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Teem, prevent your compliance with the request of her Majesty the Queen of England. This'ltAinister having • acquainted me with the purport of his mission, I 'have •taid it before the Glrand.:Duke, and his . lloyai Highness has com manded me, SW, officially to inform you, that you , were perfectly ut liberty to act,oa the present oc •casion, as you should think proper, and that al though hislloyal Ilighness would never, nor in any manner, interfere in whatever might relate to the against the Queen of England, he, neVertheless, was ready to gile: you leave, on your making such.a request, to proceed either to England, or to any other country which you miglif wish to visit. , The case iu question .being• of extreme deli 'click, I am directed by the Grand Duke to re • : q 1 ti4t you will return a written answer to the - .4eniumnication which I have the honour of ad dres big to . yOtt. ACcept, Sir, the assurance of .my most distin gnishea consid,eration.. . . ();4:ord). The 8A.13.0N DE BERSTE. 'f. • Ca r lcrt4ie, betober 11, 14:?0. 'fa 11 ;0 „,-, d'Emle r one of his Royal Highness the (;rand hit of . I r iaden's Chamberlains. &c. and Maitvi of the Lercutouiks. ry.on BARON D'r..kiDE TO BARON DE IIERSTETT, . I BATEL? CAHLSItIILIE, cO:T. 11, 1820. 1110 - N . Sil:1;11. LE._ BARON--I have just received the letter which your Excellency . has done, me . tbeiliononr, to address to .me, and by which,,,lou. ire 9ii good As 'to inform me, that .one of -the i:;;ainW' for her Majesty, the Queen of England, cOniplained in the House of .Lords., that after :twos etters Which her Majesty had ; :-deigned tO'addreis 'to. Me, requesting my evi . 7 (.3:en-ce, =1- bad. refused to', proceed to' London, in • 'cvnsnivettte•:a. a prohibition on the part of my • '-Sovereign-=that in consequence of . ..this statement, rifrb.,L N aint, ~ his Britannic ajestY's "Minister, ...-;llenipotentiark to the Germanic' Confederation, 4tas:been'instrtfcted to repair hither for the pur pose-of removing anyobstaele Which Might arise • to. my departure ; and. that his Royal' Highness the 'Grand '.Duke has instructed' your, Excel • lenty to- declare to Me,. officially,, that .I'zirn per fectly at liberty to follow my inclination, and that his Royal 'Highness, upon my reqnest, will not refuse a leave of absence 'for . proceeding to England. , I beg leave in the first place to be allowed, to -correct some mistakes which appear to have crept into the allegation of her Majesty's Counsel. I have only been honoured with one letter from her Ma --4,,;6ty, a. letter, which has been .delivered tome by her agent, Mr. Leman, to which, I have re .p3iied,that the nature of my duties rendered it _impossible for me to come to England, incorn pance with her Majesty's wishes. With re sp,ect ,to the tears with which I am - stated to have accompanied this..refusal, I am the more astonish- ed.,,as•my declaration was conveyed to M. Leman 'Orougli one'of my friends, who undertook to communicate my determination to hirn.upon this lubject. . in consequence. of the permission which yotir Excellency-has done me the honoar' to transmit tome, in the name of his Royal Highness the 'Grand. Duke, the difficulty grounded on the nature of my duties is overcome. lam extreme ly grieved that it is, neverthelesS, not in my power to concorm to the wishes of = her Ma jesty. the Qauen..: 'The state , of 'fily health is such that I could; not undertake so long a jour ney without the greatest danger, particularly at this moment, when about, to undergo a rigid course of ,rnedical treatment.: Have 'the goodness, Sir., to explain these circumstances to Mr. Lamb, : and to convey to him my regret at - not s being able to proceed to England. 1, avail myself of this occasion to offer to your Ercellency the assurance 'of my highest cons deration. Garisrbue, Oct. I (S'i4,;pl) THE BARON D'ENDE BLACKHEATH DlNNElt.—Saturday being the Anniversary of the Glorious Victory off Tra falga4, the ••Fourteenth 'Dinner in celebration of .that memorable event was, as usual, given at the Grew - Man Tavern at Blackheath.