Kingston Chronicle, November 17, 1820, page 2

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• them has been with Imwfl whose death « mil been ihe llgual for 3 new attack cm her honour. Mr. Pitt was her earliell and conllant friend fiom the period of her arrival in this country tip to the time of his death. Fie died in 1S06, and bat a few weeks afterwards, the firft inquiry in- (k!,,.!,, u»ii c tl.- Vr.n, * A:.(I I .n ;a?tnic( rd" odiK iit.n uo -ii.tll prove the lire** then worn l*j itie tjuccn was "tnttrceat and ilisgn n"g-' tie afterwards says, "that it wasot the inoal m- »lcccnt deacriptioo**1 and (hat for wearing it she W a^ actually ln)(»U'*l out of ihe public ilieatre.* Son, when lie came to (he proof, what turned jit the fact ? NVhy, according to Dcmoni, tha; her (the i'ri;ice>sVi!re»s was * extremely Ugly'— to the conJuft of her Royal Hi^hnefs [ <!.al she wore* ugly marks' It was very strange was commenced. He left her Royal Highnefs as a legacy to Mr. Perceval her firm, dauntlefs, and able advocate on thai occafion ; and no fooner had that melan¬ choly event which laid him low by the hand of an aflailin taken place, than that attack was refumed, which his gallantry and skill, and invariable fidelity, had till then prevented. Mr. Whitbread then took up her defence, and when that mourn¬ ful event occurred, which all good men had united to deplore, without any dis¬ tinction of party, the grumbling ftorm was again heard, but it was happily then kept from approaching her Majetty, for her daughter then furvived, and all were willing to worfhip the riving fun. I now rail your Lord hips attention to that which has resulted from the pro¬ ceedings against her Majesty, and to comment upon the peculiar features of the story which has been got up on this occasion. I have now to remind your Lordships of that which has not been brought to your recollection, but which has rather boon obliterated (torn your memory by the evidence, the statement of the Attorney General. In the words of my learned friend himself,! will bring before you the plan of his opening speech. This will b? found of material import¬ ance.— Mr learned friend did not make that general ppi .-h without hook or in¬ struction, but it was transcribed for hirn (and in what nay it was transcribed for him, I wilt leave your Lordships to judge) 'from the mouths of the witnesses. I to believed his learned friend, (the Attor. Vi'ey&M-tti\.) a%€W*y««! iMflt *tofc knew his honourable nature, when he said, " [will not state any fact against h«.T Majesty which I do not believe in my conscience! sharl be able toestablish by proof: but at the same time, in the discharge of my duty, I shall withhold nothing which can be so established/' I know that he spoke mo*t ronscienlious- ly. Now that he failed to prove what he stated, I know equally, and there cau be but one cause for this failure. My learned friend has failed, because he told you what had been copied into his brief from the mouths of those wit¬ nesses, who had sworn as falsely before, as they hare done since they were bro't. to your Lordships' Bar. I will now call your Lordships' attention to one or two samples of the evidence given, which will enable your Lordships to judge pret¬ ty accurately of the value of the whole of the testimony of the witnesses, com¬ paring what has been steted in evidence, with the facts set forth in the speech o! the Attorney-General. For this pur¬ pose, I shall select but one or two lead¬ ing witnesses. In the first place it was stated, by my learned friend, that the improprieties imputed to the Queen ex¬ tended almost down to the present time. Now it so happened that the facts sworn to by the witnesses, extended but to within three years of the present time, that is, overjust half of the period which they were said to have filled up—I pra^ you to look, my Lord*, in the hYst place, at the way in which the Attorney General opened his case, and at the manner in which he attempted to prove it. I will shew you, savs nw learned friend, th. Attorney-goneral, the dear and decisive marks of two pcrsous having slept in her Majesty's bed in Naples—I will shew you, that this occurred when she came home early and unexpectedly from the Opera, on the second night after her ar¬ rival at Naples—I will shewyou (hat she went to Bcrgami's bed room, where he then ipas, and that she was not visible to the nobility, who (locked to see her, un¬ til a late hour on the following day.