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*rd, was too much to be allowed me.? hvtn on the slave mart, the erica of '4 Oh! my mother, my mother! Oh! my child, my child!" have prevented the sep:uation of the victim* of avarice. But v?.iir advisers, more inhuman than the slave dealt r-? remorselessly tore the inothei from the child Thus, bereft of the society of my child, or rcduced toihe necessity ofini Witiering h?r life bv struggles to pre serve th.it society, I resolved on a tem porary absence, in the hope that time migi t r> store her to me io happier ?'avs. Those iUyt, alas! were never to come. To mother (and those motlu rs wro have hern suddenly bereft of the l?* ?t am most aflcc iouate and onlv daughters) it belongs to estimate my sulT- rings a d my wrongs. Such mo thers will judce of my affection upon hearing of the death of my child, and !ip<?n vailing to recollection the last look, the last wirris, and all the affect ing circumstances of our separation. , Such mothers will see the depth of my i sorrow*.. Every being with a heart ot I humanity in its bosom will drop a tear ;r* ?-ynj\*thv witn me. And will not the worh'? 'hen, learn wi?h ind gnatioiw th.il this evens calculated to soften the hard est In art, was the si- .nal lor new con spira' i'-s, and milt fal^a'-le efforts for t' e ?!? ruction of this afflicted mother? \Yur majesty lj,<d torn mv chil ! Irom me; you hud deprived me of the power cl' being at hand to succour iier; you h*d taken Irom me the possibility of hearing of her last prayers for her mo ther; you saw me bereft, forlorn, and broken heaited; and this was the mo ment yoy chose for redoubling your persecutions. I,rt the world pass its judgment on the i enstituting of a commission, in u fuiei.m country, consisting of inquisi tor*, spies, and informers, to discover, cohect, and arranee matters of accusa tion against your wife, without any com plaint having hern communicated to her; let the world judge of the employ ment of ambassadors in such a business, and ot ihe eniiv.ing foreign cuurts in the enterprise; hut on tin* measures which have been adopted to give final effec: o these preliminary ptoceedings, ' it is for mt to speak; it is for me to re- | moustraie with your majesty; it is for me ?. rotest; it is for mc to apprize you ot my determination. 1 ha* e always demanded a fair trial. \ 1 his is w.iat I now demand; ?nd t lis is i closed n.e. Instead of a fair trial, I atn to or subjected to a sentence by *hc pai '.iament, parsed in the- soape of a law. A -linat this I protest, and upoutne lol lo- u;g gt ounds: ? The injustice of re using me a cWar and distinct cna.ge, ol refusing me the name* uf tht- witnesses, of refusing mc the names of t lie places where the ai led :erl ac-s have been committed; these aie sufficiently fia rant and revolting; but it i? against the ecnttitution o f the court its, 1/ thai I particularly object, and hat 1 most solemnly protest. Wliatcv- r may be the precedent as to bills ,f pains and penalties, none of them, except those relating to the queen of Henry the Eig .th, can apply here; for here your majesty is tne plainUff. llere u is intended by th? hill to do you what you deem good, and to do me great harm. You aic, t ei efi-re, a party, and the * 'j :|y complaining party. Y"U have made your complaint to the house of lords. Yon have cr.avc ved to t!hs house wi uten doc um< nts, sealed up. A strict committee ol the house have examined these documents. They have repoi-tid that there are grounds of p o ree lings; ai,(! then the house, nicrel) upon that report, have brought for* mil a I ?: 1 1 containing the most outrageous si;u>d<-t i '<n me aiid sentencing me ;o di vorrr and degrada'ion. The injustice t.f putting forth this bill to the ?*or.d (or six weeks before it i> ? v. ii proposed to t.fT. rd inc an oppor tunity ol"r< ntradi' ting us allegations, is too manifest not to have shocked tiie Ti:i'!on; and, indi ed, tic proceedings even 'Inn tar ate such as to convince every one that no justice is intended i me. Uu- if none o! thes?. proceedings, if none ? f tb.se 'kar indications of 'a deter in tion to do me wrong : .?d taken pl*ce, 1 should see, in t'ie constitution of the house ol Joids itself, ?? certaintv that I could cxpect no justice at its hands. Your majesty's ministers liave udvined ? his prosecution; t'icy are res|>on>ible 1 ?r thp advices tin y give; they are lia ble 'o fm?inh?r.