Kingston Chronicle, November 10, 1820, page 2

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A loan In- beeac flctnd 1 fnrSOOv pXLOOO real - Mnr.-Yi! K; derma n na* buried al Pa¬ ri* on tin' I5*h of Sept, Count MarfcuiN, his brother m law pronounced an ora¬ tion on the occasion, which drew tear- from ever) eye. Marshal Lpfebrrc, Duke of Dnnitif) died at Paris en the I lib Sept. His complaint w:i. water ui Ihe cheat. FROM SPAJ& General Riego has h n Fc:it "tin banishment. An articui daiid Madrid, Sept. 5, «atcs that Riego, tfhn hud re¬ ceived order* to procee (u G ilicia and to disband the corps of the -rrry eaiiUmed in the isle de J>o«, *h?t \ endeavored lo change the resolution of the Icing and government on tliis point- On the evening of the 31st of Anjinst. he went to the theatre, and helmed with the greatest indecorum, sinking song*, &c. On tin* 3d of September, he srftawl- ed a banquet of (he patrietiss soeb ih *— lien. Quiroga refused to attciul. One of the songs gang by (l'°go at the theatre was a few evenings aftei -anU railed for by the audience of the t};• «.:;e. bol the magistrates present would not all »« it to be Bung. An altercation too!; place between the magistrate? and Hic^o. Jfa- ked wen pons were displayed ; th-vrnrd was assembled ; they loatled their mc5- K*t* : the performance ceased, and the magistrates proceeded to the palace un¬ der »*] escort* These proceedings caus¬ ed the Cortes immediately to adopt mea¬ sures to suppress patriotic associations— the resolution was carried by the mosi numerous majority that has ever yet M- ken place in the assembly.—The govern* raent lias also taken the fallowing mea¬ sures. General SUego, dismissed from the po-t of captain general of GalHcIa. is s^iit to quarters a£ Oviedu3 his iwUive place, c' Ch\, Sin Mcu-I, hi.* aid de camp, and author of the general's prochttnalioflj to Zamora. Ct General Vela SCO, governor of Mi- j drln\ fo Valladolid. u Manzimros, colonel of artillery, in¬ fo Catalonia—and capt. Mutrez, to St. Sebastian." On (he 5th of Sept. Rie<jo was desi¬ rous of appearing at the. bar, and make bis defence to the Cortes ; (liey refused liim permission^ On the same day be was sent to Asturias under an escort of 20 horse. On the 5th Sept. in the Evening a multitude appeared at the palace. On feeing the King they (hooted Lone live iheKincr!—Down with "Tragi la per re." The words in italic were the chorus of Riego's fongr at the theatre, which allud¬ ed to the Kings th<2 translation of which is u Gulp it down dog.11 On the fame evening1 another party cal¬ led LibereauX) appeared in front of the palace crying1'long live th- C'tdiitution— the conftitutional king and UtcgOwn They termed the latter their liberator and de¬ manded his recall. The evening was very turbulent. Strang patrolc*, after much diil^rbauce, effc&cd the difperfion of the group*: round the palace : but the discontented arm¬ ed with flaming torches, hurried to the tra¬ ces where the patriotic focifue* affcmSled and utte:ed vociferations of ra^e again (I the government and cortes, and demanded the recall of Riego, The refidence of the Magistrates became the ohj?& of their animofity It wa3 ex¬ pected they would ft fire to the CU/j but the mva'ry fuccecdcdin difper/in^ them.— * The garrifbn of Madrid, tO»000 ftr*»ngf *bid :lhjPiinxcr IS* liif itfg*re$i <niU' ■-•-!