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.34 ""411 - ......- li ..--....--.-...- -..: I mn those of her suite. Daring the whole of the• jesty returned. She was very much Struck with I period to which lam adverting, this man retained her Majesty's manner. Her Majesty seemed much the same situation in the -household. He vial her agitated ; she hastened to her apartment ; gaie Majesty's courier and footman. He regularly waited strict orders that William Austin should not be ad- at table. To those members of her Majesty's suite mined ; was observed to go from her own room to- who were of distinction, he still appe,aved in the cha wards that assigned to the courier Bergami ; and soon racter i n w hi c h h e h a d b een hi re d.. I t was on l y i n dismissed her female attendant in a manner altogether private and secret, and in the presence of the ser revel, telling her she had no further occasion for her. vants absolutely necessary to officiate about her Ma- Tile servant retired, but not without the suspicion jesty's person, that the familiarity which existed be raturally excited by such circumstances. She knew tween her Majesty and him was manifested. It was that I3ergami was in his bed-room. The present usua l a l so f ar lf er M a j esty to wa lk on a terrace a d.. ss a; the first alteration of the arrangement which I joining the apartments she occupied, and she was fres have already described, and by which he had been quently seen by the domestics walking there arm in accustomed to sleep in the part of the house occupied arm with this courier, this menial servant. It hap t y the menial domestics. She had been dismissed pened during her Majesty's residence at Naples, that i.. a manner altogether new ; and she had observed, Bergami received such an injury from a kick of a hi the conduct and demeanour of her Royal Mistress, horse, as to be confined to his room for some time. that there was something on her mind which she had He had already obtained such an ascendancy over Lever previously remarked. But whatever suspicions his Royal Mistress, that he was enabled to introduce • lvere excited in her on that evening, were confirmed into the family a servant selected by himself,, wow by what she observed on the following morning.— pressly to attend him during his illness. This servant My Lords, in any other case, if the evidence should slept near the room in which Bergami slept, and prove that -which I arn about to state to your Lord- during his attendance on that person he observed ships, a Jury could not hesitate to come to the con- more than once—he observed two or three times, that elusion that an adulterous intercourse had taken place after all the persons in the house had retired to rest, on that night between the exalted personage in clues- her Majesty went with great caution and care through Aim and this menial servant.; for, on the following the passage I have described, to Bergarni's room, and morning, the female 'attendant whom I have already remained there for a very considerable period; and described, on ex-:mining the state of the two rooms, I am instructed that it will be proved before your 'found, evident proof that her Majesty had not slept Lordships, that at those times this person, after her ia her own bed (which was almost precisely in the Majesty had entered Bergami's room, in a short time state in which it was left on the preceding evening), heard sounds which convinced him that her Ma and observed in the bed assigned to the courier. Ber- jesty and Bergami were kissing together in that rosm. garni, clear and decisive marks of two persons hay- My L ar d s ,. l am aware of she of which the very re j u bs,„f• I:g slept in it. I should have stated, my Lords; that these distressing dreunistances is calculated to produce on your. to your Jam , awars that it must c reate . feelings of disgust t'.ece apartments were somewhat removed from those your Lordships minds, sot alone with reference to the mr assigned to the other and superior parts of her Ma- cumstancts themselves, but even towards the pert who re jesty s suite. On the following morning (the 10th of sates them to you. It is with great pain that lam performing November) her Majesty did not come from her room my present task. But it is my deny to Mate to your Lordships (uadoubtedly with as much reserve as it is in my power to mu) at the usual hour. She reniained in those apartments, all that is necessary, in. order that shall fully in one of which was this courier Berg ' ami, until a and perfectly understand the nature of the Intern Intercourse and the late hour of the morning. Her Majesty's recent familiarities to which