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fithfe human race.

.u' s. '7

\No tyranny l_i;}:‘—i"ever been
more cruel, than that which had lids 1' exercised
towards the inhabitants of the north. f"The crimes
which were committed by Christophe are innu-
merable, and ~too'henious to be told. ‘

- Every where, where our army has passed, we
have only pcrcelvcd in the habitations old women
and old men. The population of this part of the
island wasthen condemned to end, for want of
propagation. S. E. received on the 15th a letter
from the Capes, signed by four chiefs who are at
the head of the revolution. They. r°eport that on
the 8th inst. Christophe had despatcb-:tl against
them his military force, who so far from oppos-
ing, had united with those who had raised the
standard of liberty. '

The month of October will be memorable for
us. ‘We have witnessed twice in the space of 14-
years liberty triumph over tyranny, and the two
tyrants to succumb to the elforts of republicans.

Romai has not yet yielded as was said. This
chief has declared himself in a state of rebellion to
us, and seeks to make himself a party. He can-
not however thrive, as the few which he has with
him are daily coming over to us.’

Order of the [)ay.—Christophc, the usurper,
whose tyranny has covered the North and the
VV-‘est with mourning, is no more. He termina-
ted his career on the 8th inst. at halfpast 7' o'clock
in the evening, with a pistol. He was led to this
act on hearing of the defection of his military
household, and that Gen. Richard and his troops,
composing the garrison of Cape I"t'-aucois, had
turned their arms against him, and sworn to be
faithful to the Republic.

'l'he,Prt-:sident of I-layti hastens to testify his
satisfaction at this event, in the name of the coun-
try and all the Haytians. who have served the
cause of liberty and equality, and to assure them
that nothing shall be wanting on his part to ren-
der their change happy and agreeable. The mil-
itary who llilte not yet submitted, must present
tlieinselvcs as soon as possible, without any fear.
None but those v/hr-) resist the will of the people
will be treated with severity.

The commander-'; of all ranks and gr-.ttl»_s arc
enjoined to use their best efforts to maintain or-
der.’ Those who take upon themselves to shut}
blood, shall be looked upon as assassins.

The Pl'L‘Sl(lt:l'll will soon appear in the North
uith his army-——not as a conqueror, but as a pa-
citicator. The people \\’Ioh to be free, and they
shall be so. The Constitution, formed by the
representatives of the Republic. can alone guaran-
tee to titrm this most precious atlvan!'agr:.

‘ St. Mark, Oct. 17. 1§‘t')".'IIR.’

 

Fur!/ta‘? .t7cco2m!.9 of t/It 1”(v0z"l1t1"c7I in .-';'uyz.I', by
an rzr:'ivo.’ at Sulcm, from Cofze I{cm't'.
The revolt which commenced at Cape Henry
on the 6th October, became general among the
troops and people on the 17th; on whlcli day
eight of Cbristophc’s of‘.’icci's were killed at Cape
llenry.
.Princc .loachlm, and l3aron Battee. On the ‘.Z‘.:‘d
October Boyer was proclaimed President at Cape
I-leniy. On the 26th, President ‘Boyer, at tlit;
head of 20,000 troops entered the city, which be
styled the city of Cape Hayti ; the Constitution
was immediately proclaimed, the olhcers sworn to
support it, and the -city restored to completc‘_tran-
quility. .The people were highly elated at the
change, and the popularity of the new govern-
ment was unbounded. The troops behaved ex-
tremely well after the arrival of Boyer. The
wifc and children of the late Christophe were at
Cape Hayti, onrlerthe protection ofbuycr.

Business, which had been ..‘3ll5pCD(l(3tl at the
Capc on the breaking out of the revolution, had
again revived. A fleet ofsix, sail had arrivctl from
Port an Prince with provisions.

On the 21st October an address to the people
and army was published, signed by a great num-
ber of i.\'I.igistrt-.tes and Generals, announcing, that
‘they have just made a solemn.declaration, that
there exists this cay in Hayti only one Govern-
'ment,' and one Constitution. Peace is made-all
Haytians are brothers reunited. President Buy-
er and his army will soon enter this town to re-
ceive and give the salutation of peace and frater-
nity ; prepare to receive them with all the enthu-
siam which Cil8l‘Ci.1".lCl'ISL‘S true Haytians.’

