The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-25 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING.
A Ministry of Algeria and of the Colonies has
been created, and Prince Napoleon is appointed as
Minister.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVINING.
M. Devienne, Procurere-General of Lyons—who.
we see by the Moniteur, has gained the coveted
judicial prize of the presidency of the Imperial
Court of Paris—was, to use a sporting phrase, an
"outsider." He was not in the betting list at all. A
provincial judge, M. Seigliere, of Bordeaux, had
been lately spoken of as a favoured candidate, but
conjecture never turned for a moment towards
Lyons. As to his pretensions to such high office I
can say very little. Bo utterly unknown' is he at
the Palais that the punning question asked then
this morning was, " D'od deviant-il r All that I
can learn of his antecedents was that he was a mem-
ber of the Chamber of Deputies in the last year of
Louis Philippe's reign, that he made a vio-
lent speech against the banquets in February,
1848, and recommended coercive measures
with an energy which attracted some attention. He
was once procureur at the second-rate town of
Vienne on the Rhone. He afterwards practised
with success at the Lyons .bar, and has been Pro-
cureur-General at Lyons for the last two years. It
is probable that he must have shown praiseworthy
seal in prosecuting political offenders at Chelan'
and elsewhere, and must have attracted the favour-
able notice of Marshal Castellane,who commands the
Lyons district.
The Moniteur, in its report of what passed in the
Court of Queen's Bench on the acquittal of Truelove,
makes Lord Campbell say that the pamphlet pub-
lished by the defendant was " evidently a libel."
This imputation upon the Lord Chief Justice's di s•
oration as a judge ought not to be allowed to pass
unoontradicted. I see by all the English papers
that what his lordship really did say was that he
gave "no opinion on the publication, exoept that it
ought no longer to circulate in this country."
The Patrie, breaking the silence of the French
journals, which I noticed yesterday, has decided to
assume ao indignant tone. It regrets that the
reports spread by some English journals that the
prosecution would be dropped did not turn out to be
true. " A denial of justice would have been better,"
it says, " than a mockery of justice." This senti-
ment is repeated in various phraseology throughout
the article, which concludes as follows :
We must presume, we enema, from the trial of Bernard,
that there are laws In England against the aseardnation of
foreign sovereigns, but the molt showed that these laws
ewe readily evaded. We now learn by Truelove's trial that
the English law punishes the offence of counasiling the
murder of royalism and libelling their parsons, but that •
simple denial of the charge sufiloes to prevent the law from
being put in force.
Would the Petrie have been better pleased if, in-
stead of the judicious compromise made entirely out
of delicacy towards the French government, the
prisoners had heen acquitted triumphantly after
another damaging speech from Mr. James P
M. Delangle has already turned his attention to
the absurd regulations which have lately prevailed
in France, regarding foreign journals. I understand
that the embargo laid by General Espinasse upon
the Independence Beige, will be forthwith removed,
and scarcely any English papers have been seized
during the past week. I have little doubt that M.
Delangle will pat a stop to the foolish practice of
confiscating English newspapers at the post-office
altogether. He has determined, moreover, to abolish
the unjust and illegal distinction hitherto made be-
tween government and independent journals in
regard to being sold in the *neon. The sale of all
Will be alike permitted.
I learn front a good source thit the ministry of
Marine and Colonies will shortly be divided into two
ministries. There will be a Marine Minister, attend 4
ing exclusively to naval affairs, and a Colonial
Minister, whose jurisdiction will extend, if I am
rightly informed, to Algeria as well as the other
colonies.

It is a curiotui fact, as showing the working of
despotic institutions, that the government journals,
which have lately been writing eloquent articles in
favour of the sale of the real property of charitable
foundations, were all instructed only a year ago to
treat a rumour which had oozed out, of the imperial
designs in this regard, as a " weak invention of the
enemy." The following letter, addressed officially
to the Indepeaseant of Douai, was reproduced by the
Constitriiaanel, the Petrie, and the Pays :
Dowd, Joao 16, 1867.

Monsieur le Itedecteur,—lt is minted by enemies of the
government that an intention exists to convert all the real
property of charitable foundations into Rents. This report is
altogether Rho, sad I beg you to contradict it in your journal.
Receive, Bto.,
The Sub-Prefect, H. GAINIIII.

The Bourse has been better. The Rents rose 15e.
for cash, and 6c. for account, closing at 68fr. and 67fr.
96e. Mobilier rose 16fr. A good business was done
in railways. It was stated that the project of an
arrangement with the government would be rub-
milted to the Consultative Railway Commission on
Saturday, and it was also reported that several
English capitalists have subscribed • fund for In-
vestment in French railways. Orleans rose 17fr.
60c. ; Lyons, 12fr. 60c. ; Southern, 1 lfr. 25c. ; and
the other lines from 6fr. to 10c. _ . .

Feed Paella is reported to be better, and it is said
that the Conference will sit again on Tuesday.

AMERICA.

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The Vanderbilt steamer Northern Light attired
at Southampton this morning, on her-way to Havre
and Bremen, with mails and 300 passengers, seventy
of whom were for England. She left New York
on the 12th inst.
The Kangaroo, Asia, and Nova Scotian had arrived
out.
At Bermuda, where Admiral Sir Houston
Stewart is, all the stories about the searohing d ,
the American wools by British cruisers are dented. •
The following is from tie New York Herald of the
' 12th inst.:
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