Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1864-04-13 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

AND JUDGEMBNT  AGAINST MAZZINI.  ! The following is the text of the speech of M. Mereeilleux Durignaux, the French Advocate-general, upon the resent trial (in his absence) of M. Mazzini, giving the new and additional allegations against Mr Stansteld. After reading the indictment, which was in substance the same as that against the others, and which was given in extemn at time, the Advocate-General, M. Meraeilleux-Duvignaux, addreseed the oourt as follows : " Messieurs,—The crime imputed to Mazzini ie established, and we have therefore no occasion to adduce any further proofs. You are still under the impression of the words pronounced from this very seat, some weeks ago, by the venerated chief whom we had the honour to assist, and whose task, so painfully interrupted, it is : now our duty to complete. At the same time as the guilt of the accused present was established, so was that of the one absent; but it is expedient, especially on account of the audacious denials which the latter has published in foreign journals, to give a rapid and instructive retrospect of the past. Using the right given to us by Art. 470 of the Cade of Criminal Procedure, we repeat, with the act of accusation: The preceding attempts on the life of the sovereign have had the carne originator, Mazzini ; the conspiritore received from him instructions, money, and arms.' When, in 1857, Tibaldi and several other Italians appeared before this Court of Assize, accused of a plot against the life of the Emperor, they had Mazzini for their accomplice ; a complete investigation had clearly demonstrated that Tibeldi, the organiser at Paris of the plot formed abroad, and the possessor of the arms prepared for the execution of the crime, was himself merely the instrument of Mazzini. To the circumstantial details given on that head by the prisoners Grilli and Bartulotti was added the still more decisive proof derived from the correspondence seized. Several documents written by Mazzini, which have been already read in this court, and which we reproduce now, contained, under date of 10th June, instructions at once precise and cautiously drawn up, given to Massarenti and Campanella by tho real chief of the conspiracy. Mezzini indicated to the conspirators the two principal centres of action : at Paris, the residence of Tibaldi ; at London, the house ot .4111E6 Stansfeld and his wife, whom he designated as 'James, the friend at the brewery,' and ' Caroline.' It expressly resulted from these papers that the two men most recently admitted into the plot would find thetequisite fundeat Standfeld's, and direction and arms at Tibaldes. At the same time two letters, also seized during the investigation, addressed to Mrzzini, signed "Caroline" (the baptismal name of Mn. Stansfeld), and bearing tue poet-mark of Walhamgreen, the quarter where Stanefeld's brewery is situated, contained, along with private matters which left no doubt as to the origin of the letters, the following peesages :—Thu first, of the 16th June' said—' I have received your dear and anxious note by Mr Nathan, who brought it himself.' fire second of the 19th June, began with those words—' I have received the money, and James will, of Lourse, carry out your instructions.' Mrs Stansfeld wrote thus in reply to a letter from Mazzini, dated the 11th, containing a remittance, the forwarding of which was announced by • letter from the same, dated the 10th, which was also seized, and is included among the written evidence. Lastly, in Tibald's possession was found a memorandum-book containing the address of the brewer, James Stansfeld, and he confessed that when in Loudon he had been in communication with that intimate friend of Mezzini's guilt as judicially proved, and the transportation was pronounced against him by default. In Deeember, 1858, a man named Donati was arrested at Paris on a charge ot plotting against the Emperor's life. Overwhelmed by the evidence against him, he confessed his criminal design, and after having attempted to maintain that he had not received instructions from anyone, he was obliged to acknowledge whose instigation he had obeyed. In the course of May Mazzini had given him a rendezvous at Stansfeld's brewery, and a convertation there took place on the projected attempt, and on the time and place where the crime might be most easily consummated. A few days later, at the earns place, the plot received its definite organisation. Donati committed suicide in prison, in January, 1859, thus giving a sad guarantee of the sincerity of his revelations. Lastly, in the late plot, Mazzini again!appeared,choosing among his confederates the conspirator whom be considered possessed of most energy, giving him in May, 1863, instructions to address his letters fur London to Ruselly, 58, Myildelton-square, the residence of the banker Nathan, drawing up with his own band a detailed note, which was, as it were, the vocabulary of the plot; then, in September, 1863, resuming the enterprise after a momentary suspension, giving again. in his own hand, the new address, Flower, 35, Thurloe-equare, which is the residence of Stansfeld, directing the Choice of the intimates whom Greco was to accept as accomplices; sending arms, and lastly procuring, through the medium of Nathan, whom you already know, the money which was to facilitate the night of the the assassins after the attempt. Such are the facts which it is import int that you and the world should know. It is now incumbent on you, messieurs, by a solemn judgment, to proclaim the truth respecting this conspit &tor." The court then retired to deliberate, and afterwards delivered its judgment in following terms : " Whereas it is proved by the procedure that Mazzini, in 1863, was guilty of a plot having for its object an attempt on the life of the Emperor, the said plot, determined between several persons, having been followed by an act committed or begun for preparing its execution; and " Whereas the guilt of the said Mazzini results principally from the declarations and confessione of the condemned prisoner Greco, and frin two papers found on the preen of the latter, written by Mazzini, ann which ai• ;—ist. A note beginning with the words—' Da Parigi, d Landra, to Mme. Roseelly, 58, Myddletonsquare,' and ending with these, let, ' • piano by Broad wood.' 2nd. A nets thus worded :—' Mr Flower, 35, Thurloe-square, Brompton, London.' " Whereas likewise the crime of which Mazzini is declared guilty is punishable by Arts. 86 and 89 of the Penal Code, which have been read; "Applying to him the said articles, the court condemns Massiai to the punishment of transportation, and conjointly to the costs of the trial with Gress, Trabuceo, Imperatori, and Seaglione."