*:■. tkv*l& | faithful to the government. A private lftter from Madrid Fays, tint a thirl r'ioiomntic note had been o mniu- nicated- by order <*r the emperor of ituffia, to »he Rp^nihh government, and that this Jafl communication h more Lii-.ia&ory ni^n either of the proceeding notes. The French paper* contain a fiatement from Madrid, ihat by a vote of the Cortes, the S-53-ij'Oh Jrfnits, as a di!lin£l order, ia to be hcncefo»*rh aHolifhed. The C/;rtcs of Spain is proceeding in its fyU-i) of legiflatio'?, but has already I met wfc'j an example of the danger of per- j rr'ctinjya military bndy to interfere in br'ngnifr about even beneficial meafures. The Cortes had decreed that the army of G ncal Iliega, which effe&cd the revolu¬ tion, (hould receive a nati inal reward and be di^hauded. This did not meet th^ap probation of the army, which refufed obe- d'enr*e to «he decree. General Riee<> and the officers addreffed infolent letters to the King and the Cortes heaping reproaches on the Monarch for the paft, and declar¬ ing that traitors (till furrounded the thr«-ne. Ar. rru^fht lie evnefled, the weaker party we ohi;)>ed to give away, and after fume negociatioo, ir ha? been arranged, that the army fa the Hand of Leon fliall not be I d:(banded; that O'Donogbuc, captain ge¬ neral of ^nda'ufia, (hall fncceed the ml- niHf r of War, who id'ued ll:e order for disbanding the troops, and that General RiVto \9 in fncceed Ge* eral O'Donoghue. This capitulation in t-ffeft, places Spain ider a rriliiary government ; for the real •wer of Icg'fhthn is now in the barrac ks tlie [fland of Leon —There are feme mrta of difturbanceahaving taken place Vwenpfa, on account of tlie rernoval of eucpd E!f % m which 60 of rhe militia ki Ctn kilhd. At MtsirH a report ha--" c " into ci'-;ulati'»n, that an attempt wji <:i contemplation to get the King in¬ to Gallic/a, ', Jfatoltotfon in Portent —Thr m\\\Zt) AaM.rcj ;•: rii#. Corth ^f Porrrtgitl !.*••« »!' * ' Ibc 1 mduSl nf it" It brtahreii in . awand r^;.^ a0ah«7< prec^tned a conftitutiotval revolution, under whicutuC cruntry is to be ruled by a Cortes to be n.'teaftcr e'c£L"d, the prefent King remain¬ ed at the head of the date. The Britifh . fficen in the fcrvice of Portugal retufing to take pnit in the i.iiurrectiun, have teen difplaced, and according to one account, ordu'ed to conftJer themfelves as in a ftate t.f arrelh The lateit advices from Porta- tjaj li ve betn received through France, at which time the troops from the northern province^ were on their march toward:* Li.-b m, but had not reached it. Little "doubt was entertained that the revolution would become general on their arrival. The following letters and papers detail the proceedings of the infurgents and the Portuguese regency : Gpo&tOj Aii£. 25. w Every tiling having |-;een privately ar¬ ranged on the 33d intt. between the civfl 3nd military autlioritiesf ydlerday at half pud 4 A. II- the caftle at thfi mouth of the Dovito announced by a royal faiute, The day de-lined to give liberty to Portu¬ gal. At day break the troops of the line and militia l{fernbled under arms, and the olficers proceeded to Sorm 2 military cotin- i-i, which poblHhed two proclamations ;.t h«:i pnfl three they msrehed to the Prada Nova, and potted themftlves in front of the public hall ; the gover¬ nors, bifhop and other pntrioritfes hav¬ ing arrived, the proclamations were read in their prefencr, and it was univerfaiiy sgr^ed on to eflabh'fli a provilional govern- nvent with power to call the Cortex, for thefj to form a contiitution : this agree¬ ment was (Worn to by all. The fame was pubb'ihed to the peopleandiroop?i who wel corned the intelligence with loud and re¬ peated fhouifl of long live king John VI,— long live the eorT.es and cotd!i:uti>n. In tlie evening the atrshoTuies attended :hc national theatre, and were greeted with the fame acclamations. Kvery thing was conduced in the rjrea*eft harmony ?nd g«*od order. 1' »i a drop or blo^U fpilt, nor even a ditfenting voice* All appear content, and every thing is going on as before. The government paper, which had rtfen to 27 per cent diLonut, is now cumnt at 25, and bid-J fair to go lower, as our caule cannot but profper The foreign ofHe^rs in the Portoguefe fcr¬ vice weie all placed under temporary ar- refl, but treated with the gtCdUdl polite- ntls, and paid op to the day. General Blunt, i^> at Ppntede Lima, and two offi¬ cers havfc been fent to i itimutc his arrelt to him. The oaths of fidelity to the c >rtes :ire pouring in fiom all the towns and villages in ihefe three provinces." An \m ther letter of the 28th of Auguft, from Oporto, contains the same account, with more ample details of the taking of the oath, «Scc. It thus concludes ; " Tfoopa are arriving from all the towns and villa¬ ges in this part of the kingdom. With the exception of Guimareas and Tiamcra, which do notchoofs to take the oaths, all [he towns as far as Coimbra, it is faid, have declared tut the provifional govern- went* At Oporto, a piece fukalle to the pc* csQon waa hjftily got up, and loudiy ap¬ plauded by the iv« nerous fpeftator*. At die recital of forne verier ttic whole audi- eneerofe and ened our, "Long live t!ie immortal Spaniards, our neighbors, who fct ?.n example to us and to the whole world." 1 he Prefident of the fupreme govern- mcfit railed his voice and announced the following vivas—The king ! the Potti*- gucfc ! tiie citizens of Oporto ! the gar- rifon of Oportn ; the generous Lngiith nation, from whom wc have received bene¬ fit?; def'^vir-jr of gratitude and wht< li wc will punctuahy repay when required. No language can exprefs the pleafur? of the Portngue8C on this enchaining light. Tears flowed fiom every eye. Such is the public fpiut of a city which was always difiinguiihed by its patrioiitm and its loy¬ alty. At Oporto, on the 31ft of Aug. the difcount on paper money had fallen to 24 pcr cent. The junta of the fupieme pro- vifiond government of the kingdom had addreflld the IJriliO: coulul at Opiii'tO to allure him Britifh fuL.jccts and property would be re'peded. 1-o.vdon, Sept. 2C. By the Dyde, arrived from Oporto, oil Falmouth, accounts have been received lo the 31 It AngtllL Kvery thing remained perfectly quiet. All the northern pro¬ vinces had declared for the new conflitu- tioti. The army had been paid their ar¬ rears. Marfhal Pamplona had marched with a largVf detachment of troops upon Opoito. At Aviero he learnt the occur¬ rences that had taken place, when the Jol- diers immediately deferted, and the greater number had arrived at Oporto. The 1 tth regiment wan at Leira, and had fworn to the conltitulioii. It aj?pears that no in¬ telligence had been received at Opoito from Lifbon, since the new conftttUtion had been proclaimed. The Dydc ha* brought proclamatioriS from tfc the pro visional jun¬ ta uf the fupreme goverriment <>f tl- king* riom to the Portuguefe," and from M the governor general of the arfenalsof the di¬ vision cl Oporto to the people of the fame division and the troops llaticned in it, and the nation." The former ks a fort uf ma- nifesto, Hating t!ic grlcvatiCes under wlmh 1 ortugnl labored, and which are enuKftrra- ted as the reafons which called forth the revolutionary explofion that baa taken }>lacc. It is figued by certain individuals, as representatives of the clergy* the nol.ii- ity, the cr»Hi im-itfs, and the merchant*, and d«'el rhe 24th Align t- A note ha. been add re (Ted to the >iiti^h oflieer«, ns- Hiring them that tluy Oiall i-rtxin the hp- oci'», piivdi-g"9 and didiniti<>n> be 1 '\,u,)\ to thciT rant, .