The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-05 00:00:00

EGYPT.

the battered fortress of Beyrout.
The Pique frigate has gone down to Sidon, but we
have not as yet bad intelligence from her. No firing
has been heard from that direction. It is expected
that the Cyclops will follow her to-morrow, and if so,
something will very likely be done there.
One of the Austrian steamers which arrived this
morning brought the new Pacha of this part of Syria.
He was saluted by the Turkish and British flag ships
&TROUT. SEPT. 20.—0 n the evening of the 22d
the Egyptian and Ottoman fleets were illuminated in
honour, as the Government gave out, of a victory
gained by Ibrahim over the Allies, in which he had
made six hundred English prisoners. In addition to
the Asia, the Implacable, with the Hazard and
Daphne, and an Austrian corvette, were off the port
of Alexandria. An Austrian steam-vessel had also
just arrived, and was said to have been despatched
from Constantinople with orders from the Representa-
tives of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, for their Consuls
in Egypt to leave the country. Col. Hodges. the Bri-
tish Consul-General, had received no such instructions,
although a rigorous blockade of the port was ordered
to be put into execution forthwith.
BETROUT, SEPT. 20.—Intelligence having reached
Admiral Sir Robert Stopford that in addition to the
already large garrison of Beyrout, 1,000 of Ibrahim
Pacha's cavalry were about to enter it, he resolved at
once to make the place untenable for them, and having
first withdrawn the English residents on board the
British ships, and warned the other European residents
who retired to the country on the 9th, some shells were
thrown in ; on the 1 1 th, at noon, he despatched a flag
of truce on shore to Soliman Pacha, with an order that
he should evacuate the town forthwith. An answer
was returned that Soliman was not there ; but about
four p.m. the Governor returned for answer that he
(the Governor) was then otherwise occupied, and had
then no time to attend to the Admiral's message. Ac-
cordingly at about five p.m. a signal was made to open fire
upon the town ; whereupon the :Ganges, Bellerophon,
Edinburgh, and 13enbow, as well as the Austrian Ad-
miral's ship, commenced throwing shot and shell, broad-
side after broadside, for one hour and ten minutes, the
Austrian ship throwing Congreve rockets with admir-
able precision. From this day to the 16th shot and shell
were occasionally thrown in, and particularly whenever
any troops were seen assembling. On the last-mentioned
day the Egyptian troops had all departed for the
mountains the firing upon the town ceased, after caus-
ing considerable injury, and as many as one thousand
individuals are reported to have perished by the com-
bined effects of the fire and the falling of the ruins.
Only two shots were returned by the town, without, how-
ever, causing any damage. " The flags of the American,
Danish, Spanish, and Greek Consuls continued flying on
the ruins of their respective Consulates on the 20th, not-
withstanding that these functionaries had withdrawn
themselves. The American Consulate had suffered most
by the bombardment, and subsequently pillaged of the
he
valuables and furniture by the Egyptian troops.
stores of the British merchants have likewise been ran-
sacked. The British Consul was in the British camp
with Commodore Napier. His lady, with the lady of
the American Consul and Mr. Kilhee, a British mer-
chant, had proceeded to Cyprus in the United States
corvette Cyanne. Messrs. Black, Watson, and Heald,
British merchants, are on board the Powerful and the
Ganges.
On the 19th of September, the Edinburgh and
Hastings were the only ships at Bed rout, stationed there
to prevent communication with Alexandria by sea.
