dining with the Queen, but Bergami still continued to take his meals with the servants. Her Majesty next made a tour to Venice, Bergami still acting as courier on the road. Thither she was accompanied by Mr Drummond Burrell. Lord Gwydir (late Mr Drummond Burrell) corected the Learned Counsel. The Attorney-General admitted that he ought to have said Mr Wm. Burrell, on whom, however, not the slightest imputation rested, being ignorant of all those transactions. A circumstance occurred at Venice strongly showing the intimacy between the Queen and Bergami. The attendants and company having with drawn after dinner, Bergami alone remained with the Queen, who was seen to place a gold chain round his neck, which he returned to her Majesty, and which she again playfully gave to him. On her return to Milan, Mr W. Burrell quitted her service, after which it was observed, that the Queen's conduct to Bergami became even less restrained. Her house was called the Villa Villani, and there she presented her Courier with a silk dressing gown, which he wore every morning. At this time her Majesty also became more familiar with her servants. She was in the constant habit of playing games with them, In August she visited Mount St Gothard, still accompanied by Bergami. Arriving at Varaize, she retired at the inn with Bergami to a bed-room, where they remained a long time, without any apparent The Queen afterwards proceeded to Bellinzona, and here it was, for the first time, that Bergami was introduced to her Majesty's table, though still retaining the dress of a Courier; this, too, in the presence of the servants. On her return from this tour the Queen established herself at the Villa d'Este, near Como, where care was taken that the bed-rooms of the Queen and Bergami should adjoin. At this period, the Courier was advanced to the office of Chamberlain, and dined constantly with the Queen. In November 1815, she repaired to Genoa, under the same circumstances as before; and on the 15th of that month, embarked on board his Majesty's ship Diadem for Cetua. For her reception, the cabins had been so arranged by the Captain, that a female attendant should sleep next to her Majesty; but when she came on board, by her express directions, Bergami occupied the apartment next to that of the Queen, although care was taken by both that no improper familiarities should be observed between them, excepting conversing and walking together on the deck. Having returned to Palermo, her Majesty went to Messina, and remained there until January 1816. Here the same system was observed as to the bed-rooms, excepting that the apartment of the Countess Oldi was between that of Bergami and reason. the Queen. One of the female servants would testify that she had often heard Bergami in the apartment of the Queen, while the latter was frequently seen passing from Bergami's room to her own. They then almost uniformly retired early to bed, and neither were seen till next day. The Queen usually called Bergami her friend, her heart, and by other similar names of endearment. On the 6th January she again embarked on board the Clorine frigate, in which she had some time before sailed from Naples to Civita Vecchia, when Bergami was only her footman. On this new embarkation, Captain Pechell refused to dine at the table of the Queen along with Bergami, now her Chamberlain, thinking that, if he did, he should disgrace the naval service; but her Majesty, instead of resenting the insult, took a day or two for consideration and remonstrance. She stated, that Capt. Briggs of the Diadem had made no such objection; but, in truth, Capt. Briggs had known Bergami in no other capacity than that of Chamberlain. At Syracuse, whither the Queen went, the same precautions as to bed-rooms were continued, and the door of the Queen's apartment, which separated one division from the rest of the house, was always kept locked so as to cut off communication. At Catania, a room was allotted to Bergami at some distance from that of the Queen, but he subsequently changed it for one more convenient. Very early one morning the servants observed the door of Bergami's room open, and the Queen was seen on her way from thence to her own apartment with the pillow under her arm, on which she was in the habit of sleeping. The state of the dress of the Queen also gave evidence that she had but just left the bed of her paramour. It was to be remarked, also, that the daughter of Bergami, two or three years old, for which the Queen showed a love almost parental, and who was now dignified by the title of Princess, slept constantly in her bed or bed-room, and was frequently heard to cry in the night for her mamma, (for so the Queen was called by her,) when the Queen was absent with Bergami, and when the Countess of Oldi could not pacify her. At Catania she had influence to procure for Bergami the dignity of a Knight of Malta. She ordinarily spoke of him as the chevalier, and forsook all society but his. [The House here adjourned, the Attor ney-General stating that he was not yet half through with his narrative.] 