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mn those of her suite. Daring the whole of the•
jesty returned. She was very much Struck with I period to which lam adverting, this man retained
her Majesty's manner. Her Majesty seemed much the same situation in the -household. He vial her
agitated ; she hastened to her apartment ; gaie
Majesty's courier and footman. He regularly waited
strict orders that William Austin should not be ad- at table. To those members of her Majesty's suite
mined ; was observed to go from her own room to- who were of distinction, he still appe,aved in the cha-
wards that assigned to the courier Bergami ; and soon racter in which he had been hired.. It was only in
dismissed her female attendant in a manner altogether private and secret, and in the presence of the ser-
revel, telling her she had no further occasion for her. vants absolutely necessary to officiate about her Ma-
Tile servant retired, but not without the suspicion jesty's person, that the familiarity which existed be-
raturally excited by such circumstances. She knew tween her Majesty and him was manifested. It was
that I3ergami was in his bed-room. The present usual also farlfer Majesty to walk on a terrace ad..
ss a; the first alteration of the arrangement which I joining the apartments she occupied, and she was fres
have already described, and by which he had been quently seen by the domestics walking there arm in
accustomed to sleep in the part of the house occupied arm with this courier, this menial servant. It hap
t y the menial domestics. She had been dismissed pened during her Majesty's residence at Naples, that
i.. a manner altogether new ; and she had observed, Bergami received such an injury from a kick of a
hi the conduct and demeanour of her Royal Mistress, horse, as to be confined to his room for some time.
that there was something on her mind which she had He had already obtained such an ascendancy over
Lever previously remarked. But whatever suspicions his Royal Mistress, that he was enabled to introduce
• lvere excited in her on that evening, were confirmed into the family a servant selected by himself,, wow
by what she observed on the following morning.— pressly to attend him during his illness. This servant
My Lords, in any other case, if the evidence should slept near the room in which Bergami slept, and
prove that -which I arn about to state to your Lord- during his attendance on that person he observed
ships, a Jury could not hesitate to come to the con- more than once—he observed two or three times, that
elusion that an adulterous intercourse had taken place after all the persons in the house had retired to rest,
on that night between the exalted personage in clues- her Majesty went with great caution and care through
Aim and this menial servant.; for, on the following the passage I have described, to Bergarni's room, and
morning, the female 'attendant whom I have already remained there for a very considerable period; and
described, on ex-:mining the state of the two rooms, I am instructed that it will be proved before your
'found, evident proof that her Majesty had not slept Lordships, that at those times this person, after her
ia her own bed (which was almost precisely in the Majesty had entered Bergami's room, in a short time
state in which it was left on the preceding evening), heard sounds which convinced him that her Ma-
and observed in the bed assigned to the courier. Ber- jesty and Bergami were kissing together in that rosm.
garni, clear and decisive marks of two persons hay- My Lards,. lam aware of she of which the very rejubs,„f•
I:g slept in it. I should have stated, my Lords; that these distressing dreunistances is calculated to produce on your.
to your
Jam,awars that it must create
. feelings of disgust
t'.ece apartments were somewhat removed from those
your Lordships minds, sot alone with reference to the mr-
assigned to the other and superior parts of her Ma- cumstancts themselves, but even towards the pert who re-
jesty s suite. On the following morning (the 10th of sates them to you. It is with great pain that lam performing
November) her Majesty did not come from her room my present task. But it is my deny to Mate to your Lordships
(uadoubtedly with as much reserve as it is in my power to mu)
at the usual hour. She reniained in those apartments,
all that is necessary, in. order that shall fully
in one of which was this courier Berg ' ami, until a and perfectly understand the nature of the Intern Intercourse and the
late hour of the morning. Her Majesty's recent familiarities to which I have been adverting. lam sure there.
arrival at Naples naturally induced many persons in fore, that I shall not incur your Lordships' censure by :staking
tem sta
that city to par that respect to her Majesty which that of the facts in question, which it appears to me
her rank demanded. On the 10th of November, vat- to Ma-
jestyb remained hs°lent rs
utelyaanNecaepsrfrtonmmatee.
month
thappin arNs
ntyheants her
ber ta
rious individuals called for that purpose ; but her the following March. During the whole of that period, It will
Majesty was not accessible until a late hour in the 1):: proved it your Lordships bar, that the intimacy between
morning. Here, then, on these facts alone, no man her Majesty and the courier, Bergami, was observed by those
can, in my opinion, well hesitate as to the conclusion '
eor=useusatidaionnos. stand. beenkiyoriginallyLord,,lekxncintwed
lon th
ouhetsnuntbjetetn,
al,
-
to which your Lorships must arrive. 13.,,t, my Lords, Jude to anything in the shape of pahlit rumour. 13ut it is ea-
when I come to state the vas ions circumstances which tainly singular, that when her Majesty quits Naples, we find
subsequently occurred, your Lordships will, I am
that she loses a great part of her English suite, which weave.
