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2 The Northern Star. ^ October 20, 1849.
2 THE NORTHERN STAR . _^ October 20 , 1849 .
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FRANCE . MOCK TRIAL OF THE PROSCRIBED REPUBLICANS . _^ The' Refonne' publishes the following declara tion from those of tbe accused of the 13 th of June who are in London : — ' The trial of the affair of the 13 th of June is soon about to open at "Versailles , and the public pro _^ _eutr . T has summoned us to appear before his High Court . Not wishing to enter prematurely into a a discussion which does not belong to us alone , ihe following is our reply in a few words , and the summary of oar motives : —We will not , we cu ht not , to surrender ourselves to tbe trial of the 10 th of October : —1 . Because we cannot accept as _accsuets those , or tbe servants of those , -whom
we Lave 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 _flagraat act of high treason . 2 . Because we cannot accept _rs legitimate judges tbe creatures of 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 deeply convinced that , by placing ourselves in the bands of our enemif j . we should full into a judicial snare . Tbe government , in fact , wonld not allow any ace to pie .-. ; , or Jo prove that it bad violated the Constilutioi ; it could not allow any one to prove its crime ; our defence would not be therefore possible except on ¦ ¦ ' _w _material facts of the 13 th of June , facts
accop _gashed by us in the fall measure of our rights , in the order of our duties , and for which we could not consent to justify ourselves any more than to def-: r , a ourselves . 4 . Because it appears to us _contrary to the interest of our party , which is that of Hep fcVican Europe , to deliver up our arms , and to bury our efforts and our propagandism in the _citadels of the counter-revolution , or to render them _fruHless byexiling them beyond sea : and that when the irerieh Republic—every people being under the _yok < - —wonld have soon to fight its last battle against trai _^ _ri at home and the Cossacks abroad . Would
_Maraim , Bern , Kossuth , and Garibaldi be more _forvritUble to Austria at tbe bottom of her dungeons , tba - _i in a foreign land , where their liberty would _prer-are them for future action ? Such are the mu ' _-ives which command us not to surrender _ourselves—not to offer ourselves as a trophy to our _enemies . Would they not be happy , after having _gag = _? rt v . 3 , to again stifle the revolution , and to eat . iuto a contract over our bodies with old _EuioP 2 ; which can only go to sleep to tbe Tattle of cha _:-A ? We have been told that our resolution woi-= ; 1 m calumniated—that it would be _mlSCOU '
stn .. _^ , If that comes from our enemies , it concerns us !; ut little ; if from our friends , let them reflect before they censure us . We tell them all that if itsbonld ever happen to them to be thrown into exile after performing a great duty , their liberty wil / sot appear to us a privilege , and we will not accuse them of happiness . ' Ledru Rottrs , Rattieb , Etibnne Abago C . Ribero £ i . es , Martin Bernard , _Lanuqu ? he , E . Madier . be Montjau , Jun . ' _Tcs same journal publishes tbe following : — 'Cantonof Vaud _. O t . 9 .
' Citizen Editor , —We were of a different opinion to ' bat of our friends at London and Paris on the qu .-: v 5 _on as to whether we should be present at tbe _trifti of the 10 th of October . We thought that it was _imy-ortanl to the Republican cause that all those who participated in the incriminated demonstration shcuid go , and say again themselves , on tbe 10 th of _Ocvher , in the face of the country , what they said on ihe 15 vh of June , that the government has violated the Constitution . But as party men , and by a spirit of discipline , we must , 83 the minority , submit ouisekes to the opinion of the majority ; we shall not therefore appear at tbe trial . Salutation and bitznaty I ' ¥ eux _Pvat _, Holland , ( of Saone-et-Loire _Boichot , L . Avril _Jannot _, Ernest CcEtJRDEnor . '
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VERSAILLES . Sitting of October 10 . —The habitual _tranquiulityof Versailles has been but 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 wa 3 stationed in the interior of the Palais de _Justice , and in the prison , which is contiguous to it . At eleven o ' clock the judges entered and took their seats , 1 L _Berenger , the president , taking the chair . M . _Baroche , the Procureur-General , then read the decree of tbe Legislative Assembly of 10 th August last , which sent the parties implicated in the attempt of the 13 th June before tbe High Court of _JasHce , and required the High Court to proceed immediately to constitute itself .
After an address from the President , the court retired to ballot for those who were definitively to _fora tbe jury . _Immediately after the court bad retired , the prisoner Hubert was brought in , guarded by two ge & Urnies . He is a man of stout stature . The long he & xi which covered - his face , his bnshy eyebrows , his small but piercing eyes , and his pale comv .: ey . 5 on , gaveto his countenance an aspect of harshness and resolution . Tbe President , addressing Huber , demanded whether he was provided with a counsel ?—Hubert _Hio , Monsieurle President . The President : I , however , ordered yon one . — Hucer : Yes , sir , but I wrote aim telling him that he nta < l not come .
