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■■ -V \ ' t PUBLISHED BT KEANS* CBJU&TOJf. Monday VW envng “T AN ANSWER BV WILLIAM COBBETT. * [COjmHUF.»J How loudly do all these “joining*'' speak in refutation, how conclusive are they in condemnation of the state ment of the Attorney General, & how com pletely they shut our ears against the tes timony collected by ; the Milan Commission, and marshalled under the banners ol the ; golicitorof the Treasury ! Is it posable, I ask for Messrs. Burrell, Rowland and Dynn. in May, *-816, to been igno rant of the rumors, if such had been afloat at Naples, from November 1814, to Marsh 1815: and if the facta which gave me to them, had beep daily and hourly mcrcas 'ing in number and flagrancy ■ No action us a person so conspicuous as the Queen could be hidden. Her actions would, if of a scandalous nature, necestairlv be the topic of every conversation, especially a mongst the English. And though Bien might be less delicate than women, on this score, it is not to be believed, that if those gentlemen had heard such rumors, and had the amr.ltest reason to believe them, they would have gone of their own Mccord to “join ” the Queen—while, as in the case pf Lady C. Campbell, it is im possible that the Qdeen, would have in vited them, or indeed permitted them to live under the same roof; where she was leading such a licentious life; andjthattob while she well knew that the proof of that licentious life wpi eagerly Bought after as the means, the sure and infallible means of her ruin, degradation and everlasting infamy. ... , Thus then, in order to believe the as sertions of the Attorney Genefal and the swearings of hia witnesses, we must be lieve all, naval/ thesc English ladies and gentlemen to have been bawds and pimps ind traitors; or that they were all com pletely blind and deaf, and we must fur ther believe, that the Queen, while she was carrying on an adulterous intercourse, the ptoof of- which borne to England, ■Would be sure to render her infamous, and even deprive her of the means of enrich ing her paramour, availed herself of every opportunity cf securing to her enemies the means of producing that proof! These are the monstrous things which we must believe before we can believe the Attorney General and his troop of Italian swearers. The thing harped upon by the Attor. pey General from the beginning to the end ■a the great corroborating proof of the ' guilt of the Queen, is the power which Bergami possessed over her. The swear ings are, he sees, worth nothing without corroborating facta, proved by English Witnesses, or notorious in themselves, jpor this purpose it was, that he introdu ced the English ladies and gentlemen, in V-dcrto make their “ leaving” the queen corroborate hia insiuation about rumors, & corroborate the awearers drawn out of the fortress. He was compelled, however, to notice “ joining* *’ at well as leavings j and upon the whole, instead of a corrobo ration, he has produced the most convin cing proof of the falsehood of his state ment. Al last he geta rid of all his English attendants* atid asks, whether this be not a proof of the criminal intercourse The simple feet, as appear* from the dates, is,l dare say, that the English attendants had no relish for voyages by sea. and that they prefered remaining at ease in Italy, to.visiting Jerusalemjutjthe expense of cer tain toil and great possible danger. Bui if their‘leaving’the Queen to be look «d upon as a corroboration of the Italian swearers, ought not the '-joining" of other English to be looked upon as refuting those swearers ? She is not accused of ev er having dismissed an English attendant, and we see that she is always ready to take such attendants. And therefore the circumstance relating to the English at. tendants are, at clear as daylight, proofs against her enemies. v Thepawer of Jiergami over the Queen is, as 1 observed before,the other grand war horse of the attorney-general; and I should aay, that if it were clearly proved by credi ble i vttneise* or by notorious facts, that he did poises and exercise great power over tier, that alone, without any swearing at all would convince me that he had been ab solutely her bedfellow, for when we consider the relative situation in life of the parties, it i> impoavble to 1 believe tKaChe could have obtained poiuer over her bj any ftisana but one, Ato confess the existence of that one, is to confess the truth of the charges. The attorney-general says that his Ital ian