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%siding quesiios. Thee thee It pima, se it lie Gana lad
table off the nines if Mu ea.; bait it ippsswell that; the
elemataight hem beet get rttU.Pe. ovary other part of hee;
Majesty's attire. Ms would thew their' t.ordahlp, fteah
autorailie up of the Solititorheveseral, that this was not a
emunistance deoppiag out accidents*, on the ensialsatios
of the witness; hat at present he would go to another, sad
the last instal** OM that part of the cues, shieltithossed ably
either that the vitae's, whoa examined et Mika die not
give the monist there which was give. hersr4sad Shea
what a melancholy suspicion was thrown up.. the story is
geseral—or it had somewhat the appearance .t mileage.
meat mid partisanship, io so Invite* the evillest* as to
operate against bay Majesty the Qum.. Ttilie Lordships
had not fortollwa Nahmeiti, sad the week*
never forget hint. Whieh of their Lard.hips, be stould ask,
oho had come to the subject for the lest tine, would ever
have imagined, fro. his nominalists Iles chief, that the shore,
of Raghtiiil had ever before been honoured by his presence ?
It was by accident wily at the close of the eritsreasasias.

von, ibis the infeemetist t reached them that kiejecel si had I
at Gloucester. at London, and variests other plates its
Englaud before. Had that been kauwe to them it could
not have damaged the case of the Prosecutor; but if the
•nferemal had been given, they might have learnt some-
thing to serve the Queen and dawseify the wither, and
thereby to serve, if not sere, she realm of Earlesed. Bet
Do, there be stood like a post, beim' examined through the
medium of an Interpreter; all their questions emilerdneoel
end digested, and on the crosa.examination, no doubt be
lied evaded himself of that most comfortable and move-
ideal delay. So was the posseiretivio conducted, and it was
singular that there also, if it was inadvertence, it was still
aggieat the Oilmen. That Captain who when he gut boa
to Isis own country lailee with riches end honours, as he mo
doubt would be—that man had an unsettled demoted against
Berg oini us account of the voyage to the East; be gees
theenigh the eimminattess in ebief alai the ereesdpinalmatle‘
mid nu hint wee given that he, Viucrustio Beetle* Weems,
'mown to the English GOTITOIO,II by the l•lolle•Ils of his
complaints; of course it was well kneed to those who con-
ducted the prosecution, yet he passes through the examina-
tion and glides through the eroinYestamiestion, and it was
only in /1011111 fr to a miestioe frees a Noble Lord, that
that withheld piece of informetioe tumbled out. It
might have bee' surmised that this witness would not
have beets in an indifferent state of mind in respect to the
Government 110 throne hand, said her Majesty on the ollwr.
if that too was inadvertenee, it west singular circumstance
out of five instances that they sheed4 ell bear the same way—
against her Majesty. The chances were much against such
a cumbioatien. It was all odd east of the die. In the ole-
serrations which he should make on the Solicitor-Greenery
comments on the slate of her Majesty's dress, when she
changed it to assume that of the Genius of Nights y, he
would refer to the short-hand writer's notes, in order not to
misrepresent him, end to chew how irojeriously for her Ma-
jesty the case had been desk with in the summing up. His
Learned Fricitil said, " Her Royal Higher*, returned fur the
purpose of charging her dress entirely;" thus not in the
least sinking, but referring to she examinatioes suchief. "The
chambermaid was in the anicrouns, and theconrier was in.
traduced auto the bet-room, where hr remained dueler the
whole time she was changing het dress." Strung uhmervaiium!
Powerful commentary. !—More particularly as the case, in
the SolictorOeneral's opinion, was such as In compel him
to tax his imagination, to guess whet possible defence could
be suede against it. It was therefore rather too much to say
that the elhouge of dress was in abed-room. It was from the
legion:lig to the fuel ao onfonudeil assemplimi ; without
proof already ; but it should he demonstrated to be
untrue, with 311 its pas ticolars, from first to last.—
Mimi the witness wished their Lordships to understand that
the change of dress was entire, it was to deeeive their Lord-
ships, and to abase her beoefactress and eltistrets. He had
out yet done with the Solicitor G l's summing up. He
says, " They were lucked up for hours together in a bed-
room." Gratuitous again—another draft on his imagination !
