The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-20 00:00:00

TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION 01? THE

ASSASSIN VERGER.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN COURT.

Says
SATURDAY NIGHT.—As I informed yon a few
~gince, Verger appealed against the decision which
nei)teuhahvies
ttirmiale for to-day. He alleged that he should
prepare his defence if a postponement
Ware not granted him. The President of the Court of Cad-
esantinn waited upon him in prison, and told him that the
would not grant his request, and that the trial
i„--"t come off oa the day originally fixed. He recom-
jTenled Verger, therefore, to make use of all the time at
Is disposal, in order to be ready on that day. It was
sa."ll known that the trial would take place to-day. and,
eeordingly an early hour the doors of the
heraiintinal coo' rt were besieged by an immense crowd. It
been arranged, however, that no one should be
adniitted without tickets, so that only those who bad
Provided themselves with tickets could gain the inside
1,1;" building. The caurt was filled to overflowing.
gall reporters of the Paris press were all there in the
reserved for them, Prince Lucien Murat attended,
3,1 Z several of the secretaries of the Ottoman embassy
also present. So great was the crowd, that
1 twenty persons were allowed to find accommoda-
se,-11 the part of the court alloted to tke prisoner. The
de,ne which took place during the trial passes all
30;ert,iPtio, n. Verger, at first calm and collected, became
and) len, and noisy, that the audience were terrified,
sae the president had great difficulty in keeping him in
biaelee• e was dressed in a black frock coat and a
waistcoat, buttoned up to the throat. His face
0:
ePale and thin, and this, with his open forehead,
tioi !lint an intellectual look: He kept up a conver sa-
In a low tone with his advocate, pointed out and
a„
ang'ed various leaves of paper, on which notes had
been written, and gazed from time to time at the audi-
en e collected around him with the utmost self-posses-
:7i At about
ortani half-ntasquestionst ten the
had triabeenl comasked the
menced. '
ae
area
sr,adTez,
nim
act ofP accusation was read. It detailed
the circumstanzes of the crime
adding here and there
It fresh fact,
which had not before been generally
known. After retracing the events of his life, it described
"rats state of mind just before and just after he had com-
Zi:,ed the murder. Just before be attended at a sermon,
ide notes upon it, and a criticism. Just after, he revised
„,.,tbe particulars of his crime, and said he " was master
nimself, and knew well what he was doing." He also
911`1 that ‘4 he had not struck- a second blow. because he
hew the first would succeed." On the day he committed
he crime he wrote with his own hand a will, in which
,elade his brother his legatee, and gave him full
latunrity to receive the drafts that would be sent to
1;11 in the- course of January, 1857. A year before,
‘l.,:°n the 31st of January, 1856, he appears to have
tekannsd to commit the crime, for he wrote with his
•--Ibmaticl upon a paper—" Alone I have prem?ditated
Job 555 nourished—l have struck the blow which has
so reached the Archbishop of Paris." But he re •
jot it the project, hoping then to succeed in reinstat-
b. linself at Meaux. The act of accusation having
sPea-i. arose, read, Verger and requested permission to
aloes It was granted to, him. He said—" Gentlemen,
zsaz cenrnries ago a grave word was spoken by a
, More than man ; he was named Jesus Christ :
! pax omnibus !' And another man that you
1.,1)-' mat you venerate, that I venerate as well as you,
(theeted this remark. He said, L'eropire e est la paix'
kustenpire is peace.) The sense of that grand remark
aceu oe understood." The president tried to stop the
ip aB,e, but he insisted upon continuing. He declared
his unld voice that he had been treated unfairly. That
outP„_aPers bad been taken possession of, and that with-
eotioulern and sixty witnesses,whom he wished to call, he
ten t'ontZe t make his defence. He read a letter he had writ-
t° the Minister of Justice, requesting to be allowed
pima" these witnesses, and permission had been granted
ene, t° do so at his own expense. But there had not been
mitlgh time to call them, and therefore he demanded an
th'egurse ntnent of the trial, in order that he might summon
bo witnesses. When asked by the President whether
avo• ad not consented to the trial taking place at once. he
prolded
; the question by saying that the President had
tnr.sed to allow him a free defence, and that he was
oft tree. The Attorney General declared that the list
t Persons to which Verger had alluded was only a
peetrrsilo'le libel, and that he wished to calumniate the
persons whose names were inscribed there. He was
several t* • imes interrupted by the accused, who spoke in a
loud stern voice, and with much energy. He declared
bo _!te was not free to defend himself, that he was_
kP bY moral bonds as well as physical, and concluded
-r1
.„erefusing to acknowledge the judgment of the court.
v;erwe as ordered, therefore, to sit down, and the witnesses
eh examined. The woman who let out seats in the.
IT, _ of St. Etienne was among the early witnesses.
. .
anything to say toe had given her evidence, Verger was asked if he
to say upon tier facts.' her. He replied, fOI have nothing
that c„ t ~ hut I ought to make the remark
I n rary in the Principles of Jesus Christ, the
Woman made me pay a p'nny to rest in the
va her hope this may help the salvation
soul l." To another witness Verger said he
• the enemy of the sacerdotal order, as Christ
'
i•tbe enemy of those of his time, the Pharisees.
Presit,qe while after, in reply to a rem irk of the
• im'ent that he had too much science, since he had
fY tfin 1.0 find a man innocent who had been condemned
" "41of his country, he exclaimed, with energy,
Yesl let my ' Blind Man's Buff' be read," and
Ril realr.,,uitlg the audience, he said, People ask for
p,;'115 Public—ask my brother for my book ; he
-uo :al: to The Vicar-General of Meaux,
you.
Bborti„" next heard, Verger called a villain (un scellerat).
obtain'," tafterwards he said he had waited fifteen years to
Os ends, and he was not granted even a single
ab-e in wring. The President declared his doctrine
fi.herni,7''e• The accused burst out immediately, " False,
see Ile said, ‘, Oh. Jesus. Christ, who art here, who
butge magistrate—" He was proceeding in this style,
ke,,, was interrupted by the President, and made to
ti),ll'' silence. The rest of the trial was even more stormy
to p„ ~the Preceding part. At one time Verger seemed
ro,j`ter from an agitation impossible to describe. He
wilo, seated himself, rose again, cried aloud to a witness
e
h had just 'peen heard—"- Wretch, wretch ;"declared'
aris not free, and interrupted the proceedings with
the `•s voice and. gesture at every step. In spite of
to
adisturbanee whiett took place, the trial was brought
NI:, end about five o'clock ; a verdict of guilty was
se and sentence of death passed. At this Verger
tieenied to lose all further patience, and broke out in such
heree invectives against the President and the jury, that
ee„,,was compelled to be removed from the court. The
eirltemna of the trial has created a profound sensation this