I have been adverting. lam sure there. arrival at Naples naturally induced many persons in fore, that I shall not incur your Lordships' censure by :staking tem sta that city to par that respect to her Majesty which that of the facts in question, which it appears to me her rank demanded. On the 10th of November, vat- to Ma jestyb remained hs°l ent rs utelyaanNecaepsrfrtonmmatee. month th app in ar N s n t y h e a n t s her ber ta rious individuals called for that purpose ; but her the following March. During the whole of that period, It will Majesty was not accessible until a late hour in the 1):: proved it your Lordships bar, that the intimacy between morning. Here, then, on these facts alone, no man her Majesty and t h e courier, Bergami, was observed by those can, in my opinion, well hesitate as to the conclusion ' eor=u s e us at i d a i o n n o s . stand. been kiy originally Lord,, lekxncintwed l on th ouh e t s n u nt bje t et n , al , - to which your Lorships must arrive. 13.,,t, my Lords, J u d e to anyth i ng i n the shape of pahlit rumour. 13ut it is ea when I come to state the vas ions circumstances which tainly singular, that when her Majesty quits Naples, we find subsequently occurred, your Lordships will, I am that she loses a g r eat part o f h er E ng li s h su i te , which weave. persuaded, have no doubt that the present was the ni ed her i from this country. This is a fact which needs - no emn- meat : t spe iks volu m es t o an unprejudiced mind. I repeat, commencement of the scandalous, &go ading, and that several o: her Majesty's suite remained at Naples when het licentious intercourse which thence continued and Majesty had quitted it. Colonel St. Leger had lett her Majesty increased, and which is the charge in tint Bill before' at Brun . sw i ck. Lady E l izabeth Forbes remained at Naples on your Lordships. The natural effect of such an inter_ her Majesty's quittin g it. Sir Willi am G e ll remained at N ap l es on her Majesty's quitting it. The Honourable Keppel Craven coin se would be to alter the comparative distance remained at Naples on her Majesty's quitting it. Captain ?Jesse between the parties—to diminish that distance which remained at Naples on her Majesty's ciLitting it. It thus ap- Ought to esist between an individual of Royal rank pearsi d my Lords, tha t out of the seven En g lish persons NVIIII who fUrl left h h e e r r ti.m s t t y s as seite an o s n wi c k uitt f i a n a g : g , and a person of inenial condition. When once an in - forme d her dMdaes one 'esty's di'. idual of Royal rank degrades herself by an inti- service at Naples. je Y There may be - , and irobabli there will be. macy with a person of such a condition, the natural reasors assigned for their quitting her Majesty's service at that cassequence is an alteration in the temper and bearing dime; but I cannot help thinking it rather singular, that she should a lase so many of . he l r attendants on f the occasion. This of th at person, and an assumption of importance, on cannot,ts chumns.etayre.cre help p tam expl r a d nati .p o s n ; .bu , t I vhich, in other circumstances, he would not venture. thinking ysll fha tibi t e yo u ur see Such, my Lords, was the case here. It was observed reason to believe, that although the individuals in question might 'by the domestics of her Majesty, that Bergami's con• not be aware (as in all probability they were not) of the vxwnt ot dart became more haaghty—that he assuniei more the degradin g and vicious intercourse carried on between her N jesty f an d familiarity to induce them to adopt the cour s e which jesty, when not observed by the persons of rank and , they took. Whether that was the case or not, the fact is as I station about her Majesty, convinced them that the hsve stated it to your LordsLipr, that her Majesty was quizzed, intercourse which Lad commenced between her Mon her leaving Naples, by the a -individuals whom 1 have named. 1 Another circumstance occurred during her Majesty's residence jesty and hint was daily continued. A few days at Naple s well worthy your Lcrdships' attention, as it refers to after the time of which I have just been speaking, the understanding that existed between her Majesty and the her Majesty gave a nia , •ked ball or entertainment courier, Bergami. A public masquerade bein g given at the to the pcinen who then filled the Neapolitan throne Theatre of San Carlos in that City, her Majesty chose to go to say, y t n n r iasqu d er y ade iaa ac ts c a o rh mpanied— accompan i e d —not (at a house which I believe belonged to the then t b b y y an La c t l l f y thos ar e-(fe r n e tle L tn ina- ra Queen of Napless , in return