The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-25 00:00:00

ISTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
TRIAL ANDIOENTENCE UPON

M. MONTALEMBERT.

AND BRITISH THI.ZORAYII.)
PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING.

M. Montalambert is condemned to aix months' im-
prisonment, and 3,000 francs ins. M. Donniol to
one month's imprisonment, and 700 franca fine.

PALAIS DB JUSTICE, PARIS,
WLDWISDAT EVIININO, 6.30.

The exciting trial is just over--all but the judg-
ment. The judges are now in their private room
preparing it. Anything resembling a report is out
of the question by this poet. I have scarcely time
to write a word. The speeches of MM. Berryer
and Dufaure were magnificent beyond description.
To have heard them is an event in a life. Berryer
spoke for two hours and a half ; when he sat down,
M. Villemain approached him, squeezed his hand,
and said, " Yon never made a more splendid speech
in your life, either at the bar or the tribune."
Among the remarkable men present were M. Odillon
Barrot and the Doke de Broglie, and seven or eight
members of the Corps Diplomatiqne. M. Chair
d'Est Ange, the Procnrenr- General Imperial,
sat behind one of the judges' chairs, look-
ing like a chained tiger disappointed of a rush
'at his prey. Etiquette does not allow him to speak
except in the upper or " Imperial Coart.".and he was
forced to leave the conduct of the prceeention with
his inferior officer, M. le Precursor Imperial Cor-
douen. The latter performed his duty with a mo-
desty becoming his very moderate abilities. Re-
garding the trial from an artistical point of view,
the bar regretted that the Procureur Imperial was so
tremendously overmatched. Could Choi& d'Est Ange
have spoken, the arms of the combatants would have
been more nearly on an equality. The Procureur
Imperial told M. di Montalimbert that ke had
thrown France prostrate at the feet of England and
struck her on the face. This he repeated three
times, " Vous Paver frappe an visage, frappe an
visage, indigneanent frappe an visage." Berryer
said that the prosecution was " unjust, unfounded,
ill-advised, and he world add, rash." The Procureur
Imperial did not ray anything offensive to England.
M. Demme's logical style of argument was
perhaps never shown to more advantage.
Berryer, who spoke first, melted the hearts
of his hearers, and then Datums con-
vinced their mutton. When Berryer sat down, a tre-
mendous shout of" bravo" burst forth from the lower
end of the court. The President ordered the pollee
to turn out any one they could find who had cried
oat, but they could not put their finger upon any
one. The charge upon which M. de Montalembert
may, if found guilty, be brought under the provi-
sions of the law of public safety, and transported at
any time at the pleasure of the government,
is that which accuses him of having at-
tacked the rights which the Emperor holds from
the constitution. This charge is based upon a forced
interpretation of the law of 1849, made to protect
the republican constitution which than existed.
The arguments of MM. Berryer and Dufaure to
prove that this law could not be applied to the pre-
sent imperial constitution were so crushing that I
jelly doubt whether the judges will have the effron-
tery to pronounce M. de Montalembert guilty on
this head. The law of 1849 was itself a renewal of
laws of the restoration, Louis Philippe, and the
Constituent Assembly of 1840. If the government
neglected to renew it, that is no reason, said M.
Dufaure, why the courts should condemn without
any law at all.
I will write again later in the evening.
. _ _ _

The state of Italy and, more particularly, the rela-
tions of Austria and Piedmont are considered to have
been the cause of the uneasy feeling at the Bourse to-
day. Numerous sales caused a downward tendency,
the fall of to-day exceeding the rise of yesterday.
The fall in Renter wu 40c. for cub, and 30c. for ac-
count. Credit Mobilier fell 20fr. both for cub and

account. Closing prices :—Rentes, 74fr. 10e. cash,
74fr. 25c. account. Credit Mobilier,l,olsfr. Rail-
ways heavy, with prices generally lower than yes-
terday, though the downward tendenq encountered
much resistance.

SPAIN.

Accordin to a telegraphic despatch from Madrid
of the 23rd, Signor Ras Olano had been appointed
Governor of Cuba, bet General Concha would remain
in Havannah until the difficulties with Mexico are
arranged.