Sitting of 9 October 1820

Preamble
The order of the day being read for the further consideration and second reading of the Bill, intituled "An Act to deprive Her Majesty, &c, and for hearing Counsel for and against the same; Counsel were accordingly called in.
Then Henry HollandM. D. was called in, and having been sworn, was examined by Mr. Wilde as follows:

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Did you leave England as physician to her royal highness in the year 1814? I did.
Did you proceed to Naples with her royal highness? I did.
Did you remain the whole period of her royal highness's stay at Naples? I did.
What description of visitors did her royal highness receive at Naples? With a very few exceptions, she received all the principal nobility, both English and Neapolitan.
Where did you go to after you left Naples? To Rome, and subsequently to Genoa.
Were you on board the Clorinde with her royal highness? I was.
What description of visitors did her royal: highness receive at Genoa? All the English that were at Genoa.
Did you ever, during the period you were with her royal highness, observe that her royal highness avoided the English? I did not.
What was the situation of the house occupied by her royal highness at Genoa, as to its publicity? The House her royal highness occupied at Genoa, was about half a mile distant from the town, but in a part of the suburb very thickly inhabited.
Did you know a person of the name of Pergami, in her royal highness's service? I did.
Did he at any time dine with her-royal highness, during her stay at Genoa, at her table? He did not.
During the period that you were with her royal highness at the places you have mentioned, what was her royal highness's conduct towards Pergami? Always that of a mistress to a servant.
What was the conduct of Pergami towards her royal highness? I never saw it otherwise then unpresuming and respectful.
Was there any understanding as to the period during which you were to stay with her royal highness, previous to her leaving England? It was generally understood between us, that I was to remain in her royal highness's service a year and a half or two years.
At what place did you quit her royal highness's household? At Venice.
Had there been any conversation as to your quitting her royal highness's service before your arrival at Venice? There had at Milan.
At what suggestion was it that you went on to Venice? At my own suggestion.
When you left her royal highness at Venice, did you then finally quit her service, or was it understood you were to return? It was understood I was to return.
Did you leave any of the articles belonging to you in her royal highness's house with an intention of returning? I did.
What was the occasion of your leaving her royal highness at Venice, and coining to England? At Milan her royal highness had suggested to me, that if I desired it, I might have an opportunity of six weeks absence, to
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make a tour in Switzerland: in consequence of this, I expressed my own wish at this period, that, instead of going to Switzerland, her royal highness would allow me a short additional absence, from my wish to go to England on account of private affairs: to this her royal highness assented, and it then became merely a question, whether I should go forward to Venice or go immediately from Milan.
You have mentioned that her royal highness received all the principal nobility at Genoa who happened to be there; do you recollect the name of any of the English nobility who visited her there? Lord and lady William Bentinck, lord Exmouth, lord Malpas; generally the superior officers who were attached to the army at Genoa.
Cross-examined by Mr. Solicitor General
Did you go from England with her royal highness? I did.
Do you remember when you were at Genoa, Pergami meeting with any accident? I do not.
At Naples? I do.
Was he in consequence of that confined to his bed for any time? He was, during three or four days.
Do you know who was the servant who attended him during that time? Majoochi.
Did not Majoochi during that time sleep in a small cabinet adjoining the room occupied by Pergami? I am not aware where Majoochi slept?
Do you remember that there was a sofa in that cabinet? I do not.
Are you to be understood by that, that you do not remember one way or the other whether there was or was not? I do not recollect one way or the other.
With respect to the situation of her royal highness's house at Genoa, you state, that it was in the suburbs, but that the suburbs were populous, was it not within a court, and surrounded by a garden, or a garden extending through the whole of the back of the building? There was a small garden in front of the house, and a terrace garden with a wood behind the house.
Were you in the habit of dining every day with her royal highness at Naples and at Genoa? At Genoa every day, at Naples not.
Do you remember being at the Masquerade at Naples, or the masked ball at Naples, that was given to the Neapolitan king? I was not there.
Were you ever at a masquerade at the Theatre San Carlos when her royal highness was there? I was.
With whom did her royal highness go there? I was not aware till the following morning that her royal highness had been there.
Did you remain there during the whole, or nearly the whole of the performance? Only about an hour, as far as I can recollect; certainly a short time.

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Are you to be understood that you do not know with whom her royal highness went to the theatre that evening I do not.
You have stated, that as far as you observed, the conduct of her royal highness towards Pergami was the conduct of a mistress towards a servant; have you upon any occasion ever observed any impropriety of conduct in her royal highness towards Pergami; or have you ever stated that you had made any such observation? I never did observe any impropriety.
Are you acquainted with a minister at York? lam.
Having reminded you of that circumstance, will you allow me to ask, whether you have ever stated, to any person, that you disapproved of the conduct of her royal highness with respect to Pergami? I never have.
Have you ever informed any person whatever, that you did not think the conduct of her royal highness correct, or any thing whatever to that effect? I have not.
You are asked that, not merely with reference to the individual mentioned, Pergami, but whether you have made any observation to any individual whatever with respect to the conduct of her royal highness, derogatory to that conduct? I am so satisfied of the negative, that I can venture to swear it.
Have you always entertained the same opinion, since you have had an opportunity of observing her royal highness, with respect to her conduct? I feel it quite impossible to describe, to my own recollection, the fluctuations of opinion I may have had; but this I am satisfied of, that I recollect no change whatsoever of opinion.
Did you ever state, or did you ever inform any individual whatever, that the conduct to the her royal highness was such that no person who had a regard to his character, could continue in her service, or any thing to that effect? I am satisfied I have not.
Did your duty lead you to be much about the person of her royal highness? Very little.
You were engaged then in your own pursuits, your own studies principally? Inasmuch as they did not interfere with my professional duties to her royal highness and her suite.
At Naples particularly, you were understood to state, that you were much engaged yourself? Not more at Naples than elsewhere during my absence from England.
You were understood to say, you did not very frequently dine with her royal highness at Naples? I did say so, or rather I said, that I did not always dine with her royal highness at Naples, and always did at Genoa. Was not the principal opportunity which you had of observing her royal highness, that which was afforded at the time when you d ned? It was.
Except when you were required professionally to attend her royal highness, you did not
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attend her either in the forenoon or in the evening, but merely attended for the purpose of dining? Except when her royal highness saw society in the evening, I did not.
During those occasions, when you did dine, Pergami acted as waiter at the table? He did.
Both at Naples and at Genoa? Both at Naples and at Genoa.
How long were you at Milan before you proceeded to Venice? I believe exactly a fortnight.
Do you remember, during the time of your residence at Genoa, any individuals belonging to the family of Pergami joining her royal highness I do.
His sister Faustina? I was not aware of that.
Do you mean that you were not aware that Faustina was his sister, or that you were not aware that Faustina entered into the service of her royal highness? I was not aware that any person of that name entered into the service of her royal highness.
Did you know a person of the name of Martini? I did not.
Was there a little child that came, of the name of Victorine? There was a little child came, whose name I did not know.
Was there a female came with that child? I saw an elderly person, whom I believed to be the mother of Pergami.
The only female whom you recollect as having come with that child, and having entered the service at Genoa, was the person so described as the mother of Pergami? I do not recollect any other, but it is perfectly possible.
Do you remember a person of the name of Louis Pergami entering the service? I do.
In what capacity did he enter? I am not aware.
Did you see him wait as a servant at table? I did. Did he wear a livery? He did. About what period of your residence at Genoa was it, that Louis Pergami entered into the service of her royal highness? I do not recollect.
Was it towards the beginning or towards the latter end, as far as you recollect? As far as I recollect, towards the beginning.
How long did lady Charlotte Campbell continue will you at Milan? Till within three or four days of her royal highness's departure from Milan.
After she left, was there any lady in the service except madame Oldi? There was not. How soon after lady Charlotte Campbell left, did madame Oldi enter? As far as I recollect, two days afterwards.
You did not travel in the same carriage with her royal highness? I did not; I have occasionally done so, but rarely.
The question refers to the journey from Milan to Venice? I did not.
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vice at Milan, were you aware that she was the sister of Pergami? I was not.
How long was it afterwards before you knew that she was the sister of Pergami? I did not know it while in attendance upon her royal highness.
What period of time elapsed after madame Oldi came into the service, before you ceased to be in attendance upon her royal highness? About eight days.
When you arrived at Venice, at what hotel did you lodge? At the Gran Breltagna.
Did her royal highness continue there during the whole period of her residence at Venice? She did not.
How long did she remain there? I rather think, in the hotel itself, but one night.
Where did she go to then? To a house immediately adjoining the hotel, and, I believe, belonging to it.
Was Mr. William Burrell of your party? He was.
Did you and Mr. William Burrell go to the house with her royal highness, or did you remain in the hotel? We remained in the hotel.
Did you dine with her royal highness at the house to which she removed, or did you dine in the hotel? We dined in the house to which she removed.
With her royal highness? With her royal highness.
Do you happen to recollect whether you dined with her every day during your residence at Venice? I believe every day.
Did her royal highness quit Venice before you did, or did you go first? I went first.
Did you ever afterwards rejoin her royal highness? Never.
Do you know whether madame Oldi could speak French? I do not know.
Did you ever hear her speak French? I always conversed in Italian with her.
Re-examined by Mr. Wilde
You have been asked whether the house which her royal highness occupied at Genoa was in a garden; was it in a conspicuous situation, or a private situation? In a conspicuous situation.
Was it a particularly conspicuous situation? The house was raised upon a terrace.
