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    2 „___________ The Northern Star. Octobe...

    2 „___________ THE NORTHERN STAR . October 20 , 1840

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    FRANCE . MOCK TRIAL 0 ? THE PROSCRIBED HEPUBLICASS . The'Beforme ' publishes the following declaration from those of the accused of the 13 th of June who are in London : — ? The trial of the affair of the 13 th of June is Won about to open at Versailles , and the public pOKcntmlua summoned us to appear before his Hfeh Coart- Not wishing to enter prematurely -Sto aa totonvrtdcb does not belong to us ll 0 M , tbefoUo * big is our reply in a w few word ;' and the summary of our mohves -.-We will not

    • we oueht not , to surrender ourselves to the trial of the IOih of October : —! . Because we cannot accept as accusers those , or the servants of these , whom we have denounced to tbe country as having violated the constitution in assassinating the Roman Republic—those whom we have declared as fallen , and whom we have put out of ths pale of the law for a flagrant act of hig h treason . 2 . Because we cannot accept as legitimate judges the creatures cf exception and circumstance , invested ' with a sovereign judicial power by virtue of a violated constitution , and on the appeal and convocation of the violators themselves . 3 . Because we are deep ly convinced thatby placing ourselves in the hands of our

    ene-, mies , we should fell into a judicial snare . The government , in fact , would not allow any one to plead , or to prove that it had violated the Constitution ; i t could not allow any one to prove its " crime ; our defence would not be therefore posdhle except qu the material facts of the 13 th of June , facte accomplished by us in the full measure of cur rights , in tbe order of our duties , and for which we could not consent to justify ourselves any more than to defend ourselves . 4 . Because i t appears to us contrary to the Interest of our party , which is that of Republican Europe , to deliver up our arms , and to bury our efforts and onr propagandism in the citadels of the counter-revolution , or to render them

    fruitless byexiling them beyond sea : and that when the French Republic—every people being under the joke—would bare soon to fight its last battle against traitors at home and the Cossacks abroad . Would Mazzmi , Bern , Kossuth , and Garibaldi be more formidable to Austria at the bottom of her dungeons , than in a foreign land , where their liberty « 50 uld prepare them for future action ? Such are the motives which command us not to surrender ourselves—not to offer ourselves as a trophy to our enemies . Would they not be happy , after having gagged , ns , to again stifle the revolution , and to enter into a contract over our bodies with old Enrop ? , which can only go to sleep to the rattle of

    chains ? We have been told that our resolution Would be calumniated— -that it would be misconstrued , If that comes from our enemies , it concerns us . but little-, if from onr friends , let them reflect before they censure us . We tell tbcm all that if it should ever happen to them to be thrown into exile after performing a great doty , their liberty will not appear to us a privilege , and we will not accuse them of happiness . LedboKollin , TIattier , Etiejwe Arago , C . Biberolles , Martin Bernard , Laxdolphe , E . Madier de Montjau , Jun . ' The same journal publishes the following : — ' Canton of Vaud , O . t . 9 .

    'Citizen Editor , —We were of a different opinion to that of onr friends at London and Paris on the question aa to whether we should be oteseat at tbe trial of the lO . h of October . We thought that it was important to the Republican cause that all those who participated in the incriminated demonstration should go , and say again themselves / on the 10 th of October , in the face of the country , what they said on the 15 tb of June , that the government has violafed the Constitution . But as party men , and by a spirit of discipline , vremust , as the minority , submit ourselves to the opinion of the majority ; we shall not therefore appear at the trial . Salutation and fraternity ! 'Faux Pvat , Holland , ( of Saone-et-Loire ) Bmchot , L . Avril Jaunot , Ernest CffiURDEROT . '

    HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF VERSAILLES . Sitting of October 10 . —The habitual tranqnilUityof Versailles has been hut little disturbed by the trial which has just commenced there . In order to guard against eventualities , the garrison had been increased , and an imposing military force was stationed in the interior of the Palais de Justice , and in Vke prison , which is contiguous to it . At eleven o ' clock the judges estered and took their seats , M . Barenger , the president , taking the chair . M . Baroche , the Procureur-General , then wad the decree of the Legislative Assembly of 10 th August lasf , which sent the parties implicated in the attempt of the 13 th June before the Hig h Court of Justice , and required the Hig h Court to proceed immediately to constitute itself .

    After an address from the President , the court retired to ballot for those who were definitively to form the jury . Immediately after the court bad retired , the prisoner Hubert was brought in , guarded by two gendarmes . He is a man of stout stature . The long beard which covered his face , his bushy eyebrows , his small but piercing eyes , and his pale complexion , gave to his countenance an aspect of harshness and resolution . The President , addressing Huber , demanded whether be was provided with a counsel ?—Hubert : Ho , Monsieurle President . The President : J , however , ordered you one . — Huber : Yes , sir . bnt I wrote him telling him that lie need not come .

    The President : I am , therefore , compelled to appoint you another . M- Hanssroann , a member of the Versailles bar , will be chargrd to assist you—Hubert : Allow me , Monsieur le President , — The President : Y © a will be at liberty to prevent your counsel from speaking , but my duty is to appoint you one . It may happen that yoa may stand in ' need of his advice , and be must take bis seat near you . —Huber : Allow me , Monsieur le President , to explain the reason of my refusal , for the information of the jury . The moral situation which was made for ms at Bourges is so serious that I cannot , without a want of delicacy , unite any one here with me . I wish to defend my honour myself , and for that purpose I have no need of a counsel .

