The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1868.

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10MAgra Limited, A ' all 111 121
vlO Do B lO 51 81
50 Albion
;100 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 18 19 18 1
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 111
20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5
26 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia all 81 83
60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19
RI British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, tnd China all 20 21 201
25 Chartered Mere. of India,
London, and China all 30 31
20 City
100 Colonial '2s 40 42 40 41
10 Consolidated, lira. 4 1 1 4 f
50 Delhi and London, lint
60 East London, lint 4 1 i 6
20 English and American, lim 14 ... ...
20 English Bank of Rio tie Ja-
neiro. lim le la pr
20 English, .1. sottish, and Aus •
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
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231 Do new 5l .1
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100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 IS
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 14 If 111 1
k 6 lonian all 2. 29 254
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•z 0 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3f 81
100 Do sp, c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 73 82 791
30 London Bank of Mexico
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100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 80 44
20 Do new 71 g 41
100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 2 4
25 Do new 10 11 If
20 London Chart. of Australia all 261 241
50 London and County 2O 51 62 511 1 1
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50 London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 85 86 36
20 London and Wouth African al 1 12
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60 London & Venezuela, lint l2l ...
100 London and Westminster 44 67 69
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 26 85 67 534 s
100 Merchant, lim 26 7 6
10 Metropolitan, lim all 5 7 61
100 Midland, 1im...... 23 1.1 pr
5 National of Australia
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20 North-Western 7l
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 4ZI 431
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100 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 11
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100 Do issued at 8 pm. 13 ... ...
26 Union of Australia all 47 49 48}
100 Union of Ireland, lint
10 Union of London

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, SUNDAY, December 6.

The great poisoning trial has commenced at Marseilles.
All the accused, in accordance with the French law, have
been interrogated by the court. As the guilt of
each and every one is manifest, and as none of
them deny it, it is difficult to see why the case
should.be greatly prolonged. These criminal proceedings
are strangely foreign to our notions of justice. It is not a
little surprising and not a little displeasing to an English-
man to hear the judge put to a prisoner a question in
answering which he must either perjure himself or confess
his guilt. On Thursday all the prisoners were asked point
blank whether they administered poison to their victims,
and none of them denied it. What need is there of
a regular trial, when the proceedings are expected to
begin by a regular confession? The audience, too, in this
case manifested an amount of hilarity which could hardly
be deemed concordant with the terrible solemnity of the
charge under examination. The examination of the
herbalist, who seemed rather proud than otherwise
of his position, caused much amusement. The
first day of the trial was certainly one of the most
miserable exhibitions of human depravity that it is pos-
sible to conceive. The chief interest of the proceedings
centred upon an accusation made by the woman \Tie
against her paramour, Marino—who first gave information
of having counselled the poisoning of her hnsband,and of
forming the project of poisoning his own wife. Joye, the
herbalist, also accuses Marino of the intention to poison
his wife. The latter denies both charges.
The judgment given by the Correctional Tribunal of
Toulouse against the Progre4 Liberal and the Emancipa-
tion is remarkably favourable to the inculpated journals.
It declares, amid the usu4l legal chaos of " whereas this"
and "seeing that," that it is impossible to regard the con-
duct of Baudin himself in any other light than that of an
act of virtue and of bravery, which deserves to be
honoured under every species of government. It
further expresses the surprise of the magistrates
that the hostility of the Government should have
been directed against the publication of the sub-
scription lists, and not against the subscription itself.
Certainly, if anything connected with this affair is cul-
pable, it must be the design of the subscription itself,
rather than the publication of the names of those who
subscribed.

The authorities here are determined to spare no effort to
heap ridicule upon the Government. They have just done
a very ungracious and wanton act of arbitrary interference.
A public meeting, which was announced to be held for the
purpose of discussing the octroi duties, has been prevented
by the police, who invaded the room and occupied all the
approaches. If the authorities deemed this meeting
dangerous or unlawful, why was it not forbidden before
the last night, seeing that it had been announced for
above a week? Why induce several hundred persons to
come through the rain and the mud from all parts of the
city, and then send them back again?
The Temps confirms the statement made a short time
ago, that nothing was to be done for Algeria this year.
Marshal MacMahon has been at •Compiegne, and the
subject has been discussed ; but the result is that the
status quo is in no respect to be interfered with.
Better reports continue to arrive from Belgium. The
health of the young Duke of Brabant is much improved.
When he gains a little more strength he will be taken to a
warmer climate. The doctors are now full of hope of his
complete recovery.
Mazzini has had five very serious attacks of illness, but
he is now convalescent. It appears that he is hopelessly
addicted to smoking Swiss cigars of remarkable strength—
strong enough, indeed, to derange the stomachs of many
people in robust health.
M. Gounod, the musical composer, is said to be affected
in his mind—iubject to visions and frequent hallucinations.
He intends to visit Rome.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.