The Princess Charlotte, with the Powerful, Ganges,
Thunderer, Wasp, Cyclops, Gorgon, Hydra,
Phoenix, the Austrian Admiral Bandiera, in the
Medea, with the Guerriere, Halket Bey in a
Turkish ship of the line, with an Ottoman frigate,
an Egyptian frigate and yacht, with some storeshipa and
other small prizes, were at anchor at Djouni, or Anou-
rate Bay,. about nine miles from Beyrout, as also
two. Austrian steamers just arrived with 800 Ottoman
troops from Constantinople; and Izzet Mehemet Pacha,
the newly appointed Viceroy of Egypt. The Allied
troops were all on shore at Djouni, wider the im-
mediate command of Commodore Napier. whose camp
is distinguished by his broad pendant. The standards
of Austria and Turkey are flying from their respective
camps. Breastworks and entrenchments are formed
all round the British lines. The entire force co:l-
-ists of 6,500 Turks, 1,500 British marines, 250 Aus-
trian marines, 3,000 mountaineers, besides the British
artill.irymen,:sappert and miners, together nearly 12,000
These are posted in three separate fortified lines ; the
outer one, nearest the enemy, is composed of 1,500
Tues.s, the centre one 2,600 Turks, and the inner one
3,00) British, Austrians, and Turks, besides the moun-
tine !rs, of which other 3,000 have been armed at Jo-
bail and Tripoli by the Castor, Carysfort, and Pique
stationed there for that purpose. Ibrahim occupies,
with an army of 14,000 troops, the high range of moun-
tains immediately over the encampment of the allies,
from whose outer line skirmishes are frequently observed
to take place between Ibrahim's troops and the newly-
armed Maronites. Ibrahim and Soliman arc said to be
on bad terms with each other ; the latter though in
Beyrout, within only a few hours' march of the former,
yet they do not meet.
An intercepted letter from Emir Bechir admits the
impossibility of depending upon the army, which no
doubt accounts for there having been no attack made
upon the pOsition taken up by the Allies. Three hun-
dred of the Egyptian army have deserted to the Turk sh
ships of war. An outpost of eighty, under the com-
mand of a Polish Major, have come in in a body, and
on another day other forty. They represent the Egyp-
tians as very discontented, from being badly fed,
cruelly ill-used, and their pay in arrcar. The savage
Albanians are Ibrahim's staunchest men ; but even
these would willingly join the Allies upon the same
conditions as are allowed by Ibrahim—viz., pillage,
plunder, and rapine! On the 18th Soliman Pacha
asked for a cessation of hostilities for two da) s, which was
refused. Two thousand more of Ibrahim's troops only
await favourable opportunities for deserting, and there are
as many as from 1 ,000 to 18,000 mountaineers willing
to accept arms from the Allies, were it not for Ibrahim's
army lying between them. Already from 9,000 to
12,000 have been supplied with arms. The Bellerophon
and Revenge are stationed off the Bahr-el-Kelp, or Dog
River, between the Admiral's position and Beyrout, with
their guns shotted ready to " annihilate the Egyptians"
if they show themselves. The ships have all springs
out, ready to cover the allied forces, and the steamers
keep their fires alight day and night, and their guns
shotted.
Sir Charles Felix Smith, of the Engineers, was landed
from the Pique, but owing to ill-health was obliged to
embark again on board the Powerful. On the 20th,
being better, he left in the Phoenix, for Constanti-
nople. The Hydra has been despatched to Tripoli.
Operations have been confined to the coast between
Sidon and Tripoli, a distance of 35 miles. A cordon
of signals extends by British ships from point to point.

Buy,

COUNCIL.
" ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 17.---Hostilities have corn.
menced in Syria. The English and Austrian squadrons
after having bombarded Beyrout and several neighbour.
ing points, landed on the 11th instant between 6,000
and 8,000 Turks, and twelve pieces of cannon. Ibra-
him Paella, who was at Beyrout, was preparing to at-
tack them on the following day. The Lebanon was
quiet ; all the French residents had embarked. The
national flag continued to float over the house of the
French Consul."
" Beyrout," says the Constitulionnel, " is a town of
twelve thousand inhabitants, and of great commerce.