for the reception which who held high stations in her Fortes , ousehold! but by the courier, her Majesty had experienced at the Neapolitan Court. Bergami, and a female servant, a fille de chambre, of the name of At that masked entertainment her Majesty first as- Niademoiselle Dumont. I n t h e company of these two do. a rn h ea nse ti n cs isy li fs r er Majesty majy n w n e dl nt is t n o a di c w asq er u e er L de l . Th ant insetrdurectsz: wanted the character of a Neapolitan peasant. But ill 'on ru after remaining there a short time in that character, ,of the most indecent des:ription;—of such a description, indeed, she returned to the house at which she had been at- that on entering the Theatre they excited the attentioo of the tired (which was not that at which she resided), public to such a degree, as to subject her Majesty and her cam t n r r e ivs 41 e marks - withdrew to a room for the purpose of changing he r p rob o a considerable u ti s on ro sodecid, s insult. n c They re dress, and, to the great surprise of her attendants, probation so decided, as to induce them to r etir e in his&e. And dress, and, to the great surprise of her attendants, how did her Ma e j d esty e go to that masquerade? In a r An oyal iustead of being accompanied thither by the females carriage, attended by her proper servants? No. In a common who usually assisted her Majesty 011 such occasions, hired fiacre. Her Majesty at night left her house by a private the courier Bergami was sent for, and withdrew door, crosse d ase the garden, and hi this h hired fiacre w k ent l to the , , m w du c c nce Lr however, with her Majesty into an apartment for the purpose ed msjeitv t r o e re e tur u n m lung n b ' e s fo t re t the co: m m enti u o e ned r of assisting her Majesty in changing her dress. It elusion of the entertainment. iVhy, my Lords, we have heard seems that it was her Majesty's intention to make her in the course of the proceedings which have already taken place second appearance at the masked ball in a character on bi this the Bil l so f me criticism d on sh t .i he terms in , which the A the pre d am- Ni hick coucaed degrading has o f n had been selected b her the y at wish of some said about ore y our the expressions rs 'int g erco r urs ea e; other pc-sons—namely, the Genius of History. lam and ' unbecoming familiarity.' I ask your Lordships, should instructed to state that the dress, or rather the want what I have already stated be proved to be true, if there is one 1 of dress, displayed by her Majesty on this occasion of your Lordship, if there is a man in the country who can J was extremely indecent. But, however that may be, an d doubr that in a enlo am, of thisa ime st r e off ou ensi rse v e e . and ci 'disgu w sting il d e e r „n 3 ' i p a tl es ot3 the fact certainly is, that the change in her Majesty's I ask your Lordships, if under such circumstances, it can be (tress took place in the presence and with the assist- doubted that there existed a familiarity degrading, nut merely to ante of the courier Bergami, no other person being a person of her Majesty's rank, but t k o any woman of delicacy be virtue, i r f an l d a i n d d n s n ta t tion. Let me w not present. Let me ask your Lordships what moti v e , rovd ur it e r re o v b e s r er u v l i a n y g, whtt, r ould what reason there could be for thus selecting a per- soon be manifested to your Lordships, and what is certainly no' son who at that time filled one of the most menial small aggravation of the case, that the courier, Bergami, at the situations in her Majesty's household, who waited at time he entered her Majesty's service, was a married man.— a gga r her r a aggravated; a t V ia c but st here u4s table behind her Majesty's chair, who rode as courier w a a ct s u a lte d ry b is k a a c d ri uTt o er7 h . ich for c l an gh ser sh el e y w be th before her Majesty when travelling-1 ask what aware of the fact. I will not here again repeat, which I fe ar j I have reason can be assigned for this man being selected on had but too often, and shall have but too often occasion to repeat, the occasion ? Why was the presence of her Majesty's with respect to the various acts of familiarity that were observed female attendants not required? Why was the courier to occur will da be rn e y ur between ed, s during her Majesty and y th s e r cou . ri e e a r ce ße a r t gli , t i d. It Beigami to be the single person present ? But more. her Majesty was almost in the daily habit of breakfasting wi les, th After her Majesty had appeared at the ball in this Bergami; that they generally retired to their rooms at about the character, she returned