on the road; witness was more than once at the Borromean islands with the princess; the princess slept there on all these occasions; the first time was in a most elegant apartment prepared for her in the Borromean palace; on the second visit the witness saw the apartment that had been prepared for the princess, but the apartment which the princess occupied was at a distance from it, and near to that of Bergami, it was a large room; witness does not recollect whether it had any communication with the apartment occupied by Bergami. Remembers the princess going to Bellinzona; saw Bergami dining with the princess at her own table; he was dressed like a courier, but witness does not remember whether he acted as a courier; he did not ride, but went in the carriage. In September the princess went from the Villa Villani to the Villa d'Este; at the Villa d'Este, in approaching the princess's chamber, you entered into a dark anti-room, then a corridor, then two rooms which communicated with each other, and one of them with the bed-room of the princess; the sleeping-room of Bergami communicated with the first anti-room, and with the sleeping-room of her royal highness, through a very small cabinet, in which nobody ever slept; when the door from Bergami's room into the dark anti-room was closed, there was no other approach to Bergami's room, but through the small cabinet; the princess usually went to bed at eleven, but sometimes later; sometimes when witness was alone in the princess's room, her royal highness used to come in accompanied by Bergami-they came through the two rooms described; Bergami did not use to remain long; sometimes he passed out through the two rooms; sometimes through the small cabinet; witness used to undress the princess every night, and retire through the two rooms; the princess often accompanied witness as far as the last door, she then used to lock the door inside; this has happened when Bergami was in his own apartment, but never when he has been in the apartment of the princess; witness attended the princess in the morning; has observed the door from her royal highness's room into the cabinet half open; has not seen Bergami when witness went to call the

princess; has sometimes seen Bergamí at his door calling his servant; has seen the princess at the same time standing at the second door, the princess dressed in her morning mantle, Bergami in a blue silk morning gown, which the princess had given him. They were about 20 paces asunder; they used to talk together; this happened several times; has seen the princess and Bergami often alone on the Lake together. Has seen them also walk together, sometimes arm in arm: remembers the little Victorine at the Villa d'Este, she used to call the princess mama. At the princess's

first residence at the Villa d'Este, Bergami generally dined at the servants' table; once witness remembers he dined at the princess's table; rcmembers once the princess came to the servants' table; Bergami, his mother, and witness were at dinner; the prin cess sat down by Bergami. Hieronymus shortly after was heard coming, when the princess said, "I hear Hie ronymus in the kitchen, I must go.” Accompanied the princess in her voyage to Greece; went once into the princess's cabin; the princess was in bed; does not know whether Bergami had been in the cabin or not. Remembers the princess going to court at Palermo; Bergami went with her, but whether in the same carriage witness does not know; remembers the bedroom of the princess at Messina, it communicated with the apartment of the countess Oldi, and that with the room of Bergami; witness here observed a striking change in the manner of the princess in addressing Bergami at parting; sometimes called him my heart (mon cœur) and my dear friend (mon cher ami); when Bergami upon one occasion made a short journey, the princess at parting used the expression

"Adieu, my dear friend, take care." On these occasions witness has heard them kiss, but not seen them at the time. Went on board the Clorinde from Messina to Syracuse; saw Bergami once in the princess's cabinet, the princess was lying on her bed, and Bergami on another bed beside her; Bergami was lying down; this was in the day-time. At Syracuse the princess resided in a small country house at the other side of the Port; witness and the countess Öldi occupied a room communicating with the dining-rooom,

the gentlemen the other room on the same side of the dining-room; on the other side were two rooms only, the one occupied by Bergami, and the other by the princess; they commuuicated by a small staircase; there was a door from the princess's room into the dining-room; the princess used to lock it at night; there was still a door open to the staircase from the princess's room; does not remember any accident happening to the princess's bedstead or bed at Syracuse; from Syracuse the princess went to Catania, where she lived in the town; there was an alteration made in the bed-rooms; at first the princess's bedroom communicated with the saloon; witness's bed-room was next to that of the princess's, on the other side of witness's room was the countess of Oldi's; Bergami's room was at the other side of a little court; Bergami remained there for some short time, which witness does not remember; Bergami was afterwards indisposed, when he was removed to the room of the countess Oldi; witness continued to occupy her own room; one night the princess went to bed before witness; witness does not know whether it was the next morning, or the morning next but one, she saw the princess come out of the countess Oldi's room

