The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-01 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS THURSDAY) Aug. 31.

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THE QUEEN.
The =Examiniitioin •Y.MADAME DUMONT continued
t.ke tA TT ORNEY GENERA L.
Q. From, Syracuse did the Princess go to Ca-
tania 'Yes.
• Where did her -Royal Highness reside there
—ln the town.
State the disposition of the bed-rooms there ?
There was an alteration in that disposition for a
few. days.
What was the first disposition of the rooms ?
The Princess's bed-roorn communicated with the
saloon.
What bed-room adjoined it I—My own.
What next to your's ?----That of the Countess
Oldi.

Was there a communication between your room
and the Princess's and the Countess Oldi's
?
Yes.
Where did Bergami sleep ?—On the other side
of a-little yard near the entrance of the houee.
Was there a door from the dining-room or sa-
loon to this yard ?—Yes.
Bow long did Bergami sleep in that room ?-
1 don't recollect.
Was he ill at that time ?-lle was for some
Where did he sleep while ill ?—ln the room of
the Countess of Oldi:
Who slept in the room between the Countess
and the Princess's ?—I did.
Did her Royal Highness go to bed at that time
before you ?—She
.went to bed once, I remember,
while 1 was at supper.
Did you see Bergami then ?—No.
When you went up to bed how was the door
from your room to the Princess's left ?—lt was
shut close.
How-was that of Bergami's ?—Shut likewise.
During the night did you make any observa-
tion-
Did you make any observation in the morning ?
saw the Princess come out of the room
of the Countess of Oldi, and pass through my
room to enter her bed-room.
At what hour in the morning ?—At ten o'clock.
What had she in her hand at-the time ?—The
cushion'or pillow upon which she usually slept.
How was she dressed ?—She was not dressed :
she was dressed as she was in the night, after I
had undressed her.
Did the Princess usually wear a night dress
when-she retired to bed ?—f don't know.
What part of her dress did she usually wear at
night ?-1 left her every night with a little white
night gown on. - •
. Wtien you saw her with the pillow the. morn-
ing you have mentioned, did she wear such a
dress ?—Yes, she had a little white gown or robe.
Wa.s..that her ordinary night dress ?---Not al-
ways,. sometimes she had a small silk mantle or
cloak of silk. .
Had ,she that silk cloak in addition to the white
gown I—Yes.
You say Bergami slept that night in the Coun-
tess of'Oldi's room ?—ln a small bed which had
been put into the Princess's room.
Whore. did little Victorina sleep ?—ln that
room opiate Princess.
,How do .you knowl--I heard her cry there.
Do you mean the night preceding the morning
you saw the Princess with the pillow ?—Yes, I do.
The Earl'of Livearoor, here suggested that
the D.viotis answers given by the witness should
.be read by. the shOrt-hand writer to her, begin-
ning
with the period when she mentioned the al-
teration of Bergatni's sleeping place.
Thiswas accordingly done, and the SOLICITOR-
GENgRA.r. then continued his examination.
The Countess of Oldi's room was next your's,
you say, and that during Bergami's illness he was
removed into that sleeping room ?—Yes.
Where did the Countess sleep during that pe-
riod ?-0n a small bed which was placed for her
in the Princess's sleeping room.
You have told us, that in consequence of Ber-
gami's illness, he went to sleep in the room of
the Countess Oldi. How long Was that before
the morning of which you are speaking ?—I do
not exactly recollect the time ; but it was three
or four nights.
I do not ask you to speak with precision ; but
Was it one, two, thref, or four lights after ?—I
cannot recollect.
Was be sleeping there at the time you saw her
come out 'of that bed-room ?—Yes.
Do you remember, on the night before that of
which you have been speaking, hearing your
door opened I—l heard the door of my room
one night open, but I do not recollect whether it
was the night before I saw her Royal Highness
come outof the Countess Oldi's room or not.
Was he sleeping in that room that night ?—Yes.
At the time wen her Royal Highness came
out of the room with the pillow, as you have de-
scribed, did she see you ?—She looked at me.
When she looked at you, what observation did'
you make, or what did she do ?
Mr. BROUGHAM objected to this question.
What did she do ?—She looked at me ear-
nestly.
What did she do ?—She went ou to her room.
Did she speak ?—No.
Had you- been in the habit of waiting in that
room as late as ten o'clock of a morning ?—No ;
I usually, went to breakfast at nine o'clock. •
During the time Bergami was sleeping in that
room, before
.you so went to breakfast at nine
o'clock of a morning, were either of their room
doors open ?—I never saw them open.
During the time Bergami slept in that room,
had you ever been called to dress her Royal
Highness before, you went to breakfast at nine
o'clock ?—No. •
When yon- retired affer breakfast, how did
you find the doors I—Shut, but sometimes her
Royal Highneta's was open.
Was slip ia her own room ?—Yes.
You wera,describing something tbat wat pass-