380 DEFENCE OF QUEEN CAROLINE. [1820. 



" LONDON, April 2, 1823. 



"DEAR SIR, I thought I had put you in possession 

 of what Lord St Vincent said to me, which was, that 

 ' the King was quite satisfied with your conduct at 

 the Queen's trial, that you did nothing but what you 

 were bound to do in defence of your client, and that 

 his Majesty entertained a high opinion of you/ I 

 have heard his Lordship express himself to this effect 

 more than once. 



" Mr Tucker is in town, and will wait on you when 

 you arrive here. I am, dear Sir, faithfully yours, 



"A. BAIRD. 



"To H. BROUGHAM, Esq., M.P." 



On the 19th of August Lord King moved that it 

 was not necessary that the bill should pass into a law ; 

 to this Lord Liverpool moved an amendment that 

 counsel be called in. This was carried by 181 to 65. 

 Lord Grey then moved that it was not expedient to 

 proceed further with the bill. This motion was re- 

 jected by 179 to 64. Counsel were then called in, 

 and the Attorney- General commenced his opening of 

 the case in support of the bill. On Monday, 21st, 

 he concluded his opening, and began the evidence by 

 calling as his first witness Theodore Maj occhi, who 

 was examined at considerable length by the Solicitor- 

 General, Copley. The examination-in-chief concluded 

 on the 22d, when my cross-examination began, Wed- 

 nesday intervening. I finished on the 24th by com- 

 pletely demolishing this important witness. 



When the proceedings against her commenced, my 

 coadjutors in Parliament were Denman, her Solicitor- 

 General, Lushington, and Williams. We had also the 



