the month of April or May, 1815. She had previously taken into her service a Mr. Howland and a Mr. Flynn, officers of the navy. He would now proceed with bis case, in the order he had hitherto followed. He had, as already mentioned, left her Majesty at Catania, from thence she went to Augusta, also in Sicily. This journey she made in the month of March, 1816. He had already informed their lordships, that during the residence of the Queen in Catania, she procured for Bergami the title of a Knight of Malta. Upon her arrival at Augusta, she obtained for him a new dignity-the title of Baron de la Francino. He was not aware what circumstances could entitle him to such an honour, or that anything could have induced her Majesty to procure this dignity for bim, except the influence which he had obtained over her, in consequence of the familiarity and licentious intercourse which he had shewn to have subsisted between them. He had now to mention another fact, which would prove the power Bergami had obtained over his mistress-a power which, as he always said, was to be accounted for by not only the existence of a licentions familiarity, but an adulterous intercourse between them. Either at Augusta or Catania she sat for her picture, or for several pictures. In one instance she sat in the character of a Magdalen, in a dress in which her person was very much exposed. In another picture, she was painted in the dress of a Turkish lady, and along with her was the child Victorine, in a similar dress. Bergami was also painted in a Turkish dress. One, if not two, of these pictures, was presented to Bergami. Now he must here again observe to their lordships, that to him it was impossible to account for such marks of favour, upon any other ground than that of influence obtained by the adulterous intercourse which, upon the facts he had described, he attributed to the parties. Her Majesty having resolved to leave Augusta, set out on a voyage to Tunis, and afterwards visited Greece. For this voyage, she hired a vessel of that kind called a polacre; and here he had again to mention, that arrangements were made on board this vessel, similar to those their lordships would recollect he had described on other occasions, for having the sleeping apartments of Bergami and the Queen near each other, and for obtaining facility of communication. Her Majesty's cabin, as well as that of the Countess of Oldi, communicated with the dining cabin, and on the other side were some for the other female attendants. There were two doors leading into the cabin, one for the Queen, and one for the female servants. For a few days, Bergami slept at some distance from the Queen's apartment. But very soon, one of the doors, (that which served for a communication of the servants into the eating room) was ordered to be closed up, leaving only one entrance to the dining room and the Queen's bed room. A bed was ordered to

be brought for Bergami's accommodation, into the diningcabin, and this bed was so placed, that when the door of the Queen's sleeping room was open, she and Bergami could see each other while in bed, and hold conversation together. The only access to her Majesty's bed room was through the cating room in which Bergami slept, and when the door of this room was shut, there was no means of access to the Queen's. The door of the eating cabin was constantly shut after they retired to rest, and through it, as he had stated, was the only communication to the Queen's sleeping apartment. Now he would ask their lordships what conclusion could be drawn from this arrangement but that which the others he had stated had suggested? What other reason except that of facilitating in adulterous intercourse could be assigned for her Majesty having, either by land or sea, access to her sleeping apartment open only to Bergami, and closed to all the rest of her suite? Her Majesty proceeded, as he had stated, to Tunis, and from thence to Utica. In the house in which she slept there were only two bed-rooms; one was allotted to her Majesty and Victorine, and another to the Countess of Oldi and the other female attendants. The rest of suite were accommodated at the houses of different consuls in the town. It would appear in evidence, that when her Majesty stopped at this place, Bergami came in the morning at a very early hour before her Majesty was up, and entered her apartment. Without asking leave or giving the slightest notice, he passed into her bed-room, and there remained alone with her for a considerable time. Here he might be permitted to ask, why Bergami took this liberty?-why he went to her Majesty's apartment without being desired ? Their lordships would say whether it was to be supposed she would thus admit him to her bed-room, if gross familiarity and licentious intercourse had not previously taken place. It was true, she had by this time procured for Bergami titles and dignities, but her having raised him from obscurity to distinction did not furnish any ground for thus admitting him to her bed-room. Their lordships might perhaps consider the details he had to state as fatiguing, from their sameness. But though many of the facts he had stated, and had still to relate, were unimportant in themselves, they were material as leading to the conclusion he had endeavoured to press on their lordships' minds that the chain of circumstance could only be accounted for on the existence of an adulterous intercourse between Bergami and her Majesty. He had now to call their lordship's attention to a fact which was calculated to remove every doubt from their minds, if any yet remained. Her Majesty visited Savona. The house in which she slept there had only two rooms, and the outer room, which was assigned to Bergami, had no bed. [Here the Lord Chancellor asked at what date

this took place.] They were at Savona on the 12th of April; they had been at Utica on the 8th. [A noble lord asked where Savona was situated.] The place was in Africa, near Tunis. It was called cither Savona or Savenha. He had it Savona. As he had stated, at this place, the outside room, assigned to Bergami, had no bed; the inner room, which was occupied by her Majesty had one, and a very large one. There was no access to the bed in the inner room except through Bergami's. It would be proved in evidence, that in the morn ing, after her Majesty had slept here, her bed had the appearance of having been slept in by two persons. Their lordships would recollect that he had stated that there was only one passage to her Majesty's bedroom; that that passage led from Bergami's room, and that in his room there was no bed. In any ordinary case this would be sufficient proof to a jury that the crime of adultery had been committed that night; because, when their lordships found that there were no means of access to the Queen's bedroom but through Bergami's apartment, and that her Majesty's bed bore in the morning the marks of two persons having lain in it, they could come to no other conclusion but the natural one-that they had committed adultery. When, too, they found circumstances of this kind occurring night after night, from time to time, and in different places, there was no one could doubt that the evidence bore out the charge of a continued course of adultery. From the coast of Africa her Majesty sailed to Athens, and touched at Malta in her way. They arrived at Athens on the 22d of April, 1816, and afterwards visited the Greek Islands, and stopped some time at Melito, Excursions were also made to Troy and Ephesus. He would state a fact which occurred at Athens, which would show how little of the respect due to her rank was paid by Bergami to the Princess. At Athens, the captain of an English ship which touched there landed, and called on her Royal Highness. He was introduced to her Royal Highness sitting in an alcove in a garden, in which were also the Countess of Oldi and Bergami; the latter seated, and wearing a foraging-cap. Iler Royal Highness rose with the politeness which distinguished all persons of high rank, to receive the officer, and desired him to be seated. Bergami continued seated; and, after a short time, left the place without making the least obeisance, or paying those marks of respect which the officers of a court were always expected to pay : he left the room as if he was a person of equal rank to her Royal Highness. Why did he mention this fact?-Because it showed that the familiarity which had taken place between them had been carried to such an extent that he considered his Royal mistress to be reduced to a level with himself. This fact was nothing of itself, but it was one which, taken in connexion with others, was very important, and would have

