The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-08 00:00:00

IMPZRI4L PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, Barr. J.
(NIMITKINTII DAT.)
(The proceedings continued from the first Edition of
yesterday's STITER‘I tN.)
The Somerroft-Bose tAI. then rose and begged
leave, before he entered tin the subject. to offer a few
reinarks in justitieation of liints:df and colleagues on
the course pursued s.nce ; the
r • !MM.!' vement of the
present enquiry. The moment Ott! Attornev-tieneral
received instrnetions to lay the . !• lice before their
Lordships, the Attorney-tit-tier,. in conjunction
with himself and colleagues. pr ....rafd to collect
all the evidence to be ad.:Herd in support of
this Bill. They weighed and ..;ainined all and
every part of the evidence they thought mate-
rial to the present trial, withoi t paying any regard to
the impressions or influence that might be created
against them. This they thought was their dog, and
this. he Waisted, they hod *me falriy."'fbe OM diffi-
culties he bad to combat on the present occasion were,
that be could not conceive what arguments were to be
adduced, or on n hat points the Learned Coensei on the
other side meant to proceed nith their defence.
All that he should have to do, wonbl be to chew how
the charges eunt.ii,led in the pre;itnlde to the Bill
had been made tau:. It was not his duty to inflame
their Lordships minds, still less did he hope be
should suffer himself to be betrayed into any expres-
sion derogatory to the Queen. Ilia .Inty n as uterely
to untold the evitlence : the Queen i- bele on her trial.
One part only of the cvid-nee being heard, their Lord-
ships were to presume her kiwi rot, mita her guilt
is established. He said, that lie and his Learned Col-
leagues were accused of scatterinz 4!.rt and calumnies
against her Majesty, but they wete fi re from that impit ta.
tion. The calumnies if they were so were stated by witnes-
ses sworn at their Lordships Bar to tell the truth. But
their Lordships wont! please to look to the charges on
the other side. He cud his rullea.! II es had been charged,
with being parties in a 1.0 ispiracy, with soburning
perjured witnesses, in fact with every thing that was net
true. He would then ask, was it nut from the Counsel
on the opposite side that the dirt and calumnies hail
been scattered. Their Lordships would be pleased to
cast their eyes on the evidence, and answer him in the
honesty of their hearts, whether the charges in the
preamble of the Bill had not been made out.
Before he should proceed further, he wuniti beg
leave to read the preamble of that Bill. It begins
by stating, that her Royal Highness employed in
her service, in a menial capacity, a person of the
name of Bergami, and that after some time, a dis-
graceful familiarity took place, and it then proceeded
to state, that a most disgraceful and adulterous inter-
course had taken place. That is the charge, it would
be his duty to show how this charge had been proved.
All he should have to do would to be perspicuous, and
nothing could tend more to that perspicuity than to
trace her Majesty from Milan to the present day.—
It appears, then, that her Majesty at Milan took into
her service a person of the Name rot liergaini, that she
remained there for DMc time, and thirst proceeded to
Lisle. It appears that a btr, of the name of Austin
was in the habit of sleeping in her Majesty's room,
that then for the first time she said the buy was too
obi, and desired he should be r -moved from her room.
On the night after his arrival she went to the Opera.
It will be necessary to attend to the management of the
rooms, fur it is very material. It appears that there
was a communication, by a private passage, between
the room of Bergami and the Princess. One of the
witnesses states, that on the night on which her Ma-
jesty went to the Opera she appeared much agitated ;
that she came out alone from the Opera, went into the
Cabinet near Bergami's room, gave directions about
the boy Austin, and returned shortly. Here the
Learned Solicitor prayed the attention of their Lord-
ships to the observati !!!! of the witness, fur it was
natural that she should make observations, her curiosity
being excited. She describes the situation of the beds,
thitone had the appearance of not being slept in, and
the other had the appearance of being slept in by two
persons. Hu' witness goes further, and ware that
there were stains on the bed, of a character to indicate

that an intercourse, such as is charred, had taken I
place. Can any man after this doubt that the crime of
adultery has been committed r Ile bregetl to remind
their Lordships that adultery is seldom fully proved,
that it is not committed with open doors, and that in
all the cases, which in the yours; of his experience
he had seen, he did not recollect a single case
distinctly proved. Here the Learned Solicitor referred
to a passage in the evidence of Madame Dumont.
