The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-09 00:00:00

A NOVEL CASE OF " BLASPHEMY."

The following is a translation of the text of the judi-
cial sentence pronounced on Joseph Jacquet by the
Court of Appeal of Savoy, on the 17th ultimo, after an
hour's deliberation with closed doors :

"Joseph Jacquet, aged forty-nine, formerly a school-
master, born at Bonneville, living at Chevrier, impri-
soned since the sth of May last, accused—
"0X having, in the course of last summer, on the pub-
lic highway, and opposite to the schoolhouse of the
commune of Chevrier, uttered blasphemy against the
Holy Virgin, by saying she was like other women
(qu'elle ctait 11,72 C femme commie une autre), and that she
had had several children.

"The Court met in the person of MM. le Comte
Francois Milliet de St. Alban, President ; Chevalier
Marc Nicuud, Jean Baptiste Nicollet, Chevalier Leon
Menabrea, Llichael Nambride, and Joseph Prelli, coun-
cillors; and heard the reading of the decree referring the
matter to this Court, and the act of accusation ; the evi-
dence and the discussions which took place in open
Court ; the public prosecutor, the accused and his advo-
cate who spoke last ;
" After having deliberated ;
"Considering that it has been proved in these pro-
ceedings that the accusal, in the course of last summer,
upon the public highway, opposite the school of the
commune of Chevrier, said publicly, and before several
persons, that the Holy Virgin was like other women, and
that she had had several children ;
"Considering tha', from the antecedents of the ac-
cused, as ascertained from the depositions of witnesses
who have been heard, it must be admitted that he ut-
tered these words with deliberate purpose ;
"Considering that the said words constitute blas•
phemy, since they are of the nature of an insult to the
Holy Virgin ;
"Declare, in consequence, Joseph Jacquet guilty of
the offence which is imputed to him, and in pursuance
of Articles 162 and 166 of the Penal Code, thus ex-
pressed :
" Art. 162. Whoever, with deliberate intent, shall
utter any blasphemy or insult against the holy name of
God, against the Blessed Virgin (the Penal Code here
gives her a different designation from the sentence), or
against the saints, shall be punished with imprisonment
or seclusion (riclusion) ; and the punishment may even
be extended to bard labour fora time, according to the
gravity of the blasphemies or insults, and having regard
to the place where they may have been uttered by the
culprit, and to the time, as also to the scandal they may
have occasioned.'
" Art. 166. The amends honorable shall always be
pronounced in addition to the criminal penalties of
which mention is made in the preceding articles ; in
cases in which criminal penalties are inflicted, the cul-
prit shall also be admonished.'
" Seeing Articles 62 and 17 of the same Code ;
"Condemns the accused to the penalty of imprison-
ment for 6 months, to the expenses and costs of the pro-
ceedings, and to be admonished, which admonition shall
take place publicly before the judge of the jurisdiction
of St. Julien, for which purpose the said judge, after
having censured the conduct of the condemned, shall in-
timate to him that in case of relapse he will incur the
heaviest penalty provided by the law ; all, which shall be
set forth in the proses-verbal which shall be transmitted
to the criminal registry ; and seeing Articles 19 and 21
of the Code of Criminal Procedure, sends back the said
Jacquet to the provincial tribunal of St. Julien to be
judged upon the reserved charge.
" Signed) MILLIET DE ST. ALBAN, NICOUD, NICOL-
LET, MENABREA, NAMBRIDE, PRELLI.
(Countersigned) SALLAVUARD."

On Tuesday Viscount Pevensey delivered a highly
instructive and interesting lecture on " The Eastern
Question up to the present time," at the County HA
Lewes, to a fashionable and numerous audience, in aid
of the funds of the Lewes Mechanics' Institution.—
Su4Scx &pros.

SOUTHAMPTON, SuirDAY--Ev.panittl.
. .
By the Royal Mail steamer Tamer, .C4lit. Be'fis,
with the Brazilian and River Plate mails we have
dates froth Buenos Ayres to Afiril",3o ; Monte
Video, May 3 ; • Rio de Janeiro, 15. f- Bahia, 18 ;
Pernambucr, 20 ; St. Vincent, 27 ;rTeneriffe, 31 ;
Madeira, June .2 ; and. Lisbon, 5.1 •
The Tamar brings 125 passengers, and on freight
0,500/. in specie, 52,476/. value in diamonds, and
a cargo of cochineal, coffee, tapioca, oranges, &c.
During the voyage she experienced strong head
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with the outward
Intelligence from Buenos Ayres is to the 30th of
Also in thheeCThaannlnarel the Tagus
April. Commercial matters presented a.. healthy
PSiemnlina,susltaererminagas,.
tone, and in consequence of the moderate importa-
tions which had taken place the marketabad im-
proved. The demand in manufactured goods for
the confederate provinces was steady.• In articles
of daily consumption, common Spanish wines,
salt, and American lumber were the arrivals most
abundant, and sugar, on the contrary, showed an
upward tendency, while tea, coffee, tobacco, &c.,
were quiet and firm. Export produce accumulated
slowly, and, with the exception of tallow, grease,
and horse-hides, the short supply had the effect of
maintaining firm prices. In hides and wool prices
had advanced from 10 to 12 percent. Exchange
was quoted for bills on England, at 65 and 66 ;
France, per doubloon, 821 f. -
At Monte Video political appearances weregloomy;
commercial affairs were more active and satisfac-
tory. Flores and Oribe were in the ascendant.
From Rio our dates are to the 15th ult. Yellow
fever prevailed. •

