Star.
London, England, 1820-09-04 00:00:00

THE QUEEN:

The impression produced on the public mind by
the cross-examination of Mademoiselle De Mont, on
Saturday, is now decidedly favourable to her MA-
JESTY. The two letters of this notable witness, put in
by her MAJESTY'S Counsel, destroy all credibility in
the testimony which she gave before and after the
reading of them. The high encomiums which she
lavishes on her MAJESTY'S character and deportment,
and the determination which she professes to resist
every pecuniary temptation to become her MAJESTY'S
accuser at the expense of her own repose and duty,
are totally irreconcileable with the tale which she told
at Milan, and has since repeated at the bar of the
House of Lords. The rigid principles, also, of per-1
sonal virtue, which she arrogates to herself, are obvi-
ously incompatible with the eagerness which she ma-
nifests to be restored to her MAJESTY'S favour and
service, had she, whilst in that service, been con-
demned to witness, fora series of years, the scandal-
ous scenes to which she has deposed. The lame
attempt made to explain away the genuine effect of
these productions, on her subsequent cross-examina-
tion, and re-examination, can deceive nobody. If the
passage in her letter to her sister, alluding to the
offers made to her to give evidence against the QUEEN
had no foundation in fact, and was inserted in the
belief that the letter would be intercepted and come
into her MAJESTY% hands, then it is susceptible of no
other construction than that of a threat ; and upon
that ground alone, were there no other, the whole of
her evidence would be held to be vitiated in a Court
of Justice. It is, further, worthy of remark, that this
same Lady, who thanks Gov that she is exempt from
the failings of rerenge and ambition, distinctly admits
as the cause of her appearing against the QUEEN, that
she heard her MAJESTY had spoken ill of her.—
Another circumstance transpired in the course of her
cross-examination, which would have disqualified
her as a witness in an ordinary Court of Justice: she
has been extra judicially sworn, since the commence-
ment of the proceedings against her MAJESTY, to the
truth of her information at Milan. It was only in
the course of the last Circuit, that Baron CARRON,
to the best of our recollection, particularly cautioned
the Country Magistrates against such a practice with
regard to witnesses who were afterwards to be exa-
mined in a Court of Justice. As to the motives
which led to the imposition of a tie upon this wit-
ness, from which the other witnesses appear to have
been exempted, we shall, at present, abstain from
any observation.
What may be the result of the Bill of Pains and
Penalties, time will discover; but it certainly ap-
pears, to every impartial observer, that the two prin-
cipal witnesses fcr the prosecution have been essen-
tially damaged by their own admissions and prevari-
cations. The Divorce Clause of the Bill cannot pos-
sibly stand on the testimony hitherto produced; and
when it is recollected that the Earl of LIVERPOOL
said, " this was the least important part of the mea-
sure," it will probably be given up. But five more
witnesses are arrived from the Continent, among
whom is Monsieur Sacchi. He is to be brought for-
ward, and much stress is laid on his expected narrative.
It is suppo cd that the evidence for the prosecution
will be closed in a day or two, when, after the sum-
ming up, if it should be thought necessary to put the
QUEEN on her defence, beyond the evidence in her
favour now in England,.an adjournment, or rather a
prof ogation, must take place. The latter, we think,
must be preferred, as the means of forwarding busi-
ness, since no private Bill for the improvement of the
country can be introduced, if the Session is to be con-
tinued. A short Bill may be passed to keep alive
the Bill of Pains and Penalties in the ensuing Session.
The experience of Lord ERSKINE, and the talents
be has displayed in the coarse of the present unex-
ampled prosecution, have greatly tended to soften
down the harshness of the proceeding, and to recon-
cile it more to the practice of the Courts of Law.—
On Friday last the Judges pronounced their opinion
three different times, wholly on what the Noble and
Learned Lord advanced to be the rule when he
practised at the Bar. It is cheering to the hearts of
those who owe their protection and safety to the
eloquent exertic,ns of this eminent Advocate, to see
him, in the latter stage of his life, zealous in the
maintenance of those constitutional tights for which
he snuggled with such brilliant success in his more'
early years.

The name of a Colonel BROWN, it will be observed,
Lai become celebrated in the history of the proceed-
ings against the QUEEN, and adorns every page of
the records of the Milan Board. He is found recruit-
ing for witnesses, assisting the legal Gentlemen in
their examinations, procuring testimony, and, in short,
acting as foreign purveyor and paymaster of the Cot-
ton-garden coops. The following are the dates of
the promotien of this meritorious Gentleman, who,
among his other claims to public respect, is said to
be a relation of Lard CASTLEREAC.II:
LeUtenitit Bitos%t. (.:11 iriaiintz.;:), 251 Foot, about a year in tie

Cblutez-Master-Geiterars Staff, in the Peninsula, in the Teas
1813 and 1814 ; Corkin in October, 1814, immediately before tie
reduction of the 2d Battalion; from which date he was placed upon
baths:my. From this period he appears never to have had any
appointment) civil or military; notwithstanding which he was,
contrary to all precedent, at the wend request of the Duke #*
Wellington, made a Brevet Major in June, 1817 ; thereby, al-
though on half-pay, going over the heads of all the Captains in the
British service, from 1804 to 1814 ineisisive. Further, still on
half-pay, and resident at Milan, in January, 1819, at the special
and private request of Lord Stewart, he obtained the Brevet of
Lindentent-Cihntd, thereby going over the heads of 1500 Majors
of the British Army."