witnesses will swear to a great many acts proving the existence of this power,- and they may, for me, swear till dooms day, I shall notice no proofs of this power which do not rest on the testimo ny of other witnesses, or on facta of noto riety. The only one of the former des cription that is brought forward, it this: that the queen, when on board the Clor inde frigate, preferred sitting at table with Bergami, (now become her chamber lain,) to sitting at table with the captain, (Pechell,') to the exclusion of her cham berlain. The atoiy told by the attorney general is this, that Pechell, who had some rime before known Bergami to be a mere servant, standing behind the queen’s chair, had the impudence and 1 c«H it, to tell her, that he would not aet at the same table with Bergami; and that the queen, instead of resenting this* took some time to consider, and then resolved that ski wuuH have another table, and jit with her chamberlain. The Attorney General dwell* greatly Wpon this, soring, that it is to be proved by ’PopbriL He says that her going on board, and not re senting the conduct of Pechell, is a strongly presumtive proof of consciousness of gujlt: and that resolving to dine and sit with Bergami,'is & proof of hia power (frerher; as much si to say thatahe dared not exclude him from the table at winch •be hereof should sit. Now, in the first place, .the Queen had no choice as to going into the ship. She must, go in that ship, or Th none. Then, as to not resenting the insolent conduct yf Pechell,' what could she do more than did ? She did that honor to her chan- herlain, which she did net do to him^md this was all she could do ; and she Could do nothing less, unless sho had submitted to the dictation of this insolent captain. This was what he wished, ot course. In this he was disappointed ; sina therefore, he might likely enough ascribe to the pow ", er of Bergami, a step which U was abso lutely necessary for her to adopt, in order to Show that she was uot under the pow-' er of Pechell. It may not be Wholly un necessary to add, that (his Pechell is a sir Thorras Pechell, wl\p was at that time" a gentleman usher to the late queen, from whose court it i* well knqwp the present queen had not longbefore been ex cluded. The facts ol notoriety, brought forward to prove this power of Bergami over the '.queen,are,as far as I can discover, only those relating to the introducing of his own family into the house of the queen, and to the riches heaped on him by her majesty. The attorney-general insisted ‘ strongly on this. He returns to it again and again. He insists upon it as complete corroboratory proof of the unlimited pow-, er of the chamberlain over the-queen. And in Older to impress it itrongly on our minds, asks if it oe common for whole tribes to be (bus fastened on their employ ers. To which I answer; that nothing is either more common or more natural. As to all the stuff about the the parses 1 filled, I care Not a straw, Whether the women were called maids 6f honour, or coo;#maids, or milk maid, it makes not a feather in the scale. He had got a good 1 fat place himself—i-he was diligent, zea- 1 lousand faihful and it required no great 1 pains to persuade the queen, ,vhjch might 1 also be the fact, that all his family were 1 of the same description. When men or women get into place themselves, they 1 are always striving to edge in their rela- ■ tions. There is nobody, rich or poor; 1 who does not know this well. He or she 1 who first gets in and finds good picking, 1 instantly calls the relations to partake, as naturally as a ben clucks her pfpekens | to her, when she has found any thing good for them to eat. In proof of this, we in this country need only open our eyes. No sooner did Addingtnit, (now Sidmouth) who had been a mere Sessions lawyer, get into the , treasury, than he clucked in brother Hiley, brother-inlaw Cragge, his own sen, Gelding, Bond, and every creature belonging to b|m Mm Canning clucked in Mrs. Hu mi and Miss Hunn. Huskissop clucked in his wife. What has Caslereagb, and what has Li verpool clucked in, good God ! Whole families of children have been clucked in by some Six or seven children at once Look at the “ Peep at the Peers,” look at that, Mr. Attorney-general, and blush at your proof of the power of Dergami over the queen ! He will say, that it has been the king’s pleasure to settle pensions on innumerable relations of men in place and power, at different times. And is not a queen to exercise her pleasure