The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-03 00:00:00

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Rut if sibielbia.tiot heard it by . , die ...
hive felt is. It was immediately followcti by the .
Uommission. ft had been her lot to lose her best friinth
it all times when dangers were thickest about her. Ai
lit a strange coincidence it would be seen. that theism
' of every strong friehd had been the signal for perimaim
Ilea against her. This was the case at Mr. Pitt's denth,,
-Who was ever her steady sapporter. Ho left her as
Jlegaey to Mr. Percival,
of
undaunted and able ry
vacate. until the band el the assassin laid him low..li;•
This was the period of the second attack
her character. Tian a lamented (immunise tool(
Mr. Whitbread from her. and the storm was again',
brewing i but het Royal Highness the Princess Charlott"
pea living, and the • world worshipped the sun. flo
Ueer Alm isenearable baud of his ',eared Friend ton
well to *oppose that he yenta date any thing in his
openintspeock which be did not believe he maid sub-1
itantiate ; but they served to they the nature of tbll
whale muse.—His Learned Friend had taken the she
final his brief; but how ciao such stories in this brie(
Which the witnesses knew nailing about when called en
$ state their knowledge of the circumstances. There
wits mother war of itensatiag for it than that the`
whim** had told faleeismads to the Milan Connuisdon,
and when they. we:stalled en in that place, owe scared
from the repetition of the.. Hirwould-givetisem moor
two saltier' of this kind, fro* one or Woof the len&
log, witatrier, and confpare the leading matters in tbs.
statement with the evidevice imitated to snintantiatik
them.. In the drat plate 'the A tersepOeettal had Gehl,
that the eebleece would eel* sp Moser to the preeent
thee; (be was quoting hirtiewn words) and, in fact, that
almost meant, up to the pale "; tints, all let 3 retina,
being ettictlrequal to iket space of .time over which
the other part of the evidence extended.: To be/in4dit
the compacts.. of the staymeent sad eridosico—Naplene
it would be leendc wee the Irina perked not foe et
Ord Odle lint sett N' the die char •
upon patties am MIL On the awedtitght I '1
et a WI Owe it viteared, a leen we 114t4
elven to inteedeas, width-bed been to hew
harbositiwk b Which' they bed eel been able $
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Waiving au sailliftstrightlAlllls piersaide -61140:' Wore si6daioss-or IlisparehtlAisa to go tot. mow- 1
italfine fit"' ails it* Of .-1•' liblui" we*. 110'1 isibs stidpriseil I Tbe bare lilies of such a %bias ez-1
4.4114.411 Y available to .hi"• Let it sot 101' dilmolf"t sited the nose lasillgosatiheatirseats is the breasts of
That It ire was •eo far deurved in his 'sensate'
of tho strength of his case; as to And it Ito!t ediviii.
egsrivirt, touogai o tact litarmiltherWhownattstadteseiro coach. of
obeasecoing s-
in
cessary hereafter to pursue such • course, be basin
that it was his dots, and he should not shri4 frau' it, palled by her ordinary attendants and servants in their
Standing there he should know bat one person 'tb Ow, Royal liveries, bedizened with `old and tilverlate, and.
world, and that- person his client. He was bouad tot in short, witheat any of that splendour which usually
save that client at all hazards and costs. He most lot:, attended her appearance in public ? To go in a private;
regard the alarm, the sufferings, the torment whist hag coach, throngs a back dour, and attended in the most
might create for others; and even if be were
c,simple plain maser. He wondered his Learned Friend
ompelled to separate the duties of a
Patriot !ring did not add as a crime, what in fact he did state, that
those of an advocate, he mnst go on reckless of the . she went disguised in a thonino, and with a false
conseqnences, even if it shoold involve the ruin of lasi face. In another part of his opening, his Learned ,
country. He was not reduced to such a course. Hal Friend tells them he is instructed to say, that the I
felt that if he were to approach that branch of the, Princess went in so indecent and disgusting a dress.
case, he should seem to leave the higher ground of i that she was hooted out of a public theatre.— i
innocence. It would seem that he was endeavouring Their Lordships would recollect that Deroont described I
Ito palliate and justify familiarities, levities, and impre- `• the
ugly
the dress and mask as very ugly, and added, that se- I
prieties, the very least of which he was standing. there ' masks came about her; and there was no
, doubt that the affair happened, as often happens, at mas•
.to deny. Foul, and false, and scandalous were the re• i tittered's, that a mask is attacked by others, and finding
ports, and foul and false were they who dared to utter t that it is discovered, spite of its disguise, retires
-them, that any impropriety whatever had been admit- ito put on another. He should fatigue their Lord.
