Kingston Chronicle, November 24, 1820, p. 1

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ENTLEMKft wiio reside _ , at York, Upper Canatlu, or at any place between Yoik and King- ttcm,.can be fnpphVd with the Speftatoron application to John Macaulay, Esquire, I\>il Matter, Kiagilnn, JohaCrooks, Efqairc, Poft Mafler at Niagara, U. C. and WijifamG. Hepburn, Ksqulre, of QuevttstoOj m; also Agent* fur the Spe&.^or. Ti a ii'Mii;.'! hi n:. .'i.. Ii.i.i I.. . f, ;:.i .\ .11 >i\ vol.11.] ■ aa-sass*- _____......._ | -_________FRIDAY, (afternoon) NOVEMBElT~ii BY AUCTION, f'Ni> 47. v. .•« i»mi v • -. •i ; ::; i! tin.- • i -iHi.(,t|i-ii. il at ihvsM t.'iul ;• •.!••:•. - v.r<«' ityi c.e 11 :i i,i :; ;«i : \ n-.,• • ;. w..;i •; tVIMH* •l»1*,w fca.v f r- v::ti .\t\u .:'. . :. .'.!:; ii:\ j> .|t; •; c i't Co all Ti;- it «;<•••:.Ihi' \ ,i |.,- r.j.l.l i.n'l*. ri" l!»»- CMilSjj »:..«'V. l>:'* "i "i *•-■ .i I.*; .';i U, a-j |h|! .•• ru-itt'i :» li.'" I'-;!- .- " -.i . H .iin.! Ki-H'/i, ■cs.ii.>£>: w tti-t'ia •"-' > .i m i'-l a ntthi •'"■ *»? •iiv iin»{imi •■a.i. .v.-. i:.M. n-ulc n ;nii;.i:li fveu hi i.Ki:»e i;.-- !.:';• ; ..:!:•■••. r(* m. J>.,;. Varir l\.r.i hir - in.:.ix ii \./. Uki-11 MtUitiM vu.- mHA—lie an"'n ;'.•:* .' •:.;, I;.; lOtfM HXm'I .."!»• probiitifVC d. ■'•;•;.• .1 Ir-nfl Bpiilewell • rtiwld em&iuHv hi rti< lj.es W «»c »j •i.'.', tin.vt Hud lievii charge*!a ••*"■• t **!*• -v..- i '•% tfo>ulN? v.uu.d itiey !••:.■*. . . '.'<.i til :* :'i I. .«•*(.• tjTi* »Iia :i <■•! i- rjcl' *\«« IHW flli;.*' t\ in.- - ■ ' .M ■■• ivui .;i_r\ 'hi* Minds ol" Which mt":;i .-•• ia(.'. t;, i:ii- IJifr,) tt i tu id run tUo ri^k of lihtMjng J:-t uiutnci«-r- r.ifi ;•.- £Ui:;:^ \}\* i.iioi ;Ll;;.ti.l'.iii. it 'if luv rCA, bv QP*H£ to Niiffp «*! the |io?iflt«i ti- ■••ribril by S.u-itii a-> nJi.ii in wfcte : hr !!■<.: iIwrn*-i>i;iHl the Pmimr$sand h<r Ciii.inO'Tiain: —..>;; tnii ftredsli*^ of tiu £i;»u<e mu-: bc^si^risr7}^* ;»el ;«i.mi> tfegrtuv; fi>i il :t c*t>J.! j-v*.»'ia It* i.M-if ili^i Uiiaiiu.1 ln'i|>|;Cii^ occe• il would l/;» iidilt'uj; frt uKat c'.".*< .n ha' iivi»r:i he iia*l b;'«*.i in. tjiv ct»;i:'an'. ..;ihu tn i*i?tr«; s^aiu aad a-a-.r.. IK*(A*r. i i«* * ^ftamias»i»<*a.i . ;.i tiicir Inzu^'n-H, \*. ue;'i-*r l*n» sl<>rt\ i*jtl .:'!■ S!Oalo**J aMj>/u:.Uii :* '.•: ;>n.i! i:>ili!> : WJtefflCr, i:i;Se>a th'? pailtt'S n'-*i •■ :i ■-«:i:ilH^ IlisafK*, hWm CiWiiliICt C'»tf«i hi' •»ff»'ni<il fir, )!c i'y» r.ou tajtpg OOUli..^- "i l.l [ ,\-i'.-;l i»i»|m# o|ii..i'_\ ill viiir ihtug, a; a ;r::e »»i*vu iht--..imui ;:- « »» i;»i- • •viT wtch ivc-!- i- .*..•" t'r r.! iii iM. i»;iii *:l* Iu.n , Vvilll t'K'ir iin.i!»i% !.j;it-i'i! ;».»•« *'.:i .i '.!(;<•.*. v l»ilr f'lt jvtflies iM5tv li*'»*fe i-i ' ;: f'i'. and '•! ci;ai- , v (i*iii»;r a.iv ;>■»., «*r "vc; i!u i«* ii.-ii!>-. T«l ovr;. • itt>v riii3 ilif!ic;i!-;. iviral'I i-tj i*u* tile evuii'Uinr rt j«tiil-)4o;;;ii;>t ivht) li.nJ a\ iu!">* d an ^xpi'i •- •■ • • 'I'mi i* (•' tr» - )»*i ' T?*ji vriK'tn •» ••,•!;,i.*n\ u. ,i i jij Hitit'l il.:- ill* 'Klar, ^Vfljllirtj; MhV :■. i.aii o-i:,.i:ii'; I».i u Ijai ivittj r'.V.*:l ;*«■ l* 1*:;1* .1% ff 1st tatllljl! !v p.'iyi.J 111 l'.| . * fcivn an r.i^ili !^ I'ai'iiay •, v**4*i *:"t" and >j»ni.^ l^'iiii.? V\liai ll au hji. \<„) lunnl liiu. lli. liliUda I'U'jfil '"u hr rat-.*.! rtitliotu •ipdiu.y ll< <\i*ot U> gel u tiifl "i>. »•:/ •;;>!!.! i!t.- i.i-»n!« > ai stiU mure, ufi.V il bo Ml'Utl-l |)»i'\e iiiaf ^i^^.lU r.ab i.ot th* eouflPT who wr'ii; in) lii.li jouii.t • .' lie did ii°l -<*."" '->*-l il na> iioi.e»ar#> |(.j- inui :n pro"-e this; on .t.