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Lordships the importance and ee. regally of that Chasm. y
berlain'e evidence; appointed, as he was, 10 attend
Majesty during the whole of her residents at that place.
Feeling the importance of that evidence, her Nsisett wry"
a letter with her sown hand, addressed to that Chootberlaiur,
and sent by a newt confidential and respectable person (as
being most respectful to the *lime.), he meant the tooth*
of his Learned rrienti, her Majesty's Allorivey.Geoeral. '
That letter did out obtaie the production of the wile**.
The Queen wrote again in Ler emit hand another leper to
the Chambellaiii, and one also to Ilte Grand Dubs. floe
three letters were written to obtain the attendance of one
portion, and that one • must material odors', and they had
all failed. Upon the last ore-Asians, the messenger who was
sent saw the Chamberlain,who was most anxious to construe's',
but he declared, with tears in his eyes, that he bad received ex-
mess orders to the contrary front the Grand Duke, and ac-
cordingly he has not mitred to give his evideoce. Thus thew
Lordships would not fail to observe, sad to them he would
leave the inf.renee which would. naturally follow frown the
circumstance, that the whole weielit suit sedinence of power
had been exerted to preveut this witness fro* animist In
give his evidence in favour of the Queen, hot that
two several Ministers, twat Ambassadors, had pot there
inireace in motion to foree the atleodanee of Hem eso.
, man who was to prove the ease aeaiust her. Again,
the Queen had seraa palsee at Rastadt, which Seamed
her, and she became desirous of possessing it. A treaty
for its purchase was accordingly entered into, us opposition
or dislike being expressed by the Prince • and se far bad the
br•inees been proceeded in, Owl the Chamberlain before.
mentioned had even by her Majesty's directions purchased the
furniture for the several apartment", and the time for en-
tering upon the occupation of the palace was looked foe,
when intimation was given that bee residence there
might out be agreeable, sad the house was refused
her. Again, althungh it was Mot probaps altogether
necessary, and might even be considered ..• immaterial to the
case, yet it was natural, rafter what bail hemostat' ea the other
side of the low and obscure (mgt.' of Berganai, and of bin
former humble station in life, that some certain information
on those points should be laid to fore their Lordships. The
attendance of Gen. Pinotther. fore, it was thought would
fond the best ai.d most Atithesit ic aerostat of his previous con-
dition, and the light in which lw had been looked upon, it ap-
pearing upon their Lordships' minutes that his was the honor
and the service in which Amirante had been living before his
intaoducline 'two the hionseleeld of her Majesty. Applica-
tion wesaccuirdougly made to General Piton, is corterqueree
of which it was expected that he would have come over to
this country. He solicited fur that pm pose the permission
of the Austrian Government, in whose service he was em.
ployed; leave was given him, but it was al the same
time aunonsieed to him, that if he did come over he
nest on nu account appear in Isis uniform. The particular
nature of dam injanction to • mass of his rank, mom. d to
imply a something beyond the strict letter of the message in
which it was cuuveyed. He thereto" made a representation
to the Government, slating, that he did not understated the
precise import of the message, and vegetating to be inform-
ed, whether he was so understand that, in the event of his
coming over, he should be deprived of his commission.—
To this question ire answer had been given, and the comes
questa, was that General Pow was not beer. Taking all
those circumstances into considerntios, coupling together is
sue view the initiation or the other aisle to call these sad-
nesses, who, in the stature of thieve were she proper per-
. sons to have been called, and who must base proofed the
case, if it were at all susceptible of proof, with the
statement he had now made of the dials-tildes witch sue-
. rounded the Queen, he must contend that the strongest coo.
viction was thereby yielded of the utter want of funtadatioe
for the case on the other side; but those whom be bail men.
