The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-04 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

Tut.: QUEEN.

110CSE OF LORDS.—Tyta Mownso.

lowdiately after Prayers, a conversation took plaee
wren their Lor.lships as to the rptestion which was
0,0,4 by scone Noble Loral whether the windows
;1;1 be opened nr not. This conversation gave rise
kw salirenin' 'Julies; particularly one from the
ofd (lamella. who, observing that the House were in-
-0;„,1 to have the windows opened, said, he wished some
441, Lord wou!,l come and Pit On the Woolsack, and
he trott:.l like the current of air which came
tr, It. This canoed a 'sorb. There was, however, a
toil cry of "Open the windows," bat a Royal
Isle said from the gallery " Two I bdiere is
"0.- and areordingly two ouly were opened.
*peas were thee called over by the Clerk of
Aggive. The defaulters were Lords Ross, Alvan-
tareiegten, Caltltorpe, Aslilittron, Grey, and
Nem Viscount Anson, the Earls of Illessington.
i,;eower, Portsmouth, Rockford, and Thatict, the
)1.114,6d Deter, and the Dukes of Argyle, New-
astle.semi St. Albans. This is thP greatest number
f Ibatstees liner the commencement of the proceed.

istt
Lod HOLLAND rose and said, that he truste4l the
Imo weal! not separate this day without coming to
a ,evisloo--(liear, bear. hear). He therefore would
,Left eat the order for adjournment at four o'clock
lesleareeel.
111! Esti of Li I :DERDALE said it would be more
proper to restitete the present practice.—(Hear, hear,
yea.)—la such a proceeding i.s the present, it would
staaspiaioa, be disgraceful for the House to come to
fewlet;on which might have the effect of prevent-
ulna giving the relation for his vote. It would he
it Inflict to pet an end to the iliseuselon by fatiguing
:ben through the means of a lengthened debate, and
emslil give ample reasons for persons, out of doors, to
refect upon their proceeding..
Lord HOLLAND explaine.l.—lt was not his desire
that their Lordships should be fatigued into a division.
Ile nerdy 'print that noir?, the debate should appear
likely en be very considerably protracted, it would be
proper to come to a cute this day.
here the c.inveraatin dr..ppeil; and we dill not col-
leetthe undersea:Ain; which was entered into by their
hor!ships, hat we ce.:clnie, that the established
tale of adjournment should not be disturbed.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL now rose and said, that
he draw their Lordships attention to the state
4 deem, as hr left it, when he bad the honour of
longing their Lordship yesterday. From the view
be id taken of the whole case, be conceived two
prreitiors were clearly established. The first was
that, if el; •umstances are in any case to lead
(*a CO": '•it'lts then, beyond all doubt, a criminal
istesioe between the parties, had been manifested,
dcriag the time that Bergami was a courier.--
Whether t:.at intention was tarried Into effect, while
/refilled that station, he (Lord L) would not say, be-
tame, as the evidence on that subject was merely that
of Majoechi and Demons, he did not much rely upon it.
fhb Sktitltiolairlitefilion, be ,einsitlered, as having
Inn clearly established. The second proposition, which
be coaceiv; d to he proved was, that upon the whole of
tie esiilence to her Royal Highness's arrival at
Augusta, in I'IG, there was such a mass of evidence
net only net entirely contradicted, but partially aihnitt-
el, that a moral conviction mat be brought to the
mit.,l of every unprejudiced man, of the existence of an
adulterous intercourse. Ecclesiastical cones hail, in
racy cases prononsicell sentence of divorce, upon dr-
rumstantes far less strong than :Lose in the present
ere. :,:re noticing the circumstance at Catania,
he would return to the conduct of her Royal Highness
.r, Want the Clorinde, which conduct was deserving tot
seas atter. .ote, though it was net very material in itself.
He alluded to taptain Pechell's refusal to it at table
with Beeped. If her Royal Highness had not an 1171.
proper motise in ilvdring admission to the
table, she upon that refusal, have made a com-
plaint to the envermuentof the conduct of Capt. Pechell.
She did no. t:rike a remonstrance to the government at
Lame as she ...telly, and he therefore thought the condor.:
of the Priti:-.4 on that occasion as a matter of great im-
portance. Rut it was still more important in another
point of view, namely, the hint that it conveyed to
the Princess of tier conduct being obeerveil, and this
remark rat:ell on her, by every principle of decercy,
eeli,aey, and propriety, to conduct herself towards
Cmanii with the greatest circumepection. Ile wish-
ed to draw th,ir Lordships attention to a part
of the evidence of Demout. The Noble Lord then
read some peasagee where Demont stated she saw
the Princess on a certain night with pillows under her
arm. She alto mentioned that she saw Marietta Brim,
and the Countess Oldi. Now 3lariette Brun might be
The Countess Oldi might also he called to con-
tradict this statement, if false. Ile therefore thought
that until the Colleen Oldi was called, and contradict-
erl that story, no man could doubt that adultery had
'seen committed on that night. Ile next Came to I
the story of the tent on board the polacre. It had been
ilistiiittly proved that Bergami and the Princess
slept under the teat the whole voyage. Now be would
prove that that occurred without the slightest necessity.
Ile was ready to make all due allowances for the locosveniences that are generally met with on hoard ship! Bent',
he would prove that they slept in that tent for 30 nights
without the slightest necessity. If their Lordships
would look to the conduct of the gentlemen at the
Bar, they would find that there was great mystery
about this transaction. The Learned fters•leman who
oFeued the defence, never mentioned it in that able
and comprehensive speech which he bad addressed-to
their Lordships. He hoped he would be corrected if
he mistook the fact, lie had no wish to do so. Mr.
Williams bad followed him, and he only htlf ineartioi-
ed it. He made an argument on it. Mr. Denman, in
his summing up speech, said something about it for the
first time, but the whole tenor of Ids eloquent speech was
pronouncing on the question. The only Gentleman
who treated it fairly was Dr. Leshiegtim. New when
there appearedthis mystery Swept the gentlemen