*' foalrury. ii«' thftiiCJ IUZL U ■ *wa> calleiJ irpfva !•• tio.-'i. >"i li\ !ia;!i;.n iii: •>. i*.: side established i!ieirca-»e; q il ca-»'-u:'l le/vsti I would not afford I'lem a»iMsirfeiH pvideae^j ha-J llicv i;ot iV't.'iird to UiO <; *;i!l n HMfnuiii.i^ upon tier Majesty! Me a^.iin i*riii»a!eo i>c:'.! -.',ips iu rcniemher—tai ii wsi point, thai oaj;hl not ;a bo fjvgt/tleii—;'„•*{ tu\ accuser was noi relieved trom pn»d!iving Ulii'citfol eWdenee, becaasi it*md w j'.'■■->-»'s \>eietu oei'oiii.ti •n ihc wJeot tncaceoinf. i.euaii iioiipla in .-x\\ apoa lite aeenfedto pf.-di-re tan-e nline:•-*•-; lor it uas l;:t- l)i:>:nr^i>. ila" a.'oi-ci to vf*ihtt*U fitt\ilb$ a'ii ll'** cvidiT.ce In could pm-.Uscr. Lui 5C3i« there aiiv other |)*'i>(»n in i!,i* rttirins" f M Nan nil r.rardo," x\ a-* the answer of Sacc!;» ■utniuhtz ^ e Ia*;£?ia^? of the celebiatcd Maj :c- .. - - ..... ........- !.._.. r.. rr it WILL he SoIdon^riVrf/ift Dec. enfuing uz the Amateur Theatre, all the Scenery, Dresses, &c. belonging thereto. JOHN STRANGE, A. & B. SALE to commence at rz o'clock. N- B. It i6 reuuefttd by the Managers that nil claims agafnft the f^id Theatre be prcicnted to Mr. Strange, on or before the a^tJi inll. as no demands thereafter will be attended to- Kiogflon, 16th Nov. TS20. THE fubferiber begs leave refpeCt ful¬ ly to inform his friends and the pub¬ ic in general, that he has eftabli/hed a PA 1ST SHOP a few rods fouth of Mrs« Patricks Tav¬ ern, where will be kept conitantly ail kinds of PAINTS, prepared ready for the brufh. Likewife al! kinds of Iloztsr, Sigit, tPttgg&H, Sleigh, and Ornamental Raniting, done at the fhorteft notice, together with raw and boihd Oil, which will be dispo fed of as cheap as can be procured in this town, for Cafli only, THEODOUE BROCKETT. Ivingilon 6th April, t3zo. i^tf BURNS'S ALE, Jus{ received, and for SALE, by the Subscriber. WAT. BAYARD SMYTH Kfgfton, 16th Nov. 1820. 4?tf t'on SALE, ~" A HOUSE and Town lot, h -OL the Town of Kingston, with good vablt-s and other convenient out-hou- fes; Ikew.fe.a FARMof I0o acre, of land iahe I ownship of Fredericksburg!,, with «o acres improvement ; a laice fram edDVVElJJNG-HOUSE,ago:dl0g: barn, ^nd a fmall orchard thereon, in a good ^"Ief«t and » a good fituation for any p'bJic !>uhnets. AI", let, No. 4, third concelTion Rich- no,,d. zco acres; and the weft half of lot No. i.'.S.xth conceflion Kingfton, 100 Foreign Intellio-ence. n • • * * HOUSE OF LORDS. OcTOHElt 3. THE QUEEN', DEFENCE. MR. BROUGHAM'S SPEECH, Continued. Mr. Brougham proceeded.—When mv ■e po»,no„ of the bed rooms the Smeon ■s return <o Om Villa d'Este as it was Hen l.e.eft ft, he was answered tha there had heen an attention TIave you seen the Vi,,a d'Kste since the ",t e]Z an.o back from the |0,,g voyage? «1 ave.'--"Wa, the position of the rooms the same as ,tha,l been before, with res- '.VII • nr*Jii.;il YORK Land Price-Current Office, KING STREET. \/\I AfTl'ED, Axe-men to contrael ? r for clearing Lands in the Town. (b'p of Lineoln, Niagara Diftricla anrl in the TownfJu'ps of York, rhin^ruacowey, and Simcoe, in the Jlo;ne Di'Uia. Land \v:ll be given in exchange for la. bour, at a price to be agreed upon. ! ALSO. ' ilw us« of 35 4ercs uf newly cleared land, liiuated w.th.n one mile and a half from the Town of York, will be given for a year, to any perfon who may be defiram OJ enclosing Mdcra&hg the lame upon e- • quitableteims w.ti, the Proprietor. Capitalills wifliing to purchase impro¬ ved Farms, or Wild Lands in Upper-Ca¬ nada, may be fu.nifl.ed (monthly) with ? periodical Price -Current Lid of Estates, ; on Me iu various Towndiips, on payment j of Four Dollars per annum—one quar- I tcr in advance. CommJtfionsfor buying, Jetting,leafing, Bd rcgiftering Eftatea, faithfully cxecu- a ted. For For TERMS the Registratioa of Land. 8. d. 100 Acres and under acres, w'^ «o acres improvement ; the a- bove mentioned property may be had very reafon'^'c ^or ca^. F01 particulars apply to SAMUEL MERRILL. Kirz?fton, zd Nov. 1820. 