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tp rest, And she was then actually reposing on
this very travelling bed, which, according to
.Dumont, appeared the next morning not to have :
been slept in. Where, the Learned Counsel
would ask, was that servant ? If it were Hiero-
nymus, why was he not called ? He was-now in
this country. He was still fir the service of the
Queen, but yet he was not called. Did-- his-
. Learned Friends dread the same fatal nervous
debility would attack that servant that so un-
fortunately afflicted the unhappy Flynn ; or did
they fear that a sudden unaccountable forget-
fulness might have washed the circumstance'
from his recollection, if 'W had ever existed
Could any thing be more decisive than this was of
the 'truth of what the abuied Dumont had proved ?
Could 'any thing more strongly corroborate her
statement than Mr. Williams threatening to con-
tradict her in this most particular point, and
then abandoning his threat, not venturing to risk'
the cross-examination which such a witness
mnst. undergo... Where they found that her Ma-
jesty had means of contradiction, and dared not
to' use them if they'did exist,- the inevitable
conclusion was, alit the contradiction could not
be made. So far then, from there being any
contradiction established on the other side of this
point, DuniOnt bad been confirmed. The whole
of the charge, as regarding the removal of Wil-
liam Austin, of Bergami, and the state of the
beds on the following morning, was not contra-
dicted,.but corroborated by the evidence brought
before them for the defence. It has been said
that Dumont's evidence was the whole foun-
dation on which the superstructure of thii case
41epencled—that it was a kind of key-stone, which
-once cut down or removed, caused the whole case
'to fall in pieces. The Learned Counsel .de-
Med this proposition ; because, striking Dumont's
evidence from the Journals of the House, still
• sufficient remained clearly to establish the charge
of adultery.,lt did not signify whether the adul-
tery commenced on that night or not ; because
there were ample proofs of a criminal intercourse
existing, long -before Bergami had so many
tottours cOnFerred upon , him. The Learned
Counsel, however, contended that Dumont- was
not contradicted. The next case proved by
ilomont was her meeting Bergami in the cor-
ildor one night, in his- shirt,- walking towards
11er Majesty's room, .tind-)4he Learned Counsel
was much surprised at the argument of -Mr. Den-
man .on that point. He had contended, that this
circumstance was rather calculated to excite a
suspicion that an adulterous intercourse had taken
place between Dumont and Bergami. What
were the circumstances stated by Dumont on that
'occasion ? She had stated that,
.when retiring
from her Majesty's room, on opening the door
-she saw .Bergami advancing from the other end
of the corridor; She instantly made her escape,
as she called it, and when she bad made her escape,
:she heard the lock- of the door turn so as to ex-
clude the interruption of any person. His friends
had endeavoured, by observation and argument,
to do away the.etfect of this evidence, but still
the evidence was too decisive of 'an adulterous
intercourse having taken place to be_shaken: lie
would next come to. the case of the masked ball,
and he thought he might look upon that part of
the case as not having received the slightest con.:
tradittion. They had heard ortgreat deal of evi-
' ,flence produced for the purpose of doing away
efect of her Royal Highness's conduct on
that occasion, but had it ,succeeded ? It was clear
that after the Queen had appeared for some time
in the dress of a Neapolitan peasant, she retired
to a dressing-room with Bergami, where she re-
mained for nearly three-quarters of an hour.
She then did appear in the character of the
Genius pt History, which was agreed on all
'ands ; and whatever -Sir, William Gen 'might
think of her dress, it was certainly one not of
'the most delicate description. According to his
itetion, her dress resembled the attire of Mr.
:Ilope's.MinerVa,, or the statue of Cariatidw in
the British MuSeum, -Which certainly were at.
tired in a thin drapery, the. arms being naked
.tip to the shoulders ; and although Sir Wil-
liam 9ell, merely distinguished his Royal Mis-.
tress, as the Genius of history crowning Murat's
bust, which, was completed in the same_space of
time as a flash of lightning, he asserted that his
.optics were sufficiently good to discover the un-
der dress, and he undertook to swear that the
'dress of the. Neapolitan peasant was under that
of the Genius of History Still he admitted
that her Majesty was absent,for a long time, that
tl)e: ceremony was' one occasioning: much sus-
..pTiser by the delay of its perfdrmance, and the
Learned Counsel contended, that the .evidence
of aumont was true, when she stated that delay
,was occasioned by- the. alteration of her dress in
the dressing-chamber with Bergami. Mr. Cra-
ven, p. 536 a.tttl 538, said, that he could hardly
o,e qv! dress, so _quick was the ceremony ; but
'be did not recollect that it was at: all indecent.
, Sir William Gell, in pages 55, 5601; and -561.,
- in . his account of, the occasion, stated .that the

company. were, all waiting, in anxious expectation
of Ucertoin door opeuing,--itTlid at length open,
Ifni( two Neapolitan Ladies appeared, one of
;whom was the Princess of Wales, who rapidly
approached the, bust of Murat., and: placed upon
it ~a wreath of what appeared to'he olive leaves.
And when Sir W. Gell described her dress as
. like that of the tvvo•statues alluded to, he stated
tbat4l4 the world well knew they were perfect-
ly'covered. The Attorney-. General had not him-
seen those statues, as. he confessed ; but from
the incormAtion of (idlers; he understood it was
ignite otherwise..,_ otherwise- Ire understood,the arms up to
,the shoulders. were completely bare, aAid-Alte
of:. the body, was merely coverelthy a
thin drapery. The evidence of PamPilt; then,
so far "from. being contradicted by Sir. Wm. Gell
and Mr4iliven,:was in fact,conirtned by their
si)ealsug,•to ttlAt.delay io the absende of her Ma-
jesty,jcsoln the,rustsn, which was_so fully accounted
, for,by ouvn ot!t. The. remaining facts At Naples
ere those offtbe masquerade at the Theatre, San
Carlos, wqc,b.=w#s proved by Dumont,. anclAhat
fr"icif Bergami, wailfiing, arm in arm with her on the
terrace. Isis, .I;earieci Friends said., tliat. this
.part of tim..6.a.e ,hs.A.corn.pletely; failed) because