The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-22 00:00:00

bed in the -vestibule 'repose, Bergarni was,
after some -time, observed to come from it—he,
wad he only, having been there with her Majes-
ty. Her Majesty's dinner was brought to the
vestibule, and she and Bergami dined there by
themselves. -Her Majesey.wason the sane day,
observed sitting on a travelling bed which she
carried with her, Bergami being, seated on the.
. floor near her. After dinner, Bergami was, for
a coasiderable times' alone iti die vestibule with
her MaJeSty. Agaitk I ask your Lordships, why
- was it that Bergami of all her Majesty's
attendants,' be selected to attend in her -Majes-
trs.bed-rooth ?•- Why were even her female
attendants excluded, except for the purpose of
indulging' in that criminal intercourse with which
her Majesty is cbarged ? • My L9rds, I know no
otherseasOn, nor do I think your Lordships can
tind any other for this preference Of Bergami by
her Majesty: At other places, also, • this con-
duct ,was pursued. At
,Ann,, in Syria, her Max
siesty bad 'a, tent fitted up'; in which a bed was
placed.. Her: Majesty *as seen in that bed un-
dressed, Bergaini'litting in his shirt sleeVes; al-
most undresses's, on the side of the bed. Some
time after, -he • (Bergami) was observed com-
ing from the tent en disha.bile,, her Majes-
tys,being still -undressed and -in bed. I ask
your Lordships, if you can after hearing this
fact, which-tdok- place in the open day, doubt
that an adulterous intercourse , existed between
her Majesty-and this -man ?- If -her -Majes-
ty, while in bed. required an attendant, why
was not a fro. ale 'selected ; why was not the
Countess of Oldi'called upon ? I may be told
that this is matter of strong Suspicion, but that I
mint go much further to establish the adultery.
I. say, that in ordinary cases, this would besa'f-
ficient proof. , Built is not an isolated fact-s-it
is, one of a series of circumstances; which go to
establish beyond a doubt, the adulterous inter-
course which existed.—W hat" woman of virtue or
delicacy—what woman who had not granted a
man the last favour, would aIIOW him to be in
her bed-room alone, she being .undressed.,and
in bed ? At Jerusalem, her Majesty, not satisfied
with having made, Bergami a Knight of Malta,
had him also made a Knight of St.- Sepulchre, a
Catholic. order, which exists in that country ;
nay further, not satisfied with' even this, her
Majesty created a new order, the Order of St
Caroline, of which, After having conferred it on
some of her servants, she made Itergami the
Grand ,Master.—(A -am aware that
your L4dships must smile when you hear these
facts, but that smile marks strongly the degrada-
tion and disgraceful ConduCt which describe.
Thus we now have this Bergami a Knight of
Malta, Knight of Saint Sepulchre, the Baron de
la.Francina, and Grand 'Master of the Order of
St. "Caroline.; (Laughing.)—lles Majesty em-
barked on board the ,polacca; 'at Jaffa, on the
voyage home Ward. •The weather was excessively
hot, and,, her Majesty found it inconvenient to
sleep in lite cabin. Her Majesty directed a tent
to be put up upon the deck, that she might sleep
there, In that tent MA' only was a sofa placed
for the Princess, , but close to it a bkil. for
BerganniS In that tent slept her Majesty and
Bergami from that time, -until their 'arrival
in Italy. 'The lower 'Part. of
,the tent was raised
during the flay 'to admit the air,, but at night.it
wash let ' down so as exclude to obserVation.
During the time her Maje Sty and Bers'ami
remstined, in it, the tent was so closed. Not
only-did they remain in it during the night, clos-
ed n.that :manner, but in the day, and after
dinner. This,' as :Is have alrea'dy stated, was
continued until her Majesty's 'arrival at Terracina
in Italy. This fact alone would bear out the
charge ,in the preamble' of the Bill before your
Lordships. .Itis not presumptive, but conclusive
. evidence of the fact. Was it,, my 'Lords, ever
heard of,that'a woman slept alone- in the same
rooms night after night, with, a man, except for
the purposes to which I havealluded ? Can your
Lordships doubt for a moment the motives which
induced her Majesty to act in 'this manner ; but
if you do entortain any donbts,. they' rinist be re-
moved, when, you find that her Majesty, in the
open .day, and before her servants, is seen sitting
on Bergami's knees_ embracing and toying with
him..., if such be-her Majesty's conduct in the
open day, how do your Lordships'Suppose 'she
acted When alone with Bergami, • and when the
veil of night-had removed all delicacy, if any de-
licacy-remained in a Lady who excluded her fe-
male.,attendants and shut herself
.up with a man
in her bed-room ? In order to prove that all re-
straint was removed betWeeu her *Majesty and
Bergami, I have only to state the following fact.
During her, Majesty's voyage froth Jaffa, she had
on several occasions baths prepared for her, and on
those occasions she, was attended' even while bath-
ing, by Berg,ami,and by Bergami only ! 'your
Lordshipsafter this .loubt the nature of the inter-
course which existed between her Majesty and
this man ? Are not your Lordships convinced
that an adulterous intercourse only could induce a
woman to bear the presenceof a man on such an
occasion ? Duriag this voyage the Feast of St.
Bartholomew (the 24th August) .arrived, and
Bergami's name being Bartholomew, this day of
his patron saint was kept by all'on board (in ho-
nour of ,Bergami),- as a day of rejoicing and fes-
tivity, While this carousing went on, the healths
of her Majesty and the Chevalier Bergami were
repeatedly drank—that Of the latter because the
feast was in honour of his name. Your Lord-
ships will ask me what conclusion I draw from
this ? I say, that the circumstance of itself is
nothing ; but, taking it coupled with the other.
farts which I have stated, it points out in the
clearest light the nature of the intercourse which
existed between her -Majesty' and Bergami. I
shall not fatigue your Lordships with a minute
detail of the numberless familiarities which took
place between her Majesty and Bergami; as I
find that in opening this case, I ought to draw
your attention more particularly' to the stronger
facts of the case. I shall not,"therefore,-now,
enter into a detail of the degrading offices which
her Majesty performed for -Bergami. Such, for
instance,as mending his clothes—(a laugh)—and
other matters of a similar nature. In September