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London, England, 1820-10-12 00:00:00

Closs•elAgilled by ar Attorney General.

1 I.elii;ve you are a Lieutenant in the Navy ? I ans.
How long have you bees so? Since May 1809.
How lung had you been WI the Nay, before yus was Made
dieutenaut ? Six years.
1 believe your (dither bad been in the service of her Royal
Highness? All Iris life—either in the service of her present
M.jegry or the Princess Charlotte.
1 Pieties, her Royal Highness interested herself about your
? Yes, very mirth
And through her good stificesyon were promoted to Itte
iatik of brownout ? I was.

When stag it ytio joonevl her Royal Ifiglovess's wile? /iv
the month of April, Mr,.
As Genoa ? Yes.

la what capacity ? I cannot positively say what capacity,
For I was given the salary of as equerry.
Pot yon don't know in what rapacity you served in her
Royal Ifighstess'a suite' Not at that lime, tacept the cue-
, . s,. lion that I was an equerry.
Whai situation did you sebseietestly till? None.
Haw long were you at Genoa before her Royal flightless
(poled it for Milan? I showld think shoot its weeks.
Wrgarai was a courier at that time Ile waa.
Ile acre the dress of a courier? He wore the dress of ■
1.4)1.1111%

!low lone after you arrived at Milan was her Royal Rich-
e.-- lift without nue F.nch•li Lally of notions? About fru
yr t a der days I should think after her arrival at Mdan.
How /11m after site i3l left by her English Lathes of
Iloot.ur di.l Countess Oldi come? A short time—one or two
ettt • probably.
It More the Countess Okla came, hail Faustion and the
Virtorine conic into her Royal Highness's service?
r.me with the child, but I du not think they weie in
ihr

11).4 they live in the fAmily I saw them by hazard in the
. . .

Flo. often did 'no see them in the garden? Once nr
vehtel, was sufficient fur me to know that they were to
a h • honer.
Pole! Tam kiln* that they lived in the boost at Genoa ?
I know That they heed in the house at Genoa.
In the Prince s"1 ? Yes
11 hen cid the mother of avrganti come to the Princess?
At what time?

Yr. ?—I duals AP came site she ebilol.
Wm be alga is the house souls she Priam. as Genoa?
t 001..., on the but 0 any ',collection.
lanl nos at,,t, Lags licatami come snit' 'lce fossil! as Gr-
osso.? Ile wst a ser. •loco I irrly,d.

,utuAtiun dul 4 lilt iu the family at that lime?
Pair.

• Do yun mean all he was an upper ;ennui' An upper
•41.1.
Did be wear livery? Tie, a sort of uniforms rather thin a
. . . .

Yon have stated, Sir. that you accompanied b. r Royal
Waimea's on a which stun tuck to 51ount St. G•.lhard ?
I slid.
Bergsma accumpans. her Royal Highness as a envois r
. •n *realism ? He was dresses, in a courier's dress.
Did he mm accompany her es a courier He was deemed
it, a courier's deem. lint alien he aide in a earriaga.
In • hat carriage slid he nee, and with whu•t Hu rode
iw an ..pen calash, with whims S cannot ea).
tyas bi nos with Hirroilinus " I think it was.
Wes sm. Hieronyinus the oilier cushier at that time'
•U.. !mulatto aid teat, I at courier oermiouslly, but be was
▪ al iiisre.dlWl4l I.
II id not Hieronymus ■ c•ntrier's dress nu! He hail.
•Then, Sir, Hieronymus, both basing couriers' dr. sees oil,
trami'lleil weenies In die wise calash Bulb.
In mkat mowth,tkr, las that tour token? In August.
1515? 11115.
Suss, Sir, in the (-overeat that time did iird Ilergasni dine
witb her Ho aI Highisess at ? He Asued with
key Solid Highness; it B. Ilrn=•wi.l.thisk it was.
Ulm dined with hue *slat fliglssem insides' There was
professor, who aceuiepa•ied Err, soda maii living on the
. but I do nisi limy who he.was.
at that tinue,'was deemed lais seamier Ile was.
Did pis dine with her Keyal U,lh.ess ou that siceamun ?
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4,A remained el the table obeli% the *bele of the ilinavr
1 del..