The vj,,,_
atleti- '''''"an'e of
s Great Burstead, Essex, is to be sold by
Letlefi" beta Alderman Farebrother, in February. The
ce Came vacant last year, and an. elderly gentleman
.PPointed, the marketable value being thereby mated-
-"3' increased.
CurelNT
Jobe tip? -EttenArific WIRES. —A_ young man named
LI, at
,Monthe Rochester, was on Friday sentenced to two
aivin, '-gscriment, with hard labour, on a charge of
teptniong,,in_i
"0
ou the
end stolen a portion of the telegraph wires
European and American Telegraph Com-
kis,Y. The. ,culprit was a poacher, and stole the wires to
re hares w'fa.
? A
rinnEysit, WHEN liiriGrAKß.—Southampton has
sot yet
Mr.se ußpichaed Andrews. The returning officer has
ilititivtl.derstand that tree to the House of Commons ; but
majority of the electors have Befit made up their minds, and that their choice has
ehiei' Upon the townsman who was so many times their local
&_lll%gistrate. —Leader.
,111 i.,`)FiktNa AND FA Accrnzerr.—An inquest was held
Vvieldav evening body last, at Chesterfield, on the of
of Ni4,l4,,Parkes, a stoker, employed on the mineral railway
jJairow,at Staveley. The deceased was on Wed.
gagedic evening getting down between two waggons, and en-
as mji (Icing something at the couplings, when the engine
denly moved from its position, end the deceased was
Noyeti''Y crushed between them. Be fell down, and the
nt ap°l the waggons -ran over one leg and arm. The
211) from the wrist to the shoulder, was torn, and the
re W"et, e crushed into innumerable pieces. The flesh of
be it; "ill legs was stripped from the thigh to the knee.
lytrY returned a verdict of Accidental death!)
MISSING Alice=
Ap-
pEXPEDITION.—" An earnest Ap-
u,Oithe British Public on Behalf of the Arctic Expedi-
rc, ex,. the title of a pamphlet by Lieutenant Bedford
- The object of the writer is to impress upon the
:'trivotZat, 'while -there remains the slightest hope that'
~``'lonza;°„of the missing expedition may still be found
-A all cf Lc,e Eequimaux, it is an imperative duty to clear
liet*ti,(4l4t. 'faking this ground-as his stand point, the
I:"'lMit-„Lit Wig :—.‘ Ist, whether is it not a dishonour to
d
alt,'neertainty upon this purely national question, and
; 11,1 e bonoured names of Franklin, Crazier, an.
;" 14 14'0;4' .3e branded with cannibalism ? 2nd,
-ifferin,." an imperative duty to collect every record ,of the
whether it
sUe
in 68 of this heroic band, to form a nage in history for
.tt,thla• tetarutel-To of &gland's future sons ? Whether is it not
a 41 begunvf-th the character of Englishmen to finish whathas
a pet '', and not to leave a very small space unexplored
14.14,01,: to al reproach, especially when that small space
tl,t° contain the secret which the nation has so long
4.14* th;ain to solve And, lastly, whether the public will
imth, an mselves to be stigmatised as wanting in gratitude,
towards those heroic men, who willingly
their lives for their country's glory, by leaving a
4 "ce thers 4111 °ler their fate be almost worse than death-
-1 the Esqliiinaui Y'

