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

No. 1,264.—V0t. XIII.] PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. HOUSE OP LORDS. MONDAY, AUG. 21. This day the streets leading to they Palliament Home were thronged at ten o'clock. to see her Majesty go to the House. The doors of the House of Lords were opened at nine o'clock, and prayers were said. Iluast A.—Lord HOLLAND then addressed the House ; Before year Lordships proceed to the liminess of the day. I must eall your attention for a few minutes to a sub ject of as great magnitinle , in ner opinion as the investi ration into the c oa d oet of the high individual who is the immediate objeet of your Lordship.' proceedines. 'Die subject to which I allude is connected with the trawled,- hits, independence, and liberty of all nations," The noble Lord then expressed a wish to know. whether, with res pect to the memorial Whirl, was addressed to the Allied Powers by the Court of Russia. sn-11 an answer had been given by our Government as °null, to have heel). namely, reprobating the principles it avowed? Also, whether a communication had been made to Spain, stating such answer to have been given, and expressing our coneratn lemons at the change whirl' had taken place, and the prospects whirl, they. the Spanish people, were likely to obtain under a free Government? He would further ask. what the engagements were which it appeared from that patter had been entered into by the Allied Powers, and whether this country was a party to them? Lord LIVERPOOL said, he knew of no engagements of she kind alluded to by the Noble Lord ; and that if suet' existed, this country was no party to them. The communication stltiell had taken pine, between this country and Spain merely went to prove the desire of his Majesty's Ministers to keep np a cood nnderstandinc, And to maintain the relations of peace and amity with Spoil', and to express a hope that the proceedings now going on under the Cortes may lead to a happy adjustment of the affaits, and promote the welfare of the Spanish nation. Lord HOLLAND would not press gbh subject further on the noble Lord, after the answer which he had given. He, however, look credit to hinuelf for having put tines •tionit whir, had produced an explanation that must be regarded as highly creditable to his Majesty's Govern ment. IrHARGTS AGAINST urn MaJrvrt..—The {(once then proceeded to call over the names of the Peers. On the nuvion of the Lord Chancellor, Counsel was called to the Bar. The ATTORNEY GENERAL then resumed his " dis gusting" statement at great length, which we think it unnecessary to follow him in, as wr mean to give the most important parts of the evidence itself. At the conclnsinn he said. he should now call witnesses in support of his statement. Lord ERSKINE observed, that lie tbonelit it neresssry the witnesses shonlil be within (-AIL as their Lorsighiti* 'richt find It necessary to put questions to them from time to lime. The LORI) CHANCELLOR concurred In tisk opinion. anti the witneages were ordered to be from day to day in attendance. Lord KINn to know whether, in o ea.c in whieli their Lord.hipa were proceeding any witneas way to the same proceeding fur prijnry, ar in the usual rource? The LORD CH NCFLLOR ennlil not give a nn.itive opinion nn the aubieet. but thnnebt on general grounds they %waifl be liable to the •ante post... The Earl of LIVERPOOL nave an opinion to the fame effect. Mr. BROUGHAM wished to know from the sernen In terpreter, swims/. raffle is Marches Spinet°. in *hose employment be came ? The Interpre►er said be was emnloved by Mr. Planta to attend, smiler the direction of Mr. Maid... Mr. BROUGHAM Own :.•ked ..hether hr memo Mr. Planta, of the Foreign Office, and Mr: Maul', of the Treasury The Interpreter raid he did. Mr. IittOrINIIIAM ;shed to know, ul.ether the wit ness, klaineri. had unapt gone the pi partition necessary in his own country, be fore heinc quern? The LORI) CFUNCEII,I.OI2 said, it Wag n ffi rient that he was sworn in tits forms required iu our Conrts of Justice. The witness was then sworn in the 'what (Arm. - - - On 'Teatime the stamp c.f the oitvesg. Theo.ler.• Ttla jorri," her hinie.ts furord roilbot her I. rail. fiNillr her ryes on the u ito•.., she %In ivketl nut, in a. t.nir o 1 0" 1 " msenkli Theodore! Throdote!“ and, ovrepoupred by her feelings, isatensly utthdregot, soppostPd by her attendants. . * . . Pcamineol—The wiliwas is woolly, of Iyperlanda, 12 miles from Lodi. , The witneon, whn netintnieell the &moot raterrourr, nrovittlwanititie the ettliatedirnary ncrsteslitre "r hnee " ti e". wag the n sworn , throech the medium o f one of the Interpreters, in the 11.11.1 rot ni. EVIDENCE. SOLICITOrt-G LK AL.