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TRIAL Of THE QVEMV v
eoxvo.t, tuvbijut, ac. 17 f, p. .
ThU being the day appointed bjr the House 'of
Iords for the commencement of the proceeding
against the Quccn and it being generally known
that her Majettjr wa resolved to appear in per
son, during the trial; at the bar of their lordship's
house, an immense crowd of people assembled
at an earlyhour in front of her Majesty's house
in St. James' .square, to testify their sympathy
for her Majesty's sufferings, or to gratify their
curiosity in witnessing the procession. The peo
-pie gradually increased from' seven until ten" Xf
clock, when they not only filled the space direct
ly in front of the house, but completely occupied
every part of the square, with the exception of the
mid it the most enthusiastic cheers of the pco-
pic. f u is impossible to describe the amroution
of thejscenc-t-,thir rnomenfrr: KreViurwai
tiuuiiaiicuusij wavcu in uic airf every voice
ccmcu cmuiousiy eicenea to express the frljcc
donate zeal and sTrnDathy of the immense jiiul
ji'L'jJcZ-SVycral otlhe-neighbonngkidows were
filled with ladies of rank, and the constant wsv
ing or white .handkerchief lcuiricil; the sympa
thy of many s fair bosom in the flliction that
pressed upon the Queen.'V j ;7 ', , y, .
Th'pVocessioh" now moveH dwlr forward)
The carriage with A Werman. Wood took the lead,
and was followed bf. that of her maiestv. the car
riage of the chamberlains bringing up the rear.
tnuuunut upon imxrsanas had'urthls uinc as
sembled, n St. James' square, P,ll mall, 8cc. to
gTeet the procestlon as it passed along. .Halco
nies, windows, and houses, to their tops 'werQ
crowded by persons of all descriptions; among
whom were many elegantly dressed females, who
manifested their attachment to thr Qiiee'n by the
waving or white handkerchiefs, and by a duplay
of white feathers. The cavalcade moved slowly
on amidst the unceasing shouting of the multi
tude, until it arm'.d at Carlton Pakce, where the
applause was. redoubled.
, The doors and windows of the Palace were
closed, and only one solitary domestic tud the te
merity to look upon a scene so obnoxious to the?
J.?! of JllJLPyal.jn.aste.r. ...The. sentinels pre
sented arms Her majesty bowed. As the pro
cession rolled along the numbers of f he crowd in
creased, and severarcarririges fell into the liri'cV
The top of the phzzas of the Opera-hotise, and
the houses in Cocktpur ami Parliament s'iretv
enclosed cultivated space in the interior which
was guarded by constables. Repeated cheers ,were particuli-rly distinguished lor thfii-tthplay
spoke mo anwous lecuug in uvor oi ner Majes- Qf ?0uth, fushion and beauty The soldiers at
ty, which pervaded this enormous mass of people. the Horse (iuards,Jike those of Carlton Palace.
