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, t ! t s X - i I: I ! 'l :;'r 1 :t I'- i . I ' ! ' ,! "7 1 7; m f i -.1 'Ik it " ft IF r I. ft a ft . i e Iclt assured thai ted by the appear. mcttcpolii, to llic employment of the i;ru d'. i.iius, and troops of the line, instead of (lie in tional guard, which, lie contended, was the only force that could he constitutionally employed fot lli suppression of riots ; and, hud their services been resoitcd to, the aheddingof blood, he was cunvlnccd. wild nave been averted. Mr. J), CiUarUU tuld, th-t for thirty years he had net tccn any assembly "f the people ills ti. r , , ...!i ...f.ll. jicrscu uy woopn oi arincu w)iu:cn, unwi.wiuun u few days. I'jiU resembled a captured city troops stationed in various qturtenu and posts fixed for their attendance. I an cruispcration hud hecn'exc anceof tha rtpul.r forte. - o 7 - noiio tn we street -uiene mnse,' wnere we Tcsr ded," he put hit head out of the wlndo;.v, and be held a troop of dragoons galloping along the u...i. j t - ...I., c ..e uccis, anu irsniiiiiii mcir inmu. ouun i- ter a wounded man, was carried Into ono cf the ' otitrhborini' Cafe he was an unfortunate old man. There was a man apprehended who was accused of having excited the tumult but it was toon found out that ha vas a spy, employed to raise disturbance! J for he tm ptTceired, on his ; pprciicnston, to give a trlcndly squeeze to Ine hand of one of t!ie fr-nt 1'urm. nA tome sec onds after was allowed to escape quietly from amidst the guards. A voice from the left Yes, the agents of the police excite the disorders. - Af. Demartay gave a detail of what had bap pened to him and to M. Cortcllcs, on leaving the Chamber on the preceding day. Two persons who met them, asked the news of the sitting, and they stopped for Yfew minutes to relate the facts, hen a platoon of cavalry dispersed the party, tmder the authority of the order of the police, which required that three persons should not be H-en together in the streets. Af. De .imbrugtat defended the conduct of the military, who, in his opinion, exhibited great .node ration. The groups they dispersed were .homing lmg live the Kmperor.' The pational Kuani, although indisputably brave, were not equal to whyrt was expected from their services. This ha;) f.r cn seen on two remarkable occasionsthe Otii of June sfid the loila of August Without 't!ie employment of regular troops, the.Chamber rniht be assured that it would be impossible to vc-etablish or to preserve tranquility. ?ionAre we at Constantinople, then ? M. Mtehin declared that the metropolis was t'r.tted like a benicged town. He was willing to justice to the Duke of Tarentum, and also to t itc troops employed by (he police but he con ceived that ccctisation should attach to those min- en who called in the regular troops. It would have been better to have availed themselves of the assistance of the national guard, as it was bet ter to arrest than to kill. At. (aMimcr Ptrrier while rendering full jus tice to the royal cuanl, comnlained that violence was used in dispersing that portion of the people v.ho merely jtood up for shelter from the rain, under the arcade of La Rue de Rivoli. The Krrfirr the .Vra insisted that the ex r?::.cs which had lately been perpetrated were the acts oi a single party, leagued in opposition to authoiity which was bound to disperse them. i. Uevj. Constant commenced a reply in so i ".temperate a manner, that the Chamber refused to hear him further. The discussion on the amendment of the electoral projet was shortly resumed, and further aciiourncd On Thursday all was calm in the Chamber of Deputies. I he proceedings commenced with tie debate on the articles of the clcctorial pro jet, which was maintained, with perfect rcgular ttv. to the UMtal hour of adjournment, when the tioteot itm interminable discussion was loudly culled for by the right and centre of the Cham ber. It was, however, rejected, and 8gain post poned to the foilouing day. lamlantl. THE QUEEX VAt.-act from the Debate on the Kind's Jfrssaje, in tbc House of Commons, June 7. I .ord Cast!eregh In v king to call the atten tion ff the house to the consideration of b maj esty's most gracious message, he was certain they would feel as deeply as he did the extremely paio ful and delicate 'duty involved upon him. The present was one of the most distressing and mo inentous public questions which had ever been -agitated in : Parliament. I le assurecTthe house, that if he had not been persuaded, in common with his colleagues, that every, means which pru dence and a conscientious' regard to the ilius trious personages could have devtsed have been exercised i unt8 he had conscientiously satisfied himself that those