again, and dressed herself as same period; that her Majesty dismissed from attendance on her a Turkish peasant, and this courier Bergami, this in herbed-room the fetnale ed in sa se k r i v r an n ts ff by he who ha m hu she had bee d n ao. menial domestic, was also attired in a similar charge- taint occurred in the family which g had n r ever befo e r n e rs Occ a u u rred thae ae ter, and actually accompanied her Majesty, so diss that the courier Bergami was the only one of all the servants in guised, to the entertainment given by her Majesty to her Majesty's suite who was allowed to enter her Majesty's bed. R o y a lty, and at which all the Nobility and pet sons room without having been sent for, or without giving any notice of his approach. The natural consequence of all this was, an as of high rank in Naples were prese n t. I t appearsa s umption of consequence on the part of this nun, which , from however, that Bergami did not long remain at this time to time, increased untiliee became the lord and master ef the entertainment. He oeturned alone, and apparently family. This assumption, Wherever, did not take place at Naples, mortified, Which the other domestics attributed to except in the single instance of a servant having been introduced some indignity that he' had received. Her Misjesty Majesty'sth*o tti se nti o n l g d N o a u p li k i s s a reconin ut M e n n e h ri ll 5. stli.. v l 4. .o ri r t d ; s :s ou m he si r soon after returned, and pressed Bergami to go again, where she staid two or three days at the European lintel, and which he declined. I isr Majesty seemed disappointed, thence proceeded to Civita Vecchia, where she embarked on and went back alone. At the close of the entertain- heard t h e frigate La Clorinde, for Genoa. Lady Charlotte rent she returned to her own house, and to the apart- • T e A s ta t y w y as al le a f t t, on the passage , she had . a n t o Legho y m: f so ra t n h k at in on h h er er sui M t a e: went, the sitisation of which I have already described. 6lwas soon, however, joined by Lady Charlotte Campbell, It was observed by those whose duty it was to attend who remained with her Majesty during her stay at Genoa, but t ear her Majesty ' s person, that Bergami always rose I quitted her service on her return to Milan. On her Majesty's at much about tLe same time with her Majesty, and "em bar king on board the frigate La Clorinde, Bergand still re naained is the sit uation of her courier and footman. I that her Majesty was actually in the daily habit of . mention thio . for a meson which will appear to your Lordships breakfasting with this courier in her apartments, si. 'by and by. He waited at tattle and 'avid ht hind her Majesty's tract d as 1 have already described, at sonic distance, chair during .. the whole of the voyage to Venus. .est Genoa it i!. i‘gm Inn Observed by her Majesty's domestics, that the tonfideace Mid intimacy between her Majesty and Devito! greatly in erased ; and that the latter, when he ought to have waited at table, frequently, and with an eeident view to get rid s !! lof that occupation,. withdrew to his own room. He i V i ii the habit also of accompanying her Majesty in her rides sod walks. His apartment was again chosen very near that et Mote Majesty. The observations which had occurred to thus at Naples, occurred still more frequently at Geom. The bei appropriated to her Majesty appeared to be rarely slept in; 40 rarefy, that the servant, whose duty it was to make it up, had very little trouble. Sometimes it seemed to have been a little discomposed and pressed down to give the semblance of baring been slept in—sometimes it did not appear to have been at all touched ; and it was frequently unnecessary to do anything further than to smooth the counterpane. I have already' stated, that, as at Naples, Bergami's bed-room was very seer the room appropriated to her Majesty. Let me ask your Laid ships, with reference to this part of the case, what reason can be assigned, if it were considered necessary by her Majesty that a male attendant should sleep near her, that one of the Gentle- men of her suite was not selected for that purpose How did it happen that Bergami, amenial, not known to hor Majesty above three weeks, should be rather chosen? How did it happee that it was found her Majesty did not sleep in her own bed How did it happen that in Bergami's bed there appeared the marks of two persons having slept? How did it happen that her Majesty was repeatedly observed to visit Ekrgami's rootn after the rest of her household had retired to rest, and to remain there a considerable time? What person, of her Majesty's rank, would