The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-31 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, AUG. 27.—1 t is said this evening, that
the Council of 'Ministers has been held in con-
sequence of the news from Madrid received by
the Government, and that the admission of the
sew Ambassador from Madrid has been discussed.
The report is current at Bordeaux that the
• last messenger from the Spanish Cabinet, who
passed through that city, was the bearer of dis-
patches of the highest importance.
This evening, at seven o'clock, a courier ar-
rived from Spain fur the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
Commercial letters announce that the Austrian
Cabinet is less than ever disposed in favour of the
new order of things in Spain.
Movements which are to be made by the Cor-
don Sanitaire are spoken of.
it is believed that M. de Chateaubriand will
go to the Congress, and that he has had the pre-
ference over M. de la Bourdonnaye and the Duke
of Fitz-James.—The Russian Ambassador left
Paris yesterday for Vienna.
The Count Gabriac, First Secretary of the
French Embassy in Russia, has just reached
Paris with despatches. He left St. Petersburgh
,on the 11th. The Emperor had irrevocably fixed
his departure for Vienna for the 16th.
A letter from Poitiers of the 25th, furnishes us
with the following details :
M. Drault, a young advocate of Poitiers, on
the refusal given, with reasons by M. Barbot,
who had been at first appointed, has been officially
named defender of General Berton. The zeal
of M. Drault, who had hoped that M. Merilhou
would obtain permission to plead, has not per-
mitted him tp refuse the duty assigned to him ;
however he experienced so many obstacles in
communicating with his. Client, and was so con-
vinced of the numberless difficulties he should
have had to surmount, in consequence of his inex-
perience at the Bar, that he was the first to ad-
vise General Berton to intrust his defence to M.
Mesnard, advocate at Rochefort.—The General
consented, and charged M. Drault with the
making known of his desire to M. Mesnard, who
a few days after returned to Poitiers, in conse-
quence of the previous demand of three others of
the accused, and to whom M. Drault communi-
cated the intentions of the General. M. Mes-
nard accepted ; but an authorisation to plead at
Poitiers was refused him, and he was required to
apply to the Keeper of the Seals, although he
had taken the oath at Poitiers, and had his name
inscribed on the list of Advocates in the town
appendant to the Royal Court of the Department
of the Vienne. It is known that the time of be-
ginning the trial did not give an opportunity for
an application to the Minister.—The General,
however, persisted i❑ his resolution ; and on the
2,<1 of August addressed the following letter to
-the President :

" Mr. PRESIDENT—FeeIing all the necessity
.of: having myself properly .defended, I requested
the aid of M. Merilhou, Advocate at Paris. It
has been refused me. You have appointed an
.A.Ms6ial defender; I am ready to do justiCe_tu
gocA intentions ; but as he was to make his debut
at the har by his pleading in my affair, he could
:rot bring into tho discussiOn that experience of
proceedings, i-sand that habit of exteMporary
speaking, so necessary for the following with ad-
vantage the details of this important cause. M.
Dra—ult was the first to acknowledge this truth,
and to- consent to write to Rochefort to engage
Prl:Mesnard to undertake my defence. It ap-
pears that already others of the accused (Par
and Lagrange) had requested this advocate to
,come to Poitiers. As soon as I learned his ar-
rival I hastened to request his assistance. M.
Ilflesnard replied, that he would willingly under-
take my defence, but that already, on the occa-
sion of that of Par, Lagrange, and Gerfaut, the
Procureur-General had told him that he could
.not plead without an authorisation of the Keeper
of the Seals. M. Drault, who reported this
answer to me, has assured me that all those of
'hishonourable colleagues to whom he had spoken
were of a directly opposite opinion to the head
of the bar. They are all of opinion that the
.+.)9.5th Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure
.having given the accused the right of choosing
hifS defender among the advocates on the Rolls of
the Royal Court, it is sufficient that the name of
M. Mesnard is inscribed on the Rolls, to prevent
.:any. opposition to the choice I have made of him.
As I have the right of choosine. M. Mesnard in
the same manner as you would have the right of
appointing one officially, I must insist on the
confirmation of my choice. The dignity of the
..Court requires that I should be defended. The
position of an accused is difficult enough, with-
.out- embarrassing by cruelty and injustice, the
exercise of his rights, and resisting the choice of
„confidence which he has made. If it were other-
wise, I would cry to the last moment that I am
without a defender, and the cry of an accused
unworthily abandoned would be entertained by
ail France. You are too just to hesitate for an
instant. I ask no favour but the free exercise of
right which the law gives me. Let me know,
I beg you, speedily your determination, that I
-may communicate with my defender before the
opening of the proceedings."
[This letter remained unanswered on the even•
ing of the 4th.]