while' prayers for her success, and execrations
" deep and loud" against those individuals who
are considered to be her enemies, evinced the
eentiments too generally entertained respecting
the conduct pursued by the Ministers towards her
, Majesty,
The' streets were kept by a strong party of
-mounted constables, armed with swords and pis
tols, and large possecs of constables on foot oc;
cupied various stations, or patroled the streets to
prevent confusion or accident. A strong party
. . of the horse guards were drawn up in line, about
nine o'clock, in the open space at Old Palace yard,
X reaHy if occasion required, to assist the civil now-
f 'cr, and a regiment of foot guards, at about .half
r..l Past.Pnei. marched down Parliament street to
' wards the House of Lords for the same purpose,
and in pursuance to the address voted by the bouse
to htsRiajesty. :
The Lord Chancellor arrived at the House of
;J-ords at a quarter past eight o'clock The peers
then,began to arrive in tolerably quick .succes
eion; some of them were loudly cheered as they
passed."- Among those thus noticed by the crowd
.5ras Lord Holland. -At half past nine o'clock the
Duke of Wellington arrived on horseback. -His
reception was not so flatte ring. .. The Duke: of
"v Y6rk"appeared on horseback shortly afteiv and
was gf eeted with loud cheers, which his! Royal
" Highness acknowledged by taking of hi hat sev
eral tiniest It is generally understood that his
Royal Highness took every possible pains and
exerted all his influence to prevent the present
process. The Duke of Lcinster also arrived on
rr horseback,-and was loudly cheered. By this limb
the crowd on the outside of the barriers had be
come immense . v'. -At
aiarter past nine precisely, the queenlr
rived at St.'James' suarc, from Branc!eril)urgh
"jHouse," where her Majesty slept last night. The
Jpeoplc assembled in the square greeted her ar-
rivai wiui iae mosi cntnusiastie encers, tne cup
pinjr'oFiiandi, and the waving of hats end hand
kerchiefs.' Her Majesty graciously expressed
her gratitude by frequent inclinations of her head,
guid on alighting from her travelling cari iaee, re
peatedly bowc Hotfielislcmbled' ihultit ude as she
useended tbi&Tebs in front of her house. The
cheering still Continued, and her majesty appear
ed at the wintfow, and repeated her grateful ac
. knowledgments! r ?,
The ncw
bay horses, superbly caparisoned, soon afterwards
A ... X .L y ' ri it ...
Mivis iiiiomo square. 1 ne oouyoi tne carriage
is of a lake colot' fa favorite one with the late
Kingj) and on tfyt pajincls arciichly emblazoned
tne rqyat arms nd supporters, under which ap
.- f)eary S-!l9!-Cowe4 from its weight, Oneich
" '"rafT3:i5dei- parniels s a regal coronet, with
her majesty's Initials if, R.The body is room v
and whangs low oatc' roof arevsilver coronets
at the corners; the joints at top are also ornja
.mented with silver coronets, and on the corners
iyr cypher, in silver letters underneath s The
40iatsJare-i)f chased-vefr richly ornamented,
und the lamps, which are vry beautiful, arefcf sil
ver embossed, sulmoiintetUiy superb coronets of
the game metal. The sidintngwabs," and
cushions; are of rich yellow silSand 'the roof
Hi wed with, blue, ornamented wUh tkhlacc
1 he coachmart, and postiliions wereVichly dres
wed in scarlet and feold. v :
At tell l f.lVIr niricAl u.n;;.. V 1 s
presented arrrtS as her majesty passed, to whom
she also bowed. The avenues to St. James' Prk
were closed ; and at the- Horse Guards on the
firocession passing by, orders were mued not on
y for the closing of the outer gates, but also those
leading to the Park.
Her majesty, continued to bo, occasion jIU , in
answer to the fervent benedictions which were
poured into the carriage from those who had the
happiness of attaining a position near it. Her
looks were also frequently directed with a grate
ful expression towards her fair partisans in the
windows of the adjacent houses, who, by leaning
over the crowded balconies, and the increased ra
pidity in the motion of their handkerchiefs, en
deavored to express those feelings that the laws
of decorum (which even the enthusiasm excited
by the occasion could not obliterate from their
memories) forbade them to utter by the voice.
On the arrival of the procession at the end of
Great George street," the view of the immense
sea of heads which rolled arlong behind as far as
the eye could reach, and terminuting in Old Pal
ace yard as in a harbour, was truly grand and im
pressive: The Carriages passed through the first barrier
drawn across the Street, thfe bar being opened the
instant of their arrival ; but notwithstanding the
exertions of numerous posse of peace officers,1
it was Impossible to close it again rafter the last
carriage had passed, the people rushed in like a
torrent, and immediately filled up the space in
closed between the two barriers. , The pressure
at that period was dreadful, but we did not learn
that any serious" accident occurred, either there
or in any part of the line of the procession, though
there could nofbe less than 300 OOO. per sons coir
lected in that space. At half past ten o'clock her
majesty alighted at the door especially appointed
for her, leading to the House of Lords. The
guards stationed in front of the House of Lords
presented arms to her majesty, and shef enteied
the house applauded to the-very echo'thatfcap
plauds again. ' . ? :'iV f; '
The doors of the' House of Lords were oneV
eclat 9 6'cIockTAt 35 minutes before 10 -o'ctoefcir
the Lord Chancellor entered the house. The
Bishop of Llandaff immediately. read prayers.
