Star.
London, England, 1819-05-17 00:00:00

COURT OF ASSIZE AT PARIS•

TRIM; OP CANTILLON AND MARINST. FOR
WIIRACY TO ASSASSINATE TDUNGTON.-THIRD SITTING, MAYI3.K EOF
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A 'Young refugee of Brussels, called Lowy, from
whom much was expected-, appe.red as a witness.
After a great deal of circumlocution, in which he
took much pains to acquit the refugees at Brussels
of the plot intended to be charged against them by
M. Van der Foss, the Procureur-General there, be
stated, that some days after the news arrived of the
blow having been struck, Marinet pointed out to him
a French Officer, and said—" There is'one to whom
the proposition was made to fire the pistol, and if it
had been him, it would not have missed?
All this Marinet denied having uttered.
Lamy was then questioned as to Marinet's having
made this proposal to the Officer ; but the Counsel for
the latter contended that this was going further than
the evidence of the witness charged him, and if he had
made it at all, it was conjectural.
Lamy owned that he had been on terms of inti-
macy with Marinet, whose society and conversation
pleased him much; but that Mariner's intimacy with
Lord Kinnaird was a thing he never liked. The
French refugees at Brussels. said the witness, had an
unfavourable opinion of his Lordship; they sus-
pected him of being placed there as a spy on their
actions. It was even reported that it was in order
to deceive more effectually that he had pretended to
quarrel with Lord Wellington. It did not appear na-
tural that he should court the society of the French
with so much earnestness, that he should be lauding
them on all occasions, and exalting them above his
countrymen, even wbea the battle of Waterloo was
in question.
The witness was proceeding to state other facts re-
lating to Lord Kinnaird, which being' denied with
great indifference by Marinet,
Lamy turned to him and said-4, What, you still ex-
culpate Lord Kinnaird—you seem still to be his dupe."
Marinet answered, with tears in his eyes—" That
is possible; but, if I was inclined to do it, I could
shew that this should not be my place here."
The ADVOCATE-GENERAL urged him to disclose
on the spot.
Marinet, with great emotion—" You may condemn
me; but when my body shall be cold, it is then you
will be convinced of my innocence!"
The next witness was M. Deniez, a Clerk, who
pretended to have knowledge, through the ager.cy
of the Police, of the guarantee given to Lord Kin-
naird and Marinet by the Duke of Wellington. He
added, that when questioned at Brusselt by the Pro-
cureur-General he was threatened with being thrown
into prison, because he refused to criminate Marinet;
and finally, that the Judge of Instruction at Lrussels
had expressed an intention of arresting Lord Kinnaird,
from which he. was diverted by the Procureur.
After hearing some more witnesses, as to the pecu •
nary condition of 1-arinet and Cantillon, whose tes-
timony seas not important, Julie Fremont, the Man-
tua-maker, was introduced. She deposed, that her
acquaintance with Cantillon commenced by meeting
him at midnight mass, on Christmas Day, 1818.—
Having, in the former interrogatory, denied that
Cantillon slept at her house on the night of the 10th
or 11th of Februntx,4l declared now that she rather
inclined to think he did sleep there. She was also
deterred from speaking the truth in the first instance',
• by the threat of the Prefect of Police, who intimiated
to her that if it was established that he bad slept
there, it would necessarily include her as an accom-
plice. She repeated what she had said before of
having seen money with Cantillion, and that it was
'from his own mouth she heard the circumstance of
the attack upon the Duke of Wellington. On that
occasion he frequently repeated, It is not I—it can
never be said that it was I—if it had, I should not
have missed."

Cantill9n recollected this saying, but he denied
some of her statements.

The PnEstriEmr remarked to the witness, in allu-
sion to her vindication of Cantillon, that her memory
was either very treacherous, or it was wilfully so.
Fremont defended herself by saying, that she was
agitated at her first examination.
Cantillon undertook to account for this variation,
by ascribing her first evidence to the evil councils of
Eugenie Desfontaines, who worked upon her through
the agency of her fears.
M. CLAVEAU asked the witness if she had ever seen
Cantillon in a coat with yellow buttons, or with
moustaches? to which she replied she had not.
The Sitting was continued to six in the evening,
with a view to hear the other witnesses.

During the Sittings, many Members of the Corps
Diplomatique were observed to be present. Amongst
these were the Danish Ambassador, and Lady Stuart,
wife of the English Ambassador.
It is believed that the Advocate General, and the
defendants, will to-morrow address the Court.
FRENCH CRIM. Cox.—Wednesday the Tribunal of
Correctional Police, at Paris, resumed the considera-
tion of the charge against Madame B. and Dr. It.
for adultery. M. BERRYER, jun. was heard at con-
siderable length, en behalf of Dr. It. and M. PAR-
QUIN, in reply, for the husband of Madame.B. when
the ATTORNEY GENERAL once more demanded the
sentence of the Court. After the Court had retired
to deliberate for an hour-and a half, it adjudged Ma-
dame B. to undergo an imprisonment of three
months, and Dr. R. to five months imprisonment.—
Dr. It. was, besides, to pay a fine of 600 francs, and
the expenses were ordered to be paid by the parties.

Tuesday twenty-one Mates and:Midshipmen passed
their examination for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval
College, Portsmouth.
Messrs. BELLAIRS and GEDDES, who came home
Acting Lieutenants in the GRASSHOPPER, have been
confirmed in their rank by the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, and the formerhas been appointed to the GRASS-
HOPPER. Mr. ARCHIBALD PETRIE is appointed Pur-
ser of the Ordinary on the Lakes in Canada.
LADY CASTLEREAGH'S OPERA BANQUET.—On Sa-
turday night the above distinguished Lady opened
her elegant mansion, in St. James's-square, the third
time this season, with her sumptuous banquet, after
the Opera. Her Ladyship is attended on these oc-
casions, by her fashionable friends, without any pre-
;fi'ous invitation, eighty covers being regularly laid.
The banquet consisted Or every delicacy season,
With the choicest of wines. At twelve o'clock the
entn*y began to arrive, And at one o'clock near
twa hundred were assembled.