••• I re*.....- rh;ir pav, i: I the meeting of iiC Corte?, but i appears they have been Amoved fiom their com¬ mands. The arltirns from Naples and Sicily are of a gloomy cast, and a ciul war ap¬ pears lo be raging m the Intter kingdom. Letters from i^dermo o: the 10th ult. state thai COO r:mmuiws, towns, and bo¬ roughs, had j"i 'd the J'.ilcrmiians in tiieir determinuirou to uphold their inde¬ pendence. Th> «ities ofCnracnsi1, Ca- tania, and Me^-na, adlun: to Naples. The town of Cailaaiaetta having taken the same side, »$ a^soult^d by the P»- lermitans, and 3 is said 2000 of t!u- iu- habitants out of S$Q00 periweq, and the greater part t f I »e town was destroyed. On the other htfid* t'i•, J«*0'>ps Af JPaler- mo have bee:* foated before Trap^nt, and chased a v.;' • 'i he government of Nnpfua was pre] ;i n% to send troops io tftosedtlcs of J^cily whiv-li adhered to the king ; but I depended for the ret- duetlon of Palettnochieily^n the effect of a blockade o*lhc sea- ide, for which a small na?aj tow was/prcpariog.—The ^renehpnpers rf«te ^l»e Carbonari were Croatia* fws*h 'ftowbtes in tiie kingdom of Nellies : niuUhat &&v were eve:: for estabt^hiii^ a ra^ety of independent re- polilics—f*nch a^he Apnleian repobKc, th- rt*j>ub!ic of Sainnltii»a. &e.. The tMvns of V"eut'-Ut0 w*d PoniQ^Cerfo fonlinncto ^t #<* papal authority at d< Sanee- Thob rf,,,,h wrr? formed into it^ ikr mill tan mfjlfes. Their baptised hi l.-S «bifh 111.-./om^rly believed li -d the powerM dii*.;»u a«ay the devil, are now mclt'cl inrv -r.:inn i';,r the purpose of keeping out rhe pope. It opprar* from the nunierd^ arrests which are d.rl- \y made, that tt *c r: a general ferment In the otaor pa^°f f!iL' eeclesiastieal dominions. A [rivule loiter fiom Ron.i- dated rhe 23d uf- state*, fh.it a rrtn-at oflhe Carbonafi 'n the Roman vi-jirq, list] r.\ '•••M'-/ h • l 'JjW viwrf* - .d.'.'.o princ'.jM! ( birfs n re>ted. It \< add-d that tin' pftp«r*whi>h tr«ta *w*ed, prow t:sat thfy \wrc in roriTfpoutJcnoe with wtll known |vroh, fifdtH>rrtitcnunfries in Europe, andal?* thats^vtftalbrigands, who infest the roa4 from Roinn to N>. pie*, wvre in r. .::,|ar correspondence uirh tlie Caibenarj. B&mSIJ TMU.lAMr.^T. f!uv<« or 1 o.mmon^ s-pf. 13. Tiie Speaker t." < tlio -■ \iir ttt a quar¬ ter before f-umW].. Ti-.eChancellor of the Kxchetpjcrj ovc<i the appointment of a Select Conn; ^e, to inspect tlm Journal; of flic I'M.;*, relative to i"- state of the bill fordivorcrng and d.^ra- dii*g her Maj'-stv. Mr. StMJ'Mwt Onflow thott^ht that the inqnuy i'> thni U -^ mt-^ht to he c -ii- durtod «ki'■: nil po^ible soh.Miir.it,v ; and submitted, l!ierefoi.