similar complaints, and recommended the sending of a courier to Milan. In these communications the necessity of quieting the alarm of the friends of the witnesses was urged in the strongest terms. It is stated that very exaggerated reports of what had occurred at Dover were circulated; it being stated that Rastelli had lost an eye, that Sacchi was murdered, and that all the witnesses had been greatly injured. The terror which prevailed Colonel Browne stated to be extreme, and it appeared that it had had the effect of deterring witnesses from coming to England who had previously agreed to appear in the proceedings. The committee further stated to the House, that, under this first head, they had confined themselves to general statements, as the extracts themselves were mixed up with matters which could not be received in evidence; but that to the second head the same reason did not apply, and they had, therefore, given in their report the extracts at length, In the extract from a letter, dated 13th September, from Mr Powell to Colonel Browne (of which Rastelli was the bearer)-in that letter he stated that he had returned him (Colonel Browne) Rastelli, as he might be of use to him, but he was to send him back, with all the witnesses and documents, so as to arrive here by the 3d of October. It stated also that Mr Powell was conscious of the difficulties under which Colonel Browne laboured, in consequence of the reports of the injurious treatment of the witnesses; but he relied on his exertions to get over them. In Colonel Browne's letter to Mr Powell, dated September 20, he states, that, just as he was going to despatch the courier, Rastelli had arrived, and expressed himself heartily sick of the manner in which the witnesses were confined in England. Colonel Browne's letter, dated October 1, stated that Rastelli said he was ill in bed; but that he (Colonel Browne) feared he was shuffling. Mr Powell's letter to Colonel Browne, of the 2d of October, expresses his sorrow at Rastelli's unwilling ness to return, and requests the Colonel to send him as soon as possible, as he ought to have been back by the 3d of October, which was then impossible; but he must return, as the Attorney-General had given express orders to that effect,

and that no means should be left untried to make him return. Colonel Browne's letter to Mr Powell, dated October 2, stated that Rastelli was still seriously ill with a fever, and that he had been twice bled. Another letter from Colonel Browne, dated Milan, October 4, states that Rastelli is still very ill. The Colonel had endeavoured to make him proceed to London, but he could not for some time to come,'

DE MONT re-examined. [Interrogated if she ever, to a dress-maker of the name of Martini, extolled the character of the Princess of Wales, and denied the truth of reports concerning her character?-Denied all recollection of any such conversation. At first said, she had no recollection of Martini, but afterwards remembered having had several bonnets altered by her.]

FRANCETTI MARTINI, [A milliner at Morge, had been long acquainted with De Mont.]

How long has she known her?-From the time that she was at Morge, when she was quite young, and learning to work.

Was that before she went into the service of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales?—A great deal of time before (a laugh;) a long time before.

Has she frequently seen De Mont at Morge?-From the moment I became acquainted with her, I have seen her very often.

In what house did you first see Louise De Mont ?—In the country,

[Saw De Mont at Morge in 1818; put several questions to her about her Journal and the Princess.]

What was the question which you put to Madame De Mont at the time you speak of ?—I observed to her that the Princess was spoken of as a libertine, as a woman of intrigue; and I said so frankly, that being my opinion from what was heard

Did she make any, and what answer to your observation?-Yes; she put herself into a great passion, and said it was nothing but the calumnies invented by her Royal Highness's enemies, in order to ruin her.

Did Madame De Mont say any more? -Yes, she said every thing that was good of the Princess, and that she never observed any thing about, or of her Royal Highness, except what was good.

Do you remember whether Madame De Mont said any thing about spies ?Yes, she told me that, ever since the Princess left England, she had always been surrounded by spies.

Did she say any thing more?-Yes. State what? And that every action of the Princess which she did with the best intention was misinterpreted; that the Princess knew very well the fact of her being surrounded by spies; but that she did no action which she was not willing the whole might know,

Do you remember any thing to have been said by De Mont about the late or the old King?—Yes; she said, in the conversations which passed, that the old King was the only prop of the Princessher only support,

When were you examined first respecting this conversation?-Do you mean by the gentleman who came to Switzerland?

Yes. Then it was about three weeks ago.

Who were these gentlemen?-They were English names: one of them was Carston, or Johnson, and one was Young. Was the examination in writing?-Yes. What arrangement did you or your husband make for coming over here?My husband had nothing to do with it.

What arrangement about remuneration?-None; these gentlemen told me we should be indemnified in a just and honest manner by the government of this country.

Was there no particular sum mention ed to you?-As I did not know those two gentlemen, I would not trust to their words, because, two years ago, an Englishman, named Addison, occasioned me a loss of fifty louis; on this account they had deposited 100/. at the bankers, Messrs Maret, as a security for the performance of the promises they had made, and I have the receipt of the bankers for that sum.

Is that sum to be paid to you?-This sum cannot be paid to me without the orders of those two gentlemen, because it is only placed there as a security for the performance of their promise.

Was there no promise made to you that you should receive this 100%. ?—No, but for what the government may grant me as just and reasonable, this money was placed as a guarantee. It was for the performance of the promise made, for those gentlemen said they did not want to buy any witnesses.

Have you received any money?—I have received 707. sterling to account, for which I gave a receipt; for I have a suit depending, and it will, or may be, given against me, if I do not return by the 24th of next month; and not knowing how long I might have to remain in London, I did not wish to leave my affairs without some persons to attend to them. The money was only given to ine on account.

Besides that money you received, who paid the expenses of your journey?— Those gentlemen.

Where do you reside here ?-We arrived in town last night at midnight, and they placed us somewhere, I do not know where, but here I am to-day. (A laugh.)

Mr LEMAN, re-examined.

At what time did you arrive at Carlsruhe?-On the 13th or 14th of September, early in the morning.

