The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-24 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS•

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PARIS, FRIDAY Emma.
The legal journals report an instance of rapid
justice done upon a regular cabman for an assault
upon one of the oompany's provisional drivers, who
curiously enough bad at the moment in his vehicle
one of the Johns on strike taking a ride for his plea-
sure. Martinet, a cabby, baring nothing to do and
money to spend, thought be would take the oppor-
tunity, after all his experience on the cab box, to
see what were the sensations of a gentleman riding
inside. So, on June 18, be dressed himself in
decent plain clothes, hailed a cab,, took it by the
hour, and drove about Paris for six hours, getting
out frequently at various wine shops. While he
was drinking at a cabaret at Bercy three indi-
viduals, of whom Godefroy, the accused, was one,
jeered at the driver, and finally Godefroy snatched
his whip out of his band and broke it over his head.
Martinet coming out of the drinking shop to get
into his carriage, took part with his driver, and a
scuffle ensued, in the course of which Martinet
was roughly handled and had his paletot torn.
Before the correctional tribunal counsel for the
defence insinuated that llfartiget was a spy in the
service of the company, but the court, without
investigating that point, sentenced Godefroy to
four months' imprisonment. Few will think the
punishment too severe. It is necessary to make
examples of men who, not content with the
liberty to put what price they like on their own
labour, interfere by threat& and violence with the
liberty of others who are willing to work for lees
than themselves.
The warnings which the Empress wiped off just
before the Emperor's return from Algeria are
beginning to be scored up again. The Opinion
Nationale has one to-day for an article by M. Melee-
pene, for having indulged in too free a oomment
upon M. Vandal's speech in the Corps Legislatif,
wherein, in the quality of government commissary,
he defended his own administration as director of
the Post-ottice. Considering the crushing victory
which he obtained over M Guifroult in the cham-
ber, it would have been more generous and better
policy to have let his journal alone.
M. Gudroult writes in the Opinion Nationale
to-day :
We bad prepared an article on the parliamentary cense.
pawn of the doctrine acted upon ;by the Corps Logi,-
WU on the 21st instant, awarding to which a deputy pre-
ant in the assembly may be weaved of serious
delinquencies without being allowed to explain, on the
ground that the imputations made against him do not
cones= his mandate ass deputy, bat only his avocation
out of the house. After the warning inflicted upon us we
have felt it necessary to suspend the publiostion of this
article. Being reduced to *donne in the Lchamber by the
regulations above mentioned, and being now "warned" for
speaking in the incriminated journal we have no course
ids but to say nothing.
The Bourse was firmer, but with little business
doing. Bente rose 121 e. fur cash and 10c. for ac-
count, closing at 661 r. 47ic., and 68fr. 4fic.
Mobilier rose Sfr. Mexican was a shade,weaker.

MR. J. STUART MILL ON AMERICAN POLITICS.

The New York Tribune publishes the following
Utter from Mr. Stuart Mill to a friend in Now York
" iv:isnot, May 13, 1865.

