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contradict the assertion that he slept else-
where.. 11 I rr,
than near theWrinceSs's -room, and.all the
natural inferences to be draWn from their general
conduct go in` aid of the'tesiVriony they have
given: Where is the impeaehment of the. -61:
dence ? Five persons have spoken to what•oc-
ctirred .polacca,' and as' the case at pre-
sent stands, have I not shewn you the tra.ns6c-,
tiOns that pasSed'auring the-periods tO"wiiieli.l
have, called your Lordships' attention i . • The-
Learned Gentlemen at the other side asked the
Captain nothing abbut the'facts, but they asked
him what do you get ? How much Were• you.
promised"? TheSe were the' questions: of my
Learned Friendi, but which'of.• your Lordships
did not see the manner in which he gave his evi-
dente ? -He swOrelte was reluctant to come over.
here, and that he only got a fair eqUivalent for
coming. And mark the fairness and the candour
of This witness,' who, when asked if he got more
than a fair equivalent/ says7 cannot tell if it be
•
more or.less, haVe a speculation, which, if un-
fortunate, 'it will be more, if -I succeed, it Would
be less: Indeed, every. one at all familiar with
the :Courts Of justice 'must be aware of the ex:
tent of the remuneration allowed to personS in
the situation of the Captain oC the polacca-L-and
that' the' Suni'he received was not more than he
ought to have been 'paid., Then see- the cau-
tious guarded 'manner in -WhiCh he 'gave the
whole of his evidence, and ask yourselves, my
Lords, if he came here•for .the purpose of •preva-
ricating, or swearing to acts he-never saw. • The
same obserVations apply, to Garguilo. He con-
firmed the evidence • of. Paturzo. I now', my
Lords, leave this case as to the polacre, entirely
to your Lordships' judgment. Your knowledge
of men and manners, 'will enable you to draw
such inferenCes as' the evidence given will war-
rant ; and evidence, give me leave to say, which'
if not•diSproved, can only lead to one conclusion
—and justify the preamble of this Bill. Your
Lordships will not fail to remark-, that her Royal
Highness on this occasion ordered a bath to begot
ready below, and Majocci prepares it in the bed-
room of her Royal Highness. The Princess and
Bergatni-go into that room, where they are
shut up for half an hour or an hour, and he
subsequently calls Dumont to dress her, Ma-
jocci all the while remaining in the anti,.
room. This is confirmed by,Dumcint, who says
she fotind her Royal Highness in her bed-gown.
admit she does not say whether the bath was in
the bed-rOom or the dining4oom ; but Majocci,
who prepared it, has sworn it was in the bed-
room ; and can you suppose, under these circum-
stances, that pumOnt came over here to give false
testimony,? What was the conduct of her Royal
Highness at Aum?' What from Jaffa to Jerusa-
lem? At Aum a tent was erected, and two beds
prepared, one for her Royal Highness 'and the
other for Bergami ; their hours of repose were
the same—they were enclosed within it together.
ThiS fact indeed, is riot disputed, but a different
colouring. is attempted to be 'given to it: It is
asked; was she undressed ? No; she was in her
petticoat. . Was he undressed ? No ; he had•on
his great coat and his drawers : yes, and there
Were two persons in an outside room ; but what
of all that, what inference is to be drawn from
this circumstance, preceded by so many others of
the same -sort ? The fad is, they try to recon,
elle their case•with ours, and all they have got
out about 'their not being undressed .can in no de-
gree answer the inference which can alone be drawn
from the situation in which they are sworn to have
been. I admit there is no direct evidence of adul-
tery
then taking Place ; and that is because they
lived so' long in this species of intercourse,
that it was. not particularised on that occasion.
