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London, England, 1820-10-13 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY, Orronzit 13, 1820.

The proceedings in the House of Lords yester-
day were extremely interesting, as they also err vril
to give the dg fence of the QUEEN • first% and com-
manding chat meter. Lieutenant I lows All was
again celled to the bar, and wits closely examined
by several of the Peer,. Their Lordships seemed
to consider Mr. HOW SAM as bring possessed of
an inexhaustible store of information upon ibis
swat important topic, and were therefne loused-
liug to part with him until they had a itislied their
curiosity glom every point. Fortenate is is fur the
Wets when the Lords undertake this elo•e elm.
ttsinatio• of her witnesses: for their Lordships, im-
pressed no doubt with a sincere desire of reaching
the truth, disploy all their ingenuity in sifting
their evidence, and thereby affoid them admirable
opportunities of explaining every point in their
previous exat:iiteatiou which might have gives
occasion to any d►ficulty or mystery. How
often has the friendship of the Lords towards
her MAJZITY compelled Lieutenant HOW%Ant
to declare, upou his oath. his sincere and hunr►t
impression, foamed under • view of the very pecu-
liar circumstonces in which the QUM. was placed.
that he lied never witoeseed a►y impropriety in her
demeanour ! The examination of the Lords also
brought mia, that this witness had once seen one of
her 1111aJtstritissoervisats (named Mauatcx CREDO
eau his knees before her. beseeching her to forgive
him for his treachevy towards her, in boring coun-
tenanced and eaconroged the spies who had beset
her steps; nerd from it we also learn, that her MA.
f I had, from certain occurrences, entertained

strong apprehensions that her life was in danger,
and upon this account it was that she had con•
ceived it fitting to constitute a Chamberlain, whose
official duty should place him in constant attend.
slice upon her person, and upon whose fidelity and
courage she might rely with confidence. The Lord■
inquired of Mr. 11OVINAM whether any suspicion had
been entertaiued of the fidelity of the crew it► general,
and on bring answered io the negative, seemed to
argue with the witness upon the necessity of her
MAJESTY continuing to have a guard upon her
person out board the polacre ; but Mr. HOWNASI
very propcily remarked that the ship might
roll, or a, sea might break over the deck, or
other dangers might arise, to which naviga-
tion is necessarily exposed, and it would not
be quite /stoner that her Royal Highness should
pus the night upon deck without having some
male servant in immediate attendance upon
her persom Between her male servants then,
whop► was she to choose? Him, doubtle►s, who
was the first in rank, as her Royal Ilighriess's
Chamberlain, and to whom the duty of immediate
attendance upon her person especially appertained
a; connected with his motion. The strongeet sr-
patent, however, upon this point is to be derived
from the impressions entertained at that time by Mr.
HowN AM, as he has stated them upon his oath;
and who that has not experienced the difficulties
and embarrassments of accommodation out ship-
board, whose travels are bounded by the narrow.
confines of his native island, and whose notions of
personal inconvenience are drawn from the luxu-
rious accommodatiotts of his own house, or an
occasional trip to some fashionable watering place-.
or even surmising that his experience has extended
to air excursion to Paris, and that he has tasted for
a few hours the petty miseries of a Calais packet-
boat—who, under such circumstances, can ver►-
ture to estimate the importance due to the pe-
culiar situation in which the Patucass was
placed ou board the polncre, and oppose his no-
limos of female propriety and delicacy to those
of Mr. HOWNAM, who had in person felt and
witnessed the embarrassments and difficulties
that oppressed bis Royal Mistress ? la reviewing
the situation of the Palaces, with reference to the
diabolical charge that has been preferred against
her, many points must arise in every candid mind
to prove the utter improbability of the crime, but
which cannot, from a sense of decorum, be urged
in public with the force that naturally belongs to
them.

Mr. GRANVILLE SHARP corroborated the tes..
timony of former witnesses respecting the character
Of NIAHOMET'S dance, slid which he 'hewed to be
not more indelicste or unlit for female eyes than the
Spanieh bolero. Mr. SHARP has 111“11 it eßhibit-
rd the Government Ilouse ut Calcutta, iii pre-
sein of the Geyer -General and the Marchioness
of IlasTINGs, the !Whop of CALCUTTA and his
Ludy.

