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'some leading facts, which not only stand uneentradieted, btu
hen been admitted by the damsel for her Melody. The feu
is, that Bergami, whose name bib been a coosplemett its these
rending% was taken into the service of her Royal Highness
as a inetdd, in the mooch of October, 1514; that, in a few
menike, without any reatentahle cause, *inept proceeding boot
• • licentious conduct, which I will peeve beyond deeposalbe,
ifky of a doubt—before that advaissememt, I are, my Lords,
Batumi, when holding , that menial altnedon at Mika, bad
his daughter, dal 'several mite members of his may,
introduced into the house of her Royal Highness. While
a courier, he dines sit the table of .her Royal Highness, and
shortly after be was pieced .in a higher eituatien, sed loaded
with titles and homists, which were, beyond an deabt,,rocared
by her Majesty. He lives in the meet fan diar intercoms and
the greatest intimacy with the Queen; from this time until she
reaches the opposite shores, where be is not dismissed, but retina
to a mat which the Queen had purchased and conferred upon him.
These, my Lords, are facts that have not bees contradicted, bat
admitted by my Learned Friends, and thereon. must remain
.er the consideration of your Lordships you are not to eituniee
each fact as independent of everrother circumstance; ft 'eked-
my Learned Friends to do. this, but you must view the case m
a whole. I deem it my duty to state this now, and after.
wade I shell advert to each feet more particularly. Before
I approach the facts of this case, from whence the dither.
oss intercourse has not merely been presumed, but proved
to exist, I most beg your Lode*tt to coodder the admitted
facts respecting Bergami that be entered the service of bee
Royal Highness a mental; that he was promoted ; and that
titles, honours, and estates were, in a few short mouths, osa-
ferred.upou hiss. I sow come teethe examination of the est.
deuce in detail, which has been brought before your Lordships.
Bergami had been hired as a courier at Milan, and proceeded in
that capacity to Naples, where the Queen arrived in November.
At Naples begins the evidence of those facts, on which the
preamble of the Bin has been founded. My Learned Friends,
in conducting their case, did not contrast their evidence with
that produced fur the prosecution, but with my opening speech ;
and, because the evidence did not support that opening speech
in every minute particular, they contend, that the case has
failed of all proof. Although this has been the conduct our.
tray Learned Friends opposite, yet your Lordships must (M-
Imiss from your minds that opening speech, which was ()sly
for explaining to your Lordshtpi the nature of the evidence to.
be brought forward in support of the Bill. My Learned Friends
well know that a Counsel is not compelled to prove every tri-
fling and minute circumstance which may have been noticed in
his opening speech. Were this to be the way, I will thew you*
Lordships how my Learned Friends have failed to supping
their case—nay. have not even ventured to prove it. The
charge against me tsl that I have not preyed every minute
circumstance in my opening speech; my charge against mg
Lamed Friends is, that they promised to produce evidence
which they have net dared to bring forward. My Learned
Friends have tried the Naples case Witty opening speech, and
they have proved it by their own witnesses. The case is,
that at Naples her Royal Highness altered the sleeping roomsi
(he the second night, Bergami. who had previously slept among
the other servants of the Princess's suite, was removed to a
Clibiilet, mar the bed-room of her Royal Highness, and with
which there was a private cemmunleadon. On the sight of
gin Opera, her Royal highness exduded William Austin from
has rams, where he had always slept ; and then follows the ed.,
aeons sF those facts which clearly prove that the adulterous ht-
tercourse between her Royal Highness and Bergand did take
niece. De Mont** evidence is, that previous to thit night Wil.
ohm Austin usually slept in her Royal Highness's room. Mr.
Impel Craven, who was her Majeny's Chamberlain, and
ought to have taken that of monitor, stases, that while in Oen.
"Deny, he stated toles Majesty the impropriety of Wm. Austin
sleeping any longer in her room; but no alteration then took
place; .and he thinks Austin only slept once *et of his rum.
Carrington cannot swear that.he slept more than once or twice
out of the room ; and Sieard stye; he did not make the alteration,
expecting that Austin would sleep, as usual, in the Queen's room.
Sicard says, that soon after the arrival at Naples, she told him
she thought it improper that Austlb, then about twelve years of
age, should continue to sleep in her room; and De Mont swears
to a similar conversation with the Princess; and thus eoneradiets
the evidence of Carrington and Mr. Craven, and supports the
testimony of &card. The next fact k that of Bergand being
reviewed to a room peer the Prlnems. Stand mye tlds !image-
meet was made by him, withost-thiknowledge of the Princess.
Medd says, be had no coonnualeation with her Royal Highness
on the subject, but he had a cemeteries with Ilieronimas.
who -could have explained it, but Ise was not
The not calling Hieronimus. I say, my Lords, proves-that the
arrangement was made by the Princess herself. Sicard, when
inked his reasons for making the alteration,' stys, that there
being a glaaadeor communicating with the garden.- be though,
that some paean should sleep in the cabbie', to protect .her
Royal 'Highness. But if that was the, only object, why
was not the communication between the room of her Royal
Highness .and that of Bergamat cut offs" Why, I say, nay
Lords, was not the door locked up, for then it would have
added much to the security of her Royal Highness?—
But, though Bergami was placed to protect her Royal High-
ness, there was no precaetion taken to protect her from him-
self, or from any permit that might go through his room.—
Carrington did not know of any such reasons; he never heard
of any danger to her Majesty from the garden, but states
the only reason for Bergami's being removed was, that he
complained the room he first occupied was out high enough.
It has been said that there is a contradiction to De Mont as to
the time her Royal Highness returned front the Opera. I say,
my Lords, there is no contradiction. All that De Mont says,
is, that it seemed to her that her Royal Highness came home
early—she does not say positively that she did. ' Mr. Keppel
Craven, and Sir William Gell, were called to prove that her
Royal Highness did not return at an early hour, but in all
they say, there is no contradiction. The fact remains as
it stood on the testimony of Mademniselk De Mont; it
has met with no refutation whisever. Neither, my Lora,
does the fact, as to the existenee of a free communication
betimes the rooms of her Royal Highness and Bergami,
rest pn the evidence of De Meat and Weeds' alone; it has
been distinctly confirmed by Sicud. It bas been said, that ano-
ther part of oar case has not been proved, namely, that on the
morning ever Wet Royal Highness'► return from the Opera, she
did not appear at so early an hour as usual. But what does De
Montatate? She swears that the next morning, after she had
dressed the Princess, her Royal Highness went into a small a-
bbots next Bergamrs room, and reinained there an hour and a
half. Sicard was called to contradict this fact, but he did not.
My Learned Friends could not have assumed that the evidence
en thin point bad failed, had they not overlooked entirely the
testimony of De Mont. Now, my Lords, there is another fact
which we were told was to be contradicted—the state of the We
De Mont swears that the travelling bed appeared u if it had
, Mt been eccupied. but that the large bed had those marks upon
it which I need not do mere than suggest to the remembrance
eg Lordship. What, my Lords, did my friend, Me
state in opposition to this, in hie opening of her
• Majesty's case He told your Lordships that he would
`prove, that the night being tempestuous, the wind had blown
open the casement of her Majesty's room, and that she hid