Kingston Chronicle, December 15, 1820, p. 2

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- - 1*1-1 • t EftOUD* : wi wards • ' , a>)out the . .. .- i • - ^eeti aiy &t riant, bu v . ■- * 1 ii 'vt, certain* I;. si ."...* .. sih lirr Majesty• 1 did not taL- :ir.i.;c —I recollect a sum¬ mer house argrollu there. 1 do uot9.-i er- ;-Ju!y5 recollect sociiig h»r Majesty with the servant wrutr t!ii:> grotto, i*or did I eter say that I hid seen her with him in the grotto* I migftt hav^s seen tiunn in the garden, but I do not recollect the cirromstancc. Hid your Lordship been accustomed to ride tit this time? 1 otih rode upoti the donkey* 1 was requested to ride l>v the courier, iiavo *ou had auy correspondence with Lady C. Lind¬ say ?—Yt»s* Bein^ &*k&d who recom¬ mended Lady Lindsay to resign her situ* ation, it was objected to t>% Air. Brough¬ am, and the question was struck out. Re-examined.—Vrttraetrcx \ou ww Bergami and iiur Majesty together* di • jwu over sec any impropriuty of conduct: This question uai objected to by t!ic At¬ torney-General, euuTao answer iva&gU Ten, • Examined hy-fhc Peers.—Was any one in the boat with her Majesty ;—Ye»; Bergami. At the time you .saw them to- gether, did yo-j observe any improper familiarity ? Sot any in answer to other questions, his L&rdvhip stated, that, although there was a" slight accent in the mode of speaking of the Countess Did;, her manners were perfectly inof¬ fensive and unobtrusive, nor could he Wiy they were vulvar ; her maimers did not seem particulaiiy refined. lit* only *^oLe a few words to her during dinner, and could not form any decided opinion us to heT education. Jie had heard that she was sister to liergami, but she was DOt so introduced to him by the Princess. in> Lofuftriiip, at dVnner, 3aU at o..e *£& of the Princess, and Berg a mi on the olli- garni being in the service of hcv Royal | tjie fam€ c 11 Jmess, in the capacity of courier. 1 v\n* oiten in company with the Queen * nen Bergami attended. Bergami con¬ ducted bitnseil in the common way in rthich a servant would ; (hePrincess con¬ ducted herself towards him in the man¬ ner that a mistress would conduct herself. L)id you observe any impropriety of con¬ duct between the IVuvcesS and Bergaoii? -Wver. When did you ijuit her Royal liiijmess's ten ice ?—i sent in my resig¬ nation in 1817. What was your reason for resigning?—My brother wrote re¬ questing me to returUi Have you seen the Queen since she returned to this country ?—i havfci Gross-examined by the Solicitor Geoe- ntl. 1 joined her Royal Highness ten or twelve days before she quitted Na¬ ples. We were one night in going lu Heme, two nights at Rome, six nights at CI vita Vecchia For the ship, and three nights on board the Clorinde. Then you did not return into the service of the Princess after *.ou were at Leghorn ?—1 did not resign. 1 leit at Leghorn, for the purpose of joining my brother, and having hisescoit home. While at vJivita Vecchia, I saw Bergami. The Princess and I frequently walked out together, and Bergami aifeuded ; lie did not wall; with us. uut a litrle way behind us : that happened every time we walked out, as far a^ 1 can recollect- Was there ffuj other courier iu the service of the Princess who walked out with you at that time ?— J beluvc there tvas Bifcroiiynrus ; lie rtus with us. Do jou nu an that Union) inu> also walked out ;—No ; i do not recol¬ lect that he walked us*. Have von the least doubt thai he did not walk out :— 1 do not think that he did. 1 had the honour of walking out twice with the Princess. Did you not say just no* cr ; but he observed nothing particular in the behaviour of the Princess towards Bergami. The boat in which he saw the Princess and Bergami on the Lake waa a very small erne, and he did not per;.