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Lieutenant H. S. Noolb neer'.

Days you he the last three ran -palcitased say hones
from Lieutesant-Colooef Frescb ' I have purchased four.
Did you sell Reseal avails' I sold three out of (one.
How sows after you purchased did you dispose of them?
The first iu • few months; he turned out vicious, and was
out 61 fur the rusks. I sold him to a horse-dearer. The
second I mild i■ Ire or six mouths after I purchased hint
from Colonel French to a dealer, us accurst of my leaving
the regiment un leave. I sold the third horse in the regi-
=tilt .

Ds4l ion sell the last two horses on accosted of any objec-
tion you had to then, ' No.
Did you lose or gain by selling the vicious burn ? I
gained ten guineas.
By she Court.—According to year opinion did Colonel
French openly and publicly deal in busses ? Ile sold a ment-
hes in the regiment to officers, but I du nut know of his sell.
log eneltorse su any person out of the regiment.
Its Chief —ln she last three years have you seem Colonel
Freueb publicly exhibiting his homes fur sale io the barrack-
yard ? 1 hive seen hi■ servant lead out his bum', to she*
sheen to Officers of the regiment, but nut to straogers.
Cutonpl French has had a horse led out of thestable to shew
me, Owen 1 bail nu intemion of purchasing.
Do you know that Colonel French kept bones in his stable
for sale? Idu nut know it.

Did you ewer lusew Colonel French to keep any hums is
his stable that were net for regimental purposes No; I
knew but sue that would not answer regimental pur-
poses in Colonel Ilfretich's stable, mid that he returned to the
Wove dealer.
Do you know of Colonel French having sold a horse to •.
permit that did nut belong so the regiment' The Colueel
told se that he had sold a house le Mr. Galion, the banker,
at Birmiegbam.
lientatenf M. liington ewers.

How long hiss pie lime is ifirsegisiess? Six years.
Did you purchase • horse or Weans from Colonel French
within the last three years? 1 did woe.
Did you sell that horse again ? 1 Aid.
Do you kauw that Lierteunnt-Cohosel French has been
in the habit of constantly buying and selling horses? He
sold a few horses, 1 csouut say how mauy, within the last
three years.
Did be sell as many as twenty? 1 have not had the means
of ascertaining what number he sold. Hr did nut deal in
horses more than any other officer who had the same uppor-
lenity would have done.
Do you know that Lieutenant-Colonel French kept horses
in the stables that were not fur regimental purposes ? 1
cannot tell.
Were the sales of the horses to officers of the regiment or
to private individuals ? To both.
Cross.szainination —Did the horse I sold you turn out
to be worth the money you paid me for it 1 was uttered
more money fur the horse than 1 paid Colonel French for
him by a horse-dealer..
[Conclusion of the Second Day's proceedings.]
(-7'. be twrittimudJ

MEETING TO ADDRESS THE QUEEN.

ST. JAMES'S PARISH.

Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of this
parish was held in the room •t 4', Brewer-street,
pursuant to advertisement. to consider of an Ad-
dee,' of Condolence and Congratulation to her Ma-
jesty the Queen.
At one o'clock the C oininittee mitered the room,
where the parishioners bald assembled in consider-
able numbers. They vre.,e accompanied by several
gentlemen of consequence belonging to the parish.
On the motion of Mr. PERRY. Mr. BARBER
BEAUMONT took the Chair.
After apologising for his ditflciency. he proceeded
to the object of the meeting. It had been the cus-
tom at 111 times to eddrem the members of the
Royal Family. tither on their arvivel in this country,
or any Important occasions of regret or congratula-
tion, which gave an opportunity for the people to
skew their sympathy and loyalty. There were
peculiar reasons why this practice should be pre-
served with respect to the Queen. It was now ups
wards of is quarter of is century slime that ill-fated
end illustrious 'Lady, the object of so much reve-
renci%, liist sit her foot cm the English shore. He
had seen et she time she was in the bloom of health,
beauty. and intelligence. The lumpiest presigeo
were funned on the union of the future So-
vereign with such a Lady. Unhappily a nunoh,
" a little month" had barely elapsed when
her husbind did not hesitate to ►ay that lie
was tired td' her. She was turned from her hut-
baod's threshold, es had been most eloquently
eapressed'Uy a Member of the House of Commons, with her
child at hei bock, upon the wide world. From that time Yr
the present she had been set round with spies sad informers,
those Meatless, busy pests of the human race. He spoke
lings of them in the preach case, because. though they •tight
ire ounietinies useful i• the direct hoe of their calling. that
of deiectiog guilt, in miscral they were foetid nut to 'Where
to the strict line of their duty, but when they found nu crime
toasting, either to excite the commission of it or invest