Was it conveniently situated for receiving visitors from Genoa? I believe it was.
You have stated when you returned to England; have you remained in England ever since? No, I have not.
How long have you been in England since you quitted her royal highness's. service? I have been three or four times absent from England during that interval, which interval is nearly six years.
Have you generally resided in England during that period? I have; my absences were always for a very short period.
Have you been practising as a physician in England? I have, during the last five years in London.
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Have you ever been examined by any one; during that period, respecting the conduct of her royal highness? Never.
Has any person asked you to be examined during that period? Never.
Examined by the Lords
Lord Erskine—Referring to the whole time, and to all the places in which you have stated you were attending upon her royal highness, did you ever observe any indecent, immodest, or improper behaviour in her royal highness? I did not.
Earl Grey—Have you at any time observed, on the part of her royal highness, any conduct calculated to bring disgrace upon the character of this country? I believe I can answer decidedly not.
You were understood to state, that you have never been examined upon this subject, previous to the charge being brought against her majesty before parliament; was any application made to you by any person for information respecting her majesty's conduct during the time you were in her service? No application whatsoever.
Earl of Lauderdale—Did you attend Pergami during his short illness at Naples? I did.
How did you go into his room, by what door? I went in by the passage which communicated at right-angles with the passage in which my-bed-room was.
Then you had no occasion to pass through that cabinet which you say was adjacent to the room of Pergami? As far as I recollect I passed through no cabinet in going from Pergami's room to mine.
In going from your room to Pergami's, you entered the corner of the grand corridor, and then into a little passage, and then into Pergami's room? I did.
Do you recollect the dress in which Pergami waited at her royal highness's table at Naples? I do not.
You have said that you do not recollect any female of the name of Faustina in her royal highness's service at Genoa; do you recollect any female who resided in the house, arriving at Genoa about the time of the mother of Pergami and the little child Viclorine? My recollections are extremely indistinct upon the subject, and I do not at this moment recollect any such female, but it is very possible that there might have been.
Do you know the room in which her royal highness slept at Genoa? I do not.
Adjacent to the room in which you slept, was there not a room in which Hieronimus slept at Naples? There was.
Next to that room was there not a room in which William Austin slept? There was.
Was there a passage out of that great corridor before you went into the little passage that led you to Pergami's room, was there an entry to the dining-room? The only entry from the great corridor to the dining room

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was through the small passage in which the door of my room was placed, as far as I recollect.
Then the door of the dining-room, by which you could get into that great corridor, was directly opposite to the door of your room, was it not? No; in passing from the dining-room into-the great corridor, the door of my bed-room was on the right hand.
Where did that passage, that went oat of the great corridor towards your room, go to afterwards? To the dining-room, it there terminated.
It did not go past the door of the dining-room, but ended there? It went into the dining-room.
Lord Grantham—A former witness has staled, that upon the same floor where the princess's room and yours and Pergami's rooms were, there was a place used as a water-closet; do you-recollect that place? I do not.
A Peer—Did you ever see her royal highness and Pergami together after Pergami was raised to the rank of chamberlain? I never did.
Earl of Lauderdale—Do you know whether there was a cabinet adjoining to Pergami's room? From my recollection, opposite to the door of Pergami's room, there was a door into a small room, which may be called a cabinet or not.
Lord Kingston—Do you, of your own knowledge, know any thing of the Queen for the last six years? I believe the time since I quitted her royal highness's service was five years exactly in June last.
Lord Rous—To whom did you dedicate the book of travels which you have published? There was no dedication.
Have you never said that you intended to have dedicated that book to the princess? I have not the slightest recollection that I ever said so.
Will you now say, on your oath, that you never said so? I can only say, to the best of my recollection, that I never have said so.
Can you say positively that you never said so I do not recollect having ever entertained an idea of such dedication.
When the countess of Oldi joined the princess's party, was she introduced to you? She was, as far as I recollect, by her royal highness.
What did her royal highness say upon that occasion? I cannot take upon myself to recollect; I believe nothing more than announcing her name, and that the countess of Oldi would accompany her royal highness to Venice; I recollect nothing more of the circumstance.
Did the princess speak Italian? She spoke it but imperfectly during my slay with her royal highness.
Did she state how she became acquainted with the countess Oldi? She did not.
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Was? I do not recollect that I did, it might be.
Earl of Rosebery—Do you recollect the princess coming into Pergami's bed-room at the time you were dressing his foot during his illness? Certainly she did not.
Do you recollect the princess coming into Pergami's bed-room during any part of that illness? To my knowledge never.
Lord Redesdale—Did you ever attend any others of the princess's suite at Naples during your stay there; besides Pergami? I did.
Who were they? I recollect an attendance on Hieronimus; I have attended her chamberlains during their stay at Naples.
Was there not a garden or a terrace attached to the house at Naples? There was a garden.
Did you ever see the princess and Pergami walking in that garden? Never. Did you ever see the princess and Pergami walking in the garden at Genoa? Never.
Did you ever see the princess riding on a donkey or a jack-ass there, with Pergami attending? Never; I know that she did ride in the garden, but I never saw her.
Earl of Liverpool—When the princess of Wales introduced the countess Oldi to you, did she introduce her or not as Pergami's sister? She did not.
What length of time was there from the time that she introduced the countess Oldi to you, till the time of your leaving Venice? I believe about eight days.
Are yon to be understood, that at the time you left her royal highness at Venice, you did not know the countess Oldi to be Pergami's sister? I believe I did not.
Lord Dynevor—In what language did the princess of Wales and madame Oldi converse? As far as I can recollect the circumstance, the princess spoke some words of Italian; whether the countess of Oldi spoke French or not I do not know.
You have stated, that during your stay at Genoa, you dined almost every day with the princess? Almost every day.
During that time, did Pergami ever sit down to dinner? Never.
Did you dine every day with the princess? I believe every day; I may perhaps be allowed to remark, that I was absent on two or three short excursions from Genoa, one of which detained me two days.
Earl of Harrowby—Did you ever hear the princess and countess Oldi converse together in French? I do not recollect it.
Did you ever hear the countess Oldi speak French at all? I do not recollect; I always conversed myself with her in Italian.
What kind of Italian did the countess Oldi speak? It appeared to me very much the Italian spoken in Lombardy.
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almost all such persons of fashion and education are capable of speaking the purer Italian.
Did you ever hear the countess Oldi speak the pure Italian? I find it very difficult to say, on recollection, whether it was so or not.
Was conversation in the dialect of Lom-bardy easily intelligible to a person who knew Italian from books only? I can only say, from recollection, that I did not find any difficulty in conversing with the countess Oldi; my recollection will not carry me beyond that.
Was that language easily intelligible to a person who had a very imperfect acquaintance with Italian? To that question I find it difficult to give an answer; I may remark that I had very few opportunities of conversing with the countess Oldi.
Lord Auckland—Did the language of countess Oldi differ more from pure Italian than the English language spoken by some Scotch persons of education and family differ from pure English? I find it impossible from the small recollection I have, to answer that question.
Lord Chancellor—Did Pergami ever dine at her royal highness's table when you dined there? Never.
Lord Calthorpe—Do you recollect her royal highness ever, upon any occasion, having expressed herself dissatisfied with the situation of her house at Genoa? I do not remember her royal highness having made such expression; but I do recollect her royal highness at one time going to see another house in the neighbourhood of Genoa, which I understood, for the moment, she thought of taking. She did not take it.
Did you hear any reason assigned by her royal highness for wishing to change her residence I recollect that a reason was assigned, but whether by her royal highness I do not recollect; that she wished to have a situation where there was greater tranquillity; but I do not recollect that that reason came from her royal highness herself.
Was then the situation in which the house that she occupied at Genoa stood, peculiarly subject to interruption of any kind, that might have rendered it annoying? I am not aware that it was.
You were understood to state, that during the whole time in which you were in her royal highness's service, Pergami occupied the situation of a menial servant? He did.
Do you recollect at any time, or under any circumstances, her royal highness conducting herself towards Pergami in a manner that you could consider at all inconsistent with the relation in which a princess of Wales ought to stand towards a menial servant? I must remark, in answer to that question, that her royal highness's demeanor towards all her servants was extremely familiar. I should say at once, that I never observed any differ-
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ence between her manners to Pergami and her manners to any other of her servants; I may be perhaps allowed to add to that, to her principal servants.
Then you are correctly understood as intimating that the degree of affability that her royal highness showed towards Pergami, was fully to be accounted for by that kindness and condescension which she generally showed to all her upper servants? I have never observed myself any difference in the degree of kindness or familiarity to him in preference to the other principal servants.
At what period did you join the service of her royal highness? When her royal highness left England.
In 1814? In August 1814.
How long did you remain in her service? Exactly ten months, from August 1814 to June 1815; my service and my salary from her royal highness did not cease in June 1815.
Did you consider Pergami as an upper servant in her royal highness's suite? As an upper servant.
Lord Chancellor—Did any of those principal servants, whom you mentioned in answer to the question last but two, dine at the Queen's table? None.
The following questions were put, at the request of Mr. Brougham.
Has your salary ceased since the time referred to? It has.
When? Fifteen months exactly from the time I entered into her royal highness's service.
Had you any pension after retiring from her royal highness's service? None whatever.
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Then Charles Mills,esq. was called in, and having been sworn, was examined by Mr. Denman, as follows:
You generally reside at Rome? I do.
Did you reside there in the summer of 1817? I did.