* he any motion in it but what was given it by .Bergami, who rowed it. The man¬ ners of Bergami were inoffensive; but he had spoken \'cty little with htm, and the only time they wcie alone together was iu the gallery al Milan,—From the opportunity of String BergamPs behaviour could you form auy opinion of his being superior to the situation which he had formerly tilled ? It did not strike me that he was. Lord Clenbcrvie, (fourth witness,) Etated, that lie and Lady Gl'iibervic were at Genoa, when the Princess arrived there on the 25th March, 1815 ; and, as Lady C. Campbell had not then arrived, Lady Glenbervie undertook to act as la¬ dy of the bed-chamber to her Royal Highness- His Lordship and lady C. left Genoa on the 17lh May, and, during that period, he had very frequently di¬ ned with the Princess, and saw Bergami every day he dined. He waited behind the chair of the Princess, in the dress of a courier, and the behaviour of the Prin¬ cess towards him, was that of a mistress of rank to a servant*. Efcrgowi: oeiniveif tvith the respect becoming his station. lie had seen at the table of the princess Mrs. Falconet and her daughters, Lieut. How nam, Dr. Holland, and some Geno¬ ese qoblemen, with English naval officers. He saw lady W. BetUiuck at Genoa fre¬ quently, lie saw her at her royal high- ness's there, but. whether she dined iUttv. he did not iccollect. He went to the onlv, ball given there by her royal high¬ ness. Did you meet there Ihe principal persons of the place :—I think a great many of them, the principal ladies ai.d gentlemen of the place. Cross-examined by the Solicitor Gene¬ ral,—His lordship said, that he did not live in the House of the Princess at Ge¬ noa. Lady C. Campbell arrived in a- bout a week, and then Lady Gknbeivie ceased to act as lady of the bed chamber. He had dined there two or three times a week. Did you underhand, at thai time, that Bergami wore the dress of a "ess, a s?r\ant ?—He was in courier's <li sort of Spanish dress, according to my recollection. By Lord Lauderdale. Did you meet Captain Pechell, of Ihe Clo¬ rinde, at dinner ;—I think I JUL Lath/ Charlotte Lindsay (the fifth witness) was placed at the bar by Mr. Brougham, and accommodated, at his re¬ quest, with a chair. She was examined by Dr. Lushington. I entered the ser¬ vice of the Princess of Wales in 1808, and continued with her till 1811, when the Princess went abroad. I then ac¬ companied the Princess as far as Bruns- ■wick, but I went no farther, by previous agreement. I again joined her Royal Highness at Naples in the beginning of March 1315. I remained with her, as lady of the bed-chamder, till the Princess went to Rome, whither I accompanied her; from thence toC'ivita Vecchia, where we embarked on board the Clorinde, and quitted again at Leghorn, as had been previously settled. During her resi¬ dence at Naples, the Princess was visited by Lord and Lady Llundatf, Lord and Lady Gage, Lord and Lady Cunning¬ ham, Lord and Lady liollaud, Lord Clare, Lord G. Somerset, Lord F* Mon¬ tague, Lord and Lady Oxford, Sir \V. Goll. Mr. Davenport, Mr. W. Bankes, Mrs. Falconet and her daughteis, and Others I do nut recollect. Her lloyal Highness slept on hoard the Clorinde, in a p..rf of the captain's cabin, which was divided into two ; in the other port slept ihe captain and his brother. ilor Royal Highness cxpic-i-wd some legivt, thai (hat part had not been assigned to me. X remember a person of the naroi oFR —1 might v.a.k out three limns ; but at tiitS moment J cannot call to mind more than t.vice. Pcjhapsyou will not swear that you did net * J Ik outlive or >\k time.".* —1 can swear we did not. But )on will not swear thai you did not walk out foul times ?—I think not. But every lime )ou did walk, out the courier who ac¬ companied jou was Bergami?