The President : I am , therefore , compelled to apvM / . r . _t Jim another . M- Haussmann , a member of the Versailles bar , will be chargrd to assist yon—Hubert : Allow me , Monsieur le President , — 'ffee President : _Yoa will be at liberty to prevent yo < -r counsel from speaking , but ray duty is to aprvriai you one . It may happen that yoa may stsnd in need of his advice , and be must take bis seas sear yon . —Huber : Allow me , Monsieur le President , to explain tbe reason of my _vefusal , for the information of tbe jury . The moral situation which was made for me at Bourges is so serious that I eas ? .. -. r , without a want of delicacy , unite any one hers with me . I wish to defend my honour myself , and for that purpose I have no need of a counsel .
For £ man outraged in his honour , and who demands reparation , there 13 oaly one thing wanted—justice and that 1 hops that these sentiments may be yours , at all events they are mine . All that 1 demand is tbe plain and simple truth ; my defence , therefore , requires uo legal talent . Besides , if I had wished to confide the care of my defence to another , I should not now be here ; 1 should have preserved my liberty , which would have been dear to me even extie . since in France I have always been a captive . But . ' no ! When I knew that I bad been basely calumniated I travelled 200 leagues , and , notwithstanding the certainty of being condemned to a perpetual punishment , I did not hesitate for an in ; fast . And why ? Because tbe name I bear is thvi of a honourable
family—T ' ac President ( interrupting tbe prisoner ) : The jm ? ir . your cause has not yet beea drawn , and is no r _. ow present : your remarks are therefore USV : 5 _Ss . At half-past one the coart resumed , and the jury _d'Kgnaietf by lot took their places . The President : Accused , what is yoar name , age , profession , place of birth , and residence ?—Huber .-My name is Louis Huber ; but as to my residence I cannot name any , as for fifteen years I have been _presented , proscribed , or captive . When at times I _hzve had an asylum , it has been under the roof of i _friend , and at _times I have bad only tbe sky—The President : Your age and place of birth _?—Huner : Thirty-five years ; born at Wasselonne _, department of the Bas Rhim .
The _jurvaen here severally took the oath prescribes by ths law _. The _registrar then proceeded to read an extract _froa 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 bis liberty at the _Revolution 0 f February . A few days before the loth of May he was named Governor of the Chateau or _saintry . He was a member of the Central Com .
_mi'tee of the Societe des Droits de l'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 which took place on tbe 12 tb of May at Dourlans ' , but at all events be 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 wa 3 there decided that all tbe clubs should adhere te the manifesto drawn up by Huber , and should proceed to the Assembly to take part in the demonstration in favour of Poland . The participation of Huber in all
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these acts is proved in a letter in the' Reforme * of the 2 nd August , written by him and addressed to the committee of the National Assembly charged to make an investigation into tbe events of May and June . ( This letter set forth that Huber got up and directed the demonstration , but that be bad 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 then proceeded : )—The accused in this communication alludes to a letter which he wrote on the 15 th of May to Barbes , and which was seized on a man named Landolphe , expressing the desire that the demonstration should take place without arms . But , though it declared that tbe time had not arrived , and that care should be taken not to fall into a snare , it expressed the opinion that arms should be taken ou the first favourable
occasion . Besides , Huber himself had caused it to be decided on the evening of the 13 th that , if attacked , arms should besought and resistance offered . On the loth of May Huber left the Place de / a Bastille at the head of the demonstration , surrounded by the delegates of clubs and banners . He left the cortege on the place de la Concord , and half an hour before the commencement of the sitting entered the Assembly . The secretary-general of the _questure 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 the petition which he bore were allowed to be read by him or the delegates , all would pa ss well ; but that if that were refused , there would be disorder . The' _Moniteur' showed that after the invasion of the Assembly , 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 en the crowd to withdraw . Bat the conditions of the
terms be laid down were _these!— 'I have been promised , ' be said , ' that the people shall file off before tbe tribune . I 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 tnmult Huber again demanded that room should be made in order that the people might file off before the 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 , hut before speaking be turned to the President and insulted hira by look and gesture ,- he then cried , « N o decision is taken 1 Well , then , I , in the name of the people—of the people deceived by tbe representatives , declare that the National Assembly is dissolved ! ' Cries , vociferations , and indtaribable confusion followed these words . Huber afterwards went to a
corridor , where he 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 the Assembly , and showed to Barbes , who was in the tr ibune , 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 took it , and , in a voice which pierced the clamour , again cried , ' The Assembly is dissolved ! ' Then , turning to the 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 the decree of the factions , Huber for the third lime proclaimed the dissolution of the Assembly . A little later , wfien the names proposed for tbe new government were read , Huber cried , 'Let us go to the Hotel ae Ville ! ' lie afterwards said to General _Tempoure . commander-in-chief of the Grand Mobile , ' General , pay attention to what you are ahout to do ; your future prospects depend on it ! There is no longer any National Assembly , and I summon you to follow roe to tbe Hotel de Ville ! ' Ob leaving the Assembly , he climbed up the railing which surrounds it , and announced to the crowd that the Assembly was dissolved . At the moment at which he
