, 1862-12-16
A CURIOUS HeEVELOPMEyT
How the English Prc.s is Subsidized
Sn1t for Sixty Thousand Dollars
against Count dc persfKny.

| aEN4A6G NOUuk UC IGf$1RnF.
A case has just come up in court, it, Lon
don, which will explain to Americans how il
is that certain Journals III England have been
20 suddenly brought to recognize the peculiar
merits of the Shareholders rebellion, and
have SO zcalouely upheld it.
The account Of The trial from which we make
extracts, fills over two columns Of the London
Tines, and is called
t'loa'er agt. The Count de TsTsiguv and IL Ri
tdHA--This is the action by Mr. Ssrieant Clio,
vcr against the eminent French Statesman
aboye-namedt to recover the sum of e14 900 as
| Inc stipulated amount for "subsidizi,,s+'' t!ac
Morning Ch7onie2e, the Jiornsng Nc,cs and thu
| ElfAfng Journal.
The particulars Of the plaintiffs demand
were as follows: 1857, May 9, to 1858, Oct
23, for work, labor and materials provided,
and money paid for the defendants and at
their request, in and about the printing and
publishing and conducting 4 certain newspa-
PR Published in London, called the iHD77sing
MTynicle, and in and about the printing and
publishing and conducting two other newspa-
pcrs, called tue -nor7aing Nescs and the Er,sinq
./oa37l0l: and in and about the writing, trans
lating from the French language, printing
and 11 publishing certain articles in the
newspapers, for and on behalf Of the de-
| PENDANTS. and at their request; and in and
! about the writing, tr:nslating from the
| french language, printing and publishing
certain other articles in the lNoa:uiag Chroni-
fas sha39 a5q tRe 4 StheI tw9 for and on
their being translated into the French Ian
guage, and inserted and published in certain
orench newspapers, called the litonitsur, Cor
Stantionalist, Isys, and other French news
papers, at The rate Of $500 Per month-e14,-
600. The plaintiff will also seek to recover
the said amount on account stated. He will
also seek to recover damages for the loss sus-
tanned in the deprecated value of the London
newspapers above named in fulfilling the coll
tract entered into between himself and the
deiendlnts. Ihe writ Was issued on the I'd
Of May last.
The Rlaintiff, in support Of his application,
]. William Glover, etc, do swear that the
work done, materials provided, and money
paid, an account Of which is comprised in the
particulars Of demand in this cause were sew
erllly done, provided, and paid for the de-
PENDANTS In England, and that the cause of
action arose wholly in England and that the
defendants are bpth foreigners, and reside out
The defendants made general denial, il
which the plaintiff made tic following afida-
Tit, which tells the whole story:
L In the years 1856 and 1857, persons repre-
senting themselves to me as the friends and
employers Of the said defendant Augu5te
Adolphe Marie BiIl,ult, then Minister Of the
Interior Of the French government, and who
verify believe were the employers Of the
said defendant, Auguste Adolphc Marie
Bil!auft, and were acting with his knowl-
as mis- agent in such negotiations, had divers
interviews with ne in London, and they, SO
acting on behalf Of the said defendant, Adol-
pl1c Marie Billault, and on my own behalf,
mutually agreed that the newspapers called
RESPECTIVELY the llorning Chronicls, -uor,ting
lNscs and LVening Journal should be employed
ss The organs Of the said defendant, Auguste
A. II. Biliauit as such Minister of tic Interior
Of the French government in England
:, At divers times in the year 1856 and the
interviews in the year 1857 with the said de-
fendanf, Auguste A. II. BiIlault, who did then
acknowledge and recognize the authority and
employment Of the persons referred to in the
first paragraph of this affidavit, in making tue
agreement mentioned in the declaration and
particulars Of demand in this action
). ii. Albert Bouard, who was then tue pri-
vate secretary Of the said defendant Auguste
4. If. Biliault. frequently in the year 1851, ut
the request alsa by the direction and with tI.c
Of the said defendant, Auguste Ado!phe Marie
Billault, gave Instructions to INC, verbally
and in writing, for the purpose Of having
leading articles written, inserted, and pub
lishcd in lie -Noaa,ing Ch7oniele newspaper on
behalf Of, and IN the said interest Of,
and to further the views and objects of the
said defendant, Auguste AdolpLc Marie
Billanlt, and of The said French government,
Of which the said defendant A. 4. If. BIiauIt
was then, as before mentioned, Minister OF
the interior.
4. The persons lcreinbcfore referred to,
with the sanction and by ihe authority, rs
believe, of 1he said defendants 8, and especially
Of the said defendant Auguste 4. II. Billault,
wrote and forwarded Numerous lcttcrs and
communications to ME 1T MY then residence
f4ranffS1 4,1 cf t,f3;n cff
slid Morning Chronicle newspaper, in the
Strlnd, both places being in the county III
Mlddlc5eS and within the jurisdiction Of this
honorable court, for TIL: purpose Of carrying
out the agreement hereinOtfore mentioned,
and Of aiding, abctting and assisting the OBJ
jects and views Of the said defendant, Auguste
! 4. II. Bil}auIt
S. have been advised and verify bulieye
| that the claims mentioned i'll the declaration
| and particulars Of demand in this action can
/; be legally provcdanl established in an English
! court Of law,
+ On this II. Billault made another affidavit
| in answer:
Isay that I did not employ or authorize any
| persons in 1856 and 1857, orat any other time,
! TO agree on my behalf us mentioned in tho
i atidavit Of the p1aintiif; that never heard
! from the plaintiff orany other person that the
! persons therein referred to had made tile
agreement inentIoneli In i'll Lie declaration anu
| particulars Of demand in this action as stated
II! AAC pitlaiiA hllAt1t4e. Tilt nafI ~ 4a-A
who tLe said persons are, aud tsat if any
such alleged agreement had been NEIL
toned to mc I should have energcticaly
disayowed it; that it is possible, though I
i do rot rccoilcct, that in 1857 II. Albert
Bonard may have officiously given to
the plaintiff, as to the agents of other foreign
newspapers, some indications for his neUspil-
pcrs which The plaintiff was incessanlly and
grtuitously placing at the service Of the
French government. Of which was a mem
ber; but neither ], nor the said Albert Bouard
ever heard Of amy agreement as alleged by
The plaintiff; that have no knowledge that
any persons have written and forwarded to the
plaintiff numerous letters and communications
| to. the plaintiff, for the pur.
pose Of carrying out the agreement
and Of aiding, and abetting and assisting ms
objects and views, as stated in the plaintiff
affidavit, aid hare never authorized or Sane
toned the same being made.