Star.
London, England, 1820-11-03 00:00:00

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, ,1820.

MRS. RAE is at a loss duly to acknowledge the
gratitude she entertains for the unprecedented support
she experienced on Tuesday evening. To the most Illustrious,
Royal, and Noble Personages, and to the distinguished Ladies
under whose influence she ventured to make her appeal, she begs
most humbly to offer her most grateful thanks for their patron..
age and beneficence ; to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, who
honoured the Theatre with their presence on that occasion; to
Mr. DA MON, who not only contributed his professional expe-
rience, but who most anxiously and effectively furthered the
exertions of her friends ; to the Proprietors of Covent-Garden,
who permitted, and, by their arrangements, enabled her to avail
herself of the offers of the Sister Establishment ; to the Profs...
Sion at large, who so readily and obligingly offered their gra.,
tuitoui services; to Mrs. DAVISON, Mrs. DAVENPORT, and Mr,
C. Kaxaaa, who united their powerful talent : to Mr. Dow-
rem who came to town for the especial purpose of giving his
assistance (for the only time this season) ; to Mr. %Amax, Miss I
CA REW, Mr 7 TINNEY, and Mr. ANIIROGITTI ; to Miss Sifiall'a•
who, though labouring under serious indisposition, came for-
ward In the most kind and handsome manner at a few hours
Notice : to Mr. RCSSELL, the Stage Manager, for Ms polite
at-
teritien; to the whole of Drury-lane Establishment, who so
feelingly testified their regard for their departed friend, and their

philanthropy for herbal and family; to the Gentlemen of the
Public Press, for their liberality, and for the ardour with which
they espoused her cause; •o ALL, collectively and individually,
she has to express her most grateful acknowledgments; andbegs
to add, that, though she can never duly appreciate their kind-
ness, the distinguished patronage and support she has received
will be indelibly impressed on her memory.