IL This had bee. wildfowl by i.e. as well es limed,
during an investigation at the Polies system Wars the
Holm. •f COMMONS, when it was see. what had been
heusethe about is lbe way of instigating crime by a Ile
noses," as they were milled, of the system. Let theme look
at she Queen's enemies, and it would be seen that their
" tomes" bad been no less active thaw those of Bow-street,
er any other office. At that early period they heels by
punting Immune' afloat, which they managed to streozoliess
until they felt safe in orgine a direct charge. A pregeorney
was sworn to, nut by Italian witioeses, bid (he blushed so
say it) by Combat' men and women bearing titles. Ow in-
erstirstiois it was proved to he a false, moot, and atrocious
fabrication. It so happeued, that although the swearing
was ineffectual, as to proving the fact, it bail not even the
effect of bringing punishment back Oil the perjurers- Bet
Billie law terabit nut reach them something else did. Ors the
4th of hose, 1811, Sir John Dangles, then ars officer of
marines, was created a Major.Georral in the army. He
would not say what effect it mutt .have on other., to see
that they had 'oohing to fear from failure in such neelersalt-
legs, and that the favours of the Court were in no wise len
accessible than before. From that time the illustriorie ob.
ject of their humasee was driven aeol separated from the
rank which she might to have held, and would so greatly
have ornamented. Even her eitein es described her
as " the grace, ornament, and IS:" of that society. She was
shut out from her proper rank and councesorra. Bet her tee.
live mind would not suit r her to mope like • guilty thing :‘
she surrounded herself with p4lllOllll of science soul talent,
who, shone, of an humble reek, were distisiserielwd by
thew mental endowments. She did not disgrace het self by
coneleseendiug to minele in a grade of society berrenth that
in which she belonged. or if any disgrace attached, it must
be to her enemies. With her it was not matter of choice,
but compul . Her persecutors, and the advice uf pre-
tended friends, induced leer to go abroad; her sojournisigs
were marked by the benedictines of the good and worthy in
all the places through which she passed. The slime of slats-
threes was also to he traced there. How could ire describe
them! Men of rank there certainly were, together with pick-
locks sod nit f forged notes: the worst re fuse of the
outset mass Its conjunction with meta prufeasins honour and
arms. He need not remind then* of her losses; father, bro-
ther, daughter, and Ism, though out kilt, a Sovereign whose
character would emblazon hi-tury, who was besides her best
shield, her surest defeuce. Ceupled with this last evens,
and on the very day of the ohscquies, did they trace the brat
conference with that villain Slajocehi at Carlton House. Ile
would hasten to the proud et:elmet of the Queen of Custom!.
He passed by the injuries and insults which she receivad
from Ministers. Let them behold her conduct wheal just calf
the shore of England. Offers were made; if the would cou-
seut to live abroad, boundless wealth and immunity ; taw the
other band, impeachment and infamy ureic threatened.
What a glorious determination! To reject the bribe, to re-
pel the threat, to jump into the heat boat sod assist en
treating with her foe in Euennel ! As to the proceedings
which had taken place since, lie solemnly protested against
theme as genres and nusnifest violations of the laws—as the
worst viulattue of them which be bail ever read of. The
essential distinction between on arbitrary gerreetimetet and
one of laws was this : in the former, the property, life, aril
liberty of the individual were subject to the will of gle=e in
power ; in the teemed case, they were vuly subject to laws
which had been devised through the wisdom uf ccccc Mate
ages. What anllllolllallitll piece of tyranny was here ! The
threat of impeathment fur high treason was abaaduued. It
was admitted that there was no Wieser against the laws.
The case could Out be brought into the Ecclesiastical Course,
because the husband would not come forward. What sheet
was to be dune ? The laws were to be set at nought, mid a
measure carried against the Constitution ; although tau
crime against the laws were charged, before any accusation
hail been made, without judgment given or verdict recorded,
• Hill was brought in to degrade her frum leer rank, to strip
her uf her rights, and to dissolve the solemn marriage tie.
The Lady was nut even cited to appear; and then of what
mature was the constitution of the Court ? By the
saws of the land Judges were to be cleat of any in-
terert—they were matte indepeseleut of the Crown—.
they were not allowed to preside in the counties ID which
they were Lora—they could slut kedge eases in which they
bad an interest. Hitt here the Judges had the witnesses in
their pay and employment, besides which, malty of them
had a deep interest in she acquirement of a cutiviction. If
the charge failed they would be subject to impeachment for
high crimes and misdemeanors. His coeschashos wan, that
• fair trial before such • tribunal was impsmsible, mid if
a majority were obtained serest the Queen, it would
be, as it ought to he, disregarded by the country. As to
the witnesses, they were well fell and paid fur their services,
that their es retrace would be refused in any other GAUL If
a witness in the continues Courts was Imams to receive more
fur his attendance than his graveness; expenses, and a bare
curopeusation fur loss of time, it vitiated his testimony, ad
did out amount to subornation of perjury. Here were a
pack of vagaboads—ltalian skippers and ostlers, fellows
that required to be washed and scraped, before they were
decent eutougli to be seen. One of these received mule than aa
Admiral of toll rank on active service during war. Another,
a stable fellow, bail been living with a clergyman at the rate
,of live guineas • week, fur himself and valet: illy, this
would semi thews out of any Covet in the country. Sell-con-
victed perjuries had been committed by these wit . It
was tedious to repeat them, but lie would *sleet an example
or two. Majocehi bad swore to having mess the Princess
go into Berganst's bed-room through a rouge of rooms, to
which there was but woe passage. The went day, being
hard pressed, he acksiowledged that there was another
passage through which the Princess might have gone
without being stew. Now if ibis were gut perjury,
as &Sued by the statute, he knew nothing jhat could be
so called. They hail a right to complain, &cause in Islay
other Court such a witness would have been committed fur
trial. The news of his rouvictiou would have hese spread
among his comrades, concocting iu Cottou-garden, awl
the greater part of that noitsionie ebsceutty, with which
the country had been infested, would Lever have been known.
Let them observe, 100, Urniunt's double sulendre, which,
when called upon, she could not explain nor describle the
pretended private mark. 11'ould this be tolerated iu
•uy other Court of Justice? Hut all these perjuries
admitted as good evidence, did slut amount to a proof
of adultery. There was only what had been called
by the Attorney-Gerund " a reasuuable infereuire."—
Why was this? The instrumtet• were well-paid spies and
iuformers, who bad been busy, by their own accuuuts, ils
peeping through keyholes and cracks in walls and wain.
sent.. It was strange that tau one could speak to the fact of
adultery. This citemustatice was taken advantage of. It
was said, that the Queen was too wary ; besides, the caution
of the witnesses was held to be prool of their f airmen. He
could not give them PO much credit. Had they spoken
clesorly of (sets they must have specified time and place, amt.
would bare been answerable directly for the offence of per-
jury. The Queen, who was said to be so wary iu her house,
however, allowed herself to be detected in certain indece•-
cies when travelling the high road! Why this was net to
be believed by say man: it was cuutrary to human proba-
bility. Striking out, then, the self coonskin! perjuries,
the moral, and, ill some instances, physical possi•
bilities, what dial the rest amount to more than a carica-
ture of disegreeable matinees and customs, diseistiug stud
itidecerit perhaps in some cases, but still Hie custom of the
country. lie hail himself often travelled on she Continent.
lie knew well that it was the custom to have • chamberlain
in aiteuelnuce to prepare accommodation auel look alter the
beds ; lie entered the rooms of the females, no matter bow
prepared as to dress, and twitting was thought of it. He
(Mr. Beaumont) had nuthiug to say iu favour of such a etia-
cccccc , be prefersed the atiendance and seer:era of women me
such occasions. But how could we blame the people of tint
Continent fur persevering in • custom which had not been
done away above a century and a half in England? lu an
old book be had read of a lady of fintusie sod rack having
a chamberlain and two non servants to wait upuu
her and keep her chamber in order. Than as to
beds, about which so much had been said : it was
the fasitton us countries where people were gel-molly
ready to rink down with the heat fur every room iu the
house to be furnished with a bed, or • mul, or both.
Upon these the people were lying about through the greater
part of the day, suit with soy sensual ieteutiou, but because
the beat compelled them. Surely they would wet shirk •
Lally siuful because she bad erne enough, when at Rome,