The lower part of the house became a scene of
unusual bustle and interest, the lulness of the at
tendance seeming to cause some difficulty in the
pprrfatiSn
Bench (the Chief Justice, and Justices-Best and
Holroyd) took their seats on the wool sack. Bar
ons Richards arid Garrow entered soon after, and
toonH'seafsr
afterwards joined by JudgeDallasi?By ten o'r
clocfcthehouse Vwas --"filled tand th attendance of
peers complete. Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the house,
read the order for calling over the house. -1 he
names were immediately called over. The Lord
Chancellor delivered the apologies wjuch he had
received from several peers. While the names
were-cirtling'ovctfthe tyi
Anne Hamilton, and followed by her counsel, en-
holders of Middlesexi were "presented. The
Dukes orSusfcx and .Can3bridgeawerC exciucd
from "atteKdlog,, the former, on account of eoi
MuguinityV and the latter from, beta;; appointed
his rnajesty's viceroy, for the kingdom of Hun-
should disobey her solemn commands, If I hal
c ven i!sed ihjword .rculminatkia. wWiit be inp
driven to it by absolute over-ruling necessity i
should also act iop;ition to the same com
mand, if I trwurd Jn another me that Jeiiiv.
4hJicrctib"brocn criminal Intercourse dojnojl,
The Earl of LHxrpoo! mnredthe oitfe of H6
day for the second reading IX.he J)uke of Lcin?
ster rhote'd'that "tbe-ordcf should be rescinded.
TL e . hou sa di vidcd-conten t -4 1 t-nonontentir
200-majority tgolmt . the., amendment 1 49.
When strangers were readmittedf Lord Caarna
von was found "opposing th "motion of I-ord Liv
erpool for hearing counsel in support of the bilL
Ills lordship contended that the proceedings were
incrmki stent ivhrr public" jatllccrandTeir lora
ship's honorgreat danger might arise from pur
suing the course adopted noim whoever could
take nlacc if the question were abandoned,' for it
was founded upon a ficlious belief that the public
were concerned. - . --
Lord Gref contended against the mode of pro
ceedihg by a bill of pains and penalties, but as
serted that the house, upon extraordinary occa
sions, postered cxtrupnlinai y powers. The no
ble earl contended that the queen m'u'ht he pro
ceeded against for the crime of high tt euson. He
then went into an examination of the law of trea
son,' and proposed that two questions should be
put to the judges, the object of which was to as
certain if the crime of adultery committed by the
queen with a foreigner, were not high (reason Tn
the aceessiry. though the principal were not an-
it lit . P "f r is
HweruDie to me iaw ui r.ngianu ne iminoea nis
arguuH-m on the rule that accessaries in treason
weiK principals, and liable to punishment in cases
m here the principals iu the fint degree could not
be visited.
The lord chancellor was decidedly of opinion
that the noble earl's law was unfounded It was
univtn.illy laid down by all the authorities, that
an accessary to an act, the doing of which was
no crime in the principal, could be guilt of no
crime. .
