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

PRICE 7D.

er more particularly from M. de Chantelauze, any instruc.
,1011,4 relative to the execution of the ordin►nces, which he
oily knew by the Moniteur. Ile said that he bad re.
peatedly tried to see M. (1,, Peyrontlet on the Monday
evening, and could not.

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Here Count Peyrounet row, and expressly declared
that lie was the whole of that evening in his saloon, em
gaged in receiving persons on business, and might have
'men seen at once, if the witness had called to see him
upon official business. The witness must, in the confu-
-ion of the moment, confound d

The witness here underwent a long cross-examinuion
on the part of the Commissioners for the prosecution, in
which he was repeatedly and earnestly pressed to tell the
whole truth, according to the terms of his oath,—ln in-
junction which he declared to be unnecessary, as he
wished to state every thing, to the best of bie recollection,
of what passed at the time. He said be saw Count Pry
ronnet on the Monday morning, but positively declared
that he did not see him afterwards on th tt day. He was,
however, apprised by M. Mangin that hetet! seen Pey-
ronnet and conversed with Wm, and that 46 persons were
to be urkeated.—(4' No," front Count Peyronnet.)
By one of the Commissitmers—What were the 'motives
for issuing these orders for arrests?-..The 27th of julytny
attention wits drawn to an article in the National, which
I thought it my duty to impugn, although I much re-
gretted the signature it bore, as well at. :the nettessity of
makiog it the subject of prosetrtion. 7' • But bad an
affection for the Government it attacked, I thmight my
self bound to follow up the matter. • I soon received the
orders for arrest from M. Manlius and transmitted them
at once to the Prefect of Police; who called before hirer
'14(3414, Chief of the Beretta. - The latter said the
execution of these arrests would take a long time, as' he
shoal have first to inquire the address of the person who
signed one of the impugned articles in the National ; and
that, on the other hand, the tumult in the capital would
render, in till probability, the efforts of the police useless.
Where are these warrants?--I believe they were since
desttoyed by the Judge of Instruction. Here the witness
was pleased very close by the Commissioners for the Fo-
secution to relate the name of the person who he said was
privy to his conversation with Mangin on the subject of
the projected arrests, when, after a Food deal of hesita.
tion, he named M. Myers (at present a Judge of the Court
of Cassation). The witness did not name this person till
repeatedly called upon by Count Peyronnet and his Coun-
sel. not to withhold any name in delicacy whatever to his
situation.

Count Peyronnet rose, and declared with energy, that
he bad no wish whatever that any delicacy town& him
should withhold frcm the Court the fullest intimation
upon every part of his conduct.

M. Rivers was here sent for, and the answer was, that
he could not at the moment be timid. An order was,
however, transmitted for his speedy attendance.
Count Chabrol de Volrie, formerly Prefect of the Seine,
was then introduced, and declared, that on being informed
of the ordinances, die paid a visit to the Minister of the
Interior, to whom he declared that he thought himself
obliged to resign his functions, as hie administration had
always been of a rnild and paternal nature. The Minister
replied, that the public tr inquillity would soon be ro-
ost Wished, and invited him to continue to fill his ordinary
functions. Witness observed that the duty of a prefect is
not to inform himself of the security of the town ; how•
ever he sent several able agents to inform him of the state
of affairs, and they reported that several groups were as-
seri-bled in the neighbourhood of the Palais Royal. On
the Tuesday witness was told that the town was in a great
state of excitement, and that some of the troops had re-
fused to obey certain orders of a rigorous nature. During
the evening many persons Assembled round a wounded
man, and uttered the must dreadful cries of vengeance.
Some others were lireakin,4 the reverberea. Towares
eleven o'clock at night, all was calm in the vicinity of the
Hotel de Ville. On the Wednesday, 286, 111. de Chabrol
was told the insurrection appeared still more alarming, and
that a great number of men were marching towards the
Hotel de Ville and the Ministry af the Intoillor. He immedi-
ately got into leis carriage, and went to AI. de Peyronnet,
whom he fonatibedly informed ()retie natureof events. and he
required large reinforcements to enable him to establish
provisional municipality at the Hotel de Ville. On re-
turning to the hotel de iVille, the Prefect fin u 1 all in an
apparent state of tranquillity ; but ere lung, be saw seve-
ral columns coming down the adjacent streets, headed by
several very resolute persons. The guard retired without
being Insulted, and the Prefect, seeing that his interven-
tion would he us less, retired ale►. The people soon he•
came mestere .of the Hotel de Ville, and began to ring the
herein, and hoisted the tri-coloured flag. The troops soon
arrived in great nuai,ers, and a fire opened, which lasted
until six in the evening. During the night the lintel de
Ville was abandoned, but it was retaken in the morning,
and tables were brought for the establishment of a muni-
cipality The Prefect finding himself in such a painful
situation, left the place altogether, and wrote a report of
what he had seen, without knowing whether his report
would ha delivered. About eleven o'cioa•k he was informed
the capitulation of the Tuilleries, and horn that moment
of all was over. M. de Chabrol added that on seeing the
Prefect of Police, he found him far from being calm,
though he might then have taken measures most efficacious
for the restoration of tranquillity.
The President—By whom was the Prefect of Police in-
formed of the ordinances?-13y the Moniteur, I believe.
When you saw hint, had he received any orders Irons
the Ministers ?—He was then very busy about the news-
papers, and told me that that day was the most unfortt•
nate of his whole lib.

