Star.
London, England, 1820-09-28 00:00:00

T'HE QUEEN.

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Yesterday, a very numerous and respectable Meet-
ing of the Inhabitant Householders of St. James's,
Westminster, was held at the Pulteney Assembly
Rooms, in Brewer-street, Golden-square, for the pur-
pose of voting an Address of Congratulation to her
Majesty, J. T. BARBER BEAUMONT, Esq. in the Chair.
The worthy CHAIRMAN addressed the Meeting at
considerable length. He took an eloquent review of
the' circumstances of her Majesty's life for the last
five-and-twenty years, and commented with force
and indignation on the present prosecution. The na-
' tore of the proceeding was illegal and unconstitu-
tional, and the means that had been taken to support
the case liOily indefensible. Witnesses were pro-
duced to swear against her Majesty, who were highly
fed and highly paid by the accusing party ;in the
ca es of ordinary justice witnesses were not allowed
more than a fair indemnity for the loss of time and
expense; it more was given their evidence would be
vitiated; it would amount, in most cases, to a su-
bornation of perjury ; in all cases, it would vitiate
the evidence ; but how were the witnesses paid in
the present case? How were these wretched vaga-
bonds, these foul and dirty fellows, who were obliged
to be scoured and cleaned before they could appear
in public—how were they rewarded ? It appeared
from the Minutes of Evidence, that one common fel-
low was better paid thr.n an English Admiral !
( Cries af " shame!'')—And another fellow, a stable-
boy, before he became a witness, paid live guineas a
week for the board and lodging of him and of his
valet !—( Laughter, and repeated cries of " shame!")—
Was it not self-evident, then, that the evidence of
such witnesses, independent of every other ground
of objection, deserved no possible consideration ?
(Hear, 'ear).—What was the evidence of Majocchi ?
Ile swore that he slept in a room, which divided the
chamber of the Queen from that of Bergami, and
that when Bergami was sick, he saw her Majesty
-passing to Bergamis apartment ; it appeared from
his own evidence, that he, Majocchi, had been brought
up to sleep in the apartment which divided the
chambers Of Bergami and the Queen ; so that really,
it would 'appear, if the Queen had a wicked inten-
tion, she brought up this man in order that he might
be a witness of her conduct ; but it appeared on his
cross-examination that, independent of his chamber,
there was another communication between the cham-
ber of the Queen and of Bergami ; so that it would
appear, if this fellow were to be. credited, that her
Majesty, from choice, went through his chamber,
where she must have been seen, instead of going by
the other corn munication, where she could not be seen.
There was next the evidence of the amiable Countess
of Colotillsia--7(A laugh).—She swore that her let-
ters to her sister were merely intended as doable en-
tendres—that there were certain private marks on her
'letters which spewed her meaning; and when de-
sired by Lord Lansdown to point out those private
mar ks, behold she could not do so—(Applause)—she
could not explain, she could not point out one single
'ark. She swore that, after her direct examination,.
she went straight home; yet she was obliged to con-
fess that she had on that occasicn spent whole hours
under the roof of Westminster-hall, in secret consulta-
