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Published by HRowe. 2. Amen Corner Jan 19.1821.

ceeding to examine her, through the medium of the Marchese Spinetto, in French, when

Mr. Williams interrupted him, for the purpose of asking the witness, did she understand English? To which interrogatory she answered" a little."

How long have you been in England? About two months (as we understood.)

Do you not understand the English language at all?

The Solicitor-General.-She did not say so.

Have you no knowledge of the English language? Very little. Have you not been in the habit of speaking English? I cannot speak it, and I understand it very little.

The examination then proceeded as follows:

Of what country are you a native? I am a native of the Paysde-Vaud, in Switzerland. I am a Protestant.

Did you enter into the service of the Princess of Wales? I have been in her service.

Where did you reside at the time you entered her service? At Bologna.

Where did you first go for the purpose of seeing the Princess? To Geneva.

Did make you any engagement with the Princess of Wales at Geneva, or after you saw her at Geneva? I engaged myself to go into her service for five years.

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Did you enter into her service, in fact, at Geneva? or did you enter into it at any other place? I entered her Royal Highness's service at Lausanne.

Did you proceed with her Royal Highness from Lausanne to Milan? I did.

You have stated that you entered into her Royal Highness's service for five years; in what capacity did you enter into it? As first femme-de-chambre.

Tell us, when you arrived at Milan, of whom the suite of her Royal Highness consisted? Must I state the gentlemen and ladies, or all together.

First, the gentlemen? There were four gentlemen and three ladies.

At what place did you lodge on your arrival at Milan? At the Royal Hotel.

Do you remember a person of the name of Bergami being engaged at that place in the service of her Royal Highness? I remember him well as courier.

As nearly as you can recollect, how many days was that before her Royal Highness quitted Milan? About 15 days.

Now, during the 14 or 15 days of which you have spoken, did Bergami wait at table on her Royal Highness? Yes, he waited at dinner.

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On leaving Milan, did her Royal Highness pass through Rome, on her way to Naples? Yes.

Do you recollect a young person of the name of William Austin, being with her Royal Highness? Yes.

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Before the Princess arrived at Milan, where was William Austin in the habit of sleeping generally? Generally he slept in the room of her Royal Highness.

Do you recollect where her Royal Highness slept, at what house, on the night before she entered the city of Naples? In a country-house.

Do you recollect whether her Royal Highness slept in the room of William Austin in that country-house? I cannot positively say about that night; but, generally, he was in the habit of sleeping in the room with her Royal Highness.

Had her Royal Highness about that time any communication with you about the place of sleeping of William Austin? Her Highness told me, during that evening, that William Austin bad become too big a boy to sleep in her room, and he must have une chambre particuliere.

Up to that period, did Bergami breakfast and dine with the other servants? He dined always at our table.

[The interpreter observed,-at the table of the servants, where she herself dined.]

Do you know what room was allotted for Bergami on the first night of his arrival at Naples? I don't remember where it

was.

Do you remember the room in which he slept on the second night after your arrival at Naples? Yes, I do.

Was that room near the room occupied by her Royal Highness? Yes, quite near.

Was there any internal communication between the two rooms?

There was one.

What was there between the two chambers? A small cabinet, with a fire-place and a passage.

Could you go from the room of Bergami to that of the Princess by proceeding along that passage and through the cabinet? Yes, there was a door that led out of that passage.

When that door was closed, and the door of her Royal Highness's room was closed, and the door of Bergami's room was closed, could any person have access to those rooms and that passage; I mean by the door of Bergami, the outer door of his room? No; there were only those doors.

Did her Royal Highness, on the evening after her arrival at Naples, go to the opera? Her Royal Highness told me, while I was dressing her, that she was going to the opera.

Did she return early or late from the opera that evening? It seems to me that she returned early in the evening.

Upon her return where did she go to? She returned to her bed-room.

Were you in the bed-room yourself? I was not there, but she rang for me.

On your arrival at the bed-room of the Princess, what did her Royal Highness do? Her Royal Highness crossed the passage and entered the cabinet.

Do you know where Bergami was at that time? I don't know. After her Royal Highness had gone into the cabinet, what did she then do? I do not know what she did; but she returned immediately to the bed-room where I was.

Did she say any thing to you? Did she give you any orders? Her Royal Highness told me to forbid William Austin entering into her room, because she wished to be quiet.

Where did William Austin sleep that night? In a small cabinet, where he remained all the time.

Was that cabinet adjoining the bed-rooms of the Princess? It was near it; there was a door of communication.

Do you know whether that door was open or shut that night? I saw it shut.

When that door was shut, was there any communication between that cabinet and the passage of which you have spoken? There was not.

What beds were there at night in the bed-room of the Princess? How many? There were two; a large one and a small

one.

What was the small bed? It was a travelling-bed for het Royal Highness.

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Did her Royal Highness usually sleep in that bed? Yes; she slept in it.

What preparations were made, that night, for her Royal Highness, relative to that bed? I saw, in the evening, that it was made.

Did you take any notice of the other bed? were there sheets on it, or not? I saw, afterwards, that there were no sheets. How long did you remain with her Royal Highness that night before she left the bed-room? Some minutes; a very little time. Did you make any observation on the conduct of her Royal Highness that night in the bed-room? I thought she was extremely agitated.

What was your reason for remaining there only a few minutes? The witness, in answer to the question, said, "I left the room after remaining a few minutes, because her Royal Highness sent me away immediately.

Had that been her usual practice? It was not.

Do you know where Bergami slept that night? I believeMr. Brougham.-We have nothing to do with belief.

What time the next morning did you see her Royal Highness? I don't remember precisely.

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