(vt if I hey tail to make good their cha-ges; arid not only are they pait of n y judge *, but i1 is they w ho have brought in the bill ; m.l p loo notorious th. t they have alwuu ? a majority in the i ousc; so that wiincut any other, here is ample proof that th*. house will decide in favour of the bill, and, of course, against me. But further, tiiPie are reasons for your ministers having a majo ity in this cost , and which reasons do ot apply to common cas' s. Youi nmj sty i* the fiUuntiJf: to you it bf long* to appoint and to eicvute peers. Many of the pie,ent peers have been raised to mat dignity by yourself, and almost the whole ran b ?, at your will and pleasure, further elevated. The far greater pail of the pet rs hold, bv thcmselvc- and their fa mili'-s, offices, p'nsn ns, ?nd ot.icr emo lument, sol- Ij at the will and pleasure ol your iii jis'y, and the-> ol course, your it *j< ty can take away whenever vou please. There are more than four fifth* of the peer* in this situation, and , there arc man) of them who might thu> I he deprived of the far better part of their incomes. If, contrary to all expccation, there should he found, in some peers, likely to amount to a majority, a disposition to rejcct the bill, some of these peers may he ordered away to their ships, regi ments, governments and other duties; and, whtcn is an equally alarming pow er, new peers may be created for the purpose, and give their vote in the de rision. That your majesty's ministers would advise these measures* if found necessary to render their prosecution succestlul, there can be very little doubt; seeing that they have hitherto stopped at nothing, however unjust or odious. To regard such a body as a court of justice , would be to calumniate that sa cred name; and for me to suppress an expression of my opinion on the subject, would be tacitly to lend myself to my own destruction, as well as to an impo sition upon the nation and the world. In the house of commons I can dis cover no better grounds of security. ? The power of your majesty's ministers is the same in both houses; and your majesty is well acquainted with the fact, and that a majority of the house is com posed of persons placed in it by the peers and by your majesty's treasury. It really gives me pain to state these tilings 10 your majet-ty; and, if it gives your majesty pain, I beg that it may be observed and remembered, that the statement has been forced from me. I must either protest against this mode of trial, or, by tacitly consenting to it, suffer my honour to be sacrificcd. No innocence can secure the accuscd, if the judges and jurors be chosen by the ac cuser; and if I were tacitly to submit to a tribunal of this description, I should be instrumental in my own dishonour. On these grounds I protest againt this species of trial. I demand a trial in a court where the jurors are taken im partially from among the people, and where the proceedings are open and | fair. Such a trial I court, and to no othei 1 will I willingly submit. If your inajesiy I persevere in the present procerdiug, I shall, even in the houses of parliament, face my accusers: but I shall regard any decision they may make against me as not in the smallest degree reflecting on my honour; and I will not, except compelled by actual force, submit to any sentence which shall not be pro nounced by a court of justice *4 I have now frankiy laid before youT ? mujtS'y a statement of niy wrongs, and ' a d claralion of my views and intentions. You have cast upon mc every slur to which the female character is liable. I Instead of lovii.g, honouring, and chc ! rishing me, agt enable to your solemn 1 vow, you have pursued mc with hatred and scomt and with all the means of destruction. You wrested from me my child, and with ner my o;.ly comfort and consolation. Yuu sent me sorrowing through the world, and even in my sor rows pursued me with unrelenting per secution. Having left me nothing but my iruioccnct, you would now, by a mockery ol justice, jlcpnvc mc even of