The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-29 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(nor oua OWN oomataroffneur.)

PARIS. TUMADAT
M. ItOrryoT, who is known to be a steso.,‘
catholic. act will as a legitimi,t. has wrift.,
letter to a friend in the ;Tura strongly ',com.
mending the electors to vote for M. Or,vy,
man who will zealously serve the cause, not only
of civil and polities]. but " religion, "
Religious liberty is an expression which.
French catholic mouths, has acquired a pe.,111„,
signification. Just' as in America " democrat'
came to mean " pro-slavery," religious lihoel
means, in the Univers and other cl-ric4
prints, the domination of the Pop.. II
Orevy will no doubt get many e;stiv.:,..
votes in consequence of M. Berryer's
and I hope the patronage may not lose Lila
support of any iumnbens of the liberal party. y
Berryer's catholicism, I must observe, is o ,t
the most refined ultramontane stamp. It Woo,
to the nuance represented by the (leceg
:ether than that of the I;ni,Pers or the !mien.three classes of opinion now among
as to the course which should be taken at th•
general elections. The Uniners reeomruenth
all things to vote fora good catholic, but when
n.
candidate ooming up to its standard can be four;
will support the government rather than the
Beans. The Union is equally anxious to find god
catholic., but in default of them rounqols &bites.
tion rather than voting for government. Th.
Gazette de France, while sighing for catholic.
wherever they can bo got, thinks "political liberty'
the first thing needful as a step to everything
else, and in a dilemma will support a &tow:retie
and revolutionary candidate against &government
one. M. Berryer'a letter classes him with th.
party of the Gazette de France. Judging from
y.
Grevy's antecedents I doubt greatly whetter h.
is a partisan of " religiow; liberty " in the a.
which his friend AL Berryer means.

The Corps Legislatif yesterday unanimoihly
repealed, without discussion, the article 1;s1 of
the Code Napoleon, which enacts that in all snit.
between master and servant the master's wont
shall be taken as conclusive, no evidence Lein.;
admissible against it. This monstrous inequality
had till quite lately many defenders, even among
persons eallinethemselves liberal, who had masons
plenty as blackberries to show that the article we.
necessary for the maintenance of social order.

At the Assize Court of the AM a murder ewe •,1
extraordinary atrocity has just been tried. In
picturesque chateau called Conzieu, near Belli,
where Lamartine went to school and wrote ill
first poems, there lived for many years a highly
respectable couple in the rank of gentry, n,t
wealthy, but in easy circumstances —M. anl
Madame Ferrand. M. Ferrand was by pmfossion
an advocate ; he wrote several legal works which
have a good reputation, and moreover hecomposel
the libretto for Berlioz's opera, The Troyent.
wife in a small way was the Lady Bountiful of tb-
neighbourhood. The marriage was an extremely
happy one, except that it was not fruitful.
Madame Ferrand longed for a child, and having
none she, with her husband's consent, adopted,
thirty years ago, a boy named Joanny Blanc bon-
net, who had been taken to a foundling hospital
by his mother, a poor woman who had been de-
serted by her husband. The child was brought
up tenderly, and the greatest pains were taken
with his education. But bad instincts developed
themselves early in him. He was expelled Iran
several schools and faded to take any degree. At
the time of the Crimean war be enlisted in the
49th Regiment, His military character was ex-
tremely bad. Three times in succession he was
convicted of robbery, and on the last occasion sen-
tenced to ten years' imprisonment. Owing to the
influence of his adopted parents a pardon
obtained and he was taken to live with them a.
the Chateau de Conzieu. He led a life of de-
bauchery and extravagance, and frequently made
threatening demands for money which Madam,
Ferrand had not the means of satisfying. He Se-
duced a maid servant in the house, and wanted ti
marry her. Madame Ferrand would have sanc-
tioned the marriage, but the parents of the girl
would not consent to it. He then said he would
remain at Conzien no longer, but would go to
Geneva to try to get a situation. Madame Fer-
rand got him some introductions to Geneva, and
gave him money for the journey. A few days
later he came to the house in the
night time, got in at a window, mur-
dered his adopted mother in bed, stole Lex
caket of
When arrested andsteevenht:ock,:firi,7loffhibserdcad
finger. crime.
The jury turned a deaf ear to the plea of his ad-
vocate for extenuating circumstalo es, mid the
monster is sentenced to be executed at Bourges.

At the Bourse, Rents for cash closed at yoqter-
day'a price, 69fr. 90c., but spec_ .1 ti3.on took 3 de-
cidedly gloomy view, and then. w:4.+ a 01 for
account of 174 c., the last quotation bringi4ifr. ssv.
Italian fell 40c. Credit Mobilier ro.• sir. 7:3!.

THE WIDOW OF DON CARLO9.—The Count..si
Molina has left Trieste for Drat; where she intettO.4
pass some time with her daughter-in-law, the An h•
Duchess Maria Beatrice. and her grand&ildren Dun Car,
and his consort the Princess Marguerite, uow ncu la.
confinement. . . .

Advices from Spain state that there is more
tress throughout the country than at any previous •
during the last half century. From Ohl Castdle, ah,
regarded as the granary of Spain, thousands, it is 5..!.
are flocking to the adjoining provinces in search of
and food, awl the streets of the chief central cities wit
even of the capital itself are crowded with an influx oi
people imploring aid for themselves and their
A general opinion seems prevalent that affairs cannot re-
main in their present condition. "Hunger," it is re-
marked, "is the most powerful ally of revolutionists, and
the people, overburdened with taxis; they cannot pay, out
pressed by sheer want, will be readily induced to ascribe
their sufferings to the present government.
The Hamburg and Bremen mail steamers t)
New York sense the spending of about 60,000/. a y.sir in
krighuid by touching there. They will muster ,burin(; this
year a Beet of twenty steamers, and before long they will
establish not only a bi-weekly communication with New
York, but a fortnightly communication with Baltinoro
and New Orleans. The steamers are built in Englalla,
but they are officered and manned exclusively by Hewn...
The officers are skilful, and the men are capital 6dilor'•
They are well cared for by the owners. When the tlea
is completed they will, it is expected, carry to the VainA
States nearly 2.50,000 persons annually.
SCUM IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC Cn.tea.--03
Sunday, during the celebration of mass at Queeretosa
Chapel, a most extraordinary scene took place. A m 35
named Cotter (who, we understand, is a coal
rushed from the body of the church, springing over fly'
railings, and seized the priest around the body. Inc
greatest consternation prevailed in the chapel for wino
time, the congregation being unable to see any cause b.r
so extraordinary a proceeding,. An alarm of tire w.t:
given, many ladies fainted, and the greater portion of tho
congregation rushed to the doors, while some persons went
on to the altar and seized Cotter, who appaired to
labouring under the most intense excitement. In the 3).
Sellee of any exlanation from Cotter indigtion ran
very high againspt him, and only for his arrest by Coll-
stable Ryan he would have been roughly handled. Mass
was for a few moments interrupted, but the man being
removed, tranquillity was restored. It trial-am! .:iutrs-
quently that the unusual freak arose from a delusion
which Cotter was labouring wider that some avrtal
ded
a
mity was about happening him, and if lie ,iiecee
cai
touching the priest at a particular pita of the Ti)os all
danger would be avoided. The Rev. Mr. lfenirliy not
wishing to prefer any charge against l'otte:-. he was dis-
charged from custody.—Ccrk Extinahri.