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

Had. you never the curiosity,during•the voyage, to inejuire
where Bergami-slept?—No; I had other business to attend
to, to navigate the ship, and carry. her Royal Highness to-the
different places she wanted to visit.
Have you any doubt that Bergami slept on that bed during
tlie whole voyage not linow any thing where he slept.
Hate you'any doubt, l'repeat the question, that Bergami
:slept on that hed during the whole voyage?-1 cannot slay
where he slept.
Have you any doubt, I repeat the question a third time,
&c.?-1 must doubt that he Slept these every night, or et all,
since I-bars. said that-1 do hot know where he slept.' 'l'Re-
ver saw him there, and have every reason to doubt he did nut
'sleep there.
Do yyu mean to swear that , you believe be did not sleep
there ?—I do.
Where did he sleep ?-1 do not }mow.
In the cabin ?—I never went into the cabin in the day time
to see if he slept there -or not.
I do not ask about your going in the day time ; I ash you if
ever you saw him sleep its the cabin ?-1 du nut recollect 04
ever did.

On your oath, not knowing where he did sleep, do you be-
lieve that he slept under the tent ?—I believe he did nut sleeP
under the tent.

Why do you believe that ?—Because when I went in to see
her Majesty, I did not see him there.
Was it light or dark at that time?—[t was dark.—(Laughter.)
What countryman arc you ?—I am an Englishman, partly
an Irishman.
How could you tell in the dark that Bergami was not
Oleic ?—From the light from the. binnacle. I opened the
tent, and the light was sufficient to show me he was not there.
You mean to swear then, that when nut dark, as you before
represented, but light as you now represent-
:dr. DENMAN objected to this mode of putting the ques-
tion, and it was withdrawn.
On the night when her Royal Highness called you then.
you mean to swear that Bergami was not in that bed ?-4
never saw him there.
If he bad been there, must you have seen him ?—Yes.
Do you remember, on the night of a storm off —, that
her Royal Highness went below ?—I do.
Where did she sleep ?—ln the cabin of Mr. Hownam.
Did she not sleep on the deck by the side of the cabin ?
She might have slept there, and then retired into Mr. How-
tram's cabin.
Did you see her during the night ?—No ; I saw her in the
morning in the cabin.
Did you go below during the night ?--I do not remember
going below, and seeing her Royal Highness on the deck. It
was blowing hard, very hard.
Do you know where Bergami slept that night ?-4 du not.
Where did you see Bergami in the morning ?—When be
came upon deck up the ladder.
During the whole month of the voyage, then, you mean to
swear that you never saw Bergami in bed any where ?-1 do.
The last question related to the witness's hearing whet was
said in the tent, but owing to the bustle of Peers rising, we
could not make out the answer.
Earl GREY observed, that it was considerably past the hour
of adjournment. -
The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired if the cross-examina-
tion was likely to be speedily finished.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was impossible for hint
to specify the time; and he did not wish to be hurried in his
cross-examination.—Adjourned.

BOW-STREET OFFICE.

SEDITIOUS PLACARDS.

William Adderfield, a country lad, was exa-
mined on Saturday at this Office, charged with
distributing amongst the crowd, in Parliament-
street, some hand-bills of the most inflammatory
nature that could possibly be conceived, contain-
ing direct incitements to the people to overthrow
the King and his Government. The lad then
stated, that lie was employed by a " respectable
looking elderly Gentleman" to distribute the
bills, and in consequence of the description he
gave of his employer, Pearson, the Attor-
ney, attended for the purpose of disavowing
on the part of the Queen's Plate Subscription
Committee (by whom the bills purported to
be issued), all knowledge of the infamous
libel. Pearson had a private .conference with
the Magistrate (Mr. Mtssuum,), *and
.having
given a deposition on oath, a warrant was grant=
ed, and put into the bands of Vickery, one of
the principal officers, for the apprehension of
William Franklin, Esq. .of _ Clarendon-place,
Edgeware-road, on the charge of being the pub-
lisher of the bills in question.
Vickery, accompanied by Pearson, went, at five o'clock on
Sunday morning, to Clarendon-place, and took Mr. Franklin
from his bed. Pearson having seen him in safe custody, left
him, and in the course of the day, apprehensive that some
attempt might be made by bins to get his liberty en bail, and
abscond, he wrote to Mr. Birnie, to inform him, that he had
several other charges of the most serious nature to prefer
against the accused, and eleven o'clock yesterday morning
was appointed for his•public examination at Bow-street.
At the appointed hour, Pearson, attended by a great num-
ber of witnesses, appeared at the otlice with a variety of hand-
bills and other documents, intended to be exhibited as a mat-
ter of charge against the accused. Sir Gerard Noel, M. P.
Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P. Major Cartwright, and several
other public men, were also present, and the office was much
crowded.
At half-past eleven o'clock, Sir Robert Baker arrived at
the Oilier, and had some conversation with Vickery, the •of-
fiver ; after which he took his seat on the Bench, and
Pearson asked, if the prisoner was forthcoming?
Sir RouestT BAKER—Hu is nut come yet, but. I dare say you
will see him.
Pearson asked Vickery where he was ? •

_ .
Vickery—l took him before Sir Robert Baker yesterday,
and he liberated him. He promised to be here at eleven
o'clock, but is not yet come.
Pearson, with some warmth. observed, that he was pre-
pared to charge the individual with the most grave offences,
and having himself given him in charge to Vickery, he ex-'
pected that be would be forthcoming now.
Sir Boum' BAKER said that Pearson's deposition, upon
which the warrant was granted, merely charged the accused
on suspicion of a misdernearomr,.and be had nut been idea•••_
tified. The charge.,bad nut been proved against hint -
Pearsow•--" I had identified hiM, and gave him in charge
to the officer." •
In the course of some conversation which followed, it ap-
peared that Mr. Williams, a neighbour of Mr. Franklin, had
undertaken to be responsible for the appearance of Mr. F.
Mr. Williams, who, had been sent for, said, he left the ac-
cused on Sunday night, atten o'clock, witkan understanding
that they were to meet yesterday to come to the other, and •
he called yesterday morning at his (Franklin's) house, but be
was out. Mr. W. seemed much confused, and on a subse-
quent and closer interrogation admitted that when he left
Franklin on Sunday evening, he said he should go instantly
into the country, and yesterday morning Miss Franklin in-
forme! hint, " that her father was a hundred miles off b
that time."
Mr. Minsbull having arrived, . .

Pearson said, he was prepared with ample evidence at this
moment. to prove, that inflammatory• handbills had heen
printed at a very great expense. by order of Franklin,-
that th%t person was connected with the Governments and"
that fifty thousand copies of the bill had been. distributes!
on Saturday. After some further conversation, the Magis-
trates expressed themselves ready
.to render every assist-
ance, and Vickery, with all the parties /interested, retired
to a private room, and had a lung constfltation. A hand-
bill was drawn up and ordered to he printed offering _a rewad
fur the apprehension of Mr. Franklin, 'andit was finally
settled, that Vickery should go in pursuit of the accused; Mr.
Minshull undertaking that he should be supplied with funds
for that purpose. It was also suggested, that an application
should he made to the Home Secietary of State, to use means
for his .appreheusion, alai here this ut;sterious matter rests for'
the present.

An handsome wherry, the gift of the Proprie-
tor of the Cobourg Theatre, was rowed foi yes-
terday by free watermen, all belonging• to. tle
Surrey end of Waterloo Bridge. Seven started.
IIaaLEY was winning decidedly, when he was
crossed by a coal barge. After a long dispute,
the empires decided that the match should liK!
contested again on a future day: