The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-26 00:00:00

siritais FROM PARIS.

MOM OVII owl

PAU% TarMAT Enimra.
The hidlpeedanee Beige was seized three days
running last week. The editor says, in a leading
article, that no such bitter persecution of the

foreign press ss that now taking pleas under the
Empress Regent has been seen in France since the
&pinwale ministry of odious memory, which was
appointed after the °nisi conspiracy. There being
in the indepeadance of Sunday last a chapter of an
interesting serial which the editor was very desir-
ous that French subscribers should see, he took
the troubliea "censuring" the issue destined for
Prance himself. A special edition was composed
from which every line which journalistic experi-
ence could suggest as likely to be offensive to the
French government was carefully eliminated ;
!duke and the Ajaccio speech, as being tabooed
subjects, were not alluded to at all. Well, all these
pains were-thrown away ; the many hundred copies
of the independance which came to France were all
confiscated, and the editor cannot tell to this hour
what was the reason. He salts whether It is to be
understood henceforth that when any exciting
political news is stirring the French government
will tolerate in foreign journals nothing but essays
on draining the Pontine marshes or the discovery
of the NorlEPole.

The Paris correspondence of the number of the
bidtperidatice of May 24, which has been distributed
to-day, has been revised expressly for the French
market, and many suppressed passages are indicated
by pointa. In Loudon you will have seen a non-
expurgated edition.
Lady Cowley, who is represented by a London
journal as having " arrived in London for the
season with her family," gave a reception at the
embassy in the Faubourg St. Honori last night, in
honour of the Queen's birthday. There was no
dancing, it being understood that her Majesty still
wishes the death of Prince Albert to exercise a

sobering influence upon festive
ball-room therefore was not opened ; and the only
distinctive feature of the evening was the illumi-
nation of the gardens of the embassy, and a mili-
tary band playing on the lawn. The company,
which was not numerous, separated at an early
hour. Most of the Corse Diplomatique and seve-
ral high French dignitaries were present. The
Duke de Peraigny—fresh from his trip to Rome—
bad a long conversation with Lord Cowley.
The grett lawsuit against the companies that
insured the life of the unfortunate Madame de
Pauw, poison«. by Count La Pommerais, who was
executed for the deed ou June 9, 1864, came on

yesterday before President Benoit Champy. The
three orphan children of the murdered woman
claim the sum of 580,000 fr. from eight different
companies in which La Pommerais had insured her
life. Two of the companies have consented
to a compromise proposed by the guardian of
the plaintiffs ; but the remaining six—the
Nationale, Union, Phdnix, Paternelle, Inter-
nationale, and Gresham determined to fight
the case. The plaintiff.' counsel, M. Lentac,
whose arguments-took .sp stoat of the day, con-
tends that Madame Pauw's assignment of the
policies to La Pommerais being void for frauJ, the
original contract of the companies with her
remains undisturbed, and that payment to her
personal representatives is a matter of course.
On the part of the companies it is said that she
having lent herself to La Pommerais scheme that
she should feign illness, in order to deceive the
companies, and induce them to grant her • large
life annuity in consideration of the surrender of the
policiee, her estate cannot derive • benefit from the
consequences of that attempt. To this it is an-
swered that Madame de Pauw never intended to
take any drug dangerous to life, and that her con-
duct, however blamable, does not affect the present
question. The arguments, which were adjourned
for a week, will probably not be concluded for •
-o time.

