The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-09 00:00:00

Of foreign affairs than confirmed in the most ex- aft been in danger ofbeing tried before the high court
had been fortunate enough, thanks
the zealous
plicit manner, the denial of Lord Palmerston e(
intervention of M. Lacrosse, to obtain a de-
mto the existence of the note published in the jetor ht Lein. f
Versailles,
claration of the court dismissing him from the prosecution.
,
BuPpioulanee Belye, and attributed to Cardinal Alluding to this in a letter to his brother (15th August,
Antonelli, as well as that other supposed document,llBl9), he said that " he was very glad not to have lean
: to
I cved his freedom of action for more serious(matts
' compromised in pi broil of June 13, to 'm,
The part that he had played under the provisional govern:
dresallefieedd byby teoheu
Jules Fevre inferred that the government was con-Imeat, and in the constituent assembly, had excited ill 11411
winced that the clerical regime at Rome could be only ithe
4n4tuNeessemblielrodt'agtoi°tnaheleltaWliahnavceourbeetst.i 714-.
,E
thirst for enjoyment and for power, which wined t,,
some observations from Gen. Oudinot, the supplies from
.regulariesa:fdeopnedrseenivneirinitmabsezrto.
ttish,ituri,itorierolted
bolstered up by means of foreign soldiers. After , have tormented his whole life, and to have diverted hint
were voted. A mass of other extraordinary supplies fr.mth d
life. Rather," said hge in the same letter, 'ailiTi:
having been agreed to, the house
vote the budget of receipts. All the articles were I will return to Avignon, where there must he plenty to .lo
' Prmeeded to : return to a secondary and necessary precarious position, 1
passed, but the division on the ensemble was deferred, I to re-organise and rally the party which most now lea
under the apprehension that, if the budget were voted •' ratherc . checked, atoddrerhtiag reminevirhlat
loase,utbselt.n-,lS.Vhii,lie
in the whole, the benches of the Assembly would be
ambitious activity ha
he entreated his brother to protlure'llia:
to morrow completely deserted. The session is now
virtually at an end, nothing of importance save the pecuniary affairs, and continue to play the part of 0 min
money,a that he might conceal the disastrous reality of his
ce as ability, "ifd I appear neeessitou, I
impudence Areall vote on the budget of receipts being on the who was beholden to no one. "For," said he, with 34
order of the day for to-morrow, much
d, because es I will not go to others, sat
At the beginning of the sitting, the bill on hospi-
all
tals was resumed. M. Schtelcher's amendment to ir eyes which it is so easy for me to preserve." sod,
swhantnootltiertocccome to me, I should lose that consider :tent
In the
Ilse pp o
government;r, in a
pointment of the almoners named by the clergy, sent
Poke the government's sanction necessary to the ap-
to Lyons to concur in defending the prisoners who
were the adventurous dispositions of Gent when he was
nig hard hits against the jesuits, was withdrawn by in the insurrection of the 15th of June, 1819. Ile joyfully
which furnished M. Dupin with an occasion for deal- were accused before a court-martial of having taken a part
sported him into the hottest stronghold of the mobocracy.
accepted, as • piece of rare luck, a mission which tran-
themgenutestiSio•inthrethmeaienoimngmiretteeserredd
i
until the government come to an understanding with the numerous and intimate acquaintances which he formed
he success which he obtained before the courts-martial,
the competent authority, and present a bill on the among the men the most implicated in demagogieal intrigues,
subject. the superiority which his education and intelligence gave
In the Assembv to-day the President announced hint over the gneater part rim of those persons awn gained 'd
a political position, of which he availed himself by becom-
the death of M. Vasseur, the representative of the
he
A letter from M. Momery, the director ing a candidate at the last elections of the Same and Loins
Ardechc.
His failure at those elections seemed to have been partly
of the company "La COOfiailee" was then read, re- attributable to the opposition made to him by the leaders of
Questing leave to issue execution upon a judgment the secret society called the Lyoneoc Carbonari, between
whomidetioddaannmegnemtigmexiiintedti,coneyweshioelti
trecountemofileii,iyt
for 4,000 fr., which had been obtained against the
Prince de la Moskowa, representative of the people, endeavoured
and to proceed if necessary to arrest him. The ape spreading the report that they were in the pay of the police.
