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ABERNETHY ON LOCAL DISEASES, Ste.

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CURIA :AL OBSERVATIONS qn the Constitu-
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By JOHN ABERNETHY, F.R.S.
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at my aunt Clara's, but it was sent to me at Colombier.
Did that unknown person deliver it to you at your aunt
Clara's ?—I do not recollect where the letter was given to me.
I say again, did any unknown person deliver to you a letter?
—I recollect I said I revived a letter at Colombier, but Ido
not recollect whos delivered it.
Are you referring to the letter now read?—lt was a letter
without a signature, but it did not contain what was now rsad.
Then it is not true that when you were taking refreshment at
your aunt Clara's you received a letter, proposing to you to go
to London ?—I do not recollect whether I reestioeti is at my aunt
Clara's.
Did

. you receive it at _. _
exactly that which you have read.
Did the letter contain any proposal to you to go to London u
a Governess?---I wish to explain that letter; I wish you would
permit me to do so.
Did you or did you not receive a letter proposing to you to
go to London. Answer me that, and explain then u long as
you like ?—1 received a letter which said, if I'd go to London,
I'd be placed as a governess, if I provided letters of recom-
meadation.
The LORD CHANCELLOR.—Did

all ?--I received

such a letter but not

anything ?
I wish

inc sa say wl

you Nish to aid

'ou'd have the goodness to

I wrote the letter to my sister.
No objection was made to this request.
Witness conticuel.—l wish to go back to the time when I
was dismissed horn her Royal Highness's service. The same
evening that I was dismissed by het Royal Highness, and was to
start the following morning, Mr. Bergani came to my room.
Ile said.—
Here Mr. WILLWIS said, that what was said in her Royal
Hi.,,,liness's absence could not be received.

Royal Highness was in love with Sacchi, and eiteemed him as
much as in former times.
While you were writing that letter, did any person come into
the room ?—Yes, M. Itt.rgami.
Did he see you write it?—Yes.
Witness then stated that she went to Pesaro, where she put
the letter into the Post-office herself. That she afterwards saw
it in the hands of her Royal Highness. That she wrote a second
letter, which she afterwards saw. She had not communicated
its contents to any person. She did not recollect to whom that
letter was addressed, whether to Pauchino or some other per-
son. It was after having written the second letter, that she was

The Souceroa-Gruzaac argued that the witness ought to be
allowed to give an explanation of the letter, and to state all the
cir:emstancos thatled to it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR over-ruled the objection.
W:tness continued.—Mr. Bergami came to my chamber, and
said her Royal Highness wished to dismiss my sister also, on
account of my conduct. I was very sorry on account of my
sister, for she had no fortune at home, and could not live at
home. I begged Mr. Bergami would speak to the Princess to
keep my sister. He promised to do so, and at the same time he
adviseti me to write a letter to her Royal Highness, because she
was ra:.ch offended with roe, and recommended it to me to ask her
pardon. I wrote the letter at Pesaro the following morning.--
We recommended me when I wrote, not to write anything to
prejudice my sister. I promised to do all in my power to enable
her to keep her place. I also wrote a letter to the Princess at
Itiminl. I wrote several times to my sister, and always spoke
in favour of her Royal Ifighness, for I knew they would be inter-
cepted. At the time that I had the idea of leaving Switzerland to
come here as a Governess, I was afraid that her Royal Highness
might, on learning it, dismiss my sister, and it was therefore that
I wrote to her as I did. I dared not write freely for fear of my
Wet being seen. I knew the Princess would read my letter
and I wished her to be convinced I would not speak against
her if I came to England. I had often questions put to me in
private canversatiou about the Princess, but I always avoided
saying anything of what had taken place in the house.
Wii.i.lasts.—Have you now given a full explanation, or
have you any more to add ?—I have said, that I wished to pay
a v isit to my siren. When I spoke of a banker, what I
meant was, that I would take the money which 1 ad in the
hands of my guardian, and place it here (in England), because I
had been told the interest of money was double here, and it
might form a fund on which my sister and myself might sub-
sist here.

dismissed the service of the Princess.
I ask if the Princess said anything to you about the letter?—
I do not recollect,
Did you ever state that her Royal Highness was in love with
Saccki ?—No.
Then was the charge made against you true or false ?—Not
true.
Were these words said by you or by other persons?—They
were said by other persons.
Where was Mr. I3ergami when you saw the letter in the hands
of her RI "Hi -

.. &loyal Highness ?—ln the same room with the Princess,
Witness said the letter was addressed to Milan, which is two
or three day inure• frr- Per- She the letter from

_..y's journey from Pesaro. - wrote .
Rimini, produced in Court this day. It was written after she
had left the seivice of the Princess.
Soucnoa-Grxritat.,—Did you write other letters to your
sister?—Several.
Many, or few?—Not many, nor few.
How many ?—Five, six, or seven.
While your sister was in the service of the Princess?—Yes.
Did your sister correspond with you, or your mother ?—We
never had any news from my sister.

