The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-27 00:00:00

that although they regretted the necessity of
keeping the men under restraint, they would not
undertake to order its removal after the informa-
tion which had been received. The prisoners repre-
sented. by Mr. JONES, among whom was ALLEN,
who in believed to be the actual murderer of Ser-
geant 13RErr, refused to have any other counsel,
and so the case proceeded, after a " little more
denunciation of the cowardice and injustice" of
keeping in restraint men who had pretty clearly
shown bow little they or their associates respected
the dignity of the law or the lives of its officers.
Upon the case itself, as it is yet under
progress, public comment would be out of place, but
the incident of the handcuffs is suggestive as show-
ing the mistaken view which a certain class of per-
sons take of these offenders and their offence. They
persist in representing them as misguided patriots
who are labouring for a great national cause, and
are to be treated with the respect due to prisoners
of war. Mr. JONES and the other counsel
must have been perfectly well aware that
the men whom they represented had been
implicated in a deliberate attack upon the
police, and that the civil authorities had
been censured for not being sufficiently on their
guard against them. The fact of the prisoners not
being placed under restraint at their first examina-
tion showed how little the officers of the court were
inclined to abuse their power, but as they had cer-
tainly erred on the side of too little caution on the
day of the rescue, they might well be forgiven if
they went to the other extreme. The information
which they had received, and which induced them
to be on their guard, was not of course made
public, and therefore the counsel could not fairly
judge of the necessities of the case. In all these
matters the feeling of the Court is to give the
prisoners the benefit of the doubt ; and, in spite of
the polite intimations of Mr. GOULD that English
justice is a farce, there is no fear that it will not
prove itself strong enough to be merciful as well as
just, although it may find it necessary to vindicate
the majesty of the law with some rigour in the
present instance.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The Moniteur intersperses some interesting new
facts in its review of foreign affairs. It says :
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confirms its resolute attitude, and proves that
Victor Emmanuel will not allow any attempt
against the Pontifical frontier. Every one ap-
plauds the language and conduct of the Italian
Government.
The International Statistical Congress has as-
sembled at Florence. King Victor Emmanuel
proved the interest he takes in it by appointing
Prince Humbert as President. The session will
only last a week, but the preparatory arrangements
are such as to insure good results in that time.
There will be eight sections devoted to the princi-
pal branches of the statistics. Among other
interesting questions to Congress will consult upon
the best means of applying to all the States mone-
tary conventions analogous to those which exist
between France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the
Roman States.
" The Austrian Reichsrath has resumed its sit-
tings. The Austrian empire will in future present
a sort of dualism. One part will consist of the
countries beyond the Leitha, that is to Hungary on
the annexed countries which formed part of the
ancient kingdom of St. Stephen, and the other part
of the countries situated on this side of the Leitha.
These two distinct groups are represented, one by
the Diet of Pesth, the other by the Reichsrath of
Vienna. Besides these two assemblies, which have
a general character, there will be two special Diets
for each province. Two Ministries, having each a
President of the Council, will work simultaneously,
the Transleithan Ministry at Pesth, and the Cis-
leithan Ministry at Vienna. Baron de Beust
will no longer fill the office of President, but he
will preserve that. of Minister of Foreign Affairs,
which is common to all parts of Austria, and in his
character of Chancellor of the Empire he will exer-
cise a control over the two Ministries."
The official Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy gives
an explanation of the motives which induced the
Government to arrest Garibaldi. It says, " The
Ministry had been convinced, during several days,
that a great number of volunteers were making their
way towards the Pontifical territory, that depots of
arms had been made, that other depots accompanied
the volunteers or would follow them, and that Geu.
Garibaldi, after leaving Florence was proceeding,
by Arezzo, towards the same frontier by Asinalunga.
The object of this movement was evident. Action
really commenced. The alternatives were either to
allow the violation of treaties, or to maintain the
majesty of the law. The Ministry did its duty.
The volunteers, who had already arrived at the
frontier, or who were proceeding towards it, were
advised to return home. When General Garibaldi
arrived at Asinalunga he was summoned in the
name of the law to return home. As he refused he
was conducted to Alessandria. The depots of arms
were seized. The Ministry fulfilled a painful duty,
but if they had temporised any longer they foresaw
that deplorable consequences would arise. The
Ministry is confident that the good sense of the
Italians will soon lead to the disappearance of every
trace of an agitation which it closely watches."
Another Italian journal says officially that the
Convention of last September will be observed
faithfully without reserve or mental restriction.
Asinalunga, where Garibaldi was arrested, which
is also called Sinalunga, is a small town of the
Kingdom of Italy, in the former Duchy of Tuscany,
situate to the south of Arezzo, some 50 or 60 miles
from the Pontifical frontier formed at that point by
Lake Trasimene. On the other side of the lake, to
the south east of the frontier, is Perouse.
Some excitement has been produced in Paris by
the news of the arrest of Garibaldi, which, I believe,
I communicated exclusively. The general opinion
seems to be that the course adopted in this respect
by the Italian Government was dictated by good
faith and sound discretion. I understand that the
Government has made the offer to Garibaldi either
to remain prisoner or permission will be given to
him to return to his residence at Caprera if he will
promise not to engage in any expedition which will
compromise the fidelity of the Government to the
treaty of last September, or offend in any other way
against the law. For some days there has been a
report in Paris of a second French expedition to
Rome. I believe that the report is not well

founded.
More fatal accidents'while shooting have occurred.
A young man of 18, the son of the tax collector
at St. Calais, had been s hooting with two friends
near Soissons. The three were proceeding up the
path of a mountain, one behind the two others.
One of the party recollected that there was an
obstruction in the barrel of the gun, and he turned
round to remedy it. The gun m cut off, and the
charge entered the young man's side, and he died
almost instantly. M. Couteau, a proprietor at
Marchiennes, was shooting with his son and two
other persons. A partridge rose, and the son called
out, " Father, it is your turn." One; of the party
immediately fired, however, and the charge entered
the body of M. Couteau, senior, before he had time
to turn aside. It is not yet known whether the in-
juries will be mortal.
A frightful accident, of a kind which is not un-
usual during the process of wine-making, has hap-
pened at Pezenas. A lady had come to Pezenas to
see her daughter, who was married to a M. Vedal.
Iu the apartment occupied by the mother and
daughter was an immense vessel sunk underneath
in which the grapes were fermenting, and as the
opening was only guarded by a chair the mother
fell into it during the momentary absence 'of her