The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-04 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY.

THE QUEL\' DEFENCE. •
[Continuation of the Proceotlings of Yestertlay.l
iiitoucuAst; in continuation, spoke to the
following effect
now call your Lordships 2. attention, to that
whiA has' resulted'' from the proceedings against
lit; Majesty, ail& to ttititurtelit itpoti 'the peculiar
.f.4!•aturea o 1 the stnry which; has :been. got up on
011. -oreasiotf. • I have tic.V to remind your Lord-
t4l4o4. of that which has' not been brought to your
net:ottection, brit which has rather been oblite-
raredlroni 'your memory by the. evidence—the
st.f.tetrietit' of the Attorney General. In the
Is'ort.N‘oftny Leartiedfriend himself, I Will bring
tefore'yea the plan of hisopenitig'speech. This
will he found of material ' importance. My
Learned Frietut did not make that general speech
withaut book Or instruction, but it was- transcrib-
ca for hinf(atui in what way it was .transcribed
fel. him will leave your' Lordships to judge)
fronithenoitiths of the witnes...s, I believe my
eigintiti Friend '(the Attorney-Genera I), as every
-te=`,linistiBllOktrow;'his honoarable'nature, when
. ht `sditlLL-." I Will not state any fact against her
A.lajeity.wlittli I 'do not believe in my conscience
to"establish 14 proof ; but at the
stattlirne,--in' the ditcharge of my-duty, I shall
-withhold nothingwhiCh can be so established."
that'ie spoke most conscientiously.
::Notliit he failed to prove 'what he stated, I
know equally, and there. can be but one cause
for this failure. '..31y- Learned Friend has failed,
becaitie- he told you what had been copied into
his brief frOm the mouths of those witnesses, who
lrad sworn a's. falsely-- before as they have done
since they were brought to your Lordships' Bar.
will. now call your Lordships', attention to one
or two samples'of 'the evidence given, which will
enable your Lordships to judge pretty accurately
'if the value of the whole of the testimony of the
tritnessys, -coMpating what has been stated in
evidence-, with the 'facts set forth in the speech
..ofi,the Attorney-General. For this purpose . I
10441 select but One- or 'two of the leading wit,
it'ees. In the first place, it was- stated by My
Learned Friend, that the improprieties imputed
0'66 -Queen extended almost down to the pre-
:s.ent time. Now, it so happened, that the facts
ski:urn to by the witnesses-extended but to within
-three- years of The preset" time, that is over just
half of the period which they were said to have
fr7Jed-up. I pray yoirtO look, my Lords, in the
11--st place, at the way in which
,the Attorney-
-C:eneral opened his case, and the manner in-which
attempted to prorve. it. I will chew you, says
z:ny,Learned Friend, the Attorney-General, the
flearand 'decisive marks of 'two persons having
4;1413.1:, 14' Majesq',s; bell` in Naples;--4 will
Stiew you, that' this occurred when she came
iticate early and unexpectedly from the Opera, on
11,i4-Se6ilid night after her -ret.rival at Naples,—l
?hew yen, that she went to Bergesni's, bed-
TOGILti, • where he then was, avtl that she was not
vislible'to 'the Nobility, who flocked to see her,
• a late hour on the following day. These
-Were the eXpressions used by my Learned Friend
iti.:lW-'opening- 'speech. 'They contained asser-
' Otie above another' in regulat sifcces-
von, and each succeeding tke othier in. motnen-
tous,aggravittion.: !hit when my Learned Friend
liiS'pfoofS,' every one of'his assertions
ris4.nnly fails liiin, but is negatited, we may sav,
rby •tlie'Very tiiitriesses. called AO substantiate the
s4liternerit. Dtiuiont is -asked, c Did -she know
itli"efetlie Princess. went on that night?' No, she
viikuivoCally says, she knew not the .fact. Did
sh 4 know'.tvbere'the Qiteen went when she came'
Verne that ti:ight:,No, she knew not where. Did
.sti6 knblir where Bergatni: Was that night' No,
she knew not where he wenttO bed, or where he ,
i'ltlit..—Did.'sbe* know when-the l'rinCess got up
folloWing morning ? No, she did not recollect
ti, l,:fact. Did sh recollect the crowding of vi,
• to pay their respeCtS that rhoruing ?
sl4l-eol le cted .not that. So that instead of giv-
trig an 'affirmative- to • the Attorney-General.'ole
gave him an actual negative' in the particular
.bq:iiestion),whichshe unequivocally answered ; for
&!I‘.; said that. 'tO her. recollection, she rather
il::3ltght; the •PritiCeSs'.'wis up. at her usual. early
i;ee.r on the Morning; when' it was his object to
itetV she bad remained' 'until a late' hour in her
r,tfoOrn'. Affl: stie dicl not say one word about.
:de*-:visitors of rank, who thronged; to pay their
ir?snects, on the ta)riting- after the Princess's ar-
r. 41 at Naples was known to the::Nobility.
T,here 'is one observation. which I must beg leave
reVecting-. the allusions made by my
Isal'arned, Friends (the Attorney and SOlicitor-
C*'s:itt6rali)','fo'the rnanuer of Italy, They, doubt-
le`.lS., act according to the tenor Of their instruc-
tl/2i.:2R;10r it is quite clear •they have never been
.d knOW little or nothing
an
orethe, practico of the country. TheY; in fact,
sit.e.'w no sv'mptotns of knowledge upon the•loCal
(''.e.4tO:7is of Italy.' They seem to express. asto-
n7s!-iment at theTrincess's appearing out of her
co::.tnou dress at a masquerade ; they are surpris-
qll2lfer going to such a Place disguised ; they
t it t there
.er .a , 13 e o going ere in disguise
n:Ctnhrtingl-1 a private door, she had not gone,
4itlt 't;26. Eyes of ail the world Uponher, in a state
<Vit'tll),'With' her Co'cichuien" g'orgeouslY bedi:zened,
lacqueys plastered with finery t'rom head to
ASlOnishing, 'that inst4d'Of all this, she
'.Y^tit fill
.
a privd.te and a hired 'coach out GI a lack
'?lff?-d,i':!' They Who.eiPe'cfed -all this, knew little
cir file royal recreati,ins of Merit's Court, or of
zeni-Continental circle. In'•al.liisiOn to this trip
ui .11 le•Qa eie n to the masquerade, the Attorney-
( er,al, using' the term "-Anil I am'instructed„"
,
• that he shall prove the dross then worn by
tee Queen, was " indecent :find disgusting." Ile
as‘ter.vard-s- says, " that it was. or the 'most inde,
rent description," and that for wearing it, she
irr, 'actually hooted oat or the public theatre.
r, • .
3N;:iw-When-he camef cao' the proof., What turned
,
• toy be the fact? Why; ac.aordmg to Dumont,
O.:At her ,(the Padoesa's) ;dress Was tc extremely
').--that she wore ;!.'• tifii-4`s.'`'"'it 'was