difficulties which surrounded the case wrre,such as would" reipjiTre to be thor oughly removed, and unless he was convinced thajtistice to boih parties, the forbearance which-had hitherto been adopted, was not longer "practicable, he should have risen to make the qd iervations which he would feel necVssary to stte rjk in?P?n &tjcaiijh. rnorc , burdened reelings than pressed upon him on the present occasion. And here he felt it his duty to protest m limine against the assertion, which had lin Muvir--4nruwii our. t lat ni ttAtrtv nk n AM h .. - J iiiiiivi an undertnken to act the nart uf hrf..rn.,M . and he trusted that . when the house adverted to H e words. of th - ...ramjy v l IIMl ' WUUIU perceive that-noxtmiiiunicatW'had ever been mane in more gractouvierihsM laughter fiom the, oppobUion)-h1; tertns .which stiewed, that me wn nat tnwn taftrstir cainliUty upon the , - 'c Urtuonj aiui m circumstance equally imeiestihg to him and to them. hil give" to hi.ti loc iuMce which the puri'u ul..r hliu 4tim in which hi was pl.iccd, the litrrcst of tin (mihtrf. uivl the rnn'itilil'Jnn nf the Liiicdum. tr , - - - it quired them to give to their sovereign. All th in farm ut ion tosessed utxm tlm siibiett Would be t - i . - - 4 ----- l.dd lc fore the c ommittee, find of course that in- forniition, whether contui.icd in written docu ments or not, would be solclv viewed at to its re tpecubility and character. He now applied to tne intended course oi proceeiiint um jciorc en tering tqwn it, could nothelp cprcs i igids as tonhhnictit, considering' the able legal .Advice which her inujoty was known, to. hc, that it ft a . . . couiu uare neen impressed on her mind, thai the slightest imputation could have been ci on that illu-itrioui.pcrkonjge, oron the tnaaucM ubci in tire rcalm. or that thcy 'ihould lo iefcrred 6 any secret tribunal, or to one, where the fullest communication could not be sifted, and sifted with that publicity which, vas tho dlslinguishinc; characteristic of liritlsh jvisticetllcor. hear,) lls was . a mished it -could have occurrbd to any one, that ncr majesty would not have full power in the event of any necessity for a trial existing to examine witnesses minutel to search their character, and weigh the value oi their tcstimn ny or that she would be sent to rial without all those safeguards of general liberty and individual protection, which would aCyrd her, together with that publicity necessary to the ends of justice, a full opportunity of cross-examining evidence, rebutting testimony, and impeaching the char acter of the witnesses, with a degree of lik-rty which ner majesty must ahare, not in prece dence, but in common with every subject in the country. Should the committee report that there was no hinjr t0 impeach the conduct of the illus trious nartv whom thev assist with their advice. and that there was no occasion to proceed farther, this happy decision would receive no additional recommendation, either in the estimation of her Majesty or in that of the public, from having ocen come 'o in conjunction with the two learn ed gentlemen, who held the important and hon orable office of her Majesty's leeal advisers. On . I .ft ft 4 . - tne otner hand, it the report stated that there was enough of grave matter laid before the com mittee to advice some ulterior proceeding, thev would be placed in the most embarrassing di lemma between their private and their public du ty. If they concurred in the opinion that there was sufficient ground for ulterior proceedings, how much more painful would such a decision prove to the bouse, when sanctioned br twa hon orable and learned gentlemen, who stood in such a situation. If they thought it their duty to pro test against the decision of the committee, under what disadvantages would lae? not labor at beinz among the number of those through .whom that decision had been formed, .The transactions of the last forty-eight hours furnished a pretty suf ficient comment on what might hare been ex- fwi.u iium m iicgmiauon, as ii was cauca, since it was seen, that the Hluatiioua personage, who was the subject of this discussion, wai so little unuer tne counsel oi the honorable and learned crentlcman (her leeal adviser) that bv his own w . confession, those documents connected with the arrangements lately proposed, which had been pul ihed, had been so published without his con sent He (Mr. Brougham) had felt it due to him self to declare, that he had not advised that pub lication, and to admit tha it was garbled, imper fect, and untrue. Under whatever lamentable, and he might add criminal advice, that publica tion had taken place, it was evident that the ob ject of it was to appeal to the lower orders of the people (Hear, hear, hear