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mi,a tbe circumstances—des* forget the *dream.
stance
Now bad the poor Cook attended to the
."
rircolat,naes, he would have recollect'd that it was
et altogether safe to swear to six mornings, when it
row be incontestably proved (as it has been proved)
slat her AJEST% was at Trieste only a day and a
NOS !
Mach at the public indignation has been visited
von the testimony of these wretches, we solemnly de-
der we pity them. Our indignation is against the em-
ibarrs, the hirers, and the suborners of these poor
snipg, shoeless, and !mimics* miscreants; and we
trot the day of reckoning for their employers is not
hr distant.

THE QUEEN.

ROUSE OF LORDS.—(Tnes MonNme.)
'wieldy to the calling over the Peers the usual
cetsmour was observed. The defaulters were Lord
Viscount Curzon, the Earls of Mount Cashel,
11-aware, and Thanet, the Marquis Cornwallis, and .
the Illao of ArICYli.
ciniaael were then called in, and Mr. Arvostunw-
wog. continued his reply to the following elfin:—
mr I vds, when I closed yesterday, I had brought
„„the evidence to the end, or nearly t,r the end of
ro?age. I have to observe, my Lords, that
p is the course of that journey her Royal II i glum
en several of her suite an order, which she
created herself for the purpose. This part of the ease,
r:v Lords, my Learned Friends attempted to ridicule and
tutu itite pleasantry. They affected to treat this circum-
vent, as allerlged in the proamble, in the nature of a
distinct mid substantial charge against her Majesty.
It was serer intended 33 a dings.. but it is pressed as
a Cl:romttance which assists in leading to a present's-
tion upon the view of her whole conduct ; and, however,
Learned Friend,Mr. Itroughaus,may have succeeded
ie .'ring' a ludierans turn to the diploma of bent.
it'AVII.II.I, 1 say, my Lords, the creation of this.
order, and the circamstances attending it, form matter
far _race and %nitro, consideration upon the present
cqt•oion. le is not the creation of the order itself
which is worthy of consideration, but it is the fact,'
tico Reeved, tie ever-favoured Bergaini, was made
he grand Master of it. He was made the grand
M r•ter of she Knights who had accompanied her
It,iyal airliners in her pilgrimage.—(.l laugh.)-1
br.e no wish, my Lords, to observe upon the continct
of her Royal Ilig.heirss with unnecessary severity, but I
most refrain from observing, that the whole conduct
°Surveil upon their journey, was different, very far
different, from that which we ass.sciate to our minds,

as tie proper conduct to be observed upon a pilgrimage,
trlikh, at once, conveys to our minds, the idea of a
religions cerAnotty. Hat, in addition to this circtim-
staate, it is remarkable, that Dentout speaks to a fact,