at the Bar, it would 'be 'worth looking awhile at tie
conduct of the witnesses. And first be would rain be
Lieut. Flynn, who swore he did not know when Per.
pall slept. Could any one believe that be did nos
know where Itergami slept, he who stood La limb a
station towards the Princess. He uext came to &ieat.
Hew•naw, and he agreed with his Noble Friend that all
allowances should be made for him from the situation
in which he stood with the Princess. But their

Lordships
.could not forget the reluctance with
which he let out that part of the case. This much
he thought it necessary to say about the mystery.
He next came to the question of necessity. And
he would ask their Lordships, what woman, (be
would nut say of virtue) but that wished to keep up
an api:earanee of decency, would have slept under
that tent ?—1 is the first instance, she had a desire, in
consequence of the fineness of the season, to sleep on
deck. And their Lordships should consider that this
ship was not a passage ship, that was under the con-
trol of a Captain, but a ship engird for the Princess,
and iu which As- could give what directions the wiabed.
She bail women on board that she might have kept
there. But if there was a necessity to keep some
person on deck, that could be a service to her, she
might Lave kept Lieutenant Flvan or same of the
otlicws, souse scafaring person; but he believed that
the statement of him Noble Friend on the Cross Bench,
(we suppose Lord Lauderdale) pointed out the real
nnessity, that as Bergami was the only lands-
man on boiril of a proper size to render her
send: e, to at therefore he slept there.—(.t laugh.)
Referring to Vassali's evidence, the Noble Earl contend-
ed that Isis want of memory respecting what happened
at 31uniels, and his acute recollection of every thing
which pa.sed at Carisrahe, the Coati of the Grand
ihike of ll.tilen, was not likely to be mare remarkable
than the Court of the King of Bavaria. il'ithout
ascribing wilful or improper motives to this or any
other witness, he contended that theie circumstances
threw considerable doubt over the who:e of his testi-
mony. If the Princess had spent the day, or a great
part of the day, as he had represented, at the Court of
Baden, it was morally certain that she must have retired
to her room at some period of the day, and then the
evidence of Barbara Kress would remain entirely free
and nnimpeacheil. It was his firm belief that any Judge
charging a jary upon the evidence on this part of the
ease 'don.. would direct a verdict ol' guilty. lie
now came to the case at Charnitz. If that had turned
lout as it bail been stated by the A itorner-Lieneral of
the King, it would undoubtedly have gone far to
support the Bill. And if it had turned out exactly
as had been stated by the Attorney-General of the
Queen, it would have been entirely contradicted. Ile
had stated, that all the time they spent at lila:nits
was occupied is packing up; and if that hail been
proved, the whole story would have been contradicted.
But it appeared that the carriages had never been un-
packed. In consequence of sonie informalities in the
passports, they bad been left sostcide the barriers
Dement had been sel-cted as the person to sleep in
1 the room, in Bergaini's ab,ence ; and that entirely
overthrew the assertion, that the Princess required
! male attendance and assistance. On that night at
ICharlotte she was dressed. and—lichiavaui, Hownaas,
and Ilieroniassons were iu the house; yet Bemont was
1 chosen to attend her. The fact was, she required the
assistance of no o'is w man than Bergami, and he was
I
1 absent.—((fear, hear.) The assistance of a man was
I not necessary I it was the assistance of Bergami only
which was necessary.---(clear, bear, hear.) The
testimony of a wisher of witnesses '
indecencies at the Itarona, at the '
other places. He would throw of
!all the evidence which had been pro'
whether the doubts were welt
Although the es idence of Carlo For)
ceptionable, his contradiction of Sac.
his evidence in :sis Lord-ship's midst.
advantage h.q. -Majesty hal been said to he under,
hail posses.ed an advantage which never had been
! grauted before ; that of having any time she chose
lafter the charge was concluded, to prepare for her
deferrer. Ile remembered when this was granted, hearing
! two sound lawyers protest against such a rostrseas being
I calculated to defeat the ends of justice. That time had
been properly employed in establishing active agents at
' Milan, iu the immediate neighbourhood of where the
1 witnesses lived, to make enquiries into their characters.
By these means the characters of two witn had been
I impeached. But seven remained untouched ; and
would any man say where ample time hod
been afforded to examine in!o their characters,
and they still remained unimpeached, that their
evidence should he left out of the case 2 The Noble
laird then commentedo at some length upon the exclusion
of !Wilma'', wife from the service of the Princess,
1 and the admission of the rest of the family. Much
Ihad been pressed 'by the opposers of this Bill, on
the arginnent, that there had been no previous sentence
in the Ecclesiastical Court. Those Noble Lords had
forgotten, that in divorce bills, such a previous sentence,
though usual, was by no means absolutely necessary.
Bills of divorce had often been accounted for. It was
' here accounted for ; as there could he no suit in the Be.
'I clesiastical Court. It was a question of State.—The
1 State was the prosecuting party, and the Queen herself
' a public character. She knew, when she entered the
1
married state, that if she committed adultery, she
fwould be liable to the punishment of High Treason,
. unless technical difficulty stood in the way. The
i present Bill was not more objectionable in prin.
Iciple than many of the Bills which had been
passed by their Lonlship against persons standing in a
far less favourable situation than the Queen; against
I persons who were not protected by either power on the
one hand, or popular feeling on the other; and liethere-
' fore did not conceive that this proceeding was either um
1.
_hist, cruel, or unconstitutional, for all these terms had,
been repeatedly applied to it. He now came to due am
violent of espedsency. Those who were of *sink
• that the Queen was goiltlese,must of course vote agahlsi
the Bill ; and the observations he was now shoot to
make would be addressed only to those who their her
, play, and yet hesitated to sappert the 'II at
I the score of espediency. That there wetetneerinvevieseela
i attending the passing this Bill he admitted, bat he oak!'
! them to look at the consequence of rejecting IL A re.
I jection would afford a triumph of gui t over ill Nord
conduct. lie would ask thee to recollect that deli