—He was* Will sou take upon you ti> swear tint on none of those ■*cca>ious iu*r llofal lli^h- uess walked arm-iu-arm *itli Bergami ; i have not any recollection of it. Wilt \ou take upon yourself to swear (hat she did not :—1 can on'y ?ay i have no re¬ collection el it.—1 recollect that lierga- mi attended at a.little <list:iruc, unless he was called to be aski d a i|u(\*i:ou. Tlien 1 understand that you will no J swear That the Princess did not, upon that oecubiou, walk arm-in-arm witli Liergauu :—I cer¬ tainly do not recollect that she did. L>ui you will not swear that she did not ?—1 cannot positively swear, but 1 wad never struck by it, Why, if such a thing had happened, must it not have struck \ou ; — I suppose i.t would, and therefore ima¬ gine it did not happen. li»it )ou will not swear it did not ?—I wiil not swear, because we might have taken hia arm on some particular occa&ioiii It might nave happened vuthout my being, struck with that it might have struck you ?—If the) had walked arm-in-arm it would bavtj struck me. Then, though they did not walk arm-in-arm, the Priucess might have taken liergampsarm ?—Si.t might, but 1 have no recollection of it. Your situation did not neeestanU lead you in¬ to the Princess's bed loom ? — Very tre- ({ueully it did; she sent for me. Was =he always aloue upon these occasions r —Not always aloue : .mutinies there were persons with her. Do >ou recollect seeing Bergami in her bed-room ?—1 have seen him myself there, because we dined in the bed room, and [Jergami used to wait as servant on the Princess, V\ il- lia;o Au-iin, and m)self. Other ht- vants used to come in and bring di>i:eis. This was at Naples ; did it happi n Ire- (juentiy ?—Yes ; it happened w heiiever her Royal Highness had not company to dinner, except on one occasion, when 1 had leave of absence logo to Pompeii.— Did Bergami always wait on these occa¬ sions ?—I think he did, but I cannot po- silUely swear*.—When did you quit the service of ihe Princess—In 1817. Had auy application been made to you to join her Royal Highners again on a journey, before you took the resolution of quit¬ ting?—Yes; there had. How long be¬ fore ?—I cannot accurately remember. Was any proposition made by hei Royal Highness to appoint Colonel Lindsay to the situation of her chamberlain ? Mr, Brougham objefted to thequcfh'on on the ground (o often dated on the other fide, that if the proportion were made in writing, it could not be examined upon by parole. The Lord Chancellor was in¬ clined to think the queftion a proper one, and it was accordingly repeated by the Solicitor-General. Mr. Brougham again objeflcd, and the Lord Chancellor fugges- ted that, as four o'clock had arrived, it would be tit to aigue that point to-mor¬ row. Mr. Brougham was willing to fub- mit to any thing rather than that delay fliculd take place The Lord Chancellor added, that it was the bufinefs of the Houfe to do fafttce, and not to have ille¬ gal quellions put. He, therefore, recom¬ mended an adjournment, and it took place accordingly. Twenty-fifth day. Lady Chatlotte Lindfay was called in, and her crofs-examination rcfumed by the Solicitor-General—I recollect a barn near Naples. 1 waa in the habit of walking to that hriih with her royal highnefa the Princc&of Wale*. Bergami attended us. 1 ^collect Jjoing from ±\aplc* to Rome with ln?r royal Utghncfs. I tiavcilcd .'j i- arriage with the Pnncefs. i ; think. Bcrg^^; roje |lfar t|ut c:irriape in the capacil. 