The French Government has again been exposed to mortification and
disgrace in eoneequence of its own intrigues. The accomplices of Louts BONAPARTE in the Strasburg revolt were acquitted, on the 18th instant. Of their guilt nobody had any doubt. The prisoners themselves avowed it. But the jury refused to convict them ; for several reasons. In the first place,it appeared from the evidence, that from the very commencement of the plot, the Go- vernment was fully informed respecting all the parties to it, and their proposed mode of proceeding. Therefore it was their duty to have prevented the outbreak. But, secondly, the character of LOUIS PHILIP and his Ministers had recently been displayed in the worst colours by the discovery of CONSEIL'S employment in the work of getting up plots, and there was a reasonable sus- picion that the Government was at the bottom of the conspiracy. Lastly, the chief criminal, LOUIS BONAPARTE, had been illegally withdrawn nom trial ; and it was argued by the counsel for the prisoners, that to condemn the accomplice and let the principal escape, was contrary to la* as well as to justice. These reasons were considered sufficient by the jury to justify their acquittal of men proved to have been engaged in a treasonable attempt to subvert the throne of France and restore the BONAPARTE dynasty.
One of the most awkward circumstances connected with this result of the Strasburg trial, is the escape of the military officers and men who joined in the revolt. By the existing law of France, when soldiers and citizens are accused of being accomplices in a crime, all are to be arraigned before a civil tribunal, and have the benefit of trial by jury. In the present disorganized state of the French array, the privilege is deemed too dangerous to be conti- nued; and the Ministers have lost no time in laying on the table of the Chamber of Deputies a bill for abolishing it, and for making military offenders amenable to courts-martial under any circumstances. At the same time, a bill to revive the law for punishing persons guilty of non-revelation of plots, was presented to the Chamber.
A circumstance occurred in Paris on Sunday, which proves how suspicious and fearful the Government is of the People. Lours PHILIP'S carriage was passing under the gate of the Tuileries, when lo! three young men were seen standing on the side-walk of the quay near the kitchens of the Palace. Three young men standing together!—of course they must be traitors and murderers, and the Police laid hold of them. Two were soon released ; but the third, a Corporal of a Regiment of Lancers, on furlough, was carried to prison, and his pocket-book taken from him, sealed, and transmitted for inspection to the Court of Peers. 'What was found in that depository of treason, is not known ; but the Corporal has since been liberated, so we suppose that he and iris pocket-book were equally harmless. The vigilant surveillance of the army still continues: a Colonel of Lancers has been dis- missed, and arrests occur every day. It is said to have been -clearly ascertained that ISIEursrEa, the assassin, had no accom- plice, but that new ramifications of the Societe des Families had been discovered.
In the Chamber of Deputies, the address, as proposed by Mi- nisters, was finally carried, by 242 to 157. The division is spoken of by the Ministerialists as a triumph; while on the other hand the Opposition assert that so large a minority on the address is unprecedented.
A Royal decree was published in the Moniteur of Monday, prohibiting the export of provisions across the Pyrenees ; as, says the document, it iS highly desirable that the Carlists should not obtain supplies from France. Really ! the "religious fidelity" Government has found that out at last ! It is also mentioned by the Journal des Debats, that fresh clothing and equipment are to be sent to the French Legion in Spain.
