The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-04 00:00:00

very strange that she should wear a mask, and
that at a• masquerade.
,Now, in my opinion; this
astonishment ought not to be of long duration,
for if she did not wear a mask, ,she had-Ino busi
ness there. L should, in fact, my Lords; fatigue
your Lordships unnecessarily; were I. to go
thrdligh, in detail:all the glaring variations be-
tween my Learned Friend's statement and his
attempt to prove his assertions by evidence at
your Bar. At Messina he said he should prove
that Bergami and the Princess were locked up in
a room together. At Sadonane, on the l2th of .
April, for he was always precise as to dates, he
was to prove that while one of the servants was
in bed in the anti-room, the Princess passed
through it into Bergami's room Nvbefe he was in
bed, 'and remained there saluting Bergami for a
considerable time. What wasthe witness's story,
when he came to tell it ? Why that Majocei saw
the Princess go into
,Lkergami'.s raorof, and•reinain
there on one occasion for ten ininutes,,and another
for 15—and heard them salute—n O-----but only
whisper. Then again; look at the proof as given
in Sacchi's stce.y, and the statement of it in my
Learned Friend's speech. Sacchi says, that one ,
night when the courier returned late from a, mes-
sage to Milani (and
.which courier by :the way,
was Sacchi himself,) he did not find Bergami in
his own bed-rooth, but coming out from that of
the Princess—that Bergami seemed anxious to
explain away- the reason of this extraordinary
appearance, by saying he had." heard hiS'
cry, and had gone to see, what was the matter.
Did the witness give this account of the alleged
transaction ? No : for though ,repeatedly urged
to relate the anecdote in a particular manner, so
as to suit the deseription of it by Counsel, he re-
plied,, he had no recollection of this conversation
about Bergami's child.-,--Afterwards came- the
narrative of the disgraceful scene at the Barona,
so disgraceful and disgusting, as stated by the
Attorney-General, that it gave the house more
the character, of a brothel, than that of a palace.
It was this licentious conduct which even
shocked her servants, end• drove from her
circle all society of rank. And yet, singular
it was, after this conduct became publicly- known
through all the servants, that Lady Charlotte
Lindsay renewed her visits to the Princess.
The servants of Lady Charlotte' must dOubtless
have communed with those of the Princess ; there-
was no step taken to keep this:graveAike secret,
and yet, from first to last, We. hear nothing of
its blasting operation upon the minds of the
visitors of unquestionable- honour, for such were
Lady Charlotte Lindsay, Lord and. Lady. Glen-
hervie, Lady Campbell, and the other ho-
nourable
.personages in her Royal Highness's
suite. These joined her Royal Highness after
the scenes at the Barona ; some met the .Princess
at Naples, some joined at Rome; others at Leg-
horn. Aye, at even much later periods her Ma-
jesty was attended by illustrious•company„ She
was received by' such after the long voyage : she
was courteously received by the legitimate Sove-
reign of Baden, and the still more legitimate
Bourbon of Palermo. She . was courteously
treated by the legitimate Stuarts of Sardinia,
whose legitimacy stands contradistinguished from
the illegitimacy of the family whose possession of
the Throne of these realms stands upon the basis
of public liberty and public rights. She was re-
ceived even by a' Prince who ranks higher in
point of legitimacy—the Bey of Tanis.—(A
laugh l)—She was also received with the same- re-
spect_ by the Itepreentative of the Ring at Con-
stantinople. in fact, in all those countries she
met with that reception due to her rank and con-
sideration. Ile then proceeded to comment more
particularly on other partsof the statement of the
Attorney:C eneral,,and the sort of evidence by
Which it was supported, in which the parties were
represented to be so,totally unguarded as to corn-
' mitthose.acts which, in all ordinary cases, would
have been done in the greatest privacy, in the
presence of so many witnesses, - and where the
number of the witnesses, and. the positive
strength of"the evidence, seem to have been uni-
formly wrought up the higher, in proportion to
the 'criminality of the particular acts of the par-
ties deposed to. Their Lordships might easily
suppose that persons so wary against themselves,
persons so cautious and diligent for their accu-
sers," would not be wanting to do the finishing
kindness for their foes,.and grant one another the
last favour in the presence of others. Accordingly
the parties are seen sleeping together—this is
said to haN;e taken 'place habitually, nightly by.
land as we 4 as by sea, and on the latter element
us the presence of all the passengers. Nay, to
such a. degree was this. done, that ilergami could
not retire with the Queen for an hour to an anti-
chamber, where she was to change her dress and
alter her trabiliMents from head to foot, without
care being taken to post the honest, trusty. in-
triguing Swiss chambermaid at the door—without
telling her ‘c there you are to wait for three
quarters of an hour while we are going for- such
a purpose inside.".--(A. laugh l).-,-But dieir Lord-
ships. would all along perceive, that in proportion
`as these. disgusting scenes were of a nature to
£l-11ItOy and offend every body of 'virtuous disposi-
tiOn—to inspire with disgust, alMost with horror,
every well, regulated. mind compelled to be ac-
''quainted with them; in the same proportion es-
pecial.care had been taken that they should not
be acted in privacy, and under the veil of decorum
atiirl reserve. The things alleged were not done
itt some of those receptacles of iniquity appro-
.priated to unlawful and . infamous intercourse ;
not in any of those hidden haunts which vice had
consecrated to her purposes; not in any luxurious
retreat, whose seclusion and delicious pleasures
Might pamper every sense, and perpetually mi-
nister to" voluptuousness and sensuality ; not in
any of those •Cyprian islands of old, devoted to
the pleasures of itoinan Monarchs---no : but
before witnesses—in open day-light, when
the sun' was at its meridian; but that Was
not enough, care Was to be taken that they
were to lie seen by a courier of their own, a
:nan only three Pr four days in their service,
without everi any:part of the furniture of their
carriage, dr their own dress arranged so as to
their disgracefel SittratiOni. He asked their