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London, England, 1820-08-21 00:00:00

PAINS AND PENALTIES.

Lord KING then rose. AS soon as the Coun-
sel on both sides had closed their arguments yes-
terday, his Lordship thought that the last and
only opportunity was afforded for a Mekber of
their Lordships' House to interpose some motion
which might avert those, proceedings, which he
in common with many of their Lordships, and in
common with the public, must always consider
totally unnecessary in any point of view. The
arguments which he had heard on the part of the
Counsel who supported the Bill did not tend, in
the slightest degree, to shake the full conviction
he felt, that Bills of Pains and Penalties ought
only to be introduced on the most urgent occa-
sions, when the public safety was involved. That
being his conviction, then, he would ask, as a
Noble Friend of his had asked before, whether
any one could state that such a measure was ne-
cessary on the present occasion, from fear as to
the succession ? •He thought such a ground the
only justifiable one on which a Bill of Pains and
Penalties could be proposed under the circum-
stances of the times. The matter was then re-

duced to a question of expediency. Now, as to
the expediency of the measure, in the first in-
stance, the preamble of the Bill asserted that her
Majesty had been guilty of indecencies and' im-
proprieties highly dishonourable to the Royal
Family, and disgraceful to this country.. The
alleged misconduct of the Queen, which was said
to have dishonoured the Royal Family and the
nation, had takeh, place abroad ; how then could
it be said' this was a measure necessary to vindi,
cate the honour of the nation, when, if she had
staid abroad, she might have conthmed•in the
same courses ? He besought their Lordships to
open- their eyes to ,that question, because he
trusted they wonhille of opinion, that the moral
feeling's of the,kintr,y would be more violated
and wounded:-.lmpthii:d.proceeding, then protected
by it. ~HiS.L.Oi'dShip Concluded by moving," that
it was not necessary. for 'the public safety that
this Bill should pass into alaw."
The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated his intention
to pro2ose'as an enendment, that the Attorney-
General should he tailed upon to proceed to
state the case. There were two' grounds on
which this subject was to be considered, first,
whether any proceeding ought to be instituted ?
And secondly, whether that which had been
chosen was the preferable cOul-se. Assuming the
necessity he should discuss the latter first. In
the course of thi, discussion, he noticed the argu-
ments against Bills of Pains and Penalties, ad-
mitting that they were only justifiable in ex-
treme. cases unknown to the law. In this case., it
was admitted,
that adultery charged against the
•
Queen .Was not Right Treason and:adultery was
not an •offence by-common law, but merely a
civil injury. This, he observed, was a serious
defect in the law ; and, therefore, a Member of
that House bad proposed to bring in a Bill recti-
fying that defect. However, as the law stood,
there was no mode of proceeding applicable to
the alleged adultery of the Queen, but a Bill or
Pains and Penalties. There were so many diffir
culties belonging to a proceeding, by Impeach-
ment, that the present Bill became absolutely
necessary. Under the Constitution, •Impeach,
wilts were only applicable to offences that were
indictable, as every offence contra boizos mores
was, under the common law of England ; but the
Legislature had provided against the adultery of
the Queen, and pronounced it High Treason. It
bad been in substance allowed that an impeach-
ment could not be maintained for acts done by a
persOn who did not bear a public character. The
acts which were stated in the Preamble of the
Bill were alleged to have been committed by the
Illdstrious Individual, at a time when, though
she came , within the statute of Edward 111.,
she was not a public character. So that
even if it were true that the Queen could
be impeached for such acts as had been al-
leged against her, still, she could not be
impeachable, as the acts were done when she was
a private individual; to whose character no duties
or privileges attached. The next point he should
allude to was, that suppOsing the Queen was im-
peached, supposing the case were made out, how
would their Lordships then deal with her ? -There
was no limitation ,to the Judicial ,power of the
House ; they had imposed fines, and inflicted the
punishthent of imprisonment to an unlimited ex-.
tent ; they had even banished---:nay, there were
cases in which they had degraded individuals.--,-
Degradation would, in this case be undoubtedly
the proper punishment. Yet, it was Matter of
doubt whether they could; deprive the QUOOI of
her legal rights, without' an Act of Parliament.
They might attempt to exercise 'then;, and the
question, might, come to.be tried in 'a Court of
Law. Ile (Lord Liverpool) was of opinion -their.
Lordships.could not, by a judicial sentence, de-
prive her of those rights but, without pushing,
the assertion to that extent, would they not feel
it necessary to remove all doubts' by,an Act of
Parliament? So, that,. at the conclusion-of these
proceedings, all the objections to a Bill of Pains
and Penalties, and to ex post facto Legislation,
would again have to be overcome. He bad stat-
ed whit were, at least,•weighty difficulties in the
way of proceeding by impeacliment, even if they
-had now to begin.. But they were not now in
that state. A Committee of the house had re-
ported; a Bill had been brought. in ; and the
House had so far approved of that. Bill-as to or-
der it to,. be read:, a second time.; and to order
• the Counsel to be called But what, their
ships had done was not all. They knew by the

Journals of the House of Commons, that that'
House, fiorn which an impeachment) if there was
any, must come, had appointed a Committee to
search the Journals of their Lordships, and,;find-
ing that a Bill was brought in, had adjourned-for
a time all`Koceedings. lf the House therefore
i 1 ly.stoPped the Bill to .wait fKan impeaclit,
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the' ouf ''CO.rultions ykruld ,noOtoiiginate.
The alternative, the house :therefore had, was
either to-go on in their present, or (which would
be the .practical issue, if
,the Bill of Pains and
Penalties was dropped) to abandon the eaSe'al-
together. They should not. deCeive themselves ;
such would in that case be the .issue.--(Hear,

hear, hear 1)—lie now came to what, in the or-
der of importance, should have been the first
question—whether they should go on with the
proceedings against the Queen at all ? Tie had
before stated the Niew his Majesty's Ministers
had taken of the subject. They thought, while
the Queen remained abroad, not that there did•
exist no inconveniences, but that, in the balance

of difficulties, there was more inconvenience in
proceeding. against the Queen, than in abstaining
from it. The Noble Earl opposite (Earl Grey),
indeed, had expressed a different opinion. lie
had said that (always assuming that the charges
could be proved) whether the Queen was at
home or abroad the Ministers should have pro-
ceeded against her.
EarI.GREY rose to explain. He had, on the
occasion alluded to, distinctly stated two propo-
sitions. He had said, that if, first, the Ministers
were convinced of the truth of the charges

against the Queen, and could prove them—and,
secondly, that if no grounds of expediency did
exist to prevent the agitation of the question,
they should have at once brought forward these
charges. Ilk had insisted that they should have
made up their minds once for all, -to proceed or
not to proceed; but he had distinctly brought to
view the consideration of both these points—the
existence of the crime, and the expediency of
bringing it forward.