— We • 'observe with pleasure, that the lapse of time has in no degree weakened - the feelings of.pride •and exultation which that great triumph of British heroism is so justly calculated to ex ,cite.; at. kast • if we may judge from the spirit which animated the numerous and respectable Party who met on this occasion. Vice-Admiral Sir GEORGE COCKBURN presided, supported by I\I:.HONEYWOOD, the Member for Kent, Sir Wit Lux'.: CONOREVE, Bart., Vice Admiral. Sir T. -TnoraPsos, Bart., Sir F. OMMANNEY, M. P.; Sir J. COCKBUEN, Bart., Sir THOMAS LAVIE, K. C. 8., And several Other persons of distinction. The Chairman prefaced a toast, to the immortal me miry of: the gallant NELSON, by 'a short but very appropriate address, anct a considerable degree of enthusiasm was exc!fecl, when drinking succes sivOy tO . the health of the brave companions of our • Navar Hero 'at the Wile, and at Copenha gen; by the Chairman's spirited allusion to the services of the. Gallant Oificer near him, Sir Tuo- IM THOMPSON, who bore a conspicuous share in the,glories of -both of those victories, at-the lat ter of Which, he had lost his leg.—The musical department, conducted by Mr. M'DoNALb HAR ITI4, was well stipported by Messrs.. Cr,ARIcE, JOLLY, and •Swl; , r, who gave " Hail, Star of Brunswick'" and several other excellent glees, especially the glee of " Britain's best Bulwarks," with admirable effect. Sir FRANCIS LAFOREY, Who is also one, of the brave companions of NEL sox,. was announced as Chairman for next year's festival. . , EXCIIA,NGE.—Our Market was' but mo derately supplied with lViiettt anti consisted of I;trid-carciage samples ftioii Essex and Kent, the late adverse gales bating prevented any arrivals from the Suffolk coast; a few fine run s from the Übore Counties s'oldl at 2s• pertp lart er Ifigher than on this day se'nni - glit ; hut trade was not quite so hrisk' as on Friday. Fins Barley continues France; a few Ft i:LiF sail:tides obtaiue4 Is. per quarter above last Nondars p r i c es, b u t there is no..amendmcitt in the inferior qualities, Isbieli met heavy sale.: Hoe fresh Oats are ts. per quarter dearer, but the ontinuri and light qualities are dull sale, and rasher cheaper. .Itv t'm smut Brans nn al terat irrti. . SMITFIFI,ELn DTARKET, OCT. 23.---This Markel 410 a good supply of 41h.cirts of cattle, and the prices re. wain- as per lost week ; Mutton, Vial, and Pork, as per above 4.... , 1:he flay Market reinains . t he soma in price as last Marl:et. slaj; ,Straw-and Clover lie alterivion. HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY. THE QUEEN. This morning .the Call of the lious4 was over at a quarter past ten o'clock. SECRET. CONIMITTEE. The Earl of II A ILROWB Y, with the otherMum bers of the Committee who were appointed to investigate the papers which were delivered in on Saturday last, and also to examine Mr. Powell as. to the points connected with them, now en tered the House, when the Noble Earl delivered in their Report, which was immediately Teed by the' junior Clerk of the House. It stated, in effect, that the Lord s to whom it had been re ferred to inspect an d verify certain sealed papers„' and also to 'examine John Allan Powell, Esq. touching the same, had agreed to this Report. The Committee had Mr. Powell before them, who stated the contents of the wholeTorrespond ence on the absence of Rastelli. The Corn.' mittee then proceeded to verify the lame, and also to compare the extracts of letlvrs with the Originals, which eXtended from before the 124th of September till after .the period that • Rastelli was to have returned ,back. It appeared from the letters of Colonel Brown, that an excessive alarm had arisen at Milian by reports not only of the maltreatment, but even of the murder of the 'witnesses who had repaired to this country as witnesses for the Bill ; and it was strongly•urged by Colonel Brown, in letters `of the 10th, 18th, and 24th July last, and again on 'the 4th of August last, that the alarm of the rela tions of the." witnesses had much increased , in consequence of no letters