Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-10
MR. BROUGHAW'S SPEECH.
IN CONTINUATION.
fter "A pause. MIR. Brough,m re,nmpd-


interest in saying that "a conspiracy las been
formed against her Majesty by IN. persons who
conducted these proceedings; but do saw
that IT such conspiracy hal beea formed a
mere direct course cOnid not possibly have
been taken 10 carry il into eject Let n be
supposed that plot were actually laid against
The domestic peace of individual and
that evidence were TO be produced of circum.
stances which never took place. To whom
would The fdbricators have recousse to give
ire color of trsii and corx;s eurv To their
ta'e FIRST OF all they -nla get the servan;s
who lived in the house: wi.iIau, tliei n would
10 almost impossible TO succeed; with them
there wousi he the most brilliant prospect OF
YOUR design Terminating in the projected e.nli.
her servants, even IN this country, would he
the persohs to whom ynu w0nld resort, as most
likely TO ensure your end hui. IL those seI-
wants were foreigners, who are 10 be " ell IN.
tored abroad. and then TO deliver their story st
tne bar OF tribunal where they are unknown
III they are TO br bsCu .ht Ia place. to which
after their departure they will not return
where we can know no more OF them and
whose worth we cannot ascertain, whose cha
racter we cannot find ont. how much better are
they adapted TO the intended purpose. These
are just the kind of servants TO whom such
cdnspirators wonld resort; because they are
foreigners. All foreigners, however, are not
made OF the sauie materials: there are no more
bad MEN foreigners than, perhaps. there are at
nome but, 1t there be place on earth where,
| IN modern times, perfidy may he had for mo-
ney, or INDUCED in through The medium OF
or classes OF Italy !; and THAT is a proposition
which think even respectable Italians would
themselves allow me to state. But there are
There as there are every where else, most re.
spectacle individuals. have tie happiness to
| Know n,auy N whose hands my life o. honor
would he as safe as they wsuli be in >our
Lordships Bnt speak OF those who have not
| been brought over here; these who have bseu
brought over here are ct the former describe
iion. dregs from the very sink of society 49,.
'Snnt in lilo uunero multi bou. docti pu dentes,
ini al hoe judicium deduct non stunt multi
! ,npuuentss, lliuerati 'eves, quos variis de
| causis video copciiatos. -" quibus usjn.
randuIH Jocus est; ies,imonium ludus ; exist
ihafio vestra tenebre; IanS, merces. AHA.
sraiu,atio proposiia eSt omnis in impudenii
mcndacio." These are the men sHited Tor
| Snch conspiracy, ami monev is accordingly
| given 10 them with librraity almost I'M bound.
| ed; and, according to their own account, they
! have been enlisted partly by compuision and
| partly by bounty. In order therefore 10 see
| The ireconcilabie tendency OF their testinlo.
! ny, have determined to take the leading facts
one by one. and have made an arraIy ement
| of them with the assistance of some of my co.
| adlutors, We see with what Regularity they
| have been drilled previous To their coming 10
| the foreign office here, and we NAV nationally
| suppose there have been special ministers
whose attention has been devoted In this par
ticular employment, and il clearly Appeals
| that while this Invests alton has heen going
| on, some of the persons themselves, meant to
| he employ ed as witnesses, have been engaged
| IN Teaching ~ Others less arnte, due Iecol-
| lection oil their lesson. For observe, NV lords
| what the effect OF this system of drilling must
| be, carried or as it vas not for day or weeks
| or months, but for more than year. For
mere than thai period did the Milan Board sit
at the receipt OF PERJURY L do not saw con-
sciDusiy, but mentiou these facts to show how
| exposed that Board was by snch conduct TO be
misied by false statements; for by SO long sit.
| tisg the facility for imposition was Increased
| momentum Was given TO This sluice Of per.
| jury which WAS Opened upon them. Every Mi
| Ian reward was ierthwiih propagated on the
| return OF every witness from his examination,
| aud II became The proof apparent OF one thou
| SAID other stories, equally well paid as they
| were equally entitled To- credit. There has
| not been witness examined, i mean Italian
| witness, In support of This Bull. that has not
| passed uUder the hliian drill indeed SO veTy
| essential was This preparation considered, that
| the mate OF the pOlAcre, PatuzZo, who was
| first applied 10 for his testimony since these
| proceedings were instituted. aud vino enl. ar.
rived I'D This country the day before he made
his appearance al this Bar, was first Carried 10
| Milan III order there 10 pass his previous exa
| mination. Nay. the master of the poiacJe,
though In Dec 1919, he had been examined at
| Milan, Is made, Immediately previous TO bis
| appearance before Your Lordships 10 undergo
| rePeiitIon OF that same drill in which he had
| hetn disciplined eight mouths before. When
al lengih these witnesses were safely landed,
| ihey we're placed under the same superluien-
dehf, ill consolidated in one mass though
| coming from different quarters, aud thus
| transported after few DAYS residence 10 the
foreign depot tor perjury. Brought back again
| 10 the country uUder the same superinien.
dents who HAD so well earned their money
| they are SIN kept together in masses no doubt
Tor HE convenience OF mutual communication.
mus nave these most creditabIe witnesses,
Hter all lie previous tutoring, been living to-
gether IN bi othetly aud siSterly affection and
| NY "a refinement even in ibis refined system OF
drilling, assorted together in the respective
| sn.ses OF Their residence not according TO their
| similarity OF stations OF habits but according
| 10 The parts OF the story which they were each
| TO sustain, Ii ~ iu evidence that two of the
| Witnesses, Piedniontese, ate not assorted ioge-
| Their, hui Kept in the same section with others
| who were called npOB 10 tell the sanr tale
| IL Is under circumstances Such as these that
| tbese prisoners OF the bill, ignorant of every
| thing else, save the statements they were 10
make, were brought before yonr lordships TO
| make their appearance At this bar. think
| my iords, that fOresee that | am supposed by
some OF you TO uhderyaiue the character OF
| Italian Testimony. Suffer me 10 fOrify myself
against such a conclusion. IL is OF importance
| 10 the duty 1 have To discharge, aud will prOs
| baby relieve your loTdsbips from the iedium
| OF those comments on the statements of lie
| Witnesses ia support of the bill which am
| bound TO enforce. II l mag he allowed TO cali
| back your attention To a period OF our history
| not very different In It's character aud spirit
| from the present day, aud where the trailsac.
tions were not very dlssimiar, al least, N point
oi severity. Your lordsiips, perceive. anti
cipaie me. naturally go back 60 the reign Of
ISaIry tile eighth, and to the proceedings n
against CathaTiue of Arfagon In what view
Italian testimony, though proceeding from
| sources calculated to establish impressions
very different from the statements OF discard
| ed servants was then held. sou will be able to
| learn from some very curious documents in
RymeTs Fedora. The great purpose of the
| promoters OF that measure, az they alleged
l was 10 obtain the free and unbiased opinions
| OF the Italian jutists relative To the DIVORCE
| with that object they applied to the learned