Your conversation appears to have been qiii!e of a ge•
neral nature ?—Yes.

When were you acquainted with the decimation of siege ?
—On Wednesday morning,
When you saw AL Alangin on Tuesday, did he speak of
the siege—lie alluded to that circumstance, hut did not
spealt positively of it.

M. de Peyronnet—The witness has spoken entirely
conformable to truth. On the Sunday I received no kind
of report, and was totally ignorant of what had happened.
On the Monday I remained in the same state .of igno-
rance. On Tuesday I was just getting into my carriage,
in order to go to St. Cloud, when I saw M. de Chabrol,
and I spoke to hint in a tone of surprise and not of com-
plaint ; for if I had any complaints to make, I should
have made them elsewhere.

M. Boddon de Hougebourg, the Commissary of Police
of the Exchange, said, that ho had for same time before
the end of July heard, by public rumour, of the expecta-
tion of a coup &do, and he went and asked Prince Po-
lignite about it. The Prince assured him that the do.
vernment had no such intention, and desired him to snake
an assured communication to that effect to the cornmer•
cial people on 'Change, which was accordingly done, and
the report to the contrary attributed to miachief-meking.
M. Musset was examined to show that the Ministers
had attempted to convene a council on the Wednesday,
but Paris being in a state of siege, the state of things was
such that such a meeting was found impossible.
M. de Champagny, of the War•office, said, that they
were early apprized at his office of the promulgation of
the ordinances, but had then received no orders respecting
the distribution of troops through the capital. • Haying
.heard since the Accusation of the Ministers by• the Chem,
tier of Deputies, that Prince Polignac had been charged
with some participation in the fires in Normandy, he felt
it right to come forward and declare that when-these eon.
fiagratione occurred, no man was more anxious • than
Prince Polignac to have them fully sifted, and that to the
knowledge of the witness he had put every engine of the
adrninistretion of the War-office into play to detect the
incendiaries. This he knew to his personal knowledge as
tan employee of the establishment,
The President..-When had you a knowledge of Paris'
being placed in a state of siege ? On the Wednesday M.
de Polignac desired me to prepare a council of war, as the
city teas declared in state of siege, and I took the pe.
eessary. arrangements at. the bureau, and transmitted an
account of them to the bureau. My arrangements were
to send Mai the names of the staff; these- he got, hut 1
am -not aware that any council of war was actually or-
ganized, indeed I believe not.

• The Prince Polignite here rose, and eAplained that he
wished, as a matter of cootie, to know the eystent of le-
4islation of a council of war, and he had sent to require
the official particulars at tlu War-otlive. Upon these he
tare some technical explanations relative to the informa-
tion he received.

M. St. Joseph (brother.in•law to 'Marshal Suchet),
colonel on the staff, was then examined as to the operations
of some of the Garde Royal during thitumults. Ills ac•