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the atness tt go farther as to what he merely imagined. Mr.
Drearais.ejspostoLyj with great warmth and eloquence. The
#- • %oat) oasteituoa was of opinion that the witness ought not to
Mallowed to state anything that he merely imagined.—The
ouse ruled accordingly].
Eacminotim csirUintit-I.—When at Jerusalem was present at
the oeremonr of making Bergami. Austin, and Schiavini, Knights
of St. Sepulchre. Returned before the Princess front Jerusa-
lain to Jaffa ; embarked at Jaffa, after which a tent was erected
cit the deck of the seise!. This tent was closed at night. It had
a sofa mai small bed in it, which were at a little distance from
each other. Has assisted at closing the tent, on which occasion
Da-ganii, the Pi 'nem, and somebody else were in it. Does not
Inc at who remained there during the night, there being a
rntmetieesti_ns from 11he inside of the tent to dean
Has ken the Princess and Dcrgami walking together on the
hack, arm in arm; Bergami, lying on his back in his bed, and
the Princess sitting near it, but when this happened, the Captain
always sent the witness away, on some pretence or another.—
Ilas seen the Princess sitting on the lap of Bergami with her
arm round his neck, and Bergami's atm round her waist. On
St. Bartholomew's day, during the voyage, there was general
mirth. In the eveonsg, the ship was illuminated : liquor to
drink, and a dollar each, was given by Bergami to the sailors :
there was a dance, with exclamations of-4' Long live the Prin-
cess?"" Long live the Chevalier !" When Bergami came on
board at Jaffa, he wore a new Order, called St. Caroline.
The Arvoanar-Gursitau said that he had no more questions
to ask this witness.
Gaetano Puteirso cross-erananal by Mr. Demure—Several
othe:a of her Royal Highness's household had the Order of St.
Caroline beside Bergami. Seven of them had. Lives at Mes-
sina; has the rank of First Pilot in the Royal Navy of Naples.
Not married. Never changed his name. Crew of the Polacca
coasisted of 22 persons. Has this week seen the Captain, and two
months ago saw at Messina one of the sailors. A trap door.
in the deck was within the space covered by the tent.—
The Vice-Consul at Messina first applied to hint to-come here
on this business about the 24th of July. It was the first appli-
cation made to him. The Consul-General sent for him.—
What he should have far canting would be very little in-
deed. As a compensation for the ship and trade which
he had given up for coming over here he was to have ciiht him-
sh.:tt doZars per menet. The av, rage of the dollars was four
etillirgs and the He paid nothing, for he was acccm-
reeled by a courier. He was obliged to come. The Consul told
him if he would not come he would be made : he came unwillingly.
Ile travelled over with a courier. Any questions as to the car-
t U:ges in which he travelled were useless, for the Minister gave
him to the courier, who delivered him to Colonel Brown, who
gave him to another courier, who landed here with him—(A
I:ugh). lie was at Milan two or three days, and there saw a
person who examined him, and took down what he said.
There were present Colonel Brown and three other persons.
Colonel Brown told him to tell the truth. He had not taken
oaths upon the Cross of Cu RUT, but he could do so, for he spoke
the truth. Ile was not examined at Naples. lle travelled with
Mr. Croas irons Milan to Paris, and arrived in London yester-
day. Duri:tg his stay in Paris, which did not exceed a day,
he d:d not s c aaybooy who spoke to him there on the subject
or her iloval Highness. If they had dcne so, he would have
said as i a said now. lie was examined in London before he
came to the place in which he now was, but he was not sworn.
lie bad been, since his ar, leal. where others were, down below.
lie did r. at know who that' were. for he never had the curiosity
tea label them. He did no: know whether there were ten people
thcro.--ten times ten ware a hundred, if he knew anything of
arithmetic. There were about six persona with hint there.—
Theodore, the Captain, and the cook were amongst them.
On what day did you coma over front Dieppe to Billiton?—
lesteriky I arrived. I: w...s Tuesday. (hi ...‘ionday 'I
set out
ftatn Dieppe, and in the evening we reached Brighton.
Mr. Dxsitaitn asked this witness no further questions.
?dr. Buouosam expressed hi, hope, however, that their Lord-
skips wooi.l not consider the cross-examination as ft:m.lly closed.
When it was recollected that his Learned Friend and himself
could not be aware what witnesses would be produced on the
ether side, until they were actually brought to the Bar—when
it was recollected that the very names of those witnesses were
unkrown to them, he trusted that his Learned Friend and him-
self might be held u reserving the right again to cross-examine
aey witness:, that might have left their Lordships' Bar, if, at a
fauns period of the proceeding, they shouid see occasion to do so.
The LORD CHANCELLOR cf.iserved, that their Lord-
ships would judge for themselves, on any occasion arising, such
os that alluded to by the Learned Gentleman, and would do
whatever justice might stem fo require.
The Arrositzy-GrisEum. begged to ask the witness two or
there questions arisinz, out of the cross-examination.
Have you not an interest in a :hip which you left at Mes-
sina?—Yes.