— Those were the expressions used by my learned friend In his opening speech. \y evidence at your bar. At ttesnita lie said eshould prove 'that Bergami ami ill- JVfnctfss that >Jjc should wear a ina-k, and that at a mas* qtitrade. Now, in rny opinion, ihi>ast*>iiUhmcni UUghi not to he «•! hmg duration, for if she Jul not wear; a ina-k, she had no business there. 1 -IimiU. in faci^ my U>n|s, fatigue your lordships itnnvccs*arily, we're I to po Ihiongh in detail, all theglai'ii^vttria.tion^l)etweiHiin3 learuedfriend's sratcme:.t,at;d his attempt to pfove bis assertions k he should prove that ISergi were locker! lip ill :i room loge.ln r. A* S;:;lo- nane, mi the l-ih of April, (fur he was always prcci-c ns to (later,) he was to prove that \v!ule one of the scivanis was in bed in tl;,* anti-rot in, the Princess passed thru1 it into IJerganri's room where he was in bed. and remained taere Rul¬ ing Bergami, far a considerable time—what \;n> the witness'3 story, when lie came to tHl \\ — why that Majocch* saw the PHutfcssgo into l)er- «::ui'iVi room, &t)<i remain there on one occasion toe ten rainutes, and on another for u'teen—and heard them sal ate ?—no—but only whisper. Then again look at the proof as given in Sac- chl's story, and the statement of it iu my learned friend's speech. Sacchi says, tliat one uiglu when the courier reinrned la e frotfl a me#>ascto Milan, (ami which comer b.j the way, wa> Sac¬ chi himself,) he did not find Bergami la his own bed-room, hut coming out from that of 'lie Priii- cess—that Bergami seemed anxious to explain away the reason of this extraordinary appear* arrce, by "aymg he had heard the child cry, and bad gone to see what was the matter. Did the uiinr^i fjfvc th'.s account of the ivllc^ed transac¬ tion ? N'», ftrf tUotfgh repeatedly urged to relate the an«ar<ioSe in a particular manner, m> as to suit th^ tIe-£cri|)tion of it by roun.-el, he replied he imd no recollection of this conversation a boat Ifcrgami's child. Anf-rwanls came the narra¬ tive of [lie di-:;iarrl'ol ftCI'OC at tile Barona, K) dl^fac**ftil and dhjcw^iio^ u< htated by t!o» At- roi ni'\-(ieneral, that it gave the hou«c mine Hie character of a brothel than that Ol a palace. It was this licentious conduct which even shocked | her servants, and drove from hercinle, all -o. cietv of rank. AndyetfMiignlaraslf was.after this condiu-t became puhlicly known through all the servants that l.ady Gharluttc I4nd?rty re- i"Mv«"l Iu*F ttiRil* to ihe Piiih'os 'Pin' >ervai«rs of I.,ids Charlotte mitst doubtless have eomuuiui- cated with those ol lite Prion'*-: tlo^re v\as 00 sfep taken to keep this grave-like secret, and yet, fiom first 10 la>t, we hear nothing of it- blastiagoperation upon the minds of \i-itors of unquestionable honour, foraucfe were Eaidy Char¬ lotte Kindsay, Lortt and Ladj («lrnber\ic. Lads C Campbell, and the Other honotirahle person- ages in her Ko\al lli^hnca-N >uiie. The?e joined her lioyal ttighness after the scenes at the Ba¬ rona; some met the Prince-s at Naples, some joined at Rome, others at Leghorn. Aye, at even much later periods her A!nj,e«ty was at¬ tended by illustrious eomuauv. Sue wa.*reei-iv- hv such after the untg VOjagC ; ^lie was c.)(ir- teot^ly received by the legitimate Sovereign of I»Tien, and the still ntttre legitimate Bourbon of Palermo. She was courteously treated b> ihe legitimate Stuarts of Sardinia, whose legitimacy stands cnnlra-di tiogoished from the Ulesitmaey of the family whose po«&e5ston of (he liirooe of these realm-* stands upon the ha- is of'public Iih- erly and public rights. She was received even by a Prince who ranks higher in point of legitf* rrracy—the BeyofTunis(alaugh.) Shewn 43so received wilh the same respect by the U'*pre>en- rative of the King at Gomiantiooptc^. In fact, in all those countries she met with that reception which Wfta due to her rank and Consideration. Here the learned counsel again called the at¬ tention of their lord-hips (»> the variance between the statement of the Attorney-General and the proof of the tvimesses, which he pronounced to be a marvellous discrepancy. There never was, he said, a case brought lotO Court under such marvellous auspices. The very two witnesses that in ordinary case> cau hardly ever beobtaili¬ ed were here adduced^ \i/. Hie man*? body ser¬ vant, and the lady'afemalc agenda..t. Tlie very parties who■ raust know Of the adulterous inter¬ course if ever it had taken place. Tliey hadihcse witnesses fn this ca-e. They had also, for the purpose of making their testimony the mure con- elusive, two principals to dwell with, who threw off every- thing like di*.g4i>e, ano joined, tf the sttu> be true, as tf in all the v-igm of blood, in the heyday of _\0'jt!