The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-28 00:00:00

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0444 Demont were the proper attendants, and nat
isereasni. And'yet, their Lordship* were gravely told,
'sere - woe no harm; no room fur suspicion. There wt.
bunt. and no room fir saspieion in the circurnstanee
t.t a Loly sleeping under the iittle tent with • her menial
inwvatrt. and consequently open to the observations of all
t;. .se eircumatances whiat became indecencies when ob-
aersed. lies, in the 19th century. they were told, that
this insist be 111110Celler, merely beeaulse there was a
1. ,re possibility that nothing improper had taken place.
Thisedieir Lordships were called upon to proclaim to the
tt:iute world. Did his Learned Friends not know t hat
it was the custom of the country, in those parts,
not to take off the outer garment while reposing
antler tents? If they did not know it, he would inform
tlenn through a witness, whoseanthorlty they would not
dispute. It was the authority of their own witness. Dr.
Holland, who had amused and enlightened the world
with his travels. The Learned Attorney here read the
r ',sage from Dr. Holland's work, which corroborated
Sc: Learned Attorney's statement. This, then, it ap-
peared, wti the custom of the country ; but would a
Tnt i sh Indy. wha hantslept day after der under such a
tent, with her menial servant, have the confidence to
ask any one to know that circumstance. and yet believe
I w innocent ? lint what their Lordships was asked,
v is something more ; for they were asked to infer inno-
cence tinder these eirenmstances, although the tit in
litigation was the favored ats4 favorite, the eternal Berg.
This, was the strength of the ease against the Queen
—her Counsel felt it—and therefore tad said, and
very wisely said, little or nothing about it. But the
preen:4lloh that the outer garments were not taken
off was considerably shaken by Demont, who says she
saw a part of flergatni's dress under the tent while
Isar Royal Highness was there. There Lad been stye
nil attempts at a contradiction of this part of the case:
hat all the vital points were left untouched, for the
sleeping tinder the tent could not he contradicted.
/such evidence as this, the Learned Attorney said,
would carry a verdict in Westminster-Hall, and their
Lordships would do an injustice to others, if they did
nut judge this case as others were judged in other
Courts. This fact taken alone, would tw all-power-
t.!lly snflicient ; but, added to the other circumstances,
w'•ieh were so clear, so distinct in themselves, and yet
to connected with each other, he would say there was
n man in or out of that house, who would lay aside all
prejudice and bias on the subject, who could conseien-
Conaly say, he believed the adultery hail not been
11111 l nitted. " flood Hod !" said the Learned Attorney.
A: how is adultery to be tried ? If a man and woman
sive alone together under a tent, during the hours de-
voted rear. when no fair or reasonable explanation
can be given of this fact, shall guilt nut be presumed ?
li )our Lordships lay down such a rule, the consequence
may he fatal, for there will be no security left for female
honour, and all thedelicaey of theses will be destroyed."
This was arose where contradiction had been threatened,

but had not been proved ; when the statements. if false,
were capable of contradiction. Ile would give an instance
respecting the facts attending the journey on hoard the
•polacre. Iler Royal Highness slept under a tent on the
. neck, for a reason which had been given, and which rea-
s.m he should not attack. Well, she slept under this
-tent, hut ag4iu was Bergatni near her; and it was proved
th hr >lrpt muler the tent. Hut his Learned Friend
•• pray &WI rail It a tent ; it was a large awning
• Which admitted the tweeze of heaven for the cooling and
_refreshing of her Royal (lit hneis.•' Why, it was ad-
initted ht. Lieut. Flynn to 11C a tent ; but the name was
Of little cotpeetpienee. 1)u this subject he begged
their Lordships would read the evidence of the
tauter Of the pulacre and the other sailor, who
proved the most disgusting ronduct on the part of
• nrirastai and her Royal Ilighne s. He here assert-
"lisi the fairness of the sums paid these witnesses, and
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• rantendad, that the sums were nut unreasonable or
• *nutria' ; and at all events, not more in proportion,
than the sum paid to the Queen's own witness, the
arlilliner of Mange. But to return to the tent. It
was contended by the Queen's Counsel, that the wit-
nesses for the prosecution, cmiimitted perjury, with
'respect to this part of the case ; let their testimony
he tries! by this rule, which, he was snro, was a fair
one. If they were nut contradicted in the parts
which were capable of contradiction, let the in-
ference be that these witnesses speak the truth,
ut not otherwise. Mr. Brougham had talked about
. the necessity of protection, and the great fitness of lier-.
ganii to afford it, but protection in the daytime was not
necessary. Now Mayocchi swore that the tent was
. often closed in the day-time, while Bergausi and the
'Princess were under it. This could be contradicted if
Inlie; but Majocchi went farther, and said that it was
• go closed by the order of Schlavani. If this was false,
why had not Schiavani been called to contradict
. it. lie was the collector of witnesses for the Queen,
and was at that moment in her service at Brandcw.
hong-11-House. The excuse given for not calling the
Countess Oldl, or the sister. of PetnAnt, was the fear
that their delicate nerves would be affected by the
cruel cross-exatntnation of lois Learned Friend. But.
surely %biarani bad not such d..licate nerves; at
7. /east Vass2li had not; fur he hail been exposed to
this terrible couss-esatnination, The fact o(
Schia-
veni's now production, spoke; -volumes, and fully
proved-of ,itself the •truth cC the disgusting fact,
which had thus been left uncontrailissed.. . In .4

