The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-03 00:00:00

Cook then said he would serve every policeman he
met in the same way, that he wanted to be dis-
charged from his regiment, that he had had fifty
lashes, and could stand fifty more at any time.
Complainant had been confined to his bed ever
since the above attack.

Mr. G. Pearse, surgeon, 10, Regent-street, West-
minster, said that he was called to complainant im-
mediately after the occurrence, and although he
had seen him repeatedly before, he was so shock-
ingly disfigured that he did not know him. He bad
several severe injuries on the face and head, the
right side of which, with the ear, was one mass of
bruises ; his left eye was severely injured, appa-
rently by a belt. Complainant had not left his bed
till he came to this court to make his complaint.
It having been stated that the accused had been
confined to barracks until complainant was suffi-
ciently recovered,
Mr. Paynter said that the case was of so serious
a description that it ought to be prosecuted by the
Government, and conducted by some professional
gentleman.
The accused were then remanded for a week.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar General.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, Feb. 27,
1,288 deaths were registered in London, a number
which exhibits a slight increase on that of the pre-
vious week. In the 10 years 1848-57 the average
number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1,209 ; but as the deaths returned
for last week occurred in an increased population,
they should be compared with the average when
the latter has been raised in proportion to the in-
crease, a correction which will give 1,330. The re-
sult of the figures as stated is thtt the deaths in last
week wtre less by only 42 than those which would
have taken place by the estimated mortality. The
mean temperature of the air last week was 33.1
deg., which is 6 deg. below the average. In the
same week of February, 1855, the cold was con-
siderably more severe ; the mean temperature fell
to 261 deg., and the deaths in London rose to
1,604.
The total number of deaths in the last two weeks
were nearly the same ; they were 1,275 and 1,288;
and the numbers in the two weeks, in five distinct
periods of life, show also extremely little variation;
the deaths under 20 years of age were re,pectively
t 10 anti 609 ? those in the period 20-40 years, were
160 and 164 ; those in the next period, 40-60, were
201 and 204 ; at 60 to 80, 243 and 250 ; and
deaths at 80 years and upwards 61 and 57. Of the
57 deaths 9 wore those of nonagenarians, the oldest
t f whom was a widow, aged 94 years.
The deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs were iu the last two weeks 327 and 339 (the
corrected average for last week being 293) ; those
from bronchitis were 191. and 195 (the average being
151); those from pneumonia 102 and 105 (the ave
rage being 91). Phthisis was fatal iu the same times
in 158 and 146 cases. It appears, therefore, that
the observation which wrs made in the last weekly
report remains equally applicable to the facts ob-
tained from the returns of an additional week—
that, though the mortality of bronchitis is higher
than usual, the continuance of cold weather had not
been attended by a continual increase of the morta-
lity from pulmonary complaints.
The deaths from whooping-cough have exceeded
50 in each of the last six weeks ; those from measles
again rose last week to 57 ; the disease being chiefly
fatal in the east districts, particularly St. George-
in the-East, Limehoute, and Poplar. Scarlatina
carried off 53 persons, of whom 4 were adults ;
" diphtheria" is re. orded in 11 cases, either as the
primary cause of death, or as supervening on some
otbi r form of disease. Three young child! en died of
ihea:es, nil on the 2C1;,1 Feb., in t-13 t. crlc."lcuie at
Norwood. In addition to the 4 deaths from measles
in the St. Pancras Workhouse mentioneti last week,
five occurred in the same house from that disease,
as fo;lows :-3 on Feb. 16, one on the 17th, and
one on the 19th.

Last week the births of 924 boys and 868 girls, in
all 1,810 children, were registered in London. In
the N corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57
the average number was 1, 648.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer iu the week was 29.837 in.
The highest barometrical realing occurred on
Thursday, and was 30.21 in. The mean tempera-
tute of the week was 33.1 deg., and the mean daily
reading was below the average on every day, toe
extent of depression on the last three days having
been equal to 7 deg. or 9 deg. The mean daily
range of temperature in the week was 12.9 deg.