The port had in ancient days been much filled up, but
it has a commodious quay. Tuscany, at one time, and
afterwards France, was in possession of its trade. The
exports from France amounted to shout 2,000,000 f.
per annum and the imports into France to about
1,000,000 f. Besides this direct commerce, French
ships have been engaged in transporting large quanti-
ties of merchandise for the caravans. The English
trade with Beyrout has not been so considerable. Many
English merchants have, however, been settled there.
The place is about three days caravan march from
Damascus."
(From the .11,fonitcur of Sunday, received by Extra-
ordinary Express.)
MARSEILLES, OCT. 2. NOON.
“ TUE CHIEF OF THE MARITIME SERVICE TO THE MINIS-
TER OF MARINE.
" 'The Dante has arrived from Malta ; it announces
Syria confirm the bombardment of
that at its departure it left there the ship of war Cam-
bridge, from England, and about to take her departure
for the Levant.
Bel
tßLhefTs°aEuntsd(T"lnF'ereAronenu'i
Ta li's
cNonTdICN EditionEo'
of the Scamand • • I
" The Captain re writes me, under
date of the 25111 from Malta, that at his departure from
a Council in Divan had pronounced
Constantinople
cmpelled to embark with the loss of two
)`,l.Leeattt.ers from
Mehemet Ali. The Ambassadors of
the deposition of
England and Austria were present at this Council.
" The French fleet were at Naples on the 15th.
of the
tFheRpOoNsIt.)SYRIA.
Private letters state that the troops which landed at
receivedate by an extraordinary ex-
correspondent at Beyrout ;
We arc enabled toi
interesting
ebs
teifeogr e
correspondence,
er
sepaedeedr se
etehee, fovsl.lhoisevi-1
of late events in the scat. of
cYco.'lcit:se:rsy to dilate on the authenticity and
I resume my account of proceed-
tptvnl rregoethsnsiamytpeflrietrimti icasinrtme°utfrirtnii'sdetpnarnti
circumstance
the of our correspondent having
important information contained in
av,c,beenacru,
accuracy
at7iys
uonf
in.'s here from the camp of the Turkish, English, and
Austrian troops at Zue.(or loamy, as I hear it called).
On the 17th a considerable bos'y of Egyptian sol-
diers were descried on a hill about two miles distant
theseF,
rdrri sp,,aitct:hiet s
1:11---.
from our extreme outpost. A report was also brought
the valley behind the Anti-Lebanon
in, that through
ranee of mountains about 10,000 Egyptians were ad-
vancing
about
direction i 027000t0
Tripoli. Upon the hill
irregular infantry and a
small body of cavalry. They still remain there, with-
out any apparent addi.tic!n to their numbers. There is
very little
chance of tneir advancing upon our position,
which is now completely fortified. On the 16th it re-
vwaen ecionegi
could
from
dis e
etrhee
ceived an addition of 300 Austrian marines, and

OPERATIONS BEFORE BEYROUT.
(From a Supplement from the Malta Times.)
Extract of a letter from the Princess Charlotte, off
Beyrout, 19th Sept.:—
. We arrived here on the 11th, and made every
preparation for an immediate attack upon the town and
forts on the coast. The marines were all landed by the
steamers, under the command of Captain Napier, of the
Powerful, and then the work began in gallant style, the
Princess Charlotte, Edinburgh, Benbow, Ganges, and
Bellerophon, poured their destructive broadsides into
the devoted town of Beyrout, which in the abort time
of two hours presented a heap of smoking ruins. The
marines, in the mean time, had not been idle, having,
assisted by the other ships, soon hoisted the British jack
upon the forts on the coast.
" Our loss is trifling, considering the number of men
engaged. TIC total is six killed and sixteen
hwonnave
lost
ded.
Four have since died of their wounds. We
no officers. Lieut. Adair, R.M., of the Benbow, and
, Lieut. Giffard, of the Cyclops, wounded. The Pro-
-1 metheus steamer takes five wounded marines to Malta,
and three officers, invalids. The noise of the gunw
s as
tremendous, and the falling of the shells truly awful.
