The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-12 00:00:00

RANH OF FRANCE.

AND 1111.11111 Z TILIOI6 iht.)
PARIS, FRIDAY MOIUMIG.
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The Mositeur publishes the ssonthly reform ./
the Bank of France to yesterday,Marol'.ll. We give
the most important items, with the corresponding
agoras of last month as revery!:

Um& Feb.
Obis and bullion, Paris 126,104,366 83,779,797
DE ditto branch beaks 2.14,632,899 .... 199,076,277
ells discounted, Paris 224,427,660 .... 244,372,439
Ditto branch banks
Notes in circulation, Paris
Ditto branch banks
Tremor, deposits
Private deposits, Paris 123,910,877 .... 117,626,943
Ditto branch banks
Advanced on public securities 26,291,400 .... 23,472,300
Ditto by branch banks
Advanced on nu3way securities 61,869,800 .... 48,806,566
Ditto by branch banks
The stock of coin and bullion has increased more
than two millions and a quarter sterling. The dis-
counts have diminished fully a million and a half,
whilst the circulation has diminished about 400,0001.
Than, changes imply that the Bank's general posi-
tion is greatly strengthened, bat French trade evi-
dently languishes.

(7110 N on OWN

PARIS, FRIDAY lIIIRTX4I.

The Court of Cessation met this day, under the
presidency of M. Vaisse, to decide upon the appeal
made by Orsini, de Rudio, and Pierri against the
sentence of the Court of Assizes of the Seine,
which condemned them to the penalty of parricide.
The proceedings excited no interest, the prisoners
not being present. The court was open to the
public, but very few strangers were present.
M. Bret, the advocate appointed by the court to
support theappeal, stated that heandhiscolleagne, M.
Fournier, had for the last ten days anxiously con-
sidered whether there were any legal grounds for
contending that there had been any irregularity in
the trial. At one moment they had been led to be-
lieve that a fatal objection existed to the composition
of the jury, but after the most minute investigation
they had satisfied themselves that the common rumour
which had given rise to this opinion had no foun-
dation in fact. It was therefore their painful duty
to say that they had no arguments whatever to
offer to the Court.
Ths Procureur-General Dupin then said :
. .

Misjudgment now before you for revision hots pronounced
a jiut penalty for an odious crime in the commis-
sion of which means of destruction were prodigally used in
sun a meaner as to make a host of batmen victims.
Divine Previdesice, whose *ogee is sometimes moat
rashly invoked menet the objects of political haired, inter-
fend, as it were by • miracle, is protect the two august per.
song's against whose lives the attempt was made. No crime
eine kind ever mini • mere sadden or more general emotion
among sovereigns; arra were menages of condolence sent
with so muck enasisnity, cordiality, and solemnity. The
enivenal feeling was that lot only the peace of Prance, but
that of Europe was aimed at, and that in attack-
ing the corner stone it was intended to bring down the entire
edifice. In our eon country an humus and natural indigna-
tion burst forth on all sides ; it was known that the army of
disorder was in readiness for any eventuality, and if the
crime had succeeded, • social tide would bare
4111111111 which would have put • stop to all prosperity,
thmatened every existenos, swallowed up every interest.
This ennoble crime, premeditated in cold blood, end pre-
pared in all security In a foreign country close to our own
doors, was completely proved by evidence, and also by the
confusion of the petitions. The jury have declared that
Orehd, PIM, and de Radio deems to die the death
of parricides ; the 'wales is is accordance with
the divine law, which man Non occiales and
teal eceiderig rears erit in judisio. The throe prisoners chose
no counsel to support their appeal to this court. The advo-
cates officielly appointed, faithful to their duty, have con-
scientiously seated the cam and now declare to you that they
an Sad no grounds for caseation. There was •
rumour that a fatal objection existed. Had this
been so, I myself should, without hesitation, have asked
you to quash the judgment. I, however, know, of my
own certain knowledge, that the statement made by the
counsel for the defence, that then Is nothing in the
objection, is correct. Moreover, your judge re-
porter has carefully looked Into the proceedings,
and tells you, as I also do, that all the
formalities prescribed by law have been observed. It ought
to be added, that the deface was entirely free, not only as to
ell that had related to everything relevant to the accusation,
bat fee indeed beyond. A document prepared for effete
was allowed to be read, out of a scrupulous toler-
ance for the rights of the defence. This docu-
ment, which the judges might have suppressed as irre-
levant, dote not imply any approbation of any kind on the
part of any one whomsoever ; it is one exclusively personal
to the prisoner Orsini, and that is the only observation
emeatial to he made upon it. There can be nothing of this
kind before yen. Even if there existed any serious grounds
of cessation, nothing bat the lameness of the kw would
have been heard within theme walls. HMI no eloquence
would have thrown its veil over the most audacious sophisms.
No ors here would have attempted while condemning the
crime to extol the criminal ; and when justice and law con-
sented fa punishing and stigmatising the parricide, no one here
would have attempted, in the view of the scaffold, to MCI.
a statue le those who are condemned to mount it. The pro-
ceedings ere regular, the penalty le legally applied ; we are
of opinion that the appeal should be rejected.

The Court, accordingly, rejected the appeal.
The general belief has been all the week that the
execution wu to take place on Friday, but I rather
think it will not be till Saturday morning. This is
the Mi Careme, and it would be a great scandal if
the place of execution were to be thronged by
Pierrots and augurs coming from the Opera-house.
There are still rumours that the sentence on de
Radio may possibly be commuted. A special privy
council is convoked for tomorrow, at which it is
said the subject will be considered.
The

in the Mositeur of republican
movements in Paris and the departments probably
eaves • good deal more excitement in London than
they do here. Nothing whatever is known about
the " saaemblage in the streets of Paris," which
the Moniteur now vouchsafes to tell us took place
so long ago as the night of the 4th and 6th of March.
In what street it wu, what was the nature of it,
and what were "the firm and vigilant measures"
taken to render it abortive, are all questions u to
which the public is in happy ignorance and very
few take the trouble to inquire. One thing, how-
ever, is certain, that the arrests recently made are
moth more numerous than the Moss iteur would have it
supposed. There is a studied ambiguity in its state-
ment on this head. The numbers which it gives
refer only, as it will be seen on examination, to
" leaders" of insurrections projected or commenced ;
they leave out altogether the suspects and expectants
naiad whom nothing whatever certain is known.
A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, of March
6, is the ?hers St la Loire, asp :
Two ads anal at Mammye bare taw at
the pout of Mi. 'nay sewer to be of a re.
tidy.
nsa emu tut as Jas. 14, hot the astees ese
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Th. Bourse has been very heavy. The Rente fell
so,. fie ouh, a, .1 20c. for account. closing at 69fr.
and agpr. loc. bfobifier fell Mr. 25c. Railways
were from sfr. to Mr. lower. The receipts of sew
of the leading lines have !alien off considerably Ws
week.

The Lyons to Geneva Railway Com Play has pub-
lished a notice to those to whom t::41148
~„ have bles
;gut, that the idea of the banquet an,: inl3lg6-
Irloon train announced for the opening of till 1"0"7
bat been gispn up.