The National Register. — London, England, 1820-08-28 00:00:00

T 73 —-•- • in blaok clothes. end wore black silk .doel(ings. His Cothes seemed very strange upon him.) FADAW. 22. At fire minutes past ten the LortiChaneellor entered the Douse. At twenty minutes past ten Coun-ei titre ordered in. Tite.istore :tlajoeci titan ap,!ea:-..al at the bar, and the Sol.eitor General ..enewed the examinaticn. In the lUTlllet part of your examination you mentioned that s one coring: had been made in the seeping apartments, at the Villa d'Este. eats that change made during the absence of the Princess in Greece %—lt was. r you remember the relitive situation of the apartments of the Princess and Ilt-gaini after their return from Greece, and alter that change had taken place?-1 du remember. Were they near each other, and hail they direct communication be watt them?—They Ital. • Were the apartment: of the rest of the household at a distance from those of the Princess and Bergami?—They wer e more far. Was there any door, which being timed, shut up all commu. Mcation between the apartment of the incess and Bergami, and those of the rest of the household ?—Yes, there was such a door. When it was locked, nobody else could get in. in nuking the change or which you have before spoken, in the relative situation of the apartments. do you remember any tiling about an alteration in a wall having been necessary ?-1 do nut remember. Was there a Theatre at the Villa d'Este?—There was. Did the Princess act at that Theatre?—Yes. Did she act with Berganii ?—I saw the Princess and Bergami to:tether, but I did not remain during the aerie performance of comedy at the Theatre. ' Do you it:member a person of the name of Nlajoreto ?—Yes. What couetryman was he ?-11e came from Janie Did he come on board the Princess's vessel at Jatl4 ?—Yes. Did this man remain at Villa d'Este during the whole time the Princess remeintd there ?-1 . es. Do you remember on any occasion when the Princess was pre• sent. of Majoneto making any exhibition ?—Yes. What seri of ex!.ibitim was it ?—The witness described it by the weed t•jocen." The interpreter said OIL was generic terms, meaning generally, t ricks. Do you remember of Majoneto making this sort of exhibition on more titsto one occasion before the Princess ?—Nlo:e than once. Was Beiganti alt.n present at thee exhibitions?—Yes. Did you ever see the Princess and Bergami sailing together on the Lake of Co:twit—Many times. Were they a!one, or with other people?—They were alone. Was it seidem or often that they used to sail thus alone toge ther P—Many times. The Solicitor General here said that he had concluded Ids CCanlination of the witness. Cross-exami ation,tommenced by Mr. Brougliam.—You have told us that you left the service of Gen. l'ino. Was it on account of killing a horse, or any thing of that sort?—No—(with great emphasis.) Did you never kill a horse at all ?—No, no.—(most tically.) Did you never say to any body that you had ?—No never. What wages bud you in Gm. Pinta service?—Fifty pence, (twenty-five of this country.) A day , ?—Yes, per day. You did not find that enough, and it was on that account you left the General's service ?-1 left his service during the blockade of Mantua. When the Queen was at Naples did not the Er.,, , lish servant of Sit William Gell sit at the second table for the gentlemen of the Queen's household ?-1 do not temember. Do you remember of another English servant, the servant of Mr. Keppel Craven, the Prince's Chamberlain, sitting also at that table ?-1 do not remember. Had either of these two gentlemen English servants at all, when attached to the Household of her Royal litghness ? They hail. Were they English 2-1 believe they were, because they spoke English. Were they in livery or out of livery ?—During ordinary days thy were nut in livery, but I nave seen them in livery at great ali.iners. Was it the duty of the ordinary livery servants to wait upon ber Royal Highness ?—lt was. At table ?—Yes Also at breakfast in the morning 2—No. Was it not the duty of the upper servants, including the cou rier, so to wait on her Royal Highness at breakfast ?—Yes. Do you know Cameron ?