The Earl of LtvrAtroot. said, he had not dis.‘-
tinctlyunderstood the Noble Earl at the former
period. The Noble Earl now stated the ques-
tion in a manner much more agreeable to his

view of it. In his (Earl of Liverpool's) view o
the' subject, whether her Majesty was at home or
abroad made the whole difference. While, she
remained abroad, she was not necessarily held up
to the people of England as entitled. to all res-
pect and reverence as their Queen. When she
came to England she was necessarily entitled to
all the great and important privileges, and all
the respect of her station. And assuming for
a moment (what he never, would assume but
for the sake of argument) that adulterous inter-
course, or if they liked the_ expression better,
adultery' were proved against the Queen, could
they pay her the respect which' her rank demand-
ed ? Was it right that she should come here and
hold her court as Queen Consort ? The evil, if she
remained abroad, was great, but it was'tolera-
ble ; if slie came home it was of intolerable
magnitude. The regard to morals, and to the
decencies of private life, would not permitithem to
tolerate cuch a. State of things. As to the argu-
ments which had- been raised as to the adultery
of men compared with that of WoMen, he con-
tended,, that though in a religious sense the crime'
was the same, the opinions of mankind had made
a great difference between the two cases, and
this difference had beenrecognized by their Lord-
ships in- their legisl/ition on bills' of divorce. He
then noticed the allusion made to i certain illus.;
trious individual by her Majesty's Counsel, and
gave it as his-opinion that nothing could be more
injurious to her cause than the line of conduct
which it had been intimated would be pursued
with regard to events that . ought not to be re-
called from the oblivion into which they had
fallen—(Hear, hear !)—He should have advised
a total abstinence froni any personal remark on
the character or conduct of that Illustrious Per-
sonage, as much because it was utterly inconsis-
tent With the interests of her Majesty, as it was
inconsistent ,with decorum
~ and propriety. It
had been broadly insinuated too, that the sole
object of the present measure Was to annul the
present marriage, in 'order. that a second might
be contracted by his Majesty. He could say,
'however, on his honour and in his conscience,
that he believed no such event would take place,
should the present Bill" be passed. But in pro-
pounding to. Parliament a Bill with such.a pre-
amble, reflecting so highly on the honour and
virtue of the Queen, and broadly accusing her of
adultery, it was absolutely impossible it should
pot conclude by that enactmentlfor which the
measure was framed ; and he believed that their
Lordshii3i would perfectly concur in that proposed
enactment, when the evidence in support of the
Bill had'been heard. Earnestly, entreating that the
oestion might be treated with candour and with
temper, he begged to conclude by moving, as an
amendment, that the Attorney-General be now
called in.
Lord GREY said, that the Bill proposed by
Ministerswent to punish her Majesty for the
result of their own acts. It was the omitting
her name in the Liturgy that broug4 her Ma-
jesty' to this Country. Whilst he condemned
the course pursued by Ministers, he thought her
Majestrvery ill advised in writing the letter, to
the King ;, it was an appear to the 'people from
the highest court • of judicature in, the Country,
and argued not in favour of her innocence.
He hoped he should' not' be accused of setting
up his opinion against that of the Judges,
yet their answer had not removed the, doubt
he. .'entertained that the offence with which
her Majesty was charged *as high treason.
Suppose the offence was committed. in Eng-
land with a person not subject to the opera-
tion of the laws—a lunatic, would not her Ma-
jesty have still been guilty, of high treason? His
Lordship then argued that a proceeding by
impeachment was the proper course to have been
taken. He cited the case of Lord- Amersham,
in 1701, for words spoken, in which he had com-
e:lted -0" crime cognizable by the common or
statute l .7,', or even immoral offence. He quoted

the authority of Blackstone to 'prove • that adtli- '
tery was a crime known to the law of England.'
He would ask the Noble Earl (Liverpool) if, a
public functionary abroad was to do an act (i 0
the words of the '1311) "
,graceful tqt..his Ma.",
testy the Royal Fa'nii,ly,an tharitishVation,
attlioulei he could mkt b\-- pro
.euted regu-
larin,tik
t oucts of JustiCllNNthekhe. courastekt be
iiNe*cheillor's4Cit' an offenct ? 'To iffewNtlaat the
*Muse of Lords could judicially inflict clegrada. -
tion, he referred to the cases of Lords Bacon
and Macclesfield. No man was less disposed than
himself to yield any matter of right or justice ti''
popular clamour : bat he must say, and he spoke
advisedly, that the_strongest feelings were enter'`tained by every class against the proceeding ht
Bill of Pains and Penalties by ninety-nine per'
sons out of one hundred ; indeed the. feelings
against it were as universal as the air,' and. the
House suffered daily in its character by contirm..
ing to entertain the Bill. Suppose the Bill was
proceeded in, and when brOught into the Coin.
mons, that House should reject it, what would be,,
the situation of the country ? what would be
done with the Queen then ? Her guilt•would be
recorded in the Lords, and the Commons, having
dismiss.ed the Bill, what might be the. direfid
consequences ? Every step they took was big
with danger and difficulty. If the amendment
,of Lord Liverpool was carried " That the Corm;
sel be called in, and the Bill be proceeded in,
he (Earl Grey) should offer a.motion to' theit
Lordships—" That it appears to this _House
more advisable to proceed by impeachment than
by Bill." - .
The House then divided.
In favour of Lord Liverpool's Amendment.. 181-
Against. it .. 65
.
Majority -il6 i
On strangers' re-admission Lord CArinfoar°
was found on his legs, suggesting to the House
whether some arrangement might not yet be
adopted, .by which ail further proceeding in this'
painful inquiry might not
.be avoided. ' .
The Lone CHANCELLOR now called upon. EafJ,
GREY for his resolution, .which the Noble -W
handed in. It was as follows :
" That it appears that the Bill now before the House doel,
not, afford the most advisable means of prosecuting itl'"
undue
t
charges.against her Majesty, and that therefore und„
present circumstances, it is not necessary or expedient
.',
proceed further with it."
