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TRIBUNAL OF THE CORREC7IO 1. rouvr.

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CRIM CON. 'At Itr •
IN TAi, MATTrit OF (*AMON itsrla seillttitaarsri.
For same time past the Tribunals of Rouen hive been 'accepted
with the compleate of Madame de hairs,' against her hatband, and
the Court of that town has, in consequence.. pmneweeed a decree
of separation frog bed and hoard, bet which now he for revision
lbefore the Court otcassation. We some time beak gave an an
count of is memoir published by 31. de Cairon, in which he ex-
plained his eenduet with' regard to his wife, and Which he con.
eluded by asserting thet he had instituted proceedings against her
for Crim. Coo. The Correctional Tribunal was to-day occupied
with this business which had collected a great number of specta.
tators, but the public curiosity was disappointed, for Madame tie
Calton, whom everybody looked for, was not present. M. de
Cairon, the plaintiff, and M. Smtbimnne, the defendant, were
alone present, Soubiranne is an agreeable looking young man,
and took notes of the whole proceedings.
The PRE/31111:NT addressing M. de Crison, asked him his
name ?—Auguetin de Cairon.
Yourtage?—Tvienty-seven years.
Your protessien ?—A student of medicine.
The King's Advocate (M. Britain DESO cnorvx) then gave
the following statement of the case in these words Gentlemen,
a melancholy business is abqat to he igid before you, which has
already obtained too great a share of publieity. The Tribunal of
Rouen had been applied to by 'Madame de [siren to grant her
separate maintenance the Tribunal had, however, rvected the
demand, but the Royal Court of that town had granted it. In the
month of Juoa last, 11. de Canton was informed of his wife's ill
conduct: she was then living in Paris. in consequence of what he
heats, he thought It a duty he owe 4 to his children to institute
these proceedings. It is proved that 11 adame de C 44.11 has been
intimately connected with several Tilting men, but particularly with
M. Soubiranne, and that since she has been separated from her
husband she has been twice a mother. On the 19th January,lo2l,
she was brought to bed of a son, whose name was registered
Eugene Folidore; two years After the birth of the child, he
was acknowledged by M. Soubirahoe. Eugene Folklore was put
out to nurse with a womtun named Aumont, at A mord ; during the
whole time he was with the nurse Madame deCairon, under the name
of Adele .Leconte, went to visit him mend times- accompanied
by different young men ; the last time it was with M. Soubiranne,
with whom she past two months in au ine, where alts had hired a
room. Soubiranne, and the pretended Adele become. lived there
as husband and wife, and every day the Ihtle Folklore was brought
to them by the nurse Aumont. When they left there, and re-
turned to Paris; Soubiranne and Madame de Cairon occupied
different apartments successively, but always lived as man and
wife. Madame de taken. in 1833, had it wend child, which was
registered by the name of Frabtrois, and which was acknowledged
by Soubiranne Immediately it was born. This child was put to
nurse at Meution, end there are several letters which show the re-
lation in which Madame tie Cairon stood with Soubiranne a these
letters are addressed to M. de Lemons, rue de Bossy, No. 4. la.
moire is the maiden name of 31adarne de Cairon. In the course of
1894, Madame de Canton went to Rouen to support her accusation ;
on her retort), she took a lodging in the rue Balm, No. 19. Neat
the chamber she occupied, there was an apartment belonging
to a friend of Soubiranne's ; it was three that the latter used
frequently to pay Madame de Calton visits. On the 2lstJuly,
INS, she mole a will in her own hand writing, by which she
mode Kagene Folklore and Frederic Friel:cols heirs of all the
goods at bet disposal ; she gives as it cause lot this legacy the grati-
tude she felt for Soubiranne. who had several times brought her
these children to console her in the essence of her own. Such,
flentleMen, are the facts which love determined M. de Calton to
charge his wife with adultery, and Mt Soubiranne as an accomplice
in the said crime. We hope the arguments in this cause will be
heard by the public with that interest which great misfortunes ought
to inspire us, mad with that rescues which becomes us to receive as-
sertiens of crimes not yet proved.
Mr. Cu Geartn. Counsel for U. Soubiranne, raised an objection
on the 327th Article of the Civil Code, which provide*, that a
question concerning the condition of children should supersede the
criminal action until the decision of the Tribunals upon the civil
action. From thence he concluded that the present criminal
action ought to he adjourned till judgment was given upon the
case raised
eetb 31. de Cairon against the children of Soubiranne.
The learn Gentlemen stated his objection at length. It
was founded upon the bill filed by AI. de Cairon against Eugene
Polidoreand Frederic Francois. This was in fact raising the ques-
tion of the condition, foe its result would be to deprive the children
of their rights as the neutral children of M. Soubiranne. This
condition was melancholy enough, but at any rate better than that
of children born in adultery. He concluded by stating. that he
merely appeared m obtnin the delay, as he could not undertake to
plead the cause, as he had not had access to the necessary docu.
merits relative to the action.

