The Express. — 1868-06-27 (London, England)

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1868.  sal always went to the jury upon the ground that the government was really haiseahle and niAprisabk. Now that the jury is abolished that plea will have no chance. But the government has lately had a warning of the signs of the times. The Courrier de Gironde was prosecuted the other day for " exciting to hatred and contempt, fie.," in the matter of religious troubles in the Charente, and the Correctional Court let the paper off with the nominal fine of 21. That was a terrible let down for the Bordeaux public prosecutor. The author of the petition to the Senate, whose name President Deltutgle thought it would bo indecent to place upon the records of the Upper Chamber, has declared himself to be " Charles Nauroy, Rue de Rennes, 129, author of A History of the Republic in ISIS,' in preparation." What his petition was about he does not dare state, and the public is left in ignorance, but he demurs to M. Delangle's doctrine that a petitioner to the Senate may b prosecuted before the ordinary courts for language used in a petition. The Imperial Court, of Paris has decided, overruling a judgment of the Tribunal of Cotumerce, that a stockbroker has no right without a written order to sell on his own account securities deposited with him as a guarantee for speculative transactions at the Bourse. This law was laid down at the expense of M. Lagarde, a well-known agent de change, who had operated by the orders of an individual named Moulin, and sent in an account showing a loss of 12,923 fr. 50c. Moulin not only refused to pay his difference, but brought an action for 2,071 fr. 85c., the value of a stock receipt in the Italian Bente which he had deposited as a security for the credit which the too confiding broker pledged for him. The Appeal Court, on the ground that Bourse speculation is gambling, has given a verdict for Moulin with costs, as far as regards the Italian stock, and left the broker Lagarde to whistle for the difference. At the Assize Court of tho Dozer°, a man of good character, named Malachane, who was employed as a cantonnier on the public roads—a situation only to be got by interest with the direction of the Ponta et Chaussees—was convicted of an atrocious attempt to murder on a lonely road of which he ought to have been ono of the public guardians. Ho waylaid an old man of 73, a hawker, named Vignes, knocked him terribly about the head with a big stone, left him for dead, and robbed him of 182 fr. The jury found him guilty, but without premeditation ; and the court sentenced him to twenty years' imprisonment, with hard labour.  Several glovers have been tried by the correctional police for the exercise of what they call a custom of the trade, designated by the name of gratte. A wholesale glover delivers to a workman a quantity of kid akin, which he considers sufficient to make three pairs of gloves. The workman says that if by his skill he can contrive to turn out three pairs of marketable gloves from the skin, and yet reserve enough to make a fourth, he is entitled to keep that fourth pair for himself. A great deal of evidence was gone into to show that this custom—certainly more honoured in the breach than the observance, and which fully accounts for the " breaches" which afflict purchasers of Paris gloves—is really sanctioned by long usage. The court gave a severe, and itmay be hoped an effectual check to.thepractice by a sentence of fifteen months' imprisonment against some of the workmen, and of a year's imprisonment and more against several of the receivers of their stolen goods. The Spanish Ambassador is said to have complained to the French Government that 6,000 rifles have lately been purchased in France for the account of General Prim. There was a considerable reaction at the Bourse. Bente fell 20c. for cash, and 221 c. for account; closing at 70fr. 70c., and 70fr. 821 e. Italian fell 271 c. Mobilier and Credit Foncier, however, closed without change. There was no political news whatever, and the state of the accounts alone influenced the fluctuations.