* ^
which the report entirely doared her,
there were others of a minor import*
implying improper levity of coquet
in a pcrsniia^ of her rank and dig
nity. respecting which the cooaih
sinners stated, that they ? must to
credited until they shall rereive bow
decisive contradiction; and* if trM?
arc justly Entitled to the Kioat seriovs
consideration."
The princess, upon being furnish
ed v\ ith a copy of this report, and its
accompanying depositions, wrote se
veral letters to the king; and those
letters contained her dcfence against
those minor charges with which the
Sords commissioners had left her tar
nished. In the performance of this
task., she had recourse to the legal
advice and assistance of Mr. Spen
cer Perceval, the late chief justice
Gibbs. and the present master the of
rolls, sir Thomas Plomer. In the
letters to which we allude, her royal
highness, after a most able refuta
tion of all which had been urged a
gainst her, concluded with a prayer
to be restored to the presence of his
majesty at court, aud thus to be
cleared in the eyes of the world.
The king, having the defence of
the princess before him, and also
lier demands of justice at his hands,
referred her letter to his cabinet mi
nisters, and required their opinion
and advice to what he ought to do in
the case.
The Whigs, who were then in pow
er, felt some difficulty as to the course
which they should pursue; but, at
length, on January 25, 1807, they
came to a resolution in the form of a
cabinet minute, in which, after ad
verting to the subject submitted to
their consideration, they concluded
by stating, that ** they have agreed
hutnbiy to recommend to your ma
jesty the draft and message, which if
approved by your majesty, they would
humbly suggest your majesty might
send to her royal highness through
the lord chancellor. Having before
humbly submitted to your majesty
their opiuion that the facts of the caae
did not warrant their advising that
any further steps should be taken up
on it'Uy your majesty's government,
they have not thought it necessary to
advise your majesty any longer to
decline receiving the princess into
your royal presence. But the result
of the whole case does, in their judg
ment, render it indispensable that
your majesty should, by a serious ad
monition, convey to her royal high
ness your majesty's expectation that
her royal highness should be more
circumspect in her future conduct.*'
The king, agreeably to the advice
of his cabinet, sent a message to the
princess, through the lord chancel
lor Erskine, containing the admoni
tion rerotn mended in the minute of
the cabinet above alluded to. ? The
message was sent on the 28th of Ja
nuary, 1307. The princess, upon re
reiving it, immediately wrote to the
king, intimating to lain, that she
would w ajt upon liim at Windsor on
the Mouflay following. The king,
the moment he receive*^ her letter,
wrote back that he preferred receiv
ing her in London, upon a day sub
sequent to the eitsuiug week. To
this letter the princess returned no
answer, and waited of course, to hear
from the king. Thus every thing ap
peared to be satisfactorily settled,
and I lie princess w as about to be re
Stored to society, when, at the re
quest of the prince of Wales, all fur
ther steps were su peuded ? that is
to say, the receiving of the princess
b> his majesty was put off, until the
pi Mice "hould he enabled to submit to
the king a statements which lie pro
posed to make to him upon the pa
p'-rs relating to the princess's de
fence, after consulting with his own
lawyers.
To be ('on' mued.
Vweign ln\?U\gence.
1IOUSL OF LORDS.
Monday, July J.
The tnarquis of Lansdown brought
up the report of committee upon for
eign trade, but did not enlarge upon
any oi the result* to whicli the inquiries
of tin; coinmittce had led, or upon any
specific pltn that was to he recom
mended. The noble marquis, in gen
ual tctms, adverted to the great impor
tance of the various subject* comprised
in the report, and expressed the anxious
wikn of the committee, thai tome mea
sure, as far a? any measure was practi
cable, should lie founded uuon their re
p^rt lie mentioned patticularly cer
t?m alterations and arra ?gements re
?<><;< ting du'i^.s whtc:? appeared ncce*
sv v tor giwug CoT?sis<em y and to
? xi 'hue measure. I'ue repoTtVtoa
oid'j'cd to be printed.