I• 1 addressing himself genes-Ally to the evidence of
Louisa Dumont, the Learned Gentleman remarked*,
that lie was aware of the observation which would be
made by the Queen's Counsel ; they would say,
" these farts are strong, lint they rest upon the tes-
timony of Dumont, and she is unworthy of credit."
To such an observation, be would say, the circum-
stances ate of a nature which renders them eas'iv dis-
proved if they are false;" and this answer It: should
bare occasion to apply to the evidence on more occa-
sions than one. He should now advert to the masque('
ball given by the Princess to the then Sovereign of 'I
Naples, Joachim Murat. It appeared, that her Royal
Highness, on that night, assumed three different cha-
racters. On her first dressing lot a character. she was
assisted by her chambermaid, Dumont ; that was per-
fectly natural. But en her Royal Ilieliness retiring
to her room, to dress for a second character, it sooned,
that of all persons in the world, her 4.oltrier was ve.-
!card, this saute Bergami was selected. to dress her
for a character which left part of the person exposed.
'rids circumstance wa4, of itself, sufficient to
warrant any conclnsion ; and it was net a little
remarkable, that the Queen's Counsel, Mr.
Williams, who very ably cross-examined the
witness that spoke to this fact, that Mr. Williams
contented himself with asking. whether persons M. rank
and distinction had not a:tended the masquerade in ques-
tion. No doubt they did. It was no part of the (-barge
against the Queen that she had given an entertainment
to Murat ; hut the charge was that she hail introduced
her courier, Berganti, into her dressing chamber on that
occasion. This Mr. Williams well knew, 8:1.1 he very
prudently, and very ably shrank, as it were, from the
solistance of the charge. But then it may be said un the
part of the Queen, that this is not adultery, and that the
charge of adultery must he proved ; but to prove the
charm it is not necessary, he contended, to give direct
evidence of die guilty fact ; it was sullieient if farts were
proved which in their appearance, and in their necessary
consequence inferred the fact to a man of plain common
sense. To require positive proof would be idle, and
and would defeat the ends of justice in nine cases out of
ten. To come to the conclusion required it would he
proper to look at the situation of Btrgami, with respect

.ighly q. —ling
the Queen's Counsel had endeavoured to hear ri prated
as often as possible, and to that end be was sure it bail
not escaped their Lordships, that the most trifling and
unnecessary questions had been put. The object was
of course, to throw a deerce of tliscreiit upon the wit-
ness, from the circumstance of the idioniatical repe-
tition of the answer. These were artifices fitted fur offer-
ings to ordinary understanding; but hr (Mr. Sol. lien-)
knew he was addressing an enlightened and august as-
sembly, and he had no fear for theconsequeneeof such
miserable attempts. Ile then took a general review
of Majorri's evidence, and contended, that his name
alone entitled • to crettit. li.' corrohora!ed in
the attain eireninstances, thengh not in all of them,
and that was all which cutitld lie reasonably required
in a case of this kind. Gut rue t:taren's Counsel had
called moat of these eirctitaistatte..s trilling. Ile could
not call them trifling. If he saw :1 Princess walking
arm in arm on a terrace with her footman, and in habits
of general intimacy with him, be could co rte to hat
our conclusion as to the nature of their intercourse.
