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London, England, 1820-09-08 00:00:00

- FRIDAY, gEPTEMBER 8; 1820.

TRIAL OF THE QUEEN.

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AINETItENTII DAY—IN• CONTINUATION.
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' HOUSE' OF LORDS, SEPTEMBER 7.
The witness liajcicelai was now taken from the bar, andt he
Couusel were ordered to withdraw.
Aftetea pause of some minutes.
The Marquis of LA NSDOWN rose.—Before Counsel wete
cafled in again, Ile wished to draw the attention of their. Lord-
ships to a matter of considerable impOttance. A letter had been
mentioued in the course-Of an incidental discussion which took
place yesterday, as having been received from M: Marieti, the
banker in Milan, stating that, in consequence of sontecommuni-
Cation made to-11. Medea by.a Crilonellirciiin, an agedt theie
of the English Government, he (M. Maeietti), entertained ap-
prehensions that his son, a resident in this country, would be sent
out of it under the Alien. Act, for hhi interference in the affeirs
of the. Queen. But it was not till this morning; that he (Lord L.)
had had an oppoietittity of seeing that letter itself, in conse-
quence of its publication in the Newspapers; anti he saw
ersoueh in that letter-to make him feel it to be an imperative
dnty now to call the attention bf the House to the subject. -1 le
would not trouble die House with reading the letter; neither
would he say anything as to the propriety of the *Milan Com-
mission ; but raking it for granted that it was right there should
have been such a Commission, he must hold that the Govern-
ment who gave were responsible for the conduct of the agents they
entployed to execute that Commission. Ile was far from itn-
.putiug to his Majesty's Ministers the possibility of having given
any instructions to the Agents of the British Government
abroad, to employ its name, authority, and power, to interfere
with the conduct of persons, either abroad or at home, in re-
gard to any part they might take In behalf of the Queen.—
Had he even not heard the candid. explanation given yesterday
by the Noble Led at the head of his Majessty's Treasury, he
-would have been equalle fir from imputing to Ministers aey such
unfair line of proceeding. It was possible, that without their
knowledge or participation, their agents abroad might have been
guilty of such interference, and if they had, it was a violation of
their duty, which it was incumbent on Ministers most distinctly
to disclaim. It *did then appear, from the letter of M. Merietti,
which had been published, and of the authenticity of which he
had no doubt,sthxt In .Conseguence of some communication
made from Colonel Brown to M. .Marietti, senior. apprehens
sions were entertained that the younger Marietti would be sent
out pf this country under, the Alien Act, in consequence of
his interference with the cause of the Qiefen—an interference
which, after what had come out in evidence yestertfay,• 'his
Lordship could have no difficulty in saying was most proper,
and in every respect within the limits of fair and war.
rantable inquiry. If' such a communication did take place,
was the ditty of his Majesty's Ministers without the least Clain
to disavow it, and to recal the agent wholad thus abused the
trust cohfided to him. It was obvious, that were such into-fee
renceon'ehe part of the British agents abroad to pass unrubuked,
it would create an opinion abroad that such iuteiferefice was
sanctioned by the British Government at home, and an indispo-s
shion in foreigners residing here to give that evidence'for the
Queen whiCh it was their duty to do, lest they should bring
upon themselves the reentinent of theGoiernment, armed, b.y.
the Alien Act, with the power of sending foreigners,
,at their
pleasure, out of the Country. The Noble Marquis, on these
grounds, concluded with asking the Noble Earl opposite, first,
whether Colonel Brown was an accredited agent of the British
-GovernmentTand, secondly, whether MiniSters have taken any
steps to ascertain whether Colonel Brown had made any such
communication as that complained of, to M. Marietti ?
Lord uvEßrooL wes'thankful that the Noble Marquis
opposite had aifirded him an opportunity of giving explanation
on. the subject alluded to. Colonel 'Brown, was a qualified, ac-
' credited agent of the British Government ; and his Lordship,
'as soon as hu was told of the communication said to have been
maderste. M.: Marietta, had instantly ordered Colonel Brown to
be written ro for the fullest explanation on the subject. It was
impossible that Ministers could, in the remotest degree, be par-
ties to any such conimuelcation; it was in the teeth of every in-
struction they had given:
The Marquis of LANSDOWN expressed himself satisfied
with the explanation given.
