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Iteja of Palembang was well prepared to receive
them. The Dutch. from want of energy or said&
emit force, but salowed she pirates to go leo Wog
wochentsed. that their ships and setileineopip tss
well es ships of oda. r nations, were suffering error
indignity. The Malays were now so daring. that
they lilted out single prows of large ilinsenesons to
attack Elisopeon ships t f rly they titer'
thought of attacking widen a large fleet of theit'
own prows were iu company. Oa the nth of June
the Dutch ship Sairtarartg. Crpiat:t J.rtgerr. gm'
snacked on the north stile of Jove, to Inc east of
Sousarang. by a pirate prow; 'lir succestive ttitorks
lasted four hours, during which the Satarrenng lost
the Captain, wait (we seaman killed. the chief mate
mid ten seamen wounded; however. as nigl.t came
MS, lite peyote was obliged to lay-to to repair da-
mage,. hut with every intention of re-attacking in
the morning. when fortunately two Pali CO gin
sight, the mune made otf. The Sartrarang's crew
esousnited alti the Copt.in, mate, Mr. John Grena-
des. p t, and 3q Maley seamen, who behaved
estreporiniwell. The Sessarepor olloweill tilt
6-pottudem besides swivel end small anus.

A report was forevalret at Batavia, that a British
sloop Of war had been thrice attacked in the Straits
of Sunda, by a deft of the Maldea largest prows,
and lied lost fortc•mne men in killed and wounded,
but had gallantly beat off the pirates. Our in-
formant could not learn the mime of the British

THE QUEEN'S TRIAL.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, Nov. 10.

The Lord Cbaacellor entered the House a few minutes he.
fore tea o'clock; prayers were read, mud the smiles called
aver.

The House went to the Order of the Day for the third
reedits/ of the Bill of Pains and Penalties against her Majesty
the Chown.

The Earl of MORLEY rose and said, that having us the
first isestioa of the circumstances front which this Bill Mi..
gusted conceived that inquiry was absolutely 'treenail:—
keen; thought then as be did now, that his Noble Friend
who hail submitted this painful buttons to the cousidera-
lion of Parhomiest bad acted consistestly with his dotty as •
Peer e f that House, and a responsible number of his Ma-
jeste•Goversasent—having considered that else measures
takes thereupon by that Noble Lord were taken wisely and
with glottal faith nod hawks; thought during a consider.
able period of the progress of them proceedings that
the eircentstaares adduced in a great degree justifkod the
measure, be ham, notwithstandiag all these predileeffUs is
favour of the Bill, bees compelled from consciestioss con-
victive to oppose the second reading of the Bi 11, as he iaSdrd
sow to say " Not Content" to the third reading.'The
themes its the resemble had not hero fully, surd?, and
(is they ought to have been) incontrovertibly proved. The
Bell extended its accusations over a period of six years,
mid dining shmeolook time, on no one single day, 'lnd any
one distinct and clearly •pecified set of adultery been proved
upon the evidence of soy credible witness. Extensive as
were the operations abroad on behalf of the prosecution,
and unremitting as the efforts of all the parties so engaged
most have been, the fact was as he bad stated it, that nut one
act of adultery had been brought home to the Queen by
credible testimony. Inferences fairly drown, and leading
to strung grounds of suspicion, might have lure established.
lied Ilion inferences applied to a period of six wegln to-
stead of six years, they must have bad so much more •eigbt ;
but there was an obvious distinction to be admitted in the
bearlug of those suspicionv on the two separate points of
time. In proportion to the extent of the time revered by
the secosationr, must the faciliti. s become multiplied for
proving separate acts of adultery—in like proportion weir
the difficulties of dioproviug distinct acts of adultery sue'
nested with reaps cl to the accused. N4laCi of adultes y lea
been satisfactorily established. He would mkt rt to the ctr-
cumstsuce whirl, was allowed on all hands to be she strongest
pressnoptioo of guilt—be alluded to the potent., from ethic?,
a direct act of adultery bad out beets proved, but ouly ink' red.
His Lordship remarked on the istrungrnity of the due.
trine of inferential guilt in cases of adultery, with the
improved practice of modern limn. As to the proof of the
enjoyment of sexual intercourse, to abew how ;nectar the
law was in exacting such proof, be mentioned the cir-
eurnotawer, that formerly to eases of separation of Naas and
wife, and in of divorce, if the wife become pregnant
at a time when she and her husband were induct. it within the
four seas—in other words, if there had been human
possibility of their having hail intercourse, the emote
was Ir pinnate. Modern practice bad allowed the towhead
to negative the possibility, or to hew lay circontsimaces 11111 i
he was not the father. If the law were thus exact and new-
patties as to proofs of the seemsl intercourse, even where
that intercou.se might her. legally enjoyed between au-
thoritod peones, how touch more scrupulous anal exact
ought the proofs of that intercourse to be whoa they
were to be made the grounds of a guilty mecusatioo,
and were to kid to the enforcement of severe and degrading
weenies. His Lordship tolerated to the judgment pro-
nounced in the House ion a case of adultery in 1811, in sup-
port of his arguaieut. Either the adulterous intercourse
commenced before the Queen boarded the polacre, or it did
not. If it did, many distinct acts should have been proved
previous to that period; if the celestes% intercourse had not
commeoced before that period, it was almost impossible to
conceive that it could have originated in that vessel,
under the circumstances which bad bees described Who,
be would ask, could sit with safety upon the 'Throne if
private conduct were to be considered good grounds for
passing an er post facto law like the present ? If once that
principle were admitted, it would shake the Throne, and
the possessor of it could sever exercise his high functions
in that firm and secure manner which was one of the
moot advantageous resells of monarchical government.—
Princes could sot be expected to be more wise or more
virtuoso than other men ; and be begged their Lonlshipe,
keepiag that principle in view, to compare the advantages
which resulted from the fixity of the rule, with those which
resulted from persosal and private virtue in the Sovereign.
The Noble and Leaned Lord on the Woolsack bad depre-
cated the introduction of the topic fear: he too deme-
nted it, because be •pmebenekd the sassy effect of an Ad-
dress to that pinion would be to facilitate the passing of the
Bill.