lei sine short sentence two visitor bet unsupported assertions
against her Majesty. He had selected these as specimens
only, for his strength would fail even if their Lurdehips' pa.
tierce should hold out, if he attempted to enumerate then,
all. Ile had selected them (with deference he spoke ii)
as • sort °fele, or guide fir their Lordships' examination of
the rest of the case. He came next to the consideration as
opened, and as it appeared in evidence. He had already
alluded to one difference, he meant the dress of her Majesty
iu the Genius of History, end with no invidious intention
tipsiest his Learned Friend did he now sieve In it. He hail,
iso doubt, drawn his inferences from his documents, and
therefore it was the more important for him to point out
where they were false. The Attorney General hot stated,
that the drew of the Queen la the Genies of History was
most indecent and revolting. He had examined his witness
with referegne to the nature of that dress, and us the cross.
examination he (Mr. Witliansg) had, without information,
for of that, by their Lordslnps' decision (uf whirls he was
out then complaining) they were deprived, he only mention-
ed it to induce their lordships 111 be vigilant at last as they
limited been indulgent at first. So it was upon no iliforma-
lien, but believing it to be impossible that where the first per.
oche in Naples were present, any one could have appeared ie
an indecent dress, Ise had coos-examined to that point, mid
the alteration had entirely failed. The thiliritor.Gerterst, in
Iris summing up, had rebuked hide fur speaking of the in-
spection of the Neapolitan Court, as if it had no bearing cis
the ease, and he hail then totally abandoned the point. But
slid nut their Lordships believe his Learned Friend had read
the depositions ? Had Dement stated the fact, aye or no ?
He was sure she had. The Atturney.Genentl, Ise was sere,
had it in hie instructions, because he load said that he should
state molten bet what he had evidence to substantiate.
Me ('Mr. Williams) therefore inferred, that Uremia, in the
story she hail told at Milan, had spoken falsely ; and where
ouch great interests were at make—nut only the existeuce of
hie Royal Mistress, hot the Ayr. sy of the country—each
talgehouile were most wicked and abominable. His Learned
Friswd bait opened, that the Queen was exploded from the
Theatre Sun Carlos by the holecent nature of her dress.—
But if their Lordship. would turn to page '256 of the piloted
evidence, they would find she was asked, " Wier there
ao? thing particular In the dress of her Royal Highness ?"
—" Her stress sus ugly—monstrous 7." and there it eisded.—
Bet how had she lamed it to the Nihon COlllllllllllll/0 Had
she not said that the Que.is had excited the Indignation of
the St.Caelos audience sod was hissed? If she had nut so
stated it, the Rowel too in the °pmts.% speech was en iojerioise
and unfounded statement stalest her Majesty. Bus it woe
mot an unfounded stairmeut, for the Attorney Gellert! would
not have hazarded it fur the mike of a momentary effect, fur
such only it could be, as he (-wild not have calculated spins
boding Iris Learned Friends and himself slumbering epos
their pest That presiiniption whirls obliges every one ac-
cused to be considered intim-cut till proved to be guilty,
their Lordships were imperiously caned upon to apply
to she case now before them. Ile knew this was a
topic which bed been before adverted to, but he wished
it to sick deeply into their Lowdshipe weds, iu the
exercise of their juriedietiou on that revolting and astound-
leg case. It was not ertraiderful that Itisjocxhi's memory
should Dot retain every thing; best that It should remem-
ber on sight, that was en 10111011111 ass inaptesible memory.
On referring so page 6, Me evillest* was to abew that her
Majesty visited Bergamot when he wee tick, Dud these has.
joechi conikactuded so name Dr. Holland no beteg present ;
but fusilier um, at page 411, she object wee te 'hew that iler-
game was too ill for her Majesty's viol to Wirt any isejorious
inference against her, end he was asked, " Was hr walk-
ing up and drown in the room ?"—" Non sal rirordo."
" Was be attended by a medical man '" What says the
trust-worthy 51sjucchi?-- though at page 6, he bad said,
when be believed it was against her Majesty, shat Dr. Hol-
land was in sitrudance; yet sin his esoss-exaosimatime,
with that impudesiee which distinguished biers, be said,
he did taut remember whether • Doctor Avoided or not.
lie was sod desirous of taking op sauce of their lowelships'
titer sm thus subject, but was rather sosioes to avoid se,
fur re-Oblation was always bail, repetition always weakened.
