The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-12 00:00:00

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

WOOLWICH, APRIL 10 —Tne Intrepid, screw steam
vessel, Commander M'Clintock, and the Pioneer,
screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Osborne,
were taken out of the basin to-day, and are now at
moorings in the stream, in readiness to leave with the
Assistance, Captain Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., and the
Resolute, Captain Kellett, C. 8., when they are com-
pleted, which they will be in a day or two, and they
still expect to be able to leave Greenhithe on Thurs-
day next. the 15th inst., as originally named, on their
euterorising voyage. The Lords of the Admiralty
intend paying a visit of inspection to the vessels of
the Arctic Expedition at Greenhithe, on Thursday
next, previous to their departure for sea.
Captain Sir Edward B-Icher, Captain W. A. B.
Hamilton, R.N., second secretary at the Admiralty;
Colonel Colquhoun, R.A., inspector, of the Royal
Carriage Department; and Captain Washington,
R.N., were present on the wharf wall at the landing-
place in the afternoon, with a number of officers, to
witness Mr. Hay, the lecturer on chemistry, instruct-
ing the bombardiers of the Royal Marine Artillery
attached to the expedition, in the model of discharging
gunpowder under water by means of the galvanic bat-
tery. The explosive charges consisted of half a
pound of gunpowder in ten canisters, which were
sufficient when discharged in the bottom of the river
to show the principle and uses to which the galvanic
battery can be applied when explosions by means of
gunpowder are found necessary in the Arctic
regions.

Mir. George Shepherd, C.E., has received instruc-
tions from the Admiralty to examine and get repaired
all the gas apparatus connected with the balloons for
distributing messages in the Arctic regiono, and also
to supply a number of new balloons, and the means
of infl4ting them with gas, to be used by the present
expedition. The balloons are made on this occasion
to float on the water, should they come down at 5,,,a.
room to fill in . . .
The messages are to be printed on satin of various
colours and on papers of all colours, and about half a
these 8
Ilion of them will be printed on both sides, leaving
Captain in writing the latitude and longitude
of the 'yeas l at the time they are sent up. Some of
Expedition.
messagescoi may be met with by the parties under
which will be
rlohne, engaged in the Behring Straits
dispatched from the Resolute :
following is a copy of the messages
"Dispatched
vr_o_t!llett, in lat. N., long.
swhi.p RTeasosliurtedachariptai by a balloon from her Majesty's
visions left at 411 hn• (On the other aide.) Pro-
to winter at or Steering for
A new feature is to betinoterho
ediFeldn to- the vessels of
intending
sup;fpestelition, Mr.
in the • • itv ' , f
•
Ito fool.
dir oil as fumel,eaaansd,
guns, with a view to enable
the several of his
Captain Sr Edward
the Arcticsand
Greener having been ordereds
hmaerap
otoonkill whales and other large. fish of
regions, for the purpose of using
such parts as are fit to. . I
killing birds or
the enterprising voyagers to obt •
deer, will enable
with the addition of Mime rifles.. for hes"
previous
expeditions.
resources hitherto unavailable by any of the obtain

of hugeLondonfiam e
suddenly rising high into the air and lighting
EXTENSIVE FIRE.—On Saturday night at a late
hour the inhabitants of the City and east
were greatly alarmed in consequence
tible from
of the river Thames. This being distinctly peree up both
p, sides
end of
sheets of
the various metropolitan bridges, no time was lost in_Fiviuhe rge
the necessary intelligence to the engine-stations.
was raging at Mill-wall, Poplar. The firemen having arrived
at that point they found that the disaster had occurred in the
extensive premises of Messrs. Cassell and Co., pitch, tar,
varnish, and patent camphine manufacturers. The engines
were set to work from a good supply of water. The origin
of the fire is not precisely known, but from the fact of some
miscreant having cut the hus:l of one ~1 the engines while it
was being set to work, strong t.Fpieio i euteitained that
the same party had some hand in kindling the tire. Tireloss is very considerable,
and unfortunately the firm was
sot irared•

