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--sometimes ut her convergatione in the evening—at other
times accompanying her in her walks, etc. 1 always ob-
served united in her the most gracious affability and the
most noble decorum, sucla•as to be alien minced by me
to the various other noble and distinguished peisunages
who enjoyed the honour of her society."
The next, and the last, to which he should refer, was
from e nom of equally respectable elsittacier, who had
been lately in England, and W 45 4C.lllilllliell with many
distinguished individuals in this c.iiiiiity. Piofessur
•1
Ulllllllellll, the hailivirleal to whom- he entitled, made the
following declaration:—
" Admitted by the nature of my office into the interior
apartments, I was enabled to perceive that o Islet' by ue-
easional visiters could never be known or I vprecialed. I
never saw oily thing is her 111111111C11 11141 %al. 1101 decent
and correct; 4114 0101 the persons Of INT court whose
Arcs ett•clied them must to her permit), I have always
ieen her preserve that decorum which, will 1 varying
from that goodness which is natural 10 her, respected the
b Is prescribed to her by her high rank. To her inte-
rims her Majes•y certainly WAS inure cutidescendiug than,
unfortunately, is 11111111 to wow moving Its a high sphere,
and 1 have seen her Majesty, though scarcely recovered,
go duo n and visit the lowest of her done sties
causing the medicines to he administered, and attending
to see that every Ilse smallest assistance possible was reit-
tiered to them. lA' oh respect to the persons with whom
her Majesty liked to associate principally, they were
chiefly persons the most distitignised iu the country, tooth
In point of lailk and prufessiun."
There was only nue circumstance tunic, in connexion
with this brsnelt or th, subject, to which he %mild advert.
II had been stated, with emelt effect, in enumerating the
charges against her Majesty, that she had been black-
balled by the Cassino, or Society of Nobles, at 11111d1i
41111 to 1.110% that lie truth Of this charge was egos{ to that
of the others, he should read the following extract 611111
a certitica e which the Allbliian government had allowed
to be made:—

"The Directors of the Society of Nobles of Milan do
certify, that it dots not appear from the registers and
join mils of the said society, 60111 its first establishment op
it, thept-o.eut(l.ly, that lira down!. tier residence
111 Italy, ever made applieittiiiii to he ildiffit Led as a mem-
ber of the said • Society of Nobles.'
" President Director, SAUBE (:ONTE. ABI3IO.
" Al BUCELLAItY, Secretary.
"Milan, at the Palace of lilt' Society
of Nobles, Nov. I, 1520."
. _

The hum member coorludiil a speech of great length by
saying he hail now only to stale, Ihnt being himself an aid
cat c fist reform, he had always thought more slrungly in N.
favour than a uuld promote Ids personal interests. [Gear.]
Upon two contingencies he aas both ready and a citing to
retire front public life, lie sh.suld solicitehis constituents to
subst it ote some other (epresemaiive in his place, whenever
the I loie•e of C iiiiii nuns had pro( etded in sorb an extremity
of disregard to the a ishes of the people us to deprive it of ull
confidence in its measures. H; should tin lee, he willing io
a ilhdraw into privacy, without recompense for nny poor
services it might have been his good tot tune to render,
henever it appeared that his presence offered (dainties to
the way of any arrangement he deemed essential to the a el-
lure of his country, ',Hear, hew.]
Air. iiiiskinsmi, Nil.. W. Pole, and the Attorney General,
spoke or coal se a the motion.

Sir Francis Burdett, thellon. Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Tier-
ney in support itt it.—The latter gentleman concluded by
say ing, •* Tiie gentlemen °Malt i le, or thea party, have now
been oi office 3-1 or Si years, and cats ally man sa,, if their
system was good, that we should be placed in the situation
in which we at present are ? Should we, if their system was
beneficial, from year to year. bare new hilts introduced,
treliehhig the liberty of the subject, and instead (deflecting
good, creating evil? (Heir, hear.] Can that he a wise ur a
Bond system that renders ail army of 110,000 men necessary
in this cottony in a time of peace? [Hear, hear.] Can that
he a praiseworthy system which fitments religious dissenti 111 l
Can any man say that there is not sonsething radically bad
in such a system, the fruits of which tire the growing discon-
tents of the people? Wear.] Let the house remember,
a hru the seine of the cottotry rs I. lie collected, how Arent
an the difficulties of riles:ling that object, tigaiust the error-
moos influence of ministers—an influence which has been
growing fin' 33 yews, which has given them such a root
in the church, in the army, and itt the navy, as proves
when a sit oug resistanee IS made against them, that the
sense of the people is opposed to them, since a great
number of people are absolutely tinder their fangs.—
Coder these circumstances, it becomes the house to look
abutit tbeni, %h 1141 becomes of his sLitesly's ministers is
hot the Flintily object of consideration, The house
ought to do their duty; and, if the conduct of ministers
lira arils the Goren has been what I have attempted to
desetibe it, let gentlemen seriously pause Wore they
reject this motion.—(Hear, hear.—) It is not the King's
ministers who are on their trial, but Ibe House of Com.
molts; and all I shall say firther is, God send us a good
del, vet ante !—(Cheering.)