the reputation of possessing that. The poisoned bowi and tiie poinard are meaits more manly than pe.jured wit nesses and partial tribunals; ami they arc icss cruet, inasmuch as lite is less val uable than honour. If my life wouid satisfied your majesty, you should have had it, on tne sole < o .di ion of giv ing me a place in the same toml) with im child? l>ut, since you will send me disuonoui ed to the grave. I will resist the attempt with all the means that ii shall piease (i jd to give me." (Signxl) CAROLINE R. Mraiiderihurgh (louse, Aug. 7, 162U. \ orcAgn \n\t\V\gence. B) ine pa kct snip Athlon, capt. VV il ;ams, arrived at New-Yoik, the editors ol tin Ne^ - York Gazette have received various tiles of Loudon papers, Stc. to the evening of the GOih of August. T >ese papers arc filled with the trul ol ti.e queen, down to the twelfth days' proceedings. Most of the time had been occupied in me examination of Italian witm sscs, which, in style and import, is similar to that alicady published. \Vc learn from a passeng* r, that the general opinion was, that the trial of the quern would result in her favour. The cioss examination ol M -joe c hi closed on the 6. h day, and the Times says ? ?? \V ?: believe we may rongratulate the nation on the exposure of the con spiracy against the qu<en. by the mete cms* < xamination of tlx fi st wiu.es* pioductd against her m.?jcsiy. Kveiy h'lig mat Majocchi had previously swoi n with resi e* to tuc solitude o< her majesty's btdi'.om, now appears tola ntieily false This widened witness was housed anrt t< d .y the Diitish am bassador, lord Stewart, a m m ol an ex ii ii Hon as low as that of Uergaini ? of foitutiCH almost as lapid!" On the y it? day, the I^ondon Evening Mail ol Aun i8tii, says ? ?-Up to this time tin oiny t?o cicdiblc witnesses xamini d, writ the caplai. sof the CiO <mdrati< Leviathan, an , i h< i evidence < quitted u.e queen ol u improper fa mnuiity wun Bergwni." '-Uuthuwfor tunatc it was that the house of lords al lowed of the daily publication of their proceedings! In this circumstance ori ginated the happy discovery of Majoc chi's Gloucettcr connexion, which at once damned his evidence. The ac knowledgement of the immense bribes received by Gargiulo and Paturzo, the captain and mate of the vessel in which her majesty sailed, was drawn from their own mouths. Seven hundred and fifty dollars a month were all that the capt. received for the freight of his ves sel from the queen of England; which, as he justly argued, after the wear and tear of his ship, after he had paid and fed his crew, left little enough for hiin sclf: but, by this new speculation, in which he is engaged, he at once gains, cvrn by his own confession, (and the public may rely on it they don't know all yet,) one thousand dollars a month! net! clear ot expenses! without the wear and tear of his ship ? without pay and feed of his crewj This fellow, therefore, is enriched for life; a:id the same may be said of his mate. Never was swearing paid for at such a rate in either Italy or England before. And here we would stop for a moment, and advise the vota ries of villany to consider at how much more costly a rate they are oMigtd to pursue their criminal enterprizes, than those who are addicted to the enjoy ment of innocent and legal objects." From the 9th to the llth day, the house was engaged in discussing a question whether the counsel should be permitted to ci-oss-examint- the witnesses in the manner they desired, w! ich was finally determined upon by a majority of five. 'Lord Erskine tlirn moved that the house adjourn, to afford time for the queen to prepare for hrr defence; and that a list of the remaining witnesses a gainst her, with a specification of the time and places to which t' eir testimo ny would apply, should be furnished her. On this motion there wtre con tents 61; non-rontcnts 160. The counsel for tn *? qo- en, had cal led upon government fo? a further sum of 10, OCX)/, to send for witnesses, and defray '.he expenses of the t ? ial. The editor of t lie TrfcVt Uer apol- ' gizes for dtfilinghis columns with most of the evidence, hut observes, tnat the responsibility "f all the pertm i?us con sequences, rpsts upon those who have forced this noxious iubject on tnc coun- j try. i The Traveller observes, that the " se le- t corps" of witnesses against the ( queen, are neaily exhausted. The following uitoesscs h<<ve hern ] examined on the trial of the queen, viz. I Theodore M'ljocchi ? 