PORTVOIJESI INTIRNATIORAL EXHIRMON. —An
exhibition of arta. industry, sad saturel productions is to
be held at Oporto is August Dann, Under the ietrYusgs of
the King of PortaW sod the presidency of Doo Fatima°
o( Haze Uthwg. Wl*. The programme jost leaned and
commonimied I° the British government is very complete
and attractive. The obesillcatices of articles to be ad-
mitted to the exhibition is mot comprehmeive ; and the
°outwit speak confidently of the gollAti• of a roltbf N.
presentation of the produce, arts, aso Stentifmittres of all
pa Rations.
of TM exhibition will comprise en ilmi bal ormed
pert similar collections elsewhere. and great f
e 11606,
ragemoet is given to persons at a diatoms to cootribute.
SZRIOUS CALMAR AT WINDSOR. Yesterday
morals( at the poi...station, Windsor, William Adolphus
Roberts, the landlord of tho Prime of Wales Tavern,
Church-strost, was brought before Mr. W. B. Harris, the
mayor, and Masers. Driver and Cleave, borough magistratey
for farther examination, upon suspicitio al sesiossly injuring
the yore' woman Adelaide Drabs. who sow bee is • very
dangerous cooditios at the Wisdom and Etre lafinnary.
Mr. Long, the magistrates' sleek. was inettessiiMoo, the ex-
aminatioa taking place is the ntscristratee room. Dr. Pearl
wee also preem• Polloreargesat Noble stated, la additim
to his former evidence, that later in the day on Tuesday
he pre/boded to a room is the priecemes home, whisk the
latter had locked prior to his being taken to the station. He
mat to the prieoser for the key. and be seat some keys
hack, but nom of them unlocked the deer. Wiesen gent
again to the prisoner, and said that unless be sent the
proper key he would break ors the door. Prisoner this
gam up the key, and, going into the Mee, witeelis found
upon the floor bewails the bed a stick broke. in two pieces.
Whew was iodoood to make the man* bemuse when he
first went into tte room with the primmer be saw the latter
kick something under the bed. whim be Imberttfr found
the two piece' of stick produced. ate rhich was
then is mart. was a this Ore of willow.) Mr. Wicked',
!muse eurgeoa at the Windsor and Zion lalimaarv, dmosa
that a girl was brought about 10 Wastes to 8 Wale* or
Tom* morning to the Mammy. When be first saw her
she wee lying on • bed, sod the nurse sae Moaning her bodyi
from the dirt. The girl wen ioseesible. sad he examined
her. He found she had a lameated wound of the scalp or
the left side of the skull. The left side of ber lase wee ma-
sidecably swollen and Maim& There was • lessested wowed
on her left sheek.beee. whence blood was coda, freely.
Tere wee s'so mosiderabb swelling un the upper part of
the hit thigh, sad the skin on the left hip was sun used.
There were large wheals en her right Mg, hip. WM. and
shoulders—is tank 'early ell over her body. with the en.
ceptios of her Ws, appareutly muted by • severe cargos.
These, from their appossamm, were quite moss& The girl
was inseosible, 'offering from ammo esecuries of the
brain, sad breathiag leeway sad slowly. Yesterday
she had, hemmer, reesvered her emsciorssures. Mr. Loft
at the amp of the proceedings asked if a magistrate emit(
go to the infirmary sad take the girlie deport.s without
eadmigewing her safety. Mr. Make/II sod Dr. Pearl
though* it would be desirable to do that at ems. The pd.
sonar was thee asked if he had say wartime to ask Mr.
Brickwell aid replied is the maim. At 1 deka Mr.
Aldermen Hamm and Mr. Driver. two at the beroligh ma
an proceeded es the Modica sad Eton infirmary,
and took the times of the World girl is the premiere
of the prisoner Bettarts. In mower to the taterroiptioos
of the megistertes, Denise elated that 0. the monies I.
question (die briag radresesd. sad bevies rely her nOt
dress ea) the primmer etommoneed booties her with aetark.
To avoid his moieties she feet ms downstairs is order to
get out into the street. hat Wag permed by Ilicagrboser,
again ins upstairs be the hehrocat. red Meow handl est
el the window re escape from his Iratallty. Uwifer them
niremsammem, and earrthifirein the preaches seedllties of
Denim. the magielraies remastied the Omar. sad re-
famed to swept bell Roberts ormediagly resales for the
mama ie the meriely el the polies.
BApiapproy,-11s. Leopold David Lewis, of
theDa Ilierlaaa,dreisces.er to laves V* be is sot
tao David Leopold 'Leseiewloo• sortie iperared is oar
lieeizspary reports yereardey.