% wheth'i ;t mi^lit not be expedient ftat a bill should be brought in to enable the House of Com¬ mon ■» to examine urtnesses upxm oalh- IXp did not ftfel bt0t*etf auUtoiiseJ 10 p-"i» -. .' such a bill : but ho trusted liiat the bouse would late the snbjrcl into t»t>n ^tleratiftri. Mr. Ore re # all<idrd (0 reports of an intuuled in •-..):» on the part of persona who were Jo be looked upon as tbeprps- eeut. rr, of ihv (Ju»rn. to indues the house to rrnour.v the right it now enjoyed, and had always possessed sin re it had been a ho»i*r of commons of exaniinlng wituess«'> at the bar. flu was not sure, rhi rcfoir. vvhe(h»-r what tli^ hon. RPirtle- mau had proposed «as not intended to hom d tho (ountrv eu the subject, and \\ h't'i.w Hie MU^estion hnd not lu-en in oh- u illi flic privity ii/.na'n.'^Vrs. FMr» Serji ;int Onslow said, ftmraM the Boor, •• On niy honour, Ba;**1 He did not say Ihat stub was thf design of thehnn,gen- tlemnn, bnl it might Imve that effect. If such a rumour were true : and if, after having degraded the Kiiu% the Quren, and the other houj-'C of parliament^ mi- nibtrrs pruce^ded co tlcprlre the douse of commons of \n cHtdoubtcd and most valuable pririlciro of examining witness- 05, the degradaiion would indeed be complete ({(ear. hour.) It would thence¬ forth become an tf-y^vt of end I -* dni- rlftn and boundless contempt with tfje nil ion. Mr. Kobhouse snid hi? own impression —-and he believed that in it he was by no moans .lingular -was, that there was nut the slightest d**nee of impartiality in the decision of l>e Lords. If so, wa¬ it not the duty of <U"\V Itonesl man, ol ever/ member of .parliament, to do hi- utmost to pnpprcsi the bill in limine? and wiih (his vto*tt on the former ad- jonrument, he had seconded the mctioo 1 f a nob!e lord. A*lo (i:c ^»'hni, if had most un quivo^all* and decidedly pro- iiouncru "un jud^nvnt a«ajnst the bill. Suppose the right l*)n- gentlemen oppo¬ site should be i-ur-^l with the accom¬ plishment of their <' irt's i;> lJ,i^ respect, in uiiat situittion foirid the illostrioti parties bi-pliiivd ? The onlyre<wlt could be, thai the Queen *on!d be proved to b^ a Rtrumpef, and lll<* King— what hr n ould not mention P lh:it !j0«sc (Cheers) The degradation ^^ nn( w^«*j atbom*1 but abroad—it wa^'""'- ,!i'-r* J,>*1 WJ where: our aiion^a(lorS w ©flicen and onrlawyera, \nAbecome %pi#^eres- droppers, and j5«ft°T»er.s of peijury*— (Continued cheer>0 Al l»**i to com- plute lit* picture, our l;^li;iuu'ut, the peers of Khgland- !;1> n pretenfalitea 0 noble: famitiop, nn; Ihe cteaee«d«it* n: heroic ancestor*— ,(: P»'lft« l,f fi- ' rtab —were s« m 10 p v UlUt lt'vA clnihi lli^S am! It) yvre uv<r *he f ""<<'^ ^ • h.ub: : un ..Mi,- -"-' -; ,! ^h^xin^O Vi -, such : - loct! "' li <lf a k! " li the !. a in rs !f ,!-'; ^ : ' -* it Uuif) *n tut V..-I... ! . .-- *# "' , ed 2 "Was it fit that the Commons should follow such an example? Was this house in solemn wockeiyt to sit down to the examination of charges rejected with disgust and detestation by the whole bo¬ dy of the people ? He *vas not nov -peaking on behalf of the King, He Queen, or the nation ; but, s**n i" it were severe upon |«}f Slajesty to St<5jJ at l)u3 momenf, before the openingof h<*r defence, he still should pay *- SfT> a^ reject this most fa&mons bill.n Thcna- ttonal feeling was obvious from the pre- cautir.rs f a!t!»n against i^- The lords had I'era'.lv hedged and «fcd themselresin by a standing ami)/; and iu the same way 'lit* Commony he ^uppored, would be required to mt them-clvrs i.» gaijri- 501:, under the protection of the OJtliln- ry. There w>es one cju^s'ion he should like to usk l/vfcrc he s;.l down—and fhit was? who i*8fi (opay for all this, (cheer?) lie supposed that tin* natron mu.t pay (for Iu-did not imagine t.hat the liobie lord^rid his colleagues would h^ very wil/fng to bear the disbursement) : and f\rbt\ arose (lie inquiry, what it paid for -: .Did it pay for honour or glory ? No : if" was compelled to pay for that winch was contrary to i?