The e?rl of Hart on by prrsen'cd th
report of the comtni'.Ue appointed t" in
quire into t.ic charges ? n*t her m*
jtntv, wfucli was as follow. Thai the
commi'tee hove examine <1, with ill the |
atirnuon due to bo important a subject,
the rarioua documents laid before them,
and they find that those documents con
tain allegations supported by the cca
current testimony ol persons in various
situations of life, residing in Ysrious
parts of Europe, deeply affecting the
booor of the queen, and charging her
majesty with an adulterous intercourse
with a foreigner in her majesty's ser
vice?and attributing to her majesty a
continued series of conduct highly un
becoming her majesty's situation snd
character, and of the moat licentious de
scription. The committee have so deep
ly felt that the character and honor of
the crown, as well as the moral feeling
of the country are involved, that they
are of opinion, that it is indispensable
that this matter should become the sub
ject of a solemn inquiry, the necessity
of which they most deeply deplore."
The earl of Liverpool rose to give
noticc, that he would to-morrow pre
sent a bill to the house, in consequencc
of the report of their lordahips commit
tee. 11c would not then enter into the
details of the measures to be proposed
to the house; but he was persuaded that
their lordships were disposed to consult
the convenience of the illustrious per
son concerned, as to the time to be al
lowed for the collection of evidence.
Earl Gray said, he had stated it on a
former occasion, and he would now re
peat it, that his only wish was for strict
and impartial justice; but in stating that,
he must also repeat bis objection to the
proposed course of proceeding, and pro
test against the injustice of it. A pro
ceeding which would not even meet the
object of the accusers. His great ob
jection was, that the charges were not
brought forward by the responsible min
isters of the crown, but by a committcc
of that house, which must eventually sit
in judgment upon her majesty's con
duct. T ne charge was, that of an adul
terous connection with a menial servant;
a charge more abhorrent to every one
in that house, or the nation, could not
be brought forward. That charge cal
led imperiously for inquiry the moment
that it was known to exist, in order to
protect the honor and dignity of the
crown. But by whom was that charge
told, but by ministers who were them
selves willing to continue her majesty in
her dignity as queen; to allow her a
pension; and to instruct their ministers
at foreign courts to enable her to be
received there, provided she would live
abroad, in the state which bad been de
scribed in the report.
If- I ? ? * - ? ? -
ne nau neara mat report with feel
ings of dismay and horror; and in the
same degree he icaredthe consequences
of such a proceeding. What should be
said to ministers, who were in possess*
ion of the only proofs on which the
charges rested, and yet had slept upon
thetn for a year, and had oever taken
measures to bring them before the
public, uniil the queen had come boldly
to meet those chargcs which now kept
the public m'md agitated in the extreme,
without proper proof or inquiry? Min
isters appeared to him to have compro
mised the honoi and dignity of the
crown, and the peace of the country, by
the course they had adopted. It had
been sa id that her majesty should have
time given to prepare her defence; but,
in his opinion, nothing could be worse
than promulgating such opinions of her
conduct so long before the possibility of
her rebutting the accusations, and upon
the authority of that house. How was
hci majesty to know- W. -.at witnesses she
was to bring over? The name of that
menial servant was not even mentioned;
'tnd it must he three months at least be
fore she could enter on her defence.
He trusted that a distinct list of the
charges, the times and the witnesses,
would be furnished to her.? That, at
least, justice required; and he conclu
ded by protesting against the proposed
course of proceeding.
Lord Harrowby said, that if any in
justice had been done to the queen, the
hou*e was at least an accomplice in
such injustice. lie would assure the
house, had it been possible, by allowing
her majesty to remain in this country,
to preserve the public peace, no sacri
fice would have been too great.
Lord Carnarvon expressed his aston
ishmcnt at the intention ot mim iters to
shorten the duration of parliament,
while matter of such deep interest was
pending, in order to celebrate a corona
tion. lie called upon minister* to post
pone that solemn rite.
Lord Darnley also recommenced the
postponement of the coronation.
Karl Gray said, that if the charge
was, as now, of a long adulterous inter
course, it admitted of no compromise
fur the honor of the nation. It was not
a question of family difference*, it was
a matter dishonorable to the queen?
disgraceful to hersell? and destructive
ol the best interests of the country! ?
The noble lord had said that the wish
was, that her majesty should live abroad
in comlort? tn comfort!? no; but, it
w as intended to give her fifty thousand
pounds a year, in order to enable her to
cany on the allrged adulterous inter
< ourse abroad.
'Khe earl of Live pool denied that
rmnibi^u had ever icpresented these
(natters armere family differences. As
suming th<^. vidence on winch the re
iv-tt was m*i<l? to be true, it was fit,
upon every principle of public e*j*c<]*
ency, that the should be induced if pos
sible, not to come to this country This
was desirable on account of the situation
of the parties? the safetysnd tranquil
ity of the country! It was the duty of
statesmen to look to all this, and it was
proper that ministers should endeavor
to avoid all this; and they had done so:
but the ulterior cooduct had been forced
upon them by her return? and if they
had not adopted that conduct, the pub
lic morals must have been endangered.
