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London, England, 1820-10-23 00:00:00


• CORRESPONDENCE
SI'LATIVE TO BARON D'ILNDS'S APPEARANCE BEFORE
TIE HOUSE OF LORDS, AS A WITNESS ON THE PART
OF HEE' MAJESTY THE QUEEN, OCTOBER, 1820.,

IOWJATCH TAM Immune CLIPTLIOMAGE TO MO. LAMB, DAT=
reassess orrice, wrests 5,1840.
" Sta—l am to acquaint you that the Queen's law servants
have this day represented to the House of Peers, that the Baron
d'Endr, a chamberlain in the service of the Grand Duke of
Baden, and who was assigned to attend upon her Majesty when
Princess of Wales, during the period of her visit to Carlsruhe,
in the year 1817, is a materiel witnees for the Queen's defence;
that the Baron had actually consented (subject to the permisdon
of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke) to give his personal at-
tendance in London for this purpose, but that, upon his Royal
Highness the Grand Duke's late return to Carisruhe, this cots.
'sent (as the Queen's agent, Mr. Leman, has deposed) was, upon
the part of the Grand Duke, distinctly refused; and the Baron
alleged this refusal to Mr. Leman as the sole cause of his not
giving his attendance in this country. Had the Queen's law
agents applied in due time to his Majesty% Government, it
sq.buld, under the express orders which they had received at the
outset of these proceedings from his Majesty, and which, in
every instance pointed out by the Queen's agents, they have uni-
formly and faithfully endeavoured to carry into effect, have been
their duty to have addressed a request on the part of the King,
their master, to the Grand Duke, to permit the attendance of
this gentleman before the House of Peers, for the furtherance
of justice.
" The legal advisers of the Queen having represented that they
still continue to regard the presence of this individual as of im-
portance to her Majesty's defence, and his Majesty being soli-
citous, with the least possible delay, to give effect to their wishes,
I have received the King's commands to direct you will, with-
out loss of time, on receipt of this dispatch, proceed to Carla-
rnhe, for the purpose of. giving, by your personal representations
and exertions, the utmost possible weight to the request which,
in the King's_name; you are authorized to make to the Grami
Duke upon this matter.
" The British Government are fully sensible of the respect
. due to the law and practice of Independent States with regard
to the means which the Sovereign Power may either be enabled,
or think fit, to employ, for the purposes of inducing—, permitting,
or compelling its subjects to appear, in order to give evidence
before the tribunals of a foreign State ; but they are persuaded
that, whatever may be the rule which the Grand Duke of Baden
may think fit to lay down on such matters, his Royal Highness's
sense of justice will suffer the benefit or the inconvenience of
such rule to operate equally. and with perfect impartiality on the
side of the defence as well as of the charge. 'Now,, as it ap-
pears by the evidence of Barbara Kress, that she was not only
permitted, but in some measure required, to give her attendance
upon these proceedings in support of the Bill, at the instance of
the Attorney-General, no doubt can be entertained that, when
you shall have brought the different course which is stated to
have been pursued in thesase of the Baron d'Ende under the
Grand Duke's notice, his Royal Highness will at once, whatever
may be the temporary inconvenience to his Royal Highness's
personal service, give orders fer the Baron'i being permitted in-
stantly to set out for this country ; and, in the present advanced
stage of the proceedings, you will consider it your duty to press
that this gentleman's departure and journey may be as much as
possible accelerated.
" I should hope that the simple statement of this case will be
sufficient to give eff:ct to the object with which you are charged;
but in the event of any obstacle being interposed, you will make
a written representation on the part of your Court, pressing this
request for the Grand Duke's favourable consideration, as Milsr
putably due to public justice, under the peculiar circumstances
above referred tu. I am, &c.
(Signed) " C A STLEREA G
." To the Hon. F. Lamb, &c."
DISTATCO FROM MR. LAMS TO TISC;;I:NT CASTI.ERTAGM, DATeD
CARI.I(I7IIE, OCTOBER 13, 1820.
" My Loan—Os' the morning of the loth I received.-ear