« most deliberate wishes and most valuable in forests. On the^e grounds, heshonld movo^ as an amend¬ ment, uThat an humble address be pre¬ sented to his Majesty, pravirw* him fn prprogae parH&meut, und ihcreby to pn'- rent fhe further progress of ineasu*"s against the Qnren.*1 Sir Robert \Viteon rose —He said that the silence Of ministers on the present occasion might be \cry dignified, but it would not satisfy the country. For him- self, Iip would not forego this opportu¬ nity of dndurlflg, timtshould the iJill of Pains and Penalties come into that House there was no resistance, no obstacle, no impediment which the wit of ir.au could lar^Mt *vn rtiitmtvoiaiifii- «*jrjHJ '"•' !,~ would not make use of trf stop i!s pro¬ gress ; not merely because the measure ir. its form was abominable, odious and unconstitutional, but because he now conceived himself a competent judge of the ivhtile proceeding- H<*,uul attended every <h«y in the House of Lords—hehad heard all the witnesses—he had listened to all that could be urged In their favour —he had observed (he conduct of the ju¬ dicial assembly, and he was prepared to assert on his oath—on hi< conscience be¬ fore God, that these proceedings had 0. riginafed in a foul and infamous con*pi- racy—(llenr ! bear!) TheSewcrehaid tewns, it was true, but it was his duly on an occasion like t.iis to speak out. and net to allow the best interests of Ins Country to suS^r, lest he : honld plre of¬ fence in any quarter. ((*hcr-r«.) He could afford proof fhal the conspiracy origina¬ ted not at lili'.an. but at llanovor. Could any man doubt that Baron Ompteda rc- ceircd rnstmclinns to open drawers, to pick lochs, ami to s'eal b-tlers? For when he came bark to Hanover, instead of being disgraced, he was reinstated iu his rank, and certain arrears of pay were given to him ihat had been withheld for some political misconduct while Jerome Bonaparte was in possession of West¬ phalia. But, if received at court, he was rejected by the people, for the Ha¬ noverians made him a contemptible out¬ cast frem all society. In the same way who could doubt that the British minis¬ ters at tflutgnrd had acted under instrnc- lions? Bur, if (he plot was hatched at Hanover, it grew and was perfected at Milan, which was made the rendezvous ot all that was despicable, and nothing vvns jHused that contributed in the slightest degree to blacken the reputa¬ tion of her majesty ; discharged servants were welcomed with avidity, and even the creation of testimony seemed to have been encouraged as long as it eiicrea*ed the slander and the infamy* To show the nature of the witnesses, and the manner in which they were re¬ warded and encouraged, he hnd in his possession a letter from the Rev. Mr. Godfrey regarding Sacchi,M'ho beins hi¬ red as a conr;er, received from the Prin¬ cess of Wales seventy Napoleons a year. It appeared that while at Mr. Godfrey's he was not looked upon nor treated as if he had been a menial servant, but as a gentleman of rank, for he had a servant of his own to attend him ; he was called at Mr. Godfrey's by the name of Mon¬ sieur de Milan!) which proved that he had so represented himself.—The letter besides contained (he following scu'u-uce. -•You wish to know on what terms I received him ; the terms were r£?5_r>er week foriiimsc 1 fand iris servant.