TUE , COAST OF AFRICA..
By letters from the above squadron to the 19th
ult. we are informed. that Counnod !re Bice has
entered into treaty with every native chief in the
Bight of Benin for the abolition of th 4 slave trade,
protection of missionaries, &c. The blockade is
entirely withdrawn, except at Whydah, and there it
will not last long, as Commander Forbes, of the Phi-
lomel, has gone to Abomey- to treat with the King of
Dahomey. The capture of Lagos broughieabout those
happy results. The chiefs, who six months ago would
have killed any English officer who had the misfor-
tune to be thrown in their power, now hail us as their
best friends, swear the slave trade shall never be
renewed in their territories, and desire nothing but
merchant ships for legal traffic.
Commander Forbes, additional of the Penelope
steam-frigate (Commodore Bruce's ship), is very be-
riomly ill with dysentery at *Abbeokuta ; great doubts
are entertained of his, recovery.
The Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmot, is sickly
in consequence of her boats having been employed in
the rivers. The sickness is not of a fatal character.
She has gone to the southward to refresh her crew.
An English merchant at Accra has, it is alleged,.
been sent to Sierra Leone to be tried for slave dealing.
Captain Lyster, of the Penelope, has quite reco-
vered from the wounds received at Lagos.
The Wasp, 14, Commander Crozier, arrived at.
Sierra Leone on the 10th of Alarch from Ascension,
and Cominander Crozier was. invalided home on the
13. h. Mr. Bonham, the Commodore's flagslieute-
nant, is appointed acting commander of the Wasp ;*
and Mr. Bruce, mate, acting flag-lieutenant.
Mr. De Kantzon, mate of the Volcano, is appointed
to the Wolverine.
Mr. Wright, clerk of the Philomel, to the Water-
witch, as acting paymaster and purser, vice Cum-
ming, returned to England.
Assistant-Surgeon 'James Henry, from the Pene-
lope, to the Dolphin.. • .
Second Master Robinson, of the Myrmidon, to the
Tortoise, vice Green, to the Myrmidon. •
Assistant-Surgeon Govett, of the Penelope, to the
Myrmidon, vice Mangle, to the Tortoise.
The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, will be
the next vessel home from the Coast of Africa
squadron.
Faemou•rn, APRIL 9.—The Augusta Schneider, a
very fine new bar*, of 420 tons, which sailed from
this port yesterday for Australia, has taken out to
that colony the first expedition of the Port Philip and
Colonial Gold Mining Company, comprising, with
officials, miners, women and children, not less than
130 persons. Besides these passengers, the Augusta
Schneider has loaded a large quantity of effective
mining materials and machinery, and a considerable
amount in gold specie, all under the charge of Mr. W.
H. Ritchie. Three of the directors of the company
(Messrs. Rich, Horncastle, and Hanson) made a
special visit to the Augusta Schneider prior to her
departure, which has taken place
_under favourable
auspices of wind and weather.
SHEERNESS, APRIL 10.--4eF Majesty's paddle-
wheel steam-frigate Cyclops,. .6, chief engineer Mr.
William Chillcott, has been removed from the dry
dock to the west side of the fitting basin, underneath
the sheers. See was taken into dock on the 20th of
January, and has consequently required nearly eleven
weeks' work on her to make good her defects.
Iler Majesty's paddle-wheel steam yacht Black
Eagle, Mr. John E. Petley, master, passed by here on
Thursday evening, en route to Portsmouth, for the
purpose of attending on the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty, who pays an official visit to that port next week.
Her- Majesty's screw-steam-frigate Horatio, 24,
Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will proceed, on
Thhrsday next, on an experimental cruise, in order
to try her machinery to the fullest extent, and the
efficiency of her screw propeller. The officers and
I crew, hulked on board the St. Lawrence during the
I time she has been in the dock, were turned over to
her on Saturday.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Avon, 3,
Mr. Alfred Veitch second master, tender to the Im-
pregnable, flsg-ship at Devonport, made her number
on Friday morning, and proceeded on her voyage to
the westward.
Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Anaphion, 34,
andl ar'ertMur:jeedatty"
yesterday
chief engineer Mr. Gearge Etcock, is complete in her
rig. She was removed yesterday from the fitting
basin to the dry dock recently occupied • by the Cy-
at nine
Cy-
clops, for the purpose of having her bottom cleaned.
MT. W. S. •
in the
steam-vessel Myrtle,
Bourchier master, left port for Chethain
supersedeA.M., on service for the dockyard,
the flagt ship Devonport,
Roland Wilson, of her Majesty's ship
IniTbe RBv.
Pregnable,
s
ness Doakyard."•tir W. Kirby as wchilalpli:ina off wShdea,yr
navy on the Ist of June
Kirby entered her Majestyis
the post from which i1ee,.1812, and was appointed to
of which hey as faithful]; about to retire (the duties
performed) on the 30th of
0 vr
de re
yr.
are informs.dof her Majesty's
the timber
nd
Council ct ve ,
,huilli„,guirt:,,,allit.B4:l;na.lrbee,rwoef
und ti.a! tw: rep 'lrs will occupy
a considerablii pe•
i.. 1
We nave bee's miormed that eo,
of remunera
hng ,the MUMS'
relative to the new plan