tinn with the Solicitor and lawyers for the prosecution
(Indignant murmurs).—lf such scandalous conduct
were to be tolerated—if such evidence were to be
acted on, then would it be better to shut up the doors
of Courts of Justice at once—(Applause).—Was it not
a curious fact, that after all there was no proof of
adultery given ? Was it not curious that her Ma-
jesty, surrounded as she was by spies and informers
—watched in every corner—watched even through
key-holes—was it not strange that not one of the
witnesses would swear to the direct fact of adultery?
And why did they not ? Was it shame or conscience
that interfered ? No ; but if any of them dared to
swear to the fact, they should be obliged to state
time and place, and they would, of course, be open
to exposure and punishment—(Applause).—As fur
the charge about Berganri having been employed in
giving orders with respect to the regulation of bed-
rooms, what was that but doing his duty as the ser-
vant and Chamberlain of the Queen ? What ! were
the accusers of her Majesty so ignorantOf the habits
of the Continent as not to know that men are con•
stantly employed there to make beds, to give out
linen, to regulate apartments ? Did not these men
know that, in warm countries, persons recline on
couches together, oppressed and exhausted by the heat
of the climate; that in those countries such things
are usual, often necessary, seldom noticed, never Gen:
sured ? Different 'Countries have their different cus-
tom* ; vlitt in one is held indelicate, in the other is
common: In 'England nothing is more usual than
Ladies 'to Shake hands with Gentlemen—in Spain that
practice is, considered highly indelicate. In England
(a Custoenswi:sicli be hoped would long prevail) pretty
women were in the habit of shelving their faces—in
Spain it is considered indelicate to do so—(llear).
So thit, in Spain,' a female would be disgraced for
what, in England, is considered innocent; and, in
England, acts are held to be indelicate, which in
other countries are practised without censure and
without notice, by the most delicate and the most
respectable--(Hear, hear!).—He could not, he said,
sit down without noticing, however shortly, the con-
duct of the Attorney-General i that person. thought
fit to hold up to contempt and scorn the Queen of
England, and to impute to her the most scandalous
conduct, which he did not even attempt to prove.-
They were told by Lord Liverpool and Lord Castle-
reagh,
that this odious proceeding was not instituted
in compliance with the wishes of the King, but to
uphold the morals of the country ! ( Loud laughter),
because, said those Noble Lords, it requires that a
person holding the exalted place of her Majesty,
ought to be a pattern of purity and of good moral
conduct; and, because they suspected that she was
not so—because they infer crime from her general
manners, they would pull her down from her situa-
tion : but if this view of the case be found—if they
be justifiable to act against the Queen with a vigour
beyond the law, would not the same mode of pto-
ceeding.equally a ply to the other person sitting on the
Throne ?—( A nuse)—For consistency sake ought
it not so to apply ?—(Hear, hear !)—Thus might this
pip
domineering faction use the same instruments and
employ the same means against the King that they
employed against his wife. They might insolently
urn on his Majesty and say, sir, consider what has
tlif fate of your wife—ccusider what has been

