Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-14
MR.. BROUGHAI'S SPEECH,
IN CONTINUATION

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sition of the bed rooms the same on his return
TO the Villa d'isstc, as il was when lie leii H.
lie was answered that there mad been All aiis-
rat'on-Have you seen tho Villa d'Esie sioce
the lime yor came back FROM the long vow
! age' i h.ve.' Was the position of The
| rooms the same as il had bocn before. with
respect to tho Queen aud BrrgamiS 'Ihel
were moi IN the situation a. before Was there
not staircase, or Isndiug place OF "A stait,
case, on one side OF the princcss's room on
her return' a small corridor WIS there
not astting room on the other side OF tho:
opposite. but on one OF ths other sides OF IL
There was small corridor ,onlnc lett OF whici
there was n door that led into the ropia OF tic
process. which was ouiy iscked--and then
| going little further o. in the corridor there
Vas o" The left hand snsli room, and oppo-
| site 10 This smsli room there was another door
which led into the room where they snppei ia
TIE evening. There was this sUppins room
on the right there was -,door which led into
Bersainis, anu on the right hand OF the same
room there was small aicovc, where there
| was the bed of BaYtholomo BeTgami-I saw
two door, open always, but there was third
door stopped by a picture.-Now, ms Lords
would ask eau amy recollection be more mi
nuie--mor' exact than this 4 made no OBJ
jecuons to those answers at the time. / know
IL is always the case, that persons who invent
lies. ground aud interinix them with truth
Ihis IL is, that mskes iaisehoOd more difficult
of detection. 1t person were TO build tho
whole fabric of accusation on falsehopd. il
must tall 10 the grOnnd.-Bu; let cross false.
hood be intermiXed with truths of themselves
indifferent, let the story bs well dressed, and
| by this means the life of an honest man OF
| the honor and CHARACTER of an iiIas;riOus rrIn
| cess may DO placed in Jeopardy L wish yuu,
iorushipS TO contrast The accuracy OF the wit
nesss recollection, on this and some other
points, with hi' not having the slightes, reco-
| lection OF whole new wing having been nd
| ded TO the Villa D'E,,e in his absence o.
| this subject lie witness drciafed that he b,d
not tie slightest recollection. THIS one ell
cumSiance was enough 10 snow the dishonesty
o thI1 retS0uS testimony. As to time toe the
| witness mad. when il suited hum most rx.
| cetent memory. Al The celebrated scene al
| Naples, ne. II appears remembered down To
minutes On two occasions hesaw the qutrn
\ 20 10 the bed room OF EergAmi. On The. fist
| occasion shs remained from 10 to Is minutes
| III tue room; OF the second occasion she re.
maine from Is to rs minutes The medium,
| Is sixteen minutes aud half. The witues.
| II appears, was particular AS TO true time Or
| an0ther occasion, quarter OF an iiuut had
| elapsed On another occasion, when witness
| spoke oil ming his gun rom the window, he
was particular ~ saying that three INMATES
| had elapsed lie Was equally accuiuip ic
| mentioning the periods OF Ii qnnrier of an
hour, ana three quarters OF an mons on two
| DINER occasions. All this vas GIfsiDc his eA-
| amtGation in chief. IL served a. sort o.
| saruish 10 ihe story, and gave the WITNESSES
| testimony au appearance OF accuracy aud
truth But wheh he IOnud that the answers
would he Ui use not 10 tile prosecuiiuu bat
! 10 tie defence, he could not tell whether hal
majesty travelled ali night, whether she ira.
sellcd tor Tour hOuis OF foi eight hours How
was IL that he could not recoiivct this |,
hnth, he had no watch, he was not ca pauls
OF ieiiiug the Length OF time Bur how does
ii cone about that he could 80 H,inniey Tecol.
lect the numbar of mi1nics on 0tier oGCa
| sicus Did his know ledge OF time mis- ar
| qhalDtsDce Mitb PAGES anu circumstances on
~ serve him wheG such tec1liecttuu was ia IN IF.
Pott OF his 0wu side OF The Casel Was il pos,
hat iEAf a
whether theIe were two OF twenty two Sail
ors OH board he po,acte; was u possible that
he could ust tel, whether the sailors sIepI in
lie hold OF not, Though he himself slept lne q
during lie wbois voyage! When | examined
ihts MaIdcci lie knew nothing OF persaL
named Hughes, banker, clerk lie knew
nothing OF any banker, nos he h. kn.~
nothing OF that name !; lie never knew or heard
of ANY such pcrson in his life. But when he
saw that had got IA lct,er-befOre which
suppose he Thought | knew nothing OF the
Gil cuWstance, OF perhaps lie had forgotten
that snch letter was In eAiSteBce-but the
moment he saw the letter, and before asked
him single word respecting il. 1 could see
by his demeansr and the expression OF his
cOuntenancc, thai lie had never forgotten
HuGbes-ihat he had never forgotten The
Bankers Clerk Oh, he said, do remem.
Der young man, whom from familiarity,
called my bro;her>bauker 1 was intimate
/ with his family TIM IL appeaIs, that this
familiarity Which induees him 10 call Hughes
hiS broiker-baDker was, preposteTous as IL
may seem, the reason why hIdiocch IN could 10 l.,
until Tie appearance OF The letter fecOllecl
even his pame.-BefOre have done with this
MaIocchi, shall trust convince your Lord.
ships, ibattheie are many other parts OF bis
evidence equally contradictory aud incredible
and hall ieave il TO youI 10, dsips to decide
how IA. any part of his evidence can be de-
pended upon.--Your lotdsbips will recollect
the shufilng of that witness in his answers re.
latve 10 the money given 10 him by Lord
"A IN ~ In iIaV L..
distinctly stated that lie got the money 10 20
To Milan. lie D0xt swears that bs never got
any money at Vienna aud ueXt-but L bad
better not alter his styls.-Iu page seventy
eight OF tile Minutes lie says. remember 10
have received no inOuey at Milan 4 DO goi
knOw-Taiher no than yes--nOU mi ricordo.
| can guess vhat sort Of evidence was given
by this MaJoccht when he Was laying tile fOuu
dalton Ot this odIGus charge, and thereby tie
foundation of ms own fortunes. Itwase VIdeaI,
that on that occasion 20 doubt he stated
much more than he has proved Ia his evldene :
| here. When ihis man was reminded by the
| Attorney General OF tile kissing which took
place in the clesei be refused TO repeat II he
said he ODly heard Whispering Tsste are
many other points which clearly show thai
| MaJOCchi told one story before his iRstruc,
tor, and another here. When questioned here
on those points, he was staggered; probably
he feared or perhaps was isiOTmed, that
could contradict binI--Orit is probable, thai
like all such persons, lac Tec0iiecied the facts
but forgot part OF the ficusn--the fdisehOod
which he had grated upon them THIS is
snfe means OF detecting falaehooi. AS al
example Of thu. take part OF the examiUat lot
Of MaiocChl The scene was az Augusta o.
Catanla - Did any one give anS SOUP o.
broth 10 Bergami - Often Did any Oui
come in on those occasions 90 I don't Tecoitect.
I AfteT the princess eptefed the bed room, .
. Befgami, did YOU hear any conversation
Tbs was enough u vas not exactly a lead
iBE question, but this would not do. IL VA
not conversation which my Learned fliem,
wanted, aud therefore he asked did yOt
, hear auS thing else" IL was clear from iht
, nature OF tile examination that NY Learned