Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-18

not be legally inflicted upon the perpetrators Of the out
rage but should Napoleon III die tonight and the same
ahedt eotrea ersonns Of Jerome be committed to-mor
when he would have assumed the political position Of
Emperor, and Immediately death, with the aggravated
pains OF parrcide would be legally awarded to the crime
upquestionaby il is the political offence which is thus
punished And how easy viii il be for bench Of COM
PLEASANT judges, like that which has just handed
the Emperor's police the privacy of social episolary
communications committed to the post Office, to
oe'to eonre Ia personns of the Emperor in every at
tempt to destroy change the the order
OF succession to the throne excite citizens nha
oants to arm against the Imperial authority Yet these
offences forming article 81 of the penal CODE that the
French are delighted removed from the bloody
arbitrament Of the guillotine
You published, observe, in the Integencer Of the
10Th OF May some documents which sent to you illus
tratye OF the present PROSTATE condition Of the press
France, and of the arbitrary authority assumed by the
police all letters confded the post Office Those
documents ELECTED by the trial of the foreign
respondents to whose frequent auson has been
made The accused appealed from the decision then re-
ported and the trial appeal has just been had The
sentences personal to the accused have been confirmed
and they will now have to undergo the sentences
rally pronounced against them Touching what is of
general interest however w.t. the former decision af
hrming the right Of the police open private letters
conhded to the post Office less surprised than greved
to have inform you that the right in question reaf
6rmed with some not important modification. Here
the of the decision which may be assumed
establishing the rule of this Ubiquitous connexon of the
police with the post Office;
Considering that the legislator when enjoning the
secrecy letters committed to the post Office did not in
tend to create of violating the laws and to
vert public administration into instrument destined
to serve forcb and bndy for the preparation of crimes
and msdemeauors and at the same time to insure their
| impunity:
That the necessary exceptions the principle Of the
secrecy of letters principle consecrated in the interest
of the surety of relations between citizens expressed
in the very considerations which have caused it to be pro-
caimedhat is to say in the necessity Of providing for
the public safety
"That those exceptions ought be carefully confined
within those limits and subjected the forms specified
by the law on criminal instruction
That from the facts above results that the epoch
of 9th December 1882 when the first seizure of letters
operated by virtue of warrants issued by the Project
of the Police, in the bureaux of the post office, the Of
fence Of introducing into France political journals pub
lished abroad and the offence of publishing in France
false daily committed that there existed very
serious indications that the authors of these offences
making of the post Office for their preparation:
That in this case of agraate deco the Project of the
Police is invested by the of the special dispositions
of the code of criminal instruction because of the rap
dty and ofthe necessity of prosecution, with the right
of sezng documents in support of the prosecution upon
GERS
see almost no difference between the above decision
of the and that which was given the first trial
Il would that il is only necessary allege to be-
eve suspect that offence political other, has
been committed and then the opening Of letters by the
police in the post Office is ustifable in order obtain
desired proof is perfectly clear that this allegation,
belief suspicion need be wanting whenever NJ
lie Project may desire to inspect private correspondence
in the post Office There is efectual limitation Of the
power of the police, and that is permitted in France in
1853 which permitted under any previous reign
since 1753 and perhaps for much longer anterior pc
Rod Government opens private letters at will and that
! by judicial decision
Switzerland is looked now with more than usual in
terest Many think that this quarrel of Austria with the
republic will result war Since the rupture of dplo
matte relations between the Governments Switzerland
herself has been compelled to consider this result pos
sble and the Federal Council has called upon the
cantons put their contngehts the federal army i'm
mediately upon q war footing.
"we consider situation with regard to Austria
much graver one," says Swiss journal, than that of
Sardinia This last Power has recalled coRg its mi
mister at Vienna but the recall of Count Karmily has
quite another character 1t is diplomatic rupture the
last degree Of international dispute before having re-
10 The next step in advance be either
declaration of war; in the law Of nations is dis
regarded occupation Of the neighborng territory that
is 70 say, hostile invasion
do not believe however that war will be permitted
70 grow of this quarrel When Austria is persuaded
that buster will force Switzerland the abdcaton
Of her dignity and independence but that she is seriously
preparing for after in vain using all Of con-
Citation consistent with national independence, Austria
will probably refrain from pushing matters to this last
extremity, from the apprehension that Sardinia, LON
hardy, and Hungary TO say nothing Of the republicans
and socialists home viii improve the opportunity
and involve all Europe in that may be general
volution.
The De6ats Of yesterday has thrown the cityat any
the Bourse and politcansno unwonted excitement
by the publication of leading article upon the Eastern
question, which charged by the Pays and ConsuonH
Of this morning directly from St. Petersburgh
1t publishes a document, which it would really seem
could only have been obtained from there and the whole
tendency Of the article is to present the pretensons Of
Russia in the East by means of the exaggerated
assigning to them. The Debats however assures the
world the is gratifying here that Russia
will consider the rejection Of her ambassadors ult
matum afordng bs6 This is the conclusion,
in fact to which every body has now come
The following article, extracted from the organ Of this
Government, the AoHtew Of to-day upon the Eastern
question and the recent embassy Of Prince Menschikof,
\ is not without interest and Importance
The Ottoman Council at its sitting Of the l7th deci-
ded that note should be sent Prince Menschikof,
protesting the conciatory disposition Of the Dvan and
its regrets at not being able to accede without
the Of the proposition Of Sened RENTED by the
Russian Ambassador Rechd Pacha the 18th visited