The Express. — 1864-05-25 (London, England)

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.  (nom on owx  PARIS, TI:1111DAT  The controverted question whether Baron de Beast saw the Emperor so early as Saturday is nettled in the affirmative, by the announcement in the Monitew, which also confirms the news that the baron dined with his Majesty yesterday. M. de Beast left Paris for London to-day. K Krieger, one of the Danish plenipotentiaries in the conference, arrived in Paris yesterday, but it is believed he has seen nobody but Count de Moltke, the Danish Minister here, and that be goes back to London to-night. The Pays says as " Latest News" that pacific impressions tend visibly to prevail, and that it is almost certain that the conference will come to an agreement on the basis of an appeal to the population, with a view to detach Holstein and Southern Sleswig from Denmark, the Dannewerk being taken as a frontier line. Bad news of the Pope's health is said to have arrived in Paris.  The Bourse, under the influence of a rise of in Consols, and rumours that England had consented to a plebiscite in the Duchies, opened with great buoyancy. Rente rose to 66fr. 80c., but the rise was not sustained, the last quotation being 66fr. 65c., with a fall of sc. Mobilier fell Ur. 25c.  The Assize Court of the Haut Rhin was occupied last week with the trial of a revolting case of parricide. A well to do peasant, named Steinkampf, being impatient to inherit the S,ooofr. or 4,000 fr. which his mother had saved, conspired with his wife and • bravo, named Haas, who was bribed by a few francs, to murder her. They seised hold of the old woman while she was milking a cow and held her head down in a pool of liquid manure till she was dead. The crime was clearly proved, and, moreover, confessed by all the prisoners. The Procureur-General, M. Bigorie de Laschamps, being thus relieved from the necessity of arguing upon the facts, delivered a speech in justification of the punishment of death generally, against which there is ► strong feeling in Alsace. He controverted at great length the opinions of Beccaria, Lamartine, Victor Hugo, Mittermaier, kc., and exhorted the jury, as practical men, firmly to do their duty to society and to observe their oath. As to Beccaria, he told the story that some relations of his having been robbed in the Calabrisa, the gentle philosopher begged the judges to torture the robbers and have them broken on the wheel. He trusted that the jury would not give to Alsace, to France, and the world the desolating spectacle of an indulgent verdict to an assassin capable of taking the life of the mother that bore him, and that they would repudiate "extenuating circumstances" as an "impiety." Notwithstanding all the eloquence of the public miniater,• the jury did find extenuating circumstances, and in consequence Steinkampf and his wife were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life, and the sicaire Haas to imprisonment for 20 years.  Mr. James Stuart Bowes, who for aometbing like half a century wrote the theatrical criticisms in Galignani's Messenger, died this morning at the house of his son, Mr. Hely Bowes. The deceased, who had attained the age of 75 years, was universally respected, and is much regretted by a large circle of friends.  Letters b•ro been received in Paris from the French pilgrims in the Holy Lend. The pilgrim. who paned Easter at Jerusalem arrived at Beyrout on the &Nuncio° of the 25th of April. after having aoootnplished their tour through the Holy Lend. They were all in steeliest health sod were preparing to return home—come through Ooestantinople and others through Italy. The pilgrims were joined at Jerusalem by the reverend Father Haseberg, superior of the convent of Munich, and another mask of the mass community.  Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonialofecehoul tho r of tho North Antoriossizovhioos, • jr...