In a letter to his brother he says : " I affirm that the police
Iplication was referred to a committee. A debate are the soul of everything—that they know everything. It'
then ensued upon the petition which had been pre- necessary, write to me, and I will answer. h.eep me in-
sented by M. idiot from several inhabitants of the formed." NlTitalliVear"dtt Vol caoanaierest'oiatPise iii,intolwialteldet‘te..
ori
Nievre, complaining theta Piedniontese refugee, named t._
(orate, had been arrested, escorted by gendarmes to Itnewpaarolilutio'n),etoconstwrue it had
a sincere protest against
the frontier, and expelled from France. M. ltoux with the
secret societies in general. Gent had long been connected
societies of the south. When the courts-
earboimel, the reporter of the committee, stated martial were over, Gent had no longer any voca-
that the government had the power in their dis- tion Lyons. lie, however, prolonged his stay there
eretion to expel foreigners ; wmlatieglnufresterae,aet excursionsti muchinto
n,
money,
ym,tuatndeoin,at :flute,
constantly
nacre ~
that Cerale was
the agent of the European democratic propinnuitla, turning to Lyons. The attention of government was
and was constantly plotting and exciting the inha- awakened, and it was evident that such a man as Gent
bitants of the district to revolt. The committee, could only be in Lyons for the purpose of political intrigue.
Is September. and October there ;were rumours of i3suTe-
therefore, approved the conduct of the government,
r:
.1 in every quarter,
nd atatd ando treaLraiareilletaaseall'isbuntethe mild'
and proposed that the Assembly shouldpass to the
order of the day. M. Mist and NI. Crenueux opposed
the report, which was supported by M. Leon Faucher, symptoms that they were expecting to succeed. It WaS the
duty of the magistrates, by a firm and resolute conduct, to
who said that Cerale had recently come to Paris to avert a peril which was announced by such symptoms. It
get bulletins of the Committee of Resistance, which was known that Gent was very intimate with
Bore', the
he had distributed in the department of the Nievre. teoataine,ituhnotuseßlo;reeerr,stlrotue Noirel c
als;ioi..e!hanngd
htili. it
i , turningtum e.
'fhe order of the day was carried by a very large rous letters from the southn political
to him under cover
majority. to 'Sorel. An order was obtained fur seizing Borers
The credit of 30,000 fr. for exploring the Temple letters at the Post-office, but nothing important was at fleet
of Serapis, in the ruins of' Memphis, was voted. discovered, fur it turned out that very few of Borel'e letters
Two legitimist representatives, MM. De Ressi,- were addressed to him in his own name. Bond had been
the agent. and what in slang phrase is called the mother of
pier and Des ltotours de Chaulieu, have written a workmen of various trades. Letters were constantly sent
Wier to M. A. Nettement, the principal editor of the addressed in imaginary names, such as Claudius or Bernard,
Opinion I'libligree requesting to withdraw their to the care of Maher, Rue Noire. Enclosed in these were
names as subscribers' and shareholders of that jouf nal. letters addressed for Mark, which was a name agreed upon
They state, as their reason, that they can no longer for Gent. The requisitoire then gives the dates and cog-
share the responsibility of the obstinate resistance of marks of seven lettere addressed as above described by dif-
rwerefnret pde
rlednuinmtbeheriinanidicotmnge 1
papersh The better
ui. , aret,
the Opinion Pablique to the policy of the majority of rs°to nsbyintehleuii
°title
the parliamentary right on the subject of revision, but their contents are not set forth. The riviii.n.
and of the choice of a candidate for the presidency. toire proceeds to say that the letters which hail
They desire that their letters may be published in been
.seised were fragments of a correspondence as
the number of the Opinion Public of teed?. 'hi, extensive
theas activ,e.l,yrirearraciet,,l o.7,ttlelagtot,hern.r.counnttentots futlalT
Nettement accompanies the letter with a long ceding 'the secret, anr strikingigy con'tirrued the reports of the secret
article, in which he claims the right to act acconling police. 'net they disclosed one of the most vast conspira-
to his independent convictions, and persists in his de, that had ever been hatched—for the revolutionary or-
oppoeition to the policy of the club of the Rue de ganisation which the correspondence betrayed was directed
Rivoli. by central committees establish/41 in London. Pans, and
Lyons, and supported by many other secondary committees.
The Council of State h
as adopted three regula-The 'jailers of the criminal enterprise flattered themselves
Lions of internal administration, pursuant to the law that they obtained the promise of co-operation from several
of the 13th June, 1851, relative to the national representatives of the Mountain. Gent's correspondents
guard. These rules define the infirmities which con- speak of secret contributions of armaments, of sot-
stitute a ground of exemption from service. The adtiersthefulLsotf
signal.ardor
and
of ill
Vetielieiteeter,rereadLumtoenrdird
manlier of proceeding in the councils for framing Gent " not to spare heads." The first letters discovered
the lists and before the jury of revision, and lastly having shown the elturacteristie element of a plot, it became
regulate the composition of the administrative coun- the duty of the prosecution to complete the evidence. In
ells of different corps. The council have also is- spite of the difficulties of the task occasioned by the conceal-
Sued a regulation, pursuant to the law of the 19th spread.oPlermiCiliar_y_. tivtiesitsnewwllicolfi Lelle,ii,,:r.resint
aka. pildilzi
June, 1851, for uniting the prefectures of the city of brought together a mass of documents sufficient to enable
Lyons. government to appreciate the extent of the conspiracy, the
A terrible explosion took place at one o'clock on plan of the conspirators, the resources ou which they
Wednesday, in the citadel of Arras, where the 2nd reckoned, and to trace the progressive march of their pro-
Regiment of Engineers is quartered. A quantity c_eaertdiontraththrough
ialt
ol
eq
.s -;
nithispforiliocerit stages.
