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—sometimes at her conversations in the evening—at ether
times aecompanyiN her in her walks, Arc. I always ob-
d united in ha r the most gracious salability and the
must noble decorum, such as to be often noticed by me
to the various other noble and distinguished personages
who enjoyed the honour of her society."
The next, and the last, to which lie should refer, was
from a man of equally respectable character, who had
been lately iu England, and was acquainted with many
distinguished individuals in this country. Professor
Tommicini, the individual to whom he alluded, made the
following declaration:—
"Admitted by the nature of my office into the interior
apartments, I was enabled to perceive that which by oc-
casional visitera could never be known or appreciated. I
never saw may thing in her nrauners that was not decent
and correct; and with the persons or her court whose
Aces attached them most to her person, I have always
teen her preserve that decorum which, without varying
from that goodness which is natural to her, respected the
bounds prescribed to her by her high rack. To her We-
riots her Majesty certainly was more condescending than,
unfortunately, is usual to twat moving In a high sphere,
and I have seen her Majesty, though scarcely recovered,
go down and visit the Lowest of her dune sties herself,
causing the tucdicines to be ad • • tered, and attending
to see that every the smallest assistance possible was ren-
dered to them. With respect to the perilous with whom
her Majesty liked to associate principally, they were
chiefly persons the most distinguised in the country, both
in point of rank and profession."
There was only one circumstance more, in connexion
with this branch of the subject, to which he would advert.
It had been stated, with great effect, in enumerating the
charges against her Majesty, that she had been black-
balled by the Cassino, or Society of Nobles, at Milan ;
and to show that the truth (Willis charge was equal to that
of the others, lie should read the following extract fruni
a certificate which the Austrian government had allowed
to be made t

" Tha Directors of the Society of Nobles of Milan du
certify, that it does not appear from the registers and
journals of the said society, from its first establishment up
to the present day, that her Majesty, during her residence
in Italy, ever made application to be admitted as a mem-
ber of the said ' Society of Nobles.'
" President Director, SAUBE CONTE ABBIO.
" MARCO BUCELLARY, Secretary.
"llfilau, at the Palace of the Society
of Nobles, Nov. 1,1820."
The bon. member concluded a speech of great length by
saying he had now only to state, that being himself au advo-
cate fat reform, he had always il•Aught more strongly in its
favour than would promote his personal interests. [Hear.]
Upon two contingencies he was both ready and willing 10
retire ft public life. He should solicit his constituents to
substitiite some other representative iu his place, whenever
the House of Commons had proceeded to such an extremity
of disregard to the wishes of tile people Its to deprive it °fall
confidence in its measures. He should no less be willing to
withdraw into privacy, without recompense for any poor
services it have been his good fortune to render,
whenever it appeared that his presence oll'ered obstacles in
the way of any arrangement he deemed essential to the wel-
fare of 1 country, Hear, hear.]
Mr. Huskiest:on, air. W . Pole, and the Attorney General,
spoke of course against the motion.
Sir Francis Burdett, thence). Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Tier-
ney its support of B.—The latter gentleman concluded by
soy ing„ Thegeinlemen opposite, or their party, have now
been w uttice 34 or &it years, stud can any man say, if their
system was good, that we should be plated in the situation
its w hich we at reseal arc ? Shoe we, if their system was
beneficial, from year to year, have new bill► introduced,
trenching the liberty of the suirjeet, and instead of effecting
good, creatiug evil? (Hear, bear.] Can that be a wiseora
good system that renders au army of leo,ooo men necessary
in ibis country in a time of, peace? [Hear, hear.] Casa that
be a praiseworthy system which foments religious dissection ?
Can any man say that there is not something radically bad
in such a system, the fruits of which are the growing discon-
tents of the people? (Hear.] Let the house remember,
when the sense of the country is to be collected, how great
are the difficulties of effecting that object, against the enor-
mous influence of ministers-1111 influence which loss been
growing for 35 years, whiell has given them such a root
to the church, in the army, and in the navy, as proves
when a strong resistance is made against them, that the
sense of the people is opposed to them, since a great
number of people are absolutely under their fangs.—
Under these circumstances, it becomes the house to look
about them, What becomes of his Majesty'► ministers is
hot the primary object of consideration, The house
ought to do their ditty; and, if the conduct of ministers
towards the Queen has been what I have attempted to
describe it, let gentlemen seriously pause before they
reject this motion.—(Hear, hear.--) It is slut the King's
ministets who are on their trial, but the House of Coin.
1110116 ; and all I shall say farther is, God seed us a good
del.verance!—(Clieering.)