as well' as a king is to exercise his pleasure. Look at the “ Peep at the Peers,” pnd you| will find, that the court favorites, who fied upon us, are not content to cluck round then mothers, sisters, and brotheieni You will .find that they have fastened upon us uncles, auts, cousins, relations near and distant, from the fourth to the lOlhde gree ; wife’s relations, daughter's hus band’s relations. In short, we are' sad died with such tribes as never was seen, except of the Children of Israel. .Look at the ‘ peep at the Peers,” under the, word, Hertford, Liverpool, Westmore land, Londonderry, Halcxrras, Beaufort, Lauderdale, Sydney, Gordon, Wellesly, Waterford , and in short, look into any page of the work; and (hen say, what im pudence it waj in the attorney general to cite this introduction of Bergami’a family as a proof of his possessing over the queen a power founded on an illicit intercourse with her majesty. It will be observed, that the Queen’s situation was a very singular one. She was not only in a foreign country, but, as she knew well, site was living amidst spies, and as she had but too good rea son to suppose, was exposed even to bo dily danger. It was theicfore very na tural, that she should draw round her a i particular family, amongst whom she i found, whether from motives of interest : or not, a disposition to be obedient and . faithful to her, She, the Attorney-Gcn i eral says, prefered this Bergami family before English ladies and gentlemep of , education, while the Bergami’s were whol ■ ly uneducated This last may be as false I as this rest of the story : but if true, what ground of charge is here ? Though they ; might not have been bred in Courts, they ■ might be much more agreeable and in- I struclive companions than courtiers, and . much more likely to be faithful 100. Mr. Alderman Wood and bis family are aof> courtiers : but who will say they are not more worthy the society of the Queen than ’ the heroes of the “Peep” Recollect that : it was a polished courtier, who tendered i the money and uttered the threat at St. ti mers. The family of dergami might be • and I dare say was, composed of very a greeable and useful persons The Queen was merely passing away her time in lUey, : and it was perfectly natural for her to i prefer the society of persons, amongst whom she could live without that restraint • and formality which she must have ob ■ served amongst other courtiers. So that even supposing what the Attar ney General says to be true with regard ! to the low birth of Bergami’s family, bert • is no proof at all of his powor over the , Queen But there is a cnild introduced ! ■ A second child And the Attorney Grin ■ eral seems to wish to have it believed tjhai I tiiii) child was really the Queen’s. Th< i child was, he says, in the summer of 1$ 15 i about two or three years old. so that it , this was theJQueen’s child, she must have : had it at least a year and a half before she ; left England, and of course; before She ; saw Bergami! We know that upon re flection such an idea must appear mon strous; but bis business was to prevent reflection; to blacken her majesty in such, >. -a way, that no one should take time to re flect on the subject. To assert all manner of evil things of her, and leave thus* assertions to work upon the public mmo in preparing the way tor her destruction. Malignity, however, sometimes 'works against itself; and that has been the Case here; for of all the persons of the drama, [ this little squalling lady; of only three years old, serves the cause of persecution the least. The attorney general tells us, that Bergami brought this, his child to,the Q-ieen. What man is hot ready enough to shew his pretty children, and what min does not think his the prettiest in the I world ? Besides, he might naturally hope / , ‘ m that the Que«n would do something in the waV of providing for the child, especially Mhe must have known her fondness for children, because it is impossible that he should not have found qut the history of little Austin. Thus then, as a father; his conduct was perfectly natural: if bespoke a nan of sense; and one anxious to get a good provision fur his family. But as a lover, as a paramour, his conduct was the most unnatural tint ever was heaid of. Ghuld thih man, this keen and clever man, possibly believe that he should gain in the affections of his mistress, by putting into her arms a child that he had by another woman ? Children are called the pledges of love; but was it