Lord HOLLANI) said, he could not help• hoping, that in
the course of the investigation the conduct of Colonel Brown
would appear juitiflable. At all events, whatever might have
been the conduct of the Colonel antd of those of whom he was
the agent, the House and the Country must look to the
Statute with a feeling of the strongest indignation. It was
not merely to the agents, accredited or otherwise, the House
were to look on this occasion. It was not to the possitsie
leuity with which power might be exercised, but to the Statute
which lay before their Lordships, the existence of which was
calculated to operate upon men's minds, and deter them from
actatipshe part to girds the developement of truth to which their
conscience directed them. If Colonel Brown had said what
Lad been imputed to him to Marietta, he had used an influence
*which no authority could justify ; bur if the menace was merely
in the apprehension of Marietti, it was the law still that operated.
Reserver that Statute might be acted upon by men, the law
itself .made an Lapression that would tend to the perversion
of justice—(am, keer).
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ir. Baouna.tas sail it was nut his intention to cross-examine
anv Junius..
The ATTORICtr-BomnAL then Lifonned the House, that Mr.
iiroughlin havikg intimated that lie had concluded his cross-
examination of the witnesivs, his Learned Friend (the Solicitor-
(3eneral) was prepared to address tiler Lordships..

'The gemacrioa:Or..Ncaar, about fire minute; after the cross-
examinaeuss bad concluded, stepped forward, and addressed
their Lordships In the following manner:
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MV I.oltl/s—Mr. Brougham, the Attorney-General for her
Majesty the qteen, having closed his long and elaborate cross-
examination of Theodore Majocchi, and the whole of the
eildence it is our intention to adduce in support of the Bill,
it becomes my duty to address your Lordships in support
of the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill:
and I trust that I may be aKawed to make a few remarks
in justification of myself and my Learned Colleagues, as to
the course we have pursued, and the principles by which we
have ben influenced in conducting this important inquiry.—
When his Majesty's Attorney-Gene...1.31 received instructions to
by before your Lordships the evidence upon this subject, he, in
conjunction with myself and my other Learned Friends em-
ployed upon this occasion, paid the most anxious attention in
collecting the evidence. We weighed, we considered all the
materials before us ; and any part of the materials which
struck us as bearing upon the question, without regard to the
influence or impression that might be raised against us, we fairly
before your Lordships. 1 trust that La' so doing we have
faithfully discharged our duty. We have acted by your orders,
and under .your direction ; and we have pursued our course
honestly and fairly, and to the exercise of our best judgment..
What I ask now is, to be allowed to point your Lordships' in-
tention to the facts in evidence. The difficulty I have to
encounter is this, that I know not what is to be offered in
opposition to the evidence that has been heard, nor on what
argument, or on what facts, her Majesty's ti.a•rence is to rest.
Alt I have to do is, to skew hoer the allegations and charges con-
tained in the preamble of the Dill, are made out. I trust that,
lin referring to the evidence which my Learned Friends and I
have had the painful task so many days of unfolding, we have
not been guilty of any mist..tetnent or exaggeration. It shall
not, nay Lords, be my endeavour to influeni: your minds. It
is my duty merely to state the substance of that evidence,
1 and to show how it relates to and dwells upon the charges
upon which the Bill has •been introduced. Still less shall
I hope to let fall an expression derogatory to her Majesty.
It is toy duty to unfold the evidence. Site is here en
her trial. One side of the CAtr4t, has not been heard, and I
•-n bound, and your Lordships are bound to consider her inno.
coat until her guilt (if she be guilty) shall be finally established.