have said, Sir, that he dieted ireesularly at that lime
%sill, her Highness; did lie ever dire after with a
einsiier's dress' Never after in liis courier's thew
whey slid be begin regularly to dine with her Royal High-
At the Yalta tame.
Id what month I think about Dm month of September;
tali I cannot ex 'illy say at this distance el time.
Did not Ilergamt, hie, dine with her Royal Highness at
• Liman(); Oa the return Num Saint dotbard.
T beg he did dine with hr. Royal High•cas at Lugano' 1
• Illeisal he did.
%I a. he not then courier, as be was un the former nom
sioti„ %%lib her Royal Highness It was the same jostruey.
Do you remember any other place, in the Collie! cif the
j.iva pc) in akick they dined No; 1 do not. •
At Devil's Bridge did they disc ingather! Yea; that was
the same jowls( y
Now, Sir, ow that occasion, on the same journey is which
Itereami dined a ith her Royal Highness, was beau! in the
die t of a courier He was,

I Wirt, when you were at the Villa DEA* Mr. Burrell
jolowd b.► Royal Highness? At Volk Volloni.
That erosions before you co to •bo Villa DEele? It was.
Mr. Bosereil, I believe, was osol opus sloaljosruey to Mount
SaiNt Gotthard r He was not.
Nur Doctor Holland? Dr. Holland left as Gfella
Was there asp Binclisb Gensksoso with her Ronal High-
ness except yourself ou fleet to•:r to Mount Saud Gotthard

Sow, !Cr, when yon Overeat the Villa VlRate hove you pot
frequently seen her Illaksty and Bergs** walking together?
I have.
I memo before yon set out oo the voyage? The long
,
voyage?
Yrs --Yes.

Have you men tbene kagether is a ewes no the Lske? I
hare area them together in a smell hoot
No other person with them i• The host was not lame
'enough to holds third esseveniently.
Dave you not seen then walking together ant in arm? I
love seen them walking together arm is OM as I have area
her walkipg with other geotlemen.
At the Villa d'Este? Yes, as I have seen her walking with
other geaNernen.
Nan, Die, yin, have slated, that daring She whole coarse
of the time yow were with her Royal Highness you saw no.
thing improper, indecent, or degrading, in her curoduet to-
wards Berganti ? I have.
Yon have elated, that you saw her aiming with him when
be Sac a courier, is his enserier's dress, that he afterwards
walked with her arm in Ira that you NAP diem in a but'
together close, and then began regularly to dine with her
Royal Highness; I ash whether you think Ohm was eaortnet
indecent and degrading. or not? I rover as her walking
arm in arm befoee Berprat Wpm regularly to diae with her
Royal Highness.
You most perceive that that is no answer to my question,
gad I beg to put it again to you, whether sow comsieter 'hat
;Which yore have Noted as degrading to her Royal High-
mew? Ido not. .

Nuw, Si►, you have Mated that you molten her dining
with Bergami on that Journey, I ask whether you do not "-
collect their walking arm is arm thew > Ide ass recut.
legit ; I swear 1 dohs recollect it.
Will you swear they did sat t I will swear to the best of
sly recotlectiou, that I did am see them.
Yuu have said, Sir, you did mot think AM degradiug to
her Royal Highs," which you have stated, did you never
repreacut to her that it was Jrgtudisg to he► that Berlami
should diue with km? I sever did.

Did you never &Ore her Royal Highneu not to admit
&exeunt to She table ? Not to my recollectiom • 1 did not.
Nor auy thing to that ? Nor guy thi to that et-
r.

Then you never entreated her Royal Highness Not to ad.
sit Relit oni to the table? I
Then, if you never did request her Royal Ifichne” nut to
tottkit Rergar.ii so her Sable, you can Never have represented
that to any holly ? I don't think that I ever did.
You duel think ? I could nut.

I don't ask whethe► you could or mot, hut whether you
ever did say; Slit pw had retreated her Royal Reshot's,'
not to admit Dergioui to table I airs positive I did nut.
Yon are positive yore never have? I aro positive, sod feel
tonviiiet•d that I utver did.

Ha•e you never stated, that ynti had entreated her Royal
Highness on voar knees, and with team is your eyes, to
dissuade het; tents admitting Linguini to sit at her table,
or to that effect? I never did.

