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FRANCE.
[The following appeared in our Third Edition o:
last night]:—

At three o'clock on Sunday morning, 1,060 pri-
soners were conveyer from the Prefecture to the fort
of Ivry. During the night the prisoners, with the
aid of nails, which they found in the casement, suc-
ceeded in making a hole through the wall, and were
opening a subterranean passage, when the scheme was
discovered and defeated. The 200 prisoners detained in
the barrack of Tournon had also made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to escape. They dug a hole in the
ground, and penetrated into quarries, which, unfor-
tunately for them, had no issue, and they were con-
sequently unable to carry their plan into effect. The
authorities had ordered the catacombs to be searched,
but only a few muskets were found in them.
An individual named BUSSIERES, implicated in the
murder of General BREA and his aide de-camp, had
been arrested. A number of snuff-boxes, jewels, and
other precious articles, were found in his lodging.
A manufactory of gunpowder, cartridges, bullets,
&c., was discovered on Monday, in a house of the
Faubourg St. Antoine. 2,000 cartridges were seized,
with a large quantity of sulphur, saltpetre, &c. A
smith, living in the house where the seizure was
effected, was lying wounded in his bed. The police con-
veyed him to the hospital, where he was placed under
surveillance. Another clandestine manufactory of
gunpowder, under the direction of a journeyman
watchmaker, was discovered on the same day, in the
Rue Poulaillerie.

Several of the insurgents have been arrested at
Orleans and the neighbouring villages.
The Argus Soissonnais of the 2d inst. announces
the arrest of two persons at Missy, who appeared to
be coming from Paris, travelling in a handsome
cabriolet, but whose appearance created suspicion.
It is said that when searched some gold was found on
their persons, together with papers, which proved
their connexion with the chiefs of the late insurrec-
tion. In the cabriolet were found a supply of cart-
ridges and proclamations, commencing with " Down
with the National Guard."

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP No. 2. —GREAT WESTERN (Extension of
the Berks and Hants from Hungerford to Westbury,
with a branch to Devizes).—Preamble proved, clauses
agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported.
BRISTOL AND EXETER (Branch from Bleadon to
Wells).—Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill
ordered to be reported.
BRISTOL AND EXETER (Taunton and Castlecary
Extension).—Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and
Bill ordered to be reported.
MIDLANDS (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction).—
Case opened, and evidence taken in its favour.
GROUP No. 3.— SALISBURY AND YEOVIL.—Oppo.•
sition of landholders further considered.
GROUP No. 4.—GREAT NORTIIERN (Isle of Ax-
liolme closed, but decision postponed till
to-morrow.

GROUP No. 5 was to have met to-day, but, owing to
the indisposition of one of the Noble Lords, it adjourned
without going into any business.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
DUBLIN.

The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' majo
rity was resumed yesterday, and in course of the day the
petitioners succeeded in striking off two additional votes.
~_

- The Committee, pursuant to previous arrangement,
and with the permission of the House, adjourned at its
rising till Friday.

THE CHARTIST TRIALS.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
THE TRIAL OF FUSSELL.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
On the return of the jury,
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN called the attention of their
Lordships to several discrepancies between the words
alleged in the indictment to have been spoken by Fus-
sell and the words sworn to as having been uttered by
him and by the witnesses Fowler and Potter.

After rt short desultory discussion, several of the
words alleged to have been spoken by Fussell were struck
out of the indictment.