The highest reading of the thermometer in the week
was 44.1 deg. on Wednes lay : the lowest was 25.5
deg. on Friday, or 8.5 deg. below the freezing
point of water. On that day the highest reading
was 37.2 deg., and the mean 30.3 deg. The diffor-
enee between the mean dew point temperature and
air temperature was 5.6 deg. The mean degree of
humidity of the air was 77 : on Thursday the hu-
midity was only 67. Tile mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 37.2 deg., or 4 deg. above
ihat of the air. During the first half of the week
the wind blew from thesouth-east and east; during
the remainder from the north-east. No rain was
measured in the week.

THE YORKSHIRE COAL TRADE.—The metropolitan
consumers of coal are about to obtain a better article
from the South Yorkshire pits, in consequence of a con
cession made by the Great Northern Railway Company,
after frequent applications to the colliery owners of that
district. Tee quality of the coal hitherto sold indiscrimi-
nately at King's.-cross as " Silkstone" has varied consi-
derably according to the quality of the seam from which
it was obtained and the care exercised in dressing it ;
but, as no advantage accrued to the individual proprie-
tors of the different pits from either of these recommen-
dations, an obvious injustice was dote to the owners of
the best coal, and no inducement held out to any of the
proprietors to send their mineral to market in the best
condition. For the future, however, the coal is to be
sent out with the name of the colliery supplying it, and
the beneficial results of the change are already seen
1 in the grt ater pains bestowed on cleaning the coal
intended for the London market and the competition
excited among the colliery owners to bring their produce
into more extensive consumption in London and else•
where. The quantity of coal sent out from the South
Yorkshire district last year has greatly increased, as the
following floras will show :—Half-year ended Jun ,
1855, 151,270 tons; Dec., 1855, 270;485 tons; June,
1856, 304,650 tons ; Dec., 1856, 418,639 tons ; June,
1857, 433,983 tons ; Dte., 1857, 444,833 tons.
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THE LATE ATTEMPTED ASRASSEVATION
OP THE FRENCH EMPEROR.

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The following appeared in successive editions of The Sun
of yesterday : —j
Simon Bernard, who stands charged with being con-
cerned in the conspiracy for the assassination of the
Emperor Napoleon, was this afternoon again placed at
the bar, for the third time, before Mr. Jardine.
The excitement which the two previous examinations
produced bad no in the least abated, in fact i- teemed
to have greatly increased. The outside of the court
and the passages leading to the interior being crowded
with persons, mostly foreigners, anxious to be present
during the inve-tigation.
Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the Treasury, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr.
Leverson, defended the prisoner.
The first witness called to-day was M. Joseph de Georgi
I reside at Brussels I assist in keeping the Café
Suisse, in Tichbourne-street. I know the prisoner Ber-
nard. I have known him some time. I first knew him
in Brussels, in 1849, but I have not seen him in Lon-
don until the 16th of October, when he came in the
ordinary way to the cafe. I left London in Decem-
ber last for Brussels. I saw Bernard there two or three
days before I left. I recollect the prisoner asking me about
gas. He asked me if I knew anybody connected with gas
administration. I said I knew a Mr. Bremacker, a gentle-
man connected with the gas works in Brussels ; and he then
inventionsaid ht
he.sthdoaatplylpd:bi
cluiaktbeol
ent ottohi
seeafsto. He did not say anything fur-
therhl
following
gentleman, as he had a new
os
wing
evening
he brought five
pieces of iron, they were round --like an orange cut in two
--half a ball. They were hollow, there was nothing in
them. There was a hole in them for a screw. I did not
try to screw them together, but it appeared to me they
would fit each other.
Mr. Bodkin —Did you see small holes'in them besides
the one for screw ?
Mr. Sleigh objected to the question. It was leading
the witness.
The Magistrate—l think you can hardly object to the
question.