At the head of this address stands the name of
Gen. Romain (Prince ol'I.imb<:) who, with the
royal family had taken postin the mountains near
Gonavives—llis overtures to Boyer being. accept-
ed. The address is headed ‘ Liberty 1 Equality 1
Independence!’

IIurrz'cmze.—-'l'l)c Port-:iu-Prince Telegraph
gives an account of atorrible hurricane that took
placc on the night of the 28th Sept. antl the next
day, which overturned several houses and unroof-
cd many others. In the ship-road it was equally
destructive ; it extended its ravages through the
beautiful plain of Cul-dc-Sac; the coffee and su-
gar houses \\‘:3?’t: entirely carried‘ away; many
persons pcrisliozl. i~i()ITt~3 under the wrecks of their
Itotlses, others by til’: current of water, which in
some places l‘0Sv.' to the height of forr or five feet.
It was feared the lnnticanc was general and the
devastation extensive.

From :'}uc:tc:-: ./Iyrr.~..—-Tits last accounts are da-
ted 26th Aug.-at which time: the place was toler-
ahly tranquil, th:: ",)lL".5t‘Ili. go'.'ci'n.;t', Dorego, hav-
ing l)eaten all his cnen:-i-':s and driven them across
the Arrago tlel Media. z\mr>n_t; the prisoners he
had taken, were about fifty officers who had join-
cd Alvcar. as we‘. as the deputies who had made
him goveritor, all of whom were awaiting; their

trial. Peace with the hICv£‘il$lf:ll'o§ was not yet cs-
tablislietl. Aduces lrom Chili Wctc to the 2:3:
Iluly. It ~.vas said a misunderstanding lat-:'.wct:n

the government. and Lord Cochranc-. hadtakcn
place, in cons qucncc whereof he had tcndcrcd
"his rc:ign€~.‘.ion.

Capt. Bangs, arrived at Philadelphia from Rio
Janciro, was boarded by the BUCIIOS Ayrcs ship
Conlccleration, of 16 guns. having a Portuguese
brig of warin company, which she captured a few
(lays previous c-ll‘ Pcmambuco. The ship had
11llIle(l_‘.l1‘.: .lucnos Aytcs and Band:1~flag,Artigas
having united witli the Buenos Ayreans.

Hmriczznc at But°7.':.'l ./lyrcs.--A vcry destruct-
tive gale was L‘X{)€l lcnced at Buenos Ayrcs on the
goth" of August ; during which time part of the
yogyp was ovcrl-lowctl, and almost all the shipping

. .4

Among them were the Prince I-loyal,‘

the Royalists.

 

.mlseliy,_of sufferings, and of the dcgratlation oflin the river (rising 40 in number) were drive‘n I ‘ Tltere are some f-.i£'thcr accounts of the suc-

ashore, and lost. About 100 houses were also cess of the Turks against All Pacha. *

destroyed. At the Conc/zas, returns had been re-
ceived of‘l4 vessels being lost, the village totally-
destroyed, and the number of ‘lives lost is repre-
sented as very considerable.
ships, 1 schooner, and several small craft, ashore

Lo.-:no.\*, Oct. 6.
QUEENS TRIAL. -
The proceedings against the Queen yesterday

At Ensenada, 4 are interesting from two causes :—from the com-

mencement of the examination of the evidence

high and dry. From Illonte-uitlco, no accounts ol for the defence ; and, if we look to the anterior

the gale have been received; but in one 7 days
previous, a British brig was lost and an Ameri-
can ship dismasted.

Au arrival at Philadelphia from Lagnira, bt'in;;s
accounts of the evacuation of Santa Fcc by the
l’at.riots, and of its being again in possession of
Also, a confirmation of the defeat
of Gen. Montillo, who was besicging Cattliagena,
who had in consequence, left that part of the
country.

LATEST FROM l‘()R'l‘UGAL.