that
not

et some consequence, in which statement, she not
sale was not contradicted, but a denial of the fact I
vu not even attempted. It is this circumstance, that '
from the time of her !loyal Highness leaving Genoa,
Ciateeretuory was omitted in the Howe of the Prioress of
• Wiles, then on the th re-a:timid of being Queen of England;
that was outitte.l, I say, which upon every occasion
should have been most scrupulously observed, I mean
the pesformance of the service according to the esta-
blished church of this country. But this is not all.
It is in evidence that her Royal Highness was so led
away by this infatuated passion fur Ilergami, that she
sevcril times, accompanied hint to a place of worship,
according to the forms of his own religion, and thus
neglected a duty which bail been cast upon her by her
Glyn. I wish ag:.;n to impress upon your Lordship's
minds, that I do not charge these circumstances as
offences ; but I state them as forming a part of her
Blyal Highness's general conduct towards Berganii.
'to return, my Lurt!s, to this newly created Order, it
%leers to have been instituted to commemorate the
event of her Royal Highness's pilgrimage ; and it is'
obse. v..ble, that iu the investiture of Bergami with'
the rank of (fraud 3laster, he was designated by heel
Rival Highness with a title, which not only did not I
b:long to hint, hut which he had never assumed be-
fore. For the first time in his life he was styled
Col. B egami ; and it will be in the recollection of •
yunr Lordships, that Lis rank in the French army I
was that of a Quarter-Master; equal, I believe, to
that of a Serjcant in ours. //,, it seems, must be
the tirand Master of this Order ; and I repeat,
that however my Learned Filen& may have attempted
to I iiik:tri• this circumstance, it is a most important fact
In the cise, awl without any comment, it proves in itself
the familur terms, which must have subsisted between
her Royal Highness and this same favourite lierganti.
Why. I ask, was this titan thstingnisbed by the honour:
What were his merits, that he, of all others, should be
than 'o eminently honoured: to be sure he was her
Wayal Ilightiess's protector under the tent of the polaere,
tied the tent at Ephesus. This was the grand motive,
the inducement to this advancement, and it is strongly
rinnerted with the other circumstances •of the case.
All these facts might have been contradicted, but they
hwe not ventured to do so. He was firmly of opinion,
that the scene on board the potacre had been esta-
Elished beyond the possibility of doubt. He arid
raw to the keue at Charnita; anti, he begged their
Lordships attention to this part of the evidence, be-
cause, when he was chit rged with stating. in his opening
speech, what I.e did not prove, it would be worth while
!uoking to Mr. Brougham's speech. lie said he would
prove front the time they remained there that it was
glare im;tossible that any improper eundnct whatever
bah taken place. Mr. Williams said he would produce
three .witnesses ; but only two were produced. He
coui.d guess who the third was. It was Countess MIL
for some reasons she had been withheld. The account

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riven b► Vassaii of this transaction, is the itiosfeztre-
trdin•_ry lie ever heard. He was constantly in the
habit of •passing from and to the Princess's room.
He says she was covered with shave Is. But was
the ease to &Tend on trifles such ac these ?
coal it be said th it a man may remain lour hours in
the bed-room without any suspicion bring excited, if
not actual conviction of Intro, rietv ? He said first,
that preparattoas were going forward the whole time
at tit! inn t whey -more closely interrogated, he said
that there were preparations for removing the snow
by the soutfress; sad when asked what prepay'-i

tion it the inn, be saldt e I did not mention any pre-
parations at the inn." Ile-was asked whether he took
any rest that night ? No. Yon were np the *hole
night? Yes, in attendance on the Princess. (treat people
require a great deal of attendance. And when asked,
whether he was not fatigued ? He answered, a soldier
accustomed to campaigns knows no fatigue. I
So lie was np the whole of the night,
I although he hail nothing to do. If their I.erd-
ships were to believe his story, he was in constant
motion, like a peoduluns of a clock, and never at rest.
'He next proceeded to Carlsrulie. What occurred at
Corierehe hid been proved by Barbara Krantz; and
no contradiction had even been attempted at this part of
the story. On one particular night she states, that in
bringing in some water to the room of the Princess, she

sate llergatui and the Princess sitting on the bed. On
entering the room she saw the Princess jump np. An
attempt hail been made to give a colouring to this by
the interpretation. Rut the only real interpretation
that could be given is, that being surprised at the
unexpected arrival of the chambermaid, she jumped
up. She also said that she saw the arm of Berptni

round the neck of the Princem TLe manner in

which this part of the case is put is by account-
ing for every moment of the time ; and Mr. How-
nam is called for this purpose ; and the blank
left by hint is filled up by Vaswali. tie then
read a series of questions put to Vassali as to
where they dined and spent their evenings at Munich,
to most of whieh be answered that he could not re-

member. Upon being asked how hr could reinemher
nothing at Munich and every thing at Uarlsruhe, he
kid said that a man might remember one thing and
not anather without assigning and• reason for it. He
hail listened with ',Teat attention to Mr. Denman'•;
admirable speech, and he, in alluding to elk point,
bad said that there were circumstances in a man's

life which adhered so closely to a man's memory, that
they were never to be forgotten: yet Vassali did
not recollect about his dining with the King of Ba-
varia; a circumstance rather more likely to be re-

niark;ltle in the annals of his life than his visits to the

Margraiine and the Grind Duke of Itatten. Ile stated
that the inn at Carlsruhe was only three minutes ri,!e

the house of the Brand Doke, and still nearer to

of the Margrasine. Now, he w 0.1.1 ask, 'night
the Princess bare been at the iou between the

