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examination, nothing was elicited which could
iil any way. tend to discredit what he had
I,)_efore stated ; but lie stated new eircuinstttnces,
lucll
the shewed he . could not be
,mistaken on
subject. He there ihewed that Sacchi
i' not gO forward with dispatches, • because
`ho had become chafed from ridin;, and could
°t continue on horseback any further ; .and that
tl)e wiines's, took his part, in which he
.ac-
-9.4l.litted himself so much to the' satisfaction of her
°Yal Highness,. that lie was continued in her:
fervic'e• It was he, therefore, clearly, wito-per-!
nernkli the office of courier to her Royal...High-'
Tet's on that journey from Rome to Senegaglia.
t its testimony, important as it was, was not:
a
ter"Pted to be met by any contradiction on the
I:111" side., The witness had been subjected to
active cross-examination, but that was all.=
1;n Dumont, who had such accurate informa-.
San anti knowledge of every motion of. Mr.,
tier was -never asked if Sacchi rode as con-
sier °II that journey. And he (Mr. D.) most
Sacchi
contended, that all the evidence -which
jecni gave, both from the nature or it, and "ill
Cnsideration of the person it came from, should
itave been corroborated from every direct source
iiras possible to get evidence from., ow,N
thlt" respect-to the evidence. of Carlo Forti, let
1.013"1 look at what Captain Hownarn said in cor-
o ia°ration•- hi page 704, he says, that iiistead
veci"e carriage in which her Royal Highness tra-
p ,ed) it was not of. the description represented
curtains to the windows, which
,v•
ruid be opened. from.the outside, the, carriage
t° an English .landaulet, having spring blinds
'"e windows, which could only be opened, by
ti Person on the inside. And he at the same
avhill`' mentioned a variety of circumstances
to I:" 'hew that his memory is fully competeent
Perfect description of the case. He must
tirt,l‘: s;
-ate, thetas to there being any doubt about
anc;`).lte had but to state :that there was- only
br't Pttraey from Rome to Senegaglia.performed
• ter Ito,yal Highness. The Learned Counsel
avh-,:'l._°ll endinerate the different . witnesses
tar:, 'ad given their evidence in .c(yrroboration of
eam:°Porti ; and-detailed the, evidence.given by
th;' to that effect. 'He. referred particularly-to
lta-stestimony of Colonel Olivieri and Count
lia-,;:'11; so that. it appeared this Sacchi swore to
fr`o'ng witnessed a . most iudecent scene,. which,
)1a,.11)e nature of it, it was even impossible could
„., •
ott "aPpened he detected the parties in it
the highway, drawing aside the curtains of
to carriai.se in Which they travelled in order
teoti° so; and yet he did not know who was
lii.•'es in the carriage. He was contradicted
ila „
. ie. person w hti actually rode as .courier,
digit !(1- of him, on that journey ; he was contra-
taupe;. hy, the probability of there-being only one
tot)i! on that Occasion ; and he was, in short,
e. rittliCted. by 'four credible witnesses, viz.'
Ol Ptait' •
ownain, VasSali, Forti, and. Colonel
tlia"-' nrl: It was deserving of particular remark,
by t the story
of Sacchi had not been confirmed
single witness, not even by Dumont; and it
laut"lt been attempted .on the opposite side, to
It) e• any contradiction .to the_witn-ess-da who had
tat-h°ThPletely refuted it. Wds it pOssible that
'ties a.story: could be credited, when the very
crPtion of it Was calculated to put every ho-
s,-oa rable mind on its guard? When they had
aulie
'even farther than that, and shown that it •
fail absolutely false ; and if that story was
what become of the whole of his eyi=
14 i;• What., became of those stories about
of 'incess and 13ergarni's conversations ; and
bps:'n'at iMproper conduct of her Royal High-
at. the Birona, which was supposed to have
Ivie,"ted nitmerous persons of rank who were
Itati.s-esses of it ? And why were none of these per-
called ? 'it next appeared that her Royal
l'irt,',,ness had related to. Dumont, that she
,(tile
4Ea Royal of this country) had been rejected
4rti,,'",tetnber of the Casseno, at. Milan. Setting
ttl improbability 'of a-person of her exalt-
it --4 K refused such an honour, whether,
tionast.. SO or not, still there was a. different solu-
'Rive."' it, if true, than that attempted to be
th,,t„° it. It was known that she was the wife
kao„:" Prince Regent 'of this kingdom ; it was
t!)cii,•," that she wits his persecuted, condemned,
,te-a`L wife--a wanderer on the face of the earth,
tail ')e she had no home in that country which-
4efa:ec°me her. own—because those' who had
•tacC carried her triumphantly through the at-
. Nakss °I her enemies; were now, ranged in their
tilkt and it was 'from these circumstances
Snclt might be drawn a diffe.nent reason for
occurrence than. it. proceeded from any
vq•so`elt disapprobation of this Illustrious
f jt n sconduct." He . passed over that host
'itipr:h"att witnesses, together with the host of
thein-41)le and insignificant facts sworn to by
fin , .i
next adverted to the story -,ahout
l'iheth'llres- of Adam and. Eve, :and he asked
oilst„er any Man could look at that explod-
disatt,;"Y .uow, without redoubled' feelings .of
Ile?l,4;`'"t at the.tale itself, but at the charge ?
tail t , notstate the fact; but he would merely
\vas their Lordships' minds- that .Porni, who
tt aequainted with the premises, had said, that
was .
had dp "nllossible..Raggazoni• cciuld.see,whal he
li;seiribed from the situation he stated him-
-1),'01.-lai 13,e in• Raggazoni's- statement was-- dis-
("saw ;..is°'-hy 'the plan itself which had been
1°
I °`
the Had any contradiction
what premises..
is,"l :'ati been proved by her Majesty's Coun-
-clgaz;'l'sPoint been offere'd ? None : and when
,:)notiad been -brought forward .as a. wit-
\ras %/lul respect to tile Grotto, he. thought it
Vrod('-sential that a plans of that place shmild be
Zit'lla s
Used' He
l ailes'o knew
that
plans had been taken
P
144,`),!., al been done of every
place
which
highness had ever visited, and he
.1,;( litie to know why a plan .of this-place had-
,
IV4B een produced ? But it appeared that it
1 Ira
Possiole that Raggazoni could see what
Pretended to describe. He ,would not
It'iss • "Y longer on this subject, but would .dis-
b., wi
qs,ll th a. remark, that it served to shp.w what
eSS (-new
*heat could, he made capable of, by a due
Part i3a 4)n of adequate inducenients.,ln.another.
" hi)s—" Raggazoni stated a circumstance
eel' by him one night, when, as it W,as