*, and v\heie the tiidt-.^encc of the pa-sif/o-., when sanctioned h> solemn forai<, partake- more of the nature of a virtue thai) ciime. Jhe-e principa-UUireu otl'a'i tram¬ mels which decorous prudeuce su*^ested in ordl- tiary miwu*. , strjl Jj Icp) itivy . -m' mi<-i- ... ; and countenancing witnesses to every act, in greater numbers a-> tha: act became nl more tog* <ravated ii::aioi\;lii\. They were found =■ ■ = t■ •••» together iu familiar proximity, with the door? open, in a house full of servaafa and visitors.— Their conduct, as they a^cendtd in the scale of moral ^uilt(berame Uvs reserved and more open o the eyes of all about l he in. Tiiev could not salute each other, excent in the uroence of Mar jocchi or some other servant, Ehej could m>t take the darkness of the ni^tit. or the secrecy of tuose vile and infamous plact> where in silence and darkuCrMhey mi^.hi have £ianlied their p:i>- BiOns—no, they mu-t, on ihe deck, of the ship, til the presence of the captain and crew, di-play all their unseemly and insane familiarities. Mr, would he a *fi a- .K-; n nM he in ynw "• ^; ' -hips. Hut I speak >i *»« v "° U:iVl" ,1."1 Vl I * rft>.di*"0«^, x ufiv.rfea5«lice. rtUott*ouW j brought overhe're; *«5C "'i0 **« been hr^tit over here are of ih- former descnpimn, *u*y from the very sink rf «*»«>« " Snnl "[ \U" numero m..|.ih..m. bcU puileotes, qui f ,('^ jud.c.urn.hd.M.. ntfi «"«4 mulu»t»priid*-nles, iIHrerafi (eve., quo vatns de eajwh video conct- atos. * ** * o.,husjn.j^ random j..cu>.:i. testimonium Indus, exist.mano w.tia teneJ.a, laus merces, gratia.sratulaihi propoMta est o-,.- uis in imprud.-nti me,dac;o." These .ire the men suited for Midi " coi.MHraey, and money s UCCOrdiWClv givm »« UW«I with a ltheral.t> a- InoM uohounded; -^ n,rord,.? tott.uown MM*, they have tl^« enlisted panlv bj CW. Lr. i«i«-c heinT.or.cilaU.-!ei,deiicy id tU r vVrites Co-.K, '■ tha." -.1! the Christian Uin- veisitic. ffhri^ii-in, L.."f n-(1i-iii:s«»»hed from L;itherau I) U -.* h«v*l«l, Will COaCiade mtfi anil \r'i}U \\ u .vas so%"0tifluently expectrrl this witness \\nuld dfrulge! As this witness, twwever., failed to establisli this ETiVienth I'm ni>hed with money ; alueil, i have, rides th^-eal, procured unto journnal ai^U- r'l.ave ^ 'tfni.ined to laiif the lead- n.,acf/on,h, (M1. ^nul I h^e made an ar- au.emeniof.heu, fIA,te^ll,^^J?uSS ayVarilntois. vfe.sce .vith -hat ^ulan'y te-nmonv, i arij th. " i*eme aiiin sprv*iy«H^ "* "—"«*.....* •" tireeled my wA letted in nwrf bumble vv.se, ^>eechiite your most iu>al elemency to ponder They contained asscrtico3 rising one above j ftrougbam then at considerable length, pointed another in regular succession and each succeed- j out the hnpossibility that the (.J.ieeu would have ins the other in momentous aggravation. But wiien my learned friend came to his proof, even one of his assertions not only fails him, but is liegaiived, we may say, by the very witnesses Waited to substantiate the sialcraeni, 1)e Mont fs asked, M Did she know whore (he Prince.v went on thaL night?" No, she unequivocally fays she knew not the facr. Did she know where the Qicen went when she came home that bight ? No, ah? knew not where. Did she know where Bersami was that night ? No, she knew not nhere he went to bed, or where he slept. Did she know when the Princess got up the lid- low tag morning? No, she did not recollect that fact. Did she recollect the crowding of visitor* to pay their respects that morning ? No, she recollected not that. So thai instead cf giving an affirmation to the Attorney General, she gave him an actual negative in the particular ques¬ tion, which she uneqni vocally answered : for she said, that to her recollection, she rather thought the Princess was up at her usual early hear on the morning, when it was hlfi object 10 shew she Tiad remained until a late hour in her bed room. And the did not say one word about the visitors of rank who thronged to pay their respects, on the morning after ihe Piinecss's arrival at Na¬ ples wa- known to the nobility. The ~ is one observation which I most beg leave W- »' !