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1 liPiiihiill.loM had beta stisooti • II
The Lord aliiiillll4lmr WWI Mot dip tft b.
woo to do—to tall 'Humana, or whit '» •
If ova iatimaated list Mr. Miasma wiiimid twwilksesthsir
lordship.
The Lord Choseritor—s I iinderstswit,py Lords, that it
is the wish of our of her Majesty's h's Covarro woke s record

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*WI ore, that- the evideoce should follow, aid Shea a
Caramel emu up that evidence. There is no doubt there are
precadmita-foe two addresses, and it is catirely in your dw
reeler' whether you will or sot permit a second address.
Probably your Lordships will agree with raft is thinking that
that disiesellou will be properly eitereiwatby permitting it."
Ibis wits agreed to, with cilesof " Hear, hear!"
Mr. Williaitts then proceeded. He mold ammo their
Luedships that ao man felt more since/Ay the disability he
laboured tredve in having to sidearm them after the eloquent
speech of his Learned Friend. With him it would he absurd
to attempt conipetition—that was not has intention, but kis
intention was to gather the weltered remnants, to take up
from the angles moil careers of the case that which is some
degree hail been left behead by his Hon. aitel Leeward Friend.
The first cunsideration fur their Lordships to look to was,
who were the patties- in this case? It was with much
difficulty that be had been able to find mit by whom
hip Royal Client was opposed, mail he had met with nu
less difficulty is finding out the nature of the evidence
in support of she Rill. Their Lordships had been told,
and properly told, that his Majesty was, tower of strength
in himself. His Royal Mistress then had out fluty to
coniesil against that power, bat against the (1 rrrr motet
of the country, which was embodied .agsisist her. Theother
side cf the picture presented a complete different armee:
it 'Mewed her Majesty Aiwa of her dignittes by the vicilsi.
tildes of fulmar, by the Seethe of some who were her early
friends, by personas holding offices in the Goverispient, who
had bees formerly her most powerful defender*. He would,
therefore, call us their Lord-hips to take into their consider-
ation she power ow use side, and the hopeless and destitute
situation of the miser, who was stripped of all protection
except of that of the people; if she did nut receive it at their
Lordships hands, the people of this country was no wait
protection. la aucirut timer, the appeals of i lie people made
Rome flourish, and (lust emission was lamiline on the Senate
of that country. It was then with great hioniliatimi that
be pressed ibis subject nn their Lordships; fur if there was
not something imperative on their minds, besides what had
Bern adduced in evidence its support of the Bill, there coold
he no doubt but from a sense of justice they must negative
it. In Courts below the minds of Judges and of Jell Ws were
made up on evidence produced before them—on that alone,
oil nut on any previous opinion that they might have
formed of the guilt or inuoceuce of the party accused ; and
in this case the evidence ought to be Ow only rule and cri-
terion fur their Lordships to ferns their opinions on. They
had no obscure motives to ground their opinions—the evi-
dence was before them, sod au that they must give their verb
diet. lie would draw thew Liedebipe' attention to the dif-
ficultir s and perplexities that her M sjestywaa under in making
her defence, us she bad nut hero told the perimeter arta
that she wan charged with, go as to be able to rebut them.
Ili a Cowl of Law, and a prisoner put at the Ivor, the accused
then would be is, full pentium' of the dower 'gains' him.
He had bees told that the iestremeumbility of the charges
in au iwilictment did imi give the time or place where the
mutter laid in the indictment was committed. He would
ask, if murder or a burglary was committed on the Ist of
January, would is, fur fancy's sake, be allowed to he set
forth its an indictment as having taken place on the Ist of
Julie? The close practice of a Crinnual Court would nut
allow it—there must lie some specific charge. He *mild iso-
dertake to say, that in nine hundred rind Moiety-Bine case,
out of a tbousami, there were previous bearings before the
trial of the accused; sad the witnemes examined in the pre.