    For a man outraged in his honoar , and who demands reparation , there is only one thing wanted—justice and that I hope that these sentiments may be yours , at all events they are mine . All that 1 demand is the plain and simple truth ; my defence , therefore , requires no legal talent . Besides , if I had wished to confide the care of my defence to another , 1 Should not now be here ; 1 should have preserved my liberty , which would have been dear to me wen exile , since in France I have always been a captive . But , no ! When I knew that I had been basely calumniated I travelled 200 leagues , and , notwithstanding the certainty of being condemned to a perpetual punishment , I did not hesitate for an instant . And why ? Because the name I bear is that of a honourable

    family—The President ( interrupting the prisoner ) : The jury in your cause has not yet beea drawn , and is sot now present : your remarks ate therefore useless . At I'alf-past one the coart resumed , and the jury designated by lot took their places . The President : Accnsed , what is your name , age , profession , place of birth , and residence ?—Huber My name is Louis Huber ; bat as to my residence I cannot name any , as for fifteen years I have been prosecuted , proscribed , or captive . When at times I have bad an asylum , it has been nnder the roof of a friend , and at times I have bad only the

    sky—The President : Your age and place of birth ?—Huber : Thirty-five years ; born at Wasselonne , department of tbeBas Bhim . The jurymen here severally took the oath prescribed by the law . The registrar then proceeded to read an extract from the indictment , on the affair of the 13 th of May , which specially concerned Huber . It is as follows : — Huber , a currier , condemned in 1838 to transportation for political crimes , obtained his liberty at the Revolution of February . A few days before the 15 th of May he was named Governor of the Chateau

    of Raincy . He was a member of the Central Committee of the Societe des Droits de I'Homme and President of the Comite Centralisateur , which replaced the Club des Clubs ; and in this capacity it is believed that he presided over the meeting wbich took p lace on the 12 th of May at Dourlans ' , bnt at all events he was present : and it is certain that he presided over the meeting of the 12 th of May held in the Orangery of the Tuileries . It was there decided that all the clubs should adhere to the manifesto drawn op by Huber , and should proceed to the Assembly to take part- in tbe demonstraticn in favour of Poland . Tbe participation of Huber in all

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    these acts is proved in a bitter in the Reforme * of the 2 nd August , written by him and addressed to the committej of the "National Assembly charged to make aa investigation into the events of May and June . ( This letter set . forth that Huber got up and directed the demonstration , but that he had intended it to be perfectly pacific . It added that whilst he was preparing it , Barbes had in vain sought after him to persuade him to postpone it . The indictment ihen proceeded 0—The accused in this communication alludes to a letter which he wrote oa the 15 th of May to Barbes , and which was seized on a man named Landolphe , expressing the desire that the demonstration should take p lace

    without arms . But , though it declared that the time bad not arrived , and that care should be taken not to fall into a snare , it expressed the opinion that arms should be taken on the first favourable occasion . Besides , Huber himself bad caused it to be decided on tbe evening of tbe 13 th that , if attacked , arms should besought and resistance offered . On the 15 th of May Huber left the Place de la Bastille at tbe head of the demonstration , surrounded by the delegates of clubs and banners . He left the cortege on tbe place de la Concord , and half anViour before the commencement of the sitting entered the Assembly . The secretary-general of the queslure caused him to be removed , but he returned as the

    sitting was about to commence . Having been a second time invited to withdraw , he stated that , if tbe petition wbich he bore were allowed to be read by him or the delegates , all would pass well ; but that if that were refused , there would be disorder . The' Moniteur * showed that after the invasion of the Assembl y , the reading of the petition , and the speech of Blanqui , Huber ascended the tribune . It appears , that at that moment he announced to the President , M . Buchez , the intention of calling on the crowd to withdraw . But the conditions of the terms he laid down were these : — 'I have been promised , * he said , that tbe people shall file off before tbe tribune . 1 will die on the spot if this

    promise be not fulfilled . I recommend the people to withdraw , and we will pass before the tribune two by two . The Assembly must know that three hundred thousand citizens are watching it . ' In the midst of the tumult Huber again demanded that room should be made in order that the people might file off before tbe Assembly . Exhausted by his exertions , be was seized with a fit of fainting , which lasted half an hour . On recovering he rushed to the tribune , bnt before speaking he turned to the President and insulted him b y look and gesture ; he then cried , ' No decision is taken ! Well , then , I , in the name of the people—of the people deceived by the representatives , declare that

    the National Assembly is dissolved 1 ' Cries , vociferations , and indi > cribable confusion followed these words . Huber afterwards went to a corridor , where be consulted with five or six persons , and wrote on a paper some words in pencil , saying . We have no time to lose ! ' He then re-entered tbe Assembly , and showed to Barbes , who was in the tribune , a piece of paper containing a list of names , saying , * Do you know that ? ' And on Barbes replying in the negative , he said , ' Then they have told you nothing ! ' A piece of paper stuck on a pike was presented at the tribune . Huber toot it , and , in a voice which pierced the clamour , again cried , « The Assembly is dissolved ! ' Then , turning

    to tbe President , he seized him by the collar , and shook him violently ; and said , ' You are no longer anything here—go away with you ! ' After the President left , and after the reading of tbe decree of the factions , Huber for the third time proclaimed tbe dissolution of the Assembly . A little later , when the names proposed for the new government were read , Huber cried , 'Let us go to the Hotel de Ville ! ' He afterwards said to General Tempoure commander-in-chief of the Grand Mobile , « General , pay attention to what you are about to do ; your future prospects depend on it I There is no longer any National Assembly , and I summon you to follow me to the Hotel de Ville !' . On leaving the

    Assembly , he climbed up the railing which surrounds it , and announced to the crowd that the Assembly was dissolved . At tbe moment at which he traversed the ranks of tbe National Guard to proceed towards tbe bridge , Captain Pouillaude , of the 10 th legion , asked him by what authority the National assembly dissolved . « By the authority of the people ? ' said he . ' We are tbe people , and do not wish for the dissolution of the Assembly ! ¦ answered tbe captain , and at the same moment " arrested Huber . But tbe crowd released him , and carried him beyond the bridge . At about six o ' clock in tbe evening ,

    Huber was arrested a second . time in the Rue Coquilliere , at tbe earner of the Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau , by a witness named See , who had left the Chamber , and who recognised him . He was taken to tbe Mairie of the 4 th arrondissement , but was released by order of tbe mayor . In the evening , he went to the house of one Moulin , 73 , Rue de Faubourg Montraavtre , where he resided , and stated to that person that he did not know what had passed in his head when he had declared the dissolution of the Assembly . He then went out to get his beard cut off . but never returned . '

