The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-20 00:00:00

ING, DECEMBER 20, 183

stood near him. Colonel- Festamel spoke to the pri-
soners, apparently to see if they wished for any furdni
accommodation. Prince Polignae conversed earnestly
with his Ciunsel, while the greffier called over the name,
of the Peers present.
. .

The Comit-tissioners for the aecukation Avery in their box
in full Court dress, and hail a voluminous pile of papers
upon their table. When the aremony of calling over the
Peers was diSpoSed of, the President opened the regular
business, of resuming the process against the prislmers, by
calling for the next witness, who was a fine soklierly-loolc-
ing man, a lieutenant, in the uniform of the Chasseursot
the National Guard, who was•ealled upon to depose to hi
observations of the manner in which he saw the Parisian
disturbances occur in his neighbourhood. His name was
De la Porte. He ihscribed, that on the evening of the
27th of July, be was standing at the dour of his. shop in
the rue St. Honore, when he siw the collection of the
crowd near him, and heard the cries of "Lung live the
charter, down with the gend'arines;" soon after he saw the
bodies of two people carried by his door, either dead or
grievously wounded, and he then bettril the people exclaim
vengeance. His evilenee merely went t 4 the description of
the crowd near his own door, and to a narrative of what he
had .heard from thosewho ran•.along from the Pahas Royal,
where he understood a smart engagement had been raging.
The porter of the house of M. CaSsimir Perrier depot;
aieo to the assaults of the gendarmes on the people without
dtElept KoVocation, as iar wbatroird, or the
least call for siibinission.

M. de Joly (also a National Guard) gate an account of
what lie saw on the 27th of July, in the. Palais Royal,
exactly like that of the precc ling witnesses—the -patriotic
shouts of the people, end the ineffectual efforts of the police
and military to overawe the movement. He saw the sol:
Biers, particularly of the Royal Guard, fire without the
previous legal formality for dispersing a crowd; and he
likewise saw an officer distribute money (five franc pieces)
to some of the soldiers, to stimulate them to more violent
efforts against the people.
Al. Ferrey, a bookseller of the PAIN Royal, described
that in his neighbourhood, ho saw the soldiers fire or. the
people without the previous formal demand of the police
for submission. This occurred on the 28th, the same
violence was shown by the civil and military authorities on
the 27th and 29th. He particularly observed the violent
spirit of the Royal Guard during these proceedings, anti
likewise of the gendarmes.
M. Pow, who resides in the quarter of the Luxem-
hour,g, saw many of the conflicts of that quarter during
these days, and also saw the soldiers fire, without ob-
serving the usual mortal effect of gun-shot diAeharges.
Upon speaking to a soldier, he understood from him, that
they had repeatedly flied to overawe, not to kill the
people, with ill-constructed cartridge s,---one of which he
produced to the Peels; it was handed round as a curiosity,
and found to have the ball so placed, as not to be a dan-
gerous projectile.
A National Guard, leho followed the fugitive King to
Rambouillet, was here called, and be deposed that General
Pajol distrihnted to the pursuing body, mixed of all kinds
of people, packages of cartridges, exactly of the same bind,
calculated to frighten, but not to kill!
This demonstration at each side of military men to spare
a wanton effusion of human blood, produced a lively sen•
tion in the Court.

M. Ducastel reiterated the description of the combat in
the rue St. Honore; he said the military officers had re-
peatedly called upon the people.to disperse before thty
fired, but he did not obsorve a legal submission exacted by
the police, as the law required.
His testimony was corroborated almost in the same
words by M. Therrier, a confectioner, who lived in the
same street, with the addition of a confirmation of the
other tumult while he passed through the Palais Royal on
one occasion. This witness excited some laughter from the
pompous and moootonous tone in whch he delivered his
account of some common-pi we chat, which he had over-
heard in the crowd while the contest was raging. Ile
distinctly stated that he saw the people in one place attack
the troops.
Ploughobn stated that the result of his infer-
,
mation was, that the troops employed to put down
the spirit of the people had not evinced the bitter-
ness ascribed to them. On the Boulevards, he had beard,
that near the Port St. Martin a man in the crowd had fired
twice at an officer of the Royal Guard, and missed him,
the officer at the same time calling out, '6 What an
awkward d-1 you too; go hack to your shop, you block-
head." A similar occurrence took place near the Niels
du Justice. As to the outrages attributed to the gendarmes,
he could say that in the various narratives which be had
collected, he could nut find a good foundation for these
charges, particularly respecting the wanton killing of an
old man in the streets.