le do as Rene did. There were torte catatonia of nor ore
which world out be thought detest abroad. It was ant
proper, aecordisag to our 010.10112 of usamisers. foe • AO, Ca
to rue up to a weltilioniaieil brass of her acoreainlanre,
though be should he whiskered and linoterl, sad shake hands
with bin In Spain it was gross hotelicary for a Lady's hae.4
to he toothed in public. There was another costume, whirls
he
hoped world be long retained, of pretty wooer itbewing
their faces, a co.bans not tolerated in Spain. where every
wombs, wore • veil. Even the rresch deemed II a :Teat
prossierif it the Xiegloaliwomsea to develope an clearly the
forme of the fleck. on the other bawl, the Laillea of the
Continent had cortnm. which wooed actually shork the ears
of Englishwomen. The Atiurney-Gerosal hail exceeded his
duly, which roomed Woo to bold up any aromas,
match less his liege (Weer.. to eusilenapt sail iletretatiou,
by reciials which be had s,u mesas of proving. iSlows he
reflected sin the effect which strong aiSIPMCIIIII towa
high quarters were likely ire have, be fell lime innsiatione
injoetice most have berm cossimmeil. This WWI • cireutm•
auger whirl. called for Jeep consideration by Ow real (ricotta
of monarchy. They hail lob/ lay Lord Liverpool is Me
Howse of Peen, and by Lord Castlereagh in the COW-
mots, that the pron....hog was rot wished fur by Ow
Klee, is was inslstatcJ for die benefit of public =meals.
It was hclj urerssary to remove from the bead of Ow Stitt,
•ny one who wa. strongly siespeettil of adultery. The laa•
of our anee.toirs did not corsoteseatice such a pri.ceed or.
The Nlissistry knew that well, but still, to &Ileac* sit the
r:nnstitution, they insisted opus 'wiliest list !ll.jesty fools
she throne, lief-awe she was swepecteil Now, a. to this
vigour beyond the law., would it rot be as applicable to as,
utlacr perils,. Up... 1 the II e' It must. to he CONVAtelit.
. . .