led in the conduct of the Queen. He denied that. the 1 ships if he went over all of these instances. On 1
,evidonce had proved any of them. He world rant one occasion, Bergarui and her Royal Highness. were i
that her Majesty had left this country, and had altar- 1
i described being heard hissing ; but when it came
j to evidence, itsppeared they were only heard whisper-
wards moved chiedy in the society oi. foreigners. Ht ing, so that, among other anomalous species of to ti- I
would grant that such society had been inferior-to j teeny. they had that of voices; the whispering voices
that which she bad been accustomed to here. He fig. trouW, no doubt, be identified' They had another stays i
mined that while enjoying the society of their Lem, `told by %meld, of his returning from Milan, when all ;
ships, and their Lordships' families, she moved in I the Louse were at rest ; on which occasion,
room.
he !
more choice, and, perhaps, !n more pure society. He Isaw liergami come out of the Queen
naked, and nobody near him. Bergatui was confused
would grant that instead of the Perieasof England, heel be spoke so him,
associated with the Italian nubility, and Majesty hail ' endeavouring to account for the situ••,
1 ation he was in by telling a strange tale thout hearing
sometimes with the commoualty of that country. Bet ' his child cry, and begs him not to.tell any one of what'
who were those who were to bring this forward as Ihe saw. Sacchi, however, negatived this. and denies it
matter of charge? Others might whisper and censure, ! as precisely and forcibly as it was possible to deny it;
but their Lordships could not fling this upon. her Ma- : and it was not from thhe want of examinalion, for the.
jesty; they were the last persons in the world who Solicitor-lieneral questioned him err and over again,
could make such a charge. IVhile here she had opened ' They then came to the disgraceful scenes at the liartousil
her Palace doors to they Lordships, she had (-moles- as disgraceful that he described as worthy of no other
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vended to admit them to her presence, she had coed's. name than a brothel. On this part too there was a moat_
tended to court their society; and as long as her favour entire failure. They were then told that the atteodazte
, could be rendered subservient to other views and per. ' of her Majesty were shocked and surprised at the 44-)
poses, she dill lint court in rain. lint to some. when ! liarities Which left no doubt of the criminality of floe 1
the lust of power and place had been gratified, thee. 1 parties. which occurred in Sicily. Nu one of any kind
and not till then, was that court vain. Why, in thus I was
itprosmed to substantiate tliis; on these accounts
seeking them, she was only lowering her own dignity, ' too was said the Queen's company was given up
.to admit them to the first society in the world. lie 't by the nobility and all persons of a rank or
would say, then, that it was 'sot there, it was , station in life to entitle them to keep company with
not in the presence of their Lordahipa, that he' her majesty from the moment she left this country.
should expect to hear any one lift his voice against this In short, that she was treated by some persons abroad is
part of the conduct of the Princess. After her departs,* a manner which could not be accounted for, in the same,
from this country, she had Joined socie.', which would way as she was treated Sy certain persons in this country
_sot, and perhaps, should not, have been chosen. if she from motives which he very well knew. But how callle
had not been driven from other and happier. In the :it that Lady Charlotte lAndsey joined the Queen at
midst of all. and so much suffering, she retained ono l Milan, and this was after the Ions; voyage; and her ser-
moon. which, for a space, was her sure protection. vanes were permitted to have free intercourse with those
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.{twat ber comfort to know that she mill enjoyed the t astouuded, disgusted 511Vailli, yet none of them were
AIM and prayers of her daughter. The marriage of that brought forward. Persons of rank indeed joined her,
slaughter was consummated, and the tidings were as-
Ind associated with her in evely part of hrr teasels.
'need to England, they were announced to Europe; But the Queen was proved to have been treated
So all hut tote, and that one—her mother. She had first with every
scot
respect by tie highest circles, and
become acquainted with it by means of the Courier, who courteously received by 0,„,. the legitimate m,r
conveyed the intelligence to that ancient, that boomer- nerd; of Iladen had received her well—she was equally
able, that steady ally of the Protestant Crowe of well received by the more legitimate Bourbons
Englapd-7the POpe. An event afterwards occurred of Palermo; she was courted by the legitimate Sutlers
which plunged all Europe in grief—a grief in which of Sardinia. Nay, even a Prince of higher rank than
foreigners sympathized; and which was excited in all than any of them, and wore legitimate, the 'hey of
parts of the world. This event was announced to all Tunis bad paid her every attention. Wu it not a mar.
the Courts el Europe; but she, of all mankind, who vellous thing that such a case should be left in so „ii„.
would be overwhelmed and minimal by the intellig r, cam., sane, wk.. ..upsyww,s- weds Inswasepnoterrese-
' wee-M6 str'ts*seretwftrtral'd anti Illtnibl, 11 atm" • when the prosecutor hal such evidence to *.-
• accident. , wadi
sr . ' valet of the -

the _ man, and the waiting mid of tie woman.
