Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), October 27, 1820, p. 2

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tout intending any indecorous oh- tiona ft is highly disgraceful to fee the ici u u oi the teitini y 01 ttm wii- nefi i ta p fli y he allowed 113 to mention 11 palling that it certain y do09 3ppc3r in fore degree extnetdroaiyi tho we will not presume to uy na counta ble thai 1 113 witnefs fhould fo culttrcci d ably remember the molt minute circu-n- lance on f e one hde and fhould io to tally forget or non se recordi the moll material circumiuuce on the oilier for example that he fhould remember thedi vibon of the rooms and the polltion of the beds rud fofas at one time and at another hould tot illy forget wether die thing in queilion was a bed or a fofa whether there were any bedclothes and whether any oae but himfelf was prefent cv not we bill not prefa his obferva- tlon any farther except by adding that nothing was more laudable nothing mote honorable than the conduct of the houfe of lorj3 on this occafion and the pa tience the giavity the manifcfl inquiring and examining dilpi fuicm with whch thty attended to the whole of this exami nation and crofs examination we think it equally proper to add that though the evidence of majocchi is certainly not up on the firll imprtflion in any degiee fatis- factoty we cannot upon examination de tect any aftnal inconfulencics or contra dictions fuffieiently to u at ence to reject ic we cannot expielsour eelings upon the whoe cf this evidence in any llronger words than by faying it is fuch as would induce ufi in any affair in which ourfelves were of a jury to requell that further evidence might be called and that they might be particularly examined 23 to thofe times and places to which theodore had depefed as the time and place of the adul terous intereourfe alleged it may be further allowed us to remind nur readers that all evidence is neceffariiy one of two kinds cither tefiimoey or ncre circumftautial lijurative that tcs- timony ii 11 evidence f vitctfc3 ka credit and jcpoiiog on their oath and is therefore entitled to belief becaufc it is lb depefed by fuh witneffca but that circumtfantial narrative is the narration of a fuppofed llate of fafts by a witnefs not entitled to credit from hid own ikuation and is therefore to be no further believed that in io far as it is confirmed by its co herence with itfclf and with the evidence cf other witncfles depofing to parts of the fame tranfaicn we have nj doubt iu our own minds to which of thefe branches of evidence the depofition of theodore majocchi is to be referred and to which it is in fadt referred by the houfe cf lords in their judgment upon it in order to render evidence unexceptionable teftimony the witnefs rauft not only be a perfon of character but mult be kown to be fuch and thar his oeth may have the due weight of an oath he mult fpeak un der the fenfe and fear of a due religious belief but it is totally unneccfiary to add what kind of people are the italians of the prefent day and what is the religion religious belief of afoldierof gen pino and a liable lad in the fervice of mirrat we of courfe know nothing whatever of this or any other wit efs we do not p- operatiofi it 1 lengths to which they dare to go efpe- ciaiy 1 hat to which a noble lord has al luded for i think a publication vhich has more of grofs falftiood in it never entered into the world from the courier 2 mr brougham another important dffttndion had been demonltrated already by the evidence that the queens accus ers had a power of procuring wtueftes which fhe could not enjoy not only were aije funv at their command not on- ly was lorce tifrd where bribery failed but the foreign force tr the conclufton was irrefiiubie ufed to burg the kings wit- neftes wouid not be employed to make thofe of the quetn cone further the fame force found effectual in driving the kinds nver would be exerted to keep the queens back the earl of liverpool as to the la ft ol j don of the counfeh he could state that unlimited sums had been placed at the dhposal of the professional advisers cf her majesty for the purpofe of codeding evi- denci and conveying it to england 60 that here the government hoped no lupe- rior advantage the compelling at wit- neites to come over of courfe depended upon the state fom which they were taken fome neither could no would oblige them to give evidence but on the part if that power under wh fc juiiidc tion most of the witnete rclide j it had been announced to one of the legal advis ers of the queen that whatever degree of compulfion had been ufed to bring over witnefls to fupporc the bill would be employed if tecefpiry in fecining the at tendance of perfons in oppofuion to ic ieal for what thh queens answers to ad- dressy an addrefs has been prefi nted to her mdjvliy from the town of ludlow the fallowing js her majellys mutt gracious this warmhearted patri tic c affec tionate addrefs from the inhabitants of the town of ludlow ftrongly rnterells my feelings and merits my graceful regard m i cannot forget that the title by which i war fo long dlinguifhed was talced from that principality of which ludlow was once the real refidcnce nor am 1 infenfible tn the