'vas wain to j the queen; had i quarrel with Berg mi I and his family. Petruzzo, mate of the polacx a dis- j tant relation of the captain, therefore ! felt a proportionate part of th resent ment avowed by the c ?p?ain a ;amst ? Bergami, for non comp iance with the I promise made of giving htm a present of ?6,000. Vincenncs G*rsiul<>? < ap'ain of the vessel hire-' by the queen; he qu?rrtlltd with Berganrii. because he would not pay him the ?6,000 promise d as a com pensation. Francisco Biois, cook ? admits his leaving the queen's servicc <>n account of the persecution of Bergami'3 brother, and went away without any character. Pietro Pur hi? styling himself agent to the inn at Trieste; saw through a key hole covered over v/ith canvas*, through which r.u iv ass was a small hole, about It j 1 f of tlic si/e of a key hole, did not know if the ?./ul hole could be seen l<y any one within. Jjne Barbara, chambermaid. The Statesman says, that there has horn a> g**cat a varie-y among the jni.r mli'.'s in regard to the queen's excla mation, as to the question which accom panied it, and the impression which it conveyed. T!>c identical words which she made nsp of on the memorable oc casion of her recognizing Majocci, was " tradidorc!" (traitor!) not Theodore. Addresses continue to be presented to the queen. The London Traveller of th'- 24th of August, observe*: ? " We are happy in being able to a*sure our readers t hat her majesty has, so late as thts morning, expressed to her in^nediate friends rhe most perfect confidence that she wihbt able to establish her innocence, and to triumph over the third, as she has al ready done over the first and second conspiracies against her honour." London, A tig. 28. Crowds of rrspectahle persons con tinue to assemble daily in St. James' square, to await the approach of her majesty, and greet her with the most enthusiastic acclamation*. A* her ma jesty left the house on Saturday, several ladies were assembled, who pressed to touch her clothes, and were perceived to shed tears of sympathy and affection. All the way to the house of lords the same lively scene was presented, ami the same demonstration of admiration evinced. The soldiers are most respect ful, and serin to join in the sentiments of the multitude. E. Mail. Aug. 30. The concourse of people who assem ble in the neighborhood of the house of lords, continue to insult the duke of Wellington, Yesterday, as the duke w as riding with the tnaiquis ol Anglesea, t icy were again pursued with the his sings and hooting* of the mob. The duke took it coolly, 5ut the marquis made a full vop, a d demanded of the persecutor*, " why do you hiss me?" Loud shouts of 44 the queen! the queen!" was the only reply. His lordship said, 41 if you want me to do any thing con trary to my conscience, I must tell you, 1 would rather you ran me through the body." This called forth a shout, but the next moment the cry of u the queen," was renewed, and the marquis put spurs to his horse a:*d left them. The horse guards arc in future to be on duty to prevent a repetition of simitar outrages. REVOLT IN PARIS. The following is extracted from the Government Gazette, published at Ma drid, August 21, 182'). " Bordeaux, Aug. 23. Interesting news from Paris ariived by an express: ? An express which left Paris on Sun day tne 20th inst. at half past four a. at. brought to the Prefect tf e " Moniteur" j ol that day, which contains the news ol ; an attempt made on the 19th, to excite 5 a rebellion among the troops, and to lead | them to the Thuilleries for the purpose ?>f declaring a member ol the family ol Bonaparte, sovereign of Prance ? this excess of madness and infamy will not go unpunished. The authors of this ex ecrable plot are under arrest and will be tried. What Frenchman, what native of Bor deaux is there who docs not shudder to find that there yet exist men who dare ! to attempt the dethronement of the best t of the Louises, a descendant of Ilenry ? the 4th, for the relation of a tyrant who has devastated Prance for 20 years, and j twice delivered it up to foreigners. The following is the article from the Moni teur: Paris, August 20 ?Moniteur. 