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THE PRESS, FEBRUARY 27, 1859.

Paris by the same train as Zeguero. On arriving at the
Paris terminus on the morning of December 12 Orsini
gave a card to Zeguero, telling him to take the horse to an
hotel, which the latter, probably by mistake, says ass in
the Rue Rivoli, but which, according to all probability,
must have been the Hotel de Lille et d'Albion, Rue St.
Honore 211 where Orsini went on December 12.

Zeguero deposes that he gave the ten half shells to a
waiter in the hotel, and Orsini in his last examination says
that just after he entered the hotel he noticed in the ante-
chamber all the pieces of shell laid out upon a sofa by
the side of his curry-comb and horse-brush, and that he
quickly removed them to his room. Zeguero did not stay
a night in Paris. He left far Brussels on the evening of
the Nth, after having passed the day in visiting various
places, without there being anything to raise a suspicion
against him.

Zeguero deposes that a few days after his return
to Brussels he saw Bernard, and told him that he
had taken the Englishman's horse to Paris, to which
Bernard answered, " I know that." Orsini stayed
only three days in the Hotel de Lille et d'Albion.
On December 15, be went to a furnished apartment
on the ground floor of Rue Monthabor, No. 10.
Pierri soon appears upon the scene, calling himself
a German ; then Orsini, passing for an Englishman ;
then Gomez, who was brought by Pierri to be Or•
sini's servant; and lastly De Rudio, who represented
himself as a traveller for a brewer. The time at
which these three last-named persons left England
to join Orsini in Paris is most distinctly proved, as
well as the route they took and the circumstances
attending their journey. Thus the four principal
accused parties were assembled in Paris, and ready
to execute the crime which they had long before
meditated and prepared. Orsini had been in Paris
since the 12th of December, and although, by the
admission of the Acte, the French police as early as
the Ist of January were informed that Pierri and
another would in a few days be ic Paris for the sole
purpose of assassinating the Emperor, not a single
step was taken to arrest these miscreants, and by
the first week in January the four conspirators were
safely and comfortably lodged in Paris.
After the safe arrival of the pistols sent
by Barnard, the only thing remaining to be
done was to load the shells, the principal
instruments of the crime to be executed. The
fulminating powder employed for this purpose
appears to have been made by Orsini himself, or at
least with his assistance. He placed this dangerous
substance in his carpet-bag, after having wrapped it
up in linen and paw, which he damped from time
to time. The (package thus wetted weighed about
2 lbs. English. While in the Rue Monthabor he
dried his fulminating powder, first by exposing it to
the air, and then, as it did not dry fast enough, by
placing it near the fire. The latter operation was
very dangerous. Orsini stood before the fire with
his watch in one hand and a thermometer in the
other, in order to measure exactly the conditions as
to duration of time and degrees of heat under which
the powder might remain near the fire. " 1 ran the
risk," he said in his last examination, "of blowing
myself up and the house too." The shells having
been filled nearly half full, Orsini closed them by
means of a screw adapted to some holes bored in the
upper part of each projectile. He declared that he
was aided in this work by Gomez, who, having a
stronger wrist than his, turned the screw better. We
come now to Jan. 14 :

Between six and seven in the evening, Orsini returned
home with Gomez, who either accompanied him, or had
waited for him a few minutes in the outer doorway; they
were soon rejoined by Pierri and De Rudio, and then all
the four went out together. They then went towards the
Opera. Gomez is the first of the accused who manifested
an intention to tell the truth of what followed, and his con•
fessiona were on'y made successively. While at first ad-
mitting that he knew of the project, he pretended that it
was only revelled to him on January the 14th, at the
moment of leaving the Rue Monthabor ; and he protested
that although he was present at the commission of the
crime, he took no active part in it; but being soon forced
to confess that he had seen tho shells at Orsini's, although
he says he did not know what they were, he went on to
admit that Orsini had given him one to carry; that when
they had got as far as the Place Vendome, Orsini told him
that they were going to kill the Emperor with shells; that
he at the same time gave him al revolver to defend himself
if he should be attacked ; and that in the Rue Lepelletier
he (Orsini) had taken from him the shell vi.iich he had
given him to carry, to throw it at the Emperor himself.
There is, however, no doubt that the parts to be
played by each were settled before they lelt the
boase. The two largest shells were given to him and
to Gomez, Orsini kept two which were less, and
Pierri had the fifth,' which was of the same size
as those of Orsini :

