The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

THE LATE TRIAL OF PROTESTANTS IN

FRANCE.

The trial of three pretestants, MM. Malley,
Rasubtud, and Ledouz, of femme (Charente-Inferieare),
for having been present at a meeting oonaisting of more than
twenty person., held without authorisation of government,
was published some weeks ago in the Erprcts. M. limy
w moreover charged with having publicly insulted a cure,
sad with having turned the Roman catholic religion into con-
tempt. The Slick now eifers a detailed account of the pro.
endings which led to the above trial, and which places the
matter in an entirely new tight. According to that journal :
" M. limey had been invited by M. Rambsud, a farmer,
te visit hies and toned the scriptures to his Wady. On the
Amy appointed, M. limey, not having a hone at hand, gave
op the projected visit. But be subsequently met M.
Lsdssa, a tradesman, who offered to drive him to the house
of imehaud. On arriving there, they found that the
family, after having waited for some time, had dispersed in
the field, and were engaged in their usual occupations. But
the youngest son ran off to fetch his parents, and in the
meanwhile a considerable crowd of persons, numbering more
than a hundred, flocked into tho house and courtyard in order
to listen to the words of M. Mosey. The latter, surprised at
the number around him, demanded the cause, 'and were then
informed that the cure of the parish had on the preceding
Sunday announced from the pulpit that a leopard, devouring
all that it encountered, was prowling about the country ; that
the ferocious beast would probably appear in his pariah, but
that he should decidedly go to meet it on ite amval • then,
dropping the metaphor, the cure added that the Ned was a
landowner of the name of Niamey. The crowd come-
quently assembled in order to witness the encounter between
the cure and the leopard. M. Massy contented himself with
reading, without comment, the 23d chapter of St. Matthew,
in order, as he said, to prove to the audience that
religion is holy in spite of the faults committed by these who
teoch it. A person present asked M. Massy if he believed in
the Virgin; upon which he replied The miraculous
conception of our Lord Jesus Christ is a mystery I worship;
no woman has so many claims on our veneration as the Vir-
gin Mary, because she was chosen by God to conceive the
Saviour of the world.' But, said another party,. we are
told that the Protestants believe that the Virgin had other
children, and that she did not always remain young ? M.
Messy, in reply, reed the chapter of St. Mark,
where it is recorded that Jesus had four brothers,
named James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, and se-
veral sisters, and he reminded his hearers that, as
the time of the crucifixion, the Saviour was thirty-three years
of age. In returning home M. Messy met the cure, who
thus addreesed him, ' I have already said, and I repeat to
you, what St. Polyearp said to Mareion : You are a demon
vomited from bell for the misfortune of the country.' A
lively dispute followed, but the provocation was not on the
aide of M. Massy. We have not the honour of belonging to
the reformed church, but the religion to which we clol
orders us to protect the weak from the strong, the oppressed
from the oppressors; it teaches us to look upon every man
as a brother, without inquiring into his religious belief, and
to respect liberty of conecicoce and of worship. For those
reaming do wo struggle agi, Meet all aggressive tendencies,
from any quarter that they may proceed. We are the ants-
genie' ts of every intolerant clergy."

A number of pottery works have been established
in the neighbourhood of Poole, in Dorsetshire, for the manu-
facture of tire brick and drain- pee, and an arehitectnral
pottery has been established at Hatuworthy near the above-
named town, where a more refined and artistic trade will be
carried on. The plastic clays found in Branham Island are
found to be rich in alumina, and the erection of alum works
was contemplated there, and has only been delayed in con-
ecqucnee of the embarrassments of Colonel Waugh, the
owner of that island. . -

SUICIDE BY ARSENIC.-CORONER'S INQUEST,

Yesterday an inquest was held at the London Hospital on
the body of William Bush, aged 40. The deceased had born
a ship's cook, and had recently been under the care of Dr.
Ryan, of Lemon-alert, for delirium tremens. On Saturday
he went to the shop of Mr. Mendota, chemist, Lemon-street,
and purchased four ounces of arsenic, which he maid be
wanted for poisoning rats. Shortly afterwuda he died In
'thing convukona, and it was found by Dr. Ryan that he
had taken arsenic enough to poison 200 pelvic The jury
returned the following verdict : " That the deceaud destroyed
himself while in a state of temporary insanity by swallowing
I a large quantity of arsenic ; and the conduct of Mr. Mendota,
the chemist, was highly reprehensible for selling arsenic
unmixed and uncoloured, as required by the act of par-
liament."
EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL,

FILIDAY.—The fine ship Miles Barton, C►ptain Darlington:
belonging to the White Star line of Australian packets, owned
by Meson. H. T. Wilson and Chambers, of this port, went
into the river this afternoon and will mil to-morrow for
Weilionnse, having on board about 330 passengers and a fell
I Miro at imereltazAw on freight. The same firm despatched on
Tiesedaytheir mammoth clipper White Star with above 750
emigrants to Melbourne, thus makig above 1,100 in less than
• via, and those chiefly of the class adaptod to the require-
. swats of those colonies.

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