The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1868.

sal always went to the jury upon the ground that
the government was really haiseahle and niAprisabk.
Now that the jury is abolished that plea will have
no chance. But the government has lately had a
warning of the signs of the times. The Courrier
de Gironde was prosecuted the other day for " ex-
citing to hatred and contempt, fie.," in the matter
of religious troubles in the Charente, and the Cor-
rectional Court let the paper off with the nominal
fine of 21. That was a terrible let down for the
Bordeaux public prosecutor.
The author of the petition to the Senate, whose
name President Deltutgle thought it would bo in-
decent to place upon the records of the Upper
Chamber, has declared himself to be " Charles
Nauroy, Rue de Rennes, 129, author of A His-
tory of the Republic in ISIS,' in preparation."
What his petition was about he does not dare
state, and the public is left in ignorance, but he
demurs to M. Delangle's doctrine that a petitioner
to the Senate may b prosecuted before the ordi-
nary courts for language used in a petition.
The Imperial Court, of Paris has decided,
overruling a judgment of the Tribunal of Cotu-
merce, that a stockbroker has no right without a
written order to sell on his own account securities
deposited with him as a guarantee for speculative
transactions at the Bourse. This law was laid
down at the expense of M. Lagarde, a well-known
agent de change, who had operated by the orders
of an individual named Moulin, and sent in an
account showing a loss of 12,923 fr. 50c. Moulin
not only refused to pay his difference, but
brought an action for 2,071 fr. 85c., the
value of a stock receipt in the Italian
Bente which he had deposited as a security
for the credit which the too confiding broker
pledged for him. The Appeal Court, on the
ground that Bourse speculation is gambling, has
given a verdict for Moulin with costs, as far as
regards the Italian stock, and left the broker
Lagarde to whistle for the difference.
At the Assize Court of tho Dozer°, a man of
good character, named Malachane, who was em-
ployed as a cantonnier on the public roads—a
situation only to be got by interest with the direc-
tion of the Ponta et Chaussees—was convicted of
an atrocious attempt to murder on a lonely road
of which he ought to have been ono of the public
guardians. Ho waylaid an old man of 73,
a hawker, named Vignes, knocked him terribly
about the head with a big stone, left him for dead,
and robbed him of 182 fr. The jury found him
guilty, but without premeditation ; and the court
sentenced him to twenty years' imprisonment,
with hard labour.

Several glovers have been tried by the correc-
tional police for the exercise of what they call a
custom of the trade, designated by the name of
gratte. A wholesale glover delivers to a workman
a quantity of kid akin, which he considers sufficient
to make three pairs of gloves. The work-
man says that if by his skill he can
contrive to turn out three pairs of marketable
gloves from the skin, and yet reserve enough to
make a fourth, he is entitled to keep that fourth
pair for himself. A great deal of evidence was gone
into to show that this custom—certainly more
honoured in the breach than the observance, and
which fully accounts for the " breaches" which
afflict purchasers of Paris gloves—is really sanc-
tioned by long usage. The court gave a severe,
and itmay be hoped an effectual check to.thepractice
by a sentence of fifteen months' imprisonment
against some of the workmen, and of a year's
imprisonment and more against several of the
receivers of their stolen goods.
The Spanish Ambassador is said to have com-
plained to the French Government that 6,000
rifles have lately been purchased in France for the
account of General Prim.
There was a considerable reaction at the
Bourse. Bente fell 20c. for cash, and 221 c. for
account; closing at 70fr. 70c., and 70fr. 821 e.
Italian fell 271 c. Mobilier and Credit Foncier,
however, closed without change. There was no
political news whatever, and the state of the
accounts alone influenced the fluctuations.

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