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" Dear nad scarcely received your note of AIRES,
so full of calm joy in the splendid prospect now opening to
your country, and through it to the world, when the news
came that an atrocioes mime had struck down the great
citizen who had afforded so noble an example of the qualities
befitting the first magistrate of a free people, and who, in
the most trying cirenaistancos, had gradually won not nly
the admiration but almost the personal affection of all who
love freedom or awaits simplicity sod uprightness. But
the loss is ours, not hia. It was imponsibis to have wished
him • better end than this crown of martyrdom to his
other honours, and to live in the memory of • great na-
tion as those only live who have not only laboured for
their country but dial for it. And he did live to see
the cause triumphant and the coated virtually over. How
different would our feelinp now be if this fate had over.
taken him, as it might so easily have done, a mooth sooner.
In England, horror of the mime and sympathy with your
loss seem to be almost universal, even among those who
have disgraced their country by wishing success to the
slaveholden. I hope the manifestations which were loiter
taneously made there in almost every quarter may be re-
ceived in Atari's as some Mad of atonement or pesos-
offering. I have never believed that there was any real
danger of a quarrel between the two countries ; but it is of
immense importance that we should be firm friends ; and
this is oar natural state, for, though there is a portion of
the higher and middle chimes of Great Britain who so
dread and bate democracy that they cannot wish pros-
perity and power to a democratic people, I 'leanly believe
that this feeling is not general, even in our privileged
elassee. Most of the dislike and suspicion which have
existed toward the United States. were the effect of pure
igeoranee—ignorancie of your history all ignoraccie of your
feeling and disposition as a people. It is difficult for you
to believe that this ignorance oosild be se dense as it really
was. But the late events bare begun to dissipate it ; and
if your government and people act as I fully believe they
will in regard to the important questions which now await
them, there will be no fear of their being ever again so
grossly misunderstood, at least in the lives of the present
generation. As to the mode of dealing with them great
questions, it does not become a foreigner to deice alma,
wbo know the exigeocies of the ease so much better than be
doss. But as to many of my countrymen are volunteering
advice to you at this eel* perhaps I may be forgives if I
offer mine the eostesey way. Every one is eagerly focal-
eating (satires /a. sad only patlenoss, as if you bed 1410W0
any sign of a dispositloa to take a savage revenge. I have
always been afraid of coo Milo( only—that you would be
too gentle. I should be sorry to see any life takes
dear the war is ever (except those of the sessadas), or
any evil inflicted is mere vengeance; bus one thing
I hops will be cousidered absolutely necessary—to break
altogether the power of the slaveholding auto. Unless
ibis is done, the abolition et slavery will be merely
nominal. U en aristocracy of slaveholders remain
masters of the state legislatures. they will be obis
effectually to nullify a great part of the result which has
been so dearly Wight by the blood of the free states. They
sad their depseesets must be effectually outnumbered at
the polling plum, which can only be effected by the eon-
session of 101 l equality of political rights to negro' sad by
a large immigration of settlers from the North, both of
than hung marls indetoadeat by the ownership et Ise&
With thaw Weirs, In widittee to the Orieseltatiosal A.
meat which will enable the Supreme Court to set esti*
any map legislation toadies to bring took slavery la db.
guise) the cases of frewiewn is sae, aqui the epeeist womb
at the Dosbaudss at Fildsoos will sass bes Is.
moth ha the *aka' t by Its autism. • • •
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LETTER PROM MB. J. B. MILL.