ON Tlll6 LAI% INTENT/F.') ILLUMINATION AT
BRIGHTON.

Tea yaws za aeY CONCtilt.
Says wee+ to eeswe " die King's coming down,
Shou'd -- sot !Drowns. In illiwaiine the town r'
" My Mend," repiied e••'+ee " that would not be right,
For rear that oar means Awed ell come to liyist."
Dr4Fistost, ose. 90, 1920.,

BRIGITON, NOT. 1.--SINGULAB APPLICATION.—
AL pretty innocent looking young woman, very neatly
dressed, and apparently about 1.4 years of age, with an
infant at her breast, appeared before our 'tench on
Tharsday, and informed the Magistrates, that the child
she held in her arms was not her husband's, and that
she wished to swear it to its proper father ! She had,
she said, beep married but three months, the infant was
a month old, and ber husband, she observed with the
utmost simplicity, thought it hard that be should he
obliged to keep it. Mr. Serj..ant g.tunniolgton
severely admonished the fair deceiver, and directed
her to go home and tell her longhand that the law
could afford bin no redress, and that he must support
the child.

FATAIL AcctnENT.—At an early hour on Tuesday
morning, as three fishermen, belonging to this town,
were coming towards the shore in a small boat, the
►iolence of the breakers, as they approached the
beach, was so great that the men were swept into the
sea, though without the vessel being upset. Two of
them were enabled to save themselves ; lint the other,
John Miller, we lament !ti say, was drowned.
A melancholy event occurred at Fareham en Wed•
nesday se'nnight to a child of Mr. and Mrs. Wonhis.
Those highly respected comedians, with their two
children, were on their way from IVorthing (where
they had performed during the season) to Lymington
in Hampshire. On reaching the ebovementioned
town, the coach changed horses, awl had just re-
started, when one of the doors of the vehicle flew
open, and their son, a fine 1,..y •even years old, who
was in the act of load hug- thronzli the window, fell
out, and, the wheel., pa.sio: over im, in a moment
he was exhibited to his horror .troch parents a wangled
corpse.