The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-22 00:00:00

EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.

The long•anticipated trials of the libels on the Emperor
of the French took place this morning in the Coma of
Queen's Bench. There was scarcely any ibterebt evinced
in the proceedings.
The first case taken was that of the

QUEEN V. TRUELOVE.
After the jury had been sworn,
The Attorney-General said he rejoiced to have to an-
nounce to them that they would not be called upon
to lay the indictment. The prosecution was instanced by
the late Government, and proceeded with by the present
Government, in consequence of the publication of certain
pamphlets containing passages intended, as it was
thought, to convey to evil-minded men the crime of assasi-
nation and murder. 11,3 felt it his duty to submit this
case to a jury of Englishmen to endeavour to prove that
the law of England, which they sat their to assist in ad-
ministering, and to the the people cf England, of whom
you form a part, would never tolerate or endure the
dissemination of doctrines which ought to bo rej4eted

and denounced with disapprobation and digust by every
patriot in every country, and by every honest man
throughout the world, and to endeavour to prove that
the Sovereign of France, the faithful ally of England,
was as well entitled to the protection of onr laws as any
English gentleman or any English prince ; but I learn
with great satisfaction from my learned friend Mr. James
that his client, whom there is no reason to doubt
was a respectable tradesman, and the father of a large
family, was ready to deny, in unqualified terms, and
without reserve, that he never intended or desired,
directly or indirectly, to countenance or encouraze the
crime of assassination or murder, and that he was ready
to explain his regret that any such misconception should
have arisen upon any publication which he has been a
party to the sale. Such a course, he considered, did
honour and credit to the defendant man Englishman, a: d
he (the Attorney-General) accepted the assurance, whin.:
he bad no doubt would be freely and frankly given on
behalf of the defender, that the publication of these
libels had ceased, and would not be renewed. Under
these circumstances be had no objection to the jury re-
turning a verdict of not guilty.

Mr. James said he had not the least hesitation so
stating that he had advised his client to disavow on
his part, and indeed it would have been the defence
bad the case proceeded, that there was no intention on
the part either of the writer of the pamphlet entitled
Tyrannicide—ls it Justifiable ?" or of the publishing
to• incite to the commission of assassination or murder.
So far as the defendant was concerned, he, as the pub-
lisher, believed it to have been a dissertation on the
abstract question, and he never in any way sanctioned
or intended to do so, the commission of assassination or
murder. With reference to the other part of the case,
relative to the further non-publication and sale of the
work, it was right to state that when be (Mr. James)
and his learned friend, who were retained for the de
fence, were consulted on the case, Mr. Truelove
was afraid that he would be surrendering some
of the first and most valued privileges of the
freedom of the press if, believing as he die,
that the pamphlet was a mere dissertation or treatise
on the abstract question, he entered into any engage-
ment not to publish any more of them. He James)
took the responsibility of representing to Mr. Truelove
that these pamphlets were probably liable to misconcep-
tion, and their being published at a time when there was
an irritation between two great nations, which every
right-minded person must wish to see firmly and ever-
lastingly allied together in bonds of amity and good fel-
lowship, imprudent ; and that by abstaining from selling
them or publishing them he would not be sin rendering
any of the privileges of the freedom of the press. Mr.
Truelove acted upon that representation, and had ever
since refrained, and would refrain, from publishing or
selling a single copy. He hoped that would be satisfac-
tory to all parties.
Lord Campbell said it was satisfactory to find that the
jury would not be called upon to give a verdict in this
case of not guilty. There could be no doubt that the
publication in question was a libel, and had it been pro-
ceeded with, it would have been his duty to have in-
formed them, if the facts were proved, that a publication
having a tendency to incite to the commission of assas-
sination or murder was a libel, and that sending it forth
to the world was a libel also in paint of law, when be
had no doubt they would have discharged their duly be
finding the defendant guilty. It would be a re-
proach to the laws of this country, and of every civilised
ccountry in the world, if the laws permitted a publica-
tion of this kind to be published with impunity.
The liberty of the press required no such license,
and it wag only brought into repute by the
publication of such works. He bad no doubt the dc-
fendaat had acted with the utmost propriety, and hs
must say the learned csunsel who represented the def n-
dant had so acted in his address to tke jury, in ente►i
into .an engagement that this publication should no
►onger be sold in any part of the United Kingdom.
He gave no opinion on the publication other than to say,
that it was a publication that ought no longer to be cir-
culated in England.
A verdict of not guilty was accordingly taken.
THE QUEEM ♦. STANIELLIIS SCHORZEITSEI.
Another jury having been impannelled,