With :such facts as these (for they are facts, and
have all been duly reported to the proper authorities
at the time) staring us in the face,
and many more
which we could adduce in support of our reason
[See the letter of " G. H. G.," and a paragraph
quoted from the Shipping Gazette, in another
column] for believing there was something wrong
with the ship more than with her commander, we are
inclined to put a very mitigated construction upon the
reports of others as to the apparent want of discretion
on the commander's
_ part in the matter of the route
steered.

and
--It is impossible to describe the sensation this
their s
crew
occasionedre cli we
belonged.n f m a
ni ny thish e
melancholy event has
which nearly all the
dock-
yard has been thecreheartrending
nn port,d it
nht
goe
numerous havelrhbt
information by widows and orphans.
exhibitions of grief,
applications for
The Port-Admiral
render all the information
have evinced the utmostalla Admiral-Superintendent
anxiety and readiness to
occa-
sioned by this unlooked-for in their power, and to alle-
viateability lies the distress occa-
as far as in
head was an iron steam-vessel, of 1,400 tons, built by
Laird, of Birkenhead, for calamity. The Birken-
head
not carry her ctooals
-or a steam frigate, but so far
from being enabled
a good reputation,Wh. was consequently converted
carryi a battery of guns, she
which character she never en-
joyedsailed
h and
this port he r
a last appointmentsn
saitl.l apportioned sof many
complement January,
into a troop-ship, in
2d in her can testify. She
Reetrriebcßu officers who have
she victualled as her own
Birkenhead
intelligence °f tch°an d
theo n
hweliini. which
131. day
troop service complement
129 persons, her
ranked among the most
As a navigator Mr.
atoinyotnaali
nsNsteatvmuys..
hfriinHglittsnen, latteraanndd
skilful of the Masters
greatlythenMaster-CommanderMr.been respected in the ser-
vice.to a sister of W. Bunnett, ii,
but recently married
Portsea. Mrs. Sairoond is residingcl-, of the Bank, Hard,
grief we will not attempt t Tat Gosport. Her
r to In
engineer, Mr. W. Wyndham trude upon. The chief
, and the assistant-engi-
neers, were also known taMany of the officers who -. many in this quarter.
were drowned were well
known to the officers of the
garrison
Rolt, of the 12th Lancers, wag here. Cornet
s
the son of Peter Rolt,
Esq., the contractor, who has become
the borough of Woolwich, and a candidate for
all feel d
loss he has sustained. eeply for the
Although no amount of pecuniary
benevolence can
compensate for the loss society
sustained by this frightful aacidecatnd the country has
the noble spirit manifested by the ' yet we rejoice at
distin-
guished in the service, in their desire
gallant and
re so
manifested to alleviate by their spontaneously
poignant distress which is the purses some of the
natural
such a large bereavement. On We .consequence of
day the dire news was Officd.nesday, the very
Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, officially confirmed,
Commander-in-Chief at this "r.C.M.G., the
and his views were roost port, proposed,
rtt, C. 8., that
mIY
by Rear-Admiral-Superintendent prescott, espoused
they, together with the captains, c
fn'esco
ers, and ships'
companies of her Majesty's ships and
Spit-
head and in Portsmouth harbour, should in at
stration,of their deep regret at the loss of in
Birken-
head,demon-
subscribe one day s pay towards thethe
relief of the widows and pay
of the pecuniary
marines who perished on that melancholyseamen and
We are proud to add this call has been occasion.
acknowledged by all the officers and most readily
fleet at this port, in a most eager and
crews of the
spontaneous
manner, and we hope the " good intent',
here, but that every inhabitant of this
Pwill not stop
will contribute their mite also
towardsor port, at least,
the sames
object.