By the ‘orig Shamrock, Capt. Pickle, who left
Lisbon the 2lst Sc-pt. we have been favorerl lvith
the following interesting details of the progress of
the revolution in that capital.--1’/til. (luz.

The revolt at Oporto, or rather assertion of the
national rights of man, communicated rapidly to
all the neighboring towns, chiefly among the mil-
itary. and was every where adopted with the same
unanimity, though thc F.x-governors made cv_t.-ry
effort in their power to quell the insurrection, by
sending large parties of troops from this city and
suburbs to oppose it ; but which fortuuatt:ly ei-
lllci‘ stood neuter or joined the opposite party.

The capital of the kingdom, Lisbon, still con-
tinued in the greatest qtiietncss, though all the
inhabitants openly expressed the most ardent de-
sirc that a reform of administration might take
place ; but merely placing placards about the
streets. Things were in this state of pusillani-.
mous apathy, all atixictisly awaiting the appt‘oac_h
of the.Oporto troops, until Friday the 15th inst.
the anniversary of the evacuation of this city by
the 1*‘rcnch army in 1808, when suddenly a regi-
mom of infantry nitnclicd into the squat c oppo-
silt: the Palace of government, pt'oclai_niiug the
Constitution with the most enthusiastic rejoiciugs.
which were intnlectatcly l'c.‘-€t‘.ll()L'(i by an im-
mense multitude that almost instantaneously fil-
led the square, expressing-the most extravagant
domonstiations ofjoy, though perfectly free from
any I'iti'.'."»tlS conl'ttsi«;1i, not a single disturbance
having occurred up to the present moment.

In less than four hours after the arrival of the
first regiment (to whom the at'l't-cling this glorious
event is exclusively due) all the regular troops.
and even detachments from all the militia corps
in the city and suburbs carnr: to join ‘.hcit' fellow
soldiers upon the first news of what had taken
place. The ollicer who came commanding the
first regiincnt is a nobleman, a Brigadicr_ in the
army, who had been sent to their barracks by the
commantler in chief for the purpose of reading to
them the Proclamations of the Ex-govctnors, in
consequence of an intimation he rect-ivcd flour
the major of the regiment, stating that a spirit of
discontent reigned amongst the soldiers. The
Brigadier found the regiment all under arms, and
having acq-tainted them with the mission he came
upon, they ans'='.et'cd they were resolved not to
harkcn to any further proposals, but immediately
proceed to the governtnent palace,and there open-
ly declare for the Oporto prrty. and in case they
were not seconded by the people, and were op-
posed by any force,’thcy would make way .with
their bnyoncts, and join the insurrection.--—-Tlicy
then requested the l3iigatli'ct' to side with them
and take the command, who seeing their resolute,
determination, accepted the offer. As soon as all
the troops were drawn up in the square, six tem-
porary governors were clcctcd :-—-four general of-
licets of high tank and families--a high Ecclesi-
astic (ii-gni.t"a.iy, and the son of a rich merchant,
and great landholdcr. all men of noted talents and
unanimously approved of. And thus, in 5 hours,
without any prcconccrttd plan, were the govern-

procecdings, from that evidence being at once re-
spcctablc, and conclusively favorable. Unfortu-
natcly, the nation has for some time been famil-
iarized to an examination in support of a cause.
which cause, even were the evidence conclusive,
toust have been ruined by the Cllltt‘uCU‘.'l' ofthosc
who gave it.‘ \Vt: have now at'ia.st come to evi-
dence that may be -believed.

The manners of the Countess of Oldi were in-
quired inlo ; they were found chaste and modest.
It was at last asked \\ nether she had not a Milan-
ese brogue, as if the Queen of Iingland, a Ger-
man by birth, and an English woman in station,
were a judge ofthat. But is there a Scotchman
or an Irishman about the British court, that does
not speak with a brogue ? V'Vt: could instiince one
of the most intelligent members of that very

' I‘Iousc.b::forc which the investigation takes placc.
But in this state is the cross-examination, which,
it is obvious, so far as it goes, leaves the examina-
tion in chief pcrfcctly untouched.