Lord Holland declared that he could
not see the distinction between her ma
jesty's being abroad or in this country,
with respect to the propriety of inquiry,
lie knew not how their lordships could
reconcile to their minds the extravagant
offer of 50,000/. to her majesty before
her arrival in England. \V ith respect
to the coronation, it would be decent
and proper that the pageantry and re
joicing of such a celebration should be
postponed.
London, July C.
In the house of lords yesterday, a deal
of routine business was transacted. Lord
Dacre presented the following petition
from her majesty :
41 Caroline Regina. The queen ob
serving the most extraordinary report
made in the house of lords by the secret
committee, and now lying on the table,
represents to the house that she is pre
pared, at this moment, to defend herself
against it, as far as she can understand
its import. The queen also states, that
there are various matters touching the
same, which it is absolutely necessary,
with a view to her future defence, to
have stated in the present state of the
proceeding. The queen therefore prays
that she may be heard by her counsel
touching such matters."
Lord Dacre then urged the propriety
of counsel being heard on behalf of the
queen, and said that if the pension was
agreed to, he should vote that counsel
be called in.
Lord Liverpool stated, that after he
had obtained leave to bring in the bill,
he should move that a copy be present
ed to the queen, and then the petition
might be regularly taken into cons'ide- i
ration.
The petition was strongly supported
by lord Grey and other noblemen on the
side of the opposition, but the motion of
lord Dacre that counsel be heard, w as
negatived without a division.
The earl of Liverpool then rose to
submit to their lordships the bill of
which he had given notice. In doing so,
he was convinced he would best con
sult his own feelings as well as those of
their lordships by abstaining at the pre
sent moment from entering into any de
tail of the important matter to which
this bill had reference. The preamble
would speak for itself, and develope that
charge, the allegations of which it would
be the duty of those officially employed
on the occasion to prove by evidence be
fore their lordships, lie had on a for
mer night argued the propriety of insti
tuting an impeachment rather than a
bill like th^ present; but he was still of
opinion, that when a doubt was cast up
on the legality cf such proceeding in
this particular case, on account of the
circumstanccs of the criminality not be
ing that which could be established in
the manner required by the common
law, there was no course which their
lordships could suitably adopt, except a
bill of pains and penalties. The consi
deration then rose, by which house of
parliament ought the proceeding to ori
ginate. Under all the circumstances of
the ease, he thought it advisable the bill
should be introduced before their lord
ships, as their judicial habits and forms
would enable them to proceed more ef
fectually in the progress of the distress
ing inquiry. (Hear, hrar.) As to the bill
which he meant to introduce, the pre
amble would state, with as much parti
cularity as the nature of the offence ad
mitted, the specific charge. It would
then, proceeding on the assumption that
that charge were substantiated before
their lordships in evidence, go to de
piive her majesty of her rank and title
as queen, and conclude with dissolving
her marriage with the king. There
were no penal consequences over and
atiovc what he had mentioned included
in this bill. With the exception of the
degradation of the queen from her rank,
and the dissolution of her marriage,
should the alleged crime be substan
tiated against her, it was not intended to
bear more severely on the individual
than the case actuallv called fr?r ti..
/ *"* " ? ,,v
charges contained in the preamble were
then to be gone into, and if the house
should be assured by the evidence of the
correctness of these charges, their lord
ships would go on to the second read
ing.? He trusted that their lordships
would discharge their duty as they had
done on every other occasion wherein
they had been called to exercise their
judicial character, so as to secure, as
they well deserved, the respect and con
fidence of the country. He would then
propose that the bill should he read a
first time; after which he would more
most respectfully, that copies of the bill,
when printed, should b% delivered to
her majesty the queen. Then their
lordships would be able to postpone the
second reading until the queen should
be consulted as to the period in which
she would prefer that the bill should
proceed. It was a matter of indifference
to him IT #he wished tbi ?<roud
reading- Ought be delayed, as well as in
termediate proceeding*, until her ma
jesty's counsel were ready to go into her
defence; otherwise, if it wss her wish to
proceed forthw:?n. it would be for their
lordships to fix so early day.? lie would
propose that day fortnight; in the mean
time he would propose next Friday or
Mooday for further proceedings of an
intermediate nature. Their lordships
had a painiu^and distressing duty to dis
charge; since his majesty had intrusted
the administration of the executive go
vernment to his present servants, he
(lord Liverpool) had not been called on
to perform any duty so painful and dis
tressing to his own mind and feelings.