44:f ~c50VEHNAIENT SALE. XC ^^ SOLI? by Auction at Gana- noq'J'* on ^tnrday the 25th mil. upwards of E?GHTY.THREE CORDS .of Fljil-V* OOD, in lots to suit purchas¬ ers. App1j\3l,"on t0 ^c Wide to Mr. ITowIand, at the J>loek-iiouf-, Gan.inoqne. gy> <ALE to commence at 1 o o%CLOCK. FltS. R iY> ES, Uarrack AI aster. Ki'n>f"on, 2d Nov. 1820. 44 Board and Education. M9z. KEWALL rnoet rtffpfetfitlly rifonv.s her fnends and the public, that 11k has removed !ier ichool four miles above UrockviUe, to a more eligible fitua- lion, \v\\.Jx \tt'lHg fydkm an i'ioa* be ac¬ commodated at tin moderate rate of X"'24 per annum, including the price of Tuition, Hoard and Wafhinc- The Brandiestattgbt in ihe fchoo!,a:e, the Enqlifh laflgnafe, Ancientand Modern History* GfOgfiplyj Writing and Atifh- metic, with plain ifld ornamental ruedltf- worlc. %y Drawing will n- charged£1 frr guar- tc extra* Brockvillc, Ofl. 30th lib©. 44" 6 eUi; au«l tltW^Wtf unj wa* noi pill to In:u b\ surpripe, n»f i*«' 11 '* pit*H tfcai mi^«l l»*ve e - ra*»ed feisirteoso'V. It na auuri* ii: n«-ul iu- bate forjisMen : ii" nucl 1ki»<- r-.n!e (i.e t)'??;';' i Xion, wJirihei■ li;<*n- ♦« a« au\ • i-.tperson j»u- kCul, whiie tiir »; :•.:; u«5o l.te? Outtfftreinrn «c 1 |r!i»- roc-ireii;".;:"^. i-' t-'-1 '- w fted\ iw\e« •» perso.i ha<l uUu^s"! -«rh :i •■•*:", «;i* it IAe s, that from that mom?jii Ii»? :*.'- :I?*;'-i 1 i)e l;er«H%- From 100 and not exceeding 200 - 2eo to - 250 to - 3C0 to 500 and upwards 300 500 X 2 2 3 4 r 3 o 6 o o o C^ AH letters addreffed to Mr, Angell, Director of this office, mutt be pod paid. n^ieli J-tvvai?^ h*twre • t'M"U ^.) a degree bj*- relau'il n •«> anj •:;,(. i-M j't;»- •-c <l tint eouv- - a 1 It «hic;i Ne t«-'>"t"<: iru«*'i ;.»>• .!'•! !•?•: eah'uia'fi ro ulio: j i io'i- il " ' ■' " '• ans it«s:i : - '.\:* ■ ivui it" sst'r;i ;i iJi*. v :•: :;«. ;• ~. .* ;<i I:* Pa*i *><• • I _lnL NOTICE. THfi Land Beard, Midland District for for Ihe the ;.:i «• •• e Milties: , ' .. u. 5*fri -..-u.:- reJ..'-. ■• cnfuitlg fix months, will meet en Wedues- itio;Uij •••»iv> :^. • .*■ •■ i?i/uii •• /; \^-.k full* j - 1 • , prtt1l.» u r T,r:r.I!!r,i((;^v, „■■!.:« • ;r.^ ^ = v^ «) .'" cat'! v;£»• a. the Comt Houfe in ^;M«,!li^--- . • •-•:"" rti ^.;^':t"i,..'llie I own of Ivmglton, at the hour of \z i^aikrafc*- '»• •■•-» ■■• -fc '•: •■ " Aft»J*e* "' o'clock at noon, for the pUrp&fe of receiv- -n^i.u-i:. ••:::• •• - •/ - *»-■ :i- ■• mer annlir.atiar.a frt# l^i^n f^m «k« .«»/•* ........ ^ • , ilv *" ' ing applications for land?, from the under- ihL»»-«%ii r.r-StMi -•.., -: .. u.-:-.;-. • m^^-^ defcr-pnon of perions, viz. t;i;jc iJ;;it 1*^ i-..c * ;■ -A ii&ht ..ruv-.. .-., \:-.v. Emigrants, end others coming to the . tit. Province and bringing due Certiiicatci of i..-ir! C-r-'^Ser.- Jncfc. 0i« b«wi -■ ,* «• • HrrK'et*; and U*e 1« tfirani 1 . » t-i <'.»■! •- to \ave at rived uroii !•• ,,,-5-- iwi»fl V-ac,! obvr,(■ .:•.:«!!;..■• be;ng Brrilli bom fuhi-as. ' -' -'-■' '—" Allah!, fcttlers.tl.at have rrfiJcd In tire !i.m (if ;; e«»i i«*. »I ;li » ';;' ; ' .- . - ............ " Diitrict previous to the lare war, and pro- ..