The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-16 00:00:00

office. He gave his own name. He declared the ontente et
the box, and while doing so, he made& remark wholly elem.,
detect with the belief that he tram a party to the insane act of
Orsini. It was said, however, that there was a letter foetid et
the prisoner's lodgings, which went to prove that he mut here
had some knowledge of it. This letter referred to a sxiety
called the Friends of Italy, and despite what might be said
courts of law about the illegality of such combinations, them
could be no doubt that they did exist. And who could in kit
heart condemn them? They werenot directed against English.
men; they were not oonepiracies against our beloved 'overtire ;
no, they were the combinations of men longing to get eye,
their country and their liberties. Suppose we were exile. in
France, with our institutions destroyed by a tyrant, should
we not conspire to get them beck again? What wen then
then about " the Friends of Italy" that could in the remotest
degree prejudice the prisoner ? The letter wee dated early
in July, 18.57, and contained expressions of opialeee
with regard to the Emperor of the French
which were certainly strong, but not stronger
than had been uttered by men who bad held dike
under the crown. It was ridiculous to say, however, that g
letter written twelve months before the act could be remind
as evidence that the prisoner was privy to what Genet did le
a fatal moment of impaled. This letter was written by Mr. T.
Alleop, an enthusiastic sympathiser with the Italian care
and in the absence of proof it was not right to infer that the
prisoner entertained the view which it expressed. A second
letter in evidence was the one written by Oralni to the psi.
sonar, and which simply referred to somebody or souraddeg
as the Red Company." There was nothing in that Tina
came the evidence of Mrs. Radio, who, despite the drilling cd
the police, had given her evidence in manner that reflected
credit upon her as an Englishwoman. She had told the
truth as far as it went, but her husband could have tkrou
the moat light upon this case. He could have told as erbe.
thee the prisoner hired him to participate in the attempt of
the 14th of January; he could have disclosed the real object
of the accumulation of the firearms in Paris, which the pi.
sonar had arranged—but he was not called, end the jury
were left to make what they could out of his wife's eel.
deuce. Why was Radio not brought over to give evidence!
He, of all men, could have established guilt or innoomme
and why was he not brought over from France? It was ft
answer to say that had he come he could have ben
esteemed under the Habeas Corpus Act, becalms,
under the Extradition Treaty, Radio could ban
been given up to France again. Why, then, was be
not brought over ? Why, because be would have told the
jury that like Orsini he had aspirations for liberty, although
a poor man, and he had joined an expedition to regenerate
his native country ; but. that in a moment of impulse
Orsini, who had undertaken its direction, turned away
from the original purpose and mode the and
end dastardly attempt on the life of the Emperor. Pam ce
to the evidence of Miss Cheyley, the housekeeper of Omit,
and what did that show 1' Did I t not establish the impremin
that the sane of the rising which the prisoner had ne
couraged was Italy P She was told by Orsini that he Ira
going to Italy when he quitted England. She Otte-wade
had conversations with the prisoner about Ordure visit to
his native home. She was to repair there to him, and tin
prisoner raised her hopes in that respect by always speak*
of the coming restoration of Italy. When the intelligence
arrived of the fatal, the Means. attempt of the 14th, he 111
to convey to her his conviction that Orsini must be read a
be would have been by that time in Italy. Was that Made.
eat with his guilt ? He should have thought the dulled
()mini and Pierri would have satisfied the cravings of th
Emperor for vengeance ; certainly the scene at the gafficelm
on that cold grey morning of their execution should haw
made the Bntish Government pause before they fame.
tuted this prosecution. Not a word was mid by skim
of the wretched men to implicate the prime;
on the contrary, if the truth could be lank
and posterity would discover it, it would be found that bib
srrrthat he was innocent that both had been taped
peditton which had the regeneration of its object, ad
that it was • sudden sand uncontrolable imputes that aimed
them for going forward to its accomplishment. Despite a .sent
system in France, that permeated every hones and urn
building, that equalled the days of Foncbd end the coreuetto
of public security, when the wife of • man's bosom ess
bribed into becoming • spy upon him, the French goy=
meat had been unable to secure • scrap or • particle of ITi•
dean to implicate the prisoner in the crime for Med
two human beings had suffered, and two more wee
undergoing a eocondary punishment. But the pee
anxiety of the prisoner; his fervent prayer wee tait
the country which had given him abetter in the bow
of his exile would not believe him to be =ads If
paying the hired assassin. A few words more, sad booing&
have completed his duty to the prisoner. Let the Pry re
member that the indictment for conspiracy still bug ewe
the prisoner's head ; let them remember that k
was the opinion of more able jurists thenbb.