to offer counsel so

*pen to the bail and supper. After he descn'bed the Queen as
haying passed twice through his room toward Bergames, he denied
at first there was any other passage by which she might havegone.
Here his Lordship read some of the questions put to Majoc-
chi. He was then proceeding to notice the contradiction given
to this account, and to contrast Majocchi's evidence with that
given by Dr. Ll*nand, when his voice suddenly ceased. The
pause wits not particularly noticed at first, as it appeared as if
his Lordship were looking over the Minutes placed on the table
before him ; but, after some time had elapsed, without resum-
ing his speech, some of the Peers became alarmed, and rose,
from their. seats to proceed to his Lordship. The anxiety of
the whole House was now aroused, as the Noble Lord fell for-
)ward on the table in a sepselen state. There were cries of-
-14 Open the windows"—" Some water." The Lord Chancel_
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of—
`a' and the Earl of Liverpool evinced the greatest concern, and
proceeded immediately to bord 'Erskine's assistance. They,
with the assistance of Earls Orey and Carnarvon, Lord Hol-
land, ;and Mr. Baran Gatrow, raised his Lordship ; but his
speech and colour were goue. They then became seriously
;farmed, and instantly proceeded to convey him out of the
House. The.attack was so utters that they were obliged lite-
rally)* awry his Lordship out of tbe House, and into an ad-
joining room, where medical. aid was immediately procured. It
was at first supposed that his Lordship's indisposition would be
but temporary,-and, in the expectation that he would be able
to resume his speech, the House, on the motion of Lord L.
derdale, adjourned for a quarter of an hour. (It was now.*
quarter put twelve o'clock.) After the lapse of nearly an hoar,
Lord Erskine's indisposition being so severe as to prevent his
*turn, the House resumed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then said he could not allow
the debate to go farther without saying a word in explanadm.
His Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Erskkie), whose absence,
and the cause of it, no man more'sineerely lamented, had argued
as if he (the Lord Chancellor) had stated that the case on board
the I'olacca formed .the whole case teethe prosecution. Ile
had said no such thing. All he had meant to say was, that
that case alone had sufficed to determine his individual judg-
ment. There were a great many lesser circumstances on which
he had offered no opinion but which undoubtedly might have
weight with many of their Lordships. •
Lord LAUDERDALE now proceeded to address their
Lordships. Ile felt almost completely overawed by the weight
of the subject, and the only consideration which sustained him
was, that by the constitution of the House, every man was sup-
posed to be qualified so judge of a plain question of evidence.
He would not follow tke example of his Noble and Learned
Friend (Lord Erskine), in making the whole proceeding a means
of attack on his Majesty's Ministers. Ile was as ready as My of his
friends to take any party advantage of Ministers, but in a question
of this sort he discarded everything like party feeling—(lieor). He
had come to the question as perfectly determined to do his duty
conscientiously as if he had never acted as a party-man through
the whole course of his life—(//ear). The principle by which he
felt bound to look at the case, was that laid &Asa in the case
quoted at the Bar, Loveden against Loveden. He did not ask
for a direct evidence of the perpetration of the act of adultery ;
all he asked, was such evidence Oi would satisfy any man of plain
common sense. Was there, then, such evidence? He was as
decidedly as honestly convinced there was. He had never known
its any case a combination of circumstances so strongly leading to
the conclusion of guilt. In proceeding to comment on the evi-
dOuce, h.: would lay entirely out of his consideration the whole
niastrof evidence for the peosecatiou, and confine himself to what
was established by the evidence for the defence; for even by
that evidence he conceived the fact...of adultery to be demoq-
strated beyond the possibility of a doubt-cat least in the minds
of those who chose to look at the case fairly and dispa.sionately,
In doing this, he would be able to get at the whole history a
the hero of-the tale, Mr. Bagami. The .noble Lord here pro-
ceeded to recite and comment on the circumstances of Ber-
gami's elevation, as proved by the evidence for the defence.
His Lordship laid particular weight on the caution which
Mr. Keppel Craven had presumed to give to her Majesty, as
to being seen walking with Bergami, when he was in the si-
tuation of a courier. lie had often heard women reproved fee
walking abroad without a servant, but this was the first time
be had ever heard of a Lady being cautioned against being seen
walking with one. Could their Lordships doubt what the pt
cutiar reason was which operated with Mr. Craven? Could they
doub. that it was because of a suspicion on his mind of that adul-
terous intercourse which the Bill imputed to her Majesty? If
he had not had such an impression—if there had not bSon
some such reason, he would have deserved for *Oak

, dismissal .
in a Chamberlain to a Lad,

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- unbecoming in a d y o.
her Majesty's rank and charactir. The Noble Lord next directed
the attention of their Lordships to the introduction of so many,
persons of Bergames family into the service of ber Majesty,
The appointment of -the `Cow -.4 Oldi to the situation of sole
Lady of- Honour, was gams evidence of guilt. Secrets

Juryman- to give his assent. to the
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PRICE SEVEN-PENCE•

