Interpreter. You mean look over, not overlook. (A laugh.) Mr. Brougham stood corrected. Did not Bergami look over the accounts? Yes. Was he not very exact? I do not know that. When on board the ship, was it your business to be on deck, or to be below, cooking? I worked in the kitchen. Where was the kitchen? On deck. Where did the maids of the Princess sleep? I do not know. Where did Ieronimus sleep? That I know, because I used sometimes to go into his cabin to have a glass. His room was in a corner. Where did Mr. Hannam sleep, the English gentleman? I do not know in which cabin he slept, there were so many right and left; but I know he slept in one. Where did Captain Fliun sleep? In some room, but I do not know which. What have you had for coming here? Nothing but trouble. Do you expect any thing? I hope to go soon home, to find my master. Are you not to have a livre a day while you are absent from your master; or is any one to have a livre a day for you? My daughter is to have a livre a day; but I have received no letters, and I do not know if she has got the money. Examined by the House. The Earl of Liverpool.-When you said that Bergami's bed appeared to be made, did you mean that it appeared as if it had not been slept in? I do. The Marquis of Lansdown.-Do you remember to have seen Mahomet perform the same dance, which you describe him to have performed before the Princess, in the presence of other members of the family, the Princess being absent? Yes, he played the same tricks before us many times. How did you know it to be the Princess's room out of which you saw Bergami come? Because, when I was ordered to carry in breakfast, I went to carry it, and I saw the Princess coming out of the same room, combed and dressed. Not The Duke of Hamilton.--At what time of day was this? fully dressed for going out; but in her usual dress, and combed. I ask at what time of day was it when it appeared to you that the bed was not made? What time was it in the morning when Bergami was coming out of the room? Was it when the Princess was preparing to go to court? The Lord Chancellor desired the shorthand-writer to read the former questions and answers, as to the witness seeing Bergami come out of the Princess's room. The questions were read. The Earl of Lauderdale.-When Bergami came out of the Princess's room, what did he say to the witness? He said, "You Scoundrel, what do you do here? Who has opened the door?" I answered that I found it open. He then said, "Go away." Lord Viscount Falmouth.-Witness has stated that Bergami looked over his accounts. Had he ever any quarrel with Bergami respecting those accounts? Yes, I have had some disputes. Did those disputes happen just before he left the service of the Princess, or at what time? I have had some disputes with Bergami before I left the service of the Princess, and with his brother. When you left the service of the Princess, did she give you a good character? No; because I did not ask for it. Did you leave her service of your own accord, or were you discharged? There was some quarrel, up or down; and they said, "You may go;" and I went. Earl Grosvenor.-At what time in the morning were the beds commonly made while you were at Turin ? I did not go to make the beds. Earl Grosvenor.--That is not an answer to my question. The Interpreter.-I am aware of that, my lord; but I must give the answer which I receive from the witness. The question repeated.-I cannot say, for there was a servant, the chasseur, who made the beds. It was only accidentally that I entered the room. Was it your duty, as cook, to carry in the breakfast? There were the waiters of the inn to do that. Was Mahomet one of those particularly employed in the service of the Princess? Mahomet had the care of the horses; he' was employed in the stable. The Earl of Darlington.-Do you remember the King and Queen coming to visit the Princess at Turin? Yes. Did the Princess go out airing with the King and Queen? Yes.. Did Bergami go in the same carriage? The Princess went out with the King and Qeeen; Bergami followed; but the King had the arm of the Princess. Did Bergami go out in the same carriage? This I cannot say. I know he also went out in a carriage, for there were three carriages; but I cannot tell in which. Do you remember at what time the Princess went to court? When she went out for the airing, it was about eleven in the morning; when she went to dinner, it was one. The Earl of Morton.-The witness has said, speaking of Bergami's bed, that it appeared, upon the occasion he referred to, to be made. It is usual to make up the bed in a different form for the day and for the night? There must be a manner; I do not know; I know that in my house the bed is made in the morning. Lord Auckland.-At what hour did you see the Princess go to court? About half past nine or ten. Re-examined by Mr. Brougham, through the medium of the Lord-Chancellor. While you were in the service of the Princess were you not confined to your bed in consequence of a hurt received in a scuffle? Yes. Do you remember the Princess coming to your room to see if you were well treated? I do; and Bergami. Lord Ellenborough.-At what hour did the Princess come to see you? The hour I do not know. I know I was half asleep, and Bergami said, "Mind, it is the Princess come to see you." Did the Princess come more than once? By night or day? By day. Once. Were you in bed at the time of the Princess coming? I was. The Earl of Carnarvon.