H. bad forgotten one circumstance which bad occurred
at Naples, and which alone would justify the omit ex-
treme conelasion against the Queen. S:le was desirous
at Naples of going to the Theatre. She went, and ac-
companied, nut by people of resper:ability whirl, her
rank enabled her to select if not to command, not by
those, but by her chambermaid, anti by the same iden-
tical Itergami—she went in privacy too, and in disguise
—she went out by a private dour of the garden, aud in a
hired roads. Their Lordships recollected the receution
she had met with, and that she was obliged to r.ottrn
home. He should stow hriug order their Lordships notice,
the events attending her ltoyal nighties:4.s residence at
liens. In addition to the same sLispicisottscirentmeatit es
'Otitis haul occurred at Naples, it appealed in eridetice
that her Highness breakfasted in a small cabinet n ith this
Courier, Ilerganti. Majoeci and Louis itergami it seas
said, waited upon them, at Mast, so said Alajoet i. Now
let his Learned Friends produce Louis Bergami to con-
tradict it, this statement and IlLoieeri's whole testimony
would fall to the ground. Bat he knew they nould not
produce Louis liergatni, and he agnitidently dared the*
to produce him. The evidence likewise consisted in all
its parts wlth general worldly observation. When
mar bad acquired an influence over the Princess, It be-
came natural for hien to desire to benefit himself and his
relations. In regular suocession then we had it that the
sister, the brother, the mother and the child of this titan,
all in time came under that roof. Hut then, said his
Learned Friends, this was a resraad for Berfgansi's
NI services. Well, then, he (Mr. Solicitor-General)
would say, why was not Biwyrami's wife the mother of
this Toting child, and *hies child, from its tender age
required tire atteOtios of a =Alter ; why was not she

broneht tinder the Princess's roof as a-ell as the other
members of the family? The reason was obvious, and
as if to supply any possible vacancy in the evidence ou
this part of the case; it actually appeared that when the
Princess went to Barone, the residence of Derr •••ii.
Bergami's wife was sent out of the way. What
mind, he it. uld ask, could resist these cireuntstantes
What took place between the Princess and the courier
at the inn in Greece? A princess gives a courier wait.
ing behind her chair a gold chain, puts it ever his or. a,
lie returns it on hers, and after sonic toying of this de
scriptiott, he. the courier, takes her by the hand, iiresse,
it, and leads her out of the room. Wiest infereneo wa.
to be drawn from this he would not trouble their
ships, but hr would say, that if this fact WAS left uncoe
tradicted, there was an end to the case on the other aide.
He railed on their Lordships to connect this and all th
feller facts of the case; in cases of this kind it was nece4
vary to take all the circumstances of the case togethe
They would lind the general nature of the comiectio
proved to hare existecl, to be such as in ordinary cases ow*
always that which existed between persons carrying ou
an adulterous connection. The studied facility of thief
intercourse on all occasions ; the careful :means taicen
to prevent intrusioo.—their unreserved conduct toward.
one another, their toying, their kissing, the indecent pos.
tures in which they are found. Their Lordships need tie ly
refer tothe numerous witnesses who bad spoken as to irl.r
took place at the Villa d'Este. But he must direct Mei:
Lordships attention to what took place in Sicily. • The
Princess and tsergami embarked there on boars. a vessel.
the Captain had already nestle his distribution of the
n, as they might properly ;o be occupied by tb. dif-
ferent parties. The Princess is dissatisfied with this :u.
ranirement, and alters it for one which brings RerganO
closer to her. She elt-eps there with Itergami in the
next room to her, and is found to appear almost every
morning to call the Countess of Oldi, fire.seil in her
night clothes, with a cloak thrown over her, when it was
certain she must have passed through Bergini's room.
In Sirilt also, her Royal Highness wet-, on hoard the
I'lorinule, it here, indeed, she was not ohseree'l by Capt.
Pechell. But Demont saw her with Bergatui In his
caliin ; Bergami sleeping in one bed, and her Royal
Highness in another. Then a pulacre was hired, to
make a voyage to Greece, and arrangements for the
Hibins of theditierent persons were made. At Augusta.
her Royal Highness sent on board. Their Lordships
won'd remember the arrangements of the vessel. Open-
ing into 'lie dining-room were two doors. one conti-
guous to the cabin of Bergami, the other contiguous to
the cabin appropriated to the women. Shortly after.
her Royal Highness ordered the door of the iimmee's
cabin to be made up ; and thus nn access was left to th •
dining-room, hot through the cabiu of Bertrand. Soon after
they left Tools, an alteration was made in the sleepien
place of Bergemi. Ile left the cabin, and went into the
dining-room, near to her Royal Highness. It was in cii-
dente, and it wag °bijou', that in this situation no inter.
ference eon i,l take place with what a-as carried on between
the Princres and Itergami. 'rims they remained until thq.
came to Japps. There a tent was raised, and Iwo biers
placed muter it. oils for the Prioress and the other for
Berg:Hui, and this arrangement continued fur six weeks.