It might with many have been a master of dumb( whether
what the adores Dement had said iu her linen eunceruiug
Use Pristeesa required any explanation. Their Lordelsips, how.
seer, would hear what was slie raptentatitni which abe herself
gave, after having a whole night to afresh lure nerentory,
sash
to wake up her story. Os thelfelday of berenaionsolion not
at word had eaaiped her lips respectieg airy &WV* etattnadre,
although the mess ample uppintomity hadbeem efforded.ber
of giving that I.r may ether explaintivii, whets, la the euthtse

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II Ihi qaesessoil pat to km ea the efhtteisti al Ike Weft,
hie lad WOO aged mini eke imenia w the 02011.4 et Ea.
`ape ?" Bet after the aw.hosiesei had ternsioated, she
had ices chiseled is ameallaiisa with the *rats fee ski
Bill, within the walls at least, if ail the area stunt Neese;
she had then her pillow to console; sad the neat aseraiag,
disrirg her eseameminsissatiow, the lifittlooll the Bolded of
the letters was touched epos, as soon se ever the slightest
alludes. wee made to them, she became anxious hi he al-
lowed to explain Them. She removed the expression of her
wish to de se at every saeceedieg question; and he at
length, brewing by experience how far Potter it was when
a woman lamed to say any thing, to give her her way
at once, or that otherwise so progress could he wide,
That them would be ne each thing se eerie, her to go on,
did amend in let her give it, when presently est same se
nestle*, which had as doubt been got up, he did woe knew
how far, but certainly not a hawked eider from the plate
where he then stood, complete• in all its parts, with a be.
glassing, a middle, and au end, nn the model of Cicero, or
rather perhaps of his friend the Aitorsiey•Geweral, who
was the may man among the modem who could, without
scandal, be compared to the classic models of antiquity.—
This oration having been brought to • close, knowing full
well that she had been fur some hours locked up in a certain
room not far off, he bad questioned her on that point.—•
With respect in she time, eke at first answered that it was
only for a moment. He was aware that some doubt might
be raised upon the precise import of the French phrase; but
she had added that she " went home directly," which in
any language, dead or living, in the known world, coold
he meant to convey' nu other meaning has that she
hod 11111111i111.4 in that room but a very skeet space
of lime. Aid after all, what was the • infunartior
which had beets al-meted to their Lordships by her expla-
uatioet that she had written them by way of donee en.
Nara. which her sister was to understand by mesas of a
ttiNser; a circumstance, epos her writ slowiiig, utterly irre.
correilable in the belief of any man of common sense, for it
afterwards turned out that uo such cipher bad ever been
agreed on. to the next comedy which required the assist-
ance of an intriguing French chambermaid, it was his
opiaica Demout would riot be forgotten. When questioned
as to what she meant by she capital of 'Europe, she pro-
trowel sot to kisow whether or not she went the obscure
place is Switzerland, where he wished it had pleased God, in
Isis mercy to this great kingdom, always to have coalitsed her.
Though in the space a ten lines she hail named Loarlon, she
bad still left it in doubt whether she meant by the capital of
Europe—what !—Gurl nut !—Columbier, forsooth ! and shat
notwithstooding the prospect held out to her of " high pro.
tectiusi sad a brilliant fortune!" Al page 377 of the print.
ed tabours, the last reference wills which be should trouble
their Lordships, they would find her trying what she could
do in 'be way of panegyric, and the object she selected was
our gracious Queen:—

" AA! why wits not the spirit of her Royat Highness at
my side? She would then have found if 1 were insgrateful.
• • • • • • • •
" Can you nut, my dear, divine the outsets( all toy sad-
ness! Moss! was it not the regret of having quilted her
Royal Highness, and of knowing that she suspected my cha-
racter and taxed me with ingratitude? Oh, God! I would
siorres:der half my life, (void she lint rend my heart; ake
wustd then be convinced of ihe infinite respect, the wolintit-
ed sttachment, and the perfect affection I have always enter-
taiiied fair he, august person."