-Did the Princess come alone? Bergami came with her. The witness withdrew. Captain Samuel George Pechell sworn, and examined by the Attorney-General. You are an officer in his Majesty's navy? I am. You commanded the Clorinde in the year 1815? I did. Did you there receive the Princess on board the Clorinde? I did. Do you remember by whom she was accompanied upon that occasion? By Lady Charlotte Lindsay, Mr. North, Dr. Holland, Madame Falconet, and by various servants. Among those servants do you remember Bergami? I do. In what capacity did Bergami appear on board the Clorinde ? As a menial servant. Were you in the habit of dining with the Princess at the time she was on board the Clorinde? I was. The Princess was entertained at my table. Did Bergami wait at table? Every day. Did he wait as a menial servant, as any other servant? He did. Where did you convey the Princess at that time? To Genoa. Did you touch at Leghorn? We did. Did any of the suite of the Princess quit the ship at Leghorn? Lady Charlotte Lindsay and Mr. North. Was there not a boy named Austin on board? There was. Did the Princess quit the ship at Genoa with her suite? She did. Do you remember how long the Princess was on board your vessel at that time? Seven or eight days. During the autumn of the same year were you again at Genoa? I was, in August, 1815. Did the Princess in that month embark at Genoa on board the Leviathan? Not until November. Did you see the Princess between the time of her departure in March until you saw her in November at Genoa? No. Did you see her at the time when she came to embark on board the Leviathan? I did. Did you see her come down to the vessel in her carriage? I did. Who accompanied her in the carriage? I remember the Coun tess of Oldi, Bergami, and an infant; but I do not remember any other persons. Did you go in the Clorinde from Genoa to Sicily? I did. Had you directions to go to Sicily for the purpose of receiving the Princess there? I had. At what time did you arrive in Sicily? On the 7th Dec. Where in Sicily did you receive the Princess on board? At Messina. Previous to your receiving the Princess for the second time on board the Clorinde, had any communication taken place between her Royal Highness and yourself? Yes. What was the nature of that communication? I received a letter from Mr. Hannam, informing me that the Princess intended to embark from Genoa in the Clorinde. That was before you left Genoa? Yes. You had another communication at Messina? Yes. State the nature of it. The morning after I arrived at Messina Captain Briggs informed me that the Princess expressed some uneasiness at the prospect of keeping her own table on board the Clorinde. I therefore desired Captain Briggs to say to the Princess, in my name, that I was ready to do every thing in my power to make her comfortable while she was on board the Clorinde, provided she would be pleased to make a sacrifice, which my duty as an officer compelled me to exact, by not insisting upon the admission of Bergami to my table; for that, although now admitted to the society of her Royal Highness, he had been a menial servant when she had last embarked on board the Clorinde. In the afternoon of the same day I saw Captain Briggs, who said that he had had a conference with the Princess, as I had desired, and that, from the tenour of his conversation with her, he believed there would be no difficulty in my request being acceded to, but that her Royal Highness required a day to consider the subject. The Leviathan sailed on the following day, and on the morning after I visited the Princess, with a view to know her determination. The Princess declined seeing me herself, but desired Mr. Hannam to inform me that my request would not be acceded to; and, in consequence, her Royal Highness provided her own table. How soon after that did the Princess embark on board the Clorinde at Messiua? On the 6th January following. How long was that after the communication of which you have spoken? About a month. Who accompanied the Princess on this second time of her coming on board? The Countess of Oldi, Bergani, Master Austin, a Count whose name I understood to be Schiavini, and various servants. Was there a little child? There was; I understood it to be Bergami's child. Where did the Princess dine while she was on board? In her own cabin. Do you know who dined with her? I do not. She did not dine at your table? She did not. How long did she remain on board the Clorinde? Three or four days. Mr. Brougham declined asking the witness any question. The Earl of Oxford wished to ask Captain Pechell one question. If he had seen, at his (Lord Oxford's) or any one else's house, a lad waiting at table; and that lad had afterwards been made a midshipman, and, by his merit, risen to the rank of Captain; would Captain Pechell then refuse to sit down to dinner with him at his (Lord Oxford's) table? The Lord-Chancellor thought that the witness might be asked what his conduct had been upon the occasion in question; but not what his conduct would be in another case. (Hear, hear.) The witness withdrew. Captain Thomas Briggs sworn, and examined by the Attorney-General. You are a Captain in his Majesty's Navy? I am. Did you, in the year 1815, command the ship Leviathan? I did. Were you in Genoa in the course of that year? I wasa November. I believe your vessel was ordered to Genoa, to convey the Princess and lier suite to Sicily? Yes. Did the Princess and her suite embark on board the Leviathan, at Genoa? Yes. Can you tell by whom her Highness was accompanied? By her suite. Of whom did that suite consist? Bergami, Mr.Hannam, I think Schiavini, and two or three other foreigners. The names of the servants I do not know. There was also the Countess of Oldi and two servant-maids. Do you remember the Princess coming down to embark? Yes. Who came in the carriage with her? The Countess Oldi, Bergami, a child, and, I think, another person. |