.The
Bill ,y le, whether Mr.
, Leeds in favour el
le wa
to receive ...._ ___ appelabseet la Ler
&a. We pont we quote the essaarke of the eons-
VOW, win* bring the Mon to I Okssi is "ifale ;
"In le mouth of May, 1364, the Lord O'ksaeoner, m
beteg informed that his see was deeply indebted, compelled
him to reap hie Gibes of registrar la the Caen X Bank'
ruptcy. Mr. Bethel shortly afterwards went abroad with
his family, and remained abroad dung ibe summer ma
autumn. Towards the close of the pm he enamel te
Ragland, having formed • plan for maim' seem WSW.
moat with his areditess, sad hoping to be reesselled to his
father. epplioations were made to the Lord Clumeller
to induce him to relent in favour of his son, aad give
him "MO appointment. TM Lard Chancellor was
asked to appoint him to the oMoe of alert at the table of
the House of Lords, which he peremptorily sefased to de.
He wee asked by Mr. Miller to givehis mis the wont-
meat of registrar in bankruptey is Lemke vacated by Mr.
filiapby Bothell, and Mr. Miller, le the home that his
moan would be granted, but without any authority
from the Lord Chancellor, prepared as order appobstieg
Mr. Bothell to that aMos. This Lord °bawdier mimed
to make the appointment ; but upon • saggeetion being
made either by Mr. Skirrow (an hatiroate Mead of the
Lord
or
bands. and a trust
of Mr. Betlaelre marrisge
settlement) or by Mrs. Bethel herself, that Mr. Bethel'
11 might be appointed to an office in the eountry, the Lord
Chancellor appears, on the 22nd of February, 1665. at so
interview with Mr. Ildnew, to have held out some expecte,
Um that be would consider the matter if Mr. Bothell could
obtain a release from all his exeditare ; up to that day he
had peremptorily refused to estartan the 'subject. /Ir.
Skirrow's iiew was in favour of an dice at Bristol. neheflog
in the asighbourtioni of Mrs. BeliseWs relation• Later
in the same day, Mr. Bothell valid on Mr. Skil,
row, at Staple's-4m, and probably thee sods:stood
from him that them was some probability of
bin receiving an appointment in the rens*, ;
Mr. Welch was then introduced to Mr. flidnow by Mr. Be-
thel], and some remarks pissed which show that Mr. Bothell
expected to obtain the office at Leeds, and Mr. Welch hoped
to be transferred to London. Mr.l3ethell went to Lade
on the following day; saw Mr. Welch et his oMos en the,
24th ; and it is deer that it was geserally understood In the
Bankruptcy Court at Loads that Mr. Bethel was shortly
to be appointed registrar them, and that Mr. Waled
was to be transferred elsewhere. In the unenwhile Mr.
Miller bad been informed of the plan, and in fell
expectation that it would be carried into sleet prepared two
orders of appointment, one of Mr. Welch to the Leedom
ngistrarship, the other of Mr. Bethel to that at Leeds.
He says that Mr. Paine+ gave him the information upon
which he relied ; but this Mr. Skirrow positively dense.
Mr. Miller further states that he prepared the ceder before
mentioned appointing Mr. Bothell to** London registrar-
ship, and the two orders lastmeatlosed, without the Moir
ledge of the Lord Chancellor, and that they wen the only ap-
pointments ever prepared by him without the Lord nun-
oellor's sanction. The Lord Cheapener also steles that he did
not hear of these orders being prepared before this inquiry
took pleas On Sunday the 26th, the Lord Cliamellor, from
some information which he had received as is his son's roe-
duet it Paris, determined not to appoint his see ho my °Mos ;
he sent foe Mr. Skirrow, and declared his decisive. On
Monday the 27th, Mr. Miller was about to pre-
sent the two appointments to the Lord Chan-
cellor for siguature. Mr. Wine saw him, sad
advised him not to do so, mentioning what bad occurred on
the previous day. Mr. Miller did not show the appoint-
ments, but mentioned the subject to the Lord Chancellor,
who said that he would make no appointment. It appears
to your committee that Mr. Skinny acted simply as •
friend of the Lord Chancellor's family. No improper motive
has been surgested foe the part which Mr. Miller took.
although his conduct to preparing the appointment* without
the sanction or even knowledge of the Lord Chancellor was
highly reprehensible. Mr. Bothell end Mr. Welch were
undoubtedly desirous of promoting the arrangement for
their own interests; but the Lord Chanson°, appears to
have had no knowledge of the plan, beyond the sugges-
tion made to him by Mr. Skirrow and Mrs. Bothell, wad
no knowledge whatever of what had bean dose in upsets-
tion of its completion until time time aft w he had finally
refused to make any appointment ia favour of his me.
Your committee, in performance of the duty entrusted to
them, went folly into all the circumstances which seemed
to bear on soy portion of the subjectmettertheir
report, however, they have moaned their observations to
those poiots which they consider most material. They
must be allowed to observe, in emolttsion, that while the
facia which they believe to be established by the *iridium
acquit the Lord Chancellor from all charge except that of
haste end want of caution in granting • pension to Mr.
Wilde; and although some of the gantlet,* asked in
your honourable house, which led to the appointment of
this committee, were Needed on information which was
not thoroughly wards, yet the general impression
created by the sadden retirement of Mr. Wilds and the
peomiary transactions which took place between Mr.
Bothell and Mr. Welch, coupled with the representations
made by Mr. Bothell on his visit to Leeds, were calculated
to erode the gr most suspicions ; and your committee are
of opinion that the inquiry which they have viaducts'
was, for this mama, highly Margie for the public
interests."