Our readers most remember the filthy story re-
specting the ►tstu.s of Adam and Eve at the Villa
d'Este, as told by ItAGAZZIONI, one of the wit-
'lessee fur the prosLTution. This indecent story
turns out to have been a most infamous fabrication.
Two person•, the tonployers of ItacAzziorst,
swore yesterday that those statues had been 'ensured
finin the situation assigned to them by th a fel-
low, the grotto where lie had beets at work,
and where he pretended to have seen the PAIN-
cEss and BERGAIIII, and had been lodged in
another part of the buildings, called the Mir-
seum, seve►al weeks previous to the arrival of the
PRINCESS at the silla. They also 'hewed from the
position of the giotto, where the statues had for-
merly stood, that ere., if they had not been removed,
it W 14.4 impos•ilde fur RAGAZZIONI to have seen the
Pot NCESS anti BERGAMI *landing near the statues
from the place where he said he had been at work.
The evidence of one of these men, who was the
overseer of the works at the Villa d'Este, seemed
to produce a very strong impression upon the
house•.

The case of FRANKLIN was further investigated
yesterday at nr,w-orreet. A repent or the proceed-
iiig4 is given iu siloolier part of uur Paper. It will
be area iiifurtnation lias beau received that he has
proceeded from Duver to Fraiire, and that the
most diligent pursuit is making to apprehend him.

We have received German Papers to the 7th in-
stant. Leivoic fair bus commenced under favour-
able autism.%

Pads Papers of Monday left have arrived at our office.
An ordinance issued by the King of FIANCE annonaces that
the baptisms of the lariat Prince shall he made the oc-
casion of ►eturning sultana thank,' to Providence fire the sig-
nal bleating rendered by the birth of this child to the Royal
Family of France, after so many years of suffering and sor-
row. On the day of this ern-away the KING will Ire surrouod-
ed by all the Great Dignitaries of Stair, the Marshals and
Miuitters, the Members of the Legislative Chambers, and de.
patatimis from all the Municipal Bodies of the kingdom.
The marriages of fourteen girls, to whom the City of Paris
will goy niarriage.purtions, are to he celebrated me the day
(if the baptism is the several districts of the city, public
►ejoicings are to take place in Paris, and every town
in France; an amnesty will be granted to all deserters from
the sea and land service, which will be extended to all pri-
soners who shall have conducted themselves properly during
the period of their coafinement ; and finally, all extraordi-
nary promotion will take place in the Royal Orders of St.
Louis and the Legion of Honour, and in all the branches of
the public service, civil sod military. The day of the bap-
tism is nut yet laid.
A private letter from Lisbon slates, tbst the Omaha.

Unita! /anti of Oporto had catered Lisboa, and formed an
onion with the Junta of the capital. This event was ac-
coamplished is perfect harinuay, and the greatest tranquillity
prevailed in every part of the kingdoms of Portugal.
AN Asti•Revolutionary Club has been discovered in

Murcia. It consisted principally of ecclesiastics, several of
whom hsve been arrived. Ststees of the pris•ners were
tramterrell to Alienist, where they are to ■wait the deter-
mination of the Government. The epederaic fever mean
•nfort•nately without sly doubt to have catcalled itself to
Cadiz. The malady rages with wieleoce iu Xeres de Is
Fronters.

A Flanders Mail has arrived, with pipers from lirtimela
to tlw 9th instant. They contain no news of any interest.

Madrid Papers to the 28th al last month hie arrived.
They bring down the Sittings of She Curies to the evening
of the Rath; when the proposition of the KING ass approved
for extending the Sittings of the Cortes fur soother monde.
The subject of the Liberty of the Press was discussed at
considerable length, and wills • spirit and feeling that
@hewed how highly the benefits of a free press •re
estimated by the representatives of the Spanish people.—
The previous. censorship is disallowed in political mailers,
but continued io matters relating to religion, with this ex-
ception, that if a Bishop should refuse his assent to • pub-
licatioo, the author shall be permitted to appeal to the
Junta for protecting the liberty of the prem.

Yesterday his Serene Highness the Prince Gus.
TAVUS and attendants had an audience of the
KING.

Ilia MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to
grant the use of his box, at Drury-lane theatre,
for the night appropriated to the benefit of the
widow and family of the late Mr. RAE, mid has
also corid,scended to signify his intention, through
Sir 13ENJAmiN BLoonFtELD, of fathering the
limilable exertions of the Committee by a dona-
tion. Der Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOU-
CESTER, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
KENT, hare already sent liberal benefactions,
together with many other distiaguished iwrsonnges.
The first Address which arrived on %Vedoesday at Branden•
burgh House, was that from the lahabitants of the parish
of Si. Abbott's, Kensington. The procession consisted of
42 carriage, and chiefly filled with ladies of she first respec-
tability. They were elegantly dressed in white, and wore her
Majesty's medals suspended from their necklaces. The Ad-
dress was under the immediate care of Mr. S. WRITSItaaD,
M.P.. Sir G. Nose., Hart. M.P., Mr. PITaR Moofte, M.P.
Mr. Hums, M.P., and several other independent Gentlemen.
The deputation had the honour of being introduced to her
Mciarirre at a quarter past one o'clock. The Guar* was in
excellent health, and received the deputation in her usual
gracious and lesceuding manner. Her Abusive wore
a dress of black silk and spangled velvet, trimmed with ruses,
ender a drew of crape.

