OUR PARIS LETTER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1211, 15 May 1885, Page 3

OUR PARIS LETTER.

TIILSG.S A\U OTHERS. A robbery of jewellery under the most daring circumstances took place tim ing the night of tlie I9i,h ebruary at ihe premises of M. Gabriel, jeweller, in the Avenue de I’Opera, Paris. About 9 a.m. in the mor ing, when the porters attended as usual to take down ihe shutters, they foun I thit the. shop, had been nearly emptied of its valuable goods. The housebreakers ha i g due I admittance by the shop dour, which had been opened by means of a skele ou key. The-safe, placed on the right baud side, was Token open, and its contents, consisting of diamonds, pearls, emeralds, ru-ms, sa—paires, and set pieces,, among the latter being three necklaces, valued resp ictne.y I at 3 11 ,0U0 r., 75,000 r., and Sd.OOOfr., carried away. Ihe jeweller e timates ois 1 total los at between SOU, OOfr. and 900,000 fr. The preliminary inquiry in limited shows that tne movements and usual habits of the jew Her and ids assists ts must have been thoroughly stu ied, an I therobbeiy have been planned long ago. Three men at least bad a hand in it. The robbery, which nas cau-e considerable sensation in the quarter, was committed m a manner precise!) similar to that which attended tlie recent robbery of 200,00,)fr. from a money changer’s of the line ue la p.dx. The police ate sai I to ne in possession of a positive clue to the perpetrators. Accoffiiug to the expeit, the forcing open of the Safe must have occupied three hours, and the culp is, besides using special instrumeuts, must have had the assistance of a skilled lock smith. Two holes were mole in the outer plate, and the Poor was then prised open, important arrests are shortly expecte I. The tractui ed safe has been carried to the Palace of Justice. The inquiry has devel oped some startling facts in connection with the robbery, but tne police arc reticent on the matter. The trial promises to be one of a most sensatio ial charaoie .

Before leaving Cannes, the Prince of Wales chose ihe spot on which the nausoleum to the memory of the Duke of Albany is to be erected. Toe ground required tor the monuin nt has been graci usly placed at the disposal of H. R.H. by M. iSavile.

TRIBUNALS. VITROIi AGAIN. A case of vilrol throwing has just been trie 1 at the Assizes of the Seine. The accused was a widow named Jeanne Eoanefous, 34 years of age, and her victim one aphari Aldrey, ama ried man, a native of Venezuela. The circumstances of the case were as follows:—Towards the latter end of 1883 Aldrey made the acquaintance of the widow, and introduced himt* If as a single man. Intimate relations soon sprung up, which resulted in the birth of a child. Aldrey, who had borrowed several sums of money of the woman, on the plea that he had considerable difficulty in obtaining remittances from America, then deserted her. Discovering shortly after the desertion that her seducer was a married man, she determined on revenge. On the 7ch October last she threw the contents of a bowl of vitrol in his face, which occasioned ilermanent injuries. He lost his right eye entirely, and is not expected to preserve the left one, and his face remains deformed. The widow, who admitted her guilt and expressed contrition, was sentenced to two yoais’ imprisonment.

DEFAMATION. A most extraordinary case has just been tried at the Correctional Court of Do e. It was an action for defamation of character brought, by a widow named Chatelaiu against the parish priest, the tax collector, and the bailiff of Chaurnergy, whose signatures were appended, together with her own, to a document containing her confession of a ciime ot perjury committed in 1876. It would appear that in that year the woman, whose husband was then alive, brought an action for indecent assau t upon her Charhonoier. The accused protested his innocence, but was nevenheless sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, though there was not evidence to support the woman’s bare statement. He appealed, but the Public Prosecutor obtained au increase of the penalty to one of a

twelvemonths' imprisonin'nt. Tne Chile ■ Uiiiti.'coup.o i 11 1 her more cl limed and obtained damages to a ‘considerable sum. S'inle few mouths ago Mm-iCii.toaia, who hj id just lost her husband, wished to confess the unjust charge she had laid at Oharbonnier’s door. The parish priest would not receive it under the seal of confession, anil sent for the colie‘tor and bailiff of the village, in presence of whom May Chatebiu mice more acknowledged she had brought a false charge against Char ounior. The circumstances of the confession were set forth in a document which the woman signed together with the witnesses. A few days after the woman became alarmed lest Charbunnier should claim damages of her. She denied'having retracted, stating that the confession had never been made ; that her signature to the document was a for gery; and finally brought an actiou for defamation against the three witnesses who had signed the confession. The Court found for defendants with 150fr damages for the collector and usher, who alone had claimed. What reparation or comfort poor Charbonnier, unjustly sentenced and mumted, is likely to And in the trial does not at all appear. An English assistant to one of the prineipal dentists in Paris had been brought up before the Correctional Court on a charge of adultery. Unawa eof the penalty of imprisonment and line attaching to the crime in France, he had carried on an intrigue with a woman who was separaied from her husband. The accused expressed his astonishment an disgust at having been disturbed in his sleep by an inquisi live Police Commis-ary sent by the bus and to es amish ihe flag,-ante delicto. Owing to the able defence »t ins solicit T, win male a comparison between the customs govern 1 ing ihe case of ad Itery in France and England, and proved tnat bs client had ac e l in n ter ignorance of the law, the young assistant demist got off with a Hue of JOUfr.

POLITICAL REVIEW. Paris, FePrua y 2-t, 18S5. The taking of i.ang iSnu by ihe French, makes a stage in ihe campaign in ihe Kir,, Will ihe French emaiii there and coaline themselves to occupying that place and the roa ito it, or will they puh tut h a r on? The conquest of Tnnqniu is complete, ami if the war-is coucinueil it will oe on tlie territory of Chinese proper. If the Chinese acknowledge themselves b a en, atrl sign a treaty of peace, respecting it al o, the war may tern.ina e, but small Hopes are entertains I of the Court of Pekm being yet sufficiently hum tied. Rumors have been current on an advance on Canton. That operation is probably what is allude I to in the Debugs which remarks tuat the moment has arrived to concentrate the Fiench forces on land and sea, and strike a decisive blow, as it is impossible for them to vein lin indefinitely dispersed as they are at present, Such an expedition, and the siege of one of the capitals of China is a step that should not be taken without mature reflection. Hitherto the tra ic of neural powers has only been prejudice I m a small degree, but an attack, at Canton, which is the great scat of the te> trade, might give rise to protests from England, Gei- tiany, ami the Unied states, w ose cuize s have important interests there' Canton is one of tlie first Chinese ports open o foreign trade, and if complications are to bo avoided, it would be preferable for France to select some other point of attack than one where more injury would be done to the neutral powers than to the Chinese.