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' Your own conduct. Throughout your life, a long
life, some little fact, some reason might turn up to
countenance the inference that you have committed
adultery. For the sake of public morals we have pro-,
ceeded against your wife, what next have we to do?
(Applause)—Men in power, desperate and unconsti-
tutional men, might use this language, even to the
King himself; and were they not the true friends of
his Majesty, the real supporters of the Throes, who
protested against a proceeding which would go to
establish a precedent so full of shame to the country,
injury to the Constitution, and danger to the Throne
Mr. Bowie next addressed the Meeting. He de-
scribed the whole proceeding as little better than a
cruel mockery, got up by a powerful faction in the
States who held in equal subjection the People and
the King—( Applause ).—For the King himself, he
(Mr. Bowie) was convinced that his Majesty never
would have thought of this proceeding, if it were not
for the aid and support of Ministers—of those who
put all the agents in motion, from the meanest Bar-
rister up to the highest Ambassador. These were the
men to whom the country was indebted for this pro-
ceeding, aided as they were by the Bench of Bishops,
who had the souls of the people in their holy keep-
ing!—(A laugh).—Was it consistent with their situa-
tion to countenance this false attack on the Queen of
r England, this foul stain upon the character and mo-
rals of the country?—(Applause)—The nature of that
attack it was not necessary to dwell -on, but this he
would say, that the promoters of that odious pro-
ceeding, be they high or low, were cruel and cold-
hearted villains--(Applausr).—Th
evoice of the coun-
try was raised against them, and North Britain and
Ireland were beginning to raise their voices toe. The
Queen, whether the Bill should pass or not, would
stand acquitted in public opinion, -and it would be
for the country to determine whether the protecutors
should not be called upon to account for their con-
duct.—(Applause).—Mr, Bowie concluded by moving,
a series of Resolutions, which were agreed to.
A general call having been made for Mr. Hoe-
HOUSE, the Honourable Gentleman came forward
amid the enthusiastic applause of the Meeting. He
said, that although his opinion on the subject was
pretty well known, not only to his Constituents but
to the Nation at large, and though he was occupied
to a late hour yesterday evening in doing his duty
by that portion of his Constituents which attended
at the Metropolitan Meeting, yet he appeared before
the present Assembly, because it was his pride and
his duty to take every opportunity to meet any body
of his Constituents—(Applause). He therefore came
forward—he would come forward again and again.
As long as he had the power, morally or physically,
he would never shrink from his duty ; he would be
ever anxious to do what he thought and believed to
be the duty of an Englishman--(Great applause). It
was not necessary for him to enter at any length
upon a subject which had been so ably discussed—a
subject upon which there was but one opinion
amongst indepandent men—(Applause). Whatever
difference of opinion appeared in the country was
promoted by those who owed their -support to the
influence and power of Ministers. Those persons
had no strength of their own ; they drew their power
from the purses of the people, and they exerted it
against their persons and their liberties (Applause):
therefore it was that they had their paid Press, their
bribed spies, their base informers, their suborners of
perjury, and all the vile and disgusting detail of a
bad Government—(Applause). The opinion of the
country, with respect to the proceedings against her
Majesty, had been strongly expressed. Every honest
man, not only in England but in Europe, detested
and despised it ; yet still would he not have the peo-
ple led away by false hopes. It was his opinion,that
Ministers would still proceed against her Majesty to
the last extremity. He had always said so ; be never
had a doubt that the Lords, or rather the Ministers-
who governed the Lords, ever would have dared to
bring forward the case bad they not made up their
minds to carry the measure, cost what it would of
regret, of treasure, or even of blood, to this unfortu-
nate country. Had they not seen the Noble Lords
refuse to her Majesty the few poor advantages which
her unhappy case admitted of?- Nothing to her was
granted that had ,been demanded. She asked for
delay, they said no ; she then asked to have the . case
proceeded on immediately, no; neither one nor the
other would be granted. It was enough that she
asked to be refused ; it was enough that the people
of England cried shame, to have the proceeding con-
tinued in violation of the long revered, but not bro-
ken laws of their country--(Applause). It was, how-
ever, clear that the accusers of her Majesty had no
protection but in their standing army—and that
army was net distant ; they were hedged round
by bayonets and by sabres, as the only- protection
of the Parliament against the People of England!
—(Applause). Under the protection of the same
mediators he was of opinion that the Bill would
pass through the House—there would be the usual
minority against it, something between 61 and 63
(Laughter and applause). That was his opinion, and
it was the opinion of some honourable and indepen-
dent Peers—(Hear, hear); indeed, any man, who at-
tended the proceeding, might easily calculate on the
result. Though he did not wish to be shouldered
about by soldiers who pressed round the avenues of
Parliament,- and who had no more right to-be there
than they had to be in his own house, yet he went
one day to bear their Lordships' proceedings, and he
was disgusted with what he saw—he saw that there
was not justice done—no, not even the shew of it—
(Hear, hear, hear). He left the House; oppressed
and sickened, he left them to do their own dirty
work ; for his own part, he never again Would go
amongst them. He regretted much that the inde-
pendent Peers who had supported the motion of the
Duke of Leinster did not retire when that motion
was defeated. What good was it for them to re-
main ? If they thought the proceeding was an unfair
proceeding, what was the good of their remaining
In their places, appearing to countenance measures
which they had condemned ? What was the use of
attacking the proceeding in detail when the whole
was vicious? What was the use of :hewing that this
witness-was perjured, and that that witness was cor-
rupted? Would it not have been much better and
wiser to have retired from a contest where no good
could have been achieved? For.his part he did not
care one sixpence for what all the witnesses said; all
that surprised him was, that they did not say a
deal more ; as they were so well paid, they ought
have given thegeople morefor their money (Laughter).

