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 uii c tl- vrn a i i n atnic rd odik iitn uo iitll prove the lire then worn lj itie tjuccn was tnttrceat and ilisgn n tie afterwards says that it wasot the inoal m- lcccnt deacriptioo and hat for wearing it she w a actually lnul out of ihe public ilieatre son when lie came to he proof what turned jit the fact nvhy according to dcmoni tha her the iriicesvires was extremely ugly to the conjuft of her royal hihnefs 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 vieymtti awy imflt tofc knew his honourable nature when he said will not state any fact against ht 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 mot 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 brot 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 attorneygeneral 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 majestys 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 bcrgamis 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 e should prove that bergami ami ill- jvfnctfss that jjc should wear a inak and that at a mas qtitrade now in rny opinion ihiastiiuhmcni uughi not to he hmg duration for if she jul not wear a inak she had no business there 1 iimiu in faci my uns fatigue your lordships itnnvccsarily were i to po ihiongh in detail all theglaiiivttriationletweihiin3 learuedfriends sratcmetatd his attempt to pfove bis assertions k he should prove that isergi were locker lip ill i room logeln r a slo- nane mi the lih of april fur he was always prccic ns to later he was to prove that vule one of the scivanis was in bed in tl antirot in the princess passed thru it into ijerganris 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 ler- uiivi room ti remain there on one occasion toe ten rainutes and on another for uteen and heard them sal ate no but only whisper then again look at the proof as given in sac- chls story and the statement of it iu my learned friends speech sacchi says tliat one uiglu when the courier reinrned la e frotfl a meascto milan ami which comer bj the way wa sac chi himself he did not find bergami la his own bedroom 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 uiinri fjfvc ths account of the ivllced transac tion n ftrf tuotfgh repeatedly urged to relate the an in a particular manner m as to suit th tiecrition of it by rounel he replied he imd no recollection of this conversation a boat ifcrgamis child anfrwanls came the narra tive of lie diiarrlol ftcioc at tile barona k dlfacftil and dhjcwiio u htated by to at- roi niieneral that it gave the houc 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 and yet was after this condiut became puhlicly known through all the servants that lady gharluttc i4ndrty re- imvl iuf ttiril to ihe piiihos pin ervairs of i ids charlotte mitst doubtless have eomuuiui- cated with those ol lite prion- tlore vas 00 sfep taken to keep this gravelike secret and yet fiom first 10 lat we hear nothing of it- blastiag operation upon the minds of iitors of unquestionable honour for aucfe were eaidy char lotte kindsay lortt and ladj lrnberic lads c campbell and the other honotirahle person- ages in her koal llihncan uiie thee joined her lioyal ttighness after the scenes at the ba rona some met the princes at naples some joined at rome others at leghorn aye at even much later periods her anjety was at tended by illustrious eomuauv sue wareei-iv- hv such after the untg vojagc lie was c teotly 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 cnnlradi tiogoished from the ulesitmaey of the family whose poe5ston 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 bey oftunis a laugh shewn 43so received wilh the same respect by the upreen- 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 lordhips the variance between the statement of the attorneygeneral and the proof of the tvi messes 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 be obtai li ed were here adduced i hie man body ser vant and the ladyafemalc agenda t tlie very parties who raust know of the adulterous inter course if ever it had taken place tliey hadihcse witnesses fn this cae 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 dig4ie ano joined tf the sttu be true as tf in all the vigm of blood in the heyday of 0jt and vheie the tiidtencc of the pa-sifo- when sanctioned h solemn forai partake- more of the nature of a virtue thai ciime jhee principauuireu otlai tram mels which decorous prudeuce suested 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 iiaioilii they were found t together iu familiar proximity with the door open in a house full of servaafa and visitors their conduct as they acendtd in the scale of moral uilt 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 mt take the darkness of the nitit or the secrecy of tuose vile and infamous plact where in silence and darkucrmhey mihi have ianlied their pi- bions no they mut on ihe deck of the ship til the presence of the captain and crew diplay all their unseemly and insane familiarities mr would he a fi a- k- n nm he in ynw hips hut i speak i v uivl 1 vl i rftdi0 x ufivrfea5lice rt j brought overhere 5c been hrtit over here are of ih- former descnpimn uy from the very sink rf snnl numero mihm bcu puileotes qui f judcurnhdm ntfi 4 mulutpriidnles iihrerafi eve quo vatns de eajwh video conct- atos ohusjnj random jcui testimonium indus exist mano wtia teneja laus merces gratia sratulaihi propomta est o uis in imprudnti medaco these ire the men suited for midi coi and money s uccordiwclv