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London, England, 1858-04-17 00:00:00

THE PRE S S, APRIL 17, 1858.

of money by Allsop thrlugh the instrumentality of
the prisoner, showed that there was a strong iden-
tity of feeling between them. When he read the
letter of Allsop of the Ist of January, which de-
nounced the Emperor as "an abominable miscreant"
and " one who must be killed," he felt a blush of
shame that an Englishman, and one who bore an
English name, could write such a letter. Near the
time of receiving this letter Bernard purchased the
nitric acid and alcohol with which the fulminating
powder was made, and Pierri and Orsini proceeded to
Birmingham and purchased the revolvers, so that
between the 10th of October and the 28rd of November
we found the grenades, the fulminating powder to
charge them, and the revolvers, in the possession of the
three men and everything corn piste with the exception
of forwarding them to Paris. On the 20th of the same
month, Orsini drew a sum of money, 4801. in Bank of
England notes, and gave three of these 201. notes to
the prisoner, and some of them to the man Pierri.
On the 20th of November Orsini arrived in Brussels
with a false passport, and the first thing he did was
to forward the grenades which had been conveyed
thither. This having been accomplished, Pieni and
Orsini met at the Café Suisse. On the 11th of
December Orsini's horse is conveyed to Paris, along
with the grenades. On the 12th Orsini was shown
to be in Paris, with the grenades in his possession,
and all in readiness for the projected attempt. A
few days afterwards we find the four persons,
Orsini, Pierri, Gomez, and Rudio, with the re-
volvers and grenades in their possession ; and
in conjunction with these facts it must be borne
in mind that false names and false pretences had
been used by all parties. On the 2nd of January
Bernard changed one of the 201. notes paid to Orsini
at the Bank to pay the carriage of two revolvers to Paris.
If the scheme was not an attempt at assassination
what need was there for Bernard to write, and he did
on the Bth of December to Outrequin introducing
Orsini as Allsop ? Why should the firearms have
been sent to M. Outrequin with a false statement if
they were to be used for legitimate purposes ? Why
did all the letters point to a speedy return to London,
and not contain one word in allusion to the general
rising in Italy, upon which so much stress had been
laid? Why should the grenades have been sent to
Paris when the discovery is almost certain ? Why,
if they were not wanted for some purpose in Paris,
were they not sent to a place where they would be
more secure? He asked the jury, with every disposition
to put the most favourable construction on all the cit..
cumstances, what other conclusion could they arrive at
but that of the assassination of the Emperor Napoleon?
One thing was quite certaiu, that the foul offence
could never have been carried into execution without
the aid of agents in this country. The arms were
made here, the scheme was planned here, and the
jury, he felt sure, would not hesitate in bringing to
condign punishment the mau Van bad rendered that
assistance, and who was the prisoner at the bar.
That was the question for them to decide, and that
duty they would discharge, however painful it might
be, fearlessly.
At the close of the Attorney-General's speech an
attempt at applause was immediately suppressed.
Lord CAMPBELL—Let the court be adjourned until
ten o'clock to-morrow morning.

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FUMY EVENING.
THE return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday last, the 14th inst., shows the
following changes compared with that for the week
preceding :
Increase in Circulation

Decrease in Public Deposits
Increase in Other Deposits
Decrease in Government Securities 210,694
Decrease in Other Securities
Decrease in Bullion
Increase in Rest.. ..
Decrease in Reserve
Bullion in both Departments
Circulation, Including Bank Poet
Bills
The effect of the payment of the dividends is shown by
the large decrease in the Public Deposits, while the Private
Deposits have been swelled by transfers from the public
account, aided by the instalment paid last week upon the
Indian Loan. The Private Securities show a further fall-
ing off in the inquiry for money, but the Reserve is less,
owing to the amount of notes gone into circulation through
the payment of the dividends. The other changes are of
little importance.
In the course of the week there has been a more aetive
inquiry for money at the Bank, but the demand in Lom-
bard-street has not exceeded the proportions that have
lately ruled there. In fact, while in Threadneedle-street
there has been au increase of business, it has, in the main,
been falling off in Lombard-street. This, apparently, is an
anomaly, for usually when there is a demand for capital, it
is not confined to one establishment. It generally extends,
m )re or less, over all. The explanation of the present state
of things will partly be found in the fact that the late
me sure of the Bank in refusing re-discounts for the bill-
brokers has somewhat diminished the preetiire of the class;
and partly in the fact that one or more of the heaviest