M. BEIIAIID DESOLAGEUX and the PRESIDENT both declared
that the documents relative to the prosecution had remained at the
Registrar's office up to the previous Wedupaday„ and in conse-
quence were opfn to tqe inspection of the defendant.
M. LEDRU, Counsel for At. de Calron—Already, gentlemen In
the civil process, the defence has been One of objections ; hitherto
they have only fought whilst tying. One word entices to answer
this expedient. 81. de Cdiron pleads 'Neither for nor against the
children of Soubirrinne. The question merely is one of ailtiltery,
which has no connexion with the condition of Soubiranne's children.
M. Bxnarto DgSOLAGEttt thought that the criminal action
was altogether independent of the children. They were merely to
establish a fact, viz. that of adultery, and that fact can be proved
independent.of the birth of the children, which was absolutely of
no importance in the cause.
After a reply from M. CittORARD and M. MEGIART) DEROL A-
G tux, it was derided that the 327th article of the civil code did not
apply here, and that the trial must proceed.
Soubirannc then, through the medium of hiscoun eel, intimated
that in his children's interests hiliad. better be absent. He accord.
Ingly withdrew, and witnesses were then heard.
Al. de Cairon stated that he still persisted in his complaint of his
wife's conduct.
Several witnesses were then called. They were the proprietors
or porters of the houses in which Sonbiranne and Madame de Cal-
lon 'successively lived. They all proved that they both (accepted
the same apartment, slept in the same bed, and in abort lived in
every other respect as married people.
The woman Autumn, Polidore's flume, proved that during the
residence of Al. Scrubiranne and Madame de Calton At Anton% she
constantly took the little child to them, and taught him to cell them
papa and mamma
Some other witnesses were called, but deposed to no now fact of
any interest.
M. LEDRU then entered into a minute examination of the evi-
dence. and contended that the fact of the adultery was prom!.
Al. Itraweo DESOLAGEUX thought that Madame de Cotton
and Soubiranne ought to be imprisoned for two years, and Soubi.
ranne condemned to addition to pay a One of NO francs.
The Tribunal. after half an hour's delibsration, sentenced
31adame de Cairon and Soubiranne to two ream' impri.onment,
(the maximum) and the latter to pay's One of 100 francs (41.)

TIPPAitt Cora, lint New ZEALAND Cuter.---In the
ship Thomas, Captain Frazer, now et Cove, 011 the prose-
cution of hrr voyage to New South Wales, is the celebrated
New Zealand Chief, Tippahu Cupa, of whom the Quar-
terly
.11e*ew •of last October, p. 314, takes such disdn-
guisheil notice. This warlike native of the southern bona-
sphere bas experienced some hospitality in the noighbour-
hood of Passage ; at one gentleman's house he displayed a
courtesy and politeness at dinner, that would not have dis-
graced European nobility. He has shown an instance of
the happy efi'ects of that civilization which the Church
Missionary Society has so laudably introduced in his fertile
island, wbere, toe very late period, human flesh has been
considered a great delicacy. On Sunday last Tippahu at-
tended at Cum church, where his demeanor was in every
respect itgreedle to the usages of civilized life.—+L'ork Coe-
stilution.