givm uwi with a ltheralt a- inom uohounded nrord tottuown mm they have tl enlisted panlv bj cw lr iic heintorcilaueideiicy id tu r vvrites cok tha 1 the christian uin- veisitic ffhriiiin lf n1iiiished from litherau i u hvll will coaciade mtfi anil riu u vas so 0ti fluently expectrrl this witness nuld dfrulge as this witness twwever failed to establisli this etivienth im nihed with money alueil i have rides theal procured unto journnal aiu- rlave tfniined to laiif the lead- nacfonh m1 nul i he made an ar- auemeniofheu f ayvarilntois vfesce vith hat ulany tenmonv i arij th ieme aiiin sprviyh ti reeled my wa letted in nwrf bumble vvse eechiite your most iual 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 hn possibility that the jieeu 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 1e mont fs asked m did she know whore he princev 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 n here 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 piinecsss 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 ly 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 theraeies 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 princesss appearing out of her conmon dress at a masquerade ihey are surprised at her going to such a place disguised they wonder tyai instead of guing their in di- gjtie aid through a pruam door die had not gone with the eyes all the world upon her in a ate coach with her coachman goeoul be dizened on hr lacquey plastered from bene t fjot aitonhiifag thai instead of all ihis dir wei m a private a tl hired rnat h oui of a but k djr they who evjierrrd all tui knew h 1c of the ro j wcreaiion of mm atv court or ol any continental circle in allvkionta tbictj f the queen to the masque adcj theauoiaey rejected all the olleis of wealth and securny i rendered to her if there was any foundation for i he 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 yenr hear after a pause mr brougham resumed m lords 1 do not intend 10 my 1 hae no inerei 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 posiblv have been taken to carry it into effect ul 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 elor of truth and consistency lo their lale first of aii liny would gel tlie ser vants who lived in the houe without ihem il would be altnoi 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 resort as mi likely to ensure your end bur if those aervaiws were foreigners who are to be well tutoed a- broad and then to deliver their story at ihe bar of a tribunal where thej are unknown if the are to be brought loaplaceio 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 jui 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 thru the milium of interest or plte eertainlv it is aiming ihe lower ciise of j aly and that i i proportion whicu i think even reeetable iialiarh woult i hem elves allow me id iue itul turii ire there oh tbere are ewej wlirreeue imwl re- speeiable nidi vidiil i nave the itappllh i to kaou many in wlce hav i ey life 01 loo havebcndrild pwiovt hcir miig to ihe foreign uv heteaul we m raimuahy suppose mere have ri wnoe attention has bvnv- 1 to th plvmetanj it cl rl peas that w hu il s invetionhab pmu u some i tin so15 ihejoselvemc h wlrfojr w ms bave been wp in f l 0t1l acueadurrcoll f serve v lords w e effect nl an system of drilling mum be nf uui t for more than thai il at the receipt of porjrr do nat say u exposed lhat boar f c misled b raleiatw lor by so long nub g the facility br impi luc r t z ifinn wasiven mlffl2 wa opened upon 5s was forthwith nwaw lc witnes from his r and u beeme the proof apparent of f credit there iao 1 tot bl a muatw 1 i mean italian fr w os thai has not passed u e mian dml u- uru mi vervoh as this prepara on con sidered thai lire fif f tz who s first applfl ui for ls ihrv ihe day before be inane lus arrived in ihwetfiinr- j vli liar wa- firs carrieii 10 mi- oppearauee at this 1 uhsliureviouevaninaiiou inn 1ut1i1 nh re i r r t v r tue polaeieho iiiljpi ii nay t he uiasterof 1 ued at mian ir made iinmerll- lie luiii lieen eamih his aopearauce heioie yuus ludnhips in ni 1 n yifrvlllwuuffilwifti 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 tianported aflrafew days residence to the fbieign depot loi peijury iiroughl back again to theeouutry itndpt the same superinten dents who had sa vyeu eanei tlu u money they aie still kepi tngethe mes no doubt tor the convenience of mnnml uminunication thus bave these mo i crmilahle witnesse- after all t e previous intoiing been liviiig together 111 bt- theru and sisterly arleian 5 and by a rehae- nieut even in ihis refined syiein or drill us- as sorted together in the respective 3 of heir residence not according u their different coun tries previous acquaintance ar imilarity bfsta lions or jiabis but accoidiug limlie pans of he story which they were each to siam i is in evidence thai two uf the uituom piedmontete are not aborted tomh r hut kept in the tame ectiou wih others who were called npon to tell the auie uile 1 is under rilctim tauces sueu as these thai these prisoners o the bill ignoam 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 tnuu my lords that i foresee thui i sun upjosed b some of 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 vtr lordships fnm the tedium of those comments on the siaementof 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 unrhistif ttoi er differentia iu character ami pirll fnlill the prceut day and where the irausattfion were not e dissimilar at least