The CHIEF JUSTICE intimated that it was thu opinion
of the Judges there was no ground for a charge of riot.
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN then addressed the jury on
behalf of the prisoner, and said, in the first place,
that he apprehended he might dismiss from his con-
sideration whether there was or was not an unlawful
assembling, and, therefore, the charge to which he would
address himself was confined within very narrow limits.
It amounted simply to whether the defendant did utter
seditious language at a certain meeting or assemblage,
which had been called for no express object, or if, in-
deed, it had any, it was of so puerile a character
as to he utterly unworthy the attention of the law-
officers of the Crown. The only defence which
he put in issue to that charge was, that the words
alleged to have been uttered by the defendant were
not uttered by him, and he should produce
evidence to show that it was impossible for the defendant
to have spoken the words in the sense and meaning
which had been attributed to them. It was said that the
defendant used the words, "I have no sympathy with his
(Lord J. Russell's) damnable Government;" bat he be-
lieved that the word " damnable" had been inserted by
the reporter to give a colour and prejudice to the obser-
vation; and even if it had been uttered it could not
possibly be interpreted as bringing her Majesty's
Government into contempt. Then he was reported
to have said " that if the Sovereign neglected the
people then the people must neglect their Sove-
reign." But was that a new doctrine—was it pro-
pounded here for the first time ? Why, the,very autho-
rity under which they were sitting there that day arose
out of a persecution on the part of the sovereign. The
very laws, the very liberties of which they now boasted—
the very protection they sought that day—arose from
the acts of the people, who expelled a sovereign, who,
forgetting his duty to his people and to his country,
sought to overturn the constitution, sought to obstruct
the liberties of his people, and gave occasion to theme to
rise and deprive him of that power he was no longer
fitted to maintain. He referred of course to the revolu-
tion of 1688. Why, such language as that alluded to
might have been uttered under such circumstances by
any Member in the House of Commons. Another ex-
pression said to have been made use of was
that the Government was not worthy the support
of any honest man, but no reasonable person could
construe that into a charge of sedition, because the same
opinion was honestly entertained by a great portion of
the community. When one party was in power it nearly
always happened that the other party used every possible
means at their command to overthrow the Government,
and perhaps some of the jury he was addressing bad ex-
ercised the franchise they possessed in such
a way as to lead to the exclusion of one party
from office. lie now came to the last passage
of the speech, with which he nor any one could
entertain the slightest sympathy—viz., recommending
private assassination. But was it likely that a man
like the defendant, whom, he should prove, bore a most
respectable character, and was of a most peaceable dis-
position, would make use of such a monstrous assertion
before a large assembly, and when he knew that re-
porters were present ? He contended that the testimony
upon which that charge rested was entirely beyond be-
lief. The witness Fowler said he was a reporter, but,
forsooth, was unable to write shorthand. He was engaged
to report for no particular paper, and it stood to reason that
he would make the report as pithy and as startling as
possible, so as to get it inserted in the newspapers.
He denied that Fussell entertained any such opinion, or
that he intended to convey any such meaning to the
meeting; and taking into account the character which
Fowler bore, he was justified in saying that if it were
not a fabrication, at least it was a misapprehension of
what was said by the defendant. Then, as to the un-
lawful assembling, he apprehended that the people had
a perfect right to meet for the purpose of stating what
they considered were their grievances. That
right they always had enjoyed, and he trusted
they always would enjoy it. The defendant was also
accused of using the expression " the base, bloody, and
brutal Whigs;" but from whom did those words origi-
nate? Why, they were used as descriptive of the Whigs
by O'Connell, who, instead of being prosecuted, was
afterwards asked by the Whigs to accept one of the
highest law offices in Ireland. The defendant, there-
fore, had merely quoted the words; and were they now
to have one law for the rich and another for the poor?
Now, be agreed with the Attorney-General that the
present was a most inapt time for carrying on any
movement, but he could not help reverting
to a period
not long since when the Prime Minister of this country
advised the people at large to agitate, and declared that
if they did so they would be able to wring from the
Peers of the country that measure of justice which they
then refused to concede. And it was in that way that
the Reform Bill was carried, and who were the leaders
of that agitation but the present prosecutors ? They
had obtained their object, and seeing no reason for
any further change, they attempted to crush
those who went one step further than themselves.
Now he contended that the law ought to be
the same in all cases, and the defendant was entitled to
a verdict of acquittal, by which the jury would as much
uphold the law and establish order, as by a verdict of
guilty.
Witnesses were then called for the defence.

Stephen Blackstone, examined by Mr. HunDLEsTerm
—He said he was a carpenter, and that he was at the
meeting, and was near enough to hear the addresses
delivered. He heard the whole of the address of Mr.
Fussell. In speaking of private assassination, he said
the Emperor of Austria had been compelled to
fly from fear of it. He did not use the words
in the sense imputed to him. He said ho had
five sons, and if they did not avenge his (Fin_
sell's) wrongs, he would disown them. He made
use of the words " private assassination" once,
and only then in the sense he had stated. The report
of his speech in the next day's paper was incorrect ; its
inaccuracy was impressed upon him the moment he
saw it.

Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—He be-
longed to the Southall district of Chartists. He was en-
rolled a member of that society. London was divided
into districts. Notices of meeting are distributed by the
secretary. Handbills are often distributed for the pur-
pose of informing the members where and when the
meetings are held. He went to the meeting in question
in consequence of seeing a placard in the streets, " Meet
at all hazards." He believed some of the districts had
captains. Was in the van at the meeting close to
Fussell. There might have been 4,000 at the
meeting. There was applause, but not much noise.
Mr. Fussell, in speaking of private assassination,
alluded to a paragraph in the newspapers with
respect to the Emperor of Austria. In speaking of the
Government, he said he and others wished to see the
system of things changed, as the taxes pressed heavily
and oppressively upon them. He said a great
deal more, but he could not recollect all. Did
not recollect even the substance of what Fussell
said with respect to the Queen. Ho thought he
spoke in favour of the Queen.—(Laughter.) He said
John Mitchel was a persecuted man. Did not hear any-
thing said about the duty of Irishmen to rise and avenge
their injuries. Was struck with the words, " private
assassination," because he thought at the time if those
were his sentiments that he could not countenance him
as a fellow-Chartist. Should say there were not more
than 40,000 in the crowd ; they took three-quarters of
an hour to pass. Did not see either Vernon or Wil-
liams.

Michael Weedon said he lived in Hatton-garden, and
that he heard Fussell speak at a distance of six or seven
yards. He could not say whether he said the word
" avenge" or " revenge," when ho spoke of his five sons.
He agreed with the last witness in all respects as to what
he said in reference to private assassination. He spoke
of the Emperor of Austria, and said he had been driven
from his dominions in consequence of the fear of private
assassination, and that however strong a Government
might be, it might easily be rendered weak if it did not
exist in the affections of the people.
Edward Stokes, a jeweller, residing in Spencer-street,
Clerkenwell, said the defendant Fussell had been in his
employ six or seven years, and had always borne an
excellent character. He always considered him a sober,
peaceable, and inoffensive man.
Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Had
heard that the defendant was tried at Warwick assizes
in 1839, for being engaged in some Chartist disturb-
ances.

John Brittain said he had known him four years
and always considered him a peaceable man.
This being the case for the defence,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proceeded to address the
jury for the prosecution. He said the words spoken by
the defendant under such circumstances, and at such a
time, did, beyond all possibility of doubt, amount
to an offence of the most dangerous character—an
offence very little short of high treason, because it had
a tendency to that crime. Tho question they would
have to determine was, whether the defendant Fussell
spoke the language imputed to
,him, and whether
he spoke it under such circumstances as would
make it amount to the crime of sedition ;
and also whether that language, and the circumstances
attending the meeting, made the meeting an unlawful
and criminal assembly, by attending and taking a part
in which the defendant was open to punishment.
The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to reply in
detail to the various arguments advanced on behalf of
the prisoner.
The CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up, and explained
at considerable length the state of the law with regard
to illegal assemblies and sedition. He said it was cer-
tainly a most important privilege possessed by the people
of this country to meet and discuss political grievances;
but, at the same time, it was equally important for the
protection of them all, that this right should not be
abused, and that public meetings should not be made
use of by designing persons to inflame the minds of the
lower orders of people, who perhaps might be at the
moment, from particular causes, in a state of distress,
and peculiarly liable to be acted upon by exciting ad-
dresses, and thereby induced to commit acts of vio-
lence, and endanger the public peace. This was the
question at issue in the present instance, and the jury
were the proper arbiters of it. After some further
observations upon the same subject, the Learned Judge
said that the doctrine advanced by the Learned Ser-
geant in his speech for the defendant, that if the
Crown did not perform the duty which the people
thought they were entitled to receive at the hands
of the Crown, they had a right to discuss the pro-
priety of expelling the Sovereign, was an entirely
new doctrine to him. The Learned Sergeant had
grounded his assertion on the circumstances of the
Revolution of 1688, but he forgot that the great lawyers
and the great statesmen of that day denied the doctrine
of the existence of any power to remove the Sovereign,
and the constitution sanctioned the principle that the
Crown could do no wrong. The Crown only acted by
its advisers, and if wrong was done, the instruments were
alone amenable, and not the Crown itself. Where
would it end if the people had the power of discussing
whether the Crown had done wrong? Who was to de-
cide the question P Was it to be discussed by such
persons as appeared to have assembled on ;the present
occasion and under such circumstances ? Could such a
subject be safely left in their hands ? It was impossible
they could do so, and if such proceedings were per-
mitted, they would only produce anarchy, confusion,
and tyranny.
The Jury retired, and after deliberating about a
quarter-of-an-hour, they found the defendant guilty
upon those counts of the indictment charging him with
sedition and attending an unlawful assembly, and
acquitted hinsot the count charging a riot.

The defendant was immediately ordered into the
custody of the Governor of Newgate. Judgment was
postponed.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SECONDARIES' COURT, July 5.
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.)
POYNDER AND ANOTHER V. GREGOR.

