The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-01 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

AND 311STIS1 TlLlSs►li.)

PARIS, MONDkY MORMUCO.

The Moniteur announces that General Changarnier
and General Balm are authorised to return to
France.

(nor ors owx

PARIS. Sylmar Emma.

You will have seen by the Meniteur that the
Emperor's government has at length decided to
throw open the butchers' trade in Paris. This is a
very great measure ; and one, considering the vast
amount of interest and prejudice arrayed against it,
which it required a considerable amount of nerve to
take. The monopoly is abolished in the most com-
plete way, none of the suggested palliatives having
been adopted. The notion which has prevailed for
so many years, that without the monopoly the
graziers would never feel certain of a market
in Paris, and might leave the city to
starve ; and that without the privileged bank
at Poisty the butchers would never be
able to find ready money to pay for their beasts, is
altogether thrown overboard by M. Rootlet's excel-
lent report. Anybody may now be a butcher, and
may buy his stock wherever he likes. He will be
subject to no other restrictions than those police
regulations already in force, to prevent unwholesome
meat from being sold. As a matter of course, the
absurd tax which has been in force for three years,
and according to which the beat leg of mutton in
France wss obliged to be sold at the same price as
the worst, is abolished. The report states that the
new measure is taken against the opinion of the
municipal council. It is to come into operation on
March 31. The minister is careful to tell the people
not to expect any great reduction in prices at first.
Orsini, de Rndio, and Pieri have been removed
from the Conciergerie to the prison of La Roquette,
there to await the execution of their sentence, un-
less (which is highly improbable) the Court of Ces-
sation should find that there was any irregularity in
their trial.

Letters from Marseilles state that several suspen-
sions of payment have taken place during the last
few days. The liabilities are said to amount to
twenty millions of francs. The Marseilles journals
state that the Emperor is expected in that city in
April, but that hie Majesty will not go to Algeria.
General Baron de Sprengporten, who had come to
Paris on a special mission to their Majesties, has left
on his return to Stockholm.

PARIS. SATURDAY BTRIMIII.
The trial of the assassins of the Rue Lepelletier,
which wu expected to have lasted till this evening,
terminated last night, and Orsini, de Radio, and
Pierri, have received the righteous and inevitable
sentence of death. The jury, in mercy, have given
the benefit of extenuating circumstances to Corner,
the servant, and he is sentenced to hard labour for
life. It does not now appear that there was . any
reason for the unprecedented step taken by the
French authorities of prohibiting the newspapers
from giving independent reports of the trial. lam
told by those who were present that the official
report is unusually full, and as fair as is possible to
be. I have not heard of a single incident worth
mentioning which is not there reported. It was
supposed that the main object for the extraordinary
precautions taken was to suppress Orsini 's letter tothe
Emperor; but that letter is given in the Moniteur. A
stinging sentence against despotism in M. Jules
Favre's speech is also given just as it was delivered. I
rather think that after the arrangements were made
a change took place in the counsels of the govern-
ment. It was, lam pretty certain, intended at first
that only a very bnef report should be published;
but on reflection the obvious consideration that any-
thing disagreeable to the government would be sure
to come out sooner or later, and with an effect the
more damaging from the fact of the knowledge
being prohibited, led to the wiser determination to
publish the whole proceedings almost verbatim. The
candour ultimately shown in this instance will per-
haps be used as an argument to prove that official
reports are much better than private ones. The pre-
cedent, however, is a moat dangerous one, and if it
should be followed there will be no guarantee
whatever for the great principle recognised by
the French Code of the publicity of crimi-
nal proceedings. The trial appears to have
been conducted with perfect fairness. M. Chaix-
d'Est-Ange's speech for the prosecution was wonder-
fully eloquent and in excellent taste. Yon will have
observed the delicate way in which be speaks of
England, admitting that although her laws were in
many respects much at variance with French notions
the French did not know them wellenough to judge
of them, and that they were not to be lightly censured,
because they were those of a great people.
The counsel for the defence all acquitted them-
selves of their difficult task in a creditable manner,
not stultifying themselves by. struggling with
unanswerable facts, bat conscientiously. and with
great ingenuity suggesting every circumstance
which might by passibility have influenced the
mind of the jury. The fullest latitude wasven
both to the prisoners and their counsel, and Presi-
dent Delangle's summing up appears to me unexcep-
tionable, except as I must venture to say in
the concluding sentence, where he tells the jury that
he appeals to their " patriotism" as well as to their
sense of justice for a conviction. That I think was
a misplaced and revolutionary argument.
The prisoners have availed themselves of the legal.
and matter-of-coarse privilege of appealing to the
Court of Cessation against the regularity of the
sentence. This will delay the execution for some
days.
IL he Bourse was firmer to-day. The Rents rose
lac. for cash and bc. for account, closing at 69fr. 40c.
in each case. Mobilier rose 2fr. SOc. The Northern
and Southern Railways rose about 7fr. each ; West-
ern,_3fr. 76c. ; and the other lines about 2fr. 60c.

