The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-02
sunday MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1859.

la the Dashy o Parma tsuph over The sncieat pub
he right, that the Cathode Queen par e1ceLace aonaa
Isabella H., Wi! be allowed Interfere I do aot assert
that this interference will take place, aor tina, will b.,
suocess'a but runor se ana Is aided that il is
ON account OF engagements 10 thai effect which the
toofi VI SPAN has aa!e, that the Pope Al last asseHed -
the sale oi the Church property sach viii b.
received ba Madrid with great satisfaction.
Curioas Statistics or France.
Trans atea the !afL Presse, Angus, 20, for III.
New York HssALp
The general report of the criminal Franc. bas
st been presented 10 the Emperor by the Lord Keeper OF
The Great Seal, Minister uf Justice, II. Deangc Three
points should particularly attract public attention. lni
ppnon oi nfracols % the law accecraon Df proseca
lions and the confirm of the suppression OF crime.
Considerable reduction, says the Minister Ia the
Der o. charges and Of tho accused delivered the sizes,
as Ne az Of pity crimes and cr'mais re.errcd 70 The
hcpsea o cDrTscuon, more rapid progress M the course Of
hga prec.nrrc ess frequent Application for preventive
detention ana Of which, aso ine cootin iaton has been
less Decesssryin ipe proportional ai,lunion 10 the
number Of acsiniii;.ls is Aotoe,ble.
These general results aying been iraga, il bengs ~
arithmetic to pray. them ad II Is u short that winch rs
naw about 10 be done. Thus III 1857 tho Of
tadolory accusations snom,ieG 10 the Court oi ASST,
was asss; that is 1876 less inan in 1856, and sos
iess than il 1855, OF which there then iniinuiion
oi T21 ihe year 1874 IL three years there bsen
reduction OF ,i26, i've per IA
ner as The annual increase was produced from 1851 To
1864, unaer the pinerc. Of the excessively high Of
proysons, prsgf ss,ve dninu'ion has taken place from
1855 TO 1857, nnu the total for the year 1851 de
since 1896
These figures remarkable They prove in Il
sure lnhl freedom spreading diminishing.
l@ thea, commerce. industry aud agriculture flourish,
anu niracons OF the law viii disappear with the wants
they give birth to-
Bat there crimes which by their multiplication seem
but to bear nIsess against v aeioraton o; life Those
are rapes and seducos, which have always hsen the
increase since 1851 For pubic morality this fact is sud
and ptabe.
Crimes Of fraudulent bankruptcy have nearly doubled
flom 1851 70 1851, which should DE attributed without
Doubt the ceve'opam given t. commerce and industry,
but suh tns tends ~ prove that the moral level Of
mercai society is lowered aud enervate. The great FREE
quency OF these commercial sads is mol of nature
ve y capitalists, although IL dcmebd everywhere, that
eondence which rs the soul of business II them
g engage IN nono other bu, tired enterprises.
SeDsnces o, death, which decreased to 40 in 1856 ip
creased 10 - N 1851 bat IN turn Sentences hard labor
iof LIFE, which were in lSS0, 2.s, have fallen TO COS
Would Il be necessary, conclusion say ha; il an
effect II The continuation cf lhe suppression OF which the
report spcsks, that which would say the larry shows
itself more uyaricious OF the bs,elt of extenatiee cir
eLnlstances IN capital cases.
The imperial cemeney nas committed the sen,encas
o - condemned 70 death, the other 80 have exc
cuted.
The proportion OF women among the criminals Judged
10 1851 is one filth {2o0 to 00ol
page SAD 10 read is that which states the circumstance
y tScHnh nhfnces. inc number u these increased in
1859 "a considerable pfoPortoi-sbout IL ca, then,
instesG az 40 $40 III 1866
THIS augmentation fprms character uf gravity
IRON the corresponding dmnrticn Of the total number d.
the accused and condemned during the year From 1851
10 1857 the number of second Offenders nss reached
38Ss4-neary 40 per cent Besides, says the report
large share IN this augmentation be attributed the
ndueence that the tribunals often show 10 applications
A. 70 Those liberated from the Masons Centraes tore
aan thrd are proeecued and condemned anew during
the three years which follow ,heir liberation
An incentesube progression merits notice-t is the
tnln0ton o. Le number o oalprs subjected nreyep-
i've detention During the year 1857 there have bsen
rested Teventiyey but G6,625 individuals Instead Of
Gln IN 1856, II ,53G in 1865, ana 900 in 1854 Ia
general preventive detentons have been OF very short
duTGton
"1he socude oI magistrates III this respect. - saws tho
Minister "arpcar 70 have attained the limits OF the pos
siblc much greater cecri,y would compromise the
ii moi .., pr,as
Judges TO collect IN complete manner the necessary cc
meIts OF conylclou ! think affirm, moreover,
without the iesr OF aeng bced by any statistical reyea
tons when they disclosed everywhere, that IN no
Other sste " Europe the criminal prosecution conciss
II higher degree he nte-eats q hrneuity Ia the p.esa
nl the cilft III tae nroierct sc savesaner 10
tAy hlles. citsz-n.''
j. comparing the qunqparnia period from 1851 3, 1856
with INC year 1857, considerable diinuon is Observed
of appeals referred 20 tho Gour, ii appeals
Ihus tie annual proportion was aiout SO app-ei.
criminal MATER there were 773 n 1857 IN correctional
matter, Instead u $50 there were but zss. This
report % civil and corufnefcis Jurisprudence, da
monstTates that tho extreme resource o. the an
peat s gradually becoming weaker whist, for
reason, the oonnaencs u the decisions Of tte inferior
Jurisdictions is becoming stronger and stronger.
The number Of suicides duunshean 1867; II descended
10 3,eGg, rsesd p ~ 5e 10 5So, winch il still
II this beautiful country Of Ffancc Women formed ID
1851 one fourth u tne suicides, this is The usual propor
suicides put doyn to sGcount, wbicn sixth 0f the
whole number. Ia England there feckaa.l ia 1857
ba 3As sue-eaoaf tbird e the tetst IN Tfases
Thes thst s error 10 believe tins: spleen
ravages the Unsted Kingdom.
1lese the important features observe az she re-
port of criminal justice il France far,ng the year 1857
II contains preof q progressive movement IL civz,
ton, although slow.