having been received by them ; after this, similar reports were received from Colonel Brown,_who stated it was absolutely necessary to send buck one of the witnesses as a Courier, if 'it could be done in no otlier way, for that it was reported and believed by their families that Rastelli had hist an eye, occasioned by his reception' on landing here, and also that Sacchi had- been murdered ; and the terror these reports had produced was so extreme is to de- I ter other witnesses from coming over. The Com mittee ,had confined their inquiry to thig point, respecting Mr. •Powell's sending Rasfelli to Milan, and. conceived they had no right to pro duce such Papers as might affect in other points the important Inquiry now before the House. Extracts from these Papers were subjoined to the• Report. • , It appeared that certain papers had ; been sent by RaStelli to be Verified at Milan, but that it was directed he shduld return back, whether done or undone, by the 3d of the present month. Rastelli had, however, been taken sick, and corn plaited - that he was heartily tired of the manner in which the witnesses were confined here. Ras.; telli was still confined to his bed on the'2d inst. Mr.-Powell then =wrote Again to Colonel Brown, complaining :of Rastelli's not having returned, and added, that he was commanded by the At torney-General to order his return here without loss of time. Another letter from Col. Brown, dated the 3d inst., still stated that - Rastelli was ' seriously ill, having a bad fever, whiCh he attri buted to his vomiting of blood during his passage over the water : he remained in the same condi tion on the 4th, as appeared by another letter from Col. Brown, who.stated that he had got the jaundice, and hat a horror of going by sea, and • that he could not without imminent danger be, expected to be able to undertalie•a journey of ' any kind in less than three weeks. The Earl of H .utRoWBY then moved, that the Report should be printed for' the use of the House, which motion was agreed to. The Bail of LAUDERDALE then movecl,that the Papers which had been examined by the Secret Committee, should be now sealed up and return ed by their Lordships' order. .At half-past ten the Counsel were called to. the Ear, when Mr. BitouOnAin said, he wished Mademoiselle Dumont to be now called back. ' The So LI CITOR,-GEN ERAL said, the witness had been directed to attend as soon as possible this day. After a little time, Mademoiselle - Dumont not appearing, The SOLICITOR-GENEitA L said, it might be better for their Lordships to go on, as from What he understood now, he was afraid that there was some mistake. Mr. Maule, it appeared, had given' Mademoiselle Dumont to suppose that her attendance would not be required' till twelve o'clock. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL here Observed, that she should 'be again seat for. TIIE QUEEN. Mr. BROUGHAM said he wished to take this opportunity to - offer sonde evidenCe to tine, llou~e, which he must premise was rather of -an unusual 'kind, and would not he allowed on an' ordinary trial, but the present was not such .a trial, and therefore, on account of the statements in the preamble .of the Bill; he hoped their _Lordships would consent tohearbbn. It was stated in that preamble that not only had the queen so conducted herself - as to authorise the introduction, of it ; but it was averred that she had thereby brought great Scandal on his. Majesty, and also on his .King dom, whiCh rendered the measure neCessary,. Conceiving this charge to relate to the demeanour of her Royal HighneSs in foreign States,. which had brought dishonour on the Crown and. tainted the reputation of the Kingdom in the estimation of foreign Courts, be considered be ought to be allox4d to disprove this accusation. k'roM the evidence he held in his hand, which was The 4ustrian Gazette; published at. Trieste,, he was prepared to slew that the Princess was 'spoken of aciording to her splendid rank; that she had arrived at Trieste at mid-day, where she was. re ceived with honour ; and that she left Trieste at five . 