I have never seen it stated in print that the Im-
perial Prince had been seen to walk alone. Con-
sidering what pains is taken to show his little
Imperial Highness to the public, his daily rides in
the Champs Elysks escorted by cavalry, and his
frequent promenades in his goat carriage in the re-
served garden and on the terrace of the Tuileries, it
certainly seemed probable that if he had been an
accomplished pedestrian, opportunities would have
been taken ere this to let the multitude see his per-
formances. A notion had, therefore, got abroad that
he must be more backward in regard to walking
than children of his age (nearly two Tears) usually are.
I, however, am now able to bear witness that he not
only walks well, but is wonderfully strong upon his
pins. Happening to pass through the Carrousel, at
guard mounting, this morning, I saw his Imperial
Highness coins out of the centre door of the Pavillon
de l'Horloge on foot, walking between two gover-
wales and followed by a footman. He was dressed
in a sky blue tunic, with a black hat and feather, and
dark gaiters. He walked southward along the
pavement under the windows of the Tuileries, as far
as the little private door in the Pavillon de Fiore,
then turned and continued his promenade along the
whole length of the palace, rounded the corner,
went as far as the guard-house near the gate leading
to the Rue Rivoli, and afterwards went back to the
centre of the Palace, where he was put upon the
beck of a remarkably fine donkey, which was wait-
ing for him. During the whole of this long walk
he frequently rejected the proferred assistance of the
governesses' hands, and seemed to delight in getting
a little before them, to show his consciousness that
he was a great personage and they his attendants.
He walked remarkably quick,with a long even step,
putting his little feet finely on the ground, and
every now and then ran a little, to leave the gover-
nesses behind him. I did not see him trip
ones. It was the finest thing in the world
to see him retain the salutes of the sentries, who
presented arms to him. He raised his hand to his
cap in true military style, jut at the proper moment,
with an air of modest assurance in which there was
nothing playful or childlike. He looked u serious
ea Tom Thumb used to do when dressed as General j

Bonaparte. Then can be no doubt that this child,
in whom so many and such rut hopes are cos.
centered, liaa already., by the force of ethos=
precocious sense of his own importance. He
in his band a little flexible sword, which he bran-
dished continually, with wonderful energy and de-
termination, as if longing for something to strike.
As far as the dynasty depends upon the health,
strength, and excellent conformation of the heir ap.
parent, the Emperor and Empress have every ground
for hope and confidence.
It is announced that Prince Jerome is " still some.
what suffering from influenza, of which he hes had
an attack."

-Oil; senator—one only—haa voted against the
" Public Safety" Bill. His name deserves to be re-
corded, although the constitution of 1862 does not
allow any record to be made of it, for the information
of Frenchmen. This man is General Macmahon, the
brave soldier who commanded the assault upon the
Malskoff tower.

The Journal d'lndre-et-Loire says :—" Several
arrests, supposed to be political, were effected at
Tours on Wednesday last. We know nothing what-
ever of the circumstances."

UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY Emma.
The Arabia has arrived ; she brings 46 pusengers
and 600,000 dollars in specie.

The Marrs, hence, arrived at Halifax an
the 14th.

The news is of no special importance.

In the United States Senate attention had been
directed to the relationship of the government with
Brazil. General Houston presented a resolution
directing inquiry site the:expetliency of the United
States establishing a protectorate over Mexico and
Central America.

A joint resolution, conferring upon the President
authority to make appropriate arrangements for the
reception and entertainment of the Turkish admiral,
Mohamed Pacha, was adopted.
The special committee of the house on the
Leoompton constitution have decided not to send to
Kansas for persons and papers, but to rely upon the
facts contained in the official documents in the de-
partments for their guidance. The committee was
expected to report within a week,
The house committee on territories were expected
shortly to report a bill organising Carson Territory,
composed of territory lying west of the Valley of
Salt Lake.

A Washington telegram says the democratic
senators have agreed to dispose first of the bill pro-
viding for the increase of the army, and then to
take up the bill for the admission of Minnesota
into the Union. To the Minnesota bill an amend-
ment will be made, providing for the admission of
Kansas under the Lecompton constitution, the said
constitution so amended as to drop the clause which
prohibits the people of Kansas from altering it till
1864.