—Yes. Where did William Austin sleep at Naples ?—I do not remember. Will you swear he did not sleep in the next room to her Royal Highness ?—This I ca mot remember Where did Dr. Holland, her Royal Iliemess's physician sleep? —I do n ,, t remember. Will you swear that there was no passage through which the Princess could enter Bergami's room without going through the room in which you slept ?—No other. Was it not a very severe accident that Bergami met with front the kick of the horse ?—lt was so severe that he could not walk. Was it not so severe that he was confined ?.—I cannot tell. Were you not employed to auend hint in his illness ?—I was employed to attend him. Will you swear that you saw Bergami walk out once ?—I do sot remember his going ,nit. Have you not seen her Royal Highness go into the room of Mr. I lieronimus when lie was ill ?-1 don't remember. Wit it not her constant practice when any of her servants were ill?-1 don't remember it. And into the rooms of others of her domestics when ill !-7 dont remember it. Vas there no other person atte: . .ded by Dr. Holland ?—Nr but Beigand that I reit - umber. Mr. Brougham proceeded in his cross examination.—You ;tare us to understand of having knocked at Bergann's door when at Genoa. so loud that he niti.;t have heard it, and yet you did not receive any unmet. ?—Y es. What sort of people Lad conic into the house that night, that made you knock up Bergand v.at.: when that theft Ira made. You mean to say that robbers broken into the house ? Robbers had come to the house. • Was the ahem given that it wit part of your friend Ompteda's gang? The Solicitor General objected to the question. the Learned Gentleman having designated titian a gang with which the witness wa,conneeted. Mr. Brougham.—•• Yes, a gar.; of robbers." The Lord Chancellor remark. d, that the Le trivil Counsel fur her Majesty said lie wool:: take the questiun by steps, and yet lie assumed the whole at once. Mr. Brougham resumed—Did not some person attack a win dow•uf the house?—Yes, some thieves. Did you go to tile window on that occasion ?—I opened the window. I saw a person before rne. I took a gun and find z.t that person more Wan once, and lie fled away. The cross examination was thta resumed— After the robber. attacked the limbo and yen' tired as you hart described, was mat the whole house aktrined ?—1 imwe .lately ran to knock at Bcrgami's dour, acid found that all the people were collected th.iwa Did you see any one with a drawn sword in his hand at the time ?—f can't remember. Was there a person c inflect Harland there ?—I cannot re. member. W.as Ilioronimos there?—lt rir all the family; btu. I . THE NATIONAL REGISTER Was Itergmai there?—Yes, I tan. After you:I:et! the piece I , —YeJ. Ai;er you knocktd at Berganti's door, and did not find him there. did you °pea the door to ,ee whether he wa., there p—No. 3ut itetgami cameolt in a quarter of an hoar al:um:ads—a gt..:it 110:;c was 1113de. ‘Vtter2 were you when Ilcrgami did what you call conic, come? I knoCaral at the doors and teeeivcd no answer, and then I went doen stair;, and ail the family came oot. flow soon after the firing of the pia•c aid you see Pergami and the rest of the how ehold come oat ?—I tired and run to Bargami'li room and Imorked, bat no answer IV3S mute al, and 1 uent buck to the place from which 1 tired. Tile famil ]acted. I called out, • Bobbees! robbers ! them roe robbers in the house!" I remained, and then the people retired. Lout Grey.—llow long wits the knit:king at Bergrion's door? —I waited a long tune, and knocked louder and louder and very 1014.1. yon go below when you leA Bergami's room door ?—I went to the same place from which I had tired. tVlien did you see Bergen ?—ln the room, upon my remrn, where the thieves haul beem Will you SlV.ar that Virtorine slept in any part of the house but where the Princess slept ?—Sunietimes she slept in the Pavi lion with the Princess, tometinns btlow with her Royal High. nest. and sometimes with the Dante of Ilonneur. Whom do you mean by the Lady of Honor?-1 mean the Countess of Oldi. %Vito, besides yourself knew that Vietorine slept out of the roost of her Royal [lightness ?