Newfoundland Mercantile Journal, 1821-03-08, no. 360

              NEWFO VNDLAND
AMtxmntili %ottrttal.
No. 360
SAINT JOHNS,   THURSDAY, March S, 1S2I.
(One Guinea per ann)
Imperial parliament,
TRIAL OF THE QUEEN.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
—oosft-oo	
Friday, October17,
SUMX11NCUP crTnaQUEnEW'S'.'sWlDrNCE
In Continuation. .
Was that, he would ask thei r lordships,
a reason? li undoubtedly wa *a nulural it
should be so ; but did she den y the fact ?
Di.t she venture ti deny that ! be came to
the caiT'Sge before he was c ailed ? He
said, without moaning off-noe 10 that lady,
that throughout the who'e of h er evidence
there would be found a lendern ess in sitea-
k ng positively as to facs (hat w 'ere against
'ber vUjeciy. Bui she did admit that a
bottle was han.ted to this man', from the
^carri-sge, though she could not s: ay whether
the bottle w.is returned or ihro -wn away.
Was noi this a fam'liarity on the part of a
courier f Did Carlo' Forti or Sacchi. or
any other servant, venture to i isat such a
fnedom? Bergs mi did thou: *h ; and it
was in consequence of this illicit fami inr.ty
which existed between therm that he so
presumed. He we-it to'the c arsi'age, and a
bnitle was handed out to hi m without a
ss. Was that'conduct on the-part of a
fen ant that would have been en dured by a
rniniress iftli.re had not existed -in illicit
intercourse 1 He submitted tba t this fact,
drawn irom an unwilling witi less, spoki |
more than any fact brought forward in
pport of th-a bill. Lady C> Lindsay
was fnt* main prop and stay of ill is part of
ihe defence. She was the only English
lady, tbe only lady called, in , this case,
where tlie evidence of females was of such
importance. She had been called, and she
had unwillingly admitted this fact, though
she was the person brought forward to -.up-
port thedigiity of her Majesty during her
residence in Italy. Having proceeded to
Genoa, inack what took place there. His
learned friends said ihat nothing was more
natural and meritorious, than that a man.
•a bo had risen to favour by his own merit
should endeavour to introduce about her
Majesty his relatives and friends. But at
Genoa, when Bergami was a courier, -^nd
not ai!mi ted to her Majesty's society but
by steatih—when there was no vacancy in
her Majesty's establishment yet mark
wliat look place. Victorine (the child of
Bergami.) Faustina (his sisier), his mother,
and his brother, were introduced into the
house. The child the mother, and the
'sister, were introduced without any reason
being assigned for it, arid the brother was
made a page; and mark the period at
which this was dgne. It was not after
•sarni had distinguished himself by his
merits. It was not after he had distinguished himself on the occasion of the attack on
her Majesty's house at Naples; though the
person who had distinguished himself
Ljnoret on that occasion, Theodore Majocchi,
'tad been much slandered. (This observation excited an emotion iu some parts of the
wise, which was checked by cries of
1 Order, order," from the woolsack and the
onisterial benches). He repeated' that
riieodore Majocchi was the person who
■ had dish'nguished himself most on that
■|j*asion • bat here iheir lordships saw,
^Jw, before Bergami's merits were discover-
*■■ fpt'.of his relatives were introduced
■to herMajestyVhouse.    Before ,he quit*
bed, at Genoa, had been slept in and she
was asked. •
44 At Genoa where was the bedroom
occupied by yon I—By the side of that of
her Hoyul Highness.
44 »Vas tbe door between the room occupied by you and the bedroom of her Uoyal
Highness open at night, or how ?—The
Princess always locked it every niglu when
I went away." »
In answer, whether it was shut wiih a
key or not, she said "Her R.yal Holiness turned the key inside."
44 Was th» bedroom of Bergami on the
opposite side ? -It was.
*' In the morning who let you into the
Princess's room ?— The Princess herself
called me from my room.
44 Did you obsetv** the bed of the Princess, whether it had been slept in or
not?—Most often (plus souvenl) it hud
not been slept in."
De Mont and Majocchi both proved,
besides, that at Geiiou the Princess and
Bergami breakfasted together in llie cabinet.