Lord Liverpool defended the present mode of
proceeding ; but had no objection to the opinion
oi me judges ueing tasen, u n uiu not cause ue
lay. . -
After some further discussion, the judges
present, viz: lord chief jusl ice Abbott, chief jus
tice Dallas, Mr. justice Hulrbyd. Mr. justice Best,
lord c hie T baron Richards, and Mr. Baron (.arrow,
retired to deliberate upon the question put to
them br lord Grey, as to treason under the stat
ute of Kdward III. In twenty minutes they re
turned to the house, when lord chief justice Ab
bott delivered their opinion, that,, though adul
tery might be. committed by the queen with a
foreigner, it did not amount to high treason, be
cause ths foieigner did not act contrary to his
allcyarce, he owing no allegiance to the kiug of
this country.
The duke of Hamilton then put several inter
rogatories to the attorney-general, to induce him
to state on what authority be appeared at the bar. : tie action was better than the longest .speech. .
- -Tli aUorney-grneral replied bv reading the The conduct of ministers "proved to him that the
order of the house for his appearance this day,
to support; the bill in question. In answer to
other noble lords, he staled that he had received
his instructions from ihc home department.
No result of importance arose out of this con
ieeesHarily- tnture-Hhe ottof F tnerowiriortber
cliaracter
queen have not been proved, but bruited andgo. j
sjppcd'uTrihTOMtaCnCaildoirec . '
tho utmost induttryt wh'Je no such jcalpm watch, " )
was kept over the tonduct of persons In Ihc aatno '
illustrious family at homK....In the lame way 1' (
postpone all matters previous to marriage be r !
cause t hey are noLablutcibound.Itt'. MtxtU this
dunirerous and tremendous uuestion. . 'i hev r i
not necessary to the safety of my client. If they j
were, an advocate knows but one duty j and, cost I
what it may," w hate Ver printipities, powers ci 1
dominions, he' might ollciid, he is bound to dis- . . .
charge it. Wlien ho wevcr It is aU that indis-
creet conduct or improper familiarity was fatal to
the dignity of the crown, what answer can be giv
en to the statement, that a licentious, disgrace
ful, and adulterous intercourse has been proved
against one member of the niyaj family, without
its being thought thut tho honor of the crown, of, . .
the peace of the nation, wore in volved in It C An . j
wi arrived to thaulcgieebfrefincment in socie- ,
ty, when, things cannot "be called by their proper V .
names, and when adultery in the. weaker. sex ia
to be passed over as a venial offence in the stron
ger. I appeal to the justice of the house, in its
holiness, represented by the heads of the church,
whether adultery is to be considered a crime only
in a woman. The exalted individual to whose
case I now refer, had confessed the commission
of the crime j and is the honor of the crown less
connected with the purity of a prince than of a
princess ? This allusion is wrung from nic by
necessity. I acknowledge, with gratitude, the
obligations of this country, and of Lurope, to tho
prince to whom I refer, and nothing can induce
rac to alter my recorded sense of the baseness of
the conspiracy by which his failings were drag
ged before the public." After further enforcing
this point, he proceeded to argue, that the good
sense of the people of Ungtand would look upon
the introduction of the honor of the crown and the
safety of the state into the question as u lidiciu
lous pretext ; and would iay, in their homely lan
guage, " here is a man who wUhes to get rid of
his wife, and the peace and dearest interests of
the country, and the feelings of a rational and
moral people,: are to be sacrificed to the gratifica
tion of his wish." The learned counsel next
quoted the opinion of Sir William Scott on tho
sanctity of the marriage contract, and observed
with much severity on the artful mode in which
the country was represented as" the part? prose-
culing ihii bill, uhen, in fact, tlio attvrney.gen
cra. with gre.tl ingenuity, had kept up this pre
tenrc. The sincerity of men's professions was
to be -jurljctl of from their conduct ; and one lit-
king was a party prosecuting, and that the asser
tions of his servants were untrue. Who had en
couragrd the qoecn to go abroad, at a time oflife
when s.bc naturally sought repose frbm the per
secutions to which she had been subject in this
versation, nor out of another which followed rtl- country .' u ho had persuaded her to resist tho
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ative to calling over the house. .