'o'clock the following day, amidst those dis tinetions due to her elevated rank. These cir cumstances would shew' . primafa,cie . that she was quite innocent of bringing that dishonour on'this . Country . which was charged on her Royal High ness in th e allegationS of the Bill. It would spew also that she arrived in Trieste at twelve o'clock on the morning of the 15th, and left it at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 16th. The ATTORNEY-G 1 NERAL said, that the Learn ed Counsel had not the. shadow of right to offer such matter in evidence, and it was palpable what etre' ct was intended to be produced by it. Would they receive the testimony of Newspapers as evidence iu any Court If . he himself was not permitted to tender such evidence against the Queen, and he,was quite certain he was not at liberty to do any such thing, how could Mr. Brougham, he would ask, be allowed to tender it on the other side? The SOLICITOR-GgxEnAr. bad no occasion to follow his Learned Friend, in order to enforce the objection he had so unanswerably made. it was evident, the only object of Mr. Brougham, ie offering the Paper to the House, was to verify the time of her Royal Highness's arrival at Trieste, and this object was so palpable,, that he scarcely knew what expression to apply to it. The attempt was, collaterally and incidentally, to make a certain_ impression on their Lordships' 'minds. ..Mr. BROUGHAM, on the other side, admitted that the Paper in question was no evidence if pro duced in Court, but the case was very different here. In every Court of Justice he should have piassessed those advantages which were unavail able to him in the present case; he could have attended a Grand Jury,and objected to the. Bill; he could afterwards, in open court, have chal lenged the Jurors, and objected to the pro secutors. So situated he could distinctly have said none of the parties should be allowed both to sit and vote in their own case. He did not know, even, at this period, how far . their Lordships might be inclined to open to him, and if their Lordships .could consent to this, and convert the House at once into a.Court of Justice; and if the Attorney . Gen. would consent to it, he himself would be quite satisfied and withdraw the paper at once. But when such anomalies had been allowed as against the defendant, it , was necessary to rebut them .by anomalies in disfavour of the prosecution ; and,, therefore, he hoped that as one anomaly led to another, their` Lordships would allow him this: The LORD CHANCELLOR said, after a pause, that he had to inform the Learned Counsel, that the Paper he tendered in evidence, could not be re .ceived by the House. LIEU'T'ENANT HOWNANI. The Earl of LAUDERDALE now inquired if , Lieutenant Hownam was in attendance on the House, when, being answered in the affirmative, he moved that this witness should be called in, sworn, and deposit his diploma of the New Or der of St. Caroline. Lieut. Howl.;Am was Introduced in a few mi nutes to the Bar, and immediately sworn. Mr. BROVGLIAM.—Q. Have you, Mr. How nam, got your diploma of the Order of St. Caro line in pursuance of an order of the House ? lA. have. Mere the witness• produced the Order, which he held in his hand. -The LOAD CuaNcELLon.Please 'to deliver the Order in. Witness then ,presented his Diploma of the Order. . Mr. Dna uomtm.—ls that instrument,. Mr, IloWnam, under the Official Seal.Of the Order of St, Caroline ? ; ---It is. Vpon this the witness was ordered to with draw from the Bar, and the Interpreter was di reeled to translate the Document. It appeared that the Order was instituted at Jerusalem on the 12th of July, 1816, when the Princess of Wales, being then in Jerusalem, thought proper to create a new Order for recom pencing the fidelity of those faithful Knights who had accompanied her in her pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Colonel Bartolorno Bergami, Baron and Knight of Malta, and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and Equerry to her Royal Highness, was appointed Grand Master ; and it was directed that his