The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has just given
judgment in an action brought by a labourer named
Fallecker against M. Plattel, the owner of a house
in the Rue Chabrel„ to recover his rightful share of
a treasure which he had found while making an ex-
cavation on the defendant's premises. The plaintiff's
counsel stated that while his client was digging on a
spot where a stable had previously stood he found
an earthern pot containing at least 100,000 f. in gold
coins, but that the defendant immediately took pos-
session of the whole, and afterwards pretended that
the total value was only 2,078 f. But the plain-
tiff, believing his own estimate of the value to be
correct, demanded that the defendant should be
condemned to give him 50,000 f., one-half of
the- amount, in accordance with Art. 716 of the
Code Napoleon relating to treasure trove. The de-
fendant maintained, on the contrary, that he was
not on the spot when the money was found, that the
plantiff and his companion had filled their pockets
with gold coins and gone away before he knew of
the discovery ; also that he was aware that his
father-in-law had buried money on the premises,
but did not know the exact spot ; that he had in-
formed the plaintiffs of the fact, and stated his in-
tention to claim the whole should it be found. After
examining both plaintiff and defendant, the Tri-
bunal was satisfied that the su' found amounted to
only 2,400 francs, and it accordingly condemned
-the defendant to pay the plaintiff 1,200 fr., with all
costs of suit.

The Correctional Tribunal of the Seine has just

been occupied during two sittings in trying a Mlle.
Dutertre and her daughter, Mine. Sen6chal, on a
charge of having abstracted valuable securities,
amounting to 300,000 f., the property of a M. Duval
who died at Paris in November last, aged 68, and
with whom the former had cohabited for 37 years.
The defendants were also charged with having falsely
accused the nephews of M. Duval with having par-
tially destroyed their uncle's will. It appeared
from the evidence that on Duval's decease seals
were placed on his papers by the juge-de-paix. A
notary was afterwards called in to make an inven-
tory of his property, and two of Duval's nephews,
his legal heirs, were present during the operation.
No will was found among the papers, but there
was a deed dated 18th July, 1859, by which the
deceased ceded to his four children by Mlle. Dutertre
real estates worth nearly a million, for a sum of
76,000 fr. in cash, and a life annuity of 70,000 fr.
Only 3fr. 50c. in money and a number of shares to
bearer remained in M. Duval's iron-safe, but the
notary found a memorandum book containing a list
of shares amounting to nearly 300,000 fr. Mlle. Du-
tertre and her daughter, Mme. S6nechal, were
interrogated respecting the missing shares, but
they pretended to know nothing about them.
Two days after the inventory was taken, Mine
Senechal produced a will, or draught( of a will,
written by the deceased, bnt without either date
or signature, the top and bottom of the sheet having
been torn off. The document made Mlle. Dutertre
the testator's residuary legatee, and bequeathed
200,000 fr. to each of the children born during her
cohabitation with him. Mme. Senechal declared
that she had found the said paper in the room when
the inventory was made, and accused Duval's
nephews of having torn off the date and signature.
Mlle. Dutertre then lodged a complaint against the
nephews, but failed to substantiate the charge.
An investigation was instituted to ascertain what
had become of the missing shares, and at last
Mlle. Dutertre gave up a part of them, and her
daughter the rest, both declaring that they had re-
ceived them as a donation from Duval some time
before his death, but satisfactory evidence was ad-
duced to prove that their assertions were unfounded.
The Tribunal, after hearing a great number of wit-
nesses, and counsel for all the parties concerned,
declared the fact of the abstraction proved against
both defendants, and condemned each to three
years' imprisonment with 500 f. fine ; it also ordered
the whole of the shares to be given up to the com-
plainants, and condemned each of the defendants to
pay 500 f. damages. On the charge of false accusa-
tion the defendant Dutertre was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment, 100 f. fine, and 100 f. da-
mages.

BOURSE, April 18.—The market is not very ac-
tive. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 80c.
Italian Loan, 65f. 85c. Mobilier are not quoted.
In Railway Shares very little business is doing.
The market closed as follows :

4} per Cents 96 10
Do. end month —

3 per Cents. 67 40
Do. end month 67 45
Credit 31obilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3560
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r Italian Loan 65
Do. end month 65 55
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
VAYS.

Or,dit Foncier 1285
Roman

RAIL'

Cash. Acct.
Orleans
Northern 1052 50 ... 1050
Lyons and Mediterranean 960 ... 960
Southern 6OB 75 ... 606 25
Western 532 ... 532 50
Eastern
Sardinian 306 25 ... 305
Austrian
Lombard 546 25 ... 547 50
North of Spain 293 75 ... 290
Saragossa 377 50 ...
Ditto to Barcelona — -- ...