For the accommodation of those readers whose
timeis so employed that they cannot toil through
the evidence, we subjoin a brief abstract.

1. The Clerk of the Qucctfs Solitzitot‘ proved ‘

that the Chamberlain of the ('-rand Duke of Ba-
den, though anxious to come over as a uitncss for
the Queen, yet was afraid that he should c~tl‘t-ncl
his Sovereign. -

2. Co]. St. Leger proved that ill health was the
sole cause of his leaving the Qucen’s st‘:rvice, af-
ter 11 years--from 1808 to 18:9. .

3.,Loid ,Guilford visited the Queen at Naples,
and saw her in company with his sister at Rome,
Civita, and Leghorn. Her conduct perfectly
proper--no familiarity nith Borgami. Visited
the Queen at Villa d’listc ; saw her in a boat with

lcrgami. who rovvctl it; «lined \'.‘i‘.ll the Queer.-—
Bt:tj.,?'.‘;t‘til and Madame Oldi sitting at table. Ber-
g-ami’s manners perfectly inn,-btrusive. The
Quccn’s towards him not sncli as to call for any
particular observation. f\lttt.l'-tnt'Oitli’s language
good Italian, with 3 slight Mil-an accent. She
did not leatc on Lord {§uill’ort."s mix:-d that he had
been t:onvt:t's2ng with 1-. '.'-'Z(.’__£[«’.'r *:;'3rm;.‘!. Bergami
did not apptar superior to the station he had for-
merly filltd.

4. Lord Glcnbcrvie met the Queen at Genoa ;
Latly Glcnh~:rvic voltn.-t';c:'ttl to act as Lady of
Bcticlttunbcr until the : xrival of Lady Charlotte
Campbell : the best compsmy of Genoa at the
Quecifs house. Bc_rgar::i treated as ascrvant,
without any undue familiarity; he l)cl1‘.u‘ctl to-
wards his =.V1istress with btcoining respect.

I}-. l.ady Charlotte Lindsay quilted the Queen
at Brunswick, according to an .«grccmt:nt made
before they left England, in 1814. In tVIarch,
1815, saw and attended her at Naples. where all
the English of distinction. and many Neapolitans
and other foreigners of rank, visited her Majesty,
and frcqucnt¢_d her table. Accompanied the
Queen to Rome, Ce-vita, Vecchia, and Leghox-n.—
left her Majesty there, to have the advantage of
her brothet’s (the present Earl ofGuilford) escort
to England——ncvet- saw any unbecoming familiar-
_ity with I3crgami——rcsigned the Quecn’s service

in‘ 1817, in consequence ofthc advice of her broth-
cr.
N1-Lw-Your-;, Nov. 25.
LATlf‘.S'l‘ FROM ENGI./\Nl).

T‘.-'e have rcctived Liverpool papers of the 11th,
and London papers to the evening of the 9th ult.
which are filled with the details of the proceed-
ings in the Queen's trial.

The Titties ofth: 9th Oct. says——‘ Conlidontly
as we anticipated the triumph of the Queen, we
could hardly have expectccl tobring matters to so
glorious a crisis as they have now arrived. Her

ms of a kingdom deposed, others elected in their
stead, and upwards nf3000 soldiers assembled tin‘-
rlcr arms, without bloodshed, rioting, or tumultu-
ous confusion ofany description I I l ,

‘At night the city’ appeared spontaneously illu-'
minatetl and parties of all classes througing about
the stt-ccts, cheering the I{irrg—th:: St')ltlIE‘.l'S-—-Z'.ll(l_
promisetl constitution ; more with tl1e.._uppeat'-Q
ance of celebrating an annual festivity than ;. rev- -
olution elfcctt-d by armed men, ctrirely cliar.gi_ng-
the system ofatlmiaistration of a kin gdom. And
still every person testifying the sincerest loyalty
to the reigning dynasty.

The three following days, the city was illumin-
atcd, and every one in the streets and theatres
were singing the national hymn ; even the ladies
at the opera joined in it.

It is said the firstmeasurc of the government
will be to abolish the Inquisition.