—.Yror namot--!k. T' e •dure lfujnr(i. 4 Our thu, eottfititutton, attl) Kabmi. MONDAY, AUGUST S.'s, 1820. SOLICITOR GENERAL.— Do you know a penal' named Bertolomo Bei wuni 1 Wit do. When did you first know him ?—ln the house of Marshal Pinch This was in the year of lala or 1514. I knew him because) I was in the same service, Bergatni wa• vale; In Gen. Pico. I was postillion. I know him full well. for I lodged in the house of Bereami. wheie I hired a room.— Bete .rai was more poor than rich. At that time he was receiving three byres of Milan a day. I know nothing of w hat he had besides that money. I left orni. Pitta's service befure Bergsma I a eat to %/imam. and entered alto the service of Roues Rnmatia. 1 then entered the service of alurat, then King of Naples. I perceived Bergand I entered ieto the service of her Royal Harkness; I per (wive', Berg: than. I sate him for the first time in 1814, before Chi istains, its n room in Naples, in the Haase of the Princess of Wales. He aas Courier to her Royal Highness. ' Bergand told toe that he a °old, Ireful e the Christmas hot tys, make me a present. Bergemi wore livery. lie Jilted at the table of the upper servants. iii, ronyoussome. tmses divided the duty of Bergami about thy Princess. The tatty was taken by turns amongst the tipper set va u lt. In the mottling, when they carried the tray for breakfast, Hie. y inns often performed the service nut of his IWO. As to the mof the Prim ess and that of Bergatni„ there was a carridor and eubiact between them, and On the left was the bed-room of Bergami. Theme was nothing else. 0.1 the other side of the room of Bergand there was a saltion. a - No person slept in the cabinet. The other servants were separated. Bergami met with un accident. a kick from a horse, waen the Pi Mesas went to Agnano. It was deemed necessary to bring bun home. I slid not do so, I waited upon him. The hest time I saw the Princess was in presence of Hieronymus mid Dactur Holland, who was dressing his foot. At first vinegar was brought. In consequence of this act ident I slept in the Cabinet for five or sie nights. saw 'body pass in the night—there was always a lire its the room. I saw her Royal tllightiess pass through the corridor to Beresimi's room twice during this time—half an ' hoer past mideight. She staid there about 14 ur 1.5 minutes. She passed on in her return, very minty mid very near my had to SVC me. I heard only sonic whispers is Hergaini's ertint.—Between fifteen a n d eighteen minutes she remained the second time. and 1 heard a whispering conver sation. There was a small garden attached to the cabitiet. which was fur the most part always locked—mitre often closed than open. Bergarai kept the key. I never saw her walk in the garden. About a h, or forty or forty-five days she remained in Naples. Bergaini attended her. home English left her Royal Highness, Monsieur Sieurd, Captain Hesse, Equerry, -as he was said to be, the Chambedittn, a tall man, I believe his name is Gen; he hurl two small bairn's. Ido not know n hether Mr. Replied Craven was one. Ido nut know him by name. A small Lady, rather thin, left her also, hut I do nut recollect her name. Pinto Naples I went to Rome, and from thence to Civita Vec chia. We went un hoard the Clorinde to Leghorn. A laity, tall, rather fat. joined the Princess at GOMM—Lady Char lotte Campbell. The Princess lived in a palace On the rand leading to Milan. Between liorignmes room and the Prin ccsa's there was a room purposely fur trunks and portman teaus. In coining out from the Princess's room, there was likewise an entrance through the cabinet for the portinan. teat's, to Bergitmi's room. At Genna,-Betgaini breakfasted in a small room at the lop of the grand saloun. lie and the Princess took hi eakfast together. I a othhired to wait ape's her Royal Flightless, and waited upon both. Nobody vise breakfasted there. I knocked at Btagansi's do re one night to a aka him, to tell him these were people in the room.—lt was halt past tine. Bergand made air answer, though I kitacked sit loud that Besgami must have heard me, if he had been in the r . "There was a small cabinet in the room atij tt 111 l t the apartment lit which liergansi usually Weal.