and they pressed the said Vicentio Gargulio very much with inquiries as to the conduct of the Princess toward the gentlemen of her suite-intimating that reports prevailed that the Princess had been guilty of behaviour unbecoming her rank with some of of these gentlemen; when the said Vicentio Gargulio said and declared that her conduct was, during the whole voyage, most correct and proper, and that such reports were untrue, and to those last mentioned persons (who are willing to state the same) the statements of Vicentio Gargulio and Gaetano Paturzo were in the warmest terms of praise. I have, since my arrival from the West Indies, read the evidence of the said Vicentio and Gaetano, stating, the said Vicentio Gargulio sent the said Gaetano Paturzo from the quarter-deek forward, in order that the said Gaetano might not see the improper conduct of the Princess toward B. Pergami. I am much surprised at such a statement, and most solemnly declare to the public of this nation that I know that both Gaetano Paturzo and Vicentio Gargulio are men of most abandoned conduct and disgraceful habits; that they used to spend their evenings together at some of the lowest houses in St. Catherine's, and about the London dock; and I do declare the said Vicentio Gargulio esteems the sancity of an oath as administered in England as nothing; and I further declare, in two instances I have been present and have heard him, once in Standgate-creek, and once at the Custom-house in London, swear false oaths in entering the ship in November, 1818. I, John Jackson, furthermore declare, Paturzo resided with me in London near eight weeks, and that during that time the said Gaetano Paturzo dined and supped at Mrs. Potter's, 3, Great Turner-street, Commercial-road; and there were other persons present when the conversation took place about the Princess and her voyage in the polacre; and that the said persons recollect the said Gaetano always spoke in the highest terms of the conduct of the Princess; and the said persons are, at present, alive, and ready to testify to the truth. And I further declare to the public that Gaetano Paturzo is * * ; and I solemnly declare the * * * * * said Gaetano * * * I further declare, that often in company of people now living in London, the said Gaetano promised I should marry his niece, if I would accompany him to Naples; but for the above-mentioned reason I kept the ship in London; and I declare I was in London when part of the Italian witnesses against the Queen had arrived; but I never once thought Vicentio Gargulio or Gaetano Paturzo, from what I had heard them say, would have come against the Queen, or I certainly should have remained in London; and I solemnly declare I have no motive whatever in making this statement but a wish to let the people of England know the true characters of Vicentio Gargulio and Gaetano Paturzo. "JOHN JACKSON." 66 I, John Jackson, of the parish of St. George, Wapping, in the county of Middlesex, mariner, make oath and say, the above state. ment and the several matters therein mentioned and set forth are true, and matter of fact. "JOHN JACKSON." "Sworn at the Guildhall, London, this 9th day of January, 1821, before me, JOHN TH. THORP, Mayor." About this period, her Majesty had the misfortune to lose her brother the Duke Augustus of Brunswick. His Highness was the last son of the celebrated Duke Charles William Ferdinand, and uncle of the reigning Duke, General of Cavalry in the service of Hanover, and Great Cross of the Guelphic Order; he was, of course, brother to the late Queen, and first cousin to his present Majesty. He died on the 18th of December, in the 43d year of his age. Thus was the unfortunate Queen deprived of her almost only foreign relative. The circumstance is thus noticed in the journal last quoted : "We announced on Tuesday the death of his Highness the Duke Augustus of Brunswick, the brother of her Majesty Queen Caroline and could not have believed that some official notice of a circumstance in which her Majesty was so nearly and deeply concerned would not have been sent to Brandenburgh-house, had we not known similar instances of cruel omission on the part of Govern ment towards the same illustrious personage. The first intimation which the Queen received of her brother's death was given on Tuesday night by a gentleman, who sought for an audience of her Majesty, to ascertain whether this event would not cause some postponement in the reception of addresses intended to be presented next Monday. No future day is yet fixed by her Majesty for receiving those addresses: and the public will perceive, by an advertisement from the Committee, that the grand concert at the Mansion-house, which the Queen patronises, and had graciously promised to attend in person, on Wednesday next, is likewise postponed on the same mournful account. "The following are the two notices sent by her Majesty's Vice-Chamberlain to postpone the concert, and the reception of addresses : "Brandenburgh-house, Wednesday morning, January 10. "MY LORD, I am commanded by the Queen to inform your Lordship, that her Majesty has this moment received a notification, dated January the 8th, from Baron Von Oeyhausen, Chamberlain and Vice-Master of the Horse to the late Duke Augustus of Brunswick, her Majesty's brother, announcing the melancholy intelligence of his Serene Highness's decease on the 18th of December last. In consequence of an event so distressing to her feelings, her Majesty has commanded me to state to your Lordship that she must decline being present at the concert which is to take place at the Mansion-house on Wednesday next, the 17th instant; and that the same considerations will preclude the possibility of her Majesty receiving the address from the Livery of the city of London on Monday the 15th. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your Lordship's very obedient humble servant, "To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." "I have received her Majesty's commands to state, that in consequence of the melancholy death of her brother, Duke Augustus of Brunswick, her Majesty will not receive the addresses appointed' for presentation on Monday next; and that another day will be fixed, of which due notice shall be given. "R. K. CRAVEN, Vice-Chamberlain. "Brandenburgh-house, Jan. 10, 1821." Towards the end of January her Majesty began to form her household: the Duke of Roxburgh was announced as Chamberlain; Lord Hood, Lord Steward and Comptroller of the Queen's household; but it does not appear that the arrangements were ever fully completed. Tuesday, the 23d of January, being the day fixed by proclamation for the meeting of Parliament, his Majesty, attended by the principal officers of state and the household, went down to the House of Lords, to which the Commons having been summoned to appear, he delivered his speech: in which he mentions the Queen in the following manner: "The separate provision which was made for the Queen, as Princess of Wales, in the year 1814, terminated with the demise of his late Majesty. “I have, in the mean time, directed advances, as authorized by law; and it will, under present circumstances, be for you to consider what new arrangements should be made on the subject." Very little discussion took place on that part of the speech which related to the Queen; but in the Lower House there were considerable debates on the subject of the Queen's name being inserted in the Liturgy; but not necessary to be repeated in this volume. We may, however, briefly notice the observations made by Mr. Tierney on the subject of the provision to be made for the Queen: . The next subject, said he, alluded to in the speech was certainly a very delicate one-he meant the intended provision for the Queen. Here the honourable member quoted that part of the King's speech, which the reader will find on the preceding page, which he repeated with considerable animation. The bare mention of the Queen by the King himself seemed a novelty, and as something almost extraordinary to the House. Mr. Tierney proceeded to state, that this mode of communicating the fact, that his Majesty had continued to the Queen the 35,000l. a-year voted by Parliament for her Majesty when Princess of Wales, appeared to him a little remarkable. He had always thought that it was for the Crown to recommend such grants as his Majesty should deem proper for the establishments of such branches of the Royal Family as the King should select and point out. Of course it would be for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to point out the mode of carrying the details into execution; but still the recommendation usually came from the Crown in a more distinct and specific shape than in the present instance. The manner of doing it appeared to him here to be unnecessarily cold; it would have been, in his opinion, better at once to have been explicit, and stated, fully and unequivocally, what were the whole of the intentions of his |