The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-06 00:00:00

order for 3/. 193. 6d , and subsequently re-
ceived a letter, couched in the most grateful lan-
guage, but hinting at, rather than asking for,
further assistance. The writer must have possessed
talents of no ordinary description. There was the
grateful acknowledgement for the valuable
aid already afforded, which had enabled the
afflicted young woman to pay the few trifling demands
for which she was liable, and also to obtain sufficient
of her wearing apparel to make a decent appearance.
But it had swallowed up the whole of his generous
bounty, or the poor sufferer could have that day
removed to the Ilampstoad-road, " where a much
more comfortable lodging had been offered to her,
and where if be would condescend to call, she would
cheerfully and with pleasure relate every circum-
stance connected with her past history." There
was then a deep and apparently sincere ex-
pression of penitence for past sin, and a
slight, very slight attempt at palliation,
on account of her heart knowing no guile, being ut-
terly ignorant of the deceptions of the world. Any
person might have been deceived by such a com-
position. Fortunately, however, the fair vic-
tim—a man aged forty—a returned convict,
who had been several times summarily convicted,
was apprehended on another charge, and Mr.
FORSTER was induced to come forward. The de-
ceiver was most properly convicted, and sentenced to
the heaviest punishment sanctioned by law—
seven years' transportation. We trust that
the lesson will not be thrown away, but
that those who are ready to give their money
will be equally willing to bestow a little labour in
ascertaining the credibility and truth of the tales of
misery that may be brought under their notice from
anonymous sources.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
It being the anniversary of the death of the Em-
peror NAPOLEON, who died at St. Helena on the
sth of May, 1821, a funeral ceremony took place at
the Church of the Invalides, attended by the PRINCE
PRESIDENT of the Republic, the members of the
BONAPARTE family,and a great number of officers be-
longing to the Imperial army.
The fall of the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. con-

tinues to attract a large degree of attention.
We read in Galignani—
" The market has shown a strong downward tendency
to-day, and at the close prices were generally quoted
lower. This retrograde movement was attributed to an
absurd report that the Emperor of Russia had demanded
the reimbursement of the 50 millions Five per Cents. of
which he is the holder."

The Debats says—
" The Bourse was very heavy. The public cry was,
The Emperor of Russia is selling off his Rentos.' By
whom—since when—how does it happen—who has seen
it? Useless questions all (except for the writer, who,
with his sceptical interrogations, wards off the warnings
of the Minister of Police). The fact is settled. The
impression, at first insignificant, has become deeper and
deeper. When the Emperor bought it was a great fact;
but now that he sells, what does that mean (a more
pointed question than any of the former)? The day was
spent in commentaries, and yet the fact is not surprising.
The Emperor of Russia is not the only rentier whom the
conversion has brought to the market."
The following is the SiZcle's manner of treating
the same delicate subject :
" The Four•and-a-Half per Cents. have fallen below
par. The Bourse, which had witnessed all the efforts
that bad been making for some time to prevent this
stock from falling blow par, has been deeply affected by
this result, which is the more serious as foreign holders
have yet ten days before them to demand reimburse-
ment. It is probably in consequence of this circumstance
that rumours have arisen of large demands of this kind
having arrived from St. Petersburgh. However that
may be, several heavy banking operations have been ob-
served to end in important remissions to London. There
has also re-appeared a slight premium on gold."
The Assembles Nationale, having noticed the same
rumours, adds :
" Let us hope that such rumours are without founda-
tion, and that there will not have to be added a new
category to the demands for reimbursement already
known." _ . .

The Jesuitical Univers, of heretic-burning me-
mory, and the Patrie, continue to play into each
other's hand. The Univers, true to its persecution
instincts, affects to complain of the injury done its
lucubrations by the admission of foreign journals,
with fresher French news than is allowed to be sup-
plied by the home market. The Univers is, accord
ingly, less read by the faithful to the detriment of
their souls and the injury of their historical know-
ledge, touching the errors committed in the 16th
century, by the shameful toleration which allowed
LUTHER and so many others to die in their beds,
whom the Univers would, according to its own ac-
knowledgment, have doomed to the flames. The
Patric meets these repeated complaints with the
usual asfurancr, that the names of foreign corre-
spondents are well known to the police, and let them
only commit themselves by taking for truth any well
got up lie, and down they go into the trap for a year
at least, with expulsion afterwards.
The Corps Legi.slatif resumed on Tuesday the
discussion on the Convict Rehabilitation Bill, without
any occurrence of interest arising until Article 623
was brought forward. That article declares that no
condemned person can make his application for
rehabilitation without having paid up all the costs of
the prosecution, and all fines and damages that
may have been pronounced against him ; or, in
case of non-payment, without giving proof that
he had undergone such amount of imprisonment, as
the law required, to liberate him from his obligation
to pay. On this article M. LoUVET proposed an
amendment, declaring that no fraudulent bankrupt
should be admitted to make good his claims to reha-
bilitation unless he could produce a quittance in full
from his creditors.
An animated discussion ensued, in the course of