Mr. Westerton has just received the following
letter from Mr. Mill :

" Clermont` armed, Jona 21.
" Dear Bir,—l very mu& regret at your leiter sad
telegraphic message were not answered as promptly am 1
should have wished, they having had to be forwarded to
me been.
" 1 have no objection whatever to atteoding meetings of
the committee, or even of the electors, other thou those
which 1 stated in my answer to a letter which Yr. Chadwick
wrote to me oo the subject, at the request, as 1 understood,
of the committee. But, I confess, the IMAM you now give
for desiring me to tome over and meet the committee
operates on my mind the reverse way. I should sever, foe
my own part, thiak of taking any notice of a charge of lire.
ligion brought by the Record and the Morning Advertiser.
They are ready to bring such a charge against the most pions
man in Eagland, if he dose not agree in their narrow-minded
and thoroughly un.Christisa actions of religion. And my
'Needing a meeting just at present would scarcely promote
the purpose for which you suggest it, since I should poei-
lively sad deliberately Wee* to 'now myself to be later-
on any subject whatever of partly religious °Oaks.
prMeioe. I mourn that so sae has say
right to question another on his religious opinions ; that the
tree ought to be judged, sad only out be judged, by ita
fruits ; sad I hold myself hued, sot for my own mak* fat
it is my practice to speak my *Uses very plainly, but for
the sake of future candidates, sot to do &noble( that may
facilitate raising a religious err epiust a pan.= who may
be sussailable as • politician, ou ultimce extorted from
his owe mouth. The use is different as to
_my "unwed
*Dims. Whatever I have written and publiabed, I stud
by, and am reedy to defend; and I day say see to
poot out in my writings a single parsec that
conflicts with what the best religious minds of our lieu as
.cept se Christianity. The passage whieltl am informed the
Record and the Advertiser have
Clinea epos I maintain
to be one of the most religious sad rtisa espeessions of
(«hog is all roost liberator*. lam net alone in this
opinion. Amoeg sway others, au of the most eminut
of the bench of bishops deelares in • letter in the
Spectator, of Jane 17, that the sesteposie quietism breathes
the purest spirit of Christian morality ; end the Spectator
itself, a most religious paper, bad said a fortnight before ea
the same genteel" that it speaks tie true Isagusge of
prophets sod Apostle.. Buell expreminos as them would
sot become me to ; bat lam not afraid that your judg.
meat or that of any rotates' pence who reads the passage
and the context fairly could premium» it other than
Christian In the truest MOM I am Dot aware that Kr.
lffaamirs theology is the suss this( with religion, or that
to say that I worship no God but a good God is to he
an atheist.
" You are at fun liberty to make any us you
lic or private, of this letter.—l sat, he., J. ere
" Any letter to me had bettor be addressed to Arica's', u
I am about to return there, and from thews very atiertly
to Eagle's&
" Chariot Werterten, Esq."

Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Mantes
de Paris received at dieser, at York Bows, Twielcsaham,
yesterday evening, the Premiss Ambassador sad Omelets
Berestorff, the Dachas of Batherisad, llaria Her
shimmies of Ailesbory, the Bari sad °ouster of Whet*,
the Bart of Shrewebary, the Loam Genoa& sod Adelaide
Talbot, the Reel of Settee, the Hee. Motels Ifrlgeesabe.
Alesrd, Uraillaid-Oohed Novak sad %Oda
Peirse, R.N.
His Royal Highness the Duke de Itostrueise
is expected to antes et Soathionoce early is the sesalng
melt hoes Spain.
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Ste Highness the Sttistapha Fezil Pubs end hie
samerees suite have retuned to Map% Rotel boa Ise.

A political mesons slam has been established
i■ esemeziwt with the Merhenn issavillas at Peek is
Donatekire.