Have you had the honour of seeing the princess of Wales there? I called upon her royal highness the day after her arrival.
Do you know how long she remained at Rome? I remained there myself but twelve days, therefore I cannot tell how long she remained at that period.
You left it before her royal highness? I did.
Had you the honour of her royal highness's acquaintance before that period? I had.
During the twelve days you have spoken of, were you repeatedly at her royal highness's house or hotel? I dined at the Gran d'Europa most days while her royal highness remained there.
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Can you inform the House whether at that time she was visited by persons of high rank? She was.
Will you mention some of their names? The persons that I saw at her royal high-ness's table, were but few, the baroness An-cajanni, who was appointed by the government to attend her royal highness.
Was any other lady of rank appointed by the government to attend upon her royal highness? The duchess Zagarolla.
Was she attended by a guard of honour also? She was, and had all other marks of distinction prepared for her, such as a box to see the ceremony of the Corpus Domini, the same as other royal personages who were then resident at Rome.
You have mentioned the two ladies appointed to attend upon her royal highness, as having dined with her; do you recollect whether other persons of rank of either sex dined with her also? I remember lord Kil-worth to have dined with her: the abbé Taylor was her constant guest.
Did any of their eminences dine there? I never saw them.
At other times besides dinner did persons of rank pay their respects to her royal highness, and attend her parties? Her parties had not commenced while she remained at the Gran d'Europa, but persons of rank came to pay their evening visits.
Was Pergami at that time her royal high-ness's chamberlain? He was.
Did he in that character dine at her royal highness's table? He did.
Have you often seen her royal highness and her chamberlain Pergami in company together? Frequently.
Did you ever see the smallest impropriety of conduct between those two individuals? Never.
Does that answer apply to the period of her royal highness being at Rome while you were there, and to other times also at which you may have seen her? Perfectly.
Did you pay your respects to her royal highness at Pesaro in the year 1819? On my return from Venice I called at her royal highness's villa at Pesaro.
How long did you remain there? I remained there two days; her royal highness was out airing when I called, but on her return she sent her carriage with one of her equerries and William Austin to desire that I would come to her house that evening?
And you went? I did.
How long did you remain on that visit? I arrived at her house about seven o'clock or eight o'clock perhaps; I remained there the evening, supped, and returned to the inn.
Did you pay your respects to her royal highness on the following day? Her royal highness sent her carriage and her equerry to show me whatever was worth seeing in the town of Pesaro.
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highness at her villa? I returned there to dinner.
And dined with her? And dined with her.
Did you spend the evening in company with her royal highness? After having walked with her royal highness about the grounds, I remained about an hour, and then proceeded on my journey, as I wished to go as far as the fair of Sinigaglia, it being the last day of the fair.
Had you the honour of paying your respects to her majesty after she became the Queen of England? I was at Rome when her majesty arrived there.
When was that? In 1820.
State the month, and if possible the day of the month? I hardly know the month, it might be February: her majesty had received an account of the king's death.
Had she assumed the title and dignity of Queen of England? She had.
Had she two ladies of honour then appointed to attend her? She had not.
Was any guard of honour in attendance at her hotel? There was none.
Nevertheless, did persons of rank, both of Rome and England, do themselves the honour to pay their respects to her majesty? Several:
Have the goodness to name them? The countess—I speak of those who wrote
their names in her majesty's book.
Did you see them do so? I saw the book.
What persons of rank did you see attending at her majesty's hotel, or paying their respects there? I saw none; I only heard of it, and saw it in the book.
Do you know whether it was understood that the funeral of his late majesty had then taken place? I think it had.
Was Pergami chamberlain to her majesty in the year 1819, and in the year 1820 also? He was.
Was there any difference in the general appearance of her majesty's household between those three periods? None.
Did you ever see any thing in the conduct of those two parties towards each other in the slightest degree derogatory to the honour of the English empire, or likely to wound the moral feelings of this country? Never.
Independently of the conduct of her royal highness and of her majesty towards Pergami, did you in other respects ever perceive that her majesty conducted herself, either in public or in private, in any way to which a just exception could be taken?
The Attorney Generalobjected to this question, as being not only a leading question, but one entirely travelling out of the point of inquiry.
Mr. Denman,with much animation, contended for the propriety of the question he had put. Did not the bill, he asked, both in letter and in spirit, arraign her majesty's conduct in public and in private? did it not

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describe it as being derogatory to the dignity of the Crown, and disgraceful to the moral feelings of the people of this country? Were not these the terms used to define her majesty's conduct in the very preamble of the bill? Here is then a man who has seen her majesty's conduct in Italy at three different periods; who had had frequent opportunities of witnessing it; and who positively and distinctly, speaking from his own actual knowledge, negatives the assertion in the bill. Was he then, while combating the bill, to be refused the benefit of so material and so proper a witness?
The Attorney Generalsaid, he did not mean to restrict his learned friend from going into any inquiry which he deemed material—he only objected to his proceeding to question the witness in so leading and so general a manner.
Mr. Broughamdenied that the question just put was a leading one. Her majesty's conduct was generally impugned by the bill, and he wanted to show that it was unjustly impugned. This witness had competent means of forming an opinion.
The Earl of Liverpoolsaid, he certainly saw no objection to the question being put; but he could not help suggesting to the learned counsel who put it, whether, if evidence on the one side of general conduct, without touching on the special charge, were admitted, it would not be open to the other side also to adduce evidence as to general conduct?
The Counsel were informed, that the question did not appear to the House to be a leading question.
The question was proposed.
I never did.
At all the times at which you have seen her royal highness and Pergami together, did he treat her with the respect that was due to her exalted rank? I never saw him behave otherwise than with the utmost respect.
There was no degrading familiarity? None whatever.
Cross-examined by Mr. Attorney General
Did Pergami dine at the table every time you dined with her royal highness at Rome He did.
Where did he sit usually? He had no particular place that I can recollect; I have seen him at various-parts of the table.
You were understood to say, that besides seeing Pergami at table with her royal highness, you have seen her royal highness and Pergami at other places in Rome? I saw their attending the Corpus Domini together; I saw Pergami in attendance upon her royal highness when they were at the ceremony of the Corpus Domini.
In what manner was he in attendance at that ceremony as chamberlain.
Where was her royal highness? In a box prepared for her by the government.
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Where was Pergami? Behind her royal highness.
Standing or sitting? When I saw him, he was standing.
Were there any other of her suite with her at that time? Several.
How many times did you dine with her royal highness at Rome? Upon the first occasion I dined with her three or four times certainly.
Three or four times? Three or four times.
As many as three or four times? Quite as many.
You state, that besides the persons whose names you have enumerated, other persons of distinction called upon her royal highness at that time at Rome, in the year 1817; can you enumerate the names of any of those other persons? The ladies that were in attendance upon her were generally there, and many others of the Roman nobility, certainly and the cardinals; I met the cardinal Gonsalvi going up the stairs as I came down one day.
If there were many other persons, probably you can have no difficulty in enumerating some of their names? I usually dined with her royal highness, and after dinner I quitted her; the persons usually came in the evening. Were you there in the evening? Once or twice; her royal highness was lodged at the inn at this time; she had no established house at Rome.
When you say, that other persons of distinction visited her royal highness in the evening, are you speaking that from what you have heard, or from your own personal nowledge? From my own personal knowledge, the evening that I passed there.
Then the evening or evenings you were there, can you enumerate the names of any of those persons of distinction, besides those you have already mentioned? The evening I was there, I do not remember other names than those I have mentioned.
You have stated, that in the year 1819 you visited her royal highness at Pesaro, that when you called she was not at home, but that one of her equerries and William Austin afterwards called upon you; who was that equerry? The chevalier Vassali.
Did Pergami sup at Pesaro with her royal highness and yourself? He did.
Did he dine with you the following day? He did.
What other persons dined at Pesaro on that occasion? There were no persons but those of her royal highness's establishment.
Can you mention the names of the persons of her royal highness's establishment who dined with you at Pesaro? Vassali, Pergarmi, the countess Oldi, William Austin; the names of two other persons who were at table I was unacquainted with.
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Of course, whether he was one of those two whom you dined with, you cannot say one way or the other? I cannot.
Are those occasions that you hare mentioned the opportunities you had of seeing her royal highness, at Rome, and at Pesaro? They were.
And the only occasions? The only occasions.
Re-examined by Mr. Denman
Had you the honour of being acquainted with her royal highness before she left England? I had.
Examined by the Lords
A. Peer—Did you feel any objection to sitting down to table with Pergami? I cannot say that I did.
Earl Grey—You are understood to have said you usually reside at Rome? I have said so.
When did you come last from Rome? I left Rome in the month of April last.
Did you then, leave Rome in consequence of receiving any intimation from hence that there was to be, or likely to be, a proceeding against the Queen? Not at all; I came on my private affairs.
Earl of Liverpool—In the year 1817, when you were in the habit of visiting her royal highness at Rome, did you see any English lady in her society? At the period of the year that her royal highness came to Rome, there were but few English. I do not remember to have seen any English lady.
Earl of Mansfield—Do you know whether any application was made for a passport, to the government of Rome, by her majesty the Queen of England? I know that application was made to the British consul for a passport.
Lord Falmouth—When you dined or supped in company with the countess Oldi, were you introduced to her? I was introduced to her the first time I saw her.
Did you make any observation upon the manners of the countess Oldi? Her manners were unobtrusive and natural, I should say.
Did you consider that they were the manners or an Italian lady? I did not consider them otherwise at all.