The body servant of the parties, in ordinary eases, were
always considered as making the ease certain. Anti
'yet, strange as it was, their evnlence, who mast know if
'the act charged had not Nilsen place, as well as if
It had, took' give Do testimony whatever equal to
the charge. ibis it could not be said happened
how any over caution. from any groat restraint ; for
1 the parties wrss aware that all their proceedings should
, he seen publicly. for if they were to believe a tittle of
111 e evidence. they lung olf all regard to &comm. all
'. the trammels or restraint upon the gratification of their
, &mooring tbaasion. lb briber in an indecent position.,
Meting kissing on a gnu, or indulging hi say of those
1 fist:tilt:46 ties which could leave no doubt of criminality,'
they always took especial care that a third person slinoill
be -present to tell it to the world. The higher on the
scale of impropriety the act went, the more careful were
they that good witnesses should lw at hard. Are they
to sit in familiar proximity, to place their arms round
oerh other's Deck, to salute, it must he when doors
ere wide open, in a situation o here there were !tan-
doori* of person* passion, awl in a !mum which. was
with comment workmen. Whilst setting, kimitig
a gun, it must happen before snow II persons, be-
e all the crew, all the servants, and all the passes;
es. The scene of Her Maje.ty's guilt had not been
in !misery; but in a palace, and frequently in as
carriage, while the sun was in the meridian of
splendour ; and to complete the picture, a Cou-
rier, thseir favourite Courier had been brought into'l
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ties., and bad been made to 611 ap the prominent
stbosseter. He would, with perfect confidence, ap-
..eld to their Lordships, whether vice so nablisahing-
4111y so extravagant—or passion so boiling—over all the
hituDds of ordinary circuutspretion, ever appe.med, in
IWeeneritOieforo any Court of Justice as the story now
told to tittle Lordships. And he would is this part of
Ilk casttake O mission to entreat their Lordships to
rl slot awa arising out of their reflections in their
, shire nempares, When he should come to examine
- etidatett, spartfrolarly. Yet all this • ilti

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I and fealties as. they an,*l! *or can by say pss,l-
/ aibility k, considered at a part of the coodect
of a guilty person; then I solemnly declare that all
I have read •hae been to no purpose ; all my past ek.
patience of the world, sad my views of men and
Manners have been 'fruitless ; and I must recommence
sue studies and begin my worldly scholarship again."
Hi would now he the attention of their Lordships to
the means by which such a ease as the present had been
attempted to be established. lie would request their
Lordships' to hear in mind the conversation between the
party he had examined, and those he was row
about to examine. If an ordinary case could not
be es'ablished by such means as those, sur;ly in
a case like the present, their Lordships would
require proof the most clear, proof the most conviucing,
and proof the moat irresi, ilole. before they would pro-
nounce the guilt of the accused. ile %tool(' saw, in this
par: of the cast., that if a conspiracy hail heeis formed
against the Queen, in his opinion, precisely the same
means would have been adopted as those wlsias hail beets
adopteol in the present, to carry that conspiracy into in-
fect. Without the assistance of servants, the succes•-
tulle getting up such a case would be itioptissilole ; hut,
with that assistance, there were the most brilliant pros-
pects of success. But if, in addition, that serran's
were foreigners, tutored abroad, and brought to a place
they never saw before, and were never likely to me
again, if they cared nut two rushes for the tribunal .
before which they appeared : on the opinion,
good, hail, or indifferent, of that tribunal: these
are the persons of all others oho would hr seleeted for
such a case. Not that all foreigners were alike. He .
.5....11d here obsert e that, in his humid- opinion, of. all..
the places in the world, anal all countries in the world,
the place, the country ei sit suited fur the seleetion of •
delinquency was the country of Ange:Ali alto, of
Borgia. In all ale A in that country, peo !id v
had its price, anal could be purchased far e
given sum. Not, again he would observe, that
111 Italians were alike. There were lersons nous
country with whom he would fearlessly treat his life and
his hononr, but that the lower class of the pu.lE!r of -
Italy were the most abandoned on the faee of the earth,
the respectable natives of that coutory woitild thew-
selvesmostreadily acknowledge. The Lea riled t;lootleineso
then proceeded to novice the Ililau commission. ,111 I :•••
ferirtng to the length and extent sit its tahours.hr o;,,,erred
those things cannot lie done in a week, era toontl.,
it is the work of time, and can only he got through by
cautious and slow oiegrees. Anil, aecorolingly, we see
the Board sitting 31 11:13U, there receiving the testi-
mony that was submitte !to them. And here hr trisheol •
to observe how likely it is that they might be impoosesl
on; he did not mean t t charge them ;tit!' suhorning per-
jury, but yet it vials .mrimis to °lewd e with what singular
care the sytent was contriv..l. Not a singlewitness was
allowed to appear loe,e at their Lonlsloit.s Bar, without
previously going through the ordeal at Milan. For if •
that be permitted, there might be some danger of their
not exactly agreeing. So that we foul, that even the
Captain of the ship. who war examinesl, al: hough he woos
here in l'sl9, and examined here, vet he is brought hack
to have a little conversation with the con,itours at Milan.
