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FRANCE . MOCK TRIAL OF THE PROSCRIBED REPUBLICANS . The « Reforme' publishes the following declaration from those of the accused of the 13 tn of June wha ate in London : — . 'The trial of the affair of the 13 th of June is soon about to open at Versailles , and the public prosecutor has summoned us to appear before his High Court . Not wishing to enter prematurely into ~ a discussion which does not belong to us alone , the following is our rejly in a few words , and the summary of our motives : —We will not , we oogbt not . to surrender ourselves to the trial of
the IO'h oi October : —1 . Because we cannot accept as accusers those , or the servants of those , whom we h « . va denounced to the country as having violated the constitution in assassinating the Roman Republic— trtose whom we have declared as fallen , and -whons > vs have pat oat of ths pale of the law for a flaapivt act of high treason . 2 . Because we cannot accept * s legitimate judges the 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 hands of our enemies , we should f « . U into a judicial snare . The
government , intact , would not allow any one to plead , or to prove that it had violated the Constitution ; it could nnt allow any one to prove its crime ; our ds ? ence would not be therefore possible except on tt-: « material facts of ihe 13 th of June , facts accom . . fched by us in the full measure of our rights , in t ! ' ¦ . order of our duties , and for which we could not onsent to justify ourselves any more than to defend ourselves . 4 . Because it appears to us contrary to the interest of our party , which is that of Rej ) . u ! - ? an Europe , to deliver up our arms , and to bury juv efforts and our propagandist )! in the citadels of the counter-revolution , or to render them franHs by exiling them beyond sea : aad that when
the F .-eaeh Republic—every people being under the jokr—would have soon to fight its last battle against trai < - > rs at home and the Cossack 3 abroad . Would Maziini , Bern , Kossutb , and Garibaldi be more formid able to Austria at the bottom of her dungeons , tha « in a foreign land , where their liberty nrould prejfje them for fuiure 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 gag - d us , to again stifle the revolution , and to enfc iato a coniract over our bodies with old Em - . «? , which can only go to sleep to the rattle of cha ; s ? We have bren told that our resolution wot -I be calumniaied—that it wnnld be
raisconstru a , If that comes from our enemies , it concerns ns b , i little ; if from our friends , let them reflect befi rs they censere U 3 . We tell them all that if it should ever happen to them- to be thrown into exile after performing a great duty , their liberty will act appear lo us a privilege , and we will not accuse them of happiness . 1 Ledeo Kollin , Rattier , Etienne Arago , C . RiEEfu-LLEs , Martin Bernard , Lan-DOLFBE , E . MaDIER DE MoKTJAU , JdX . ' T ^ e same jonraal publishes the following : — / Canton of Vaud . O t . 9 . ' Citizen Editor , —We were of a different opinion to j hat of our friends at London and Paris on the
qnfvMMi as to whether we should be present at the trifei t-f the lOih of October . We thought that it wa :- important to the Republican cause that all those who participated in the incriminated demonstration shr . aid go , awl say again themselves , on the 10 th of October , in the face of the country , what they said on The 15 ih of June , that the government has violated the Constitution . But as parly men , and by a spini of discipline , we must , as the minority , submit oui -elves to the opinion of the majority ; we shall not therefore appear at the trial . Salutation and fra ; ruity « - 'Felix PrAT , Rolland , ( of Saone-et-Loire ) Bcichot , L . Avail . Jaunot , Ersest CffiuuBsaoy '
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF VERSAILLES . iiTTiXG o ? October 10 . —The habitual tranquillity of V < rsaileshas been but little disturbed by liie trial which has just commenced there . In ore--r to guard a-jainst eventualities , the garrison ha < ; been increased , aud an imposing military force was stationed in the interior of tha Palais de Jns ?! CP , and in the prisor , which is contiguous to it . At f-leven o ' clock the judges entered and took their seafs , M . Berc-ngc-r , the president , taking the chair . JI . Baroche , ibe Piocureur-General , then read the decree of the Legislative Assembly of lOib August last , which sent the parties implicated in the attempt of the 13 th June before the High Court of Ju-tice , and required the High Court to proceed immediately to constitute itself .
