The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-21 00:00:00

mount influence and ascendancy which BERG /mi
had obtained over the QUEEN, which could only
be accounted for by the adulterous inter-
course which was continually kept up be-
tween them, and which all the circumstances
detailed, and that would be given in evidence,
tended decidedly to prove. ' It was true that the
class of persons. who must chiefly be called •to
prove the facts, must be individuals in a lower
station of life, but it was the same as ,in
every other case of adulterous connection,
where the fact, must in general, necessarily
be proved by servants and persons employed
about the parties. As to their being Italians,
that could be no objection to their testimony
since they were surely as much entitled to be-
lief as any other class of persons, " under

circumstances not militating againststhe truth of
their testimony. The Learned Gentleman con-
cluded by calling the first witness, an Italian of

le name of MAJOCCI.

LOrd Ettsgisi. suggested, that means should
be adopted to 'keep the Witnesses within call. of
the House after their examination.
The LORD CHANCELLOR- said that means for
that purpose should be resorted to.
Lord KING asked whether witnesses giving

their evidence upon this Bill before the House
were, in the event of their giving false testimo-
ny, legally liable to be indicted for perjury..

The LORD CHANCELLOR and the Earl of Li
vEnrooL both answered in the affirmatis e.

The QUEEN entered the llotte just after the'
ATTORNEY-GENERAL had concluded. •

The Witness, Ail AJocci, being called in, and
appearing at the Bar to be examined, the mo-
'ment the QUEEN saw him, her MAJEsTy uttered
a loud scream and fainted; assistance was imme-
diately at hand, and the QUEEN having a little
recovered was led out of the House.

The Witness -;lot understanding English, an
Interpreter appeared, who on a- question asked
by Mr. BROU'GRAM, ih was stated by the Attor-
ney-G eneral, was employed by the Solicitor to

the Treasury.
BROUqHAM required that an Interpreter
should be sworn in behalf of THE QUEEN, whiCh
was agreed to, and one was accordingly sworn.
The examination of AlAJocci then proceed-
ed ; he stated his knowledge of IlErtGAinr,

when the latter was in the service of General
Piso, and afterwards in that of MUItAT. The
witness was left under examination When our
Reporter quitted the houe.

. We hardly need remind our Readers, that
from the moment when THE QUEEN announced
her Demand to Parliament of having her con-
duct investigated by an open trial, we stated our
opinion that no compromise could be admitted,
and that a trial must absolutely take place. "We
urged the same arguments as the Earl of LIVER-
POOL, with so much eloquence and irrefragable
reasoning, advanced in the House of Lords on
Friday last, and which his Lordship's amend-
ment rendered irresistible and conclusive. If
any means could have been devised to obviate
the exposure of the disgraceful circumstances
which a trial must inevitably develope, we should
have rejoiced with every loyal subject and every
true friend of humanity. But it was impossible,
without a sacrifice of justice, to cover the matter
by a private arrangement. We are still as rt-
luctant as ever to presume the guilt of her MA-
JESTY, and we are disposed to consider it as im-
possible that she would so boldly and persever-
ingly maintain her innocence, if she felt the con-
sciousness of guilt, or did not rely on the defec-
tiveness of proof against her. But when we hear
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL say, " if, in the recital
of the circumstances which I have to detail, I
shall be under the painful necessity of bringing
before your Lordships scenes which must disgust
every well-regulated mind—transactions which
must offend the feelings of every honourable and
virtuous person, I am sure your Lordships will
think that upon this occasion I ought to hold no
reserve—at the same time taking care to state
nothing whiz.:ll, in my conscience, I do not be-
lieie I shall be able to substantiate by proof "
when, we say, we hear such a declaration from a
Law Authority who has risen to his situation by
talents, professional learning, and the integrity
of his private character, 'we cannot but remain
in a state of the most painful suspence.—After
the solemn. determination of the Judges, that no
existing Law of this Country can meet the im-
puted offences, it is astonishing that any public
Writer, who bias the least sense of moral charac-
ter, can preSume to style the mode of trial
adopted by the House of Lords " a monstrous
proceeding,' as it is termed in The Old Times of
this, day. The New Times designates The Old
Times as " the derni-official Paper of TliE