0f courier. I alf0 r€nc frotfl Rome to C?vila Vecchia in the fame car- Itage w.th lier roya| hishnef3, 1 believe Bergami i^e then> a3 ^fore, as courier ; but I have ircH f0 accnrale a recollection of that tune, j reC0]jcCi BcqctatTi tiding up to the c?rrjage <J0or, in which her royal h.ghncfs w,3> and afkirtg for fometh.'og. 1 recoiled i.;s faying *. A bojref Madame/' and aikmg for fomethiug to eat or drink, or fomethiV^ v[ Lhat fci0dj wuen he was called. I think he came up and afkeJ it after he wa, cancd. There is not any cir cumtta.ice v U:Ch enables me to be prscife in my recol eftfon whether this took place be.ore or a!LC1- (>e Was called, except that I think it more natural lie (hould have come up after he was called than before. I think he ^ot the bottle which was in the carriage It was the bottle which her royal highest drank out uf. V7t were done with At refrcihmeuts when they were given to hm, and whether he handed them back into t3pc carriage or not I don't re¬ collect. I do not recollect having faid to any body tb%t Inch things were going on 10 the houf?, that no woman of character could remaii there, nor any thing of the fame meaniig. Will your ladylhip fwear that you h«er did ufe fuch expreflions, or words to that tfTcd ? I can only give my former anfwer, that I do not recoiled* ha¬ wing ever tied fuch e£p"effioasf nor u it probable t!al I could have done fo. Did your LJyfhp ever Ly to auy body, that it was a gTc£1 relief to your mind when you had quitted her Royal Highncfc's fervice ? L don't recoiled having faid fo. Is it polfible that you might have :*.Id fo ? I can only fay I have no recollection of fuch an expreffiaO Hoes your ladylhip recol- lcc*t having mentioned that nothing but a defire t i Ia*t fon.e money, for a paitieulai perfonoi purpofe, vu.dd have i.uluccd you to remain fo lo:;r^ ^ you f ad rc.naineJ in the feivice of t^pj^i.j I don't re- collect : but it is pSMt I might have faid fo. Then n ,;u ;; lloC be poffible y.#u a fo afcd iHhc v-xptefTions > I dou'c recoiled!, I cwQ(n!y might have ia;J tliat a dcllre tof.iv* tnouey foi a particulai perfon i-«du •_•-] cu to have fI-»i! longer in the fctvice than I ttherwifc fhould ; bat I have no reeollectun of having uiol the other c&pttifion*i u»r is it probable I did. Having recalled ilis cireumllancc t<» your recollection, I mnl no*v beg to af!-: your ladylhip, it the furntr expreffuua to which I directed your attention were not ufed at thtf fame time ? Idu not dilliinftly recol lect at what time I ufed the cxpreffious, 44 that, but for tlicanxiety to ieive a par¬ ticular individurd vith ihe fuviug$ out of my fah»ry» I Would have quitted the lcr- vice of \ur Royal Highnefj beiore." 1 have no dlli'iCt reoohedion ul the occa- lion on wbkb i uf'd thofe wordi, and do not think that they vveie coupled with any that went to e^prcB an il' opiaiOQ of her. Royal ilighncfs rh: Princefs of V/alcs.— Does your lady (lip undertake to fwear that it was not (o, bj only tliat you do not think that it was -o, that rhey were not couolcd with fnch expieHi >n& ? As far as I can recoiled it ftfta not fo. But yotir I rfvffiio csumrtt be pofitivc ? 1 can ot.lv lay that I bate no kind ol fccplJeaion oJ it, an I think it not at all pn huLle. Then 1 un leilhnd your lady Hop L,lt t > f3y p0(i. tively thit it was not f > ? f |iave D0 tfnd of recollclion of ever hav:,Vf nalcj lnal my refignation took place j;1 confCquence of the conduCl of her Roy a.' Hi^hnels be¬ ing fnch that no woman of trader could remain in her fervice. Yoij bJyfhip will fee that thu:-n n^t an anfw.r l0 my qUt;S. t:on> which wa., whether »>rflOC YuU would polkively fay that it k»as in,t fo ? 1 can only fay chat I have not tlu lcait recoliec tio i of having faid fo to a*py 0.)C. Your ladyfhip in anl'wct to a queft;>)n pUt by Dr. Lu(hingtr>n9 l\3ted !ome communication to have bceti mide to your Jadyfbrp from Lord Guilford : t wilh to tfc$ ia the bell of your recollection, whetffer the cMiver- fation in queflion took place be/jre or of* ter that c<immunkatioo- hi.4 been made ? 