I don't ask, whether yowl ever aid seek * thieg, but
whether you ever stated to any perms that pm had PO done?
I don't think I ever did; I have no recollection wlistrver of
raying it ; I could not Imre done it.

if 11w Nei never happened, you caw have no
&WM 1 have no doubt within myself.
Am 1 to understand that you now swear that you sever
made such a reprowniatiou to any our that you had so duos'
*lll read it again to you, that you had 'sever stated that
you had entreated of her Royal Ilighmem us your knees,
sad with tears in your eye., to dissuade her from admitting
Nergami to sit at tablet but without effect ? lawns / have
nut the entellert recollection, sad not the kart ides of it ;
1 have nut dune the thing.
1 am not asking whether you ever did entreat her, hos
whether you tver stated that you did, or to that effect? I

have hot the smallest recullettioes of having slated it.
Will you swear that you have Nut -! I swear to the best
of my eireillei tion I have Not.
Will you A. ear that you did not make such a conensuni.
cativo :u iiiiy person 1W the best of sty reculltchuss
El ter have.

ttlel have ItIrMS, to the best of your recollection, that you
never did rake that representation to any pens•, will you
now swear positively whether yon slid or did out nuke it
I have sworn as positively as I erns, for I ►ave no recollec-
tion of having made it ; and, in fact, I never wade such •
request of her Royal Highness.
You have sworn that, in fart, you *ever was& such a ►e-
pte.rntation to the Prine•as, then can you swear that you
never sold any person that pin did rake t►at renrearisiai low
to her' I •ever said so ; I have no doubt that I never
said so.

Mar you on board the leviathan i Yes.
Wa• the Leviathan vunteitaiiiltal by Captain Biggs' Yes.
. .

Witt you swear that yaw dill sal say. to Captain Reim,
that you went 41.44. n ass your knees with 11111.* in your Iles,
and untreated her Royal Ilighousa mai to allow Ilrrivami to
aline at the table with her i I hare 4401 She smallest
iertion 4.1 Paying any thing of the kind to Caplsis Brigs
Ito :•1111 sot rnroll.rl 4a% sag so la Captain liriygs, alien
you had al conversation with him about Bervanseir laing
raised form She si.natoosi of a servant by hi, Royal High-
/tut.' I will are sr I have no recoductlos of it.

Is it such a circumstance that, if It had talon place, you
would have ►ewu likely to have forgotten? Certainly not.
Them, if yon had not made such a ►epresentation lo the
Princess, yon could net have told Capinu Briggs that you
did ? It is a long time ago, I cameo. rrownther; toil it is a
fart that I never did a...keens+ a request of tbl• Ps Meru
Yon of course, a. a Glilik111:111, would ant base repre-
sented to Captain Briggs that you did mile such a request
of 11w Princess, without in fact you had dime su ? The fact
is 1.1.1 true; I slid no such thing.
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Would you have represented I, Captain Briggs that pun
had made Nods a retiovst of her Rohl Highness if it was not
true It world b.. impossible.
Do von behove pois stated it, or did suit, to Captain
Briggs? Ido believe that I did not.

Thru you will not moray poftiovely dins you did nut, hut
lira you lorlirve you 41;.I nut ; ass I to lake 14a1 am your
anew. Yrs.

{low !nog were you on b,arJ the Leviathan • About
there wt. ha.

Where did you lease Bergeson's *mikes and *Wee when
you went on the lung voyage? At the Villa U'F..•t.•.
How was Bre genii's moth,' addressed before yr.o weer. the
lour, voyage± As M3llllllle.
Wdl you nnuk•rtakr to say she was ars addressed before the
long vilalle? I tango( ray, for I Never spoke to hrs but
once before that period, and I do nut recollect bow I ud•
dre,-sed her.

Did you ever hear her Royal Ilighoraa Call her Madame?
Yu.

After Mr. Win. Burrell left her Royal Highness, did she
join iu gams stub the wryaiti•? Fuegos...lly, wore so please
Wni. Austin) than any shine else.
D:d her Royal Htghuess play at those savers before Mr.
Wits. Burrell left Ido nor rerotleet
Have you any doubt shut her Royal Highness did nut
join in those gorses fore hr Ids ? I rasher thud' they
were played Infuse Mr IV,. Ileirrell left.
Po you mean to stale shad Mr. Hursill joined in the
Rages. Ido not sleuth et it as a f.ct.
Had este (hued with tits Prisms Wore Mr.
Burrell left ? No.
Was there all other English Gentleasess in her 11{94111
Highness's suite but yosrseif sheu &marl cositoroctil to
distr'. the table sit she Princess! I was the only use.

Wee Berganses brother, Luigi, preeient at tli,e g .uses you
have merilinied? Yee.
Ws. &reponse' oilier, Funllnel, preillelle Nye she wet
sot ite the service unite family, at that tirtne.
Do you recollect seeitig the Pliocene preform on the stage
at the Villa d'Esle? I have some recut ftwqutu.
Do you recollect bcr Royal Highness preforming the part
of Columbine obeli I.nigi Origami .e die Harlequin I
do atm recollect it; I saw lwr raw. warp pap, before