21. At twenty minutes after ten, the Attorney-General resumed his statement. He had on Saturday conducted her Majesty to Calovino, in Sicily. He wished to supply an omission, viz. that Dr Holland had left her at Venice, and that she had en 270 gaged two gentlemen, formerly in his Majesty's navy, Mr Hannam and Mr Flinn, at Augusta. She obtained for Bergami At Catania the title of Baron Francini. she sat for her picture, and had two copies taken, one dressed rather indecently as a Magdalen, the other as a Turkish Female. At Augusta, she hired a polacre, for the purpose of proceeding to Tunis. In this vessel the same arrangements as before were not made to secure a vicinity between the Queen's room and Bergami's; but in a day or two a bed was provided for Bergami, in a place where he and the Queen might freely converse in their respective beds, free from interruption by any person, the approach to her room being through Bergami's. The door of the latter was instantly shut, and the interior door could not be opened without the parties mutualAt Utica, sily seeing each other in bed." milar arrangements were made, all of her suite but the Countess Oldi, Bergami, and the little Victorina, sleeping at the British Consul's. At this place Bergami went into her bed-chamber before she rose, early, and remained there a considerable time before she got up; these repetitions might be tedious, but the intimacy which was in fact habitual, could not be otherwise described. At Sabona or Saboan, in the month of April 1816, the rooms were again contiguous; in Bergami's was no bed; and the Queen's bed next morning bore unequivocal marks of two persons having lain in it. From Africa she proceeded to Athens, and from Rome to Ephesus and Troy; at Athens the Queen was visited by a Captain of the English Navy; he was introduced to an alcove, where he found her Majesty sitting with Bergami and the Countess Oldi; Bergami upon this occasion treated the Queen with marked and rude indifference, rising from the conversation without the least token of civility. At Ephesus the Queen had a bed prepared for her under a vestibule, opposite a church; her dinner was to be served here to her and Bergami alone; the Queen sat on the bedside, Bergami sitting on the ground beside her; they remained At Aum (in as usual a long time alone. Syria) Bergami was seen coming from the Queen's room (she being in bed) in a state of undress, viz. in his shirt sleeves. This might be nothing as an insulated fact, but as a part of such a series of conduct as he had described to them, their Lordships might be perhaps satisfied with it. At Jerusalem she established the Order of St Caroline, of which she appointed the Courier Bergami Grand Master; so your Lordships now have Bergami Knight of Malta, of the Sepulchre, of St Caroline, and Baron delta Francini. She now embarked at Jaffa: on the deck of her vessel was erected a cabin for the Queen, in which she slept alone, and without separation, with Bergami; their beds being close to- In February 1817, she pro- 1817. He had abstained in this case from and the marks so frequently alluded to 212 Register.-Parliamentary Intelligence. blishment, while settled at Pesaro. There was Bergami himself, her grand chamberlain; his mother, who did not appear to have held any particular situation in her household; his brother Lewis, who, from the humble station of a courier, had been promoted to be her equerry; the Countess of Oldi, (the sister,) who was the only maid of honour; Francis Bergami, their cousin, who was dignified with the title of Director of the Palace; Faustina, the sister; Martin, a page; Frances, a relation; and the house-steward, besides the child. So that there were ten, as he might say, of his family retained in her service. The Attorney-General then proceeded to comment on the various facts which he had stated, after which, the Solicitor-General proceeded to examine witnesses. The first witness called was Theodore Majocchi, an Italian, and a discarded servant of the Queen's. On his entering the house, her Majesty, who had previously taken her seat, started up, and uttering an exclamatory shriek, suddenly left the house. This circumstance was by the enemies of the Queen considered as a token of guilt, while her friends represent it as a natural burst of honest indignation at finding a man whom she had formerly loaded with favours, now classed among her accusers. Majocchi had been with her Majesty in most of her travels, and gave evidence to many circumstances of suspicious familiarity existing between Bergami and the Queen, then Princess of Wales. In his cross-examination, he said he had been, since his discharge from the Princess, in the service of Lord Stewart, the British Ambassador at Vienna. But when any thing was asked which bore upon the facts stated in his examination, a direct answer to which might have led him to contradict himself, he seemed to have lost his memory altogether; and his general answer was "Non mi ricordo"-I do not recollect. His examination and cross-examination lasted till Wednesday the 23d. Gaetano Paturzo, mate of the vessel in which her Majesty sailed in the course of her voyage to Tunis, &c. was next called, and corroborated the testimony of Majoc chi in regard to the Princess's conduct while on board. Cross-examined, he said he was to receive 800 dollars per month, for time lost by attending as a witness. Aug. 24. Vincenzo Garguilo, master of the vessel aforesaid, and a relation of the mate, corroborated the testimony of the two preceding witnesses. Had more than one seen Bergami and the Princess kissing. Cross-examined was to receive 1000 dollars per month for the time he should be detained from his business.-Had only 750 dollars from the Princess for the use of his ship and crew; but was promised a present of 6000 dollars from Bergami, which 11 [Sept. he did not receive, and had applied to the The first witness, Theodore Majocchi, Captain Pechell, of the Clorinde frigate, Captain Briggs, of the Leviathan, had seen Bergami and the Princess walking arm in arm, which he did not consider at all uncommon; had never observed any improper familiarity between them. Pietro Pachi, keeper of a hotel at Trieste where the Princess lodged, had observed Bergami's bed, which appeared not to have been slept in. Had seen him through the key-hole coming from the Princess's room in his coat and drawers. Barbara Cresse, servant at an inn in Carlsruhe, carried water to the Princess's room one day, and saw Bergami in the bed, with his arm round the Princess's Made Berneck, who' was sitting on the bed, and started up as she entered. gami's bed, and found on it some marks which she described; but which will not admit of being repeated. This witness's examination was resumed on the 26th; and on her cross-examination Lord Lauderdale interposed, alleging