Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-14

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-asd therefore, my learned friend proceed,
10 ask him Dad any thug else pass al an,
o'"e' tims Did any thing pass Oh The second
"me' Ana what was the answer?s Npihng
Pa"Se" ont Whispering Myiords l conid give
hiduy oihot instances of this sat to- convince
you, mat The fabricated tales gotup by this
witness we're bntin part recoilcc,ed hone
my iofus, that am not too tedious ~ dilaiiay
on 'nese points IL is by a minute aud narrow
examination that funi copspiyaries car only
he detected and that innocence can only he
projected. My lords. ii VOID as to the story
VI 'ne Sneen ridins on an ass at Genoa.-A
great deal was left behind on Nsjcccbi's far
u.e' examination, much of what he did not
cn"oSe 10 fecollect. lie asked did Won
onserVe her majesty riding on an ass , lie did
mere my learned friend supposed that the
witness would recollect some thing r.maika
Ois. great deal, of course, would depend
on 'he naoneT ~ which she was held aud why
she was held great deal would depend Oh
'he nature ut the tenure samsthing ipdeco
rous, II was hoped, wonid have been stated TO
nave occurred in the day light The witness
aScordingiy Is questioned; What PASSED
when the Princess was on the ass, Esigami
nrin her. Very well what else Bercami
held her TO keep her from falling he Rent his
i,anu on her, lest her royal highness shou,d
iaii. On that will not do-rny learned tIiend
was not at all satisfied with this answer. He
he'd something in his hand which the witness
saw somewhere else; he wished TO bring il
out before your lordships, without consiJer-
ing The great difficulty OF making fals- wit
nfss swear accurately 10 the entire of the
Luton "hich ne pui together in Tie first in-
stance. Bnt had lie actually seen what he
pretended 10 relate-had his story been true.
nothing would have been more easy Ilian TO
nave recoi!ectedit in all its parts. bi> learn
Pu iriehd next puts question 10 the witness ::
HaVe You made any other observation: No !:
no other observation thew spoke together
they disconrsed. My lords, ii the tales of
,"ls reno" were not pnre inventions. it it
we're not part OF HAL false suppoi, intend
eu 10 forward a vile conspiracy would this
witness forget psrt of his story, as reInarka-
o'e, as clear, AZ obvious as the parts WHICH he
'ecol'ected IL what he stated were ttuc
wohiu tie not have recollected, aud detailed
II the hTst Tine he was examined heIoie son !,
My lords might remind Won of ano,h.r mar
OF maJocchiS evidence, d pant OF his exideuce
""cH II IN ttseit altogether i1ci edible he
"oui~ nave yon believe, my lnrds, that the
dnee" having Zee access TO the bnd room of
bciShm', ihiOugh other rooms in which no
person slept, had yet preferred passing thruuuh
he room IN which he (MajoccbD slert He
was obliged 10 admit, on his second ex3miua-
uop, 'hat thVTs was access 10 The place OF The
supposed gait through other apaItmeut, he
sl"es ms own; but YET thai her majesty pre-
ieHed passiH" through The room in wiiic,, She
knew MaJ0cchI SLEPT, Ia which she knew he
sept IN "A ted without curtains in "A roam so
sisaii mat II was Impossible for any person To
20 ini on u IL without touching The bed in
which there wRI fire burning which pay,
hSht and siill more mousrroas than all hc
tells you mat her majesty in order iiwouid
sem, 10 MAKE her detection inevitable IA
she pds~ed through the ruo,u. she naused ,or a
moment nsar The bed OF Maloccbi and look
Ell in Ills taCe, 10 ASCERTAIN whether lie was
asleep lhir. my lords, is a mnnstrous tale
winch defeats t,eli ~ is not credible-you
cannon believe IL; n carIIes itS own refmta-
ion aiohg with II What! my lords, are Won
. suppose that her najeSt, voluntarily passe
ihronth room where she must have been
seen, wilsn She mi Siit have gsne another WAY
"hc't she would not have bsen seen! She
Kew, my lords. that MljoccIli siept in thar
room -sht knew Tie disposition at his bed
she hnew that there was fire kent IN The
ROOM knowing all this, she VOlnn,arIl, pa,s.
es through II, stopping on lIeT way 10 look
Sualsat IN The lace of this witness The look =
in1 ia the lace waS quite Improbable. hut n
was staiement which one was veTy ke,y IN
haven't IN country where fObhers were M,
lewt and Tobbprics not uufrfoucat, rob.
per naturally came 10 the bed where LADY,
slept, and looked ia her eyes 10 see If chr
~as aslsep. LII she was not, he cOnld proceed
NJ farther. Ii was therefore, VcIy wise and
p'bdent III the robber, 10 take this pTecaaiIon :
but Tor Tor n person going To commit adultery
IN the next ioom, To look in the face OF him
whose mistteEs she was, and that person The
Princess of Wsless-when the very look il :,
condemned, exposed aud convicted hpr-tlis
was The most incredible, the most sjlIy inv,n-
floa that could be made. But IL was provi.
sentlAlly and most happily ordained for the
detection OF guilt and the defence of inuo-
cence, that such inventions were often care
lessiy put together and here the invention
was III particular thoughtlessly Put together
what. my lords, would not the single fact of
having been seen in the room under sncb cir
can"ances have exposed her WonId moi
Tue TACT OF being detected i'm looking in The
face OF MajOcchi have of itself condemned
her IL rs most mOnstTous and incredible
Tale. what has happened here, has happcned
| Al r. wi e INN
tackled by tue peIjHred aud remorSeIess vii.
ness who involves himself in contfadirtious
which II is Impossible Tor him 10 explain and
relates tales which it is impossible for any one
10 believe MY lords, wish 10 call your re-
collection TO what this witness has said on am.
other point. He told yOn that BeT.ami beyau
10 dine al the table OF the princess at Gruoa
aud that he continued ever after 10 dine Al
her table but my lords, yon have 10 from the
other evidence, that BeIgani never did diue
at the table OF her majesty at Genoa. ~
Lords, when this witness Majocchi. sneaks ri
tbs night scene, he told you FIST ilIat he
did not know the courier RdsteIIi he did
not TecOllect his arrival at all; bat i'm s,,b
sequent part OF his evidence, he explains tbe
reason OF his reCOlleCtnR a CirCun,stance liz
me tact OF Tie arrival OF the courier Rssteni
| Findiuz himself involved ~ a gross cnn,,ad,c
lion,he attempts 10 shift hts ground ne recol
lects the ciTcunsiauce he says, because tIieve,
| attacked the house. My lords, Won Tecoliscl
| the account thIs witness gave Of his Ie,vin-
the service of her majesty AN account which
| contains as much gross aud deliberate false.
hood as ever polluted the walls OF CONT OF
Ju'use; aud allow ms here, my lords, to observe
| that where yOu see oae material na,t az .
| PERSONS evidence grossly and palpably false
\ Is not necessary 10 90 more INTO detail-it j.
not necessary TO ptOye him peflnrer through
ont-7tbe whole OF lis evidence must be dis
cIedileI nothing that iHiis from the lips Of :
PICTURED msu ought TO he entertained
| My lords, ~ giving you an account of hi
| leaving tue service OF the Princess, the wit
ness thought II necessary, in order TO raise In
character. suppose, TO aourish on this poin,
He toiu You thdi ne lett the service that b.
was not discharged, hut thathe left The SER
| vice because he did not like the bad peopl
by whom her Ioysl highness Mas enrrnnnded