Their lordships must endeavour, not- |
withstanding, to discharge that duty with
firmness and resolution, but with the ut
most possible lenity and mildness to the
illustrious accused at the same time. If
the charges which were to be advanced
should alter being proved, fail to con- i
vince their lordships of the necessity for
proceeding with this measurej it would
not be only the impunity of guilt, but
the triumph of guilt. They had a
straight forward course to pursue, from
which they were not to be deterred,
they ought not to be driven by the ef
fects of prejudice or popular clamour.
He then moved that a bill of pains and
penalties for depriving Caroline, queen
of England, ol her rights, privileges, and
prerogatives, should be read a first tune.
The bill was then read by the clerk.
[The bill states in the preamble that
her majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth,
in 1814, at Milan, engaged in her ser
vice, in a menial situation, one Barto
lomo Pergami, otherwise Bartolorao
Bergami, a foreigner of low station; that
an unbecoming and disgusting intimacy
commenced between them; that she
raised him to high and confidential situ
ations about her person, and bestowed
upon him great and extraordinary marks
of distinction; that she conducted her
self towards him, both in public and in
private, in the various places and coun
tries which she visited, with indecent
and offensive familiarity, and carried on
a licentious, disgraceful and adulterous
intercourse with him, which continued
for a long time during her residence
abroad; by which conduct great scandal
and dishonor h^l been brought upon
his majesty's family and kingdom. The
bill concludes by enacting that her said
majesty be deprived of the title of queen,
and of all prerogatives, rights, privile
ges and exemptions appertaining to her
as queen consort of the realm; and that
the marriage between his majesty and
the said Caroline Amelia Elizabeth be
dissolved.1
The earl of Liverpool moved that the
bill should he printed, and copies of it
delivered to the queen.
Earl Grey wished to know if any sort
of communication were to be made to
the queen? He put it to the noble lord
whether the same information ought not
to accompany the bill, to point out to
her majesty the particular occasions and
circumstances which were alluded to.
llr wished to know also if a list of wit
nesses were to be given to her legal ad
visers.
The earl of Liverpool thought that it
would be time enough on the second
reading to discuss the matters lefeired
to. As to giving the accused a list of
witnesses, it was wholly unprecedented
in parliamentary proceeding"*, whether
of imprachment, or on a bill oi pains '
and penalties, and was never allowed
even in criminal judicature, cxccpt in
the single case of high treason. Her
majesty would be allowed her choice,
as to whether the accusation should be
proceeded in, or be staid, in the first J
place, until the defence was ready.
Lord Dacre ftlt it necessary to move
that the counsel should now be heard
on behalf of the queen, that they mi^ht
be enabled to state those weighty cir
cumstances alluded to in the petition.
He did so on information reveived very
recently. He moved that the counsel
should be called in.
Lord Liverpool thought that it would
be better to put it off till Id-morrow,
when it could be done without any irre
gularity, and at which time he would not
attempt to oppose it.
After some other general observa
tions by earl Gray, lord Liverpool, the
lord Chancellor, and lord Holland, the
bill was read a first time, and copies
were ordered to be delivered forthwith
to the quern, by a gentleman uihrr of
the black rod, to the queen's attorney
and solicitor-general, and to the king's
attorney general.
in me nousc oi commons, lord Cas
tlcreagh moved for the appointment of
a committee to examine the journals of
the house of lords, in order to ascertain
whether any and what proceedings had
taken place in that house with respcct
to her majesty, and to report their opi
nions thereupon to the house. The mo
tion was agreed to, and the committee
appointed. accordingly. The noble lord
then said, that he had submitted this
motion with the view which it implied*
and if, from the rt port of the committee,
it should appear that the other houae
had instituted any proceeding, he should
then consider whether, pending that
proceeding, the notice of a motion which
he had given for to-morrow should not
be dropped, and alto whether he ahould
not to-morrow move the reading of the
order for taking his majesty's message
imo con vide rat iun on Frkljf, with a view
of moving lie postponement of thai ?*.
dcr until some fuoirc d my. This poet*
ponemenp Ke should feel to be proper,
in order tkil the hlMlii might wait tho
result of the proceedings in the house
of lords, still reserving to itaotf the right
of taking his majesty's message icto
consideration, if that should ho thought
necessary. But until the result of the
proceedings of the lords should be made
known, he submitted that it would ho
very inconvenient to adopt any mea
sure.