*c re¬ specting the allusions made l>y my learned friends [ilie Attorney and Solicitor Generals] to the manners of Italy. Thej doubtless act according to the tenor of their instructians, for it is quite clear they have never bepn in Italy thera£ei*es, and know IUiVq or nothing of the practice of Ihe country. They, in fact, I how no symptoms of knowledge, upon the local customs of Italy. They seem to express astonishment at the Princess's appearing out of her co-nmon dress at a masquerade ; ihey are surprised at her going to such a place disguised ; they wonder tyai Instead of guing their in di>- gj'tie a:id through a pruam door, die had not gone with the eyes '>!• all the world upon her. in a *'ate coach, with her coachman gO'«*eou-l> be¬ dizened on, h*r lacquey* plastered from bene t» f'jot! Aitonhiifag, thai instead of all ihis «dir we»i m a private a tl hired rnat h oui of a but k d-j«r! They who evjierrrd all tui», knew h 1c of the ro;. J wcreaiion* of MmatV court, or ol any continental circle. In allvkionta tbi»ct;|j ^f the Queen to the masque*adCj theAuoiaey rejected all the oll'eis of wealth, and securny i rendered to her. If there was any foundation for } ihe accusation against her. 'j lie learned gentleman proceeded In his com- meats, and at one u clock requested permbMou, from fatigue to relirv. The applicatiOQ was im¬ mediately acceded to amid loud cries of y/..enr! hear!) After a pause, Mr. Brougham resumed— M> Lords, 1 do not intend 10 M|y. 1 ha\e no in:ere*i in saying that a conspiracy has been formed against her Mujesiy by the persons \*Uo conducted these proceedings; but l do say, that if such a conspiracy had been lonned, a nunc *li- rect course could not po.-siblv have been taken to carry it into effect, U'l it be supposed thai a plot were actually laid against ihe domestic peace of an individual, and lhat evidence were to be produced of circumstances which never took place. To whom would the fabricators have re- COUfSe to give the e&lor of truth and consistency lo their lale ? First of aii liny would gel tlie ser¬ vants who lived in the hou&e; without ihem il would be altno>i impossible to succeed; with them, there would be the most brtlliant prospect of your design terminating in the projected re suit. Her servants, even in this couutiv, would be the persons to whom you would re-sort, as m»*i likely to ensure your end; bur, if those aervaiws were foreigners, who are to be well tuto'ed a- broad, and then to deliver their story at ihe bar of a tribunal where thej are unknown—if the\ are to be brought loaplace^io which after their departure they will not return, where we viu\ know no more of Ihem, and whose worth we can¬ not ascertain, whose character we cannot ftnd ouU how much better .are ihev adapted to the iu- teaded purpose. The) are ju-i ttie kitldol ser¬ vants lo whom such conspirators would resorc ; because Ihev are foreigners. All foreigners, how¬ ever, are not made of the same materials; there are no more bad men foreigner^ than, perhaps, ittere are at home ; but, if there he a place Ull earth where, in modern lime-, pfrTtdv may be hatl for money, or indulged in thru1 the m-ilium of interest or plte, eertainlv it is aiming ihe lower c!ii-se. of J aly ; and that i> ?i proportion whicU i think even re-e-etable iialiarh woul.t I hem elves allow me id »iu{e, Itul tUrii* .ire there, oh tbere are ew»ej wlirreeUe, imwl re- speeiable nidividi.il*. I nave the ItappllH I to kaou many in wl.c.e hav I; :ey life 01 l.o..o: .,„ • haveb.cndril^d P<wiOv«t« H.cir -;..mii;g to Ihe foreign .,uV. hete.a.ul we m;.> raimuahy suppose mere have ^"" *\"'™*/ri..;.Mcrs wno.^e attention has b.vn^'v,:.-1 to th. ^«^»^ pl..vme»t.anj it cl.-••rl) ..|.pea:s that wh.U il s inve>ti^:.onha-b('t%" Pmu:- -u. some »I tin |- so.15Ihejoselve^mc^"1^' h-' Wlrfojr™ w' ' ^- ms bave been wp^ in f"?4'1* l" 0t1l^!lla acu.e,adu:'rrcoll--^-,,^r,7;M- ^ °"f serve ,v lords w!|>«» «»e effect nl An system of drilling muM be, nF*^ ^ U%UIV T - For more than thai1 »*"»* ?ld,*f ^ ^ -il at the receipt of porj-.r-r ! do nat say -u,. exposed lhat Boar*' *»* ^."f1" cf;" " misled b3 ral»e*iatW»»t»* lor by so long nub g the facility br impi ««"» » lucr1^ rZtx Z «ifinn was^iven M*»^*lffl^£2 wa. opened upon °^n- ®*c** *\tl™ 5~S was forthwith nwAW*** ™ l,,c ;\'U!,,M'* < \ > witne.s from his r£,:n.<inat,on, and u bee;.me the proof apparent of *» &*»**** ^f ^«*>* credit. There I.ao 1 TOt bl'en a mUatw$T^ 1?,7 i mean Italian *frl[ne**J1*1 ™W?