It had be-m sail triumphutrly on the other
side, and the assertion--had--been repented'
over and over again by'hi* learned friends,
that every fact which they ought to contradict, or which admitted of contradiction, had been contradicted. ' But unfortunately, at Genos, one witness hnd exposed him -elf to most eatf contradiction if he
had stated what was not true. Majocchi,
at page 9, stated that Camera nnd Louis
Bergnmi waited at tab!* when the Princess
family 1 Dr. Holland was present, .mil
was any thing more natural than that her
Majesty should have said lo him, *' I have
been le'i by all my tinglis'i female attendants ; I urn without a person (if rank, nnd
I waul a com -'anion : hut 1 am not really
able to procure an- ihcr English lady ul
present; I know not any Italian ludy of
rank , I have applied to Mrs. Falconet,
who declines entering my service, and
therefore I have token the Countess ofOldi?
she is well educated, and tins moved in tin-
higher sphere of society ; hul I must lull
you, at the same time, ih.it she is ihe Bister
of Bergnmi. tht! Rrjortn : I fiel nwk.var'd
at her silling al my tuble, but 1 have been
obliged to apply to her • here she m. I
introduce her to yaw I" But it nppe.ircd
that Dr. H illaiif'l lefi Milan, and knew
nothing of her. What kind of Italian she
suoke, their lordships had heard, and
French it did   not appear that she could
speak at nil.    Her Royal Highness, though
spoke nothing but French Thus, then,
and Bergami breakfasted together.it Genoa i this companion his taken for tlie sake of
and oilier places; and, at   page 258,   Do    society, with w
her. Within two davs after the depnrture. friends hnd fixed Mr, llownam, and he
of Lady C. CampbellI the Countess of Ol.ii I (the Attorney-General) had fixed Dr.
was introduced ns her miid of honour. I Holland, as having been present, but not a
Who was she " what w.-ro her qunlilicati- question on tho subject had been put by his
ous for thai ollice.' No informutiou hud learned friends. Here then was a fact
been given on these points. But she was | reeling on tho evidence of a witness on
llie sister of Bergami ; and, when this man ' whose character thuro had not even been an
hud nlreacly been dtsiingHished by so nuny j attempt to throw any imputation. He
marks of her Majesty's favour, wus ihcre | mentioned wiih contempt the siiwcmenii
tiny thing discreditable iu introducing this ; ihat appeared in the public newspapers.
female into her service ? ll not, why ! (due of the learned Attorney-General's
disguise  it?   why' conceal   it    from    the [ learned coll. ct
^Qjwda'he begged  leave to recall their
Crd**'Ps\attention to tbe evidence given by
Jje' ?lont atjieee   159.' It had   been
■Prans^fe MboVlhjt the Pripcess's
lont deposed as lollows : —
44 Do you kn-tw who waited, at brcak-
fasi ?—Louis Bergami and Theodore Majocchi.
44 What relation is Louis Bergami to
Bartholomew Bergami ? —Brother to Mr.
Bergami."
O.i another occasion Majocchi stated, ns
to ihe breakfasting, thai Louis Bergami
also waited (page 13)
[Mr. Denmati.—Not with Majocchi]
" Did you wait upon them at breakfaai?
—Sometimes I did, sometimes I did not.
44 When you did not, who did wait ? —
Either ty>ui-> Bf.-'p'ni, or a. man of ihe
name of Camera."    /*****.-
Now, he submitted that these were facts
which might have been contradicted if they
were not true; aad although they had
been told that every fact had been contradicted which was capable of contradiction,
yet here was one that could have been
contradicted. Camera nnd Louis Bergnmi
being both still in her Majesty's service.
He begged their lordships to maik the
difference between evidence that mi^lit be
contradicted by persons still in her Majesty's service, and evidence of a di Herein
description. Two concurrent witnesses
might perhaps be in a conspiracy lo give
false testimony, and could not be contradicted ; but when the fact was sworn to
have taken place in tlie presence of another
person who might bo produce!, then, he
said, the evidence waa confirmed by .the
absence of that person. Il that other person were called, and contradicted the fact,
then not only that circumstance wis negatived, but the other parts of the same witness' testimony were discredited. Yet
here, w-iilo the Queen was anxious to call
every person who could clear away the
charges, his learned friends, who no doubt
had exercised a soun I discretion, declined
to call Louis Bergami or Camera. Thus,
then, it was sworn thai her Majesty, removed from the sight of her other attendants,
was seen breakfasting alone with this courier, who had not yet distinguished himself
in her service. From Genoa her Majesty
proceeded to Milan, nnd there she was left
at last without any English female attendant. Lady C. Lindsay, Lady C. Campbell and Lalv E. Forbes, had all left ber,
and-.hu lis»d .10 female ot distinction about
wi* belie.-i*, whispered to   him •• One, one,
of the public papers ")    lie meant one of
the public iiewspapeis   in   puriictilar.'   He
would say ihat things had been   published
from day, to  tlav during this  trid,  which
their lordships,   perhaps,   might   overlook, '
but which, he  said,  were a disgrace lo the
country, ami to those  who  were engaged
in supporting the  cause of her   Majesty. '
Theseiiifnmous papers had the audacity 10 j
publish things which  they could  not   presume to tlii.ik   would   have any influence
on t.ieir   lordships' judfrnent,  but  which j
were calculated to inflaeiice   ihe   minds of I
persons  out   of doors   ' lie   was   entitled |
Bergami dine with tier Uovat Highness nt
Be.linz.Mia ?—He dined with her lityal
Highness :  1 think it was nt   BelIinz<>iM.
