The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TIMIDLY EYWTSO.

Count de Montalenibert, one of the foremost men
in France, is to be tried to-morrow, for an alleged
political libel, by a tribunal composed of three per-
sons, whose united solarise are less than the pay
of a county court judge. The president of the
tribunal will be M. Berthelin, ens of the vioe-presi-
dents of the Inferior Court, called the Tribunal
de premiers instaacc He will be assisted by M.
Benoit, a puisne judge of the same court, and by
M. Nacquart, a supplementary judge (jugs *up-
pleant). lam happy to say that I know nothing
whatever of any or either of these gen-
tlemen personally, and therefore I feel the
less difficulty in making the legitimate observation
that tulless they are angels rather than men ne

man prosecuted by the government can reasonably
expect to receive justice at their hands. The
salary of Mr. Vice-President Berthelin is 2801. a
year, that of his colleague, M. Benoit, is 2401., and
the jugs suppliant, M. Nacquart, is an apprentios
judge, who receives no pay whatever. If Count de
Montalembert should be acquitted, M. Berthelin,
who possibly may be a middle-aged man with a large
family, knows well that he can never expect to be
promoted to the bench of the " Imperial Court." M.
Benoit also mast either concur in a verdict of guilty,
or resign himself to remain all his life an inferior
judge with 2401. a year, and M. Naoquart,
the aspirant, may try his " 'prentios hand " at ad-
ministering justice till he grows grey, without ever
tasting the sweets of carter-day. Such is the con-
stitution of the tribunal invented by the government
of the coup d'etat for securing the oondemnation of
all obooxioas writers in the press. There is, it is
true, a court of appeal, bat the appeal lies not to
any fixed bench of judges, but to a commission of
seven, selected from a vast number on account of
their subserviency. It is therefore not to be
wondered at that, although the opinion is uni-
versal among lawyers that there is nothing in M. de
Montalembert's article in the Correspondant
which by any possibly legal argument can be
tortured into a breach of any clause in the code,
nobody doubts for an instant that he will be found
guilty. Probably the sentence will not be heavy.
The forms of the society in which they move will
prevent the judges from being very severe. They
doubtless feel a sympathy for the man, but, as
Peachum says to Locket, " they must provide for
their families." •

de Montalembeat's present intention is not to
speak himself. lie is, in the first place, far from
well, and his medical advisers enjoin him to avoid
excitement. Moreover, MM. Berryer and Dermas
in consultation expressed an opinion that the dry
legal merits of the cane were so entirely with them
that it would be wise not to adopt an aggressive
line of defence, and they recommend M. de Monts-
lambert to stifle his feelings, and leave the defence
entirely to them.

I hear that the Jewish Consistory of Paris, after
an Interview with M. de Royer and M. Rowland,
the ministers of justice and public instruction, have
resolved to institute a prosecution against the
thaws for its libels upon their community.
The Bourse, after being very much agitated,
closed very firm. The Rents, for account, after
dropping to 74fr. 25c., closed at 74fr. 65c., with a
rise of lee. For cash there was a rise of 100., the
last price being 74fr. 50e. Mobilier rose 26fr.
The railways left off without much change.
The Press* lap, in its weekly commercial re-
view :