*\ oS *• ^ thai has not passed. u"der ^e M.Ian dml ;u- <U>r<U mi vervo^H »as this prepara .on con¬ sidered, thai lire »fi*f ^^f"1*"" ' T,»Z who »,s first applflied Ui for. !l,s ;'>""'*"> ■"]' • \ ,. * iHrv ihe day before be inane lus arrived in ihwetfiinr"!- J,. Vli „„„ . , , liar, wa- firs carrieii 10 Mi- oppearauee at this 1*!:,. , , .uH^sl;i>ureviou»-eva«ninaiiou. Inn 1U..T1I1 nh re I" r r t v _., r' tUe polaeie,(ho iiilJPi. I-^I.', Nay, t he uiasterof, , ' ,. , ' . , ,1 . . , ued at Mi'an, ir made, iinmerll- lie luiii lieen e^amih , , .. ... , his aopearauce heioie yuus Lu/d.nhips, in ni.1,. ^» n yi^frvlllwuuffi'LWIfti bMW drill in which he had been disciplined eight months before. When -<t length these witnesses were safely landed, the" were placed under the same superintendent, all consolidated in one mass, though Cuming from difiVreol quarters, and thus tian*ported afl^rafew days residence, to the fbieign depot loi peijury.—iiroughl back again to theeouutry itndPt the same superinten¬ dents who had sa vyeU ean:-e;i tlu u money, they aie still kepi tngethe* •" m^^es. no doubt tor the convenience of mnnml ^uminunication. Thus bave these mo I cr-Milahle witnesse-, after all t< e previous intoiing, been liviiig together 111 bt«- therU and sisterly arL«e«ian5 and. by a rehae- nieut even in ihis"refined syiein or drill.us-, as¬ sorted together in the respective 3i>i:es of .heir residence, not according 'u their different coun¬ tries^ previous acquaintance, ar :imilarity bfsta* lions or Jiabi's. but accoidiug liMlie pans of .he story which they were each to si-'am. i; is in ■ evidence thai two uf the uituoM**, Piedmontete, are not aborted to-'Mh'r, hut Kept in the tame .-ectiou w.i;h others who were called npon to tell the -auie Uile. 1. is under rilCtim tauces sueu as these, thai these prisoners o\' the bill, igno<am 0* every thing etae,vave me Stati Oienta lliey n ere to make, were brought before >our lordships to make tJieiirappearyjice Al this bar. 1 t.nuu, my lords, that I foresee thUI I SUn *Up]josed b> some o*f you hv undervalue the chaiacier of Italian testimony. Sulfer me to fonit'% myself against such a conclusion. It •■*ot importance to ttie duty I have to discharge, and will probably re¬ in ve >v/.tr lordships fn»m the tedium of those comments on the sia'ement»of the wiliiesiea in support of the bill, whiell Lam bound to eiilorce, if I may !*•• allowed hi rail back your attention to a period of unrhist«if\ ttoi \er\ differentia iu character ami »pirll fNlill the prc-eut day, and where the irausattfion* were not \e>\ dissimilar, at least, in point of severity. Sour lordships, | perceive* antirip^te me. i naturally go back lo the reign of Harry Ihe eighth, and to |he proceed- rngsagaltiM Gaiharinenl Airagon. InwharvieM Italian testimony, thougli proceeding from sour¬ ces calculated 10 e-iahlisti impressions very di|- ferentfroui the st;uemvnts of discarded servants fcwas iheu held J Oil u.llhe able to learn from so ue 1 cry curious documents m Hwner's Feeder^, Tlie gieal purpose of l¥e promoters of that mea- Mne a« ihev alleged, wa- 10 ob'.^u tue fier and unbiased opi riou- of H»e Xfalian jurisis relative to the ili\oice. With ll1a! 0j,j,.cl ,iu,v applied to the le.-nned docmrs for lncil. e«acilfcJ»*lMi| and, as time learned divines mit| fi„Ctor-, by astrange culncitleitce, delivered Vltrm in ahnosi the same words, I Shall limit m_vs.|f |o ,nt. reading of one --that of Bologna—" i^'imsermis, Judicamus, |)i- eimus, ion<tautis-4me Testamur, et indubie Af- firmamur, hujusmodi matrimonnun, hues nuptia<, late|couji:giuin.horrendutn fore ejtecrabile dete&- tai dam, viroque ( Uristlano imrao eliam cuiiibet luhdeli. prorsus abiuninahile, cheque a Jure natunr Divinoet Uuiu&no-dlrio poaiiis Krohihi- tiim." iS"c. In these conclusions thry all slate that they had sifted the question but all agree >n this, that Harry the Kighih Imd a ngni to be divorced from Catharine Of Arr;;gon. And thence it appears, from a similarity of the reasons, and the concert of opinion.i, thai even these learned Jurists had beenakosubjected to apreviousdriU ling. Indeed, by a singular coincidence, these Docthsimt D&ctorcs of the sixteenth century were directed to sw.ear lhat Ihey never had any communication with each oiher, in the same manner that the illiterate hnpudentis of the pre- setll proceeding swore, itiiLt ihe\ never taliced t> each other as to wharrach had lo swear. The doctor* and divines of fi.dy swore on the bnly gos¬ pel, lhat neither by sign^ OP (tordsnad tlrej ever communicated their sentiments to any other.