ever before beard of in this world, that a lover made his court, by bringing to his mistress a child that he had by another woman! Nevertheless, the Queemis In order to keep up the exhibition,, said by the At torney-General to have been very fond of this child; excessively fond of it; that she called it princess, and that the child not only called her mamma, but cried after her prhen she left it prefei’kingthe Queen to her nurse Ait this f can tarily believe, though earning from the lips of the Attor ney-General. It shows how fond the Queen is of children, which indeed, was well known before Every father and mother knows h ow cunning the little creatures are. They distinguish, even at six months old, persons loud of children from such as ar£ not Their sagacity in this respect is quite surprising. 1 have observed it and remarked upon it a thou sand times. The Queen is one of the per sons who are excessively fond of little children; and let me ask, what in woman or man, can be a more amiable trait? Thus, upon the supposition that the Queen had ho improper feelings toward* Bergami, the conduct of both was natural and consistent; but, if the Attorney-Gene ral’s assertion* were true, then the cundhct of both was a monster in human nature - There is scarcley one of us, except, per haps the Attorney General, who has ntot, first or last, bean in love; and qhl it ever enter into our hearts or minds to be doat ingly fond of a person, arid at the same time excessively fond of a child that that person had had by another? fielding says, that when a woman is fond of a man, am. when she h«s had the posssesion of him, “she will go above half way to hell, to prevent another from participating with her.” Nothing can be truer than this; and will she then do any thing to keep her constantly in mind, that another woman participated with her? this government lawyer, this ex-officio Gentleman, repre sents the Queen as fonder of Bergami, than ever woman was fond of man; so excessive ly doating, that she lost all sense of every other consideration; and he wishes us to believe that this doating woman, while she was ready to kiss the ground that this man walked upon, was almost equally fond of the pledge of his connexion with another woman! ' This is too monstrous to be beleived It is a thing which cannot be true It is against nature To beleivc it is to give human nature the lie. And are we to give human nature the lie rattier than reject the assertions of the ex-officio advocae and the swearing of his Italian witnesses? Tins great fondness for the chijd was wholly incompatible with the asserted fondness for the father; and. If we were, for one moment, to suppose, that (lie tak ing and the adopting of the child, was a proof of Bergami’s power ova the "Queen, why should we nut ascribe a similar power to the father of little Austin, which lather is, Ibelei vt, a pensioner at Greenwich? But the Queen gave th£ Bergamis an estate. Why not! She did not place them on our pension-list ; she gave what she gave out of her own saving*. And what more proper andjjust lhan'to make the future life easy of a man and his family to whom pro bably, in that cut throat country, beset as she was by spies and ruffians, she othed her very life I We are told, that Bergami’s bed room was always near hers—and we shall find, there was a very sufficient reason for tins; for; without a guard, she would have been dead and hurried lung and longagu, When a man, an officer in our pay, could get into her house and break open her drawers, who will be leive that a nightly guard of her person was not necessart ? .she felt gratitude to the man who had so long and faithfully served her and she gave an estate; that is • i say, a sort of farm!, Ouf government has given Wellington a farm that has cost >us seven hundred thousand pounds, be sides pensions of more than twelve thousands pounds a year The services ofj Wellington to us are not to be compared to those of Bergami to the Queen The services of the former are doubted by thousand, while those of the latter were ( retd and undoubted; .that, famous Am, ' Sidmouth, has an estate too. He has a palace and the use of a ropal park- Tha t gallant chief, the some time lover of Mrs. Clarke, has also an estate, granted out of lands which were public property. But, .Good God! only think of the immense sums .swallowed up by families to no member of whom any service can be traced and then think of a farm, given to Bergami, being taken as a proof of bis