Lord SOU ERS rose and sail!, be Oswald have been happy
if he could have agreed with the Noble Earl who had
spokes last ; but after t►e evidence which bad bees given at
their Lordships' bar, he thought it impossible to my that
the Bill ought not to peas; be was most truly sorry to say
it, but he had come to a direct couteary conclusion.—
With however little delicacy Noble Lords might, ur some
occasiense, express their coolants, in their owe opinions,
be should have thought it might at least be considered
doubtful when the Bill ►ad been decided to be read a mewed
time by a majority it that House Eves of theme Noble
Lords who spoke arias, the seeond reading, some expensed

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straw sempwinsw, and mule pespit:sooly declared the c! a le,
Omrdt thoeigh ors ether grustuda they felt boom' to opo
she 141. He felt that in that 01,11 f« of the /1141,1 i II
slimeld he faligoing their Lordship. of he went at my teiortli
into the (wideaer which had hems proffered, bet at 11. e 4.9 1...
lime d was impoveible to justify the opinion he led foriu•
without roaching on some points. Three were 'wove pits,
of dot testimony whirl., in his opinion, envoy. t. ir
prowitive proofs whets taken no emOsinelion with Oat Its o
of theamaranees by oh,clo thi y Mao been prem4l(.l an I
followed. He would dwell wino e iposellicularly on robe or
two ewes whirl, had confirmed Vet sir nithrued
opinion, that the crime of adultery ad been cornettist-4.
The (violence he was shout to observe us much haul he
raO.I, and it was fiasco!, (list the character of the tr!lecr•
would be proved to be of that. 'art that no great relome I
could be placed an it. 4 bun 'Ye dime reverse Will the cave ;
tont altharegh themnost minute invintigalisin has; take."
place into iwr life and rhararter, sad st 'appeared that slot
lied been in ad eat ions of part tenter danger ass young woman,
yet not tine set of impropriety blot been even all(gr.l
&otiose her. Their Loritahips were aware that he was al-
looliag to the roe al Carlerwee sad the evidesee of Kerb:6m
Kees,. The Notate bird here mitered into a minele es.ani••
nation of Ibe lertiesony sat that witness, awl contend-d, that
co Wenger proof of adultery could be bad Alm the cretin.
More else had depes4.4 la of the Pilaus, 'Will' no ten hapke
of 11rr>tami with his arm rioted her 'trek. The cireanramice
of the clank which was toned in his bed, he cmoriolerrol
'drone corroborating eirctineviatice. It was impossible,
Lordship said, to trust to any t violence if the unimpearli-
col testimony of that woman were not to be befit-se 1.
reluctance of Ike witness to depose to ll.e appeararc.as
in the bed, lie considered highly creolitalf!e to her. IVith
respect to the fact of her hawing been obliurrul to come and
give her testimony. it might be observed, that in Ito sakes
in oar ova Courts these was 011 such thing as a s Mug wi meas.
Upon the whole, he considered the es 'dunce to beat rite' and
rnimpeached as it possibly cols Id be, and if such n itm 'sew wr re
not to lie believed, nu fort of the sort vier could he pro veil.
He should aow proceed to call their lordships' attention to
v. cal points in the evideme fur the defence, which, la his
mind, strengthened that fur the Bill. But he most first ad-
vei t to a statement which had hero made in a monitor pap r
(Tlue Abetting Chronicle), that "lie had heat .1 .11 Its. es i
deuce fur the prosecation, and none of the &lineal" this
sasertion he declared to be a positive falschood—Menrj—
mail he appealed to their Lordships whether be had not at-
tcsolroll throughout the whole of the detract. except the rat-
do nee of Lieists. Flys. and Huirtians.—( Hear )—The Noble
Lent then proceeded to read at cousioletable length tom the
evidence of those witnesses, mid contended, that if credit
were to he given to their lertienoey they materially confirm-
ed that 011 the Whet side. A circumstance gly COrro-•
&wailer of the criminsl familiarity with Bertami Iris de-
rived frogs the evidence of Lieutenant lloonam, from when
it appeared that she was eu hurried away by the excess
of her passim', that she could nut wait usotil he was pro- ,
mount to a higher rash, before she admitted him into Me
familiar society : hat she placed hint at her table, stir took
her meals with him repeatedly while be was oil a Nerviest ;
she sat at table with bins repeatedly when he was in !he
livery of a courier. It was true an attempt had been made
to set up that the courier's dress was a splendid uniform ;
but—a courier in uniform!—as evil meld their Loriivitipa
have been told that the royal livery was a uniform. I.ieut.
Howasm too had said, that he thomelit it ao elegrodatinn t
her Koyal Highness to sit at table with him iii that memo r.
But coal., that opinion hare the smallest weight with dime
Lordships Was there nothing degrading to bee Koval
Hight'. se in dieirc with her servant in livery Tim
Noble Lord then proceeded to read and comment
on the evidence respecting the Pritaer-sa's ottreritm(
tbe. masquerade at the theatre id Sao Culos, at
Naples. It was asked in reply to this " 11'ss ;t .miectel
that bre Royal Highness should go to a masquerade in le:
mate carriage ""—He would answer " NO Rot thole was
a mode of attending eves a maagnersole, in which the rank
and station of the party toped be twoperly t...
Hot how loud lire Royal Highness gone to Or floater 4.1
that occasion How was she accompanied She wrist i
the moat concealed and aortal nevamer poovible, in a con.
Inunflacre, and areompauirrl ouly by Berganti sod I)entost..
%Vele those fit 11,,L1Ci11111.• fur a Princess at a insuptereile 7

