The Sun.
London, England, 1820-11-04 00:00:00

Aighness -.and Bergami on t'he gun, on the b'el,
under the awning, and the disgustina'
ties that took place between thent This was,
his Lordship 'said-, a complete answer to the ques-
tion which had been asked on the other side,
whether it was poSsible that adultery could have
beett`'committed on board the polacre
the polacre was a place of security for transac-
tions -of- thiS kind. Her Royal Highness had
hired the vessel, and all on hoard were her ser-
vants; and she had travelled4froin place to place,
not-so much from the -desire to behold other
countries, and to contemplate the revolution
which had taken place in the na'tions of anti-
quity, as to derive gratification from troK!yer
source. There: was something: more inlher
imagination than ecuribsity of this sort was
calculated
,to inspire. Why had the. Captain
removed his young -relatioe; the Mate, upon
the exhibition of the passion ? because he was
determiued to let her have her pleasure.. lle
kneW that her Royal flightless had paid for her
. amusement, and She should not therefore be pre-
vented frOm g;ettifYing herself. Now, in coln-
Mon cases of adultery, one ,ingle.fact supplied
ground for -damages and separation ; but in this
case there 'were. six months of indecent fate'
ties observed. He would not charge all that
time as antidtiltery ; but there were flee weeks
of it which had been passed by her Royal High-
ness and Bergami under the same tent day and
night, and no doubt existed as to the ,presomption
that the voyage had been undertalen,- not as a
voyage of discovery, but of gratification. The
Noble LOrd here read part of the evidence of
Gargailo, which stated, -that Schiavini had been
present when the tent Was closed, by order of her
Royal Highness upon her and Bergami. Adul-
tery Was, he said, often proved by a single, wit-
ness.- Now, if the charge was not true, why had
not Schiayini been produced ? The evidence of
what had occurred during the five weeks to
which he.had alluded,' remained, in truth, w holly
uncontroverted. Now this was what had been
stated in favour of the Bill, by the evidence
brought forward in' support of it. What had
beet proved in favour -of the Bill by the de-
fence Who had beet; the advocate for It there?
Mr. Hol,vnam.—The belief of so reltietant a wit-
ness as Mr.-Hownam, who admitted, Mettle outset,
that he had been under the greatest obligations
to her Majesty, was oue of the Most powerful
arguments in favour of the supposition, that the
adielterous intercourse had been carried on with
very little interruption. Ile conceived there was
no doubt that the adultery had been proved he
declared, from his heart, his belief, that not only
the adultery was proved, but also a long course
of adulterous intercoUrse. Ile did not letto:v how
any one, looking at the evidence; could think
otherwise. Three of the most pi ontinent wit-
nesses were as well entitled to credit as any
that ever appeared in a :Court of Justice.
Bergatni lyitig oat the.- bed in the day-time with
the tent clo,ied, was a strong proof of guilt
indeed for what other .purpose.'but that of
an improper intercourse could it be so closed ?
After paying the dtmost attention to this trial
during the whole time, he could not but feel sa-
tisfied as to the guilt of the Queen. He .wished
he could have come to a contrary decision ; -but,
in his conscience, he could not. Heevished there
had been more evidence, or less than had been
produced. Ile wished that a selection had been
made. Ile was ae Member of the Secret Com-
Mittee ; he then felt there were grounds for this
prosecution ; and now, that 40 or 50 days had
been spent in the inquiry, his opinion remained
still unchanged. Many things had been brought
forward quite irrelevant : instead of trying the
accused person, foUr or five days had been occu-
pied iii trying the Milan Commission, and yet
nothing, against the character and conduct of
that' Commission had been proved. He wished
that Some of the witnesses had not been brought for-
ward. It had been said that the public had de-
cided this question ; .but he certainly did not at-
tach much importance to that opinion, as it had
been declared before the Queen's trial began.
From the moment ' her Majesty landed in this
country, Addresses had followed each other,
de-
clarin her to be perfectly innocent. Their Lord-
ships had been told, that if they gave a verdict
against the Queen, it would be without effect ;
but, if they were to be intimidated by such a
threat, they would he unworthy the seats they
held as Peers of the Realm. The Noble Lord
then noticed the allusions that had been made
by Counsel as to a parallel case to the present,
and entered into a long. eulogium in praise
of his present Majesty,, who had immortalized
his name, and the age in which he lived, by the
success which had attended the period in which
he had swayed the Britkh Sceptre.
Rarl GREY began by saying, that he would
not have occupied the time of the House, if he
had not felt that he could not discharge his du-
ties with satisfaction to his own conscience, with-
out stating the grounds of the vote which •he in-
tended to give upon the second reading of the
Bill of Pains and Penalties. His Lordship then
continued in the following manner
.:—One of the
Noble Lords who has preceded me, has advert-
ed to what fell from the Counsel at the Bar dur-
ing the proceedings on this Bill. I shall not enter
into any justification of any thing of this nature ;
but I will say, that if the Counsel at the Bar
used any expressions which were not warranted
by the, situation in which they stood, and were
derogatory to the dignity of the House, it was
the duty of their Lordships to interpose, andUot
allow that to take place which would subse-
quently become the subject of unfavourable corn-.
ment. 1%1 Noble Friend has misunderstood the
nature of the observations made by the Learned
Counsel ; but as it is not my duty to maintain or
defend them, I shall not imitate the conduct of
my Noble Friend, by dwelling on the subject.—
There is another point, however, which I shall
take the liberty of adverting to, before I proceed
to the consideration of the solemn and distress-
ing subject, to discuss which we are now assem-
bled. It has been said by a Noble Lord, that
the Noble and Learned Lord upon the Woolsack
disappointed him exceedingly by not going into