After an address from the President , the court reared to ballot for those who were definitively to form the jury . Immediately after the court had retired , the pri- 'sner Hubert was brought in , guarded hy two gendarmes . He Is a man of stout stature . The lor-jt beard which covered bis face , Wb bushy eyebrows , his small but piercing eyes , and his pale complexion , gave to h ' : 3 countenance an aspect of harshness ard resolution . The President , addressing Huber , demanded wheiher he was provided with a counsel ?—Hubert : 5 Jl \ Monsieurle President . The President : 1 , however , ordered you one . — HuSer : Yes , sir , but I wrote him telling him that fce need not come .
¦ The President : I am , therefore , compelled to appoint jgu another . M- Haussmann , a member of the Versailles bar , will be chargrd to assist you—Hubert : Allow me , Monsieur le President , — Tae President : You will be at liberty to prevent your counsel from speaking , but my duty is to appoint you oae . It may happen that you may stand iu need of his advice , and he must take his 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 me at Bourges is so serious that I cannot , without a want of delicacy , unite any one hera with me . I wish to defend my honour myself , and for that purpose I have no need of a counsel .
For a man ontraged in his honour , and who demands reparation , there is oaly one thing wanted— -justice and that I hope that these sentiments may be yours , at all events ihey are mine . All that 1 demand is the plain ar . d simple truth ; my defence , therefore , requires no leeal lalent . Besides , if I bad wished to confide the cars of my defence to another , I should not now be here ; 1 should have preserved soy liberty , which woulil have been dear to me even exile , 3 ince in France I hava always been a captive . But , r . o ! When I knew that I had been basely calumniateiH travelled 200 leagues , and , notwithstanding the certainty of being condemned to a perpetual punishment , I did not hesitate for an instant . And whj ? Because the nania I bear is that of a honourable
family—The President ( interrupting the prisoner ) : The jury in your cause has not yet been drawn , and is not now present : your remarks are therefore useless . At lalf-past one the coart resumed , and the jury designated by lot took their places . Ths President : Accused , what is your name , age , profession , place of birtb , and residence ?—Huber : My name is Louis Jluber ; but as to my residence I cannot name auy , as for fifteen years I have been prosecuted , proscribed , or captive . When at times I have had an asylum , it has been under the roof of a friend , and at times I have had only the sky—The President : Y-. ur age and place of birth ?—Huber : Thirty-five years ; born at Wasselonne , department oi the Bas Rhim .
The jurvaen here severally took the oath prescribed by the law . The registrar then proceeded to read an extract froia 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 lo transpmtafion 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
Cammittee of the Societe des Droits de THomme and President of the Couiite Centralisateur , which replaced the Club des Clubs ; and in this capacity it is believed that he presided over the meeting which took place on the 12 th of May at Dourlans ' , bnt at all events he was present : and it is certain tbat he presided over the meeting of the 12 th of May held ia ' the Orangery of the Tnileries . It was there derided that all the clubs should adhere to the manifestodrawn npby Huber , and should proceed to the Assembly to take part in the demonstration in favour of Poland . The participatiou 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 Assembl y charged to make an 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 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 aesue that the demonstration should take place without arms . But , though it declared that the 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 on 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 be sought and resistance offered . On the 15 th of May Huber left the Place de la Bastille at the head of the demonstration , surrounded by the delegates of club 3 and banners . He left the cortege on the place de la Concord , and half an ' oour 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 he 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 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 on the crowd to withdraw . But the conditions of the terms be laid down were these : — 'I have been promised , ' he said , ' th . at the people shall file off before the 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 citizeus are watching it . ' In the
midst of the tumult Huber again demanded tbat room shoHld be made in order that the people might file off before the Assembly . Exhausted by his exertions , he was seized with a fit of fainting , which lasted half an hour . On recovering he mhed to the tribune , hut before speaking he turned to the President and insulted him by 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 ! Cries , vociferations , and indfccribable 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 1 We have no time to lose ! ' He . theu re-eatered 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 tbat ? ' 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 b y 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 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 Terapoure . commander-in-chief of the Grand Mobile , « General , pay attention to what you are about to do ; your future prospects depend on it ! 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 if , and announced to the crowd that the Assembly was dissolved . At the moment at which he traversed the ranks of the National Gaarcl to proceed towards the 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 . ' Ws are the people , and do not wish for the dissolution of the Asscmblv ! answered the