We, m; Lords, are charged with making allusionato, and throw.
ins dirt her IVajestY. We are free from that imptttatiog.—
We have, in the course we have pursued, stated nothing which
we believes( could not be satisfactorily proved. The calumnies,
if calumnies they are, are not ours. We have acted upon the
evidence of wianesacs who were sworn to speak the troth,—

PRICE SEVZIV.Par!reS•

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But when we arc aocused of calumniele let es took to the con- dated his brother, his sister, and his mother into the ser;:tice of
duct of Our adversaries. We have been charged withbeing en- her Royal Highness. This, he remarked, was divan. I result
gaged in a foul, eietestable conspiracy—we are accused of subor- 'of the connexien betvinen the sereert arid the mietress.—
nation of perjure—calumnies as infamous as they are wholly un- ! She is willing he should filing his fricois and relatives--hts-own
worthy of credit. • Who fait, then, that charges es w:th seeking ' child—hut not the mother, the wife of liergarni ; • see was the
•to cast dirt about? Certainly not the Counsel in support ef the : last to he admitted. The Learned Counsel then- incepeurated
I Bill : At
is hied upon acliffereniquarter. We are also told, that the facts which had been deposed to as occurring at Genoa, et
the opening speech of my Learued Friend has not been established i Milan, at the Barone eat Ballanzobe, the Villani, the Vale, d' Este,
I• by proof, and that the allegations contained in the Ilia have no: I the voyage on board the Clorinde, at Catania, at• Pesaro, co
, been substantially established by the evidence before pop I re- . board the Leviathan, and at the other place!: visited by the Prim quest your Lordships to cast 'your reflection back upon the mats of j cess ; end although none of these singly. proved the eetird feet
evidence, and in the honest feeling of your hearts, to say, whe- ! of aeultery, yet he contended, they would not have taken place
the r, nut only in substance, but almost in all the detail., I had not the adulterous intercourse previously existed—an inter-
the charges have not been supported by the evidence? Let me course, of which, he thought, no man of crunmon sense, who had
rem' to your recollection what this charge is. It begins heard the evidence; could fora moment doable: Were the ion.
by stating, that her Majesty had engaged in her service, at macy of Bergami and the Princess of that pure and unsullied
Milan, a person, who has been so frequently named in the evi- nature which it was wished to prove, why not bring him forwiid
dence, and who acted as a menial servant; that an intimacy of a to deny the facts which had been sword to, since no one corld
disgraceful nature took place between this menial and iota- Royal so well give evidence en the subject. Ile could- nor, he said, bop
Highness ; that she loaded him with favoUrs ; that the members adverting to the rapid rise of Bergarni : he had been two yearna
of his family were placed in situations of more or less corns- contented menial, in. the service of General Vino; but when he
quence; and that, ultimately, an intercourse of an adultercus entered the service of her Royal Highness, he was, in the course
character took place between her Majesty and this menial. of a few montes,raised from the situation of aCourier,*setio waited
That is the chase; and It will be my duty to thew whether that behitid the chair of the Princess to the rank of
_Equerry, then
is not substantially supported. I beg leave to call your Lord- her leave! Ifiehness's Chamberlain, a "night of Malta, Count - -
ships' recollection to. the' period at which her Majesty first Frontini, Knight-of St. Caroline and of the Holy Sepulchre, and-
arrived at Milan,•and from the time of her leaving that place with property accumulated equally rapid as his rank. The
up to the period of het arrival at Caprivi, the last place to Learned Counsel vindicated the letters of Madame De Mont, and
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rriaeented; ohe
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which the evidence reaches. I shall pursue her in the due•order dwelt much on the breach of confidence in her Moral !Di:linen's
of time. It is said, that at Milan her Majesty took into her estabiish
untiedment gravedth e•in
nhe falsetetteeptingby lit
of ::-' l bete
Learneds r
service theestablishment,
individual who has been so frequently alluded to;contended,
that he had been previously iii the service of General Vino, the opposite side, and he dared them to the proof, could leave no.
upon three livers a day ; that he first entered the Queen's see- doubt as .to the alleged criminality of her noyal Highness,—
vice as courier; that he waited at table there a fortnight; and It is impossible (continued the Learned Gentlemao) that I can*
that her Majeste then left Md in. It is stated that a young man, sit down without alluding to one. topic, which has been rune in
'tented' Austin, about IS or le, years of age, had been in the habit our ears, rot only from the beginning to the end of this inquiry,
of sleeping in her chamber, and that the night before her Majesty but from the first moment that anything was reed on the sub-
went to Naples she said the lad was too old to sleep in her cham- jeer. I have always felt and avowed, tl.at so far from thinking
ber, and requested that he should be placed in some other situa- it necessary to justify the Milan Commission,' it was impossible
for Government not to have adopted an inquiry.