called, there was to be a house-Warming, dtd the
gardens =were illuminated. On this occasion,
Raggazoni and l3ruza swore .to having seen her
Royal highness and Bergami sitting on the same
seat in the. garden. And what, he. asked, was
to be obtained from that fact? Raggazoni swo:'e
that it was at this Arne, two o'clock in the Morn
ing ; but when • Bruza is called, his Learned
Friendi recollect that Italian time differed from

Englishtirne, and ._then it coMes oat that it was
only half-paSt nine in the evening, instead of two
o'clock _in • the morning, when this scene took
place—at that time. when
,an Italian peasant
chooses, above all others, to .enjoy himself in in-
nocent relaxation;,—at that time Whe4i he is most
in motion ; and as it appeared-that the gardenS
were illuminated, and full of, low company,
as his :Learned ,Friends had called them,
moving backwards and forwards, he could
not see that such a moment could have been
chosen for any improper intercourse or fa-
minority. He then touched upon the evidence
of ' Antonio "Bianchi,
.page 397, respecting
the bathing of her Royal Highness and Bergami
in the river Brescia. It appeared that these par-
ties.took.a boat and
.went upon the lake„ :where
they were in the water together, when they espied
him and four Gentlemen coming7—upon which they
ran away, got into their boat, and sailed down the
river, he supposed to the Lake of Como.—Now,
it so happened that 'this river Brescia Was a cata-
ract, which was either quite dry, or was a torrent
admitting of 'no navigation by. any boat. This
they had .upon the testimony of_Captain Hownam,
page 973. This 'fact showed the unparalleled
impudence of the deponents in. coming forward
with such sforks to insult the English public.—
The story was a good One:in itself, and look-
ed very well upon paper,• until it appeared
that the 'place fixed on as the scene of action
was such as it 'was neither possible • to bathe
in, nor to sail a,boak. 'Why, he asked, if, there
were four persons who' witnessed this, was
there only asingle one called.? Atiother,wit-
ness had sworn, that in taking the Princess and
Bergami to Como, he • saw them kissing no less
than four times waS.eVen oftenerthan Ma-
jocci and Dumont had sworn to have .seen it in
three years; but 'the boatman
.he called, who
had the best opportunity of observing 'the con,
duct of the „parties; gives a direct contradiction
to 'the statement. TheSe , might appear trifling;
~
b circumstancesut'theY were important:—false-
hood had been grafted onAruth, so that profli--
gateminds saw notiiinff.bUt culpability in the
conduct of her Royal. Highness. When we dis-
cover falsehood,' we 'must look to the motives
'whichhave prompted it; and the evidence'of the
witnesses against the Queen, unsupported as they
have been by collateraFteStimony, is not entitled
to the slightest credit. Sacchi has sivorn that
he assumed the name; of Count Milani in conse-
quence of the Dover, tiots, and yet lie in proved
to hov,e, gone by that name twelve months before
they occurred;
,and whenno one dreamed of the
present trial but those Who Were collecting the
materials for it. He next came to that impor-
tant' name of fiastelli, whiCh brought him- to
the Milan Commission, of Which he was such
an active agent. And before he proceeded
further, he 'wished to be
,understood as to the
light in which he viewed that Commission, of
which their: Lordships , had. heard a great deal.
At the head of the Commission was 'Mr. Cooke,
a gentleman of whom he had heard nothing but
what gave him allisposition to respect him, until
he,accepted the oilice
,which this Commission
imposed upon hiM. He. was a great lawyer, a
man of great scientific research, and possessing
great weight and Authority in all points of legal
doubt, But he must confess that of all the names
he had ever heard of in Westminster Hall, he
looked upon Air. Cooke as the
,last man who was
qualified for an oflite•Of thenature he had under-
taken. He thought there never was any one whose
habits of mind were less qualified for the office of
sifting evidence, or fOr dete4ing falsehood in a wil-
ling witness, or of checking those under him from
overstraining their duties. As to Col. Brown,
it could be no offence to . say that,. as he was a
military man, he -could• hardly be expected to
give any useful assistance:' The only real and
efficient Commissioner_was My. Powell; now -the
Solicitor to this prosecution; it was he who had
been able to het evidence, by the compulsory
power,which he ,possessed Brown using
his influence with the Foreign Courts to assist
him. This. was ,thei,first instance he,.eyerheard of
an Attorney forming the sole Commissioner.
(Mr. Denman) was not sorry that Mr. Cooke had
accepted the , office. .tor. was he displeased that
_My. Powell had been the most active. Em-,
ploying Rastc:ili as a. courier to this‘Commission,
_was enough .to disqualify him as a witness ; but
when the advantage was considered; which he
most expect 'from being. employed to obtain
evidence, would any one say he ought to have
been a_ witness ? The character of the Courier
and the witnesses4mght to have been kept sepa-
rate. Mr.. Powell possessed great advantages
in Rastelli'sknowledge of the witnesses.:lt was the
object. of Rastelli to beat up for, recruits, not
only to support his own testimony, but 'to ruin
his Royal :Mistress—an object
.his whole soul
'seems to have bees engaged in. He had said that
he
.never offered money tctAny witness, but that
assertion was, also refitted. .• But the most
taut fact connected :with Rastelli was,. that he, a
witness who had • stated the most.,infamous fact
with which the Princess was charged :—that he,
the agent, courier„ and clerk of the Milan Corn-,
mission;—that he, whose testimony haiklain him
so completely open to a prosecution for perjury,
which would have been instituted.; that he, af-
ter-
thus
.pick
bolster
l s
t upe
r
a, pledge given, that, no -witnesses should be
ttic;
withdrawn, had.been sent to
new facts; suborn ,new .witnesses,
I\laiiraldn
up a case, which,the, prosecutors found had. com-
pletely failed. It had been admitted, that the
not being able to examine, this man at the time
he was called was an irreparable injury to, her
Majesty. But he had disappeared, had been
sent away on the 14th of. September, and now it,
wag the 25th of Ostober, and there was 'no pro-
bable -conjecture as to the time of his return,