— All '.Ins appeared prim* ,/««»> a very sound and >p<-cious case, as c\try. *ecu?ify had been taken lo ffitard against any captiuus ohjectiim. With thai character it would t*ave passed dmvn to i.u>- teriiv. had there not hfW an honest historian lo give the true statement irf the facts. That bisio- riau was Uishop Burne "bo, though oi>pose<l io favor Uarrv VIIt. In e*n>cqo*u^e of his exer¬ tions in support of ihe icfoiiiialion, has placed those iran-ociions up<# record, li was also n most stranj-je eeinoide»:*e- til <t the agent who eondiicied ihcmhject W Hatry, was described by the Bishop atmos in be same terms as were un-.t by mv learned frici!« ine Solicitor-General, in describing tbeineriisidt ihegeuiieman »sho was sent out to preside over !!"' Milan Hoard. The agem of Harry the Wwuh h dr-crlbed ;o' be a man of grea' prohity, :Y'd singularly skilled in the laws of the couni. \ A Still more curious coincidence, that liar" R a^ci|f> name was tVok[laMg)iing.J Of i.-r proceedinp the Bishop rays, " that a> he (Cook Wcnl "P «•»»«> down pro¬ curing hands, he told ill>*f hr «ame to, k he de¬ sired they would write ftrir.conclusionsaccord- ins '<> learning and c>l,*c,cr,t'*N srlthptfl any prosper I or favor, as t!uA would answer it at ihe last day, and protesietl"*' I,CVf,r ff^ve nor pre. misedany Divine any ":tJ^ n" be had freely written his mind, and tUil v*',al he then gav, «a* raihcr an honorahl' Prr>cnl 'ban a reward " These facts coneealed a !,u> lime, of what pa s- ed in thai century, ha : in.Ua C0I,:C down to u*; and w'10 knows but flltf» in. *** rour.-e of l2Ut) jrais. onr po-reiily wi' uC *n Possession of the ^ecrei CtMie-poudenef if ,M'* Milan IJnard ?— There W 11 leri er at Conk*- daledihe bt of July, l.'i'iO, in wlNCh be Ma:e-,M«,T he i- bound by diu rv 10 aHvoe bin lligliiu ■ I'arrv ihe Eighth,thai t.i - L" lieraui w>:w '6ailfs' hun-in the cause I II. soli be— - — - ' . - . . , , ne>5,an hundud and ;en .ubscnptions, vet it hao btuMi ridihins in cnmparUwi "» that that 1 might ea-;!v and would na%e dour:'—" And hcieiu I inelo?c .thill specifying b^ rttiomand io whom i I... - - . „ ms true sure, and good endeaivors, and not 10 surfer me to be tiesrtt' te of mo: v :om\ undoing, and Oiler b>s .if yonr most lustli causes liere/'— .t,.si.-u:ido.il.t'«i!> Uie uuiua-ul instorv of these ir.tii.-atti«ns,a^ie,ciibrd h> Hu-nct, Ihe Doctors of irary, and Cook. I'>..t Insppilv ihe Italian a- gent employed in ibisdlvniveof liutrv's. I*ei«f a GhtmtiU. lc& behtuil him a leu* r, ny whuii !i "is ;vc« rtanifdihe Tanfl b) wlnchlhc vaJm of h.r>e learned ttaliau Roeiors and DiMne- couelusittns was estimated. In lhat we tindihe lojlowmg:— » Item UiaServtie I'Mar, when hesuWyibc^uue ciowu'; lo ;v Jew, onecn)wn; to the Docior ol thvServites, two crown-: iu the Observant Fri¬ ars two crowns; 10 the Prior of St. John and St. Paul's, who wrote for ihe King's cuu-e, lifieeu crowns ^for it so happened in this, as io other cas«, that the author was better paid tl.au the advocate;) to that Convent, four crowns. I-j icm, given 10 John Maria, for bis expense of going in Milan from Venice, and for rewarding the Doctors therc,lhirty crowns.—Item, lo John Marino, Minister of the Franciscans, who wrote a book forihe Kiti-% cause/—There is a letter also from ihe Bishop of Worcester to Coofc, de¬ siring him not 10 promise rewatds to those ci¬ vilians who lived bj their opinions, but an hon¬ orable compensation. Bishop Burnet, with the native .Simplicity and honesty 5^ his character, concludes his opinion of these transactions, with remarking lhat these Italian Doctors M must have had very pro«tituted cmscicnces, -Alien thry could be hired si> cheap. It is true thai Cook, in many of his Sellers, says, that if he had money enough-he did not doubt but lie could get the hands of all the Divine.