Did you on your arrival inquire for the Baron d'Ende ?—I did, and was informed that he was at Baden. Upon further inquiry I learned that he was not to be at Carlsruhe till the 17th.

Did you set out for Baden to meet him? I did. I took a coach on Sunday, the 17th, and set off for Baden.

As you were proceeding to Baden, did you meet any person particularly?—I did. I saw a coach coming towards Carlsruhe, and inquiring of the footboy, I found that it was the carriage of Baron d'Ende.

What did you then do?-I turned my coach round, and overtook the Baron in his.

Did you speak to him ?-Yes. I asked him whether I had the honour of speaking to the Baron d'Ende, to which he said Yes. I then gave him the letter from her Majesty, which he opened and read. He then invited me into his carriage, and took me with him to Carlsruhe.

To what house?-To his own.
I believe you had some conversation

with him on the road, and at his house? -I had.

Had you from that conversation any doubt that you were speaking to the Baron d'Ende?-Not the slightest.

How long did he remain at Carlsruhe? -He said he had come on some affairs of his own, and would remain till Tuesday. That the minutes to which he found it necessary to refer were at Baden, and that he could not answer some questions that I put to him until he arrived there, and consulted those minutes.

Did you remain at Carlsruhe till Tuesday? No. I went to Darmstadt, and returned on the Tuesday evening following.

When did you next see Baron d'Ende? -On the following morning. He took me in his carriage with him to Baden, and we arrived there that evening.

When you arrived at Baden, what did you do? I took his depositions, he consulting a journal which he kept.

How long did you remain with him at Baden? Only that evening. I left it carly the next morning.

Before you left Baden, did he state any thing to you on the subject of his coming to England?—Yes; he said that, as the information he was to give was to be given in his official capacity, it was considered by his friends that he ought not to come without the consent of the Grand Duke.

Was the Grand Duke absent from Baden? Yes, he was absent from Baden

at the time.

Was he at Carlsruhe ?-He was not at either place then. I understood he was absent on a tour.

Did you learn from Baron D'Ende when the Grand Duke would return?-He (the Baron) said he would return by the 20th, and that he would then ask permission to

come.

Do you know whether he asked it? He came to me on the 23d, with her Majesty's letter in his hand, and told me he was going to the palace to ask permission to come to England. I went to the door with him, and saw him going towards the palace; in about half an hour I saw him again, and he said he had had news for me, as he had been refused permission to go to England.

Did he afterwards take you to his

house?-He did; he appeared much agitated, and said he regretted inuch that he was not permitted to go. He caught hold of my hand, and placing it to his heart, said," Feel how my heart beats." (A laugh.)

Did you after that make any other application to him?-In about an hour or two after this, I went to call on him ; but lest I should not find him at home, I wrote a letter (a copy of which I have) to leave for him. I called at his house, and not finding him, I left the letter.

Did you receive any answer to that letter?—I did.

Was it written, or verbal?-It was a verbal answer. It was sent by a lieutenant of the Life-guards of the Grand Duke.

Do you recollect his name?—Yes, his name was Schweitzer.

What was the answer?-The Baron sent word that he would not make ar depositions without the consent of the Grand Duke; and he declined sending a written answer to her Majesty.

CAPTAIN BRIGGS re-examined. On referring to his former conversation with Lieutenant Hounam, he said :—I observed to Lieutenant Hounam that in a conversation which I had had with Captain Pechell, he had informed me that Bergami had stood behind his chair when the Princess embarked on board the Clorinde frigate-I asked him (Lieutenant Hounam) how it was that Bergami was now admitted to her Royal Highness's table? Upon which he replied, that it was so; that he had entreated her Royal Highness, on his knees, and with tears in his eyes, not to admit him to her table, but to no purpose.

Cross-examined. This conversation took place in November, 1815. He does not think any one else was present. Lieutenant Hounam came lately from Brandenburgh-house, endeavouring to find out the nature of the evidence he was to give, but he declined all conversation on the subject. He had mentioned the thing some time ago to Sir G. Cockburn. Does not recollect how the conversation arose. Has no memoranda, but distinctly recollects it, his attention being alive in consequence of what Captain Pechell told him.

Old Bailey, April 17.

THE KING. ARTHUR THISTLE

WOOD.

At nine o'clock this morning Lord Chief Justice Abbot, Lord Chief Justice Dallas, Chief Baron Richards, Mr Justice Richardson, and the Common Serjeant, took their seats on the Bench, and the Court immediately proceeded to the trial of Arthur Thistlewood.

The Jury were impanelled, after 48 challenges had been made on the part of the crown and of the priso

ner.

The charge was stated at great length by the Attorney-General; but the clearness of the proofs rendered the pleadings on this occasion only of secondary importance. Our limits, therefore, induce us to confine ourselves chiefly to the evidence and the declarations of the prisoners, in which the main interest of the trial consisted, and which we shall give very fully.

Eleonor Walker and Mary Rogers proved that Brunt had lodged with them for some time, and that several of the conspirators had frequented his apartment.

Robert Adams, examined by the SoLICITOR-GENERAL.-I live at No. 4, Hole-in-the-Wall-passage, Brookes'smarket. I am a shoemaker. I was in the royal regiment of Horse-Guards. It is 18 years last Christmas since I left them. I knew Brunt at Cambray, in France, he went then by the name of Thomas Morton; it is 18 years ago since I first knew him. I know Thistlewood. I knew him first on the 16th of January last. He then lived in Stanhope-street, Clare-market. I was introduced to him by Brunt and Ings. I saw him at his own place. We had some conversation together.

The examination of the witness was continued.

When I went in, Brunt said to Thistlewood, "This is the man I was speaking to you about." Thistlewood said, "You were once in the Life-guards?”