in point of severity sour lordships perceive anti 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 eiahlisti impressions very di- ferentfroui the stuemvnts of discarded servants fcwas iheu held j oil ullhe able to learn from so ue 1 cry curious documents m hwners feeder tlie gieal purpose of le promoters of that mea- mne a ihev alleged wa- 10 obu t fier and unbiased opi riou- of h xfalian jurisis relative to the ilioice with ll 0 i applied to the lenned docmrs for lncil eacilfcjlmi and as time learned divines mit f by ast range culncitleitce delivered vltrm in ahnosi the same words i shall limit mvsf o reading of one that of bologna i imsermis judicamus i- eimus iontautis4me testamur et indubie af- firmamur hujusmodi matrimonnun hues nuptia latecoujigiuinhorrendutn fore ejtecrabile dete- tai dam viroque uristlano imrao eliam cuiiibet luhdeli prorsus abiuninahile cheque a jure natunr divinoet uuiunodlrio poaiiis krohihi- tiim isc 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 arrgon and thence it appears from a similarity of the reasons and the concert of opinioni thai even these learned jurists had been ako subjected to apreviousdriu ling indeed by a singular coincidence these docthsimt dctorcs of the sixteenth century were directed to swear 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 fidy 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 pcious case as ctry ecuify had been taken lo ffitard against any captiuus ohjectiim with thai character it would tave passed dmvn to iu- teriiv had there not hfw an honest historian lo give the true statement irf the facts that bisio- riau was uishop burne bo though oiposel io favor uarrv vii t in encqoue of his exer tions in support of ihe icfoiiiialion has placed those iranociions up record li was also n most stranjje eeinoide til t the agent who eondiicied ihcmhject w hatry was described by the bishop atmos in be same terms as were unt by mv learned frici ine solicitorgeneral in describing tbeineriisidt ihegeuiieman sho was sent out to preside over milan hoard the agem of harry the ww h drcrlbed o be a man of grea prohity yd singularly skilled in the laws of the couni a still more curious coincidence that liar r a name was tvoklamgiingj of ir proceedinp the bishop rays that a he cook wcnl p down pro curing hands he told illf h ame to k he de sired they would write ftrir conclusions accord- ins learning and c srlthptfl any prosper i or favor as tu would answer it at ihe last day and protesietl icvfr ffve nor pre misedany divine any n be had freely written his mind and t v he then gav a raihcr an honorahl p ban a reward these facts coneealed a u lime of what pa s- ed in thai century ha in c0ic down to u and w10 knows but flltf in roure of l jrais onr poreiily wi uc possession of the ecrei ctmiepoudenef if m milan ijnard there w 1 1 leri er at conk- daledihe bt of july liio in wlnch be mae- m he i- bound by diu rv 10 ahvoe bin lligliiu iarrv ihe eighth thai ti l lieraui ww 6 hunin the cause i ii soli be ne5an hundud and en ubscnptions vet it hao btumi ridihins in cnmparuwi that that 1 might eav and would nae dour and hcieiu i ineloc 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 bs if yonr most lustli causes liere tsiuidoilti uie uuiuaul instorv of these irtiiattinsaieciibrd h hunct ihe doctors of ira and cook it insppilv ihe italian a- gent employed in ibisdlvniveof liutrvs ieif a ghtmtiu lc behtuil him a leu r ny whuii i is vc rtanifdihe tanfl b wlnchlhc vajm of hre learned ttaliau roeiors and dimne- couelusittns was estimated in lhat we tindihe lojlowmg item uiaservtie imar when he suwy ibcuue ciowu lo v jew onecnwn to the docior ol thvservites two crown- iu the observant fri ars two crowns 10 the prior of st john and st pauls who wrote for ihe kings cuue lifieeu crowns for it so happened in this as io other cas that the author was better paid tlau 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 therclhirty 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 protituted 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 f taliau testimony hud fatten even in that period has i fear much more im proved thin backslidden within the lift tiwwttirieftftliflipr am 6tip 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 thusassailcdhe 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- iiccs 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 italy and 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 afteralnseaf 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 majestys attorneygeneral you cannot fail to recollect the manner iu which the attorneygeneral 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 tiissupposetexhbiliou 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 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 vhk your lordhips permit ted for retmns beat known to yourselves but which must have proceeded from your justice and your sound judgment another wilwss 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 priwted and circulated asfat 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 besay5 that mahomets 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 im 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 jrunifvj iuijui iiixiiitaa aci hcc 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 thoe 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 attorneygeneral 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 quittd 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 touched uy