living in sweet and uninter- | and Brandenburgh House? If he rupted friendship. Coul Mr. had not, and if he did not see Brougham, believe that there a wall surrounding Brandenwas a wall as high as heaven burgh House, reaching from between Frith-street and Bran- the ground to the sky, to call, denburgh House, or could he as a witness in defence of the believe that any other means Queen, this sister of the noble which God or man could invent Countess, the sentimental jourwould keep the naif Shepherd nalist and the tete a tete acfrom communicating with the quaintance of the son of Quachi, sister of the Countess? Could would have been the madest he believe that there was any thing, or the most treacherous mode of communication that thing, ever done by mortal would remain untried? Could man. he believe that there was no one to slide into the house with a letter? Had he taken care to surround the house with guards, to have the doors locked and positively declare, that he would' bolted, as safely as that of De-do it? Why did he give his admont at Naples? Had he versaries this fair ground for stopped all the key-holes? Had taunting him with his apprehe placed an inspector of mil-hensions? Why did he thus liners' ban-boxes, and of match- wantonly expose himself and sellers' baskets and of the injure his client?

He was not guilty of this most flagrantly wicked act; but why then did he talk of bringing this sister as a witness? Why did he

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However, to dwell further upon particulars I have neither room nor time. The great sin of the defence is, the negligence

patches on beggars' eyes? Had he, in short, found out a some thing with more eyes than Argus to watch all the numerous channels between Frith-street with regard to the scenes on

board the polacre. Upon those constant dangers to which her scenes; upon the evidence with Majesty was exposed while regard to them, the result will sleeping on the deck, and, of exclusively turn. Take the the consequent necessity of hav" tent; "take this thing, nick-ing some active man always at named a tent, out of the case, hand. Could I not have found and you take away the possibi- the means out of the thirty lity of finding any thing like a thousand pounds which Messrs. plausible pretence, any thing Brougham and Denman have like a colour of a pretence, for caused to be drawn out of the passing any part of this Bill.

public treasury for purposes con

I have just got a glimpse of nected with the Queen's dethe speech of Dr. Lushington. fence; could I not have found In that, indeed, there is some- the means, out of these thirty thing to the purpose; there are thousand pounds, to provide some points, and those points myself with a complete model of well and clearly stated. But, it the Polacre, from the top gal

lant mast to the keel, "tent" and all? With this model in my hands, it being four or five feet in length, could I not have ex

is the evidence that is deficient. How much better would it have been, if the labours which I have described above, had been previously performed! In such a case as this, nothing should emplified the necessity for which have been left doubtful, and es-I was contending? Could I not pecially when it required no-have made the witnesses exhibit thing but skill and labour to before their lordships the movemake every thing clear and sa- ments of the pitching and the tisfactory. The far greater part heeling of the ship? Could I of the judges themselves can not have shown the point for have no clear conception of the which I was contending in so

clear a light as to make any lever, fair to conclude; and, inman ashamed to think of pro-deed, such is the necessary connouncing guilt upon the circum-clusion, that he meant to exercise the threat of recrimination

stances relating to the co-existence of the Queen and her Chamberlain under that" tent?”

And, when I saw, as Mr. Brougham must clearly have seen, that there would remain

with a view of rendering service to the cause of his client. There might, during the defence, arise circumstances which would amount to this necessity of recrimination. For instance,

ell's having taken him out of the locked-up and guarded depot, of his own head, of his own mere motion; and having ob

not a fragment of the adversa-the sending away of Rastelli; ries' case undestroyed, if this the compliments paid to Powell, were destroyed, ought I to have who had sent him away; Powslept night or day, 'till I had destroyed this part of their case? Before I dismiss this subject, and wait for the reply of the Attorney and Solicitor-General, tained for him a passport, signI cannot help observing on two ed by Castlereagh, without Casthings: first, Mr. Brougham's tlereagh's knowing it; the reoften repeated, and never ex-fusal to go on with an inquiry ecuted, threat of recrimination. into the conspiracy carried on This threat was, he stated in at Milan and elsewhere. These his opening speech of the de- might have been circumstances fence, to be resorted to only in to create that dire necessity, of case of necessity. Of what that which Mr. Brougham talked, of necessity was to consist, or by what circumstances or symptoms it was to be evinced, he did not inform us. It is, how

going into the recrimination. Yet it seems that they had no such effect! for the defence has

been begun, continued and end

ed, and not a syllable have we heard about the recrimination! This recrimination appears to be a good thing that Mr. Brougham is treasuring up for some important purpose, though it is >very difficult for us plain people to perceive how it can now possibly be used for the benefit of her Majesty, while it is not quite impossible, if we were to set our

wits to work, for us to form a

conjecture as to the use of which quette claimed the honour for it may possibly be made for the this latter; but, according to

benefit of others. Whether Mr. Brougham will ever make any use of it in his life time,or whether he will leave it as a "legacy," as he told us PITT left the cause of the Princess to PERCEVAL;

Mr. Brougham's own doctrine, the advocate is to sacrifice even himself and his roputation to the safety of his client; and surely, then, there might have been a sacrifice of etiquette. I have no disposition to criticise harshly

whether he look upon it as a possession of his own; or whe- the efforts of Mr. Denman. But ther he only partly enjoy it, as a I have a duty to discharge sort of corporator; whether it myself; and I cannot look at be a possession in fee; or whe- this two days of talk; of poor, ther it be held in trust: these feeble, disjointed, drawled-out are questions which I shall not, observation, without feeling inat present, take upon me to an-dignant at Mr. Brougham for swer. Time, and, probably, a not having undertaken the task short time, will elucidate a mat- himself. There required, upon

this occasion, clearness, strength | Then the characters of the and fearlessness. There did not witnesses, and their probable require an exordium of fulsome or proved motives. In my anacompliment to the Judges and lysis of this evidence, I would the adversaries of the Queen; have, been clear and strong, but there required a regular pointed, and, I trust, convincand judicious classification of ing. And, having thus disthe charges. That, the want patched one charge, I would of which was complained of by have gone to the next. Mr. Brougham, with regard to

Was not this the mode of

the Bill of Pains and Penalties, proceeding, which even com↳ ought to have been found here. mon sense pointed out? Who Here ought to have been found is to carry along in his mind a list of those very charges, of the former part of a defence, which no list would be fur-when there is such chopping nished by the adversary. These about, such skipping backwards charges ought to have been and forwards; such repetitions stated distinctly, one after the such a mass of confusion? other; first, second, third, Speechifying, quotation of evifourth, and so on to the end. dence, analysis of evidence, Then I would have begun with flights of fancy, statements all the evidence relating to the of facts, appeals to the pasfirst charge. I would have sions, all mixed up together Who, amidst such

stated it neatly, clearly, as pell-mell! briefly as possible. I would a mixty-maxty of matter, is to not, like Mr. Denman, have be- arrive at a rational conclusion? gun my sentences at the wrong The charges should have been end. All the evidence against kept distinct; regularly enumeme should have come first. rated, discussed under separate Then the evidence for me. I heads; each brought to a close