The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-28 00:00:00

BERGAMI.

, As curiosity has.been strongly and universally
excited by this Hero of Gallantry, we subjoin the
following extract from a pamphlet, said to be writ-
WI by himself, and recently published in Paris.
It is evident that a false colourin., has been given
to his progress through life; and contrary to in-
disputable facts in his history, attd, therefore,
that little dependence can be placed on the
whole of it ; but, coming from such a quarter, it
will of course amuse the Reader.
44 Bergami enters into no details as to his
birth, but confines himself to simply stating; that
his family, after having once been rich, beanie
poor; a disagreeable change, which, boWever;
has nothing extraordinary in it, or very instruc-
tive to the Reader. He says he .vas born with a:
strong'
source of, enthusiasm,. and was ardently
devoted, from his earliest youth, to sacred-books,
SO that:at,,one time he 'seriously
.entertained the
thought .ctf entering into holy orders. But an
unexpected' occurrence dissipated this intention.-
The reading. of the Bible had nearly made him
a priest, and the music of a French regiment,
which was marching under his , windoW, made
him a soldier. He entered the French army,
and having distinguished himself, was; made an
It;yvat.in this quality that he found
self under the orders of General Pino, and, not,
as he assures us, in quality of a courier, which
has. been SO wickedly affirmed., .He explains,
afterwards, liow happened that he was-mis-
taken fora courier... -
' he was in the service,‘an. apparently
insignificant occurrence took place; which power-

BEVNPENCE:

fully influenced his future destiny. He was pre=
sent at a marriage; which was splendidly cele-
brated at the house of the Countess

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Whose daughter was about to be niarried'. A re:
nowned gipsy fortune-teller was called ki to cal=
culate the yyung lady's nativity. A Mysteriolis.
grotto, to that of the sibyl:olthe
was prepared forthe pzirpoSe. This contrivance;
joined Id the reputation of the Sibyl, inflamed the
imagination Of Bergami, and the fortune-teller
found him disposed to listen to her with the most

entire confidence; when she came to 'announce to
to him that he would humble hirrthelf to be exalted,
and that a great Princess; to whom he would
render• great services, would one day make his
fortune'. Struck with this oracle,
.13ergami, to he,
gin to humble himself', quitted the service', and
secluded himself, in a cottage, Which was cer-
tainly not the way to meet the Princeis announced
to him by the Gipsy prophetess. This idea pro-
bably soon occurred to him; for Ire left his cot to
repair to;;Turin. Ite-.llad learned that a Prin-
cess of Napoleon's family had just arrived there,
and he was attyliottS,teg.4, whether it was,she

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who was to change his fate. On passing in front
of ,the theatre he saw a greit crowd assembled:
The Princess had gone hi. He. entered palpi,
tating -c'vith fear arid hope ; but the Countenance
of the Princess piodneed no effect upon him and
lie produced still Jess Upon the Princess, who
did not appear to hate perceiired him. Hence
he concluded that this was riot the rfncontre

,hat destiny had in store for him, [aid he quit:-
,ed Turin. It was
_home time afterwards that

be heard_ speak of the Princess of Wales, of
whose virtues and benevolence all the world
boasted. A voice within whispered that it must