absolute power over the Queen, and this power, ascribed to his criminal connexion with "her. CTo be contintiedJ j 1 *■”-'"**■■ Marshal’s Office, FOB TUB niSTHICT OF OKOHOIA. Savannah Nov. 11, 1820. I^HE Assistants of the Marshal of this tistrict, “for taking the fourth Census, or numeration of the inhabitants of (he U nited States,” are hereby notified that the ime for transmitting their returns to this i apartment is near at haqd, and it is'hop vd that no delay will take place, so as to prevent a general return being m»dc ac cording to law. JNO. H. MOREL. Marshal Hist. Geo. .dj* The Darien Gazette, Augusta TrhKtnicl«, Washington News, Athens Ga- Tzerte, and Recorder and Journal at Mil cedgeville, will publish the above till November 20.—*— | TO RENT, \ TENEMENT (No.») in Bridge Bo» or particulars apply to the Subscriber. James Johnson, sen.' Octobers * ts aw • It V‘ * ’ . I'..'- .• • - . f A A^ftwra, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. Many local or private acts have passed at the present session both branches ?f the general assembly, but as yet not one of Seneral interest. The bill for reducing le salaries (J fees of public officers to the old standard is in rather an awkard pre dicament—rso critical is its state, after be ing twice ’ roughly handled' In committee by the whole, were repealed death blows were aimed atit, that those best skilled in parliamentary proceedings aie in doubt whether it.be defunct or yet in existence. The session is not likely to be a short one. Geo. Journal. (Cj* In the course of this Week the draw, ing will be completed. Jb. GRAND LODGE OP GEORGIA, At a quarterly communication of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, Ancient York Masons, held at . their Lodge Room, on Tuesday Inst, th''following brethren were elected Grand Officers for (he ensuing year;— Right Worshipful Thomas V. P.Cuahl. tom, rt ekotsd Grand Master. Worshipful Wm, C Schley, of Louis, ville, Deputy Grand Master. ' Worshipful David Clarke, of Augusta, Deputy Grand Master. Worshipful Jeremiah Cutler. Sen. GVand Warden. Worshipful Frederick S. Pell, Junior. Grand Warden. Worshipful P. P- Thommasson, Grand Treasurer. WOrshipful J. Db La Hotta, Grand Se cretary , Rev, Walter Cranston, Grand Chap lain. Brother D, Hin, Grand Lecturer. Brother Joan DklrkrbUe, Sen, Grand Deacon. , , . . Brother James Morrison, Jun Grand Deacon. I Brothers, Jackson, Srieftal, and Con star tine, Grand Stewards. Brother P. Kortman, Grand Tyler. Late Foreign Intelligence . Nbw.Yokk, Nov. 25 Yesterday arrived at this port; the ship Martha, Capt. Sketchly, in 2d days from Liverpool, bringing us regular files of London papers to the evening of the tjth of October, ai d Liverpool papers to the 11th of October, both exclusive, .Lloyd’* List to the 6th, the London shipping List to the Bth and Liverpool prices cur rent as late as the 11th. The London papers, are as usual, crowded with the reports of proceedings in the Queen’s trial. The witnesses were all respectable, and tkeir testimony throughout has given the Queen an excellent character. The trial bad advanced to the 27th day. The interview between the emperor of Russia, Emperor of Austria; and King of Prussia, was to take place on the 20th Oct. at Trooppan- Intelligence form Constantinople, dated 25th Aug. state that the Forte is silent respecting the operations against Ah Pacha. The Reia Affendi has declared that the English Ambassador wouldfor *>id the governor of the lonian Isles to af ford the rebel any asylum for himself and lustresure. Queen up England vs, Tux restrictive SYSTEM. Extract from her answer to the address from the free Lightermen and Watermen of the Port of London, Oct, 3. “ Commerce, like the bird that wantons /in the air, loves the unrestrained expansion of its wings, and will not flourish' when it is impeded by restriction, loaded with pro. hibitions, or subjected to arbitrary im> posts Li idrtyis the life of commerce,' but slavery is its death,” Jl , ■ ■..