liiesc'
frihetiioinitrudd=
of chloride of potass, which was spread out to dry in P
into chapeterrs,go`t immense length, of the politicalp state of
the sun, took fire spontaneously, and communicated the south of France in 1849 and 1850 ; of the numerous
with two barrels of gunpowder and a large number societies which after clubs were prohibited were established
of grenades in a store-room of the garrison. In an under 'the name of "Cercles, such as the " Cersle des
instant one side of the citadel became amass of tlh'rri,avaiiller ,d."..c"Leroctle ,h`c..
i.i-IMAlnt'llite7Uti.'.. "teCereloof tan-
smoking ruins. The bodies of nine soldiers, quite thropic 'Acct.+ were in factw clubs of `tahriremusatt dangerous-
dead, and two mortally injured, have been found, character. One society was called the Nouvelle Montagne,
and there are still three men missing. and its organisation was such that there was a chief for
The Consfifotionnef continues to give long lists of every ten men. In this society the members admitted were
the proceedings of the councils of arrondissement on received with great formalities, and were made to take a
solemn oath on a poignard, in the name of "the martyrs of
the revision question ; but as yet no accurate judg- liberty," to take arms against tyranny, to put tyrants to
went can be formed of the general result. death, and to combat for the democratic and social republic.
The report of M. Mortimer Ternaux on the project The members had wordy and signs for recognising each
for a railway from Bordeaux through Toulouse to other. The connexion of Gent with the latter society was
Cette, recommends the adoption of the plan proposed very elaborately traced. The reading of this document con-
by MM.'
Alengry, Anglade, and others. tinned up to the rising of the court at five o'clock.
The committee appointed in March to report SECOND DAY, AUOUST 6.
on the use of railways for the conveyance of About 130 men in blouses escorted M. Michel (de
troops has drawn up and submitted to the Minister Bourges) from his hotel to the Polais de Justice. Their
of \Vox a set of rules on this subject. The tom- demanowasrratne
reading of K.jainil:liacatdetnhtey uttered no cries.
raittec dwells on the importance, in a military point noticed the journalists who hadl be:RUMP:re Coeedlt mixed with.
upft
of view, of a belt of railroad round Paris, connect- in the conspiracy, but stated that the greater part of thee
ing the different lines. had been sent for trial to Agee. It described the measures
The report of the committee on the bill for regu- adoptd by Gent to keep in his own hands the control of
hating the cigar tariff, was distributed yesterday. It t
chteee,uarreccautiz,,:thtteh was expected to tune out of the ex-
proposes to reduce the custom duty on cigars from the slat of May. yin.
ilircre;iseeenttawtasiontoot;.ttahzleirtaor:tlrolanw
oorf.
36f. to 24f. per kilogramme, and to allow private pulsation of secret societies in the south eastern provinces,
persons persons to introduce, without previous authorisation in order that at a given signal he might cause them to rise
by the government, 2,500 cigars instead of 2,000. at the same time, and might render himself master of the
The armourers have petitioned the Assembly to frontiers of Switzerland and Savoy ; then to luring into
grant them compensation for the pillage of their Toralene the refugeesof Geneva, and to seize . the ports of
and Marseilles; afterwards to cause risings in the
shops in February and June. south western and in the eastern departments, and
The authorisation granted to the Prevoyance Life in the large towns. The indictment then pro-
Insurance Company has been withdrawn. ceeded to take a review of the situation of the de-
The metallic reserve of the bank of France has in- litritomnents of the Jura, the Ain, Saone-et-Loire,
creased ,5 millions in Paris, and fallen off somewhat sautes Alpena
Alpes,Dro..ri,
Douche,AlSche, Gard,
duUltho'ne,Viiiteluir
more than half a million in the branch banks. The Auden VarP,ea'nd others, a w hich Gent's organisationr4hatii
'discount accommodation shows a decline of not less extended. It gave the names of his principal agents and
than 13 millions in Paris, and of nearly 4 millions in correspondents in each, and described the events that had
the provinces, the amount of the former being occurred there. One of his correspondents iii the brume
38,063,662 fr. and of the latter 66,003,437 fr. On the commence,
to congratulate him on the combat being about to
side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have strungtmengeoe,,earnnd.renetsor 'exude:lld h'atlitaatc causeaoff trait
to'f'lli is
Cull—
fallen off 31 millions in Paris, scarcely any change weak ones can only invent the moral tortures of exile and
having taken place in the branch banks. The imprisonment." Some of the letters seized, after giving au
account-current of the treasury shows an increase of account of the state of the conspiracy in the departments,
