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London, England, 1820-10-04 00:00:00

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at: Milan. For ,if that be permitted,
Might be some danger of their 11(4 the
actly agreeing. So that we find, that even 11
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Captain of the ship, who was exaqned, altu°,lo
he was here in 1819, and examined here, r.:.01
is )rought back to have a little converfado
wit the conjurors at Milan. After all Oets,
cautious steps, and sagacious - moverrop,,,,'
their ingenious apparatus, and previous Pr •
parations, we find them saki; landed in
uy
land, deposited in the same depot, lockeek
together, communicating-on the same subject7a%f
ultimately receiving the well-earned rewirus
their services. But there seemed to have been
singular refinement in the art of drilling Oe'
witnesses., for they were kept in masses and set,
and those sets, not regulated by the country fr°o
whence they came, but according to the parti°P;
lar part of the story to which they were to bet,
testimony. 'He feared he might appear to thele
Lordships to • undervalue the character of tltes
Italians. He begged to fortify himself by r 1;
thorities on that subject, and he would brfi'
their Lordships back to the reign of Henryll',e
and by a short extract from the history ottlin'f
times, lie would be' able to skew the value, °-
their testimony. It was a matter of great anxiety
that opinions of Italian Jesuits should be tal‘.ehe
relative to, that divorce. And accordingly
Learned Doctors of those times, after esatrd'it-t";.
and sifting every thing to the bottom, eatnebo
the conclusion, that Henry VIII. ought to
divorced. But from the extreme' regularity
an
singular coincidence of all the Learned. Dact°";
agreeing to this point, there was some susPic,'°d
that at that time, the same system of drilling na,fl
been carried on as there appeared in a certa'
case that should be nameless, and they were 11';
turally anxious to remove 411 those; suspicin
Accordingly, they all swore that they never "ss,
the slightest communication by any sign, Sigge,
tion, or observation whatsoever. This being
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gularly sworn, the Learned Doctors were piett:eto
to. believe them. This precaution appeare'd,,,
meet every objection that could pOssibly be Ina ,t,'
even by the most captious. Bishop Burnet, in 0114;
ing on that subject, and he was very muthdevntest
to the King, mentions an agent 'employed at tbile
period, who was ekactl y the kind of person thatit‘if;
Solicitor-General. haS described the agent at sc
lan to be 7-." a man of aingular probity, andng t
deeply versed in the laws of the land." Ptle
there was a still more extraordinary coincidenci;
for the name of his: agent was Cooke. Here
read a letter from this gentleman, which state ,ye,
"My fidelity obliges me inform you that all Wo,,
Lutherans, either from malice or some. other 'l'll
tive, are opposed to the present cause. But Sti
I doubt, not, that all the Christian UniversitiTr
if properly. handled, will conclude with Y°d,
Lordships." Now, to spew what kind of 1.1311 ,„
ling he meant, lie further proceeds, "
still. to inform your Lordships, that
,albeit, 1111'
got one hundred a.nd fifty signatures of learner,
Doctors, I doubt not that if 1 were properly futap
nished, I. should have many more." This `%a,
the letter of the agent, but a paper that `;r:
found some time after explains the matter 'Llio
ther, and perhaps some light might be throwr'i
the tame way on the secret correspondence Of tc',
Milan Commission. He would, read a short 60,
count of some of the items of the expences atte
' dant on that trial.
Item I. To a Jew concerned in the affair, one crowo•
Item 2. A Learned Doctor, two crowns. lot°
hem 3. The Clier ofSt. John': and St. Paul's, who 's
for the King, 15 crowns.
Here, the author was better paid than the a'
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cate and from all these facts, the Bishop e°llos,
to this conclusion; that they must have very Pfeil
tituted consciences, to be bought so cheap. I: of
the Learned Counsel referred to the stPrJ.,,,,il
General Acton, who although enjoying
and military distinctions in that country, /v3O/0.1
native of ,England ; and against whose life,„ecl,
.honour a similar censpiracy had been forr.o,
He then read the character, given by that il,tbat
tleman, of Italian witnesses. It was notorious, to
in Italy witnesses could be Obtained to solve,
any thing. The usual charge for an oath Wa'S t of
:ducats, but it varied according to the abilitYoe-
the-person who required the swearer, and the. re
cessity of the wretch who was ready to Perit,o
himself. In making these observations, bekbeir
travelled rather from his' point.
,He wished l•the
Lordships to pay most particular attention t°o3o
opening of the Attorney-General, as to a'a
named Mahomet. This person was describe to,
a most brutal, wicked, and disgusting screoos,
who made such gross gesticulations and ttcr
tioo,
in imitation of that which he should not tnei9.estyr
'for it was too disgusting, and before her Ala pi.
this was saidto have taken place, and she the
expressed her gratification at it. Now, "PT'
evidence brought by the Attorney-Genera 'Or
.fact was completely falsified. The Solicitor-.
tio,
neral asked Majocci what he saw Maltornieet cio
All he said, " I -saw him dance." Piclii.t}
nothing else' No, I saw nothing else. 'II:, Ili'
see nothing that he did with his trowsers • )13-
tro wsers were always the same. Such wao' t se°
jocci's answer ; but he added, ". d °
him do any thing with his trowsers." 0,
B.) had loudly to complain. of the menal!'-'roce
patching of the case. The first witness Psi
%vitaethe charge to be untrue. Another . ie 50,
called—he does not venture to swear that ;yea
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Mahomet act as the Attorney-Genera. , tiN
in his opening speech; all he saw Was "13„t de;
.hornet danced. Well, this evidence. will r,11,(1 b'
and,a day after another witness is called, ",,t ,
swears point blank, to_ having seen the
Attorney-General mentioned in his _ bor
speech. He would boldly declare to t 1 srtro
.ships, that this witness must have been '"
failed
to prove that which the two first witneisnsel. /oe;
in proving after They had been e7carn dance
could assure their Lordships that the
tlc, uta
Mahomet had been witnessed frequen
ere
commonly by mothers of families, wl.'°,rstvuon'on,,-,
pure in thought, and as honest and .0
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the wives of the Noble Lords whomhe et '.r
AOa
addressing. This he should prove. te" fit!'
not a slight one, which he must re' first
the $
,Lord Ships, was the circumstance of
tbe %
messes, the Matter and ik.ate