■« Who dined with her H -val lligmess
besides .'—There was the' Professor • '«>n-
ligliac, who accompanied her it .yal Hi-ii-
ness ; nnd u man who was livinc in. the
mountains—1 do not know whit lie was.
*• Was n it Bergami at the ttni?  dressed
as a cornier *     He was
:    l" Did you dine with   her   Royal  Highness upon ihat occasion ?—I nd.
|      '* Ami rental ie I at the table during the
j who-,* of dinner ' -I did.
" You  luivc said   lhat   he did  not   dine
regularly at dial limn with tier lloyal Higli-
.ries-. ; did  he afier ihat  lim*- occasional;y
dine with li-r in his ciari -r's dress ?    Ne-
ifierwnrd** in***hii
Yet, to lite que-tioti hut  one   atte
this.
whom her Royal Highness
omit! keo-i up no intercourse whatever.
He submitted Ui.it this was a strong presumption of what was taking place. Had
her Rnv.il Htfriinese,he asked, ever «!a<ed
to Dr. Holland who the Countess of Oldi
was? N,y. when Lord Gni.ford was
dining with hor Majesty, the Couuiess" of
O.'di was not i„*ro in.-el. Her Majesiy
never said—*' lI"i*t»*S Mr. Berg.mii, mv
chamberlain ; nud rii's is the • .'omite-s
I Oldi. his sister" Why this concealment 1
j He sulimi'led that this circumstance spoKe
more than any thing m!si* to know that an
I illicit intercourse existed ; and iu cO-i<e-
qu-nce of it, the sisier of Btrtrgami was
chosen, who was not likely to murk with a
scrutinizing eye whit wis passing beiiveen
Ihem. No, it was not tit tliat any E iglish
lady, or that any Italian Lady of distinction, should be about her Majesty then ; it
was necessary thit iho sister of Bergami
should be introduced as maid of honour,
though, at tho same lime, his other sister
and his mother were noi iivroniiced to her
Miijesiy's tatile. No, B-rgmni cvas to
sillier tie inoiiilicntion — for a mortimiaiion
it must have been—to see his mother in
the bouse, and noi seated at iho same table
with hmsclf. Before he quitted this part
of the case, ho would call their lordships'
attention lo a fuel which, in order of lime,
came in here, nnd which had not even
received a cam■nent, fur Iojs an answer,
from the other side. Tho fact he alluded
to was stated 10 have taken place at Venice
(p. 113), by a   witness   whoso testimony
was not imiieached, and   whose  character i bivn   patronized by  her,
was not  even   ntie npted   to  be    shaken,    promoted by her, and  who had been   un-
Branchi stated   (page 214)    that a  gold    der great obligations to ber—iu course   of
chain was purchased by tier Majesty,  und ' this journey De Mont slated that,   at Bel-
so on, ns follows :— : liuzons, Bergami, who bad travelled  witli
" Did iho Princess  purchase any   thing    Hieronymus as courier,  sat at table   with
from the jeweller?— She bought a Veneti.m    !vr Royal Highness.    Mr.   Hownam con-
- **■   • '" '    "     li med this : though his  memory   wus so
frail on  many points, be lecollccted that
Beiga m then sat at tabie .»ith  her   Royal
Hi^.i .ess.     H.s evidence would  be  found
at p. 7425 : —
44 Did not Bergami accompany her
Royal Highness upon lhat occasion as a
courier ? —Ho was dressed in a courier's
dress, but he then rode in a carriage
44 Was it not  with   Hieronymus! —I
hink it was.    .
'    4* In tbe course of that tour, .did not
then to sav.  ttitst   Branclii's evidence  wus I
true, for no contradiction bad been  nflered
to the uviiieuce,   io  the   facts, which   that j
witness had slated.     Could their lordships
rely on any testimony   better  than   lhat of i
this uncontradicted, uniinpeaclied  witness ?
Vaasati had   been   at    Venice,   aud   had j
brought   over  from   thence  aomt   of the
witnesses that had been brought before their I
lordshi|ts ; but   lit* had   been able to get
none to contradict this fact ; it  stood   un- |
impeached.       The    learned     gentleman
then read the following eviuencc in continuation :— I
" Did you see the Princess and Bergnmi
together alter the rest of die comoany
had left the room ou that day .'—I
did.