You considered that the Italian she spoke was good, was pure Italian? She spoke with the accent of Lombardy, as all persons from that country do, that I had ever conversed With.
You did not consider that the accent of Lombardy, was indicative of any vulgarity? I did not.
Lord Ellenborough—Was the language of the countess Oldi grammatically correct? I am not able to answer that question; I do not consider myself sufficiently versed in the Italian language to answer that question certainly,
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spoken by the countess Oldi was generally correct; did you ever observe any decided errors? I never did.
Is there not a difference in the dialect of Lombardy, as well as in the accent of Lombardy, from other Italian? I am not able correctly to answer that question; I have not lived sufficiently in the Milanese to answer that question.
On what occasion were you first introduced to the countess Oldi? In 1817, when her royal highness arrived at Rome.
Earl Grey—How long have you been in England? I arrived in May.
Since your arrival in England, and previous to the charge being brought in parliament against the Queen, was any application made to you for such information as you might have respecting her conduct when you had seen her in Italy? Never.
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Then Joseph Teuilléwas called in, and having been sworn, was examined as follows by Mr. Williams, through the interpretation of Mr. Pinario.
Were you formerly colonel upon the staff of the viceroy of Italy? Yes.
And afterwards upon the staff of France? Yes.
Are you a chevalier of the orders of the Iron Crown and the Legion of Honour? Yes.
Had you a brother who was a general of division? Yes.
Do you know Pergami? Yes.
Where did you first know him? I knew him filling the functions of quarter-master (mareschaldelogis) in the first Italian regiment of Hussars.
In what year was that? Towards the end of the year 1800, and the beginning of 1801; it was the eighth or ninth year of the French republic.
Was that brother, of whom you spoke just now, the general that commanded Pergami at that time? My brother, the general of brigade, commanded a brigade of cavalry, composed of two regiments, the first regiment of Hussars, and a regiment of Chasseurs.
Were you aide-de-camp to your brother? I was aide-de-camp to my brother, the general Teuillé.
What was the conduct of Pergami at that time?
Mr. Parke objected to the question; on the ground that it did not go to affect the merits of the case.
The Counsel were informed, that the question might be put.
The question was proposed, and the witness said,
The conduct of an inferior officer, non-commissioned officer, who has never done any thing to reproach himself with; in short, the conduct of a good soldier.

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Was general Galimberti acquainted with Pergami at that time? Yes, he was.
Did they come from the same part of the country? They are of the same country.
Did you ever see Pergami at either of the parties, either dinner, or evening parties of the general? No.
Did you continue acquainted with Pergami at that time, or was there some interval before you saw him again? A great deal of time intervened.
Did you ever see Pergami at the evening parties of the general? No, I did not see him; but I know that he went to the house of monsieur Gallimberti.
As there was some interval, where did you see Pergami next; in what country, and at what time? On the frontiers of Spain.
In what year or years? It was either in the year 1808 or 1809; it was at the time when marshal St. Cyr commanded the division of the French army which proceeded to Spain, but I cannot exactly say the time, but it was about that time.
In whose service was he at that time? He belonged to the household of general Pino, who commanded a division of the Italian army.
Do you know in what manner he was treated by general Pino? With a great deal of confidence, because he was the person who had general Pino's whole confidence.
Did you visit general Pino yourself? I visited general Pino when the business of the service required it.
Did you see Pergami on those occasions? I have seen him sometimes, not always.
Do you know, of your own knowledge, whether he occasionally dined with general Pino at the general's parties? I cannot affirm that.
In what estimation was he held at that time by general Pino and the officers; how was he received and treated by them? With the greatest confidence; as a man who enjoyed the whole confidence of a person in the situation of general Pino.
In what esteem was he held by the officers? He was very well liked, and esteemed as an honest man (comme un honnête homme)
Cross-examined by Mr. Parke
Did you know Pergami when he was in a prison at Lodi? I never heard any thing of it.
You say that he was in the household of general Pino, was he not a servant in general Pino's family? He was as confidential courier (particulier) of general Pino, and entrusted with all his affairs, with all the affairs of his house.

To the Interpreter.
Is "confidential" the proper translation of the word "particulier"? It has different meanings; it may mean confidential, or his private courier.

To the Witness.
What do you mean by the term "particulier" a private courier, or in what other sense do you use that word?
He was a courier particularly attached to general Pino, as a person of trust or confidence
You did not see any thing of Pergami between the year 1808 or 1809, when you saw him in the service of general Pino? No.
At what period in the year 1808 or 1809, was it you saw him in the service of general Pino? I have already stated that I do not particularly recollect the year; it was when general Pino's division was marching towards Barcelona.
Can you say at what time of the year it was? It was at the beginning of winter.
You cannot say whether that was the beginning of the winter of 1808 or 1809? I cannot precisely slate the period; I know it was the beginning of winter.
How long had you an opportunity of seeing him in general Pino's service? As a division does not always remain together, a brigade which was detached from the rest of the division; that being the case, I cannot say exactly how long he remained where I was.
Was the army in march at the time you knew him? We were not actually in march, but we were about to move in order to pass the river Fluvia.
Did you see whether Pergami was in a courier's dress or not? Always in common clothes.
Have you been in England before you were here this time? Never.
When did you come to London? I first came to London nearly six weeks ago, or a month and a half ago.
Have you remained in England ever since you came? The first time I remained in England twenty days.
Where did you go afterwards? To Paris, where I am established.
Did you remain at Paris, or did you go anywhere else? I never moved from Paris, for we cannot quit that place without leave from the general of division and the minister of war.
Were you at Beauvais when you went to Paris? In going to Paris I was with a messenger; the road to Paris is through Beauvais, but it so happens that that town is passed at night, because it is with a messenger who never stops.
You are understood to state, that you passed through Beauvais in the night time? Yes, because the courier regularly passes through Beauvais in the night, and I left Calais with the courier, who goes on regularly without stopping.
Do you know a person of the name of Rossi? I have known several persons of the name of Rossi.
Do you know a person of the name of Rossi who comes from Lugano? I know a family of the name of Rossi who are of Lugano.
Did you see that person either at Beauvais or at Paris? I saw him once at Paris.
Was that when you were at Paris the last time? No, it was previously to my coming to England the first time.
How long ago is that? It was previously to my coming it may be between two and a half and three months ago.
Had Rossi any persons with him that were coming from Lugano? I do not know.
Had he any persons with him at the time you saw him? He was alone, there was nobody with him.
Had you heard of the tumult that had occurred at Dover at that time? I read the account of it in the French papers.
Did you communicate that to Rossi? No, there was nothing mentioned of that.
At no time at Paris? I never spoke of it to him, because I saw him but once, and that was only for a quarter of an hour at the most.
That was the only time you saw him? It was the only lime; and I only remained with him, perhaps, a quarter of an hour.
Who applied to you to come here? The Queen, by a letter of her's.
Examined by the Lords.
Lord Cathcart.—At the time the first hussars were in the brigade commanded by your brother, what was the rank next above that of a private hussar? The first or lowest degree is the common hussar, then comes brigadier, or corporal, then mareschal de logis, that is not the same thing as a quarter-master.
Do you mean that mareschal de logis is that which is most equivalent to what a Serjeant is in the foot? It corresponds with the rank of Serjeant in the infantry.
You are understood to have said, that you saw Pergami confidentially employed as a courier by general Pino?
The following question and answer were read over to the Witness:
"What do you mean by the term "particulier;" a private courier, or in what other sense do you use that word? He was a courier particularly attached to general Pino, as a person of trust or confidence."
Did you not understand Pergami at that time to be general Pino's own servant? There is some difference; a particular courier, attached to a person of rank, is not looked upon as a servant, as a domestic, in Italy.
From whom did you understand that he received his salary? I know nothing of it, because I did not belong to the household of general Pino; I was a superior officer there, and could not meddle with general Pino's private affairs.
You did not understand that he was in the service of the public, or of any department of public service? I have twice stated, that Pergami was attached as courier particulier to general Pino; farther I cannot tell, because I did not belong to the house of general Pino; being a superior officer, I did not trouble myself with his private affairs.
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Then Carlo Fortiwas called in; and having been sworn, was examined by Mr. Brougham, through the interpretation of the Marchese di Spineto, as follows:
Were you a courier in the service of her royal highness? I was.
When did you enter it? On her departure from Milan.
Do you recollect whether that was in the year 1817? Yes.
In whose service were you immediately before? Before I entered the service of her royal highness I was in the service of the viceroy of Italy.
What were you in the viceroy's service? As chief cabinet courier.
You have said, that you entered the princess's service at the time that she was going away from Milan; where was she then going? She was going to Rome.
Did you apply to be taken into her service? I did.
From what motive did you make that application? Because at that moment I was out of service.
You have stated, that the princess was going to Rome, have you yourself any relations there? Brothers.
Any other near relations? The duchess of Torlonia.
The wife of the banker there? Yes.
What relation is the duchess to you? She is my aunt.
On the journey from Milan to Rome, in what carriage did the princess travel? In a small English landaulet.
How many other carriages had her royal highness with her upon that occasion? Two more.
What sort of carriages were those two? One was a bastardella, and another was a caratella or calash.
What sort of a carriage is a bastardella? It is a covered carriage, with four seats inside.
Was the landaulet of which you have spoken an English carriage? It was.
Was it a different looking carriage from the bastardella? Certainly.
Was that a carriage of a perfectly different appearance? Quite so.
Was it also perfectly different in appearance from the caratella? Certainly.