I) and the purposes which it was intended to answer could be conceal ed from no one who did not wilfully shut his eves. If any feeling but regret could have place in ids breast at this moment, he should rejoice that, from the circumstance of the case, no doubt could exist as to the course which Ministers had taken on this melancholy occasion; that the illustrious personage hcnclt dad been lully apprised of their resolution ; and that the conduct of Ministers, free from all disiruisc. had made her distinctly nn. derstand the consequences to which the step that she had resolved upon must inevitably and im mediately lead (Hear, hear, hear. HP he-1 louse . - were awire, mat under ner marriage settlement, in the lamentable event of the death of his Maj esty, she would be entitled to an Income of 50,000. a year as widow of the Kiner He had therefore thought it desirable that an annuity to .ft. a ft ft a . " tnat amount snouiu be wanted now. that the sub iect might never asraia come before Parliament ut3. ..v uccn yrmwacu to me iueen, ana he had no hesitation in savintr. that when nrono. sed, the only condition coupled with it was the . . B ft stipulation tnai sne should remain abroad. Now, with respect to the: proposition that the Queen lti" a . a snouia give up ner tine and ell the rights attach e; 10 ner situation, lie did not know that such' i proposition had be4.madecor .could be made Noihing had been proposed to her but an arrange nient by- which it war hoped that all debatesof i hostile nature might be avoided.; It was under stood that no nronosltinn tn thi Hii.n ,n ?rr g!UasQUWn,couI4?be valid;witht intertcrence oi the Legislature, and without an act of Parliament. Ministers had hin such measures be adopted that should prevent an tvi-uic vuuuitis, opm at nome ana abroad, be tween the illustrious narties. ft Kv5a'i, that if her Maieslv resided in Fntrliinri Kth tk ! i s --javia.a9 ' wva -.si i&ing and herself would frequently tie exposed lv I'unuui . cuiuarrassmfimr jtnd jit Jwas but . , Mwnwis wus m mis country no lack . . ...oiwauiuii lo tuin sucn circumstances to an swer the most mischievous purposes (Hear hear.)., Whatever had. thrnu'rh wnu V r-i iftg. bctn propagakd on this stnjeCt, either abroad . utose vvaus, nq misted thatit would b wofA anxlotu to sof;cn doun the duties which ucli a step as that meditated by the Queen was likely to create In every delicate and feeling mind. ICvery tli'mg, he assured the House, had been done to" avoid coming before a tribunal, which ought never tor have had cognizance of the casei and there was no sacrifice which they were not desirous to advise the Crown to make, in order to avol I tl it crisis, consistently with lis character and dignity. ; , t: , , s, . Mr. Oroagham assured tbc House the noble Lord opposite had not addressed them on the" ve ry grave and momentour subject before this House with moc pain than himself He would have the house first to know that this illuttnous Iady coveted not the 'countenance of those to wiiuin mo ihk4 turu a apecvii nau so lorciuiy alluled. Her aaicity, which yielded to none in that House, and her extreme propriety of mind. rendered It little likely she should have suffered either to be defeated ly adopting fallacious ad vice. - Her condition, liowever, was such as enti tled her to their warmest sympathy. She had been' Ion,; estranged from her family, and that Intimate asociafftflw calculated to cherish the piiridiplcrarid hahits fir .domestic life. . He called upon the House to bear in mind her peculiar situation. A female, a foreigner, unprotected, and nearly friendless, who had sus. tainedasix year"almot involuntary exiUfrom England. Hearing these things in recollection, he thought they would not very severely blame her if she had . fallen into the error of listening to the honest and well meant recommendations of a friendly individual who had desired to serve her, tho he (Mr. IJrougham) could nevcr.charac tcrisc those recommendations as those of abso lute wisdom (Laughter.) Was it on papers and Ktters, pieces of evidence, called evidence, brought fmm beyond the Alps bv a secret Com mission, sent out by God knows whom, but now well known for what purpose, vis to five the Committee of the House of Commons the trouble of examining evidence. He stated himself to be utterly ignorant of the contents of the paper to be laid before the Committee ; he had only seen the outside of that green bajr, nothing more, and all his objections against it was that the whole of the evidence was in that bug, and that there was not a living witness to be examined- lie knew that some one would be called to prove that this was the signature of such a one a gentleman, perhaps, who had been sent