    The President said to the prisoner : . You will reply , in the first instance , to the questions which I shall address to you . You will then enter into such explanations as you shall conceive necessary . Huber : I shall not reply to your questions , Monsieur le President , until my moral as well as my political situation has been determined . I wish to explain , in the first place , why I refused having a counsel . I refused it because a man of honour does not require an advocate io defend his honour . I might have taken one to prosecute my calumniators , but I thought of my family , of my friends , of those who bare partici pated in my misfortunes and in my sufferings—their honour and mv own are united . It

    is for that reason I came myself to defend our com . mon honour . It is a duty which I am fulfilling ; it is a debt which I acquit towards those who love me , and I would not owe my justification to ibe talent of an advocate . Oh ! you will not repudiate me , you who love me ; you wdl love me still . Let my friend , tetany family accept tbe sacrifice which I make of my liberty as the expression of my sentiments on their behalf , and to prove to them that I am still worthy of them . My situation is such a cruel one that on whichever side I turn , I find numerous adversaries—some skilful , others pitiless ; Ibe first regarding me as a too-revolutionary republican ; tbe others , obeying a sentiment which I shall not now

    explain , incriminate my good faith , and call ray political morality in question . The one attacks my liberty , the others my honour . £ am , if I may be allowed the expression , between the anvil and the hammer . It is necessary that I should struggle against my political friends—against those v \ ho for eighteen years have made use of my devotedness , and have afterwards loaded me with outrages , so as to compel me to retaliate . 1 have also suffered for the last six months—I have also -suffered in this struggle . I would have avoided it at the cost of my blood and of tny life , but never at the cost of my honour . I could not have strength for such a sacrifice . No one can accuse ise of egotism : all my life

    has been one of sacrifice ; i have renounced all enjoyment ; I have sacrificed my repose for the triumph of democracy . But my courage will not go to the length of renosmcirg the preservation of my honour , which is also that of my family and of my friends . I never asked for anything from my party . I should have believed that , after having always served it with devotedness , I should have at Ieas 6 obtained frorn it a Utile esteem and gratitude ^ but no ; nothing has been respected in me—Bcitber my character , nor my devotedness , nor mj Kssfortune . To raise themselves in public opinion my adversaries drag me through tbe mire , and now that 1 am in it i cannot help disturbing it . But I will remain calm ; if there be emotion in my voice , there is neither hatred nor bitterness in my heart . 1 have

    suffered too much to nave the courage to bate- Ail my illusions are destroyed ; all my sympathies are crushed by a sentiment of distrust ; I dare not hold out tbe band to the man whom I esteem for fear of offending him . Do you know bow it is that my heart has not broken ? ft is because I hoped at least that I should be allowed to defend myself on the question of honour as on the political question . It is the only favour wbich I ask of you ; otherwise be without pity ; for when a man is in such a situation as mine he must justify himself or die . [ The prisoner displayed grett emotion as Le sat down ] The President : Nowyou will answer my questions . Huber then demanded that Raspail and Blanqir , bis two principal accusers , with-Mourner , should be called as witnesses .

    The Procureur-General said j He should not therefore , call either Blanqui or Raspail . Huber , with great animation , complained of this refusal as an act of injustice . The Procureur-Geueral here informed Huber that he bad summoned the witness Mourner , who gave evidence at Bourges , a * to the facts of which Huber complains . Tbe accused then proceeded to justi f y himself against a recent publication of Raspail , in which the latter accuses bim of baring been the instrument of

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    an occult combination , and entered into long but uninteresting explanations of bis conduct on May 15 . He concluded by again demanding that the persons he had named should be called as witnesses . The court adjourned at half-past five . Sitting of Hth October . —The President took his seat at half-past fen . M . Buvignier , ex-representative , took his seat near the p risoner , having been sent for by Huber to act as bis counsel . Huber rose , and , addressina the President said i I hope the counsel y ou have officially ordered me will not feel offended at my having refused his assistance , and demanded that of another . It is not from any doubt as to his talent , but because I wished to have some one near me who bad known me .

    The President : M . Buvignier , ' ! think it necessary to call to your mind tbe provisions of article 311 . M . Buvignier : I came here at the request of my friend Huber . I could not refuse him my assistance , altheugh he certainly might have met elsewhere with talent which would have been more useful to him . In my opinion the prisoner ought to be permitted to establish his morality , and to prove that he has never forfeited his honour . If he cleares himself of that charge which was attempted to be made against him at Bourges , and the bearing of which is well known ; if he establishes that he was wrongfully represented as bavin r belonged to tbe police of the old government and to the secret police

    of the provisional government , on the 15 th of May , it is evident that his position before the jury would not be the same as if he did not prove those facts , and It should remain in the minds of the jury that that man who occupies an eminent position in the democratic party bad betrayed it . On Monday last a pamphlet was published by Raspail , in which he again accuses Huber of having forfeited his honour , and of having served in the police of Louis Philippe and of the provisional government . You roust be well aware how important it is for Huber to exculpate himself from this charge , since , if at a future day , he should establish that on the 15 th May he had onlv entertained honourable intentions and such

    as were favourable to public security , it would be of immense interest to him that the jury should be convinced that he had not played a disgraceful part , and that he bad not acted as an instrument of the police . After a speech in opposition fwm the Procureur-General , the President says , ' I do not think that the presence of the condemned Raspail and Blanqui is necessary to enable tbe jury to decide on the question submitted to them , which have nothing to do with your private quarrel . However , both the jury and public opinion will count in your favour your demand , and the manner in which you have insisted on it . I will add that the presence of the witness Mounier will give you tbe opportunity o f explaining yourself on the charge which as been brought against it .

    Huber : I respect the decision of the court ; but I appeal to the jury and to public opinion to appreciate my situation . " .., ' M . Dagheaux , restauratuer , deposed that be bad been present at a democratic meeting at tbe Restaurant Dourlans , and that the question of manifestation in favour of Poland was there discussed ; but the witness said that he did not now recognise the prisoner as having been president at the meeting . M . Danduran gave an account of tbe character of the club Centralisateur , which , he said , bad for its object tbe discussion of social questions . He declared that , whenever a manifestation was spo en of , Huber always deprecated violence .