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COURT OF ASSIZES OF PARIS, AUG. 27.

AFFAIR OF LA ROCHELLE.

The 24th witness, Genty, serjeant in the 45th, whose me-
mory was so frail that it often required to be aided by inter-
ruptions, spoke of the appearance of an individual to him
while he was pn guard at the gates of the towr, who was like
the description that had been given him of General Berton.—
(What this had to do with the accusation does not appear.]--
-He declared that Asnes had begun to open a plot to him. He
Also asserted, that since he had come to give evidence, some
persons had attempted to make him drunk, and had tampered
'with him, to modify his testimony, and, abo all, not to speak
of daggers. The person who made- the proposition to him
_called himself Lefevre, a brother of one of the prisoners.

LEFEVRE denied that he knew any thing of this matter.
The 25th witness (a Captain of Gendarmerie) deposed no-
thing at to the facts of the accusation.
Polirrita obtained an admission from this witness, that the
prison of La Rochelle is so disposed that he could easily have
communicated to Goubin his written declaration.

The PRESIDENT--At all events, 1 know by my own ex-
,pe,rie;we that you could not hive written it. At Milan, I

caused myself to be confined for some moments in a dungeon,
to ascertain whether the prisoners could breathe freely. I re-
marked that it was not possible to write there.
PoMIE a maintained the contrary.
RAO TJ IA invited Al. Brunet de la ('harrie to give an account
of the cruel treatment to which the accused had been subjected
in the prisons of Jia Rochelle. For many weeks, said Raoulx,
I was not permitted to change my shirt, though I had plenty of
linen in my bag. I had nothing but a linen jacket for my
dress, though it was the month of March, in a cold and damp
dungeon.
M. numEs-sit.—l demand to be heard.

Many of the accused—You have no right ; you- are a wit-
ness ; wait till you are asked a question.
DuMESNIL—It is not that Raoulx had linen in his bag
[noise, and vehement denials on the part of the accused].
Knouts—What ! do you mean to say it is not true?
M. DIYAIESNIL—No ; it is not.

RAouLx—lt is a wretched and false subterfuge. M. the
Captain of Gendarmerie is there to give you the lie. Ile has
treated us with kindness, with humanity ; but you I
M. DE BOURDILLAT demands to be heard [a strong feel-
ing of interest manifested itself on the bench of the accused]. 1
beg, Mr. President, td ask, whether I have not gone frequently
to the prison, to inform myself of the wants of the accused ?
All the accused exclaim at once—True, true ; you have done
every thing in your, power to mitigate our sufferings.
The three next witnesses, Laugey, Morin, and Frenet, de-
clared that they saw a poibmard in the possession of the accus-
ed Thomas, about 15 days before the regiment quitted Paris.
The next sixteen witnessesses were gendarmes who, having
been charged with the conveyance of Goubin and Pomier from
La Rochelle to Paris, gave evidence of the communications
which these two accused made to them during the journey.—
Pomier, •they stated, declared to them that he had carried an
ordonnance to General Berton, that he had dined with him ;
that he had seen in his hands his Captain's commission, coun-
ter-signed by the Minister; that Mina had gone to Paris to
concert measures with the chiefs of the Liberals, &c. Goubin
said, that in a few days the King and the Princes would them-
selves be engaged in the plot. Both confessed to the Gen-
darmes that they had already been concerned 'ln several con-
spiracies, which had not taken effect; that there were at least
40,000 men engaged in the last affair ; that in the event of suc-
cess the Spaniards were to furnish 30,000 men, and the Bel-
gians 14,000; that La Rochelle and Poitiers would supply each
15 millions ; that one banker would alone furnish 7 millions ;
that there were in the plot generals, deputies, and peers of
France; that the object of the conspirators was to abolish nobi-
lity, and give to the people a king who should be named by a
plurality of voices ; that the king was a, good man, and that
they would keep him, provided he accepted the constitution of
1791; that they were well aware they should be shot, but that
the trunk of the tree would survive its branches, &c. &e.