out to make a resi dence of ten montb3 at Milan a member of the learned profession, who till that ill fated hour, stood hih in the reputation of the world, and the esteem of his friends. Th4 this individual should thus have lowered himself, he confessed had both surprised and pained him. He begged pardon for the expression he was using, but they were can vassing so freely the character of illustrious in dividuals, thatminor considerations muM yield ne musi again recur to tne unpleasant subject, deprecating as he did the individual and the of- ficei To gor as he did, and sit prying into the most secret actions of domestic life in a foreign t.uui j , ciftuiKiur iiuormaiion in ine nnny wine-houses; joining in familiar confabulation with the bargemen of the lake, porters, cast-off servants of mistresses; those detestable charac ters who, to the credit of courts of law, scarcely ever showed their-faces within them, without having them stamped with infamy to sit, he re peated, writing down all the tittle-tattle of these reprobate characters. Before this, he had thought better of human nature, more of the merits of professional honor (Hear !) In s-jvin? this, he was sjymg what he felt, at the degradation of a proiesstonai brother. Such low offices, he ac knowledged, must, be performed ; but then let them be done by hands that could not be sullied by any species of baseness Let no roan dip a finger in such filth, who was not born to degrade the human species. II the committee should only turn out their report, couched in the mildest terms of affirmation, which it was in the power of the noble lord's oily rhetoric to frame ; (laugh- iv, . ,ww 11 oiny sam yes 10 tne cnarge, thai man's character would be for ever blasted V a. 1 ft as. ..m!m a . I " 1 i m m 11 was tu vdui 10 iiKen mis inuunai to a virand Jury. If ministers thought her Majesty iruiltv on the report of the commissioner, let them act upon that assurance. ..(Cheers.) He strongly deprecated the course of ministers on this occa sion ; they wished, by the appointment of the committee, to screen themselves behind names better than their own ; to seek shelter from the publie gaze; to cover themselves up from the public eye.- But they had of thetrown responsi bility come down to the house with this mes sage, and they ought to face it as men, and as ministers should do. Not only the interests of 1 ., .. . . ..... me royai iamiiy, nut tne peace, the well being and the morals of the country were involved, in heP?i,5s?,': lhc Proposcd I inquiry was"6hce"ep'tered upon, wjio could presume to say'where it would stop ; vvho, thougfi they were on the dreadful brink, could venture to point out the gulph which was yawning beneath them ( Hear, hear !) Those who counselled the crown to the present measure, ought to weigh well those circumstances, by which it was likely to be attended." v Thosd Twlio recollected whar took place jMi,a former occasion, would bear in mind tlie nature of theinquiry then entered into; and from that thcyin'fght judge to what that now proposed would extend. They would have to inquirc....not into the character of the Queen,.... not into the treatment hr had met TwilhXnH into ihafters with which thcliouse was connected, or of which it wished to be informeduAut they would have brought up the whole private hi.tory ol l!.etln jlluatpotia todividuals. Hedid notsav that they must do this, but that it was probable all these matters would be forced nnnn il.. .,u occukj:i puMic Luiincin was nuupciakJ -tr feeling on any other subject ws suspended. . political gosyp and icandil of the day Wcati stale natty spirit ceased, and even political rn. cor no lunger existed the general topic of tJ year Uing the privato life and history cf the firu subjects in the country (Hear, hear I) uc must Indeed be t sagacious man, who could, fro,, the commencement, point out the end of proposed inquiry; he must Indeed t man tf miraculous sagacity who could do ao. He did not believe that the nolle lord t.Castlercagh) Urtu self would ? cnture securely upon such a predic tion ; he was sure that no other man could ven. lure to state how tho conflicting interests of the pjrtiea woold end," oMrrwhat extent i v, ould U car rlc J. He knew that'many persona would look upon this question with the best feelings ; nury well-meaning persons would, perhaps, advise it ; but there were othen who would view It in dillcrent light.M.prrsont who were so much like febid animals, that there wa more danger to be apprehended from their saliva than their tooth. If this inquiry were entered upon, there weril many wh'ortiapCsvould view It cbmpasiion. atelv, hut' would blame the parties who had set C on foot. There were tome who, in certain ca ses, would