.1,10 one can
floe.. It vias stated, that the day after Ale arrived at Naples
she went to the Opera. It is material to consider the nature of look at the evidence without being convinced that reports derm
the arrangement of the apartments at Naples. A private cahi gatory to the character of the Princess of %Vales have tong been
circulated throughout Italy and other parts of Etirope. That
net separated the two rooms, one of which was appropriated to
the service of the Queen, the other to that of Bergami. There being the case, the Government was bound to iiceriain whether
these reports were well or ill-Counted. In doing so, they had
was no interruption to the passing of a person from roma to
room. Her Majesty, upon her return from the Opera at Naples. but one course to pursue, which was to select eminent persons,
appeared extremely agitated, and immediately repaired to her whose character for knowledge and integrity could not. be
bed-room, desiiing that she should not be interrupted by Aus- questioned. That course they have pursued—that . selection
tin, and dispensing with the ettendance of her attendants.— they have made. The Gentleman•at the head of the Con -maim
doe is known' to my Learned Friends, as a Man of the Meseta
Theobservation made next morning was, that the Queen's tra-
veiling jwl had .not been disturbed ; but that on a larger bed respectability, of pure and spotless integrity, end of great know-
were the marks of two persons having lain in it. Your Lord- ledge. Ile was at the head of the Commission, if Commission
shipn.ip, the course of the investigation, put a question, which, it can be called—and I will ask whether it was possihic Melees
selected a man more fit to conduct such an inquity ? Another
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fettered as we were, we could not propose; and the answer to
that -mlestion stated, that upon thee bed there were merkswide-h Gentleman of great experience, cf ue::t practical and Prete'.
indicated that the act of adultery had taken place. The sional knowledge, was attached to the Cecil essiore ' A third •
s-
Leareted.Countel proceeded to state, that*
the fact of • adul-
WO Colonel Brownie, a Gentleman wi.ose character stand as
eery was seldom proved. % It was not committed with open
bleb as the characters of any of tho.e wi.n have aared to ti educe • ,
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it. It was the duty of his Mej ,sty's to appefat
doors. It was of necessity secret, and the facts he had
heard stated, were as strong as ever were submitted to a such a Conitnieslon, and to appoint such individuula to fulfil it: •
I have endeavoured faithfully to discharge my duty. In thing
Jury in a case where adultery' Was charged. But intelligible as
this was, and reasonable as it was, he would not press it mein so, I have coloured 'nothing too highly, at least I hope I hard
his own.authority. He then quoted the opinion of Sir William not. ' I hope su fur my own sake, and for the sake of justice;
Scott, in the case of Loveden e. Loveden, in the ConsietorY and as to the result cf the present inqui.y, I can declare mcst
sincerely, and from the bottom of my inert, that my wish'is to
Court, which was, that the fundamental rule was, that it Was
not necessary to prove the direct fact—that could nut be done see ieer Majesty successful in the attempt to establish, to 'year
once in a hundred times; the case wag to be *decided upon Lordships' fell and entire satisfaction, and to the confection el'
the country at large, her innocence and acquittal.. Whether,
by an inference leading 'to a just conclusion. Time Learned.
pr :sent aspect of the case, she is likely to do so or not,
Counsel then said he would proceed to sum up the 4acts, f„„„ tee
such as they bad been proved in evidence before their It is not for ate to determiee, but, as the case stands, the all.--
gationa am made out, unless the evinence to he produced oa
Lordships. He would call their attention to what passed at
her _Majesty's behalf should contain a der. r, distinct, and seta-
Naples on the first visit of her Royal Highness. On one night,
the witness De etiont, when
_on the point of quitting the Prin-
Inc:eery refutation.