that the act of parliament under which the present todiel.
mint was framed, was inapplicable to the prevent mete=
regarded the vindicaton of the law, he believed this trid m.
a mockery and • sham. The great object of the :proem=
was to induce an English jetty to do what parlismest beim
fused ; to eetablieb the principle that an idle me
not protected in this country. h had been the pal
boast of England, as it was of ancient Roma the
the purity and freedom of her institutions enabled beta
afford • shelter to the exile of all nations. We led
bad things here ; we bad had an exiled pren-
hood here ; we had had exiled nobility her,
and the monarch of to-day in France had obtained edge
hers while In exile. Would an English jury, the,
bow to the insolent demands of a foreign pe
tent= and sacrifice that great and noble principle? Ile
weak states of Sardinia and Switzerland he bid
compelled to succumb to him, and they had died
the laws to satisfy his demands; but the Britii
nation, speaking through its representatives I
frrisat, had indignantly rejected his mom=
ad hurled them back at him, and he me
eati•fied the jury would follow the example. 111
might threaten invasion • he might Menem his free
to intimidate na,but he oosj6ed the jury to tell btu, that von
his 000,000 bayonets glistening on our shores, and hie seta-
jirrythundbe stilleting foundedthreats could extort from them a derision at valiance withdooraupouyettuistubouultubd
jdoecinonet'ic'eouioafatbstßrit
the truth. Time out of mind, British Melee in that very rent
had vindicated the sacred cause of justice when comp
Lion of both the crown and the bench had vainly attempted
to coerce them. Recalling the memory of those amide=
steady jurists, he now implored the jury to coed= irell
before they consigned to the scaffold the gentleman at the
bar, for he was a gentleman both bzuj..i3rith end =testis;
simply because it would gratify a who bed ueida
throne upon the ruined Beetling of • great =pie.
The closing remarks of the learned counsel were recited
with applause.
The court then adjourned for half-en-hour. On te
dueling,
loCsmpliel
to-morrow.nnnurnc:d that he should =Mom
bi
stunuirding up until
The Attorney-General then proceeded to reply, sad is tie
course of his observation, he denied that the indictment we
founded upon an old act of parliament. it =a jowl
Itln thhil lastneveryestrbsenof George
upon bitenfclutethume erie
enough. Happily, this was the first case of this natemthit
had ever occurred in this country, and Neden
why the act had remained a dead letter lea
now. No one could rejoice more than he shell
if at the close of this ease the verdict of the jai
restored the prisoner to liberty, end wiped away the_l.l!
that now rested upon this country from the wdm!
the conspiracy to murder the Emperor of the Fear
originated on its shone. Ile contended, hoverer, the tY
evidence established beyond all doubt that there was a el!
'piracy to murder the Emperor of the Frach, sad whit Y
conspirators consisted of the prisoner, Alleop. Ofd u
Pierri, Rude), and Gomez. Alleop ordered the grails;
the prisoner conveyed part himself and got the carps
conveyed to Brussels, where they came into the peen=
of Orsini. Orsini and Pierri between them
in getting the grenades conveyed to Paris, when rig
killed, the crime of murder was as complete es thodlii
the French. The with,
4hthe eattirpttiofain ledof.kibiluingt otherthe
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other articles which were connected with the On!
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prisoner produced
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Madame Baghenzi, and handed to Mons. Georg", iod"2:
were token away by Zeguerras, then who m'y
those which were in the poeseseion of the ,
The witnesses swore that there was a grout Illma
between them, and of course, that being so. that' told "11
been difficult and costly to manufacture. Why,
not the defence clear up the doubt by mole
maker*? That would have removed ell difficulty. „,
oa7.'br:putturisernediumgentlenun was still addressing thin/Pi"'
toetMd
bothntnCtouheAbodwuy, inthseufrgaerslierbien,y thelt wisbencher"del;
position that could possibly be occupied, the DAV
spectators being evidently persona of distinction
one-third ladles, elegantly dressed. The prisoner
with
with the most strained attention to the address of the
counsel who defended him, and when tee learned
spoke of the =shed liberties of Franco. Oa
dieted allusions to the patriotism of the
Dr. Barnard drew himself up to his full heighter"
r•iled with animatiou, and hie whole appearanos_eoten
edreagest excitement. On the other
her,
Mr. James ropudisted the idea that kli e„;
would have hired en assassin in • count22""ji,
he bad token refuge after being driven 7,7 r •
native land, the prisoner bowed his assent to theismom
calm and dignified manner, and without anything
theatrical display.
The ',relict will probably be returned so" lee
1310,101 r.