Had her royal highness any other carriages than those three with her upon that journey? No.
Upon that journey, in which of the three did her royal highness herself travel? In the landaulet.
Had the landaulet glasses, as is usual with such carriages? It had.
Had it Venetian blinds? It had.
Had it any curtains? It had.
What sort of curtains? Silk.
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spring? The curtain was pulled down by the means of two strings which kept it confined, and was lifted up by a spring.
Do you remember her royal highness leaving Rome to go to Sinigaglia? I do.
Did her royal highness travel by night or by day? By night.
Do you know where they slept on the first night on the road? On the road.
Where did her royal highness rest the first day on the road? At Otricoli, at nine in the morning.
Where did her royal highness rest the second day? At ten in the morning, at Nocera.
About what time did they arrive at Sinigaglia? On the following day at eleven o'clock.
Do you know a person of the name of Sacchi or Sacchini, who is in her royal highness's service? I know Sacchini.
Did he accompany her royal highness on the journey you have just been speaking of? He did.
How did he travel upon that journey? From Milan to Ancona on horseback, and from Ancona to Loretto; and from Lorelto to Rome, he set out a day before her royal highness in the caratella in the evening, and there I mounted myself on horseback, and accompanied her royal highness as far as Rome.
Did you mount on horseback at Ancona or Loretlo? At Loretto.
From Rome, when her royal highness went to Sinigaglia, how did Sacchi travel, and how did you travel? He travelled in the Caratella before, and I on horseback with the carriages.
How long before did Sacchi set out upon that journey in the caratella? Two hours before.
What was his business to do on that journey, going before her royal highness? To order horses, and to pay for the horses.
How did you travel yourself upon that same journey? Always on horseback.
Did you accompany the carriage on horseback? Always.
When you came near any stage, did you go before her royal highness's carriage? About half an hour before reaching the end of the stage.
Do you mean to say, that, except that half mile before reaching the end of the stage, you always rode close to her royal highness's carriage? I do.
Did Sacchini order horses for her royal highness in the way you have described going before her royal highness in the caratella the whole of the way from Rome to Sinigaglia? He did; and he paid for them at the same time.
Did any other person ride as a courier with her royal highness on that journey, except yourself? No, there was no other.
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seen him? Certainly, because I was always there.
Did any other courier or person on horseback, except yourself, accompany any of the other carriages upon that journey? No one, except myself.
Who travelled with her royal highness in the landaulet upon that occasion? Her royal highness, countess Oldi, Pergami, and Victorine.
In whose lap did Victorine generally sit upon that journey? Very often she was on the knees of her royal highness.
Did you see her also in the morning upon the countess Oldi's knees sometimes? Sometimes.
Where did the countess Oldi sit in the carriage? In the middle.
Do you mean in the middle between the baron and her royal highness? Her royal highness on the right, the baron on the left, and the countess in the middle.
Do you recollect, whether during any part of the journey from Milan to Rome, or from Rome to Sinigaglia, the countess Oldi was in the other carriage from her royal highness? At Loretto she fell ill, and went into the second carriage.
Whose place did she take in the carriage? She took the place of Demont.
Where did Demont go when madame Oldi took her place? She took the place of madame Oldi.
Do you mean she took madame Oldi's place next her royal highness in the middle of her landaulet? I do.
Was this upon the journey from Loretto to Rome, or from Rome to Sinigaglia, that this accident happened? From Loretto to Rome.
After leaving Home to go to Sinigaglia, did Demont, or any body except madame Oldi and the baron, ever travel in the carriage with her royal highness? There did not.
On that journey was madame Oldi always in the carriage and always in the middle, as far as you saw? She was.
Did you always sec her in this situation in the morning, when her royal highness arrived any where? Morning as well as evening I saw her, for I was always there,
In travelling as a courier with the carriage of her royal highness, was it your practice for any purpose to go up to the carriage for the purpose of speaking to her royal highness, or any other person in the carriage, at any time? When they arrived at the end of a stage, and the carriage stopped, then I knocked against the door of the carriage, and I asked whether they wanted any thing.
In travelling in that way by night, in what way were the windows of the carriage? In the front there was a glass, and on the right and left by the side sometimes during the night they put up the Venetian blinds.
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blinds? There was the air that came in by the means of the spring opening the Venetian blinds.
Do you remember about the time that the change took place, and madame Oldi going into the other carriage, and coming back, any accident happening? At Foligno the horses ran away, but this happened in going to Rome.
Do you remember on that occasion any accident happening to the work bag, or any other bag of one of her royal highness's maids? I do not.
Did that accidentat Foligno, the horses running away, happen at the time that madame Oldi changed her place in the carriages? It did.
Did you ever see the baron kiss the princess at any time upon taking leave of her, or at any other time? I never saw him kiss the princess.
Did you ever see the baron take leave of her royal highness upon any occasion? Yes, I have.
What did the baron do, in taking leave of her royal highness when you saw him? He kissed her hand, and nothing else, with much respect.
Did you yourself, on taking leave of her royal highness, on any occasion, kiss her hand? I have.
Did the other members of her royal highness's suite do the same thing? Yes, equerries, chamberlain, and all those gentlemen who came to pay visits to her royal highness.
Were you in the habit of kissing the hand of persons of rank with whom you had formerly served as courier? I did so to the vice queen, as well as to the empress Josephine.
Cross-examined by Mr. Attorney General,
Are you still in the service of her majesty? I am.
Did you travel with her as courier when she came to this country? I did.
When did you last see Pergami? The last time I saw him at St. Omer's.
Did the baron Pergami travel with her majesty the Queen as far as St. Omer's? He did.
Do you know the wife of Pergami? I do.
Where does she live? At Milan.
Pergami has the title of baron della Franchina? He has.
Is his wife styled the baroness della Franchina? I never heard that so.
Have you ever seen Pergami's wife in company with her royal highness? I have never seen her.
Whereabouts does Pergami's wife reside, at Milan, or the neighbourhood of it? She lives in Milan.
In what part of Milan? She lives near the Porta Ticinese; but I should know the streets very well, I should be very well acquainted with the streets, to tell you what the street is.
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Have you ever been in the house where she lives? I have.
What sort of a house is it in which she lives? It is a neat house, that fits a private individual.
In what manner does the wife of Pergami live there? She lives as all other persons can live.
In what sort of style or situation? In the style of a private person.
Describe more particularly the style in which she lives? For my part, to tell the truth, I have never been in her house to enquire what she does or does not do.
Has she any servants? She has servants, and a waiting-maid.
How many servants? She has a man servant and a maid who performs the office of a waiting-maid.
How long has she lived in the house in which she now resides? I have always seen her there, but I know not where she lived before.
Do you know the name of the man servant who attends her? I do not know, because I have never been acquainted with him.
How do you know that she has a man servant? I have seen him in the house when once I went to see, but his name I do not know.
Then you have been in the house? I have just told you that I have once been in her house.
When was that? How do you expect that I should remember that; I have been once; it may be about a year ago.
Do you mean to say it was about a year ago? I do.
Upon what occasion was it that you went to the house a year ago? I carried a letter to her.
From whom? From her husband.
Where was Pergami at that time? He was at Pesaro.
Did you go from Pesaro to Milan with this letter? I did not.
Upon what occasion was it you went to Milan at that time from Pesaro? For some business of her royal highness.
Did you go alone? Alone.
How long were you at Milan at that time? two days.
Where did you go from Milan? To Pesaro.
Do you know others of the family of Pergami? There are other relations; there is a certain Louis Pergami, his brother.
Is that the only other relation of Pergami whom you know? There are other persons, his cousins.
What are their names? One is called Bernardo Pergami.
What the others? The other, Francesco Pergami Valolta.
Are those the only relations of Pergami that you know? There are other relations, but I do not know them all.
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What are their names? One I know is called Faustina Pergami.
You do not know the others? The others I do not know.
Have you ever seen the countess Oldi? I have.
Is she any relation of Pergami? She is his sister.
Where have you seen the countess Oldi? I have always seen her at the house of her royal highness.
Do you remember any other relations of Pergami? I do not remember any others in the house of her royal highness.
You are then to be understood that all those whom you have mentioned are in the house of her royal highness? They were once.
In what situation was the countess Oldi? Dame d'honneur.
In what situation was Faustina? She kept the account of all the linen. In what situation was Louis? Equerry.
In what situation was Bernardo, the cousin? He was prefect of the palace.
What was Francesco? The accountant.
You have lived with her royal highness for four years, do you mean to say there were no others of the family of Pergami living with her royal highness during any part of that time? I have seen no other.
Do you know Pergami's mother? I do.
Did she ever live in her royal highness's house during the time you were there? She came once to pass a few days at Caprili.
How long did she remain at Caprili? About two months, more or less; I cannot well remember that thing.
Where did the mother live at other times, do you know? She lived at Milan.
Whereabouts in Milan? In the town, in a house.
In what part of the town? I do not know.
When the mother was at the Villa Caprili, where did she dine? Sometimes she dined with her royal highness, sometimes she dined by herself.
Where did Faustina dine? Always in her own room.
Do you mean to swear that Faustina always dined in her own room? I cannot swear that she always dined in her own room, but I saw that she did not dine with the others, and always dined by herself.
Where did Louis dine? Louis dined with her royal highness; he did sometimes, and sometimes he did not.
Where did Raggionato Francesco dine? At our table.
Always? Always.
Do you know Faustina's husband, Martini? Martini, I do.
Where does he live? At Milan.
