Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-14

have been inserted.
mentioned some weeks since that nine Of the
journals of Paris were prosecuted for insufficient
compliance, or for noncompliance with the law
making obligatory the authors signature to all
newspaper articles Ii mentioned that the journalists
implicated had appealed from the decision made upon their
exceptions to the jurisdiction Of the correctional They
wished trial by jury, and argued that their should be
brought in the court Of asszes The States Attorney, how
ever upon the ground that the charges against them
not criminal offences against the law on the press but sim
pie inac,ions of the police regulations respecting the press
summoned the denquents before the correctional tribunal in
which there jury functions. This tribunal, upon
cepons taken, maintained its jurisdiction and quite recent
y the court of appeals has sustained that decision The
trials upon the merits will therefore take place without
the jury.
Another trial. however has since the date of my last
taken place before jury in the court Of assze which the
public attention drawn with unwonted interest and the
Intervention of the jury has not prevented result which is
generally regarded unjust On the llth instant the day
of the opening Of the National Assembly, La Presse pub
shed long article which, purporng to be the message
of the President Of the Republic" which it had been
nounced would be read in the Assembly the 18th, sour
readers said the editor, "wi doubt not feel obliged
to us for anticipating this communication, for the message
written entirely by M Louis Bonsparte has all the import
and all the extent of the American messages. Then
follow several columns of carefully selected extracts from the
three volumes Of M. Bonapares published works, arfuy
dovelaled together and forming very curious whole, in
which the President is made express opinions upon the
general political topics which the message might be expected
treat quite variance with the prominent acts Of his ad
minsaton and exhibiting him republican, democratic,
and almost socialist Yet of the compilation
but what had been written with the hand and published
the name of Louis Napoleon Bonspare. He at that
time, however, in exie and was counting popularity by con-
Meeting his with all projects Of political reform and So
cial progress The message thus made up by La Pesse,
was duly signed "L N. Bonaparte." Well you can hard
y conceive the TODD which this publication produced in
Paris the day Of its publication. Politicians were struck
aghas business thunderstruck and the Bourse
shaken to its foundations II is almost incredible, bat
the article actually accredited 10 public the verable
message And some three four official communications
Immediately circulated in town, and pasted up at the
exchange denying its authenticity That the French public,
and politicians and intelligent business should have been
thus taken in is almost past belief for American friend
with whom was reading the Pesse that morning detected
the truth Of the affair in five minutes How is this said
he. " 1t is astonishing that the Presse; VIGOROUSLY hostile
to the President should be thus favored with the commune
cation Of his message previous to its delivery cannot be-
ieve that any paper would be thus favored Let's if the
contains it. No. If any paper allowed to publish the
message beforehand it would be the Constitutional This
document is false !" He then glanced hurriedy the
message and though he only acquainted heasay with
the character Of Louis N Bonapartss published volumes,
having read them, he declared that must be
suppositious document, made up Of extracts from those
works evidently wanted, when seriously examined, the
stamp authenticity The responsible manager Of the Pesse
was Immediately prosecuted for having, with bad faith,
published item of false intelligence, and forged article,
falsely attributed to third person the said item of ntei-
gence and the said article being Of nature to trouble the
public peace" The trial took place Monday last The
verdict against the Prcsse and the manager M Ne
zer assenenced TO the maximum penalty Of the law-one
yenrsimprisonment and $500 fine!
Elections ordered for Sunday in the department
Of the Cher for members Of the Assembly As in the
elections of the North tho Republicans determined
abstain by way protest against the electoral law Of 3lst
May. No Republican candidate will be run, but there will
be four reacons candidateswo supported by all the nu
ence of Government, and two independent.
The Republicans Monday last showed nearly their
whole strength in the Assembly, and gave sample Of their
old tumuuous deliberations upon the occasion Of the vef
cation of the election of Gen. Lahe in the department Of
the North The number Of electors in that department prior
to the 3ls of May 29O,ls6 The number is reduced
halt, viz 6s497, took part in the late electon-showing
that 49, 70s stad away from the polls The Repub
cans in the Assembly voted against verifying this election Of
Gen. Lahe, the ground that the law of 3st May under
which it held unconstitutional being vioatve Of
universal suffrage. The election, however, validated by
vote of 400 against l73. sorry to find that among
those whom Monite happening to be absent at
the moment Of voting, the Generals Cavagnac and La
morciere Iamarne and Coquer also several Of the
most noted Bonapas members. Francois Arago the il
sstent Republican, had the mness remain in his and
vote against the valuation of the election Gen. Bedeas
Oscar Lafayette, g. de Beaumont and Dufaue voted it,
As for the Message it is still receiving from all parties
Pefdous praises and insncere professions Of confidence
The National really Of all the Paris papers pursuing the
honest and manly with respect to it. 1t refuses
place confidence in professions which have been often
less formally repeated previous OCCASIONS but which
plainly denied by the whole consistent of the Admns
taton For MYSELF cannot believe NJ Bonapartes profess
sons Of patriotic abnegaton be sincere while he retains
about his person. and bestows his confidence upon, rec
less unpnciped, hungry band Of adventurers-the Bril-
faults the eys the Conneaus the Persgny who compose
that "dctesabk encourage" Of which Odon Baot spoke
and who, is notorious constantly pushing him TO the
realization Of his ambitious Dreams Could see him re-
sou,ely put away these unworthy political gamesse his
socates should begin to credit his willingness play fair
game Until then must doubt with the Thomases Of the
National But the truth u.s. the Legi,imists and the Oean.