London papers to the 6th of October are receiv-
ed at Charleston ; and Antwerp papers of the
same (late are received at Boston.

From Me C'antz'nenl.--I“Ot't:ign affairs are now so

little thought of by the people of this country, '

{says a London paper) that it would be fruit-’
loss to demand for them the attention of our road-
crs, of whatever importance might be the events
which were hourly passing on the liuropean Con-
tinent. Yct lhest: events are ofno ordinary mag-'
uitude. An hcit‘ has been born to the chief branch
of the house of Bourbon, and promises to fix their
hitherto precarious throne. The dominions of
the two remaining branches. (those of Spain and
Naples.) have undergone a fundamental and en-
tire revolution. The despotism of the house of
Braganza (Portugal) is likewise demolished.

From Naples, accounts are to the 15th tiltitno.
The best spirit seems to prevail throughout the
country, and a determination to resist the Austri-
an invaders. of whose hostile attempts there is
now no doubt.

It is said that the live principal powers have
agreed to receive no official communications from
the new government of the Two Sicilics until af-
ter thc meeting ofthc sovereigns.

An article from Rome of the 26th Sept. says
many Carbonari have been discovered there, and
arrested. It is pretended they had a plot in con-
tcmplation.
many other parts of the States of the Church, for
political offences. A commission has been ap-
pointed to proceed against the individuals who

have caused the troubles at Civita Vcccltia. The ;

Pope was about to visit Vienna.

Similar arrests have taken place in . . _
' 1814 with her, and was with her during her stay

enemies are now at last beginning to look to them-
selves, and their own security.’

The '.-""rz'a{——‘?.5:';'z :.’a_:;.—'l'lt:: l-Ion. Koppel Cra-
ven, and Sir 'vVm. Gcll, two chumbcrlains of the
Queen, were examined. They 1-W01'e positively’
u;_‘_"_1Il'|5t tl~.e'cvidcncc of Major-:.l:i :t'n:'l Dc Mont,
respt-‘ting the Princess I'.l(l{3llC'ti't': dress at the
masked ball, and conduct at the. opera, Sac. They
speak of llcrgami as aworthy respectable man.

251;, ,,-'(,,,, (gm, 7,) ‘.\’m. C'dl‘l’lll§_‘;l(llI9 (9th wit-
ness for the Queen) formerly a mittshiptnan, had
been 9 vcarsvalct of sir W'm. Gell, and attcutled
him and the Princess at Naplesin I814. l\'lajoc-
chi told him at Ruccanclli that baron Ompteda
had employed a postillion andthe princess’ cham-
bermaid to get her Royal Highness keys at Como,
to get false ones made; and that the person so
employed had confessed, and been discharged In
consequence ; and that had he (3/lajoccln) not been
fotbiddcnby bcr royal highncss he W0llld. himself,
hate killed him like a dog. [Majocchi was cal-
led in and denied that he had ever made such a
statemcnt.]

.lohn \Vhitcomb (the 10th witness) was valet to
the Hon. K. Craven. and had been so upwards of
six years; was v-ith hcr royal highness at the
time slit: was at Naples. llergami conducted him-‘
self to her Royal l‘-lighncss as the other servants
did.

John Jacob Sicard (l lth witness)_en‘..ered her
majesty’s sereicc 2.1 years ago, and 13 still a pen-
sioner. Accompanicd the princess to Italy—was
employed by sir W in. Cell to hire a courler, and
hired I3t:rgami—did not communicate with the
princess on the subject. For the first two nights,
Bcrgami slept in a room over lady l"orbt:’s room;
alter that time I arranged that he should sleep in
a small cabinet-—-I placed him in that room be-
cause thore was a glass door into the garden, and
for safety, to have a man servant there. Had
many opportunities of observing her royal high-
nest.’ conduct to her servants, which was kind al-
most to a fault, and general to all. I had the man-
agement of the masked ball at Naples. I never
saw any impropriety or familiarity of conduct be-
tween her royal highncss and Bcrgami ; ot'tltztt I
',am positive.