in her night clothes, with a pillow in her hand; her royal highness usually woreat night a little white night dress; in the morning she sometimes had in addition a small silk robe; after Bergami had moved to the countess Oldi's room, the countess slept in the princess's room, in a small bed; little Victorine also slept in the princess's room in the night, the morning on which she saw the princess come out of countess Oldi's room, witness heard Victorine cry; witness does not remember how long it was before this morning that Bergami had moved into the countess of Ofdi's room, but thinks it was not more than one or two days before; witness thinks he remained there three or four days after; he was sleeping there at the time the princess brought the pillow out; witness remembers the door of the princess's apartment being open one night, but cannot say whether it was the night before that morning; at the time the princess brought out the pillow, she looked at witness earnestly,

and went to her own room without saying any thing; witness had not been in the habit of being so late as ten o'clock (the time she saw the princess come out); witness usually went to breakfast at ten o'clock; the room. of the princess and the room of the countess of Oldi were never opened before nine; when witness returned from breakfast she always found the doors shut, but sometimes the princess was up in her own room. When she heard Victorine crying, the infant was calling mama, and the countess Oldi endeavouring to appease her; witness thinks her sister was in the room with her when the princess passed with the pillow. The princess usually addressed the servants, the first time in the day, with good morning, but on that morning she said nothing. Remembers the princess's picture being painted at Catania, and also at Augusta; in one she was represented as a Turkish woman, in the other as a penitent Magdalen; in the latter she was drawn as naked to the middle downward; the neck (gorge) was bare; the uncovered part extended below the breasts; there was another portrait taken of her royal highness in her ordinary dress. Witness afterwards saw the portrait of her royal highness in the character of a Magdalen, in the possession of Bergami; saw a portrait of Bergami taken at Naples; Bergami showed it to her; also saw his portraits which were taken in Sicily one of these was in his ordinary clothes-the other as a Turk-the upper part of the dress open. Saw one of Bergami's portraits in a little box belonging to the princess; the princess once made up a turban for Bergami. At Catania Bergami was made a knight of Malta; at Augusta he received the title of Baron Francina. At Augusta a change was made in the bed-rooms, by which the room of Bergami was appointed near to that of the princess, with which it communicated by a door. Witness's apartment was next to Bergami's, with which it also communicated by a door. This last door was always closed at night, and witness has, upon more than one occasion, heard Bergami proving the lock of it; has also heard a whispering in Bergami's room at Augusta, after she has retised to rest. Does not know where the princess was accustomed to

breakfast at Augusta, once saw a tray in Bergami's room; saw the princess arrange the upper part of Bergami's dress for another picture, opening his shirt collar. Her royal highness observed upon that occasion, that she liked him or it better so. [Je l'aime mieux comme çà]-Went with the princess on board the polacre. [Witness described the change made in the arrangement of the cabin on the voyage outward, as Majoochi, Gargiulo, &c. had done.]-Never saw more than one bed in the dining-cabin; that was occupied by Bergami. Has seen Bergami in bed, and the princess in bed at the same time, the door of the princess's cabin being open between them; has twice observed them conversing in these circumstances. The door of the dining-cabin used to be shut at night, but witness cannot say that it was locked. At Tunis, the princess and Bergami occupied contiguous apart. ments, communicating through an unoccupied room and a cabinet; cannot say that these rooms could be shut up from the rest of the house. At Utica, saw Bergami go into the princess's chamber; witness went afterwards, being called, to the princess's door, and saw that her royal highness was still in bed; does not know where Bergami slept at Utica. At Zavouan the princess's bed appeared in great disorder, as if two persons had slept in it; does not however say positively that it was occupied by two persons. On the journey to Jerusalem, they slept under tents at Aum. The princess occupied a double tent; the interior tent contained two beds; on the first night the princess reposed, undressed, in one of these beds, and witness saw Bergami without his coat, but in other respects dressed, lying upon the other. The tent was shut close as soon as witness withdrew, after dressing the princess. The second night witness thinks her sister undressed the princess. At Jerusalem, the bed-rooms of the princess, of Bergami, and the countess Oldi, were in the same gallery, as witness thinks, they were the only rooms in that gallery. At Jerusalem, saw Bergami fling himself upon the princess's bed in a ludicrous jesting way; saw the princess and Bergami in the morning conversing in the gallery at their respective doors. On the voyage from

Jaffa, homeward, the princess and Bergami slept under a tent on the deck. Witness did not assist in undressing her royal highness during this voyage; recollects the princess bathing twice during the voyage; Bergami assisted her going down; in three-quarters of an hour he came up, and directed witness to go down and dress her royal highness; witness went down, and found the princess standing in her bed-gown; saw Majoochi with pails of water in his hand at the door. During the voyage, the princess used to employ herself working for Victorine; Bergami used to spend the day lying en the small bed under the tent; sometimes he amused the princess with buffoonery. The countess Oldi made some shirts for Bergami during the voyage; Bergami said he wanted these shirts made; the princess said she would make them; Bergami smiled.[Witness described the institution of the Order, &c. at Jerusalem.] After the princess returned to the Villa d'Este, a change was made in the rooms. The princess's room had an interior com munication with that of Bergami; a door-way was broken through the wall for the purpose of effecting it The princess's new bed-room communicated with the rest of the house only by a corridor, the door of which was always shut at night. After the return from Greece, a table, distinct from that of the servants, was established for the relatives of Bergami. Bergami's mother, formerly known in the house as