animating altocia- tions which the fight of its ancient callle exctes iu every defcendut of the anekn britono i 7as convinced that ttrtxfe fentimenrs of zealouj attchment to my perfon my honor and my rights whicli are vibrating n every heart in cveiy town and viibre in england could nt but powerfully inter eft the fenfibility f his maj sy9 fubj tls in wale thofe ancient biftons liave too- much of the blood and spirit of their forefathers in their veins to be infenfible to the fpeaele of greamefs in affliction or to be unmindful of a female and that female a queen conflicting with the wave of adverlny there have been times in the hiftory cf the principality when fuch forrovs as i have experienced and fuch peifecutious as i have undergone would have been the theme of eveiy bard and not ic principles ot the 3r lhcre w it does not contra q then is its proper dclignalio j l political non- defcript a im- abortion a legal monstrosity th p of a green bag fwarmrntt vjtli hinder and putres cent with falfhoej y flagrant con tents of tbi gro gag i been fliaken into a bill of pai anc penalties by that piodigy of benew w inclinations are fo confelfedly not under it control w one of the matures in ibis procedure which gives it a totally new and foreign afptct in the histyy 0 q jurifprudence is that it is fuppntcdby perjury purcha- fed noc at home but abroad not in fmall parcels but iu lage tales hot in detach ed instances but in numerous aggregates ft is perhaps thefirst notable instance in which any government iftotd a bounty upon filfe fweai n and paid three and twenty thoufand pounds for the impoita- tion of fuch a valuable commodity this is the lat defperate cifort cf that fellilh fabrr which is an enemy even to the very fenilance of virtue in any prt of the statr this i3 the expiring violence of infuriated malignity it this is nprefted the ferpent will breathe its last in vveithing agony the evening of my lite nay thvn hea cam funffaine after a day of fuch deep darlcn f luch a hng protracted continuity of trouble and woe her mijety returned the follwwing jiraciotrs anfwer to the ddreu from bel fast could i funoofethat iriflmen would forever be in fenffblo to the cpftaele of a female iu di kfcffi coud y fuppofe that their generous bolomi would not f mow for the iorrovs or be irdinant at the indignities of a pcrfcctrei qieui 1 hu warm heated addrxf from he iuhihit- ants of the town of t ha convinced me that my griefs are not unfelt by tht sims i gieeti erin nd that all the bet- l i iilfftltied arp in unl ti with thofe of englifhho in a caufe in which not to feel a iuii t i like a de- claiation tliat the iin j an alien from the bct feelings ri f secies that he is deaf to the v ice u honor and im pervious to the amiable frilities of hu manity this is not the characteristic of iiifiiticn tiuir venerou ardour which would adorn chlalry in its best daysj is well fitted to conbat tyranny iu its worst 41 as far as my adverfrie ran fupport their caufe by hoi orable srstim- ny i have no fear of the rcfult 1 it i am attacked lnton cobbett and othrr3 of the same tamp mr brougham knows nothing of them addresses the times boasts that addresses have brrn presented to the queen from fc alt quarters but what is the truth she has not received mon than thirt addresses in all and some of those have proceeded from mere clubs made up of the tag rag aud bobtails ol 1 he stews of the metropolis- others from opposition freeholders and some from apprentice boys and maid servants now it is known that there arc in great brit- tin to say nothing of ireland no less than eighty couutiescontainiug over nine hundred cities towns and boroughs which are in tho habit of making ad dresses and vi this number less than thirty is trumpeted as giving the sentiments of allatcartcrs of the empire- short of one mi thirty the times boasts much of the ladles of rank and respectabiiify who pay at- teutions and fc v ave their white hand kerchiefs to the queen we challenge it to name a single lady of rank or stand ing in society who ha had bo much con fidence iu the int kgeacy of the queen as ever to call upon her except on sosie busmessj or by superior command london sept 1 the rebuff given to alderman wood by sir thomas tyrwhitt yesterday in refusing him admission to the iluuc of peers by the entrance appointed for her 5iajevtya use has produced upon his mind a sensible mortification aid iu all probability he intl no longer assume the character of her majestys avant courier would it not be prudent in him at once to declaie the situation which he holds in her majeys housebote and thus en- litlf hijsrlf to the cjuiderattotl due to iit other domfislies tlv majisiy agaii returned to bran- denbergh bouiie yesterday evening she i tt t- vim ti- it 1 up tuja u tl-iu- t he mob by which she was o- was little doubt but the queen wo aid r acq u i t u d tele graph we are aware that this spoken intelli gence is always liable to fome degree of dio- trutt in corroboration of its probability however it may be noticed that our lit advices from london were only to the 2d september and this report is 10 days la ter the croft- examination too had been carried on with an evident view to the production of contracting teftimony