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London, England, 1820-11-04 00:00:00

who thought that any set of men, standing as
they did, could have remained passive—he beg-
ged to pronounce no opinion on that point—it
was one which was surrounded by a variety of
conflicting difficulties. He also begged to say
that in pronouncing upon the • inexpediency of
this Bill, he was in no degree actuated' by any
influence arising from threat or intimidation. fie
had lived long enough to see how idle it was for-
any-man to forirehis judgment -upon any momen-
tary clamour or -temporary intimidation. He had
too often seen the popular feelingS unnecessarily
raised and quickly laid aside. II isvote was gronach-
ed upon the inexpediency and impolicy of the
Bill.
•
The Earl of DoeieuonmonE said, he bad waited
with proper attention to hear. the arguments of
the Noble Earl who spoke last, and whose rank
property,and character, justly entitled his opinion
to the utmost respect. lie must say., however,
that ,with great respect for that Noble. Earl, he
was at a loss to see to what point his observe,
tions tended. He had said nothing respecting
theleomediate question before thp.House---ehe had
not said one word, why ,the Bill should ;not be
read a second time ; on, the contrary, his obser-
vation; that he etoold riot vier the („leleen
being innocent, had rather an opposite teodency,
and furnished a • reason why the Order •of the
Day -,Mudd be agreed to. That ought, in lii
hemble judgmeet, to have been. the sequel of
what he (the Earl of liorewood) said.. The
Noble Lord had said that be did not think the
ilinetrions Inculpated Party perfectly innocent
6f the charges in the preamble of the Bill, and
as he would• not vote for the gill, should
have expected-him at least to propose something
in it stead. But to his utter astoaishment, the
Noble Lord would not vote for the second read,
ire;, nor had he prtSposed to substitute any other
measure for that now before them. The. whole
of the argument of the Noble Lord amounted •to
this, that the public mind was in a state of great
irritation, and that he never knew the public to be
wrong ill its judgment at last-e-therefore their
Lordships were called- on to drop the Bill, aban-
don their dut H ear, hear!)-forego the
measure, hec.ause a very respectable Noble
Lord said that his experience taught him
that, whether irtitated or not, the people al-
ways proved to be wise and jest at last. lie
apprehended that the argument of the Noble
Lard was a reason why. the Bill should be read
a second time. Because the irritation of the peo-
ple's minds would only be increased by having
caused its rejection. They would feel themselves
strange hold forget who were the governors, and
who the party governed.
.He respected public
opinion as much as any man, bUt he could
.not
think this was a. time to sacrifice to popular cla-
mour the dignity of Parliament. Before he en-
tered upon his reasons for the vote he should give,
he thought it right to state to their Lordships on
what part of the. evidence he founded that opi-
. nipn. ike sholld not c4l to his al d. in fern-lit:Fr his opi-
nion. the testimony of N1?-jocei, nor should he rely
on that of Dumont, nor Would he take any ac-
count of that of the respectable Mr. Sacchi, nor
listen fora moment to that of the execrable wit-
ness Cuchi, nor could 4e, -in forming his opinion,
be at alt guided by the evidence of Kress, when
he considered the manner in which she had been
brought forward, and the iolluence by which the
witness who could have contradicted her had-been
prevented from coming. Having paid that- re-
epect which was due to the opinion of the Noble
art (Earl Grosvenor) who-had talked of throw-
ing the liturgy in the King's
.face ; and who, not
content with the terrestrial sphere, had visited the
celestial regions, and had explained to them the
eclipse.—(A laugh:)---And it might be a serious
matter to pursue him in his lofty speculations.
At all events, if he (Loed Donceighmore) were
about to ascend to the tipper. regions, he should
beg leave to wait a little before he mounted, if the
Noble Lord preceded him, in Aorder to give time
for the cooling of the track followed by the. Noble
Earl, in the inflammatory state of .mind and
body, in whit he had.undertaken.his heavenly
peregrinations. He had resolved to put out
of his mind the testimony_ of all. the other
witnesses, although the Counsel on one side de-
clared that those witnesses were the very best
possible, witnesses ; • an assertion. which met with
the , professional contradiction that might have
been expected from the Counsel upon the oppo-
pite- side, The Noble Lind (Dononghmore)
- here expressed his admiration of his Noble
Friend's (Lard Lauderdale), able 'and lucid
speech. upon this question, and said, that in most
of the positions laid down in that speech he fully
agreed, • The favourite ofthe illustriousA.ccused
had been, indeed, highly honoured. Titles had
been procured for him, and he was in the enjoy-
ment of an estate. There were some little inter-
mediate things which were deserving of,notice—
sortie little familiarities, which- would be, indeed,
updeserving of notice, if not-coupled. with some
facts of irresistible force. The.. taking of the
chain from the,Queen's neck, and placing it on
Bergami's ; the gift of the portrait ; those were
things 1-fliich, though far from being conclusive
in themselves, greatly
.added to the suspicion of
guilt when placed in juxtaposition to the more
formidable, proofs of guilt. . Now, if two persons,
a male and female, of whom no suspicion had
been previously entertained, had happened to
sleep under the same tent, owing to circum-
stances of an extraordina.iy kind, he
.should, in-
deed, be extremely sorry to say that he enter-
tained a Worse opinion of the character of the
female than he had before entertainel ; but,
when, he considered that all. the former evi-
dences of a criminal intercourse were to be
put in addition to the fact which had been
proved beyond all doubt—that Bergami and
her Royal Highness had., for five we ‘lis,
slept under the same awning, day and night, it
was impossible to draw any' inference but that of
guilt. He could not see bow it was possible to
pronounce any other verdict, after proof of con-
. etant cohabitation fmetive weeks under the awn-
ing.. The Noble
.Lord here proceeded to read
the. minutes of evidence of the Captain and Mate'
of the polacre as to the station of her Royal