The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-08 00:00:00

THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS IMPRISONED

IN NAPLES.

court opened
PROGRESS
the 30th
delay took place
OF THE TRIAL.
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The
again on Saturday morning,
January,
Some
posi-
tive refusal of Watt
him and bring hica
down
appear. They might, bind
would not come. It by violence, otherwise he
was not in a right st twas suggested that his head
ofF Fps.
his illness, and that tatia, as had been proved during
him to frenzy. It e 11" of force might drive
should be rep- was
sgreeds therefore, that he
preceed. I must as
111 and that the case should
subject to fits (the remindlast
you that Parks has been
earthquake), and ,rst he had on the night of the
since and in consequence Watt to this aberration of mind
After the usuil recommendation
of his confinement.
to moderation, the Attorney-General
of the President
concluded the readineerileY-General continued and
when began what is . of the " atto di accuse,"
the Neapolitan code. Each the
" interrogatorio" in
assent t 3 or correct Each prisoner is called on to
which are first or add to his former deposi-
tions,Baron N icotera was the first. If you don't hear
hear quite well, was
trarer, said the President. I
His depositions contained a full history of him-
back. He lutessectPseint of view, for some years
There were two great' and never belonged to them.
National, the Murat i tparties in this country : the
himself helonged to thes' and the Piedmontese. He
and it had been one of hie
He hated Muratism,
destroy it. He never li3
objects to anticipate and
wouldc fight against a domestic
sovereign, to put his
France had given her country under a foreign rule.
Pport to Muratism with a
view to extend her territory. Saliceti was at the
Hitherto England had
baffled the attempt, but Muratism numbered many
followers, and would yet succeed. The Piedmon-
tese party was small. He
acknowledged his full
participation in the conspiracy
on vial, and in trying to fight fur which they were
against Muratism
he believed he bad done well ee
On the conclusion of one of the depositions Nico
!. his country.
tern rose, and with great emotion said—Signor
President, that was never read to
it is false.
Procurator- General—We do not ;
" testimonianza" to the " atto e• t require any
accuse which
has been received by the court ; the e documents are
all in the chancery.
Nicotera, however, still persisted •
in saying that
the document was false.
The President showed as much indu 1
gence as he
' could to the prisoner, but the
Procurator-General
insisted on the depositions being read without any
farther interruption.
You may now add anything yo
u like, said the
President.
Nicotera then banded in a paper to the
the Procu-
rator-General, which contained, he said
culpation of the cew of the Cagliari' , a full ex-
and a report
of the abuses to which they themselves
subjected. The Baron demanded that had been
the paper
should be read to the court.
Procurator-General—lt cannot be read ; it is
contrary to the law.
It would be as well to read it as let •
et be spoken,
said the President.
Procurator-General—l demand that the
be kept within the limits of the law, andt prisoner
.hat silence
be ob3erved.
The President then rang his bell, andathe
retired to censider whether the Paper rei ht judges
I believe that it could not b© legally e! d
be read.
a
; and it
would have been better if Nicotera had
,confined
himself to his right of speaking. Part IV.,
~' Laws
of Procedure in Penal Causes," sect. 257
wards the President shall ask the accused if hAf ter-
anything to observe in his defence in. regard toe has
acte" (depositions) • . Sect. 258 say-, ._ c,
The the
answers of accused, whether they confirm .modify,
expla'n, or retract any of the contents shall b
tin ed." The full right of speech is thereforee regis-
corded to the pi isoner by the Neapolitan law.
On ac-
corded
the return of the Judges, after a long absence
it was stated that the reading of the document e
not be permitted, but that a condensation had
could
been
made, and should be read and registered, if Nicotera
approved. -
This abstract was read,.stating in very
ry wide and
general terms that the prisoners had
suffered great