The Counsel for her Majesty hail much
plain of,
,and it required all the good character
which some persons boasted"of, to shield them
frotU censure for such an act.' If fta.stelli could
have been examined when called, it would not
have bepn, known but that he had, been in Cot-
ton-garden all the time ; hut he was fled, and
the object for which he had fled could not be
doubtful—it was to evade justice himself, and to
pervert justice, in procuring more false testimony
against that much-injured and Illustrious Lady,.
the Queen.of England. _

The Learned Counsel now retired. for a short
time.—At the end of
_half an hour,
Mr. DIiN.MIN returned to the Bar, and resumed.
lle had been most anxious to' comment upon
every fact. which had been given in evidence
against her Majesty, and to -explainvery circum-
stance which might have appeared to her disad-
vantage. Dining his absence, he had looked over
the evidence, to see if there was any point which
he had left untouched, and there was one part in
which lie thought it necessary to Offer some elu-
cidation, lest their Lordships should form mist-a:
ken. notions -Upon the subject. He alluded to the
statement given in evidence, that her Majesty had
played several characters at a Theatre at the
Villa d'Este. It was said, that her Majesty,
played -Columbine, and That Louis Begami
played Harlequin. He had only one observation
.to make upon this point, and that was, that the
characters of Harletittin and Columbine, as
played in Italy, Were widely differe4 from those
played in England. , In England, as their Lord-.
'ships knew, the Harlequin' and CohiMbine were
lovers ; hut In Italy they were not so represented
on the stage. They were speaking parts in Italy ;
in England they were not. ,In Italy, the Haile—
quirt, which in that country was. called Haqe-
• quino, was generally the valet of the loVer in, the
Harlequinade ; and the Columbine, which was
called Busara, was the 'servant of the female.
There was no love affair; and no freedonts-what.
ever,passing between them. ''He would here ad-
init that there might be too great a disposition.
her Majesty' to enjoy the innocent pleasnies of
life 'with those by whom, she was surrounded; but
it was only *her 'wish to make all around her
cheerful ,and happy ; and although he admitted.
this farniliar intercourse of her Majesty with her
suite, 'fie Contended' that she had never, "by any
a t, lost that title to respect and deference,
.not
Only from her servants,,butwhich all honest men
ever woultfpay to a, female of her exalted 'rank,
posseSsing her Manifold With respect to
the Milan Cot-mission, his Learned Friend' (Mr.
Brougham) had not chargedit.'with a conspiracy
to sUborn witnesses ; but•he had said, that sup-
posing such 'a
cohsPirady to exist, it would ex-
hibit all. the synipteins and indications which
arose from'. the acts.'of that Commission. They
were not bound to Charge particular' individuals,
but if they showed that all that had been done
could only be accounted for in 'the light of a
conspiracy, they-had 'Made a better case against
those who prosecuted her Majesty, than thOse ,
prosecutors thethselves had 'been able to fa,-
hricate, though armed with Unbounded resources
and unlimited power. How'had 'the witnesses
for the prosecution come over to thii country
Had they come as volunteers' without reward,
without purse or scrip, with no shoes on their
feet, and no coats on their baek, butout'of a ter-
der regard for the dignity of the English Throne,'
and the moral interest Of the population-of thiS great
Empire ? The moral interest of that population,
it would have been far better consulted by h‘dif-'
ferent course.- whatever might-he the effect
produced-hereafter by that which had been adopt- '
ed, no doubt could 'possibly be entertained' of.
its mischievoni 'and 'fatal tendency now; for
the most innocent lransactions- Of -life, polluted
by Calumny,'had-been ‘miked tfif and involved
with the most 'atrocious' crimes ;, and even' if it
had been proired- that' the' Illustrious Defendant
was guilty, there might be lurking in 'the
minds of the Public that dangerous casuistry,
which was ever ready.to set tip the vices of one
party as a counterbalance to •those of the other;
and which, in his opinion, Airits'productiv6 of the,
most ileplorable consequences to "the moraf cha-
racter of the nation. 'This was'only in. case the
facts were proved ; but "they were not proved,
and it would be shown that they had' arisen from
the evidence of such individuals as were 'entitled
to no credit. Was it necessary to say ally thing
more on the evidence of Rastelli'than had been
said, that infamous character, who had been
in thedouble character of witness and collector,
of witnesses, with Dumont and Sacchi ? lie would
add but a few words upon the 'fact of Rastelli
having been sent away from the country. In
page 811, Mr. Powell said that, he sent him on
a mission. to Milan as a courier and he recom-.
mended him for that Service at 'the • Foreign
Office: He afterwards stated at large the gotunds,
for sending- away Rastelli. He said, when he Was
first' examined, that it was necessary that some
per Son should he sent to the families of the per-
sons ill-treated at Dover, to assure them of :their •
relations' safety. It was necessary that they
should_be'assitred, that other witnesses might not
be prevented from coming over. Why was Ras-
telli sent on this mission ? That question was put
to. Powell, and he replied that Eastern had
brought them over; he kneNVAlieni, and could
give satisfactory assurances to theiy families: It
was also sworn by Mr. Powell„thal the witnesses
Wrote letters ; could not.tben Wife Other person
have been the bearer Ortbem to Italy, for the. re-
latives of the witnesses could 'net have doubted
their hand-writing. ._Whapt did Rastelli,in his
evidence, in page 413, say, when he
brought
asked—
cc Who were . the persons whom "he over
as witnesses ,agairis't the Queen; and if he' knew
them ?"—" I know nothing of .them,,e,icqt by.
bringing them over.;„ some •t know, some
do , not know, and those T, -kno*, I only
know by sight." Then why. was -Kasten; sent
to persons that he did not know, if there
had not been Other motives for sending him
away ? In the. same page Rastelli
Was asked,
4-4 What are the names of tbe.per'sOiis that you
know win) came over to England --iriih:yon?" he
gave the names of four persons ; but not one of

