The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-20 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Nov. 19.

The Aulie Chancellor for Hungary, Count For-
gaeh, is seriously occupied with the question of the
Hungarian Diet. It is said that that body will
meet in Pesth in May next.

MYSTERIOUS CHARGE OP ATTEMPTED
MURDER IN PRANCE.

A mysterious affair commenced on Wednesday
before the Court of Amines of Montpelier, where • geotle.
man of fortune, named Armand, residing in that tows, was
with as attempt at murder on the person of
bin dgessebe without apparent motive. The latter,
whom man is Maurice Rout, was found atit;
yth July het in the cellar of hie mater's house lyng
es the grousd in • state of insensibility, big legs tied
bp s handkerchief and a cord rowed his mak. The
vital beet of the body was almost extinct, and his appan-
age* gave signs of an attempt at stralatioo. On being
taken to the hospital he was gradually nonght to a state et
sensibility, but the organs of speech were completely
paralysed, so that when on the next day he was examined
by the jugs ilinstruction he was forced to reply to the
questious put to him by signs. By means of a dictiooary,
he declared threes the morning of the day in gassing be
was in the cellar procuring wood for Mining when his
master soddenly came behind him, and exclaiming " I will
teach you whether my house is a dirty hole." felled him
to the grouted by a blow on the back of the head with
Pomo heavy isetrurmot ; the seam' then boned his lege,
sad wird* his neck with a cord attempted to strangle
Ida. The servant further declared that although knocked
down by the blow on the head and rendered immoveable,
be still preserved his mental faculties sufficiently to be
aware of what was going on. It this state he remained for
ten Ware, until he was discovered by • female servant
of the same household. M. Armand energetically denied
the charge, while the servant persisted, even at the
mama when, hie recovery being considered doubtful,
the asernmest was administered to him in his anuastios.
The aceitemeat tamed in the town of Montpelier since
the cerunissiou of the crime has been intense,
sad the trial was looked forward to with great
Wawa The popular feeling spinet M. Armand
wan naiad le such a pitch that se escort of soldiers wee
sammary to protest him when taken from prison before the
rmissurbalg. magletrate. Dr. Ambroise Tardieu. who wag
r the interest of the seemed, has declared that
it is abschnly impossible that Rout could have remained
far See hems in the state m which he was found ; that
the lucidity which he preteads to have main-
tained after the attack was physisally out of the
polio% sad that his dumbems and paatornim• was only
• rem kapoeture. The back of Roat's bead also bore no
traces of the blow he pretended to bars received. Be-
moan of various kinds were in circulation, some alleging a
rivalry between the muter and the servant M a love affair
as a metier far the outrage by the former, while others
look apes the itansation ea as impudeot attempt at onto,-
dos by the kW".
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from Mostpolier, "'hi& 11•DOGDOSS
the 'palm of the trod, stair that another attack wee
mete tbe evening before is one of the 'trouts of Ike tows
e• Rases lilq rod t►at be is ao mach iajured as to cause
WM trial to be put ad to soot►er amine.

TER FRENCH MAWS TO INDIA AND CHINA.
MI llamaslas haparialso Aram Maoris WI Yamaha
ysatanisy slab the above soda. Ilbir took 116 pawpaws,
11611 pudica, ad 61,0001. I. specie far lolls asd China ;
also 70 paresscata, 657 pszkages, sad 226,0001. ia specie for
Ala none.

The polio, made a desatot on Saturday night
upon aa aaistatul aamalo, %to swum eaagresatad at tii•
City Or Werke. I. far purview. anal took in ma-
ted) 4,1‘ tbey **a taken Won Justice
.Chaadiensi Watseka as* and lei Whir ao.—
ltiatasoad lasasiaer, Now. 2.