Did not Martini at one time live at the Villa d'Este? I do not know, because at that time I was not in the house, I was not in the service.
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her royal highness to St. Omer's, did any other of Pergami's family accompany her royal highness to St. Omer's? No one else of the family.
Where did you leave the others of the family? Some at Milan, some at Pesaro.
You have stated several journies you took with her royal highness from Milan to Rome; who were upon that journey? Countess Oldi, baron Pergami, Mr. Hownam, the chevalier Vassali, and Louis Pergami; mademoiselle Brunette and mademoiselle Demont, and the little Victorine.
Who travelled in the caratella from Milan to Rome? Which caratella?
You were understood to distinguish one of the three by the description of a caratella? Mr. William and monsieur Vassali.
Who travelled in the bastardella? Mademoiselle Demont, mademoiselle Brunette, and Mr. Hownam.
Only three? Only three.
How did Louis Pergami travel? Louis Pergami arrived at Rome one day before us; he set out before.
What carriage did Louis Pergami travel in? In a caratella with two seats.
Was that another carriage belonging to her royal highness? It was.
How many carriages accompanied her royal highness when she went from Ancona to Rome? Her own and two more carriages.
How many carriages accompanied her when she went from Rome to Sinigaglia? Three carriages, including her own.
Who travelled from Rome to Sinigaglia in the bastardella? Mademoiselle Demont, mademoiselle Brunette, and Mr. Hownam.
Who travelled in the caratella? Mr. William and Mr. Vassali.
Who in the carriage in which her royal highness travelled? The countess Oldi, her royal highness, the baron, and Victorine.
How did Louis Pergami travel from Rome to Sinigaglia? He set out before.
With whom, by himself? In the caratella, by himself.
Those were the four carriages belonging to her royal highness? They were.
Did they travel in that way the whole way from Rome to Sinigaglia? Yes.
What other couriers had the princess in her service at that time, besides yourself? No other courier; after me there was Sacchini, I and Sacchini.
Was it not very hot weather when they went from Rome to Sinigaglia? Very hot.
Was that the reason of her travelling by night? Her royal highness travelled by night on account of the heat.
In what order did those carriages go forward; her royal highness's first, the bastardella second, and the caratella the third? Her royal highness went first, the bastardella was the second, and the caratella was the last.
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Was Racchi on that journey? Ferdinando Racchi.
How did they travel? On the box of the bastardella.
Were there two servants called Soliman and Polidore? Yes.
Were they also on that journey? They were.
[To the Interpreter]—Does the word used for curtain in Italian, apply as well to the blind that lifts up, as to the curtain that draws aside? Yes.
What is the Italian word? Cortina and tendina; there is a little distinction as to their origin, but not as to their meaning.
[To the Witness].—How did Soliman and Polidore go upon that journey? Soliman on the box, and Polidore came a day after, for he remained at Rome.
On that journey from Rome to Sinigaglia, did not you go on, and order horses from stage to stage? No, Sacchini set out from Rome two hours before.
Will you swear you did not go on and order the horses at each stage? No, I remained with the carriagse, and Sacchini set out from Rome in a carriage.
Upon your oath, did you not go on and order the horses at each stage? I will swear, even to a hundred thousand times, that I was always with the carriages.
Who ordered the horses? Sacchini set out before in the caratella.
Then Sacchini travelled in the princess's caratella? No, it was a carriage that he took from stage to stage.
How came you to swear, in your examination in chief, that he went in the caratella? Every carriage is called a caratella in Italy, and I meant a caratella de posta; that is, a carriage he took from stage to stage.
What was the reason of Sacchini travelling, on that occasion, in a caratella? Because he was not fit to mount on horseback; for when he had run a post or two, he was all chafed.
Then he aid travel part of the way on horseback? As I have said before, coming from Milan, as far as Ancona only.
How long had you been at Home before you set out from Rome to Sinigaglia? Two months.
Do you mean to say, that this accident to Sacchini happened two months before you set out from Rome to Sinigaglia? He set out from Milan to go to Rome, and he was chafed five or six stages afterwards; and at Parma requested me to get him a carriage, and to tell nothing to the baron Pergami. He travelled, as I have told you, in a caratella de posta from Rome to Sinigaglia, and changing the carriage at every stage.
Before you set out from Rome to Sinigaglia, had you not been at Rome upwards of two months? Two months at Rome the princess was, June and July; the first of August we set out.
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ing from Rome to Sinigaglia in a carriage? Because he was not good to mount on horseback, and he soon got tired, and was chafed.
Did he go any part of that journey on horseback? From Rome to Sinigaglia, and neither from Loretto to Rome.
How long had Sacchini been a courier in her royal highness's service during the time you were there? Twelve or thirteen months at the most.
Was not Sacchini the courier on her royal highness's tour through Germany? He was in her royal highness's service, but I was not, at that time.
Where did you reside during the time you were at Rome? At the hotel of Europe, in the Piazza di Spagna, opposite the palace of the Spanish ambassador.
Did you sleep there? I did.
How long were you at that hotel? Six days.
Where were you afterwards in that house? Do you wish to ask as to me or her royal highness.
You? I always was at the house of her royal highness.
Do you mean to say, you slept at the house of her royal highness every night that yon were at Rome? I do.
Did you ever sleep in any other place? No.
Were you ever at Rome at any other time with her royal highness? No.
As that was the only time, at that period did you sleep every night in her royal highness's house, or did you not sleep elsewhere for a considerable time? I have always slept in the house where her royal highness lodged.
Were you not, at that time when you were with her royal highness, confined in prison? I was not.
Nor at any other time when you were there with her royal highness? When I was with her royal highness, never.
Were you ever in prison at Rome? How, in what way in prison?
Did you ever sleep in prison; were you ever confined in prison? Once I was arrested at a watchhouse at Piazza Collonna for five days.
When was that? It was when I went to fetch the money from the banker, the duke of Torlonia; when I was at Storta, the postillions would not give me the horses, and the postillions began to ill-treat me, and I began to retaliate, to beat them; the postillions came seven against me with their stable forks; I drew out my pistol and fired, and at that time arrived the courier of monsieur Calcagnini, and he held my arm at the time that I pulled the trigger to kill one of the postillions, and he in this way got the fire himself; then the governor, monsieur Calcagnini, saw that I was right, kept me five days under arrest, and then let me go.
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Was not one of the postillions killed upon that occasion? No postillion was killed upon that occasion.
Was the courier injured? He was wounded; I made him a hole as large as that here (in the belly.)
Did he not die in consequence of that wound? He was forty days ill; he was my friend; it was through an accident.
When you were at Rome you say you visited Ruffinelli, how far his Ruffinelli from Rome? There are twelve miles from Rome to Frascati, and there is half a mile to go to Ruffinelli from Frascati.
Do you mean twelve Roman miles, or what other miles? Roman miles.
Re-examined by Mr. Brougham.
Is Storta the first stage from Rome? Coming out from Rome to go towards France, it is the first stage.
Do you mean that it was the first stage in going from Rome back to her royal highness? To come to Pesaro.
Were you going then from Rome to Pesaro to her royal highness? I was.
Had you in your charge at that time a large sum of money for her royal highness? Fifteen thousand dollars.
You say this courier whom you had the misfortune to wound by accident was a friend of yours? He was, he is still my friend; and he is at present at Rome.
It was not at him you were firing at the time? No, it was to kill one of the postillions.
Do you mean one of the seven postillions who were attacking you with pitchforks? Yes; and I might have killed perhaps three or four of them, for my pistol had two bullets in if.
Were they the pistols which you had to defend yourself and your charge upon the journey? To defend myself upon the road from Come from the highwaymen, for there are always some highwaymen there.
Examined by the Lords.
Lord Erskine.—During the whole time you were in her royal highness's service in the manner you have described to the House, did you ever observe any part of her royal highness's behaviour immodest or indecent, either regarding Pergami or any other man? Never, but always with much respect when he spoke to her royal highness.
Lord Ellenbororgh.—Were you travelling alone when this accident at Storta happened? I was travelling together with the cousin of Pergami.
Do you know why you were released from prison so soon? Because the secretary of state, the governor of Rome, saw that I was right; and monsieur Calcagnini, in whose service the courier was, saw that it was a misfortune, an accident, and he endeavoured to get my liberty.
Earl of Lauderdale.—Do you know the countess Oldi's husband? I do not.
Lord Prudhoe.—In what month did the princess go from Rome to Sinigaglia? In the month of August.
At what hour of the day did you arrive at Sinigaglia? Eleven in the morning.
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Then Lieutenant John Flinnof the Royal Navy was called in, and having been sworn, was examined by Mr. Denman, as follows:
Are you a lieutenant of the royal navy of England? I am.
Are you now settled in Sicily? I am.
Did you see her royal highness the princess of Wales at Messina in the month of November in the year 1815? I did.
Did you take any command on board a vessel at that time? I did.
What was that vessel? A gun-boat.
Did her royal highness make any application to you, with respect to any voyage? She did.
What was that? To proceed with her on the voyage to Constantinople and other places.
Was a polacre hired for that purpose? Yes.
Who had the command of that polacre? Her royal highness gave me the command of her.
Did you continue in the command of her during the whole time that her royal highness was on board? Most assuredly.
Who fitted up the cabins in the polacre? I did.
Did you fit them up under the direction of her royal highness, or according to your own direction? According to the orders of her royal highness.
And at her expense? Yes.
Was there any surgeon on board during the voyage? When we got to Tunis.
Do you know whether he is now living? I believe not, I have heard he is not.