It was arranged that G onacz was to throw the first shell,
Radio the second, that Orsini was to act next, and Pierri
last of all. When the Emperor's carriage approached the
Rue Lepelletier, the conspirators had taken up positions on
the foot pavement in front of the principal entrance of the
peristyle, between the houses and the crowd of spectators
As soon as thu first explosion, proceeding from the shell
thrown by Gomez, was heard, Orsini said to Rudio, " Throw
yours." lie did throw it, and then instantly took refuge
in a small wine-shop, from which he heard the third deto-
nation, and from which he afterwards got away during the

confusion that ensued. On the same day, Jan. 21,
Gomezalso made up his mind to tell the whole truth • and with
regard to the distribution of the shells, the
plan agreed
upon by the assassins, the execution of the
plan, and the
part which he himself took in throwing the first shell, he
entirely confirmed the declarations of his fellow-prisoner
Radio. Such were the declarations, added to other
proofs obtained by the instruction which Orsini
found himself compelled to face when he was
examined on January 24. Overpowered by evi.
deuce, but not daunted, he had recourse to bravado,
declaring that he had, it is true, resolved to kill the Em.
peror, in order, by means of a revolution in France, to
bring about the independence of Italy, adding that he alone
had formed the project, that he had taken everything upon
himself, that be had got the shells made abroad, but that
he would say nothing more. Then, thinking again of his
personal position, he took care to add that he did not him.
self throw any shell, and that doubtless the third one, the
explosion of which was heard, must have been thrown by
an Italian who was there by his orders, and to whom he
had given it an instant before. This Italian, he said, was
not known to any of his accomplices, not even to rierri.
In the course of the same examination Orsini affected
generosity towards his fellow-prisoners, who, he said,
might speak against him, but against whom he would sav
nothing. Reflection, however, made him change his mind,
as he explained when he last appeared before the judge of
instruction. He now says that Gomez threw the first
shell and Radio the second, but that he himself did not
throw any, and, in order to escape from the evilence
which is overwhelming against him on this point, he
recurs to his ridiculous fable about the unknown accom-
plice, who is supposed to have come upon the scene at the
last moment.

The document, which is of a most voluminous
nature, closes by specifying the articles of accusation
against each prisoner.

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FRANCE.
TRIAL OF ORSINI AND HIS COLLEAGUES.
The trial of Orsini and his colleagues commenced
on Thursday morning, before the Court of Assizes of
the Seine, M. Delangle presiding. The court was
crowded to excess, and the anxiety to obtain ad.
mission was extreme. No person, however, was
admitted after half-past ten, on any pretence what-
ever, and if any one left the court he could
not again return. The prisoners, who were dressed
in black, are all young men, with the exception of
Pierri, who is middle-aged. They all seemed
composed, and listened with attention to the pro-
ceedings. The early part of the day was taken up
with the reading of the indictment, which is of great
length.
There are no less than thirty-three witnesses.
Gomez denied any participation in the act. Ile
only knew of it at the last moment.
Rudio confessed everything. He threw one bomb.
He incriminated the rest of the prisoners.
Orsini confirmed his former account, and ac-
cepted the full responsibility of the part be had taken
in the affair. He confessed he wanted to kill the
Emperor, and he was ready to die. He never con-
fided his intention to Mr. All sop. M. Bernard
brought the bombs to Brussels, bit did not know for
what purpose they were intended. Would not say
anything as to the other prisoners.
Pierri denied all participation in the conspiracy
until the day the attempt was made, and then re-
repented.
Most of the witnesses were beard. Mr. Taylor, of
Birmingham, did not answer to his name.
The positive announcement of the formation of a
Government by the Earl of Derby has given general
satisfaction in Paris. The Pays says :
The character and known opinions of the principal
members of the new Cabinet are such as to reassure us
most completely as to the maintenance and consolidation
of the alliance. The name of the new Foreign Secretary
warrants us in hoping that the relations between the two
countries will continue to be sympathetic, and even
cordial. The sentiments of Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli
are not doubtful ; they have more than once blamed the
foreign policy of Lord Palmerston, when he deviated on
certain points from the views of the French Government.

NAPLES.
The despatch of Count Cavour upon the illegality
of the capture of the Cagliari by two Neapolitan
men-of-war has been published. The despatch,
dated Jan. 10, 1858, is addressed to Count 6ropallo,
Sardinian Minister at the Court of Naples.
It appears from this despatch that the Cagliari
was seized after the rebels had landed from her at
Sapn, in the Gulf of Policastro, and while she was
en route, according to the declaration of the captain,
to Naples, to report to the Sardinian consul there the
events which had occurred. At the moment of cap-
ture she was on the "high seas, thirty miles from
Salerno and twelve from Capri. " From this point of
view," observes Count Cavour, the illegality of the
capture cannot be disputed ; and he proceeds to
argue that between States at peace no legal capture
can be made unless caught in the very act of
piracy :

It could not be justified on the principle of public right,
unless on proof that the Cagliari was a pirate. Now, the