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guilt ironi 'a}Vit'ienee at iiii?re suspicion. My Lords,
it has been said by one of my Noble Friends,
that the sister of Dumont shou4leave been called
to have 'disproved the assertionvf'Dumont„, as to
her Majesty's coming qut of Bergam'i's ro\m with
heiepilhzzy otthich sh. g-‘t entity lay.Wy Cord,'
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Dumont lidostlNsweve. 9. *tively. I.laherAfigteir ..
TaciaA34as here : s N i She...NH-roe gikso ; 40u,
W. Mariette'li`ad denied i tke Coensel wouhl '
have, said there Was no contradiction ; for Dumont
did not state the day this; scene took place, or
she roight-have been-contradicted. That would n° ti
have been enough, my Lords. Had Mariette been
called for, then itwould have been said " Call the
Countess of Oldi ; she can disprove the absence
of the Princess." Why, my Lords, a questioo
would have been put to her,'' Might not the i
Princess have left her room in the, middle of the
night unlcooWn to you ?" She could only bore,
aeswere'd in the affirmative ; and the Counsel fare
the Bill would have said ,•" Dumont stands Yet,',
1111 contradicted." My Lords, I .think the Queen's.;'
Counsel acted right in not calling these Wit'''
nesses ; for; if they had been found trippil.,
ever so lightly, the lynx-eye of my Noble Frient:
(Lauderdale) would have said, cc These wifr's
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nesses have been unable to disprove one fact;
they Italie contradicted themselves, and are 01
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to be• credited." . But that is not all; for la.
they had called, for instance., the Countess °1::,
(Ali, if, she had been called to disproVe o''t
fact, site was open to a cross-examination ni-011,
eVery fact that bad occurred, and ev-erY,:
declaration made for the last six years. .11.:
was wise in 'her Majesty's Counsel not ViO
call Dumotit's sister, after it was proved- i3ai
evidenee.that they had corresponded, which cor' ,
respondence. was carried .on in double entendo;'..,
[low could they depend upon. the sister speed:lok
the truth ?- She might have been corrupted;..
However, there . were such circumstances "t
susicion as to cause them, and I say I th 4
tliey.have acted wisely, not to call that girl.'
The Counsel declared to you that they used their
own discretion and judatnent in not calling thes‘';
witnesses ; 'for it was her Majesty's wish 'ilea al'
should be fully exatnined. His Lordship, iti
continuation, said, that he had read the Constitu;
tion as attentively as any man' in the House, Oa'
although in some instances Bills •of Pains 50
Penalties had been brought in, when, tiler'
was no plea of state t:ecessity, yet he. mu St FAY/
nothing but state necessity could\jastify such $
measure. A bill of impeachinent was the most 011:
stitutional course; he hadalreadir recorded his 01)11
nion upon that subject, and nothina that he 11%
heard had 'convinced him to the .ceetrarv. I iv°
surprised to hear from the Noble Lord on th:
cross-bench (Redesdale) that an impeachnOt
would not have been a proper and more .ib'e
mode.cif proceeding in this case, than by the pred
sent .mode ; his Lolalsitip cannot, have forgot th • :
trial of Warren Hastings,' which lasted seve
years, • and Parliament. only exercised the powe"
it possessed in impeachment to meet some exlll,
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ordinary offenre,.:;:i,-7-1-was dangerous to the 1-te.'
not pri;videet for by exktin.c_.: enarirnetti!,,. 1 41
surprised that the Lord Chifncello'r theuldsbai°
said, " that the mode of proceetlina by Bill °l.'
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Pains and. Penalties, we mere advantageous 1:
the accused titan by impeachment," When, 0,1
former speech, he declared, " that if her :INP!t
jests ' was proceeded nee:in.-A by impeeclonent, a
was doing nothing, for It never would come t°
tlO
conchtsion-- ."(liie Lordship continued Us' alli,e
the injustice 'to, her Merjesty, by bringitrg io t'l
Bill of Pains and renalties, especially if it shun'.
be passed-in the Lords, arid _rejected in the C°l9;
mons, in the frightful state of the country.) I 'l`,e
ask a question of those Noble Lards, Ni, no 101.11,
with such ardour and spirit supported this Wee
Suppqse, my Lords', that at the conclusion of o'ft
statement or opening of the A tto'mney -iG eneral:ti
had been stated to vou,notwithstanding theglool9,
language of the Attorney-General, and his as e,
Lions of Positive prdef of adultery at Naples Pee
tween her Majesty aril her courier, that the
whole statement of.the Odions, disgusting, at if
indecent conduct of the parties was complete,e
false ? If you had foreseen, my Lords, that
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alleged facts that took place at Naples, at Gehe
ral Pino's, at Carlarime, at Charnitz, or t. 4
journey from Rome to Senegaglia, and at Catao;;
would lie abandoned ilefore the Bill was reel
second time, ;would you not have abandonet'd
proceeding founded upon falsehood; perjury, 3"01
bribery ? The Noble Earl then took a revieo4
!Oct evidence of Dumont, Rastelli, Sacchi, it
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Majocci, sheaving the gross and palpable c°,i,
tradictions and perjuries which they conovittlhe
and asserted that they were unworthy of t.O,
least credit.--L-MY Lord,' when this Bill we' 1,05
_traduced,. I resolved, that if such •a case lee
made out as was promised, one of that chato
which is expressed in the preamble of the of
I say, if proof had been given of gross acts Oa
disgusting and indecent conduct in public 'll.Ol
private, and a familiarity which• was disgrace s/
andedegrading to her Majesty, the Royal
era
mily, and the ,country, I would have arr 0
to a Bill to degrade her from her rank, she b,,ertf
unworthy of it. I then resolved, if these lay
had been proved by unsuspicious evidence' to
testimony which was unquestioned, to Tie
for
,her Majesty's degradation ; but it is the
possible that I can agree to this Bill, whentef
chief evidences have been proved to be unw(liett
of belief, and every one of them- who. are caeca
to speak, to minor and detached facts are nisi* rp
to have been hired and perjured. Has, my filacl
the evidence proved that her Majesty's On lei
was licentious anti disgraceful, both in P° 00'
anti private ? Has it proved that her ,oe
duct was so indecent and disgusting, tha'ple9
In-aright discredit on this country, in the b`e'ett
of foreign Courts ? No such evidence hase eor
produced ; but the contrary has been provetiorte
she was received at most of the Courts on the
ilea,
tineirt, and at all the places where she traveA 01
except at Vienna. [His Lordship tbenirfr,
a high eulogium to the character of Lora oea
shine ; be regretted that his Noble and Le3f.,e
Friend, whose glorious life in the cause of .1. of
tice, rendered him worthy the admiratiel'air
, every one, should at the time he was so ably