Mr. Brougham then came forward for the pur
pose of being heard generally against the princi
ples of the hill;, but as he-spobo Ht great length,
and as his introductory remarks were less impor
tant than those made in the last hour of his ad
dress, we shall omit them, with the exception ol
a charge brought by him against ministers for
instu utitjg ,1 proceeding at this day, which would
have been a disgrace to the reign of Henry VIII
tered. the house from the robing roomt'-f Their
lordships rose and'&adean' obcisahcelfcr maj
esty took her. seat in a chair prepared 'for her,
beside theVteps of th& throne. Her maTestv was
dressed in mourning, with a' white fveil thrown
over her hcad,:vhich covered her bust.. Lord A.
.I I amiltbn attended he r majesty on Vcomingvin,
aiid:;)topJi;M
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cc mmxis 'TCfVlELciTof 'Ijui the M c e -!
statute of Edward II J he went on to contend that
it was impossible, in thii instance, 'that the suc
cession of the throne couJd.be in ihe. slightest
danger from any misconduct of the queen. He
rJvite of hory famong whom he was one,) who
had ventured t site their heads that she would
be safe in England, while abroad she would bo
surrounded by forei&ne rs,. spies and iuformert,.
The king's ministers had done their utmost t(
promote her absence -t they had pronu'sed hcv
tranquility, caseand liberty. There was to be
no prying, no spies, nci encouragement of slan
dcr ; yot rcporta, daily growing blacker and moro
malignant, came over, and four years ago they
had assumed a certain degree of consistency-
bury, and noticing the inference of law under the r11" St" " 'r . M J!
insisted that no case of paramount necessity had
been established, by minisJtecltotKaurantibem in.
introducing a. bill contrary to'al law, precedent
ana analogy, .it na oeen saui . that the queen s
conduct had tended to disgrace the crown and to
injure the country ; but he begged leave to ask,
whether .tlie taWs
preamble of the bill, LtlUiey: existelat all, had not
existedrwhile th
and merely the wife 6f ai5ritish subject ? Why,
then, was not the measqrc introduced long ago ?
Merely because 'the .prince, of Wales must bave
sued in the. ordinary manner for a divorce, and
mdst have come into the house wiUxleaa hands
Especial
majesty, by her exaltation, was deprived of her
private rights arid rernediesr, This broughjhim
to impure their lordships to pause at 'the thresh
oM.s' He put otit of view, at present, all questions
of recrimination ; he riad ruined' it for Jus pres
ent argument only, andhe should be most deep
ly afflicted if, in the furihef progress of this ill
pmened subjectv it would be necessary for him
rvp ;Lj. r.e(T jrom tras u:usutr;as TCQtaan; .
felilfifflmdlicMrTB.) would venture his exis,
tence that any man would havelicen looked upon
as an eneinv, and have had the doors of the court
(lung in his face, who had recommended that the
queen should be requested to return to this coun
try.: When she became Queen, didthey. change
thelf system ? Did they then pretend that the
honor of the , royal family was in jeopardy while
she remained abroad "under-existing circumstan
ces? Was, in short", any thtnir done to vindicate
thcdignHyf
most dutress.mg: tothe. long, suflei ing people of
ikgianU7Kimonstrance vtos sent but ; no
endeavor to reclaim :she might do as she pleas
ed, while the queen continued on the continent.
She was to be pensioned to remain therevandno
enjoy the rank he was supposed to haveHegra
ded, and the privileges she was said to have for
feited. - She was'to have even an increase of in-
come, that she might be wicked on a larger scale,
and that she might become a spectacle in tho
eyes of foreigners who envied and hated us. " '
It was only when she talked of returning to Eng
land ihatthese calumnies became important The
moment she ieJt her foot on stiore, then rose these
phantoms of degraded ; chafactci and insulted
I mjad capable' of -raHo.v2-,.h? wit imprbb;-
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