4 What pn«<ed between them when you
saw tbem together ' —Shu, ul'er Having
got up, to ik the chain from tier own neck,
and pui i'. round the neclc, >>f Ihe courier;
(he courier afterwards took it off from his
own neck and put it round her n.*ck ; and
then he took her by (he haul, and accompanied her into the room wliere they
went to drink oil'ee.
*' Did they go out of the room together ? I
—Yes, together; but Bergami alterwards J
left the room to go to dinner.
44 Did you observe any thing more pass j
between th-m than what you   have men-
tioned '— I did not.
'* After the chain had been put the second time upon   the  Princess's neck, did
they   go  immediately,  or did  they stop J
a liulo longer in the room ? — They went t
immediately."
And yet ihey were told that no improper familiarity took place between her
Majesty and Bergami. But this impor-
tan fact at Venice, he maintained, stood
uncontradicted, and confirmed by the want
of contradiction. In course of that lour,
which Dr. Holland had quilled her Royal
Highness, nnd no ICnglisii person remained
n tier servic* but Mr. Hownan, who hud
ho  had   been
Hownam replied —
" I think he <!id dine with tier Roya
Highness at L'ica:.o. That was on ilu
return from the journey to Alount St. Gut-
ha.d.
'• Wns lie not then courier. '>.: ue waa
upon   tormi-r  occasions,    when   In
s'-li
u;lo:i
wiih her Uoyal   Big
the i-ame journey.
44 Do you rememb -r any olher place, in,
the course of tint journey, in which tiu-y
dined togetlier t— No, i do not.
4' At ihe D.'vil's-bvi ige did they dine
together ?—»Tnat was on die aarnejourney;
1 rather think they did.
'* On tliosfl occasions, on the- same jour-
| ncy on which Bergami dined with Iter !{■*.-
] ul Hijioess. wns he not in the dress oi a
j courier .'—He wus "
j ll-re, 'hen. their lo'ddiins found it
I proved, by the witne-s ot ms !eiri-d
i friends, thai her Bayal Hign-tes*) dined
j three several times win Be ga ni on that
I lis teamed iriends had felt   that
journey,
someexpl
eq:
ired o: this Uct,
chain : a chain made at Venice, which is
called a manina of gold.
•* Was that during dinner-time, or before or after dinner ?—Tho jeweller caino
at the end of iho dinner, when all the company were getting up from dinner.
Tho company had been called ; Dr
Holland, who was present, had been called;
Mr. Hownam had been called, and Vassa-
li, he believed, was also there * but not n
question had been put on the subject of this
chain by lui learned friends.    Hia- learned
>id ihey had supposed thai mere -night
be no omer ar-com.nod'i'iuti in in. pi n-e,
and lhat, th-refore, her Itoytl Hig'in—*S,
wih ih..* civility and t'liuiMi' tstoti which
m -rk -d net chtraoier. li ad permitted Berga-
mi to -it at her abu*. Bit. u iftriun .'.• y
lor itiissut .osiiio.i, il a >,>•*.••• 1 th it untried nnd fatitil'ut servi -it, 11 er(> iy nis, nd
not sit at table: h>*r filie de chini'tre De
M sot did n-u sit at 'u.ile. Ber.;em al >na
wt« admitted to die'a'>'. •: he vv is ill- vi-
ly servant wh ihad ever b*en admire 1 to
hei table, and he W .s a.tni:tti-d at 'he lime
When lie was a mema! s-rvunt, nnd in the
dress ol a menial servuit. He inought
it a mailer of little indilTerence wheiier
Bergimi bad b'Oil in livery, or dress, d Iiko
uu hussar ? as ii llie mere drc-^s were of
conseqi nee, whether it was adorned witb
gold lace, and red tunied up. or whether it
was an ordinary dress. Did. the dress
in keany difference 1 No; die impor-
la-ii ciicu nstauco was, lhat n menial servant
sat ai her Royal Hi 'hness's table, who ut
other limes lived with menial servants, a..d
who alone, ot all the servant-, hnd been
admitted to her-table. The suggestion of
aciitT'rencc in dress, when urged by persons of understanding and ac'lioness, only
showed tho im mnance of the main Tact
here proved, aud which could not be explained, Hieronymus lian been ex ict<y in
the same situ'lion; yet he bad not been
admitted to table. His learned friend Mr.
Denman, or Dr. Lu-hington, be did not
recollect which, had said, that, at O-noa,
Bergami naturally became m.litre d'hoiel,
in the place of Sicard. But they had
forgotten, when they said so, the evidence
of Mieir own witness, Mr. How nam, page
71 i.
*4 When was it yon joined her Royal
Highness's suite .'—Iu the mouth of April,
1815, ul Genoa.
44 irierg-uoi was a courier at that time J**esa.
Ue was.