persuaded, have no doubt that the present was the ni
ed her
i from this country. This is a fact which needs-no emn-
meat : t spe iks volumes to an unprejudiced mind. I repeat,
commencement of the scandalous, &go ading, and that several o: her Majesty's suite remained at Naples when het
licentious intercourse which thence continued and Majesty had quitted it. Colonel St. Leger had lett her Majesty
increased, and which is the charge in tint Bill before'
at Brun.swick. Lady Elizabeth Forbes remained at Naples on
your Lordships. The natural effect of such an inter_ her Majesty's quitting it. Sir William Gell remained at Naples
on her Majesty's quitting it. The Honourable Keppel Craven
coin se would be to alter the comparative distance remained at Naples on her Majesty's quitting it. Captain ?Jesse
between the parties—to diminish that distance which remained at Naples on her Majesty's ciLitting it. It thus ap-
Ought to esist between an individual of Royal rank pearsidmy Lords, that out of the seven English persons NVIIII
whofUrl left hheerr ti.mstty sasseiteanosnwickuittfianag: g ,
and a person of inenial condition. When once an in- formed
her dMdaes one
'esty's
di'. idual of Royal rank degrades herself by an inti- service at Naples.je YThere may be-, and irobabli there will be.
macy with a person of such a condition, the natural reasors assigned for their quitting her Majesty's service at that
cassequence is an alteration in the temper and bearing dime; but I cannot help thinking it rather singular, that she
should a
lase so many of
.helr attendants onf the occasion. This
of that person, and an assumption of importance, on
cannot,ts chumns.etayre.cre
help
ptam explradnati.posn ;
.bu, t I
vhich, in other circumstances, he would not venture. thinkingysll fhatibit eyouur
see
Such, my Lords, was the case here. It was observed reason to believe, that although the individuals in question might
'by the domestics of her Majesty, that Bergami's con• not be aware (as in all probability they were not) of the vxwnt ot
dart became more haaghty—that he assuniei morethe degrading and vicious intercourse carried on between her
N jestyfan d
familiarity
to induce them to adopt the course which
jesty, when not observed by the persons of rank and , they took. Whether that was the case or not, the fact is as I
station about her Majesty, convinced them that the hsve stated it to your LordsLipr, that her Majesty was quizzed,
intercourse which Lad commenced between her Mon her leaving Naples, by the a-individuals whom 1 have named. 1
Another circumstance occurred during her Majesty's residence
jesty and hint was daily continued. A few days at Naples well worthy your Lcrdships' attention, as it refers to
after the time of which I have just been speaking, the understanding that existed between her Majesty and the
her Majesty gave a nia,•ked ball or entertainment courier, Bergami. A public masquerade being given at the
to the pcinen who then filled the Neapolitan throne Theatre of San Carlos in that City, her Majesty chose to go to
say,
yt
nnriasquderyadeiaaactscaorhmpanied— accompanied—not (at a house which I believe belonged to the then tbbyyanLactllf
ythosare-(fernetleLtnina-
ra
Queen of Napless, in return for the reception which who held high stations in her Fortes,
ousehold! but by the courier,
her Majesty had experienced at the Neapolitan Court. Bergami, and a female servant, a fille de chambre, of the name
of
At that masked entertainment her Majesty first as- Niademoiselle Dumont. In the company of these two do.
arnheansetincs isylifsrer Majestymajy
nwnedlntistnoadic
wasqerueerLdel. Th
ant insetrdurectsz:
wanted the character of a Neapolitan peasant. But
ill'onru
after remaining there a short time in that character, ,of the most indecent des:ription;—of such a description, indeed,
she returned to the house at which she had been at- that on entering the Theatre they excited the attentioo of the
tired (which was not that at which she resided), public to such a degree, as to subject her Majesty and her cam-
t n r
re ivs 41 e marks -
withdrew to a room for the purpose of changing her
proboa
considerable
utisonrosodecid, s insult.