This resolution was put as an amendmenol,
the motion. of Lord Liverpool," That Conn!,
be called in," and was negatived by a division ''
follows :
Contents.; for the amendment
Not Contents
Majority --Its „-
The Counsel was then'called in, and the A',,
torney General- and the Counsel for the .Croe
on • the one'-side, and Mr. 'Brougham and t
Counsel for the Queen on the other, appeared'
the Bar.' " -
The LOUD CHANCELLOII--"-Mr. __Attorney 61#
neral,- you will proceed to open your case-
CHARGES AGAINST HER MAJESTY.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL immediately pi-(
ceeded to address . the 'House in a low tone dit
voice., and spoke as follows :—My Lord:il ji
now attend at your Bat to fulfil the duty whirl,
you have demanded—of stating .to your 1.011
ships the circumstances which, are to be addnr%
in evidence in support.ef the charges which "r
contained in the preamble of Abe Bill now videi
your Lordships' consideration. A duty, l,'
Lords, more. painful,
.or more.anXious, I belier'.,'
was never imposed upon any individual to ati
complish.-7-(Cries of speak up.)—My Lordsti,
am sure I shall receive, your Lordships' /Alice
gence,.if under the weight of 'this most imp,
tant duty I feel that which I cannot express- t,
(Cries of " Louder.")—My Lords, I was step
O
ing to your Lordships, that the duty vi ist
-I have now to perform is one of the 0...," t
painful and anxious which was ever to
iipmi any individual. I have, my Lords,
cij
state to your Lordships the arming° or
which are to' be adduced in evidence to ..,""if
Lordships, in support of these serious and 15e
charges which are made in the preamble 01 y
Bill, which has already been 'so' much the
ject of discussion—charges which, in the ";
guage of the preamble, not only reflect ..r
greatest scandal and' disgrace upon the ind,:ect%
dual against whom they are made, but also re
egg,
the greatest disgrace upon the Country ',,L7.00..
The' highest individual, as a subject in the Cloo
try) is- charged with one of the most serod
offences both against the laws of God
',/
man—it is that of an .adulterous intercour'cir,
an adulterous intercourse carried on under )0
cumstances of 'the greatest aggravation.
,of
Lords, upon die nature of this charge:6oo,
upon the importance of this •invesuiar,
it is quite unnecessary for -me to en.., ttle
Your' Lord-ships,. and every. individual I"_tiii,tl
Country, are fully capable 'of estinocam
these topics -in their proper -light. Th 13,4 Ole
consolation, my Lords,:, which I derive unu'i.oeil•
o elf to,
.diseharge of the duty which' have now t
-s that it calls not upon me' to address in)St.,}3t /
your Lordships' passions or feelings ; and
.Loril'
.shall best discharge it according to yOlll _srf?'
Ships' command- by abstaining from any 'F'ciorgde
thing which might tend. to aggravate the , Slip
made a.glinst so illustrious a person. j'iogvb
'confine mySelf in this stage Of the procetesuoire
a'clear, sitnple,',biit full recital of the facts j
are to be hileg.e& in evidence.. .MY'L°l.rocee`j:
are now arrived at that period of those Pare
ings in which silence can no longer he P";i0 til:e
-It is' now . necessary to state the clialle,' befo,
lain il;'
fullest extent in which they can be .e 10 ,#
your Lordships and the public:. and 1-,!e to J'of
recital of the circumstances which I hacsessity.cii
tail; I shall be ' under the painful "es ol'i,
bringing. before .yeur Lordships see," tole.
must disgust every well-reaulated innc',every,4l.
tions which must offend the feelings
otsare yujoil
nourable, and. virtuous person, I a .s occe'loe
Lordships will think, that upon thl CO"-aisle °l
I ought to hold. no reserve—at the. slily o,
taking care to state nothing which) thin
nble to ~
science, Ido not believe I -shall be nil Is P 1.,°/.y
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You. My Lords, undoxibtedly; the recital must
I.nvolve-a considerable space of time, and apply
to facts which took place in various,- places, in
Which her -Majesty ChanCed.t.o. be dnriug- 'her
residence abroad. I shall therefore commence
my statement at that period when her Majesty
quitted this Country, and proceed as well as I
Can to detail the various facts and circumstances
mhich took place from that period almoSt to the
time
have now the honour of addressing your
Lordships.' My Lords, it is well known to your
Lordships, and the Country, that, in the year
1814, her Majesty, for reasons operating upon
leer own mind, and- not by compulsion, as has
been insinuated .by my Learned Brothers, thought
!‘t to. withdraw herself from this country to a
loreign land./
Mr. BROUGHAM here made, some remarks ex-
Amatory of his own observations on this subject.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I beg pardon--
(Cries of " Order, order-!"),----bitt if I am to be
interrupted, it will be impossible for me to do
justice to 'the task which your Lordships have
cast upon me. I am sure I shall receive your
Lordships' indulgence—
Mr. BROUGHAM—I did not mean to interrupt
the Learned Gentleman.—(Cries -of " Order,
order.”)
Air. BROUGHAM—My Lords, in all Court..-_
(Order, order, go on.)
Mr. BROUGHAM was reluctantly silent.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—My Lords, it was
teirhaPs more my fault than that of my Learned Friend in
-"ding to what bad passed. I will not therefore take up
"Y further time on this subject. I was stating, my Lords,
that in 1814 her Majestywitbdrew herself from this country,
for
the purpose of travelling non the Continent, or visits
"g other countries. My
-lords, she went in the first in.
:1,144e to Brunswick, and from thence, after a short stay,
;"e went to Italy; she arrived at Milan on the 9th of October,
My Lords, her Majesty, when she quitted this cow)-
"clquitted it with persons about her who were -precisely
persons as should be about an individual of her exalted
dr.'• She was accompanied by indivkduals connected with
eAtinsruished famil'es in this kingdom. Among these were
I;:r"'NethilOtte Lindsay and Lady Elizabeth Forbes, who were
besia; aldS of .Honour, Mr. St. Ledger, who.was. her am-
wt,„ and Sir William Gerl, and the Hon..Keppel craven,
sii—" believe, were attached to her in a similar character.