1 have not the leatt recolledjion wliether it was before or alter. Do y -; recollect whe¬ ther or not it \^as about th? fame time ?— No. 1 have no recollcdio- that the con- verlation took plare at the faniC time, or of the period at which it did take place. Was it after your ladyfbtp had religned your fitoation ? I do n'it know. Are there no cireumftancc* that may bring this fad to your recollection ? The witncls paufed, endeavoring to recollect, and then faid, ye-s that which I faid about being induced to remain in the ferviee of her royal highnefs. in order to affili a particu¬ lar individual with the favings out of my falary, muil have taken place after the communication from Lord Guiltord. Re-examined by Dr. Lufhington.—■ The verbal communication which took place on the ftibjeft of my rcfignation waa made to my hoiband, and to no one elfe. Mr. Lindfay is at picfeut in diftreffed cir- cumftances. and has been fo for fome years. 1 had fome difficulty while 1 waa in the fervice duller Royal Ilighnef. with refped to the payment uf my falary : at one time there was a good deal of arrear due. Did any other circumllance occur in the year 1817 to make your continu¬ ance in that fituatkm difagreeable to your ladylhip ?—Ye«j my attendance on her Royal Highnels, if lequired, would have been particularly difagreeable, as I labored under a great dcpreflion of fpinU at that time. [Here the witnefs teemed much I affe&ed.] I had at that time loll two near relation?) the late Loid Guilford and the late Lady Glenbervie. 1 beg to alk if you ever obfi ived any impropTiety on the part of the l^'ieen to induce you to quit her fervice ?—I mj fclf never obferved any im- propriety in the conduft of her Msjclty the Queen ti.At would induce me to quit her lei vice- Examined by Loid Donoughraorc.— The experience that 1 had of the conduct and deportment of her Majclly extended over a period of 24. days only in Italy. Duriug that period I law no impropriety on the part of the Queen with Bergami. When I joined her Majelty at Naples, Sir W. Cell w;is with her. He reiigned be¬ fore we left Naples, on account of ill health, which obliged him to tiavel to the north. The Hon. Keppel Craven was there, but he alfo refigned before wo left Naples. Captain HdFe waa alio there, but I do not know whether or not he was then in her fervice. He did not embark with her Royal llighnefs. When they quitted the fervice of her Majelly, Berga¬ mi, I think, was at that time in her fer¬ vice. 1 am not quite certain, but 1 think 1 rccolledt a perfon of the name of Louia Bergami at Naples. I never heard of the mother of Bergami till lately. 1 know nothing of the child Vidtorius being taken nnder the protection of her royal highnefs at Naples : no fuch child was under hsr protection while 1 was there. In aufwer to a queflion put ju(l now, as to the rea- fjns of your quitting the fervice cf her loyal highnefs, you have faid, that you had fcen nothing improper in her condudt ! No ; nothing. Were there any reports ? [Here there was a loud murmur in the Houfe* and cries of, <lNo, No."] Mr. Brougham was ready to admit, that re¬ ports of the molt atrocious nature had been fent abroad. The Lord Chancellor faid their Lordfhipa had nothing to do with auy reports whatever. The examination was then refumed.— Had you any other reafens, of any fort or kind, which operated on your mind (ex¬ cepting thofe which you have already men¬ tioned) for quitting the fervice of her Ma jelly ?- I cntuinly lutj not fk'»>n onj- ihtns improper in the conduct of her Majelly while I remained in her fervice ; but re¬ ports were abroad of so degrading a na¬ ture as to operate on my mind to make me wilh not to remain longer in her fervice. Examined by Lord Calthorpe.