Glasgow Courier. — 1847-08-31 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

YINANCII—EXPENSED OP RIOTIL that the public Morality of Prance is so high that ainen counts, The aTuatorgeaad numberthetzblillse, a s amounta also of variety oofther afoot' wealth should have any difficulty in bribing his keepers, 'iglus broken by rioters on the occasion of upwards of birtr-,I uaeltioonntl.inievtly o: the. second ascent of Mr. Gale's balloon. or in purchasing the aid of accomplices out of doors. Such nigilin' it,:emeees, put by a member as to the Board's a thing might even happen in this country, and we can see liability for these ex no reason whatever why it should not occur also in Prance. Mr. ANDERSON said the accounts were received on the parties, ' making wuanbaofillulvtiot pay ttchetrir correctness, in which case the , It is unnecessary to add that beyond this amount of "complicity," as it is termed, the government is in no way con- The accounts were accordingly passed. , xtohintlon of these account' irmsoprerasatlidrehue tohnouretßtohaer/ cerned with the late horrible tragedy, and is consequently not answerable for it. To remove all suspicion from the before the public, in connection with this consideration, rentirlieedßita them prominently tiiniaetnt the case of any riot that takes place, every penny that was wanted potato mind, however, and to satisfy the world at le4ge, it 'should cause the Pro'cureur du Roi (the Advocate-General) ptoaymersak.e good ;,alicet,diiilemtahgoeugzshould of the -b broughtpkielit'stiof the lurnaler to pursue the investigation into the circumstances att.¢ndiug 1 public notice. Here was a sum of £3O for property damaged every farthing of which had to be paid by the rate-payers. the murder. There is much yet to be explained, and the 1 1 Mr. ISPLEAN said another thing which was shown by the occurrights of outraged humanity will not be vindicated if all , rence of the riots in question, was the necessity of care being future inquiry be abandoned. ! taken to have a sufficient body of police at hand on all such occa-1 gone, to check attempts at disturbance. ..  As to the Causes of this frightful act on the part of a man of education and of ample means who dare even attempt to speak of them? That the mind of the Due de Praslin was not only diseased but hideously deformed is obvious, and if we refuse to admit the influence of some kind of insanity ,ii will be impossible to explain the occurrence at all. FrOm what is related of him he seems to have been a man of strong passions and weak intellect—irascible, proud, and sullen—and prone, we may presume, to vindictive emotions; and if we add the low moral tone of French society generally, we shall perhaps arrive at the only solution of the problem which is open to us. Let us be careful, however, not to make this hideous enormity the ground of a general charge against the habits and temper of a whole people. Its very barbarity constitutes it an exceptional case; and lightly as those obligations which we esteem as of greatest force among ourselves are viewed in France, we must not suppose that it is the practice of Frenchmen to hew their wives in pieces when they happen to quarrel with them. ' not  a madman the Due de Preslin was a monster—and heireFthe matter ends.