Mr. BROUGHAM, who rose immediately; and as soon as
order could be obtained, requested the favourable attention of the
hosi.e, rot so much because he was in some degree personally
concerned in what had passed, but because he had still to dis-
charge the reinuini:er elan anxious duty to her Majesty, ten-
ucreii infinitely mote painful and burdensome by the tune lout
mutter it the speech of the noble lord. like had refused to look
ut the systematic attempts to malign and defame her Majesty,
not only in that part ut the public press known to her under toe
controul of the responsible advisers of the Crown; lie still could
i•Ot persuade himself that there was even a probability
that pioseedings against the Qucen were Bbarideile.i.—G.:,;
forbid- that he should accuse ministers, or even Illicit must
suspicious unierlings, of giving encouragement to the public
nuisance to which he had just referred ; but whoever might be
its authors, it evidently lid mwed anxiety to keep alive calumnious
topics of hest and agitation, and, with other proo:s. convinced.
loin that thaugh the noble lord had relinquished ull de-ign of
tether prosecution, the intention still existed is some unknown
and itresponsible quarter. NO, no ; hear, hear.] The learned
gentleman then proceeded to take an historical view of die many
persecutions and studied insults to which her Majesty hail been
subjected, and concluded a speech to which no I:.irii,gcnieut can
do adequate jmt:ce by saying—. 1 have stated thus ninth,"
conuntoxf the lion. and learned gentleman. as to die couduct
of die Queen. It is tit I should now tli:..chorge what I call a debt
of Justice 10 her. I know
ienily asserted, and must; Iy cireul deo tbr purpose:
industriously it has been 101 idiuu,ly and itht:evo-
`,llich must be obvious to every man, that ley txptcnsed opini•
om of her Majesty's conduct are not the same in taut silk my
,awn CallsclialtiOUS conviction...( Ileac.) It is necessary, Sir, tor
me, with that scrims:mail and sincerity which it may be permit-
Led to a man upon the most solemn occasions to express,to
liieh I now t:J risers hi the lace of this lionsel—t.:4l if.
ittsca.l.o/ nti;ovfttv, that had I been sitting a, a judge, a

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another tribunal, I should have beeen found the number
of those men who, laying their hands d their'hbartss con.ci.
entiously pronounced her Majesty • Nws guilty.'—(Beiterate(
cheAs.) For the truth of this assertion I desire to tender every
pledge that may be tiro,' valued and most sacred. I wish to
make it in every form which mar be deemed most solemn and
most binding ; and if I believe it not, as I now advance it, I
here imprecate on myself every curse which is most horrid and
most penal." (It would be difficult to describe the earnest
emphasis with which this asseveration was delivered, the deep
interest with which it was listened to. or the enthusiastic and
general cheering by which it was greeted.) It was no ordinary
occasion that compelled an advocate to travel so Air out of 1113
usual tract; but he (Mr. Brougham) felt that upon the present
occsAion he had been treated not as an advocate of her Majesty;
but lie had been made a witness against her Majesty. (Cheers
from the opposition.) That opinion of her Majesty's innocence
he was known to have uniformly entertained from the commence-
ment to the termination of the proceedings--an opinion which
was not better known to his private friends than it was published
to the world. That opinion did not originate in, but had been
confirmed by the proceedings themselves and in the strength
with which lie had ever entertained it, he repeated, that had her
on a late occasion, been taken from the bar and wade a judge.
he should have joined in a conscientious verdict of • Not guilty.
The omission of calling all the witnesses whose evidence would
have put the country in possession of all the truth, was a stigma
on the case, which no majority however numerous, would de.
stroy. (Isoud ..:veers from the opposition )It was & stigma on
these proceedings, which if to use the words of the master of the
Mint (Mr. W. Pole) they, the oppoeidon, were to be beaten to
pieces, would never be forgouen by the country. (Ghee: and
laughter.) Thcy had, as was said, been beaten on one side the
other evening, and now they were to get the knock on the other
side to night, which was to rut an end to them ; but out of their
rum would arise what would prove the disgrace of those who had
been instrumental in bringing on and sanctioning this violation
of justice. (Cheers from the opposition, followed by still louder
cheers from the ministerial benches.) He said, out of their ruins,
and after the potato which ...ere rung in anticipation of triumph
had subsided, and were heard no more, would arise what would
remain a lasting disgrace to the Parliament which had supported
3ucli measures—measures which he maintained, were scandalous
to Parliament. (Cheers from the opposition.) It would never
be forgotten that, ministers having it in their power to produce
the means of ascertaining the truth, had neglected those means
—had chosen to bring in this bill, when, by sending for one or
two witnesses, who were, he might say, living in their neigh-
bourhood, they might have prevented all the injustice and infamy
which had followed. The hon. and learned gentleman followed
up his reasoning on this, part of the question in a must impres-
sive and eloquent manner. Adverting to the Milan conimission,
which the noble lord had described as having been employed in
a rigorous investigation to vindicate the character of the Queen,
he of:leered, that the house would not know what was the descrip-
tion of the witnesses out of 80 whom they had 'ejected. The
home might, however, judge of their anxiety to avoid sending_
ar.y thing very low or mean wh,a they sent out Rastelli; of
thsir wish to avoid every thing that was filthy when they sent
the pimp Cuslit (cheers); of their deteimination to avoid sending
any one who was infamous and degraded when they scot Ma.
jocci. Sochi, and that pattern for all modest chambermaids.
Mademoiselle Dumont. (Ilear.) In conclusion, he said, that
every act of his proceedings, front the commencement, was
govarned solely by his duty to his Queen, and his attention to
the interests of his country. (Loud and repeated Theers.) At
his conclusion the question was loudly called for.
The house then divided:—
Ayes 178
Noes 424
Majority against the motiont 146
W ISMICIDA It. FEB. 7.
There being only thirty-eight members present at foe.
o'clock, the speaker declared the Douse to aloud adjourned
TIM ItlID• IMS. 8.
Ms. BYNG ()resettled petitions on the subject of St. Pin.
eras church to light Poplar, with gas, &c. Ordered to be
referred to Cot iiiii ittres.