The retail trade of Paris has been somewhat animated
this weak. People are feat returning to Paris from their
prolonged sojourn in the country, and are buying their
winter clothing. The shopkeepers having for some yeses
bought lee. than usual, find their stocks racing
low. Several oommimion agents have given con-
siderable orders belt for the provinces and abroed, Ate
cording to the last adrift. from New York, the stook' is the
Union are lower than they have been for a readdereble time
pest, and the American dollars seem dimmed to purchase on
• large male for the coming season, The adobes. fees the
French provisoes am satisfactory. At Mnlh•uesa there has
betas good deemed for lath times sad yea; sad midweek
the eloyereest has been lees decided at Boma, fears ere
also looking up there. At Lyons the keens are in tall work,
orienting oedema both for Paris and the degarnamte, and
abroad. A my project for eapirlambil education of the
silkworm, from the earliest stages, ea mulberry trees, in hot-
house., la exciting a great deal of attention. Easiness in coke
nisi produce has been more enameled at Havre, but
markets of Marseilles, Nantes, and Bordeaux are duller.
There is • slight upward movement in corn and flour, in
consequenos of • belief that the dense of The edgy lase,
enforcing upon the bakers of 161 towns and other localities
the formation of • three months' reserve, must have • cereals'
rafinence on prime. (According to the statement of • London
corn dealer, who has bought largely in Paris to-day, the
dams alluded to by the Pesow does not as yet slime the
meant in say appreciable decree; he found a trod,. supply
within hie limits.) Enormous quantities of wine continue
to arrive at Berry by the Lyme end Orleans Railway.

PRUSSIA.

(From yesterday's IfoniUur.)

BERLIN, Nov. 19.
The Prassian Gazette contains the following
(rimier addressed to the presidents of provinces and
regencies by the Minister of the Interior :

"The organs of the government, daring the
sassing elections, will have to avoid and entirely
abstain from favouring extreme or exclusive political
tendencies. I beg you, in comequence, to give on
this heed precise and serious instructions to the sub-
prefects and electoral commissioners,and immediately
to acquaint me with what shall have been done in
this respect.
"The Minister of the Interior,
“FLorrwsu."

THE UNITED STATES.

GALWAY, TUESDAY,
The Pacific (s.a.) arrived at 10 a.m. She left St,
John's on the 14th. She encountered strong ton
from the cut, together with a head sea, almost the
entire way.

The Pacific has brought 178 passengers, including
Lola Montes, and some valuable cargo.
The Galway steamer Circassian arrived at Nos
York at midnight on the 13th.
_ _

A New York telegram, received at Bt. John's,
Newfoundland, and dated the 13th, states, that %a
Overland Mail. brought Californian advice§ to Oct.
15. The news was unimportant. Basinem was dull.
Advices from Frazer river to Oct. 4 stated that
the river had fallen, and some gold had been take*
out, but not in sufficiently remunerative quaint.,
and that many miners had returned to California.
The ketch Brother had been brought into Charles.
ton from the rout of Africa, as a slaver. There was
a killing frost. Walker and Henningsen were re.
canciled.

The Star of the West arrived at New York on the
13th, bringing Californian mails to Oct. 20, and
1,670,000 dollars specie. The news was =inv.
portant. The Indian war in Oregon had ended.
The ship John B. Thayes had been burned
in the Gulf of California, and the General
Kushion had been burned In the harbour of San Fran-
cisco. In New Mexico, Nivago and the Indians
had been again defeated. The Mohawk Indians
had again attacked the emigrants, killing nine and
wounding sixteen. At Greensburg, Kentucky, the
mob had broken into a gaol, and hanged two mur.
derers. At Washington it was stated that the
Secretary of the Treasury will recommend a tax on
tea and coffee. Samuel Meding, of Ohio, had beet
tendered the governorship of Kansas. Collector
Schell, of New York, was to be removed. The ship
Petrel, from Quebec for Ardrossan, is reported as
water-logged. The ship Parker, of Demerara, for
Liverpool, had put into Bermuda, Oot. 31st, very
leaky and in want of spars.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.
Coffee, to lower on the week. Savannah and
Mobile markets unchanged. New Orleans sales,
6,000, at 11/ to I for middling. Sugar advanced to
10 cents yesterday ; to-day, dull and unchanged.
Wheat quiet but firm. Corn, dull and heavy. Reef,
26 to 50 omits lower. Pork firm. Freights: Cotton,
to Liverpool, I. Coffee closed quiet. Sales trifling
to-day. Sales since Tuesday, 45,000 balm. Mid•
dling upland, 1.