' captain , and at the same momr-nt arrested Huber . But the crowd released him , 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 the earner of the Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau , by a witness named See , who had left the Chamber , and who recognised Mm . He was taken to tbe Mairie of the 4 th arrohdissement , hut was released by order of the mayor . In the evening , he went to the house of one Moulin , 73 , Rue de Fauboimr Montmartre , where he resided , and stated to thai person that he did not know what had passed in his bead 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 ihe prisoner : You . will reply , in the first instance , to ths questions which I shall address to you . You wiil then enter into such explanations as you shall conceive necessary . Huber : I shall not reply to your questions , Monsieur le President , until my mo ral as well as ray political situation has been determined . I wish to explain , in tbe first place , why I refused having a counsel . I refused it because a man of honour doss not require an advocate to defend his honour . I might have taken one to prosecute my calumniators , but I thought of my family , of my friends , of those who have participated in my misfortunes and in my sufferings—their honour and my own are united , lit
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 . Oh ! you will not repudiate me , you who love me ; you will love me still . Let my friend , let'my family accept the sacrifice which I make of my liberty as the expression of my sentiments on their behalf , and io prove to thpm that I am still worthy of them . My situation is such a cruel one ttut on whichever side I turn , I find numerous ad . versaries—some skilful , others pitiless ; the 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 . The one attacks my liberty , the others my honour . I 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 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 avoidtd 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 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 renenncirg the ^ preservation of ray 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 least obtained from it a . little esteem and gratitude ; . but no ; nothing has been respected in me—neither rnv
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 hat e . All my illusions are destroyed ; all ray sympathies are crushed by a sentiment of distrust ; I dare not hold out the hand to the roan whom I esteem for fear of offending him . Do you know how it is that mv
heart has not broken ? It is because I honed 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 03 without pity ; for when a man is in such a situation as mine he must justify himself or die . [ The pnsoner displayed great emotion as he sat down . ] The President : Nowyou will answer my questions . Huber then demanded that Raspail and Blanqui , his two principal accusers , with Mounier , 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 au act of injustice . The Procureur-General here informed Huber that lw had summoned the witness Mourner , who gave evidence at Bourges , as to the facts of which Huber complains . The accused then proceeded t o justify himself against a recent publication of Raspail , in which the latter accuses him of having been the instrument of
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an occult combiuation , and entered into Inng but uninteresting explanations of bis conduct on May 15 . He concluded by again demanding that the persona he had named should be called aa witnesses . The court adjourned at half-past five .
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were soon convinced that the signature was that of an individual who was secretary to Caussidiere . For the syace of a week I saw this man near Caussidiere , without his being allowed to kuow that the papers in question had been seen . We afterwards found the letter which contained offers of service . Caussidiere assembled bis 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 the Prefecture of Police , as
re--onstituted on the 24 th February . I could no longer con % ue my examination of the papers , which were entrusted to another person . After tbe 15 th May , I gave in ray 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 tbe 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 bis bandwriting . 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 ?—Mounier : Never ! For your interest I request you not to press me for an
answer . Huber : What do you mean- for ray interest ? I fear nothing . I ask you whether Caussidiere did not reply to a communication you made to him—( Do not be under any uneasiness , he has not the money with which to return to Bourges ?' Mounier : I solemnly affirm that he 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 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 Prefecture . . : Huber : I beg to ask the witness whether h . 8 considered me an agent of , the fallen government when he came to give evidence ac Bourges ? And , if he thought so , why did he wait fur 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 he 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 . : The court adjourned at six o ' clock .
