The National Register.
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Session of the States General. on the 29th of June
with a speech from the throne, in which he addresses
the Members of both Chambers with the most cor-
dial friendship.

By our Parliamentary Report of Thursday night,
it will be seen that a few of the particulars of the
infamous Milan Commission transpired. We have
lung been possessed of the whole of the minutia of
its proceedings, to which we some time since ad-
verted, and if the moment arrives when their pub-
licity shall appear to promise benefit either to our
country or to her Majesty, WE WILL GIVE THEM AT
LENGTH.

The Queen has written to nearly 100 persons in
Italy to come to England to give evidence, many of
whom are of the first finilies.

WITNESSES AGAINST THE QUEEN.—Six Italians,
witnesses against the Queen, arrived on Thursday
evening in the Lover coach, and remained the whole
of Friday at the Blossoms Inn, Lawrence Lane :
they are of the lowest iorder, and said they were
waiting for Mr. Cooke. It is said that the attorney
of Milan was with them ; he assisted Mr. Cooke and
Mr. Powell, and was a man in low circumstances,
but since the Milan commission, drives a carriage.
Ile frequently went about Milan, saying he had
the crown of England in his pocket. On Friday
last eleven Italians of the lowest possible class, sup-
posel to be part of the witnesses sent for by Govern-
ment, and apparently the very dregs of society,
landed from a vessel at Dover ; the populace in-
stantly surrounded them, and the termination of
their lives would have probably prevented their
future perjuries, if the magistrates had not " with
infinite promptitude" interfered, and rescued them
from the enthusiastic, though certainly illegal feel-
ings of our countrymen. The Paris mail had been
engaged to bring this precious cargo to London,
but it was judged prudent to permit them to remain
a little longer at Dover, to allow an oppoitunity of
sunggling them in.
COUNT BERGAX.I.—..The first introduction of Bet.
gami to the Queen was one of pure accident. Her
Majesty was walking along the hall of an Inn in
Italy, when Bergen'', who was there by chance,
observed her train entangled, and with great address
and humility stooped down to 'disengage it. His
manner pleased the Queen, who asked the people
of the house about him, and was informed, that he
was a courier in the service of General Pino. The
General, on being sent for, gave the Queen so fa-
vourable an account of iergarai, that her Majesty
engaged to take him into her service immediately, if
Pino would consent to it. The latter, who remain-
ed to dinner with the Queen, immediately consented,
and on his return home saw Bergami, to whom he
*aid, " Bergami, 1 have made your fortune." The
occupation of Bergami for some time was that of
courier, but by degrees he acquired the confidence
of his Royal Mistress, andwas finally made Cham•
berlain of her Household. Reports much to the
Queen's disadvantage, had by this time been made
in different parts of Italy, and the decorations with
which Bergatui was covered gave great offence to
a few of the old Italian Nobility. The rumours
against her Majesty ut length became so serious,
that the Milan Commission was appointed, the ex-
peaces of which are said to have been 23,0001
This Commission was conducted with much deli-
Lacy. Bergami is the son of an Italian apothecary,
of good repute, but confined practice. The Coun-
tess, his sister. is represented as extremely beautiful,
aed to have owed her elevation, as to title (for her
husband is spoken of as a man of small fiirtune) to
that circumstance. She has been a constant com-
panion of the Queen, who, we believe, has at this
moment one of her nieces under her immediate pro-
tection With respect to the decorations worn by
Bergami, and which have given such offence to the
old Italian Nobility, it is but justice to observe,
that they might have been attained by him when
in the army as a private !wittier, as no distinction of
rank was made by the Italian Authorities under
Buonaparte, in the distribution of the Crosse& It
is, however, more probable that they were pur
chased by Bergaini, for it is a fict known but to
few, that titles and decorations may be obtained in
the Papal and some other States, fr certain stipu.
lated stuns, which are paid to the persons holding
high official situations. An Iltaliaa lady of railL,
who knaves the person of Bergaini welt, from hav-
ing seen hint repeatedly at Milan, assures us that he
was lately in London, and that he left it only a few
days since. We do tint pledge ourselves for the
authenticity of this statement."
Au apothecary and his appreatice have been
brought to trial, at Paris, for Main;; taus el the
death of a young woman, by giving her poison in a
mistake. Both were condemned to three months
mprisonment, 200 francs fine, and 1,000 francs
Images to the family of the dtcce*el.