Bence of the accused, is givieg the benefit of a clue to the
twit that they were charged with the crime, and of the
witnesses to support the set-mations against them; but
not so in this case against her Majesty, they were told
that the crime was spread over the space of six years, with-
out ally detione thee below mentioned. He week/ then put
to their Lordships a supposititious case—that of one of his
Majesty's subjects being charged with felony, burglary, or
murder, on suspicion, sad committed sus prises*, and that
on the day of trial the charge weenie supported by evidence
which innounted to suspicion, the Learned Judge would
'elute) the Jury that the Prisoner tieing silent, the crime
having been charged to be recent, and nut aecuuntiug fur
where oe was, was a coufirmation of the evidence against
him, as be had the power of exphmatares if he was not
guilty. He would ash., would the same Judge give Ike
same charge to a Jury where a rrime of six years standing
was brought against the accused, on similar evidence? He
would pledge himself that he would not, fur lie would say
the charge might to have been bruteght sooner. for site wit-
nesses who might have proved the innocence of the prisoner
might have paid the debt of salute, or their memories might
have failed them, for large and liberal allowances were
always made is Courts of Justice to the suppufted criminal;
and were their Lordshtps' House Ilse only tribunal in the
country to refuse it ? His Royal Mistress had resettled
preliminary petitions to their Lordships, fur something
like what was granted is the CourlS below to t very
subject, but which their Lordships, in their wisdom,
-thought proper to refuse. It might he then said, that
when their Lordships granted delay to her Majesty fur
the purpose -of preparing her deicer', that it was ex-
pected that the evidence of her witnesses would be cogout
and precise as the delay granted would give her the tipper-
fatuity of producing them. If this was their Lordships' cum
indention in granting that delay, they would be imposing
on the Queen what it was impossible to do; for it world
occur while human nature existed, that the memory of man
would fail, and all the diligence of her Majesty and her ad-
visers would be frustrated. He begged their Lordiltips that they
email be vigi lout iii thersamination of theadverse case against
his Itoyal Client, if she should fail in rebutting every point
that was gives in evidence against her; but he, Standing to
his place, did believe, ley the good disposition of Providence,
which always had hovered about her Majesty, that she
would be able to rt hut every luta of it. Iheir Lordships
would also hear in their minds, that the meanest subject in
the country had never been placed is the amine siloistioll;
if they were charted with crime, there was a pielimitiary
t7tlinlivali rrrr before trial, *hick gave them knowledge of
the acclimate's' mid their accuser. He would Ming tie it
Liodships' attention to the previous part of the silvers.
ease. Was it, he would ask, quite a novelty in human
stature, that persons would wish to isisolt those who have
fallen room power? Was it ouly ill asicient times that
I the people would put Cleve down because Caries
friends hail lift him' In that ease of ancient times, the
accuser of Closer was known ; but in this vase he was kept
1 in the back ground, fur tip to the present moment it was not
1 11101.11 who the accuser of his illustrious Mt/mess or the ill.
farmer was. Could it be altogether unknown to their lord.
ships, that there were persons it, the world who, for the sake
s of ,newer, ur some usher reason not nee y to mention,
did think that the ruing sun should lw looked at. This
I certainly mei have but,, the opinion of the Hulas* Commis.
I skitters; and it could nil be denied that the witnesses who
supported the reifies-se caw were not to go unrewarded—it
louts) be me loiter denied that the Cover 00000 ent was. con.
crested in the prosecution attic Queen as it was proved by
I the orients of the it Lordships' proceedings In this Case.
i flume then were there enterprising and very lesions persons
I engaged in the busitiralsk, well-concerted, and gimlets, ern.
plii)ment of getting witnesses together. NOW he begged
Ithem to bear its mind that it was out only in human Imitate
that low people, iii obscure slatimet, should lie easily per.
'nailed to assist in bringing dowse !redefine, miil trampling
epee the areatuess and cbarecter of their superiors, when it
could he done with security; but in this ease especially it had
!weal Made manifest by the declarations of the wituesses,
that the arts of the seems bail been seconded by the arm of
power, mid by the in*fluence of States, and that when force
and persunsi 111 l would out avail, so little doubt remained
i that other means were u‘eil.that he would even pot it its their
I Lordships to say what those rises were, and if they were
1 such as to give credit to the testimony. Had the Inquiry us
the part of the defence been conducted with forgrifislars• us
I to that subject? Had they suffered that clam of the errand-
! notices to he neglected' And yet what had been the result?
Sire the effect of the admissions made by the Capiaits sail
Mate had been •known earwig 1161411,110 t one witness would
acktiowledge to having received or expected any pay at all.
This circumstance wan mere conilissaalury of the sabre.

