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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 her 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 dies: 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 you (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 between
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

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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•

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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 was 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 11,.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,-
poi 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
sass, 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.,lue rip 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; bueM
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 ?...Yese 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 llvriona ?...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