' those persons had. been called, as witnesses in this
case,- Any. of them might therefore have been.
dispatched .to quiet the families at Milan,..with-
out any prejudice to the interests of the trial, for
all of thein:Were at liberty: Mr7l-lowell had de-
clared he had every.reason to believe that Itastelli
Would' be 'sent back, as-directions had been sent to
. hasten .his return. It was remarkable to obseri,e,,
that such was- this Gentleman's confidence in
these directions, he thought they would cure hint
(itastelli) of his fever, would restore -him to the
strength which his illness had taken away,- and
in. short be so efficacious as to 'enable him to take Up •
his bed and walk. It was . true, bowever, as ap-
peared from his letter, that Col. Brown supposed
Hasten'. alight be shuffling ;, that he was utty, filling
to return to England; that he assumed
. .
salon to avoid that course ; 'that he had hearil,
though the, pillory was abolished in this country-
for other offences, it still existed.for perjury. Col.
Brown (here the Qetitleman read extracts
from his letters produced- to the Secret Commit- •
tee and.- given in their report)—Colonel Brown
stated. that the. feier spittirig:_of
and the • unwillingness to 'rettife, would render
that, event'a matter of great difficulty ; and yet
•31r. Powell, on the 13th of .October, had told
them that lie had even reason to believe Itastelli
would be soon in' England. Elsewhere in his
evidence, he said he had nowentertained an idea •
of his being •wanted : why, then, had he pressed
••
his being sent. bUck: so 'strongly ? -why was it
that •on the.: 3d of October he 'had declared
he would not have consented 'to his. removal
but in expectation of
,his returning in time ?
Ile (Mr. Denman) contended, that. some-'other
I -
messenger . might have been found;' Cut Mr..
Powell had further stated, that ltastelli.
.was
employed to get certain papers legalized to
• Witt • -
produce here ;he could hot conceive at papers
these could be, but he' took it for granted that
the fact was so. Anti it seemed that for these
reasons •Col. Brown's letter was to be looked
'upon as confidential ; ag a communication with
an agent which ought
,to be protected from all
inquiry. But perhaps another ground.. for the
employment 'of Itastelli was to be gathered from ,
'a letter of a later date; for in addition to, these
statements it appeared by a document, dated Lin-
.cola's Inn, 13th Sept.,Abat kastelli was returned
•
• to Col. Brown, as he might be of .Use to him
(the' active Commissioner of the Milan Commis- •
sion), but he Was required
,to take -Care to
send him back with all the information lie could
collect. All these thingS Otis came out by de- - .
grecs... Ile did' not mean'to that Mr. ro-1.1-611
had been incorrect; but he would,:, say that
if on the Other side a
,gallant witness,: ove'r-
come by the, novelty of his ,situationy art 'unused ,
'to these difficulties, had- done the game, •
such murmurs as, had -Marked. „the testiniony-
.
of Lieutenant Flynn would have been heard,
and the'oNnion'of his prevarication false-
hood
-would .haye, been vi-id.ely 'spread abroad:
This liadobeen dinie by a daily "Newspaper : and
. •
the Journal mistaking the: eXpression
.
of surprise with which Martini had repelled the
notion of her husband's having been a bankrupt,
for a confession of that fact after she de'clare4 he
•
was not embarrassed, misled the ptiblic Mind by
-its comMents.on the supposed contradiction. These
things in themselves Were not important in the
(*ILSE', but thry_werp worthy of attention, as skew-.-
" pg; for the first; titne; the English
...I'll's§ taking-
part
,against Vie
,a,Consed, and turning .the very
,evidettee:of innocence into its reproach.---{To
cr y ‘4lVliat Paper'" froth -several Peers, Mr,
mums, and,uthers,.as,.tltt; I st.possihie witnesses that could be
amuse powers possessed -by the
.Itl ila tt Qoinntission (of the na-
ture of which they wercyct -i7nOratit) no. individual more unfit,
to limit out the troth eolthib: foundthan Rastelli.. tient that
person came with his new recruits, with his new regiment of C 4
spies and perjurers, his. lahours 'would, be ineffectual. Rut
they (the Queen's Counsel) had been assured, that a large-al-