you an extract from a letter I
TO TAE EDITOR Or TUE rOnTSMOUTH TIMES AND
NAVAL GAZETTE.
it will tend to
were much out,
the late disastrous
loss of her Majesty's ship
Birkenhead:
thharvBoeiwr ,—I beg
bre eelegiegithvote dsoenfnrdtohme tehaeu Cs
ea Peei as
and the atmosphere
surcharged with electricity. Other iron ships in tho
the "
weather
aitshseuepbpeoisnegd
vtehrayt
uttsee ctotin:dp,asses
bay (Table Bay) experienced a great variation in their
compasses. The captain of the mail steamer says his

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
lsaaefeewwbarl
en;
he oo mu
rpsl, i s
some
eo nt
hSoautsuarnddasy
Another reception of the public in the Crystal Pa-
o; of n d
persons agai
vvn, ef er
scattered through its vast and desolate aisles. Whe-
ther influenced by the sanguine hope of preserving
the fabric, or by the regretful expectation of its
speedy removal, thd same unflagging spiritpf -admi-
ration seemed universally to prevail. The chances
of an unfavourable issue to the natural desire to re-
tain so brilliant a memorial of those triumphal scenes
which have so lately been the all-absorbing topic,
invest these later visits with melancholy anticipations
of a possible farewell. So thoroughly is the display
of 1851 associated in every mind with the building
itself, that the acres of vacant flooring suggest, even
to the most unimaginative, the recollection of what
has been and is now past. Whether the fame of the
Crystal Palace is to rest upon that recollection, or
upon the realization of Sir Joseph Paxton's winter
garden, will in a shorttimebe finally h deucincleehdal-leantgaeldl
events, its applicability to the purpose of a sheltered
promenade has been tested
success ; and although attempts to disparage may
have given it the name of the great glass greenhouse
in Hyde•park, it by no means follows that such a re-
treat would not be moat agreeable during the preva-
lence of the bitter east winds with which this metro-
polis is so favoured. Next to the genial temperature
which prevails in the Crystal Palace, nothing more
forcibly strikes the observer than the completeness
and simplicity of the arrangements for drainage and
ventilation. Although their ingenuity has been fully
detailed, it may not be out of place to remark that
they are comprehended at a glance, now that the con-
tents of the building have been removed. Perhaps it
may partially be attributed to the absence of obstruc-
tions to sight, and greatly to the paucity of attrac-
tions, which before lured observation from less inviting
subjects. It certainly now presents a very different
scene. The transept is clear, excepting a solitary
fountain, a refreshment counter, and a few seats and
tables at the northern end. To some of the doors at
the principal entrance were affixed bills, announcing
a sale, to commence on the 26th instant, of several
powerful boilers and the steam-pipes which supplied
the motive power to the machinery. From one of the
pillars on the right, where the transept is intercepted
by the nave, hung the original and very pleasing and
interesting water-colour drawing of Mr. Louis
Haghe, which is to he published on the Ist of May
next, representing the transept and the principal re-
freshment court, with the magnificent trees, which
eves now are budding, and were when taken, in full
foliage. The picture was greatly admired, and cer-
tainly forms one of the prettiest of the views of the
Exhibition. Underneath was one of the views of the
building, as proposed to be altered for a winter gar-
den, according to the plan of Sir J. Paxton, and to
which we have before referred. From another pillar,
and immediately opposite, depended a set of drawings
of the interior of the Exhibition, by Baxter's oil-
printing process; and here, too, crowds of the visi-
tors lingered to congratulate themselves on having seen
_the reality which in these drawings ilea truthfully
delineated. In one corner, ranged in rows, were the
watering-pots used for laying the dust; and in
another, an array of brooms and buckets, companions
in idleness of the 350 flagstaffs, all of which miscel-
laneous propertiee, including the flags of all nations,
will assuredly be applied by new owners to household
purposes, unless a fever to possess relics of the Ex-
hibitionamongst a discerning public.
tell-tale turnstiles marked for the
There
are spreadstwen tyratpeildi
pass which thousands and tens of
to
pounds, in shillings, have been so eagerly
atchuisnoodmnealagnds oc
cheerfully paid. Paid. Mr. W. T. Best performed,
upon the organ, selections from Handel, Haydn,
Mendelssohn, Grano, Bach, and Mozart, between the
hours of three and five,: commencing with portions
of the Messiah, and concluding with the grand
Hallelujah chorus. During that time the company
promenaded in the nave, ascended into the galleries;
snapped out the different sections from memory,
looked curiously at the maze of pipes exposed to view
in the machinery department, and, in fact, followed
the bent of their different humours ; and as the
declining rays of an unclouded sun shone unim-
peded through the transept roof, gradually and silently
withdrew.

