New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-30

The trial of Simon Bernard, for completely in
OrsiDi's attempt to assassnate Louis Napoleon,
was commenced at London before Special Com
mission, presided over by Lord Campbell, on the
10Th inst. Five days were consumed by the evil
dence and the summing up, and Lord Campbell
was to charge the jury at 10 o'clock Of the day on
which the Arabia left Liverpool. Toe trial had
excited the greatest interest the assembled crowd
OVERLOOKING from the courtroom into the street.
The London newspapers report the proceedings at
length, but, in compliance with the suggestion Of
Lord Campbell, abstain from comments during the
progress Of the trial.
Originally an Indictment had been found against
tie prisoner for conspiracy to murder; but the
indictment upon which tie present trial was had
contained FIVE counts, in the first three of which
tie prisoner was charged with melting aud p:ocur-
inc Orsini and Others to kill and murder certain
parties 81 Parasitic names being given of some Of
the parties killed by the explosion, while the fourth
and fifth counts charged him as principal 10 these
murders. The defendant, when called upon to
plead declined to do so on the ground tina, the
court had no jurisdiction. Lord Campbell then
ordered The plea Of Not Guilty to be entered,
which course. instead OF the old fashioned method
of pressing the recusant to death, now
admitted by the English law as well as
by our law, when the prisoner refuses TO plead.
To TIE question whether, being foreigner, de
wou,J choose to be tried by Jury half English
and half foreigners, he replied that be was willing
f. trust an English Jury According to our corre-
srondent at London, there was disposition Oh the
rart of the Government aud Lord Campbell to pack
the Jury, which operation was defeated, however,
by the returning officer There were several cha-
ler pes on both sides but none OF that delay which
J generally happens with US in impanneling Jury
in important cases. The frat evidence put i'll re.
lated 10 the circumstances ard consequences OF the
admission at Paris. i surgeon testified TO having
sitter ded hundred AID ffty four wounded people
| who had smoIg them five hundred a1i eleven
wour Dis. al made by fragments of the exploded
,r.rades, except SIX which were caused by broken
elss. Tisbt psrsons were killed or died Of theit
uounds. The Eliminating mercury with which the
.,ensdes were cbarg ed was stated by the chemca
u;,n,s,es 10 be- at least twenty times more ex
posiye thar guppOwder; and they testified that It's
sy.ct would be 10 break a shell charged with il
into ten or twenty times many pieces as if gun
powder bad been used.
The usr,ies who so far IS the present trial was
concerned were charged by the Attorney. General
NTH bc;rq cor cerped in this explosion. were six.
/ Tho p,;,oper at the bar-ADsop, an Euglishmsp,
| =. no said il with grief and shsme; Orsini, she
| "heueved Of noble birth, man Of education and
| ..,,.nv aecc plshmeuts, an italian refugee who
| "b,d sought shelter in England" PERI another
Italian. also refugees; Gomez, the servant of
or,iri. and Rudio who, it was charged, was hired
bv The prisoner to take part in this desperate enter
prise The prisoner was shown 70 be- like orsini,
A teacher of Languages, to be very intimate with
bin. and during the last two weeks Of Orsni' resi-
dence in England, almost constantly at his house.
Afer Orsinis departure he received al the rtters
erected to him, and wrote anaWe's to some Of