The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-27 00:00:00

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5-111e,—Ifhe Defence oT her. Meteekt. Mew
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I • Atppott 'of the' Bill now before the
The ca,se sew before your Lordships is
ssat is its Acts, aid its result is expected
luck siring talaty, that I fear I shall be
ogdered a trespasser en year Lordships indulgence,
via icit your &giallo!' to the observations I feel
itillety se Mkt. I fear, that in so soliciting, I shall
b, seasidered as a trespasser, inasmuch, as the last
• iiiiideys have bees oteepled by my Leartied Fries&
lobe oft of her Majesty. I its aware that the aib.
become trite anti stale, aid that your attendee
ow become nearly exhausted. Bat such is the
wall evidence sow before you, Sod so numerous have
the observations upon that evidence, that I shall feel
„, heeaden duty to address you at considerable length,
o;abstahlting that am conscious of my inability to
*d lint before I proceed to the examination of die
,genie support of the charges against her Majesty, aMi
tot fehiesre adduced to rebel them, I eballadvert to one
iifihiklt has been urged by all of my Learned Friends
. ter her Majesty : and urged too, with se much earnest-
sass, that it would not be proper in me to overlook it.
limo she peculiar disadvantage which it is stated her
Topßakal bad to encounter in meeting the present
Ogle, Severer, that topic might have afforded
esiklmileciatuation before the sham Of the case against
kr Majesty; vet, when your L,rdshlps had dour that
which you thought fit on that occasion, the
harden* of such a topic as I have mentioned,
atter that circumstance, was net oily irrregilar,
bat die statemests brought in support of it were
entirely unfounded. When all the witnesses had been
eveniersi ill support of these charge., and the case
was entirely concluded, your Lordships were pleased
to do that which I Lust will upon no future occasion
M drawn into a precedent. Your Lordships gave her
*toy the whole of the time she desired to make her
definite when she was in possession of th! evidence
syairst her ; and as at the sante time the unlimited pe-
moist: means were. placed at her disposal, and every
facility in the power of Oovernment affonled her with
• .16 ripr to her defence, I thick my Lords we did hear
a f too much about the oyerwhelutingililficulties with
• Oki it trim said her "Majesty was'surrounded." Tho'
• Leefeed•Oratlzninn here commenced some observations
allpectiag• lircgatui, and in reference to 111111 he conti-
nued, " it appears to me, that I shall he able to prove, in
than r that will leave no doubt in any rational mind,
• that this menial was raised into her confidence without
my reason whatever except to gratify a licentious
intercourse. Your Lordships must never shut out"
r.ovis TIPTIf minds tiie -hemmer' aaktitles that were con-
• ferreti ua Chia man, for there are points that cannot •
ei;atit of an rapt:outdo,. Having, my Lords, made
Iheie preliminary observations, let me now approach
'the evidence that has been submitted in proof of
• Ibis C.;se. I feel confident I shall receive your
• • Lordships kind indulgence, which is se accessary es
the present occasion. At Naples, then, begins the
case and the evidence, by which the charges contained
• in the preasilde of that, hare been made out. And
allow me for use nutrient to direr' your Lordships
atietition to the Course that has been pursued by my
Friends on the opposite side. They have all along
endeavonfed to contrast the evidence that has been
adduced, with the opening speech which I had the
'honour of delivering before your Lordships. And
they have contended, hut certainly without soccer.,
that because that opening speech has differed in souse
pats from the evidence, that therefore the case has
not been proved. lint, my Lords, it becomes your
duty to exclade from your minds that speech altoge-
ther. And my friends ought to know too well the
proceedings in all courts of law, not to be aware that
a jolty most only judge and form their opinions from
the evidence that appears before them ; and that they
should banish from their minds any impressions
that viay be made by the speech of Counsel,
end to judge solely by the facts adduced.
And I Charge them, not only with a complete failure in
what they have bronght forward, but with promising
your Lordships evidence that Alley have not done. Evi-
llest', which either they dared not, or could nut pro.
dom. They hare examined the case at Naples with re-
lative to my statement, and they have argued, be-
came it did not altogether agree with the evidence
chat was adduced, therefore the case is not proved.
The Learned fictitlentan then referred their Lordships
to the arrival of the Princess at Naples. It appeared
from the evidence of Dumont, that she returned from
the Opera, gave directions, and exhibited symptoms
In her cosdaet which go to prov that an adulterous
intercensse mast have taken place. And how
Is the ease pot by my Learned Friends ? They
say, they contradict every part of the statement.
in the first rlat-e, they say, they contradict the story
of Wm. Austin.; and how is that ? Dement is tdied,
who swears, that this alterativa took place at Naples.
laupposition to this, Mr. Craven is called, who, to all
the other titles he has acquired, he also added that of
her Majesty's monitor, he swears that alteration took
place before. Wm. Carrington is also called, who
rorriihorates this statement. lint then conies Sacciii,
Rho has insole the beds, who never knew of any alter-
ation of the beds until they came, to Naples. I!. then
referred them to the evidence of Siceard. Ills testi-
mony gives a col.. fete contradiction to Mr. Craves
and Carrington; and agrees Completely with Mestioet.
This fact then is established by their own witnesses.
• The soot fact to which•he wished to direct 'bele
• •,ittreatios% was tts the changing, of Mergamre roams;
1 apology that is set up fur.
protection that it afforded to .