lowance would be granted on accountof Ihe uVasence of this
individual. No allowance could place them in the situation
they. would have reached had he been forthcoming. • The im-
pression through .his means had gone ,forth it. was .on the
minds of• then,- and molting could. erase the impressi.m.—
.:What other. corepensatiou then could they-hove ?, . Would
Iluelr-Lordsluips strike 'nit part of the evidence of other,Wit-
ne.sses ? Of Raf4azoni? he was-gone already. Of Mtioni? his
• testimony was d'estruiveth•Of the mason-, with his Maus
and• Ere and the figsYeaves? he was, finishedbcfine.:ln sttort,,if.
theywere permitted to take a•compensat of. this sort, there ••
' W4HI Id- be • the utmost so entirely-had the evidetlee
for the charge been 'annihilated, to find an), thing-,,werrtlly of
heing.•strock not.: The Learned Gentlemitn next took op, the
evidence of the OtteenN witness, Filipp<i Pomi, which:he de-
scrihed • as fliroWing ,a trite light upon all the 'machinery of
the Milani •Commissitm. Pouni shewed thenr. the manner in
which Itastelii •-asked him to, become a 'witness agaittst the
Princess; and, rio doubt, hetook the same means wip tit bets..
Rut to his • invitation to aecuse his itoyal ist rest ,2Poosi re-
plica that he had never'seen anything in her conduct that
seas in the slightest degree blameable ; he had 'stets nothing-
butt beneficence and kindness; nothing butwhat.fiecloutudest
to her honour; and his gym it ode 'Was not to he overcome;
.so
as to render him it witness against her. This •made n.o dif-
ference toitastelii—neV'er mind., says be, Dinsiont.(tylro
wayi concealed her haring. been dismissed from. serviee)...4-Ou-
moot has Haase well, • She•has matle a good day's worlouf it ,
do yarn follow her exautirple,, and you shall .get a great pr.esuent
for deposing tiv the thtists. you most 'have.::S'een,' fns was
a bail' litihse, with hatr(vouten•in„ it. faithful servant;• •
howeVist; denied this ; 'rind 114 only-brought the transaction
forwartPto infee.that •prorniles'were made e)se.where,
and to say that-6'er) Itnul6' the sanction fief -the. Austrian Go-
vernment, such ..ineaittreS- :were: taken 16 ..idstala....witnesses
ijgainsrtiie 'ltigaist•i• was another turfriesactive7agents
of this tini4 ; and •withfidl this, seas: it At-it-remarkable. that
they (('ounsel).- had daStinfeit two of 'these indiViihrids.':: Ras.
tof;, who beeri4thr :sad Vgaudi- Whom the oppo-
site side had alit dared to eall to Cott.k:thet swore
to his having told lilin:whers-tre.saistZg'Yon have stsn Rergami
lift tieV"updit het. a.4,.rrh!risht' ItWhand tinder ')ier pett
Coats," twit' it' Was ;,a .srhl--ftstit.'ernfl, for 14.ervinsi.d-roil• al-
ways tteattalllie Princess' with :One respect. ::'Tht next, wit-•
ness to whom •Shoulli attention -.iSitis'.'othe who; lie
soigla nut entitled to credit', Ple'lt-n..-411t‘P.,..ti, •
the clerk of torlazzi. It Was true lie had cO'a'ressed himself
ginity' of ,
,nett erroir, 'tint in coot-liar-Isms witfu'siante of the
witue,:e's on-the ,ether Side.'he'was purity.- h7l;l.•Ftsitsinted
—he hail toe'n ill -4paidi.:Land (Sir. P.) wishrtlitiat'Atre wit-
neSses on t fie'othere side Wild repented tom T'POrnati.; qtictu as
he. ‘VIiS, stated that he tiad been seamed by a liiittielut-oui he
did dot' I; now to commit . a - breach of trust, audshievtl,:tt
StraCtcd'th-e
fin Betraying employer. to the%•-fituottiitilif 3(04r 4."!)
papers tnnfiiled to his c ire, was pailt,:trylthsilcarti
altoiether tilil:Poivn •to them. -,"ctiey \trit#t.' 4111V.1-ect.• iv
they
(me, proved that
-thlangle they
instructions from Colonel 13roWn ;
fraAcs. Ws this
ddsen,hTdliz? hims s,,txtitotiatiCitti bttor,,t, ti
lir it
'tti ',it to slims that Pomati was called, Vtilam, ,atr#l.,turn-
• ;ea tint of the 'house, it }-et prover)'- that
.was
t faieV sifts. not
truth in his haiihrs, visited Colonel Brown
.1-d.-• .
(y.t. the ali-
..L.i,..:ttrene,„af
.cc,o,LlTeeli
AttotaeY, and-Collectln of witnesses. ttir•n_proVei•ded to.
littila:Paccvteci'fet ati's slime r
continent on the impinlyability of Lietit.' HaWatsuo, whit tVISk
the prbietz,„f .1;,„r Royal tiions§., prestimitig' to !.;is...ikte.'r ad-
vice .if he had declared this to eartiiinl3ftga.s,:i,,t*AElmk ev

