The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-09 00:00:00

PARIS.

COURT of PEERS, PALACE of the LUXEMBOURG.
TRIAL OF THE ♦CCUSED OF THE PLOT ♦ND INSURRECTIONS OF

APRIL, 1834.
[CONTINUATION OF THE SITTING OF WEDNESDAY.)
Our report of yesterday brought the proceedings down
to the retirement of the Court to deliberate on the demand
of the Procureur-General that M. Cavaignac be punished
for interrupting the proceedings of the Court.
In the absence of the Peers and the law officers of the
Crown—a period of at least four hours—during which all
judicial proceedings were of course suspended, the troops
stationed outside were ordered under arms as a measure of
precaution.
At about 20 minutas before five o'clock sa
huisseur an-
nounced the return of the Peers and the law officers of the
Crown, who had quitted the Court at a quarter before one ;
but at least another quarter of an hour elapsed previously
to their re-appearance. At this moment all the barristers,
with the exception of nine, quitted the benches on which
they had taken their seats. The President then, in a firm
tone of voice, read the following decision :—'• Considering
that facts of some gravity have taken place during the pro-
ceedings of this day—that several accused individuals, by
clamour, tumult, and violence, have impeded the course of
justice, in spite of the warnings of the President—the
Court recognizes the conclusions of the Procureur-General
with regard to the prisoner Cavaignac ; unites the incident
with the main question, that both may be judged at the
same time, and resolves that, in the event of new disorders
breaking out, the necessary measures shall be taken to
ensure the tranquillity of the proceedings, and the free
course of justice."
Immediately after the reading of the above, the Presi-
dent declared the sitting adjourned till tomorrow (Thurs-
day), at twelve o'clock.
The prisoner Martin demanded to be heard ; the Peers,
however, withdrew, and some further agitation was displayed
on the prisoners' benches. A military officer then suddenly
gave the word of command to the municipal guards, who
immediately marched out of the hall of audience with the
prisoners.
Adjourned at five o'clock.

COURT OF PEERS.—(THURSDAY, THIRD DAY.)
Contrary to the understanding, that the Court would sit
only on the Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Satur-
days of each week, it was intimated yesterday evening that
the proceedings would be resumed this day.
The outer doors opened at the usual hour (11 o'clock).
The approaches to the Palace, and the garden, were more
scrupulously guarded than yesterday. Patrols of the 12th
Regiment of Dragoons were to be seen, in addition to the
municipal guards ti cheval, and there wag an increased
seriousness of aspect perceptible among the military and
police officers, which indicated their having received fresh
and positive instructions to enforce order.
On entering the gallery, or shelf, accorded to the press,
we found all the other tribunes (galleries) empty. The same
observation applied to the benches of the barristers, wit-
nesses, and accused. It was not until half-past eleven
o'clock that the witnesses for the prosecution entered their
box. They were, I believe, the same individuals who had
previously figured in it, with the addition of two or three
lancers. At a quarter to twelve another detachment of
municipal guards entered from the side next the prison, and
were followed by the accused, from Lyons, who approached
and again occupied the front rows of the space reserved for
them. As on yesterday several wore blouses of coarse blue
linen or canvas, with glazed leather hats and red bands.
One of them wore a white blouse, and one, or two
wore the white waistcoat, a la Robespierre. The
Paris prisoners were next introduced, led, we may say,
by M. Cavaignac. They were dressed, as yesterday,
and in general wore casquettes (caps), some of them
displaying a little foppery, but the appearance, after all, in-
spired any thing but contempt, and suggested any thing but
ridicule. Their costume was, in some instances, fantastic ;
but their sufferings appear to have been borne by them with
a manliness truly respectable. The place which they
occupy in the Court is admirably calculated to set them off,
for, viewed from the exalted place to which we have
attained, they appear as if in the pit of a well lighted
theatre. There was evidently excitement among them, and
an air of pugnaciousness—a willingness "to show fight,"
that is, nevertheless, pardonable in a body of 120 men, who
have suffered 13 months' imprisonment, to the utter ruin of
the families and prospects of many of them. Gradually
the witnesses for the defence entered the box. Amorig
them was one woman said to be one of those attacked, and
who escaped narrowly being butchered by the ruthless 35th
Regiment, in the rue Transnonain.
At a quarter-past 12 the Peers entered, headed by
Marshal Mortier, who appears not to be popular. Their
names having been called over, the President intimated
that the proceedings were about to commence, when one or
two of the Lyons prisoners rose, as did at the same time an
elderly Advocate (in his robes), who having obtained leave
of the Court, proceeded to object, en limine, to the con-
stitution of the Court.
His principal object was to challenge the Peers who had
drawn up the indictment.
MM. Baune, Lagrange, and others called for leave to
offer some observations. As the President had consented
to allow M. Crivelli to speak, they expected he would grant
them the same favour before the bill of indictment was read.
M. Maillefer, of Marseilles, next rose and observed that
before the Attorney-General commenced reading the bill
of indictment, the Counsel they had chosen should be in-
troduced, otherwise they would be under the necessity of
abstaining from offering any defence. The question of the
competency of the Court, which was supported by a large
minority of the Members of the Court, should also be de-
cided, before the Court could take another step.
The President said that the question of the Counsel had
been settled on the first day, and should not again be
brought forward.
" Well," exclaimed the entire of the accused, " you will
have to try us by contumace. We are determined on making
no defence."
The declaration of the accused was made rather clamo-
rously, and the municipal guards, obeying the orders of the
Court and those of their Colonel, present at the audience,
compelled them to sit down.
M. Martin, the Attorney-General, then spoke at some
length on the question of competency ; and in answer to
M. Crivelli, who had invoked the Criminal Code, to jus-
tify the opinion he had expressed respecting the propriety
of excluding the Members of the Tribunal who had drawn
up the bill of indictment, ended by stating that the Court
was not bound to conform to the Criminal Code.
M. Crivelli cited a precedent in which the Court of
I'eers had adopted the course prescribed by the Criminal
Code, and stated, that having in one instance adopted it,
they could not with propriety depart from it in the present
case.
" That is your personal opinion ?" observed the President.
" No," exclaimed all the accused. "It is our unanimous