The phal.unt who were eiiiiiliieliag the aseatoire might. 1.7
and by, torn round on Ilk King, sail my, " Consoltr,So..
what we here done. If in the course of your life (a long
life, you have committed nay little peccadillos ishiell
way lead to a ' reasonable inference of year h4aiisie von.
witted where will you li•?" Ile dirt rot ray that
ouch langsisse would be held; bin it might lie 614, and the
King of England 'hi,+ kept under the oir limie in
power. This required consideration. 'free it was that tie
King, confiding in his parity, might at first fret e.-rtaiss that
no such crime eunld be prove.' against tuns; hot 11.1 one
hue. what mull lie done by spies well fed, paid, aye, and
well teamed too Sane Iles°lnt 00000 moil an Adds's. wow.'
be lishini tied to them—be bi gged them to tut rise their hest
judgnien t.

3,1 r. Bower said, that after the very able manner
in which she fins,. Gentleman in the Chair i.ad
'reduced tiny question to the notice of the
but little was left for him to do in the performs cc
of the ta.k which had devolved on him. He had,
however. • few observations to offer. It hail been
well sail, that • phalanx of the Queen's etienMs
was arrayed agaitist her in the House of Lords; for
his own part Ise would sisy, that he looked upon
that House as a most titicisoistituttnnal tribunal. In
his ovishon, nothing more stroligly cvii.rrd the
necessity of that Reform, for which they land au
long and strenuou.ly contended, than thr conduct
throughout the whole of Orsr proceedings of that
arietoctaitc faction which held in equal subject ttttt
both the Ihrooe and the people. if the Ksiog timl
lied the inclination to divo cc his wife; which had
been ti.smumil, Ite never could have had st in hi:
power so to do but for the Oligarchy. Having
referred to the I louse of Lord., he would beg the
attention of the meeting to the conduct of
one Ipanch of it in particular, he meant tlm
beach of Hishupe. They prof. stied to be the teachers awl guar-
dians of religion and public morals, the pastors of the pew.
pie, and to have our souls in holy lireping.—(lortohler ;
Look at the precutting of that religion, look at the Mitchum'
of its Foonder-10 feed amid watch over the interests of his
Hoek. Such beiug the charge, such the directions given to
them, was it cousistent with their situation to allow of
the scasidalour the monstrous proceedings against the
Meters, to the disgrace of the country, and the affixing of a
foal stain on the decency and mold character of the n•I
They had it he command from Divine authority, " 'lodge
not, that yourselves he nut judged ;" and, " Del auto all as
ye would that they ehould gin unto you." He would appeal
to that meeting to say, whether the corded which tor live.
and.tercoty years had been pursued against the Moto*, was
111 any ikipre CosilillAtrllt with thObt commando, filmic funib.
mannal principles of she CA ti tt iota religion. Had they done
to her as they wished to be dense by Look at the conapira.
clew sad persecutions wish which she has been assailed ; look
at she way in which she has been tress' d in the present in-
stance. They filet threatened her with a prosecution for
high treason ; this being found untenable, they came down
* little, and having in vain sought for grossed to charge her
with sonic specific offeace of acknowledged criminality, they
contrived a chair of a crime outward-of snit unknown to
all law whatever, which they denominated &Winos'. 111.1.1.
cause, and proposed by a Rill of Pains and ['comities to
Famish with devotee and degradation. {{'ere lie the Quoin,
sooner would he lay his head on the block than submit
to that penalty of degradation--(/.odd app/auge.).—
The peeving of that Bill of Degradation would destroy
the I AllstillItt0111.—•-( Load opplanse.)—He would clubby-
rattly declare, that the man, be he who be may—whomsoever
the cap might Gs, let him wear it—he would say that the
man who could devise suck proceediugs against a helplios
woman, must he a coward—(App/anse)—a eruel-hearted
coward and a villain, yea, a villain.—Load applasure )
They hail heard what had beer, said upon this question is
all parts of the kingdom. If ever there rots an occasion ow
which the opinion of the whole nation could be clearly ricer.
tinged, it was this; and all had agreed in reprobating the
comical-A which had bee* pursued towards a magnanimous
and innocest WOl.lllll, and that wonsaw the Quiet. of Eng-
land !—/Load applause.)—Having pursued this strain of
übseivetion to coosideratile length, Mr. Bowie coticluelei
by nouvicg the Reenlations, which were seconded by Mr.
Young, and unanimously agreed to. They were iu sub-
stance the same as the Addres• aamexed.