The evidence of Demon', ou whose 'tattoo of tls:se facts
rested, bail been strongly contended was not to be believed.
Aeol Dr. Holland hail been callril lo ciodiadict lwr, rt-
spretiug this visit to the theatre of Sin Cariw i bid n.i-
ttitur whirl, Dr. Holland had stated could in the *melte, t
degree invalidste it, or alter the inferentse which was I. he
&sem from it. lie said he was at the theatre on that t v►ning;
that he knew the Princess was there, but suit till he beat•l
it on the Cottoning morning, and be dues not know •. 4:1
*limn she went. Another circumstance strongly indicative
of the criminal intercourse, war the totrolluntinte t f the
Countess Oldi into the faintly, and the coorralineut of her
relationship with Bergamot. Mach hail been said regret-
iug certain letters of Demmit. which had hire produced to
spew that she had formerly piste ruined a different opinion of
the Prim-ma's conduct lima that which sbe Rave in her
deuce, but be thought that no inference could be fairly draws
from those letters that site was at all conociumrs of the Prin-
ces''. insocence of the conduct charged in the perusable of
the Bill. The Noble Lord, after a little farther censwieut 004
the credibility of the rvltkuee of Demont, declared his con-
viction of her Majesty's guilt, and his determiustioo to sup-
purt the Bill.

Earl FORTESCUE then ruse and addressed the /louseim
so low a tone that it was almost impossible to hear a word
be said, but we understood bins to object to the Rill ors
constitutional principles.
The Duke of BEDFORD spoke to the following
effect :—" My Lords. I feel myself extremely un-
willing to offer myself to the notice ante hours
upon this most inutuentons question, soil I muse
conlsss that this unwillingness is tint ditninishett
by the strong impression that compels me to ex.
press my most decided and conscien ions disappro.
nation of this measure. Independent, my Lords,
of the defect of evidence, which, of itself, wisald
lead me to dissent to the Bill, I cannot fail to
view tt also with reference to its political.
bearing, nod to the effect *kelt the
non of such a measure is calculated to inns
duce upon the country, and upon this point I must
express my fullest concurrence in the setitinients
avowed by the (louse of Coinwins, that such ail
inquiry as we have lately witiirs.s,4l eits ' ideroottilY
from the dignity of the Crown and injurinns to the
best interests of the empire.'—(Load cheers./—
Should the Bill unfortunately receive the sanction
of ?our Lordship., it cannot fail to affect inju.
nously the dignity of this Douse, is it must alas
endanger the tranquility of the Stale. %Viten the
[loose divided upon the divorce clause, I could not
bring utyst lf to vote for 0, because feentig .t repug.
mince to sanctioti the measure in Its cullecus..t
shape, from u conscientious conviction that the alle-
gations contained in the preamble of the BM knee
not been proved, how could I, my Lords, vote tu.•
that especial clause which denounces! tic severest
putieshinent for the very crime imputed, Awl r I
which I did not think her guilty ?—///ear.)—ll‘,/
could 1, under such sit impression 'tire toy cursttit
to • poupsisition which must have the eth•ct of di...
honoarmg her Majesty ? I confess that I felt some.
sarpritt at Bit conduct pursued by his Slajesry's