The country paid at the rate of twenty swearers per
MAI,I for the most lame andthe moet.ustedifyidgstoty,
that was ever presented to the world iu the shape of
evidence. Was it then useful for EegliatGeoneolao
to waste their time in asking questions to convict
witnesses of perjury, when the eirjury was already
palpable and notorious ? What was the u,,e of .put-
ting long questions to Madame:l)o=mi when it ap-
peared on the face of the proceeding that she was'a
little pert lieing Swiss chambermaid, who had been
brought to the country for the purpose of telling
lies ?—(Hear, hear).--How different was the pro-
ceeding in the Duchess of Kingston's case ; there the
first question put was—Pray are you, or have you
been in the service of the Duke or the Duchess of
Kingston ?—and according to the answer to that
question, it was to be considered whether the Lords
would proceed to hear the evidence of the witnesses
at all.; hut how did the matter stand here ? The
Noble Lords pressed forward to try the Queen of
England, and out of six-and-twenty witnesses eleven
of them were servants, seven of them had been, and
all of them were out of place. Far was it from him to
say that a servant might not be as good a man as
any other. They were all of the same flesh and
blood; but he thought it was a shameful thing to
see a Bill of Pains and Penalties brought in against
the Queen of England, and supported only by the
evidence of menial servants. The proceeding through-
out was opposed to every sense of moral justice and
propriety. The very Members and Noble Lords
who presided, when any expression which, to use a
vulgar phrase, came " new the wind," those Noble
Persons chuckled exceedingly. He stood near the
Bench of Bishops, and he thought that he saw cer-
tain expressive hrugs and smiles even under the
lawn sleeves!—(A laugh ).—This shewed pretty clearly
that those Noble and Reverend Persons well under-
stood those jokes, and were very well read in this
sort of learning—(Continued laughter).—Whit were'
the grave charges brought against her Majesty?—
Amongst others the charge of dancing, and of rest-
ing on a couch in a hot country where they had no
chairs—(A laugh) ;—and there was another charge,
that a person who was a faithful servant bad sat
down at table with her. Now what, he would ask,
had the people of England to do with all this? How
were they concerned in it? Why should they inter-
fere in it ? Suppose a person had last year come
from Brighton, and stated, " I have seen a couple
of scullions come out of a certain Palace there, and
they assured me that a
,certain great man, had sat
down on the bare floor to eat beef-steaks with his
cook at half-past one o'clock in the morning!"—(Much
laughter). Suppose that he (Me. Hobhohse) was
told he ought to' bring this matter before Parlia-
ment as a questiod of National importance. Why,
be would tell the person who would suggest it,
that he was a dirty tale-bearen4--(Great applause).
Though, perhaps, it would be as well if that Great
Person had not played high life below stairs !—( A
laugh)-yet still there was no :great harm in de-
scending from the Throne to the kitchen—it was
affable in a Monarch, it proved that he was not at
all times a King, but sometimes condescended to be
a man—(Applause).—.He thought the charge unfair
thought it a vulgar topic, and he never joined
on that occasion in a sneer against that illustrious
man—(Applause),--but he now joined in indignation
with the people of England, that similar charges, or
rather, indeed, not halt so bad—not half so undig-
nified, should be made the subject of a crime against
the most persecuted, and the most unfortunate,
woman in the world—(Loud applause).—Was it not
extraordinary, that watched as she was in every-step,
asleep or awake, standing or sitting, moving and at
rest, by her own familiar servants, in the hours of
retirement and confidence ; still nothing of a positive
nature could be proved against her—(Appluuse).—
Was it not in evidence that those spying servants
had even looked through the key-holes—had peeped
through curtains, but after all nothing could be
proved, but that her Majesty sat with her arms,
round a man's neck where it was necessary to do so
in order to prevent her from tumbling off the cannon
on which they sat. The proceeding, absurd as it
was, would go on ; the Noble Lords who had tasted
the dainty dish, would not sleep until they had swal-
lowed it all. He was convinced that the Bill would
pass, though it was now said that the King did not
care about it—nobody cared about it. The Solicitor-
General declared so, and appealed to Goy and his
conscience. He thought it was not fair to join them
both together—(Alaug4.—Lord Liverpool declared
so in the. House of Lords, add Lord Castlereagh de-
dared the same thing in theilouse of Commons.—
Nobody, then, wished it—nobody began it—and no-
body would end it—(Much laughter).—Here they
were then, in a curious predicament—public time
was lost—public money was expended—public meet=
ings were held—all done by nobody, for nobody,
and for nothing—(Conlinued laughter):—lt seemed
that the Divorce Clause was to be given up—because
Lord Liverpool declared that he was willing to do
so. He (r.Hobhouse) thought that, in order to
save time, it would be better if the Noble Lord
Would just. reada paper to .the House, stating what
he iutencled and wished to have ; this plan would
save a great deal of trouble—(A laugh).—The Bill
might indeed be altered—perhaps they would not
even sleiride the Queen ; but because her Majesty
appeared to prefer honest men before rogues—as she
fleas in.the habit of discountenancing spies and in-
formers—as she was in the habit of sitting down
under calumny and oppression, they . might declare
that she was therefore very unfit to receive persons
of quality at cerium House—(Much laugher).—
Then would the Bill be sent down to the other House
—that ppure and independent House, who would not,
never did j ulikt any act of oppression or injustice.—.
Theynever.did so yet, but it was not too late to be-
gin, and it was his opinion, that if they had not a,
precedent they would make one—(Henr, hear). They
will, be told, that they need not go to the trouble of
examining witnesses—that they cannot examine on
oath, though by the way a hint was given, that for
this special occasion they might be invested with that
power. And here was more of the farce. Who
could suppose that an oath would have any effect
with such witnesses ? Few 'of their description care
for the solemnity of an Bath, where temporal punish-
ment is put out. of the question. Well, thee, to save
trouble, a Select Committee would be appointed, of
some impartially collected—yet composed of Honour-
able Gentlemen, who have a great opinion of those
ssiee sit on t4e.right hand of the Speaker. -The Com-