Mr. HOBHOUS6 then came forward amidst a
thunder of applause, and said; although he believed
the °pouting lie ventured to entertain on this guts-
tion were by thin time pretty well known, not only
among his constituents but to the nation at hap.,
and although he had gone to considerable length ise
his statement of those opinions at another aseetin,r
the day before, yee he had thought it incumbent on
hint to attend the invitation of a respectable po-
tion of his constituents, to unite with them in again
repeating his sentiments; for he thought it his duty
to come forward whenever he was required, and
being neither Arid nor ashamed to speak what he
believed to be true, he never would shrissk front the
performance of that duty. The subject of their
present deliberation had been so much and so well
discussed, that there could hardly be two opinions
upon it, at least among honest men. An appear-
ance was, indeed, still kept up of a difference of
opinion unsung Ministers and their adherents, but
that appearance they maintained not by their owls
strength, but by the power of the people's money ;
and alifissugh that ippeatance was, as he lied said,
still kept tip mum% the hireling writers of the
Ter...my, and all the expectuets and hangers-on,
the drudges and retsiners of all the dirty and dis-
gusting details of office, yet lie was convinced that
there was no difference of opinion un the subject in
England. But although all were united in the
expression of but one opinion, he yet thought it
necessary to caution the meeting- against any
founded expectation of that ()Pinion bring deferred
to ; he was of opinion, and he had said it before,
that the verdict of guilty would be pronounced.
He was firmly persuaded that it never would have
been brought forward unless the minds of those
with whom it originattd had been decidedly made

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tip to secure that verdict at all hazards, and Gams
they had determined to carry their point, cost what
it would of treasure and of blood. The mode in
winch the measure had been brought forward, and
the manner in which it had been conducted, in open
defiance of the opinion of the people, was, indealt
seand.dottrly disgraceful they had been backed
only by their old ally, the standing army, and that soot kept
in the back ground, but thrust forward is the open face of
day. ►edging and paling them in with a fence of bayotices hi
scare them from the public voicv—Tinters )--He there.
fore thoisgbt the Rill would pass. There might be a division,
and the minority as venial might be somewhere shoal 61 or 63.
This he spoke from las own convietiou, in which he was Co..
armed by the opitiews of several Peers with whom he had
converord on the 'object. He west one day, to spite of his
repugnance to encounter the disagreeable iocideuts to which
he most be exposed in passing so many barriers, and through
so many lints of soldiers, mad stood un the steps et the
throne to wituris the proceedings, and au disgusted bad he
been that he left diens to do their dirty wink by Ilwrnaeltres,
and resolved never to go wear them agaio.—(Loal applause.)
—lle regretted that those Pears who had voted fur the Duke
act Leinster's molten) did not afterwards retire altogether
from the scene, for their staying only served to give coun-
terman to the proceedings. What good purpose cool., it
answer for them ill CI us. examine the witnesses for she oar-
pose of detecong the falsehood of their Hatemenes ? What
did it savory what Majorchi or Delmont said or swore ' He
hail expected more for the money which had been lavished
oar ; he thought the story they had give, the lamest
suit wooed nortlifytog that bad ever been soot to the public.
He thought it useless and disgraceful to any man of lbollllo,
to pot queseetrus fur the purpose of couviceing such persons
of perjury, for the purpose of establishing what every one
knew well enough ; for eastance, that Mademoiselle De t
was a little !rag Swiss chambermaid, deiermined to act up
to her part of telling whatever lie she was instructed
to tell. His °belly:Mon was sot the mem declaration
of ■ Radical Ref..-- was supported is it by the
of the Duchess of Kiev-

