A SKETCH OF THE INTERIOR VIEW OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, REPRESENTING THE Etched by Roberts. A. The Queen. TRIAL OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN B.M. Brougham Attorney General to Her Majesty. E. The Marquis of Spinette Interpreter. Explanation. CAROLINE. F. The Attorney General Sir R. Gifford. Drawn by Cruikshanks. LEGISLATORIAL TRIAL OF HER MAJESTY CAROLINE AMELIA ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ENGLAND, CONSO OF GEORGE THE FOURTH, FOR THE ALLEGED Crime of Adultery WITH BARTOLOMEO BERGAMI. "HERE IS A MAN WHO WISHES TO GET RID OF HIS WIFE!! be BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE ROYAL WANDERER." LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY H. ROWE, 2, AMEN CORNER, INTRODUCTION ΤΟ THE TRIAL, &c. THE immense importance of the pending proceedings before the House of Lords, under a Bill of Pains and Penalties, for the degradation and divorce of her present Majesty, Queen Caroline, must be so self-evident to every reflecting mind, that little need be said by us, for the purpose of impressing their actual character upon the attention of our readers. But strange to say, at this peculiar crisis,-at this momentous period, big with events of no common order, and no common interest,-and of which the termination, be it what it may, must be productive of striking consequences somewhere, there are yet so many individuals who look on with a feeling little short of apathy,—that we must be pardoned for this endeavour to point out the principal features of the Bill of Pains and Penalties ;-to shew its present operation; and to demonstrate some of its most probable results. Every man, glowing with a sincere love for his country, and actuated by that honourable affection for its welfare, which takes a lively and a jealous interest in passing events, must admit one fatal truth:-that the institution of the present proceedings against her Majesty is fraught with inevitable evil. If her innocence, according to the prayers and vows of millions of her subjects be made manifest, the public indignation will be deep, and, we fear, resentful. If, upon evidence, which up to this day has been of a description upon which a Magistrate would hesitate to reprimand a common constable for neglect of duty, the Legislature should ever be induced,-(and we solemnly protest that we cannot believe it ever will,)—to consider her Majesty guilty of the charges preferred against her,— Public opinion will refuse to ratify the sentence, and turn with a feeling very short of proper respect, from those who may promulgate it. In either case, those venerable tribunals, consecrated by the wisdom of our forefathers, and the memory of those mighty tongues which have uttered "living words," within their walls, in the days which have gone by ;-those mighty Courts, upon whose decision, the fate of nations has depended, and in whose equity, private property and peace have hitherto reposed in unsuspecting and almost |