rue. when the honour and character ,of the
Queen were at stake there could be hut one motive
for keeping hark Schiavani, and that was the dread of
his confirming Majoechi. The Learned Attorney con-
' 'tinned his observations to a considerable length upon
• tfievircumstance of Schiavani not hiving been' produced
on the part of the queen. Ne female o$ delicacy would
eonsent to pass a night, no nor an hoer under a tent
with any man. In such a situation it could only hare
been illeiverl ss the consequence of previous *dotter-
was intercourse. Now would not Lieutenant llowisaur
..bere heen•the most proper person to have assisted her
Royal Highness in thE rolling of the ship? lie had been
ashalsrhySchievasi had notattended the Princess, and
• kr stated. as a reason, that he was a landstnan. Thus front
their awn evidence, ha could shew that I%ecgami was
est the proper.person, for he haul neves heel to sea
before in his life. Lieutenant Flynn, if he was to he
bitliaved, had sworn that he slept close to the deck
.e.very sliest of the voyage. Was not hi then able to
. treader aseistance ? The Countess otiNdi and the
-Alit* *Males ought to have been, •ht. ittsy .rate,
iseYtilatt in the tent. He did Mot 'wit. Ms; ease
%ma. 4eutenant Howaam's evidestoe;• bat tipais the
asalefilnastioo which it gave to that Which he had
•Otailated. His. Learned Friends found that Lieut.
• Flynn, had `token down on cross-examination, that
Lieutenant !towns bad let out too ranch, and 'then
they grew sick and male a diversion by means of Has-
Wire Amoco. They had not dared to call another
witness is contradiction to the evidence which had been
• )troducid!taprave the case of adultery on beard the po-
'acre. Where was the Countess Oldi, where waaCansera,
where was likeanytwors, where was Sehiarasi, where