children, both males and females, were to succeed him iu his honours, and also to wear the insignia of the order from generation to gene ration. This same advantage was granted to another ' Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, Mr. William Austin, and his legitimate children were to enjoy it for ever. The next in promotion was Mr. Joseph Hownam, a Captain in the Royal English Navy, and in the suite of her Royal Highness, to enjoy the Order as personal to him, and at his death to return the cross and patent to the Grand Master. It is directed, by way of emi nence, as well as precedence, that the Grand Master of the Order shall constantly wear the cross around -his neck, but all the other Knights are to exhibit the insignia from the left hand button holes of their coats. The above Order must consist of a Red Cross, with the motto—" Honi soit qui mal y pense."— This cross to . be suspended by a lilac rib bon, and the order to be called in the name of St. Caroline of Jerusalem. This, document is signed by the Princess's own hand, in presence of i:►e subscribing witnesses. It was expected that Mademoiselle Dumont would.be examined by Mr. Brougham soon after 12. She alighted at the House from a hackney coach about a quarter paste 11. COURT Or KING'S BENCH.—(Ttits DAY.) BLASPHEMOUS. LIBELS. .. TUE KI NG v. DAVISON.—This Defendant was couvicted of publishing. two blasphemous, inpious, and infamOus Libels of and concerning . the Ijoly , Scriptures and the Christian Reli kion.—Mr. NIAnNYAr and Mr. GURNEY conducted the case fur the prosecution ; the Defendant employed no Counsel. Mfrs. Carlik, for similar publications, wason her trial when our Paper was put to press. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT•—This Gentleman, we regret to hear, has for some time been seriously. indisposed. Some alarming reports were in cir culation yesterday ; but we hope and trust they will prove unfounded.--(Morning Post.) Mr. PEARSON has returned from France. The person whom he pursued turned out not to be Fletcher. The French Police afforded every fa cility of search. It is, however, now suspected that Fletcher is still in England. I TO CORRESPONDENTS. The extreme length and universal interest attached t° Proceedings in the House of Lords, oblige us to defe; valuable Articles. The WEEKLY RETROSPECT TU'ULQ.I We are obliged to omit this day the DAILY EXTRAS 1i Tug Lo nowt JOURNALS, brit we can assure our i t that they were by no means of an interesting naturg' PRICE OF STOCKS TRH DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK• 3 per Cent. Red. 6t;iii Bank Long Aun.• • 17 ai y ,.1 3 per Cent.Cous . d7ii t India Bonds ....... 4 per Cents B3 84 Ex. Bills, ed. 4s• " 6 11 5 per Ct. Navy Ann. 103 i 104 i Cons. for Accuunl.: THE SUN. SOWS QUIS DICERE FALSUM JUDXid LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23,1890. There seems to be a general expect3t,' that the painful, and we may add, nl ar ' 9 ': Proceedings in the House of Lordi soon come to a,conclusion, an event ITIOS t ' ll O ously to be desired by every friend t° Country, to Morality, and to Religion. , o d, scenes disclosed tend to pollute the publ ic l ' s o o and the evidence that has been produced 0 0 t he sides is surely fully sufficient to warran t House in forming au early and a decisive? [neut. - - _ We received yesterday the Paris PaP e Thursday last. Those of. Friday, which The held this morning, have not arrived. he held a Council of Ministers on WednesclaY• The accounts front . Naples* in these Journals re ' t 10th inst. The Parliament had divided itself into rtio',tr. minces, for the purpose of discussing in detail the 47 li or' objects of legislation. On the 7th a telegraphic disp,!l'le,j' received, announciug that the Palermitans lusd sub*r" t o te the Royal Authority, and that the Neapolitan troops Weitec possessimi of the forts, whilst the disarming of the wis carrying into effect. An article from Madrid of the Bth instant, in tht 41 0, • tutionnet t has thu following paragraph :—" A La Guayra, of the 6th August, announces that /10;i0.0) were resumed on the 4th ; and states, in tilt most t manner, that the inhabitants'of those territories 1 140 1: i i''. fur peace—emancipation or war is their device• ityi the mother.eoutatry now to consider what is the us o4 °ls policy. letter,. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday 751. -- c• DEFERRED STOCK Of the 2.`d Sept. ism t.:. , KCIIA.NGt ON LONDON. One Month ... { 6 . 9 cßills 25 f. Cash f. 55C • . Three Months / Bins .5 f. 40 c• Cash 4b f. 40-06 92 1. 04' hay Account s received this morning by tho ward Island Mail state, that after BoLivAu. 0 1; rejected the offers from Spain; he immet ll3 haveited St. Martha and Carthagena. American Papers arrived this mornin4. following is an extract of b. letter from St. Th dated August 28 : " There is a brig just arrived from MarK4 which was at a port called Campano, on the of in possession of the Royal troops, who re to against their Officers, and, after killing boarded the brig, to the number, of 150 forced the crew to carry them to Mari where they have joined the Patriots." • v" Tug GALE OF YESTERDAY.—During the last wet Sso have been an almost continued sue cession of g ale* 0 , W.N.W., and W. The shipping all along lb:oil have suffered very severely, although not so much have been expected, the damage consisting, is a go's , sure, of the losses of sails, anchors, rigging, toast d ;io The Port Letters received to-day at LLOYD'S give 1.0 ,4 4 counts of this gale of Saturday and yesterday, donation time several vessels were lust, including one at P0r t6 .,0 ' with *ll the crew. Nearly all the vessels in the Vl",„ t tl i for Ramsgate Harbour, a great part of them having ', ► 0 1 0 anchors, cables, sails, &c.—lt is expected that ther e ea "a great deal.of damage dune along the Coast, which nut yet heard of. On Saturday evening his MAJESTY, at t l by Sir WM. KEPPEL, left his Palace, its. i wall, for Windsor.—The Duke of You acted military business with the Mho 00 clay. 'Prf . , Mr. CANNING, it seems, has arrived at:, •II ) and it is said will only remain there till " settled his family. Col Viscount STRANGFORD, Ambassador t ° ,, t y: stautinople, left town for Portsmouth yeso-001 to embark in the Cambrian frigate, Capt. 0 TON. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Righted WILLIAM GEORGE, Earl- of ERROL, Wi Ji cg in the ensuing month, lead to the ltymenW e r Miss ELIZA 'FITZCLARENCE, third datightfy, his Royal Highness the Duke of 'CLatt o ;p l The Bride elect is in her 18th year, all beautiful, and accomplished. His Lord' j ot the Premier Earl of Scotland, being the sisl ii e f oi in descent from the creation of the Ear l4- 9 ( 1 the year 1452. His Lordship's titles ar e 'Vf` of Errol, Baron Hay of Slanes, Hereditarf Scot# High Constable, and ,Knight Marischal of land.-,--(British Press.) MAGISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS.—A•-' t• Esq. Barrister, is appointed as Ma,gistrate oolf; Hatton Garden Police Office, in the root'', RAYNSFORD, who is appointed as res il l e .; Magistrate at the Queen-square Office, I- room of the late r, lELING. Last night, at IVI ei F ght o' D clock, a fire b r l g l: er ; in the premises of Mr. Nasmyth's, Old Gravel-lane. It raged with the util l° o l l, lende till ten o'clock, when it was so far 5 , 1 " , e r as to preclude any apprehension of fa rt° mate. The premises were destroyed. or property is very great. 1 .....-_ -- -7117- - - ---- -- --------- „0 1 DIED. 4 4 ,1.'0: On the 19th inst. in Princes-street, Edinhuirgb, ?Vr-octd say, relict of thelate David kiamsav, Esq. Prolal vt° .or Edinhurgh Evening Couraat, a Lady unircrsallf ' and esteemed. - /I , r e /04.1111.10mmommil.m•MMININC, .1.• --------.."...----,29 .. ?! LONDON; Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS , of No. , ‘'.;rP i Ormond-street, Queen-suuare: and published 7,.' 0 r, , j o WAIN'S, of N. 7, South Molton-street, at 00 1 ' Office, No. 112. Strand ; where Adv ettisententit Lett., s, Ate. (coct-oai.ll most be ad dressed. .. (// ~T Th e n fir, °Q taiti of As th tun gc ,.. 4ct unl And a fled t , It Pert, it h .Nej • Vvi tti