It will k unnecessary for me to advert to what passed at
Jerusalem. But I fear, my Lords, in going through this evi-
dence that I shall,be obliged to take up munch of your Lord-
ships' valuable time; yet in order to avoid that• as much as
possible, 1 shall 'now dismiss the polacca, and remind your
Lordships of what occurred at Terracina. pergami discus-
. harked there, and after two days, absence returned to the
vessel. Her Royal Highness .meets him on his arrival, and
they resume their. intercourse under all the circumstances of
mats and wife. Then, my Lords, taking all the facts we, have
offered in evidence, see how continued the story is, bow well
all its parts bang together, After the metorn to Italy they took
op their, residence.at the Barona; therelme would imagine a
person of, the exalted station•of her Royal Highness would
have selected suitable companions ; one would imagiue in a city
remarkable for its hospitality, that her Royal Higilness would
have been surrounded by all the dignified and the great in
that capital. But how will your Lordships be surprised to find
such a person proposed at the. Cassinir at Milan, and her ad-
mission to mt negatived Does her Royal Highness live there
in seclusion, living Unit philissophical life,•-enjoying that dig-
nified retirement beComing her rank and station ? For these
purposes she might have avoided society,. But what is the
society and what.the amusements Within the house of her
Royal Highness ? Her society is with the lowest persons, in
situation, in talent, in morals ; with those who are profligate
and debauched in the extreme. This is the society her Royal
Highness lived in. But this is not the charge against her;
and I only use it, as an argument to, slew it to be the na•
coral result of that dt•gr:ding connexion into which her
Koval Highness fell at the consequence of her guilty at-
tatliment. 'Her Royal Highness united around her those
people ; 4nd here the Barona reminds me of a circumstance
which gives me
tic)P the name of Mahomet• I know .the sneers and the
pain, so much s 9. that I shall only men-
contempt with which this was received' by the other side;
hut sums after its overpowering effect stunned toy Learned
Friends, and they forbore any further questions respect-
ing it. Is this nut, my Lords, of the same character with all
the other facts we have proved, but ,ptished to a much
further excess than the other scenes at the Barona ? Her
Royal Highness might probably have seen this ones, ; hot
if she had the feelings of a virtuous woman, would she
hare tolerated the repetition of such an' exhibition;
would she have laughed' and beeh amused at rather _that
turn off the criminal individual wills ignominy fromt bet
presence? The whole of these circumstances Op only. lead;
to one conclusion. While at Barona her Rohl ,Ilighis,ess
took.a-totir to Germany. And at the first inn alie-,stopped
the same alterations were made in
,the bed-room as on
all the former, occasions. This fact is,n(tti, disputed, hot
a 4:fiff,„iit colour_ is te/Apted to he put Itp,on chart the
whole story does not want a talk to Confirn)
True; this
in a great meastoe depends on the evitteni Dea umont, which
is still liable, to be contradicted, if they can.. liutlet us pass
on to Carlsrulte. At Carlsruhe•their
contiguous' tif each other, and the servant,Kranti; a' are als
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cation, saw I3ergami hed, Isis arm white, the Prioress on the
side of his bed, and hivarm twined.round her neck; ~u enter-
ing the dour, the Queen starts and the ehtuntwrthaid retires.
Tkisstory the servant tells at tb 011ie, in consequence of which
the fact comes to l'e known.. Site is now hrmight here ewith
'difficulty; anti,. as your Lordships have an
lids Sy cow-
ported herself as to shew every word she swore was true. From
Carissil*' he begged leave to call their Lordshins' attention..!
to what' took pl ice 'at . Triest e ; they• Chad the,evi4ne of it
person who lived in that place for nine years-, who told them
that he waited upon the Princess, arid lie called their atteti-
tion to what was a ilost, important part of hiS testimony. He,
had, -a-3 Yip:stated, 'been in the habit,of waltiok, wrol of oh-
serving liergami. come out of the room of the Princess with,
out his. krawers, in his; slippers, going towards the moon of
the Countess of- Oldi, led to his ownalinttrfient ; he,
w .ent tath into.the room of Bergatni and that of her Royal.
Highness, .and. the bed of 'hi,r'lloyal'Hightiess ss4s • riut•rlis,':
Lusted, DgFgalpi's liada4 the appearanceappearanceappearance of has'.