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ASSERTIONS AND PROOFS

We have been most seriously attacked because we
recently stated " that the Attorney General had
disgraced himself' by his opening speech." in the
business of the Queen, and " that he ought to have
opened the ca'c in a speech which might have been
reported in ten lines, and then have proceeded to
call his witnesses, by which course the greater part
of the indecencies would have been spared, for we
cannot find them elsewhere than in the opening
speech of the Learned Gentleman." One of our
contemporaries has furnished us with an admirable
Answer to this uttuek, which is the following

CONTRAST
Between the Attorney Generot's assertions in his opening Speech
and the proof's he adduced in support if Mani
ASSERTIONS. PROOVS.
On the first night of her errs. Do you know what room was
val, November theetii,Bergami allotted for Bergami upon the
slept in that part of the house first night of his arrival at
appropriated to the domestics ; Naples
but on the .following morning, I DO NOT KNOW.
November the 9th, the servants
of the establishment learned

with some sutprise. becattse no
reason appeared to them at t'be
time for the CHANGE. that
Bzwami was so longer to sleep
in that pert of the house where
he MAD slept on the night pees
One. of her maid servants,who I found her in her bed room.
particularly attended to her bed Were you in the hod room
To em. /tapperreg to be present at yourself ?
the time of her return from the 1 seue not there, but she sent
Opera, for me.
She was observed to go from Her Royal Highness crossed
her room towards that which the passage. and went into the
was Designed to Bergami, and cabinet.
to whlrh he had previously
himself retired.
She knew that at that time
Bergorni was in his bed room

Do you know where Bergami
was at this time?
I no NOT KNOW. _

These apartments of her Royal After her Royal igliness had
Highnese were at a distance, gone into the cabinet, what did
and removed from those which she then do?
wale assigned to any part of Ido not know what she did,
her saiu. at'r SUE RETURNED IMME-
DIATELY into the bed room
where I was.
Where did William Austin
sleep that night?
Ina small cabinet., where be

remained all the tine we were
at Naples.
Was that cabinet sajoining to
the bed room of the Princess?
t WAS wear; thcre was a

Where did Mr. Hieronymus
sleep?
ln a room which had &door in
a corridor, which wasbefore en:

tering the room of her Royal
Highness ; the two doors were
in the same passage.
Upon the following morning What time the next moming
it was perceived that her Royal did you see her Royal High-
Highness Moot come from her ness ?
own room st the sweat hoar. I do not remember precisely.
As nearly as you can I=l-
-
Near eleven o'clock, or about
eleven o'clock.
Was that tats, or about her
usual time ?
IT WAS NEARLY HER
USUAL TIME.
HerßoyalHighness remained No proof of this assertion was
in these apartments with this even attempted.
man, Bergami, until a late
hour the frittg morning.
Her recent arrival at Naples 'dem.
had naturally induced persons
to pay that respect to her Royal
Highness which her rank de-
manded; and various persons,
upon the 10th of November,
called**, her Royal Highness's
house, for the purpose in paying
her those respects; but, my
Lords, her Royal Highness was
not • accessible till a late hour
upon that morning.
•6 My Lords," said the Attorney General, " I say that here,
upon these facts, I think nu one can well doubt or hesitate. Upon
tue conclusion to which they would arrive upon the case. When
I come to narrate to your Lordships the various circumstances
which subsequently occurred, your Lordships will have nu doubt,
I think, upon your minds, that this was the commencement of
that must scandalous, most degrading, and most licenuous inter-
cour.e, which your Lordsoips will find continued, and increased,
fruit the period to which I am now directing your Lonlships'
attention."

she represented to some of Nil.
those about her that Bergaini
was not married, that this was a
c old he had had by sonic per.
a in, and that she was on that
account anxious to rec.:ive this
child. My Letds, l say this
cin:untstanee one should have
thought to a virtuous and to a
delicate mind, etc.
afy Lords,upon that occasion Do you remember whether
she visited a place called Varese : you dined at any inn on the
she stopped at the int, at Vu ese, rood
where ant dined; and it will be I think they stopped at an inn
proved to you that upon that at Varne,but I ani not lAA reedy
occasion the retired with.ller. sure.
ganit to a bed room, and was
shut up in that bed room with
Lint a considerable time—this,
illy Lords, in the day time, at
a time when uo apparent riason
required the attendance of ller-
gaana, who was still the courier;
but such the tact was, that ►he
did retire with print, and was
u:rli him in the bed radii fur a
considerable period.