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weight with a jury. It plainly showed the assumption of authority by Bergami, and how completely he thought himself relieved from the necessity of paying any mark of respect to her Majesty. From Athens her Royal Highness proceeded by the way of Constantinople to Ephesus. Here another circumstance of a very remarkable natúre occurred. Her Majesty directed a bed to be placed under a vestibule, which fronted a church shaded by trees. Dinner was prepared, but the weather was hot, and her Majesty had retired to the vestibule to repose herself. Bergami was seen coming from this vestibule in dishabile, when no other person was supposed to be there but her Majesty. Dinner was afterwards ordered to be served in the vestibule for her Majesty and Bergami. She sat on the small bed, and he beside her. None of the attendants were admitted to the vestibule, and she and Bergami remained alone together for a considerable time. Now if her Royal Highness required any attendance within this vestibule, why were not the females of her suite employed for that purpose? Why was Bergami, and Bergami alone, admitted to her bedroom? Soon after her Majesty proceeded to Aun, a place in Syria, where again Bergami was treated with the same extraordinary familiarity. A tent was erected for her Royal Highness, and a bed fitted up for her within it. While she was in bed in this tent, Bergami was seen sitting in his shirt-sleeves, and almost undressed, on the side of the bed. From this tent he was afterwards seen coming in a state of undress. Now if her Majesty required any atttendance in this tent, why had she not called upon the Countess Oldi, or some other female of her suite? How did it happen that Bergami should be the person required to attend her while she was in bed, and that he should wait upon her dressed in the unbecoming manner which had been described? This was certainly a circumstance of strong suspicion. But it perhaps might be said that it required something more to prove adultery. He must observe, however, that he believed that in any ordinary case this would be enough to prove the commission of that crime before any court. But their lordships would besides recollect, that strong as it was, this was not an isolated fact. It was of a series of the same sort, and he might venture to assert that such familiarity could not be supposed to exist between such persons without a guilty intercourse. No woman could allow such a liberty to be taken with her, unless by a man to whom she had granted the last favour. This might be said not only in the case of a Princess and a man who had been her courier, but in the case of any man and woman of respectability in rank of life. From Aun her Majesty proceeded to Jerusalem. Here not satisfied with the dignities she had already procured for her favourite -nor even with baving made him her chamberlain, and pro

cured for him the order of Malta, and the title of Baron della Francia-she obtained for him the Order of St. Sepulchre. Still, not content with this, she instituted an Order of her own, which was called "the Order of St. Caroline." After conferring this order on several of her domestics, she made Bergam the grand Master.-(a laugh in the Lonse.) This might excite a smile among their lordships; but it was a circumstance which marked very strongly the state of her Majesty's mind. Why did she single out this man to be Grand master of the Order she had created? It was impossible not to conclude that this distinction proceeded from that attachment which she had so strongly manifested to him, which had led to an adulterous intercourse that gave him a powerful influence over her. Why else should she have made a Grand Master of this man, formerly a courier, -now a Baron. There was no way of accounting for this, but by referring it to that degrading and humiliating passion on the part of her Majesty, the calamitous effects of which he rad already described. It was that passion which had made Bergami Knight of Malta, Knight of St. Sepulchre, Grand Master of the Order of St. Caroline, and the Baron della Francia. He had, however, now a fact to state, which, if any doubt still remained with their lordships, would completely banish it. He therefore requested their lordships' particular attention to the statement he was about to make. Her Majesty embarked at Jaffa, for Italy, on board a polacre: finding it inconvenient. to remain in the cabin during the night, she directed a tent to be erected on the deck of the vessel, in order to sleep in it. In this tent a sofa or bed was placed for her Majesty, and also a sofa for Bergami. This preparation was made for their sleeping under the same roof, and without any partition or division between them. In this way they continued to sleep every night without intermission, until their arrival in Italy. In the day-time the canvass of the tent was drawn up to admit the air; but at night, when they retired into the tent, it was let down, so as to exclude the observation of the crew and her Majesty's suite. This not only took place night after night, but frequently in the course of the day. After dinner her Majesty and this man retired into the tent, and then the canvass was let down, as he had before described, to exclude observation. This familiarity continued during the voyage from Jaffa to Italy, where they arrived in the month of September, and landed at Terracina. What he had stated he considered not merely presumptive, but positive evidence. Was it ever before heard of, that a dy of rank maintained this familiarity with her chamberlain? Their lordships would see that this intercourse had been maintained for a very considerable time, and it was evident that it could be carried on for no other pur pose than that of committing adultery. When their lordships