. ,
those cerefiderttials which are usualleconfreeed to the auttetee
erck. It Was liessetter ay stirpre se tit:Aids -Learned Tricot! Ilia
Pot make Lord (Guildford, lend tileethe'rvie, Lady Charlotte
I.indiey, Mr. Craver., anthSio Withent (jell, witnesses to sup-
port the Bill. Dr. liollatid Who' ''so atilt dined at the table
54 tier Royal Hiehoess, ddellitles's had ate oploirtutisty of ob.
serving her -coutluct, yetlie was not called. ;Having neglect-
ed to make those witnesses their awn, 'his Learned lirtelids
resorted to .the monstrous process of cross-exasuitiation„
yet the result did not eu cotton- their Cate. Thole
witnesses bad given the he to the charge of public licen
tioustsess and adulterous 'intercourse. It was clearly pruned
there Was notitiag to Bergaitsi's behaviour to the Princess,
or any oilier ;atlas-latest,' wheels led tie most -Krell-wiring
observe-rto cosiclude that an' iadecent familiarity had
l et
talerated. Elie behaviour was that efes respectful servant.—
Mej'eAly'e eleisoasseser was that of a kligtlitieti sttiOresse--
'Dare moor ttr..o theyie.ruld k+." called upau t 4,
00 to at! Eogli,t4 Court
.of Islattcr, lwlirtt airy esoidescetided
to give asti art.net to Ilse' ctseigee tootle ley stech wituessei
ea sees, Iteeeaelit ageing them. ever' single peels% Waive
it was. eas•Oste, to "wave folseteeta a.eelost them, falsely, ed
1,44 bertt ki-Vitrriy proved., if be rderrrti to the eharges re-
lating Jae Sessegee,;aa and C haresitz, lee failisd oet
uitltcitiiw
its yea/aline ,sett the existrace sit a casospiosee. It seas
eicor 7,tpao-.ll:itpte AtteATIO4 acs's annuals tai 4405-rte
km, t ittitueeria tteta to meta .puteeoes.
rise
Isaias d seas ea:m.7e tient' it weisla expeetett
warlrtitirez as tit, SalF'oct f rtfti, cfe.oes. they had
no- c tilt et tin IScal, HI in ewers itrect of the carte, be begged
the atierrtioriet Ile 14,441 r CN Atte reeleetssation of th.t
pti.'eseteator a-ee aend le y the roles its Colartsol
se•tiesetee rey-ht leseee tic-dory ail the evidence; fest WhaVeol.4l4
(et'' c4,,,6.;:tt0T 4a, ((Mat facie c:lte,
re ,-oseo toeali to t-5 s.sstro.ft,otti the eituetitios tit wk eels 1.14,1
• , ?Alen, Fortes I,ll,Adeat'd Wkic.eSsv'S ? 1t704,4
• l•Kr• cor;hi trig 1. •5t.5.,e.5? Friend cull no liteKtoreN'a Cou a •
• rrotlor, tvrtztea-a,s, .44,...,5 they theibseivei lizs-4 beet; $4l
C' A-. 11- witgi,-I>c,.? Tice ttzviu, i-fOrivieAucts heel
hexes es +-et aterease of Olt Bill, hut Sitose
vi,trta.ll,.ss,s,••tutt'-cAid.W. thtey heel 4.siceo firoO,gitt to the ha
oiatke ifsyi r.,itar t woohl. base di spesee'vel eveve cowl of the bete
nevot iteeneiewt or- tee:.„ eiteecee;liegs adooted
40,isrst. tat, /.15de;15.-, vt-vve .e.5.:15.ati551, et cr,tild Ai*
I!, re .Chat, a L:aiic tat stets; dir£C't
tce trom:-esnalivalaion 4 lilt Lestrnea Frieiad the:
7tovisecy OrtteVa'i, COttAlitClC4tOpect '.(atoll,Vik".•- AA 7gllVllllk .I.tfly,liy,V,l,tltii tilt tea'
u
t-to'.C.S.,, the :,44,11t{t`it234 k• e :AWNS 11, tISC .iillsl-
- Ii thw r4,1'%•; of a wit:eta-a stessOla stet s tributtal
thee,: marl tea Was reified he faceettoisieis sat' the delasioa
neeesriery, be Was Lttit, • seimasple ewe.. obtafaiesi, atilt
' Clee ween,eas teiseeidertel (sower-thy of credit. tloder such
peril as-he ereatld 'volute So .11iftait.,t'at trs.ct, ttSSU
tear. &A.A.! • ink Le4aSISC24 r tielarli iced cast 491.4 d
and ilapotaeiens on thee eeetiosaity•of respectable , persons,
kmd if eon were tar he doolited, "sliest. coald Ilse House
say tee ffiiii.sal-hol • wars! 4kno-stie 1; ,14t0.1 ; ifECioitaa
to defame the cheradel•
ere' 4 heir taeveal N▪
ieteees? 'There was ester taepie seleicla it was
quit'.. iocr,"stitle.- not, la riOlice z they tad isera fatal of the
cereeioct .et her 7d ejety; !see delueion Anti terediloction fur a
peeeert of few coedit:keel—he itee.es abide lay the test:
I'se was foliisble for a etesosi to !save titrised
F,ref.c.rwicits, us crake to pereme a seelena cif deem-Lechery
efweao in tow late, and yet retie -Ceitile scant-the spien •
cl;c1 A4zs twttlerarect exisode, to tees !it 4-este'? ft.was a *troop;
feature ita ttaiv-ontrge,lka4iter :915esty toot t _Csphc 'std,yell sailers.
Alt tryn 44eratictu,' at cinaracter redact bare 14evitt inetitably
less?, loan# she lwera tbe victiorof the infatteation deescribed
the Atseresset-tiertorel. rte sects a Cake of vies stud delasiesst
reee:lii Ihr; atgil; Vetirifird to the tvxtrriouti retreat' ke
(natal.; site_(,- 4k! tai-igta Isaac failktred tier gtsitty passieo
13" ea-'e 4-a4 cceors.dy? Weestld she leave come tie -this
ceesoree ;neat aced assd stung by the , attack ten leer be:
nom- ? it. was inoiacsible to give credit lot CM tuotiatist
to :5 ,tsitt.ritArAt ittc.ortsisterit. to I,llssc'er tv lbltt st:tte•
te west, he eniehet say the conduct saC her alajeity appear-
ed troiy vial/out asst bertesosible. For a secites eaf years
she 'Pohl been the ohjerzt of persecution. Tire aletatt of abr -
hereof, date: tiler WA* the signal (or conspiracy. Secret infleo
ease extectited <seer the Coutineet, and the Queats
setae cosisii2erea ass ontesset in Satiety. 'Tile death of tier last
anel he net friend seas Riot an,rsoutwed le bee With des.ettscy.
st rod of an Addvees of Condolers-at kroos 's'airtiaseseat,eouve)itig
t %ta/ aced all icting tidarege, it wke ritosasooti sere. by Card;-
- oat tloasalsi, strippieef her of dignity, and riving ber a pass-
port, scot ass tattetto set, Xit,glahr,l, but 'aq Caroline of Bruns-
wick, Tee accession of aaatevereign to the Theorise of the Se
• that peried,whiclt eaglet to be toselsed lay gothilie
Memy tin_ es'nealott of tbe erise,inatt, mut It herat loss
-of the 'captive, was Ito reign of peace t, leer Xlajrsty. 'rite first
