CHARGE, And by whom made.

She next proceeded to Ephesus, where she directed a bed to be placed under a vestibule, which fronted a church shaded by trees. Dinner was prepared, but the weather was hot, and her Majesty had retired to the vestibule to repose. Pergami was seen coming from this vestibule in dishabille, when no other person was supposed to be there but her Majesty.

Dinner was ordered to be served in the vestibule, for her Majesty and Pergami. She sat on the small bed, and he beside her. None of her attendants were admitted, and she and Pergami remained alone together for a considerable time.

Attorney General.

Soon after her Majesty proceeded to Aun, a place in Syria. Here a tent was erected, and a bed fitted up within it for her Majesty. While she was in bed in this tent, Pergami was seen sitting in his shirt sleeves, and almost undressed on the side of the bed. From this tent he was afterwards seen coming in a state of undress.

Attorney General.

Witnesses who supported the
Charges.

Majocchi's Evidence, p. 22

and 23.

In the journey to Aun (Aum) they travelled at night, and slept in the day, under tents. Her Majesty's tent contained a sofa for her own use, and a travelling bed for Pergami: in this manner they slept with the tent closed; Pergami's child was in the tent sometimes, also.

Majocchi's Evidence, p. 24.

Demont says, that she assisted the Queen in undressing, and that she was undressed as usual. Evidence, p. 290.

CHARGE,

And by whom made.

Her Majesty proceeded to Jerusalem, where she obtained for Pergami the order of St. Sepulchre.

She also instituted an order of her own, called the "Order of St. Caroline," after conferring this order on several of her domestics, she made Pergami the grand master.

Attorney General.

Witnesses who supported the
Charges.

Vincenzo Gargiulo's Evidence, p. 125.

Demont's Evidence, p. 249.

She embarked at Jaffa for Italy, on board a polacre; finding it inconvenient to remain in the cabin during the night, she directed a tent to be erected on the deck of the vessel in order to sleep in it. In this tent a sofa or bed was placed for her Majesty, and also a sofa for Pergami. In this way they slept, without partition, every night till their arrival in Italy.

After dinner her Majesty and Pergami frequently retired into the tent, and the canvass was let down.

Attorney General.

Demont's, Evidence, p. 292. Majocchi's Evidence, p. 25. Gaetano Paturzo's Evidence, p. 98.

Vincenzo Gargiulo's Evidence, p. 119.

Francisco Birollo's Evidence, p. 144.

DEFENCE.

Pergami, W. Austen, and Count Scavini (Schiavini) were all made Knights of the order of St. Sepulchre.

Hownam believes that Pergami did sleep under the tent -the sofa and bed were three or four feet apart-thinks it necessary that some one should have slept there with the Queen. When there was any sea, that the vessel was in motion, the female attendants were as helpless as her Majesty, consequently a male attendant was necessary; besides, from an attack made on her Majesty's house at Genoa, and from the attempts of Baron Ompteda, the Queen entertained apprehensions for her personal safety, and thought it necessary to have some man always near her. Believes that neither the Queen nor Pergami ever took off their clothes when they reposed under the tent; there was a communication between the tent and the dining-room.

General Result.

In procuring the order of St. Sepulchre, and in the institution of the Order of St. Caroline, no greater favour was shewn to Pergami, than to several of the Queen's other attendants, except that he was made Grand Master of the latter Order.

The Queen left the cabin, where (had she been so inclined) the commission of adultery would have been more secure and less liable to observation, and the circumstances of the case were such as to convey no suspicion to the mind of Lieutenant Hownam, who as an eye-witness, was best qualified to judge of their impropriety. Besides the Evidence of the Steersmen, since given, completely refutes the charge.