—This I do not know. Did you see Victorine in a bed, in a Loom, upon any occasion, when her Royal Highness was not to sleep thine ?—I have never seen it. The Qteen entered the House about one o'clock. The witness placed a stu.lll mattress on the sofa which stood on the deck of the polacre. De siid not read whether the mat tress was cased in leather. De itid not remember whether it was the custom of her Royal Highness during the voyage to throw herself for repute on the deck or sont. Prises es during tie rm.:tee took Mr her r'ou'ts. W ficn she landed atter the vey.e.:a ihe took off her gown. Ile placed t'te he and a feather pillow on the sofa. Ile did not reetaket whether lie re ale the bed.— Ile placed the bed on the sofa and retired. In tee evening lie was once ordeted to make the bed, and he carried the cushions. In the morning he took than away. It was not a matrimonial bed, but a couch .or repose. lie thd not reatilet whether Austin slept in the tent: lie did not know where Austin and HaNnui. mu, slept. The witness himself' was usually in the eatina•ror n t. When lie was sick he went down below wider the deck. The witness rememberedCapt.Flynn. lie was in her Royal Highness's suite during the land journey to Palestine. On the return to Syracuse he saw Captain Flynn. Toe witness did not observe whether there were two or twenty-two sailors on baard—he did not know whether they kept watch during the night. Ile-could not tell the size of the ship.—he could not remember where her Royal Highness slept during the voyage front Tunis to Greece. Ile did not knew where Bergitnii slept drunter the voyage. Was not the bath taken into the dining -room?—Not in the dining-room, but another small room next to it. Lille Queen withdrew at - his part of the examination.l Mr. Brougham continued the interrogatories after her Majesty had retried. flow often do you swear the Princess took the bath during the voyage ?—She took it very often; I can swear to two times. Sae might have taken it more. Was it Bergand's of lice to prepare the bath for her Royal Highness ?—1 do not know. Whose race was it in her Majesty's household ?—That I do not know. Was it your's?—l was sent to fetch the water for the bath. Did you carry water to the both in the dining-room was sent to make the bath, and I tilled it half lull of water. Then I saw Berganti. lie came down and put his hand into the bath to try the temperature, and he told me to fetch more water. When you had put in the water to make it half full, and Ber gami came down, was there any body in the room but yourselves ? —No one. Did you not call Beyond to see whether the bath was pro perly prcpated ?—Yes, and after I had called Bergami and he tried the temperature, I was ordered to get more water, that he might throw it in if there was not enough. n this dining.room was there not another room opening into it which the bath might be put ?—1 cannot recollect. Were the.° not two rooms, tune for the Ptincess, the ether for the Countess Oldi?-1 do not recur ea. Who was by ut the ant,: you saw Bergami salute the Princess, when you was going to do some business .or yourself in Sicily ? —None was present but myself, the Princess, and Bergatiii. Wno was Ity when you saw Bergami salute the Plincess, on her landing in letly attar the quarantine?—! saw nolaniy but myself, I to Princess. and &retold. Was it not on the (leek of the vessel, after dinner, that this haened ?—lt was wider thedeck. Was after dinoer?—Yes. Where had they dined ?—I cannot call to mind where they dined. Wits it not in the room where they dined that this took place? —lt was in the dining room. The Princess was there, and Bet. goon came to take Ins leave on huts departure. Oil you ever apply to be taken back iu the service of her Royal Highness, after you left Wiest@ P—l have no recorlection of that. Did you ever apply to the Baron Bergami to be taken back?— Never. have you applied to Louis Bergand ?—Never. Did you apply to Nl. S minor to be taken back ?-o.lce. Where was that P—At the Hotel dltatlia. Did you ever write a letter to Levies or Bartholomew Bergami to be taken back?