    M . Lemansois-Deprey gave an account of the invasion , asd said be did not see Huber take the utksident by the collar , as he was accused of having done , but Huber was much excited . Huber said his excitement arose from the danger to tbe Assembly . M . Buchez was then called : Daring this dep lorable scene of invasion a considerable time elapsed . Blanqui and Raspail had spoken successively . It may have been about half-past three when I perceived Huber near me . I said to him—Huber , you are not an enemy either of the Republic or the Nationel Assembly ? He replied , No ' . —Well , then , I added , do all you can to get these people out , in order that the Assembly may deliberate , which it

    cannot do no * . —Try to get us turned out . ( Tachez de nous fa ' re meUre a la porte . ) A rather long period elapsed , and I saw Huber standing on a table near the tribune , proclaim the dissolution of the Assembly , and at the same time be displayed , stuck on a walking-stick , a placard , bearing the incriptien , 'The National Assembly is dissolved ! ' A man then mounted on to the bureau , and said to me , ' Retire—you are nothing here . ' But I was not pushed or touched in front ; it was from behind , and consequently I could not see those who pushed me . As for Huber , I did not see him make any menacing gesture at me , and it was not be who ascended the bureau ; in fact , he could not , for , if I mistake not , he has a wound in his leg .

    Huber : The placard which M . Buchez has referred to was remitted to me after I pronounced the dissolution . For my own part , I was so convinced of the necessity of doing that , that I resolved on it in spite of the personal danger which might en me to me . It was , I repeat , at the moment at which I pronounced tbe dissolution that a man remitted to me a placard , * The National Assembly is dissolved ' . ' But no one gave me the idea of the dissolution . In the course of the sitting the dissolution was spoken of , but at that time I did not think of it ; 1 could not then have wished it . fur 1 did not then think that the dissolution would have been for the advantage of the republic .

    The President to M . Buchez ; From what you and Huber have just said , it would appear that there was a tacit accord between you . I think that that arises from the fact that your idea was not clearly expressed . M . Buchez : I can only repeat what I have said . I certainly believed that the invasion of the Assembly was the result of an emwte , and that it was not grave . ( Slight murmurs . ) When , with all the re .

    sources which the government bad in its hands , I saw ( hat the emute was not dissipated , I believed that the government abandoned its dull—( movement)—and that it was necessary to act in its place . Jt was on that account requisite forme to go out . And ; therefore , when I saw the place eccupied by Huber , I considered-it an excellent thing in itself , and as a lucky thing for me . ( Murmurs . )

    Huber ( rising hastily , said with energy ) : I protest against these words . Tbe Procureur-General to witness : Do you not see that your dignity was compromised in being so turned out ? Huber ( with a certain degree of violence ) : It was contrary to the interest and dignity of the Assembly . No ! you never said anything of the kind to me , and besides it would have been impossible to have heard . I have stated my reason for pronouncing the dissolution , and no one gave me the idea of doing it . I had no other relations with you than those of which I spoke yesterday . I only begged of you not to cause the rappel to be beaten , and I said to you , ' Let the people file off and the

    salle will be evacuated . ' I know that at that moment your embarrassment was extreme , and in your situation I should have been embarrassed also . But it is not true that you gave me tbe idea of the dissolution , as you have caused it to be understood —it is impossible . The National Guard was arriving to fire on tbe people , and it was necessary ts resist or fi > But the people could sot flv , and , i « all parts , it was said that the arms deposited at the Assembly should be seized , and that the . people should defend themselves . On learning that yeu hadeausedthera / jpeZ to be beaten , lwst , greatly annoyed , and said to you with a taenacinggesture , ' Yoa have deceived us—you promised not to have the tappet beaten ; and yet it is beaten . '

    The President ; These details are useless . But I think the witness should explain himself . M . Buchez : I demand to be allowed to defend myself , for my veracity is placed ia doubt . I do sot reproach myself , and if I had to recommence , I would act in the same way . ( Movement . ) Huber ( with energy ) : I strongly protest against M . Buchrz insinuation . Never did be say a word to me about the dissolution : no , you never said anything of the kind to me ; it would have been a disgrace to ycu if you had , I sbouid have blamed yon , for you should have displayed dignity . You want to establish complicity with roe to excuse your cowardice , ( Painful sensation . )

    M . Mounier was the next witness called , He said < Before the revolqrion o f February I was in no way connected with politics . After the revolution I went to see Caussidiere , whom I had known from my childhood . I found him . surrounded by Sobiierand a number of other persons whom I did cot know I was afterwards employed by Caussidiere to s » arcb , ' in company with tbe chief of tbe munici pal police , in the archives for sundry documents . The first which I met with were connected with Caussidiere , and were signed « Pierre . ' On examination we

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    were soon convinced that the signature was that of an individual who was secretary to Caussidiere . For the space of a week I saw this man near Caussidiere , without his being allowed to know that the papers in question bad been seen . We alter wards found the letter which contained offers of service . Caussidiere assembled his friends and those of that individual at the Luxembourg . At first , he wished to deny his signature ,. but after a time he was overcome by his feelings , and confessed all and begged for mercy . I was then named Secretary . General of tbe Prefecture of Police , as

    reconstituted on the 24 th February . I could no longer con % ue my examination of the papers , which were entrusted to another person . After the 15 th May , I gave in ray resignation at the same time as Causiidiere , but X was retained in office by M . Trouvc Chauvel , doubtless because I was found to have some aptitude for business . On the 2 d June , some letters and a report were brought me , copies of which I sent to Bourges . Those documents bore the signature of Huber . I do-not know his handwriting . When M . Trouve Cfcauvel was replaced by M . Ducoux , I was dismissed , but was afterwards named director of the day police .

    Huber : Did you not persuade Caussidiere to detain me in London ?—Mounier : Never . For your interest I request you not to press rae for an

    answer . Huber : What do you roean-for ray interest ? ] fear nothing . I ask you whether Caussidiere did not rep ly to a communication yon made to him—« Do not be under any uneasiness , he has not the money with which to return to Bourges ?' Mouuicr ; I solercnly affirm that be did not . 1 have now the letter which he wrote me . I regret much beine obliged to present it , but I must do so .