the building, received
the
tit
With respect to the means now beipnegtiaoknesti to both toar-
rHesotutshese
osfenrtaernlcieamoeftit,lying
demolition,
in
an immense number of signatures. At three o'clock
a general meeting of the committee took place in the
large room near the south entrance, and resolutions
were unanimously adopted to organise district com-
mittees and get up public meetings in various parts
of London, so that the metropolitan public generally
may have an opportunity of expressing their views and
opinions upon the subject. Meetings with this object
will take place in the course of next week, and on
Monday the 19th there will be a general public meet-
ing of the people of London.
For the country the annexed form of petition has
been suggested, and a great many already circulated
in various towns, cities, and boroughs :

" TO THE HONOURAELE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRI-
TAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED,
" The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants
of the borough of --,
" Showeth,—That your petitioners have heard with
great regret of the intention to take down the Crystal
Palace in Hyde park; that they regard that structure as
the object of the world's admiration, and they believe it
to be capable of being adapted to many purposes of
public utility and enjoyment.
" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Ho-
nourable House to take such measures as will ensure the
preservation of the said palace, and its dedication to the
use of the public.
" And your petitioners will ever pray."
The Commissioners have addressed the following
reply to a memorial of the local committee of War-
rington on the subject of the appropriation of the
surplus funds of the Exhibition :
" Palace of Virestaiinster, April 30852.
- -