feel themselves bound by professional ties to regard nothing hut the Interests of their clients., lie did not.allude to raembcri of par liament, and therefore not to himself: Of Km hrin. learned colleague, (Mr. Den man,) but toother persons, into whose hands the alTair of his royil client might be entrusted. What the conke- qn nccs ol this might be, he wtmld not trust him self to say; those who recollected what took place eleven years ngo, would be able to form an": idea of that to which he alluded. In such cases (lc advocate had but one thing to look to, the in tcrcsts of his client and any professional man would be rained, disgraced ...in a word, he wtwkL be fit for the tribunal of Milan, who neglected those interests, or took any course detrimental to them. He said he must be bold man who" would pretend to point out the issue or probablo duration of the proposed inquiry ; but he raus "iur wren tail, wno wouia rasmy piunc the country into a state of irritation and confu sion. while there remained a uossibilltv of adtust. ing matters in a private oud amkaMe manner-' WWW I ft Lnear, near, near : lor God's lake, then....for l the sake of the country .-.for the take of thosa who deluded themsclvet.of those whosc mem ories betrayed them....lor the sake of the people of England....for the sake of those who have wives and daughter to protect, ' he" implored, tnira to pause oeiore tney decided upon this question Let them recollect what took nlaca'eleven ve in ago, when no man could open one of the daily papers, without turning with disgust from the scenes it described. - The morality of the coun try svas alstakc ; Let the house then pause, and -inquire whether there was not yet some meam of avoiding a proceeding nreimant with ttwk evils to the country... Hear, hear. , Jle put this 10 ine iiousc, as mey valued their honor, as the valued all that was dearest to them, as thev vU ued the existence of England as a nation ....(Loud cries 01 near, near, trom all parts of the house.) There were two Instances which he wished to point out, respecting the conduct ofj.lanoveriati ministers towards her Majesty While in Italy. The Baron Ompteda, who was on his way to. Home, as Hanoverian minister was most gra ciously received by her Majesty.-. He insinuated himself into her house. . he partook largely of her hospitality for several months. Notwith standing this attention and kindness, this honor aide baton was detected, not only in spying into the conduct of her Majesty, not only in bribing and corrupting her servants to give him infor mation, but in having hired a blacksmith to make a key to open her private desk, in order to inves tigate herpapcrs - Fortunately, however, those papers so taken, showed this gentleman was on the wrong stent, as in fact they proved her it noccncc instead of her guilt. A young gentle man, a lieutenant in the navy, then about her Majesty s person, feeling for the honor of his royal mistress, challenged the honorable baron ; the latter, however retreated to Milan, where he took tip so secret a position, as to be" with diffi culty found .out.- Driven from this "Jrltreat. he made a backward movement, and MdV himself -in the mountains....hcre again he was followed br the gallant lieutenant, whose gencrnus ardor sur mounted all obstacles ...but while an engagement was daily expected, ;theBar6rr Umpreda was kicked outxf the-Ttitliar observed, fori; having acted as" a spy upon the Queen... not for the crime' of having forced he Majesty's private papers.... buttor Graving refused to fight a duel when openly called upon....Hea:, hear- Jler Majesty hid commanded him to caR foMK4lPpea investigation. -The speed ier the beginning of it was, the more complete1' would she e-Krutified-the more ample.it vz .tbe-mpre decldedwould be her satisfaction. that it would be a short investigation, he, wh knew the course of such proceedings, felt it tob imjssibIev:Therefore, no time was to be lost : for. if the investigation wenvoni they m)gfa pccUoir toTio ordinary peviod of the sessTo'Vj Hut installing for inquiry, her Majesty protest" strenuously and decidedly against a secret one Hear, hear, hear 1 v Mr. Caiminff said, that in i allte diseirshion's wliicb takeflf place before: thm crisis, he had Kmked to tie siti. atioft of theiqueenrts to mar of drearest aialwa friend. To his sovereign tie owed the duty of P .eottnaellor-to her Majesty he owed eyflrj' esteein s respect. The wish nearest bls heart was, Uiat Ui ' troriiity coild have teen avoided hi next w'a that- her Majesty might olEwne out -of dii wjr? A honor to herself and saUsfactiOn to her fmwh. M memhtr (Jlr. Tiefnev) had M that no eoropra'" I l Slfl8ttiSftB ..: t ,. :f . ... . 4 r U" ......... "V-.;.
