The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-12 00:00:00

[Morning Chronicle.]

Durin7 the whole of yesterday the House was
occupied with the EXAMINATION of Lieutenant
HoWANI. The 111,iniSterialists seemed quite en-
raptufed when this Gentleman, in answer to the
question, " If you do, not know where Bergami
slept,, do you believe he slept under the tent ?"
said,'" I heard he did;- and I believe he did."
It never was attempted to be maintained that he
did not sleep under the. tent. But the Green
Bag witnesses stated in addition to this circ-urn-
stance of his sleeping under the tent, a matter of
no importance in itself, a number of other cir-
cumstances, calculated to give a different cha-
racter to it, which have received the most de-
cided contradiction. Though Lieutenant How-
nam was subjected to a very long and severe
cross-Aamination his direct testimony was not
in any degree shaken. His evidence was throughout
charactirised by candour. If witness, after an
examination of many hours, during which he has to
answer all manner of. qetestions from Peers as
well as COunsel, should, from. absolute lassitude',
become confused, and speak without well know
ing.what he said; no one could well he surprised.'
An ordeal of this dest4iption would be found too
much for many a head. I,`,,he examination of the
Italian witnesses was cotidicted slowly throng!)
the medium of an interpreter; and while the
interpreter was translating the question, a wit-
ness had time to collect himself. But the Eng-
lish witness has no such repose. One questioh
follows closely on the heels of another with a
rapidity, which, when continued for a great
length of time, is sufficient to stupify a witness.
Lieutenant Fly-no was certainly unequal to this
ordeal, and betrayed considerable confusion oc-
casionally. It has, however, been well remark-
ed by one of our contemporaries, that in this re-
spect he was very different " from one of the
Old Bag Foxes," whose memory was so clear,
distinct and correct, as to all points on which
it was necessary they should give evidence, and
who wiped every thing' else from their minds,
as if they would. shelter- thetnselves under one
general and unfailing expedient against piercing
truth."

Plornink 'Jerald.]
The EXAMINATION'S of Messrs. FLYNN and
HowmAN, the two Naval Officers who for a time
formed part of her MAJESTY'S Suite, have ex-
cited a lively sensation, and indeed produced a
raging controversy between some of our Cotem-
poraries, who have plunged into the great ques-
tion which now agitates the Einpire. As the evi-
dence of these Gentlemen was necessarily of the
last importance to the grounds of the Bill, it was
natural that great interest should be excited by
their appearance. The bearing‘ of their testi-
mony we shall leave untouched, as we have hi-
therto invariably done. The result of the inves-
tigation may possibly atTeet-the direction- of the
Public COuncils,'and this possibility has excited
rumours, which at present deserve no particular
notice.

[New Times.]
Yesterday Lieutenant Hows.tx was cross-
examined. If Lieutenant Flynn's forgetfulness
was unfortunate for her MAJESTY, Lieutenant
llownam's remembrances were still mom-so. The
King's Attorney-Genral, in the coilise of his

opening speech, on the 21st of August, made
the following statement :---" Her Majesty em-
barked at Jaffa for Italy, on board a' polacca.
Finding it inconvenient .to remain in the cabin
during the night, she directed a tent to be erect-
ed on the deck of the vessel, in order to sleep
in it. In this tent a sofa, or bed, was placed for
her Majesty, and also a sofa for l3ergami. This
preparation
_was made for their sleeping , under
the same roof, and without any 'partition or divi-
sion between them. In this way they continued
to sleep every night, until their arrival in Italy."
The Attorney-General added other circum-
stances connected with the history of this tent ;
but what we have quoted is quite enough. Here
is a broad. unequivocal fact---a married woman
sleeping, night after night, in the same tent with
another woman's husband---a Princess with a
Courier ! Does history afford a parallel. to this,
if the fact be true? For what purpose, but
one, could this man and woman be so
closed up together ? There are natural
necessities, • unpleasant operations, indecent
exposures, which must occur in such a situation :
lives thei e a female, above the rank or habits -of
a camp trull, who would subject herself to the
presence and gaze of a man, and that man not her
husband, under such circumstances ? We appeal
to the very women who have been foremost in
presenting Addresses to her Majesty on her pre-
sumed innocence and imaginary persecutions.
Would you, the Milkwoman, or you, the Tripe-
shop-keeper, or you, the Nightman's wife, if
you could afford' to hire but a single garret,
would you be so filthy' and indecent as to admit
a strange man to sleep in it with you for weeks
together ? We appeal to the men who have
taken a lead at the late public meetings ; let
them stand forward. and say, whether they would
think it fit for their wives to indulge in so extra-
ordinary a fancy ? The question was put to the
Queen's own witness—
" i beg leave to ask of Lieutenant Hownam, who a mar-
ried roan, whether lie should have had any objection for !Qrs.
Hownatu to hare slept under a tent with a man in the si tea-
tion described, with the lights out, and the place quite
dark'?"
Was it possible for Mr• Hownam, or for any
man, to answer such a question in the negative ?