discretion, liable to no impu-ther Majesty should be fully and tation whatever, in selecting clearly acquitted. This is a matpersons to conduct the neces

sary inquiry? He begged ter which, taken in connection pardon if he had occupied with the rest of your speech, their lordships time too long amounts to a great deal. It is "He hoped he had fairly stated the test of your sincerity and the evidence in the case. He

had been ancious not to have your character. If her Majesty tortured or discoloured any be clearly acquitted, what fel"fact or circumstance. If he lows? Why, amongst other "had tortured or discoloured in

any degree, he regretted it; things, the everlasting shame "for he had been desirous only and ignominy of the inventors "to do his duty, and not to mis- of the Milan Commission of "represent; and he hoped he

might be allowed in conclu- the parties belonging to that sion to say, and he said it Commission; and of all those "from the bottom of his heart, who have taken part in the inand in the utmost sincerity;

he sincerely and devoutly stigating, and in the carrying wished, not that the evidence on of this prosecution. To supshould be confounded and per-pose that the present ministry plexed, but his wish was, that "it should be the result of this could remain in power after proceeding, that her Royal such an acquittal, is impossible; "Highness should establish, to and, therefore, to believe you "the satisfaction of their Lord

ships, and every individual sincere in this wish, we must in the country, her full and first believe that you most anxiansullied innocence. Whe-ously, most sincerely, most de"ther this was likely or not,

it would be unbecoming in voutly, and from the bottom of "him to offer any opinion. He your heart, wish to be turned had only to say, that the out of office, and to see blasted "preamble of the bill was for ever all hope of obtaining "proved, unless the proof "should be impeached by evi- those emoluments and honours "dence, clear, distinct, and which were the the naturally exsatisfactory, on the part of pected reward of that political "her Majesty" (Hear, hear! Order, orderen dan wa

say, that I not only doubt of " Branchi in the most indecorous your sincerity here, but that

and shameful manner, the Princess and Bergami being

doubt of it as to every part of your statement. I believe you" present. The circumstances to wish, from the bottom of “ are so shocking, so disgusting your heart, that the Queen may" to the mind, that I cannot be degraded, sunk, ruined in" without difficulty bring mypublic estimation; and that you

may profit from this destruction

of her Majesty,

self to mention them to your Lordships, but it is necessary. The painful situation in which

I shall by and bye speak as "I am placed, requires that I to the nature of the evidence" should make your lordships generally, and shall here re-understand the nature of the mark only on, your assertion" disgusting exhibition, which with regard to the opening" shall appear by the testimony speech of the Attorney General." of various witnesses. This You assert that your case is as" man, in the situation, I destrong, in facts and details as it"scribed, used to IMITATE, Stood in that opening speech." amongst other things, in the, There was no one who doubted," most indelicate manner, the that the swearing would go as " SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, far as the opening. But, there before the servants, in the was one part of that opening," presence of the Princess." which was of so odious and hideous a nature, that it was not to be expected that even an charge, thus introduced with attempt would be made to es-apparent trembling reluctance, tablish it by evidence. The thus painfully forced from the passage of the opening to which humane and modest Attorney I allude is given by the reporter in the following words: "On the return of the Princess from the East, she brought in her V train a man named Leone, of supported by the testimony of the most brutal and depraved several witnesses. And how "manners. This person used has it been supported even by "to exhibit himself at the Villa] your own witnesses? Why)

Now, let it be observed, that, with this odious and detestable

General; with this charge, thus introduced, that pious advocate closed his long string of accusations, asserting that it should be

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after all the attempts that you tion to attempt to give force to were able to make to get this your statement by asseverations most horrible falsehood down of your sincerity in wishing from in the shape of evidence, it turns the bottom of your heart that out that Leone was an ITALIAN the Queen might be acquitted? BUFFOON; or, as we call such Your next attempt in this persons asGrimaldi, a CLOWN; closing string of professions is,' and that he exhibited before the to acquit the Ministers of all Princess and numerous other per- blame in sending out and supsons, upon numerous occasions, porting the Milan Commission. that which the witnesses called You assert, that it was quite a BUFFOONERY. Nothing impossible that the Ministers more could be extracted than should not have established * this. It will be proved, Idare some mode of enquiry into the say, that the Queen was no more truth or falsehood of the reports guilty of crime here than ladies circulated in most parts of Europe. in this country are when they see derogatory to her then Royal the Clowns on the stage, parti- Highness. You ask whether it cularly at the fairs throughout was not their duty to institute. the country. It will be found, such inquiry. I dare say, that she took no par ticular delight in these exhibitions; but, at any rate, was it not monstrous to accuse her of having had exhibited before her an imitation of the sexual inter course; to send forth that accusation, premeditatedly to send it forth all over the world, know-reports; for those persons must ing that it must lie for many weeks uncontradicted by evi dence; in it not now monstrous in you to say, that the facts and details of the Attorney General have all been made out by evidence? And after this is it not a monstrous attempt at imposi-such reports; and if they really