Thhe Queen and Baron Bergami are now the
only topics of conversation in Loudon. It is stated
that the connexion originated in her Majesty's ap-
prehension of assassination. She felt it necessary
to have a guard constantly over her; for this pur-
pose she procured one of those persons who are
numerous in Italy, similarly qualified with those
who guard the Harem of the Sultan of the Turks •
For his fidelity Bartulomo was rewarded by the
purchase of a Barony, which honour in Italy is
attached to the state. It is added that the Baron
is on his way to England, in order to prove the
veracity of the statement.
A curious litigation is about to commence in the
Parisian tribunals. The complainant is a Hamburgh
merchant, named .Lsepli Castel, and the persons
against whom he institutes proceedings are, the
Duke of liovigo (Savary), Desmarest, and Schulz-
meister, employed under the Duke in the police,
and Bernard, ex-director of gambling houses. The
accusation is this :—ln 1812, the complainant, pre-
viously engaged in contracts with the French
" ItuperialNavy," was solicited by the French Gene-
ral commanding in Hamburgh to discount Bank of
England notes to the amount of 5,0001. He con-
sented, and negotiated the notes to a considerable
amount, and, by order of the General, deposited the
residue in the hands of the Director General of
Police of Hamburgh. The Bank of England notes
all proved forgeries ! and Castel was obliged to make
good all losses. He then came to Paris, received
an invitation from M. Desmarest, chief of a division
of the police—was politely received—and requested
M. Desmarest to state the precise amount of those
notes which he had negotiated fur the French Gene—
rol. From this, and other circumstances, Castel

had suspicion of Desmarest and the Duke of Rovigo,
whom he now charges, in common with others,
with having fabricated this spurions bank of
England paper. He states where, how, and by
whom, the forgeries were committed, and even the
agents sent to circulate them in Englarul.--GazeUe.
de France.
By letters from Stockholm, of the lGth June, we
are informed that a Royal decree, dated 17th May,.
had been issued, permitting the traffic in oak bark,
which had been previously confined to the tanners
and the workers in leather, to all the inhabitants of
the kingdom, without exception. Anotlin royal
' decree has been issued fur establishing a custom-
house on the island of Gronso, off Sodertelje, where,
from the Ist of September next, all vessels coming
from foreign countries. must undergo examination
before they are permitted to proceed for Stockholm.
The King of Sweden was about to visit the city of
Bergen, for die first time since the union of the
two kingdoms.
The accounts which we receive from the frontiers-
of Spain represent the state of public health in the
Island of Majorca as very alarming.
On Wednesday came on the election of a Repre.
sentutive in Parliament for the city of York, in the
room of the Hon. Lawrence Dundas (now Baron
Dundas), when. Robert Chalonor, Esq. Citizen and
Alderman, was elected without opposition. An ad.
diess of thanks was moved to Lord Dundas, for the
faithful discharge of his duty during. five Parliu.-
tnents, in which he had represented that city; and
thanks were voted to the Sheriffs fur their strict and
impartial conduct in the lust and present election.
Alderman %Voarl paid a visit on Thursday to Mr.
Cobbett, who is at present confined within the
Rules of the King's Bench.
Mr. Grattan, it seems, has declared his intention
of petitioning the House of Commons against the.
return of Mr Ellis fur Dublin; but upon what.
ground is not stated.
On Tuesday, the grand jury at Glasgow found
true bills fur high treason against five more indivi.
duals, viz. George Ai I an, cotton spinner; W. Camp.
bell, cotton spinner; John May, weaver; Matthew
Bogle, weaver; and Alexander Graham, wright.
The Lord President informed them, that they would
be arraigned on Saturday the Bth, or Monday the
10th of July, and that their trials would come on in
a few days utter. The Court then adjourned till
that time. There are in all nine persons azainst
whom true bilk have been found at Glasgow, be.
sides the 28 at Stirling.
The body of a male infant, apparently about two
days old, was found about live o'clock on Friday
morning, by the watchman, when coming 011 duty,
wrapped up in a piece of old blanket; lying in the
channel, one side the coach-w 4, in Gray's-lan• lane.
road, and facing the finder of ; on exa-
mining the body, the skull was discovered to be
dreadfully fractured, which led to a supposition that
it was murdered.

