Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-10-10

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!, " ny tshat General, I do not know bnt IL am
pears re WAS received into her service in the
caparii! hsve described, and continued with
ne' up 10 The time she iefi the Continent TOR
mus country need hardly remark TO Your
lofdships that this person held SnrI, "A siiua.
uoninherservice, that Il considerable e:;sfauce e
would De interposed between c0rrir, and her
mhJes.1: im the natural course Of Iifr, com
| nunicaiiou between her Malest, aud a courier
} Woniu ne extremely Iare aud tiiIfrrutieiit :and
, Sarh distance won!d he inierposed between
| 'heh, mat no iamiiisr intercourse could. at
| east IN the early stage of this service tax.
place under ordinary circn,n,tant es NJ,
| LORDS, wita ihcs nite. have descIi he'd 10 vour
| iotuships, rnimi'Gspd OF ladies q; hi h English
| ,dhS' ana OF the other prrsnns whose name,
| nave enumerated toVnur Lon fisltips her Ma
lesiy set ont Tor NJ Ian and y thin believe
! apout icri"l:h; after her arrival there Der
| Sami was hrHd--rertainiy not above fourteen
| vi hiteeh "aNs. Site proceeded f;om Miiau 10
| home, anu from thence TO Naples AT v,:it.i,
pace she arrived on the StlI November 1854
| 10" VIII therefore perceive, from the ffa:es
haNe stated that at the period of her avriya.at
| ,'apieS, ms person, who had travelled with
ne' 'S courier through the whole course of
| inis journey, HAD not been in her service more
| 'hdn Three weeks. Your Lordshirs will obs
| serve. now material this circun,sianccis when
70" come 70 attend To the facts which il will
We my painiui duty presently To Law before
| You should have stated, that besides the
| persons Mho composed her Majestys suite.
whom nave mentioned. was a lad whose
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Lordsiips, alinde TO W. Aus;in-a boy ,icoa
whom at that time her Majesty had bestowed
| particular attention. She appeared very much
attached to him /; he was la the habit, froai
'he departure of her Majesty from England,
until her arrival al Naples. of s!ernu. il, a bgd
:" 'Ee same room with her Nlajrstv NJ,
LORDS, the arrangement of the rooms and
apartments OF bev Majesty at the different MA
ces al which she arrived, devolvtd uDpu one
| oi ntr servants; and previous to her arrival
at naples, d private house had been taken for
her accommodation. An arrangement was
previously made, placing the mental doiaes-
I 'cs, tue courier an,oHsst the rsst in one mart
OF me honse AT "A distance fIcm that occupied
oy iier majesty. Rooms we're OF cnurse au-
Propriated TO Tue exclusive Use OF her MAJESTY.
ann one WAS assigned as her bed-rooin i'm
""ifh ROOM IL was expected tha;th boy MS
| i.h would continae 10 sleep as usual On the
iirsi night OF her arrival at N apies the Sth of
November, To which have called >our Lard
shipS attention, that arrangement was conii.
"uru. bergafni slept III that part Of tie bonse
whith iida been appropriated 10 the nsr Of The
| aomesiics, and the boy Austin slept in her Ma
Jes'S apartment; hut upon the following
morning, The servants of the establishment
is"iHcn WIN some surprise, because no reason
| appeared 10 them at That Time for the change
'nat ner"a.ii was no longer 10 sleep in ihat
Pafi OF the house where he Lad slept on the
"i:ht preceding; but il was her Majesiy's
pleasure HAL a loom very near to thai in
winch her Majesty herself slept, aud which
nad Il Tree communication by a corridore or
passage to Tie room in which she slept aud
.his ionm Was, by her express desire, appro-
prlateu 10 Tins courier Bergami. NV ord.
need not state that such a tact naturally ex-
CITED the surprise of those whose duty il was
10 attend ner Majesty's household; and tina,
surprise was moi little increased, when they
,ear"ea from her hlsjesty,th il was no longer
ber pleasure that the boy William Austin
Shon'd sleep in her room. She assigned as
reason for this determination, what, il il were
sincere Gne, might be a proper motive for
nra fIrn NJ flo has
ing IN her chamber. She said he was now of
an age when il became no longer proper or
correct, that he should sleep in her sroor.-
therefore she ordered that another apartment
should he provided for him and that the prac-
lice which up TO that time had continued,
should cease
Az arrangement was made accordingly He
was not placed where one might pc hans ma .
inral'y expect lie would, from the attachment
size lad shown towards him. in the adjoining
room bnt the bed chamber which, have sta.
led TO your Lords, had direct aud free
communication with the bedroom of her
Majesty. was assigned TO this courier Bergami
and, my Lord hips upon the evening of the Dth
OF November, am told | shall he able TO satisfy
your LordSlhps of the facts which am about
10 feiate,that Intercourse commenced which is
charged III the preamble of the pre- sent bill and
which continued from that tins during The
whole period OF this PERSONS being in her ser.
wee. Upon the evening of the ninth Of No
vember, her Majesty want 10 the OpPra A Ma,
Piles but, IL was observed, she returned al an |
early hour. One of her maid servants, who |
was the person that attended particularly 10 |
her bedroom, happened 10 be present at her
return. She WAS struck with the extraordinary
manner OF the Princess, with the aIrof affecta.
ton That she evuced, and with her singular
appearance and behavior altogether. She mas.
tened 10 her apartment, and she gave stiict
InIunciions that young Austin should not be
admitted TO her room that night Size was OBJ
served then 10 20 from her room towards that
~ which BeTgami was, aud very eoon dismiss
Ell beT Female attendant ~ manner quite M.
usual aud novel. She told her hastily she had |
no further occasion for her services. The ia |
male attendant retired, bur not wItbont those |
suspicious wlica she certainly entertained aud |
which the circumstances have stated to Won
we've naturally calculated 10 excite in the niind
OF any peTson.--Sle knew, at that time, that |
BerganIi was IN his bed room because IL was |
the frot night that he had taken advantage of |
the alteration which had been made. 1t was
guile new for her to be dismissed in the way in
which she was and could not but observe that
the cODducT aud demeanoF of the Princess
were evidently marked by manner which
was calculated 10 excite suspicion, and had
been by no means usGal towards this attend
ont Bat II her suspicioDs were excited upon
that evening, they were confirmed Ivy her OBJ
seryatlons on The following morning. And. nv
Lords, ia ANY other case than that presented
10 your LoTdships, If the evidence which will
be adduced at sour Lordsbips' bar, and which
am BOW about 10 state, were given IL wonld
be, apprehend evidence, upon which no Jury
S."lu heo'ia'c W EOiht 10 u CONCLUSION, than an
aunitorous lnieTcOurse took place that night
between thisexalted parsonage and this mental
servant tor upon observing the state of the
rooms, u was evident the Princess had nor
slept ~ her own room on that blight. Her bed
remained almost precisely in the state in which
u had been on the preceding night, while the
bed assigned for this person, Befgami had 10
the observation of those who saw IL mon the
following morning, the clear proof that two
persons had rep0sed themselves in IL. should
state 10 your Lordshps, that he's Royal High