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. . hound to say he could not take the adultery as proved ; but the circumstance of her going to the Opera only acc om p an i e d by B ergam i and Du mont, and many others which occurred there, afforded a cause of suspicion ; but this was fol lowed by other circumstances which admitted of no doubt—the introduction of the Countess of Oldi, in a secret and mysterious manner, into the family ; the admitting Bergami to dine at her table at Belenzoni, when all the other servants were . excluded. Soon after he was promoted to be Equerry, and before six months had ex pired, he is seen by Lord Guildford alone with - her Majesty in a boat on the Lake. It had been said, there was nothing novel in a Princess ad vancing a favourite from the lowest rank to the ‘highest. Ile was ready to acknowledge the truth .of this assertion ; but, he would ask, was there an instance on record of a courier being, in the short space of six months, advanced -to the rank of Baron Franchini, a Knight of Malta, and . Chamberlain to her Royal Highness; his sis ter -taken in as 11laid of Honour; whilst one •of his brothers was retained as a stable-boy ; and another - sister as a . servant having the care • -of the linen ; his wife being entirely excluded.— But he *would pursue this course and come to the order of K nighthood,instituted by her Royallligh ness, in which', whilst her protegt".e,Vir. . Austin, was only a simple Knight, Bergami was appointed Grand Master of the Order, and this honour was entailed upon his posterity without limit. How was this extraordinary preference to be account ed for ? Not, he contended, by a suspicious pre ference,•but by giving credit to the existence of an infatuated passion and attachment ; an attach ment which no one could doubt existed long before they went on board the polacre -; and whilst on board the polacre, could any •one say there was not a continual seeking of opportunity? He was ready to acknowledge that fife testimony on each side was very highly coloured, but not more so on one part than on the other ; and,- taking ilownam and Dumont, as he had before stated, 'he would only claim -credit for her where she was confirmed, or where she might have been contra dicted, and was not. Hewould. ask their Lordships to look at all the circumstances of this case; the advancement of Bergarni and his family ; his constant attendance on'her Majesty; the invariable arrangement of the beds, and other circumstances ; and could, it for a moment be contended that though at the time they .went on board the polacca, there was no judicial proof, there was not 'sufficient to amount to a moral conviction of what nature the attach ment between these parties was ? Another circumstance worthy of attention, was, that of all her old - attendants quit-ting her. Sicard Was sent home from Naples; and she then . told Dr. - Holland he might take a tour for six or ; eight weeks - in Switzerland. These things occurred just at the period when Madame Oldi was intro duced into the family, and .Bergami became more closely attached to her Royal Highness.. At this period of the Noble Lord's speech, a Noble Peer, adverting to the hour, half past 4, observed, their Lordships' hour - of adlow-nment was passed, - and expiessed, a wish to know from the Noble Earl, if it was probable he would con dude his address to-night. Lord LIVERPOOL said, he must unavoidably still occupy a considerable portion of _their Lord sbips' time. The Peer who formerly spoke, then proposed that their Lordships should adjourn till to-mor row morning, which was agreed to.---Adjourned at Half-past Four. PROCEED.INGS OF Tins DAY. The. usual formalities having this day been gone through, the Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that he had received a letter from the Marquess of Hertford, who was still unable to attend -the House, and therefore wished. to be excused. . Lord IiOLLAND wished to say.a...word or two as to the situation in which they were placed as to the question before them. He. trusted that their Lordships would not part this day without coming to a vote on the question, anti he thought it would be desirable to prolong the debate be yond four o'clock.—(Hear, hear!), The Earl of LAUDERDALE hoped, - notwith standing . what had fallen from the Noble Baron, that their. LordshipS would adhere to the practice of ;not sitting beyond four o'clock. In common cases, this practice of adjourning from day to day at a-given hour would be'a great in convenience to Noble Lords, and a hindrance to the business of the .House ; but in so solemn a proceeding as the present it would be disgrace ful to prevent any Noble:l49rd from speaking his sentiments by shortening the time, and it would in fact be bringing the House into great preju dice with the Country. Lord HOLLAND explained. Lord ERSKINE hoped that their Lordships would indulge him with a hearing this day, as he would. not take up more than half an hour