New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-13
TRIAL OF N. MONrALEMBERr.


PALAIs DE JUsTIoE Paris, Wednesday, so .. n.
Tic exciting t,in il jDst overall bat the Judgment.
The JUDGES are now IN tbclr pfi'aie room preparing
it, Anything 7, senblipe port is ont OF the ld7s1oa
hy this poet have scarcely tine "a write word.
The cclcs of NM. Berger aud Dna 1rc were nias
uilccnt bey ond description To have heard them II an
event IN life. Berger spoke for t@o hours end n
bali, when he set down u. Nilemain approached him.
squ, cz,d A js hard and said "}cu never made more
spend speech in your lfe either IT the bar or the
tribune" Among the remarkable men present were
N. Odlon Barrot and the Duke de Br0gAe, aud seven
eight members of the Corps Dplomntilne. M
aat behind one of the Judges ohairs, looking
Ike n chaired tiger disappointed of rush at
hi. prey. Etiquette docs not elbow him to speak az
cept IN the upper or ImpeIal Court, and he was
forced to leave the conduct OF the prosecution with
his inferior officer NJ lie Procnrenr Inpedal Cor
donen. The latter performed Die duty wit mode.ty
be coming lis very moderate abilities. Regarding ths
tial from an Artistic point Of view, the bar regretted
that TIE PIocurem Imperial was Tremendously
overms,chet. Could Cbaix dEst Ange nave spoken,
tie Of the cunbatants would have beer more
nearly equa ty The Procnrelr Imperial told
NJ d MontaleInbert that he had thro France pros
tiate at the feet of England, ard ,trnck her
face. THIS lie repeated Three times: q" !oei Fare-
trappt Gu r;sGge Gappe an risage, Enlargement
"fydpp6 al risage" Berger said that the prose
cution was " NJ Just, unfnundci, ilsdvisei and ne
would ado RASH The Procareor imperial did not
say anything offensive to England. Nj. Dnfaure'
logical sye of argument was perhaps never shown to
more advantage. Berger who spoke tIst melted
tie hearts Of hs hearera then Duaure convinced
their reason. Wheu Berry II sat down, tremendous
shout of Bravo bnret forth from the l0Ser end Of
the Court. The President ordered the police 10 turn
gu. any one they could find who bad cried out,
but thcy could not pot their ft ger upon any
one. Tie charge upon VIII n A. de Montalemoert
nay, if found guilty. be brought under the provisions
of the Jaw Of public safety, snd transported at aoy
time az the p Of the Government l. tDat ~hicn
sccuses hin Of having attacked the rights which the
hold. -
based upon fvi ced Interpretation of the u is9
made 30 protect the re,,ubc. Constitution which
then existed The arguments # MI Berger and
Dufau.e 10 prove that this law cuui uut be applied
Ia The PR Imperial Constitution were so crushing
that really d, ubt whether h- Jneges will have the
efioItery to pronounce NJ. de Moltalcmb,r IT guilty
Oh ti- head The law Of 1919 WIS itself reoe6i OF
laws Il the Restoration LOUIS Phil ype ani the Goa
suelt Assembly of 1910. If The Gjg-rnment neg ec-
ed to renew II, that is no reason, said VI. Duaure,
Why the Courts should condemn w.hou, aay las
at all
Pans, Wedcesiay y cht
Having had the extreme gnoa fortune ~ obtaiu
ticket IT admission TO the trial o C.ubt de Myutal-
enbeIi, am able to t.l you something about IT, but
cannot pr,tend fo give anything worhy tie name If
b report The most ACCOMPLISHED of your Parlia nent.
afy Iep,rteis would If,rcy y. eblr to 30 but poor
justice 10 t~o Of the finest forensic speeches pro-
nounced at the haI in any cpuDtry N The y,rt II be
w.rt deprived II The y"wer OF tas X notes Tge use
of pen pencil wos, as you are ar- absolutely in
t.Idci-G this cccasl M io all but the idgr- ani
counsel concerned ], therefore, with none of the
babtr oI experience oi AIep rt-r, car vrly ! fOgn
such bose ard diio!ntet fragments uf . discussion
when lasied six hours. as my uug-sisted umOry 6.l
enable ne 70 recall aud, uor-Ov.r griie uHisr tue
oisaiyoN ce If beng tired to cea'u with tue hes. ~
the court and the e1,emeDt OF the -cere have sii
nrssed. will prOrise 10 bc arcueats f,s 90.
Deeply, ind,,d. do ] rrgret that tie magnificent
spetclrs OF NM Btiryrr aud Dn'sufe y 20 .li pro
atli, be lr-t io re wofli Few things " ,uli give
n- nure Intellectual pleasure tl-n Z read them n
ID
unless there wac Government shJrthanl
writer cone, aled somewhere behiot the palel-
a. the court they wer- pOt taken DOVE. | know
they were Lot written b@frshaIi, a-i nether
Of he distinguishes advocates pade more ihsp three
or four slo,t not. while tfe ;lisl Vas suiag on. |
have heerd all the most iisuDsushei lavoc-tes u the
Ire.er, day IL Ergian'. abi thnk . no, carried
beyor the bou ds Of sob.r judgment by the enthu.i-
asm Of moment, when offer ths opiucn th It
of tn H. in point of eoqlence o. the highest "rier,
at all comparable 10 either NJ Berger 81 NJ Dufaure.
Berryer, quiy.rlpg with contagon, p4,sio1 ani y.
never for moment forgetting the legal points of his
case curing q speech OF three hours, was one Ut the
fuest sghis ever saw IN my lie. Duiaure regarded
a. anere lawyer is probably the greatest Gow at the
Fr,I ch bar but he is much more than m re lawyer
Ills sever logic aud CONCENTRATION rcnild me- some.
what q, the late Sir William Fo'l-ti, bit ne much
NOR. eoouelt his action more varied AMI disu!ici
ard he has hulnor, which Fol!-t had lo NJ one can
henI Inn speak and 1oubi that he % what his Whole
career and tie universal T. stimoDy of his r ends and
even Of his ei,mss if he have any, testify hm to be
an honest man.
Tie ,i1th Chamber Of the Tribunal OF 4 jrrc iona
Police IN which Montalemb'r RI was ried, Is newly
built haudsOme room, al lnIug toe precincts OF the
Saiuie Ctap-lle. II Is small not mIcn larger than the
old Yire-Ctap ,llor Court, il L'ncon's slim but
fly should tbiuk II wolli hold the u,,n ct 200
people. | am asNous now, a. at AL umes, wDi- fairly
exposing, as matter oi contemporary history, the
characteristics oi the reprossiy- syst.m upDu rch
present Freuch Government j. founded u pres 0t
ilirgs os worse than they have ia lpsm-r -t-
ci- lautd tsi tie prIr ciple Of publicity n th- 81
nil isIrnioL of Justice, shicn the Gny-rr neat I-
;,ssos to observe, s ala but nulhlei tte ss' y.