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Bureaa , Commissaire , Sutchet , Paya , Fargm-Fayolle , Pilhes , LamaHcre , Vauthier , Dcville , Lourio , Guinavd , Achintre , Delahaye , Merliot , . Maube , Praboulet , de Chalendar , Vernon , Angelot , Lemaitre , Forcstier , and Schmitz , some of thorn 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 op 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 had incurred , and endeavoured to show that they were political . He complained that they -were mentioned otherwise in the indictment in order to injure iiini . Tim 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 Democratique ct Soctale , and Bureau , of tho Democratique Pacifique , said they would answer the charges against them when the evidence should be brought forward . Tho 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 nov saw tbat 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 Mutiera on the 13 th of June . Hej 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 ha s 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 the appealto 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 ho would sccept no questions for tho present . Gambon stated that he persisted in the protest he had made but he declared that Iho prosecution was the most iniquitous ever instituted against . a man , as ho 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 the system they had adopted . He then said that he knevr nothing of the meetings in the Rue ( le Baune , that ho did not sign the protest of the 13 th June , 'that he knew nothing of the placards stuck up on the 13 th June in the vicinity of the Conservatoire , and he denied that he had been to the Conservatoire that day . The President then said that he would proceed to interrogate the accused of the national guard . In answer to his questions , Guinard said he would keep back nothing of what he had done in the affair of tho 13 th June , but like his friends would
postpone his explanations for the present . The accused Achintre said he would not sny what he did at the Conservatoire . Delahaye .- said that he was at the Conservatoire with thirty-ei ght others who were released , but bo would not answer for the present . Fraboulet , Vernon , Angelot , Merilot , . Moinbc , refused to answer . Lemaitro said lie was accused on the cancans ' of the old woman his portress , and because ho was a socialist who had thought and still thought that the constitution had been violated . Forestier said he would not "ive any explanations until after heaving the evidence , when the truth against him would be known . Schmitz refused to answer .
# At this stage of the proceedings tl ) 0 court adjourned ; tho president previously observing that the prisoners would be able to reflect before the next moi-ning on the inconveniences of the svstem they had adopted . * .
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riAa ^ Sociali st CB ^ tC ^ t-Si ^ nKf ^ Committee of twenty-five ; that hew 2 s £ * JL ? the insurgents at the Conservatoire ami m T- ngsf ; letter writttenby him it ^ SS ^ X S ^ nt S to iil wlthdrawing himself { im *• « 2 * 5 The interrogatories of the nrisoner n ^« then read , from which it appea ? dthat flSSJE was a member of the Committee of SiKvo that he presided at the Club of the SlonT ; in the Rue de Sevres ; ' that he nsSlh ? SjJfe ^' cularsof the Socialist Commitfi / 2 d Xat hJ ^ present on the evening of the 11 th at tl , P « , r as in the Rue du Hasardf and that £ the RuTfr Heron . uc t 01 '
Ihe interrogatory of Langlois , editor of « ,. Peuple , was next read . ot tha The President observed that the facts of the intern , gatory might be summed up as follows - -TW T formed part of the meeting which took place 1 * morning of the 11 th June in the offices of Z £ tha cratie 1 ' acif i ^ e ; and afterwards that wlffiSftSf on the evening of the same day . in the nffiZl pH Peuple . He " admits , also , that he S'V / meeting in the Ruedu llasard , but that lo e among the number of members admitm w letters were , it appeared , also seized atrli . «* ° the Peuple , dated from Rome , and writ ten i T ce of to Darimon , one of the editors , and K A Doda the People of the 12 th and 13 th Juno mnhf , " / various appeals to insurrection Sicu wV already frequently alluded to . have beett The "interrogatories" of Bureau and Paya were then read , after which ' ue
The Clerk next read the interrogatory of Sergeant Commissaire , and the president said it appeared that the accused was at the meeting of the Montagne , Rue du Hasard , and that he had fornW 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 his 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 aor . nsp . 1
named Maillaird , had given himself up , and that he would be interrogated . The accused , having been brought in , declared his name to be Alexis Maillard , his age thirty , a clerk by profession , and his residenee in Paris . The President asked if he accepted the case iu 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 hearing the witnesses .