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was Carling,—thee dared not poodnee one of them, be.
cause they knewelielr evidence wouldonly support instead
of conteit;licting.that which had been *adduced against
them. With all the desire which had is •II expressed by
•11r. Wiiliame, to grapple with the must 'Dinette parts of
the case, and with all the ingenuity with which Mr.
Uennsen hail gone through the evidence, except, in-
deed, when he thought tit to make a jump from Jena 1
to the polacre, none of them bat ever thought tit to
mention the festivities of St. liartholoniew's Day. It l
avas ecartely necessary to simile to the evidence of
Lietoetient Flynn. Ilia Learns(' Friend had argued I
most heatiti fully upon tbe providential discovery of
trilling contradictions front the lips of a witness,
and even supported his theory hy an anlication to'
Holy Writ. But when they calor to this Lieutenant
Flynn, and by mere accident (bey discovered that the
paper which he had once sworn to be in his own hand
writing, and subsequeutly in that of Pasquelli, was in
fact written by S.thiavani, here it appeared that it
could not be reduced to general prartire. For when an
officer of the British army, to whom honour should be
fleeter than life, was detected in the most palpable con-
tradictions, he was to be sepporteil by the plc i of weak
nerves. The Learneiltimusel then reverted to the tent s.tetie
and repeated !hear, •nts be had before Used, respect-
ing the sleeting under the tent. There was no contrailie-
lion as to the bath, any further than the opinion of
Lieutenant Hownain went, and opinion was no evi-
dence againat positive facts. lie had beets much stir-
priaell, to hear it said, diet 3lajocclii was nut enti-
tled to belief. And this eons-lotion Was founded apes
the No„ sal rerordo's, whirls hr anew, red to questions
that could receive no other answer. When liarguilu's
ant Patituo.s ei Weave bore hard upon their
case, then his Learned Friends called bark Ma-
jocchi, to create a diversion, upon the strength of
certain intelligence just arrived front tiloureeter. Ile
was re-examine:l, and some further Non mi riciprilo'e ex-
tracted. which might have amused their Lordships fur
the time ; and, perhaps. produced effect out of doors.
lint what was the consequellrl'S Of these repeated ex-
ansinations ": Where were Mrs. Hughes, and all the
people at Glocester, %%I slajocithi wished to
marry :—Where was Ir. Johnstone, who had
held the cenvereation with 31ai.weisi, in the stage,
(mull ?--Where ay.,+ t e 1,1,1"..o de pla,e, who
had sliewn him all the bight of London ? The
fart was, that all their honour • had been brought 1
to look at Nlajupeclei, a.:.l ll' •11:IpOsI'Ll they funnel him
nut to be the person with is limo all three things hail
happened. 3lr. 111.111114111 haul r: marked upen the I
sea erity of ilia Learned Friend, the Solicitor-tlenerat's ;
ere •s-exaininati,ms. 'I heir Lordships haul seen how
delieate Mr. Brougham had himself been in the rxer-
rise of that duty.—(A latie,ll.)—lt was implieeible,
but that a witness who haul experienc.el one emus “ttaaini-
nation by I '
, would come to a second with the greatest
di dre. 'lleere was samething in hie manner, and his
e.nottenance,--(langliiitg)--se ell, icier to a witness, that
he moat he delighted instead of in its;; at ell frightened.
Majoctlti is again called ta prove another contradic-
tion. All their at it nesses are sieutlitss and nn was,
hut poor 51ajocelii's .I*.os mi , irepa do's, are most art-
fully drawn forth lit- 3lr. Bretighatii, with an inge-
nuity that does him ^realit as au advocate, hut, certainly,
had no impree.iion on yonr I..trilehip's minds. Awl, :
1 indeed, their own witness, Peosiarti, that respectable
I witness-got a friendly hint out to use the word.—(.l
laugh.).-11'illiaiii Carrington is the only person
to give evidence in c.untrailic t • to 31ajoechi :
and whets his frier Is would prove that he
was more credit worthy than Nlajocchi, he
would resign him to his fate. Ile then referred their
Lordships to the evidence 4.1. 11 illiam Carrington. Ile
read suers' questi ill Ills evidence, from which he
proved contradictions These, he a du', were questions
he could not forget. These were orestions riot like
those his Friend (Mr. Brougham) askeul 3lajoechi, for
the purpose of extracting a .V 0.6 •si rieordo. Ile then
proceeded to remark on the impropriety of railing Sir
John Beresfutrut to prove amile'llitig as to his belief. He
said it was a new kind of prucetaling, aid what no
Counsel would he permitted to .10.
Lord Hee% then moved that the Counsel slionld
nithdraw. Ile then said that he was the person that
called Sir John lieresford. Ile had no motive but 1
to satisfy their Lordelsips's minute, and to illicit the 1
truth:—(Hear, hear.)—lle iuterriipted the Counsel 'w-
ean-tie he heard hit.' make assertions and attribute nu-
-worthy motives to t list art, of is hick he was Incapable, and
of is hick he was sure the House would acquit Wm.—(Heer.)
Ile thought it his duty to give this explanation, and
to fling back to the source from whence they came,
assertions utterly false.—(llear, hear.)
The Arronsev-IleNett it. then res ttttt ell. Ile said, of
course, he was not supposed to hear of things that
passed in their Lordships House, after lie hail been or-
dered to withdraw, hut he hoped the Mouse would give
him permission to shy, that in the observation that fell
from lino, be meant n 3 olisrespeet to any individual
whatriter.--(Cries of liu on.)—The Learned lientleman
then proceeded to oh , that the production of one
witness to state his belief as to the character of another,
was cautrary to the practice of a Conn of Jostler.
It now being .1 o clock, the fatal/ Cu a:scri.i.oa ob.
surge', that the usual hour having arrived, thillrinse
World adjourn to 111 o'clock to-morrow.

The Queen's Answer to the Address of the United
Journeymen in the various branches of the Coach-
making rade.
•• I return my thanks to the United Journeymen in
the various branches of the I'u:tett-making Trade fur this
loyal and affectionate Address.
" It is the almost infinite division of labour that ren-
ders all the products of human ittarottity, so excellent
in their kind, tw requite in their otroantents, and to ad-
mirable in their general enerntion. The sttlidivision of
labour, united for the production of some 1111 l ota oh.
ject, as that of a watch, or any other piece of ingenions
mechanism. perfects the operation of art, while it mul-
tiplies its products. •
" The detached parts of society, like the detached
parts of any particular manufacture, can do little by
themselves or in a state of isolated existence. it is their
union that constitutes their strength. and without which
no great effect can be produced. The eoncentratetl in-
terest of istriety, which may be called the public wel-
fare. is composed of many tletaehrsi interests. If these
Interests are kept in a state of dissention, or disunion,
or if owing to a one or two of these detaehell- interests
are supported at the expence of all the rest, Use general
prosperity meat he impeded in proportion. and tbo'
whole body politic will Ito in disorder.
. " This Is the present state of satiety in this country.
Some partieulir interests are supported at the expence
of all the rest. Hence the general interest is tacritieed
to pactienlar, or the• public good, probabff to private
emolument."