Great excitement had been created in Brooklin
by the assassination of a respectable citizen by a
party of Rowdies ; and a vigilance committee had
been organised to preserve the pesos.
California news to January 20 is of little import-
ance. The Supreme Court has come to the unanimous
conclusion that the affirmative vote of the people at
the last election legalised the state debt. The state
finances were in a more prosperous condition than at
any former period. The markets were very dull.
The Mormon news is interesting, but unreliable.
There was a rumour of a battle between the United
States troops and the saints, but it was not believed.
A report that five American citizens had been
killed by the Mormons.
We learn from Nicaragua that the treaty nego-
tiated with the United States bad been ratified ; and
also that the treaty between Casts. Rica and Nicar-
agua had been rejected by the first named republic.
These events would, it was thought, lead to the re-
newal of hostilities.

The revolution in Peru is at a stand. A Captain
Homer had been arrested at Valparaiso, charged with
organising an expedition in the United States against
the Peruvian government. He was expected to be
shot.

The New York money market is very easy. Capi•
tal over abundant. Stocks buoyant and tending
upward. Closing rates were Illinois Central,
971; ditto Bonds, 95 ; Erie, 291 ; New York
Central, 86#; Michigan Central, 70; Panama.
1031; Michigan, Southern, 46, sterling. Ex-
change, fair demand, 1091 to no. Cotton
quieter, and tending down. Ashes, firm. Coffee,
inactive, but firm. Flour, steady. Wheat quiet,
unchanged. Iron, very quiet. Scotch pig, 27 dolt.
to 27 dole. 60e. Spirits of turpentine, steady and
firm. Rosin, firm. Provisions buoyant. Lard,
higher. Sugar, quiet and steady. Tobacco, un-
changed. Freights, dull and unaltered.
At New Orleans, on the 16th, cotton showed •
decline, middling telling at 11 to 111. Receipts,
liberal.

THE PRINCESS FREDEBICK WILLIAM OE PRIM.
NA AND TRY POOR OP BERLIN.—I have already mier
lined In a former letter that the Princess had put 1,000
&okra at the dispoidtion of the municipal authorities of
BMW, for dktributica among the poor. I have now to NM
that she has also mat 300 thaws to the town of
' Potsdam for the manse papas Ia both cams she
bra at the same time made ova to theme aids* who ban
keel knowledge of the poor in their reepeetive Oben the M.
*rent applications that had been made to her the
relief. The letter, which aooompanies the Ira-
nesatkned gift to the city of Berlin, is as follows :
" Herr Oberbilrgermekter—The reception that has been give
to my huaband and myself in Berlin was one so beautiful and
so festal, the city and all its inhabitants have taken so lively
an Intend in it, that my heart experiences the neserity to And
someexpreadonfor the warm gratitude it feels. Will you be the
exponent of theme my feelings to the sky and Um pomaded'
They are feelings which I owe in no lees meanie he
the hearty reception and wekame in all the towns end
every place that we touched in our journey hither, for rook
of Intense from all the provinces of the kingdom. • The
country, in which I have long token a moat lively
Wenn has by It. friendly advances, made it doubly
nay for me to feel myself at home in it, ma belonging to IL
I believe I act conformably to the feeling of the popu-
LH= of the capitol in herewith sending you, Herr Ober.
bargannister, me a token of my Kaltman a sum for the
poor of Berlin, the distribution of which among worthy
recipient., I venture to beg the magistracy to undertake,
with full confidence in the correctness of its appkeiticei.
To this end I will also make over to the magistraert
for their consideration, the applkations for read whiek
have been made to me.—Your well-affeetioned, Yearoatie
Princes Friedrich Wilhelm von Prawns, Princess Royal of
Great Britain and Ireland."—Corraspondent of Time,.
LECTURE ON " PUNCH." The Hey.6.141t
Steweil Brown delivered a lecture in Hope Hall on T
night, in connexion with the course for rating a
fund. There was a large attendance, sad the chair was oe-
envied by Mr. Bushel. The 'Ojai selected area And, not
the little boys' and Jody's Punch, but the Pent supported
by &Edna of a larger growth as a means of Mining, with
his retrial pea, the follies of the day. As an illustratloa
the induenos and potency of one hued, Mr. Brows oohed
whether anything could hold up a pane to greeter flank
than the picture which had POOellq acridof
the " Knight of the Shwa Bath.
pow=
re: s.the
leaderniinta °kJ! Times red the alter theare.
paporo—no pen could have sketched k biker. As au aias
of the wit which characterised Arica, the leaner min
amusing extracts with reference to " Anti-elaveri.^
was an Eaglialunan, then wee no doses of that; he woo by
far the beet authority to explain what an Baillihmas
Bud AMA and they would kern what arioalbiala
was ; and Ibisigters could not do better thanlto I
ascertain what our character is. The lootstor comislod
expreseing a hope that, for many rm. flyeliiitaidiavo
the same sphere of urefulnter, and be the boo forosidathe
of Englishmen. —L impel .efibrote.