traversed the ranks of the National Guard to proceed towards the bridge , Captain Pouillaude , of the lOih legion , asked him by what authority tbe National assembly dissolved . « By the authority of the people ? ' said be . ' We are the people , and do not wish for the dissolution of the Assembly ! ' answered the captain , and at the same moment arrested Huber . But the crowd released bim , and carried him beyond the bridge . At about six o ' clock in the 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 tbe Chamber , and who recognised tim . He was taken to the Mairie of the 4 th arrondissement , but was released by order of the mayor . In the evening , he went to the house of one Moulin , 73 , Rue de Faubourg Montmartre , where he resided , and stated to that person that be did not know what bad passed in hia head when he bad declared tbe dissolution of the Assembly . He then went out to get his beard cut off , but never returned . '
The President said to tbe 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 . Hnber : I shall not reply to your questions , Monsieur le President , until my moral as well as my political situation bas 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 to defend bis honour . I might have taken one to prosecute my calumniators , but I thought of my family , of my friends , of J hose who have participated 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 common 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 the talentof an advocate . Ob ! you wil ] not repudiate me , you who love me ; you will love me still . Let my friend , _letjmy 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 , 1 find numerous adversaries—some skilful , others pitiless ; tbe first regarding me as a too-revolutionary republican ; the others , obeying a sentiment which I shall not now
explain , incriminate my good faith , and call my political morality in question . Tbe one attacks my liberty , the others my honour . I am , if I may be _anowed the expression , between the anvil and the hammer . It is necessary that I should struggle against my political friends—against those who for eighteen years have made use of my devotedness _, and have afterwards loaded me with outrages , so as to compel me to retaliate . I have also suffered for the last six months—I have also suffered in this struggle . I would have avoid d it at the cost of my blood and of my life , but never at the cost of my honour . I could not have strength for such a sacrifice . No one can accuse me of egotism : all my life
bas been one of sacr ifice ; I have renounced all enjoyment ; I have sacrificed my repose for the triumph of democracy . But my courage will not go to tbe length of renouncirg 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 h with devotedness , I should have at least obtained from it a little esteesi and gratitude ; but no ; nothing has been respected in me—neither my character , nor my devotedness , nor my misfortune . To raise themselves in public opinion my adversaries drag me through the mire , and now that I 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 have the courage to hate . Ail my illusions are destroyed : all my sympathies are crushed by a sentiment of distrust ; I dare not hold ant the hand to the man whom I esteem "for fear of offending bim . Do you know how it is that my heart bas not broken ? It 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 which 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 great emotion as he sat down . } The President : Now you will answer my questions . Huber then demanded that Raspail and Blanqui , his two principal accusers , with _Muunier , should be called as witnesses .
The Procureur-General said : He should not therefore , call either Blanqui or Raspail . Huber , with great animation , complained of this refusal as an act of injustice . The Procureur-General here informed Huber that he had summoned the witness Mourner , who gave evidence at Bourges , as to the facts of _rtuch Huber complains . The accused then proceeded to justify himself against a recent publication of Raspail , in which the latter accuses hira of having been the instrument of
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an occult combiuation , and entered into long but uninteresting explanations of bis conduct on May 15 . He concluded by again demanding that the persons be bad named should be called as witnesses . The court adjourned at half-past five .
Sitting of 11 th October . —The President took his seat at half-past ten . M . Buvignier , ex-representative , took his seat sear tbe prisoner , having been sent for by Huber to act as bis counsel . Huber rose , and , addressing , the President said : I hope the counsel you 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 had known me .
The President : M . Buvignier , I think it necessary to call to your mind tbe provisions of article 311 . M . Buvignier : I came here at the request of my friend _Hubar . I could not refuse him my _kisistancej although he certainly might have met fhewhere 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 thai 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 having belonged to tbe police of the old government and to the secret police of the provisional government , on tbe 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 had 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 must 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 tbe 15 th May be had only 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 had not acted as an _instrumental the police .
After a speech in opposition from tbe _Procureur-Geniral _, tbe President says , ' I do not think that the presence of the condemned Raspail and Blanqui is necessary to enable the 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 yon have insisted on it . I will add that the presence of the witness Mouider will give you the opportunity of explaining yourself on the charge which as been brought against it . . Huber : I respect tbe decision of the court ; but I appeal to the jury and to public opinion to appreciate my situation .
M . Dagneaux , restauratuer , deposed that he had been present at a democratic meeting at the Restaurant Dourlans , and that tbe 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 the character of the club Centralisateur , which , he said , had for its object tbe discussion of social questions . He declared that , whenever a manifestation was spn . enof , Huber always deprecated violence . M . _Lemansois-Deprey gave an account of the invasion , ana said he did not see Huber take tbe ore . sident by the collar , as be was accused of having done , but Huber was much excited . Huber said bis excitement arose from the danger to tbe Assembly .