course pursued __ case ut King.
stun, which had been ea ably remarked on by her Majesty's
Counsel. In that rime, every witness was asked whether be
WAS in the employ of the Duke—bow long he bad been so—
sold the rate of his wages, and lois testimony was dealt with
accordingly. This had been done because the Lords of that
day held it to be incumbent on theta to inquire on
what grounds the evidence rested. Among the wilts/arts
against the Queen, he fumid no leas than eleven seivants,
seven ..f whom hail been diseanted by her, and were
still out of place. Was it not at the first blush disgraceful,
that althimati they were prosecuting the Queen for intimat-
ing a menial so recut, salt raising bin, to brr confidence,
they should place their whale reliance on the evidence of
menial. ? The day when he went to the Mortise was that on
which Maj....chi was cross-examintd—!o Inughi—and be
could not 1.01 °harm., though with infinite disgust, IL at
when any thing °fa particular nature transpired, any thing,
as it was vulgarly called, wear fAe wind, they all chuckled
and smiled ; even the Ilipliopr, he was near emiugh to ob-
serve them, and he timid practice aodcr the lawn sleeves a
giggle and a nut le.—(Larmater, and cries of " Shaine f")—
And yet these very Peers, who were diemselv. ■ out free
from frailly, Ant could oat let a thing of that tort pis,
without ',militia; at it and enjoying it as • joke, were
trying the Queen, for, as had been very properly ob-
d, lolling or lying iu a hot sultry etiolate, upon
bed. or couches, which were to be found in utmost early
room, and occasionally perhaps desiring the domestic in at.
tendsince to sit down near her; and fur raising, a faithful
servant front one post to another in her service Suppose
that when lie (Mr. H.) was coming to town Lunt Brighton,
suou after an occurrence at the Pavilion there, which they
would remember to have read of, some time since, in the
Newspapers—(Launafer)—he had met with a persou who
should have told him, that he could Amore him of the fact,
that in a certain great holm., a certain person came Jowl'
tato the kitchen, and sat down, nut we a chair, but on the
flour, to eat becfstakes with the cook, at one o'clock
in the morning.—(Hernigt laughter.)—lf his inform.
ant had said that, knowing him to be a public man
and a reformer, he had given hint this information iu
the hope that he would make it the subject of a niutiuti for
inquiry, in his place in the House of Commons, lie should
have called him a mean, dirty tale-bearer, and that fur his
own part, alt! ll he thought it was not the best thing that
could he door fora pet Poll of exalted rank to exhibit high life
below stairs—(A laugh)—yet he was glad to find that the
illustrious individual occasionally displayed some traits
of our common humanity—that lie was out always a King,
lint sometimes • man.a.-(Applawarr and laughter )—He re.
relabeled the surer. which bad passed on the occurrence so
which he had alluded, and be 'lever joined in them; but
lie did nuir join, and most cordially, in reprolmtiug the in-
stitutions of there proceedings for actions leas bad in them-
selves, although he did nut think there was any thing very
bud in that, against an unfortunate, be would say, the
must unfortunate woman iu this kingdom. He thought it
impossible, if her conduct had been a hundred thousandth
part so bad as it bad been repreanded, that some of those spas
by whom he had been cortineally surrounded, shoull nut
hare detected her in the positive fact: wheat...lla, with all
their peeping and prying through key-holes, and skill in
curtain., mid cracks iu doors and walls, the only thing of
whirls they have berm able to glean any ;woof, was the
fart if her sitting with her arm round a usauX attc, to pie.
vent her from falling off a cannon, or some such 'Mug —lt
was not impossible that Bergami might be able to prove Ihe
panic thing to have happened to Majocchi.—(Applaare )
The incouveniences of travelling, and h • knew f. •ape-
rienee what they were in Turkey mid those parts, compelled
every body to do and to suffer many things, hum which,
under other circumstances, they would revolt; but if ac.
'imp, which were thus forced ow them by the situation tutu
which thr y were thrown, were afterwards to lie made the
wound of urcusatiint, what man, or woman either, who tra-
velled, could hope to preserve either life or remit:diem free
from such attacks ?—.,(Applwase.)—The mere circumstance
of being compelled, as be had been, fur waist of other scrim.
inudation, to sleep iu the same bed with smother man, which
if dune by choice, sad from preference, would afford strong
presumption of propensities of • ma-4 wicked description,
might thus be imbued into matter of criminal accusation;
lint who would be so monstrous as for a moment to enter.
min such • charge on such grounds?—(Losid applause.)—
Who instituted the proceeding against the (,been ohur.
lout as yet appear; nobody owns ii—uulicdy lakes it.
The Solicitor-General, in his coachadirig speech, wished
trum the bottom of his heart that her Maj. sly may prove
her innocence; and appealed, in 'woof of his 'merrily,
to God and his conscreace.—(A laNgi.)—He (Mr. II )
thought it very unfair iu the Learned Gentlemati to couple
111141 together—(.4 laugh)—for we all believed in the one,
hula 110 use yet had proof of the existruce of the other.-
1 and loud applause.)—This, then, was the view of
the case at pi trent; here was a proceeding carried uu by the
money drawn out of the pockets of the people, which no.
body began, about which nobody knew any thing, and of
which nobody wished to see the end. He thought the-divorce
clause of the Hill would be drupe, and that the Earl of
Lives pool world do better to say at once that be would have
It so, and that it shield run thus:—That, whereas the Queen
was in the habit of sitting down, and pulling her arms round
the attendant'. neck who was near her, when she war in dais.
get of falba% without it; that she preferred busiest men to
bad ones; nod whereas, she hail several tither bad habit,, be
it therefose t nacted, that she is nut a fit person to receive
people of qualify at Colton fluuste.—(Lnagater and great
applause.)-1 lie Hill would then come down to the tither
lionie—that humn, purr, virtuous, sad independent House.
—'(.keen)—Ni" injustice had seer been dune there; nu
prk redraft. were there to he found of any such iniquitous
proceedings; but then it waif wryer too late to begin; they
MUM 1.011011 make prccedeuts of their own, and he should
stilly prefer that Lord Castlereagh in that House should do
us he had soggeisted had better be stone by Lord Liverpool in
the other, mud declare at once the course intruded to be pie.
aunt. Cut, Ilk.; he thought they would be told by his Lord-
ship that at would be aticsiderl with great incoavenience if
they proceeded to ellltettitle witnesses: indeed, a tort of
feeling the way bail already been attempted by • persoli whit
generally hut., piety well what Minister. were about, aud
what they wanted, by seggeadag the iucouvenience of
nut being able to mistime witnesses on uaeb; and that
it would be belle; to pus aa Act fur goal/hog them so la du

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. MO.