act sit- teign was tire rarra itte sty act eeee reeOr %Sett
latter eitstale cal laogieiel. tr was So the Queen of ItregAand a
of ek,,,,,q-AsitiVa+let a it lea toe the.encliolocs of her senate front
LitucKti. "['fee tioftte were forbidden lei pray for her, hut
she had prayers of essithaiss. What was the praceediag before
the. House ? a Bell o/ Menet, it bad no Longer existence.
▪ fAct 0'44 years sees:ration (suet a folsleand, with tits
leTtor of limateee wets at cop piste answer to a plication tot
thruzec. It teat nit'ilsitre met riot lest than At DO! of Pains
and Venalties—a Bill to peeseesite air oppressed Woman. The
rds had tbe choice of gelog 055 or rejecting' it ; hot 1
snit
rate Jvairt lets. Deumeart your honour need feeling will hultece
yea co do lastice to the accii&d. There are ieva.ral
• wain have stmt been called in' behalf of her Majesty,
• beszos u.see easisides our c-ace ProVrvi. We did not think
it consistent wills any principle 'Of justice tr 4 adttril that we
are hossnd te go Oa 011 ti Siep farther. We have •.been told
that ttorgonsi might be called to deny the -eharee of adul-
tery; 5334 this. i 4 One of the unparalleled asseitioess matte its
this cest,, cool fairly suppcsee that a iritieei charged
wits •adultrie cafe tie a:ranched upon that rhaege? The
wit:nave wan "is siphoned base cocumitted the adultery
Ca.. newer he canoe-idea:al atn clieible 'witness. If such a wit-
ness was ex:mined, lte semi& never admit the act.—l firm-
ly the fefeling esmong mankind in that case would
triumph over tuerafity. It o slide! he toundlooter to visilete
an
seeds these openly deetroy the honour of the victim. Fr OM I
he
beginning et the wat4:l to tin preacitt time, cut usv Learned
Friend eleev sue that each a wituess has been calles! ? Luoking
to the principle of this Bill, it appears to sue there ire not
part of the evideuce Which would warrant your Lordships in
c.etlireon roe to go further. h. bete heard, my Lords, that
white we are defending leer Majesty, reports ;au abroad that
there ere several parson's, not in lue camdition—not concerned
in theputilie Press—peetems not excluded from your Lairdship,'
aietioattly, who are industriouely tircietatileg injurious libels
aoain (meets. st leer tefejeety the Yeetr Lotdships well titiOw
, they On such occasions as this we should he justified its call-
;tag each fersons to the Bar to answer fur their state-
ments, cod I se.aild sae to -any such man,. euntil I, tuy
I.mA,, call on the iudividual—" Come forward thou foul slats-
. deter, and let me see the face. If rot refuse, you are not
so respectable-as the Italian witness who comes to face the
Court ; you are worse titan the Italian assassin; you are
plunging adapter unseen, and conve.ling the stilletto to a
•
sward utaattice. should have thought it impossible for
arty man with the heart of a mats and the honour of a Peer to
present such a case. If it can be use (If the Blood Royal, I
-would stay be bad dune more to degrade himself asset ferteit
his right to the Crown than toy -Royal Nlistte.ss would vo
done had tarry charge beep proved •agaitiet her. I know there
are -persons in this [louse who lieee had an opportunity of
bearing a Vati•ety of topics respeeting her Majesty in the Se-
eret Comtnittee. I knee...too wheat they taste heats!, but it es
utterly isirp,rribir to degrade her Majesty in 'Courts like thiS,
if the facts are not siprisely stated at the Bete '4 Titres- Lewd-
elO.ps leaver intruded to skvide the question opts !icy-hole
sod chamber-tuck evidence, but on the broad principles ut
satire-" Ag the case was made out, would any than say her
• Majestykted beets fairly ti-rated ? Whatever shouters on the
Coutitoost might arise, they were nut proved, and cesuse-
. potently must tee takes' to be false: fie knese there was a
repesrt Irving abroad (het led many peruses; of high authority
to support the cause of tier Majesty ; itoteeal, it had betel
admitted that the whole population of Eteglaust xnre's-
ed a gener?ms feeling.; for all he knioe, there might be per-
- sons lurking and .ceady to. strike a blow at the Constitution.
Lf it ass sea, this generotsi feeling would be pacified
. by a reidict, of acquittal ; they would rejoice at. nothing
so mach ae.Anding 004 I.orilships. in the fare af the Crown,
e„ratiage!, prossonnee a verdict of Not Guilty. Ile expressed
a hope that they would never duffer their minds to he diverted
from the right course; they would Got lee influesseed ley rti-
di,al attachments (a terms elude hail hero used in the
course AA the proceedings,) lent pursue a clear iine us duty,
Which stost lead them to acquit the (Intel) of these total
charges. Reinter he concluded, lee felt pleasure its sayiteg
that dating the whole of this impoti ant proceeding lee bad re.
perieticed the indulgenctsof their Lordships. But Use highest
esivaritage he tied gained was the powerful aiJ of his Learned'
Friend, who had gained a hriliieut rectory, Ilis Learned.
Friend had cOaered hint at all times wills Isis ample a
few nd pro
tecting shield.' It has been his tot only to discharge t
dons arrows , arrows at the shattered ranks opposed tee Isis Illustrious
Client. hut his Learned Friend had beaten the essemY• t tutt't
be admitted that the Qsteen hail undergone the Walt seeere
"(deal. Her very looks had been scrutinized. 'flail* was the
highest tribunal on estvt:i. .It could only be eseeeded by that
where all the world is 'to has judged, soot the secrets of all
begets laid open.-,04 I invoke you, therefore, hay Lords," said
the Learned Connect, 4, to imitate the justice and beneAceoer
of that lit&lettud sacred authority who said to the Wulltan