    Huber : Does the witness consider that I was the agent of the police of royalty ?—Mounier : I do not know it . What I can say is , that you were employed by the police while I was at the P .-efectore . Huber : I beg to ask the witness whether be considered me an agent of the fallen government when he came to give evidence at Bourges ? And , if he thought so , why did he wait for eight months before saying so , and leave me at liberty for that time to exert all mv influence ?

    The witness did not reply to this question until told by the President to do so . Mounter . You ask me why I bad not revealed ( he facts sooner . The reason was that I was functionary of the police , and as such I thought it my duty to respect the secret of things which had taken place before I was so . My conduct , perhaps , may not be considered politic , but it has been serious . I have no relationship with Caussidiere , but 1 have long been a friend of his , and I know him to be an honest man , but I have never taken part with him against you . Tbe court adjourned at six o ' clock . Sittin g of Octoher 12 . —The President ordered Mounier to be called into court .

    The witness retired , after answering some further interpellations from . the prisoner tending to establish that Huber had in no way sought to lead Raspail to the bead of the manifestation , as he had been accused by him of doing . Huber then demanded of the President that two letters might be read , one of which had been addressed by Louis Blanc to him , and the other by him to Louis Blanc . ' , The President having given his sanction , the prisoner read the letters , which were not of different interest to justify their insertion in this report . After an address to tbe jury from the Avocat-Gsneral , The President called on the prisoner for his defence , when

    Huber rose and spoke at some length , but appeared more anxious to defend his honour from the charge , of being a spy than to escape conviction on the facts . M . Buvignier then made some observations on behalf of the accused , The President summed up the case , and tho jury , after retiring to deliberate , returned a verdict of ' Guilty' by a maj . m ' ty of more than twenty-three votes . The court then retired to deliberate on the sentence , and on returning after a short delay , declared that the prisoner Huber was condemned to transportation . The accused received this announcement with a cry of ' Vive la Repubhque !'

    Sittixg of Octobek 13 . —The trial of tho parties implicated in tho affair of June 13 was begun on Saturday . More interest appeared to be excited than was shown in tho trial of Huber , and the court was very crowded soon after the doors were opened . Agreat number of tho friends and relations of the prisoners wcro present . ' At about cloven o ' clock , the . prisoners , to tho number of thirty , were introduced , and about halfpast the president and the other judges took their scats , and the names of prisoners present were called over as follows-. —V . E . Chipron , aged 32 , plater , Paris ; L . E . Andre , aged 2 $ , arocat , Paris ; E . A . Dufelix , ? ged . 39 , employe , Paris ; A . N .

    Lebon , aged 42 , no profession , Paris ; A . Baunr , aged 50 , 'ltommodolettvcs , Paris ; A . J . Lnnglois , aged 30 , Paris ; J . B . C . Paya , aged 40 , Paris ; A . Bureau , aged 39 , editor of the Democmik Pacijique ; S . Commissaire , aged 27 , representative , Paris ; F . Sutchet , aged 37 " , representative , Paris ; J . L . Maignc , aged 32 , representative , Paris ; S . Farjrin-Fayolle , aged 38 , representative , Paris ; V . Pilhes , aged 31 , representative , Paris ; J . B . G . Danicl-Lamazierc , aged 31 , representative , Paris ; C . Bocb , aged 25 , representative , Paris ; L . L . Vnuthicr , 34 , representative , Paris ; J . M . J . Deville , aged CI , representative , Paris ; O . F . Gamhoii , aged 30 , representative , Paris ; J . P . A . Lbrion , aged 44 , representative , Paris ; J . A . Guinard , aged 50 , excolonel of the artillery of the national guard ,

    Paris ; A . L . Acluutrc , aged 30 , ex-captain of tho nntiouel guard , Paris ; S . Delalnvyc , aged 37 , architect , Pan s ; J . li . JUcrliot , dit Jfcrillo , aged 33 , Maubc , ex-captain of the artillery of the national guard , Paris ; A . F . M . Fraboulot do Chalcndnr , aged 48 , ex-captain of the artillery of tho national guard , Paris ; L . A . Vernon , aged 39 , ex-licutenant of the artillery of the national " guard , Clicby ; V . Angelot , aged 37 , watchmaker , Matignollcs ; M . A . A . ' Lcmaitre , aged 3 S , hommo do Tettres , Paris ; H . J . Forostier , aged 03 , born at St . lJomingo , artist , colonel of the 6 th legion of tho national guard , Paris ; C . Schmitz , aged 30 , architect , excaptain of tho artillery of the national guard , Paris .

    The names of those in default were also called over ; they avo . thirty-eight in number , as follows : J . P . P . Servient , aged 5 G , professor of mathematics , Paris ; J . N . L . Songcon , aged 31 , avocnt , Paris ; U . Morel , aged 29 , shoemaker , Paris ; E . M . de Montjau , Jun ., 31 , avocnt , Paris ; Tossicr Duinotay , aged 3 i , journalist , Paris ; 0 . F . Fardigon , editor of the Fratc Rc } niblique , Paris ; E . Bonnot Duverdier , aged 24 , medical student , Paris ; A . Maillard , aged 31 ) , clerk , Paris ; J . C . E . Cojurde-Roy , aged 24 . medical student , Paris ; C . llibeyrollcs , chief editor of the Reforme , Paris ; A . A . Ledru Itolliu , aged 40 , representative , Paris ; V . Considcraut , reprcsentntive , editor of the Democratic

    Pacijique , Pans ; Boichot , aged 29 , representative , Paris ; E . Rattier , aged 29 , representative , Paris ; F . Jannot , representative , Paris ; Felix Pyat , aged 38 , representative , Paris ; E . Arago , aged 45 , chef debataillonofthe 3 rd legion of national guard ; Perier , lieut . col . of the national guard of Belleville ; J . L . Villain , aged 38 , cx-president du comite do da la Societe des Droits de 1 'Hommo , Paris ; T . Kcrsausie , aged 50 , ancicn officier do cavalcric ; E . . I 5 oyer , representative , Paris ; O . 'Pfliegcr , aged 32 , representative , Paris ; L . Arril , representative , Pat-is ; M . Bernard , aged 40 , representative , Paris

