The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-25 00:00:00

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" A mercenary informer knows 11. IliftißetiO_.... a : ods.
such a system, the obnoxious people are slaves, not osh
to the Government, but they lire at the merry of ever;
individual ; they ate at once the slaves of *the wh01...
community, and of every p4l ..d it ; and the worst sail
most unmerciful men are those on whose goodness dill
most depend.
" In this situation men not only shriek from ths
frowns of a stern Magistrate, but are obliged firkins
their rep' species. The seeds of destractioa are mil'
in civil intercourse and in social habitedes--the bisect
wholesome kindred is infectesl—the tables sad beds Int
surrounded with snares. All the mesas gives by Pryor/.
dense to make life safe and comfortable, are pervert:4
into instruments of terror and tensest.'
If any suck persons, instigated by sealidoes vino,
should swear slier they had seen coma your Lontiship,
wires genet of her bed room, and eater into that of sae
of your servants, how would you refute the perjury, at.
eept by proving' that the servant had been tuned Mtn.
and leaving his motive to be inferred from the eimais.
stance of his dismissal ? Thus it was that their ini.
deuce teas if that nature, that it could not he ramggil
by contradictory testimony—and, in a cams like tkied‘
only security against their false swimeriog, most bagel*.
ral character and the extreme foulaess of the Angst
themselves. Thus it was. that in behalf of this pant.
cotes' lady, to whom he had before alluded, alma A.
herself was in a situation in which it was impossibia*
repel the infamous charges brought against her, ni,•
I state in reference to Sacchi and his aseselassa Ass
fellow talked of being a soldier and a gestirtmas,3/4.6
proof be gave of.hoth was, by betraying his besigere,„
I know theta witness is bound to Codes* the tinkly
the whole truth, when he swears on the awed 'Oen.
But why is &weld a witness hire? He voesirelas
summons, be was compelled by no sub sae, bat
hi came as a volunteer fit base sad sorJiel purposes.
Th. greatest of 11l traitors, the rst apostate of Ilrli
dimity. betrayed his maitre, and was bliowed by the
exerrAtion of mask:lo. So his prototype in hilarity,
with the Bible to his lips, was ready to betray at mat
his (lad and his benefactress. I isy, that the moment
those persons had left her Itoyal Highness's hoaseield
the conspiracy was already formed. If there was to
Ompteda—if there was no Milan Comatissiott, still Me
conspiracy was formed in their hearts bola that meusat.
There is a period in the humeri mind when
takes place, hat there are some periods when
moot corrnpt aml inhuming have periods of siestrity.
This has been instanced in the conduct of Dearsot,whe,
notwithstanding the virulence of her testimony, hes
pronounced 1111 C of the most expellerst panegyrics ea
her Royal 3listress that could proceed from tea.*
of a servaat. With that panegyric bean year lard.
ships, it is impossible that you caa believe her evii•Ott
to tiro disparagement of her Royal Higbee*. The
panegyric is stamped with all the features of truth. tir
is marked by that viyaey of etpression sod warmth of
feeling which proves it to hare been sincerely itsteadad.
The perjured witness, Demons, had proved one of
the strongest means of refutation to these caimans.
Her letters which had been produced, cad which steed
upon their Lordships books as evidence, ant eaty
overthrew all the testimony she had bees induced to
give dry her paramour Seeds', but was so clear a ow-
tradietion of all the ogler evidence which had been
given at their Lordships bar, that they were fatly
entitled to an acquittal upon that aloof. She had as-
ens to the most minute transactions of the Prisms's
life ; and woniti it be believed that human deprarity
maid sink so butt', that knowing the guilty wean
which she had falsely described to have ezisted is
reality, site would 1w fouled praying that her si,et.
a young pod innocent girl, should be Amiga.
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.atto the ruin which must accompany thwart
fbe Learned Counsel then stated the reasons why
the sister of Demant, and other witnesses had net WI
called. It arose from his unwillingness to stidect
them to cross-examinations, similar to that of Lies*.
nant Flynn. That of leer had been held up to Men
lasting infamy by all the governmeat prints, la tow
sequence of the unfair manner in which be bad boo
cross-exansinctl. There was no occasion ler their eabg
witnesses at all : for he believed, sad he base, that 111
any court of justice whatever, no Cortese! would Ye
felt it necessary to go into a defence after such I ease,
but wonld immediately have applied to the Jodie to
direct an acquittal.
It was here intimated by some Noble Lord, that 4
o'clock had arrived, and the House adjourned to the
usual hour to-morrow morning.

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