*'—Thus a menial servant, receiving kcvi ntv Na¬ poleons a year, coming to Ensjlm:d as a witness against the Queen, was allowed an attendant of his own, and was pole to p*\ Jgs per week, about ^270 a year for his board alone. (Cheers) Was not fHid very like subornation and perjury? (Ilrar 1) All this was on tlie same scale aid for the same purposes as when the mn«ferofa ship received ^1,500 equal to £5000 in Naples. A Prince Cardi¬ al iuR'imr v.a--Mowed only 14000 dol- krs a year ; and yet this captain of a po- hicca obtained 12,000 dollars a yeaT for his evidence, Lucking at these facts, the nation would assert that the que*n p-d h'-en insulted, and the Mn^ betray* d. Not merely had she been insured by the- direct evidence., but by th« intro- luiuenof nbatCfiffft incident which had n 1 CAiHie\lmi wiih the case. (Hear, rear.) 'J>. Ri-n|{ had been betrayed, ' * ' * i' wa* impes.iblo rliat he could * knutan thn vilo nature of the cvi- '"; '% or ike di.gj.arrf, 1 means etuplpy- ril (- ' bfcin ^. II.- (Sir It V\iihou) po] ' thm "Meal;. Utov c he Was an %-. ir ■ 1 ,■ , - -- , una 10, <i i\,.- a vapii ■ ' u >, bi i\ first iii-tancr, as bestiakn.. • d .0secure ihe interest of the people ai wdl as of the kins mU-fjwpn s because he recol¬ lected the former $uiferiu^:i of the rpue.. —because he was scared at the gigantic power n-r^vt'.\rr—b:c.iu<e be biifiw the tenrl««mc5< r iui u< licncy rf femiiln repa- fatioo- b •■' "--e J#e knew- bow diihenit it wasto rt**x*t nn*are, rr^enirarats and oppowun'.t). I>\: !;;.\in^ now heard the charges* and the evidence in support of (hem. he should be the bases-1 of men if he dU\ not do all in Irispowertoprssei 1 s theqecen from peijured wiines>es anda parllai (libuoal ; ii he had .1 t!nu-u: 1 lives 1"* would wil!ip«»|y sacrifjeo them ;i!| rather th-tu so* iruiQt^nce suffer a^d injnsftrft trirraph. (CSe-rrs.) Dr. PhiMF^nore, in explaining the sea> sous for voting a^i'fist rl^o amendment (a.% u ■• • ulc-M-- ■ ir) eoorpkfned (hat the hon. Stid galk*M* % rt«r?il who ^p^ke lait bad formed &u ?\ ■••'■ x upon ex-partec.- idencc ; the r-v" •/. - . :vot yet concluded; and fboejrh the )■•;:. and gallant general might be "o- p; to d* tide, he believ¬ ed thst he * • rtyed lltat competence ex- cinsiv '- (] ,7.) )'fe was convinced that ju.Lice won! ! be dire to the Queen in the result, an S ti il neuter *he ilou-r- ot I."'. ■ ->v (lofivuous v.ei»!d arrive at .1 'onr-e • inconsistent with the troth rt the cvi.'.cnee : the Qi een vould r. tt he prononnci dgnilty unices she ivcro realh so. t Jiear, hear.) Mr. H. G. I%* iinct was drfirous of arr Opportunity of dating that his original opinion was in no ritfpeS changed by what had recently tranfpircd in the Houle of Lords. For years miniflcis had pur- fned the fame fyflem of bringing into odi¬ um and contempt the inflitntn.-ns of the country ; their In(1 <tTort WS9 the bill be¬ fore parliament, and its introduction would be regretted by nil who loved their coun- T^5 *-i 1... 1*-*.:l rl/w,», ift -lu\n "i.illioe^ ^\ hen government found that it was not likely that they flionld aecomp ilh their whole cbjc(ft. they rclinqnifhed the half of it ; and the Prime Minider had betn heard in the lionfe of Lords, to declare, that, though her Majefty mipht be tooinfamou3 to be the Queen of this country, fhe was not too infamous lo be wife of the King ! (Much cheering.