The National Register. — London, England, 1820-10-09 00:00:00

in the conduct of her Royal Highness which %mild hate retteeled disgrace on her own try ; I waasit the hall, but don't recollect her It asyril Highness's di ess. Tile Hun. K. (Thorn, examined by Mr. Oust st to 18141 %%as in the service of her Royal I ligliness,ns one of her Cnamberlitins. In that year I j • d her Royal High rifts Lit Mauro, und accompanied bet to MIIBIIIIIIII Naples; I was to (manioc ith her its long as my ittratus ould allow ; I was with her six months; it oils understood I could not remain more than too inonth:., but I continued six months, and quitted her at Naples. I recollect a courier tieing dis claimed ut Militia for iniscotaluet, and 1 applied to the Mar. qui, GeZllll Cal i to ret•nmineud it person, and he recommended Bergami as a forma tit to be trusted as a servant id' her Royal Highness. He recommended him very damn 1%, I said, his family were respectable. lie hail knusn /Mil a great o bile, nod was interested far him. lie (Mr. Craven) slid not know any thing of before he was reeinit mended to him by the Marquis (1 zeiiegliri. Communicated to h e r Royal highness what the Ms.rip is said of liergami— that he %%as& person he wished to recommend to the situatiott of C ier—that tie hail been acquainted cacti his family a I.Olig time, and knew hint to he very fit fur the villialil/11 t hat though he recommended hint to that situation, he hoped that if he behaved we II he would be:dinned to remain in the family, and as n servant out of livery, o hen her Royal highness stopped at any place; and that he (the Martinis) sished to he of use to the %a hole of Bergaini's fondly, and to gansi in particular. Rentembets that when the Princess approached Naples, her Ilighatss was met u short distance flout the city by the new Kin- and Queen of Naples.— Entered Naples on the Bth of November, about half en hour before dusk. The Ventre-as Mid suite went to it house which had been taken for her Royal lii4liness. ritual that it to its very inconvenient, Sir Win. (jell sued s itioess had very bad beds; there was not by any means room eno,gli for the whole suite. Sir Win. Cell tool witness agreed to irOse lodgings eh:esthete, as soon as they could procure them, and this was the only cause of their lenvissg her Roy al II ie ness's hotel. The King and Qaeen of called on tier Royal Iligiines the day after her arrival ; on that day she dined ut Court. After dinner there %%as a concert. her Majesty remained there till half-past 11. Ile left the con cert with her Majesty. On the evening of the second day the Queen went 1., the Opera ; all her suite accompanied her. Went first to the palace, and frosts the palace to it h all the court and their retinu_• to the opera. !kr Royal I 1 rgliness eat in the state box with the Queen and Kiag. The Opera at Naples continues always ht a late hour, and (he Princess re mained to the last. 'Thinks that on this occasion it insist have lasted longer than usual. as it was later than usual in beginning. Iler Majesty nod suite remained till the curtain dropped. lie remembers it masked ball given by her ;Ma jesty, in complimeat to the King of Naples. iler Royal highness assumed three dresses oft that occasion; one was a Turkish dress, the vvcond„ that of a Neapolitan peasant, and the third, as sinless sas told, it as nieaut to represent the Genius of II homy. Saw this di es: of the mut of istory for a ShOli time un her Royal Highness. Was asked if it nos in the smalls sit degr. e indecent sir improper? Answered." I do not recollect halt it was at all indecent. It was a rheas which came very high up." %Vitro Beigaini :wended her Royal highness from Milan to Naples, I during the time he continued in her service, did you otist rye any impropriety or degrading between her and Berglimi I—Never. Had y o u (laud subsequently at the table with her [loyal flightiest and Bergsma i— Yes, three times. Opus any one of those occasions I never ohterved any impropriety betw een them. I have seen the Countess of Oldi oust. Is she a person of vulgar manners ?—No. Had you any conversation with her Royal Iliglineat before she arrived at Naples, about William Austin ?