Addresses to be presented to her MAJESTY on
Wednesday the 18th October :
Coachmakers; Crickladc ; Greenock; the Roman Ca-
tholic Cougregattons in the Metropolis; Leitholm, N. B.;
the Ladies of Csmberwell; Population of Camberwell;
St. Andrew's, Holborn; Maidstone; Southampton; Banff,
N. B.; Newlyn, Cornwall; Leominster; Clifton, near Bris-
tol; Yeovil; Wilstey ; Hull; Cirencester; Kidderminster;
Sawyers of the Metropolis; St. John's, Wapping; Trade..
10 e u of Spalding ; lloishant ; Bridgwrter; and Paisley.
Is additiutt to those Addresses which we before stated to
be presented to her Majesty on Wedutaday, we have to ■dd
t►e fullowmr:—

Kensington; Gosport; Perth; Females of Newbury;
Glasgow ; Bow and Bromley ; upwards of 20,000 Han_
cheater Fcrosles; Talon ; Mae, Argyllshire; loud Hinck-
ley; in all upwards of forty Addresses.

Ou ‘Vednesday last A deputation of the Inhabi-
tants of the Towel of Brecon, who Sigurd an Ad-
dress to her itllajesty the QUEEN, went in two car-
riages to Treguittir, the mansion of W. A.
Nlanocss, Esq. M.P. to request he would be
pleased to present their Address to her MAJESTY at
au early cll. Mr. MADOCES received the deputa-
tion in a polite and gentlemanly manner: after buy-
Mg perused the Address, and looking over the
s.gttaturcs, he made the following observations:—
.. .('hut the considered it to be his duty, as a Member
of Parliament, to present any Address, Petition, or
Reinonstsance, provided the language !Ned was re-
spectful; at the same time he must abstain from
giving any opinion respecting the Trial of the
QUEEN, now pending before the House of Lords,
for he might, as a Member of the House of Com-
mons, be hereafter called upon to sit as one of her
Judges—that hating now read the Address, he
found the language and sentiments therein con-
tained to be such, in every 'respect, as all loyal
subjects and friends to the Howse of Brunswick
must •pprove, and from the number of respectable
names thereto, he felt himself bound to pre.ent
flair A dikes!. But as it might not be convenient
for him to gu nu with it b 1) early as wished, he
would in that C be forward it to Lord ARCHIBALD
flaw LTON, to he presented by his Lordship to
her MAJESTY the beginning of the present week."
The gentlemen composing the deputation were then
conducted to au adjo 00000 ig apartment, where all
elegant cullatiou was provided.
The ntonoinlrn,nt of which we spoke tome days ago Las
talon pLsce. lie. KYLE is now Provost of the Unlink-nine or
bl aal —( Dublin Freeman's Journal.)
It may iitturd satt.faction to the farmer to be in-
formed, dist altli,,ugh the ports were (by the illicit
artifices of desigoing men) open for a short time
fur the 1111110Sialitill of foreign oats, and which has
drawl' large quantities from the warehouses into the
market, for home cuttsintiption„ they are again shut,
and suitable means will be adopted to prevent in
future the injurious operations of false returns.—
(Hereford Juurnal.)

On Thursddy last Mr. Alderman Newcomo,
who served the office of Mayor of Stsniford four-
teen years ago, entered for the aeons, time (with the
wood formalities) on the Chief Magistracy of that
ancient and respectable borough. On this occasion
Ins Worship gave a grand entertainment at the
Town-hall, which was served up about five co.( lock
in the alit-rooms, to about 130 gentlemen, including
Colonel SISTHORP and the rest of the officers of the
South Lincoln Militia, at present oil training at
Stainfoid. The dinner consisted of every delicacy
of the season, and the dessert of almost every chores
fruit. The bend of the militia (which appears to
be an excellent oat) was stationed in the music
gallery, and greatly gratified the company by Inc
variety of delightful sirs, &c. which they performed
in the course of the evening. The Mayor seemed
in excellent health end spirits, and, by his promp-
titude in giving feasts and calling for songs,
of which many were sung with great taste and
effect, kept up the conviviality of the evening to a
late hour.