From his interrogatory , which was tlicn read , it appeared that he had been a member of the 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 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 of Pellier . The " interrogatories" of Maigne , Fargin . Fayolle , Pilhes , Lamayieres , Boch , Vauthier , and Deville , were then read ; after which the court adjourned .
Sitting op October ' 16 . —The court sat aa 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 Rattier ' s hat . The registrars continued to read the depositions of the accused at their preliminary examination . Aloubet was a major in the artillery legion , and was at the Conservatoire . When the troops came up he changed his uniform in a wine shop . Fraboulet de Bhalendea , 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 hisdegion . On the 13 th he gave the order foe assembling of the legion , but the order was badly executed . The accused Schraiz was captain of artillery . lie was president ot 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 .
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Twelve privates belonging to tbe 17 th Regiment of the Line , in garrison at Lyons , have been convicted by court-martial , held in that city , of having taken part with the insurgents in the movement of the 13 th of June . On e of these men was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in irons , and the others to imprisonment varying from five years to fifteen days . ' When we announced some days ago , says the ' Semaphore de Marseilles' of the 11 th inst ., — ' The arrival of M . Daniel Manin , ex-President of 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 the 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
interruption increased when M . Thiers endeavoured to prove tbat the Constitution bad not been violated . M . Thiers declared , in the course of the report , that the Committee considered the Pope ' s motuproprio as the-first real advantage that had been gained by the expedition , and he thought that all truly liberal men ought to congratulate themselves upon it . M . Victor Hugo was the only member of the committee on Roman affairs who protested against the report of M . Thiers .
Paris , Tuesday . —Ministerial Crisis . —We are in the midst of a ministerial crisis . The President of the Republic wrote yesterday to M . 0 . Barrot to inform him that government could not abandon the line of policy adopted in tbe letter he had written to M . Edgar Ney , and that therefore the conclusions of M . Thiers' report could not be accepted by it . The Council of Ministers assembled , and the course advised by the President of the Republic was followed . The note of the President of the
Republic was , it is said , to have appeared in the ' Moniteur' this morning , but it does not . In thr evening , M . de Falloux , hearing what the decision of the council had been , sent in his resignation . In the afternoon , several representatives met in one of the committee-rooms of the Assembly , and being all firm adherents of the President , endeavoured to onng round M . M . Mote , Thiers , aud Broglie , to abandon the stand they had taken on the modi proprio , but they declined doing so . Thus the breach between the President of the Republic and tbe party of reaction is complete . '
The ' Assemblee Kationale ' says that General RuUnere resigns also in consequence of M . de Falloux ' s resignation . The night has been spent in active attempts on the part of certain members of the majority to change the President ' s mind , but the result cannot be doubted a moment .
GERMANY . Alliance of the German Tyrants . —Berlin Oct . 10 . —Yesterday ' s letter contained a few sentences explanatory of the telegraphic despatch forwarded at a late hour , announcing the ratification ( by the king ) of the Austro-Prussian C onvention , originally signed at Vienna , on the 30 th Sep tember , by Prince Schwartzenberg and M . de Bernstoif ( Prussian envoy ) . Ten days were allowed for the Berlin ratifications , which period expired yesterday inclusively . It appears that the question submitted to the consideration and approbation of the
Council of Administration of the Triple League was long and maturely debated ; and , being-put to the vote , was agreed to by all tbe plenipotentiaries excepting three , namely , Oldenburg , Ducal Hesse ( Darmstadt ) , and the Thuringian Houses ( Gotha , Weimar , &c . ) A large majority was consequently in favour of approving the ratification , which M . Scbleinitz conveyed to Sans Souci last evening ; and tbe documents having received the King ' s signature , they were forwarded last night hy special messenger
to Vienna . The next step will be the nomination of the four Plenipotentiaries ( two from each subscribing patty ) , who will form the double' dualism , ' ot Provincial Council of Administration , and wl »?> after exchanging their full powers at Frankfort , will proceed to accept the resignation of the Archduke John , and of his Ministers , and will forthwith assume all the attributea ot central adminUtiaiioOi in so far as regards matters coming within the juri *' diction of the old Diet . ( Con * MjH $ to iht SimihmtJ
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Sitting of October 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 head of the manifestation , as he had been accused by him of doing . Huber then demanded of the President tbat two letters might be read , one of which had been addressed by Louis Blanc to him , and the other by him t ' o 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 the jury from the Avocat-Ge ' ncral , The President called on the prisoner for his defence , when
. Huber rose and spoke at some length , but appeared more anxious to defend !• . » honour from the charg ? . 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 the jury , after retiring , to deliberate , returned a verdict of ' Guilty' by a majority 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 Republique !'