They next went to the Bow- What apartment was prepared
mean 18161. My Lords, the had for her Royal Highness, and in
visited that place in her way which she slept on the first
from Germany to Italy; and occubion on which she visited
upon that OCC44ICD, as was We. the berorrican lrles ?

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turd, a large apartment, the The most elegant apartment
bea I suppose which the inn that could he wand.
afforded. was assigned to her W hen her Royal Highness
Royal Highness for her bed visited the Boromaran Isles upon !
recut. The persons at the inn the second occasion to sleep,
naturally expected that the same what apartment bad been pre-
apartment would be occupied by pared tot her ?
her Royal Highness on this I do not remember what
occasion ; but, my Lords, that apartment had been prepared
room hat. no communication for the Princess.
with any other room in which Do you remember in what
a peron could sleep ; and it apartment the Princess slept?
is remarkable that on this Y
second visit, when she was Did you, upon the second
I accompanied by the courier occasion. see the apartment in
Bergatni. she alters the or- which the Princess slept the first
rangenient of the room; she time?
declines to occupy that which Ye-i•
she had occupied upon her first In what apartment did the
visit, and she selects another Princess sleep the second time ?
and inf•rior apartuient, but In an apartment remote froth
which other and inferior apart- the former apartment.
meet immediately coniniuni- Do you know where Bergami
cated with the room which was slept?
assigned as the sleeping room of Near the apartment of her
Berganu. Royal Ifighness.
Was the apartment in which
her Royal Iforness slept, at the
Boromean Isles, prepared for
her before her arrival or after •
wards?
As far as I can remember, it
was prepared after her arrival.
What kind of apartment was
it in which her Royal Highness
slept ?
A large room.
Do you remember whether
there was any communication
between diet apartment and the
room in which Bergami slept?
I do not recollect.
It was observed that Berganti
and the then Princess. her pre-
sent Majesty, frequently retired
at Messina, at a very early Not a shadow of proof for all
hour in the evening, to their this assertion, even from Ma.
own rooms; and that, instead jocci or Dc Mont.
of requiring the assistance of
any of her female servants, for
the purpose of retiring to her
bed, that after they had so left
the other part of the house and
retired to their rooms. that they
were not seen again from that
period till the following morn-
ing, and that no assistance was
required, on he part of her fe-
male servants, to her Majesty
previous to her retiring to her
bed. Frequently she would
retire, widiait calling either
(for she had at that time two
titles de chantbre) to undress
her. She became very regard•
less of her person, fitc.
My Lords, I should state to
your Lordships. that when she
first visited Catania, as waanatu •
reel. the nobility of that country A blank, my Lords.
paid her those attentions which
' were demanded by her high rank;
but it was observed, that after a
short time, she. who was careless
of any other society but that of
her paramour, became less and
less visited, and rarely seen in
the company of the nobility of
that country.
Your Lordships will find that On the journey to which you
upon the visit to Lugano, at have been asked. did her Royal
least.,l think, when the evidence Highness stop and sleep at
comes before your Lonlships, Lugano?
you will be satisfied of that Yes upon our return.
which the facts of the cue will
have left no doubt upon your
Lordships' mind had previously
existed—namely, that an adul-
terous intercourse actually took
place between those parties.
Not a word even shout the position of the several bed-rooms.
But as this Lugano story has made a considerable sensation, let
us examine in detail how it stands.
Then (Sept. 6) the Attorney.
Genera stated to the house, that
certain persons resident at Lu-
gano, who were intended to be
produced as witnesses, had set
out in order to give their evi-
dence; that they had advanced
as tar as Beauvais. when reports Nil.
and rumours had reached them,
that certain persons who had
come here for the purpose of
giving evidence had been ex-
tremely ill treated at Dover; that
they were alarmed, and in con-
scluence of the apprehensions
they entertained. they went be-
before the Magistrates at Beau-
vais, on the 27th of July, and
made a deposition to that effect.
and, not thinking it prudent to Na.
procced,had returned to Lugano;
that, this deposition being re.
ceived in this country. persons
were immediately despatched,
in the hope of overtaking them
before they had reached their
home, but that they had reached
their homes before they could
be overtaken; that on Monday
last (Sept. sl) letters had been
received from Lucerne. near to
the residence of these witue.Nies,
im which it was stated that they
had altered their determination, Nit.
and were shout, on the fallowing
day, the 29th of August, to set
out for England, for the wpose
of giving evidence; that, as Nil.
their arrival might theretine be
expected in a very few days, he
begged to ask of tiwir Lordships
an adjourninent, to pen»it that
evidence, which he conceived to
be important, to be laid before
the House.
("Such en application was never made in a court of aw, either
in support of a criminal prosecution or on any other occasion.— i
It is not unusual to request the postponement of a trial before
its conimennement, to the absence of a material witness, but
such request is constantly founded on affidavits, stating solid
remili for delay, and vouching on oath the conscience of the

