The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-22 00:00:00

DEFENCE OF GUERNON DE RANVILLE.

M. Cremieux, defender of Al. Guernon de Renville, then
began as follows :—" Gentlemen, I must first of all claim
your indulgence ; for, after listening to the eloquent de-
fence which you have just heard, more than ever I feel
how much I want it. The trophies of Miltiadrs pre-
vented me from sleeping last night • but, at the same time,
I entertained the most flattering hopes for the success of
my cause, as the acquittal of M. de Chantelauze appeared
to me a guarantee for my client."
The defender entered into a relation of the events which
have taken place since the restoration, and endeavoured to
show the incompatibility of the Bourbons with the nation
on account of the different principles which animated the
dyaasty and the people. From thence the defender took
occasion to relate the different circumstances of the life of
Guernon, and proved that he always showed himself
sincerely attached to the constitution, both by his works
and hie conduct as a magistrate. Like those who spoke
before him, M. Cremieux examined the actions of AL de
Ranville whilst he was Alinister, maintaining that he con-
stantly opposed any system of goverment hostile to the
opinions of the country. The orator added, M. Guernon
de Ranville yielded to the urgency of the moment, to the
solicitations of the Government when he signed the ordi-
n meet, and that, a moment of imprudence, inspired by an
appearance of devotedness to his royal master, can never
be looked upon as a crime of high treason. Besides, M.
Guernon had merely signed, and not advised the adoption
of the ordinances, a circumstance which ought to be taken
into serious consideration. Besides, the Court before
which the cause is to be decided, is not complete, is not
the sante as when the crime (supposing it to be a crime)
was committed ; and this alone is sufficient to prevent any
legal judgment. M. Cremieux terminated by bringing
on the scene of a stranger visiting the ruins of Paris when
that noble town will be no more, and his guide allowing
him the remains of the Pantheon, and of the House of
Peers, and telling him that after a noble struggle for
liberty, the greatest nation of the earth pardoned its oppres.
sors, thinking that no blood ought to be shed on the shrine
of freedom.
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The emotion of the defender was so profound, that he
fell into a swoon, and was carried out of the room.

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This incident made a deep impression on the whole as-
sembly in such an awful moment.

M.-llerenger, one of the Commissioners of the Chamber
of Deputies, replied to the defence. His principal argu.
ment consisted in maintaining that the Ex-Ministers are
really responsible, the King's inviolability having been
preserved—a truth which all France could prove, and
Charles X. himself; but the people had been moderate
towards the Monarch : it was because they knew that the
Ministers were answerable for the crimes of the Monarch.
The Court adjourned till to-morrow.

(Times Correspondent.)

?ADIS, MONDAY gVItNINOi rive o'cLocr..
I am under the necessity of informing you that some
uneasiness prevails this day on the subject of the public
feeling, respecting the approaching termination of the
trials of the Ex-Ministeri. The verdict will, it is thought,
be pronounced on Friday, and there is a general belief
that undue exertions have been used to save the unhappy
Prinoe Polignac from capital punishment. It is known
that the King has every where canvassed ; it is avowed
that Lafayette has earnestly co-operated fur the same hu-
mane purpose, and the people will have it that the Duke
of Wellington and the present British Government have been
also interfering—a notion which has only derived its colour
from the notoriety that Englishmen of rank bad
written warmly to their French correspondents to have
these wretched hl;nisters of Charles X. spared, at least
from the scaffold. The people, too, think that the accu-
sation has not been conducted with proper vigour; and
under the influence of these feelings bodies of workmen,
principally, after dark last night, assembled and loudly
talked the matter ever, in an indignant tone, in the
Fauxbourg St. Antoine, and also in the quarter of the
Luxembourg. The police appear for a day or two, to
have apprehended something of this kind, and to have
strengthened the posts of the municipal guard in the neigh-
hourhood where disturbances were likely to occur. The
instant these groups were assembled last night, the patrol.
of the National Guard came to the aid of the municipal
force, and the persons who had so congregated immedi-
ately dispersed. From what I can learn of these groups,
they were net numerous, or in themselves formidable, but
their effect upon the Government has certainly been diffe-
rent, and has this day been productive of a good deal of
conversation in Paris.

Atday-break this morning the posts of the Palais Royal,
the courts of the Louvre, and the Palace of the Luxem-
bourg, Were all strengthened. At eight o'clock, as I
passed through the great square of the Louvre, it pre.
Genteel one dense mass of National Guards fully equipped.
The cannons were all served, and the streets upon the
quays were all paraded by strong picquets. The cavalry
were mounted, and the Lancers and Chasseurs of the line
hid hay slung over the saddles of their horses, as ready
for active service. Agents of the police throughout the
morning were posting proclamations from the Prefects of
the Police, and of the Seine, and an Order of the Day from
General Lifayette. You will see from these public docu-
ments (which I send you) that as extraordinary and un-
accountable difference of style and manner characterises
them. The Prefect of Police ►hanks the inhabitants of
Paris for the calm and dignified manner in which they
" Nett° this moment," await the process of the Court of
Peers, and lauds them for their heroism, generosity, and
justice. 111. O'Dillon Barret, the Prefect of the Seine,
gives the inhabitants of Paris a very handsome and flatter-
ing picture of themselves, and says, they have always
obeyed his injunctions, and entreats that they will con•
tinue their noble spirit of honour and forbearance till the
close of the trial ; but Lafayette, in his " Order of Me
bay," while thanking the National Guards and military
of the line for their admirable conduct, denounces certain
indications of disturbance, for the purpose of controulling
or intimidating the Court of Peers, and declares that, at
the risk of hie life, and what is dearer to him, his popularity,
he will oppose such attempt..
I have inquired very minutely into the particulars of
these indications, and my interrelation would nut certainly
attach to them the degree of importance which General
Lafayette does ; and his Order of the Day has this morning
been strongly censured by persons whe profess to know
well the present state of Paris. Still it must not be de-
nied, that when such manifestoes appear from authorities
who must be in possession of all the information which
the police can le.ccutuulate, they are calculated to excite