271/: (lay.-—-Dr. Henry Holland, (12th witness)
physician to her royal higlmcss, loft England in

at Naples. The conduct of the Princess to Bet‘-
'. gami was always that of a mistress to a servant.
‘Never saw his conduct to theprincess otllcrivlse
; than unassuming and respcctft._l. '

Cliim-les Iviills, Ijfisql "_13".h witness’, i~estd.:a at
Rome, was there in 1817, and dined at the hotel
with the Princess. Never saw any thingzin the
conduct of the Princess and Bergami totvards

her character.

Jusippe Friuli, l4tl1 winess, formerlycolonel
on the staff ofthe Viceroy of Italy, tcstifiedtothe
character of Bergami, that he was qnartertnaster
in an Italian regiment in ‘t800—th-at he still cu-
joyed the confidence of General Pino. '

Carlo Forti, 15th witness, courier to the prin-
cess. . In the journey to Rome rode as courier,
Bergami, Victotine. and the countess Oldi travel-
lcd in the landaulcttc with her royal highness.
Victorlne sometimes sat on the Princess’ knee.
sometimes on the Countess of ()ldi’s. Her royal
highness sat on the tight, Bcrgami on the left,
and the countess Oldi between them. After leav-
ing Rome to go to Sincgaglia. no persons. except
the Baron and Madame Oldi travelled with her
royal highness. hladame Oldi always sat in the
middle. Never saw the Baron kiss the Princess
on taking leave, or at any other time. Has seen
him take leave ;' on sttcln occasion the Baron kis-
sod her royal highness’ hand with much respect.
V-Vitncss did the same wh:n he took leave : the
other servants did so too. ‘Witness had done so
to the persons he formally served ; to the Vice
Queen and the l’.tnp:'ess.

Llcut. John l’lynn,(1E‘.-th witness) examined by
Dcntnan.-—'\"v'itn:ss is :1 Lieutenant in the Royal
Ni1V,Vs now in Sicily. \\’as introduced to her R.
H. pr‘e'.'ious to her voyage to Catania. ller R. H.
expressed a wish that witness should go with her;
she had hired a polacre for the voyage, and was
desirous he should take the command, which he
did. , V\"ituess fitted up the cabins in the polacre,
not under the orders of her R. H. but under his
own directions, at her R. H's expense. Had not
any surgeon on board the polacre till after their
arriv-.tl at Tut.-is. ‘v\'hc-n her R. ll. came on
board, it was l‘:L:C(,'S.'-41')’ to make some alteration
in the at't'att-gctnctats oftho cabin. Knows “hat
was ultimately the situation of hot -1. I-1. and Ber-
gami’s be-tls. It n as not possible for persons ly-
ing; in lllr.‘S(: beds to see each other. ‘It was wit-
nesses duty to set: to the at‘:-ariggjctneitt of the a-
partment ; and he was sometimes called into hot’
R. Il's cabin to tell her the state ofthc weather.
Garguilo was captain. , V‘v'as he the acting cap-
tain? \\"itncss was considered by her R. H. as
captain, and her orclers were given through him
to Garguilo. Did the duties of his situation ena-
ble him to know if her R. H. item below on any
necessary occasion? The Solicitor General ob-
jected to this question. Garguilo’;-; duty was to
attend to my orders. That duty would not, at‘
all times, bring him where her ll. I-l.‘was. He
could work the shin without entering her R. II’:-3
apartment. It was not his duty to attend on her
R. II. at all, ti-ithout wi:ncss’s orders. He was
not in the habit of entering hcr R. H’s apartment,
unless he was called. There was a tentfixcd on
the deck; it was within 3 or 4 feet of the steers-
man. )1) their l'L‘llll'fl from Jaffa, witness slept:
over the stcersman, within 5 feet of the tent.——
Speaking gcnt:rally, it was easy for the steer-sman
to hear what_passed in the tent. Vl:’ha't doyou
mean by speaking generally 3 I mean as persons
usually converse. Two persons conversing so,
the stccrsman and tvltoess must have heard them.
V-Vitness never heard any conversation in the tent.
The tent did not cover: the whole of the deck;
there was a passage on one side. . Recollects the
light being put out of the tent; it was put ottt for
safety. It was COn‘l!'2".‘.2lllC'.llt:Cl to us from Naples
that there not-e pi:-ates in-those sons, and it \\'Ot:l(i»
have been dangt-rcus to car: y a li;.§ltt,nhicli1nigl:t
have tliscoseivtl us. in the. night. 'i'hc.-ac. was a.
communication with the tent from the cabin ht-..
lowa by it lutltlt-.r into the dining room. it was open
by xiigllt, tlmugh the tent w-a»; closc-tl. llecoilccts
zt tub in which htrr R. lei. t.:s:‘tl to bathe. That
tub could not be got into llcl‘ ll. :1‘. cabin whcrc
slit: slept, it was too lat:-gr. Sometimes in the
coursi: of the niglit. Wilcit witness l‘llilll<El}'v'-'.“l‘L(l.
the vessel. he had to disttub her 3.. Ii. and she.
would call to him. Somt-.times he could not dis.-
tinctiy lu-.a:' her, and was obliged to cpcn the tent-
and enter it. On '.ln;ir rt-turn, nitness did not