j ed pairiul a feer on coming out of the house of lords was assailed hytheiwvb with loud demands of a shout lo the queen lie endeavored for some tme to push ins way through and to evade compliance but at last surrounded and threatened with violence he stopped short and took off his hat and must i u thfi queen forever sid le 10 his perse cutors yes i oif with your hat you must you bhail i exclaimed thj mob fct well then said he if 1 mu here goes vy boys uuzzu i tlc queeu forever and may all your uives be lilu- hetj london courier from the vutad srannl gazette in whatever hht tltu aliped resolu tion and caauuy of her majesty maf strifee others we for otir parts almost shudder at the qualities vhich have car- rld her to the house of lords to listen to what we have just described sa lolled it would seem duihig the two- fust mornini her chair gazed famil iarly oa her judges ard wore aiogvth- er an air of tiucoruern ilt uoued design in her presence there that of confronting her attusers and the wit nesses avd looking th particularly the latter into a certain restraint and reserve lias too much of nniocutme m- irepidity rnd stoutness tor our perhaps squeanih tn the lundon newspa- ij if 1 tut eit august sttttc tuitl tfl lle sotb dhev the dcliverv of the attor- d on her return from tho house of j iwyocweravs speech and the opening of peer foiiowrd her rost jamcbs squarr the testimony the took a long airing in and such was their turbulence that her j a jest y remained oxh time in her car riage before she could obiairu passage through them to her house during this scene her majesty had fhe mortificatioo to witness the sort of characters to whom she is indebted for sflefi an ardent an l for her welfare we allude to an at tempt whieh was actually matfe by those wlio seemed most zealous to approach her majestys person to rob her footmen n- ot the gold shoulder knots which are at- by wunenes who will neear at y tunc 4 1 tacln d to their state liveries who nivc been regularly trameu into the hardihood of perjury aid io whorri that ply this obfervation to them pet fonally luive inen wvtrbled on eveiy hwp the but merely throw it out as matter of due caution and vigilance on both fides bells iv mesi on th call extracts from the proceedings sheens trial house ok lords aug 25 mr broughim my lords i beg to your lordfhips attention co a mod grofi mifteprefentation that has taken place viih refpedt to my conduesl and niotives in availing pylf sffajlghm fssf lordlhips were kind enough to afford me of calling back the witnefs majocci it has been hated in a public print that i had received the particulars into which 1 examined that witnefj from a certain let ter which i held in my hand and which i never law and never heard of wherea in fail my lords- made that examina tion upon the depofieiona of moft resec table witncftes the attorney general my lords rry learned friend has very jttly complained 1 f llatements in the puolic prints imput ing to him improper motives and unquea tionably i have equal if not greater grounds of complaint 1 do not know whether any of your loidfhips have read the morning papers but undoubtedly one particular paper the times does contain one of the fculefl and moll grofs attacks upon the law officers of the crown who have the honor of appearing before your lordlhips 2nd alfo the moft indecent and improper commentary upon the evidence given at your lordfhips bar that ever i faw on any occafion whatever i do not know that your lordfhips will foi your own vindications take notice of fuch a circumftance but after what my learned friend mr brougham faid upon the fubjeft of mifreprefentations 1 could not remain glent lord lauderdale now that we are my lords upon this fubjcl i think i have as much caufe to complain as any one in a certain publication i am re- prefented as receiving an annual flipend from government of 30000 when in fad i do not receive a tingle farthing j and this fa hood is placed bejore the pub lic for the manrfeft pur ofe of intimating that for this caufe which does not exill my judgment is to be warped and my de- effion is to be biasd the lord chancellor with refpefl to what is printed daily and uoes forth to the public it i very diff to know vht to do i believe i ould he bet ter upon the whole ro refcrve for fu- tu e coitfidcratfon what ought to i r done wih repect to cany of thefe public mlpired and infpiring founds would have been heard on the crags of the rock and in the recefles of the freft on the folernn heights of the mountains and in the green depths of the vales till tint generous flame would have been kindled iu every breaft which would have withered the arm of the opprcffoi and relloied the dawn of happier days to the vilion of the oppreffed an addicfs has been prefented to her mipf fam the hsks of dnli tu which her msjclfy returned the following grcious anfwer 11 the female i habitants of the ciy of bath will accept my warmeft acknowledg ments for an addrefs which has deeply intereftcd my fenfibilitv teudernefs am del cacy are the moll admired charaeriil- ics of our fex and they are tire moll de- lcring of admiration the female inha- bttaius of the city of bath appear to be eminently dtftinguilhd by their truly fe- mi ine