The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-26 00:00:00

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that criminal intimacy, which was charged by the Bill,
bad ever existed, would not Bergami have been seen
at some period or another, presuming upon that crimi-
nal Intimacy, and departing from that respectful line
of conduct Which these gentlemen invariably witnessed ?
Lieutenant Hownam also never observed any impropri-
ety or indecency in the conduct of the Queen toward
him. All the other witnesses had deposed to the sass'
effect ; the last of these, Vassali, had been staying with
her Majesty up to her arrival at St. (liners, and never
witnessed the smallest impropriety. lie trusted he had
fully established the proposition with which he set out,
that the conduct of the Queen and of this person, had
been perfectly consistent with their respective situo..
lions. The next statement of the Attorney-tie-
*oral was, that the Queen having formed this degrad-
leg attachment, and being conseiols of the infamy and
disgrace which would attend its indulgence, by differ-
eat ingenious contrivance, parted with her English
mite. It was his object to 'hew that each and every one
of these charges were unfounded. Let their Lordships
see how the last fret stood. The Learned Doctor then
went through the various causes which induced the dif-
ferent English persons of her Majesty's suite. It was
then stated, that the Queen forgetful of her true dignity,
had associated with low people. Now it had been
)roved by Doctor Holland and others, that she bad
been visited by ail the nobility,—that there was
not a court to which she did not go, and every
where, as Lieutenant llownam hail described it,
her conduct was majesty and grace. He had for-
gotten that there was one exception. At the Court
of Vienna her Majesty was not received. At that
Court my Lord Stewart was ambassador. At that
Court the brother of Lord Castlereagh resided, one
of the prosecutors in this case. And what was my Lord
Stewart beside ? Ile was the foster-father of !ajocclii,
the principal dealer in perjury. Here was the reason
which prevented her Majesty's reception at the Court
of Vienna. The Learned Counsel then went over the
evidence of Mr. ('raven and Sir IV. Gel!, relative to the
recommendat:on of liergami, and his appointment as
con ler. When they considered the manner in which
Ile had conducted himself before he entered the service of
the Princess ; and from that period, to the present time,
did it not contain a strong refutation of the impropri-
ety that was alleged upon is elevation ? But, my
Lords, bow far different could his conduct have been,
if the crimes alleged against the Primness, had been
committed. Front the very moment that she con-
sented to this ignominious and disgraceful passion, she
would have become his slave. When he lied found her
ungovernable passion at its utmost height, he would
throw away all idea of servitude, anal would have
riled her as he thought fit. Is it likely, my Lords,
if this was the case, she would have gone on this
journey, an adventure that few would undertake, when
she could gratify her criminal desires at home, unin-
terrupted. My Lords, if we are to judge at all the
conduct of the Queen by human actions, we must see this
conduct is quite inconsistent. 'floe Learned Doctor then
drew the attention of their Lordships to the evidence
of Demont on the Queen's arrival at Naples. He
Ii was tarry to he obliged to tread on grouuds that had
been gone over by his Learned Friends. Bat there
were some points that he could nut avoid observing
on. His Friend, the SolicitorAieneral, must triunsph•
antly laid the scene of ailtil:e7y at Naples. On
the first night of the Queen's snivel, she goes to the
concert, on the second to the opera ; and their
Lordships would remember, that the whole fit
of adultery depended on [lemma solely.—Now,
according to her story, William Austin bad been
rasevell from the room of the Princess in which he
was in the habit of sleeping, on the night of their arri-
! val. Now William Carrington proved, that long before
the Queen's arrival at Naples, William Austin had been
removed from the chamber of the Princess ; and Mr.
Craven had sworn to the same fart, heroism he had ad-
vised her that William Austin should hr removed, in
consequence of his being grown too old. Siccardhad also
been called, who swore to the same facts. Ile was aware he
was introducing a part of the case that must be tedious
to their Lordships. But lie would go further and spew
the inconsistency of this lady's deposition. She snore,
that on the nig'st the Princess meant to celebrate her
Hymenial rites, she removed William Austin into ano-
ther room adjoining hers, through which there was an
easy and free communication. What wonlol their Lord-
ships think of that? lint she goes further, and states,
that on her return, the Princess went towards the Cabinet,
and immediately returned, and then dismissed Demont.
She stated that in order to facilitate the accomplishment
of this desire, Bergami had been placed in the cabinet,
and iu direct opposition, they had the.testimony of Sic-
card, who placed liergami in that bed unknown to the
Princess, fur the purpose of protecting that part of the
House. lint in three days afterwards, this lady is
again called up, and she completed the tale, with the
story of *ivies. When examined ahem Bergami
slept, she did not know, unless in the large bed.
This same large bed bad no shorts on, but had the
appearance of two sleeping in it, and had certain ap-
pearances, which she called stains; and that she ob-
served the same arrangement the whole time the
Princess was there. Would any hotly give the slightest
credit to such an assertion ? 'that a lady, at her age,
in the month of November, would run the risk of
sleeping for four months, on a bed without
sheets, outside the blankets? And the more
so, when she could have had every convenience.
He should pass from Demont to Majocchi, her partner
in the baneful, profitable trade of false swearing. Ma-
jocchi asserted that while he was asleep, or seeming to he
asleep, the Princess passed him and went to the room of
itergami. He (the Doctor)should have something to say
on this assertion, but Majocchi determining to complete
the proof, actually swore that her Royal Highness dill
this a second night, and this second assertion very
fortunately disproved the whole. Haul lie rested on his
first assertion it nilght have been urged that the Prin-
cess dial not know Majocebi was 113 that room ; that she
was confused, or a number of other vireo(' might be
advanced to shew the probability that3lajocchi had spokes
the teeth. But to suppose. that the Prince", ia her lie-
tin to gratify her unholy passion, shoals, have (rid
alias all caution, and should have paled thorough