What do you mean?—kly sister did not answer my letters.
Did you or your mother receive any answer to your letter
from Rimini ?—Some person wrote in the name of my sister.
Do you know the hand-writing of her Royal Highness?-.-
Yes.
Mr. Baououram objected to this mode of re-examination.
When the Soucerea-Gaisanac produced a letter, and 'hew-
ing it to the witness, asked the witness—ls this letter in the
hand-writing of the Princess;—lt much resembles her hand-
writing.
Have yov seen her Royal Highness writel—Very often.
I do not ask you to swear, but do you believe this letter to be
the hand-writing of her Royal Highness?— Yes, I believe it is.
Witness further stated that her mother had received a letter
from her sister while she (the witness) was at Milan. Bergami
was present when she put the letter into the Post-office at Pesaro.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL—What did Bergami say on the subject
of the letter?—He said that it was true that 1 had said that the
Princess was in love with Sacchi. I denied it, and wished to
write to Sacchi to know the truth, but Mr. Bei-pawl refused it.
Did he say anything else ?—Yes; Mr. Bergami said I passed
a night in the corridor with Mr. Sacchi, but I said my sister
was there with me.
Did you sleep with your sister ?—Yes.
Was the charge against you true ?—No.
Witness was then asked respecting her examination in Eng-
land —She said she had taken an oath to the deposition, Mr.
Powell had asked her to swear to it. Did not recollect Mr.
Powell telling her for what purpose it was to he us'd. As far
as witness recollects, this took place two months ago. It was
after the arrival of the Queen, but did not recollect hew long
after. It was not long atter. Ilad heard of a Committee of the
House of Lords; thought it was after that. Witness read over
the depcsition before she swore to it.
anaciroa-Garismax.—You said, that when yon was at Naples
shirt, and

Ilsve you any more last words; or observations to make ?—I
have nothing further to add.
Nothing further ! Now don't be in any hurry ; take full time,
and tell me if you have any farther explanation to give ?—I
wislud by th,:t letter to convince the Princess, who suspected
that I spoke about her, that thu'tgh questions were put m me,
money would not tempt me.
Any odter explan-tti:m ?--I felt also at that time a great at-
tachment to her 'loyal Ilighness, and grateful for the kindness
she hrd shown me wltile in her house.
At,-

you saw Nergami in the corridor, one night, in hig
that you went through the door in the corridor?—Yes.
Did you observe anything done to that door after you went
out?—l saw that they shut the door.
Here the queen's Interpreter interfered, and said the answer
of the witness, was not they shut the door, but that the door was
shut.
Souctroa-Granitat..—Was the door locked, or not ?—I mean
to say when the door was shut, I heard the key turned.
Witness was then asked respzcting the time she made the
Na which - about three months?—Mr. Ilierony

letter might be first read by Bergami, or her Royal Highness.
bad reason to suppose that my letter would be intercepted,
because my sister had written a letter to my mother, which was
taken out of the Post-Office at Pesaro, and then put in again,
and something was altered.—When we were at Catania, I thitik
my sister was present at the time I saw the Princess leaving
Bergami's room with the pillow tinder her arm. Nearly half
an hour elapsed between my seeing Bergatni there and my fell-
ing asleep.
In answer to a question by Lord ELLENBOROUOII, wit.
nest :gated, that while her-Royal Highness was oil board the
Polucca in the vol age to Jaffa, other persons besides Berganri
slept it -'

in the dining cabin.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN wished to know the nature
of those marks witness had stated she and her dyer used in their
letters, for the purposes of concealment.
On this question being put, the witness begged leave to with-
draw. She was t•a•e:.ty mi s absent; when, on her fetuses.,
the question again pat to her. In the course of examina-
tt m by the Noble Marquis, witness said she did not recol-
[act that her sister had ever used those p:ivate marks in her
letters. That her sister had, when she wrote to witness,

said, she would put a mark at the foot of her letter. fl-
lieved her sister could understand the meaning of the dant e
entendre, br

but tiid not know why she believed so. Ti:: letter,
stating that if she went to ETTland she sliotlid be well provided
tor, was not signed. As f..r as witness recollects, it was In the
French language. Did not recollect by whom it was delivered,
whether by the post or by an individual. Did not recollect
where it was dated from.
The Noble MARQUIS then asked—Did witness know, or had
she reason to think by whom that letter was addressed to her?
At this moment I cannot say whether I had an idea at that time
from whom the letter came, and I have not thought of it since.