-■•.;. '.:u.\ h ..»: cslrii duce Certificates of havituv done their d*:ty • '•' -V"1:' liuU" Ur\ ir. its defence. York Laud Prce-Currcnt Oliicc. MIL \NGi:iL respectfully informs thepuMicafl Emigrants who may fcrc defirous of formalg a fettlemeut in this Province, and to pirchafe improved Farms, that he has on the ttegiller, for file or exchange, an extnfive variety ; together with many thouluid acres o'f uncleared land producing the finable timber jwculi- ar to the moll fertile (oils, which he k Ji- rec'ted to difpofe cf in qtiantitles at fiom half a dollar to i;o dollars per acre. These Eftates are advantageously situ ated in the defirabi? parts of well select¬ ed Towi.fhips, wiihiu the Province of Upper Canada, and wateied by navigable rivers, creeks, and Hoft brilliant fprings. Tiie capitalirt Bay at all time find"an opportunity of invtiing money at this of¬ fice, fecuud upon Feb simple Estate, which will afford to him an ample Intc- lell Non lelldent Landholders may de- I pend upon the mofi faithful and arrive at- teniiuii being paid 10 any Agency entrutt- ed to the care of the Director. Term? of Regiftering Lands, either to be fold, leafed, exchanged, or for the per¬ formance of fenlinrr duties : I0O acres and under loo to 200 200 to 2sO 250 to 300 300 to 500 500 and upwards £ o c o o o o 5. I 2 2 3 4 5 d. 3 o 6 o o o • it*-. . v/xum u-j i.vui tuc oiitc 01 ti.e locau'Ui, ana nrri^a^ at of h followi f rh.-v rtfrehmlrvdviWT.u. »} •;..•-'. ...-•. •• eftrtlillwd by an order :n Council of 14th TNm\"hi it irii.iii !.• • ■• i\ -^ ir-e i.■-..-e *';■■-;■' »• December, [819. ^tfrti rtti to-ir-..-...v. -- A^<mi:..-.'. ;.i I liVfiAfc. Qn Grants of 5c acres to Indigent Emi- [ Tc I: cz&zzttttJ in G>uf rust J -.«»,#» ,>^ t*+c 1 - ^aI v A^_-i^-i.^^.:..a*.>v.:, r/ //a grants no iees On Giants of rco acres, ^12 Sterling. Merchant Tag/lor, HAS received fw;m Montrrd a mod choice ;in-j excellent aU'ortment o the bell Well of England tnpeifine Cloths and Ctmimtrm, with Trimmings, ami every thing com- pl'.te. A. AsiTES informs his fi iends and the public that he is now working up thefe Cloths, fee. at his old (land, where orders will be thankfully received, and executed on the ftvoueft notice, and or the lc-veil terms foi Cafh, or fhort approved credit. Kingfton, Sept. 10, iSfQ.________?7li For the Courls <f Ucqi'.rst. :o and various viler IHtms> /> at this Oj:tt •;(l:( On Grants of 200 do. Payable in three equal inftalmtntss, viz. The firft on the receipt < f the Location ticket ; the feeond on Certificate filled of fcttlement ; the third on the receipt of the Fiat for the patent. No petition can be entertained unleft accompanied by a written character, or a fatiifaft-)iy rcafon (hewn for fuch not being provkiced. Bj order of the Boar.l. JAMES N1CKJLLS, Junr. ClcrL Kingfton, Feb. 14th, 1820. 8 N. B. To prevent difappuintipcnt** to pevfons applying for lands : it is ueceffiry to llate that the Donrd ha- no power to ^rrant Lauds to the C i:;ldren of U. E. Loyalists ; Militia me*: uho ferved ;n the Flank companFea during the war ; Naval ( or Mfllwry claimant*!, ^[ fy/'h m& K?k« { ' t^plic ■.;.v.: co irork* N. R. These tates include the charge hr inferfion in the General Land Trice Current, which will be revifed and pub¬ lished monthly, and hereafter circulated throurhout Great Britain, Ireland, and the Weft India I fluids All letters addres.ed to Mr. Angell, Director of this oJSep, mull be poft paid. York, near the Crown Office, 1 2?d Augull, 1K20. J 3ctf Passage from DnhJin to Quebec next Spring. >.f£S>>TT-!? ,f:'.11 fai,l'nff coppered ?