condescend to visit a courier who bad received an acci dental injury, after he had retired to bed? What cause can be assigned for all these proceedings, but that which I am persuaded your Lordships will believe must have been the only cause—the existence of an adulterous and licentious intercourse between the parties in question? I know that it is incumbett on your Lord ships, before you pass the Bill on your Table, to be satisfied, by reasonable evidence, that such adulterous and licentious inter. course did actually take place. If the evidence which will be brought to prove the facts that I have already stated, should not be sufficient for that purpose, the trite of the allegation will be pot out of all doubt by the other facts which I have yet to state, At Genoa,. her Majesty continued the practice which she com menced at Naples, of breakfasting with Bergami in her own apartment, in a retired part of the house, separate from that which the other and higher mem b ers o f her suite occupied.... Here it was that some circumstances took place which marked the power which Bergami was acquiring over her Majesty, in consequence of the degradation to which she had submitted. I Than already stated that Berland was a married man. He had - a daughtee Nebo** name was Vktorine. At Genoa this child erreebrought to her Majesty's house, and riveived into her fa mily. But not only that child—a brother of Bergami's was liken into her Majesty's service, and subsequently a sister, of •Iheannerof Famine. who, as it was said. was received into her Iffis)esty's family for the purpose of taking ate of Bergasors eldld, for which her Majesty appeared to eutertain a great affec tion, and which she had expressed her wish to adopt. Nay store;—in consequence of the attachment which Bergami was represented to have for one of his parents, his mother was also received into her Majesty's service. So that at Genoa there were introduced into her Majesty's family—Bergami's brother (es a menial), his sister, his mother, and his child Victorine ! y Lords, how is all this to be -accounted for ? Even when a domestic his been a long time in the service of any individual, 'be Mods it difficult to effect the introduction into that individual's holly of so many of hi s p ersona l connex i o ns-how much more so "vitro the duration of his service has not exceeded a few menthe! Bergami entered her Majesty's service In October.— In the April or May of the following year—in the course of a 'few short months--his mother, his brother, his sister, his child, are taken into her Majesty's family, for no assignable reason Let it be alm observed, that the child was not more than two or three years old. It is natural to suppose that at that tender age an infant must require the fostering care of her mother. But oo ; Bergami's wife was not received into her Majesty's household. She remained apart from her husband. Although she was na turally the person best calculated to watch over the health of her enfant she was not received into her Majesty's family to per form that duty. The child alone was received. It was with &lienp from maternal affection, and pieced under other super. intendence. At that period her Majesty, 'although she knew of Bergane's marriage, represented (what I should have thought would not have increased that person in her Majesty's !SUMS. hoc) that the child was Bergami's, not in consequence of that marriage, but by some other person than his wife. One should have thought that that circumstance, to a virtuous and delicate mind, would not increase the estimation in which a menial courier ought to be held. It was, however ' •no defect in her Majesty's eyes. She consented to receive Ber ,, arnrs, child lin. der the peculiar circumstances of its birth. My ph) tds, her Ma. jesty remained at Genoa until the I sth of May. She then w en t to Milan, leaving Lady Charlotte Carapbell at Genoa. Lady Charlotte afterwards joined her Majesty at Milan, but finally quitted her Majesty's service about the end of May, 1815. In the journey from Genoa -to Milani, Bergand still accompanied her Majesty in his capacity of courier. I have already stated that Lady Charlotte Campbell did not accompany her Majesty in the journey, although she afterwards joined her h‘ajesty at Milan. In ehe course of the journey- her Majesty's domestics observed the great distinction shewn by her Majesty to the cos-. vier Bergami. She offered him refreshments, she treated him with the most marked attention. All this while he was in the habit and performed the duty of her Majesty's courier.