captvatiois the language of their ruldress breathes a fpirit of gentle unaffefted piety which is perfectly in uii- fon with the late of my own feelings and is always rcfefhing to my heart 1 re gard this kind of piety as a great addition 0 the amiable properties of our fex and indeed without it al other excellence is only fuperficies without fuhltance a howy exterior without the lovely reality of worth as far as the influence of a queen conlort can reach my own fex hull have no occafion to reproach me with neglecting the culture or the encourage ment of that unoftcntatious piety which fhows itfclf in humble re fignation to the will of the all wife in every variery of circumftances 5 in a dufutive benevolence to ail within the circle of its agency and in that comprehensive charity which without any narrow or cxclulrve attach ment to fed or party embraces the good of atl and makes that good the hiihcfl ambition of the mind and the mofi con- itant afptratton of the foul the following is her majellya moft gracious anfwer to an addrefs from wor- cctler 44 1 am much gratified by this aft ftion- ate addrefs from the citizens and inhabit ants of the ancient and loyal city of w01- celter 44 the prefent procedure ainft me iu the houfe of lord r of fuch ai extia- ordinary chamber that it is difficult to defignate ft by an appropriate name it is not judicial for it lets at dehauce all f he accuftomed judicial forms it i not con tli rational fr the mofl vital functions of the cuuiiiiuiio are fufpemidcd by is penury is the certainty of prefent fup port atd the hope f suture g2in ft may be doubted whether inch wtncftes reflefl more dhgraceupmitluir employer or their employers upi the inineffcs perhaps it will not be afy to graduate their turpitude without any iuteip-ii- tion of my judgment 1 ftiall leave h to themlelves to fettle the preeminence in this fort ef honoiable rivalry i claim nothing from my enemie but by just comtitutit nal rights which 1 corld nor iunender without ucgiedting the in terets of the people of the thtec united kingdom for whole good they were be- stwed her majesty returned the following gracious anfwei to the addiel frgm the hammermen society at da kcitii 1 am truly ob iged by this addrefs from ihe deacon aud members ot the dalkeith hummer men society 44 however fewerc my trials may have hgn m ity wtt feili ue p dudtiveot good to myfelr ail xatlxt peo ple of thtu realm providence often operates in the moral wqvld by verv hum hie inrtrnments ar d p my inh vidua ufhctin may ttough the mv0 ble agency f divine yfitdom in the in terutable progrefs of ev be one of the means by which great be be cog fened upon mankind to be cfonfeiom that we are living for uw god of o her that out ingle cxntenci- puts in motion a wide circle ol human fyrixpatbiu and drf fufes hippincfi over th wh ac fur face i thar which renders lite a real blefling and what is more than any thing elk makes me anxious to live if that duy is loll in which no good is done how greit mull be the lols of thofe whofe whole jie exhibits only the mischievous activity of evil or a dreary vacuity of goad her maj eft y returned the following an- iwer to the adurefs from the inhablant oi the barony of kinnoullin scotland 44 i have unfeigned fati faction ii re ceiving this addef- from the inhabitant of the barony of ivtimoull i am con vinced that the natives ot north 1 main tfpoufe my caufe with as much warmth of ufrctiou as tbnfe in the south aud will vindicate iny rights with equal lutrepiditj aud zeal 4 my caufe id not merely intercfting an the caute of a injured woman and perilcured queen but it is connected with the gterft quell ion of national free doui and f individui feenrity when my rightsi arc attack a fatal blow 1 aimed at the rights of the people in t rutted there f re as 1 feel myfelf by fuperior power with the preferva tiou ot niy own rights for tne jood of others auer of rhi right of thctsfr iy own goo j 1 will no 1 ror fnke eitherj but will de fend both with invineiblc idolution prom tin- l the voh ami rvhudoio s libels whie nrr daily issunl uiii iiitpuuity uruu the sane lion uf th qpwnfi aiw a aukwen fo the atmr ai- fvorn ih tit iri p na ufi llenoldij lubh- louox sept 2 oclock pm the croiscxamtixatiofi and re-exam- inaiou ofajudame dutnout by ihe coun sel closed at three o lock and her cross examiiratlou by their lordships then commenefd ear grey finished a series of sifting questions respecting the mysterious man ner hi which she hard thought it necessa ry to write io her bister for ftar as she stated that her letter should be inter cepted but her replies served little to explain satisfactorily her reasons for wri ting in i hat manner the letter con taining the brilliant offer she considered as an illusion she afterwards admitted that ai the time she wrote the letter to her swter she was much attached o the princes- aud that some of her pralies of h r r yal highness were sincere but she could not recollect whether they were all sincere tact or whether any part of them was not sincere iler attachment to tin princess ceased when she heard that her royal highness had said things had been said of her in the house of her i al highness hat it was not in con- equeuce of the cessation