After all these cautious steps, and sagadosis movements,
their ingenious apparatus. and previous preparations, we
find them safely landed in England, deposited in the
same depot, locked up together, communicating on the
same subject, and ultimately receivin:r the a ell-earned
rewards of their lIITVICPS. But there seemed to hare
been a singular refinement in the art of drilling
these witnesses, for they _ were k, i.n
rand. sett, and Anne Sets, • tiiir• reFratei by the
country from whence tloy CAM 'but arcuriliog t' the par-
ticular part of the story to ti latch they were to be.ar f es.
ti ttttt uv. He feared lo• might appear to their Lordships
to undervalue the character of these Italians. He beg-
ged to fortify himself by authorities moth higher tb an
he weson that eithiert, and byre, lo! would beg le;ct• :o
bring their Lordships back to the reigts of Henry the
Eighth, an I by a short extract fr m those tioncs,lie would
be able to shew the value 1.11 their testiiitotiy. It was •
matter of great anxiety at these times, that opinitoos of
Italian Jesuits should be taken telatitte to that' tqvun.r
And accordingly the Learned Dodoes of these times, after
strongly examining and sifting everything to the bottom, .
dime to the inviclusion, that Henry vin. ought to be :.
divorced. But from thi extreme regularity and sinful .r
coins-Wend, of alf the learned doctors Agreeing to this.
_point, there was some suspicion that,at that time, the -
'seine system of drilling •Ita I been tarried cm. as tl.ere.
, appeared in a certain case that should be nameless, and
'they were naturally anxious to remove 01l those styli:.
dons. Accordingly, they all .swore. that they never
had the slightest communication by any sign, sagges...
Lion, or observation whatstiever. 'this being regularly
sworn, the-learned Doctors werepleased to' believellocio.
This precaution appeared to meet every objedlon that
(mold possibly be made, even by the moat captions.
Bishop Burnet, in writing on Chet subject, and who
was very uniclo devoted to the King, osention*Kninstanre
of an agent, n Ito was employed at that period, and was
exactly the kind of person that the Siolieitordieneral
has described the agent at Milba, "a matt of si:ugutar
probity, and most deeply verse Ilin the:laws of the land."
Tint there was a still more extisserilinary •i'ditteitlelice,
for the name of Isis agent wes..Cooke:. iterti"M'reall a
letter from this gentleman, which statedt; "My fidelity
obliges mr to inform you that all the Lutherans, either
from malice or some other motive, are opposed to the ..,
present cense. lint still, I oloqbt not, thak.all the Aria- ,
tiqa l'airersities, K prepeiltAllddiV, Villf concloide Ida) *. .
' your Lordships. Now so sbew tilhat' kind oh 'fiesofflog
he meant, he further proceedia; I: brew still to inform
your Lordships, that albeit, I.ltasset.got one howleed
and fifty signaturex of learruitT Anders, I doubt not ..
that if I were properly furnishtsl,l should have many . .
• was the letter of the aro., but 'a piper
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seom tame aftetothettis tfie Matter flit- • •
is moldy Ann, some heat might ' • e
secret onttespoisience- el the, Man. ,' •
here /IC woul4imetlja short esti-ars . •
'lttet,fr, an 2Cinnna!,. at "epic items ;.. .
lagi on that trial k...• .
ii
iew concerned I ohs an*, one f.
Learned .Detalisr..ll44iv firdeiwi..-1110. '''
' and SO Pallet:- whi wrote foe' '• .1
, Here, thlatiffer Woe better idid
. and froti iirtteite heist' the Bishop
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conclusion, that Aer *tick b;.ve'rery pros-
be- %Inky so . • abet": • Rev* die
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• efferted to thkitiorf.orlteimital Acton. ~..
mijeinglilif;il,l iiknsili WO aistilift.'. ;
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ses!, lip fqr eiy tali atria ••4 • '
4. wet I MI ettialfaill dada... %.*:
illaiisesteg it ' . I
that Inteir ha T. r
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aschstriiAid•sd a . e tionlieodne-
• rendered the A ttorrev.tieseral an
A conducted ease. The Learited Counsel
prooksion to retire—(ilast, hear, hear !)