Ile would call to the recollection of their Lordship.; Oil
the familiarities which had been spoken to by such a hog* -
of evidence n.hav;ng taken place at the Villa d'lliste, and
then he would request their attantioa to the familiarities
which hail been represented on board the vessel Capt.
Penmen, anti his mate had seen them sitting on the same
ruin mutually supporting each other. They had been also
in such a position over a table, that the Captain haul
sent the crew away from a sight :on indecent to he look's'
at. If these things were proved, how could their Lord-
ships hesitate as to the ronclusinti they must draw? And
what was the course by which they were to be
denied t Why, his Learned Frienas melted after some
communication from below with the interior of the
tent. It Owned out that there was such a commu-
nication; and then it was to be concluded that Bri-
gand aveiled himself of that private retreat from ;he
tent where the (leek and ell the other passages were
open. What was the fact'? T 1.,. trio was closed at -
night, Bereami was Reel, in it, he gave amt the light, •
Was seen the next morning in he.i, freqiiently came
out of the trot curly hi the moritine awl yet we arse
called nit to believe in this hyptliesis —the. Itergami
retired at night through this private ciminisitieatine.
and returned the hex t mornine to get into the brit
'nine sittuitell, with the curtains drawn round them.
could it be/mimed that hr haul efterwerils onne below ?
In such a sittiaiion, after they had been seen kissing and
ensbowing, could their Lordships a, some that the act
rbahil
std
bad nut taken piece ? Beeitlee fleet- pre-
Beinsint had sae! that she slept below evert.
other night, where she could see this passage, and that
she hid never seen Beroanii pits. 11 here was tile im
peachment of this evidence? Five witnesses had -worn
to the facts; and as the case stood, had he not sbeirn
sufficiently what was passing between the parties
even at that period. Iladl the Counsel for thekfence,
in their cross-examination, put any tplestions as to these
facts ? Not one. They content the-modem with aelting
Petruzzi', how much hare yoe for cumin; here? What
is his answer ? He ear, t trNi dragged here, I was
Girard by the 31irister to conic.; and, without hesitation. •
he states Goat which lee is to receive as an equivalent.
hurls the candour of the witness, when he says
that during the time be is here, he might
have hie: money, hut that if his speculations
II I:I sip-to-tele-1 he should have gained much rum.
than he will tivw l'ons•vreHal persons Neil know
the difficulty a::,1 expenee of bringing forward
witnesses in this emintry, awl particularly master' o.
vessels. The evidence 01 Pc!ructo had been of the min•
earefel nature, and he aas certain that mine s-ho haul
heard -mild refuse to belieep, when they .ate the manne.•
in whieh it was given. The same observations were ap-
plicable to the testimony of the owe. Ile relied with
the most perfect and entire confidence on the vretli'.
which their Lordships wont-' attach to these two
witnesses. If he Were to leave the case on what
passed on board the polacre, if he went no farther in
the evidence, it could only Ito.l to one nltimate r
that of supporting the Preamble of the Bill. The 'own-
ed Gentlemen then alluded to the evidence of Maj.'',
mil De Molt respecting the bath. At Aunt, two few*:
mere need, an inner sail an outer one. Herr were two
bele, one fur the Princess, and one for liereemi, i-i
whielt they slept alone. The Counsel for the defence in
:heir cress-examination, do not atte:!ipt to deny the •
facts, but ask if the Princess -vas drei-eel, anti howl Ttn,•.
h• had part of her clothes on ; Beromi also was on .-
wi•hoet his coat. This is
.the whole chat-tiler of
case. Trifles such as these are made the subject of
ecoss-examination, while the facts remain sittoteltmi.
He did not mean to say that the evidence would bring
have the crime of adultery at that period, bet whet,
such a eimrse of life was led by two persons, it could,
not be doubted to exist. When at the Barone, the Villa

tu her Royal Highness lie was her courier, h,r (vet.
man, the man who waited behind her chair and smoil
behind her cirri* e. The conehigen, bactliorntled, way
irresistible. The on to tbs cir•
celsoitotasissi aim. from
:t
ant so htni nod tha Princess on
that occasion wa the tie,. to
a Eratitieation of is u errand. The wit.