&sgQ tt ^'"P t-.I.IZA, James Purdy, Mafter, 3(53 Tons R«.gifter| (a regular Trader) ii intended I., ]eave Dublin for ill is Port April lft, i8£'f. Settlers in Canada can fi-dire a p3fi"age for their friend? by application to the" Subfcriber, anH paying their pafl%g€ or earned, on or btforc ill January ncx:ii WM' Pi.MBr.RTO^, AgMU for the Osvners- C^icbcc, I4tii Oa. ig30. 43 NOTtCE. Ati\ perfon or pt-rf)n, who Hiall cut o. cany away -„iy T;mber, or arti¬ cle <, Machinery or oti,„ru.;fc whatever off the n..rth er,lt half of [,f)t ^0l 20, in the fecond Conci-filon of [JatJiurft, in the Comity ofCar'eton. . ri[| p.;.}r;a of J.jIiim. town, Upper Cnnad.:^ w;n j,e pr„r(.c„te(j as the law dirc&«by •.!,.. fubferiber. SVMUZL SWAN. Perrh; Oc>. 26, :3-3> Ai.w --■-■■ v^ i . ., vt till |-cs- pect to the Queen and Bergami ? They were not." Was there not a staircase, on ihc one side of (he Princess's room ? A small corridor." Was there not a sit- ttng room on tho other side of it—on one of the othrr sides of it ? Then was a small corridor, on the left *f tthich there was a door that led into the room oHhe Prin¬ cess, and thengoinga little further on in the corridor, here was on the left hand a small room, and opposite to this there was another door which led into the room where they supped. There was this sup¬ ping room on the right, there was a door which led into Bergami'sandonlhe right hand of the same room there was a small alcoye, where there was a bed of iierga- ML I saw two doors open always hut there was a third door stopped by a pic¬ ture." JSow, my Lords, I would asfc3 can any recollection be more minute— more exact than this ? I know it is al¬ ways the ease, that persons who invent lies -round and intermix them with truth. This it is that makes falsehood more dif- liruit of detection— Il a person were to build the whole fabric of accusation on fulsehnod, ir must fall to the ground. Dut let gross falsehood be intermixed with rfiwrtfo; i«f tfitaniNviVta intftlftrrett^ iw die Story be well dressed, and by this means (ho life of an honest man, or (he honour diid character of rn illustrious Princess may be placed iu jeopardy. 1 wish your Lordships to contract (ke accuracy of the wirness's recollection, on this and some Other points, with his not having the slightest recollection of a whole new wing having been added to the Villa d'fiste in bis absence. On this subject the witness de Inrrd that he had not the slightest re- cnlletiion. This one circumstance was enough to slicw the dishonesty of this person's testimony. As to time, too, the witness had, when it suited him, a most excellent memory. At the celebrated Ecenent Xaples, he, it appears, remem- bered down to minutes. '■ On two occa¬ sions he saw the Queen go to the bed- ronm of Bergan.i. On the first Occasion she remained fiom 10 to 15 minutes in I he mom ; on the Second occasion she remained from fifteen to eighteen mi¬ nutes." The medium is sixteen minutes and a half. On another occasion a quar¬ ter of an hour had elapsed. On another occasion, when witness spoke of firing his gun from the window, he was partic- ubi in saying thai three minutes had e- i.