Mr. BROUGHAM, who rose Immediately; and as soon as
onlor could he obtained, requeqed the favourable attention of the
house, not so much because he was in some degree personally
taaleerned in what had passed, but because lie had still to dis-
charge the remainder of un anximis duty to her Majesty, ren-
dered it finitely inure painful and burdensome by the tune and
matter of the speech of the noble lord. If he had refused to look
at the systematic attempts. to malign and defame her Majesty,
not only in that part of thq public press known to her under the
cuntruut of the responsible istlvisersot the Crown; he still could
net persuade himself that there was even a probability
that procect"nga against the Queen were abandoned.—God
forbid that lie should accuse ministers, or even {their most
suspicious underllngs, of giving encouragement w the public
nuisance to which he had just referred ; but whoever might be
its authors, it evidently stowed anxiety to keep alive calumnious
I topics of heat and agitation, end, who other proo.s. convinced
him that thaugh the noble lord had relinquistiod all design of
further prosecution, the intention still exis etl in some unknown
and ilia:limitable quarter. [No, nos hear, heat.] The learned
gentleman then proceeded to take on historical view of the many
persecutions and studied insults to which het Majesty had b,en
subjected, and concluded is speech to which no abridgement can
do adequate justice by saying...* I have faunal thus much."
continued the hon. and learned gentleman, " as to the conduct
of the Queen. It is fit I should now dischar,c what I call a debt
of justice to her. I know it has been inviniously and nialcvo-
lently itsscrtixl, and most industriously circulate( for purpose,
whie,t must be obvious to every man, that my expressed opini•
ow of her l‘lajsty's conduct are not the same in fact with my
own rinlncielitlVU4 CUOViCtion.—(Bear.) It is necessary, Sir, for
me, with that seriousness and sincerity which it may be permit-
ted to a luau upon tl a roust aiuleUlti Ocep‘lOils to CXVICSS, to
i"ert'''lrl'idi I now do own in the lace of this hoax—tilt
iftstuaeof an advocate, that
.hid I been sittitig a, *judge, a

oranotberthugettihreln4.B4.
who! should hews hoeuthieds/Classi
their' the nourcit...l ;
maimed, her Melee) • Nit
cheers.) For the truth of this .reseeded I desire to tender eve 7
pledge that may be most valued and most sacred. I wish t°
make it in every form which may be deemed mast solemn and
most binding ; and if I believe it not, vs 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 wu 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 far out of his
usual tract; but he (Mr. Brougham) felt that upon the present
occasion he had been treated not as an advocate of her Majesty ;
but lie had been made a witness against her Majesty. (Chum
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 it'd not originate in. but had been
confirmed by the proceedings themselves, and in the strength
with which he had ever entertained it. he repeated, that had be.
on a late occasion, been taken from the bar and made &judge..
he should have joined in a conscientious verdict of • Nut 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 use, which no majority however numerous, would de. •
stroy. (Loud cheers from the opposition.) It was a stigma an
these proceedings. which if to use the words of the master of the
Mint (Mr. W. 'Pole) they. the opposition, were to be beaten to
pieces, would never be forgotten by the country. (Cheers and
laughter.) They had, as was said, been beaten on one side the
other evening, and now they were to get the knock on the ether
side to night, which was .o put an end to them . • but out of their
min would arise what would prove the disgrace of those who had .
been instrumental in bringing on and sanctioning this
of justice. (Cheers from the opppsition. followed by Ed=
cheers from the ministerial benches.) He said. Gee their thins,
and after the Frans which were rung in anticipation of triumph
had subsided, and were heard no more, won ache what would
remain a lasting disgrace to the Parliament which hade=
such measures—measures which he maintained, WWII
to Parliament. (Cheers from the opyrsition.) It would newer
be forgotten that, ministers having it in their power to peedeee
the means of ascertaining the truth, bad neglected them moons
—had chosen to bring in this bill, when .by madam he IMO Of
3wo witnesses, who were, he might say. when,
in their neigh-
bourhood, they might have orevented ail the impedes end infamy
which had followed. The hon. and learned gentlemeet followed
tip his reasoning on this part of the question in a meet
sire and eloquent manner. Adverting to the Milan
which the noble lord had described as-having bow seayiege.
&rigorous inves.igation to vindicate the clieseeter if die
lie observd, that toe house would not know ethist roe the dseeetp-
tion of the witnesses out of 80 whom they had Waned. T
house might, however, judge ,of their anxiety to avoid sendieg„
any thing very low or mean when they sent out MOM ;
their wish to avoid every thing that was filthy WWII they stet
the pimp Cuslii (cheers); of their determination to avid eluding
any one who was infamous and degraded when they sent Ma- .
jour. Stiehl. and that pattern for all modest chambermaids.
Mademoiselle Dumont. (Hear.) In conclusion, he said, that
every act of his proceedings, from the commencement. was
gov,med solely by. his duty to his Queen, and his attention to
the inr.rrests of his country. (LotW and repeated •cheers.) Al
his conclusion the question was loudly called fox.
The barge then divided h.

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