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tnral, a large apartment. the The mast ekgant apartment
be,t I suppose which the inn that could he tound.
afforded, was assigned to her W hen her Royal Highness
Royal Highness fiur her bed visited the Boromean Isles upon
room. The persons ut the inn the second occasion to eleep,
naturally expected that the sante what apartment had been pre-
apartment would be occupied by pared for her ?
her Royal Ilighnes, on this I do nut remember what
occasion; but. my Lords, that apartment had been prepared
room hat. no communintion for the Princess. . . .

with any other room in which Do you remember in what
a person could sleep ; and it apartment the Princess slept?
is remarkable that on this Yes.
second visit, when she was Did yOu, upon the second
accompanied by the courier occasion, see the apartment in
liergaini, be alters the sr- which the Princess Slept the first
ranhsement of the room; site time?
declines to occupy that which Yes.
she had occupied upon her first In what apartment did the
visit. and she selects another Princess sleep the second time ?
and inferior apartment, but In an apartment remote from
which other and inferior apart- the former apartment.
ment immediately commune- Do you know where Bergami
cated with the room which was slept ?
assigned as the sleeping room of Near the apartment of her
Bergamt. Royal Highness.
Was the -- in which

Asa 1..,4 apartment
her Royal Highness slept,at the
Roromean Isles, prepared for
her betbre her arrival or oiler •
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 amimunication
between that apartment and the
room in which Bergami slept?
I do not recollect.

It was observed that Bergami
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 Joel or He Mont.
of requiring the assistance of
any of her female servants, for
the purpoee of retiring to her
bed, that after they hats 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, without calling either
(for she had at that time two
lilies de chambre) to undress
her. She became very regard•
less of tier person, &c.
My Lords, I should state to
your Lordships, that when sh,
first visited Catania, as wasnatu.
ral, the nobility of that country A blank, ray Leeds.
paid her those attentions which
weredemanded 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. I think, when the evidence Highness stop and sleep at
comes befine your Lordship, Lugano?
you will be satisfied of that Yes, upon our return.
which the facts of the cave 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 about the position of the several bed-moms.
But as this I.ugano story has made a considerable sensation, let
us examine in detail how it stands.
Then (Sept. 6) the Attorney.
General stated to the house, that
certain persons resident at Lu-
gano, who were intendea to be
produced as witnesses, had set
out in order to give their evi-
dence; that they had advanced
as far 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-
sequence 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 Nil.
proceed,had returned to Lugano;
that, this deposition being re.
ceived in this country. persons
were immediately despatched.
in the hope of overtaking than
before they had reached their
house, but that they had r; ached
their homes before they could
be overtaken ; that on Monday
last (Sept. 4) letters had been
received front Lucerne, near to
the residence of these wituesses,
in which it was stated that they
had altered their determination, sil.
and were:bout,on the fallowing
d , the 29th of August, to sea
out for England, for the purpose
of giving evidence; that, as Nil.
their arrival might therefore be
expected in a very few days, he
begged to 4,.1( of their Lordships
an adjournment, to permit that
evidence, which he conceived to
be important, to be laid before
the Mouse.
*Such an application was never made in a court of aw, either
in support or u criminal prosecution or on any other occasion.—
It is not unusual to request the postponement of a trial before
its cominebnement, for the absence of a material witness , hut
buck request is constantly founded on affidavits, stating solid
resent for delay, and vouching on oath the conscience of the