The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-24 00:00:00

PROSECUTION OF LEGITIMISTS IN
FRANCE.

Our Paris correspondent his several times alluded
to the sentence passed on the 11th September by the
Correctional Tribunal of Poitiers, upon M. de Curzon
and other members of the Legitimist party in that
district. We now publish the text of the indict-
ment and that of the sentence, which afford the first
example of the application of the " Law of Public
Safety" enacted in February last.
Them promedings are instituted, on the demand of the
Procureor-Imperial. against-1. Emmaael-Marie-Vinoent
Parent de Curzon, 46 years old, landowner at Poitiers ; 2.
Cisatoa-Alfred, Marquis de Maine, 24 yews, landowner at
Poitiers ; 8. Pierre Clrebit, 35 years, porter of the Gerbil
quarter, at Poitiers ; 4. Auguste Girsud, 44 years, a grocer,
hying at Poitiers; 6. Claude Bottrumeau, 45 years, for-
merly • linker, living at Poitiers ; 6. Bardou (Binice), 66
years, a blacksmith, Melee at Poitiers.
Aseassi. 1. Of hatrieg, at Poitiers, is the mums of the
year 1866, by mambos publicly uttered, and by an addrem
written and sheen is public place., attacked the rights
.hick the Emperor holds in virtue of the oonadtution end
the nellenal sovereignty.
2. Of hoeing, together and to ocsecart, during the year
1858, with the intention of disturbing the public peace,
premised mascsuvres or maintained Intelligence either at
home or abroad ; crimes provide! tipsiest and punished by
the articles Ist of the law of 167 17, 1819; let of the decree
of August 11, 1848. Ist of the law of July 27, 1849 ; and
2nd of the law of lurch 2. 1858.

The Tribunal, upon theeba4SUfiected by the law of 1858:
Corsidering that the accused de Curzon did, on the 11th of
July last, draw up the plan of an address, which was seized,
that he sent to Grelet to have copied out fair by Giraud or
Bournmeau. to have the copy signed and sent to him, in
yids- that the ~,:cued vie MONS might take it to Cologne.
That the address, in consequome, was taken by (helot to
Giniud, who copied it; that it was signed by twelve or fifteen
persons, and taken back to K. De Curzon, who returned It
to Grate., in order that It might, after receiving fresh signa-
tures, be given book to Y. Maill4.
That in this address the eignataries give to the Count of
Chambord the title of king, call him ate, sad themeless his
'objects.
That It is saki thank, " Let year Molasty know well that
if the time he. not permitted all thins who think and feel se
we do to join their signatures to ours, km are here many
boots and eras that have faith sod are waiting with int-
putioww" Thoth:we apnea's. are act a simple homage
etrespeet, aillocentent, and gratitude, thit they have a grave
political weardng by PIMP( the existence of men upon
whew arm depeoents could be placed in MPS of need ;
That this address was eraveyed by the accused De kalif,
who Gaye be did sot know Its Patents, and was so presented
by him te the prty addressed.
That on his return to Poitiers de MAME saimakanod,
through the medium of Grelet, to apartment* of the Grote
in the Oceini ham, at nine o'clock at night, oa the Lt of
Amnia, the parties who had signed the outdrew, and dell•
weed to thewpesdisrly ilhe hooks
toff
of the Count of Chesskard with a
otavesk M to OMNI
nes the teehe just egg have es • emeggsues, In the
that pees, et Miss, to hap or sad team the eel of the
Mks govormeaes=l; mad in the second pleas to
preetas
Theft =TB OSIIIIIMIVO the public peace, and has no
other AIM bat that Si albe ft.
rni art That Os otdects is PPM as the of the soaped D 4
Mini% Pie amateld ad this collective mai-
keeilisa intended kr tie slams ; that this object 1
wee elemoly kites= by the De Matti, who joined in
it as**
_l4 the sake of *fiends( a meeting of working
men, veldt messing be set on foot,
That Obeyed sad Groist took part la this object, knowing
well whet they pre dabs, shoos one of them copied the
ridges; helk mad ft to be eiga4 after it wee read, by
several perms whom keypad for. ass Is whose hopes they
pat themslves; sok sestiover, Ordst In his own same,
ladled the tette bylaw the =aft _disked by N. Msdll4.
But that Dostrusesa ad Illona Dadra may not have
understood the MI rawastagot.list they Mated and took no
active deeps.
Upoe the charge relating to the law of 1849,
Considering that the sdd rem. the copy of which wee embed,
Is a kohl of the tights of the aoversiga who reigns ever
Ffel1011; that it farms coneequently an attack upon those
Hitt* hat that the crime can wily exist by means of nab-
Wiry ; that accused le not proved.
Tont the De Curzon, after sending conflAsntlelly
his pleo, remind to imorenas of all that ensued, and did not
know nor foreerw the means employed for collecting the
licsTOL
hat the signatures 'Mud at (brand's house were sot
written In hie shop, but fa an apartment behind that shop,
ors to his Meade, and dosed against the public,
That the signatures collected by Greta were ghat la a
pirate lodging or morn of the Gala, quarter, sot %mad by
the pobtle, bat on the contrary set apart for private con-
vereatlons.
For theme motives :

Harley deliberated In conformity with the law, the wart
absolves the whole a the secured from the effeete of the pre-
ascetics upon the chances relative to the law of 1649, de-
clares manila:ly Mande Bournmeatt sad Mason Bade. not
guilty lapse the other chugs, sod delivery them Gee of at-
=. Declaees on the oontntry :-1, Di Carson ; 2, De
1.14 ; 3, Orelet ; 4, 0 sd, mill of having, at Polder.,
In the month of July last, with a view to disturb the public
prow✓ kept up Wotan' abased.
And applying to the,. art. 2 e( the kw of March 2, 18611,
does condemn them, to wit. De Curios, to two months' im-
prisonment, 600 francs doe; De to U 6, to ono month's ha-
prisooment, 400 francs ant; Orylet sod Gilead sash le sae
tooth's imprisonment sad 100 frames Gas.
AD severally and sallsedvply a tits len sad costa.

AOCIDENT t 7 THE PAIld HIPPODROME.—A sin-
gular aorleket concurred two days ago at the Hippodrome,
Paris. Part of the performances omelets of a mats, whose
same is Vtimeron, tiring off a cannon, which he please at
Me thealder. Hitherto this str►nge exhibition haa predated
De eaddeet, but in the last performances great commotion
was ocemioned by one of the spectators uttering a load try
immediately after the rano= was tired, and it lamed eat
that the wadding had broken his left arm. Hs was a trades-
man el Avignon, named Reinhardt, and after the broke
arm had bees set by a medical man of the neighbourhood,
ha was mewled to hie hotel. The man with the cannon
gestrally plan. htnirelf in Poch a position that the mouth
of the pleas hoes the wide open spoon forming the entrant%
bat no this noraatoa be mutt, it appears, ham inadvertently
Mood a little on one aide.