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the Granny" (Nonna), was called Donna Livia. Louis Bergami acted Harlequin to the princess's Columbine. When Bergami came into the service of the princess he wore ear-rings, which witness afterwards saw, together with Victorine's ear-rings, in the ears of the princess. The princess made presents to Bergami of jewellery. Her royal highness had a cap made at Naples similar to his courier's cap; has several times seen different articles of Bergami's dress, a black handkerchief, his slippers, &c. &c. in the bed-room of the princess.

Before she went to Grecce, about three weeks, the prin cess made a visit to general Pino. The room in which witness slept communicated by a door with the apartment of the princess. After witness had lain down, she saw Bergami, by the light of a small night-lamp, passing

through her room into that of the princess; witness fell asleep, and therefore could not observe when he returned. At the Barona or Villa Bergami, a house and estate which the princess bought for Bergami, their bed-chambers communicated by a corridor, and were capable of being secluded from the rest of the house. About the time of the second visit to the Barona, the princess began to call Bergami “thou" (toi), and he to address her "princess;" all the rest of the household called her your royal highness." The balls at the Barona were attended by low peo ple, but witness never saw any thing particular in their conduct before the princess. The princess took a journey through the Tyrol into Germany. At Scharnitz, the princess had to pause, while Bergami went forward to Inspruck to make some arrangement respecting passports. Bergami went in the morning, and at about ten o'clock the princess retired to rest, the witness occupying a small bed on the floor of her royal highness's room. In about two hours, or two hours and a half, Bergami returned, and the princess directed witness to take her bed and withdraw, which she did. Eergami came into the princess's room these orders were given, and witness thinks she left him there. The princess went to Carlsruhe [Witness described the relative situations of the bed-chambers as Barbara Kress had done]; from Carlsruhe, they went to the baths at Baden. Witness went into the princess's bed-chamber at the last-named place by twilight; she saw the princess and Bergami sitting upon a sofa, or adjacent chairs, Bergami's arm being round the waist of the princess, and the princess's head resting upon his person. The princess did not go to court at Vienna. She travelled from Vienna to Trieste in a low open carriage, driven by Bergami. After the return to the Barona, Bergami's mother and brother dined at the table of the princess. The princess was indisposed at Rimini. At Rufinelli, the bed-chambers of the princess and Bergami were contiguous, and communicated internally. Bergami was indisposed at Rufinelli, and the princess visited him in his bedchamber more than once. From Rufinelli, the princess, Bergami, and witness, travelled in the same carriage to

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Rome, Bergami sitting in the middle. Recollects nothing particular respecting his arms or hands. At the Villa Brandi, busts were taken of the princess and Bergami. The bed-rooms of the princess and Bergami were in the same gallery; their respective entrances were above 15 yards asunder. The princess used to dress in her bed room. Bergami was sometimes present when she was dressing; she once changed her dress in his presence. From the Villa Brandi, the princess went to Sinigaglia and Pesaro; at the Villa Caprili, the first house which the princess occupied at Pesaro, the princess's bed-chamber was near to, and communicated with, that of Bergami. The princess had a cabinet, in which there was a sofa; witness once saw Bergami lying upon this sofa, and the princess sitting on the edge of it. Once saw the princess in pantaloons, her neck and breast being uncovered; Bergami was present, and, looking at her R. H. said, "How pretty you look; I like you much better so"-Villa Caprili is about three miles from Pesaro. Once Bergami was going to Pesaro from the Villa Caprili; he and the princess joined hands, and the princess said, "Adieu, mon cœur, mon ami," and Bergami replied, "Au revoir, princesse." Up to her first leaving Naples, the princess had divine service performed in her family every Sunday, but never after. She went to the churches of the country with Bergami; and witness once saw her fall on her knees beside him. She also told witness that she intended to have masses said for the soul of his father. The princess was occasionally visited by the neighbouring nobility at the Villa d'Este and Villa Villani, more frequently at first than afterwards. The princess told witness that she (the princess) had been rejected when proposed for admission into the Cassino, at Pesaro. Remembers the garden wheel-chair, and Bergami playing with the princess, pushing it back and forward at the Villa d'Este. The morning after the Opera at Naples (the second morning after the princess's arrival), the princess rose between ten and eleven o'clock, and retired for an hour, or nearly an hour and half, into the small cabinet above described. Witness does not know

where Bergami was at the time when she passed Bergami's chamber; she