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Sitting of October 15 . —The accused . i <* aiu 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 beina read to the jury . It appears from these that Chipron was one of the republican committee who signed tho proclamation
tnac appeared in tl \ o l ' ans 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 acto d ' accusation , and are attributed to the democratic committee on the elections . The accused Andre was then examined . ' He was vice-pvesident of the Democratic Socialist Committee of twenl , y-five , and was seen at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers on the 13 th of June . Several documents seized in his lod « nn ! ts were also read . °
The accused Lebon was also seen at the 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 Boune was a member of the Committee of twenty-five and is specially stated to have distributed the circulars of the democrat socialist committee , at whose sitting on | the evening of the loth of June he was present .
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Sumo of October 15 .-The court re-assembled yesterday at half-past ten . It was crowded On entering , the accused saluted their relatives and menus .
The president observed that , as the accused retusecl to answer , he , in the exercise of his discretionary power , would order the interrogatories of the prisoners by tl » examining magistrates to be reart . i lie registrar then read the interrogatory of the accused Chipron . When he concludedr Ihe President said : It results from this , that C ' ntv F [ v p ' We I r fi ( . mer ilber of the Co « " » ittee of o-wenty-JJive , and that numerous papers of a political character were seized in your house It also appear tbat you deny being present , as declared by the witness roussenel , at the meeting which took place on 3 w £ ? tI" / 1 ? offices of tlie W « oc « itS laafiquc . _ Itfurther appears that vou snnnliprf « , „•
journa with the declaration of the committees n Ar tSe ? Eff iOni r ' lndat , cSA&Sta name ? ' where you lost a card bea ™ g your « sasstfss-a-. « s * - ¦** - «* £ ss $ s $ ! r lUe » ers ta ° Uese papers were placed before Chipron to see SSZ ^ T ^^ ' ^^
ex aj aaar jsssa wss to gile ' « £ ilf « " ¦ " » " th » t he m » prep » , e , l SgggggjK difficult . ' rendered his situation more caSedSh [ i , T thei ? read the d 0 «* cannected with the chsrge against Andre . Ihe Procureur-General expressedShlw ™ * w thc
u » proceedings of such a meeting were the oriein of ^ SSSSH c r , S raittee of twe ^ priSJKS ? ^ i £ to ^ of the in 2 Sp 5 rt ' - Accord i S > the interrogatory S « Sl ' . % * T / Dufelix made Part of the § 32 f ° f fe tWCnt y " ° ' ^ he * ao , at , m « . w i ° fifty " fa *? men , went , armed with a readl wterrosatoty of *« P « to »« Mnm was Qua
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Sitting of October 13 . —Tho 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 the court was very crowded soon after tho doors were opened . A great number of the friends and relations of the prisoners wero preseut . At about eleven o ' clock , thc prisoners , to the number of thirty , were introduced , and about
halfpast the president and tho other judges took- their scnts , and the names of prisoners present were called over as follows : —V . E . Chipron , aged 32 , plater , Paris ; L . E . Andre , aged 28 , avoeat , Paris ; E . A . Dufelix , aged 39 , employe , Paris ; A . K . Lsbon , aged 42 , no profession , Paris ; A . Baune , agcdSO , hommodolettros , Paris ; A . J . Langlois aged 30 , Paris ; J . B . C . Paya , aged 40 , -Paris ; A . Bureau , aged 39 , editor of the Democmtie Pacifique ; S . Commissaire , aged 27 , representative , Paris ; F . 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 ; J . B . G . Daniel-Lnmaziere , aged 31 , representative , Paris ; C . Boch , aged 25 , representative , Paris ; L . L . Vauthier , 34 , representative , Paris ; J . M . J . Deville , aged 61 , representative , Paris ; C . F . Gambon , aged 29 , representative , Paris : J . F . A . Loriou . aired 44 .