Lordship's letter relative to the baron d'Ende On the 11th I
reached Carlsruhe, and obtainectan interview with the Baron de
Berstett. That Minister went immediately afterwards to the
Grand Duke, and informed me, on his return from his Royal
Ilighness, that the obstacles tattle departure of the Baron could
only be overcome by an obizial application. The enclosed cor-
respondence will show what steps were taken in consequence,
and their result. It may be permitted me to remark, that my
application has been completely successful, and that the failure
of the obj...ct of my mission to this place was to be attributed
sally to the unexp cted reply of the Biros d'Ende himself.—
] have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obe-
dient servant, (Signed) " LA B.
64 To Viscount Castlereagh, K.G. Etc."
VOTE TROY MR. LAMS TO THE KARON DE BERSTETT, DATED CAII.I-
- ocroara 11, 1820.
_ _

dl The undersigned, &c. has learned with regret that the argu-
ments which he had the honour to allege this morning in conver-
sation with your Excellency, have been insufficient to induce the
Government of Baden to permit the Baron d'Ende, Chamheclain
of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke, to proceed to London.
" Under these cis cum stances, it becomes the duty of the under-
signed to fulfil the further instructions of his Government, by
representing officially to your Excellency the reasons which in-
duce him, however reluctantly; to renew a demand which has not
met with the concurrence of the Coon of Iladen.
' " Inc British Government is fully sensible of the respect due
to the law and p- actice of other Stab.; it fully appreciates the
repugnance which his Royal Highness the Grand Dukehas felt
to the details of his Court being made matter of public investi-
gation ; and in proof of this, it may be permitted to the under-
signed to renal to your Excellency, that upon, a previous mu
slots, when he had iequs...sted the attendance of a fourrier of the
Court as a witness against the Queen, be readily desisted from
the application, as soon as he was made acquainted with the
sentiments and determination of his Royal Highness upon this
subject. If he now pursues a different course, it must be attri-
buted to the difference of-the circumstances.
" The witness in question is represented to be essential to the
defence of the Queen. The rights of hospitality will not be vio-
lated by his appearance; oa the contrary, these seem to require,
that the Grand Duke should contribute to the vindication of the
guest of his Court.
• • t, The permission which is demanded is still more essential to
the character of the British Government.
" With whatever good faith it may act, it will not escape the
i,:":aftacks of malevolence, unless its demand is granted; and your
jc I.flacellency will not have failed to remark, that in this affair it is
.;: •, net sufficient to act with the most perfect purity and good faith,
it is also necessary that these should be made undeniably evident
to the eyes of the whole world.
" The undersigned trusts that these
"'weight enough to induce the Goiernm
present determination.
" His own character for impartiality, and that of the British
Government for 'sincerity and good faith, are equally at stake.
" The magnitude of these interests must justify the under-
signed for persisting in an application which (souk!, under no
other circumstances, have received the sanction of the British
Government. The undersigned has the honour, &e.
• (Signed) " F. LAMB._
" To his Excellency the Baron de Berstett, &c."
woes MOD aaaox DE DERSTETT TO 51111 LAYS, DAT= cants-
RIME, OCTOSIOL 13, 11320.
" Stn—ln reply to the note which your Excellency was
pleased to address to me on the 11th instant, and in reference to
the conversation which I had the honour to hold with .you on
the same day, I find it necessary, in the first place, to correct
a most material mistake which appears to have crept into our
communications.
“ The object of the propositions made tome verbally by your
Excellency appeared to the to be, that the Grand Duke, my au-
goat master, should give to Baron d'Ende net only his permit.
gots, but his orders, to proceed to England; to which I had the
honour to remark, that I knew too well the fixed determination'
of his Royal Highness never to take part directly in anything
which might relate to the solemn proceeding at this time before
the Tribunal of the House of.Yeers in England, to dare to pro-
m: him to give any such orders to a person beicerging to his
. Your Excellency will recollect, that when. some time
ego, you requested me to obtain permission for one of the four
Tien of the Court'to proceed to England as a witness against the
Queen; I was under the necessity of declaring to you, that I
equld never obtain any such permission from his Royal Highness.
" If any agents of the British Government have succeeded in
liiitocing subjects of. the Grand Duke to proceed of their own
oseord to England, I have to remark to your Excellency, that
Ibis could never have occurred except in the case of private in-
ale, not being in the service of the Court, or in any official

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