a e was also accompanied by Captain Hesse, as her Equerry,
„1,111 Dr. Holland, as her Physician, besides other persons
1%,":1°.111 it is unnecessary to enumerate. With this suite her
"Jesty arrived at Milan. It Was her intention to have pro-
l'eded from thence to
drat parts of Italy, and to have visited
4Ples• She remaine Milan for a space of three months,
iiede during that period a person was received into her ser-
-10 wbuse name occurs in the preamble of the Bill,- and
proHeKe name will as frequently Ancor in the course of these
5 • • f tl name of Bergami, who was re-
g---a ptrson o
phiti.o 'tn. her service as a courier, or footman, or valet de
1. tl • I • t the time ha so entered into
a" Art s, perso I, a
sltajesty's service, was in want of employment, but he bad
)I:rn in the service of Gen. Pino. It does not appear how he
ante recommended .to fier Majesty, but he was received
.`° her
v" suite. ne
edhardly remark to your Lordships, upon
e distance which interposed between her Majeity and her
courier, or observe that, from the natural course of things,
h,e communication between her Majesty and. this man Must
Ire been mostiunfrequent. It was about 14 or 15 days previ-
-4s to her Majesty's departure from Milan, that Bersrami en-
,‘,r,r(i into the situation I have desctibed. Her Majesty, our
sividtiog Milan, proceeded to Rome, and from thence she
]rent to Naples, where she arrived on the Sth of. Novel!,
1:r, 1514. At Naiiles, this person had not been in
Majesty's service more than three weeks. I beg
-u
v Lordships'
our attention. to this circumstance, bes
ilise "
you 1311 how material it becomes when you listen
the facts which presently it will be toy melancholi duty
I,3lior,,elat.e. I should hate' stated, that beside the persatis
mentioned • as accampanying her
,Majesty front
1, is country, there was a lad whose name is perhaps familiar
of Your Lordships—I mean William Austin. Up to the time
her Majesty's arrival at Naples, this lad ..wasthe object of
peculiar attention, and, in fact, was in the habit of, sleep-
14tat the
, same room with her Majesty. • The arrangement of
terra asest.Y's own sleeping apartment devolved' upon one
r)f rib,,l whose peculiar duty it was to attend to that. branch
suite. ~"„,i'mestic comfort. Ott the arrival of her Majesty's
iNaples it was so orekred that her Majesty's sleeping
trial aw" 41-at: opposite side of the. House to that of her me-
nigu °Mettles, among whom was her courier. Ott the first
which
het Majesty's arrival at Naples (the Bth of Nov.),
tient :I I 'have called your Lordships"attention,this arrange-
athio t'as continued.- Bergami slept in that part of the house
slept '.llad been preparethfor the domestics, and young Austin
torte"' her Majesty's apartment. But on the following
bierit'',ngs November the 9th, the servants of the establish-
to Ist 'earned with some surprise, because no reason appeared
to en► for the change, that Bergatni was no longer to sleep
eeaiilat part of the house where he had slept the night pre-
slt„ but that it was her Majesty's pleasure that he should
R>itla room from which there was.a free communication
tvlii-,lat of her Majesty, by means of a corridor or passage,
fee try had been, by her Majesty's express desire, prepared.
•t'ultistidgty an• MY. Lords, I need not state to you
. that such a cm-
nee was calculated to excite the surprise of those whose
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.was to attend entirely to her Majesty's person ; and,
fro irus, th.t surprise was increased, when they learned
'er Majesty that she would no longer permit William
tlignetilt Contioue to sleep in her room. Fir. this she
,as-
Proper? reason, which, if it were her only motive, was very
thotit.,' hot: subsequent events proved no such prudential
that but
be fairly ascribed to her Majesty. It Was said.
Its„pe'r'r still was now arrived at that age when it would lie nu•
iiichild,for him to continue a practice which had commenced
'lle sit od• My Lords, I have alteady stated that, from
'was „ uatlon assigned to Bergami, a direct communication
arrdPetted between his chamber and that of her Majestss;
op titiebelitve I shall be able to satisfy your Lordships that
evening of the 9th of November that intercourse,
Presentsl3„charged between her Majesty. and BiTgaini by the
tilt Ileßill, commenced, and. was continued from that time
I\evtltlitted her service. Upon the evening of the 9th of
%,4sember her Majesty went to the Opera at Naples, but it
ember
erred that she returned very early from thence.—
maid Person who waited upon her on her 'return was the
ter ti 'errant, whose duty it was particularly to attend' to
thrl,(l ,En:" • My Lords, she was struck with the manners
'gad. Princess, and with the agitation which she mani-
*der, She hastened to her apartment, and gave strict
taurnit,that William Austin should not be admitted fo. her
too„, t:',4wta'ers:ening. She was then observed to go From her Own
!11iss,d us that assigned to Bergami. She very soots (114-
er "er female attendant, felling her that she had no fur-
ritt for her services, Toe female servant retired;
:19ate n'',ltlt!itit • those suspicions which the. .circumstances
11;;Lizaii,rieodnutalfil.ned were calculated to excite in the mind of
She knew, at the time, that Berganii was in
advent, for this was the first night of his having
'evioo Wage of the - arrangement which had been%
cuss to dYntalle. • It was quite nesss on the part of the prin-
Qcllikt "miss her attendants
conslyb when her
a!)(1 demeatiour were dered, suspicions arose
„),;`ti,tt.,,,las impossible to exclude. Dot if iuspicions existed
aite ruling, layere they confirmed •by observations made
16, tlior:',)wing —observations which, if stated to a Jury
it, an mtiri, case, mast induce them to cams; to a conclusion
1„,e4,2h that terous intercourse lard taken place that night he-
sbn ealted person and this menial ; for
jeps tuon the fol-
Pt in, rlnl.ritigit was discovered that her Majesty had not
o wn Iona) that night. Her bed remained almost
sA, Lora, ly
'thr state as on the. preceding evening, and,
to" ~
ely bed of the other person, on inspection, seas de-
apour L(lttc,erl-as if two persons had reposed in it, I slated
Inlships, that the apartments of her then Royal
tii(jrning ff,i;e.ve. distant from those of
thatcherer ' On the riut owing it was observed
W"Me from her apartnients at the usual hour. Her
"lit ai 4eness%
er attendants: never entered her rooms with-
:Perrinssiott. It was also observed that 13tr-
•!lin,.
_I) inn)ed in his room later than usual on that
e,tuldzeedunlier Royal Highness's recent arrival the eoun-
dSu_imlY distinguished Persons,to pay their respects
T1,,311t‘
111,7.;11er; many were disappointed its seeing her,
in vats not 7 descend from her apartment, so early as usual,
1,,E; had',ecessible on the Kith-November till the morn-
'arlv ,
pew, assd. I have alteady drawn your Lordships
1,,!1ig the be:("13 which had been made by the servants res.
slc,ul;efl
the _se say
on the,enth merye Lisords, that if the case de-
't of facts al not :toy man who can'
co. ncloston at which your L6rdships must arrive.

But, my Lords, you will perceive by what I have yet to detail
that this scandalous, depraved, and licentious intercoorse
was carried on without interruption for a very great length of
time. The natural effect of such an intercourse was to
alter the comparative distance ketween this et-airier, this
menial, and the" Royal personage who descended from her
Royal dignity sta.far. A freedom was there'fore assumed
by Bergami, in a bleb he could under no other circum-
stances presume to- indulge. It was also observed by the
other servants, that a considerable alteration took place
in' the demeanor of her Royal Highness towards Bee-
gami,.—an alteration which convinced those who observed
it, -that an improper intercourse existed between' them. A
few days after the period to which I have just alluded, her
Royal Highness gave her last hail at the house of the then
King of Napless. It was a masked hall. Hes' Royal High-
ness's first assumed character was a Neapolitan peasant. In
a short time, however, she returned to the house at which she
had dressed, nut to her residence. She-withdrew to a private
room to change her dress, and to the surprise of her servants
and the attendants belonging to the house, her servant Ber-
gami was cent for, and retired into the room with her. The
character which it had pleased her Royal Highness to assume
on that occasion was, the Genius of History, and she was
conducted by a Gentleman to the ball in that character. I
am instructed to state, that. the dress worn by her Royal High-
ness on that occasion was of the most indecent and disgusting
kind : but the fact most material for your Lordships to bear
itt mind is, that this change, where it was necessary for every
garment to be taken off, was-made in the presence, arid with
the assistance of Bergami, no other person being-present at
the time. Let me ask your Lordships what motive could her
Majesty have for preferring the services of this man to that
of her usual attendants on such an occasion ? Why should
she require the assistance of a man, and that man one of her
menial servants, in her dressing room,—a man who waited
behind tier chair at dinner, and who went before her as her
courier, when she travelled from place to place? What, I
ask, could her reason be for 'selecting this man on such an
occa.ion, unless for the purposes alleged in the preamble. of
the Bill ? But more ; , her Majesty returned a third time front
the ball. She then changed her dress to that of a female Tur-
kish peasant—and who was her companion on this occas'on ?
