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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Session of the States General on the 29th of June
with a speech front 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
long been possessed of the whole of the minuthe 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 fiunilies.

WITNESSES AGAINST THE QUEEN.-Six
witnesses against the Queen, arrived on Thursday
evening in the I coach, and remained the whole
of Friday at the Blossoms Inn, Lawrence Lane :
they arc of the lowest order, and said they were
waiting for Mr. Cooke. It is said that the attorney
of Md 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.
He 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-
posed 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 opportunity of
smtiggling them in.
COUNT Betteramr.--The first introduction of Ber.
gami to the Queen was one of pure accident. Her
Majesty was walking along the hall of an Inn in
Italy, when Bergami, 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 Bergami, that her Majesty
engaged to take him into her service immediately, if
Piao 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
said, " 13ergaini, I have made your fortune." The
occupation of Bergami for some time was that of
courier, but by degrees he acquired the confidence
of his Koyal Mistress, undwas finally made ('ham-
berluin
of her llousehold. Reports much to the
Queen's disadvantage, had by this time been made
in different parts of Italy, and the decorations with
which Bergami was covered gave great offence to
a few of the old Italian Nobility. The rumours
against her Majesty at length became so serious,
that the Nlilan Commission was appointed, the ex-
penses of which arc said to have been 23,0001
This Commission was conducted with much deli-
cacy. Bergami is the son of an Italian apothecary,
of good repute, but confined practice. The Cam'.
tea:, his sister. is represented as extremely beautiful,
and to have owed her elevation, as to title (hr her
husband is spoken of as a man of small fortune) to
that eircurnstance. She has been 3 constant coni-
panion of the Queen, who, we believe, has at this
moment one of her nieces under her iramed:ate pro-
tection. With respect to the decorations worn by
Berganii, and which have given such offence to the
old Italian Nolality, it is but justice to observe,
that they might have been attained by hint when
in the army as a private ssldier, as no distine; ioa of
rank was made by the Italian Authorities under
Btionaparte, in the distribution of the Crosses. It
is, however, more prof abla that they were pur•
chased by Bergam;, for it is a fact known but to
few, that titles and decorations may be ob:aintal in
the Papal mad some other States, far certain stipu-
I.ited sums, which are paid to the per soas holding
high official situations. An Italian lady of rank,
who knows the person of Bergarai well, from hav-
ing seen hint repeatedly at Milan, assures us that he
was lately in London, and that he lett it oak, a few
days since. We do not pledge ourselves for the
authenticity of this statement."

An apothecary and his apprentic2 have been
brought to trial, at Paris, for Navin, caused the
death of s young woman, by giving her poismt in a
mistake. Both were condemned to ►uree ►nonths
imprisonment, 200 francs fine, and 1,000 Elutes
damages to the family of the deceased.

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The Queen and Baron Ber•mi are now the
only topics of conversation in London.a It is statel.
that the connexion originated in her Majesty's ap-
prehension of assassination. She Clt it. nueessary
to have a guard constantly over her; fur this pur-
pose she procured one of. those persons who are
numerous in Italy, similarly qualified ‘vith those,
who guard the Harem of the Sultan of tL Turks
For his fidelity Bartulomo was reward2,l by eh
purchase of a Barony, which honour in Italy is
attached to the state. It is added that the 13arort,
is on his way to England, in order to prove the
veracity of the statement.
We lay before our readets the following Abstract of
the impertent Bill atiecting Landlords and Tenants intro-
duced by Air. Tennyson, and now in prowess through
Pattiatnent. The chief object is to remedy the mischief
which arises from the present delay 411 the law in sects-
verim; pim•ession of prenti,es held user by Tenants afire
the period at which they should he surrendered to the
Lanibord