GOUBIII and POMIER concurred in stating, that the gen-
darmes manifested a curiosity at once so importunate and in-
discreet, that to amuse themselves with them, and get rid of
their importunity, they had related all the absurdities they
could imagine. They added, that the gendarmes, fearing no
doubt to give too ridiculous a colour to their declarations, had
suppressed the most extravagant parts of this mock confession.
Goubin, moreover, affirmed that these avowals, ridiculous as
they were, were sometimes extorted from them by force. That
the gendarme Noyon threatened to drag him to a dungeon, and
put the iron collar on him, if he refused to answer. He told
me, said Goubin, on the other hand, that he would give me
some wine, if, like that good fellow Pomier. (such was his ex-
pression), I consented to speak. I regarded neither his pro-
mises nor his threats, and I remained. silent. Accordingly I
passed the night in a dungeon with an iron collar round my
neck.

The witness Noyon—That is false.
GOUDIN—It is true.
POMIER—i too had the iron collar.
The PRESIDENT—Gendarme, what is this collar of which
so much is said ?

Noyon—Eh ! my God, it is nothing at all ; it is an old collar
which is fixed in the walls of a dungeon, and which has not
been used this long time.
Po MIER and Got :Bug—What I do you deny that you used
it for us ?

The PRESIDENT—In the prisons of Melull there were
collars of this description. As soon as their existence was
made known to me, I wrote to the Minister on the subject,
and they were removed immediately. The same thing ought
to be done throughout France.
GoualN—Nevertheless you see, Mr. President, that they
still exist in the prisons of Chatelleraut.
The PRESIDENT—They will no doubt be removed without
delay. Irons should never be employed but to prevent the
escape of a prisoner, or to protect him against his own violence.
It is the duty of the Magistrate to take care that they are never
used as instruments of useless torture—(A general burst of
applause).
The ADVOCATE-GENERAL stated to the Jury, that Gin-
drat, one of the witnesses, had made some attempts to induce
three other witnesses, Bornol, Lucas, and Poitrinolle, to give
testimony favotirable to the accused.
GINDRAT indignantly repelled this charge.
POITRINOLLE declared that Gindrat asked him whether he
was a witness for the prosecution or the-defence; and upon his
answering that he was a witness for the prosecution, he turned
his back upon him, saying, " What blackguards the French
are !"

Lucas deposed that Gindrat, speaking of the witnesses for
the prosecution, said they came to declare a mass of fabrica-
tions which had not common sense.

Bo NNO L declared that Gindrat had said in his presence, that
the witnesses for the prosecution did not know for the most part
what they had to depose to.
The case for the prosecution being closed, the examination of
witnesses for the defence was commenced.

The Sieur RECURE, FAURET, COLSON, and DUBOURG,
Students in Medicine, declared that the cartridges found in
the house of Gauran were brought there by Recure, who had
bought them at Toulouse, in 1816, of soldiers zecently enlisted,
and that they were only intended to be used in firing at a
mark with pistols.
The sitting was adjourned. It is believed that the Advo-
cate-General will be heard to-morrow, and that the speeches of
the Advocates will commence the day after.
COURT OF ASSIZES AT POITIERS, AUG. 26.

TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS OF THOUARS AND

OF SAUSIUR.

The accused (38 of whom were present-18 absent), on be-
ing conducted into Court, had places assigned to them accord-
ing to the nature of their crime. Berton was on the left hand,
and nearest the Bar ; his appearance was animated, and not
in the least cast down. Ile frequently spoke with the accused
who were nearest him. The other prisoners appeared gene-
rally to be of. the lowest class of the people. Their clothes and
countenances indicated men seduced by want or the hope of
pillage. They appeared calm, and troubled themselves very
little with the business. The principal part of the time was
occupied selected and swearing Jurymen, and in hearing the
prisoner Berton state objections to the Advocate whom the
Court had named, and urge his claim to the right of choosing
M. Mesnard for his defender. His protest was substantially
the same as the letter to the President of the Court, which'will
be found under the Paris head. The Court refiised his request,
as well as an application of his Advocate, M. Drault, that the
cause should be remitted to the Chamber of Peers.

General BERTON complained of the want of proper com-
munication with his Advocate, and M. Drault assigned this
as a reason why he wished not to undertake the defence of the
General.

The act of accusation took up three hours to read, and the
Court then adjourned till the following day.

VIENNA, AUG. 17.—The details given by the
Gazette d'Augsbourg, of the pretended expulsion
of the Jesuits, or Redemptoristes, are wholly in-
vented.—(Gazette d'Augsbourg.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, Au G. 23.

A supplement to the Diario Constitucional of
Saragossa, published on the 19th, contains the
following articles :

The Commandant-General of the Sixth Military District,
under the date of yesterday, writes from Huesca to the Political
Chief of this Province, as follows
_ _ _

" It is five in the evening, and I have just arrived hqe with
the cavalry at a smart trot from Casbos, five hours' march dis-
tant. All the trobos zealously contended for the glory of
coming up with the Trappist, who, driven from the centre of
Upper. Arragon, and cut off from Catalonia, found his fol-
lowers daily diminishing. Constantly pursued, notwithstand-
ing the heat and the intricacy of the ground, he fled towards
Navarre by the way of Ayerve, the last of his parties having
left this place at one o'clock to-day. This town is perfectly
tranquil : the fugitive banditti had'no opportunity of doing any
thing. The Trappist had a fall from his horse, and. has suf-
fered considerably. I request that you will be so good as to
communicate this to the Chiefs of Teruel and Calatayud."
The Empecinado writes from Calataytl, under date of eleven
at night of the 18th, to the Political Chief of the province, as
follows :

" Yesterday Brigadier Fito marched in the direction of your
capital, with the Sappers. To-day the Commandant Boliga-
lupi has followed with the battalion and active militia of
Siguenza, and two pieces of artillery. I am just setting out

with all the cavalry ; I shall spare no labour or fatigue ; I
shall not stop in your city, but proceed onward, in order to
come up with the enemies of the system.
" The above is communicated to the public for their infor-
mation and satisfaction.

(Signed) "FLORENCIO GARCIA.
" Saragossa, Aug. 19."
Last night a small column of the infantry and cavalry of
the garrison marched from this capital, under the command of
the General Commandant. This morning the column returned,
escorting about two hundred of the infantry of the royal guard,
which had been in the Prado, and were in Leganes, whither
some of them had marched with the battalion which formed the
guard of the palace, until the 7th of July ; the others, who
were dispersed on the evening of that day, had taken refuge
with the same battalion.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

