The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-25 00:00:00

If
these Ladies had been examined it would have
been
impossible that this wretched case could
ewer have Veen brought forward.—And why. were
they., not called ? For the same reason, he pre-
s for which Dr. Holland' had not been
called, namely, that knowing most about her
ajesty's conduct, they khew more than was
consistentstent with the purposes of the prosecu-
i i
on • The Learned Gentleman proceeded to
Pint out several other instances in which
testimony of Majocci had been met .by di-
rect contradictions from other witnesses ofun-
doubted veracity. The facts were not in
themselves perhaps, of much moment, but alto-
gether they shewed the disposition of the man to
make 13.1) a case to prove himself worthy of his
li rec But, independently of such contradictions,
h'
had never seen in the coarse of a legal inquiry
117 witness so demolished by his own testimony.
"(missions had been extracted from him by
driblets, like drops 61 blood from, his heart, which
spewed that he was a being wholly unworthy of
credit,iii and that, whatever his memory May be,
Ills principlei are such as well qualified him to be
Mistress
of thatinfarnous conspiracy to ruin his Royal
which he (Mr. Denman) would point out
te,the indignation of their Lordships. Before en-
rerulg on that view of the case, however, lie must
wrest the' attention of their Lordships .to some
t`e ter parts of the; evidence, as it rested on the
truth, it
of Dumont and Majocci, although, in
4h"/ it was but a waste of time to comment on
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thing which rested- on their authority alone.
I,llPage 13 Majocci' spoke of. a secret staircase,
e, ',eh led to a small apartment not frequently
sce.u• Lieut. Hownam says it was not a secret
tealir,case) it was frequently used, and that led
ga 'is room. Majocci swore (page 15) that Ber-
eli dined at the table of her Royal Highness at
150‘1"a• • By the evidence of Dr. Holland (page
pe') and subsequently by Mr. Hownam, it ap-
ti ared that on no one of the occasions so men-
n:ned•did Bergami dine with her Royal High-
thss• Though these were trifling circumstances,
th.eY Served to show what description of person
iso was, and that he was worthy of his hire. He
je" not.think that ever a witnessmo - in any Court of
stice was so completely demolished by his
1v,°,8, s'examination. They did not . charge him
°f was
watit of •recollection, what they corriplained
was his too .tenacious memory in some Cases ;
halfis recollection of sleeping with his eyes
4t. x.,.°Pen, and many other minute circumstances
ea ; 'and his total want of. -recollection of
tan's °f great moment, as " I do not recollect
v,uleg received any money from Lord Stewart."
hat reliance could be placed upon such a me-
mory'lt was quite obvious that that infamous
De
aras°ll canine here determined, to earn.his money,
nrtt: determined to ruin his mistress. He should
toa` go through all the particnlar facts stated to
fre occurred, which facts had been proved by
4tiwei alone. It would be waste- of time to re-
to a such assertions. He was going, however,
t4L.PEr7s' over the important fact reported to have
tt:ell place at The-Theatre at St. Carlos. It was
drted that the Princess was, on that occasion,
vessed in a most indecent manner, and that she
folthdrew from the Theatre long before the per-
dirtilance was terminated, in consequence of the
tistigduasttneexpressed at her indecent appearance.—
Dumont, when called upon to prove this
(13 instead of speaking to the indecency of the
Cress,q spoke merely of a dress without form ; the
-1,-ess was monstrous, it was a large red shawl. This
'as Mad. Dumont's account ; but he bad no diffi-
IvtitY saying that the whole was an invention.
to s7O ever rested their case upon the miserable
-`l4l°n of valets and chambermaids ? Who
ever called upon a Noble Lady to relate the cir-
a44l stances of her husband'S embarrassments,
t even obtained and exposed her confidential
Letters from herself to her husband ? But he
Wind notstop with simply refuting the case at
4tPles• He would now proceed to Genoa,
th here there was not a single fact established in
AilVort of the general charge. From thence to
4 circumstance
Catania, and other places. At Catania
sa`'renmstance occurred to which it was neces-
, itrn7 to pay attention. • It was stated that her
t'sh-lal Highness passed from Bergami's room
withthat of the Countess of Oldi to her own,
t a pillow in her hand. But upon whose tes-
ICQuY did this alleged fact rest ?—that of Du-
br:llt only, The greatest care was taken not to
b:ng any one forward to corroborate it ; and yet,
Y referring to page 278 of the minutes,it would be
found that it is impossible to believe that that might
e
It°„t have been done, for another person did not
is'ess this extraordinary fact. Here Dumont
asked whether there was any person with her
hi
this room and answers that she does not recol-
et whether her sister was with her or not.—
bir) he would assert that it was utterly impos-
ofe that she should-not recollect the presence
aet!nc'ther person at such an extraordinary trans-
viiteu, • There were several other distinct charges
leaTt had not been supported at all ; but
of this
all that rested on the two main pillars
lie 'is grand attack—Majocci and Dumont,—
d would proceed to other persons who had en-
treah vPred to make her Majesty the victim of
41"atld perjury. The word conspiracy seem-
°`, Llate to excite exceeding horror in this
cOuntrylditocre
dis°
great indeed, that' adultery was 10
d upon any -staple surmise or incre-
-4 le toste
timany, rather than the existence of such
crime. Yet most unhappily its commission
was not only well known in this country, but was
brn, frequent. There were two most extraordi-
nary cases within the last -year. In one a young
simply to cover a misconduct of her own,
tic, absolutely accused a whole family of abduc-
and had sustained au examination of 6 hours
anlleu Court, with such an appearance of truth
13 consistency, that no less a person than Mr.
auks,
na, the Member of Parliament, who was fore-
of the Jury,interrupted the Tudge,in summing
.t}Pl2 to state the unanimous opinion of the Jury of
14eInilt of the accused. A new trial wasap-
fed or and refused ; but finally one was
grant-
of Pad the young Lady and her maid convicted
toek:riury, But this discovery.of innocence came
late to save the life of the'sister of the ac-
ed) tils who having been charged as an accomplice