M . Buchez was then called : Daring this deplorable 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 bim—Huber , you are not an enemy either of the Republic or tbe Nationel Assembly ? He replied , No!—Well , then , I added , do all you can to get these people out , in order that tbe Assembly may deliberate , which it cannot do now . —Try to get us turned out . _^ Tachez denous faire mettre a la porte _. ) A rather long period elapsed , and I saw Huber standing on a table
near the tribune , proclaim the dissolution of tbe 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 tbe bureau , and said to me , ' Retire—you are nothing here . ' But I was not pushed ot 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 tbe bureau ; in fact , he could not , for , if I mistake not , be has a wound in his leg .
Huber : Tbe placard which M . Buchez bas 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 tbe dissolution was spoken of , but at that time I did not think ef it ; I could not then have wished it , for 1 did not then think that the dissolution would have been for the advantage of tbe 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 tbe result of an _emuie , and that it was not grave . ( Slight murmurs . ) When , with all the re . sources which the government had in its bands , I saw that the emute was not dissipated , I believed that the government abandoned its duty —( movement )—and that it was necessary to act in its place . It was on that account requisite for me to go out . And ; therefore , when I saw the place ec _* cupied 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 tbe 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 . 1 bad no other relations with you than those of wbicb I 6 poke 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 tbe
salle will be evacuated . ' I know that at that mo-. nent yoar embarrassment was extreme , and in your situation I should have been _erabatrassed also . But it is not true that you gave me the 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 necf ssary to resist or fly . Bat the people could not fly , and , in all parts , it was said that tbe arms deposited at tbe Assembly should be seized , and that the people should defend themselves . On learning that ysu had caused the rappel to be beaten , 1 was greatly annoyed , and said to you with a menacing gesture , ' You have deceived us—you promised not to have the rappel 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 , forroy veracity is placed in doubt . I do not reproach myself , and if I bad to recommence , I would act in the same way . ( Movement . ) Huber ( with energy ) : l strongly protest against M . Buehez insinuation . Never did he 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 you if you had , I should have blamed you , for you should have displayed dignity . You want to establish complicity with me to excuse your cowardice . ( Painful sensation . )
M . Mounter was the next witness called , He said Before the revolution of 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 Sootier and a number of other persons whom I did not know . I was afterwards employed by Caussidiere to search , in company with the chief of the munici pal police , in the archives for sundry documents . The firs '; which I met with were connected with Caussidiere and we signed Pierre . ' Oa 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 . 1 saw this man near Caussidiere , without bis being . _allowed to know that the papers iu question had been seen . We afterwatds 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 lime he was overcome by his feelings , and confessed all and begged for mercy . I was then named Secretary-General of the Prefecture of Police , as
_rejonstituted on the 24 th February . I could no longer _corOfrue my examination of the papers , which were entrusted to another person . After the 15 th May , I gave in my resignation at the same time as Caussidiere , but I was retained in office by M . Trouve _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 wbicb I sent to Bourges . Those documents bore the signature of Huber . I do not know his handwriting . When M . Trouve Chauvel 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 ?—Mounter : Never . For your interest I request you not to press me for an answer . Huber : What do you mean-for my interest ? I fear nothing . 1 ask you whether Caussidiere did not reply to a communication you made to him' Do not be under any uneasiness , be has not the money with which to return to Bourges ?' Mounier : I solemnly affirm that be did not . 1 have now the letter which he wrote me . I regret much being obliged to present it , but I must do so . Huber : Does the witness consider that I was the
_ajent 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 Prefecture . Huber : I beg to ask tbe witness whether he considered me an agent of the iallen government when he came to give evidence at Bourges ? And , if he thought so , why did be wait for eight months before saying so , and leave me at liberty for that time to exert all my influence ? The witness did not reply to this question until told by the President to do so .
Mounier : You ask me why I had not revealed the 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 bas 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 ycu . The court adjourned at six o ' clock .
_Sittinc of October 12 . —Tbe 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 head of the manifestation , as be bad been accused by him of doing . Huber then demanded of the President that two letters might be Tead , one of which had been addressed by Louis Blanc to him , and the other by him to Louis Blanc . The President having given bis sanction , tbe prisoner read the letters , which were not of different interest to justify their insertion in this report . After an address to the jary from tbe Avocat-General ,
. The President called ou 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 oh the facts . M . Buvignier then made some observations on behalf of the accused . The President summed up the case , and the jury , after retiring to deliberate , returned a verdict of ' Guilty' by a majority of more than _twenty-tbree 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 Republique !'