of, their Lordships' time. RESUMED DEBATE. The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated, that he had now to allude to those considerations which he thought induced the inference of a criminal in tercourse,' and also to point their Lordships' attention to other parts of the case,- in illus tration of that inference, when he closed his remarks of yesterday. He conceived there were two momentous circumstances established, and beyond all doubt, if conviction was ever to be drawn from circumstanta I evidence in an y case, ;lamely, thara criminal intercourse bad taken place between the parties, while Bergami was still a Courier to her Royal Highness. That inter course he was satisfied' was at least incipent at that period, bat whether the act was com pleted, ; he was not at the mouent prepared to say, though if the House believed the evidence of Majoeci and Dumont, it actually was. He would go furtlwr and say, that taking all the circum- Sta pcea which took place when her Majesty was at Angosttirain August 1816, he would under take to say there would be found, during that event, such a mass of evidence, as al most ,confirmed the proof of adultery.— There had been, evidence given in the Eccle siastical Courts less strong and predominating but even that evidence was received there., What he was now prepared to maintain was, that there was sufficient testimony for a moral convic tion of the commission of adultery before the arrival of her Majesty at Angostura. Ile should, therefore, now re-assume his remarks at that point ; but before he came to what happened at Catania, he wished to say a few words on the subject of the Clorhide. frigate, and the conduct of Capt. Briggs. This, my Lords, was not very ma terial, yet the refusal of Capt. Briggs to alloW Bergami to sit at table with him, must be consi dered as an intimation to her Majesty M what that officer thought. It was most extraordinary that her Majesty did not, instead of pocketing the affront, send home immediately a remonstrance to the - Government here, that a Naval Offi cer in his Majesty's service had refused to receive her own Chamberlain to dine with her on board the frigate he commanded. But this,my Lords, he mentioned as an intimation or hint given to her Royal Highness as to whether all was pure or correct, or decent, in her reported intercourse with Bergami ; and must it not have brought back to the recollection of her Royal Highness's Mind what every man, who wished to be thotight a respectable and honourable man, then thought on the subject, and call upon her Royal High ness to conduct herself in a different manner with respect to Bergami ? He now said he came to the .case at Catania, and he was now aware that this matter .stands solely on the evidence- of Du mont. Their Lordships would remember that there were only three persons present who were able to testify to the facts, and .these were Dumont, Brunn, and Marlette. How stands the case here? Dumont is produced at their Lordships' Bar, but Bruno and Mariette are .not. Ile hoped that this. circumstance will not be suffered to escape from their Lordships' minds. Dumont, such as her testimony was, has proved the adultery at Naples'; she has proved it also at Genoa ; and, she has proved it in - the• house .of General Pino; but their Lordships would observe, that the tes timony of Dumont is damaged, so much so, that he freely owned he was ready to be guided by this consideration in deciding the case. In the case of Catania, their Lordships would observe, that this circumstance ought to be borne in mind, that whatev4r - may be the de merits of the testimony both of Dumont and Ma jocci, it was easy to have contradicted it ; and, therefore, as it now remains still uncontradicted, it is not, in my judgment, to be rejected. The circumstances that had been stated in regard to the 'intercourse of the Princess and Bergami at Catania, plainly demonstrated that this part of the testimony could not be au in'ention. • 'Du mont had distinctly sworn, that when Ber gami was indisposed, he was brought across . the court into the house, on which the Countess 0 :di gave up . her room, aril Bergami was put into helanparttnent ; soon after, in the night, Dumont heard the child Victorine crying, and the Countess of Oldi was also heard trying to quiet the who usually slept in the Prin cess's bed. lie observed to their Lordships what inference could be drawn from these circum stances but that the. Princess was not sleep ing with the child ? But this _was not all. Dumont, the very next morning, saw the Princess in the act of passing through the room where she slept, with her pillows under her arm, proceed ing from the apartment of ..the Countess of Oldi, into which Bergami' had been removed.