Scarcely • duy passes on which it dues not be.
come our duty to record some demommation of
public affection to the QUEEN, ai.d of the inteuse
sympathy evinced by all clos.vrs of the people in her
MAJESTY'S sufferings. On Tuesday un unusually
large meeting of tlfe inhabitants of the rot tripoli,

in general seal held at the Freemasons' Tavern,
for the !outpost of congratulating ber MAJESTY
upon the termination of the case submitted to the
House of Lord's as the pretext fur depriving her
of her Crown and dignity. A nieetiiig not less re.
opectable was held yesterday of the inhabitants or,
the Parish of St. James for a similar purpose, and
in built just tures this conduct or the Ministers in
instituting • process so disgusting in its nature, so
revolting in principle, and so alarming in its (rinse.
quences tothe wellsbeingofthe State, was warmly and
unequivocally censured. Addresses continue to pour
in to the Queen hem every parish in the metropolis,
and from almost every town in Great Britain ; and
even upon the day appointed by the House of
Lords fur resuming the trial of her Ms3EsTY, se.
vend Addresses—we of them of a ascot remarkable
nature, from ls,ooo of the watermen and lighter.'
men on the river—will convey to Brandenburgh
House the confidence of many thousands of the
people iu her innocence, and the expreesion of their
indignation at the unworthy treatment she has expe-
rienced during the long course of five-and-tweisty
years which have elapsed since her MAJESTY, in the
spring time of joy and cet.fidence, first touched
upon the shores of Britain. Can it be believed
that so lively and general an excitement could have
been produced in the public mind by the practice of
any deceptions or fallacies, such as are attributed
to the QUEEN'S friends by the Treasury Journals ?
It is the worst and most dangerous of delusions to
imagine that the voice of the people, energetically
expressed, is not the result of strong and honest
conviction, and that when it speaks of oppression
and injustice, sufficient cause does not exist for
giving utterance to such imputations.
We ate extremely sorry to have occasion to re-
mark—sod to this we desire to draw the particular
attention of the superior classes of society—that the
evil consequences of the proceedings against the
Queen begin already to be perceptible. There is no
evil of greater magnitude than that public opinion
should cease to repose with confidence upon the depo.
sitaries of power, or entertain the snspic:on that the
mailed and most venerable of our institutions are
exercised, not for the public benefit, but for the
gratification of individual caprice or personal vin-
dictiveness. Feelings of this nature have been
but too perceptible in some of the late meet-
arising solely and exclusively front the
impression produced by witnessing the recent
proceedings, and observing how uncontrolled
has been the authority of the Ministers in the con-
ducting of the entire case. It is with unfeigned
sorrow that we have observed in the reps its of
several public meetings the little respect, we should
rather say the disiespect, and even ridicule with
which the names of the House of Lords and of the
Reverend Bench of Bishops are treated. We have
made particular inquiries upon this subject, of those
Gentlemen connected with this establishment,
whom, in the discharge of our duty to the public,
we have requested to attend such meetings, and we
have had the pail) to learn Gun them, that the
mention of the House of Lords as a Court of Judi-
cature—of a Bishop, and even of the Clergy in
general, is uniformly received with bursts of laugh.
ter ! This is an alarming feature in the present
agitations, and surely the causes of its existence
cannot be misunderstood. We cannot apprehend
that our motives in thus noticing the circumstance
will be mistaken. It'e speak iii the spirit of con-
servation, and announce a danger of alarming msg.
'inside, as the warder proclaims the approach of an
• enemy.

The Paris Papers of Saturday last, from which
we have given extracts. describe different arrange-
ments preparatory to the accouchernent of the
Duchess of Buitav, which is hourly expected. The
must si-igubir of these is, that a picture of her bite
royal husband has !wen, at her own request. con-
veyed into her room, in order that it rosy be within
her view at the moment of an event so interesting
to mothers►

Private letters of Saturday from Paris mention
that the Duchess had been seized with the pains •f
labour, which, when the letters came away, had con-
tinued for twenty-four hours.
Five per Cent. 741. 85 c.

It is stated in a Lisbon Paper of the 12th instant•
that ■ representation upon the present posture of
affairs in l'ootugal has been made to the Regency
by the Judges of the Supreme Tribunal in
Lisbon. Isi this representation the Judges de-
clare their loyalty to the KING, and their attach.
maul to the Monarchy—their sorrow at the distrac-
tions of their country—their disapprobation of the
conduct of their brethren in Oporto, and their con.
fidence in the wisdom of the Regency. But the
most important, or rather the only important part
i.f this document, is the expression of a wish that it
might pleuse Divine Providence to inspire into the
heart ul his MAJESTY the resolution of returning to
bier kingdom, or of sending the Prince Royal, his
son, to administer the Government. Thor, it is
added, is the universal desire of the nation, and the
Members of the Tribunal beseech the Kurt) to
comply with it.

Accounts were received yesterday from Bombay
of the 20th of May. stating, that an insurrection had
broken out at Kutch (one of the provinces ceded to
the Britt*l), and some skirmishing had taken place
with the native,. 'Several of the Company's regi-
ments were on their march towsrds that quarter, us
urder to subdue them.