that the course taken by the Queen's counsel was unjusti fiable. Mr Brougham contended for the right of cross-examining witnesses imme diately after their examination, as to such special circumstances as her Majesty's counsel should deem necessary; reserving a right to a future cross-examination, after inquiry into the characters of the witnesThis point led to long discussions, ses. which occupied the House till Tuesday the 29th, when it was determined agreeably to the wishes of Mr Brougham, by a majori ty of 121 to 105. On this question the Lord Chancellor and Lord Redesdale voted on one side, and the Earls Liverpool and Harrowby on the other. The former were left in a minority. Guiseppe Bianchi, door-keeper of an ina at Venice; Paulo Raggazzoni, a mason, who had been employed at the Princess's villa on the lake of Como; Hieronymus Miardi, an Italian, director of the Princess's gardens; Paolo Org one, an under cook in the service of the Princess while at Como, were on this and the fol. lowing day examined, and spoke to various familiarities which they had seen take place between the Princess and Bergami. The former had seen her purchase a gold chain, which she took from her own neck, and put on that of Bergami, who in a playful manner replaced it around the neck of the Princess. Louisa De Mont, principal female attendant to her Royal Highness, was next cal. led, and her examination and cross-examination occupied the House till Saturday the 2d September. This witness deponed to many of the strongest acts stated by the Attorney-General, regarding the familiarity between the Princess and Bergami-Had seen the one passing to the bed-room of the other. Spoke to the Princess's bed having the appearance of two persons sleeping in it, &c. In her cross-examina. tion she confessed having been discharged from the Princess's service for telling a falsehood. Acknowledged writing a letter to her sister, five months after her dismissal, in which she eulogised, in the highest terms, the piety and virtues of the Prin cess, and imploring her "generous benefactress" to receive her back into her favour. Her letter farther stated that the Princess was surrounded by spies, and that she had herself been offered a brilliant fortune, and the unlimited power of drawing on a banker in London, if she would go to that city. Sept. 4.-Alexandio Chinetti, an ornamental painter, who was employed at the Villa d'Este, on the lake of Como, had seen the Princess and Bergami embracing. Dominico Bruza, Antonio Bianchi, Giovani Lucini, Callo Conteti, and Francisco Cursini, gave similar evidence. Guiseppe Prestilli, a superintendent of the stables to the Princess, but dismissed her service for embezzlement, swore to having seen the Princess and Bergami riding out in a carriage from Pesaro; and that, on going up to receive orders, he saw the Princess's hand in the small clothes of Bergami. Guiseppe Galli, waiter at the Crown Inn at Balasend, had seen the Princess and Bergami kissing. Guiseppe Del Orto, a baker at Como, saw the Princess sitting in a garden with Bergami, his arm round her neck, and he making love to and kissing her. Guiseppe Gourgiandi, a boatman, deponed to their sailing out together on the lake of Como, and to seeing them kissing. VOL. VII. Sept. 5.-Guiseppe Sacchi, formerly a courier, and afterwards equerry to the Queen, deponed to various familiarities between the Princess and Bergami; and to various indecent scenes which he alleged took place in the Princess's house, and with her knowledge. At the close of this witness's examination on the 6th, the Attorney-General rose and stated, that several of his witnesses, who were on their road to give evidence, had taken flight, from the reports they had received of the treatment of the former witnesses by the populace at Dover, and had actually returned to Lugano. On this ground he craved of their Lordships that they would, by adjourning their proceedings, grant the time that might be judged necessary to bring back these witnesses, who, he understood, were now on their way thither to give evidence at their Lordships' bar. Mr Brougham protested in the strongest terms against any delay, as contrary to precedent, and to every rule of justice. The House, after some discussion, adjourned, reserving the question for further consideration. Sept. 7.-The Attorney-General withdrew the application which he had made to the House for delay in the case of the Queen, having received, as he stated, dispatches, informing him that the witnesses would not arrive in town within the time stated. Mr Brougham was then allowed to recall Theodore Majocchi, in his cross-examination of whom, among other circumstances, it was brought out, that he had been three times at Carlton House on various pretexts. He was afterwards re-examined by the Attorney-General and several Peers; and Mr Brougham having distinctly de clared that he contemplated no future cross-examination, the Solicitor-General commenced his recapitulation of the evidence, from which he argued that the charge of adulterous intercourse had been fully made out. This closed the case for the prosecution. In reply to a question from the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Liverpool stated, that, as the proceedings had been instituted solely on the ground of public justice, and not with any view of personal relief to an Illustrious Personage, he should not press the Divorce Clause in the Bill, if, in the proper stage, a strong objection arose to it, from religious or other motives. Mr Brougham was then called upon to state the course of defence he intended to adopt; and was subsequently given until 12 o'clock the following day, at his own request, to consult with his illustrious client and his brother counsel upon the point in question. Sept. 8.-Mr Brougham requested that he might be allowed to open his case, but that an option should be given him of either calling witnesses in immediately, or at some future period. |