—During your ladylhip's continuance with her Ma¬ jelly, did you oblcrve any degree of fami¬ liarity on her part towards her male and female fervants ?—Certainly; I think her royal highnefs was peculiarly affable and familiar with the perfons in her houfe.— Do you think that coudefcenfion greatly exceeded that attention fhown by the high¬ er claifes in this country towards their in¬ ferior* ?—I think the higher cialfcsof this country are more apt to be exceedingly kind and condefcending towards their in- fcriois than thofe, perhaps, in rank be¬ neath them, and I think her Royal HighneiVb manners were peculiaily fo.— Do you think her royal highnefs'6 manner in that refpect wj3 peculiarly so, even for a loreigncr ?—Why, perhaps, I am no very gool judge of that ; but foreigners art, 1 think, more apt to converfe with their fervants than the Englilh people. They have lels refcrve ; and her Royal Highnefs had, certainly, that familiarity of conver¬ ting with her fervants that a foreigner ha3. Does your ladylhip, according to your knowledge of that familiarity in foreign era, think th.-t the iauiuiaruy el bet to^ak highnefs towards her fervants exceeds what you t\d\'^ had opportunities or feeing in loicign Itates ?—Not—not greatly. When your ladylhip faid you had not obferved any impropriety in her Majefty's condudt towards Bergami, or any impropriety in his conduct towards her Royal Highnefs, have you obfeived her fhow that peculiarly ol behaviour toward-* him to which you have adverted ?—I have. Am I, then, correct h nndcrftanding your ladyihip to fwear, that from your habits of leeing this unufual degree of familiarity in her Ma¬ jelly, circumltar.cCb in her condudt might have paffed unnoticed by you, which, in the conduct of a perfon of more circum- fpedion and refcrve than her Majelly, wouid have appeared to you extraordinary and, perhaps unbecoming ?—1 don't know that they would have appeared extraordi¬ nary or unbecoming. Her Royal Higu- nefs appeared to me to fpeak to Bergami ab ihe did to Sicard, and various other pcrfuus in her family.—By Lord Lauder- . dale. I left the fervice of her Majelty in confequence of a requelt from my brother, which requelt was communicated to me in writing. The witnefs having been afked whether ftie had the letter in her poifeffion, Mr. Brougham objected to the quellion, and a long conversation eiifucd respecting it. The examination of the witnefs was refumed by Lord Lauderdale. 1 cannot politively fpeak of ever having gone into her Majclly's bed-room at Naples when I was not fent for, but 1 have not knocked at the door. I don't recollect that I ever went without being fent for. 1 never went unlefs fomething particular occurred. When I was at Nice, in 1817, her Majes¬ ty applied to me to join her. In aniwer to that, I faid I fhould obey her com- mands; but 1 hoped her Royal Highnefs would not object to my availing myielf of the efcort of my brother to England.— The witnefs was directed by the Houle 10 fearch for and produce the letter to which allufion had been made. Lord Llandatf (the sixth witness) was next caUed. 1 was in ltal\ iu November01 Decern ber, 1814. Dining the rime you were in Italy, did >ou viaUtbe -uctety of the Princes ol Wales? Ves, certainly j pace or twice a week Ihuveduu fd there, and have alab been (here frequently at evening parties. The Counter of Llaudaffwus most generally with me. The other society iImm Waited the Princess \\a* chieiiv English and ihe Neiipoliuui Dubtcsw. I never saw any tltiug rn ln*r Uoyal tBgbacs^'S coiiducl improper, or*MC|| as to rendci il unpleasant for ihe Cuuaie*» of ] .1..:. 1;..!!' to be there. Bergami was in her Hu>ai tti^huesy's service. 1 »aw biuiconstantly, and I never *aw an) thing in the demeanour ol bai Royal Highuoa toward-, him at all improper. 