resolve "
M. Revershon then rose and called on the President to
consult his co-accused, and he would find that they did
not disown him.
M. Lagrange next spoke, and in the most energetic terms
protested against the manner in which the prosecution
had been conducted since the commencement. They were
torn away by force from their families, friends, and their
natural judges to be delivered up to an exceptional Com-
mission. The ruin of the fortune and health of many of
his co-accused had been completed by the rigours they had
had to endure. The regimen of the prison in which they
were confined was most barbarous ; they were often denied
even the consolation of embracing their fathers, mothers,
sisters, friends, and often could not consult with their Ad-
vocates. He also animadverted on the manner in which the
auditory was composed. Some privileged individuals, pro-
vided with tickets from their judges, were admitted to see
them as a curiosity ; but their parents, brothers, and friends,
and the people who were, in his opinion, the real republic,
were carefully excluded.
After again declaring that they had not the necessary
freedom in presenting their defence, he protested with all
his might-against the decision of the Court denying them
the choice of their Counsel.
A general movement here took place among the accused
who joined in the protest of M. Lagrange.
The President, unable to obtain silence, ordered the mu-
nicipal guards to make the prisoners sit down, which was
executed with a savageness they had not displayed in the
two preceding audiences.
M. Pasquier then ordered the prisoners to be forcibly re-
moved from the hall, and announced that the sitting would

be suspended for a while.
The removal of the prisoners was effected with conside-
rable confusion, the accused continuing to protest, as they
left the hall, against the tyranny of the Court. " Order
us at once to the scaffold!" exclaimed Lagrange. The sol-
diers literally pushed the accused out of the ball, and we
saw one of them lay violent hands on one of the sub-officers
of the cuirassiers, and the latter turning round and daring
him to repeat his violence. The Court was also cleared,
the Judges having retired into the Council Room.
At two o'clock the Court returned, and the President
read the result of their determination, which went to reject
the appeal of M. Crivelli.
M. Martin, of Lyons, begged leave to make some re-
marks. He went over the san•:e grievances exposed by M.
Lagrange, and protested, in the name of the Republican
party, against the tyranny of the Court, in denying them
the choice of their Counsel, and offered them his head,
which he said they might cut off, as they had already done
those of some of his political friends ; but he warned them
that their sentence would be branded with infamy by pos-
terity. The whole plot, he said, was gotten up by the
Government ; and the Judges were already predetermined
to convict.
No sooner had M. Martin sit down, than all the accused