■J2 ( Li MM » Superior Court, November Term, 1820. Pretent the Hon. John H. Montgomery, JUDGE The Grand Jury in and for the county of Richmond, regret that-alter several in eflect ual efforts, they have not been ab le to obtain a satisfactory statement of the county funds. It appears from the state ment exhibited by the Clerk ofthe.Supe . rior Court, that several lines imposed by ' said Court, in the years 1816 and 1817, have not been accounted for by the then -Sheriff;-that of the fines imposed by the said Court in the years 1818 and 1819, but part has been collected, and by an ac count jutt handed to us, the present She riff acknowledges to have in his hands the sum of two hundred and fifty-ft re dollars. The Grand Jury recommend a Strict in vestigation of (his subject; and a resort to the securite* when necessary. They further remark flyat the accounts presented them by all the officers of the county (with the exception of those of the Tax Collector) ore confused and un satisfactory, from which they can form no estimate of the county hinds, in conse quence of which they strongly recom mend to the Justices of the Interior Court to appoint a Treasurer for the county, whose duty it shall be, to keep the funds of the county in one of the Banks of this city, to his credit as Treaturer, and to make regular returns of the same to each succeeding Grand Jury. The Grand Jury, are happy in being able to close their session, without troub ling the Court with any presentment; un willing that a charge so lummpus and in structive as that with which his Ron. the Judge, found them at the commencement of the Term, should be lost to the public, they request that it and the foregoing may' be printed. JOHN COBMICK, Foreman. Edward Byrd, John Moore, John W. Read, Thomas Pew, W. Miceu, John Uaharry, Alexander Martin, John Cashin, Benjamin Hall, A.’M'Kenxie, Lewis Harris, George Magruder, Asaph Waterman, Daniel Meigs, R. Malone, Tbos. Quixenberry, D. Clarke, Hugh Nesbitt, John Phinzy. r In pursuance of the request of the grand Jury, it is ordered that the foregoing be published in one of the public gazettes of this piece. - Taken from the Minutes. John H. Mann. cVk. Clerk’t Office, i ks. * t-jy We are WA I Bu *°K election. December IL -1 to announce General i 11 date for the of u #VuCK ‘IB Returns, for Richmond wmg election. Cou, 'W°H Kuyember 7 111111 v Bvj Prime Grocfi-jB for sale Low for cash by. T* m M T. S.NFLSON^CuB HA\ E Just received Fifu BH BONNKT S . t „ dT ,2;-«« Mi.j? » funeral assortment nf.. 1 ’ C *H lonat.le patterns, which are W.llinplon .„a Iltiuls'i Shoe sl’MB doors above the City U ote j '‘■ll December 11. > ■ WSm - .■ OQNIT;T ,m e since in Columbia ble on the 25th December, 1820-B ever finds said note and raurns iuH Subscriber, shall be hai.dsomelv -M ed by Green GilpitH December 11 FOR MLK I AT well known and valuable . Stand, lying in RichmondCn un miles from Augusta, and onthenwHf leading from Augusta to iavannihA| the junction of the Savannah ville roads The tract contains 17/91 all lying level, and handsome foroHj tion, and produces corn and cotton/Hl it is the best of Pine-land in and is well timbered. There tract 53 acres of cleared land, snl9| a good fence; there is a new by 30 feet, two stories high 'with i and balcony in front 194,feet bed.rooms at each end, above and bßi Also, tolerable good outbuildings spring of excellent water within %{■■ of the building This stand for puU9| sines*, is inferior to none in this binfHi country, taking into consideration ii9| veniencC to Augusts. H Those wishing to purchase will bv risking early application to ihtH scribCt living on the premises. HB D. BEBBII Dec. h. fl Read This!l WILL be soim A jS| AT the house of Mr. William Columbia County, on the 2d vX| in January next, a Valuable containing between 80 and a 100 (50 of which has been recently cbH| tying or and near the waters of HkH| Kickee creek.—The said tract of «M| a comfortable dwelling House isißl buildings, dairies, Qribs, barns %H| one amongst the best springs in ilkh| ty—-also an excellent orchard, ill gopd fence.—Terms at sale. / Orion MarshJH I December IJ. ft ■ — "^B| Wanted ImmcdlateW A YOUNG MAN who is ;1 charging the duties of* BAH i^g| EU. He must come well reconjs^B —Apply at, the EAGLE TAV£W‘ December 11. B Will belSrefJ ' .It the Market House in the vt'j «/ ON the first day of January «'■ the term of one year, all “‘"■B belnoging to Mary H P** r,on la L. Pearson, minors valuable men, women hays *)■ —Ternfs made known on the Jsj Vjj John Q- H 4 Guardian for the December 11. ■ " t" » Tot H A pair or Bic*LW» r H young gentle in single and and under the saddle re mar travellers. They «* ■’gjSJ(■ Fop Terms apply to J- wbI PP etor of the W e TaTefni * ■ Horses may be seen. , December l 7. —\ ~ Black ,|~RNE case blk. Nankin Crape* jB Lr kin Crap? dresses, WS, \ Black Sinchews, Flagg Hkft. * B Long Lawns, ■ 1 Corsetts, very supenor, M Just received by ~ B Bigelow December 7th - 3* bEan ; For sale at this o^* ■'lt 1 R ! ii, ,v