time of dinner and the evening a imisementS. without
the knowledge of Vassali ? Neither he nor ilowuatit
had attempted to swear that site had not done so,
and Barbara Krantz swore positively to her being
on the bed with Berganti. She hail sworn to this
positively, and she must be believed, if her tea.
timoay was not shaken in other parts. And if they
had proved that any woman had been seen in a bed
with a man, the inference was plain enough, and needed
no comment. What had Barhara Krantz stated upon
the subject of the cloak which she found in the
bed ? She took it from the bed of Bergand,
and gave it to a servant in a green coat. She after-
wards saw the Princess tvearitt:r such a cloak ; of the
same colour, made of the santematerials, with a. • •-
bar hood, and in fact, fully answering the description
of that she had found. His Learned Friends had
cross-examined upon that point, and their draft had
been to examine partienlarly as.to the servant who re-
ceived the cloak from her. She still gave them the
same account. Hr would say, that that leas a case
which they might have contradicted if there had not
been such a servant with her Royal Highness upon
that occasion, and if she had not worn such a
cloak. But they had not dared to attempt
a contradiction ; and, if not contradicted, what
was the inference to he drawn from that fact?
Standing as it did uncontradictesl, it not only left an
inference of guilt against the Princess, but it confirm-
ed her whole testimony. There was another subject,
the nature of which would prevent any thing further,
than a mere allusion to it. He meant the marks upon
the sheets. lie was surprised at what had been said,
as to the manner in which this testimony had been
given. Mr. Denman hail described the blushes of the
witnesses, to he those of nature, struggling against
conscious guilt. Their Lordshies would never
forget the manner in which the evidence was
delivered. Her blushes were those which naturally
arose upon speaking before web an assembly as that.
upon a subject so revolting to feminine delicacy. If
her character could have been impeached, why dill
they not call witnesses? None had been produced,
although her whole life bad been developed before their
Lordships. None of the persons with whom she hail
lived at different times; none of the inhabitants of
Carlstadt, had been produced to throw a stain or a spot
upon her character. Here again he had to com.
plain of the public press. Her character had been
blasted without the walls of that House ; like the other
witnesses, she had been blasted to the unul
whilst, at that Bar, not a blast, nor even a breath had
been brought to impeach her character. This was
Low the public were deluded ; and he had seen re-
ports of language said to have been used at pnblic
snertings, which he never could believe to !save been
1pol:en. Their Lordships had then a witness unint-
peached, who had sworn clearly to facts which alone
had established acaseofadulterousintercourse. On her
evidence alone they might come safely to the conclu-
sion, that that part of the charge was proved. lie
then alluded to the absence of Baron d'Entle, and
said, he did nut believe that his Learned Friends on
the other side wished fur his presence. Ile also tie.
fended Baron Grimm, against what he said was the
unwarrantable attack of Mr. Brougham. He should
now shortly advert to the circumstances at Trieste,
the testimony of the cook anti waiter at that place, and
the triumphant manner in which his Learned Friend
had, as they thought, destroyed the evidence of that
witness. The main evidence, as to the situation of
the rooms, was not controverted, but lunch had been
said as to the time of her Royal Highness': stay. To
contradict the witness they had the most extra•
ordinary proof wheels had been offered by Dlr.
ilownawn. it was the letter which Mr. Myrna=
stated, he hod written to his wife. This was
the triumphant contradiction ; but it seemed the
triumph wanted a little propping up; for his Learned
Priaind, with an adroitness (for he could call it no-
thing else) peculiar to himself, and for the exercise of
which. the present clam had given him so many oppor-
tunities, attempted W read- a Liasette which has well

TIM STAirktliMAN.