Which M. RAN DOING and M. DELAPALME supported
the amendment, whilst M. DEVINCK, and M. ROUHER,
who was deputed from the Council of State as Go-
vernment Commissioner, opposed it. This latter
gentleman adduced arguments to prove that a dis-
tinction ought to be made between applications for
commercial rehabilitation and applications for rehabi-
litation in criminal matters ; at the same time he ad-
mitted that a difference of opinion had arisen in the
Council of State on the very point then under dis-
cussion. Eventually, the amendment of M. LOIIVET
was adopted almost unanimously, and in conse-
quence, the matter was sent back to the committee
for further examination. The sitting was then
brought to a close at five.
We read in the Presse—" The plans for the
Crystal Palace in the Champs Elysees have been
adopted, and the execution of them will shortly com-
mence. It is said to be M. HITTORF who will be
charged with this colossal work, for the accomplish-
ment of which the Curti Marigny will be consider..
ably enlarged. Tne height of the building will exceed
that of the towers of Notre-Dame, and the columns,
in cast iron, will not be less than three feet in circum-
ference at their base."
The Bourse was rather more firm. The Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. opened at 99f. 60c., and closed at 99f.
85c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents.
closed at 70f. 15c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,1801.;
Rouen, 7721. 50o.; liavre, 285 f.; Great Northern, 5831.
75c ; Avignon' 290 E; Vierzon, 5851.; Basle, 241 f. 25c.;
Bordeaux, 613 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 5621. 50c.;
Tours and Nantes, 367 f. 50e.; Paris and Lyons, 610 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCLIA.NGE, MAY 5.

East Indian, 221 A—Grand Junction of France,
Namur and Liege, 614—Northern of France, 23U ex d.—
Orleans and Bordeaux, 14 ya—Paris and Lyons, 10 t/8 —Paris
and Strasbourg, 213,—Rouen and Havre, 11'i—Sambre and
Meuse, s—Tours and Nantes, 11 —Western of France, 7

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 30th ult.

The Madrid Gazette publishes the official returns
of the receipts of the Spanish Treasury for the month
of March last. They amounted to 111,985,376 reels,
being 8,787,9-23 reals more than in the corresponding
month of 1851.
The Clamor Publico states that the Spanish Go-
vernment has given orders for the suspension of the
journal of the Havannah, called the Diario de la
Marina, and for the suppression of the subvention
hitherto granted to the Crenica of New York.
It is stated that the Ministry have under considera-
tion various plans for introducing ameliorations into
the institutions of the country, particularly respecting
the formation of railways.
1‘I; Exchange a n Rxienßnge on
oL sA, tndn
rogiLo3o.s--0-T6hs money.
Threeoney. per Cents.
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G ERMAN Y.
At the sitting of the Customs' Congress at Berlin,
on the Ist, the President of the Assembly declared
thst the Prussian Government rejected the proposi-
tions brought forward at a previous sitting by the
Bavarian Plenipotentiary, and that it would main-
tain the principles which it bad laid down relative to
the commercial question.
The Chamber of Peers of Bavaria has unanimously
adopted the Bill for guaranteeing a certain interest
to the shareholders in the Palatinate Railway.
A letter from Vienna of the 28th ult., states that
the shareholders of the Northern Railway at a ge-
neral meeting held the day before, had decided on
extending that line to the frontier of Gallicia. The
cost will be 18 millions of florins (46,800,000 f),
of which the shareholders have engaged to furnish
between Oldenburg and Belgium for
13 millions. The remainder of the money is to be
raised by a loan at 5 per cent.
A convention
the extradition of malefactors has just come into
force,