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whom it was preferred to conetatlial II tr'S
accessory before the murder, e '
... oAelfsty.--e- Act 0(11,
Parliament- had been ransarlittretel which to l's
bring this: charge, I for. it 0 1s passed; passed_ in
the laeteintezt of ..the life tloA2r4elpyte IV*nd,.;!
under circumstances which most otlie&Collet . lee,-
. ,
.... . • was not the far, v.er nspeoe who/meet, , c..arippWll„,-
learced magistrate before whom, the ,pkierrerrias. It, ,
mined, believing he wirthichrsennd 'to ao so tinder
'the terms of the eirt:itnis Perlin lent, ' and it now
came before them as a British jury to decide on
the guilt or innobitide of, the priserter on the evidenne
produced, and not eeti The eloquence of the learned coup-
eel for the prisoner. He expressed his confidence 'in
their impartial decision, and said, -in reference to—the
learned couusel's remarks on the silence of him ('he
leareed Attorney-General), why this charge had been
charge
nl
lee
a:r
rnel mad
gde
es.
had occurred in this country, and it was not to- be won-
es
thatf tiree
dtl, firstlas
ntdsvi time that tthhaett
firsthe
defended countryltime
e 0o:dill:eclat
in conducting the present prosecution. If such an
attack had been committed in this. country on the per-
son of our beloved green, and many' ha l been wounded,
what would they have said to a
,foreign Government
who ha I thought fit to ref ~ie justice, on the ground of
g, at the termination of
aohl'allediif.,,,aztpherpaeiisenlyewcipjl.As was the first case of its kind that
dictation? Tilers was not a person in this emintry who
twhoeutltdiani,otthbaetetrhaetictioeudn ontry fi4nadji ,been
relieved
of
the
stain
on it, and he asked the jury to restore him to liberty
without a stain upen his character, if they believed him
innocent, but if, on the contrary, then ke called
upon.thene to discharge their duty irrespective of what
would follow. The prisoner was charged as an aceessery
before the fact, and the law was, that if any person sup.
plied any means, by which these persons, Orsini, Rudio,
and Pierri could have assassinated the Emperor of the
French, or attempt to do any grievous bodily harm to
him, and if they, in making that attempt, however un-
willing, sacrificed the lives of other persons, then they
who did that act were guilty of murder, . and those
who
.assisted them as accessories before the fact. It
was perfectly immaterial whether they had any inten-
tion of deetrnying those particular individuals named in
the indictment, and he (the Attorney-Geueral) charged
the moral responsibility belonging to the guilt of these
wholesale murders to every one of the parties directly or
indirectly using the implements employed; The learned
couneel at great length and minuteness entered into the
fsets detailed in the evidence, pointing out the portions
which he urged completely made out the charge against
the prisoner. Two questions alone were left to them on
the evidenee—first, whether the instruments supplied to
Orsini and his assistants were the same grenades
or a portion of them, which Mr. Taylor nianufectuted,
Alisop paid for, and Orsini and his associates commit-
ted the murders, or whether there were other instru-
mento manufactured, purchased, and obtained else Where,
and conveyed to Brussels for anottier different purpose.
The remaining question, however humanely and merci-
fully they wished to judge of the prisoner's conduct, and
ef which he (the learned Attorney-General) thought it
was impossible for them to entertain a shadow of a
doubt, was the knowledge of the prisoner of the unlaw•
ful purposes for which these instruments Were pro-
cored. The learned counsel referred to the
cross-examination of the witnesses, that the shells
were made for the improvement of gas, acrd the
admission of the prisoner's counsel that they were to be
used for a general rising on the continent, and said he
was at a loss to know what was the line of defence relied
on by the prisoner. He contended that the grenades
which had been introduced during the trial were the
ancrittutaeld. inslttruwmaesntettoweitthhowwhiicthnestshees thnaudrdvearriewdaas cli.t,
little
with respect to the form of tho:e mi,siles, but the evi-
ls nee had proved to demonstration that such was the
fact. If the prisoner had sent these grenades to Brus-
sels for a lawful purpose what use could there have been
to have resorted to the many subterfuges that had been
proved. It had been suggested that those grenades had
been sent to Orsini not for the purpose of assassination
of the Emperor of France, but to aid a general rising in
Italy. He felt great confidence in stating that there
aas not a scintilla of evidence auding to a rising in any
part of Italy. Now, if they were to be used for such a
surpose, what in the mind of man c 'hid account for
the transmis,ion to Paris, a place above all others
—owing to the activity I of the police—a police
that had been much better described by his
learned friend than he could hope to do—they
were most likely to be di covered. Ho felt such a sup-
position was entirely groundlese. The grenades were
in fact to be used to assassinate the Emperor and Em-
press, and not for the purpose of aiding a revolution of
Italy. There was not even the slighte4 allu-ion to such
a;scheme in any of the letters and documents that bad
bpen produced during the long and protracted inquiry.