1 uflei \ aids met her Ilo\al Hi^hnes> ai Venice, in Jul. u July, JMI5 SsIiO wa -v lb I t '1 d*An- d-iiiui.il.-iy in tlifcoui-e ol the morning, 1 have ti»it»-d many ladies in Visit. I'^amincd by Lord Lauderdale,**] duipl re- collect the name.- uf auy of li.e oiher idtciidunts of tlitf Princes be.-uler Bergami .'eiwann \-aS a singular figure, and 1 knew him 0) thai. 1 never naked his name; he wa: pointed out, tu nie a» Bergami: fxmu ihlg and his figure l couldjiot forget it. By a P.-er.—\Va» time any thing in the conduct of her Uoyal ilighncaa iu reilectdu- grace upon this country r There was nor. The Hon. Keppel Craven (die Keve'nth Hitnes.<) wa> then called, and rxamiiied by ftir. Denman: In 1814 was in (he service of the Princess of Wales, as one Of her chamberlains. Did not leave this country with her itoval liigbne*5,btH joined her at Brunswick. Accomu^nied her from theme lo Milan, ami ufierwaid> to .Naples.— When he (Mr. Craven) joined Iter Rojal liigh- neoS, it w-di UndiiritiMid llmt lie should only re¬ main as long as hi- nltalfe would allaw him. lie remained in her K»\al ilVgUnCaa'ti service .six monthsj but it was not at !n>i expected that he could remain more than two or line*, tthtnfie arrived at Naples, in- found that he could remain longer than be originally Intended, and he did remainfoux months longer, Itemetabers that, af¬ ter leaving Milan, a pe:-i»nf who was employed as courier to her Uoyal Highness, was dischar¬ ged front her service for his conduct, and thai, in consequence of that, he applied tu the Marquit deGizeUegbri to procure another. The War- quh ineniioned a person, vWmio he afterwards found to be called Bergami. The Marquis re¬ commended him as a person lit io he received and trusted in the, service of tiie Prince-s: he rccommemled him very strongly ; he said be had known his family a ^reai while, and tliat he vvus mm u Intereflcd ohoul ihrm. Did noi know any thing of Bergami before i.e \\t:a letouimend- ed io him by the Marquis de Giadegltri. Coat- munica'.ed roller [tnvaJ Highueas what the Mar¬ quis bad said of Bergami, that he v.us a person he wished lo recommend to tht situation of cou¬ rier; that he hadljceii acynatnted with bin fami¬ ly a long lime, and knew him to be very hi fol thcsiluatioD ; thai, ihu he recommended him to that situation, he hoped tbfll if he behaved well, he would Ire allowed 10 remain in tUe family, and as a scrvanr om of livery, when her RoyaS Highness slopped at ;m> place ; and tliat lie ijhe. Maronia) wished (o be ol u.-e lo.ill Liei^.imi's fa- r/ily, and Bergami in |,*artieular. Ui-mcuibers iliat tthen the Princess a|»nroactied N.rplea, her Royal Highness was mei ushort dtstniice froto the CltJ by ihe new Kiu^ and Qneeii of Naples Entered Naples on the Sth Nov. about half au hour before dusk. The Princess and suite went io a bouse which hail been taken for her Uoyal Highness—found that *u ivas very inconvenient ; Sir \\ m. GelJ and winiess had very bad beds there was nor by auy means ftioni enough lor the whole ETOile. Sir \V. Cell and witness agreed to lake lodgings elsewhere, as&OOD as rhey could procure them, and this wa» the ouly cause of ihoir leaving her Royal Highness** hotel. The King and Queen uf Naples calledod (he Prinoes* the dav after her arrival; on thai day she dined ttf court. After dinner ti.ere was a concert Her Royal Highness leui.uncd tlieie urnil half naM eleven. Left die n ..cert nltb her Royal lln.tuess. On the evening of the second da> ih*.- (jneeii went to Ihe ope*a ; all her suite ac¬ companied her. Went first to the palace, and from the palace, with all the court and their re¬ tinue, 10 the opera. Her Royal Hi>liuerssar in. the stale box, with the king and Queen. The opera at Naples continues always io a late hour, and ihe Princess remained »*» 'he last. Think* than usual, as it \... iluej Mian Ubiuu in be^iti- oiug. Her Ruyftl Nighnc.