When he was taken on board at Tunis, did it become necessary to make any alterations in the sleeping place of any other person on board? It did.
What was that? Mr. Pergami's birth was changed into the dining-room.
From what previous situation? From the after-cabin on the right-hand-side of the ship when looking forward.
Do you know the bed-rooms that were occupied by her royal highness, and also by Pergami, during the whole of the voyage? I do; the bed-room of her royal highness was on the starboard-side.
In any situation in which the beds of those two individuals were at any time placed, was it possible for them, from those beds, to see one another? I say no.
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highness, and to see what the arrangement of her apartments was? I have sometimes been called for by her royal highness, to know how the weather was.
From what place has her royal highness called to you? From her cabin.
Has she called to you from any other place in the night? Yes.
When? When sleeping under the tent.
Under the tent upon the deck? Yes.
What was Gargiulo's situation onboard this vessel? He was the captain of the ship.
Was he the acting captain, or the master of the vessel, and you the acting captain? I was considered the captain of the vessel, by order of her royal highness, and all the necessary orders were given by me to the captain of the ship.
Did Gargiulo's situation call on him to attend about the rooms of her royal highness, or about her person? No, most assuredly not.
Supposing her royal highness was to go down stairs for necessary purposes, was that man likely to have any knowledge of such a fact?
Mr. Solicitor General objected to the question.
You understand the sort of occasion to which allusion is made, was there any thing in the duty of Gargiulo, on board the vessel, that should call upon him to know what her royal highness was doing upon that occasion?
Mr. Solicitor General objected to the question.
The Counsel were informed, that they might ask what was Gargiulo's duty on board that vessel.
What was the duty of Gargiulo on board the ship? To attend to the duty of the ship.
His duty was to attend to the men? Yes.
Did that duty call him to be in the part of the ship where her royal highness was? Not at all times; a man could command the ship without being in the apartments of her royal highness.
Was it his duty to attend upon her royal highness, without your having given him orders so to do? No.
Was he in the habit of coming into her royal highness's room of his own accord? He might of his own accord; he could not have gone there without receiving some order from me.
Was that his habit or his duty, without orders from you? It was his duty.
Do you mean, to take orders from you? Yes.
You have mentioned the tent that was sometimes raised upon the deck, how near was the steersman to that tent? About three or four-feet.
During the night and day? Yes.
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call you sometimes to that place? On our return from Jaffa I slept on deck.
The question refers to the place where the steersman was? Most assuredly.
How near was the place where you slept to the tent? Over the helm; I should think about five-feet: I should say less than five-feet.
From the place that the steersman occupied, was it easy to hear what passed within the tent? Speaking generally, I conceive it would be.
Describe what you mean by speaking generally? If the conversation was such as generally takes place between two persons, it might have been heard where I slept and where the steersman was.
You say it might have been heard where you slept; did you, in fact, hear it? No, I did not.
Have you heard conversation from that place passing under the tent? No.
Was it near enough to have heard things that passed in general within that tent? Yes.
Did the tent cover the whole of the deck, or was there a passage left? There was a passage on one side at night.
Were you in the habit of passing along that passage in the night? Yes.
And others of the crew? Certainly.
Do you recollect the light being sometimes put from under that tent to be taken away at night? It was taken away for the preservation of the Ship and all on board her.
How so? We had received information at Athens and at Milo of a great many pirates having been about the Archipelago, and it was then consistent that no light should be seen upon deck—not to give such vessels an opportunity of seeing us by night.
Do you know whether there were any pirate vessels at any time; had you seen any? Yes.
Was the danger of the light being on deck represented in consequence of that to her royal highness? It was.
Was the light removed from the tent, after that representation was made? Yes.
Was there any communication between the interior of the tent and the cabin below? Yes.
What communication was it? A ladder that went down to the dining-room.
How was that communication kept at night, open or shut? It was kept open; the tent covered the passage, but the opening itself was always clear.
Do you remember a tub in which her royal highness occasionally bathed? I do remember there was a tub.
Do you know whether that tub could go into the cabin where her royal highness slept? No.
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In the course of the night has her royal highness ever spoken to you from the tent? When having occasion to manœuvre the ship during the night, I have had occasion to disturb her royal highness from her repose, she has then called to me.
When you answered that call, did you open that tent? Sometimes, when I could not distinctly hear what her royal highness had to say, I was obliged to open it.
Do you know where Pergami slept on board your vessel? On the return from Jaffa, I do not know where he slept.
Where did he sleep on the other voyage? On going out he slept in the dining-room.
Do you remember the position of her royal highness's cabin with respect to that of the countess Oldi? Yes.
How was it? The cabin was divided into two divisions, that of her royal highness was much larger than that of the countess Oldi.
Was there any communication between them? There was a door and two sky-lights, two openings on the deck.
Was there any gun upon the deck? Yes, there was.
Did you see her royal highness sitting upon that gun with any person? No.
Did you ever see her sitting in the lap of any person on board that vessel? No.
Did you ever see her with her arms round the neck of any person? No.
Or kissing any person, except perhaps the child Victorine? No.
During the whole time that you had the management of this vessel, and that her royal highness was on board, did you see the slightest impropriety or indecency in her behaviour towards Pergami or towards any other person? No.
Do you remember Pergami going on land at Terracina? Yes.
Did you see him take leave of her royal highness? I did.
Describe what was done upon that occasion by him? Kissing her royal highness's hand on going away from the ship which was occasionally done by all persons on taking leave.
How long have you been in the navy? About sixteen years.
You wear some orders? I do.
What are they? The order of Merit and Fidelity of the king of Naples.
On what occasion did you receive those orders? On the occasion of taking several privateers when serving in the Neapolitan navy at Messina.
Have you received the royal permission to wear those orders? One I have.
Which is that? The third order.
By royal permission I meant the permission of your own king? Yes.
Cross-examined by Mr. Solicitor-General.
How long were you on the voyage from Tunis to Jaffa, as nearly as you can recollect?
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I do not know the exact date; if you will allow me to look at a memoir I have made—
The question does not call for the precise time, but about what time? I should conceive from two to three months.
How long, as nearly as you can recollect, were you upon the voyage from Jaffa to Syracuse? Nearly a month.
Do you mean to say, that yon were not more than a month? We might have been more, I cannot state exactly to a day without appealing to memoirs.
Will you take upon yourself to say, that you were not two months?
The witness produced a paper, and was asked.
When were those made? They were copied from my own originals.
When? Since I have been on my voyage.
Where are the originals? In Sicily.
Why did you not bring the originals? I did not think they would be wanted.
Why did you make the copies? Because I thought it consistent, I thought I might want them hereafter: I did not consider it necessary to bring the originals with me.
You made the copies because you thought they might be wanted, but you did not think the originals would be wanted, is that so? Yes.
For what purpose were the copies to be wanted? To remember in case I should be asked any particular circumstance, where I had been, by my friends,
Why would not the originals communicate that? Because it is private affairs,
Do you mean to swear those papers you have in your hand were copies made before you came to this country the last time? Yes.
In Sicily? On my voyage on board the ship.
That the copies which you now hold in your hand, were made on your voyage on board the ship? On board the ship; I went from Messina to Syracuse, I heard that persons were called to England, and I expected to be called myself, but I was not called.
You mean that the copies were made at that time? On my voyage.
Can you tell now, without looking at those copies made by you, nearly how long you were on the voyage from Jaffa to Syracuse? We might have been more than a month, I cannot tell particularly without looking at the paper.
According to the best of your recollection will you take upon yourself to say, you were not two months? From one to two months, I should conceive we were, I cannot swear exactly.
Nearer two months than one month? I should think nearer two, when I reflect on the thing.
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The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Lord Erskineobjected to the mode of examination pursued by the learned counsel. If the witness were not allowed to refresh his recollection by his memoranda, it was unfair to tax his memory in the way attempted. All would probably he clear by reference to the paper in the hand of the witness.
The Lord Chancellorasked, if the witness had offered to look at the paper.
The Solicitor Generalobserved, that the memorandum offered by the witness was merely a copy of some previous entry in the log-book, and made during a subsequent voyage. He submitted, therefore, that it could not be produced.
Lord Erskineadded, that if the witness were not allowed to refresh his memory, the counsel was bound to take it with its defects, but not to tax it as he had done.
The Lord Chancellorseemed to be of opinion, that if the memorandum were not produced, the counsel had a right to tax the memory of the witness.
The Earl of Liverpoolexplained, that as the memorandum had not been made at the time of the transaction, in his view it could I not be employed by the witness for the purpose of refreshing his memory.
The Marquis of Lansdownremarked, that the question was not whether the memorandum should be received in evidence, but whether a copy of the original, which original he understood to have been made at the time, might be used by the witness to refresh his memory, as to dates.
The Earl of Harrowbydid not think that the witness had yet stated that even the original was made at the time of the transaction to which it referred.
The Lord Chancellorread the following sentence from Phillipps's Law of Evidence:—"To assist his memory, a witness may use a written entry in a book, or a memorandum, or a copy of a memorandum, such entry and memorandum having been made at the time when the fact occurred, or immediately afterwards." Therefore, if the witness swore that the original memorandum was made at the time, and that what he employed was an accurate copy of the original, it seemed to him that it might be used to refresh his memory.
Earl Greysaid, the easiest and most simple way was, to call on the witness, and to ask him as to the nature of the paper he held in his hand. If it should appear that he made an entry at the time, and that the paper was a true and faithful copy of that memorandum, no doubt he could refresh his memory from it.