representative , Paris ; J . A . Guinard , aged 50 , excolonel of tho artillery of the national guard , Paris ; A . L . Achintre , aged 36 , ex-captain of tho national guard , Paris ; S . Delahaye , aged 37 , architect , Paris ; J . B . Merliot , dit Merillo , aged 38 , Maubc , ex-captain of the artillery of the national guard , Paris ; ' A . F . M . Fraboulat do Chalendar , aged 48 , ex-captain of the artillery of the national guard , Paris ; L . A . Vernon , aged 39 , ex-lieutenant of the artillery of the national guard , Clichy ; V . Angelot , aged 37 , watchmaker , Batignolles ; M . A . A . Lemaitre , aged 38 , homme de lettres , Paris ; H . J . Forestier , aged C 3 , born at St . Domingo , artist , colonel of the 6 th legion of the national guard , Paris ; C . Schmitz , aged 30 , architect , excaptain of tho artillery of tho national guard , Paris .
The names of those in default were also called over j they are thirty-eight in number , as follows : J . P . F ; Serviont , aged 56 , professor of mathematics , Paris ; J . N kL . Songeon , aged 31 , avoeat , Paris ; II . Morel , aged 29 , shoemaker , Pans ; E . M . de Montjau , Jun ., 31 , avoeat , Paris Tessier Dumotay , aged 34 , journalist , Paris ; 0 . 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 . Cccurde-Iloy , aged 24 . medical student , Paris ; C . Ribeyrolles , chief editor of the Reforme , ! Paris ; A . A . Ledru Rolhn , aged 40 , representative , Paris ; V . Considcrant , representative ,- 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 , representati ye , Paris ; E . Arago , aged 45 , clef debataillouofthe 3 rd legion of national guard-Poner lieut . col . of the national guard of Bclleville ; J . L . Villain , aged 38 , ex-president du comito de da la Societe des Droits de 1 'Homme , Paris-T . Kersausie , aged . 60 , anc'ien officier de cavalerie E . Beyer , representative , Paris ; C . Pflieger , aged ^ P ^ ° ^ tlve ' . ™! L ; Anil , representative , Paris Bernard 40
; -SI . , aged , representative , Paris C . Kcemg , aged 52 , representative , Paris- g ' Rougeot , representative , Paris ; Menand , represent tative , Paris ; F , Landolphe , aged 40 , representative , Pai-is ; J . Hofer . -agcd 44 , representative , Pans ; E Kopp aged 32 , representative , Paris-A . Anstett , aged 39 , representative , Paris ; Dolland representative , Paris ; F . J . Cantagrel , aged 39 representative . Pans ; V . Heitzman " aged 33 repvesentative Pans ; J . Lechevalier , editor of the MuncdesPeupes . Paris ; C . Delosduze , aged 39 editor of tho Revolution Democmtioue It sw « 7 Paris ; T . Thore , editor of tff ^ 3 * 2 gt
When tho calling over the natocs had been concluded , the pros dent announced that if any of the prisoners or their counsels had any excentioL tn So ' so' ° " PlWing ' ™ "o ^ Stoe Gambon rose and protested against the comt ) etenoy of the court , on the ground that tho const ! tution had been violated by the governit t £ consequent y no tribunal constituted byT could t
M . Madier do Moniau , the counqnl nf rcn , gi ^ ssz ^ sS The court retired to deliberate , and after i dim * sl&ss ^ HKSTt ? called , and ho refused to anS ^ lWin ? T stis s ^ S
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Sitting of 11 th October . —The President took his seat at half-past ten . M . Buvignier , ex-representative , took his scat near the prisoner , having been sent for by Huber to act as his 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 bad known me .