- fasted. I have semi the Queen sitting tit that room, with Bereaud. et breakfot ; no other person ' WAN liereit..lt had It higher authority that: any of the oilier servants. I have seta her Roan; High') s•) going out to ride on a thiiikey ; Berger's' put his hand round her waist, In put her no rho doakt y. and sit helping het up, held her by thy band to present her from falling. There was au ap permit familiarity kept rip bet arta' &ream! and the Preis cess. At Asian her Royal Highness resided first on her ills iNal at the house celled La Crown., a hich was the pro• pet ty of the f Iv railed Lot tomato. Before we lett Geena NOM! relations or flergami were token into the sere tee of the Princess. Famine., a woman. a hit, abbe had a husband, came wliMint him, and a child about tin a ur thtee years old, a ha,. Dam; was called Victorrne. The lerothi•r of Bergand, alts taken in as a courier by her KO, ol Highness. At the honse of Borromen the bed-, hanibvis of the PrlllCtib 11111 i iturgand were to , ',armed only by a wall; there was a staircase between the ratans, and ('so doors, one {,r which was framitlee PrincesZt beiltehainher, the usher from Ber g, 's opened into that staircase. Here Mr. lIROUGHA Al requested that their Lordships would 01 des., that, if any nitnevves were present hisidea the peimm under exautiatatiou, they slionld he ordered to withdr.rls. . The SOJICITOR GENERAL azreed iq the propriety of thereto:irk. •• Mr. lIROLIGITANL—" I %%W that all whom I may call 'should dee:tit., but, inject!, I du tint ►tsnw %%hum I way it 110 uthCr witur%, than this is gaited. I ►hall not mitt evidence al ( A laugh.) The Lori) CH %NCEI.I.OII oLierved. that Of same A, to that point. %Lit h hrlul in otlu•r Courts Of Jus tice, should bet atilopteil upon thi. occahiun. • - • • _ Tl,e n l / fl eas then pro.reded. The statrease was r secret one. andllieteleas a small apartment near it where Lowe Bergorai slept. Her Royal Highness remained at Yilar. 4 0 or 50 Jays. She slier. tack t joatn2y to Venice. Lady Charlene 4lmplut: Inatome r•alet Genoa to Milan, tad VOINa ed she l l rtla ire . r [Pam,: M. ' six days before the Princess went to Venice. I suppose that Lady Charlotte Campbell'etwo daughters went with her, for they were not seen afterwards. 1 knew a woman called the ounties of Oldi; she was taken into the Princess's service two or three days after Lady Charlotte Campbell left the service of her Royai Highooss. There was a report that the Countess of Oldi was sister to Bergand. It was kept a secret. I knew it. and the other servants said so, shortly after she same into the suite of bet Royal Highness and went to the table with the Princess. At first the Princess went to the Grand Bretagne hotel at Venire s afterwards she lived in a private house next to it. The bed. rooms in which the l'ripcess and Bergami slept joined each other; there was only a great 'abort between them. a'he doors of their rooms openod into this saloon. I saw bet Royal Highness walk out with Bergami at Milan and at Venice arm in arm. I saw them twice do so at Milan, at between nine and ten at night. Bergami dined with the Princess when at Genoa, and always afterwards. The Princess sat at the top of the table, and Bet. gansi sat sometimes on her left hand, SOIIIC:111113 on her right. and sometimes opposite to her. It was when Bergami went to embark with the Princess, at Genoa, that Bergami first dined with her. We afterwards went to Villa Villan ,i on the Lake of Como, where the Princess remained six weeks. Between the rooms in which her Royal Highness And Bergami slept then were two rooms on one side. and a passage on the other. The rooms where the other servants slept were at a distance from that of Bergami. I made Bergatui's bed. The bed did not always appear as if he had slept in it. At Villa Valiant, and other pierces, the bed of Bergami appeared in the same state. Her Royal Highness had a blue silk ni t.gown. lined with red. it te which she wore. I afterwards saw ni wear that nigh t. gown constantly in the morning. The ri r tuals rose from half past ten to eleven o'clock—for the most part she rang the bell for her servants when she rose. Bergami ruse sometimes at the sante time as the Princes, and sometimes a quarter of an hour before or after her Royal Highness rose. From Villa Vaned her Royal Highness repaired to Villa d'liste. Mr. BROUGH AM said. he did not think the tin !anon by the interpreter was critically correct. After some repetition of this part of the evidence, the variance was declared to be not of material Importance. Upon a call of " Order" from the Hose; the interpreter seemed in some degree alarmed. lie then said, " I hope your lordships will. from your extensive knowledge of the language of hat.. (a laugh), perceive that I am doing a ll I can to discharge sm'duty." NVitness