The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1822-09-28 (London, England)

PARIS. The sitting of to-day hes been occupied by au accusation of carrying off a minor, the only daughter of a cabinet•maker possessing some properly. The 'reenact was • young men, uuthor of several articles. who had no other meal's of sub.istence. though an Advocate. than his recent imploymet t by a Journal entitled the Pilots. Pierre Barthelemy had met several times Miss Elisabeth Florence daughter of a cabinet...ha. aged 17 yours. He am II or IS years older, lie is far from being ugly, but he is short sod lame, and obliged to aid the shortness of one leg by • high heeled boot, and to support himself on a cane. The Act oe Accusation and the Justieestary Papers, make us acquainted with the manner in which he acquaintance wee established. Barthelemy frequently followed Miss Elisabeth in the street, whom • servant accompanied from school, hotue. He very soon found means to speak to her, and offered to lend her some books. The first which he lent her were, according to him. some works on Educatiou and a Treatise on Mythology. Some time afterwards he put into her hands the first volume of Lis Nouvelle Ileloise, and reread to give her the second. He wished to shew her Julie guilty, but not Julie repentant. Elisabeth, it is said, heWtaied to finish the first volume; she was stopped by this remarkable passage of the preface:—" Whatever young woman, in spite of the title, dares to read • single page. is for ever lost." She added. however. I have arrived at the 110th page, and sin dot yrt lost. Barthelemy replied, that the danger was only to weak minds, and that she might continue.  In a letter written to the object of his arts, Barthelemy developed his•theory of seduction. Very soon he menaced Elisabeth, that he should be driven to deeds of the greatest despair. He dared to advance that suicide was not a crime. He aupounced his approaching departure for Barcelona, where he was going to brave the yellow fever. Eli: tbeth aas alarmed ; Barthelemy changed his plats of a journey into Spain far a trip to England, and by degrees he led her into the abyss of seduction. At length the place of her retreat was discovered, and she was conducted to the convent of Sr. ' Michel, by virtue of the paternal authority, and 'of theasthority of the President of the Civil Court, Barthelemy wrote a menacing letter to the father, in which he reproached him as a tyrant and gaoler, and the executioner of his daughter, and weut so far as to say, " you have lost your rights in abusing them."  Barthelemy alleged for excuse the violent passion with which he was inspired by his victim, and the project which he had always entertained of marry. mg her ; but the father would not accept of a reparation which only confirmed the ravisher io the possession of the prey which he had coveted. He appeared before the Court as a party to a civil suit. At the commencement of the trial, Elisabeth was led forwa'd by the son-in-law of M. Leboo, her father's advocrte. Her steps trembled, she was evidently confused, though a long black veil covered her features, which are described as regular and handsome. Her eyes appeared to avoid those of M. Barthelemy. After the act of accusation was read, in the presence of a numerous audience, M. de Broe, Advo. cate-General, required, in consequence of the notore of some of the detail., that the cause should be heard with closed doors. The Court agreed to this requisition, the audience were ordered to depart, some persons, however, remained; we shall not abuse this favour in reporting afflicting derails, which the interest of morality requires us not to submit to the eyes of our reader,. M. de Broe supported the accuratioo with the same talent that he has recently displayed in a number of criminal prosecutions. M. le Bon pleaded the father's cause, and M. Came defended Barthelemy. The audience were again admitted, when the Judge summed up, and they then learnt that all the difficulty of the case turned on 354th and 3561 h articles of the Penal Code, and on a defect wheel the Legislator seems to have left iu them. The defence maintained that the minor being more than sixteue years of age, and having voluntarily followed her seducer, the charge of fraud provided fur in the 354th article was not applicable. After a short deliberation the Jury found Barthelemy not guilty of having carried off the minor, Elisabeth Florence G--, by fraud. le consequence the President absolved him and spoke to him ere follows : -" Pierre Barthelemy, the sikaee of the law rather than your innocence, enables roe to escape from this accusatiou. You have been guilty of the greatest trespass that can be committed not oely against the risks of sioeslity, but against the Arm principles of as haseat and vktseue ,sea. You have tempted a young comas from her duty, kouwieg that her father "meld sever coolies' hi give her is you N seat. riser. Yee have not eves asked the tuber's GOMM/ j pas began the seslattios of this riming penes is the west irVe us , and with a cleverness that has hitherto bee* foetid only is Novels, where the character of Lovelace has bins described with such odious features. It will be said that pea have learned your means of seduction from works which we dare sot ease on this Beach. Remember the impose pas have sow been guilty of pew whale life, and endeavour to expiate it by better conduct. Admonished fur the (Were by the lesson you have received, endeavour to forst DO ether manmade* but what are pure sod vineries. Abairesll„ do sot abuse talests which Mall be acksowkdged, which eaters has gives pay, and educatiois hos cultivated, but of which you have made a most fatal use." .1111111te Or TIM LICH, IMPTSIIIIIIII IL A commercial letter which has just reached us from Venice, of the I tilt of September, inform. us that a numerous Greek feet has doubled the