be she whom the oracle had announced to him,
and be felt an irresistible desire to -enter info
her service. Unfortunately the household of the .
Princess was complete, and she 'only wanted a
courier. Bergami hesitated to offer himself in
this capacity ; bdt recollecting the *otds of the
fortune-teller—' thy wilt humble thyself to be ex-
ailed'—he thought that theinoment to htimble
self was come, and the hand whiCh bdt lately had
wielded the sword, no longer hesitated to
nceuvre the post-whip.
" Bergami, thus disguised as a courier to'serVe
a Princess, somewhat 'resembled the decoo-Ot
a Romance. In st short time nothing was
wanting to .render the fidelity of the portrait
complete, for he had the happiness .twice;to
save the-life Of the Princess On the route to Na..;
pies. His modesty does not allow'him to enter into
any detail of his duplicate adventure ; he speaks
only of the gratitUde'g the PiincesS. Arrived.
at Naples, he was distinguished by .the then
reigning Prince ; as 'be was alSo'ty one of the .
Princess's chamhermaids who appearS to have
entertained serious projects with regard to him.
She wheedled him into a tote-a4hte; bUt Ber-
gami was firm, and withdrew from this trial,
like chaste Joseph. The enraged chamber-
maid sought revenge ; and havink, heard of the
costume which the Princess intended to wear at a
masked ball, she pdt on the same attire, and,
passing herself off for her august Mistress,. she
was but too successful in her contrivance. •
" Such is the manner in which Beiy;arni de
velopes the commencement of his fortune, and the
suspicions which hovered over .him. Ifis Sister„
and his daughterVictorine, soon partook of the.
Princess's kindness, 'and followed her in hers
travels, of which Bergami gives. a succinct
nerary. lle explains, but without details, tiles_
various circumstances adduced by the' witnesses'
for the prosecution, on the -Queen's trial. Ile
'also mentions some particulars, such as the at-
tachment which little Victorine cOnc`eiVed for an'
ass (which was purchased for her to travel in the"
Desert),-to such a degree, that she-Would not be
separated from it, and the animal was, in
quence, embarked,'ind it afterwards followed tie
Court of the Princess. We learn also, That- the
Princess and Bergami each adorned (se
,coifaknO
their-heads with the halves of a melon, as a
source against the pierciMtlin-beams, and 'that',
the cook, who* neglected lII'S precantion, became
an idiot. On that very day, Bergami, wearied:
at finding' the dinner was. not
.forthcOnling, went
to hasten it, and found the cook dancing on, Oe
sand, making a turnstile orhis spit', ;and exclaim-
ing that he was one of We Knights of Richard
Coeur de Lion!
`" Bergami' speukS of 'the Queens trial with
•,
very laudable cireurnspection.: He. shews'
penetrated' with a gratittide towards her, 'which'
appears very natural.' He' thinks that what he
has said will stillice ttr excite the curiosity of the .
public, and the saleof his Memoire will probably:
prove to 'hint that he is Atot 'mistaken. He au-
nOunces,-that he waits the-issue of the trial of the
Queen to speak more openly, and name the per-
sonages whom he only indicates. W(.! may,
therefore, look for a second.part,
be less curious than the first. .W.e.-.entreat hiiii
however to. remembek, in this' second' part, *that'.
he owes his celebrity only to the part Which he
plays its a too famous trial.; that the public are__
much more interested in whatever relates .CO that
trials than in whaenterely relates to himself...per-
sonally 3 and that, consequently, he
.ought
to
speak of himself only so far as What be may have.
to say is connected with that important

A Clitt.ri'lltiti&T.---Yef;tertlay an InquisitiOn:
whi taken 'at the Triumphant Cbario!; Peinbrikel"
MevPg:.:Crirosv6nor-plde,before Mr, lb G ',CO.:'
Folni4,-15n- the' body of Mary Atit,t
liolden~ ,a
child "dilly seven nionths'ob4 who
1,0 iiiirmt to,
death. Verdict—'--" Accidental Death;''

FOR THE SUN.

O THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

Mr DEAR' Scpr. 25, Isn.
I have read 'over the Essay. I am not very
well acquainted with the state of France imme-
diately preceding the Revolution. The
intlis-
tiuct idea, however, which I have of it is diffe-,
rent from•yours, and the cause to which yon at
tribute that. Revolution i 4 the very.means
in my mind, might haite been used to avert all the
misery and, bloodshed which.-accomp" 'allied that
melancholy, period 'in the., History. of France.
constitution of that- country, ',believe, was
•then, as.it;:was during Napoleon's reign, despotic.
'There ',:vver(.,, two .classes .only in. society, the
.Grandee ~.and, the ~Canaille.. Ti%„nod of the
Grande:Monatque,was.the law of the country. ,
.Nothing. in.,..this world remains stationary

every thitigs- progteE-StS eiarer towards perfection
' or 4lecay. .:We must admit, that the situation of
,France undersuch _a. state, of things was bad
.ctiou,h an •d ,that a prudent politician would have
,
etKitavpured :•to betterit—that he would have
:endcavpurett. judicionsly to supply that link in
Spciety w liic.h was -necessary to unite the gene-
ralAutt.rests of the country, by forming a middle
c!,,ss of rw,:iNctability. The very term which
was. 'too generally used. in. France to designate
-the lower class, rnarks the contempt hi it

was held. No class of, persons is contemptible.
'Every class has an.appropriateduty to perform,
Ind if that duty is well performed, it is respect-
'able, and so far from meriting contempt, becatfse
the duty is huMble, it demands, in my mind, ,the
exertion of the greater kindness .and considera-
tion froM the higher for that very reason...
So far, however, from endeavouring to supply
the link that wanting, and to form a respec-
table-middle class, the Ministers of Louis seem
to have endeavoured iniprudently.t6 check the
efforts of the more wealthy of the lower classes
to rise into respectability and consequence. The
beniagogue hailed . the opportunity which was
thus presented to him of raising himself into noto-
riety, and he lost no opportunity ofividening the
breach which was thus made between the higher
and the lower classes ; and the result was that
his efforts were successful, and that his arts and
the imprudence-of the MiniStry brought on a Re-
vOlution, which, was characterized by every thing
that is revolting and disgraceful to humanity. It'
my view.of the causes which led to the Revolu-
tion in France is correct, you are wrong in attri-
buting it to the exertions of the lower classes to