— Her Majesty resided in a house in the glace de at Naples, for two or three months. When Lady Charlotte Campbell quitted her Majesty's service, her Majesty was left without any Ludy of rank in her household. My Lords, when we consi der the high station which her Majesty then filled as Princess of Wales—when we consider her Majesty's expectation of being raised at some future period to the dignity of Queen Con , sort—it might have been thought that her Majesty would be naturally anxious to have about her Royal person Ladles of I high rank, belonging to the country over which she appeared destined to reign; or, if that were a difficult matter to accom.. l r plide that at least ser Majesty would have looked out foe es, to compose her household, of distinction in the country in which she resided. But, will your Lordships believe that instead of this, her M a j esty rece i ved into her household a female of whom she had never before heard—an uneducated and un informed person—a sister of the courier Bergami's He—a menial servant of her Majesty's—contrived, by the power which be had acquired over her, to introduce into her Majes ty's family another sister, dignified by the title of the Countess of Oldi, who was received by her Majesty as her only cons. panion in the travels which her Majesty then contemplated, At this time, therefore, my Lords, it app ea r s t h at h er M a j esty had received int o her amity two sisters, the brother, and the child of her courier. One of those sisters sat at her Majesty' s table, as her Lady of Honour. liergami himself was her Ma jesty's courier. His brother, another menial, I believe also a courier, dining as Bergami and his other sister dined, at the table of the ordinary servants. It was at that time itnowi to the servant who, as I before mentioned, had been introduced into her Majesty's family by Bergami, at the time of his Weak that the Countess of Oidi was Bergami's sister. It was net; however, known to the other servants. Both Brigand and the Countess were very anxious to conceal the fact. It could not, 'however, be long hidden. The truth became known. The I Countess of Oldt ewes received by her Majesty not only as her Lady of Honour, but as the only female who was to occupy situation which bad beets previously held by Lady Cis Lindsay, Lady Elizabeth Forbes, •and Lady Charlotte Camp bell!—Whet inference can your L or d s hi ps draw from these curnstances?—not, by any m eans , t h at I ask your Lordships to decide, in this important case. from inference and suspicion, but coupled with what occur re d b e f ore t hi s appo intment, and what; I have to describe as occurring after it, what doubt can exist as to the cause of her Majesty's conduct? Her Majesty had not been long at Milan before she commenced her projected tour by departing for Venice. Bergami still accompanied her Majesty as courier. In coder to skew your Lordships the contingence of the degrading familiatiti*hich existed between her Majesty and this man," proceed to deltail circumstances which occurred at Venice, in May, or Junee 1815. At that time her Majesty had bees; joined by Mr. Drummond Burrell, who"..—.. Lord GWYDIR rose to contradict thia_estestj ese On the motion of Lord HOLLAND, Counsel were ordered to withdraw. Lord GWYDIR then Stated, that Mr. Drummed Burrell, had never been in her Majesty's suite. Counsel having been re-admitted, The Arroaxes-Gintaaae proceeded as follows: — n I beg m ape/agile to the Noble'Lor4 and to the House for my mistake. 'lt was Mr. William Burrell who jobed her Majesty. I meant not the slightest reflection en either Gentleman. I meent no reflectiorl on Mr. Drummond Burrell; I mean acme on Mr. William Burrell. I merely state the fact, that Mr. William !swell was the only English Veittleman who accompanied her Majesty trete Milan to Verde.. Ido net Impute to that G,n ttectaltintimicyteat he entertained th m e ajaas slif f htes ansi t BeeraoL suspielon . ti on tbe th if i n eso_ ro. Inry per , I have no doubt he was utterly ignorant of It. When I miationed Mr. Drummond Burrell, I committed an inadver_ teat error , for m which, lam sure, the Noble Lord will etre soo—e , e meg* csale—At Venice, thy, my Lords, on one oc. when aft her Majesty's sietoodasts Withdrew after dinner, and left her Majesty alone with &rimed, who had been waiting at table, ft was observed by cue of the servants at the !wee where her Majesty resided, that her Majesty took a gold ctia and presented it to Bergami, round whose neck she placed it. A peat ap t ramme• of fami li arity ennui. Bergami Pla7r- . nr withdrew e chain from Ms own person, and threw it over her Majesty, on w ake h e r Majesty replaced it round his wk.