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London, England, 1820-10-16 00:00:00

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Highness when their fathers were in waiting, and knowing her
'royal Highness's manner of treating all around her, 1 do say
that there was not any thing in her conduct to outhorim mot an
opinion,
Thin answer excited great sensation in the House.
Did yon ever wait at table yourself?...No.
Did your mother ever wait at table ?—No.
Mr. naouGuan—" What, ask a Lieutenant in the Navy it
he ever was a servant." _

Have you any relations who have ever served at her Royal
Highness's table? believe not.
If desire to know whether you consider a common courier and a
Lieutenant in hii Mejeay's Navy equally entitled to sit down at
table with her Royal Highness ?...I consider that any person sit.
ting down at her Royal Highness's table, by her Royal High-
ness's command. would authorise a person of much higher rank
than a Lieutenant in the Navy to sit down at table with him.
No other dunk Lordships having any questions to put to the
witness,
The ATTDENET.GENERAL requested to be permitted to ask
witness if he had a Genoese servant of the name of Francisco, at
Ruccanelli ?...I had a servant of that name, but not when at
Ruccanelli.
The witness was ordered to withdraw.
Gram:ilk Sharpe. Esq was called in, and being sworn, was ex.
ammed by Mr. Doman.
Have you resided in India ?...Yes I have.
Did you ever sec the Moorish dance called. " Dimma Dims ?"
...I have seen the Moorish dance, but I do not know that it was
distinguished by that name.
Was it accompanied by expressions 9... Yes by various un-
meaning words which I not recollect.
Wu there any thing indecent in that dance, or unfit for a
woman to witness ?...Certainly not.
Where are the hands placed during the dance ?...In various
positions, generally
.about the bead.
Was it sect:inputted by gestures I... Yes, throughout.
And unmeaning bounds, which formed a tune to dance to P...
Yes, they sing to kind of tune.
Where have seen this dance ?...In Calcutta.
In what place ?. .At the Government house.
Who were present ?...The Governor General the Marquis of
Hustings.
Was the Marchioness of Hastings there ?...Yes, she was.
And other ladies 9... Yes there were other ladies.
Was the Bishop of Calcutta present ?...He was.
And the Bishop's lady 9...Ye5, she was present.
I need not therefore ask if there was any indecency ?...Certainly
there was no indecency.
And that is the common Moorish dance ?...It is.
Crosc.exsanined by Mr. PARKE.
There are many other Moorish doom- in India 9.-Yes, but they
are all of the same character, only some are quicker and some
slower.
Their Lordships did not ask the witness any questions, and he
was ordered to withdraw.
&ultimo Guaiare was sworn and examined by
Dr. LUSRIINOTOK.
I have been in the service of the Princess of Wales as bettor.
It was my duty to keep watch over the working people; to mark
down their accounts. and pay them their wages on the Sidarday ;
to take care of the wine for the family; and to do all other services
required by the master of the house. I performed these duties
to the Villa d'Este, in the gardens of the Villa d'Este, the vine-
yards, &c. I know Luigi Galdini. He is a mason by trade.--I
I employed him at two Milan lines wages per day. Ido not know
Paolo Rugazzoni. 1 remember the Grotto at the Villa d'Este.
I remember there being two statutes them of Adam and Eve.—
They were placed in the grotto of the first rotundas. There was
not the least alteration made in any of the rooms where the sta.
totes stood. There was nothing done to the cornices of the
rotunda or octagonal room in which they stood. There was a cor-
nice made in one et the other octagonal rooms.
Ask him to describe the rooms in which the statutes were
Witness asked for some pacer, and made a drawing of the
grotto, and the rooms wheretne statutes were placed, and the
room where the cornice was repaired, with the
Could a person working at the corner of tf:age.
roots possibly
see the statutes in the other, in which they were placed I—They
could not.
Why 9... because the images of the communication is crooked
which prevents tne sight.
Did the statutes of Adam and Eve ever stand in any other
room in that grotto, except the one he has described ?...They did
not.
Was there any other room in the grotto Feint Ithe one he has
mentioned ll—lt was made into two rooms, in a square room, and
the one I have marked. .

Could you see statutes in any of these rooms, where the nor.
nice was snide ?...No.
When were the statutes removed from that grotto I... Before
the return of her Royal Highness.
Return from where 9... Her return from her journey in Turkey.
To what room where these statutes removal ?...Into one of the
Mosaic rooms which were built in that palace.
W ere there rot,ms finished before the return of the Princess 9...
They were.
The workmen were also removed; they had all left these
rooms. The scaffolding was also removed front the Mosaic
rooms about eight or ten days befure the Princess's return. The
rooms were then fit for the reception of her Royal Highness. I
came direct from Villa d'Este. 1 saw several persons of Governs
ment taking designs and plans, but this I don't know. I saw an
architect. named Ralli, taking plans for her Royal Highness. I
do not know the exact epoch. It is about three or four
months from this time. The architect Belli lives at Milan. I
came with Cinemas here. Fourteen witnesses-4a bus in the
house.) 1 did not conduct the witnesses here.
When did you set out to come here ?...On the 10th of Septem-
ber the last time.
Were you examined before you came here 9...1 was.
W here 9... At Milan.
By whom ?...The Advocate Covatzioind an Englishman named
Henry. I told what was true to the Advocate.
Have you received any thing for yourself ?...I have not.
Ate you to reeeeive any thing ?...I ask for nothing. If her
Majesty will make me a present I will receive it, but I will ask
fur nothing. I came here to tell the truth.
Examined by the Peers.
Earl GROSVENOR.—I request to look at the sketch of the
rooms drawn by the witness. It was handed to his Lordship.
Examined by Mr. Parke.
When was this plan made?—.About half an hour before I
came to this House,
Is it a correct plan of the grotto?...lt is.
Could a person so placed behind the pilaster see the statues of
Adam and Pave °—l believe not, because the pilaster is out of
the room, and on the side of the room where the statues are.