Her courier, her menial servant Bergami ; he accompanied
her Majesty, dressed also as a Turkish peasant, to a ball given
to Royalty, anti to the first Nobility of the Country. It ap-
pears, however, that Bergami did not long remain at this
hal!: He returned home, apparently dissatisfied with some-
thing that had oceurred-t.I know not what. Her Majesty
came home shortly after, anti endeavoured to prevail on bins
to go back to the ball ; site pressed him-, much, hut be de
dined going. Her Majesty then returned alone to the ball,
but she did not remain long. It was observed by those ser-
vants whose business it was to be more immediately in attend-
once on her Majesty, that at whatever hour site rose in the
morning, Bergami rose at the sante period ; and also, that
her Majesty was in the habit of breakfasting in her apart-
ments in company with him alone, her suite being in.apart-
ments at some distance from her's. Notwithstanding this
great, familiarity mid preference, the situation of Ber-
gami-remained the same; he still acted as her courier,
her valet da chambre, and continued to wait at table as
usual ; in short, he appeared to the English Ladies, who
attended her Royal Highness, just hi the sante character as
whet) he was first hired. It was only in secret, or at least be-
fore her Majesty's -immediate attendants, that those familia-
rities of which I speak were at all visible. Her Majesty was
in the habit of occasionally walking on aterrace, and there
site was seen various times leaning on Bere'ami's arm with time
greatest familiarity. It happened during her Majesty's resi-
dence at Naples that Bergami had been injnred by a kick front
a horse. He was for some time so ill as to be confined to his
room. and your Lordships must perceive how great must be
the ascendancy which this matt acquired over her Royal High-,.
ness, when I state, that she hired a servant introduced by
him as an attendant during his illness. This man slept in a
room close to that occupied by Bergami, and had, on three
or four occasions, observed her Majesty, after her House-
hold had retired to rest, go from her own room, with much
caution, along the passage to that of Bergami. On each oc-
casion she remained in the room a considerable time. I am
instructed to state, and it will appear in evidence. that after
her Majesty entered the room, this man could distinctly hear
them kissing.—(Here a buz of surprise was beard throughout
the house.)-1: am aware, my Les ds, how !liege circum-
stances, disgusting as they are, 11111 St. excite feelings of disgust
in the minds of your Lordship:. and even feelings of prejo-
dice against Itim.whose painful duty it is to recite them. But,
painful as it is, it is still a duty which devolves upon me by
your Lordship? order, anti I feel myself hound so to state the
facts, that your Lordships may fully understand the nature of
the intercoursewhich took place between her Majesty and this
individual. I feel assured that\in doing this, to the best of my
ability, I shall .not incur your Lordships censure. Her Ma-
jesty resided at Naples from November to the March follow-
ing, and during the whole of that period the intimacy which
I have described continued without interruption. I do not
wish to avail myself of any rumour- which was afloat at. the
time ; but I cannot help remarking on the singularity of the
circumstance, that her Majesty on quitting Naples, lost the
greater part of her English suite. I shall leave time facts,
coupled with the other circumstances of the case, to speak for
themselves. So it was, however, that on .her Majesty's lean-
ing Naples, a great portion of her suite remained _behind. I
should here observe, that Mr. St. Leger left her Majesty at
Brunswick. Of him, therefore, I do not mean to speak on
this occasion. But Lady C. Lindsay and Lady Elizabeth
'Forbes remained at Naples on her Majesty's departure. I
beg pardon, Lady Elizabeth Forbes remained at Naples:
Lady C. Lindsay accompanied. her Majesty, but left her at
Leghorn, in March 1 is 15. The persons then left behind at
Naples, were Lady C. Forbes, Sir 'William Gehl, the Ho-
nourable K. Craven, and Captain Hesse. So that of seven
English persons, 'who accompanied her Majesty from -En-
gland, one remained at Brunswick, and four at Naples. It
is probable that, at -another stage of these. proceedings,
proper reasons will be assigned for the departure of these
persons. I cannot help observing on the singularity of their
all having left her Majesty's service nearly at the same pes
riod. I cannot help imagining, and I am sure your Lordships
tali think that though these persons were unacquainted with
the nature of the connexion ex;sting between her Majesty
and Bergami, yet that some rumour must have reached them
of the visible, familiarity that -gas observed to exist between
them. Be the cause what it may, so it was that those per-
sons left her service. While her 'Majesty resided at Naples.
another circumstance occurred, between her 'Majesty and -
Pergami, well worthy of your Lordships' attention. There
was a kind of public masquerade held at the Theatre Saint
Charles, in that. city. Her Majesty thought proper tout- ,
tend it, not however in the company af Lady C. Lindsay,
not in the campany of Lady Elizabeth Forbes, not at=
tended by the Gentlemen who were her Chamberlains at
that period ; no, her Majesty chose as her
.compassion on that
occasion her courier Bergami,' and a female servant Made-
moiselle Dumont. These two were her Majesty's compa-
nions, and, my Lords, the whole party wore dresses selected
by her Majesty. These dresses, if I am rightly instructed,
were of a must gross indecent description ; so much so,
that on entering the theatre they excited universal attention,
and were received with such marked insult and disapprobation,
that they were obliged almost immediately to retire.. How do
your Lordships suppose her Majesty- went to this theatre ?
You will, of course, imagine, that she went in her Royal.
carriage, attended by her suite; but no, a common fiacre.was
hired, and ir. the dead of night her Majesty and her party had
to walk across a garden, at the gate of which the fiacte waited
to receive them. Her Majesty having guise as I have de-
scribed, and perceieing that she was recognized by
stetsons in
the theatre, immediately withdrew. Some criticisms were.
made yesterday on the preamble of the Bill, and some obser-
vations as to what was, or what, was not, to be considered in-
decency of conduct ; but I 'ask your Lordships whether, if -
what I have now stated to you be clearly proved in evidence,
you 'Will not be decidedly of opinion that the allegations in
the preamble of the Bill, now under your Lordships' consi-
de:ation,lsWill not be fully borne out by the facts—whether
these are not offences of a most gross and disgusting nature.
ask, nist whether such conduct is befitting her Majesty, but
whether it is conduct that would be pursued by any woman:
pretending to delicacy. And let it here be observed, as no
small aggravation of the charge. this Bergami was, at the time.
of entering her Majesty's service, a married man.. I am aware,
at the same time, that it i 3 ilifiicult to aggravate the critic of
adultery, but this made it a double adultery. I now repeat
what. I fear I shall have to repeat too often, that these acts of
familiarity were continued daily and without interrupt ion.—
.1 hey were .seen coming from their rooms in the morning at'
-the same time. They retired at the same honr in the even-.
ing. The servants who usually attended to undresS her Ma-
jesty,' were dismissed earlier than usual, and it was, slum-,
all, observed, that Bergami was the only one of her Majesty's
servants who was permitted to enter her bed-chamber at all
times, without tapping at the door, or giving any intima-
tion of his approach. He entered at all times, and wit Inuit
giving any notice, when none of the others eared approach.
