The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-20 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(?BOY ova OWN comizerwronrr.)
PARIS, BOYDAT Emilia.

The Prince Imperial is coming back from Brest
to-morrow without stopping at Rennes. I have
heard that the reason why he is not to visit the
Princess Baciocchi is that the measles are in the
house. It will be a great pity if this accident should
deprive the country of the benefit in some other
form of the pacific speech which we were told yes-
terday was to have been made by the Emperor
at Rennes.

The C,onstitutionnel confirms the denial already
given by minor semi-official journals of the exist-
ence of any negotiations whatsoever fur a mutual
disarmament between France and Prussia ; in fact,
there are no negotiations at all going on at present
between the two courts, " but their relations con-
tinue to be excellent." It follows from this that both
nations continue to cultivate excellence in their
Chaasepots and needle guns just as much as if they
were on bad terms.

The Monde and other clerical papers pretend to
know that a Garibaidian movement will shortly
take place against Rome, and that it will be sup-
ported by the regular army, which will, however,
this time take care not to come into collision
with the Garibaldians, as it will operate on
the north, while they will attack from the Nea-
politan States on the south. This news is very
much in conflict, indeed, with all the official
intelligence, according to which the moat cordial
understanding prevails between the cabinets of
Paris and Florence. In several quarters it is
affirmed that the convention of September is about
to be renewed, and that the French army will
entirely evacuate the Roman States next month.
By the way, I have seen no confirmation of the
news given by the Liberte three or four days ago,
of Garibaldi's having appeared at Naples ; and I
hold it to be about as true, though not so important,
as the statement of the Figaro that the police was
endeavouring to arrest Riociotti in England.
The two Havre murderers are in custody, and
have both confessed. They are both young men
from the neighbourhood of Paris ; their names
are Maillard, aged 21, and Coate, aged 26. Ac-
cording to their story they had been in Havre only
ten days. Having exhausted their money they
went into the eating-house kept by M. Beaugendre,
in the Rue des Acacias, with no other intention
than that of getting a meal without paying for it ;
but that when they saw some money in the till the
temptation to get possession of it suggested a
crime which they had not before thought of. They
stabbed M. Beaugendre and killed him on the spot,
and inflicted a most dangerous wound upon his
wife, but in consequence af her cries made off
without taking any money.
The Marquis de Manbreuil d'Orvault has with-
drawn his suit for a divorce against his wife.

After some conversation between the court and counsel,
it was agreed, with the unction of the Attorney-I
that that part of the evidence which affects Ann -Justice
and O'Keefe should be given at a late stage of the we
for the prosecution.
Mr. Baker Greene informed the court that the prisoners
had not had an opportunity of examining the list of
jurymen, and quoted authority which he said entitled
them to that advantage.
The Lord Chief Justice said if an application had been
made to the Sheriff and not to the Clerk of Arraigns,
there would have been every desire to meet the
wishes of the prisoners and their counsel
on this pant. No doubt in • case which had created inch
sensation as the present the authorities were prepared is
every way to promote the ends of justice and to act in the
fairest possible spirit, but he was bound to say that the
proper course had not been taken in this instance is
endeavouring to give the prisoners an opportunity of
examining the panel. He also wished to remark that the
application was opposed to the practice of criminal couch,
and that if the rule were adhered to it would give an op.
portunity for en indulgence in frivolous objections, and Or
attended with great inconvenience.
The clerk of the court then proceeded to cell thou
who bad been summoned to act as jurors.
After a lapse of half an hour a jury was empanelled.
The Attorney-General proceeded to state the cue for
the exam. He said he was aware that the circumstances
attending the explosion, or at least some of them, most
have come within the cognisance of the jury, .ad no
doubt had been commented upon by them. lie
begged of them to dismiss from their minds any
opinions they might have formed, and to coda
their attention solely to the evidence which would
be adduced before them. The male prisoners were
members of the absurd conspiracy known as the Fenian
Brotherhood, and were all known to each other, their res-
pective residences being in the vicinity of Golden-square.
Al ter detailing the facts relating to the incarceration of
Burke in the House of Detention end the projected
scheme for his rescue while being conveyed in the prise
van, he referred to the arrival in London at the time in
question of the prisoner Barrett or Jackson, and a man
known as " Captain" Murphy, and stated it would he
proved that those two men were in communication with
Mullanyi English, and the two Desmonds. It would be
shown that the idea of rescuing Burke from the prison
van was abandoned at Burke's own suggestion, and
that the arrangement for blowing tip the prism
was in reality a scheme which was laid by but,
and one sin which all the prisoners, with the
exception of Ann Justice, took part. He traced the efforts
made by Barrett, William Desmond, " Captain " Murphy,
and others to procure gunpowder to blow up the prima
and referred to the meeting at William Desmond's house,
at which arrangements were made for blowing up the
prison on the following day. Burke was aware of what
was going on, and it was arranged that a ball should be
thrown into the exercise yard of the prison as a signal to
him shortly before the explosion. English, O'Keefe, and
the two Demimonde were seen in the immediate vicinity of
Corporation-lane on the 12th of December, and on the Ertl
Timothy Diamond, who, it was alleged, was intoxicated at
the time, met a man named Vaughan, who was more or less
connected with the conspirators, and told him that the
plot was to be executed at 4 o'clock on that day, and
that he expected to be blown up. The case spina Act
Justice was that she went to the House of Detention with
Casey's dinner ; that after having gone with the dime,
instead of going away, she remained in the immediate m
tinily of the prim:mom found ineenversationwitlitzsothy
Desmond, and remained until the explosion actually lest
plus, when she was arrested in St. Jetaceevalt.sll
marched to prison. Barrett was believed to be the mat
who applied the fuse to the barrel, sad in all mall
the evidence which would be given sty this Fount
would establish the charge. Before the riplais
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SNIPPING DISASTERS IN AUSTRALIA.

By the Australian papers we learn that a series
of pies have warred along the Australian and New
Zealand coast., and there appears to have been a
very considerable destruction of shipping. The bill
of the Star of Tasmania was attended with very
melancholy incidents. This ship parted from her moor-
was,d drove on to the beach. Mrs. Baker, a pasienger,
brought up from the cabin, and her two little boys and
Blaster M'Lean were carried into the forecastle as the
safest place, and secured in the bunks. Shortlyafterwards
the decks being smashed in, the forecastle was filled with
water, Mrs. Baker's two little boys being drowned, Master
ii`Lean managing to escape. The maste then went by the
board, and the Tempel commenced to break up rapidly. All
hands, with Mrs. Baker and Master M'Lmin, took refuge on
the starboard bow, the vessel having heeled over on to her
port broadside, the water waahingcleanithrough her seams.
The first officer jum into the ma to try to carry a line
line ashore, but, bei pedng washed away b the backwater,
lost the line, and barely escaped with hi. life. Four men
then snommively jumped off ,`the first two getting ashore,
but the others being drowned. At last • line was hove
aboard, and the remainder of the crew and passengers were
takenoff.