Star.
London, England, 1817-09-17 00:00:00

ASSICSINXIAN OF M. FUAILDES.

Of this trial, which has excited more general and
deep-felt interest than any other of the kind that ha.
occurred in France for a series of years we now re
sume the proceedings from the Paris Papers received
yesterday :
COURT OF ASSIZES OF VAVEYRON.

SITTINGS O THE 23D, 21.T11, AND 2.5 TH AUGUST.
MAIMM MAZCON'S LET I'ER •I*HE PREFECT.
" It I could fur an instant have doubted your goodness towards
me, the proofs you gave me yesterday, at the house of the Pre.
t, would have removed them, and they are such as will never
be obliterated from my memory. I observed iu your eyes the
elms, of your sensibility, and the Interest you felt for me and for
my father, and you have s right to expect that l should make a
confession. But who besides M. d'Estournel has a sight to my
confidence? Yuu would have my secret ; I agree to it ; it shall
soon be public. Soon you will, perhaps, be inclined to solicit my
pardon. I promise you every explanation of the phrases which
you think obscure in my letters. You will know the cause of my
agitations, which last night were stronger than ever. You evil;
know my character, which no one yet knows, and which I have
hitherto lakes, little trouble to snake known; for, if the whole
world pas•es its judgmept upon me, I shall judge it its return.
" I passed the evening with the President, M. Plantade, and
another Judge. 1 said no;hing to them; a single word escaped
from me iu a moment of exasperation, which seemed to sir he
the President. I stopped myself. l was told that I should not
have to appear before the Tribunal to-day; but as I was ap-
pointed to be there, I must be ready at nine o'clock. I would
have the honour of seeing you when you shall think proper; do
not despise me; believe that I do not merit your contempt ; yours
would be a torment to me. I ask you to be secret till I shall be
permitted to speak so you ; promise me that you will not skew
my letter. But you will not believe, nevertheless,l swear to you
that I will tell you the truth. What a dreadful night! How
heavily the hours drag to the unhappy who are doomed to count
them ; and my child sleeps peaceably by my side ! I am con-
demned to lose him; I see it, but I cannot evade it.
" a. stAsom."
After reading the letter the President communi-
cated the examination :

The Prebident to Madame Manson :—Tell us', Ma-
dame, who the woman was that was found in Ban•
cal's house ?—Madame Manson—l declare that it
was not me; every thing leads me to think that it
was a woman who had taken my name. M. Cle-
mandot ought to be justified ; it has been said that
he had a woman at }lance's house a 1 motioned it
to him in a tone of pleasantry. M. Clemandot told
me—" Let it be supposed that it is you ; you would
it you knew the consequence it is to use to have it
so I Come, avow it." I said to him, •' Very well,
it was me." Since then, I have never seen M. Cle-
mandot ; he has blamed me for coming forward as
a witness.

The President —But how does it happen that every
thing yon said to your cousin Rodat, before you had
spoken to M. Clemandor, agrees so exactly with what
you said to the latter ?—Madame Manson—All that
M. Rodat has said is true. I spoke to him about n,
because I had heard it mentioned.

Well ? You are forcing me to a dreadful confession.
The President again exhorted Madame Manson to
declare the truth, and asked her if she had not been
told that if she should make the same declar.ation to
the Court that she had made to the Prefecture, she
would ruia Jausion sbe replied.
Was not that done by his order ?—No.
But who was it that told you so ?—That I will
never tell.

The President again addressed her—Look, said he,
into the bottom of your heart ; listen to the voice
which now addresses you l--What would you basic
me say when my confessions will accuse myself t I
said truly when I told you that I had nut been at
Bancal's house, and that I did not see the crime
committed.

Bui did you not know the woman Mho was there
—No.

How then could you say yesterday that Bastide and
Jausion were criminal am ignorant that Jausion
was an accomplice In the murder of M. Fualdes.
The President —How was it then that you said
yesterday to Bastide, ts Confess, unhappy man I"
And to Jausion, si You do not know me ?"
Mad.tme Manson—Ask Bastide and Jausion, if
they knew that I was to be a witne►s till the very day'
they were brought before the liribunal t
Jaution.-1 did not know it till the list of witnesses
was handed to me.

The President to Madame Manson—Why do you
ask that question ? Is it not because you are ac-
quainted with every thing ?—I received an anony-
mous letter, which I believe to have been sent by
Madame Pons.

The President—How then does it happen, since
you are not the female who WAS at Bancal's house,
and since the accused are reported to have known it—
how comes it, I say, that you are so circumstantial ?
You have held rendezvous, and have received ano.
nymous letters : why were they addressed to you in
preference to another ?—You are silent I
Madame Manson—What would you have me say?
am about to furnish you with arms against myself.
I am about to prove to you that I was there, and yet
I was not there. There is a witness who swears that
the daughter of Bancal has received a piece of stuff for
a bonnet, and that piece is similar to a dress of mine.
The President—No witness has sworn to that ?
It will be sworn to.

The Attorney-beneral—Did you not ask some one
yesterday, if he thought Jainism guilty ? That per-
son having replied to you that he believed him to be
so, did you not say to him. •' It is but too true ?"
I do not recollect such a thing.
The President then spoke to Madame Manson of
the visit she last made to Bancal's house, in the pre-
sence of the Prefect and M. Julien. He asked her,
whether, on entering the little closet by the side of
the kitchen, she did not say that it was there she was
shut up ?—She• replied, that it was wringing from
her a dreadful confession.

The President—That is the oath of which you
have spoken have said nothing &.out it ; I told
them that the eensequences would be upon themselves,
but that I would never be inbtrumeatal in bringing
to the bcalfuld one that had saved my life. I did not
take this oath : it I had taken such an oath I should
nut have believed myself to haw beep bound by it,
because it would have been writng from me by vio-
lence and by assts ins who could have no power over
toe.—Madame Manson ended by saying, that every
lung she had said elsewhere was incorrect, but that
before the Court she had spt ken the truth, because
►he was free.

M. Faitldes requested the President to 'al Madame
Manson it she d►d nut sleep from her own house on
the night of the 19th March?—Madame Manson an-
meted, that she dept at home on that night.—At
wLaolkotir did she return home?—! ss pot out the

whole evening.—lei. tualdes incifitecl, and Mae
Manson denied it. M. Ff/tallies referred to the de)
sition of Victoire.—&That does not accord • ith
declaration giro at the Prefecture.—Did •ou
pass some p.l7Fof that night under the pa. of
Ancient Convent of the Annunciation ?—`' •
that I then said is raise ; I now speak the truth.
Several witnesses of respectability then derr,e,
;same conversations held wilt Madame M Aso:),
which she bad said, that it she were to declare all
knew, it would convict them all.
The Marechal de Camp Devenier.s declared,
tithe end of the Sitting yesterday, N adarn
seemed much agitated ; that, have ,4 fixed her r
upon the prisoner Bastide, she appeared Irighte
aid exclaimed, .1 What a look that miserable

darts toward me." I endeavoured to rally her lltt,
and told her that if she knew any thiog, she
to declare it. 4, Never," she replied. The Gar.
added : last night, on placing the guard ne.tr
Lady's apartments to secure her against every sein
danger. without trenching upon her personal libel
she suddenly said, 4, General, why did I not know)
sooner ? When I once speak, I shall require a guard.