Ii short he went on with this daily assumption of freedom,
sunlit at last he became the bird and master of her esta-
blishment. On quitting Naples her Majesty went towards
Haste, and on the way remained three days at Civita
Vecchia., Leaving Lady C. Lindsay at Leghorn, her Ma-
jesty went to Genoa- At this period she had no English
Lady its her suite. At Genoa she was joined by Lady (.%
caisson'', who remained with her instil the May following,
• when she left her at Milan. Hier l'slajesty embarked from

Genoa on board the Ciorinde, and during the whole of the
time that slie was on board, Bergahsi waited upon her at
table as usual, hut her servants observed the saute intimacy
emitinue without alterationssthe freedoms in which Itergismi
itylnlgad increased, and he frequently withdrew,. in order to
avoid the menial serf ieess which he- was usually called upon to
.perform. While at Genoa he attended her Majesty in
,all her
rides and walks, and•had a 'bed-room near that of het Ma-
jesty, as he had at Naples. It *as :observed here also, that her
• Majesty's bed had scarcely ever' been Occupied at night,
while that of Bergami bore evident marks of having been-oc-
cupied by two persons. So frequently was this the case,
that the servant whose duty it was to make up her Ma-
jesty's bed daily,, had seldom more to do than to. smooth
.down the coverlid, Which now and then appeared to have
been pressed down as if to give the appearance of having
been slept in. In ltergami's room, on the contrary, every
thing bore a different appearance. -- There- the lsed boreevi -
dent marks of having been slept in by two persons. On this
part of the case I will ask your Lordships what possible rea•
son can be assigned for the continual attendance of Bergami
upios her Majesty, particutsirly in her apartments ?, If it
were necessary that a male attendant should sleep near
her Majesty's apartments, had she not the gentlemen of
her suite ? Why was her menial servant. a man who had
been known to her only three weeks, selected, unless it
was for the purpose of this adulterous intercourse ? Had
her Majesty not her own bed to sleep in ? Why then was
it left unoccupied ? and why did she, as it shall be proved
to you, leave her own bed unoccupied, and sleep in his?
• I have stated to your Lordships, jhat her Majesty has
been seen to visit this man in his bed-room, he being its
bed. What, my Lords, a Lady of her exalted rank visit a
person in his situation in ills bed-room! Cats it be doubt-
' ed that her only object in doing so Was adulterOuS
iu-
ter.:ourse ? I know that it is incumbent on your Lordships
. to satisfy yourselves by the most indisputable testimony,
that the facts which I have stated shall be fully borne out
before . you decide against her Majesty. But if what I have
already stated be not sufficient to satisfy your Lordships, you
will be convinced beyond a doubt by what is yet to come,
of the truth of the charges contained in the Bill. Your
Lordships have already seen that' at Naples, as Well as
Genoa, the famiharity continued. Her Majesty and Ber-
g,ami breakfasted in the same apartment. I now come to
another circumstance which marks the 'rower this man ob-
tained over her Majesty.- Bergin'', as I stated, was a mar-
ried man. He had a daughter named Viotorine. 'This child
her Majesty took into her honsehold. His sister, his brother,
• and his mother, were also taken into her Majesty's service. I
ask your Lordships whether it is possible that any ordinary
servant could have such power over her Majesty as to induce
her thus to hurthen herself with his whole tautly? A servant
too, who had, at that period, only been in her service from
. August to the following April. The child was at this period
about three years of age. Who do your Lordships suppose
was brought ire to take rare of this -child ? Its tender age
would require the fostering care of its Mother. The mother,
however, was not taken in to attend it. The child was with-
drawn from the' fostering care of the parent, who must be
supposed the person best calculateds limit from 'nature and
inclination, to attend to its wants. Her Majesty, though she
knew that. Bergami was married, gave out that he was not.
She said the child was one that he had had by some, female,
and that she was therefore Anxious to take it under royal pro-
tection. The circumstance of Bergami being an unmarried
man, and having had a child, should not have increased the
regard of a mistress for her servant. But so it was, that her
Majesty received the child into her house. Her Majesty after.
having remained at Genoa, until May 15th, returned to Mi-
lan, leaving Lady C. Campbell. behind. She was afterwards
joined at Milan, by that Lady, who remained with her for
a short time, but quitted her before the end of the same
month. -On her Majesty's journey fr a Genoa to Milan,
Bergami, who attended her as tier courier, was observed
frC,ptiostly-to'go up to the earriage,•and converse wills her.
I must here keep in your L .rdships' recollection, that
Lady C. Campbell did not go. this journey with her Ma-
jesty. In the course of the journey, her Majesty not only
frequently conversed with Bergamis hut repeatedly pressed.
him to take refreshments, and demonstrated every mark of
friendship and attention towards him. Bergami was, during
Buis time, babited in his dress of courier, and I,erfornsing every
service belonging to that situation. When Lady Charlotte
Campbell left her Majesty, she remained without any Lady
of rank as her attendant. One would have thong-lit, con-
sidering the high station of livr Majesty, considering the si-
tuation which she expected to occupy as Queen Consort intbis
country, she \you'd haVe bren anxious to hays continually
about her person,some English Ladies of high rank; or at least
if she did not chose these, that she would have sought some of
similar, rank in her native country, lriunswick, or sotneWhere
else on the Continent. But will it be believed, that she re:
aired into her house a person totally unknown to her, a wo• ,
man of vulgar manners, totally uneducated—and this woman
was no other than the'tecond sister of this Bergaini; of whom
I have already said so Mulch. Such was the influence of this.
man over her 1%-lajesty„that she received this sister under .
the title of the Countess of Oldi. Thus she had the two
sisters, the. mother, the brother, and the child of this man its
her establishment at the same period; but while one sister
sat at her table as a Lady of Honour, the other lived with
the servants:. The brother, who was also, 1 believe, a cou-
rier, the mother, and Bergami lived with the servants
also. In May, 1815, this sister, who was received as her
Majesty's companion, filled the smile situation which was
formerly held by the Ladies Forbes, Lindsay, told Campbell.