- in Italy, for he found the greater part of Miem all mercenary." The discredit in which the character of ftaliau testimony hud fatten, even in that period, has, I fear, much more im¬ proved th:in backslidden within the lift* tiww^tt^irie^ftftlifliPr a\m' §6$$tiP JPfflj) to brin^ the tale down to connect with the present question, I beg to read to \ our Lordships a document published in 1792- by a celebrated and competent authority on that vcrv snbfecf. it is the production of a person who though a rra- tive of Great Britain, filled a high minis¬ terial office under I he Momirchy of Na¬ ples. Yet though thus elevated and dis- tingutshed he had been nearly the victim of a base conspiracy against his honor and his life. Thu.sassailcd,he published a letter ,n the Italian language, and that publication openly made before the world, addressed to fho Prime Minister, holding ihe highest civil and military of- iiccs7 I have a right to consider as evi¬ dence on (he proceeding before your Lordhhfps, J allude, my Lords, to Ihe rase of Gen. Aden. " To the dishonor of this nation,f% writes he, u nothing here is more notoiious than that every species and extent ol perjury can be procured, suited either lo the necessity of those who sell, or ihe wants of those who re¬ quire it, fur three ducats. Whether it be io falsify a voucher, to forge a will, or to defame a reputation, you have on¬ ly to cast away remorse, and open wide your purse, for here the shop of perjury is ever open!" in this bold and open language General Acton made his appeal to Italyand to the world, and the result was thai both be and his Royal Master were acquitted of the charges made by the conspirators. This shews you, my lords, how enscs of conspiracy can be got up, and the present case serves to show, how human ingenuity improves aftera.l^nseaf time. J can onWmroeeed my Lords, in that manner which 1 think best calculated to illustrate the position I have assumed on the present occasion, and to show you how completely short the evidence falls, of the case as opened by his Majesty's Attorney-General. You cannot fail to recollect the manner iu which the Attorney-General opened the circumstance he mentioned with respect to a man named Mahomet. You must recollect he talked of that person as one of a most brutal and depraved nature, adding, that he had made exhibitions of the grossest indecency, and, such, m fact, as could not be more than alluded to. He made, according to the Attorney Geoetalj the most indecent attitudes to imitate sexuaJ intercourse ; and, in fact, he was a person who deserved not the name pf a man. Now, my Lords, I se¬ lect this among other instances ol" the in¬ consistency of this case. \ou saw how anxious my friends were in examining the witnesses to ti,issupposet!exh:biliou. The) knew how important a fact it was, if it could be prtwed, and ihey lost no endeavour to corroborate the statement which had been put into their briefs.— lOit must have marked too, that when one witness could not Swear to it strong enough, another *as called. And here it becomes most manifest what the real state of the ca e was. You observed my friend, th'1 Solicitor General when he was examining Majocchi, as to the dance which had been described as so indecent and disgraceful. That witness on being questioned on the subject, said, " it wai only a dance." ■* What, nothing else ?" The usual answer, non mi ricordo ; but if it was other, I have not seen it and do not know/' The Solicitor General then asks, tv did he use his dress in any par¬ ticular way ?" evidently shewing that it was in his brief, and, of course, he ex¬ pected an answer in the affirmative, of something like indecency. " lie moved his dress as usual—(moving it upwards and downwards)"—" How ?" " His trowsers, Ihey were always in this state ; ihey were as usual." Here then, my Lords, is a complete failure ; here is no eaithly hhudow of proof of this monstious indecency, which was so boldly opened, examine,!, \vhkvh your Lord.-hips permit¬ ted for re.tM*ns beat known to yourselves, but which must have proceeded from your justice and your sound judgment, another wilw^ss is called and examined onthi- sublet;. Of course he had had an opportunity of conferring with Majoe- ehi; and be it pver remembered, my Lords, thai in imut important cases, it is nsual before otlni tribunals, to pievent ihe circulation of the evidence until the case I-as been concluded on both sides, and ultimately durided- In this case, however, jour Lordships direct* d the ev¬ idence should Ue priwted9 and circulated asfa>t as possible, two days after tftg eommrn* *-ment of the proceedings. It was 50, and it was circulated among the witnesses, as well as among your Lord¬ ships ; and then it is, lhat Birollo is called, after a lapse of two days, and af¬ ter he hatl had an opportunity of seeing by the evidence what had, and what had not been sworn to, in order that he might prove this fact, which it was impossible