Sitting of October 13 . —The trial of the parties implicated in the affair of June 13 was begun on Saturday . More interest appeared to be excited than was shown in the trial of Huber , and tho court was very crowded soon after the doors were opened . A great number of the friends and relations of the prisoners were present . At about eleven o'clock , the prisoners , to the 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 28 , avocat , Paris ;
E . A . Dufeltx , aged 39 , employe , Paris ; A . N . Lebon , a » ed 42 , no profession , Paris ; A . Baune , aged 50 , hommedelettres , Paris ; A . J . Langlois , aged 30 , Paris ; J . B . C . Paya , aged 40 , Paris ; A . Bureau , aged 39 , editor of the democratic Pacijique ; S . Commissaire , aged 27 , representative , Paris ; P . Sutchet , aged 37 , representative , Paris ; J . L . Maigne , aged 32 , representative , Paris ; S . Fargin-Fayolle , aged 38 , representative , Paris ; V , Pilhes , aged 31 , representative , Paris ; 3 . B . G . Daniel Lamaziere , aged 31 , representative , Paris ; C Boch , aged 25 , representative , Paris ; L . L . Yauthier , Si , representative , Paris ; J . M . J . Deville , aged Dl , representative , Paris ; C . F . Gambon , aged 29 , representative , Paris ; J . F _. A . Loriou , aged 44 , representative , Paris ; J . A . Guinard , aged 50 ,
excolonel ot the artillery of the national guard , Paris ; A . L . Achintre , aged 36 , ex-captain of the nationel guard , Paris ; S . Delahaye , aged 37 , architect , Paris ; J . B . Merliot , difc Mcrillo , aged 33 , Maube , ex-captain of the artillery of the national guard , Paris ; A . F . M . Fraboulefc de Chalendar , aged 48 , ex-captain of the artillery of the national guard , Paris ; L . A . Yernon , aged 30 , ex-lieutenant of the artillery of the national guard , Clichy ; Y Angelot , aged 37 , watchmaker , Batignolles ; M . A . A . Lemaitre , aged 38 , homme de lettres , Paris ; H . J . Forestier , aged 63 , born at St . Domingo , artist , colonel of the Ctb legion of the national guard , Paris ; C . Schmitz , aged 30 , architect , excaptain of the artillery of tbe national guard , Paris .
The name 3 of those in default were also called over ; they are thirty-eight in number , as follows : J . P . F . Servient , aged 56 , professor of mathematics , Paris ; J . N . L . Songoon , aged 31 , avocat , Paris ; II . Morel , aged 29 , shoemaker , Paris ; E . M . de Montjau , Jun ., 31 , avocat , Paris ; Tessier Dumotay , aged 34 , journalist , Paris ; C . F . Pardigon , editor of the Vraie Republique , Paris ; E . Bonnot Duverdier , aged 24 , medical student , Paris ; A . Maillard , aged 30 , clerk , Paris ; J . C . E . Ccourde-Iloy , aged 24 . medical student , Paris ; C . Ribeyrolles , chief editor of the Reform , Paris ; A . A . Ledru Rollin _, aged 40 , representative , Paris ; V . Considerant , representative , editor of the Democratic
Pacifique , Paris '; Boichot , ' aged 29 , representative , Paris ; E . Rattier , aged 20 , representative , Paris ; F . Jannot , representative , Paris ; Felix Pyat , aged 38 , representative , Paris ; E . _Arago , aged 45 , chef dcbataillonofthe 3 rd legion of national guard ; Perier , lieut . col . of the national guard of Belleville ; J . L . Villain , aged 38 , ex-president du comite de da la Sociote des Droits de l'Homme , Paris ; T . Kersaiisie , aged 50 , ancion officier de cavalerie ; E . Beyer , representative , Paris ; 0 . Pflieger , aged 32 , representative , Paris ; L . _Avril , representative , Paris ; M . Bernard , aged 40 , representative , Paris ;
C . Kconig , aged 52 , representative , Paris ; G . Rougeot , representative , Paris ; Menand , representative , Paris ; F . Landolphe , aged 40 , representative , Paris ; J . Hofer , aged 44 , representative , Paris ; E . Kopp , aged 32 , representative , Pavis ; A . Anstett , aged 39 , representative , Paris ; Dolland , representative , Paris ; F . J . Cantagrel , aged 39 , representative , Paris ; V . Heifczman , aged 33 , representative , Paris ; J . Lecbevalier , editor of tbe Tribune des Pexvpks , Paris ; C . Dclescluze , aged 39 , editor of the Revolution Democraliqnc et Sociale ' Paris ; T . Thore , editor of the _Vraie Republique . Paris . ¦ '
When the calling over the names had been concluded , the president announced that if any of the prisoners or their counsels had any exceptions to take to the trial proceeding , it was now their time to do so . Gambon rose and protested against the competency of the court , on the ground that the constitution bad been violated by the government , that consequently no tribunal constituted by it could be legal , and that the High Court had therefore no constitutional existence . M _. Madier de Monjau , the counsel of Baune , maintained the incompetency of some members of tbe councils-general called on to form part of the jury .