cess's room, and standing at the door in the corridor, saw the
After the Sometrow-Gesmat had concluded his Address,
Courier at the other end of the passege, coming towards the •
The'Elarl of LA unEnrix LE rose and said, he wished to
Princess's apartment. De Mont did es eve in one would have done
know whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Counsel to
ask for any delay in order to send roe witnesses, or to prenee 4
in a similar situation, haetened to mat the spot, and the moment
she had passed the door, it was closed, and the key was turned.
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.the proper stage had
Perhaps it might be said that this fact rested On the single testi-
immedietely with the defence?
mony of De. font; but he hoped. to satisey their. Lordships The Karl of LON SDA LE thought that
that the credibility of this • witnees was
.unimpeached.—* now arrivedfor putting a question of great importance: to the Noble .
If the adulterous intercourse had taken place, of which he Earl at the head of his Majesty's Treatury. He wished to esk
thought their Lordships could not In the least doubt, it
his Lordthip whether, on reflection, he was now disposed'im
would account for titre intimacy and that familiary between
the parties which had been sworn to by many witnesses.— withdraw the Divorce Clause in the Bill? Were the answer in
While at Naples, a bill wee given by her Royal Highness
_t, to the affstivative, het Majesty's Couneel would then know how to
Joachim Murat in a hotter near the sea. The Princess went, confine themselves, in their defame, to the clause of Pains and
accompanied by Bergami and -her chambermaid. There were
P • - • two apartment,, a dressing-Mom and an anti-room. The•Prin- ..
cm first appeared as a Neapolitan Peasant, and was dressed for °l'fltiaieiesiarl of LIVERPOOL rose to address their
Lordships in consequence of the observations of the .7_
the character by De. Mont.. She returned in an hour to change.
her dress. De Mont remains in the anti-room. The courier
goes with her Royal Highness into the dreesing-roont, where Noble Earl who had just sat down. Befote he.spokeil
.
she eedress,
tirely changed her and they then conic out of to that subject, in order that no unguarded espies-.
the room arm in arm, 'and return to the ball togetheree- sion of his might convey an idea which he. did not
i shall be told, says the Learned Counsel, there is no adultery sintered, he begged to say that it was iris decided"
tin this; but will any man of common sense entertain a doubt of feeling, and he trusted of every Noble Lord who
it, or believe that this would have been done had not the adul-
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reruns intercourse previously taken place? The Prince's and hearti him, that nes- opinion whatever should. be
Bergami afterward* went to the ball, dressed as Turkish Pea- formed of the evidence till the whole defence should '
,ants; but he returned almost immediately with shame from be before them— ( Hear, hear).—Their minds were -
that spot which he had peolluted with his presence. A footman,
to be kept free from impression respecting it, if pos.
My Lords, a common-footman, was the compation of the wife
sible; they were only to listen, welgh, and consider;
•
Of time Heir Apparent of England, at a masked ball. At Naples,
Bergami was confined in consequence of a kick from a horse ; their minds were to he kept enttiviy free upon the
.
leis room was near that of her Royal Highness; and Majocchi evidence before them' till the defence should be
closed. 'Having stated dies much, '
tells you, that cite night the Princess came through his room,
and looking tp see if he was asleep, passed into the room of Ber-
he would say,
gam , i after which he heard them kissing each other. But, per-
in reference to 'heat had .been said by the Noble
haps, Majacchi's evidence will be said to go for nothing; lie has Lord, that it was utterly impossible that any alter-
been cross-examined once, cross examined twice, and Cerlton-
ation should be made in the Bill till the whole case
house is introduced, and then he is cross-examined a third time. was closed, till the question of tire second reading *
I have looked over the whole of the -minutes of these several
cross-examinations, and I contend that the evidence of this was disposed of, and the Bill should be comiritted.