The President : M . Buvignier , I think it necessary to call to your mind the provisions of article 311 . M . Buvignier : I came here at the request of my friend Huber . I could not refuse him my assistance , although he certainly might have met , elsewhere with talent which would have been more useful to him . In my opiuion 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 tbat 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 the 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 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 Philipps and of the provisional government . You must be will aware how important it is for Huber to exciilpate himself from this charge , since , if at a "' future day , heshould establish that on the 15 th May . he had only entertained honourable intentions and such as were favourable to public security , it would be of immense interest to him tbat the jury should be conviuced that he had not played a disgraceful part , and that he had not acted as an instrument of the police .
After a speech in opposition from the Procureur-General , the 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 you have insisted on it . ^ I will add that the presence ofthe witness Mounier will give you the opportunity of 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 uiy situation .
M . Dagneaux , restauratuer , deposed that he had been present at a democratic meeting at the Restaurant Dourlans , and that the question of manifestatien 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 . Danduren gave an account of the character of the club Centralisateur , which , - he said , had for its objtct the 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 , and said he did not see Huber take tbe nresident by the collar , as he was accused of . having done , but Huber was much excited .
Huber said his excitement arose from the danger to the Assembly . _ ,. ; M . Buchez was then called : Daring this deplorable scene of invasion a considerable lime elapsed . Blanqui and Raspail had spoken successively . It may have been about half-past tliree when I perceived Huber near me . I said to him—Huber , you are not an enemy either ot the Republic or the N&-tionel 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 now . —Try to get us turned out . ^ Tachcz de nous fa re mettre 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 he displayed , stuck on a walking-stick , a placard , bearing the incr . iptien , 'The National Assembl y is dissolved ! ' A man then mounted on to the bureau , aud said to me , ' Retire—you are nothing hero . ' 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 nie , and it was not he wl-o 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 ensue 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 thu dissolution was spoken of , but at thai time I did not thiiik of it ; I could not then have wished it , for I did ' not then think tbat the dissolution would have been for the advantage of the republic .
Ihe President to M . Buchez : From what yoti and Huber have just said , it would appear that there was a tacit accord between you . 1 think that that arises from the fact that your idea vas 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 smemute , and that it was not grave . ( Slight murmurs . ) When , with all the re .
sources which tbe government had in its hands , 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 occupied 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 di gnity was compromised in being so turned cut ? 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 kuow that at tbat mojient your embarrassment was extreme , and in your situation I should have been embarrassed also . But it is not true that you gave me the idea of the disselution , as you have caused it to be understood —it is impossible . The National Guard was arriving to fire on the people , and it was necessary to resist or fly . Bat the people could ' not flv , and , in 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 ' yu 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 . '
1 he President : These details are useless . But I think the witness should explain himself . M . Buchez : I demand to be allowed to defend myself , for ray veracity is placed in doubt . I do not reproach myself , and if I had to recommence I would act in the same way . ( Movement ) Huber- ( with energy ) : I 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 dis grace to you if you had , I should have blamed you ' or you should have displayed dignity . You vvant o establish complicity with me to excuse your cowardice . ( Painful sensation . ) '
M . Mpunier was the next witness called , He * iid Before the revolution of February I wa m no waV connected with politics . After the revolution 111 to see Caussidiere , whom I had known Lm 1 childhood I found him surrouSed ^ SobSa a number of other persons whom I A \ A « T ? rana I was afterwards employed iSliSL 2 T in company . wilh the chief of ibTmtS , ? ,- ' in the archives for sundry SJS ^ A which I met with were connected with p . - ^
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__? .. ' THE NORTHERN STAR . Octobm 2 ( 1 iq . a
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1544/page/2/
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