I ask your Lordships what inference is to be drawn from the
whole of this? Will your, Lordships doubt for a moment,
when you hear these coppltd with the (otter facts which I
have detailed to you, that the allegations in the preamble are
fully borne out by the facts ? Her-Majesty slid not reside
long at Milan. She set ont for Venice. Up to this period
I hate shown your Lordships the continued familiarity which
existed between her Majesty and Bergami. I now come
to a circumstance, which will more fully establish that
fact. I have already slated the periods at which her Ma-
jesty was quitted by both her male and female English at-
tendants. On her journey to Venice she was aceonipanied by
the Hon. o.'llarrell.--(Here there "was an exclamation front
some Noble Lossi,'whose name we could not catch.)—l beg
pardon of a he Noble Lord and of the Muse. I have unin-
tentionally mistaken the name of the ;Gentleman; he to whom
I allude is• Mr. William Borrell, not Mr. Drummond Bur-
rell.--(Altair, there was an observation, but from what part
of the House was not heard.)—l have to apologise to your
Lordships, for the mistake into which I have fallen. The
Noble Lord must pet ceive that I meant• nothing udensives in
mentioffing the name of -Mr. Drummond Burrell. Neither
do I mean any thing offensive in mentioning the name of Mr.
tr. Burrell. I arts only stating the fact. I
mention this Gen-
tleman in order to show that he was t he only English attend-
ant who accompanied her Majesty to Venice. I have not the
slightest doubt that at that period Mr. W. Burrell was totally
ignorant of her Majesty's connection with Bergami. I never
meant an insinuation against his character.—(Cries of " Gu
ofi.")—Your Lordships, 1 ant sure, will excuse use, and will
believe that I could have no intention of injuring the charac-
ter of either of the Gentlemen whose names I have Mentioned.
• —(Cries of " go on, go on," in a more solicitous tone.)—l was
about to state to your Lordships a fact which occurred at
Venice. On one occasion tier Majesty, who resided in a hotel
inthareity, was left afterdinner alone with Bergarni, who had
stood behind her chair as usual. She was observed by a stir-
rant of the hotel to take a gold chain and place it round tter-
ganii's.neck.. Much familiarity then took 'dace. lie tools the
chain frons his neck, and placed it round the neck of her Ma-
- .1,61 y, and she in return again put it on his. This toying was
continued for scone time. Why'
my Lords, do I meut ion this
.fact? I mention it in order to show the increasing familiarity
and growing influeace which this man was daily acq'tiring
over her Majesty's mind. After her Majesty's return to
Milan, Sir. Burnell quitted her Majesty's service'at the
Villa Vellani. As the English quitted her service, there, ap-
peared less reserve in her attention to Bergami. There she
gave him a blue silk gown, which he afterwards wore in
the mornings, and his room was as usual near her Ma-
jesty's. But though her Majesty had so tar demeaned lier- •
self, I.do not, impute it to her as a- crime. She "played at
gaIIICS with servants, which of
itself might not be of much
consequences:- but under all the circumstances of the case
must prove the fall of her character resulting from her in-.
eituated attackmetit to Bergami. do August-ISIS, she visited
-Mount St. Got bard, Bergami still in lieu service : thence she'
proceeded to Vannes, where she dined at an inn, and after
dinner she retiredlo a bed-roam with him, root rentai:oed
tacked up fur a considerable length of time. There
was no
Apparent cause for snch retirement with Bergami, hut' sech•
was the fact. After this they scent to NI adorns it !!lotto,
where
s!,ey slept, anti next day-they journeyed to the Borromen
Islands. Her Majesty bad• the best; apartment assigned for
her use, at the inn to which they then repaired. It. was
naturally thought that this was that which . her Majesty
would choose to occupy. But that room haul no communica-
tion •vith the sleeping room of Bergami, and it was remarked
that she declined taking this, which• she had formerly occu-
pied when she visited the same place, and preferred an in-
Isis°, apartment, which communicated with the bedchamber
of her favourite Bergami. This conditct is not a little sin-
gular; what reason is there that Bergami• should always
sleep in the room near her Majesty? Such however was
the fact. What motive could 'she have for desiring thato he
Airangement, just described, should take place; what but this,
that it favoured the adUlterons intercourse, which 's-he was
then !,,.ping up with Bergami, and which without such an

arrangement would be more exposed to observation and et s-
covery.? Her Majesty next went toßatman-a, where Bet -
garni; -now - entitled to a higher rank, was admitted toyer
Majesty's table. He (the Attorney-General) did not know,
that he .bad aspired to that .honour before; but at I3ellan-
aorta, he, being still her courier, was admitted ttia.dilia
with het in his courier's dress, and from that „periiid he
believed it would be found that this person had constantly
sat at her Majesty's table. Did this, be would asits
with the dignity of a Princess of England ? If the merits
and fidelity of Bergami entitled .him to such coramon
distinction; would it nut, he. would ask, have been more,
proper and decoroesto have promoted him to some Ilig,hea
station before he was admitted to her table? Bat no. the
fatuated .passion which had taken possession of her then
Royal Highness could not wait fi;iathis, and the favouritewas
admitted to dine with her even in the dress of a menial ser-
vant, Be could . not think that under any circumstances
such a familiarity. Was allowable between an individual o,f
this description, and a person of her Majesty's high rank.—
In the middle ranks of life was it common familiarly to admit
to the family table those who were in the habit of perform •
ipg the menial services of the house ?. If then this was not
common in the middle and lower ranks of life, how was it to
be accomtted for in the case of her Majesty, but by ascr(l3-
lug it to that fatal passion which had made her forgetful of,
her honour and her adignity ? Such a passion broke down
all the barriers which divided the different classes: of so-
ciety—it placed the lowest and most vulgar on a level with,
the highest, and such persons claimed (as they had a right .to,
du under such circumstances, and with those who acted such
a part) to be treated as equals. They next visited Lugano,
and decisive proofs of the adulterous intercourse carried on
at that place would be offered. As at other places, care was
taken that the chamber of the Courier Bergami should be.
I near to that of her Majesty, and without going into the dis-
gusting particulars, lie thought their Lordships would-be
.sa-
tisfied of the criminal intercourse there carried on between
the parties.
sOn her return she established herself near,
Como at the Villa d'Este' and here she seems to have
first thought that it would be better to give him an osten-
sible rank wore commensurate with his actual authturityan,
her estelisbment : he was accordingly raised to the dignity
of Chamberlain. She then went again to Genoa, and on the
15th of November embarked on board his Majesty's ship
the Leviathan, its which • the cabin apartments bad beets
previously arranged with a becoming regard to the privacy
and seclusion of her sex under such circumstances. It bad'
been thought that it would he agreeable to ber Majesty to
have her female attendants as near to her person as possible.
