New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-05
DEMANDS ACQUITTAL IL FRANCE

BERNARD's ACQUITrAL IN FRaNCE
PARIs Sunday evening".
/. is impossible TO describe the stupefsc1on 10 w
ernmeLt circes occasioned by the verdict OF tue Juy
in Bernards case. The MonitsUr, which al me week
has given full reports Of the trial. nov s1Es n seue
and does not even publfh the elegaphc news OF Tue
result. This abs.ention as 10 matter OF rae, 3 cnt
sh in the extreme, but it il very charsc'et's-',
syDp.(m Of the situation" Amid the Jury az
v.xstCn which the announcement prooaceu q. ~. .ue
Tuerits il was impossible 20 decide at onc' upon the
WY in which the matter was TO be offci,iY repre-
sents TO the French public Whether indisnat?I
indifference or expectation Of help from tne Brt.a
Legisa,ure are to be exhibited, il yet do1bil ne
suiprie sttte yertcs at least a. great as the Dis
appointment. Tie worst that was expected was ma
Alter verdict OF guilty upon the facts, the hiieen
Judges uld have declared thai the Ac' oil Ee9Ise
~ did not apply to the case, and then the Ministry
would have had a far ground for t'kng the
Parliament to suppy ca'us omfssEs IN Ieg i'Hoh'
Blu. better thar thi. ives hoped ior ris ,.o ~
Government writer IN the L0ra OF o'"5 I5
tays: "If verdict Of guilty be returned, LORD
"D.iby = Government feels confident that LORD camp
bell and the Judges will find means 70 pss scap!ta
"serteLce Lord Campbells zeal and loysty II me
matter are highly approved Of Tnis is ceraniyg
foul bel upon Lord Campbell and the JIG 1ges ana,
should hope, upon Lord DeIby's Government also;
But the thorough independence % English Courts snd
JuIes scarcely be realized by French Innd.
However, in the present state OF the case the u uu
ground for calling for an alteration in the Jaw OF &c
gland II cut away. The verdict OF the jury soows
that the presumed hiatus in cur avs is not proved to
have set arisen. Our legislators must look az any sp-
plicaton for satisfaction the part Of the French
Government ia prec.5ely the same light that t would
have done if Bernard had never been accused rs hn
accessory 20 murder. NJ. Edwin Jamess speech ie
a great political event. The home truths WIc1 ne
proclaimed nLder the sense o. trespons without
rebuke by the Judges will produce more effect 10 Eli
rope than thousand leading articles ia newspapers.
Ffepchmt who can read English are hocking today
to all the ling rooms and cafes where Englsh Jo,-
lie nh g. NJ M.
speech OF course only gerbed version of Is given
ia the Frech papeis. The De6atS honestly says that
Il general tone Of the speech such that il canao
venture to pint ii at ali. The Ia1toendzacc Beige
tays:
we h.l compelled spIre,ss pat o ts eloquent defense
anse feMto bins oarye within The Pu-iew Of tie
penal legislation in country Icsrns Gbc against
foreign Soycrcisns.
Concpondence Of Tns L ndoI Tines
paris Monday. April l9-6 p. M
The InirerS is the only Iurlal which, up II :he
present III en feels affects anger at the resul. OF
Inc trial Of BerIaId. One has only 70 cas. glance
the short GYtcle which suboin t. perceive THAI
this Clearing passion 10 tatters Is merely aiecta
tion The gross ignorance Il berays, rs wei n the
insoeLce Of lis tore sufices to indicate the source OF
It's instirat'op If we may believe the Enrs, i: was
Beinaris blood that wac demanded at any cot, and
rot Justice. Whether his guilt was proved or not
noimIg in fact but bis head could satisy the LAt-
GERS. Tie accused has beeh tried the evidence
against him Is not such as to satsfy Bftsh lury.