—Yes, I think I told her, balite we came to Italy, that it would be well if h •r Royal Highness would direct that 11 ilium Austin should no longer sleep in her room. Had vou any reason for giving that advice ?—I said that people of Italy migla make observations, as he was of an age that might give rise to observations. 1 believe he was bout 14 or 15 at the time. I dined frequently %%ilia her- Royal Highness when "die had company. Amongst her lloy•tl Highness's company I very frequeotly saw Baron ompteda. I recollect Theodore Majocelo ; he waited at table every day when there was company, and Baron Ompieda had soupy opportunities of seeiaA lam. I went to Rome soon after the death of his late hlajesty, and waited upon the Queen the day after my arrival. Baron Reding was the Hanoverian Ambassador at Rome. The Marquis Gizelleghri was dead at the ti tie. Cross-examined by the Solieitor-General, I do not recollect exactly when this conversation took place, lint it most have been soon after her Royal Draft left London. The recoinniendation I had eoen to her Royal Highness about William Aosta.' was with refer ence to Italy, and was meant prospectively. I saw the Countess Oldi °nye at Pesaro, at dinner. The first time I dined at Intik where Bergaini was, was at Pesaro, where I also supped. Did you ever say to Lady Charlotte Lindsay, or any other person, that you had made a representation to her Royal Highness as to what was °bat-. vet with respect lo her Itoyal Highness and Bergatni, as to the earth ii in lace at the house at Naples ?—I dill so. Nat to Lady Charlotte Lindsay, but to &outlier person at Naples. What was that representation i--1 mentioned that I had spoken to her Royal Highness, bat it was with regard to what 1 had seen. What was it you had seen and represented ?—/ sore her Royal Highness io.dking in the garden—ls rgunei seas near and tralking also—/ !mete there ft , ss n spy at the line nt Na• isles. I had heard so from England, and thought it m ceNmtry to C.lllllllll her /loyal Highness as to any outward upy.arance that might be misconstrued. 11 on it by letter you received this information finni „ Was there any other person in the garden but her Roy il Riglisicas and !Scream' i-1 did not are any one el'e, but I could not see, fur site walked on the terrace, alien wax higher than the rest of the earth it. There might have been other person+. It was the only time 1 ever se•.v her Royal Highness and Bei g; iiii i together in the This might have been a in 'tills after our final au ival at Naples. The Pi isice.s sal I there wt re w , .ikiiscis. tia re at the time, and that he had taken to speak to them. Idu nut know what the wOl might :lase helm employed al t. l did 11(it lea%c her service till she quitted Naples No such thing ever ha I. pencil as IS( r gami's coining into the room whet e Sir W. aid I Were, and taking a chair. No such thing ever Happened, and I never mailed such a thing. I have been very ofien ■t the Theatre of• San Cello+. ahem in waiting open her Royal flightier,, and often when nut in waitiug,a:wl when I was not of her ratty I tic vcr but once was at a bias• THE NATIONAL REGISTFAt querade while her Royal Highness was at Naples. Dining the whole time I was lit Naples, Berland waited at table. There was no oilier Courier. Dieroilirniis was a Page when nut travelhig, bui a Courier when he was travelling. El:in:hied by their Lordships. Lor! ERSKINE.-11 at the masked ball the dress of her Royal itightless lir d been indecent or immodest, must )011 have obsei veil it ?—I ttttt hr. Lord EltiKIN E.—Did you are any thing of the kind ? --Nothing whicever. Lord GROWENOIL—Do you think the manners of Ilergaiiii were superior to those of an ordinary Colirieri In answer to scene questions from Lord Ellenborough, Mr. Craven stated, that the manners of Bergami, while courier, were neither servile nnr fawning, and that on his elevation they were those of a gentleman. Lords Liverpool, Falkland, Bathurst, I) moughmore, Erskine, Gosfurd, Lauderdale, and Belmore, successively put tpuestiuns to the witness. The substance of his Nil. Vt RE- - that be hail advised the Princess of Wales to be cautions in walking with Bergami, solely in cense quence of the letter he had received limo England; that lie would have given her the same ad vice with regard to any oilier servant. 