4t The government ?-as been lor some time advised of the existence of plots for exciting the troops to rebellion. It was assured that the xcellent spirit which animated the French soldiers i would render abortive the projects of ' some individuals, always ready to sai ri fle- 'heir honour and the repose of the J country to their pride and avarice. The ! gov z- i.m nt watched their steps These fools thought it was in their power to overturn the throne and the institutions - which France owes to her king. A cer- ? tain number of the officers and serjeants of the corps composing the garrison of Paris were s duced, and some of the rojal guard were among the conspira tors. Last night these officers proposed to go to the barracks, to assemble tlu sol diers, to march against the palace of our kings, and proclaim as sovereign a mem ber of the i'ami>y of Bonaparte; but sev eral of those, who wee sUj posed to be | seduced by pe fidmus propositions, informed their chiefs, withou toss of tunc, of the plot wnich was about to , be put in execution. The government | could no longer delay. The persons con- , cerned in this criminal conspiracy were ? arrestee by the gens d'arnies. It appears that the plan of the < on- I spiral" ts w as to get possession of Yiu trnncs, where a fire broke out about J p m. but was soo.. extinguished. This was done, it is p-esurncd, to create con fusion, %o as to favour a surprize. France !?*??? a right to expect that this attemp will be punished in such a man ner as to strike a terror into those who, forge- till of their duty and their oaths, I wish t i turn against social order those arms intended for its d? fence. Nothing l ould be iicglccted in order to brim; to putiishmt nt the authors and accom plices of <i conspiracy, which, directed against the tSrone and the chatter, thus attacks the feelings and the most, val uable right of every individual of the nation. Tne highest tribunal, that which tiie cnarter nas empowered with the suppression of attempts against the sc ? urity of the s'ate hy a salutary impri sonment, will, without doubt, be en charged with the triul of the greatest crime punishable by our laws. Free from all influence, incapable ol listening to any improper suggestions, this august tribunal will know better than any o'her how to recognize inno cence, and dissipate ill-founded suspi cions, as it will also know how to a<!jud^c the guilty whomsoever they may be. The city of Paris enjoys the most perfect tranquillity. Tin citizen* wert apprised at the same moment of the ex isteiK e ol the plot and of the imprison ment of its authors." Paris, Aug 21. The funds, which had fallen to 7 7 .25, have subsequently recovered to 77 .9o. The court of peers is ordered to as semble immediately, to proceed w ithout delay to the trial of the individuals ar rested at Paiis. The court royale of Paris, all the chambers being assembled, held yester day a secrct sitting, which is supposed to relate to the conspiracy. The manner in which government first received an intimation of the con spiracy, was by a fortunate but most singular chance. A female, who was ac custorncd to read the new spapers at the Thuilleries, in returning the journal she had borrowed, left in it, unawares, a let ter that had just reached her. This let ter was to the effect of advising her in stantly to quit Paris, in oidcr to avoid the consequences of a revolution that was about to break out. This letter fell thus into strange hands, was read, and the female to whom the letter had been addressed, was taken up. She pointed out the writer of it, who, being also ta ken, put the authorities in possession of the plot The plan of the conspirator was to seize the Louvre, and to pene trate, by the grand gallery of the muse um, to the king's apartments, whilst, i>y way of a diversion, the soldiers who were to have been gained, were to lia\e had a skirmish on the place du carousel with the guards of the palace. Madame l'Uiza Bacciochi, sister of Bonaparte, and ex-duchess of Lucca and Piombino, has, it is