'less who proved act was bilajastri, and it wal
really amusing t stliear;i:ire to whirl. h r Cone.
sel were romp."' r•tart. iu orikesif possible, to
shake the eviden Illajovei. 11, would here fear•
lessly declare, t twithstaitiling the cross-examin•
ation of this man most severe he ever witnessed ;
a cross-examitiat. upon an et blears, as to facts,
embracing in poi riod, nearly three years. and
in point of spare t inlets of the globe ; yet, the
Queen's Counsel at b.. is able to elicit a single
contradiction from . To be sure there was the
highly diverting answer of " Noa wei rirordn," which

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Bet4ami. at the very
.vites of Miian. it eva4 natural t
serpose tha', with the. Prita est.'s raak, in a p set of
Paean 'sheer the EngliSlt are popular. she would
be found sit-rottnileit hr all that was groat. all that was
eignitied, all that was 'honoured and respected, is, that
I :etAve capital. But instead of that her Royal High-
t P.% on wishing to become a memher of a certain estab-
t•slonenti had lieen excluded by a Mack ball: It was
roasible that the Princess 'Hisao have excluded the
of Milan from her society fur the purposes of
dis-
c :tied retrenchment. But what was the internal mate
of this retreat': It contained all that was low and mean.
'Fitat part of the evident.r to which hr now cat:lo. Le tooth{
1:.•t advert to without the deepest pain : he meant that
which related to Malsomer. He remembered the sneer-
inr and contempt with whirls the tint part of that evi-
cerce was received br the other able, and he had seen
:l-o the different impressions which it afterwards
✓ and how his Learned Friends had been stun-
red by that evidence and driven to pursue a different
It might have happened that this person
..s introduced into the house by Bergami, and without
t • e knowledge of the Prioress, and she had come into his
:•reseree by accident. Then, would not a virtuous
•-• » have expelled him fruns the lonise with ipso-
rntey ? sn the mildest shape it could assume, this
part of the evidence tend lead ta the siourliotion he had
before drawn. The Learned Isenrlemau then
alluded to the night of Berganti's return from
Insprock to Challis, when he entered the bed-
of her Royal Highness. and Ilumont was
e..th away. Here again the Comisel for the defence in
their rross-examination had only asked the witeelleas to
tl e dress of her Royal Highness. The facts were dis-
regarded as before.'llte allowed that all this rested upon
evidence liable to eontrailiction. Ile would pass by the
bath at Baden, where the Prineess was seen sitting on
✓ sofa with Berganti.and his arm round her waist. They
t‘ en came to Carlsruhe, where a servant goes huts, ller•
gatni's room, sees the latter in bed, with ilia arm round
is a neck of the Princess, who is sitting on the Nab lier
Royal (highness iisrs np. still the girl very naturally
• away. She i 000000 eiliately tells this tale. in (OVA!.
i:cence of whiisis she is brought here with considerable
otrEettity, and siren her evidence in so clear and satis-
factory a manner, that if it be not impeached, it must
(vertu.. every .one of its truth. lie would slightly
tostch Noon a fact spoken to by itestetti—it was
releste to the position of the hands of her Royal
li Lwow us, an °evasion which their borilphips would
r,.rtestilser. The crime-examination could not affect
t' - man's lian:tent, and then it was attempted to
in.aosaeh Isis character. That attempt had rather coo-
t:tined Dian weakened thiswitnesaes testimony; finis to
character, it turned o.'t that he hail been coachman to
Prince Beanharnoia. bad a good character from him,
an l wit at that moment in the receipt of a pension in
oletideration sit his services. Lastly, mine the evidence
of Sacchi, conclesiie in itself, and yet the case did not
want Isis testimony. se completely hail the statement
been previously borne out by the evidence. Ile wonld,
therefore. merely mention the leading facts in Sarelei's
testimony. His general evidence clearly proved that the
Princess and Bertram{ acted in a manner whirl' could
only lie Instilled by-the situation of man and wife. and
I t• would p orticular:y draw their Lordships notice to the
c trriage-acesse. thutigh lie certainly dill is • intend to
telte it in detail. Now it had been attempted to impeach
C ;was tin. un the score of character, and like most
us the attempts of the Queen's Counsel on that subject,
Jneutpt hail made the witness stand higher at the
reuse of the examination than he did at the commence-
riect. It arprareal that this witness had (originally been
a eerunson soldier—that genuine honourable valour bad
taslea his equally honourable promotion in the field of
battle to the rank of tirst•iieutenant. Ile went into the
serrlee of the Pr.uces• with a high iliaracter, and left
it e .th a character trout the Princess herself, esinally
high and wore minute and 'stalked in its language.
