhabitants of o pt' arms. This measure had then been in actice t ration for two days, not the smallest distro l o iel i ing entertained but that the stipulations Treaty would be fulfilled ; and strong s, hopes ,.therefore entertained that, when the n e their actual situation arrived, they would ~s 19 capable of resistance. The interior of described to be in a dreadful state, infes tc f tt guerillas and hordes of banditti, forined,°ol' dregs of the populace, who had acquire" oP, during the recent disturbances, and who ol i o' • . sisted by the indiscriminate plunder - of if sand enemies. As we 1 circulated and as w e ti ° NP~~Siti . . Brop,r i() mos s %Thiel %sect to 11 HuLY Otti It IVriter, Ira littertr,l t ti %/tisTtnN trust the \,lio has si Ihi oto th v lenibers and as th: 2,l , putt kitulll't 1 . 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