Two cabins had therefore been fitted up, one fur her Majesty
and her Lady of Honour, and one for her afijesty's female
servants. But on her Majesty's going On board, this arrange.
went was altered by her directions, and the romp intended
for her female attendants was appropriated to the use of Beta
Het Majesty remained on board front the 15th to
the 26th of November. Ls,tbe course of this tour she visited
Elba, where, however, she did not slay but a day or two,
and thence returned to Palermo, which place she reached:
on the 4601 of November. While on board the ship,
Bergami, acting as her Chamberlain, continued ,to dine at
her table; but he was careful to avoid a repetition' of
those familiarities which had before been noticed, 'and
which indicated the criminal intercourse which had beets
carried on, and which was no doubt continued. She,
however, still treated him with considerable familiarity
—often walking arm its arm with him on the deck : and
in :other respects using great freedom towards. Isins. At
Palermo, her Majesty went to Court accompanied byfrlerga-
mi, in a magnificent Hussar dress... From thence .she went to.
Messina, where she remained till the 6th January 1816. On
her arrival there, the bed rooms were arranged as in the other
places I have mentioned—on this occasion, however, their
rooms being separated by that; in which the .Countess
of Oldia his sister, slept. It.. was here observed, that
her Majesty and Bergand; .retired earlier than the
others to rest, and' that she seldom required that fe-
male assistance wbiah ladies of ber rank usually' de-
manded, on. such occasions. The dour of the apartment of
the Countess of Oldi had beets constantly lucked after her
Majesty and Bergami retired; but one 'of the servants had
been Dear enough to the apartment in which Majesty
slept, to hear that Berganii. was there. Elere. she had been
seen in her night-dress passing through Bergamrs. bed-room
repeatedly. It was observed tts,st "Bergami and the Princess
frequently retired atan early hour, and that he was called uport
to attend her to bee bed•raone, instead of her female servants.
She would do without their assistance, and would frequently
not be seen again till the following morning. Their intim:try
continued, and she became more careless of her •person, and
was frequently heard to accost him by the most endearing
titles, calling him her ".friend" and her " heart," and other
expressions that could alone he justified, or .warranted ley
that adulterous intercourse alleged to have been carried on
between them. On the 6th January her Majesty left Met-
. sins, and embarked in the frigate Clorinde, the vessel which, s
had previously carried her Majesty from Civita Vecchia to
Genoa.- -At that time Bergami was her menial, but he -Wila
flow her Chamberlain. That ship was still commanded by the
same honourable persists who commanded it when she sailed in•
it before. Their Lordships would observe, that whets her Ma-
jesty first went on- board the' Clorinde, she was aliended by
Bergami, as a menial servant. On ibis occasion he washer
Majesty's Chamberlain, and was to dine at the Maine table with
het. That honourable Officer felt that it would be degrading
to the British service, for Isins to sit at the same table with
Bergami, after seeing him in the situation which he had
formerly filled. He, therefore, its tbe most respectful
terms, intimated to her Majesty by Captain Pechell, that
he was ordered to receive her un board his ship, to convey
her wherever she pleased to go; and to provide suitable
accommodation fur her and her-suite; but he requested her
to spare a British Officer the disgrace and scandal of sitting
at the same table with one, who but a wort time before had
been on hoard his ship as a menial servant. Every English-
Man must applaud the conduct of this officer-aevery English-
man would du the same. The conduct of her Majesty proved
how leverely she had felt its propriety. If there had been
nothing imp oper in her conduct—if, as they would pro-
bably hear, the fidelity and services of Bergami entitled
him to the distinction conferred upon him, would she not
have been disposed to say, " Ito not object to sit at the Mine
tickle with a man of his merit ; I' feel it no degradation to
myself to sit at the saute table, and I anist therefore tea
any British Officer, whoever he may ise, that it can he
no degradation to lints ?" This was the language her Ma-
jesty wolud have held had she been inaocent—she wonlit
have done more—she would have said, ti You have offered an,
insult to the Princess of Wales, and to the country to Which
she belongs;. and I will complain to that country which has
provided a ship of war to carry me front place to 0130, of
your conduct. I will not go un board your shipasow ; btfit
I will camplain to your Commanding Officer of this conduct,
and you shall'make me reparation." Tills would- Isgve berti
the language she would bare held, had she not been con-
scious of guilt—had she not. bee& conscious of carryingaitl a
criminal .intercourse with Bergami, and a complaint. sialatd
have been made to the Cetrimanding Officer. Far froth
doing this, she had taken twoalays• to consider what course
she would pursue, and she had expostulated with Captaia
observing that Captain Beigg, of: the Iseriathara
had not objected to sit at the same table with Berganii.—
That' Officer, however, had said, " I never knew that Bee-
g:oni had been in such a situation ; he had never waited be-
hind my chair." Capta',. Peehell- himself had been waited
upon by Bergami, %Oleo her :Majesty went on board his ship
befure. Her Majesty had delayed coming- to a 'resblutiOn
on this subject for a day or two, and that-delay to his (th
:Wm ney-Geninars) mind, proved that she was operated -
upon by the fatal attachment that she had' formed, • and
that she wanted resolution to give up the society of her
favourite, even for a day or two. She filially decided, th
submittiog to what, if innocent, she ought to have re-
garded as' an insult from tin English Captain, and eta-
harked au board-Captain Pechell's ship, • refusing to dine
with him, and dining -at a separate table with Bergrifiii
and the Countess of Oldi. Frans Messina she sailed tb
,Syracuse, where she remained four or Jive days. Here' the
same arrangement was made with respect to the bed rooms
which had been made at other places. The house which she
occupied had three rooms on a fluor, and the aparatent Of ttre
Queen was not immediately adjoining that .flestined for
Berganti: There was however a private staircase which led
to it, and a door opened !ruin it iuto the dining-I'omo. 'fl
0111111g-I'6OM door was locked'every night, and thus the cims-
mumeation between the two chambers by means of the pri-
:tate staircase was left open to the parties. Oa the 30t1t
January, 1816, her • Majesty Went to Catania. There 'at
first :Berganti's bed room was at a distance from her's—
but the same change Isere tiaik• place as on every ottie's
occasion where-any interruption could take place in their
secret counnuoicatmus. But to get fruits hec Majesty's
chamber to that of Bergami, it was. necessary to pass
through one that :was appropriated to the female servatuta
The Queen- and Bergami usually retired before the servants
: to bed, and the latter were rutted in the morning before her
Majesty made her appearance, ati that there were but few op- ,
port thaties.for observiaa her conduct. One morning, -baw-
l' ever; these servants, having remained lonaer in their limns
than usual, saw, not 'tir their surprise (for other then:in-
stances made them pretty welt acquainted with' "the
intercourse then carried `on), her Majesty coming. Out
of Bi:rgatni's room. From her making her appearance
therelit thattime of the morning, it was clear that she-ghost
bate passed the night _in his apartin9l2.• That !high.