-- 'Unquestionably their. Lordships would see that this ..was a strong inference of complete adultery, which wo . tild admit of no refutation. Let it be observed that these - circumstances, like many others, could have.been contradicted at their Lordships' Bar. The Countess of Oldi was in London time enough to have contradicted it, but she was .not called, and until the Countess of Oldi . be called to contradict this story, he affirmed to their Lordships that the fact of adultery had in. this case been clearly proved. He now came to the most material, part of the case, he meant the polacca, where the evi dence was clear,. and where the not calling of Schiavani, Camera, and others, .was worthy of remark. • Even on the voyage homewards, Bergami's bed was brought into the dining-room ; and-it was a singular fact, that whenever these accommodations were, they were made for nobody tut ,Bergami. it might be supposed that when there were Naval Officers at. hand, her Majesty would - have preferred them to be at hand, on account of giving her information respecting-.thee weather:and the rave stee of the ship ; b u t no , it was always Bergami. It was proved, that a A. , um, that he slept under the :tent with the Prin. cess, and on the deck of the polaeca he slept under. her Royal Highness's tent for 30 _nights. There was not the slightest necessity for this, to which he, therefore, wished their Lordships to fix their attention. it was asserted that there was no mystery in this, but if their Lordships had attedned to what had passed at the bar, bet Ween the Queen's Counsel and witnesses, they would find that there was much mystery in it.— Mr. Brougham, in the able speech with which he opened her Majesty's defence, had never once mentioned this fact; Mr. Williams, who followed him, half mentioned ; and Mr. Denman, in his summing up, endeavoured to throw dOubt upon it, but did not attempt to grapple with it. Dr. Lushington was the only one who touched oh it ; turning from the Counsel for the Queen, let their. Lordships look at her wit nesses. Lieutenant Flynn is called, who had al ways the arrangements of the cabins, and yet be could not say which was Bergawi's cabin ; when pressed on this point, he reluctantly says, he believed that l3ergarni slept-under the tent; mystery in all this, as res p ec t e d the Quse Lieut. Ti ownam came next, upon whom lie did ie. no not wish to bear hard, on account of the obligations he. was • under to her Ma jesty, but the very same fact was pxtorted from him, and he could not believe that he had not some further knowledge of the point. Now was there any danger or necessity that required her Chamberlain to be every night under her tent ? he would declare there was not the remotest necessity or danger. This was during the hot season when the weather was calm; she was not on board a passage vessel, but the polacca hired expressly for her, and where the arrangements were made as ordered by her. Would any woman who wished to keep up the appearance of decency, if she thought proper to sleep on deck, would she not have had her Maid of Honour with her, for her Majesty had one, and Lieu tenant Flynn might have slung his cot on deck to protect her from accidents by sea. Lieutenant Flynn said he did so on some nights, and why not always ? If there was no harm, why, instead of Bergami, were not either Flynn or Hownam in the tent ? It was deposed that a Landsman could be of no use ; and also that Bergami was so tall and unwieldy, that if accident had arisen on the deck of so small a vessel, his largeness must have increased it ; the fact was, there was not the slightest scintilla, or even a pretence, for Bergami's sleeping night after night under the Princess's tent.—(Left speaking.) TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to postpone the Observations (tio. 4.) in de, fence of the Bishop of PETERBOROUGH'S Questions to Can dilates for Holy Orders. KiNG \Yawn 111. LANnED.—Holiday at the Bank, Exche quer, East India, and South Sea Houses. HIGH IVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning, 17 minutts after I. j Evening, 39 minutes after THE SUN. SOLEAE QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, S4TURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1820. As the sound part of the People must have 'ormed a decisive judgment on the case of THE QUEEN from the evidence on both sides, and the arguments of the respective Counsel, and as the proceedings are still pending, though we ardently hope are near their termination, we shall perse vere in withholding our opinions till the whole is concluded. The ppinions" of individuals, when weighed against the honour, wisdom, and justice of the Legislatufe, are'but as dust in th - e balance, and therefore the Public in general must have read with disgust, and much stronger feelings, the malignant perversions, daring calumnies, and presumptuous arrogance with which some of our Competitors have arraigned the character of that - august - tribunal which is composed of the wisest and purest characters in the Coun try, and from which npthing can proceed but the most clear and honourable decision.