The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. !

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
Under the head of " C'est rheure de se convertir,"
Dr. VERON gives more than three columns in the
Constitutionnel, to show that it is useless for the old
parties to continue their resistance to LOUIS NAPO-
LEON. The writer proceeds on the assumption that
the French people have too long abused the liberty
that they enjoyed to be capable of appreciating its be-
nefits, and that for their own interest they require a
Government which by its force and intelligence shall
restrain them from excesses in their own interest. The
following extract will show the tenor of the writer's
opinions :
" Louis Napoleon was imbued deeply with the feeling
that it was necessary to make a great coup d'etat, and
overturn with a firm hand the old institutions, which
were abused, in order, as he himself said, to replace the
pyramid on its base. Succurrere seclo everso. Well, then,
when anyone is not influenced by the blindest pride, how
is it possible not to be converted to respect for the Go-
vernment? not to aid it, emanating as it does from the
widest election by the people, and so ardently embracing
all the ideas of the time, and satisfying with so sure
a hand the interests and wants of the country? For
more than sixty years the love of liberty and respect for
constitutions have been made a popular religion. We
do not want to see the altars on which so many victims
were sacrificed broken to pieces with brutal impiety;
but one of the great laws of politics is certainly oppor-
tuneness. of acting, and for a people menaced by barba-
rians the true beau•ideal of a constitution has been for
a certain time the soul of a Trojan, counselled by a
Pliny the Younger. Yes, this is undoubtedly the hour
for men to be converted in France; and we consider that
a nation which in sixty years has committed so many
catastrophes, can without dishonour come and say to a
government issued from universal suffrage, come (not
like Mdlle. de la Vallies, for ever!) to give up to you
my liberty, of which I have made so bad a use.'
The Pays publishes a third article, by M. GRANIER
DE CASSAGNAC, under the head of "Le Gouverne-
ment du 2 Decembre devant la Raison et devant la
Morale." The present is in the same eulogistic strain
as the former articles.
There is an article in the Debats on the loan of
two millions sterling contracted for by Turkey,
speaking strongly in favour of that financial measure.
It concludes by saying—
" Turkey alone in Europe had no public debt. Why
should she not do now what all other nations have done
and practised with so much adiantage? Why should
not what has succeeded so well with them succeed with
Turkey? It seems to us once again that there is reason
to applaud and congratulate Turkey on seeing her, in
imitation of all other Governments, enter the career of
credit. We hope that Turkey will find therein an ele-
ment of activity, of labour, and of wealth. But Turkey
will not be alone in prospering by it. If her population
of thirty millions—such at least is the number given in
the least uncertain statistical returns—develope their
agriculture, their commerce, the languishing germs of
their manufactures, France, England, and all other
states will find in her a market of increasing importance,
a more extensive debouche for their productions, a more
extensive centre of supplies and exchanges. They will
find also a productive investment for their superabundant
capital. These relations of creditor and debtor have in-
creased during a certain number of years amongst all
people, and it would not be easy to say whether they have
been more profitable to debtor or creditor. It is with the
capital of England that a number of manufacturei have
been built, mines worked, and railways constructed on
the continent. Everybody has gained by that. OLIO
party has been able to create enterprises which have in-
creased their fortune and the prosperity of their coun-
try. The other has derived a larger interest from their
capital; in fact, it may be said that part of the English
people live at present on the revenue which all tho na-
tions of the continent, without speaking of those of the
New World, pay them. Such is the double advantage
which we see in the future in the path in which Turkey
has just taken the first step with the support of the ca-
pita! of France and England. We shall lend to Turkey
as we have lent to Piedmont and Spain. And we must
add, that those who may confide their money to her will
not have the fear that a revolution in the evening will
cause their debtor and their security to disappear in the
morning. For the stability of Governments in questions
of public credit is a very important matter, and we do
not know many Governments in Europe which have
been better preserved than that of Turkey from the re-
volutions which have agitated the world."
The Siicle, in an article on the same subject,
although it approves of the loan, takes a less brilliant
view of the destiny of Turkey. It is of opinion that
Turkey is not in the condition to render it probable
that credit can be established there on a safe and
durable footing.
We read in a Paris latter in the Austrian Lloyds of
Vienna :—" The marriage of the PRINCE PRESIDENT
with the daughter of the Prince GUSTAVUS WASA has
really been adjourned. The reasons are these :—One
of the most celebrated professors of the Faculty of
Medicine at Heidelberg has advised Prince WASA
not to allow the Princess CAROLINE to be married
until she shall be full twenty years of age, as her
growth is not yet terminated; she is at present only
nineteen. On the other hand the Princess WASA,
her mother, has been suffering tor a long time from
a complaint which reudcra t*, surgical operation neces-
sary. It was therefore an act of propriety to adjourn
the marriage. This, however, does not prevent an
active correspondence from being kept up between
the PRINCE PRESIDENT and the WASA family ; and
every week the rarest fruits and flowers of the
season are sent from St. Cloud to the Princess CAR°