He thought the jury would find iu going through the
eyidence that these desperate men—proscribed from
their home—abused the protection here and devised the
hpriihle plan that had been disclosed. He felt sure that
the evidence had proved one thing—viz., that the
prisoner at the bar was well acquainted with Thomas
I.llsop, and the fact of Allsop's passport being found
on Orsini was a strong paint in the evidence- The letter
of Allsnp found in the possession of the prisoner was a
direct instigation to assassination, and, coupled with the
raising of large sums of money by Ailee) through the
ipstrumentality of the prisoner, showed that there was a
strong identity of feeling between them. When he read
the letter of Allsop of the Ist of January which denounced
the Emperor "as an abominable miscreant" and " one
Who roust be killed" be felt a blush e f shame that an
Englishman, and one who bore an English name, could
write such a letter: Near the time of receiving
this letter Bernard purchased the nitric acid and
alcohol with which the fulminating powder was
made, and Pierri and Orsini proceeded to Bir-
mingham and purchased the revolt'-re, so that be-
tween the 1.6:11 of October and the 23rd of November
ice found the grenades, the fulminating powder to
barge thew, and the revolvers, in the possession of the
hree men, and everything complete with the exception
f forwarding them to Paris. On the 26th of the same
loignitoh, Orsini
ndoote drew
s,an a u i
gave
em of
three
m oonteyt, 01he4s8e2.0i1n.
notesßank to
he prisoner, and sortie of them to the man Pierri. On
he 29th of November, Orsini arrived in Brussels with
lls false passport, and the first thing he did was to for-
wa
rd the grenades which had been conveyed thither.
iThis having been acc itiplislied, Pierri and Orsini met
tat the Cafe Suisse. On the 11th of December, Orsini's
horse is conveyed to Paris, along with the grenades.
.On the 12th, Orsini was shown to be in Paris, with the
egrenades in his possession, and all in readiness for the pro-
jected attempt. A few days afterwards we find the four
persons Orsini, Pierri, Gomez, and Rudio, with the re-
volvers and grenades in their possession; and in corjtiec-
tion with these facts it must be borne in mind that false
names and false pretences had been used by all parties.
Oa the 21 of January Bernard changed one of the 201.
:notes paid to Orsini at the Bank to pay the carriage of
two revolvers to Paris. It bad been urged when the
prisoner alluded to the Emperor returning to London
he alluded to his corning as a refugee, and it was further
urged Unit that circumstance was strung proof that the
prisoner had no intention of taking part in the attempted
assassination, but if the jury were of that opinion they
woul 1, in accordance with the directions of the learned
judge, give the prisoner the benefit of the doul,t. If the
scheme was not an a'.te,npt at assassination what need
was there for Bernard to write, and he did on the
Bth of December to Outrequin introducing Orsini
as Allsop. Why should the fire-arms have been
sent to M. Outt equin with a false statement if
they were to be used fur legitimate purposes I
Why did all the letters point to a speedy return to Lon-
don and not cont sin one word in allu don to the general
rising in Italy, upon which so much stress had been
lmd ? Why should the grenades have been sent to
Paris when the cl seovery ea, almost certain ? Why, if
they were not wanted for some purpose in P.,ris, were
they not sent to a place where they would be more se-
core? He asked the jury, with every disposition to put
the most favourable construction on all the circnue-
stances, 'what other conclusion could they arrive at but
that of the assassination of the Emperor Napoleon ?
Before that period arrived, Bernard went to a wretched
ledgirig in Soho, and finds Rudio starving ; and there he
prevailed liven the unfortunate man to leave his wife,
his children, and the country in which he had sought
ehelter to start for Paris and assist ()salmi in contriving
sit that was necessary to enable them to carry the
despotic attempt into execution. He went with the
instruments upon him, and was taken into custody with
his ill-gotten wealth upon Lim.
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The prisoner here struck the front of the dock, and
with great energy exclaimed, "Non."
Lord Campbell put up his hand, and the prisoner
bowed and resumed his self-p s=ession.
The Attorney-General continued—Rudio
with Mfr. upon his person, although ten daysaionand
was
beforetaken
his wife and child were perishing from
di.tarrinv t
• g his ab-
otoooPhairmus
se
eoul cold.
12Bie rpnearr d
week,had nod obtainedthe hired
dhhai
is,s
shwaasidfsei a
neveruwoiennedtd Pier ri
to murder in cold blood persons wdeniabiyj
Such was the man
any harm. On his arrival be ton d
to
en.eies,t
hainndg that
wnst
so too
iftie•
assist in carrying
EntPio:annihebtinconptritnsouneetrowdeerael
the
ed
dOnr,aicinfiu,
iweirtihme whominto
obpeerrea
himself and the •
ethooatotrßyerinoardwhisceirtit
her the attempt Bernard had be. fellow-refugees.
come horror-stricken,
it°,ffence could. never have been carried
°ulcer: secretly with
111'w°72idtlhout the aid of agents in this country;
ere male here, the scheme was planned
The arms w
and the jury, he felt sure, would not lasi-
here, .
in bringing to condign puniihmisut the nay
intotain ,
execution
thistioo
twat' s) bad rendered that assistance, and who was the
prisoner at the bar. That was the teeetion for them to
decide, and that duty they would discharge, however
' painful it might be, fearlessly. If, after a deliberate and
mature consideration, there was the slightest doubt on
citihfoetyiu
al wteno oditeit 101.1 dehn
etoritarabtreehyon
utshrnheetotyruuyrhidna(ti
bhateeayvkteehwrnedoLure
ltioiori fentinuooinnt,
obedi-
ence
tthen,llguilty.e i r
ito i nn
ti
obediencehnßde uis
their
a verdict of guilty.
At the close of the Attorney-General's speech there
was a faint attempt at applause, but it was immediately
suppressed.
Lord Campbell—Let the court be adjourned until ten
o'clock to-morrow morning.

Sir Clifford and Lady Constable have arrived at
Clatidge's Hotel, from Burton Constable.

A BOY SAVIZD FROM DROWNING—On Thurday, about
4 o'clock in the afternoon, three boys were playing by
the ornamental water in the Regent's-park, and one of
them, the youngest, about 5 years of age, in attempting
to catch something out of the water with a small stick,
unf )rtunately slipped in. A young German, in the ems
pl )yment of T. P. Fearon, ;Esq., 1, Cutnberland-plaoe,
Rqent's-park, who was passing by the at the time, was
attracted through the alarm given by the two others. He
at once went into the water, and was just in time to NAYS
the poor boy, who was struggling for hie Met