Did this honest waiting-wuman write this under cipher,
or did sloe not?

" How often, in a numerous circle, have I with enthu-
siasm enumerated her great qualities, her rare talents, her
rasililuess, her patience, her charity; in abort, all the per-
fections which she possesses in so eminent a degree ! Hew
often have I seem my hearers affected, and beard them ex-
claim, that the world is noijast, in cause so much unhappi-
ness to one who deserves it so little,and who is so worthy of
being happy !"
Aud slow again he would ask their Lordships, was this
meant as a fraud upon such a being as this same Demised
had attempted to prove her by her evidence? or, was the
object of this panegyric unworthy of such praise ? Had she
been no where else spoken of its terns of commeudation ?
He thought he had heard it and somewhere, and that too by
penes who ranked deservedly among the highest ilt
every accomplishment which spoke the scholar sod the gnu-
Hessian—one whose judgment in these matters was not to be
lightly questioned—that " she was formed to be the life sod
grate and ornament of every society iu which she moved."
Was that tun spokes, in jest, or without nieasieng:' Was
that lux a joke, or a double entendre ? He believed uo man
would doubt iis sincern y; and he tousled, that if woe so highly
gifted—if one who is howiself united so triply accomplish-
ments—if one whose penetration was nut easily learned,
and whose upsilons were out lightly formed, could have
used such !amputee to give utterance to his cusNretlan of
the exalted merits of the illustrious object of his praise—
he trusted it was out assuming too much to suppose, that
the same illostrions person may hive been deemed deserving
of the encomium of this inferior C0Mp411,16011. Next to the
emlogiiiin of that highly.secomplished individual to whom
he bad alluded, he exude] have asked, he could have wished,
for tau higher praise of the Queen, thsu that which was con-
veyed in these lines of this perdu, written, as be Slimly be-
livved, and as she hail herself indeed acknowledged, in
very sincerity awl fulness of heart, and not so cajole or get
she better of a weak avid wicked wonsso. But lie would
ant waste more of their Lordships' time in these vague
gentralnies; he would now come to the more particular
points of this important case. He would give every
coedit to his Learued Friends on the other side for sin.
eerily in all that they hail professed of she just and
honourable naive, of their isitentions; he was happy to
add the bumble mite of his testimony to their high elm.
racier. His Leaned Fsiend, the Solicitor General, in his
summing up, bad insole use of the following expressions,
which, to gnatd himself against the danger of misquoting
biro, he would read from the report of a short hand-
write' The moment my Learned Friend, the Attorney-
General, received instructions fraim your Loariships to lay
haute your Lordships 11w evidzuce its support of the charges
cumlained it, ibis Bill, he, in conjunction with myself anal
sly frieods putout me, directed mir most anxious atten-
tion is the collecting of all the evidence that was to be
adduced iu support of those charges. We weighed, we
had oil the utaterials in oar power Mid before se, and
emery part of this evidence which we thought would bear
at all emit the question—every part of this eviderice which
we thought material to this inquiry. without regard to the
or the impression which it slight create, we thought
it ear daily Any,
.fair/y, sod candidly to p t to your
Lordship*. I trust, my bards, that its pursuing this course
we have faithfully discharged the duty that your Lordships
imposed upon us." His Lesrued Frieuit then proceeded to
poUI.IOIIIICe a rather flattering panegyric on hinurlfauil those
with whom he co-operated, in which, sough perhaps it
might have pi weed. d with a better grace fit/M.4MR' other
source, he (Mr. W) must heartily joined. But Le begged
tiieir Lordships' insist atriums •iirlli 44444 Ita she wutd• be had
quoted. This he would say was the Annum of the Qiseeses
case; this was indeed her case, " stoat whatever evidence
bore upon the case, el thee for or against it, and the y had all the
•'ideal:, in their own power, should be produced." Nu doubt
it bad been produced, and yet no Case hail been made out.
But, scarce had his well-satisfied ears received that di clam.
titan, and his memory treasuied it up, than lie hard from the
very same lips, lour direct challenges to her Majesty's Coun-
sel, given piecisely in the time of the Counsel in a Nisi
Prins action for a debt of 1110/—to produce certain nit-

mimeo, Luigi Bergson', Bartholomew rgeani, soil others
whom he iiitaied. „here was MGM the wisdom of his I emu-
ed Frieild, which be had so lately jollied iu eulogising?