__ The court retired to deliberate , and after a short time returned and delivered its Judgment , overruling the objections and declaring its competency . The President , addressing tho prisoners , told thorn that he should proceed to call on them by name , to demand their respective names , ages , residences , aud professions . Chipron was the first called , and ho refused to answer , alleging as his reason that he did not recognise the competency of the court . A similar course was adopted in succession by _Dufeljx _, Lebon , Beauuc _, Langlois , Allyre-
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Bureau , Commissaire , Sutchet , Paya , Fargm-Fayolle , Pilhes , Lamaziere , Vauthier , Deville , Lourio , Guinard , Achintre , Delahaye , Merliot , Maube , ' Fraboulet , de Chalendar , Vernon , Angelot , Bemaitre , Forestier , and Schmitz , some of them prefacing their replies with short observations . The indictment was then commenced , but as the 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 oj ? October 14 . —The president did not take his seat until twelve o'clock on Sunday . 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 bad incurred , and endeavoured to show that they were political . He complained that they were mentioned otherwise in the indictment in order to injure him . The accused Chipron refused to answer the president ' s questions . Tho accused Andre , said there was no ground for the charges made against him , but he wouldgiveexplanations subsequently . Dufelixsaid he renewed the protest made by Gambon , that he considered the constitution audaciously violated , and that he refused to answer . Napoleon Lebon ,
declared he would answer no question , for the present . Baune made a similar declaration . Langlois , of the Revolution Democratique et Soctale , and Bureau , of tho Democratique Pacifique , said they would answer the charges against them when the evidence should be brought forward . The accused Paya said that all the magistrates who had taken part in that prosecution had violated the code of criminal instruction . He had answered the examining magistrate , because he thought his arrest was the result of an error , but as he _no'v 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 monarohy , 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 the monarchy , and gloried in them but he was never condemned in those prosecutions when tried before the jury . The President then proceeded to the category of representatives of the people . He asked the accused Sergeant Commissaire if he was accustomed to attend the meetings of the Rue du Hasard ? Commissaire : I have nothing to answer on that subject . I will only observe that the indictment falsely charges me 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 : Were you at the meeting of 13 th June in the Rue du Hasard ? Commissaire ; I will not answer at present . President : Did you sign the manifesto to the people and tbe appeal to the . army ? Commissaire returned no reply , and sat down . The accused Suchet and Maigne were then questioned , but refused to answer .
The President recommended the prisoners to answer for their own sakes , and explained to them that the object of the interrogatories was to fix the attention on the charges against each of them , that they might be proved or disproved by the evidence . Notwithstanding the president ' s appeal , the accused Fargin-Fayolle , Pilhes , Daniel Lamazieres , and Boch , on being separately questioned , positively refused to answer . Vauthier said he would give explanations at a later stage of the proceedings . Deville said he would sccept no questions for the present . Gambon stated that he persisted in the protest he had made ; but be declared that the prosecution was the 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 he felt unwilling to separate from his friends . He would , however , not answer any questions respecting the alleged plot , so that he would not interfere with tbe system they had adopted . He then said that he knew nothing of the meetings in the Rue de Baune , that he did not sign the protest of the 13 th June , that he knew nothing of the placards stuck up on the 13 th Juno in tbe vicinity of the Conservatoire , and he denied that ho had been to the Conservatoire that day . The President then said that ho would proceed to interrogate the accused of tho national guard . In
answer to his questions , Guinard said he would keep back nothing of what he had done in the affair of tbe 13 th June , but like his friends would postpone his explanations for the present . The accused Achintre said he would not say what he did at the Conservatoire . Delahaye said that he was at the Conservatoire with thirty-eight others who were released , but be would not answer for the present . Fraboulet , Vernon , Angelot , Merilot , Mombe , refused to answer . Lemaitre said he was accused on the cancans of the old woman his portress , and because he was a socia list who had thought and still thought that the constitution had been violated . Forestier said he would not give any explanations until after hearing the evidence , when the truth against him would bo known . Schmitz refused to answer . i
At this stage of the proceedings the court adjourned ; the president previously observing that the prisoners would be able to reflect before the next morning on the inconveniences of the system they had adopted . Sitting or October 15 . —The accused again refused on Monday to answer the questions put to them . The case of the accused Chipron was then gone into , his depositions at the preliminary investigations being 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 a 4 __ the manifestation when it was dispersed , Chipron has always refused to state how he escaped at that time . Divers documents found in his lodgings were read ; they were the same that appear in the actod ' _accusation , and are attributed to the democratic committee on the elections .
The accused Andre was then examined . He was vice-president of tbe Democratic Socialist Committee of twenty-five , and was seen at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers on tho 13 th of June . Several documents seized in his lodgings were also read . Tho accused Lebon was also seen at tbe Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers on the I 3 th of June . He was also a member of the democratic socialist committee , and was a participator in its acts . The accused Boune was a member of the Committee of twenty-five _, and is specially stated to have distributed the circulars of tho democrat socialist committee , at whose sitting on | the evening of tho 13 th of June he was present . Sitting op October 15 . —Tbe court _reassembled yesterday at half-past ten . It was crowded On entering , the accused saluted their relatives and friends .