I. " The Bill enables a Landlord bringing an ejectment
against a Tenant who retains possvision at,er the determination
of his interest, to hold him to bail with two sureties for costs and
mesne proli s, on proof by aitidarit to the satisfaction of the
Coutt in the next Tenn, that the Tenancy is in fact determined.
la default of bail Found, then judgment to be immediately en-
te:ed up for the Landlord, an a writ of possession to issue,
ti. " If bail be found, and the ejtxttnent in coesequence goes to
to trial at • the next Assizes, then if a verdict be given for the
Landlord, it is presided that he shall have judgment and execu-
tion forthwith, instead of waiting till the next Term after the
Asizes, which is now necessary.
3. " The Jury giving a verdict for the Landlord, is also by
the same verdict to give damages for the mesne profits, to recover
which a subsequent action must now be brought. If the verdict
be for the dilendant after he has been held to bail, then thu
Landlord is charged with double costs.'
This is the substance of those provisions in this Bill which
most materially a ei the law of Ejectment, %Ulla view of
preventing the frauds committed by means of the power
which a refractory tenant now hits of retaining possession for
as long period after his interest bas ceased, a power, which
in case of a farm determinable at Lady-day or flay-day,
enables him to secure to himself the whole of the hay and
corn-harvest, as he cannot be actually dispossessed till the
follow lag November; he will frequently even plough said
crop old pastime Wilds, in order to reliance ibw,e 'iodise pro-
fits, compenuttionfor which canton be reesisered by mellow
till the Spring A.,:dzes halite fellow in.: yesm..when the tenant
perhaps is no longer forthcomilig, or is irsolveurand tunsole
to pay the damages awarded. The Hill ext.nds t t oil den.
criptions of property held un lease fur years or front year tis
to year, but is coaftad to hutlings under written instt
The consequence will be that prudent landlords will take
care to have a4reeittents in writings its all cases, and thus
parole tenancies which are now a constant source of litigit- •
that, w ill be much diminished.
We w bit tile Hill weld stilt further. It is no UneoMl7loll
hang for frutulnient tatesnss to pull.dow a and carry nit' the
houses they inhabit—and if they contrive this villany doling
tie recess, when the Lot d Chancellor is absent, and an io-
junction cannot be issued iu time, the•Landluvil bas no re-
medy where the tenant is a pauper.
Lan NVednesday night, about 7 o'clock, as a number
of soldiers were coining up the Saltmarket, Glasgow,
in a state of intoxication, .hey were met by a party of
young men going to the bathing, one of theta exclaim-
ed, tat passing, " I)—n my eyes, Chops!" Tins, be.
in.e a nick-Italie, was taken as an Aron!. The so!.
diers then attacked a comitryni.m, who torew off hta
coat, and olLreil to tight them oue at a time ; Lot the
pollee ititerfered, the military resisted, and were j.iitied
by social others, to the number of thirty ur forty.—
soldiers drew their bayonets, overpowered the po-
lice, cleated the Saltinarket, from St. Andrew's•street
to the Cross, WM/11(1111g indiscriminately every person
echo was so unfortunate as to be in their way. At the
Cross, the police. aided by a number of the town's
people, alter a desperate struggle, in which numbers •
wets severely woadded on both sides, mastercd one sol-
diers, and carried a number of them to the Pollee
Oakes:;. About td o'clock, three men again ioarchett
oitt front the barracks, and attacked the pe:mia with
fixed naytmets; but a mag,istrJte having interfered, th.!yr
were warred in by the (accts. Governor Hood ad-
dressed Vie people, and toil theca that justice would be
done. Tile), then shouted " Hurts I burnt! we will
get justice from the 111JSIStrilteti." One person, who at
first instigated the soluiers, afterward* turned upon
therm, and struck severel of them who had no hand
whatever in the mitt ag Nei), properly in cult-
totiy. A fellow who was attempiing is ibli.one the po-
pulace after the affray was over, was ottsetveti by a ma-
gistrate, and taken into custody. During the fight and
smashing of the windows in the Halt of lie Police
(Alice, a number of men belturg,img to i,,c Bit, street
Flesh Market, formed themselves into a body to prevent
their escape. Nineteen of the 13th were secured, and
carried to the Police Office, front whence two of them
%vete curled to the Hospital at the Garrtson, where the
operation oh trepatitni, was perftirmed on mia of I ant this
morning. In all, Caere are six of the soldier., so trashy
wounded, that it will he th•cessary 1-,sr diem to he taken
to the Hospital; at pr,:seiit there are four in it. ()I the
patrol there are ten wounded, yeiheipally about the
head, and many Of thew bayonet wounds. ate matt
dressed us a lIIISOII, hail a. ho (met wow(' in the guard
of his arch; and report says, that .eseral of the ittba-
Oita:its has e been wounded.

Mr. Grattan, it seems, has derltred his intention
of petitioning the House ut Commons again:.: the
return of Mr Ellis fur Dublin ; but upon what
ground is not stated.
The body of a male. infant, apparently about two
days old, %vas found about five o'clock on Friday
morning, by the watchtuan, when coming oil duty,
wruppc,t up in a piece of old blanket, lying in the
elatintel, one side the coault-way, in Gray's-ism- lune.
road, and fleing the Hinder ut Wakefield; on um-
miuin,g• the laxly, the skull was discoverctl..to•bo•
dreadfully fractweed, which 'Led to a supposition that
it was ma:dewed.