The Witness There were a number of small holes besides
the one I have mentioned. Bernard gave me the balls to
take to Brussels for a new invention in gas. He said,
" Take them to Brussels. An Englishman, who is at
Liege, will fetch them away in my name " I took them
with me in my carpet bag. On the Saturday following
this conversation I left London for Ostend and took the
balls with me in a carpet bag. I saw Bernard taking his
coffee in my house when I left. He did not say anything
to me. On my arrival in Brussels I went to the Cafe
Suisse. I arrived there about half-past nine. When I
arrived I carried the balls to the cafe. I placed them in
the smoking-room, on a table, with my coat and other
things. After supper I opened my carpet bag to take out
a handkerchief, and at the same time I took out the five
half balls and placed them on the mantel-shelf. I know
Mr. Regensz ; he saw those half balls on the shelf, and he
afterwards took them in his hand. Some days after Ber-
nard arrived in Brussels. He went into the room where
the half balls were. He asked me where the balls were,
and I pointed to them on the shelf. He said they must
not remain there, as it was a new invention for gas. I
removed them in consequence of that observation and
placed them in my bedroom. After this conversation
Bernard left the house. In a day or two after this Ber-
nard came again to the cafe. He said he had
come for the gas balls—that he wanted them as he was
going to the Column-gate. I wrapped them up in a piece
of newspaper for him, and he left. It was about half-past
3or 4 o'clock in the afternoon when this occurred. Some
few days after Bernard returned and brought the balls
with him, and also another ball in his hand wrapped up
in paper. The substances in the paper were larger than
those I took from England. They were of the same shape.
Referring to the paper parcel, he said, " They were made
iu the country.. He spoke again about the invention for
gas, and said one day he would make acquaintance with
Bremacker. I never went with him to that gentleman.
lie never made any further application for an introduc-
tion, bat said when he cane back to Brussels he would be
glad to make his acquaintance. He shortly afterwards
told me he was going to London, and the balls were re-
placed in my room.
Mr. Jardine—The large as well as the small?
Witness —Yes.
Mr. Bodkin—Did Bernard tell you what you were to do
with them ?.
Witness—Ffe told me to put them in my room, and give
them to a person who would take tb.rn home fo l'srii. Ho
hail previously told me he shuttle require a horse to be
hired for an Englishman. I had in my service in the
cafe at Brussels a waiter named Cassimer Zeighers.
It was ultimately arranged between myself and Ber-
nard that this person was to go to Paris with the
horse. After the arrangement was made he visited the
cafe, but not frequently. On the day following the con-
versation about the horse the Englishman arrived and
was sent for into the saloon. On entering I found Bernard
there. Another person was at one of the other tables.
Bernard said, pointing to the person, "This is the English.
men." This person was M. Orsini, I have known him from
comityg to the Cafe Suisse in Tichborne-street. At this
time he wore a long beard, but when I saw him on the oc-
casion I have spoken of in Brussels he had large whiskers,
but no beard. Orsini asked me if I had left London, and
I told him I had, and Orsini then said he was going to
Paris. Bernard and Orsini then shortly afterwards quitted
the house together.
Mr. Bodkin—As they were going out did they say any-
thing about the halls?
Mr. Sleigh—l object to the leading of the witness.
Mr. Jardine—The question is quite regular.
Witness—Bernard said, Give the balls to Cassimer who
is to take them to Paris." Orsini said he had to be at Paris
that day at half-past five at the Hotel de l'Europe. I in-
troduced Oassimer to M. Orsini when the hour for his de-
parture was fixed upon. I put the balls into the carpet
1 bas, but one of theta by accident was left behind. He
left about a quarter past five and returned to Brussels on
the following Sunday. After Cassimer had left I saw M.
Bernard several days after. After this occurrence I re-
collect two persons coming to my house—l did not know
either of them. One of them had a white beard all round
the face and the other a black.
Mr. Bodkin— Did one of them present you with a piece
of paper?
Mr. Sieigh—l object to further questions on this point
until they are identified as being connected with the pri-
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Jardine—The examination had better go on.
Witness—The one with the black beard gave me a piece
of paper, and in consequence of that I gave him the ball,
which was left behind. I have seen the one with the white
beard singe, at Brussels, before Captain Lebalmondiere.
Mr. Bodkin— What's his name?
Witness—l have forgotten.
Mr. Jardine—After you had been told he was one of the
persons to whom you gave the ball, did you recognise
him ?

Witness—l did not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—I reside at Brussels at
. the present time. I was first asked to come over and give
evidence on last Sunday week by the Imperial Procureur,
, at the prison where I was in Brussels. I had been there
26 days. It was at 11 o'clock at night that the police and
others came to,rny house and took me away, and charged
me as an accomplice in the attempt to assassinate the
Emperor, in having been concerned in carrying the balls
to France. The Procureur-General, attended by two
gen d'armes, put me in a carriage and took me to the
packet. I was accompanied on board by gensd'armes.
eTheyourr
eremaineded
at Ostend, but I was met there by a
cabinet, who brought me to Dover. I was
handed over from one to the other. The per son who
brought me to London is not living with me. I am now
with Sergeant Adams and Inspector Saunders. lam now
stopping at Morley's Hotel. There is a person in court
who is stopping with sue.
that hotel.
the witnesses that came from Brussels
Nobody prevents them going
where Mr.
stopping B odeaitn
hwhere they please. I know no more about the conspiracy
than I have told to-day.