21 millions, the present amount being 114,576,511 fr. aamounting
tthoat2odoifflr'erelsubst.s of money, in some cases
Private accounts-current have increased nearly 3 other" onflgthe chiefs.' Ono of .7.1.!.. leTtedrstellobee
tiVieedntthuatr
millions in Paris, and fallen off about 11 millions in France would be like a California to them when they
the departments, the amount of the former being should be victorious. la a I'. S. to another a request
83,123,613 fr., and of the latter 28,381,399 fr. The was made that truffles should be sent fur a democratic
whole amount of the metallic reserve is at present o banquet—clue Gent's
.truffies being paid fur out of the funds
Cffitil millions to 544 millions of notes in circulation. raised monthlybystil'eacwleZilwyhoirchfuisils,
cease tilibreu tail s stated,oth mcm-
Atwere the Bourse to-day very little business was done. ben. Most of the agents of Gent wrote in assumed names,
The Five per Cents. fell 15c., closing at 95.90. In but the indictment clearly pointed out the accused to 1411001
the Three per farts. there was no quotation. they applied. By Gent's orders gunpowder was manufac-
tured, and instructions how to make it were given to some
of the agents. These agents also cast bullets and purchased
poignards. One of them, in the Vaucluse' a man named
Hubert, horrified at the idea of the bloodshed which was
likely to take place, revealed to the Sup-prefect of Apt that
6,000 insurgents were to assemble on the hill of Libereu,
sad that that was to he the beginning of the general insur-
rection. The indicmtent, in great detail, gave an account
of other insurrectionary movements, and of the proceedings
of the several conspirators.
The answers of Gent, to the various examinations to
which he had been subjected, were next read, us were also
those of other persons relative to him. In one of them it
was stated, that to avoid arrest, lie had secreted himself in
the chamber of the daughter of Borel, one of the accused.
Borel cried, " That is false! I cannot allow the houour
of my daughter to be attacked. No man ever entered her
chamber."
The President recommended him to be calm.
Documents relative to the private life of Gent were after
wards read. One of them referred to difficulties which had
arisen about his admission to the bar of Avignon.
Gent remarked that it ought also to have been stated that
he had subsequently risen to be it member of the Council of
Discipline of the same bar.
Other papers stated that Gent's father had left a fortune
of 300,000 f., but that he had rapidly dissipated the portion
which he inherited. They also set forth that he had had,
according to public rumour, incestuous relations with his
sister.

TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL OF THE
LYONS CONSPIRATORS.

At ten o'clock on the morning of the Sth, the
court-martial assembled at the Palais de Justice, for the
trial of the 50 conspirators concerned in the Lyons plot, for
upsetting the government and introducing the red republic.
M. Couston, colonel of the 13th Regiment of the line, was
the president. The proceedings opened by the calling over
the names of the witnesses, to the number of 10, among
whom are several sub.prefects, literary men, journalists,
and some women. Thirty barristers, retained for the de-
fence of the various prisoners, took their seats on the coun-
sels benches. Among them were four representatives of the
people—M. Michel (de Bourges), MM. Baited, Boisset, and I
Madier Montjau. The prisoners, to the number of 37, were I
then brought into court, and answered to their names.
Fourteen other persons included in the accusation have
absconded. The principal prisoner is M. Gent, of
the Parisian bar, formerly a representative of the
department of the hire. He is defended by M.
Michel (de Bourges). Among the other prisoners
are barristers, farmers, journalists, and persons of
various trades and professions. They were almost
all well, and many of them elegantly dressed. After a
warning by the l'resident that any expression of approba-
tion or of disapprobation on the part of the audience would
be repressed and severely punished, the registrar read the
" requintoire," which answers to what is called the " act.
alkalisation " in the French civil courts, and to the Eng-
lish indictment or charge. This document, in pursuance of
the invariable practice of French criminal proceedings, is
an elaborate narration of everything relating to the pri-
soner's past life which may in any degree, however remote,
tend to throw suspicion upon him, the whole carefully
arranged so as to bring the whole mass of facts to converge
and press against the prisoner with the utmost possible force. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—The directors propose to
The introductory part of this " requisitoire" states that Gent, raise a further sum of 110,0001.

—•
Gent remarked that the statement to that effect was only
signed by the Central Commissaay of Police.
The reading of documents continued until the adjourn-
meat of the court.