— We manOlovrever, be allowed to express our surprise at the vehement part which some of the Noble Lords have taken on the occasion, as if they anticipated a national storm, and thought it the best policy to make a sacrifice at the shritie of FACTION, which they erroneously deem PUB LIC OPINION. These Lords are mistaken if they suppose that by courting the favour of the Radi- cals they and their property would escape amid the general scramble. They may be assured that their possessions are already parcelled out by desperate Reformers, who, if they should suc ceed, would despise and laugh at those who are now abetting their principles and promoting their objects, at the probable hazard of their own ruin. We received last night and: this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday and 'Wednesday last. The following are extracts : 6 ' PAats, Oc•r. 3l.—The King gave private audiences yes terday to the Prinee of Solins and the Count de Rurnigny, French Aliniiter to Sweden. His Majesty also transacted business with the Alinister of the Interior and the Duke de Richelieu. " Yesterday the trial terminated respecting the affair of the explosion under the windows of the Duchess de Berri Gravier and Bouton were found Guilty, and sentenced to death. Legendre was acquitted, and discharged:. " Nov. I,—Yesterday, the Tope's Nitucin presented to the King at a private audience a brief of his Wiliness, in answer to the notification of the birth of the Duke of .Bourdeaux: The Count de Galti, the Prussian Minister, also presented a letter from his Sovereign in answer to a sindiar notification. The ArlOassadors and Foreign Ministers paid their respects to the King and Royal Family. " A Royal Ordantiance was published yesterday for the for. 'nation of 80 Regiments of Inhittry,•instead of the Legions. " No Journals will•be published' to-morrow, on account of the Festival of All Saints. • '' Gravier and Bouton have appealed in Cassation. " The statement of afire Aintile eopy i pf the King's Procla mation having been sent to each Elector is erroneous ; litho graphic copies were merely sent to that departments in the usual way, KITE PER. CENTS. 75 f. 25 c. 75 1. 40 c. • DEFERRED STOCK Monday. Tuesday. Of the 22d March, 1817.. 106-f. 94 c. .. 107 f. sc. 22tl 'March, 1820 94 f. 95 c. 22d Sept. 1820....92 f. 00 c..... 93F. C. ".NatmEs; Oc•r. 12.—Yesterday the 1).:m1) vessel, No 2, arrived from Palermo in 34 hours, baving . ms hoard Lieute, nant Letizia, Aid-de-camp to General Florestan Pepe, with dispatches. Monday Tuesday . l'be'division of General Pepe entered Palermo on the 6th dstant, subsequent to the occupation of the fortified points, which took place•l he preceding day; and by virtue of a Con ' tt which was signed on board an English cutter, a .ional Junta was appointed, of which the Prince De 'at erno wit: nominated President. This Junta is to act until further orders. are received from the Duke of Calabria. "A Proclamation, dated the Bth, was •issued by General Florestan Pepe, addressed to the inhabitants of Palertno. "The Minister of t he Netherlands presented a letter to-day to the King from his Sovereign, expressing his satisfaction at the events that have taken place. " OCT. 15.-1 n the Sitting of the Pa t !lament yesterday, Colonel Gabriel Pepe expressed his indignation against the ,Conventioti concluded at Palermo. He moved that General vent in ~l'tlVl Florestan Pepe should be recalled, that a corps of 6 00 d brese should he sent to Sicily, and that the Coufg should be annulled. "An Edict of the Prince-Vicar-General, dated this deif;) taint a copy of the C a pit u l a ti on , announc i ng, t h a t it had,! laid before Parli amen t, an d t h at P ar li ament h a d decl 3 r ei ~ null and void, as being contrary to the glory of the 1 : 1 '1 Kingdom, to its political interests,.and the honour of t bg ' tion, inasmuch as it tends to introduce into the King o the Two Sicilies a division contrary to political Treatin g ' which is founded the security of the Kingdom. " VIENNA, 21.—The Emperor of Russia will aril ° Troppau to-day. " The future destination of the Austrian truer in will depend upon the result of the conferences?' THE DISCOVERY SHIPS. The following account of the Discovery is by another Davis' Straits' fishing ship, by ` r it appears very pr o babl e th a t th e o bj e ct o f 0 , Expedition would h ave b een a tt a i ne d, b u t for it want of provisions, which th e s hip s wer e 0 to experience ! 0 SfROMNESS, OCT. 26.—This day ar r i ve d the Le e, 1 lo t Liamsolsr, from Davis' Straits; she has brought Dispetc lej t 3 Government from the Discovery Ships. They are e s r - t tr here or at Shetland every dal', not haring succeeded ic os s object of their voyage, said to be owing to their pf getting short." Another Letter states,--" Nothing prevented the Pie l c ,f ' Ships from getting through but the want ofprovitiO s ' rather the risk of wanting them." o' ll Since writing the abort, we have received a Lentr„i Peterhead, dated 30th O cto b er, w hi ch states that , P O l Heclar, Discovery Ship., arr i ve d o ff h ere th i s day. LiirontP PARRY and two Gentle men l an d e d f rom h er, and prevOLt London." Tire following are furth er p ar ti cu l ars o f th e arr i v al of te'e Discovery Ships : d 4 " EDINBURGH, Nov. I.