continued—The Princess embarked on board the Le viathan at Gehoa. We went from thence to Porto Fermi°, and themt to Palermo. where her Royal Highness went to Court. Frouvßffence we relltetled to Messina. Her Royal Highness took u house in the neighbourhood of that city. There was a room between the Princess's bedroom and Bergami's at Messina. a room where the Dame d'Honneur, the sister of Bergami, the Countess of Oldi, slept. The other domestic servants slept in a different part of the house. There was a communication between the Princess's room and Bergaini's. through the Dann (Ilion neut's room. Bergami breakfasted with the Princess in a cabinet or small room, between her Royal Highness's room and the garden. They breakfasted there alone. I recollect that while we were at that ylace'llergaini asked permitsion of the Prince-es to go to Messina to purchase some things he wished for; when bee Royal Highness granted the request. Bergami took her Royal Highness's hand in his hand. and kissed her lips. [The witness then took hold of the interpreter's hand, and moved his mouth towards it, the interpreter showing some reluctance. The witness made several awkward motions, and the House was convulsed with laughter. The witness contilluedl—lier Royal Highness remained near Messina for twenty or twenty-five days,— She went font that place to Syracuse by sea. She lived in the neighbourhood of Syracuse—not in the same house she had tccopied before. Her Royal Highness's bed-room was above that of Bergaini's. There was a ataircase communicating be rweeo them. There was also a I , as.-age from the Priinames toom to the dining apartment. I saw Berganii before we went to Syracuse go into her Royal Ilghness's mom without being dressed. If I do not mistake, it was at Villa Villani B e r gamt wore the blue silk gown already mentioned, and stockings and drawers under it. Her Royal Highness dent front Syracuse to Tunis, and on board a polaccu to Catania. Whilst at Tut* 6.1 C resided sonic time in the palace of the Bey. Here also there' was conimuuication between their bed-rooms, such as took lie upon alit:sinter occasions. The Princess visite.: the grotto of the Seven Sleeping Men. Whilst here Bergami dined with the Princess, and they were left together sifter dinner, therriecess sitting on her travelling bed, witit Bergami nut hew Nance they proceeded to St. Jean D'Aere. They travelled by night. and slt in tents by day. The Princess's tent hail a small travellin g bed and a &Alain it. Bertrand slept nightly under the tent as well as her Royal Highness, and after they reared the tent was closed. They had a light to undress by, which sometimes wit ness wok away, and sometimes Bergami thrust out with his hand under the tent. Witness remembers the Princess used to have a bath in her cabin on board this yew.). First the witness put the the water into the bath, then Bergami came down, and with his hand telt the temperature of tlic watet. He then returned and handed her Royal Highness down, and the loot of the morn was then shut, leaving her and Berganti together. One one oee , siost more water was required. Wanes' took it down, and Bergerac received it at the door of the cabin. Witness could not ten whether the Princess was in, the bath or not. Witness recollects their landing again on the coast of Italy. Bergami landed some days before the Princess. Witness retneinbereti the afteet ionate leave taken of the Queen, when Bergami kissed her most passionately. ittess recollected the circumstances atteoding the return to the Villa IYEste s where. they reinaine.l is weeks, duting time the Villa Bergami, a Batoni, licealte the property of Iler genii. The Queen wi.ot to visit this rinse —uie beds were arranged as usual. Two or three halls acre only given to the peasantry. From thence they :sem to Bavaria. Ou their arrival at Munich, they proceeded to the Golden Sing. where theapart• meats her Roy Al Highness had bc:ore occupied wee prepared ice her, but as the sleeping room, were distant, some clta:.ge was oecie.ssary, awl ordered b; Bcrgami it the presence of her /loyal F ighness. At this pencAl it 1. .26 :.iggested that it would be rrc l s,p to akijuurn. Af r. tonic crni,zrAation upon the ribjeet berwcrn Ncble Lortls, tl,c was fin3;l) agreed (This witi.ese is a :all man, aprarorth 'hone thir.7 F cira claw. lie has a greAtquantiti- of hair on his m,ri r Cat trove ilia forehead 1..; within alicut half ar inch of the cad of it, at/ theit it tosia upiat:tidecty. r , es are stoat:, La there it a considuab:e quritity of ricsh tta - -t He was wet - G - '3- %... : *