. _
'' Sir,—l am directed by her Majesty's Commissioners
for the Exhibition of 1851, to acknowledge the receipt
of the memorial signed by yourself on behalf of the War-
rington Local Committee, praying that the sums sub-
scribed to the Exhibition fund by the various provincial
towns may be appropriated to public objf as connected
with the progress of art, science, and education in the
town from which subscriptions have been raised; and in
particular that the sum of 1501. remitted to the Com-
missioners for the borough of Warrington may be ap-
propriated to the building fund of the Warrington Mu-
seum and Library.
to you, for the information of the Warringtonc by
" The Commissioners direct me, in reply, to transmit
mittee, the accompanying copy of a report addressedof the
them to her Majesty on the subject of the dispoeusld b
more
surplus funds in their hands;
especially call the attention ofanthde
"efer to the an-
passages in that report in which they r . e _
that
all
nouncement originally put forwarde_boYe:n M
subscriptions must be absolute and al fi by and'in which
teas
ynitnwittee to the
they express their opinion that I or local chae
applied to purposes of a limited, P... r
to the surplus that
the surtti3alu_,s should not b
raeel themselves to .
rawer; and they do not therefore
applicatiobencomply
containedn
the memorial.
likely 37 t'",111-
mi7tteWe understand that it is the surplus
fund will be appropriated to ' the erection
of a building
in -or near Lot,don for the purpose of a museum or
picture gallery,' I am directed to acquaint you that there
mittee,
haartetsapeeyct to the statement advanced b th
zja, ban no declaration on the part of the Com;nis.
A. BOWRING.
sidoers to justify such an opinion; that the enclosed re-
port is
tannedotnnlyst nneonoutraheern rerpeloarttinogn the subject of its
i
disposal has been made by the Commissioners.—l have
the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
" EDGAR
" Benjamin Pierpont, Esq., 8,;c2,

1,q1;11.1il Order of K.C. of
er .cond in coma:and an
The eenima_r- 6 ~ commander Powell,
their conduct against
the pirate on the Aiff wage
chilarrbijoeillgthyr,caedr,leii,ihoi ti; ce,
thea)ns
acira:e cteticitto)ct,' :o!dival ; r