The Attorney-General said that was alsoa prosecution
instituted by her Majesty's Government against
the defendant for libels on the Emperor of the
French. It was unnecessary for him to repeat what
he had stated in the other case, as prob ,bly they were at
that time in court ; but it was enough for him to say,
et-pecialy as the defendant was a foreigner residing in
the country under tho protection of our laws, that these
laws, whilst they permitted unrestrained freedom of
opinion in the country in reference to public men and
measures, would not permit, and he trusted never would
permit, sanction, or tolerate the publication of anything
countenancing assassination cr murder. He understood
the defendant, who had placed himself wisely and
honourably in the hands of his counsel, Mr. James, was
ready, as in the last case, to pledge himself before a Bri-
tish jury, and in the face of the British people, that he
had no object or intention in the publication of the letter
complained of to incite any oue to the commission of any
crime ; that he regretted the paper, to the publication of
which he became a party, should have borne the can
struction that had subjected him to that prasecntion
and that be agreed, as in the last case, to leave its pub:
lioation altogether, and, in consequence he (the learned
Attorney-General) under the circumstances, also con-
sented to a verdict of not guilty in the case.

Mr. James, on the part of the defendant, said the
libels complained of were published in a letter addressed
to Parliament and the Press, by Felix Pyat, Beason, and
A. Talandier, well-known exiles in this country. It was
originally published in Frerch, but afterwards transla'ed
into English, and on the part of the defendant, Le (Mr.
James) made the same arrangement as in the last caFe.
In publishing the pamphlet in question, the defendant
had no intention to incite assassination or murder, and
acting under the advice of his counsel, he was ready to
adopt the suggestion, and undertake that no more copies
of the letter should be published or sold by him.

Lord Campbell said the learned counsel for the de,
fendant had given him very sound and discreet advice,
and defendant had acted very wisely in acceding to the
proposal that was made to Lim ; but as he was a fo-
reigner, he (Lard Campbell) would only add, what be
had before observed, tbat it was the glory of this country
to afford an asylum to proscribed and per-ecuteci indivi-
duals for politics! cffeeces from all parts of the globe, but
those who found an asylum here must bear in mind
that whilst they enjoyed the proteccion of the laws of
England they were bound to obey them, and whatever
was a crime in any of her Majesty's subjects was a crime
for which they were liable, if committed by them whilst
they were residing in the United Kingdom. lie hoped
it would be borne in mind that foreigners could not con-
spire in this country with impunity against the laws
of foreign princes in friendly alliance with this country.
A verdict of not gully was al: o taken in this case,
and the proceedings terminated.

General and Lady Mary F( x have recently arrived at
their residence at Kensington, after an absence of stveral
months on the Continent.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.--The Government emi-
grant ship Alfred, 1,278 tune, Captain Cossey' sailed
from Liverpool on Thursday, the 17th inst., for More-
ton Bay, New South Wales, in charge of Surgeon-
Superintendent J. Hayden Brownfield, with 76 married
couples, 126 single men, GO single women, 38 boys be-
tween tne ages of 1 and 12, 42 girls between the same
ages, six male infants arid 10 Linale, making a total of
434 souls, equal to 378 statute adults.
We (S:rthern Whig) un_derAtand that Mr. William
Shin .man Cra,..furd has heen surAmoned to appear be-
fort the parliamentary committee at present iuvertigal-
lug the distress in Donegal, for the purpose of giving
evidence on the question. Mr. Crawford left town last
night (Wednesday) for London. We. anticipate that be
will be able to lay some important reformation before
the committee.