Were that jury to vOla,e ther oaiis and hnd & ysr
diet OF guilty. DO' DtleNlUC MIN - Dc Inc
Judges ard Jury will not, fancy, be much affected by
the abuse the niUers There are parties no conb',
whom il seeks TO please and whose taste us lang ase
completely uits, but there can be 10 douot o. ,le
hishsst parsonage in the State dlsappr0Ilnc II. NO
one, no Englishmap, has ever pronounced warmer
eult gy the m de OF procedure III he Engst urls
Of Justice; none has more warmly praised tne admin
stration Of Justice in England. the dependeEee
81 courage OF ar English ldry, ana the purity of En-
gIsh Judges ii all his Majesty Napoleon ii! He is
merely theoretical knosledge: he speaks AZ one
who has Witnessed al he aduires. lie sac;
slond wRtr, the judges are iepadrt genera
y respected unls. lrom ssaast which + Is I'M
iSe HoDey G,nea DOE. NOT rtisre p very cIor
sy S w, Of r ,e 6Uaa @ n b also h, H. M
eIty ofhc subject less risk Of being violated b.; it ~
m he laws se sxecu,ed the maancr in which Government
.x.rc Authority. Authority IL England 10 carried
away by rsson IL er mo 'a and ey a., 81,
could fiji whole pages with extracts from hs Ms
jestyr works the supeIirl'y OF Lsgliud M the i'd
nnisratien OF Justice aud the saegu ards Of pr-ons
liberty over sLy ether county lr,er The trirr' 70
them il i'll fine that tire aguet person who u most
interested in TIE piesen affair thinks II very dsr
ept manner. There is 10 reason TO believe tGa' he
Msiesty has ged his opinions slhoe ISJI.
AS for the hurrahs which seem 10 Rave sngersd .-e
Unr6rs 10 much they were, perhtpa SOFT OF reply 10
the flensive addresses ard men aces % the COLONEL
which. fear. are not yet forgotten
II Juld be incorrect to take the C4ifers as the IN.
teIpitter Ct public opinion here ia tie % Bay
raId With tie excer tor OF the mast rampant anti
Euelisb euaIkebe for ignorance and pre- 1dces the
feeling generally speaking, seems Il oe that The
cused had perfectly fair tria, and that tie Jury
decided On the evidence brought before them can
disc. Ver OF that passion, noLe ot ttai rage al
itcttd by the JRcsrs, and certainly none OF rs nso-
lcrce. lie generality OF people seem TO agree with
the Emperor in his estimate Of English tribunals. ard
the remarks Of persons to each other before the
trial closed war, Whatever happens, be sue taa.
an English Jury viii do justice"
Tie P0frf, comments on the scquttSl Of Bernard
with much moderation; ana the o;aer journals me
silent Tie following Is the article Q! The tAtrtrs:
Az Eugli.h Jury has soqi,-ed Simon Bernard The IN.
ssh reope hsve st1ed with hrrhs cJwurg al Of the
troceeJig The English Judges though compiled r;au
lie cands 4 his acqui,iAl, by admitting him 20 tail d. all
ccnEe is al csg1siing Nothing wanting While
to- s wss pfoc. cdng MszIiu pybs pamphlet which
coIi,d y several papers, AID l. whh AID insults
Against the Emperor exceed lie mos Ie'ops language which
the refugees previously sed II ne Lps 'h Gsy"Hmsn,
ion Il Il wished such result. IN that The I1 b..
bcr The or.,r Of il. 5ea l. eiine' csse innee
for ntr axe the pois o. modem ciy general
Betw, IN TWO woIfl fi.uoly nAons d.ci..
the question 20 the d.;m-u. OF toe
@ -, of Vi. s.s.,in Thi. il Ii. last feaur, ,pJ ore -
mos lkable Fl FuroleaL policy IL h' lsiL
he ,ucid and add that in the real position OF sa.i,. he
Infamous b. the Loneon Ffsfo'l spear - u a
Of psy,r isucd fiantner Of the Dse De Msskh1f ~ ~
r,ius ly II ihcii dbPsy q ily.;y ;he., compliment.
simon Ben ard wcIe the heart q kus.AId herself
The Pars Corr, spcndent of The Globc saws " A. to
file acquts Of SIMON Bernard whatever be Toe :sel.
under eoarie.;es, the grea. mass Of Parsians o
" rather pleased thar othe.wise, o. ia az car
" gather
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