—The Discovery Ship s have . ' a; the Frith of Forth. Captain PAattv has gone througis on his way to London." Norfolk heralds to the 10th ult. arrived ~, morning, which contain the f o ll ow i ng ar ticle " A MELANCHOLY PICTURE----A Letter f il i f f. Savannki, 24th Sept. states as follows :-- 4 '[he 10. 0 t 1 : 11 1 which prevails in thi s c ity bia s defiance to the powers 4 ,0 s medicine; its desolating ca4ver knows iio obstacle. ll' deaths are from 10 to 15, and sometimes 20 svltgw er ,; niilies are swept away before it, natives as weal as stitvg six physicians hav e fallen v i c ti ms . Th e irthabitauts:ar e to f moving out of town, and all business is at a s t an d ; y42: 4 1 , walk through the town, and not meet a white person. IMPROMPTU. GROSVENOR in .clouds and storms can see Signs that THE Qi•ctx from guilt is free ; And argues that, when weather's clear, Her virtue will yet more appear. Thus Partridge, Sage of former days, As wisely on the Heas'ns could gaze; And GROSVENOR well with him accords— The PARTRIDGE Of the HOUSE or Loans. Her MAJESTY, we understand, arrived the House, accompanied by Lady Asx 11- 4 .f t l TON, at one o'clock, but th e p ur p or t o f h e ry JESTY'S attendance we had not been able te'' certain. HER MAJESTY has signified, through her CW ild berlain, that some misunderstanding having ar— ot respecting the pr e s en t a ti on o f Addresses, it is 11 , 4 the inte n ti on o f h er Majesty to d ec li ne - receill Addresses for the future, nor her wish to fi !) that ebullitio n o f respec t a nd attachment 'Oa has been so universally manifested by the peol, and which is so highly gratifying to the feeling t her Majesty. Her Majesty, aware of the Vi e inconvenience such numerous bodi e s of pee ot must experience, waiting upon her, on acceu4 of the lateness o f th e s eas o n , an d t h e di stan ce Brandenhurgh House from th e M e t ro p o lis, is to continue to receive Addresses by small DeP° t ; tions only ; and an ear l y d ay i s to be named i, her receiving the numerous Add resses a lread ,,, l Voted, and not presented on Monday last. (Morning Paper.) THE EARL GROSVENOR.—Perhaps there Ilece rl even in this reziolutionau age, was a greater'' lution of character than is observable in this Nulid man. Formerly, when he was in th e House, Commons, he was suc h a zea l ous advocate 0r religion and decorum, that he wanted to supPr!:t all Sunday Newspapers. Now he utters the ruLP 9 violent languag e , b ecause th e name o f a Pers4 was omitted in th e Lit urgy w h o i s l oa ded such imputations, that if she has coin:U .l = l 4. " the twenti e th p ar t th e ti t h e ", o f what ,/ charged upon h er , s h e i s t ota ll y un fi t f or : 1 ' decent Society. THE PRINCESS SOPHIA'S BIRTH-DAY.--Ce.si terday being th e a nn i versary o f th e birth-day ur the Princess Sop ittA , the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta went to the tempor 34 residence of her Royal Highness at - Falconberg t i house, in George-street, Hanover-square,-as the Duchess of Clarence, to paytheiraffectiona t reff)ects upon the return'of the Princess's null day. Princ e Leopold and the Duch ess of $ came to London from Claremont for the sat' purpose. A number of private friends of th , Princess Sophia paid their respects to her nor' Highness- upon the return of the day. 1111 ,, e Duchess of K en t a ft erwar d s v i s i te d the "Duche,76 Of Clarence du r i ng th e rema i n d er o f t h e d a y, her. residence in the King's Palace, St. Jaroees• . , WARWICK ELECTIO N .--St a t e o f th e Poll 13 ' the close of the Third Day, Thursday last Mr. LAWLEY 1017.-M r. SPooNER. 403. Minority in favour of Mr. Lawley eo9= According to The CoventrN herald of yestercn which we recei ve d thi s morn i ng , t h e contest I. likely to be severe., We are sorry to learn do . Mr. LAWLEY'S friend's were grossly insulted 1 11 passing through Coventry. Mr. SPOONER is. tie popular Candidate. Colonel BROWN, we un d ers t an d, i s arr ived jl l , town..—( Tirnes.) PREFERMENT.--The Rev. T. W. Rif MO P M.A. son of the LOR D CHIEF BAR O N, was stituted, on the 13th ultimo, to th e Vicarage ° Seighford, in the .County of Stafford, on the pr e '' sentation of the LoaD CHANCELLOR. Mr. COOPER, who has made so successful 11 . debut in the pa r t off' .4ninco, has beenengaged three years at,Drury-Lane Theatre. r, es LONDON: Printed by.). B. CARSTAIRS, o f No. 99, --: , Ormond-street, Queen-ware; and published by SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South nolton-street, at TuE Office, No. I le, Strand ; whim: .Adrettisements, Or 4 e — l Letter', &c. (rott-naiii) must beaddrcesed. 0 0 , ~_ TR 1 ~c 1,, N 2. N C' Ai I) a• Y t t S, I t I, t• cl 1 c 411. 1 1 . I. r "tik