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gent oviaeole Ness were due Alas received by the int eve.
paid tritons. Not as wallow bad escaped the itioriey. la
every isatareit hod they beer hood rod chasoreme for ample-
ration upon that subject. Had it been Elven? sad why h.J
it horn withheld? There mat be remetherg il4 that pert of
the ease which world rot beer publicity. Throughert the
whole of this caw. which he cloinied the right of treatsne as

lhteaarwL M► twrw«l•Friutd.yMnity.
to treat or freely as he wuold in souther Court en stilton tir
Roods avid sad delowerrit. He wjwhl•pnet tdataajoritatice
to the conduct of °mother aide, to which he would call their
Luedattlpti. attention_ ir very extroordtwary wpptirotton-hael• •

hems made, by the Allemseidikeiftwl hw Rase. 'Hang ever
entrillirtigaillwitle""el"tuileiherierCHadulatirtiel:hTsalateirriirstirierVelwiti.owelealdheeeehsawyrteifrilrilwe eadieePl4"l"isoeicalrcts.o.
the ease. This had aist bees slum ; amennt was ...de
of dhe Mad. Me moth' ash Haiwidgetber dist application
had. been fitsauled i• Art, or tstarlkse H was out rather but.
Meant in iniweiummindise, in sosidtmuded sammelaw, that
the cam might he anewgibeeet by al latter apsdlentsuis of
those means which lie had berm niennimine Their Lind.
ships had seen Ilse Scatty crew which had already been call.
rtl together. Was it v. ry watch to Iran after the tamoiesce
whirl ilwy had of the meads molopprmatara of Hum people,
that perhaps it was felt by them rho mad fiw the matenets.
taus, that Urn were men whose connieners veariable,
sod that there mem places wham thee...lwo, was eger,
easily attainable than in others, though there were Its fact
few where the mine means would not mud. 8.eat,,,.
there were oilier eimices—the knee ladee neat
of Foreign Ambassadors, the authority of SIAS*/ 1.11
alliance with this comity, to say nulling of the Start
Malmo", end many tesoesces which had been Hoot,
availabk in the cutseeniug au& rimaducting of this g 1...
rims rapine. II was not, however, on mormosv or the
ebauces of probability, or en daubtful remarks deduce.'
tore hittory and human experience, that he ecteeluded those
means had b. es used. It was ow the mmeriesee which they
bail id the witnemes themselves, who, Maar they boned the
*Sett of aekitnertrdgitig the truth as tat their rgiwooser, front
the instances cat theCsptsin and Metevrefeeed moll farther
'fanatical—it was upon this, mot ad which their Lordirlitio
C
witaesnit with resao co to the paymeut of the wocienee,
Mr whatever chancier it might have been, that he chef..
leased the other side with liming the means sad op.
pa/duel'', sod having meorthinly implied the Funds
of eorrilpliou to the estaldishment of their ease. He
wished to awakes, their AlletaiUllll to the tier, Shit the
Omen, areorirlitig to the maraca of man who bed Men dis-
charged by Is Nis behavi 41 its • enamor so openly petilligei..
as to make herself • most esusemoiesit meek of resentment
fur those whose weelignlty she wee Haws itijodiciaissty aeon..
lug. And yet she is described as having mud that site koew
herself to lie sarrumided by spies. IN OM* /0".• cesld she
feel otherwise ? Could she have forgotten 1906 ? Cuidd
she be igmeraut. futilely imoorsost of what was Weir
big at home with reapret to herself? Was it morible
then with that knowledge *which she moist have had.
that • Lady et her quality meld al OW same tom:
be se senseless to her cottduct before twenty-Iwo Merge wit-
news tau board • ship, as to ansmoder her character at dis-
cretin's to the malice of her eneneim? Illeuther iustaites to
which he called strittina, was is Majtsetle's evidence as to
the Miamian of dr aputmems is Replied. There was a
MUM cabinet between the herLeouras of the Prioress and
tsettaini. Majuecloi was to sleep here is minselacnce of
Screens 's Moro; he was furnished with It, and light, art
if he took any rapist, it must have beta un • seta in this
very cabinet. At tint Majoecki could nut remember that
there was any other passage. He also fearleady assertedk
that the rest of the emir dein separate. On caussamisama-
lion it appeared that he did not resseasher where dee rest of
the suite slept, and as to the passage hug the *My can, it
Isiened oat that there was emery passage from the room
at the Princess through which sloe might have gust into
/regime's room, wittiest nay one 'canvass of it or
even perceiving her. Now except it were raeitstanerf
that she wished to give &Him( Notice in the mean placed
allsjutchrs position, he challeaged the wit or tugeusity
of maw to paint out any Ming an improbable, so 1:410-
irony to the law of reason, so prover*e to common snot, eV
the adoption of a passage which must Mead to exposure, sod
votbieg eke, when there was another free FANS every unite-
d'. Mitch could hinder the most seer., leCilwalislorweat of
the imputed pompom,. it' their 'Amdahl's were to du that
in this cave whirls week' he dose is • similar case by the
Judges amid juries of the land, Slat was, to "Mug ism lb.
question their expeeiestee sf hems. arlfain, mid the istiluelace
of common sense (and why were they so poseepad of it if
they did out oii Ruth as ocreeims itmereise it with vigour'.
they world tiuot it isopossihle Se believe so asoosstropos • la-
hriest• .In Nlajneciirs matemeal of that affair is Ilse nano's,
there was as mach of self-cnedessitation titterer was displayed.