The president observed that , as tbe accused refused to answer , he , in the exercise of bis discretionary power , would order the interrogatories of the prisoners by th « examining magistrates to be read . the registrar then read the interrogatory of the accused Chipron . When be concluded , The President said : It results from this , that you , Chipron , were a member of tbe Committee of _iwenty-Five , and that numerous papers of a political character were seized iu your house . It also appears that you deny being present , as declared by the witness Toussenel , at the meeting which took place on the 11 th June in the offices of the Demoeratie Pacifique . _^ It further appears that you supplied that journal with the declaration of the committees inserted in the journals of the 18 th , that you were on that day in the Rue du Hasard , No . 6 , ns also at the demonstration , and at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers , where you lost a card _bearine vour name ? 6 '
Chipron remained seated , and took no notice , as if the president bad not spoken to him . The Procureur-General then read the papers found at the residence of Chipron . These papers were placed before Chipron to see if he recognised them , but he refused to look at them and to answer any question . The interrogatory of Andre was next read , and the president told him that he was accused of having belonged to the Committee of Twenty-Five , of having taken part in the demonstration of 13 th June . The form of the oath imposed on socialist democrats , was , the president added , found at his residence , as also the manuscript of the manifesto to the people published m the democratic journal , « - * r
Andre said , he had intimated that he was prepared to give explanations , but , as the other accused had decided that they would not do so until alter their _ewminatwa pf witnesses , be must conform to the dSult ' thougU lfc rendered to situation more The Procureur-General then read the documents c" > neeted with the charge against Andre . The Procureur-General expressed his opinion that the proceedings of such a meeting were the oriein of the organisation of the Committee of twenty-five pr _& Du _£ hen re 8 d the interr ° _Satory _^ the
_. The President : According to the interrogatory just read , the prisoner Dufelix made part of the _Comruittee of twenty-five , and it was be who . at the head of fifty or sixty men , went , armed wSh a The wterrogatory of the prisoner Lebon was then
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The President : It results from these _interrooatn ries that Lebon belonged to the Democratic _3 Socialist Committee , without forming nart of ti Committee' of twenty-five ; that he was seen _ainomS ? the insurgents at the Conservatoire , and that if a letter writtten by him the prisoner spoke of the n _? cessity of withdrawing himself from the search Tf the police . ut The interrogatories of the prisoner Banne « _an > then read , from which it appeared that the prisoner was a member of the Committee of tweuty-fiw ' > - that he presided at the Club of the Salon RasaA ' in the Rue de Sevres ; that he usually signed the circulars of the Socialist Committee , and that he was present on the evening of the 11 th at the _meeting m the Rue du Hasard , and that in the Rue _cjj
The interrogatory of Langlois , editor of _th , Peuple , was next read . ll ) e The President observed thatthefacts of the intemi gatory might be summed up as mam _£ < nR formed part of the meeting which took pWe m t morning o the 11 th June in the offices of _theK on tbeevenmgof the same day , in the offices of the Peuple . He admits , also , that he went lathi meeting in the Ruedu Uasard , but _tlaS „ g ? S among the number of members admitted . Tim _etters were , it appeared , also seized , at theoffice of _oDSn n datedf T _, ' _" _bitten STodl to Danmon , one of the editors , and ( he numbers of the Peuple of the 12 th and 13 th June conScd the various appeals to insurrection _ivhich K beS already frequently alluded to
. thIn % : _tSSt " _^ P _^ ™ The Clerk next read the interrogatory of Sergeant _Ummissaire , and the president said it appeared that the accused was at the meeting of the Montagne , Rue du Hasard , and that he had formed part of the column which proceeded to the Conservatoire . It further appeared that he had hastily returned in a cab to his residence to change ) iis clothes , after which he returned to the Conservatoire , It was likewise shown that he was the 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 Maill & ird , had given himself up , and that he would be interrogated . The accused , having been brought in , declared his name to be Alexis Maillard , his see thirty , a clerk by profession , and his residence in Paris . The President asked if he accepted the case in the state in which it was ?
The Accused said 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 , having adopted the system of his co-accused , he would reply after hear * ing the witnesses . From his interrogatory , which was then read , it appeared that he bad been a member of tho Committee of twenty-five , and that two papers had been found at his lodgings , one the manuscript of the Address to the People , published on tbe Uth June , the other a letter from Butain , announcing that he bad rented for the meeting of the Uth the riding-school of Pellier .
The " interrogatories" of Maigne , Fargin _. FayoIle , Pilhes , Lamayieres , Boch , Vauthier , and Deville , were then read ; after which the court adjourned . Sitting ou _October 16 . —The court sat as usual at a quarter to eleven . Two tables were laden with muskets , swords , powder , & c „ taken at the lodgings of the divers prisoners . Conspicuous were Boichot's uniform and itatticr ' s hat . The registrars continued to read the depositions of the accused at their preliminary examination . Moubet was a major in the artillery legion , and waB at the . Conservatoire . When tbe troops came up he changed _hii uniform in a wine shop . Fraboulet de Bbalendea , was an artillery commander of the Batignolles legion , who was also present at Conservatoire .