The Earl of Harrowbysuggested, that part of the witness's evidence should be read from the Minutes, which was accordingly done.
The evidence of the Witness respecting the copies from his journal was read over.
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The Witness was again called in.
Lord Chancellor.—Where did you make those orignal papers that you spoke of? The papers were made on board the vessel which I commanded.
Where, on what voyage? Going from Messina to Catania.
Where did you make what you call the copies of those originals? It was on board the ship.
On the same voyage? Yes.
On your way from Messina to Catania? I went round the island in a vessel of my own.
Did you make the original minutes when you were on board the polacre with the princess of Wales? The original, I did.
Did you make the copies when you were on board the polacre with the princess of Wales? The originals were made on board the polacre.
Where did you make the copies? When I went round the island of Sicily in my own vessel.
Had you the originals with you at the time? I had, on board the vessel.
Are those copies made from those originals? Yes; there are very few lines of them; I did not copy the whole of them.
Are they faithful extracts of so much as they purport to be extracts of? No; perhaps I do not understand the question.
You recollect your original papers? Yes.
Are those you call copies, copies of the whole of those originals? They are not copies of the whole transactions on board the polacre.
Are they copies of any part? Some parts, such as the dates when we sailed from different places, that is all.
As far as you have made copies, can you say, upon your oath, that they are accurate copies of parts of the originals? Yes.
Mr. Solicitor General.—Have you looked at that memorandum since you have been out of this House? No, I have not.
Look at the memorandum, do not read it aloud, and state how long you were on the voyage from Jaffa to Syracuse?
The witness referred to his memorandum, and said,
We sailed from Jaffa on the eighteenth of July, and arrived at Syracuse on the 20th of August.
The paper was shown by the witness to Mr. Solicitor-general, at his desire, and he was then asked,
During the voyage from Tunis to Jaffa, where did Pergami sleep? From Tunis to Jaffa, in the dining-room.
Every night? To the best of my recollection he did.
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in the morning to pay my respects, and I saw him in bed.
Were those the only occasions on which you saw him in bed in the dining-room? Those are the only occasions.
Did her royal highness sleep below during the whole of the voyage from Tunis to Jaffa? I believe she did.
When you went to pay your respects to her royal highness, where was her royal highness at the time? In her own room.
In her sleeping cabin? Yes.
Abed? On the sofa.
Dressed or not? Dressed.
And Pergami, on those occasions, in bed in the dining-room? He was in bed.
How many times may you have seen him on the average in a week? I never particularized to haul back the screen, but sometimes when I have gone in, he has said, "Good morning" as I passed.
What kind of a bed was it, or bedstead? I believe it was an iron bedstead, but I cannot positively recollect what it was.
Fixed? No, it was not a fixture, but it was lashed to the side of the vessel.
Do you mean to swear, that from that bed, the bed of her royal highness, when the door was open, might not be seen? I should think not.
Then now it is only you should think not; did you ever stand in such a position as to see to decide that? No, I did not.
Was it your duty to attend upon her royal highness? No, it was not; but when called for I frequently went there.
No other business took you into the dining-cabin in the night? No.
Though you had the command of the ship, you did not go into the cabin at night? I did not, without being sent for.
At any time, cither upon the outward or homeward voyage? On the homeward voyage I have.
Often? Not very often; such as going to dinner.
At night? No.
Never? Never, without being called for.
Who was to call you at night? The crew on deck, when I was not on deck myself.
Who was to call you into the dining apartment at night? Some of the servants of the house—of the ship.
Being so called, you have gone at different times? I have gone when I nave been called for, but I never went of my own accord.
Has that happened frequently? Not very frequently.
Has that happened several times? I cannot specify the number of times, but I apprehend more than once.
Or twice or ten times? I might have been as many times as that, but I cannot possibly recollect the number of times I have been sent for.
Under this tent, on the deck, there was a bed, was there also a sofa? There was a sofa and a bed.
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Whose bed? I believe that it was Mr. Austen's bed.
Who slept in that bed? I do not know.
Do you mean to swear, that you do not know that her royal highness slept in that bed? Her royal highness slept on a sofa, not on a bed.
Near that bed? Not very near.
How far off? As far as I am from that seat there.
Three or four yards? I should say three yards.
Do you mean to swear that there was an interval of any thing like three yards between the bed and the sofa? Between the extremities of both, there was a great deal more.
Was there more than a yard between the nearest point of both? Yes, most assuredly there was.
How much? There must have been more than two yards.
Where did her royal highness sleep, on the sofa? Yes.
How do you know that? Because I had occasion to sec her one night, when I went in there.
Is that the only reason you have to know that? That is the only reason; I can testify having seen her royal highness on that bed, and I conceive she always slept there.
Who slept on the bed? I do not know.
For what purpose was it placed there? It was placed there for persons to sit there, during the day.
Do you mean to swear, that it was placed there for people to sit on during the day? That was the occasion I saw it used for during the day-time.
You mean to swear, you believe it was placed there for that purpose? I can state no other purpose; I do not know that any person slept in it, I never saw any person in bed there.
Did you ever see Pergami in bed there? I have never seen him in bed; I have seen him sit on it in the day-time.
Have you never seen him lie upon it in the day-time? No.
Do you mean to swear you have never seen him lie upon it in the day-time? I do.
Had you never the curiosity to inquire where Pergami slept the whole of the voyage from Jaffa to Syracuse? No, I had other duties to attend to, navigating the ship to carry her royal highness about to the different places to which she went, and I did not attend to that.
Have you any doubt that during that voyage, and the whole of it, Pergami slept upon that bed under the tent? I cannot say where he slept, I never went to look after Mr. Pergami; when he was wanted, or where he slept, it is impossible for me to say, I can only repeat that I never saw him in bed.
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Have you any doubt upon the subject? I must certainly doubt whether he did sleep there every night, or whether he did sleep thereat all, I cannot say, for I never saw him there, nor do I know where he slept.
Do you mean to say you entertain doubts whether he did sleep there, and believe that he did not sleep there? When I never saw him there, I have every reason to doubt that he did not sleep there.
Do you mean by that to say that you believe he did not sleep there? I believe he did not sleep there.
Where did he sleep? I do not know; I never went to look where he slept.
Did you ever see him sleep in the cabin on the voyage from Jaffa to Syracuse? I never went into the cabin in the day-time, to see whether he was there or not.
Did you ever see him, during any part of that voyage, sleeping in the cabin? I do not know; I never went into the cabin to see whether he slept there or not.
Did you ever, either by night or in the morning, sec him, during any part of that voyage, sleeping in the cabin in his former place? I do not recollect having seen him there.
Do you mean now to repeat, that you believe he did not sleep under the tent? I must again repeat that I do not know where he slept.
Not knowing where he did sleep, you mean to have it believed that you do not believe he slept under the tent? I believe he did not sleep under the tent.
What is your reason for believing that he did not sleep under the tent? Because when I went to see her royal highness one night, I did not see any one there.
Was it light or dark? It was dark.
Of what country are you a native? I was born an Englishman, part of an Irishman.
It being dark, and not seeing him when it was dark, is that the only reason for your belief that he did not sleep under the tent? The light of the binnacle was quite sufficient to give me an opportunity of seeing whether he was there or not; it was dark at night, but there was the light from the binnacle that reflected into the place when I opened it.
Attend to the oath you have taken; upon the night when her royal highness called you, and when you say there was a light from the binnacle, will you take upon yourself to swear that Pergami was not on that bed? I do swear to it.
Was that the only occasion that you saw that bed when Pergami was not there? I have gone there frequently, and seen the bed in the same position, and I never saw him there.
Have you gone there frequently? I have gone there when called for.
And you never saw him there? I never did.
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there, you must have seen him? Yes, if he had been on the bed I must have seen him.
Do you remember the night of a storm off Candia? Yes, I do.
Did her royal highness go below? She did.
Where did she sleep? She slept on the deck. I did not follow her royal highness to see where she slept; but I believe she slept in the cabin belonging to Mr. Hownam.
Do you not know that she slept on the deck below, by the side of that cabin of Mr. Hownam? She might have slept there at first, and afterwards retired to the cabin of Mr. Hownam; but the occupation of the ship required me to stop on deck.
Did you not see her royal highness below on the deck? I believe at day-light in the morning I saw her royal highness in Mr. Hownam's cabin.
Did you not go below during the night, and see her below during the night? I do not recollect to have done it; it does not strike me that I did: it blew very hard indeed, and required me on deck.
Do you know where Pergami slept on that night? I do not.
Where did you see Pergami in the morning? The first I saw was on his coming on deck; I saw him coming up the ladder.
You mean to swear you never saw him during the night lying on the deck below? No, I did not.
Had you the whole command of the vessel? Speaking of having the command, I had those orders which her royal highness chose to give me at different times, and under those I acted; the ship was hired by her royal highness.
During the whole of that month you mean to swear you never saw Pergami in bed anywhere? I never saw him in bed anywhere; I have seen him sitting on that bed on the deck, but never saw him lying down.
At the helm you could not hear a conversation that passed within, unless it was in a certain tone of voice? Speaking as you are now speaking, I might have heard it; I could have heard it.
When her royal highness called, you did not hear, and were obliged to lift up the tent? Yes, when blowing hard on board the ship, the working of every material on board prevents persons hearing, and I could not distinctly hear what her royal highness said, but I naturally concluded, from having been called on former occasions, that it was to enquire respecting the weather.
The Witness and Counsel were directed to withdraw; and the House adjourned.