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING

. The advices per the Europa do no.t seem to lave had
any material effect upon our Cotton Market, which
remains pretty steady, and with a moderate supply
and fair demand, prices of all kinds are unchanged.
To.day the sales were about 6,000 bales, of which
,500 were on speculation and for export.
The Liverpool Share Market was rather tame
to.day, with a very moderate business doing,
closing, howeVer, with a firm feeling. The day s
transactions were—Caledonian, 301, ' .
Black-
burn, 81, to Eastern Counties, 94. East Lan-
cashire, 231. -a, 1,1., Great Western, 56, 51, .1.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961, it, 6. • London and
North Western, 106 k, 6, -k, 6. Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln, 33Z-. Midland, 821, 1, +, 2.
North British, 91. North Eastern, 21. Dovers,
228, 1, -a. Dutch Rhenish, Id. Grand Trunk of
Canada. 121. Great. Western of Canada, 241. The
elosinu prices are thus reported .—Blackburn, 81
88 Chester and Birkenhead 651 66. Caledonian, •
301 30 11-16.. Chester and 'Holyhead, 181 19.
Eastern Counties, 91 91. East Lancashire, 231
23 9-16. Great Northern, 23 23k. Ditto A Shares,
9 91. Great Western, VA 651 Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock, 96k 961. BLiverpool, Cro;:by. and
Southport, 181 181.. London and North. Western
Stock, 106 106 k. Manchester, Sireffi,qd and
Lincoln, 331 331'. Midland Steck, 82k 821. North
British, 9 13.16 9 15-16. North Staffordshire, 41
414. South Eastern and Dover, 22 5-16 '221
Scottish North Eastern, 121 13 North Eastern—L
Berwick; 209 21. York and North Midland, 29;
30. Leeds Capital Stock, 18;1- 181. Buffalo and.,
Lake Huron. 11 x int 2p. Dutch Rhenish, 1 xd
-P. Great Western of Canada, 241 241. Ditto
New Shares, 2 9-16 21p. Great Luxembourg, 11
1011, Grand Trunk of Canada, 131 x int- 13
The traffic returns received to day were :—Dee-
side, for the week ending January 10, 1981; South
Wales, week ending January 11, 6,3551; Ulster,
ending same date, 1,3761; and Vale of Neath, end-
ing same date, 1;326/.

, •
A correspondent furnishes us with the. following
analysis of the half yearly accounts of the Great
Western of Canada Railway : • • • •

Receipts 21 weeks, as per published list, sterling 46'277.000

Add 245 4d for currency - ,_,
60,000
Do. 5 weeks to close of current half-year,
assumed at €105,0 )0 ........... 52,500 £389.500
Balance from July 31, 1856 .. B,OOO

Exrenditure as per last half-year J6210,n00
Less proportionll loss on working steamers 5,003

£397.500

X2'5,000
Extra expenditure current half-year 4,500 .4'209,500

Balance., ..... .......
Interest on Government Loan Bonds, Sm... .e52,0^.0
Do. Sinking Fund
Dividend on 82,726 shares, and 6,835 and 78,101
new shares, as per last half-year,
at 8 per cent. per annum......... 109 300
Do. on increased capital, say £2OO sOO,
at 8 per cent. per annum.. 3,000 £186.100
Balance, July 1, for half-year......

.t'l goo

The receipts last hall year, 355,7511, were inadequate-to
pay the ordinary dividend, but by the appropriation of 35,000/
derived from the sale of shares, the collected amounts thus
corresponding to the receipts this current half year, upon
which the maintenance of the 8 per cent. dividend is esti-
mated. Should, however, the expenses have increased, or
the income be debited with the loss on the sale of the
steamers the dividend will infer.