Ibrahim Paella is about a two hours' march from our
advanced post waiting for reinforcements: so are we,
then off we go to St. Jean D'Acre.
The Albanians
are deserting fast from the Pacha's army ; the Druses
are arming. We are now about ,000 strong on
shore. The number of Egyptians killed and wounded
exceeds 1,000 men."
Princess Charlotte, Pow-
,' Off the camp at Joana.—
erful, 'l'hunderer, Ganges, Gorgon, Cyclops, Hydra,
Wasp, Turkish Admiral and frigate, two Austrian
frigates with Admiral.

ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 22.—1 n our letter of yesterday
we omitted to notice the latest dates—these are Bom-
bay, August 28 ; China, no letters to this place; Cal-
cutta, August 12 ; London, September 3, and perhaps
of the 4th, but we have not seen any ; Malta, Sept. 1.5.
What information may have come to our Consul-
General is studiously concealed. The despatches from
Constantinople arc important ; so said the Austrian
Consulate. The "agents" of the Great Powers have
had a conference together, and were to wait on the
Pacha this evening.
' It is rumoured slightly that the blockade is to be
tightened, and that too at an early period. The Captain '
of the Oriental talks of danger here, and that he would
not have come on from Malta if he had been aware of
the real state of things.
We do not understand the necessity of bombarding
Beyrout—it is a place of strength ; but we can under-
stand the use of occupying the Nahr el Kilb (lloz, i. c.
river) as the mountains approach the shore, and have
only a narrow strip, which, held by an enemy, cuts off
the communication between Beyrout, and Bipali—in
fact, dividing the Paella's forces, as the road through
the mountains is circuitous, and not tit for artillery. It
would therefore Fe an object for Soliman Pacha to dis-
lodge the English from this position, supposing it to be
true that they have landed there. It is a few miles
north of Beyrout.
Caiffa again, has the best anchorage on the coast of
Syria, and would be the point to secure in investing
Acre, and cutting off the communication between Acre
and the Southward. The only interruption of existing
harmony has been the seizure by the Pacha of specie
and bullion, to the value of about 5,000/. sterling, from
the boat of the packet schooner Einmetjee, whilst being
conveyed on boards the Cyclops steamer, which, how-
ever, after a great many representations by Colonel
Hodges, and frequent threats to strike his flag, has
been given up. This seizure was only made because
it has long been declared illegal by the laws of Egypt
to export any bulhou whatever from any of the Paella's
dominions. --

A letter from Alexandria states that the Jews in
Damascus had been liberated, and that Sir Moses
Montcfiore and party had left for Europe on the 17th
instant.

TRIAL OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPO-
LEON AND ACCOMPLICES.

TilttitsbaY, OCT. 1.
M. Berryer addressed the Court as follows on behalf of
the Prince :—Gentlemen, I have not witnessed this trial
without having been penetrated with a painful reflection.
Is not that country most unfortunate in which so many
convulsions take place in the course of so few 3 cars, and
create doubts as so all its institutions? How many changes
has not a single generation witnessed? A republic, an
empire, a restoration, and a constitutional government.
Is not such a state of things calculated to lead men to pro-
fane the majesty of the laws ? In such a nation, and with
such a succession of events, is it true that men of the
greatest energy and fidelity, and the most invincible in
contracted duties, are to be precisely those who are re-
garded as bad citizens? In such a state of society states-
men may well feel alarmed, but judges in political process
should, before they give satisfaction to power, demand with
energy whether it has not authorised by its acts, its ante-
cedents, and its manifestations, enterprises which it declares
criminal. When in 1815 the Ministers sent before judges
the men who had escaped from the disasters of Waterloo,
I defended those who had remained faithful to the Em-
peror ; in order to save their lives, I allowed for
eents, and circumstances, and treaties. What I did then
Ido again now. The prisoner who has done me the ho-
nour
to intrust me with his defence, in seeking me out in
the ranks of a party to opposed to his own, has nothing to
fear. He shall see that I will not betray his confidence.