( An honourable gen¬ tleman (Dr. Phillimore) had objected to ex-parte (latements and decihons; and what he faid on this fubjeQ had Leen'glad- Iv cheered bv the noble Lord and his ad- herenrs. Yet what waa tli( fnct ? The cafe arrainfl the Queen was clofcdj and if a man found nothing of j-uilt in it, it was preeffely contrary of an r.v^r/^conclufion; it was an opinion formed on a!1 the evi. dence tliat eonld be adduced. Since the days of Star-chamber, fince the time when Bradlhaw f.:t upon the life of the King no proceeding fo monflroufly unjnft as the pitfent had been heard of. The evidence was beard ; it was infbrccc '^ all its bear¬ ings and then the cafe was Ptopped—flop¬ ped a fie i the bodily, the dirpdling, the loathfome evidence which the Attorney- General, to hi? own difgraee, hnd thooght fit to prnduce, had been gone through with an odious partic'jlr 7. Yet thia ceftitnony, bad as it was, did not at ail come up to ihe chargewj n.any of which the counfel for the profecution li3d not attempted to prove* or even to asfe a witness oie qu.-Hiou regarding them. To be fnre her Wajelly'sconduft was cakuLt- ed to banilh all union of guilt even at the outfer, the fearless way in which ihe laughed to fcOrn her accufcrs ; the man¬ ner in which that heroic woman fet her foot upon r()r (hnre of Enfflrnd< a.iA. *■ bove all, the dtcilive tone in which (Ire re- jefled all attempts at mediation betw-ccn her, and her accufcrs, conclusively fa! I*fied his mind at the time of her complete inno¬ cence, (hear i hear !) He had indeed, known perfons die wijv the exprefhV.n of innocence upon their lip, againfl whom guilt was but too clearly proved : he had known them die with that declaration in their mouths for the fake of their families, or for fome other worldly purpofe ; but he had never known and he challenged the memory of any o- ther man to say whether there had ever exiflcd a guilty j erfofl who ruflied to trfoS inllead of cfcaprng fiom fuch an ordeal? (Hear !) Was thctcever an iaflance of guilty peifons teeking a trial who could have efcaped from one ? fheat ! hT-71 ^ w detted a.^y K4n Co produce an inftance ot tUch an ocrnrrence, 'Ibe condud of the Q_ucen on the oeca&m to which he al¬ luded; had fatisficd his mind as to her com- plete innocence. He had kept that P»^;- ciple ft*adyHknd tiron j in his mind and it was impofftb'eto reconcile it with the cr- ifter.ee of guilt, (hear! hear!) llr deliberate convicton, now that the profe¬ cution had been gone through, was, that the whole was a foul and disgraceful cou- fpiracy agafnfthcr Majefty; he thought. fn eaily in the bufinefs, and now, at u'# clofe, that opinion was moO ilrongly con* firmed (hear!) Feeling the dr. gcr to which the country was cxpof^d from fur | ther perseverance of -any kind ii, fuch ., bill as that in cu'ellion : Tctling that all clafses of Society, ;n 3 manner, (he wonhi not mdeec! fay a!] clafse?,but a vaft majo¬ rity 'of ther.<-0p]c)were of the fame opitv- ^" » Weiflg that this was another inftanr (and. the ttrongeft inftance within hie mo moiy) in which on? clafs wan to fit a= judges upon a caie, while the others wert arrayed again ft them ; looking to the in finite mncbiefa likely to arife from the army and n;>vy takng a part upon the PC caGon—for 1 was univerlall)- known. «md it was in vain to deny, that there won, a mong all rankn of mc nf up"n this Bub'icb a feeling Fo !Uong a^s hid never b«e:i r > marked before ; knowini; an tlcy dui. that tli'- army and f.avy rartici'.at d 1 89

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