This was an action to recover the sum of 2001. on a
guarantee.
The defendant suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. DOLMAN, the plaintiff's attorney, said the
guarantee was given by defendant for payment for some
bricks supplied to a third party. He would prove the
delivery of the goods, which would entitle him to a
verdict.

The Learned SECONDARY held that as the guarantee
was set forth in the declaration, and defendant had by
not pleading admitted the breach charged against him,
that therefore there was no necessity to prove the de-
livery.
Mr. DOLMAN said be had entertained doubts, and
thought it better to bring witnesses, but he would rather
act under the Learned Secondary's opinion.
The Learned SECONDARY said he always held that
evidence was not necessary in such cases, and had not
found himself wrong.
A verdict was then entered for the amount.
INGLE AND FOSTER.—BLUNDER ON BLUNDER.
This was an action to recover the sum of 331. 13s. 3d.
for goods sold. Defendant pleaded that he was not in-
debted, but he was not represented by counsel or at-
torney. _ _

A person appeared, and said that he was present to
watch the proceedings and take objections in th 3 absence
of the attorney. ,
The Learned SECONDARY said ho could not listen to
him, as he was not a professional man ; but no doubt
the plaintiff would consent to an adjournment, on pay-
ment of the costs of the day.
This, however, the party was not authorised to
agree to.
Mr.Caoucrt stated the case, and called Edward Walker.
When the rejected advocate stepped into the box, and
said that he had been subpoenaed, and had been spoken
to by the other side ; but there was some mistake, he
was not the party.
Mr. CROUCH said that was quite clear ; there was an-
other Edward Walker.
A person was pointed out as being the real "Simon
Pure," but he said his name was Ingle, and he could not
give his evidence till after Walker.
The plaintiff's party appeared not to know " Walker,"
and after inquiring of each person in Court, at length
found they had subpoenaed the wrong party.
The case was then adjourned.

gate s from t the
Police parishes
district f Mwi Mid-
dlesex INCREASE OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—On
s
held in the Court-house, Marylebone, to consider the
increased demand of the Government for the police and
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their contemplated augmentation. Lord Portman pre-
sided,m.p., &c. Sr R Hall opened the proceedings,
and observed that the meeting ought to impress upon the
Stuart, supported by
i Sir B. Hall, M.P., Lord Dudley
Government that any. outbreak in the metropolis ought
to be viewed as t national affair, and that any addition
required for police should be paid out of the consolidated
fund. He was sure the county of Middlesex would be
happy to contribute its fair proportion. Mr. Stamford
then moved, " That a deputation of the county of Mid-
dlesex do wait upon the Secretary of State for the
Home Department to direct his attention to the letter of
the 30th of December last from the Under-Secretary of
State, and of the Police Commissioners, dated January
3 and June 26, 1848."
Mr. Bell seconded the motion,
which after some observations from several gentlemen
present was put and carried unanimously. Lord Dudley
Stuart said, the Secretary of State was the best judge
of the necessity of an increase in the police force ; and
at the same time he thought the burden of its support
should be more equally and justly distributed. A depu-
tation was then appointed to wait on the Secretary of
State, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the
chairman, the meeting broke up.
METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS FOR THE WORKING
CLASSES, ST. Pertcaks-ROAD.—On Tuesday afternoon, at
five o'clock, these buildings were visited by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, who was attended by Colonel
Bouverie, and accompanied by Viscount Ebrington,
Lord Radnor, Earl Fortescue, Lord Radstock, Dr. South-
wood Smith, Frederick D. Goldsmid, Esq., Joseph
Toynbee, Esq., John William Tottie, Esq., deputy
chairman of the association, Charles Gatliff, Esq., hon.
secretary, and other noblemen and gentlemen. His
Royal Highness went over several of the rooms, and
was minute in his inquiries as to the accommodation and
healthfulness of the dwellings, and expressed himself
much gratified with the information he received. His
Royal Highness's visit drew together a large concourse
of her Majesty's lieges, by whom his Royal Highness
was heartily cheered on mounting his horse to depart.
EDINBTTRGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—We un-
derstand that the branch line to Campsie waa not
opened yesterday, as anticipated, in consequence of the
official authority not having arrived from the Railway
Commissioners. As that, however, is expected by to-
day's post, the branch will, no doubt, be opened for pas-
senger traffic to-morrow, if the official letter is received
in time.—North British Mail (Tuesday).
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ending July 1, 1,0511. 6s. Bd.