—Never. It is little to my credit, I never was able to write. Di I you ever direct any other person to write for you P—Never to my recollection. Were you, in point of fact, ever taken hack to the service of het lloyal 11 ighness l, —No. Ater 1 kit her Royal Highness's service, 1 never entered It again. At the tricks played at Como, was not Dr. Holland present, as well as the Princess of Wait:, P—No. %VIII you swear Dr. Holland was not present ?—I had not seen him- Could he Lave been there without your .iiowing it? Ilene the e.orlici or General observed, that Dr. Itodand quitted the Princess at Venice berore the time the Learned Counsel alluded to. Will you swear Lieut. Homnan was not there when Mahomet pesformed his ,tricks ?—1 did not see hint. Who else was there present at beat exhihition besides the black performer and the Piincess?-1 saw die Princess, Bergatni, and elahoniet. Weo was sent fo Mahomet to the place? Was you sent ?-1 was riot sent. Idu not know who was sent. Was you , so placed that her Majesty saw you as well as Ma hon-let ?—I was in such a position, that when Mahomet played his tricks die Princess could not see me, but Mahomet saw Inc and Bergami saw me. Was it in a room P--Na, in the Court. W as there any window or windows?—Yes. Where were you 'natal ?—I was near the door which leads to t' e lake of Canto. Where ea , . tier Royal highness?—At the window of her b:el- Minn. Were was Mahomet ?-11e wa meting out of the door of the Did Mahomet, stand:and : perform his triclet ?..Yes. 1 7:1rtlr Um WrOduTs elf bet.Ro,al How long after the first alarm did you go to knock at tbs dour ?—Three minutes Mier. Then you were on the same side of the court as her Royal ?—I was tin the mum side as. Mehemet. who was die!- lug up et t:te window to her Royal Highness. Her Royal ilreitilese was on one side of the court, on the other a door opened to the Lake. You saw her Alit* ty ?—Yes , And yet she count not see you ?—Yes she could see me, but I do not lames whether she Malioinet to come and perform these tricks?- 1 do not know. For any thin e : you know there might have been persona in the room with the Prince.is ?—1 could not see whether any person was iii the room. Wae any other person present besides her Royal Highness?— Yes; the people belonging to the palace, the coachman, cook, at d kitchen tollts. Did you ever see a German Baron there ?—At the Villa Ven ially 1 saw him. Tell us whet his name was like?—l cannot remember his name, because it was an extr.lordinary num:. Ile wus called the Baton During the time you wan in the s:rvicc of her Royal Highness, at the Villa Veilleny and et D'Este, do you remember a black smith or locksmith wa. sent for to put ‘he locks in order ?-1 do nut recollect it. DJ you recollect any thing atm. false keys ?--No, not at all. Yon nese.r heard of such a thing in the faintly?—Never heard it. Do you remember n quarrel between I.icut. Homnan and this Beton ?—I live Lead that mete was a quar.el, but I do not know what it was about llow long was that before you left her Royal Highness's ser • vice cannot tccollect. Do you ricoikci what company used to call to see the theatre where her Royal I I:4litics acted ?—1 do not. Dal you cvar see the Pit:feet Comma:al, of Como ?—Never Prefessor Montan, or Milan ?-1 have seen the Professor there.. at the Villa D . Este. 1)u you me you have seen him at the theatre ?—I have seen him come frequently, but tio nut %show whether it was to see the Dwane. have you seen Gen. Bnbna, the Austrian Commandant?-1 have s:en Gen. litituet visit her Royal I ligline.s. Dal you ever see Gen. Vino there?—Duce only. What characters did you sac Bargatui play ?—1 saw Bergarni, dressed us a sailor, perthrming the part ola Buffo, with bladders, and tinging. Dal Mationiet perform his dance on that occasion ?-1 did not sec Min. Wine you all the time in Italy ?-No. in Germany. How lung were you living in Vienna?—nix or seven months. What wages hail you ?At Milan I had 50 sods a day ;at Vienna tour livres. Whitt was the rise in your wages at Vienna occasioned by ?... Because 1 timnd myself in keep. How much did you receive in the service of her Royal High ness ?...I received 23 ducats every three months. Was her Royal Highness kind to the servants ?...She was fa. utiliar and good. You was well fed !