388 DEFENCE OF QUEEN CAROLINE. [1820. 



not get away before the end of this month. I cer- 

 tainly do not look to much above a week more in the 

 Lords, who will pass the bill as a matter of course, 

 and would do so if no witnesses had been called on 

 either side, and would also add a clause, if desired, to 

 cut off my head or cut out my tongue, and to order 

 Lady Anne to marry Denman and Williams, which 

 would be a far worse punishment than mine. In fact, 

 the only remote chance of their hesitating is the fear 

 they may have of its not going down elsewhere ; for I 

 am by no means sure of its passing the Commons, and 

 the Lords may be afraid of the scrape they would be 

 in were they to pass it and the Commons to throw it 

 out. 



"I- find the feeling universal in the country, and 

 the evidence is little thought of. First, the people 

 don't much trouble themselves with inquiry whether 

 she is guilty or not, rightly conceiving that to be 

 rather a question of curiosity than of any connection 

 with the present case ; and next, such as trouble them- 

 selves with such inquiries don't go beyond Majocchi 

 and Demont. 



" By the by, Bergami seems to puzzle and divide 

 them. Some think him a spy, and all his family ; 

 others are prepared, if he comes over, to set him up 

 for Middlesex or Yorkshire. Believe me yours ever, 



" H. BKOUGHAM." 



The following letter from Denman at the beginning 

 of the adjournment shows his opinion of our case at 

 that time. It was in answer to one from me, asking 

 what he thought should be our future course of pro- 

 ceeding. 