Although the questions to which I shall advert affect deeply
the sources of our political struggles, I will only allude
to them judicially. [M. Berryer here went over the facts
of the landing, the proclamations, &c., and said :1—Does
li the chief of this enterprise stand before you with such a
! character of culpability that it is possible to punish him
judicially ? Is this an occasion for applying to a rebellious
subject the articles of the penal code ? No. In 1830 the
people declared its sovereignty ; it declared that it re-
sumed its rights and asserted the will of the majority of the
citizens. You have recognised this, and thus consecrated
it at the head of your fundamental law. The princi-
ple which now governs you is the principle of 1791, in
virtue of which an appeal was made to the nation ; in
virtue of which four millions of votes, in 1804, de-
clared that France demanded hereditary government
in the dynasty of Napoleon. This was abolished in
1824 ; but you know what passed in 1815. Gen-
tlemen, amongst yourselves, bow often have I beard voices
raised against the abolition of the principle which conse-
crated the hereditary power of Napoleon ; but how many
of you have I seen descend even to party struggles for the
re•establ;shment of the dogma of the sovereignty of the
people, which had been destroyed ? Is the restoration of
the Emperor, then, a phantom, a dream ? Well, then, the
Emperor Napoleon is dead, and all is now dead with him 1
But in saying thin, what do we say ? Did his dynasty,
which was founded by the national sovereignty, promise
the country to last during the life of only one man? It is
thus that you must now attack the guarantees of the power
which you defend, in order to repulse that which claims
them. The Empire has fallen, but under what circum-
stances? At the moment of the fall of the political dogma
on which the Empire was founded, what did you do in
1830? Yoa revived this dogma, and with it the heredi-
tary rights of tiie Napoleon family. Is this the subject for
judgment? Really one can hardly comprehend that there
should be here a person ender accusation ? You have, by
consecrating the principle, re-established the Empire.
This principle had been abti!ished, but you re-
stored it. Again I say, and I will say it a thousand times,
there is no person here liable to judgment. In 1836
you proclaimed the maxim which I now lay down. You
recognised then that the Prince did not fall within the
common law, that he was not liable to the laws of the
country. Why, then, is he brought before you ? Are
the times changed ? Arc rights no longer the same ?
Arc the laws abolished ? But you will say, perhaps, new
disorders, violent revolutions niust be prevented. You
have a right to do this. Govern, but do not judos—do not
judge the heir to a crown 1 Is there ne I amongst
im you who
could say to himself on entering ' will be an partial
judge—l will weigh all rights. I will put the royalty of
the empire and the royalty of July into the balance, and
endeavour to judge impartially? Impartial ! You cannot
be impartial, for you are the judges of established power,
and you cannot cover the acts of the Government with the
mantle of justice.—( Profound sensation.) You cannot
give a verdict which would be that of the Government.