— hess, Why seeeth do e appeZredesei to mzei o f he. m e ent wh i l iz essyserga this• and ;T st o seul ski i li a j o r vi head t i h i, e ta; im ear p easedm rop e :r ial; farn saiatdu il:i t Z e, Wit Milierred eor further distinction. dhfat"incutrsionu.P°nl h i m, c i t it to connin the 'other parts of this narrative, and to rrcve the kind of Lurie course which subsisted. Her Majesty removed, after a short time, from Venice to a house called the Villa de l'Ami. Soon after, Mr. William Burrell quitted her Majesty. It had been observed by her Majesty's servants, that as her Maje st y' s lash establishment from time to time quitted her, until rcve that she had not a single member of it left, her Majerty co-- reserve she pinaihdehriianst.erclolurseey ewenithiseliched.rg,attht_it. an du d ct at the Villa de l'Ami, her Majesty present e d Bergand with a blue silk bed-gown, which he wore as a m orn i ng gown. In the in the herself at tewntiitohn less : which Villa de l'Ami, the same arrangement as before took place with respect to the rooms. liergane's room was near that of htr Majesty, and there was a free communication between them.— It was also observed, that Bergami was still allowed to go iyo her alajesty's bed-room, without having been sent for, and :a enter it without ceremony or notice, and that he alone had tit..: privilege. In adverting to those familiarities which her 3lajts:l extended to others of her servants, I by no means wish to c 0..- shier them in the light of Imputations, but when taken fn con junction with this licentious attachment, I say the fact of her being seen playing at games with bee other servants, goes to skew how her sense of character had been lowered. In August, 1115, she visited Mount Gothard, the courier, Bergami, still her w i re d w i t h jl ergam i to a bedroom, and was there companion. On that occasion, she di ne d at t h e inn at Varese, s w h h u e t re op the with him for a considerable time. What could her Majesty want with her courier in a bed-room during the daf time? After dinner they went to Madona it Monte, where they slept, and next day went to the Boremeo Islands. Mau her Majesty on a threw: occasion visited these Islands, on her way front Germany to Italy , the bad stopped at the sam e i nn; and. as was correspondent with the dignity of her rank and station. the best bedzchamber In the inn was iprovided. TVs room had, however , no communication with any other.-- On she s e cond vi s i t tills area:messes* wits altered . Her Majesty declined having **bed- room in which she slep t on her first visit, and selected an inferior more tom s g with motive which other room was assigned to Bergami. What reason was there, I ask, for that change of arrangement? What could her lajesty want with her courier sleeping in a chamb er so near to hers ? The mem is obvious, that the arrangement of the room was made for the purpose of the access, which access was news ier, to enable them to carry on that adulterous latercourse set forth in the preamble of the Bill. They next Bopped at Schur:M. The familiarity between her Majesty and her couri er bad now attained to such a height, that be not only felt himself evaded to higher rank in her Majeety's service, but to be received at Lee Itlaiesty's table. Except breakf a sting with bet Majesty in pri vate, peter before this period was it yentas,* openly to receive a courier, in his dress as a courier, at the sable of her Majority. Did this accord with the dignity of a Princess, destined to be the Queen Consort of this kin g d om ? If suck were the media, of this menial—if his fidelity and his services wet, so highly estimated by her Majesty as to recommend his advancement, would it not be more appropriate with b Majesty's dignity and character to advance him In the first *once, before she admit ted hint to the honours of her table? what con we attribute such a want of the respect due to her own station and rank ? It is to be imputed to the strength of that infuriated attachment which had so unfortunately overpowered every other considera tion in her Majesty's mind. It may be said these are foreign manners, but I can :lever be brought to believe that your .Lard_ ships, or indeed any honourable mind, sanction tea valiancy as a ll owable between the Princess of Wales arid her menial servant. Was it ever Sneered, 1 will not say amongst the higher classes of British society, but evert amongst the middling class, that the menial employed should sit at the sam e table with the master or mistress who employed him. Yip Id eate life, if amongst the middling classes of societz dumb an mode tion would be highly indecorous, bow much more Improper must it be considered between the Prini-ess of Wales and