" Deliberated in the public streets, this 4th December,
1851.
" TUE PEOPLE."
the sub-prefect's first impression was that this do-
cument had been seized by the police ; but, on
leaving his room to, make inquiries
found a deputation of three men waiting for him.
He asked them what they wanted ? and they said,
" We are the delegates of the people, and you must
resign at this very moment yourfunctfiroonms to us,
and withdraw." " I hold my powers
re-
gular government," said the sub-prefect, "
aandi
will not give them up to a deputation of the imeute."
"Do you count on your soldiers ?" said one of the
deputation. " Well, if you do, I tell you they will
not fire. They know as well as we do that the Con-
stitution has been violated, and that the people have ,
regained possession of their rights. Therefore all re-
sistance is impossible. We are ten thousand in
number, ready to march." "If I only had two
men," said the sub-prefect, " I would not hesitate
to get myself killed with them sooner than do what
you want ; and I ask you, if you were in my place,
would you do otherwise ?" One of the men, who
seemed much affected, remarked, "No ; and, in short,
I should not be sorry to shelter you with my body
from a bullet." The sub-prefect then sent to the
barracks for an additional force, and called the detach-
ment at the sub-prefecture to arms. Shortly after a
detachment of soldiers arrived, and with the others
prepared for resistance. Some minutes later the co-
lumn of insurgents appeared, and the soldiers pre-
sented their muskets. The insurgents cried, " VITC
la ligne!" They were headed by some of the pri-
soners. Summonses were made in the usual form to
the insurgents to disperse in the name of the law, bat
they responded by a discharge of musketry. The
troops returned the fire. Eight of the insurgents were
killed, 16 wounded, And the others took t,
throwirg aside their arms, and abandoning their vic-
tims. Meanwhile other bands committed gross ex-
cesses in different parts of the town ; and one of these
band shot at and attacked with scythes two gentle-
men named Bernard and Vernhes—the former a
landed proprietor, the latter registrar of the Tribunal.
Bernard was so dreadfully injured that he died on the
spot, and M. Vernhes still lies in a dangerous state.
Some of the insurgents threatened a female, who
keeps a tobacconist's shop with death, and others
cried in patois, "To the lantern with her ! To the
lantern !" Meanwhile the troops turned out, and
attacked the insurgents with great vigour. Attempts
were made to form barricades, but they were pre-
vented ; and after a short resistance, all the insurgents
were dispersed, and order was re-established. The
prisoners who had distinguished themselves in the
fray, or were known as chiefs of the revolutionary
party, were subsequently captured. The number of
witnesses called for the prosecution was very great.
They established all the important facts stated in the
indictment, and disclosed others of deep interest. It
was proved that secret societies existed at Beziers and
in the neighbourhood, and that the persons who were
received into them had to take an oath to obey their
chiefs implicitly, and bound themselves to put to death
any members who should betray the secrets of the
society, or refuse to obey the instructions of their
officers. The obligations of the oatb, administered by
order of the central committees, were that all the
means and energy of the members should be directed
to the establishment of a democratic social Republic,
but out of those societies there sprung up others, in
which the members were organised with a view to
pillage, and with an understanding that, in the event
of a conflict, the working claeses should fall indiscri-
minately upon and massacre every man above their
own class, whatever might be his politics or his posi-
tion. The murder of M. Bernard, and the dreadful
wounds inflicted upon M. Vernhes, could only be
ascribed to the men composing these societies,
conviction
several of the witnesses declared their convicthiey
that these gentlemen were attacked,
were personally obnoxious, but because the3r
in the
the class of the bourgeoisie. It transpired
not becausew were
of
a re-
course of the trial that several
parsonsaisoappear in the
ceived a friendly warning not
the insurgents
streets during the commotion, person not
had resolved to fire upon every
working man. That
wear-
ing a blouse or the dress o
was aoved by the fact that
pillage was intended
ienysurgents were pro-
vided toth place.
a considerable numberoftneth
vided with bags, in whichgiven by some
cruelty of the insuregwenitt;
the booty. The accounts given
nesses of the ferocity an
horrifying. They were
were
inh icting death, but when
towards their victims
suer
not satisfied with
M. .llernard and bil• ern es were lying on the
imploring mercy,
ground and the wretches again
fired upon them, and ,ed one of them boasted after the
conflict that be bad shown his patriotism by plunge
ins his pitchfork into the very bones of his victim.
agreed•
All the witnesses
describing M. Peret as
of the democratic party at
the chief Beziers, and it
d that
wasp r.ove
_rising was determined upon, and from
aw'bice orders were issued to the different chiefs and
officers of the secret societies to call out their men
and proceed to a fixed l
p ace of rendezvous. Most of
the witnesses for the prosecution, however, expressed
an opinion that M. Peret was opposed to massacre
and pillage, and
regretted the excesses which the
insurgents had committed. For the defence, several
witnesses were called f For the purpose of proving en
alibi in favour of some of the prisoners, but the at-
tempt failed, and four of the witnesses prevaricated to
such an extent that the president of the court-martial
ordered them to be taken into custody with a view to
a prosecution for perjury. When the evidence had
closed, however, the president had these persons
brought before him, and informed them that although
they bad exposed themselves by their false testimony
to the penalty of imprisonment for life with hard
labour, he was disposed to take their ignorance into
consideration, and, to suppose that they had been
guilty from a feeling of humanity towards the
prisoners. He would, therefore, order their dis-
charge frog custody, leaving them to the justice
of God and their remorse of conscience. After
the pleadings of the different advocates for the
defence, and the reply of the commissioner of the
Government, the president, on the 29'11 ult., the trial
having occupied 11 days, ordered the court to be
cleared, and the deliberation commenced on the ques-
tions, one hundred in number, brought forward by
the prosecution. The deliberation having closed, the
fourteen prisoners were brought forward to bear
their sentences. They were all declared guilty
Cllomae Vidal, Cedelard, and Pages were condemned
t
death ; Peret, Coutelou, Galtbert, and Boyer lace •
fortified
I
sentenced to transportation in a forti
wAnal3 potta-
Sallelea, Manne, and Salvo to simPl°

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