The Money. Market is rather tight, ana but
little disposition is shown to speculate; still the
Funds were very steady today, and no change of
importance occurred in prices. There is certainly
a downward tendency, and prices are a per cent
lower than on Saturday, but no violent fluctuations
occurred, and the appearance of the market was
quiet. Sales of stock :have been made for delivery
to-morrow, which has, no doubt, contributed to
render the market heavy and unsettled, hut the
aggregate transactions were exceedingly limited
Consols for transfer have been 93Z e, and they
closed about 93',71 For the account, dealings
have, been recorded at 93-Z h. The New 3 per
Cents were 91 to, 944, the Reduced 931 , and
Exchequer Bonds 981 to 99. The bills are 23
discount to 2s premium. Bank Stock was marked
216 to 218, and India Stock 220 to 221.
The foreign market was very dull. Turkish 6
per cents. dull at about 941 to 95, and the 4 per
Cents nominally quiet. Spanish new deferred 234 ;
Dutch 21 per cents., 64/ ; Guatemala bonds, 60;
Chilian 6 per cents., 104 ; and Buenos Ayres, 831.
In the London Railway Share Market there was
very little transacted to day, and in most. instances
a decline of about-, tol per cent. may be noticed
on the values of the principal lines:—Caledonian
declined 5s ; Great Western, lOs to 15s; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 5s ; and North Eastern,
Berwick, ss. North Western, Brighton, and
South Wales, maintained about previous values
The French lines have been rather depressed,
Paris .and Lyons have declined Sc to 10s,
Great Luxembourg receded ss, and Dutch
Rhenish ss. The Canadian lines ruled
rather lower, Grand Trunk of Canada being 51 t o
52 ; Great Western, 241 -Z. East Indian were
steady, and Scinde are quoted 71. Joint Stock
Bank Shares were dull, and prices " generally
receded, with the exception of Union of Australia
which improved about 10s. In Miscellaneous
Shares, the Electric Telegraph, London General
Omnibus Company, Peel River, and Crystal Palace
maintain previous quotatiOns.
The meeting of the Union Bank of Australia has
just been held. The business passed off satisfac-
torily, a dividend of 10 per cent. for the half-year
(20 per cent. per annum) being declared, out of the
profiteof the half-year, amounting to 90,5281 Is sd.
The report was very cheering as to the future
prospects of the trade of the colony, and the affairs
of the bank were stated to be in a satisfactory con-
dition. The reserve fund was now 200,0001. After
some discussion the report was adopted.
An important meeting of merchants, brokers,
and others, was held to-day at the London Tavern,
to effect an alteration in the law respecting deli-
very orders, warrants, bills of lading, &c, in conse-
quence of the late decision in the ease of Kings.-
ford v. Merry. Baron Rothschild occupied the
chair. A memorial to the government was adopted
for an alteration in the law.

The railway meetings of the week have not been
numerous. The shareholders of.,the East Lan-
cashire Company and of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Company have agreed to amalgamate,
the terms of arrangement being considered
equitable. The directors of the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Company propose a dividend of
31- per cent. on the consolidated stock, for the six
months ending the 81st December, making a total
dividend of six per cent. for the year. At a special
meeting of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway,
MIS directors were authorised to apply to
Parliament for power to open a communication
fr9m Kendal to the North Western Railway
at Ingleton. According to the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire report the amount of
ordinary dividend, after the payment of preference
charges, will be at the rate of one per cent. per
annum, leaving a balance of 4,5001. The dividend
declared at the meeting of the London and Green-
wich Railway was sa, 2d per share, leaving a small
balance to be carried forward. "At a meeting of
the inhabitants of Bungay resolutions in favour of
a project for affording railway communication
between Ifarleston and Bungay were adopted.
The prospectus has been issued of the.lgassau
Railway company, With capital of 1,600,000/. in
201 shares, against which amount the Nassau
Government grant the Company 1;600,0001 in
4 per cent bonds. while 200,0001 has been
subscribed and paid by Wiesbaden shareholders.
The railway will comprise about 120 miles (about
29 of which are 7.-Tholly or partially completed),
and will form the link to bring Wiesbaden, Rudes-
heim, Ems, and Weilborg into connection with all
the principal German lines. The payment is
proposed of a high rate of interest during construe•
Lion, and sanguine statements are put forth of the
returns to be realised thereafter.
At the general meeting of the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway Company, to be held on
the 29th inst, after the ordinary business is
will be submitted to the
proprietors disposed
their approval for carrying into
foran agreement
effect the arrangement entered into between the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com-

r:

z i-. ~.