'knuw whctc Bt:t'y_;a.nti sic-pt; but going out he

slept in the dining room. Rccollt-cts the position,
of her R. H’.-; cabin as regarding the C‘-ountess~ of
Oldi’s. The great cabin was divided into two ;~
the Princc-.ss’s was much the largest. There
was a door and tier of sky-lignts opening on the
deck. There were guns on tin: dc-ck; l‘it:\~(:t‘ saw‘
her sitting on any uue’s lap, or kissing any one,’
except the little Victorioe. Novel‘, during the
whole time witness had command of the vessel,‘
saw any impropriety cfcondttct on the part of her
R. H. regarding Bt-rgami or any other person.-—
Saw Bergami take leave on going‘ on shore, rc-
specting quarantine. He kissed her R. H’s hand-_
as was usually done on such occasions.

Cross examined by the Eéolicitor Gen:=ral. Du-
ring the voyagc from Tunis to .lal‘:‘.t. llergami'
slept in the (lining room -every night, v.‘itne.-as be-«
lieved. '\Vitnt:ss had frequent occasions logo to
pay his respects to l‘-.r:r R. lliglitiess, and saw him
in bed. Her R. ll’. slept boloxv all the vt>vag_t:.——-
'\Vhen witness went to pay his respects, she: was
on the sofa, dressed. Bergami was in ".e-‘l. VVill
you swear, that when the door of her It. l°l‘s cab-
in opened, and llergami and she were in llcd,tl1ey
could not see each othct‘ ?----I think not. -.0. now
you only think not; did you ever stand by the
bed and look ?-—-No, I did not. Tliottgli you h.:r.l
the command of the vessel did you not go into
her R. lI’s cabin at night ?--Not‘ without being;
sent for. Has that hap'pcnt:t‘l lloqizcntly ‘.——-I can t
recollect. Once or twict: ?—-l can’t say. \Vas
it the case ten times?-—-I can’t re:-.ollect, hut«_it
might be ten times. \\'as there a sofa in its
tent ?-—There was. And a bed ?-—Yt-s. ‘Wit "c
bvtl was it ? -—-I don‘t know ; but Ibclieve it was
VV. Austin's. Do you mean to swear her R. ;ll.
did not sleep in that bed ?--t\"o, her R. H. slept
on the sofa. How far distant was the sofa from
the bed ?-—About 3 or 4 y-ai'd.<. \’Vas it not near.-
er ?--No, not from the cxtrcuiity to the extt'en:—
ity. But will you not swear that thenearcstparts
were more than a yard apart ?--Yes, they _wct'c
mote than two yards. How do you know llCl‘.
1‘. H. slept on the sofa ?—-I saw her there one
morning. VVho slept in the bed ?---I den’t know.
You swear that ? \Vhat was the bed for then i‘—---
I believe to sit on during the day. Did you nev-

havc seen him sitting on that bed in the day timt;

each other in the slightest degree derogatory to

er see llergami on that bed ?-—-No, not lying ; I j

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