On the 15th inst. the King was ileased'too;cier that a nego-
ciation should be opened to the value of between 4,000,000
and 5,000,000 of reals, for rentes, which are to be inscribed on
the great book of the public debt, in part of those granted by
the Cortes in the last session, to be made available for all the
wants of the public service ; the announcement of the negocia-
tion for 13,000,000 of rentes, which was published in the
journal for the admission of proposals during the whole of this
month, still remaining in force.
Information was immediately given of this arrangement to
all the corporations of the capital, with an invitation to them,
as well as to individuals, to take part in the enterprise if they
should think it convenient; and for fuller notice, it was an-
nounced to the public, that till Sunday, the 25th instant, the
Minister of Finance would receive the tenders made him by
corporations or individuals for the negociation of the four or
five millions. On the 25th the negociation will be shut, the
contract being given to the party which offers the most advan-
tageous terms.
The biddings will take place with open doors in the office of
his Excellency at twelve o'clock, in the preserce of the Trea-
surer-General of the Nation, the Accomptants-General, and
the Directors of the Great Book and Sinking Fund. It will be
permitted to make new proposals, or verbal rises in bidding,
till the moment when the contract is finally declared in favour
of the party who offers the most advantageous terms.
It is said that Major-General D. Antonio Zarco del Valle
has been appointed Minister to London.
Yesterday morning, at half-past nine, an extraordinary 46:ai-
rier set out4froin the Russian Legation for Paris. Only a few
days ago a secretary set out from the same legation with dis-
patches for the same place. The Minister of France has not
been satisfied with sending extraordinary couriers. Since the
7th ult. he sent off, with despatches for Paris, the Consul M.
Derand and Chevalier Edward de la Grange. On the other
hand, scarcely a day elapses in which the French Papers do
not announce the arrival at Paris of couriers to the I oreign
Office, or to the legations of some of the great powers in that
capital. It is said that what most disconcerts foreign diploma_
tists is the temper and moderation which the Spaniards observe
in their triumph, connected with the enthusiasm which they
display for their liberties--things which to them appear incom-
patible, and which were never predicted in their protocols.
The prophetic spirit of diplomatists is discredited for some years
in this quarter, and the instinct of nations performs miracles
which disconcert all the calculations of politicians.
CADIZ, Auo. 13.
The superior Authorities of this province have published the
following notices and despatches :
" On the 9th the Alcaldes of Villamartin and Puerto Ler.
rano communicated to me that the factious, in number about
40 or 50, had entered Übrique on the morning of the 7th.
They relied on the information which was given them by a
person of their respective towns, who happened to be in Übrique.
A column of 200 men, according to a despatch received by the
military commander of the province, must have been there on
the same day. Colonel Urreiztieta, who commands the troops
sent from Algesiras, writes from Jimena respecting the com-
mandant of Etepona, that he sallied out on the 6th with 100
men and 30 horses in the direction of Übrique ; that the com-
mandant, Lancha, with 100 men of the national militia of Ma-
laga, and 100 more of the regular force, would arrive at Iqua-
leja, while another strong column, commanded by the Political
Chief of that province, directed itself upon Ronda. Colonel
Ordonez passed the Alajate, and the rest of the forces of the
column of Algesiras took the road of Cones, Gausin, and other 1
towns of the mountains, keeping all their forces in communi.
cation, surrounding the factious, and giving a general chase,
which undoubtedly will put an end to this mad and infamous
enterprise, in the opinion of Colonel Urreiztieta. In the whole
of this province there is no news, nor have I received notice of
the insurgent Zaldivar. I have only a despatch from Xerez
in which it is stated that between that city and Puerto Santa
Maria five armedmen of suspicious character have been arrested.
(Signed) " ESCARIO."
" I have just learnt that the column which marched from
Alcala had effected its entrance into Übrique, putting to flight
the factious which occupied that town.

" ESCARIO."
[Then follows a despatch giving an account of the defeat of
the insurgents in a trifling skirmish, in which two men of the
constitutional force were wounded.]
By accounts received from Xerez, of the 12th, it appears that
Zaldivar and his party, composed of about 56 men, came to
Arcos on the 9th, and carried off a horse and two prisoners.
The militia were in consequence called out, and a party of 60
men sent against the insurgents. _