The client for whom I appear is proscribed, and you
cannot apply to him the common law, from which you
have excluded him. But if you will be judges, be at
least human judges of human things, and look at the circum-
stances connected with the event which has placed these
prisoners before you. The present Ministry was formed at
a time when great political questions were agitated. This
Ministry blamed the timidity of its predecessors ; the na-
tion was groaning under the sense of the concessions made
to Foreign Powers. It accused the Government of the
loss of the influence of France in Spain, and of having
left that country under the influence of England. What
did the Ministry do ? It invoked the memory of him, who
carried his sword from the extremity of Portugal to the
banks of the Baltic, it has opened the tomb of the hero,
it has touched his formidable arms, and has extende
Mid its
hand to deposit them on his tomb. This is what the -
nistry has done. You are now going to judge the Prince
without taking into account the feelings which such appeals
must have revived in his heart. Be men, Gentlemen, and
judge as men, and, before you judge, remember what hes
been done under a Prince, who once asked as a favour to be
permitted to fight against theta orsicanemen, a usurpMinist(r has
Sen
sation.) Under this Prince, ntle
said that Napoleon was the legitimate Sovereign of the
country. What ! after having heard these words, this
appeal to the great name which he bears, to the glory
which lie regards as his inheritance, would you
have his heart dead to feeling, and could you expect
that this ardent young man would not cry—. 4 I will The Alexander, Captain Duncan A/Pint-re,
carry this great name to the frontiers to avenge France, arrived at Milford on Thursday from Tampico, sailed front
and carry into neighbouring States the terror of past de_ thence on the 12th of June, bound for Liverpool. She
feats." " This name (would he say) is mine; these arms struck on the Saltees the night previous to her arrival at
were bequeathed to me by the warrior ; no other than Milford, and being in a sinking state, was the cause of her
myself shall place them on the tomb of the warrior. I putting into that port, instead of proceeding to LiverpooL
\
will go, I will head the funeral procession, and I will During her passage home, she became short of provisions,
say to France will you hear me."—• Great sensation.) but fortunately fell in with, ou the 3d of September, the
Be courageous enough to hear the truth. Is the act which American ship Washington, of Boston, the Captain of
the Government calls upon you to condemn be a crime, whom lowered his own boat, and supplied the Captain
stood ha
it was the Government whieh inspired it by the prince_ \ and crew of the Alexander with every thing thie!
ples which it has proclaimed, by the acts which it has manner d f C t M‘lntyre and crew speak in t e warmesta__
0 . ap •
glorified. If it be said that success is the basis of moral of the kindness and attention which was afforded
law, listen to me. I will ask you to say, whom
you we providence, it •
know, whether, it he had triumphed, -
well, then, you would have de- : thisi mehracti Had it not been for
nied his rights, and refused to assoc
thoseu on board of the Alexander would have
Judgese yourselves with his by the master
interposition
\ likes y
power ?—( Profound sensation.)perished. At a time when their eufferiugs was most
and legislators,osNiVtiasonbiongf ton.
is
I felt for the want of water, they were enabled to
you respect the laws ;
do you see there ? Death i death tlpefnorthe code, and what 1 severely
120 gallons of rain water, during a night of *mem•
the offence before catch o
your tribunal? Death ! oh, no, you will • ' swat rain.
•
not pronounce that I ----
verdict, you cannot. You VIENNA, SEPT. 25.—1 t is generally believe&
cannot at the same time attach 1
the name of Napoleon to a gloriousl ' here that the news brought to Trieste of Mehemet Ali's
scaffold. You will, then, pronou tomb andel uponrd.ett le i
, submission was purposely spread by himself, and that in
political reasons will engro:is the mind of opfolithiLainvie ' rind ' order to obtain a quicker and better sale for his cotton,
decide his conduct. That would nbe indulgence.t'gf' You ! &,-, in which it is said he has partly succeeded. Nobody
can pronounce another not
. • on- i here
.doubts that France will soon come to an
punishment—perpetualunder-
canimprison- 1
meat, for in tending respecting the Oriental
stance. A punishment of infamy—(o
If. question, as it is well
tion)—a sentence of infamy upon tale name of Napoleon. known that the Austrian Cabinet earnestly desires it-
-( Sensation.) Oh, no, 3r-ocannot. You will not for- I The only difficulty may perhaps be the embarrassments 112
get that y 0 u are men ! and you will remember that Franco, 'which M. Thiess finds himself with respect to his own
which has its eyes upon sou-, desires, above all things, re- , country, which may perhaps compel him against his will
sPeet for his feelings. .-You pronounce an infamous pu- tc diversions, which may be attended with bad muse-
nis =ant against the nephew of tie man to whom we quences, especially in reference to the existing alarms in
everything ! You turn against the family of your bcnefac • • the Papal dominions,

SITTING OF OCTOBER .2.—(Fifth Day.)