1)1d not discover front Bergatni's man ner or appearthre that he was of mean origin, r One that had been raised from a low to an exalted situation. Was not with the Pi inert.% itlicn Berga.tei WWI 1t10010t...d. When he spoke of the manners of Bergaini, lie allitded to Mtn in bolls 1114 capacities, of courier and chamberlain; never unmoved his manners at ally period inconsistent with those of a gentlemen. The Princess, while at Naples, always had sonic of the topper servants to sleep near her, to guard her; sonieti.nes Ilicominitts; he al .o thought Shard. Witness went to resat o last year. bergioni was not introduced to hint, but, accompanied by W. Austin, brought a message to the Pt incess. Did not observe Ber genii pay any attention to his (Mr. C.'s) servant, our did he know if the ai rvant was in the room. Ile (witness) supped with her loyal Highness; Mete were present se veral persons ; lie thom;lit %assail wan one ; did not know any one except the youth Wiltiant Austin; hers a Lady sung at the request of her Royal ilikiness, but lie dill not know her profession. Before Bergoosi was engaged, Mr. Steend was employed to inquire into hit Chitiacter. Bergami wan first engaged an Courier; after. watts was raised to the rank of Chambei ; but did not know of any other rewards being conferred upon him.— When the Princess walked on the terrace,Berganti walked behind Mr, as servants generally Sir ;Valiant GAI w as called iii, and after being indulged with a chair, on account of the gout, was sworn ; and being examined by Mr. Williatui, stated, em Cuamberlain to tier Nlajesty the ()oven. I have been in her service ever since a month berm e her quitting England. I accompanied her Majesty to Brioiswich, and atterwards to Italy, remember a Courier being disc:barged at Florence ; but do not exactly know whether I fist applied to the Alarquis Giailieghri for a Courier, but lie reco iiiiii euded liergami as a prui.er per-tot ;he said lie keel known his (tinily, which was reduced ; hot that he klew hint to be lione , t, faithful, and h utottrable ; that he was above the situation of coa tier, hot be hoped that be would soun be adva..erd, if be behaved well hi the family of the (,; , teen, of a hieh lie had no doubt. Tile Alaiimis recuiumended Ilesrgansi to the fe.!it. WlLLiams.—Did you at any time see the Marquis Cs'zilieglirt stud liergami together, or see them, much its the street Mr. PARKE objected to the question.' Atter some observations from die LORD CHANCELLOR and the Earl of LIVERPuOL. Mr.IVH.LiAus .V7ll allowed to ask if witness hail ever seen the Marquis Gizilieghri and Berg' together I saw Berg:anti, while its his Courier dress, met by the Mat gots to the public street:. The NlA:lois threw his arms round the neck of Berg:soli and kissed him twice.— This we thought very tetuarkable. The custom of saluting each other as a consimm one among Gentlemen in Italy. Exansitted as to toe Princess's entrance auto Naples, cod the events that us:ea:red there, he confirmed in every 'Mug the stateuteut of lite Hon. Keppel Craven :—The dress which the 1 1 ,.iticess wora as the Genius of History, was Itr to that of NIG Hope's statute of Alinerva. %Viten the Princess passed the last time through It as Queen, the witness Iseitq there, renewed Ma atteittlaisce as chant beflaisi t s Iter Nlaje•ty. ()it that urea,ion CAW the pats,- po i t given to the Q•seett, mid signed by Cal Moat Gonsalvi, S. c c.ary o 1 State to his Holiness the Pope. That p.issport is as left with the post-master at the first stage. When s a ss, the Ottecit at 'tome cod Bergami, I never saw any thing Iliac:o4\Al% Or improper its their conduct towards each miler. need with the most marked attention, as it ought L. be. There was tiothiti!‘ siti;tilar iti his conduct. The Comae... Oldi, was a; %%Mt Grande to attendance with me thrve or lute months, and I had mats) oppisrliinities of judging of her manners. I generally sat nest h. be r. SAC certainly was ilia a and vill4ar manners. Iller appearance and slcmeasnour were' decent. Site was rather a gomi-lussking, eetahle, 'nosiest lady. literg - vint'a conduct to the Skiveli was not present, w .1N tattier more respectful than was uecei mary grue, ally required to be asked to sit down.