twotigt,ttefore:him, "N4tbe t-cu tide tun t an
sill inure,'"

Mr. DEN it Concluded at four o'clock.
Mr. ilnououP,:x then asked whether t e At-
torney-General would waivesthe right of being
followed. iu his reply hv another Counser?
The ATTOILNEY-G'ETEILAL answered 'in the
negative.
The LOILA CLIANCELE.OII said,, h,6 toOkihe rule,
to be this--the parties on each side hti,d a right
to he beard by two Counsel.
Mr. BaouGit AM then requeSted thit Dr., Lash-,
iugton should be permitted to addt4-,,ss the house
to-morrow, milicli-being granted, the House ad-

med. --Ncmt.;--:-
.PROCEEDINGS. OF THIS SAY.

-,.‘*---

It was nearly ten li'clock. when
.the LORD
CUINCELLOIL came down to the and at
twenty nanates past. ten the Counsel went! called

to the Bar. - . .
Or. LusniNtrrox had some Law Books and
-Pap 's it) his hand, which having arranged, he
atidoessed the itoase on behall.of the Queen.:—
lie commenced by fluting, that, if he had been
MI to the esercise of his own discretion IA this

itrworfant case, anti much awe so if he had been
at fil.wty to abide by the dictates of his own
judgment, lie should in ail probability not !save
.submitteci those arguments which he was now
about to address to the House. But, in the pre-
ent case, acting from a sense of:duly, kntd in 41
case so extensiNe, yn.j,raalap taat, so difficult, and
even after ail the exertions cif his Learned
Friend, Llr. DeIIIMAII, there still rentainea some

considerations, wg ic!). it de-volvA on hint to hub-
mit to their Lordships.--The task he had to per-
focal, the duties their Lordships had to discharge,
were far front pleusiatg--tlien t. must be the
painful duty which justice to his client now im-
ptp.ed. on hint, while coming- to the perfortnance_
of that' duty wits a consciousness that Ids own
ability was unequa ta the demand!' But there
vas one consolmion left, h 44.14 iu the judgment of

biraself and his Learned FrjendS, that: the case

stgod upon such a founciation that even an
unsk.iliful advocate vouldc not injure it ; and the

. _
more the subject was dim sssed, the better-would
, •
tt he for the interests of justice and of truth. .. It
would be ,his utmost endeavour, in proceeding
with this part of the defence? to avoid every spe-
cies of repetition, with respect to what had been
stated by his Learned Friends ; but their Lord-
ships w49ald perceive that there were many ob-
servations; in refererce to this subjectorhich had
been so amply and ably discussed by his Learned
Friends in different ways, 'te which, neverthe-
less, it would be his province to advert; but, be-
fore he entered on this most important task,
he conceived
.it his duty first to say a word
or tiro on the Charges against. the Queen.—
During his professional life, in !which he had
been unhappily too Conversant in,adultery cases,
he remembered none, either past or present,
that formed any thing like a parallel in its dr-
caoistances to this painful case. It was, not that
the Tribunal was new ; that the proceedings
were clogged with strange and false anomalies.;.
it was not that the Government itself was both
the Accuser and Judge; it was not on these
grounds 2 but there were other things which,
though improbable •in many cases, were stated
and charged as facts. Of these circumstances,
the niost unprecedented one was the age of the
party accused ; and this ,circuinstance he would
say, without fear of contradiction, .had no pre-
Cedents There, was no other instance, fortu-
nately, wherein the husbiind had sought to ob-
tain a divorce from his wife by accusing her of
adultery at nearly the age of 5O This This alone
was deserving the consideration of their Lord-
ships: there were cases in which wives had lived
separate from their husbands, but in no in-
stance had ever a divorce been obtained in
prejudice of the, wife at the age of forty-five.
The next thing to be observorwas, that in the_
present case the husband of the Lady accused
had lived-for twenty-four years separated front
his wife ; separated from her not by her choice
but his own,—separated by his own act and free
will, not owing to her misconduct, not on the al-
legation of guilt—but by the wayward indul
gence of his, own fancy, -breaking the solemn
bonds which God and Nature had imposed, for
no other cause than his
,own gratification. How
then did the case stand ? Were his Majesty a
simple individual, what man would dare to say,
he had a right to complain of injuries which ought
to he redressed.in consequence of the misconduct
of his wife ?—But, although the King might
be relieved from all the restriction of law 41
relation to his marriage, let no man dare
to assert that he could be relieved from the
law of God, or deny that ~ the present Bill
was founded on and matured in utter- false-
hood. What was the preamble of the Bill ? It
asserted that, " whereas, her Majesty, unmind-
ful of the duty she owed to her husband, had
committed," Ste. Duty !—W hat duty, he would
ask, did there exist which was not reciprocal ?
Ile knew. of no such duty in the eyes of either
God or man. Was there, indeed, one law of God
for the common individual, and another for the
sceptered Monarch? 'What was that plighted love,
solemniied at the Altar, if not binding on both—
Lore !—where, he would ask their Lordships,
did she find it ?—Comfort !—where was that
either to be found ?—Should he carry their
Lordships back in recollection to the period of
1896, when the mother was denied the last con-
solation .of enjoying the society of her child !
What honour had she, rejected by her husband,
and exiled from her adopted land, while the spi-
rit of persecution followed her every step ?
These were Painful things, but they were la-
mentably true ; and he could, assure their Lord-
ships that it was inconceivable what he felt in
finding it his painful duty, to dwell on . the sub-
ject. Every such discussion, even the private
.acts of Monarchs, when brought before the pub-
lic gaze, might gratify tome peculiar minds ; but
he could assure their , Lordships that these
topics were most distressing to him. It was
his solemn duty that called him 'to torch
upon them, and he
.had no other eud.in v:ew