The accused Forestier was colonel of the 6 th legion ; he was aware before the 13 th . of what was to take place on that day . He said he would go with his legion . On the 13 th he gave the order for assembling of the legion , but the order was badly executed _. The accused Sehraiz was captain of artillery . He was president of the permanent executive committee of the delegates of the 9 th legion . He assisted the manifestation of the 13 th June , which he owned to having organised . The court then proceeded to hear testimony as to general facts .
Twelve privates belonging to tbe 17 th Regiment of tbe Line , in garrison at Lyons , have been convicted by court-martial , held in that city , of having taken part with tbe insurgents in tbe movement of the 13 th of June . One of these men was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in irons , and the others to imprisonment ' varying from five years to fifteen davs .
' When we announced some days ago , ' says the 1 Semaphore de Marseilles' of the 11 th inst _., — ' Tbe arrival of M . Daniel Manin , ex-President ot the 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 tbe person of his wife , who died , on Tuesday night , of an attack of cholera . Her death caused yesterday a most painlul impression in our city . '
Legislative Assembly . —Report of the Committee on the Roman Question . —In the Legislative Assembly on Friday , M . Thiers , in the name of the committee on the subject of credits demanded for the expense 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 the manner in which it was carried into effect . M . Thiers was frequently interrupted by the Left . This i
interruption increased when M . Thiers endeavoured I to prove that the Constitution bad not been violated .. M . Thiers declared , in the course of the report , that t the Committee considered the Pope ' s motuproprio j as the first real advantage that had been gained by j the expedition , and be thought that all truly liberal 1 men ought to congratulate themselves upon it . M .. Victor Hugo was the only member of the _committeese on Roman affairs who protested against the reportrt of M . Thiers .
Paris , Tuesday . _—Ministerial _Caisis .-We _' e are in tbe midst of a ministerial crisis . The President of the Republic wrote yesterday toto M . 0 . Barrot to inform bim that government couldld not abandon the l ne of policy adopted in the letteriei he had written to M . Edgar _Key , and that _therefororf the conclusions of M . Thiers' report could not _bebi accepted by it . The Council of Ministers assembled , and tb 4 h ( course advised by tbe President of tbe Republic _wasva followed . The note of tbe President of the ReRe
public was , it is said , to have appeared in _tlutki ' Moniteur * this morning , but it does not . In thth evening , M . de Falloux , hearing what the decisiorior of the council had been , sent in bis resignation . It It the afternoon , several representatives met in one oe o the committee-rooms of the Assembly , and beinein all firm adherents of the President , endeavoured fcd t bring round M . M . Mote , Thiers , and Broglie , t > , t abandon the stand they had taken on the mokol proprio , but they declined doing so . Thus _tl tl breach between tbe President of the Republic at } an the party of reaction is complete .
The * Assemblee _Rationale ' says that Genemer Rulbiere resigns also in consequence of M . t . n Falloux ' s resignation . The night has been spent in active attempts ts c the pari of certain members of the majority ty change the President ' s mind , but the result cannanm be doubted a moment .
GERMANY . Alliance of the German Tyrants . _—Beblsbli _; Oct . 10 . —Yesterday ' s letter contained a few sw _sn tences explanatory of tbe telegraphic despatch fch il warded at a late hour , announcing tbe ratificatficati ( by the king ) of the Austro-Prussian Conventientii originally signed at Vienna , on the 30 th Septem \ eml _1 by Prince Schwartzenberg and M . d . e _Bernsernsi ( Prussian envoy ) . Ten days were allowed for for Berlin ratifications , which period expired yes yeas day inclusivel y . It appears that the question lion i mitted to the consideration and approbation oin oil 'Council of Administration of the Triple Lea Lea \ was long and maturely debated ; and , being pug pit the vote , was agreed to by all tbe plenipotenti ; enti ; i excepting three , namely , Oldenburg , Ducal ral E
( Darmstadt ) , and the Thur ingian Houses ( _Gc ( _Gtc Weimar , & c . ) A large majority was _consequsequw in favour of approving the ratification , which lich M Scbleinitz conveyed to Sans Souei last evening jing ;; the documents having received the King ' s _signaigntt they were forwarded last night by special _messmessm to Vienna . The next step will be the _nornkornir of the four Pleni potentiaries ( two from each subn sub ) ing party ) , who will form the double * dualisualisrr Provincial Council of Administration , and and after exchanging their full powers at Frankfomkforr proceed to accept the resignation of the Arc Arcc John , and of his Ministers , and will forthwirthw ? sume all the attributes of central adminiifainiitt w so far as regards matters coming _within than thw diction of the old Diet . ( Continued _tQidi 8 _wmiliFi 9 t _>) >)
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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/ns3_20101849/page/2/
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