    O . Kcenig , aged 52 , representative , Paris ; G . Itougeot , representative , Paris ; Monand , representative , Paris ; F . Landolplio , aged 40 , representative , Paris ; J . Ilofer , aged 44 , representative , Paris ; E .: Kopp , aged 32 , representative , Paris ; A . Anstott , aged 39 , representative ; Paris ; Dolland , representative , Paris ; F . J . Cautagvel , aged 39 , representative , Paris ; V . Ileitzmnn , aged 33 , representative , Paris ; J . Lcchevalier , editor of the Trikmt des P-euples , Paris ; C . Delescluze , aged 39 , editor of tbe devolution Democratique et iSociale , Paris ; T . There , editor of tho Vruie Ilepubluiuo , Paris . 1

    When ibe calKag over the names bad been con-• ckded , tb « president announced that if any of the prisoners ot- their counsels had any exceptions to ¦ take . to tbe trial { proceeding , it was now their time to do so . Gaiabon rose and protested against the competency of the court , on the ground that the constitution had been violated by the government , that consequently no tribunal / constituted by it could be legal , and that the fjigb Court bad therefore no constitutional existence . M , Madier doMonjau , the counsel of limine , maintained tbe incompetency of some members

    of tho councils-general called on' to form part of tbejury . The court retired to deliberate , u ' ^ after a short time returned and delivered its Ju dgmeiit , overruling the objections and declaring its ' competency . The President , addressing the pv , ' sonevs , told them that ho should proceed to call i them by name , to demand their respective nai nes > a cs residences , and professions . Chipvon was tu 0 fil ' st called , and ho refused to answer , allcia % as llis reason that lie did not recognise the compel 'en ° y of the eoui't . A similar course was adopted in - ' u < tfcs sion by Dufelix , Lebon , Beaune Lan « lois , A ll ;' l' ° "

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    Bureau , Commissaire , Sutchet , Paya , largm-Fayolle , Pilhes , Lamaziero , Vauthicr , Devillo , Louvio , Guinard , Achintre , Delahaye , Mcrliot , Maubc , Fraboulot , de Chalendar , Vernon , Angclot , Lcmaitre , Fovestier , and Schmitz , some of them prefacing their replies with short observations . The indictment was then commenced , but as tbe whole of it could not be read in that sitting , the court adjourned at six o ' clock , to complete it on the following day . Sitting of October 14 . —The pvesident did not take his scat until twelve o ' clock QU Sundivy . The proceedings commenced with the reading of the remaining part of the indictment—a document of monstrous length—stuffed with , as monstrous lies and misrepresentations . After the reading of the indictment the registrar proceeded to read the charges against each separate individual confining himself however to those against the prisoners present .

    The prisoner Chalendar made some explanations respecting previous condemnations he had incurred , and endeavoured to show that they were political . He complained that they were mentioned otherwise in tho indictment in order to injure him . The accused Chipron refused to answer the president ' s questions . The accused Andre , said there was no ground for the charges made against him , but he would give explanations subsequently . Dufelix said he renewed the protest made by Gambon , that he

    considered the constitution audaciously violated , and that ho refused to answer . Napoleon Lebon , declared he would answer no question , for the present . Baune made a similar declaration . Langlois , of the Revolution fiemocratiqac ct Soctak , and Bureau , of the Democratique Pacifique , said tll CJ ' would . answer the charges against them when the evidence should bo brought forward . The accused Paya said that all the magistrates who had taken part in that prosecution had violated tho code of criminal instruction . He had answered the

    examining magistrate , because be thought bis arrest was the result of an error , but as be hot saw that it was intended to condemn him , he would answer nothing . He would observe , however , that the indictment charged him with having been prosecuted twentyseven times for offences of the press under the monarchy , but that did not prove that he was at the Conservatoire des Arts ct Mutiers on the 13 th of June . He , however , admitted his repeated prosecutions under tho monarchy , and gloried in them but he was novor condemned in those prosecutions when tried before the jury .

    The President then proceeded to tbe category of representatives of the people . He asked the accused Sergeant Commissaire if he was accustomed to attend the meetings of the Rue du Ilasard ? Commissaire : I have nothing to answer on that subject , i will only observe that the indictment falsely charges mo with having written a ridiculous letter ; the author of it has committed a gross blunder , for he pretends that the letter was written in German , and I know nothing of that language . The President : -Wove you at the meeting of 13 th Juno in the Rue du Ilasard ? Commissaire ; I will not answer at present . President : Did you sign the manifesto to the people and the appeal to the army ? Commissaire returned no reply , and sat down . The accused Suchet and Maignc were then questioned , but refused to answer .

    The President recommended tho prisoners to answer for their own sakes , and explained to them that the object of the interrogatories was to fix tho attention on the charges against each of them , that tltcy might be proved or disproved by the evidence . Notwithstanding tbe president ' s appeal , the accused Fargin-Fnyollc , Pilhes , Daniel Lnmazicrcs , and Boch , on being separately questioned , positively refused to answer . Vauthicr said he would give explanations at a later stage of tho proceedings . Deville said he would sccept no questions for tho present . Gambon stated that he persisted in the protest he had made ; but he declared that the prosecution 'was tho most iniquitous ever instituted

    against a man , as he was accused for a speech he had delivered in the tribune of the Assembly as a representative of the people . Louriou said that for his part he was disposed to answer , though ho felt unwilling to separate from his friends . lie would , however , not answer any questions respecting the alleged plot , so that ho would not interfere with the system they bad adopted . He then said that he knew nothing of the meetings in tbe Rue do Raune , thfit he did not sign the protest of the 13 th June , that he knew notlungofthe placards stuck up on the 13 th June in the vicinity of tbe Conservatoire , and he denied that he had been to the Conservatoire that day . Tho President then said that he would proceed to inteiTOflvito the accused of the national guard . In

    answer to bis questions , Guinard said lie would keep back nothing of what ho ' had done in the affair of the 13 th June , but like his friends would postpone his explanations for the present . The ac cused Achintre said ho would not say what he did at the Conservatoire . Dolabnyo said that he was at the Conservatoire with thirty-ei ght others who wore released , but be would not answer for the present . Fraboulot , Vernon , Angolot , Mcrilot , Mom be , refused to answer . Lemaitvo said ho was accused on the cancans of tho old woman his portress , and because ho was a socialist who bad thought and still thought that the constitution had been violated . Forostier said he would not give any explanations until after hearing the evidence , when the truth against him would be known . Schmitz

    refused to answer . At this stage of tbe proceedings tho court adjourned ; the president previously observing that the prisoners would bo able to reflect before the next morning on the inconveniences of the system they had adopted .