mittee would then reort, that what was done: ~1-*1
most independent,and most impartial, and the Com.
mons osight.to follow in their footsteps—(4pplau.‘e).
Let not the people then suppose that notwislistanding
the different Meetings that had been held, and tl:e
Addresses that had been pre;ented, that this Bill
would not pass. They would be told that their Ad-
dresses and Petitions amounted to nothing—that their
complaints were idle. The Government Paper and
the Government Orator, would say, that in the Man-
chester business much more was Said than in the case
of the Queen ;.they would say, that in that case there
were Meetings in Yorkshire, and in other places, at-
tended by the great Lords, and that they ended in
nothing; that in the present case no Az istocri,-t is to
be found ; that the Meetings in favour of the Qus•ea
are only held in the towns attended by the Artizans
and the Women ; they will say, that they. ale not
afraid of this Petitioning People, for the Peorle of
England do nothing but petition ; they are " all cry
and little wool ;" but yet the sheering has been so
long going on, that the sheep and even the swinish
:multitude will bite at last i, (Applatise),;-IGoD forbid
that he should prompt them : time, occasion, and
oppression, will do it of themselves—(Hear, heat).
What reniainefor them ? it might be asked. Let
them-remonstrate, however vain, however hooeiess ;
still let the People raise their voices against those
who meditate despotism. Let them stand as well as
they were able, to shelter the intended victim. Let
them hold up their shields to protect innocence
ender oppression. Let them, at all events, if they
could do no more, leave behind them a record that
~they were not accomplices to the basest act of injus-
tice that the world ever beheld ; so that posterity
might learn, that if the voice of the People were at-
tended to, the Queen of England would not be ,T—
pressed, and the Constitution would not have beta
overthrown.—Mr. HOBHOUSE concluded an eliiquent
speech amidst general applause.
An Address to her MAJESTY was then real and
agreed to, to be presented by Sir FRANCIS Bunocrr
and Mr. HOBHOUSE, attended by such Ladies
Gentlemen as might wish to go up with the same to
her MAJESTY.

Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and 11. e
Meeting adjourned.

The Address from the Parishioners of St. Luke
will be presented this day. It had been proposed to
defer receiving it until Tuesday next; but the Pari-
shioners having made some previous arrangements,
which could not be conveniently altered, tequested
Mpermission to present their Address this day. Her
AJESTY, therefore, most graciously consented to
admit the Deputation, and those who may choose to
accompany it, this afternoon, at four o'clock.

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• We understand the inhabitants of Christchurch,
Surrey, delivered a Requisition, very numerously and
respectably signed, to the Churchwardens on
day last, requesting them to call a Sleeting of the
Parishioners, on an early day, for the purpose of ad-
dressing her MAJESTY ; but were informed yesterday,
that under a late Act of Parliament, the 58th of Geo.
Lit cap. 69, for regulating Parish Vestries, it is im-
possible the Churchwardens can legally convene such
Meeting until Thursday next, the sth of October, to
which the inhabitants (willing at all times to assem-
ble legally) have acceded, and it is expected the Meet-
ing will be one of the largest ever held in the Parish.
her MAJESTY has appointed Monday nest, at one
o'clock, at Brandenburgh House, to receive the Ad-
dress voted on Tuesday, at the Freemasons' Tavern.
We understand that it will be carried up by Mr. Hos-
muse, the Chairman, attended by the Gentlemen
who took a part in tile proceedings accompanied by
as many Ladies and Gentlemen, in carriages with
[four horses each, as may choose to attend.
The Boatmen of every description on the River
amount to 50,000; of these, 18,000 have already
signed their names as ready to join in the aquatic
procession to Brandenburgh House on Tuesday next.
It will. consist of at least 500 boats and barges.
On the same day the Address of Male and Female
Inhabitants of Bristol will be presented to the QUEEN.
Several Roman Catholic Gentlemen in London
have, we understand, resolved to call a Meeting of
the Catholic body, for the purpose of presenting an
Address to the QUEEN.

Mr. HENRY, since his arrival at Milan, has sent to
England 15 witnesses whom he considers necessary
to the QUEEN'S defence. We understand he has also
sent home the small carriage in common use in Italy,
capable only of holding two persons, by one of whom
it is driven, and in which it has been charged as an
offence the QUEEN travelled with BERGAMI.

A Courier went off on Tuesday night to make ar-
rangements respecting her MAJESTY'S witnesses, a
considerable number of whom may be expected to
arrive in a few days.
Memoirs o f Baran BERGAMI !—The pamphlet which
we mentioned yesterday had been published at Paris
under this title, has found its way to this country. It
appears to us to be a rr.tre Parisian Romance, rot
without some share of ingenuity, but wholly destitute
of truth. The Berganti of this Romance enters into
no details as to his birth, but confines himself to
simply stating, that his family, after having once
been rich, became poor. He entered into the French
army, and having distinguished himself, he was
made an officer. It was in this quality that he found
himself under the ordirs of General PINO, and not
in quality of a courier. He affirms, that he twice
saved the life of her Royal,Highness, and thence arose
a feeling of gratitude in the mind of the Princess, to
which he attributes his elevation.

The present Old Bailey Sessions will extend to a
period of time unknown before in the Records of the
Court. Yesterday (the Sessions hating already lasted
a fortnight) there were 206 prisoners spit remaining
for trial; and at the close upwards of 500 will have
been tried. -

The Earl and Countess SPENCER, on the happy in-
telligence arriving of their son, the Honourable Cal -
taixt CHARLES SPENCER, being safe and well, who it
was falsely said had been killed in a duel in South
America, had four fine oxen slaughtered on the oc-
casion, and distributed them, with a large quant ty
o bread, to the poor around their seat at Althorpe.

DIED.
On Sunday, at his house oa Clapham T.rraee, Thos. Fuller,
Esq. aged 70.
Yesterday, William Naasots, Esq. of Raw&wares in the
76th year of his age.

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