-Iap-ed. lie was equally accurate in mentioning the periods ofa quarterof an hour and three quarters of an hour on two other occasions. All this was du¬ ring his examination in chief. It served n?a «ort of g<irnich to the Story, nnd gnve the witness**testimony an appearance ol accuracy and truth. But when he found ihat the answers would he of use not to the prosecution but to the defence, lie could not tell whether her Majesty tra¬ velled all nipht, whether she travelled lor fours, or f"r eight hours. How was it that he could not recollect this ? In truth. w he had no watch, he was not ca¬ pable of telling the length of time." But how does it come about that he could so minutely recollect the number of minutes oil other occasions r—Was it possible that he could not, as In* stated, recollect j whether there were two or twenty-two sailors on board the polarrc ; was it pos¬ sible that he could not tell whether the sailors slept in the hold ornct, though lie himself slept there during the whole voy¬ age ? When I examined this Majocchi. he knew nothing of a person named Hughes, a banker's clerk. He knew nothing of that name ; he knew nothing of any banker, not he ; he ncrer knew or heard of any such person in hi? life. But when he saw that I had got a letter —-the moment he saw* the letter, I could see by his demeanor and the expression of his countenance, that he had never for¬ gotten Hughes—the banker's clerk.— H Oh," hesaid, "I do remember a young man, whom from familiarity, I called my brother banker ; I was intimate with his family."—Thus it appears, that this fa¬ miliarity which induced him to eall Ilughc5 his brother banker, was the rea¬ son why Majocchi could not, until the appearance of the letter, recollect even his name. Before I have done with this Majocchi I shall, I trust, convince your Lordships that there are many other parts of his evidence equally contradic¬ tory and incredible, and I shall leave it ti> your Lordships to decide how far any part of Ids evidence can be depended up¬ on. Your Lordships will recollect the shuffling of that witness in his answers relative to the money given to him by Lord Stewart, at Vienna to go to Milan. I First fc Uistiuaiy stated taat he got the money. He nest swears that he never got any money, and n«xt—but 1 had bet¬ ter not alter his style, he says, " J re¬ member to hare received no money at Milan. I do uot know—rather no than yes—Non mi ricordo." . I can guess what sort of evidence was given by this Majocchi when he was laying the foun¬ dation of this odious charge. It was ev¬ ident that on that occasion no doubt, he stated much more than he has proved in his evidence here. When this man was reminded by the Attorney General of the kissing which took place in a closet, he refused to repeat it ; he said he only- heard " whispering." There are many- other points which clearly shew that Ma¬ jocchi told one story before his instruc¬ tors and another here. When question¬ ed here on those points he was stagger¬ ed ; probably he feared, that I couldcon- tradict him—or it is probable that, like all such persons, he recollected the facts, but forgot a part of the fiction—the false¬ hood which lie had grafted upon them. This is a sure means of detecting false¬ hood. As an example cf this I take part of the examination of Majocci. The scene was at Augusta or Catania;—"Did any one give any soup or broth to Ber¬ gami ? Often." Did any one come in oa those occasions ? / don't recollect." "Af¬ ter the Princess entered the bed room of Bergami, didyou hear^ny conversation?" This was not exactly a leading question, but this would not do. ,. It was not con¬ versation which ni) learned Friend want¬ ed, and therefore he asked, *< Did you hear auy thing else ?"—It was clear that my learned friend the solicitor general wanted to get out something more, which however the wituess did not recollect* If his story were true, why did he not recollect it ? but his story was not true7 and therefore he forgot it ; he forgot his own inventions ; a situation to which a certain class of men. that Hh?»