n c They
re
dress, and, to the great surprise of her attendants, probation so decided, as to induce them to retire in his&e. And
dress, and, to the great surprise of her attendants, how did her Mae j desty ego to that masquerade? In a rAnoyal
iustead of being accompanied thither by the females carriage, attended by her proper servants? No. In a common
who usually assisted her Majesty 011 such occasions, hired fiacre. Her Majesty at night left her house by a private
the courier Bergami was sent for, and withdrew door, crossed
ase the garden, and hi this
h hired fiacre wkentlto the
, ,mwduccnceLr however,
with her Majesty into an apartment for the purposeed msjeitv troereeturunmlungn b'esfotretthe co:
mmentiuoenedr
of assisting her Majesty in changing her dress. It elusion of the entertainment. iVhy, my Lords, we have heard
seems that it was her Majesty's intention to make her in the course of the proceedings which have already taken place
second appearance at the masked ball in a character onbi this
the Bill
sofme criticism
donsht.ihe terms in, which the A
the predam-
Ni hick
coucaed
degrading
has of
n
had been selected b her the y at wish of somesaid about ore your
the expressionsrs'intgercorurseae;
other pc-sons—namely, the Genius of History. lam and ' unbecoming familiarity.' I ask your Lordships, should
instructed to state that the dress, or rather the want what I have already stated be proved to be true, if there is one
1
of dress, displayed by her Majesty on this occasion of your Lordship, if there is a man in the country who can J
was extremely indecent. But, however that may be, and doubr that
in a
enlo am,
of
thisa imest reoffouensirse
vee .and ci'disguwstingildeer„n3'ipatlesot3
the fact certainly is, that the change in her Majesty's I ask your Lordships, if under such circumstances, it can be
(tress took place in the presence and with the assist- doubted that there existed a familiarity degrading, nut merely to
ante of the courier Bergami, no other person being a person of her Majesty's rank, but tko any woman of delicacy
be
virtue,
irfanl
dainddnsntattion. Let me
w not
present. Let me ask your Lordships what motive,rovduriterreovbesreruvlianyg, whtt,r
ould
what reason there could be for thus selecting a per- soon be manifested to your Lordships, and what is certainly no'
son who at that time filled one of the most menial small aggravation of the case, that the courier, Bergami, at the
situations in her Majesty's household, who waited at time he entered her Majesty's service, was a married man.—
agga r
herr a aggravated; a t Viac but
st here
u4s
table behind her Majesty's chair, who rode as courier waactsualtedry
biskaacdriuTtoer7h. ichforclanghsersheleywbeth
before her Majesty when travelling-1 ask what aware of the fact. I will not here again repeat, which I fearj I have
reason can be assigned for this man being selected on had but too often, and shall have but too often occasion to repeat,
the occasion ? Why was the presence of her Majesty's with respect to the various acts of familiarity that were observed
female attendants not required? Why was the courier to occur
willda be rneyur between
ed, s
during her Majesty and
y thsercou. rieearceßeartgli,tid. It
Beigami to be the single person present ? But more. her Majesty was almost in the daily habit of breakfasting wiles,
th
After her Majesty had appeared at the ball in this Bergami; that they generally retired to their rooms at about the
character, she returned again, and dressed herself as same period; that her Majesty dismissed from attendance on her
a Turkish peasant, and this courier Bergami, this in herbed-room the fetnaleed
in
sasekrivranntsffbyhewho
hamhu she had beedn ao.
menial domestic, was also attired in a similar charge- taint
occurred
in
the family whichg had nrever befoernersOccauurredthae
ae
ter, and actually accompanied her Majesty, so diss that the courier Bergami was the only one of all the servants in
guised, to the entertainment given by her Majesty to her Majesty's suite who was allowed to enter her Majesty's bed.
Royalty, and at which all the Nobility and pet sons room without having been sent for, or without giving any notice
of his approach. The natural consequence of all this was, an as-
of high rank in Naples were present. It appearsa
s umption of consequence on the part of this nun, which, from
however, that Bergami did not long remain at this time to time, increased untiliee became the lord and master ef the
entertainment. He oeturned alone, and apparently family. This assumption, Wherever, did not take place at Naples,
mortified, Which the other domestics attributed to except in the single instance of a servant having been introduced
some indignity that he' had received. Her Misjesty
Majesty'sth*otti sentionlgdNoauplikissareconin
ut Menne h rill 5. stli..vl4..orirtd;s:s ou
mhesir
soon after returned, and pressed Bergami to go again, where she staid two or three days at the European lintel, and
which he declined. I isr Majesty seemed disappointed, thence proceeded to Civita Vecchia, where she embarked on
and went back alone. At the close of the entertain- heard the frigate La Clorinde, for Genoa. Lady Charlotte
rent she returned to her own house, and to the apart- •
TeAstat y wyasalleaftt, on the passage,
she had .
antoLeghoym:f soratnhkatinonhherersuiMtae:
went, the sitisation of which I have already described. 6lwas soon, however, joined by Lady Charlotte Campbell,
It was observed by those whose duty it was to attend who remained with her Majesty during her stay at Genoa, but
tear her Majesty's person, that Bergami always rose I quitted her service on her return to Milan. On her Majesty's
at much about tLe same time with her Majesty, and "embarking on board the frigate La Clorinde, Bergand still re-
naained is the situation of her courier and footman. I
that her Majesty was actually in the daily habit of . mention thio.for a meson which will appear to your Lordships
breakfasting with this courier in her apartments, si. 'by and by. He waited at tattle and 'avid ht hind her Majesty's
tract d as 1 have already described, at sonic distance, chair during
..
the whole of the voyage to Venus. .est Genoa it