of herattaeii- mmit that she acceded to the application to come hither to give evidence but she was aked to come l mr saechi on the part of the commission furl her that the anonymous letter containing the invitation to come to eng land as governes- was not now iu her possession nor did she think it was at toiumbia because when shr rixmc away y d trowed her letters globe the loudon courier ol s- pl 2 is as decidediy against the queen as cror it siys her majestyi pecuniary means to pr cure witnesses are as unlimited as i itjse of the government it contains a letter mom iva stating that uergarpi nad been iu prison lour years before eu- teiin ihr queeus service for koinjj into a tieignbors house with too littles cere- intrj aud that his brother had also been in prison flie london papers enliftcd on the fide of the queen have undertaken to explain away the remarkable exclamation five ufed o ec r izine the appearauc- of theo dore majoi c and as a witnefs aga nil her what pfatcdoref the statesman now fys the expreffion was tradidore taiiof iot theodore but it did not oc cur 10 her friends that traitor neccffarily imjilici treachery and treachery that there utl he funding to betiy an up urtunatc exu anaion n t e post from the bakhmft patriot of saturday evening the queen cdpt blakewcll 01 the bri uyperion arrived at this put in 32 ays fr r telvort s uys informj that n he ritifh channel he ipoke a fhip from london having there x t lc g tenher he capt of the hip informed uti th it the trial of the qjeen wan hill cor rt fling that the cnwn bad eomplet- ed its evidence ard witueftrh on the iirtoftir qnfcn were examining a fcrw hr x tninarioi had een entered in- the evidence in bcha of the crown hud bean completely invalidated and there her carringe shewed herself studii usi ia the people we should be tempted to op- ply the epithets brazen rced and despe rate in r heeling on those traits ai cm- duct and on the tenor ol her answers to addresses several of them directly provoke a general rebellion against the government sh has evidt ntly lent herself to a concerted scheme either to intimidate or shatter it by means of the mob looking to the murderous and anarchical scenes inseparable from invur reetion in this quarter too prominent in the perspective to have escaped her dis cernment we must consider her even though we should admit her to be inno cent of the charts upon which she is arraigned as u furious virago determin ed to avenge her wrongs at the hazard of the most awful consequences for human ity and social order if she be suppos ed guilty of those charges at the same time that she appears as an alecto we have one of tlil most hideous exhibitions of shamel essness and reckless despite which hr sex has over exhibited we know of no character even ihe fictions of the dramatist which would nffcrd ft parallel except perhaps the rrunhalt of beaumont and fletcher in their play of thierry and theodoret the a1 liance of caroline with the radical de- magoue c the purposes of riot and revolution should it succeed will make a scene in the great human drama a4 detestable as singular and eventful thais bd the vay t light him to his prey and lilt a- otbej bel n fe4 afiqftiw tr the only sytnptonia of feminine char acter as it conciliates a tender sympa thy ud esteem which the queen hs hitherto betrayed arc her expressive shriek on the apparition of the first vu- hcsj theodore mojocei and her preci pitate retreat from the house of lords there is something iu these incidents as strikingly dramatic aod at the same time as mysterious as any of ihe hysterical displays of the famous madame man son in the affair of fnaldes they formed a hue coup de theatre and it is- not impos sible that like the sallies cf the french heroine they were a little in the nature of stage play whether they be regard ed as premeditated or not it is certain that hey failed of any good effect with respect to opinion in the queens case tire unfavorable impression which they make upon our minds is not removed bv the authorized explanations grtro in the louden prints her exclamation h de clared to hae been one of disdedn and her disi rderiy itighl thr c if et of mdden resentment and nuih al the hate in gratitude of the witness but disdain id not an emotion which produces outcry and her apologist titer that she was ware of the man being of the number of those v fro had been enlisted to sup port the accusation mr brougham styled him on the 21st in the house of commons the chief witness the wit ness who was to prove amot ihe whole case if his appearance was not unex pected her ds onceniou supposing it io be real is quite an anomaly in every respect the knglish papers furnish no certai accounts of the exfent and complexion of the conspiracy detected at paris by the french government jf marshal soult was implicated as the morning chronicle asserts the affair is indeed tviy serious but we are incredulous be m use we think the circumstance would hnve been published in 1 oris in one sapr- nr of her noflirt definite ap pears with rrpet to the prdfffding of a ita to hiil- nnjdpn should the inhabitant 01 su i v persist in assrrting wlut they arc said to cam indepcud-

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