Star.
London, England, 1820-08-24 00:00:00

LONDON.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1820.
THE QUEEN.

A Mail from Hamburgh, which arrived last night,
brought Papers to the 18th instant, from which we
have given some extracts in our last page ; but we
cannot avoid noticing particularly the extract from
the Vienna Court Gazette of the 6th instant, an-
nouncing, formally, on the authority of the British
Embassy, that certain statements which appeared in
the Akenrcine Zeitung, of the 2d, respecting several
witnesses on the trial of the Queen of ENGLAND, in
reference to the British Embassy, are mere fictions
and lies. According to this statement, it is not true
that Lord SrEwA ay had any hand in collecting wit-
nesses, or furnishing them with money. Now this
we are bound to credit on the high authority on which
it is given ; but in this case we have no choice left
but to discredit entirely the evidence given by Signor
Non Ricardo, who, at the very time that this official
statement of the British Embassy was on the way to
this country, was swearing that he had been sent for
by the Members of the Dritish Embassb and bad gone

to Vienna and Mllta, and had been examined by
tbem, aid had beea by son of them furnished with
money, and sent to England to 'give evidence t!!
Whether we ought to give most credit to Lord CAE*
TLICRZAOH'S brother, or to Signor Non Ricordo, we
leave to other) to decide. It is impossible that both
of them can have spoken truth on this point ! Ma-
lacca asserts, that Lord STEWART paid him hand-
somely for the evidence which he was to give against
the wife of his SOVEREIGN; but my Lord, in a :nes-
sage through the Vienna Court Gazette, gives the lie
direct to this panegyric on his own munificence.
The cross-examination of Majocco brought out a
fact by no means consonant with the idea of Bergami
being a particular favourite of the QUEEN. He swore,'
that at the time he left her MAJERTY'S service, be did
not know whether Bergami or Schiapingutd the chief
command over the household. " Both commanded !
It is impossible for me to know which was the su-
perior !"—The LORD CHANCELLOR—" My question
is this: Who was at that time the immediate supe-
rior of the servants of the house ; I mean, at the time
you left that service ?"—Non mi ricordo I
The evidence of the second witness—that he had
seen the QUEEN on Bergantra lap upon a gun,
amounts absolutely to nothing, when we consider the
difference of manners here and on the Continent—
nay, when we consider the difference of manners
now, and much less than a century ago in England.
There will hardly be found in the House of Peers a
single individual whose grandmother or great-grand-
mother did not frequently ride to the Parish Church
on a pillion with her arm round a common footman :
—we mean of such of them as were then in circum-
stances above the necessity of walking thither on foot.
—Another part of his evidence was, however, most
important : he stated what Non Ricordo either did
not know, or had suppressed, that there was a com-
munication from within the tent through the deck,
to the cabins below !
On her MAjesTY's return yesterday from the House
of Lords, the crowds were greater, and the affec-
tionate demonstrations of the people more rapturous,
than on any former day. The whole of Parliament-
street, the whole space before the barriers at West-
minster-Hall, the whole of the space about Charing-
Cross, and as far as St. James's-square, was crowded
to excess, and people were still hurrying along the
Strand, anxious to testify to her MAJESTY their du-
tiful homage and heartfelt sympathy. It was ex-
pected that her MAJESTY, as on former days, would
retire from the House at four o'clock ; she remained,
however, yesterday, till nearly five, tb the great dis-
appointment of the assemblld multitudes. On leaving
the House she was saluted in the accustomed man-
ner by the military, and cheered with the most rap-
turous shouts by the spectators within the barriers.
The exclamations " GOD bless your Majesty,"•" May
you triumph speedily over all your persecutors!'
were so generally beard, that it was difficult to de-.
termine what feeling was predominant—whether
sympathy for the sufferings and admiration for the
courage of her MAJESTY, or indignation at the inhu-
man treatment of which she had been made the ob-
ject. Her MAJESTY arrived at her house about fivel
o'clock. In the square the reception she met with
was infinitely more cheering than on any former oc-
casion: the multitude was greater, and their enthu-
siasm more excited. It was with much difficulty,
owing to the enormous mass of people collected in
St. James's-square, that the QUEEN'S carriage could
draw up to her house, and her MAJESTY experi-
enced great obstruction in getting in at the door.—
The constables were rather violent in their endea-
vours to keep back the crowd at this moment, upon
which her MAJESTY, with a smile, observed—that she
was in no burry ; and begged them not to hurt the
people. This was soon communicated to the crowd, and
produced a burst of applause. Her MAJESTY had
scarcely alighted from her carriage when the proces-
sion with the Bethnal-Green Parish Address was seen
approaching up George-street, in a lung line of car-
riages, preceded by several persons on horseback,
and surrounded by a shouting multitude. This in-
creased the confusion; and it was some minutes be-
fore the procession could approach the door. At
length, however, a way was made for them, and they
drew up. First came the two Parish Constables on
horseback with white :favours on their breasts, and
,others attached to the end of their staves. Then came
six or eight other horsemen, two and two, and wear-
ing white favours on the breast. Then followed ani
open baroucbe and four, in which were the Church-
wardens of the Parish, with their staves of office;
the Beadles with their staves, gold laced hats, sm.
standing behind ; and after this came fifteen other
open oarouches, with fopr horses each, filled with
parishioners, who all wore large white favours. Her
MAJESTY pie them linstant audiecce, when Mr.
JENNERY, the senior Churchwarden, read the Ad-
dress. Her MAJESTY returned a most gracious an-
swer, and the deputation had afterwards the honour
of kissing hands. They then left in the same order
as they arrived, and as they drove away they were
greeted with peals of acclamation.—An Addressfrm
the town and neighbourhood of Sheffield, was after-
wards presented to her MAJESTY.—About a quarter
past seven her MAJESTY left St. James's-square for
Brandenburgh House, Hammersmith.
Although the inhabitants of Westminster have
been disappointed of the splendid ceremonials of a
Coronation, which was to have taken place this
;swath, yet the lovers of bustle and parade must be