— I ba e urea several times, and from my oppor tunities orsibse: vitt,.. the habits At tile people, am ready to as•crt that I believe it u, be usual cud coosistent with the habit; of that evtintry for servant: to go itito the bed room of their mist' csses wheu in bed. I Lima , of the Baron Omptetia having Muted at the 0.iee11 . 4 Wide. Ido not re member tb:it slid so more titan once. I have Met I .11 other tables. 1 hive been in the Last. ll.ne you been the Aloutti.o dance, ?-1 have seen thuce fiance; ii. 1 may iu the LANt but lit Sraitt. The SOLICITOR-Ge.NLItAl..—" 1 object to that tiae•tiou." The 1.0111) CIIA:tiCELLAnt —•• I can ,ee atu t.ttj.etiott to it." Tile que,lloll and answer acre cuter.•d into tile slwri-hand if liter'. motet'. Ile , zr loud as to describe those dauce-, if !nu can—(A 'tough ) In- CI lANCELLOR. " Let it he ettri.iderell that Sir 1t1.1,7.111 t.c:l has got the gum." ( A I laugh.) dont its nor as well as }tot cats. believe that every la.ly h.t, -twit tti:! Spanish bolero Its this e nut y. 11 litsc that. In one part the dancer. e., l ue r i p t , each its an attitude of delialq?; in another in an .tin truth attitude. It prevails io is ail over the South ui Europe, anti witneibetl by lame: and gentiemen. No remarks are made upon it. During the tittle I WAS at Naples in attendance, every h.uly there vi-ited the Cb,eeti —all the N eapolit MI, and ell the English Nobility. The English Nubility were pre3euted at the Court. Amongst the t teiture of her Royal Highness were the Marquis ul Sligo, the Marquis and Marelsiouess of (%ittyligh.tin, Lbrtl Si2l - and Lady Holland, Lord and Lady Llandaff, Lady Eliza liras Forbes, and many oilers. I know nothing of Lord Lxmouth having visited her Royal Highness. Cross-examined by Mr. Parke. At Naples I saw the Princess walking in the garden. Bergami was there. He was walking. I was in another wing of the House, and saw nobody in the garden besides but a man, who was disposing of a tree that had fallen. I was at the masquerade with the Queen at Naples, and was much fatigued. Bergami was with the rest of the servants is attendanco there. The ser vants were suiting upon the company , with ices, fix. I think I saw her Royal Highness in a Turkish dress. Was there any one near her dressrd like a Turk ?—There were milky dre,ed like 'Punks. I do not recollect whether she was alone or with a group. f sutendtd her up stairs when she went to change her dress. Ido not recollect in what dress she ap peared that time. Lord EIISKINE.—Did you observe any impropriety in the conduct of her Royal highness and Bergamt towards each other ? Never, on any occasion. Lord EIISKINE.—" You are a man of the world, Sir Wm. Gell. Supposing it to be true that a criminal intercourse existed between them, do you think it probable that it could have es caped your observation ? Soliciow General—l object, my Lords, to that question. Loral I.:115K I N E.—l t might be asked in any Court of Justice. but if the Learned Gauleinan objects to it 1 have no desire to press it. The Solicitor General—l have no wish to do so. Lord EItSkINE—I believe the Learned Gentleman might as well give up the objection. (A laugh.) The question was not pressed. Lord ELI. E NBOIIO CG IL—Did you in the looks. or conduct. or conversation of the Queen towards Bergami ever see any thing that would lead you to think that an adulterous intercourse existed between them 1 never saw the Queen speak to him but that Once. Question repeated.—l never did. Lord EL LENIIOIIOUG I.—Was there anything in the man ner of Itergami that induced you to feel an objection to shoe with hint the duties of Chamberlain ?—Quite the contrary. He acted in such a manner, particularly in lig:ning me with a can dle, that I thought it necessary to state to :um, there was no necessity. Lord ELLENHOROUGIL—Did you see nny thing in his conduct which induced you to nutrk a differeoce between Berge gand's conduct towards her Majesty and the conduct of an English Chaniberlain ? None at all, except that he was more attentive. . _ Lord LI VERPOOL.—Was Bergami a married man? bclieve so-1 heard :4. . _ . hind he a daughtercalled Vietorina ? There was a child that was called his using:her, but I do not know whether she is so or not. (A laugh. By the LORD CHANCELLOR, at the instance of the Solicitor General. %%lien the l'rincess appeared in the Turkish dress, did she not wear trowscrs ?