Iledeed the Princess hail herself pronounced him to be a
wee of credit.
Hr had now gone through the most serious and the
must painful ditty that hail ever been cast upon him.
He appealed contidesstly to the farts as they appeared
in evidence, and he would there ask their Lordships if
they rotad possibly resist the hie' liable conclusion re-
mitting fr OM those facts, and whether they hail not fully
justified the opening statement of Isis Learned Friend
the Attorney-General. Before Ise concluded, he must
say a few words upon a topic n hick had been univer-
stilly discussed. Ile alluded to the Milan commission.
'lie Milan rounnissiun had been ailing in their ears
fro,:s begiut.ing hi end fur the purpose or insputing kWr
proper titotises in the authors of it. The Learned
gentleman then proceeded to argue the ne-
cessity of this Consmission and passed a wares
encomium on the Members of it. He de-
scribed the chief of those alenthers as a person of
knoam character. spotless integrity, and profound know-
ledge ut the law.. He then proceeded to eulogize the
usher Washers of it, and obaeryeil, that 'ol. Browne was
a• respectable a man, as the t respectable of How
who had dared to asperse him. In conclusion, the
Lcarited lientleut ut apologized for the tioise he had con.
'mated in his mistress, and said, from the bottom of his
heart, be MOM sincerely and devoutedly wished that the
Queen's Counsel would be able, not by profeasional
address. but by clear and indisputable facts, to disprove
the chsi rpm a gai est lure, :Ind satisfy the whole world oilier
swathed inuoreiwe. This was what lie sincerely wished,
but at present. the farts in es iileisce conspelleil him to
say, that the charges hail been fully, substautially, and
completely brought home to her.
l'ar Karl of Lioxstril.a now addressed the House, but
spoke is, so low a tune that we could not hear a single
distinct sentence. The amount of his speech was to
propose the infliction of a milder punishment than that
.ye tied in the Bill, should the House ultimately decide
that the charges had hero proved.
The EARL of lavratetsua deprecated the discussing
even hypothetically any ultimate measures upon the pre-
sent question. It ought not to be prejudged, and in
analogy to the English Common Law, the Queen is sup
posed to be innocent, and to he able to repel all the
charges. lie, however, disclaimed the idea, that the
Bill was a measure of personal relief to his Majesty. The
wily desire of that Illustrious Personage was, that the
roil of public justice might be satisfied—the Divorce
CI mac was certainly a fair inference from the preamble;
be. he had no hesitation in saying, that if, in the futons
steer of the proceedings, that part of the 811 l should be'
eisjectionable to the House or to the country at large, it
would be abanduned.—(Cheers.)
Earl litter said, that although he was happy to hear
from Ilse Noble Earl opposite so decided a statement of
the feelings of the illustrions Personage in question. hi
bad no i.lea of any individual telling, that house that
there tvonlol be no idairittioa to the giving sip a part of a
public Bill which was in its progress in that House. The
Hill was before that House as a Divorce Bill. The
Queen's Counsel were meeting it as a Divorce Bill, and
it must he treated in all its euesstiu Is as a Divorce Bill.
--(Hear, hear.)
The Karts of LONSUALI and Livaaroot., and kid
GAIT, mutually explained.
The Earl of DONOUGHMOAL addressed the House, at
great length. The substance of his Lerdship's speech
was as ecizo of that part of Lord Liverpool's, which en-
joined impartiality. and.• freedom frost prejudice, in the
present stage of the proceedings.
Counsel were sow called to the Bar, and the Lain
Cats Nelll4.oi Warmed Yr. Brougham, that the Attorney

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