What was become of the whole of the et idence for and
against the Bill, which lie bad been pledged to produce, since
be new called un them to prodnce these witatiors? Tbn
was the merest caut of • Nisi Prim Advocate. He ealWd
on theta to produce those witnesses; bat there WWI 00 ue-
cessity fur their doing so. A suflicieut answer to the dial-
lenge might be given by repeating the words he bad before
quoted from his L►arard Friend's speech. Even in civil
cairn, else refusal of the party to call a witness who could
prove soy statemeot,was generally held to afford a preemp-
tion against the cause. But who ever beard, ur dreamt in a
criminal ca.', that obeli the party proserstiug conceived his
cam to be doubtful, or h•ueimg in eves scale., the accused
should be asked why he did not call tertaie wituesses? Fur
his own purl, if be were proseetiting a sans for • capital
offence, and knew that the evillest* of any wee witness

Naiad he geoidcall hosted weskit it, &dm ilia Ain*,
'if be emitted to eaN. Nat wileees, sad die anniad
.bud eaesegeesse I. eaavieled esil eseeekii, be
sketeld bdil blemelf goiky of standee. There yammers,
be • would repeat, del figade, lees ealhod' ss the sane
✓id% weve is east am or lay wigwams Is Amor of tM
Chaim His loanied Mead dedisal Mem ae prodoet
Beeped; sleet was the leferease Ira ameeet shooed I. draws_
from that ebelleage ? abet bet that if he were called, hie
eddies* would sake naiad the Queen 1 Why ihes had be
use bees celled la eeppeet oldie Dili Bat why showed he
be galled se ail? Mat feet meld borrows ? illajorehi bed
add tint slaw himself or Leila Seeffeed, se Centers, elbead-
ed ea tin geese mod far faai whew they breakfasted clime
together. Bet has be voselied that Leigi dergsoii wee ever
mama wins he biateed east them? No each thing appear-
ed is eh his orideisee. Thee sepia, Is Why 'los't yes
used Berdioteatevr Defused ? you date est dui it : I shall get
verdict if yes de." What powible end could We he west
le assure ? It WWI • diode:age withsut soy erasing:

" 7Wsia hues WO fern."
Nay more, it was a cliallror which set at nought all elm-
siderstion of the moral guilt of perjury. For to what fact
could he he questioned in which he was out so vitally impli-
cated, that iu .II ordinary calculation • decided aegatiar
could be the only answer expected. It was a trick of the
lowest practice. mean sad unworthy of ibises'', degriulsog
to those who used it, and insulting to the dignity of their
Lordships. Frequent reference had been made by the other
side to a forced analogy, which it was attempted to draw
between the forms of procedure in common crimisal cases
before the ordinary *ribose,. of the country, mad this pro.
ceediug by a Bill of Pains and Penalties. Bet it was a
monstrous, a sliamelees analogy. In ordinary eases there
was • clearly defined oases against some 11"0"1" 4" P"i"
live law which decreed a proportionate penalty. The crime
was law was ft M—the rules of proceeding were
fixed; all was clear and defined. But here their Loedshipo
sat in • legislative as well as • judicial capacity; they were
called on to pronounce that an offence which was previously
cognizable by no law; and having created the cram*, they
were to visit it with their judgment. In such • case it was
clear that so analogy would hold, and their forma of pro-
ceeding must necessarily be at variance with the usages of
alt other Courts. Protesting as earnestly as lay in his
power, as zealously, though far leap forcibly than his Learn-
ed Friesd who had gone before him, against this challeisge
to pruduce those witsesses, he would again declare that their
nut being called for the prosecution slid of itself establish
the Queened case. Yet, in a question of Ibis magnitude, in.
railving iutereata of too high, too mighty inuntent, to let any
thing be wanting, witnesses should be bad, 'vitreous would
be called before their Lordships.
The Earl of Lauderdale now suggested, that as the Learned
Counsel appeared not likely to bring his observations to •
close within the specified time of their lorilakips' sitting,
the House had better adjourn. This being agreed to, their
Lordships adjourned a few minutes before four o'clock.