?l mi ojw mention, arc often exposed. The wit¬ ness could only say, I have only heard some whispers—" Did you not hear any thing but whispers ? jNfo J did not."— Now, my Lords, I dean to shew you, that it is manifest thatmy learned friend> the solicitor general, expected a great deal more than this. He was by no means satisfied with the answer of Ma¬ jocci, when he said he only heard whis¬ pering—and, therefore, my learued friend proceeds to ask him, ** Did any thing else pass at any other t?me ? And what was the answer? u Nothiug passi d but whispering," My lords, I could give ma¬ ny other instances ol this sort to convince: )ou, that the fabricated tales got up by this witness were but in part recollected. It is by a minute and narrow examina¬ tion that foul conspiracies can only be detected, and that innocence can only be protected. A word as to the story of the Queen riding on an ass at Genoa. He was asked did you observe her Majesty riding ou an ass ? He did. A greatdeai of course, would depend en the manner in which she was held ; something inde¬ corous, it was hoped, would have been [stated to have occurred in the daylight. Cw What passed when the prinress was on the ass ?—Bergami held her.;i " Very well ; what else ? Bergami held her to keep her from falling ; he kept nis hand on her lest her Royal Highness should fall." Oh! that will not do—my learn- answer. He wished to bring it out be¬ fore your lordships, without considering the great difficult) of making a false wit¬ ness swear accurately to the entire of the fiction which he put together in the first instance. But had he actually seen what he ptctended to relate ; had his story been true, nothing would have bceu more easy than to have recollected it in all its parts. My Learned Friend next put? a question to 'he witness—"Haveyoumade any other observation? No, no; they spoke together, they discoursed." My Lords, if the tales of this fellow were not pure- inventions, if it were not a part of that false support intended to forward a vile conspiracy, would this witness forget a part of his story, as remarkable as clear as obvious as the parts which be recol¬ lected—If what he stated were true, would he not have recollected, and de¬ tailed it the first time he was examined before you ? My Lords, I might remind you of another part of Majocchi's evi¬ dence, a part of his evidence which is in itself altogether incredible ; he wou.d have you believe, my Lords, that the Queen having free access to the bed¬ room of Bergami, through other rooms iu which no persons slept, had yet pre¬ ferred passing through the room in which he (Majocchi) slept. He was obliged to admit, on his second examination, that there was access to the place of the sup¬ posed guilt through otheraparttnents be¬ sides his own ; but yet, that her Majes¬ ty preferred passing through the room in which she knew Majocchi slept in a bed without curtains, in aroomso small, that it was impossible for any perseu to gu through :t without touching the bed, ia which there was a fir burning, which gave light ; and still more monstrous thau ail, he tells you, that her Majesty, in order, it would seem, to make her de¬ tection inevitable, as she passed through the room she paused for a moment nea^r the bed of Majocchi, aud looked in bis face toarcertaio vrhethe/ he was asleep*

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