Mr. S. WORTLEY presented petii:nos from woollen
manufacturers in the Wit Riditig of Yorkshire; from Leeds,
&c. pray mg (hut the House would alter the laws regarding
the stamping of woollen cloths. The hon. member gave
111111 Ce, that WI ill early day he should move for a select
c vvvvvvv titter to enquire into the allegations of the petitions,
the Nate of the laws regarding the stamping of woollen
cloths, Ere.—Read and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. CUIIW EN presented a petition limo faroierScf Glom.
cester.hire, complaining of agricultural distress, and pray.
iog fur relief, lie said that grain was now ti.. per bushel.
It had been said that Bs. was the lowest price at which
gram could he sold so as to alloril a fur profit to the ;pearl-.
Now Is, difference made a clutrii;e of 5,000,0001. to the
fainter; hut the dillerente in the prices now occasioned
111.8 of 10,000,0001. yearly to the Kronen. If the deterio-
eation were 1 or 2.. mule, Dieu the loss to the formers w club!
he 20,000,0001. Now CtlUill the funnels go on under such
disadvantageous con unntuncrs, &c.
Petition received and ordered to lie on the trade.
Petitions were inesented from Scales's), Leicestershire
—HuNerford.—Surrey, &c. praying the re.turatom ut the
Qu cols naitie tot .e Liturgy.
Mr. DEN MAN said, that these petitions mere more nes
cessar) than ever, for stilee the end of the proceedins to 1110
Lords, the conduct towards the Quern Wosa of el more unjust
and calumnious character than. the ministers 1111,8 tat ki
Of the numerous derio.' s that hod not been brou. tit fors
ward. and they had 111811 at their loin exproice, mirrulat.ii
tie Auto ney (;r'umor's statement its the raw proved ag,ittist
rue Queen Was thus to be denied or 111,1 I And sceedira
of certain Lords had been sent thiough the country ut the
Golfer it e.xpeece, and unit. r ? %mild Ito suable
lord dent this ? would the Holl.e bear these uiui t,-that
douse which seemed at all hurled. determined to au,apois
ministers? It on. said. that Ai procredrags were to he
abandoned. and yet :lie noble lord dealt ill such fatal insitotis
;Ilion,. lie w told suppose 11 C.lBe. If the llohle turd were
charged with tilts of bribery, Ac. in Ireland; If a new
miu-stry were to send a co ttttt mision to Ireland to enquire
into the conduct of the ex-tainisrer ; and if an •loheti
tttttt ntry afterward. abandoned the hill—vs-mild the Nohle.
Laid it. cm it jug to he BlookeU of :IS a gU.II) priBOnigr
I treal.)— As to the legality of the question regarding the
Liturgy; he litter h.rd it tiOisht about It t 1111.1 if the Queen
haf 'reveilles.' the profet red bribe, he sbqui l has e 11,1.
unworthy 0, the protection from aul upilituu of 1110 fo,llllll,
it 1111'11111r Queen would 111.811,8 1011,,, as, she was
Itlie
Lend C ASTL Elf CAA: II thought it wet bard that the gi
draws' opposite uric to have '• %%anon& of 1 hose" a;„.iiiet
hie iimiwitY, without flow being *Wised to raise a he..A
iu detente I lite Qiieetes party we, e to pay journid.,
10 Osculate slander, rind if ticwernment sent cor-
rected or COlllll s, 111011 I here wit, too "'rebel.. Ulll .0 10114
as ail. spit in lii-t1 d, so 1U11,; Ili it au.: said this qu. sum should
out Ire Al test. Ile would persevere in atrium g 111141 he
deel3lBBl to be trite.

Ur. 1ll;1111ub.ereril. that if the Noh:e Loud did not
(For cothrikalioi or; ~ige