several points for they were in many instances quite op-
posed to each Other. His Lordship next adverted to the neces.
shy that a person should sleep near her Majesty on board
the polaccan and commented with great severity upon the eve..
Once of Mr. Hownam as to, that subject. Thit witness bad, be
said, admitted, in one place, that no (huger exiated, and in another,
that lt had—in one place he said tbe crew were to be suspected.
and in another that they were not. Now if there was no mystery in
the tent in which her Majesty lay,there never bad appeared before
the public two more. perjured witnesses than Ilewnam and Flynn.
The Noble Lord then animadverted on the testimony of Lieute-
nants Hownam and Flynn, whom he designated as two precious
witnesses, and who contradicted each other. The evidence for
the defence had been incomplete so far as related to the polacca ;
and yet Oldi, ikon, ilieronimus, Austin, Schiavini, and Ca-
mera, had not been called. The fact was, that Lieutenant
Ilownam's evidence in favour of the iinercoerse au board
the polacca was supported br; five other witnesses. There
bad been little' very little done, to impeach the evidence of
Majocchi and De Mont, much as it bad been abused. Ma..
joechi's evidence was more connected than that of .many' of the
witnesses ; but he had said non mi ricortlo, and this had been made
the ground of a very unjustifiable attack. But, in a manner to.
Impress the public mind, it was stated that he had been contra-
diEted by a Mr. Hyatt, a Mrs. Hughes, a Mr, Hughes, a banker's
ileik, and by a Mr. Godfrey, with whom be had travelled
in a stage coach ; and yet 'nut one of these persons had
been called; which would baye been the case, if they could
have contradicted Majoechi. '.Carrington bad been called to
contradict Majaccivi ; but Carrington's assertion, as to his
tieing a Midshipman, was contradicted by Sir John Beresford;
and Carrington was not a witness entitled to any credit.—
The Noble Lord next adverted to the balls at the Burma and
at Naples, and on the elevation of l3ergami, whom Sir William
Gell considered as a Gentleman, and so polite that he would
light him down stairs with two candles. This the Noble. Lord
.(Lauderdale) thought smelt of the shop. Bergami's titles were
next the subject of remark; and the Noble Lord thought
the whole of these circumstances weighed much in the con-
eideration of the guilt or innocence of the Queen. The par.
ties were a Princess, who takes a servant, purchases titles, and
estate for him, and takes the whole of his family into her
service, and all this hi the course of eighteen months. In the
examination of the evidence, the Noble Lord would leave ot.t
all that which rested on the testimony of a single witness. On
this principle he would put out of view the carriage scene,
although he thought Vassali one of the most suspicious wit-
nesses that ever appeared at the Bar. The Noble Lord
(Lauderdale) next alluded to the change. in the apartments at
Naples, and the evidence of Mademoiselle De Mont, in seeing
the Princess pass from Bergami's room to her own, with
pillows under her arm. This evidence was conausive, inas-
much as it might have been contradicted by counter-testimony.
He alluded to the letter of De Mont, who was anxious to serve
her sister, and who, in a letter to the Princess, expressed hex
gratitude to her and to Bergaini. Was not this singular? Would
any one who bad received favours from her late Majesty, return
a joint letter of thanks to the Quet a, and to the Earl of Morton.
The case of Aum was the next Le would notice; and it was In
the evidence of Majocchi and De Mont that the Princess .and
Bergami slept under the tent ; and althotigh
Schiavini. Austin, and all the Knights of St. Caroline were there,
not one of them had been called to contradict their statement. 14
had gone much into the examination of die evidence, not from
any weight which he thought his views of it might have, but that
the country might know the grounds on which he gave his vote.
r He disclaimed all views of personal interest, and said he had
been pestered with accusations of this sort.. It had been said
he was going out to India, and a medical gentleman had ap.
plied to he his physician.; but he declared that he had no
more idea of going, to Inda than he had of going to the North
Pole • , and that he gave his tote at .disinterestedly net as con-
stiettilously as any Peer in that Houe. A Bill of Pains and
Penalties, he (Lord Lauderdale) contended, was nut an un-
constitutional measure, and the fair and lama'. • manner in
which this Bill had been conducted, was a guarantee.affording
'justice to the accused: He vindicated this mode of prikeeding
in the' present instance,
,in preference to an Impeachment. A
Noble Lord then absent (Lord Erskine), bad said the House of
Commons bad already decided on this subject, but he .did not
know how that could be said; and he thought it was indiscreet
in the Noble and Learned Lord to allude to the proceedings of
tie other House of Parliament, as influencing them. ' He •
declared that, considering the evidence that bad been brought
forward, and laying his hand on his heart, he could not but vote
for the present Bill; and he doubted nut that the House of
Commons would, after enqfdry, confirm the decision.
The Earl of ROSEBERRY thought that this was a case in
which no Peer ought to give a silent vote; sad he hoped the
House would accept this as his apology for the few wards he
had tit say upon it. Notwithstanding all he had heard, he
could not reconcile it to his honour and conscience as a

of the Bill.—

passing ,
On Attentively considering the whole facts and circumstances of
'JO case, he could not say that he was convinced of thee:.
istence of that adulterous intercourse without a fan convietios
of which, as their Lordships bad been well told by-the Nob*
and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, no Lord ought to silks • _
bound tr