rise into respectability, That the lower classes
became licentious is true, and that they were

most. licentious when the first act of violence was
Committed is also true ; but that is not the pe-
riod which can fairly be called the beginning of
the Revolution. It had begun' long before. The
disease had heeniong, and it strikeS me, not se-
cretly, spreading. •
I have not time to .go into a very long disser-
tation, btit it appears to me fiat the present state
Of things i❑ England does not sa much resemble
the state of France at that time. In one thing
it does resemble it perhaps, and that is the selfish
feeling .which pervades every class. • No class is
willing to sacrifice one comfort, or the enjoyment
of one luxury, to save the country frOm ruin, and
therefore; instead of there being one general in-
terest,' there are a thousand, each of whiCh must,
in some degree, clash
,with the, other.

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By whom" is the example. to be set, by the
higher or the lower class 6 ? It strikes me, that
if we saw the higher classes of society setting an
example of well-regulated economy, and self-de-
nial, it would not want followers in the other
classes. Ido not, mean to say, that there are not
many nobleman and faMilies of rank whose
Conduct is exemplary, and whose fortunes are
spent with honour to theinselves and advantage
to the Country.; but.l believe in my conscience
that their numbers are fewiTand. that so far
froin attributing the present discontented state of
the country to the •eXtraiitgatiCe. and folly of the
Middling classes, they no more merit the censure
than any
_other individual class; and that the
higher are just as much to he blamed,as the mid-
dling; and, perhaps, a great deal more. It is
not the middling class only; which has been living
beyond its means; it is every other class, and
dow it is necessary that every class should recede
and return to its. former style. A general sys-
tem of economy, and :of enlarged and liberal
notifies, can alone save the country from ruin,
and the horrors of a Revolution.. It is n:it a
mean vacillating systeni of temporary .expedi-
ents that will do. It must be a system that is
decided, energetic, and equal to the emergency.
The ship_ has been shattered in the storm, and it
is not by stopping a few cranks for. the moment,
that we can hope to save 'her from going dOwn----=
she must' undergo a ;general and thorough repair,
or s ip never can float again.
We are continually- dinned with lamentations
on the State of .the Press. It is licentious enough
we all kno4. , It is shocking to reflect 011 the
poison whiOCk weekly, and even daily infused
into the minds of the Lower orders. 13ut, is not•
the Min'ister who idly stands bewailing the
mischief that is done, without endeavouring 'to
administer the antidote,- just as, -or at any rate
almost as culpable, as, the villain- who doles.out
the poison. In my mind, he ,is so, and there-
fore I am. sick of the hypocritical. cant' of Lord
CASTLtREAG/I.and Mr. CANNING; who are con-
thinally exerting their :elpqtience. to convincethe
Peo,p- le that HONE. and Woo-01es publications
are mischievous.. and wicked, and the cause of
.
the present disturbed state of the country. - • -

To sum up all, I have to say—you seem .to
represent Lputs ;Is he was ; a good and amiable
King', with weak. and bad Ministers. The pa,
palace ambitious, licentious, and sanguinary—
awl the power. of 'the _Nobles diminished
_and
contemptible ; England, you say, presents a
similar scene. The, middling classes swelled
to a disproportionate 6ize; and'eucroaching-upon
the higher---,the shop-keeper, and the farmer
grown Jine.and lazy, and as vicious as his betters:
The Chureh.negleoted and the ale-house
the bible Mouldering on the shelf, and HONE'S and

WOOLER'S the only creeds studied by the ap-
prentice and plough-boy, and that hence the chain
of subordination has become deranged,: and the
Country involved- in overwhelming difficulties.
Such:, is your picture of the state Of Pance
ancrA,England. In a .feW words, I haveisaiil
enoirgh to shew you. how, mine differs front yours;
so that I need not repeat it.
YQU. Me diCal, but if
I had.tinie I could justify my feelings -upon this
subject. I hope what I have said 'will not be
disagreeable, because it. so widely '.differs with
your sentiments: 'No one 7 kicks more under the
probe of criticism than I do, and therefore I
should, -if had had time, have endeavoured to
handle the knife more tenderly, and- to have tied
up the womided limbs of your treatise With greater
skill, by •?pplying-tnore minutely my'obs'erVations
to the E:say,
.and thn's enabling you, if you
agree with me, to correct the one, with the other,
with-the greater ease. But be pleased to accept
it, gOod sir, as it is, for I am fain to believe it
worth the little fee of one groat which you marked
in the Papers; and though it may not carry with
it the appearance of much. sagacity, it willser-
thinly spew my liberality, as many an unhappy
scribbler would have demanded at least one
guinea for so long a critigne; and therefore em-
bracing you .with all fraternal regard, believe
me still '• Your affectionate, obedient, and most
humbr6 Servant,

.IEOFFRY COOSEQUILL, Esq.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.