This is going very far back; it invites us to a discussion which you would have done well to leave unprovoked; for, if the reports were so widely cirrus lated, why have you not dared to produce any of those persons;^{ who were the bringers of the

havelpossessed some knowledge beyond that of mere rumour and before any proceeding was adopted upon their intelligence, that intelligence ought to have! been seen to be well grounded.", Besides,if the ministers had heard:

had had a desire to preserve under your protection are the nasullied the honour of the members of the Milan (/.com>Royal Family, if that had been mission. In your praises of Mr. their object, they would have COOKE, it would be unjust to sent out some well known friend suppose you either more or less of her Majesty to give her in- sincere than you are in your formation of the reports; to wishes for the acquittal of the warn her of her danger; to be-Queen. For my own part I seech her to be more prudent. know nothing of him; and In short, they would have noted shall only say, that I judge of as friends and not as enemies. him from his aels; and that his But, what do they? They listen voluntarily taking upon himself to all informers, they keep the such an employment is quite information secret, they send out sufficient to make ús acquainted 'spies to watch for turned off with the character of the man, servants. They send outlawyers As to Mr. Powell, whóm you teAté collect depositions; they make present as possessing great all their preparatiosis for striking practice in the law, I have the blow; and when they are known nothing of him since the ready they threaten her with year 1806. He' is what the a prosecution. If she dare come West Indians call a Musti, 10 England; and at the same time tender her a princely in come if she will remain out of the kingdom h

or a Quartaron, I forget which; and he unites the vivacity of the one rate with the keenness of the sharpest race of white men. He was a very efficient fellow labourer of mine in that great and Holy work, the demolition of the Aristocratic influeÂre în the City of Westminster," "He was the clerk of Mr. PAUL'S

Did this look like anxiety to preserve the bonour of the Crown and the Royal Family Did this shew a deep sense of <duty towards, the Crown and to wards the people? Did all this look like fair, honest and friend-attorney, during the memorable ly dealing; or did it look like a struggle of that brave little man premeditated plan for her Ma- against the haughty and insb jesty's destruction as Queen of lent noblesae, and which strugthis kingdom?: Judg gle actually pat an end to their power. Mr. PowELL laboured,

The next band that you take

not merely in his profession, but for that of subaltern menial as a sincere and able friend of servant. On the other hand, it the cause He wrote placards, is in the power of those prose· he wrote songs; he gave life to cuters to make him a general in the duller mass that we had to two days; to load him with deal with; and, in short, he honours in his profession; to earned what he received, the make him a Knight of the Bath; praises of us all. Not knowing to make him Governor of an that Mr. PowELL had changed Island or Garrison; and, in his politics, I was at first sur-short, to elevate him, to any deprised when I heard his name gree. To be a spy upon the mentioned in connection with actions of another man's wife; this affair. That change having to hunt out for witnesses against taken place; he, Sir, having her; to be associated with a Like you; and, doubtless, from lawyer and an attorney, to get motives as honourable as yours, together the furniture, of a undergone a conversion, I could green bag: these are offices not at once perceive that a fitter very compatible with the chaman upon the face of the earth racter of a soldier; and therecould not have been found to fore, it requires something take a part in the Milan Com-little more than you have venmission. With regard to COLO- tured to say in order to give us NEL BROWS, whose character, a high opinion of this COLONEL you say, you are told stands as BROWN. high as that of those who had The persons constituting this Aared to traduce him; I have to secret and lucking junto were observe, in the first place, that, well aware of the purposes to being an officer in the army, he which their information was to is wholly dependant for his be applied. They had all lived bread on the breath of the pro-in England; they had heard of secutors in this case. He can, the treatment of the persecuted at any moment, be dismissed Queen: they knew in what from the service, and thus be manner she bad been driven stripped of all means of ex-from her husband's house; they istence, unless, like your wit- had heard of the perjuries aimness, SACCHINI, he was to ed against her life in 1806; change his character of officer they were well acquainted with