Ittrow could tint be received in evidence, for the purpose
of supporting the teetisitituy of Mt. Howes], a to the
time. If the triumph was so complete, where wet the
necessity for adding to it by irregular evidence? If
the triumph wanted completion, why had not other
witnesses been brought from Trieste to prove the fact
of her Royal Highness's stay there! Hut the prin-
cipal circumstance deposed to by thi. man—the situa-
tion of the rooms—had not been controverted. Much

had been said respecting the punishment of this man,
and strong threats had been held out as to the
determination of the other side that he should
Hot escape. The present was not the time nor
the place fur ll'Actming this topic ; hut while it was
before him he should just take the liberty of retuitqing
his Learned Friends that there were others who ni:glit
stand an equal chance of punishment with the Cook of
Trieste. Others had tripped it. ths.ir evidence; and

whether they were Italian or English; it W 3.1 not at
present necessary to mention. Ile HOW came to another
part of the case, upon which very much indeed kid
been said, it WAS the evidence of Vassali ; and here he
must confess, that he was a little surprised at the sar jl
-
casm of his Learned Friend, Mr. Broughatn, when
speaking of Sacchi. His Learned Friend had said
something in tit: shape of a reflection upon the Coun-
sel of his (the Learned Attlriley's) side, fur :he terms
in which they had sp•iken of Sacchi. The observation
of his Learned Friend meant to imply that h• (the
Learned Attorney) and his friends had represented
Sacchi as being more entitled to credit from the
circumstance of his having served in the army of
Bnotiaparte. His Learned Friend " There was

a time when it would not have hero proper to pro-
nounce the mine of that man without a term of exe-

oration, but now a person who had served in his army
was warmly eulogized. Then his Learned Friend
struck at the evidence of Satehi. Why it turned ont
that her Royal Highness herself had several others in
her howehold who had served in the army of Napo-
leon. She could not be suspected of an improper
partiality for those who had been the enemies of her
country. She was nearly related to one Prince who
had set a noble example of resistance to the
boundless ambition of Buonaparte, and she was I
united by marriage to another, the ruin of whose
contatry 11.0 been the darling, yet unsuccessful
object for many years. Yet it was singular enough
that Sacchi was not the only person in her ser-
vice who had fought us. ler the banners of Napoleon.
Vassali himself, her Royal Highness's Vice-Chamber-1
lain, amid Bergaini, yea, tbe fraourest Rergsmi, had him-
self heen a soldier in the army of Frasre. And yet
had his Learned Friend thrown out a sarcasm against
Sacehi for having been in such a merrier. LI the sar-
casm were applicable, it would apply to Vrtsali, but he
(thr Learned Attorney) did not think it justly appli-
cable one way or the other, and he thetefore should say
nothing further about it. Ile costa not, howerer, hot
observe, that her Royal Highness had attended a Hall,
given by one of the bitterest enemies of this country,
(the then King of Naplei). a man who bad wasted the
blood and treasure of his kingdom in a war against us;
but who had happily been hurled from his eminence,
and in whose country a constitution had now been so
fortunately establishe.l. This lie mentioned not as
a charge against her Royal Highness, but to spew
that it was not fidr to say a word about Sacchi on
this head. His Learned Friends had very confidently
treated Sacchi's evidence as having been destroyed by
that of Vassali. He should wish that one evidence
should be weighed against the other, and he would
;lave line fear of the result. He should here refer to a
part of Sacchi's evidence, which Mr. Brougham had
called a contradiction, but which, in fret, was not so.
IThe Learned Attorney here read that part of Sarehi's
evidence which related to his answer respecting the
changing his name. SACCIII stated, that he changed his
name in consequence of the tumult at Dover ; and the
Learned Attorney proc..a drd to explain the an •
swrr, but it did not appear of any considerable
importance. After working on Sacchi's evidence
with reference to the money he had received, the
Learned Attorney came to that part of kis testimony
which referred to her Royal Highness's journey from
Rouse to Senegaglia. His leaaned Friends had not
h thought proper to put a single question, on the cross-
examination, with respect to this journey. Their for-
bearance, had been highly prudent, for he (the Learned
Attorney) was thereby precluded ft asking any tine.-
tions, as to that journey, on the re examination.—
Rut Mr. Williams, in his opening, had said, with a
Ilaurish " we shall, on this point, completely
negative the indecencies, by prolairing the person
who rode in the carriage at the time spoken to by
But that witness hail not been produced.
He wished, and their Lordships must wish, that that
person had been produced. Her testimony would have
been of much more importance than the evidence of
Carlo Ford, and that of all the other witnesses
added to it. This brought him to the considera-
tion of the testimony given by that witness.—
Ile then read some passages from the evidence of Carlo
Porn. Their Lordships must remember the manner
in which this 01311 was examined. He was examined as
to Isis motives, and a •xt as to his relations. And is.
passing, he could nut help remarking, that amsngst
these relatives was his aunt, the Duchess of Solunia,
one of the ladies with whom the Princess associated
at Rome. Bnt then• was a connadiction between Vas-
s ali and Carlo Furti, their own witnesses. For Vas-
sali swears that he never saw Carlo Forti i■ the ser
vice of the Princess, before they went to Rome. A-nal
then he said he was taken into the service provision-
ally.
Mr. Des:max.—Will yon have the goodness to read
the whole, and not the part of that evidence.
The ATTORNEV t)[ltßß*L.•—Certainly. I am o►•
liged to my Learned Friend. My ohject•is to coaling
myself solely to the evidence as it appeared: and I hope
your Lordship' 'Oil allow that I *see done- no more.
He then read the part of VassaWsevideact that related
to that particular. Yessali swears that Carlo Porti•
was hired at Rome, Carlo Finn himself swears, that
he was hired at Milan. Here, then, there was a con-
tradiction between their own witnesses. An attempt
had been made to 'minor for Sacehi's not Mud ea
that joutsey ; and the reason assigned exacted a smile
at the time. They said tanner ►ecanee he was me; in
those parts, he could not attend her. Could any man

