The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-27 00:00:00

CANADA.

OTTAWA, Nov. IT.
A financial panic broke out at St. John's, New
Enumwick, on Monday.
Tto colonial press generally pronounoo tho Nova
Scotia repeal movement a bulurc.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(rem ova owx

PAILLS, TUUSBDAT EVSNWIL

The Journal du flu rre affirms that the govern-
ment has informed the Baudin family that the
erection of a monument in Paris will not bo
allowed ; but there will be no objection to ono
in M. Baudin's native department. If this news
ho true I think I know enough of French law to
say that the prohibition is an act of puro arbi-
trary power, and a coup d'aut in little. The Code
and the statutes at largo may be searched in
vain for any article giving tbo executive power a
diiereticn to prevent a particular family from
putting a tombetone over the grave of
a demased relative. The pamphlet contain-
ing a report of the Baudin ease has
been allowed to appear on the (under the
present regime) not unreasonable condition
that the examination and the speech for the pro-

secution should be given at length, as well as the
speeches for the defence. The little book came
out this morning at Le Chevalier's, and 4,000
copies have been already sold. It would, indeed,
have been folly to suppress the pamphlet after the
full report given in all the journals. Everybody
who can read reads newspapers, whereas very few
buy pamphlets.
The Correctional Tribunal of Lyons was occu-
pied on Tuesday with a prosecution against a
journal of that city, the Diactseion, for au article
written by M. Kcempfen, a Paris barrister (well
known as a contributor to the Paris Temps with the
signature " Fe7rnet "), upon an abortive project to
erect a statue to M. Value, a former Prefect of
Lyons. The article was incriminated as exciting
to hatred and contempt of government. M. Jules
Fevre and M. Jones, of the Paris bar, went down
specially to defend the editor of the paper and M.
Ku mpfen. No report of their speeches will be
allowed in France, but I hear that M. Jules Fevre
read the judgment of acquittal just pronounced in
a political case at Clermont-Ferrand, and said it
was evidence that the judges wore getting sick of
registering the decrees of despotism. The Lyons
tribunal would seem not to differ violently from
M. Jules Fevre, for I learn by telegraph that
it has only pronounced the almost nominal
sentence of 100 fr. against M. K(rmpfen, and has
condemned the editor of the paper but to eight
days' imprisonment and a fine of 1,500 fr.
A few days ago an action was tried at Lyons,
in which relatives of the above-named M. Vaisse
claimed damages for a libel on his memory. The
court dismissed the case on the sensible ground
that writers ought to be free to say what they like
of the dead, unless in so doing they manifest an
intention to injure the living. I cannot but ap-
plaud this doctrine, because I presume to sustain
it against the great authority of the late Preen-
reur-Oeneral Dupin, who maintained that every
heir, however remote, might at any time maintain
an:action for a libel on his ancestor.
The dangerous infection of whioh M. Jules
Fevre spoke at Lyons has already gained some of
the Paris judges. The almost unprecedented case
of an acquittal upon a political charge occurred
yesterday in the Sixth Correctional Chamber. A
M. Robert Davyl, who proposes to stand for the
Haute Loire at the next elections, published a
pamphlet with the title, " Our Two Deputies," iu
which be permitted himself to say that the sit-
ting members, MM. do Latour-Masubourg and de
Remind, were dummies, who always voted for
government, and wore " ever ready to gag
thinkers, repress discussion, and crush free-
dom." This seems to be a more audacious
libel than many that have been often condemned.
Nevertheless the jades, influenced by the present
shrank from endors-
.c They
main intention was to
the candidate that
, ender the aroma-
suiting to hatred and
was not sufficiently
odors was dismissed with
Minister of Justice, nut
must be well swan
afford the loss of
few acquittals will
of prosecutions on
sustainable than the
Perils
Lille to-morrow to
proseouted for pub-
summoned at Compi4ne

Legialatif will meet
fortnight earlier than the

Angerville :
Novassuut 26.
eggiftvation in Ile gene& dant of N. Benyer.

The atria' narrates the following anecdote :
'• la e (trek et Ceeepiigee. few ereologe beak. the eon-
vonoties termed ea the Clionepote, the brookable sleets
of lake won ezpiebkedl by . gement The >k paw ob-
oeread : •We oleo require eboospois is ardor to preserve
air toonolooey sad biome; sad that' are : beauty awl
woo et 11; cleverness sod wit it 10 ; ad Haim at
•ard et dd.' The limignew, who bed grededly
posembodo mowered w*► a mile: • Yea Ai set wait for
lbl Op age %perm Ike ea*, Mud.' "

it •
intstrias 44. F 211.11 ELECTIONS.
Tarterday eighborn eassabees were returned to
the new partmansat ia the proportion of eight
liberals to cionmrestives. England "ant all the
conservatives and he liberals; Ireland sent two
liberals, and Wales one. The total number of
liberal, Bloated is 376; the united conservative
strength is 268 ; thus leaving the liberal majority
117. Throughout the contests the liberal' have
won 90 seats, and the conservatives have pined
64. The not liberal gain on the elections ts thus
28 seats.

froggy: of paha; .oiiniom she
lelocpbenoe of the public
that the defendant's main
himself at the expense of
b. to oppose ; that 1
the ofknos of •• smith
t of government " wa
=ed and the prosecution ~
M. Baroehe, the Ifinkte
fetallury uncomfortable. lie mi
that the government can M i
1G which even a very to
; and yet he has • mass e
in the provinces far lees eau
on which has broken down in 1
ambetta is going to U
the Progris die Nord, pr.
the Gaudin subscription.
-Iwo ministerial council is manna
to Ir.
Pattie says the Corp. Le
on jam. 4. This is a fortnight
dieto last spoken of.
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