timed were nut all the witnesses in thee way of whose com-
ing obstacles bad been thrown. Torre were some physicians
and lawyers too, the latter of whom prubably would be ex-
pected to have an eye to the things that are, of whom it was
impossible to limos until they came, bow far their testimony
might he conaidereil accessary, hut they alias were abatis, ;
from the restraint of some such indications of the wish of
persons in power, a• oriels plainly "hewed, that by No, they
memo Ayr, mid by Aye, No! He had thought it necessary
to rake thew ishivrvaliulis to their Isirdships, although, in
so doing, he had turned out of 11w eyelike which he It'd
intended to pursue, as they seemed to btm to place is I
stronger light the 'mom fail mot triumphant argument which
his Learned Friend had Collided un their nut calling the pro.
per wits, . He would slow retorts to Ow more particular
line of observation which lie was yesterday pursuing, tea
certain part• of the evidence to a loch he wished to call
their Lordships attention. and iu au doing, he would
endeavour to give them as little trouble as possible. He •
wuuld brat of all ask how it sat that a case of the nature
which this had been described to he, 'Weld he so lung in be.
dig proved? Ile had always detained, that facts were easy
of penal in .matt proportion to their nutusiety. If the
case had rested upon midnight totiosactiona, and deers per-
formed in the depth* of privacy. some difficulty might be
conceived to hang over 51w proof But how dial it happen,
if, as was stated in the preamble of the Bill, this wan a ease
of She most scandalous notoriety and publicity, that it bad
been found necessary to have recourse to such evidence to
prove it, as that of persons wiling through suspicious
craituies and keyhole's"( apocryphal or doubtful existence,
such as that of the witness from Trieste, tabu seemed as
if he had ouly been spared for • time from the atone.
meet due to offended laws of his cameo'', fur the purpose
of contributing his talent to the support of this case.
Hun ass it that they bail had recourse to Demon. foe evi-
dence to prove their statement of the occurrences at Neal's,
instead of producing that proof which in atll cases of erfnt. coot.
it was not only usual to produce, but which was never dime
without if it could be lead v How was it that this part of
the case was suffered to rest entirely on the evidence of De-
ment, and not on that of the chambermaid, who was the beet
and only proper witness by whom it could be proved, and
that chamheemaid, too, being width) their reach? How was it
that, though she was wholly in their power—ilmorgh they bad
brought her over for the purpose, and betel bee to safe keep-
ing iii that place not fir distant, &need round, and free from
ensue ; or rather, as his Learned Friend, the Attorney.
I Gellerds would say, safe from the inoculation of crime—he
meant Cution•gaiden—lbey yet had not called her'
—lts truth, they hail not dared to do it. Why was
it, that in • case of this mature, involving an offence
adze highest magnitude—a crime wheels, to the °melon
of some of the highest authorities, amounted to high treason,
why was it that 113 this caw 11w witnesses who could have
proved the charge were withheld so long, that if it bad been
charged as high treason, the time within which, by the
Statute of William 111. they should leave been Wealth! Aim.
ward, Laving elaperd, the delay mud bare proved a bar to
the prusecution, and the case could not rreit have been gone
into? And then, again, whi re was the cricket' as to the
transacticoos of she last three years ? Would it ee aoertad
that it was a matter of use couseeptence, what was thecone
duet, fur the spice of three years, of such a prison ag Ma
Princess of Welt*, the wife of the ruling Sovereign; foe,
although siut King, he wielded all the authority of the stale
girder the title of Regent of this great empire ? Could it
he pretended, that it was immaterial what bail been dune by
the Consort of the highest executive authoriy in this kieg.
I dam for the last three years ? Could this be said ? And, If
it wa re otherwise, why had the proofs, dovetail. ncr of the
transactions of that period been withheld ! Would it not
by and by be said, pet bee* it was said already, that it was
not what had hems tissue by the Queen, in Italy, but bee
moods: to England that gave nee to the preamble of thls
Bill 7 For any siting that ha knew, it "night be a very pees
per preamble, load quite regularly drawn up ; fur has part, be
had bait little experiesece to guide him in Isis jwlesnantid
that natter; he bad never drawn op • Qiseett's Bull, sad
he was hut little swouatotad with the ywreardeet• for such
Bills, indeed lee belieted none were to lie fussed uf laser go-
curecuee Shut the reign of King Henry VIII. Bat lases be