to makeMajocchi prate. Then, besay-5, that Mahomet's trowsers were like a " folh" An attempt was made to make him give it in an indelicate and improper construction; but in vain ; he will not venture it ; he starts ; he draws back ; he cannot tell what is meant. Cut, then, another witness swore some few days af¬ terwards, lhat it had an indecent and an improper signification. I-M his own wick¬ ed mind and depraved henti he gave it that construction ; but he swore falsely , He swoic falsely, I say, and I have a right to say so. I will prove he swore falsely, because I know, and I will shew that ihe same dance was witnessed by wives and* daughters, as modest and as h ure as those of your Lordships, who ave the happiness to possess them. It was witnessed, f say too, by wives of your Lordships iu that country. Then where is the indecency of if ? Cut ano¬ ther circumstance—You observe that the M non mi ricordo" is regularly dropped* by every other witness called after Ma- jocchi, and they substituted, with the greatest care, some other word with tlri same moaning. The effect that the fie- quent repetition of that sentence produ¬ ced on (he first day was quite sufficient to produce such a caution as that a repe¬ tition of the same expression should not take place again ; and )ou observed too, an almost similar alteration in the other witnesses, with respect fo the sums of mo¬ ney they were to receive, after the Cap¬ tain and Mate of the poiacre had con¬ fessed that they received sums extrava¬ gant and monstrous beyond conception for Italians in their walk of life, to ee- com pen se them for appearing to this case* When the other witnesses were cxamiiw ed on the subject, with one and all of them, the money they had received wa3 suddenly converted and transformed into tiavelliug cxpeuces, and some oT them went so far as to say, they only entertain- cd an humble hope, that they .should have their expenees paid back again at all ; and in 110 one instance afterwards, wa3 any witness to get any thing, except for his " trouble." Some had been offered and refused money ; others had received' none ; and you find that Mi. Sacchi was by no means annoyed at being turned otf jr*un,ifvj iUijui' iiixiii.taa 'acihCc, be¬ cause, he has now a Biiich larger fortune ; and to be sure, he has always been in easy circumstances. Well, he mast be-, you saw his dress, and it seems he must have a servant of his own, to wait upon him. The next of the general observa¬ tions., which I have to submit to your Lordshids, is the fewness of the witness¬ es adduced on the other side, and the blanks that are left by my friends not calling that evidence, which they have opened, and those witnesses, whom it is their duty to rail. I do conjure your Lordships to consider, then, is this a proper situation \o put us in ? Is it right or proper that we should be obliged to call these witnesses that should be called on the other side to establish their case, andean you, after having a case so little substantiated and a statement so short of proof, believe that it is in the nature of human beings, to be so rash and foolish as the conduct charged against my illus¬ trious Client would impute that she has been. 1 feel persuadrd you can never come to such a conclusion,and the consideration I have last mentioned, must prove fatal to the case on (he other side. The At¬ torney General, among other charges which have not been proved, alleged thax my illustrious Client on various occasions had been abandoned by tho?e English la¬ dies, who had formed her suite on her leaviug this country, on account of hoc misconduct. Instead, however, of those ladies leaving her, it turned out that one joined her at Naples, anotherat Leghorn, a third in Germany. Rumours with res¬ pect to her Majesty were no doubt not wanting. Uut were they founded ? 1 say they were not, and I say thry were not such as the Attorney-General had aright to allude to. There was not the least shadow of foundation lor them, and let me ask, why did not the Attorney Gene¬ ral call those ladies, who as he alleged, quitt.d ihe suite of her Majesty oil ac¬ count of her misconduct ? They arc wo¬ men of high rank and exalted situation in society. Thev are well known and highly respected in this their own coun¬ try, and. they have been esteemed as much as thsy have been known, as wouica whose character could not be touchedUy •

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