—Yes. You found your own keep in the service of the Marquis Oldescani ?—Yes. What did you live on?—Soup. " Notch potch." You saved money in the service of the Princess?—lto three years 1 saved i,eon Bursa You have a lankily ?—Yes. What does it consist of?—A wife and two daughters. When you quitted the service of the Marquis Odelscarti. where did you iive?...l went to the English Aintats.satlor at Vi. _Tina, Lord Stewart. Did you become attached to his embassy, (a laugh), or was you a servant ?...I was always at bi- house. Were you Mete a hired servant... No. When did you first see his Excellency the English Ambassador? In November last. Ile was previously sent to see Col. Brown at Milae. The Co'onel. spoke to him in French. Ile went from Vienna to Milan, and lett the service of the Marquis Odelscarti to see the ColonA. A: this period of the examination the Lord Chancellor inti mated that it was four o'clock. the hour of adjournment. The house adjourned, upon an understanding that the Lords ire to sit in future till live o'clock, instead of four. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23. THE Qtt EEN.—The house met at nine o'clock, and prayers were read by the junior Bishop. Their Lordships then proceeded to call over the names of the Peen. AL twenty minutes after ten o'clock Counsel were called to the Bar, when Mr. Brougham continued his cross-examination of the witness Theotlore Ma j occi. Do you recollect a Gennan Baron visiting her Royal High es.s the Princess of Wales at Naples ?...I do nut recollect that. Do you recollect a German Baron visiting her Royal liighnet:s at Genoa, on her way front Naples to Milan ?...I do not. Did he visit the Princess at Villa Villain. duriug her ma deuce there ?...There was a Baron there, who bcemod to be a 11.e.sian. lie paid his visits. lie was the same I mentioned yestatlay. Was his name Ompteda. or any name sounding like it?...1 cannot recollect the name ay which he was called. it was an extraordinary name. Are you sure it was not Baron Ompteda ?...I do not recollect. Do you recollect this Baron, whatever his name was, sleeping there more than once ?...Once, I remember, he slept there. More I do not recollect. Had lie eat servants who used to lie with the servants of her Royal Highness ?...I remember he had servants, but whether they were with the servants of her Royal llignness I do nut recollect. You have said, that, in the house at Naples, that the Prin• cess's suite slept at a part of the house distant from the apartments of the Prince,s and ; will yaii now say the hie/dui:- rooms of the Princess and Berguiiii were not distant ?...I du nut remember that the Qtr.en and Bergand slept separate. Is there room to say the test of the suite, except Bergami, did not sleep distant, and in separate apartments remeinher the po,:don of the bedroom of the Pi ilicess and that of Bergami, but I to not recollect where ti.e rest of the suite slept. Thtni you will not swear the suite of her Royal Highness did sleep in thffertin and distant parts of the house ?...I remember well where the Princess and 11.:.rgli.ni slept. As to the rest of the family I can n ot recollect where toey Will you swear Dr. Holland, Ilierommus, and William Austin were not close to her Royal Highness's loom ?...I do not 1,.c..11ect. W lien you went from Vienna to Milan, where did you lodge ? ...At my father's house. I law did you support yourself ?...On my own money. how long Mil it last ?...l do not know. Did any body give you any money there ?...No; when I left Vi-ona I received money, but after I received none. u• one give yoit money at Milan ?...I recollect not. Mr. Itroogliain requested the last answer might be taken to meats. 1 TC.C. - 1 . 101 none. It was so enutred in the shoit•liand miser's tittles. I low hog did you remain at Milim ?... I do not remember pre cisely, but I recede tit was Its or to da s. Vs hen you returned with your father to Milan. al you not pay fur Oae Voitutina wines carried you there ?...Yes, I did PSI' • for it. .