The sitting commenced at 12 o'clock.
M. Lignier addressed the Court for Ornano, Gal-
vani, D'Almhert, Orsi, and Bure. His defence turned
chiefly on the declared ignorance of his clients of the
projects of Prince Louis, and on no particular acts
having been proved against them.
M. Ducluzeau defended Forestier. He stated that
this prisoner was ignorant of the project of Prince
Louis, and that he had gone to London on commer-
cial business.
The defence of all the prisoners having ❑ow been
made,
The Procurcur-General commenced his reply. He
observed that all the facts upon which the prosecution
had been founded were admitted by the accused, and
therefore his task was accomplished. He concluded
as follows, addressing Prince Louis :—" You have
invoked the political law ; this law was resorted to
on the occasion of the first attempt in 1836, but
now, as an indulgence, the common law has
been united with the political law. You have not
been treated with the severity which your perti-
nacious obstinacy deserved. In the first instance
you received the same treatment as the Duchess de
Berry ; and if you have now met with great rigour, it
is because it has become imperative to put a stop to
your mad enterprises, which compromise the tranquil-
lity of France. This, however, is not saying that your
imprudent attempts can have any influence on the des-
tiny of France. No! this you arc fully convinced of ;
but your temerity is not worth the life of a man, and
your hand has shed French blood. 'You came into
France with the intent of committing a crime. 'You
shall be judged like all such culprits, and shall receive
the same punishment as all who are found guilty."
Prince Louis now rose and said—" Gentlemen, the
Procureur-General has just pronounced a very eloquent
speech, but it was useless. In requesting M. Berryer
:o explain my views, I wished to perform an act of
justice towards my birth, my family, and my country.
He has fulfilled my expectation admirably ; but now
that my own fate only would be the object of his reply,
I entreat him not to offer any, for I do not wish any
exception to be made in my favour. I wish to partake
the lot of the brave men who would not abandon me
in the hour of danger."
M. Berryer—The noble sentiments which Prince
Louis has just expressed enhance the honour which he
did me in choosing me for his counsel, and I am the
more happy at having employed in his defence all the
zeal, all the candour, and all the energy of my convic-
tions. I will obey him. What, in fact, could I say to
the Procureur-General ? I must have discussed an-
other cause, and replied, as it were, to my own accu-
sation. I shall be silent. For such a discussion an-
other arena is open to me.
The Procureur•General now made his requisitory
as to the prisoners. With respect to Desjardins, he
said, he referred entirely to the prudence of the Court.
As to all the other prisoners, be demanded that they
should be declared guilty of rebellion, and punished
according to articles 87, 88, 89, and 91 of the Penal
Code,* leaving it, however, to the Court in its wisdom
to modify the punishment, if it should think proper to

do so.
The President, having called upon all the prisoners,
and also upon their counsel, to say if they had anything
to add, and no reply being made, announced that the
sitting was closed, that the Court were going to retire
to deliberate on their verdict, and that it would be de-
clared at an early sitting.
The Court rose at a quarter past four, and adjourned
to next day.

Article 87 imports that any attempt or plot, the ob-
ject of which shall be either to destroy or change the Go-
vernment or the order of succession to the throne, or to
excite the citizens or the inhabitants to arm themselves
against the Royal authority, shall be punished -with death.
Article 88 defines that to be an attempt when any act is
committed or commenced in execution of the above crimes,
although not consummated.
Article 89 defines that to be a plot as soon as a resolu-
tion to act is agreed upon between two conspirators,
alti;.ough no attempt may be made.
Article 91 imports any attempt or plot, either to excite
civil war by arming or inviting any citizens or inhabitants
to arm thertwelves against each other, or to carry devasta-
\tion, massacre, or pillage into one or more communes,
shall be punished with death.