The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-07 00:00:00

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'TROY 0111 COMSPONDIXT•I
Pains, JAX.
The nefarious course pursued on the trial of Colonel
GAUCHO!. I:ave been surpassed, if possible, in iniquity by
the many falsifications and schemes resorted to by the Pro-
anent-General MA Nuts, since the condemnation of that
unfortunate man. The facts are of a nature so infamous,
and demonstrate so palpably the system of injustice prac-
tit( d towards the prisoner, that it would be extremely
dangerous to publish them in France, in the present
critical state of the liberty of the press. It is, however, of
importance that these facts should be publicly known, and
I shall therefore detail them. According to the Code din-
:traction Crimindle, all the papers which rriate to the pro-
ceedings against a condemned individual, by a Court of
Assize, must be transmitted to the Minister of Justice,
within ten days after the notice of his appeal to the Court
of Cassarion.

The minute of thz proceedings (proces rerhal) of the
I sitting of the Court of Assize during the trial had been
signed by the members composing the Court, a short time
after the Colonel's condemnation. This minute, however,
betrayed several important and, at the lime time, inten-
tional omisgions, arising out of the contrivances of the
Procureur-General to hide every trace of his flagitious
conduct. It makes no mention of the circumstance of the
moustachios of the Colonel. There is no notice taken of
the formal requisition of the Procureur-General, demand-
ing les moustaches of the Colonel to be shaved, nor of the
order given by the President, in virtue of his discretionary
power, " pour fur lc Colonel remit so
.figure dans le meme
etat uu ,Ile etait avail la Conspiration," (in 1822). The
account given in the journals of this incident had, how-
ever, shown the Procureur-General that it was impossible

to conceal it from the knowledge of the public, and that
inevitably the props verbal would make mention of it.
file consequence was, that a long marginal note was made
on the minute of the proceedings, in which t..is circutn-
stance of cutting off the moustachios is reported, but with-
out mentioning the requisition formally made by the Pro-
cureur-General for that purpose. A difficulty bete arose.
The reference ordered in pursuance of the minute turned
out not to be signed by the members of the Ce-urt : to
obviate this irregularity, the Procureur-General, Ma xot N,
thought fit to make out a fresh minute of the proceedings,
in which there appeared neither the several marginal notes
nor erasures that were in the former one, but in which
was expressed, in the body of the minute, and as making
an integral part of the text, the reference (renvoi) relative
to the moustachios, which figured in the margin of the
original document, that hail tint been signed by the
members of the Court. The President and two Counsel.
lots, MM. DE LA GAIILIE and G•tmtils, had subscribed
their attestation to this new instrument, relying on its con_
sistency with the first initiate, thus corrected and recti_
fled; but another Counsellor, M. Ductos, refused to sign
this minute, having discovered its nonconformity with the
original. M. GacTuica, who had already signed tha
new minute in confidence, without reading it, indignant at
the deceit practised upon him, went instantly to the Re-
gistry, and there, with his own hands, tore out the,
fraudulent minute, and retired with the sheet to which
his signature had been thus unsuspectingly affixed. All
these circumstances, it may well be supposed, occasioned
considerable delay ; the ten days had already expired, and
the Kecrcr of the Seals had written to Poitiers, to de.
mond the rapers, and complained of the delay in their
being transmitted. In this pressing emergency, the Pre-
cureur-General, Ma NoIN, hit on the expedient of sending
to the Court of Cassation, not a note of the proceedings
(preens verbal), but merely a copy, signed by the l'resi-
dent and the Register, in which copy he had introduced the
very points which the Counsellors had refused to sanction ;
that is, he introduced into the body of the act, the re-
ference in the margin, ,net siipte, which had been appended
to the original document.

There is not, perhaps, on the records of judicial process,
another example of a proceeding so perfidious, impudent,
and infamous. Several Counsellors of the Cour Royale de
Poitient have most strongly expressed their indignation;
and it is expected that the President, as well as the Pro-
cureur-General, will be cited to appear before the Ministre
de la Jtstice, to give an account of their nefarious conduct.
That the Procureur-General was conscious that his pro-
ceedings had been tne.t atrocious is evident fr.am the con-
temptible manamvres he has had recourse to, to keep them
out of sight.

These men are not content with lopping the branches of
liherty,—they cut down the tree ; they set at &firmer,
not may the forms of law, hut the claims of natural justice.
All this, however, has its influence on the progress of
events; and France, if its rulers continue to persevere in
theirpresent system, will assuredly Rink again under the
weight of its own corruption and abuses, and risk again
the miseries of revolution.

Tut REVENUE.—The ini
quarter just ended is—
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SPANTSII RETVGEES.—A meetin:: of the Spanish Itc-
fngees' Committee will be held this day at the city of
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at two o'clock.
Much interest is excited respecting the New Mexican
Loan, which is expected in the money market on or before
the 7th of next month.

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Miss Foorr..—The re-engagement of this lady at Co-
vent-garden Theatre is no longer doubtful. The pert in
which she is to appear is already settled, and has no lonbt
been selected as likely to create a strong sympathy in
favour of this charming actress, from the similarity in in-
cident nldclt the part she will sustain bears to the secret
history of her own severe trials. The piece of Smiles and
Tears has been szlected for the occasion ; smith will be
recollected, that the .part of the daughter, the victim of
maluction, afforded her the first important opportunity of
winning, by her talent, that general popularity as an
actress, which had previously been accorded to bee per-
sonal attractions. With the precise day of her appearance,
though fixed, we do not profess to be aegnainted.—Eren-
iag Paper.
Mrs. and Miss Foote ate continuing their stay in
Brighton. and much curiosity hail been manifested to ob-
tain a tight of the latter at the theatre, where she has oc-
cupied a had every night, we believe, since our last. We
hear that Miss Foote is engaged at Covent-garden, and will
make her appearance at that theatre in about a fortnight.
It is curious that apartments were taken at the York Ilotel,
a few days ago, for Mr. Ilayne, but, as we learn front the
London papers of yesterday, he has been prevented, by in-
disposition, from coining. It now appears that it in not his
intention to move for a new trial, and therein, we think, he
does wisely. Colonel Bnkeley was staying at the above
hotel a week or two since.—Brighton Gazelle.

I'he inhabitants of Cheltenham are much alarmed at
the rtported intention of a celebrated sporting Colonel to go
abroad, for two or three years, until the conversation caused
by recent tramactiams shall have wholly subsided. Among
the 11...rkeley Hunt the affair has already caused some very
unpleasant feelings, snd more than one of the field have
already seceded.