The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-10 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SUNDAY Eviernra.

M. Keller, who by his maiden speech on the oc-
casion of the address acquired a considerable repu-
tation for oratory, was so far emboldened by his
first success as to make a much more elaborate on-
alaught upon the government yesterday. He took
advantage of his right to speak upon the budget of
the Minister of the Interior to review the whole
policy of the empire ab ow, and he attacked it as
being at once anti-catholic, despotic, and revolu-
tionary. He roundly charged the government with
having invented the Marseilles plot against the
Emperor's life several years ago, and that for the
purpose of striking terror and extinguishing liberty.
He denounced the alliance made with the Italian
revolution in 1859, and indulged in much bitter in-
vective against Garibaldi and his partisans. The
whole press of France, be said, with the exception
of a few religious journals, was organised by
the Minister of the Interior for the purpose
of propagating revolutionary and anti-catholic
doctrines. He designated the Si&le and Opinion
Nationale especially as organs used for those ends.
The subversive principles of the government had
even penetrated the sacred precincts of the judicial
bench. As an illustration of the latter charge he
stated that a prosecution instituted against the
Opinion Nationale by a mayor and • sub-prefect,
who were alluded to in a ribald fewilleton of M.
About's by the names of Souerkrant and Ignatius,
had been burked by the judges at the request of
the executive power, because the Opinion had
already one condemnation scored up against it, and
would have been extinguished by a second.
The attack upon the judges occasioned several
vehement interruptions, to which M. Keller replied
that he was certain that the prosecution had been
quashed.
M. Abbattucci said that the only reason was that
the prosecutors had withdrawn their complaints.
M. Keller insisted that except in the case of
adultery, a prosecutor could not stay a prosecution
once commenced, but on this head his law was cor-
rected by M. Abbattucci and M. Baroche, who
stated, and were not contradicted, that a prosecu-
tion for a private libel fell to the ground by the
withdrawal of the party aggrieved.
M. Baroche, who was on the ministerial bench,
at the same time complained that the wholesome
practice of giving previous notice of a complaint on
a matter of fact, which prevailed in England, and
was always customary in the old parliaments of
France, had not been complied with. He knew
nothing whatever of the alleged facts concerning
X. About.

K Keller, who seemed to have got his speech
by heart, went on without apparently altering the
form of his phrases in consequence of any inter-
ruptions. He proceeded to charge the government
with systematic persecution of the clergy, and ho
alleged that the recent prosecution of two libels
upon the church was only resorted to in order to
get up a paragraph for the Mortiteur just before the
debate was coming on. His speech, which, in con-
sequence of its extreme length, was latterly listened
to with much impatience, lasted till 6 o'clock,
an hour beyond which the house scarcely ever sits.
When he had finished Count de Morny addressed
him in the following terms :
X. Keller, you have frequently alluded to the gospel ; let
me tell you what the gospel preaches; it is conciliation, in-
dulgence, moderation, and the pardon of injuries, and these
were the doctrines which, at the birth of the church,
ensured its triumph. I would recommend those who con-
sider themselves the representatives of catholic opinions
in the chamber to give more frequent examples of these
doctrines. (Applause.)
The debate on the budget of the Interior was
adjourned till Monday, when M. E. 011ivier and
M. Granier de Cassagnac propose to speak.
In the Meniteur of June 7, p. 826, there occurs
a misprint, the effect of which is to put into the
mouth of Count de Morny some expressions hostile
to Italy, which were in reality used by an obscure
ultramontanist member, the Count de la Tour.
Although the error is patent to every attentive
reader, it seems to have misled a portion of the
public, for the Independence says that on the
strength of it there wars rumours in Paris that,
immediately after a council of ministers at Fon-
tainebleau, Count de Morny had said publicly that
the dream of Italian unity was over, and that
French troops would continue to guard Rome.
Now these are the very expressions used by M. de
la Tour, and printed by the Moniker as if they
had been uttered by the President. It appears that
the Empress, who had much better been attending