her menial servant ? How can it be acconnmd for, unless by the criminal attachment. the effect of which was uniformly to throw down all distinctions—to place the highest in rank, when once under its Influence, on the same level with the lowest ? On that occasion her M..jesty visited Lugano, where yeti will find drcisive evi dence of an adulteroui intercourse, as well as in other plum On her return from this tear she established herself at Deste, near Como. Hell their rooms were only divided by a small cabinet; their apartments, however, were cut off from all corn numicatiosr with those of all the ot her servants. in the and the Princess usually retired at night, and rose at the same hour in the morning. -And here he was advanced to the dignity of her Majesty's Chamberlain, when he always dined at her table, together with his sheet, the dame d'honneur. She remained at fleste tin November, 1115, and then embarked on board the Leviathan on the 15th of that mouth. The ben apartments were allotted to her Majesty. The cabins conti guous to each other were prepared . for her Majesty ;Et c :d na t hemselves ng o a boa rd , a t all h the time; ss s had banu and been female attendants. The best arrangements were made for her acc mccha wilunPd tefi o a n ticm her th i l laj gu es gg i dune was to be undone; the arrangement was altered, and the room next to her Majesty's was appropriated to Bergaml. Her Majesty remained on board till the 26th of November, having Waked Elba in her to ur , an d s h e r eached Palermo on hat day. She walked arm in arm on the deck with and made those alterations in the cabins which I have al ße rZtat e d, At Palermo her Majesty went to Court, accompanied by &rpm:, in a magnificent hussar dress. From thence she went to Me - sine, she remained till the 6th of Jaouary, 11116. On her arrival there the bed-rooms were arranged as in the other places I have mentioned ?On this occasion, however, their roams being separated by that in which the Countess of Oldi. his sister, slept, it was here observed, that h er M a j esty and Bergand inbred earlier than the others to rest, and that she seldom required that female assistance which Ladies of her rank usually de manded on such occasion. She caned /*sand her friends' . h er dear.' played with him familiarly, so that, in fact no doubt remains, or could remain, so their Lordships' mieds, but that an adulterous intercourse ahem could justify the at tentious,nr account foe the fad at her maj es ty. ge t the Min of January, her Malik! kih Messina, and embarked in the Meath Clarindes th• vend Which had previously car ried her Mejesty from Ovita Veal& as Game At that time Bergami was her menial, but be was sow her Chamberlain The Himourable Officer who commanded the ship, kit It wo . ul be devadkg him, if he sat at the mate table with one who had formerly served him, sod he remonstrated on the subject with her Meanly, whose co n d uct 'hewed how tz she felt the • force of his objection. Had he obtained the he then held by worthy means, would Oct the Princess have enswered this re nsonstrance by saying, h e h a d associated with her Majest, and mold trot therefore di sgrace C apt. Pecbel by sitting at the y same ofshi ysosuhreconeadaytuet, an a d hee not hi go a jes m4 board ? If table. If this failed, would not her Majesty have said, You Le nding me, and the country that employs you; I shall year vtelseserPeßuret report Ws advancement were a proof of his merits, and his merits abbe, would not this, cr something like it, have been the con duct of her Majesty ? No such thing, however, took place.-- She took a day or t wo to consider what she eliZeld do. and in the end declined the table and society of Captain Pecbel foe that of her paramour. She, indeed, observed, that Captain Bstrrs had made no objection to Bergami; but there was this differ la the two cases, that the latter was totally umemminted wke the previou s men i a l condition of Bergand. Her Majest, 11 would thus appear, con sen t e d to b e insulted by am Englis y h c s o es j e , who, howev e r, h a d d one no more than he felt to be . bk duty. From Messina, her Majesty went to Syracuse, where sks remained WI the 50th bf that month, and then proceeded to Catania. At first Bergand's bed-room waa at a distance from ber'sbut the same change here t oo k p l ac e as on every other occasion where any interruption could take place in their re cret communications. There th de ainadve, sitting yes one night later than usual at thei r ls, saw Bergames doer open, and the Princess cooling out in such a coaditios, as eou:d leave no doubt of her having gassed the eight his met •=tM. I .] 0 NE=% C -