Did you return any answer to the letter do not recollect
making any answer.
Was there anything else in it but a proposal for you to go to
England as you have stated?—l do not recollect whether there
was anything else in it or not.
Have you that letter in your possession?—l have it not with
Me. Ido not know whether I left it at Colombia or not. I
think not, because when I left home I destroyed my letters.
Earl of LAUDERDA LE to witness.—Was it the effer con-
tainted in that letter which induced you to come to England ?
I had already thought of it before.
Did you endeavour to get a situation as Governess since you
came to England?—No.
In answer to some other questions by the same Noble Earl,
witness stated she laid not know to whom the letter of her sister
was directed, whether to her mother or herself; nor how man'
letters her mother had received from that sister.
Examined by Lord FAL NIOLITIL—It was either the
ness's business or her sister's to r. clove any wet linen which
was left in the bath-room, after the Ptincess had used the bath.
When she went into the bath-room, as before alludtd to in her
examination, does not recollect whether there was any wet
linen or any marks whatever of the bell having been used.
Onl:• recollects seeing the bah. Witness asked whether
the whole of the letter to lenr sister before recited, v. as a clothfe
euteradre, or only part of it? whethi r she was sincere in her
praises of the Princess at the time she wrote that letter?—Put
only of it was a dmbk rttrelttlre, because when I wrote it I was
extremely oblipal to her Royal Higheess, and I was willing to
speak well of the gteat goods• ss she had shewn me.
By Lord LA UDER DA LE.—Were you sincere in those parts
of that letter in which you praise the Princess.'—ln speaking of
her personal qua.kies, her, goodness, and p tten,e, I was sincere.
Is there any praise of the Prineess in that letter in which you
was not sincere ?—I do not recollect whether I was sincere in all;

but in the greater part I was 'sincere.
By Lord DA It V LEY.—You have said, that at that time--
the time you wrote the letter to your sister—you were mach
attached to the Princess ; will you tell us, when that attach-
ment cease?—When I heard that her Royal Highae-ls said se-
veral things of me in tie: hose a her Royal Highness.
Was it in consequence oi the application to you to come and
give evidence here ?—No.
What was pur motive then ?
The House having expressed a general disapprobation of this

-nything more?--I cannot recollect entirely all the cireum- beds at Naples, • -1 was • ....• is.••••••Iy- I question, the Noble Lord modifiea it into
stances attending this letter. muss room opened into a small interior corridor, through which What inducement had you to come to give evidence here'
Did you see this letter last night sufficiently to know It again a Hieronymus, I was asked to come and declare the truth, and I came.
a person passed to the Princess's room. Mr.
—Although I knew it again, I could not recollect all its contents. William (Austin), and witness went through that corridor to I The hour a four having now arrived, when it was under-
When you went from this place, I don't ask you where you their rooms. Witness had assumed the name of Colombia on her ! good the House would adjourn on Saturday's, considerable ins-
went to, who accompanied you ?—A Lady, one of my triends. arrival in England, in order to be more private and quiet. !patience began to be manifested by many of their Lordships,
By nobody else ?—ily a person, whose name I don't know had seen Mr. Hieronymus on the staircase where she lived in i which was not relieved by the nature of the next question rat,
who fetched me here. Dean-street. He called on witness twice the same morning, which was
I)id you remain any time near to this House before you set about seven weeks ago, These were not the only time; he had By Lord MORTON.—Was the water used in the bath salt
out fur home ?—I remained a moment in a room above. called. Witness knew Count Schiavini, towards the latter time or fresh?—(Murmurs)—The House in their impatience seemed
she was in the service of the Princess. Count Schiavliii used
1 How long ?—I do not recollect exactly. to forget that the Noble Lord was one of the `ice-Preside ins of
What ass you wean by remainie.g a foment. Will you swear
sometimes to give characters to servants when they left her the Royal Society, and might have his philosophical reasons leg
I you did nut remain half an hour?—l do not recollect ; I may Royal Highness. .. asking such a question, as indeed the question with which it w-s
have remained half an hour. Here the re-examination on the part of the Sotaciron-Gxes-
Then, what did you mean by saying you only remained a mo- !tat clos:d. followed up immediately shewed.
The witness (as we understood) answered sea water.
tent ?—I meant, not long. I Erairlin vi by their Losdskips. 1 I SILCOND WILITIONI..—IS it customary to use to dry with
Will you swear you did not remain lies hours?—l cannot Does not know what the object of Hieronymus was in call- after bathi ..g in sea water ?—I cannot tell.
swyar 4s to the time eiactlyj becauae I cannot recollect. , iag upon her at I:le4aratrect. Ile spoke ouly to her sister, who , •
The House now adjourned till Monday.