Sir E. M. Riddley expressed his hope
that the house would not agree to tho
course proposed by the noble lord, de
claring that if no other motnber would
take the sense of the house upon the
subject, he should himself feel it his du*
ty to do so.
Pari*, June 24.
The chamber of deputies is daily oc
cupied on the budget of the expenses of
the ensuing political year. Every item
undergoes scrutiny, and retrenchments
are made in every branch susceptible of
them. The debates arc frequently very
warm, and, as usual, extremely disor
derly. In the debate yesterday on the
naval expenses, M. Boyne de l'aye, re
commended the total abandonment of all
naval preparations. ? It was true, he said,
that under Louis XIV. the French navy
attained to a heigh*, of splendor, hut that
ever since we have experienced noth
ing but naval disgrace and disasters.
(Murmurs.) During the war with Eng
land only, lie continued, from 1793 to* .,
1801, we lost 47 ships of the line, 132v
frigates and 1 6 1 slooj>s: And if in the
wars which followed the losses were less,
it was because we left our ships to tint
in our ports. He therefore begged the
chamber not to appropriate monies to
build vessels to augment the naval for
ces of other powers; or to decay in the
dockyards of the kingdom.
The prince de Bmglio, .and' oth?r
members, condemned the policy and re
marks of the preceding speaker; atxl
the former remarked that among the
great losses of the l-'rer.ch marine, in the
immortal battle ot Trafalgar, glory, and
honor were not included.
In an estimate of the army expenses,
a reduction ol 60,000f. was msde from
the pay of the marshals, and other su
perior officers. One of the members
remarking that these officers, by thttt
ex travagant i tvinf , set bad examples to
the people; and that his motive in vot
ing lot thr reduction, was to oblige
them to con cct this abuse. ?
? Pari*, July 4.
The city of Victoria is filled with fu
gitive exiles returning into Spain, and
who dare not pass Burges until the cor*
tes shall determine on their fate. Thejr \
are in a state of great .^*raiefcerin?K4 . -
many of them are perfectly naked. " A,
subscription has been got up by the in
habitants for their relief, who have dis
tinguished themselves in their befcetf.
Orders have been given to life' %u?
thoriiies of Toledo, t9 demaltah tho
M Brasien de la Viga,*' a place far the
punishment of those who wtm to bf
burnt alive by order of the inqurtition,
in order 10 erect in its place a column
to the memory of the former governor
of that place, Juan cf? Padela, who per
ished a victim to his zeal in defehce of
Spanish liberty. The column it to bear
the following inscription ? M To the
memory of Juan de Padels, perpetual
1 governor of Toledo in the 16th ccntury,
the defender of Spanish liberty, restored
by his fellow citizens in 1820."
By the most deplorable oversight, a
terrible di. aster took place on the 3 Zd
June, in the village of Cia?siu. The
church lately constructed was almost,
finished; a fete had been prepared for
the workmen, and it was to be preceded
by a service and prayers; circular gal
leries had been temporarily raised, and
an immense population had been col
lected at this aflecting religious service.
The sacred music was about com
mencing when all at once the galleries
gave way, and precipiutcd in the fall a
crowd of persons? thirty-five person*
were found dead, and more than an hun
dred individuals had their arms or legs
broken;? there is not in this populous
village a single family spared? death
and grief is in every house, a tomb to
open or one whose death is expected.
The scene which the environs of the
church presented was awful ? the field
of battle after a combat can alone give
an idea of it. (Musician* and surgeonn
of every kind were afforded the next
day; a great number of the wounded
were sent to the hospital.
TURKEY.
The grand seignior ami the paclirt
appear to be on the very point of meas
uring the length of their respective
swords, and give dreadful note of pre
paration. These pachas would hard!/
dare, we should presume, thus to at*
tempt to throw off their allegiance,
without they had received a previous
promise of support from some formlda*
hie power now remaining behind the
curtain, watching the maturity of event*
in secrecy and in silence. We all know
the hereditary ambition of Russia, and
what exertions were made by Catha
rino to prostrate the Ottoman power.
Wc know the vast military preparation
of Alexander ? his formidable ariuie%
commanded by the best generals of the
age, in a state of high and ??f darjetec