Extract of a private letter iiited Madrid, June
1.5 :—" The (lay tetbre yerterday a young female
cut her throat .he was in easy circinn,stances, and
exolbiteil nk, indications of numtal Jerangement, cr
any thing which could lead to a conjecture of her
motive. f mention this because it is au event of su,lt
rare occurrence in Spain, that fin. 20 years previe.ls.
ly act uf suicide is nut remembered.",

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loaperial Parliantrot continocd fi Foje 211.
Mr. ANSON obtained leuve ut bring in a Bill to amend
. the Law resp..ctinz the collection of County rates.
Lord A. HAMILTON rove to bring forwsi 41 his suction
respretitiA the correspeindeure trimrelim; Ch.- idurons of the
Exchequer. He concluded will' moving i'or copies of iiiiv
cin respondence that mizht le eve taken place betWf en the
floarel owl the fiaverionent respecting the emitimincce or
.revival of the Board, but after a satisfactory explore/tido
from Lord Castlereagh, he begged to it ithiiravi'.hie met ion.—
(Hear.)
Motion withdrawn.
AL. HU 'd afterwards bromrlit forward his promised
'Series of It.-solisi ions respecting a nwre reenannicul mode of
collecting the public revisor ; upon whit It, after some ex-
tended discussion, in which 'Mr. laishingtou, Mr. W. :Smith,
&c. took a part, the Hour, about 19 o'clock, divided. Th.•
numbers were, Ay 11199 —Noes, 191.
The other Orders of the clay stele then disposed of, and
the Hume adjoin lied,
1111EDNFSDAT, JULY 5.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave make, that early in the
Attest .lesvion he should move for leave to be tug its a
Mill on the subject of the nuisances arising from Steam
Engines in the metropolis. Ile also brought up the Re-
port of the Committee appointed to empire into the prac-
ticability of Steam Logities commuting their own smoke.—
°Moroi to be pistolled.
Nonwicit Az•SIZES.—Sir JAMES MACINTOSH pre-
sented a Petition from Mr. Robert Hawkey and Mr. Ed-
ward 'faylor, Sheriffs for the county and city of Norwich.
complaining that the assizes fur the city were only held
once a year. The Hon. Nlember observed, that the giiev-
anee of which the petitione rs complained was a very
Cu nous one. The Home wet aware that, under the
present regulations, the assizes fur the city ot' Nor-
with were only held ouce a year, and that the spring
assizes for the county did net extend to the city.—
The city of Narwich had, therefore, the same grievance
to complain of is the four northers) comities, which
had ane,ely been under the consideration of that
Jiiii.se. The spi ing assizes fur the county of Norfolk
were held at Thetford, acid the summer assizes ill the city
e.f Norwell. One individual, committed on the 11th Sep-
tvitibcr, 1819, was COl.illl4itl ten months in prison previous
to trial; two were committed on the 30th September,
11e19; one on the 6111 October, 1.610; two on the 15th
January, 1;40 ; and one on the 3d of Februry, 18W. The
petitioners expressed their hope that the House would
take the subject into their serious consideration, in order
that they might enjoy the same right possessed ty nearly
the whole of the COUUliell of England. The Hon. Mem-
ber trusted that the wisdom of Parliament would devise
some means of redressing this great gtievance, and he
was convinced that the Petition was in all respects worthy
of consideration.
Ordered to lie on the table, after sotne explanatory
remarks from Mr. Norberto'.
Lord A. HAMILTON !nought forward his motion for a
repeal of the additional duty ou Malt, as far as the same re-
garded SColluml.
After an extended diseession the House divided. The
smothers were, oyes as noes 53—majority of 10 against the
notion.
The orders of the day, the Lottery were disposed
of, nod the House adjourned.
TuuttsnAr, JUNE 0.