    Sitting op Octobbu 15 . —The accused again refused on Monday to answer tbe questions put to them . The case of tho accused Chipron was then gone into , his depositions at the preliminary investigations benur read to the jury . It appears from these that Chipron was one of the republican committee who signed the proclamation that appeared in the Paris journals ; he was present ai the manifestation when it was dispersed . Chipron has always refused to state how he cscanctl at that time . Divers documents found in his lodgings were read ; they were the same that appear in the acto d ' accusation , and are attributed to the democratic committee on the elections .

    The accused Andre was then examined . He was vice-president of the Democratic Socialist Committee of twenty-five , and was scon at the Conservatoire tics Arts ct Metiers on tho 13 th of June . Several documents seized in his lod gings were also read . The accused Lebon was also scon at tbe Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers on the 13 th of June . He was also a member of the democratic socialist committee , and was a participator in its acts . The accused Dounc was a member of the Committee of twenty-five and is specially stated to have distributed the circulars of the democrat socialist committee , at whoso sitting onj tho evening of the 13 th of June he was present . Srmso of October 15 . —The court reassembled yesterday at half-past ten . It was crowded . On entering , the accused saluted their relatives and friends .

    I he president observed that , as the accitfed refused to answer , he , in tfie exercise of his discretionary power , would ovd « tbe interrogatories of tbe prisoners bv tlm examining magistrates to be real . The registrar then read the interrogato-y of the accused Chipron . When he concluded , The President said : It result * from this , that you , Chipron , were a member of the Committee of Twenty-Five , and that numerous papers of a political character were seized in your house . It also appears that you deny being present , as declared by the witness Toussenel , at the meeting ; wbich took place on the 11 th June in the offices of the democratic Pacifique , It further appears that you supplied that journal with the declaration of the committees inserted in the journals of the 13 th , that you were on that day in the Rue du Hasard , No . 0 , as also at the demonstration , and at the Conservatoire des Arts ct Metiers , where you lost a card bearing your name ?

    ; Chipron remained seated , and took no notice , as if Ibe president bad not spoken to htm . The Procureur-General then read the papers found at the residence of Chipron . These papers were placed before Chipron to see if be recognised them , but he refused to look at them and to answer any question . Theintenoicatorj ' of Andre was next read , and the president told him that he was accused of haviti < r belonged to tbe Committee of Twenty-Five , of having taken part in the demonstration of J 3 th June . The form of the oath imposed on socialist democrats , was , the president added , found at his residence , as also thBinmuscrijit ofthommd ' e to to the people miblisheil in the democratic journal .

    Andre said , he had intimated that ha was prepared to give explanations , but , as the other acens-. d had decided that they would not do so until after their examination of witnesses , he mast conform to the decision , although it rendered his situation mo e difficult . The Procureur-General then read tbe documents eannected with the charge against Andre . The Procureui ' -General expressed bis opinion that tbe proceedings of such a meeting were the origin of

    the organisation ot the Committee of twenty-five . The registrar then read the interrogatory of the prisoner Dufelix . _ The President : According to tho interrogatory just read , tbe prisoner 'Dofelix made part of the Committee of ttvonfy-five . and it was he who , at the head of fifty or sixty men , went , armed w'th a musket , to pillage the shop of the gunsmith Lepage . m the Rue Hourgl'Abbe . l b ' The interrogatory of tho prisoner Lebon was then

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    The President : It results from thpTTi ^ ~ —" ries that Lebon belonged t ^ the I £ 23 ?* i Socialist Committee , without forminJ Z of H ? Committee of twenty-five ; that he was J L th the insurgents at the Conserva £ / J » letter wnttten b y him the prisoner S „ S' f n " * Tbe interrogatories of the prisoner " Ron ., * then read , from which it appell Z fe «? was a member of the Committee of SSi that bo freuded at tbe Club of the S \\ Z 52 . 1 ° * in the Rue de Sevres ; that he nsudl y iutht ' culars of tbe Socialist Committee , and that h V < " present on the evening of the HtftSbf J ^ J in the Rue du Ilasard , and that in the Uue (• " f Heron . c ^ l *

    The interrogatory of Langlois , editor of « i „ Atepfo , was next read . ot the The President observed that the facts of the \ mPrrn gatory might be summed up as follows -. nTt formed part of the meeting which took place on rK morning of the 11 th June in the offices of the ikT crafts Pacjiqiic ; and aftenrards that irhich was K on the evening of the same day , in the ofiiccs of 55 Icuplc . lie admits , also , that be Wfc . „ t lo meeting in the Rue du Ilasard , but that he was m * among the number of members admitted . ] v « letters were , it appeared , also seized , at tl . eoffice 0 f the Peuple , dated from Rome , and written bv l ) 0 da to Danmon , one of the editors , and the n « m bcr of the i ^ of the 12 th and 13 th Juno conta ed he various appeals to insurrection which have bem already frequently alluded to .

    The «« interrogatories" of Bureau and Pay * wethen read , after which The Clerk next read the interrogatory of SevMant Commissaire , and tbe president said it ap peared that tbe accused was at the meeting of tbe , M 0 Qtagne , Rue du Ilasard , and that he had formed part of the column which proceeded to the Conservatoire . It further appeared that he bad hastily returned in a cab to his residence to change his clothes , after which he returned to tbe Conservatoire . It was likewise shown that he was tbe author of a letter bearing his signature on the events of

    Bavaria , which had been seized at Landau , in that country . After the interrogatory of Suchet had been read , The President announced that another accused , named Maillaird , hid given himself up , aud that he would be interrogated . Tbe accused , having been brought in , declared his name to be Alexis Maillard , bis Ke thirty , a clerk by profession , and his residence in Paris . The President asked if he accep ted the ease iu tbe state in which it was ? The Accused sai I he would do what his co-accused had done . He added that his advocate was M , Madier de Montjau .