He was aware that kis diseuaree must be WIMP, Iso them.
They had been jot listeutag iv all that was magoilleitat iw
exhibition, attractive in elorpienre, or important Sat reason-
ing ; yet he was compelled to hallow can the imamate* of
defective and cuatratltctory testlimmy. He again reasiudeil
them of the nhour in the A tontey•Geweral's opeisine speech,
to chew the purposed cotangen, of the sleeping chembers.
Ha wished them also to best in Mad the instances a, Noe
tat eicordo,- which were recorded in the evidence sta to this
point, especially by Majorcbi. II would, indeed, be a write
of their time to travel over the aestivate' involved is those
instances, where the coact...duo was unavualabily deduct Vit
from the very substance of the testisnoity, that the wits/esters
felt that they had a purpose to serve, whirls was (cas-
trated in their cromexamination. Some of the details of
evidence skewed • niamier in putting She wiestious, lo
which, if it had been accidental, he weubl have imputed
▪ wrong motive. Bat if so, it was Indeed naftarna-
nate that every turn of the di: should run sexiest the
Hams. He referred them to the evidence of Dem tut, re-
apectius the resit to Chariton It was imposed that the
Queeu had goo, to bed, and that certain cireponstancis took
place after. Let their Lotddsips look •t page NH of the
evidence, and they would bad that there was MU pouf of
bee Majesty, then Pricers., having been smarmed ; and
Nether, it was plain that she had on at this tam the very drem
which the wore in ibe day, sad a hick was thickly covered with
fur. He would lake another fastener au the soma, aubject,
be did on lb. behalf of his Royal Mistress implore their Lord_
ships to take what he was only giving in the shape of ex-
ample, sod follow it up is detail. At Amu the *1161r145 wadi
asked, " Did yeti go into the teat to assist her Royal High.
mese ?"—" Yee."—Agaiu at page 321 of the evidence—their
Lordaltips would permit him to pursue the 'Lathier', to see
whether Demont's evidence went se far as to say dr %Meth
on that OCCIISIGOI was malemmadooebe was asked, " Did yew
undress the (Amen at all ?"—" I was wader the tad, bet do
nut recollect if I tiodremed her or nut This, it must he
remembered, was that favourite wines', that acme, that in-
telligeut chambermaid, whose examioatim in chief task up
• day and • half, mid who was examond on oath before
that, just after her arrival in England ,• and if so examined
was it fair or just to her Majesty that it should be left in
uncertainty, or rather that it should be left to be inferred
that the Princess was MA that occasion itoollres.ed! He was
sway to politic the matter, but if their Lordships would
tura to page 321 they would see enough to justif y the rAmark
that it did Out appear on the ',Aimee of Dement that die
Primes* had dune mon than takeoff her riding•laabit or tram I-
Iwg-den:. Hr their Lordship.' exeme fur the reptiitiint
of eitltauie circumstance*, but On minute caretirmiances they

mita rely, as the isavarying onevallem of time had pluard
greater circumstances not of their inspeetion; but for that
her Majesty would nut now have to be defended at their
Lordships' bar. He mast beg their Lordships to excuse
the phrase, but. on the behalf 01 his Royal Mistress be mast
demand their patient attention to what in any other case
nicest appear trivial and nuinspottant. In Demisuf's first
examination, bad shy stated that circumstance or not
nut, she laud (le avoid an odious nwitosyllable, and to use a
phrase of her usra,) committed a " dottfite enteedre." Re-
ferring to page 4113 of the evidence, their Lordships would
1114 d the saute subject renewed, and with the intention of
furnishing au inference of the same cast. Here be came to
the masquerade given by Joachim, Kiug of Naples. The
witness as asked," Did she change her dress ?".."Yes.".." Did
you assist in (Imaging her dress r —"I did not." In fact she
knew nothing about it, for she vow nut la the room, accord-
iug to her owe account, aid that allegation of the chugs of
dream was meant to cuuvey the idea of a total and reline
change of dress; best upon that au further explanation was
gives in the canalisation in chief. It was left upon the an-
swer W the question, which wae not only a keding, it vu a