said, died at Trieste, of a nervous fever. Letters from Ancona state, that pre parations were making in the NUrchc for the recepiion of the Austrian troop* expected from Lombardy. Paris, Aug 2 2. The late conspiracy has not at ail in terrupted the public order. The num ber of the military arrested docs not ex ceed 2 5, and none of thcui above the rank of captain. An agent of the queen of England is at present in treaty for purchasing in the name of her majesty, a very lai^e property . situated in the Ibrcst of Scl.art, a short distance from Paris. Letters fiom Italy slate, that serioi;s disturbances had broken out at Bol"?t..i, amongst the students of the university of that city, who had fought araongv. themselves with poniards. The disoi ? derly had only been put down by the Austrian troops. Vienna, August 9 The Austrian troops, now on the route for Italy, consist of 32 batallions of infantry, 10 battalions of chasseurs, and squadrons of light cavalry. They will arrive between the 16th snd J4.h iusi. at Treviso, where they Mill receive the orders for their ultenor destination. There are now strong Austiian garri sons at Bologna and at Commachio. , REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL. To the politeness of capt. Crave rofr, of the fast sailing schooner Tom, a; riv ed at this port veaterday from S>. An dero, we are indebted for files of Spa nish Gazette* down to the 1st Sept. Wc subjoin translations of some of the lead ing articles. It would appear that the march of re volution1- had riot closed. One of a very formidable and decisive character hai just taken place throughout the king dom of Portugal, altendt-d as might be expected with considerable bloodshed. The revolutionists had proclaimed king John, as their constitutional king, and demanded a government similar to that of the Spanish Cortes. This revolution, as that in Spain, was begun atid effected by the soldiery. A conspiracy to subvert the throne of the Bourbons, had been discovered in Pat is, and the conspirator* arrested. Such were the vigilance and energy of government that the tranquillity of Par is was not in the least lu'eri upted by the discovery. The. utmost tranquillity prevailed throughout ail Spain. Phxlud. f?jr. illPPLRMRM IO THK VNIVP.HSAL. Madrid, Su?U?t 31, 1W2-"). lly an express which has arrived at this court from Corunna, whicu place it lelt on the 23' h inst , we learn the fol lowing news ol the revolution of Portu gal; that it was commenced in Oporto and its provinces, l.y the Portuguese troop*, who proclaimed the constitution, and whatever the coi tes might institute, and their august sovcteign I) ?n John the 5th; that several other garrisons had followed this example; that 1). N ? Bar ros, a Portuguese colonel of the 9th re giment of inlaniry, had uken command ol the province ol Miniio, gcncial Wil son, who Commanded then , having been displaced; that all the offices held by the Knglish had been given to natives; and finallv, that the liberty of the nation had been proclaimed at Lisbon, and the au thorities arrested af'.rr some bloodshed. This information is confirmed by other expresses which have just arrived fr?>m Cuidad Rodrigo and Bjdajns. It is said, that they have adopted the Spanish constitution. Honton September .10. Arrived, brig Jones, capt. Geo. G. Jones, '25 days from St. U bes, with sslt. Capt. Jones informs, that there was a revolution in Portugal, and handed ti? the following proclamations of the Pa triots:? PROCLAMATIONS. Soldier*! -?Our sufferings arc ended! Our country in chains; your considera tion lost; our sacrifices rendered of no avail: the Portuguese soldiers icduced to beg alms. ? Soldiers, this is the tinu! Let us lly to the salvation of our coun try, and to our own salvation! Fellow soldiers. ? come along with us? Let us lly with our brothers in arms to organize a provisional government, who will call the Cortes to make a constitution, the want of which has been the origin ol all the evils that oppress u*. It is needless to particularize them, because they are felt by each one of you. It is in the name and preserving ol our august Sovereign Lord U. John Gtli, that wc arc to be go
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