deponent to the materiality of the witness. We believe, teo,
that in a similar case, the courts below would expect such notice
to be given of the intended application as might give the opposite
party an opportunity for inquiting into the truth ofthe statemoat :
and, at all events, we arc sure that the advrese counsel would not
in ordinary cases, have been taken by surprise by rceeivingthe first
intimation of such a request, at the moment of preferring it to the
court.

We believe the whole statement to be unfounded, and that the
Attorney-General was as much deluded in making it, as with
repect to the other facts above enumerated. The application was
withdrawn on the day after it was made, en the alleged ground
that letters from Milan had arrived, conveying intelligence that
the witnesses could not arrive so soon is was expected. But no
man of common sense would believe that any one important
witness ww, likely to have come at all. Look at the dates; look
at the time of preparation, the means employed, the opportuni-
ties possessed. Tile riot at Dover w - so convenient a circum-
stance, that one is tempted to suspect some persons concerned in
the prosecution of having excited it. This " tumult" made
Sacelii change his name a full twelvemonth before it occurred,
and it compels the men of Lugano to change their route, oiler it
is known to have subsided. But if this fear operated at first,
would it not have been counteracted (as in the case of so many
I'aolos and Guiseppes) by fear of their own government; sad
this, too, when there was time more than sufficient to travel
twice from Lugano to London, and back again No man who
looks at the character of the evidence produced, will believe that
any thing material has been withheld. But, in the mom time,
the promoters of the prosecution have the credit of being pre.
vented by accident alone, from establishing un t facts by
additional testimony. Let the thinking pert of the community
sae how far they are entitled to this credit from the Attorney.
General's opening speech, by comparing ins assertions in ether
respects with his proofs.

FROM TUSB DAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTS.
W. Forster. Strand, silversmith. Solicitor, Mr. Popkin, Dean
Street, Soho.

Bucklersbury, carpet manufacturer. Sols. Messrs:
Walker and Co., Old Jewry.
G. and J. Tunnieliff, Stone, Staffordshire, grocers. Sol. Mr.
Wheeler, Castle Street, Holborn.
J. Anderson, London, mariner. Sol. Mr. Collins, Great
Knight Rider Street, Doctors' Commons.
It. Castley, Friday Street, Cheapside, warehouseman. Sol.
Mr. Wilde, College Hill.
J. and S. Waldie, Dalston, Cumberland, manufacturers. lid.
Mr. Clennell, Staples Inn.
DIVIDENDS.

Oct. 28, J. Perkins. Tiverton, Devon. timber merchant—Vl,
J. Hirst, Tower Street, cotton broker-2S, J. Dewar, Stamford,
upholsterer-17, I'. Leigh, Winekun, Cheshire, farmer—19, S.
Woods, Harantine, Southampton. grocer-48, J. S. Voysey,
Hatcliff Highway, grocer.-25. J. Coates, Worcester, woollen
draper—ls, J. Gandy, Liverpool, metchant-23, D. Crickett,
Haughana, Kent, timber merchant.
CERTIFICATES to be granted Oct. 17.
P. Boltlien, Norton Falgate, hosier—C. Dunkin, Hoeselydown,
lighterman—J. Seaulefield, S.uldleworth, Yorkshire, woollen
cord manufaeturer—H. and M. Daniels, Bury Street, St. Mary
Axe, merchants—E. Jones, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell,
coal mtercliant—W. 11. Browne, Bristol, broker—F. Downing,
Huddersfield, grocer.