witness has not been shaken in a single instance. Ile was What he had stated, on occasion of discussing the
asked questions perfectly irrelevant, merely that my Learned motion of a Noble Baron, was stated_ in consequence .
of imputations thro..vn out respecting the provision
Friend, migio get from him a few non mi ricordos. lie
thanked his Leirned Friends for this third cross-examination
of the witness Majocchi, for an hour and a half on this day, alluded to in -the Bill, and insinuations ma le not
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which they had demanded merely because they had heard he was only in that House, but elsewhere, that divorce was
at Carlton House, and they thought there must be something the object of the Bill. He lad disclaimed that that
mysterious had been the object'of the Bill ; he Mid then stated
in that. The facts sworn to by Majocchi, had not
been exactly confirmed by the witness De Mout, INCAUSC.SIIC wad,
not in a situation to confirm them; but they had both attested the object of the Bill to be public justice ;he had
to ,_
I facts of the same nature and description. At Naples, the Prin. 1
t .en stated the object (.f. the Bill to be to uphold
1 cess aed Bergami had been seen walking on the terrace arm in the honour of the country, and not to relieve the
Illustriou; Individual at the !mid of the State. :He
aarntriefleShfranllinlm,b,hie
ctholdnntehatanitthiclussiiosna
only
ye
c?anlLisd,
rabever,wown._
had then stated that it might be. made a separate
•
I would remind your Lordships of the Princess's visit to the
this proposition, and it was open to the House to deal
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Empire privately goes to the Theatre of San Carlos, not at- with that as they might think proper. He could. ' '
atebnledeinddbi,viaannayi onff
atbney Eacninglnitsrhy,inhuhtearcscunintlep,
annoi,rdbybyanhyerrecshpinclt:
now most distinctly say, that the Illustrious Indivt. -
bermaid and her courier. In a rainy and tempestuous night dual alluded to had no wish whatever that the Bills_lo
Liverpool) had introduced the provision (.4.
eq upirtilt.latteehgnautsee,eatardavine traverse
disguiset the g aerndteenr.
tahl Ide
_lel
eat e rt
rae, hired
whecrtei rtrihaegire
(Lord l tt l d operate as a measure of personal relief. He
divorce, as a plain and fair inference from the other
i time. At Genoa, we find all the English attendants had'
rovis.on
i of degradation, if that were made out.-
1 athtethy
reception
quitted her Royal Highness,eisxcnelpntst 121ra.telrilea 11-a ntdhe bed-rooms Here
tk e rf, however,. a strong feeling- existed in the House
e
arrie;:tentient. of the apartments
f the "riecess and Bergami communicete with each other, ost in • the country, founded on religious comider- '
provision, he was pOrfectly- Ind • .
one. 'On the opposite side of the Princess's room is the ,
and are only separated by a room which is occupied by nci
I'rinces,doo arnodpreenteidr.
so her
1 .
ations,'against this
.
E
ed
lint, to Withdraw it. He wished to confine himself
he key was turned, and she was bolted tn. ...The - Individual .
did not wish for i.
in a right point of view on this stile
to °those observations—he wished to place the Thu,.
bunts
mbilnh. t7wootaim'e when, De :De. 1);;011%stiont quittedinto
twhheicha
Princess's bed was never occupied, and Dr Mont, finding that, .t as
a measure of personal relief— (Hear., ?icor ).
cushions. The. Learned Counsel would call the attention of 1
- never made it, only smoothing the sheets and adjusting the . ject. The Illustrious Individual .
by Bergand after he had obtained such influence over the Prin. , seated respecting the propriety of preserving their
their Lordships to another circumstance, The first thing done Earl GREY agreed with what the Noble Earl had
could
they co:: C to a fui
I this he did by successively bring:ng in his own t: lends and relative'.
CeS3, Wes to render it as bieneficial to his fair ily as possible, and
The intercourse had been mauled on font months at Naples,
When he, therefore, stated anytlling hypothetically,
1
.:13.1 two or three months at Genoa, when the courier infra-1 decision, when the whole case should he closetL:— •
' judgments unbiassed till