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LORDS' Pnoceennins.—Mr. HOLFQRD presented the
Report of the Committee appointed to examine the Lords'
Journals regarding any proceedings touching the Queen.
It noticed the Queen's Petition, and the Bill of Pains and
Penalties, which had been read a first time.—Ordered to
he on the table.
MILAN COMMISSION.—Sir R. FERGUSON then rose,
and said, die Milan Commission had proceeded from the
recommendation, it was said, of the Vice-Chancellor, he
having named Mr. Cooke, an eminent Banister, as the
fittest pet toe to take the inquiries. That individual,
however, was imaerinsinted with the laugnage of the
country, audit was necessary he should be accompanied
by WO into ;deter. A third individual went with the
. Commission, whom lie did not know, and God forbid that
'fie should ever know the individual. (Hear.) This army
of espionage were proceeding in their labours in Septem-
ber, 101S—ri party being at Milan, who must have had
the approbation of the Austrian Court. The Report had
been received more than a year ago, and yet till new one
step had not been taken. This Commission lie understood
had cost 23, 001. there bring sent out at one time 11,0001.;
and for half that slim he would engage that, in Italy,
there could be evidence obtained which would blast the
character of any Asuman iu Europe. (Cheers.) Were
they to listen to die testimony of the most rascally of man-
kind? Was the Queen to be degraded on the unknown
evidence of such beings ? He concluded with moving an
Address to the King, praying his Majesty to lie pleased
to lay before toe mouse Copy or Copies of any Coil ttttt ssion
or Commissions to institute inquiries respecting the cwt.,
diel of her Majesty since her departure from this Country
in I together with accounts of any SUMS expended on
act:mint of such Commission, and by whom they were is-
Nu
Lord NUGENT seconded the motion.
Lord CkaTLEREAGH said, that as the time for inves-
tigation had no' yet as iived, lie should meet thiimotion,
not with a negative, but with proposing that they pass to
the previous question. flue mode of conducting the en-
quiry would bear examination from fast to last ; but the
proper time had nut yet come. The Vice Chancellor
had been consulted, aatl he hail proposed Mr. Cooke. a
gentleman of the greatest purity of eh:erecter, and Mr.
Cooke was accompanied by an eminent Solicitor. The
Commission (ids Lordshipl said) was of • dams-ntSciai
character, end it ri.sielteil from report., coming iii from all
quarters, respecting die Queen's conduct. He must,
however, lowest again.t steels little motions as this, fur it
ti-sitmeel the chapatis''. of it pal iy question.
Mr. CREEVEY said, that notwithstanding the warning, he
looked upon tile motion of his gallant friend as highly proper at
this time. He (Sir It. Ferguson) said—lt you chaig.; the Qu'ten,
let me set your internal commission. It was perfectly new in
the Constitutional this cuun ry to organist' such a system of
apionage, or to se flame the wad of the Soct•reign. We have,'
said he, ••p right to have thie" Vice Chancellcr-b foie us. I can
rove him to be a disturber of the peace.''(—A Ittugh.)—lt WAS
Mr. Leech that kept alive tl.e vindictive pay ions of the King
militia the Queen. tOrd..r.s Is was Mr. Leech the officious
all this was owing. The Emperor of Austria and Mr. Leech,
aril.the Italian spies, furnished the :OATH bag. After ull the ne-
goeLlNons end assurances that the differences were found merely
differences out comes the green hag. Mr, Leech was answerable
for all t his. The Queen too we-, to be punished by a Bill. If
tl.c Bill *as Issued into a law, it would be a subversion of the