    The President asked him if he had hot been a member of the Committee of twenty-five ? The Accused answered that , havin g adopted the system of his co-accused , be would repl y after hearing the witnesses . From his interrogatory , which was then read , it appeared that he had been a member of the Committee of twenty-five , and that two papers had been foundat his lodgb gs , one the manuscript of the Address to tbe People , published on the 11 th June , the other a letter from Butain , announcing that he had rented for the meeting of the 11 th the riding-school o £ Peltier .

    The " intevrrgatones of Maigne , Fargin , Fayolle , Pilhes , Lamayieres , Bocb , Vauthicr , and Deville , were then read ; after which the court adjourned . Sitting of Octobeu 16—The court sat as usual at a quarter to eleven . Two tables were laden with muskets , swords , porcder , & c , taken at the lodgings of the divers prisoners . Conspicuous were Boichot ' s uniform and Uattier ' s hat . The regis ' ra > s continued to read the depositions of the accused at their preliminpry examination . Atoubet was a major in the artillery legion , aud was at the Conservatoire . When tbe troops came up he changed bis uniform in » wine shop . Fraboulet de Bhalendea , was an artillery commander of the Batiguolles legion , who was also present at Conservatoire .

    Tbe accnsed roresticr was colonel of tbe Oth legion ; h / J was aware before the 13 th of what was to take place on that day . He said he would go with his legion . On tbe 13 th be gave the order for assembling of tbe legion , but the order was badly executed . The accused Schmiz was cr . ptain of artillery . Ua was president ot the permanent executive committee of the delegates of the Oth legion . He assisted the manifestation of the 13 th June , which he owned to having organised . The court then proceeded to bear testimony as to general facts .

    Twelve privates belonging to tbe 17 th Regiment of tbe LitiP , in garrison at Lyons , have been convicted by court-martial , held in that city , of having taken pare nith the insurgents in the movement of tbe 13 th of June . One of these men was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in irons , and tbe otbe , rs to imprisonment varying from five years to fifteen days . ' When we announced some days ago , ' says tbe

    ' Sfmaphoiv . de . Marseilles of tbellihinst ., — 'The arrival of M . Daniel Manin , t-x-l ' resident of tbe Republic of Venice , we were far from foreseeing that a dreadful misfortune would visit the hon . refugee . M . Manin , who had retired among us with his family , has sustained a cruel loss in the person of bis wife , who died , on Tuesday night , of an attack of cholera . Her death caused yesterday a most pain ! ul impression in our city . '

    Legislative Assembly . —Report of thr Cost-MiTTEE on the Roman Qupstion . —In the Legislative Assembly on Friday , M . Thiers , in the name of tbe committee on tbe subject of credits demanded . for the f xpense of the expedition to Rome , read his ( report on that subject . The report , as was expected ,, full } approves of the object of the expedition , and I the manner in which it was carried into effect . M .. Thiers was frequently interrupted by the Lttft . This . s

    interruption increased when M . Thiers endr-avouredd to prove that tbe . Constitution bad not been violatedd . M . Thiers declared , in the course of tbe report , thabt tbe Committee considered the Pope ' s moluproprino as the fivst teal advantage that bad been gamed byiy the expedition , and he thought that all truly liberalal men ought to congratulate . themselves upon it . M < 1 < Victor lliigo was the only member of the committeeec on Rowan affairs who protested against the reportrl of SI . Thiers .

    Paws , Tuesday . —SIixisterial Crisis—\ UA < are in tbe midst of a ministerial crisis . The President of the Republic wrote yesterday ti t M . 0 . Barrot to inform him that government coukil not abandon the l ne of policy adopted in the lettette he had written to M . Edgar Ney , aud that therefotfoi tbe conclusions of M . Thiers' report could not t t accepted by it . The Council of Ministers assembled , and fttl course advised by the President of the Republic wiwi followed . The note of the President of the R R

    public was . it is said , to have appeared in tl tli ' Moniteur' this moniinp , but it dors not . In tl til evt ' uiug , M . de Fdlloux , hearing what tbe decisidsic of the council had been , sent in his resignation . ' ¦ the afternoon , sev ral representatives met in one ne the committee-rooms of the Assembly , and beibei ; all firm adherents of the President , endeavoured ed bring round M . M . Mote , Thiers , and ijioglie , e , abandon the stand ihey had taken on the memo ; propria , but they declined doing so . Thus b t . breach between the President of the Republic aic at the party of reaction is complete .

    The ' Assemblee Rationale ' says that Geneene : Rulhiere resigns also in consequence of M . \ U Falloux ' s resignation . Tbe night has been spent in active attempts As the p . irt of certain members of tbe mnj orityrityr Change the President ' s mind , but vlie result can cam be doubted a moment .

    GERMANY . Alliance of the German Tyrants . —Berber " Oct . 10 . —Yesterday ' s letter contained a few ew si tences explanatory of the ; telegraphic despatch itch warded at a late hour , announcing the ratificaificai ( by the king ) of the Austro-Prussian Convenlven lii originally signed at Vienna , on the 30 th Sep'cirn'cmr by Prince Sebwartzmberg and M . ds iSernSernm ( Prussian envoy ) . Ten days were allowed fori for : Berlin ratifications , which period expired ye ! yei ! slay inclusively . It appears that the question lion i mined to the consideration and approbation oon 0 ) Council of Administration of the Trip'e Lea Leaf was long and maturely d « ba » e'i ; and , being png pi ) the vote , was agreed " to by a'l lb-: pleirpoientisentiti excepting three , namely , Oldenburg , Dsitvi \;<] U

    ( Darmstani ) . and the Tliuringian llou-es ( G » ( 0 5 Weimar , & c . ) A large majority was cnns . iQus . iQm ! iii favour of , vppr

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20101849/page/2/