The Parliament was opened on the 3d ult. The
Emperor's speech thus alludes to the slave trade :
" Notwithstanding all measures taken for the
repression of the abominable trade in slaves, some
adventurers have dared to try new speculations,
but the vigilance of my Government, supported by
public opinion, have frustrated them, as I hope it
will always happen. The trade in slaves is com-
pletely done away throughout the whole empire."
The budget for the years 1857 and 1858 had just
been published. According to that document the
debit and•credit of the empire for that year are
calculated at 4,061,9991. 3s. 4d. The home debt
is computed to the 31st of December last at
8,815,9501., and the foreign one at 5,839,9001. The
imports and exports in the empire in the years
1854 and 1855 are valued at 20,092,2871. 10s. 7d.
Of this sum 5,207,9081. belonged to Great Britain,
11,433,0431. 17s. 10d. to France, 81,1361. 10s. '7d:
to the United States, and 741,2151. 15s. to Portu-
gal and possessions. These results show, when
compared with those of former years, a consider-
able increase in the export. The new, Customs'
tariff was about to be published. The Minister,
fearing that there would be a decrease in the re-
ceipts in consequence of a decrease in the duties in
the import intended re-establishing the duty of 2
per cent. on the export from the empire. Exchange
oil London, 271 to 274 ; Paris, 347 to 352; Ham-
burgh, 855 to 660. The bulk at 658.
In coffee the transactions on account of news
from Europe being unsatisfactory, 48,000 bags sold
at a decline of about 200 reis, but the coffee dealers
were firm, and maintained the prices they asked.
Very little coffee was arriving from this country
The roads were still very bad, and there were no
people to work in the plantations. The want of
slaves was beginning to he felt, and coffeA would,
it was expected, attain a very high rate. Tile stock
ruled from 80,000 to 100,000 bags a-month since
February. Some of the dealers not wishing to
yield to the offers of the exporters continued to
ship on their own account. The stock of coffee was
about 120,000 bags to-day. The quotations are—
washed, 5,800 to 6,400 ; superior, 5,200 to
5,300 ; first good, 4,800 to 4,900 ; first ord., 4,500
to 4,700 ; second good, 4,300 to 4,400 ; second ord.,
3,700 to 4,000 ; sugar samples white, 3,900 to
4,000 ; second, 3,500 to 3,800 ' • brown, 2,900 to
3,300; horns (ox), 16,000 to 18,600; cow do., 4,000
to 5,000 ; hides, heavy 340 to 350 ; light, do., 350.
Two new banking companies had been proposed
and the shares all subscribed.

At Bahia yellow fever had but slightly decreased
among the shipping. About five deaths occurred
daily in the city from cholera. The Patent Ship
Company was progressing favourably. The Bahia
was to be commenced shortly. At the opening of
the Provincial Assembly the President urged the
necessity of combination for the purpose- of carry-
ing out many improvements necessary for the wel-
fare of the province. The importation of free labour
was considered the most essential.

Our commercial letter says,' considering the
drawback of three weeks' rain we have had a good
month's trade ; the demand for dry goods has been
better than for some time past. Sugars have not
come forward freely on account of rains, but the
demand has been good, principally for Sweden,
France, and the United States ; good white Co-
lingbas until yesterday fetched 31, since then 2,900
has been accepted on large list.
Regular Bahia, white 2,800, or 255. 9d., and
browns 2,400 or 225. per cwt. free on board ; ex
first ord. browns 2,100, to 2,300, stock 7,400 tons,
and less than this time last year 3,630 cases and
10,000 bags, and exported to date less than last
crop, same time, 9,423 cases, 400 boxes, and
40,000 bags. Coffee crop season over last sale for
United States 4,400 or 425. 10d. per cwt. Cotton
last sale 5,500 or 511. Freights, 555. to 60s. Chan-
nel, 525. 6d. BreMen and Hamburg, 62.6. Me-
diterranean, 50 and Liverpool, 75c. United
States, 27A and 272.
Imports.—Flour—Stock, 10,000 barrels ; last
sale— Gallego inferior, 29. Fish, very heavy im-
portation, selling from 4 to 9 per quintal.
Her Majesty's ships at Rio were the Indefatiga-
ble, Madagascar, and Express ; at Bahia, the
Syren • at Monte Video, the Star ; at Pernam-
buco, the Sharpshooter and the Spy. The Tamar
signalled her Majesty's ship Prometheus, standing
into Funchal.

PORTUGAL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY EVENING.

By the Royal mail steamer Tamar we have re-
ceived the following intelligence from Lisbon to the
sth inst. :

The Saldanha Magalhaens Cabinet had resigned
in consequence of the King's refusing the creation
of new Peers to pass the bills which had been ap-
proved by large majorities in the Chamber of Depu-
ties, for the quotation of Portuguese Bonds upon
the Stock-Exchange, and for a new loan for the
construction of railways ; and the King had sent a
telegraphic despatch to Count Lovradio, Portuguese
Ambassador in London, to form a new Cabinet;
but, it being found imposible to wait his arrival,
Giulio Gomes da Silva Sanches, President of the
Chamber of Deputies, was offered the post of Pre-
mier and the portfolio of the Interior with the Mar-
quis of Louie, Viscount Sa Bandeira, and M. Joze
Jorge Loureiro for colleagues, and there appeared
little doubt they would take charge of the princi-
pal departments. Marquis Felippe de Souza was
also spoken of as Minister of Justice.
Our Lisbon correspondent states that it was
thought probable that M. Giulio Gomes would
abide by the arrangements of the Portuguese Bond
question, or substitute some equally satisfactory
for the quotation upon the Stock Exchange. The
Duke of Saldanba has assisted the King in the for•
mation of a new Cabinet.
The Douro steamer left Lisbon for Liverpool on
the 4th, and the French steamer Perdrix was the
only foreign vessel of war in port when the Tamar
left the Tagus.