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Wi hat size is your ship ?—€2.61 tons-
1. nut the allowance of 800 dollar; a month, which you talk.
e t,?, paid for the value of the unemployed ship—for demur-
'qv ?—Yes.
I• that. in your judgment, more than an adequate compensa-
tbr. fur the loss which you sustain in consequence of the ship's
Ling unemployed?-1 want to know whether you mean as
compensation for the ship, cr for labour?
Fur the ship's being unemployed for the time ?—The 800 dol-
lars are not •for the mere hire of the ship and the crew as car-
but for what we might derive from our own trading. We
miiht lost by trading, but we might gain a great deal.
Tsking those circumstances into consideration, is the stipu-
d sum more than an adequate compensation?—l cannot tell.
If my sptculation were to succeed, I should gain mote. But if
try speculation were to fail, I might lose more.
By Fail ORE Y—l wish to ►now where the witness's ship
now is ?—I left her at Messina.

Was it about to sail ou any voyage when the witness left
lklam.itsa?—No.

Must the :hip remain unemployed during the witness's ab-
krce?—l do not know.

T s it not probable that she may be sent out by the other Pro-
r:aturs in the usual trade ?—Why not. They may put another
C-,,tain in and send her nut. That would hurt my business.

I"..en I ant to understand that the compensation is for the
wLress's absence, and nut for the ship's being unemployed?—
Y,t leaving the ship, and for losing that which we might snake
by our vatic.
Has the witness any share, as a proprietor of the fourth-part
of the ship, in the profits made by any trade in his absence ?
Aftes deducting the expenses of the vessel, the fourth part of
what is made by freight is given me ; but not of what may be
Gaited by the other prop.ietors from the profit of speculations
it. trade,
Then I ant to understand that the witness has a share in the
roF.:s of the freight, but not in the profits of the merchandise?
--1 have no share iu the profits of the merchandise, as I ant not
pr.:sent.

Iu the voyage from Jaffa, how many sailors were usually on
dnk at a time, at night?—Half the men were on watch for
fear hours, the other half were in bed.
'lien I am to understand that only ten or eleven sailors were
ea deck at a time, at night ?—Never fewer. When there was
ba:l weather, all the crew came on deck.
'Were those who were on the deck in the habit of walking up
and down ?-I:.xcept the man at the helm, and some who were
the horses, the others walked about.
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Was there a passage by which the sailors could walk past the
t_:.: =Tnc telit occupied little more than half the brcadth of
th;

Was.there a passage by the side of the tent from one end of
the ship to the othet ?—On one side of the tent there was. On
the other there u 45 not, as the tent reached to the side of the
. . . . _

Were the men in tl:e habit of passing the tent during the
night 7—Wilenever they had occasion to pass they passed. When
they were rot required to do so by any d4y, they remained on
th forecastle.

The Marquis of LA NSDOWn—Tne witness has said,
i*.tat when her Royal flightless, llergami, and the Captain were
at the tent, he w..s sometimes told to go away. To what other
Fatt of the dcck did he go ?—According to what was demanded
o! mt. _ _ .

‘Vbat did the Captain order him to do; to go below, or what?
—sonseamcs he told me to go to the cabin, sometimes to the
)reustle, to take care that the sailors did not make a noise in
s ship.
lrhi.o the Captain told the witness to remove, were any other
p Imo is near the tent where her Royail Highness, Bergami, and
rat Caktito were ?--1 went away. I was divided from them,
tarngh eumetii.ies only by the longboat.
In what pea of the vessel were the bench and the gun of
which the witness spoke? —ln the middle of the ship.
At the time the witness was &vete& by the .Captain to re-
riovc from tht part of the deck where he, her Royal Highness,
all 4 acrgarni were, wuc that other ferrous wbs rtraiaed