LINE. LOUIS NAPOLEON had originally intended first
to conclude the marriage, and afterwards to proclaim
the Empire. But now, the contrary will take place.
He will ascend the throne before the end of the pre-
sent year, and will only get married next year. As
to the re-establishment of the Empire, it is not in
the power of LOUIS NAPOLEON to postpone it any
longer, as the councils-general have so generally de-
manded it." _ _ _

The Cardinal Archbishop of BESANCON, at a recent
distribution of prizes in the college o: that city, took
occasion to defend the study of Pagan authors of
Greece and Rome, which has lately been attacked by
a certain party in the church. Those authors are, he
said, models of taste and elegance, and without them
it is impossible to know antiquity. He denied that
the study of their works can lead to immorality if
masters do their duty in inculcating Christian truths
in the minds of their pupils. The Cardinal Archbishop,
however, said he had no objection to the study and
examination of the fathers of the church, provided
they be kept within moderate bounds.
The Journal du Havre states that a company has
been formed for founding, on a grand plan entirely
new, a sugar establishment at Guyana. It proposes
to employ such of the forcats as may be recom-

mended by the authorities for their good conduct.
From an experiment just made, it appears that
telegraphic dispatches can be transmitted from Paris
to Vienna, via the Strasburg Railway, in about an
hour. The closing prices of the Vienna Stock Ex-
change were sent off a few days ago at three o'clock,
and reached Paris at five, after being detained at
Strasburg nearly an hour.
The Bourse was remarkably firm, with a slight rise
in the price of Government securities. The Four-and-
a-Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 85c., and closed at
the same price for the end of the month; the Three
per Cents. closed at 77f. 45c. ;Orleans Railway Shares,
1,448 f. 75c.; Rouen, 8751.; Havre, 3734 75c.; Great
Northern, 668 f. 75c.; Avignon, 491 25c.; Basle, 3111.
25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 6871. 50c.; Paris and Lyons,
793.750.; Lyons and Avignon, 5954; Western of France,
6001.; St. Dizier to Gray, 550 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN itottEIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEr-r. G.
Dutch Rhenish, PA—Great Indian Peninsul2, 634—Grand
Junction of France, 59'8—Luxembourg, 67/B—Madras, 234 p.
—Northern of France, 269'8—Ditto, 201. 3 per cent. Bonds,
14—Orleans and Bordeaux, 185 A—Paris and Rouen, 341
Peris and Strasbourg, 2734.

SPAIN.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the Ist Sept.
The QUEEN MOTHER goes to La Granja on the
4th. Hitr return to Madrid is uncertain.

The Minister of Public Works came to town yes-
terday, and goes this day to La Granja, carrying
with him the budget of his department for the pur-
pose of submitting it to the Council of Ministers.
The Commissioners of the province of Guipuscoa
appointed to arrange the vexata questio of the fueros
have arrived in Madrid, and those from Alava and
Biscay are expected daily.
The works of the canalisation of the Ebro were
commenced on the 25th ult.

A line of steamers has been established to run be-
tween Santander and Antwerp, touching at Bilboa in
their way.
MADRID BOURSE, SEPT. I.—Three per Cents.,
454. Exchange on London, 50 30 paper.

BELGIUM.
The Emancipation of Brussels asserts that the Go-
vernment does not intend to convoke the Chambers
b&fore October
of the month. and probably only in the latter part

HOLLAND.
A telegraphic dispatch from Amsterdam states that
the French Minister at theliague has been recalled
in
consequence of the rejection of the literary conven-
wh France.