<s ami stille remained until the cuitain iliopped. If .'members a mask¬ ed ball given by lu r Ffoyul Highness, in rumpli- menr to the Ring of Nuples. Her lioyal High¬ ness a^rnned three dresses on that occasion : oue was a Turkish dress, the second that of a Neapo¬ litan peasant, and the third, a> wvtnes4- was lold, was meant to represent ihe Geniusnf UtSlury« Saw this dress of thcOeoiusof History on her Royal Highness, Was il in ihe smallest degree mdeciMit or Improper ? I do not recollect that it was ai all indecent. It Was a dress of white drapery, which came very high up. When Ber* gams attended her Royal llighnos from Milan to Naples, and during the lime I.e continued in her service, did \ou observe any im.ropriety or degrading familiarily between her and Gergamil Never. 1 lad you dined sub.-equemls at the ta¬ ble w itlj her Royal llighaessand Bcrgatn! ? Yes, three tiates. Upon any one of these occasions 1 never observed any impropriety between them 1 have seen the Countess of OhU once. Is she * person of vulvar maimers ? No. Had you auy conversation wilh her Royal Highness, before she arrived at Naples about William Austin?—Yea? I think 1 told her, be¬ fore we came to Italy, that it would be well i! her Royal Highness would direct that William Austin'rhouid no longer sleep in ber room, llatf you any reason for giving that advice ?—1 said that the people of Italy might make observa¬ tions, as he was of an age that might give rise to observations. 1 believe he was about 11 or \S at the time. 1 dined frequently with her Roval Highnes? when she had company. Amongst her Royal IligboesVs company 1 very frequently taw Baron Ompteda. 1 recollect Theodore ftlajoc- chlj he waited at table every day when there was company] and Baron Ompteda had many opportunities of seeing him. 1 went to Rome soon after the death of his late Majesty, ami wailed upon the Queen ihe da> after my arrival. Baron Reding was the Hanover* m ambassador at Rome at the time. The Marquis Gueleghrt was dead at the time. Cross-examined by the Soliciior-Oncral.— S do not recollect exactly when this conversation tooU place, but it must have been soon afier hei Royal Highness left Loudon. The recommenda¬ tion I had given io her Roval Highness ;»bo«4 William Austin was with reference to Italy, and was meant prospectively, t saw the Counter Oldl once at Pcsaro, al dinner. The first time [dined at table where Bergami was, Wasal Pe- saro, at dinner. U was At day before I left Rome; I parted wiih her Royal Highness ale Rome. I look 00particular notice of her roval highness's dress at Ihe masked ball. 1 saw U bur a short lime, and had no time to notice it I do not recollect seeing Bergami at the ball, bill all the suite were there. 1 did not go to her Royal Highness^ room at any period of that evening, and cannot say whether her Royal Highness hud taken oil'one drew to put ou ano¬ ther. At Naples. Sir W. Gel! and 1 lodged out of the house the whole rime, with the exception of ihe two first days. We dined at the house— we took our vailing 111 turn. The room in which. we waited was at the distance of two rooms trom that of her Roval Highness. 1 Knew nolhiogol thcdUposilion of the rooms al Naples, with Ihe excepiionof my own and tliat Of the ladv IU wailing. Nolhmg was mention* d to me its to the appropriaiion of a room for Rergami ou ihe first night of ihe arrival al Naples. Did JfOtt ever say to Lady Charlotte Lindsay, or any o iber person, thai you had made a representation to her Royal lli«iiiies< a^ io what was oberved e.ilh ;cs.n-et lul.e; Royal Ul^bm-M-*ClJ B«*|*

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