M.
honest man, had been robbed of his
liberty because he bad helped him out of friendship. He
knew nothing of the matter. There were victims enough
tnss, an
that the witness, Bernard, in a most emphatic manner, here declared
p roprietor of the Cafe Suisse in
Brussels.
already— three in Paris and one here; and he did not see
why anyther person should be put in danger, It was
infamous. i
mopened. It was made of metal and
sometime Louis
perfectly well • he left my
house in December. He left a packet behind' him, which
was in the shape of a pear. It unscrewed in the middle.
I observed another hole at the top; at the bottom there
were smaller ones. I saw M. Bernard in the cafe, when
he said he had asked Mr. Georgi to put it
away, as it was
a new invention ; and I said I don't see how it is to econo-
miss the consumption of g"; and he said it is a new in-
vention. I recollect Caseirner being sent to Paris with a
e
horse. He left on Friday and returned on Sunday morn-
ing. I did not see him take anything with him.
Mr. Sleigh —Were you arrested in Brussels like M.
Geergi ?
Wi•ness—l was threatened with arrest.
Mr. Sleigh—Who threatened you with arrest at
Brussels ?
Witness—The Judge of Instruction.
Mr. Sleigh—Did he insist on your coming to England
to give evidence
Witness—No •
Mr. Sleigh—Who did then ?
Witness—A gentleman from the English Embassy.
Mr. Sleigh—You did not come here at your own expense?
Witness—No,
Jullien Fournarier.—l am a waiter at the Cafe Suisse.
I recollect Bernard coming to Brussels in December last.
The day after his arrival I saw two half balls. There were
some large ones some middle size and ono small one. They
were made of csst iron. I unscrewed one and examined
it. It was about 5 inches long and of an oval form. I
observed several holes at one end in it. There was besides
these holes at the other end a large screw, which I turned
a few times. There was nothing in the ball. I don't
know how they were taken away.
Mr. Sleigh—How large were the holes?
Witness—About the size of a quill.
Mr. Sleigh —The ball was smooth all round ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—you could see the light through the holes .
Witness—l don't know. I did not try.
M. Georgi recallel and in answer to Mr. Sleigh agreed
with the last witness with respect to tho size of the
holes. He did not hold the balls up to the light, so he was
unable to say whether the light could be seen through
them.
Cassimer Zeighers.—l was a waiter at the Café Suisse,
in Brussels, in December last. I engaged in Dscernber last
to take a horse from Brussels to Paris. Ido not recol-
lect the date—it was at the beginning of December. I was
employed to take the horse by a gentleman, who said he
was an Englishman, through the medium of my master.
I saw the gentleman in Paris. We started together from
Brussels. I carried some objects male in iron which M.
Georgi gave me. I cannot say how many there were;
there might be eight or ten —they were half balls. I car-
ried them in my carpet bag. I travelled in a cab to the
rail way station, and I was accompanied by the English-
man, whom I now know to be Orsini, and a M. Jour.lain.
the commissionaire of the Hotel ‘'s) l'Europe. Orsini tra-
velled by the same train as I did. I went in the box in
which the horse ,vas. I took the carpet bag inside the
horse-box. The curry comb was in the bag wi'h tho balls.
The train arrived in Paris between five and six o'clock in
the morning. The 13,,g, on the arrival of the
train, was opened by the Custom-house officers
who looked at them and allowed them to peas. Orsini
went to the Hotel Lille et Albion. He went in a carriage
and I followed him with the horse. On arriving at the
hotel I found Orsini there ; I took out the contents of the
carpet bag and placed it iu the passage and told the waiter
the things belonged to that gentleman. I afterwards went
to see my sister, and returned to the Ifotel. I did not see
Orsini there, but I saw him in the course of the evening.
He Paid me my fan bask, and 20 fano for my trodlv.