—1 happen to know what the trowsers were, and I beg to explain thein....(Explain, explains) —They are very much like the common petticoat, sewed slightly between the legs at the bottom ; such as they are dun worn in the Levant. _ . At the instance of Mr.Williams.—When you saw the Princess and Berg:lmi walking on the terrace, could they ILA be seen by persons in the surrounding houses as well -as in the house to which it belonged ?—Yes, from every house in the neighbour. hood. By Lord 13ROWNLOW.—When the Princess went up stairs to change her dress, had she any attendant to assist her, and who was it ?—To say the truth, she had a great number of attendants, the door was opened and shut by every Cody who went in and out of the room. In answer to other questions, witnocs said that the Queen, when -,valking with Bergami, could be seen fro,.p all the stir rottowett the t4ueen at a die tance • and that when the Queen changed her masquerade dress. Several of her attendants passed in rand out of the room; bu e M not recollect either Duinont or Bergami being there. Adjourned at Four o'clock. DAY OF THE DEFENCE. SATURDAY, OCT. 7. The House met this morning at the usual hour. The LORD C HAN fa t. too Hawk his seat on the W oolsack at live minutes before ten o'clock. Prayers were read by the Bishop of Peterborough. The list Will then (ultra, over, when some excuses on account of indisposition were admitted. The translation of the letters to Mr. Marietti, jun. were verri• tied, and in ensurer to a question respecting Lady Charlotte Lindsay, Mr. Brougham replied that her Ladyship had riot arrived, but was expected. William C'arria,tos was then called in, and being sworn was es. unlined by Or. LUSIII NOT° N. What situation do you hold ?..1 um Sir W. Gell's valet. • How long have you been in that situation ?...Nine years. N% hat situation were you in before you became Sir William G211'6 valet?...ln the navy. In what capacity ?...A Midshipman. Did you attend Sir William Gall to Naples in the latter end of the year 1414 ?...Yes I did. Did you live in the I louse of the Queen ?...I did. Do you remember Bergami coining into the service of the Queen?...Yes, I do. In what capack?...As courier. Did his coming into the service of the Queen excite any jealousy ?...I never heard that it did. Was there any jealousy atter lie cattle into the Queen's service ft I never sew any. Do you renteinber the first night of the Queen's arriving •at Naples 1...1 do. NVhere did Bergaini sleep that night ?...In a small rootn over that or the steward. Who was the ttew ?... Mr. Sicard. Did Berganii sleep in the bAllis room on the second tight ?... No. he did nut. Why was his apartment chnnged?...llecause his room was 10 low lie could not stand up in it. Do you remember the room into which Bergand reracven ?... Yes I do. flow near was that room to the 103t11 of the Princess ?....11xitit sixty feet distant. %Vial, there any other rooms between those of the Queen and Bergami ?...Yes e three rooms and a patiAlge. Can you tell who occupied tlhise tome ?...Yes I can; William Austin occupied the rirst, Mr. Ilieroinoms the second, and Dr. Holland the third. Ant 1 to understand that all these looms intervened between the ratan of the queen and that of llvr i ona ?...its, all oi'thet t. hlo you remember being st a masked ball at Naples . 2 ...Ye5, Yes I do. Do you recollect if the servants appealed in any particular dress on Oat occasion I uo feet. Did you wait Ott that o...eivionl—Yes, Did you travel in the suite of the Queen in her journey to Naplts?...Yea, I did. Du you remember William Austin ?...Yes J do. Can you tell where Austin waudy slept before you went to Nitelesi—Yes, lie usualy Flop' in is se,ltrate remit when there was tine; when there was not, he slept in the run of the Princess. I /opal kr.aw a petio.l of the name of sr —I do. Did you see 1 towel at Ritecanelli 1-1 dm. Did you ever hear him nuattiun a penes or' the name of Oinp teilal•—l have. NV hat did he Fay about this Ompteda ? A long tli,eussion wools place on the subject of this qusstion, duruto s Lady Charlotte Lind- ay .4 to the bar, ;,:;(1