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attach the slightest credibility to this story, that this
cause could prevent a man front sleeping iu a earring*:
He then referred them to the order of the Fairing,*
and first, he swears that there were three carriages.
and afterwards there were four. He sweat. that is
consequence of the weather being warm, they were
obliged to
,travel by night ; and yet be states, that
the Princess, and the Countess Oldi and Ber!,anti
all travelled in the same carriage, while there was
room for one ill a carriage coining i mediatcly after.
One would have thonght that the l'ountess Ohli, might
have been removed. Their Lordships could not ex-
pect that liergami should. For after hearing in evi-
dence that the Princess was shot up in the same teat
with Pergand on board the polacre, at night, they
could not imag,ine she would have considers...l it line
proper to travel in the seine carriage.. These contras
dictions in the story of their own witness must prove
that Carlo Forti is not credit worthy, and if this bit
the case, the story of Sacchi stands %income:re
dieted. From this he proceeded to the removal of Ka"-
telq. Much had been snit! of this transactiutt.
His friends stated that he could girt the most import-
ant evidence ; but in his soitl he believed, that that
circumstance did more service to the case of the Qttech
than any thing that yet had been done. Ilia friends
had suited on that fact. The vessel was siohinr,
their case was failing, and then in order to throw
a gloss over the transaction, .the whole story pf
the Slit.n Commission was brought before them ;
the claim:ter of AIL Cooke is attacked. but he be-
lieved that aay one that knew that gentleman, tlot
kneq the great talents, the great legal knowledge, fled
esperience of that gentleman, mast know that be was
fitted for the situation as any mots eoithl be. Of Cul.
Brian ue lie knew nothing, but he belinend he was a man
of a mast respectable character. Au imputation v.as
thrown no the character of. Mr. Powel, hut he belies—A
that :taw tivkt this transaction had !seen
might he conrislerml that biicondiet wes erroneous, hlt.
he stood nsfoir :t' their Lordships Har as any man coakl.
The Learned Counsel then went over the evidco:-1
respecting the statues crf Adam and Eve. and co:twirled
that there were enntradirions in the cvidenee of Rags-
:ono', to that of Rtlrsiali. 'I":'!e former said that there
was y one room between that 1.;..1!ere the cornice-work
was done-, and that where the statues ,rod, „bile 010
latter describrd six. It was improper to• say, the
there was any impropriet:.• in the evidence for tit- Pi'',
in this part cf the ca,e ; at the most, there e.-;,‘
only confusion. Ile neat slim/tut to blaliumet's
dance, and the balk at the Barone. He would call
their Lordships attention to the former indecent
and disgusting subject, and show with what el-
traordinary evidence it had been met.
(To be continued in a Second Edition.)