M. Petit, Mayor of the second Arrondissement, said,
that on Monday, the :26th, he was, at ten at night, in the
Palais Royal.
On the Thursday morning he went to the Tuileries,
where he met M. de Polignite. He told him that he was
going to St. Cloud, to beg of the King to annul the ordi-
nances, begging witness at the same time to remain in the
Chateau, as his presence might he of some use.
Here M. tie Martignac observed, that it was necessary
that the witness should tell what were the apparent dis-
positions of M. de Polignac, %%ien he set out for St.
Clond.

AI. Petit though he could not affirm anything posi.
tively on that subject, yet supposed that the Prince intended
to obtain the orders of the King, especially as he had en-
gaged him to wait for his return.
The sitting of the Court was then suspended for a quar-
ter of an hour, and the prisoners withdrew. On being
resumed, the witness appearing Ives—
M. Barbet, who said, he was on the Wednesday near
the market of the Innocents, where he saw an officer give
the word
end he immediately alto
M. Galloton, Ancieu Commis:wire de Police, said, that
heard shots goof, command
when to
be fire,
etired.
on Tuesday, the 27th of July, he had been ordered to seize
the presses of the journals.
In reply to a question from M. Ilerenger, this witness
said, that as to the delivery of cartridges without WA, he
knew nothing about it, except hearing that the aoldici a
were betraying their cause, for they had in many instances
drawn their cartridges.
Marshal Count General Girard was next examined,
who said lie was one of the Commissioneis sent on the
Wednesday on the part of the people of Paris, and the
Deputies, to the Tuileries, to try if it were possible to stop
the sanguinary conflict of which the city was then. the
theatre. Ile described, in nearly the terms of hisaleposi-
time, already published, the particulars of the interview
which M. Lalitte, as their spkesinan, had with Marshal
Marmont on that day at the Tuileries; the regret of Mar-
mont at his unfortunate situation, as a soldier and obedient
necessarily to higher authorities ; .the demand of the
Commissioners to have the ordinances revoked, the Mini-
sters of that day changed, awl hostilities instantly stopped
by an armistice. Ou these conditions the Conimissioners
were to endeavour to appease the popular indignation, and
restore the dominion of the law. lie likewise described
that their message was taken to Prince Polignac, whom
they said they were ready to see; but that the Prince
said, as he could not accede to their terms, he could not
see them.

211.. de Polignac was intently occupied with Marshal
Girard's examination, but declined asking him any quee-
lions. His Counsel, M. Martignae, however, cross-exa-
mined the Marslnd, from the depositions he had already
given, with a
view, to show, if possible, that Marmont
could ant have had time to communicate with Papule,
while they remained at the Tuileries on the day in
question, except fur a moment; and whether they had not
ascertained the perfect readiness of Prince Polignae to re-
ceive the deputation it they bad thought proper to enter
the apartment in which he was occupied at the time.
Prince Pulignac here rose and said, that the moment he
was informed of the arrival of the deputation, he had ex-
pressed his perfect readine's to meet them, He bad cer-
tainly sent them a message that if. their object were to de,
mand a repeal of the ordinances, Ai an indispensable con-
dition, there was no use its his seeing them, as he had
power to repeal them without reference to the King; but
that he was at the same time quite reedy to see and confer
with them upon any thing
within his province to regulate.
Ills only reason for nut coming out into their Chambet
was, that it would be useless for -him to discuss a condi.
tints which he had of himself no possible authority at the
:moment to IZomply with,
M. 13illut, Procureur of the King, was then examined,
and hisatatement differed very little from that which set
have already publishetl.• He repeatedly declared that 01
the Monday hkAid not receive from any of -the Ministers;