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COWES, Storamsza 26.
This morning the King honoured Cowes with his
prrseoce. At twelve o'clock a signal On from one
of the mccompanyisig frigates announced his Ma.
jesty'si having quitted the ship for the royal barge,
and immediasely • salute of 21 mum was given from
each of the frigates, from the Cegle, mid many of
the smaller vessels. His Majesty w..s received on
landing wills the liveliest demmistriitions of affec-
ties,. His Majesty, between Sir Chailes and Sir
;Edward Paeet, followed by a numerous suite, walk-
;eel slowly to the beautiful marine villa, of which he
has recently become the purchaser, with the,elle
and elegance of which he was delighted. 4.!
Ills Majesty. after remaining about terentriali‘
nutes, returned to the yacht. The ships num*
their yards, the royal salute was repeated, aisietfit'
ammateit cheering 4.f 2,000 ',crowns followed oar
Illustrious Visitor till he reached the ship, when
she squadron weighed anchor, and proceeded on a
shout crone*.

The King never looked in better health or spirits.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.


T. performance • f The Antiquary was 'vitae's*.
ed and applauded hot night by a bergs and brilliant
audienc... The foreign dancers made their fourth
appearance in the ballet of Joconde. that of Lubin
and Annette having been postponed. Their recep-
tion was similar to that which they had experienced
on former evenings. The new embellishments and
decorations coininue to receive the admiration of
every viaitanr. The effect of the was-lights', in the
ornament:el lustre, surrounding the dress circle is
found equally useful. and far more grateful to the
senses than that of its dazzling but noxious rival.

Mr. MINIM, since his arrival at Milsu, has sent
to Englund fifteen witnesses whom he considers
necessary to the WIER'S defence. We under-
stand he has also sent home the small carriage in
common use in Italy. capable only of holding two
persons. by one of whom it is diiren. end in which
it has been charged as an offence the QUERN Ira.
yelled with BERGAMI.

A Courier left town on Tuesday evening to make
arrangements respecting her MAJESTY'S wilatetrio,
a comideralde number of whom may be expected
to arrive in a few days.
A Common Hall will be held this day, at Guild.
hall, for the purpose of receiving the Qusere's
Answer to the Address.
Several Roman Catholic Gentlemen in London
have, we underatand, resolved to call a meeting of
the Catholic body fur the purpose of presenting
■n Address to the Qualm.

On this day the Address from the Parishioners
of Saint Luke will be presented. It had been
proposed to defer the receiving of it until Tuesday
nest ; but the Parishioners haring made some pre•
vious arrangements, which could not be conseni.
ently altered, requested permission to present their
Address this day. Her M Ala/TT, therefore, moot
graciously consented to admit the Deputation, and
those who may choose to accompany it, this after-
noon, at four o'clock.

fler MAJESTY has appointed Monday next, at
one o'clock, to receive the Address voted at the
Freemasons' Tavern. We understand that it will
be carried up by Mr. HOISHOUSE (the Chairman),
attended by the Gentlemen who took a part in the
proceedings, accompanied by as many Ladies and
Gentlemen, in carriages with four horses each, us
may choose to attend.
The aquatic procession to present the Address
of the Watermen and Bargemen will consist of up-
wards of 300 boats and barges. They will pro-
ceed up the Thames to Brandenburgh House on
Tuesday the 3d of October. On the same day the
[louse of Lords will re-assemble for the purpose of
entering upon her Majesty's defence.
The Boatmen of every description on the River
amount to 30,000; of these, 18,000 have already
signed their names as ready to join in the aquatic
procession to Brandenburgh House on Tuesday
next.

The same day has also been chosen by the depu•
tuition from the Citizens of Bristol to present the
Address of the Inhabitants, male and female, of
that city to her KtJasTir.

It may not be generally known. that Dr. Hot,.
LAND, whose name frequently occurred in the exa.
minations against the QUEEN, and who attended her
MAJESTY as her physician in many of her travels
abroad, is the son of Dr. HOLLAND, • gentleman
of high professional talents. who resides at Knots-
ford, in this county.—(Chester Courant.)
We understand that the Marchese spimerro.
who with so much propriety performed the difficult
duty of Italian interpreter at the bar of the House
of Lords during the recent proceedings against
the QUEEN. has for many years resided in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, where he has taught his native
language.
The late Mont LEwiS's opera or Rich aid
Poor, in which Miss KELLY so inimitably pour-
ings the misery of a seduced and deserted daughter, and
which has always made so strong as impression, is, we per.
ceive, put up fur tbe benefit of Mimi. Summon this even-
ing. We sincerely wish this young and lively actress l'ae
success which her merits deserve, and that she may witarzss a
crowded house. An additional attraction is the enter-
tainments is a Dirsrfissaserd, in which the ENGLISH
DANCERS will appear; and, without drawiag • compel.
lON we think that our NATIONAL Pgovessoga should re-
ceive the support of the Public. The uld-faslitimed bet ex-
cellent little opera of Rosisa, which possesses better music
than most of our moderns can boast of, and which has
always been a decided favourite, will conclude the evening's
bill afire.

We are sorry to perceive by an advertisement in
the flout of our Paper, that Alderman MAGNLY
declines to solicit the votes of the Livery, its the
ensuing elect:on of a Lord Mayor. Those who
knew the worthy Alderman's upright independence,
integrity, and firmness of mind, will lament that
66 circumstances of a private nature" should de-
prive the City of London of his services u Lord
Mayor.