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any pommel com#acktte , the room Of rho
This did net sting alone ipso the teetimsay IN 4fl-
- and Deftest, but It ern maltreat by the niddikti '
of Whittodrhe sad Siteaad, who had both sald'Yhea
thin was a print* demmanicatios. He not tim€'
to the state of the fie.. Deeseat bad sworn Beat the
swill tcevelling bed appeared not to hue Issama welt-.
pled, while the large. Led exhibited parka to *bleb be
should hereafter call theattentiost of theirisinfihiPt.
What had Mt. Williams Rudd in his °pontos ststeinent ?
Why, that he should prove her Royal 'Highness to has
called a servant into her room on that very piglt t to sink
a window which bad blow* open by the wind, and that
that servant had seen her Royal Highness upon the
small travelling bed. Where was this servant ?
Where was Hierosymosta..if he were the wrest, as
he supposed he was?-.-The enss-examination of some
of their other witnesses ilstatred them from
.hringlig
them forward. He.(the Attorney-Oeneral) Lad been
charged with not bringing proof of every thhig his
statement contained. And now, he would ask, where
was the proof of this statement of his friend, Mr.
Williams ?—Their Lordships should never forget, that
when her Majesty had the means of attempting a con-
tradiction and did not use those means, the fair infer-
ence was, that she did not call her witnesses,
because they could not . prove what they lemon-
ed, or that they were amid of exhibiting:
further specimens of weak memories, or still *calor.
nerves. instead of Dement having bees contradicted
as to what occurred on the first night et Naples, she
stood confirmed in her most material evidence 'spots
that subject. His Learned Friends had ingeniously
endeavoured to show, that if they could cut away
this first portion of the charge, they would destroy
the whole superstructure which bad been subsequently
built upon it. With great ingenuity and dexterity,
they had endeavoured to establish this proposition.
Rut he denied it. It was no matter, whether an adul.
terous intercourse had commenced at Naples, or elsm
where. And if their Lordships did out agree
with hint, that it had been dewily made omt
at Naples, he was satisfied that he could Pill
prove it to have existed long before liergassiowes
raised from the situation of a courier. lie was sic-
prised at what Mr. Denman had said abobt Demont's
evident, of having met Bergami in the corridor, gulag
ft:la-arils the Princess's room. His Learned Friends
knew nut bow to meet this past of the case; they
knew that if proved, it was decisive of her Majesty's
guilt; therefore they had endeavoured to do away
with it by observation, when they had failed to do so,
by evidence. As to the masked hail, he was ronildeet,
that when their Lordship, came to look at that part
of the case critically and calmly, they would
again find, that there was not the slightest cantradic'
thin to the testimony of Lamont. She stated, that
the Princess had appeared there iu three different
dresses. First, in that of a Neapolitan peasant; and
that afterwards, she went into a Chamber with Her- i
pea, where she remained for three quarters of as 1
bellree. end theta retuned in the character of the tie-
L.nius of History. Mir William Oaf's optics were so
a.'nte, that although he had only seen her Royal
Highness fur an instant, in that character—although
she had flitted before him like a dash of lightning—
yet, he could see through her other stresses,
that the one which abe wore, on that occasion,
,was always under the rest. lie had stated
that considerable delay occurred before her Royal
Hi4hness returned, and that they waited for some time
anxiously expecting her. This delay confirmed the
correctness of Detnont's statement, as to the length
of time employed in changing the dress, Mr. kepi's.'
Craven had described this same dress of the tlenini
of History, bat did not rec.sliect that it was at all in-
decent.. Sir W. licit described it to he like Mr. Hope's
Mimrva, and like a statue in the British 31useum, and as
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being completely covered. 'Phis was not the case. 'flie
arms of those statues were bare, and the whole form only
' enveloped in a thin drapery. As proof of what he
stated, Sir W. Dell had represented the dress to be so
thin, that even in that lightning glance which he
caught, he email see through it, and describe what
was under it. The next fact which he came to was,
the going to the Theatre San Carlos. He was not so
ignorant as nut to know that those who wont to a
masquerade insist go disguised. Neither he nor his
Learned Friend the Solicitor-ttenerel had ever made
that a matter of charge ; but that her Royal Iliglines.s
had stilton, in company with Bergaini and Deinont, in
treference to all the persons of the English suite. Dr.
Holland has proved this assertion. He himself went,
bit lie did not know that the Princess was there until
the next morning. The servant, Bergar&, was the per-
son of all others, selected front the suite, to accompany
her Royal Highness in suck a situation{ and Ds. Hot-.
land had clearly proved that they had gone unknown to
the rest of the family. The next evidence was, that
Borgami and the Princess walked arm in arm in the
garden; and that had been met by the most extraordi-
nary contradiction that he had ever heard. Mr. Keppel
Craven had seen ilergemi walking in the garden behind
the Princess, and thought proper on that account to as-
sume the character of her monitor, and cautioned
her Royal Highness, because he saw her walking in
the open day with a servant behind her in atten-
dance. He had said there was no impropriety in
this, and certainly there was no impropriety. Why then
'bad he given this notion / Because lie entertained souse
lurking suspicion frumother circumstances. Perhaps like
Ik. Hoiland, he had heard of the theatre of San Carlos.
How could the caution which he, had given to
her Royal Highness be reconciled with her subsequent
eendeet to that most highly favoured individual of her
foggily, the courier Berganai t ide then &Boded to the eei-
-I,dearest Majooohi, of the Pri BMWS going through his mos
to that of tkvcasai. His Learned Friends had asked with
an air of triumph, how list avoid have happened.
Isboeasse then Was anther passage throtnek which she
might have gone. ! Sow Wood 'that fact ? Mc other
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