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Hon, Judge in the meantime takes occasion to deliver his charge he did so in tame, subdued and noncommittal manner, and the honorable jury--for of course they were all Honorable men-after retirement of about ten minutes, pronounced the accused, his oaa eoafessions to the contrary withstanding, NOT GUILTY of the embe2zlement of the funds of the bank

 Beyond this verdict we have no desire to go.-And we are willing to believe, with the Jury, that Mir. Perrault's letter-to Postal and hls brother commissioners, was a lie-a pal- pablo lie; but We cannot help contrasting this case of the bank millionaire with the hundreds, of petty offences that daily or at least monthly pass in review before our eyes. ! poor, honseless, homeless, hungry wretch IS charged with purloining a loaf of bread to ward of starvation from tamishng family. He is first dragged to the police prison. and and there he Is immured till il please the pre- siding dignitary to arragn him. He is then. regardless of his defence-for the presiding lunctionary is committing magistrae-c mtted To the parish prison 10 await his trial before the criminal court: whether his chil- dren live or die in the meantime, is no con sequence to the judicial dignitarv who com mts him. When he comes up for trial, after months ot imprisonment, the prosecuting of iicer is eloquent on the enarmity of his oi- fence; and the guilt of a man stealing loaf ot bread, that could be, at any time. purchas- ed for picaynne, is dwelt upon with proies. slonal repugnance; the unfortunate accused has no Soule to defend him and the learned judge, not satisfied with the impression made by the prosecuting officer of the State, follows, to show his adherence of vice and his zeal for the supremacy of the majesty of the law lie illustrates and argues, and argues and it. lustrates, till every juror is made 10 believe that the culprl' is fit subject for the gallows, or at least for perpetual imprisonment in the penitentlary. He is found guilty, and thth- CT he goes after moral episode on the ini- quity of bread stealing from the learned judge,

 From Me x. o. PicdpHe. Jun 1874