The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-10 00:00:00

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ENGLISH PEES'S.
Impunity is said to beget inselence—and that
so we find new proof in the last act of LDIIiS Napoleon.itdoes
Without his uncle's genies, he has many of that
fattiness; and amongst the rest inherira the Fire& Coi urieul°'s
oinfivusehirsriliustn:Ylhttallvydlinegsen6ndseceL7rhneeprarneeat th:ie.sofwuihsnecelert:
liberties, the
tßileau:Poen.nol-egn:
ptcee yen-lures upon soinething very - ete-insult to
Eaglish freedom. • The fagged press or France lies JrApe
leas hie tert_ene now ho saes intinaidate the free
1 press of tnglincl.7-Cia -Tieselay, the agent Of the French
Who has under his special charge the newspatieri
of France, sent for the Paris corral:tended% of 'two- or
three of the London daily papers, OA he might come
manicate to them the future iateetierie of 'souls Napo=
leen-towards the English press. In perfortming this task
the agent, M. liatoureDumoujin, is described as bringing
the manners anti Langan°
-of caltivated life to bear
upon the work iii head,- evidently is order that its real
character might scem lees abominable. But tyranny;
how eeeblaed, is still tyranny, tied in this ease thew
Was no room for mistelre. Ie his interview with the
cerrespendeet of the-b)aily Veit's, 0,1 iirstliniknaticui
M. Damoulin gave was, that What tie wee • about. to
,note must he xegardel as an official novice of the
French Got-erne/sent. 'fie' then went- on to say that the
English newspapers had been outrftgious towards the
President, 'and added 'that is sit-lattice cases, when
ensthing offensive appeared in the columns of an Bug-
lish newspaper, its repreeettative in Paris would be
matkrespohs.ible tor it, and be forthwith expelled from
France! Aittinished by such a threat, our correspon-
dent replied t-e•
"That if the French Government Made the. Paris corre-
spondent of in English paper responsible for whatever
appeetee in that paper relative to France, it would act
neither according to the principles of justice, law, nor in-
ternational usage. It was known that the responsibility
could only lie with the editor of the newspaper in England.
A correspondent formed no part of what the French call the
courtseedection of a paper. He was a private person, who sent
,eenfidential laves, the responsibility of whose publicatioir
come to the
the French President lay clearly against the news-
viniethhhde
Enothing whatever to do with. The remedy of
nment
Sit
tic could r
oeb3
beyond
the a 'diplomatic complaint against
for the
wopfrhonislegeaticrit:h:th:o,Gonmr iglahyt either prosecute in the English
Government would
to
h authorities responsible
d such a course in
of the par. The French Government
same thing; only itethe latter casepotihlietFaretnactch,
°l:elerlintaheentlEvlnghheicil would,in
had recently full°
wt Prince President's
with violence by a
upshot of
uncle became emperor, he was
sWaht
attacked
k the
ed
editor
-o€
-a eniee paNesis and he took this meansaogfarineastreishs.e
Mackintosh. • The eWho war
moulin anstAh'eeree'lde-
of the newspaper to consideraLle
. Louis Napoleon will hold pans the affair'was the condemnatien
-d.•l3befelingfidilediedw.t
accept the theory of irresponsibility,"
than the damages. Al, Lateur.Du-
itor
liable, he says for what ein editora Paris correspondent
of-hislacteewlateugh be knows fin Eaglitn. d may
the corre
tsphoondent is in
Pi
jurisdiction—the
respondent- has no more influencer perfectly-;yell that a COcr-
lurons of the paper be writes for, ovner
• the -leading 00,5
tGhaezepttre,e atid
President's
his power; and so upon the inzaccen
to wreak the vengeance impotent to reach those
offend him by telling truth. In the ole Sie)a who
roue days a similar despotism was often indulged.
Many o successful tyrant has murdered, in cold blood,--.
the wife and children of en opponent • who was- cut of
resell, and now one Man is to be'puniehed in Paris be-
cause another' is troublesome in London. ' Was there
over a moro unblushing stretch of power thin to make a
maia responsible for that over vrhich he has no control?
Bet having, fora time, succeeded in stopping free discus-
sion in France, the hero of the coup ditateeeka to force
the meshes of his tyranny across the English Channel.
His agent talks of dissernination of " falsetteWs;" we it
is not false news that offends, but true. Is the story of
the coup d'etat "false news?" Is the tragedy of the un-
veiled Paritians shot down by thbeisands in the streets
in December—is that "false news?" Is the list of emi.
nent and patriotic Frenchmen exiled from their country
"false news?" Are the groans of thousands transported
without trial to Cayenneere they "false news?' Are
the refusals of the best generals and statesmen of France
to take the oath to Louis Napoleon's Government—are
they ." false news?" Are the decrees ordering the spo-
liation of the private property of the Orleans family
"false news?' Yet these are the things that have made
the 'free journals' of this country couple Louis Napo-
leon's name with those terms that make him anxious
to expel English writers frail France, and these are
things let him remember whioh hare become part of the
sad story of the fine country he now holds in bondage.
If no other news came from Paris for a century, here is
a catalogue full enough of texts for volumes or written
condemnation. But does Louis Napoleon think it pos-
sible for him to expel every Englishman from France?
Because until he does so ho may rely upon it the Daily
News and the other London daily papers will have in-
telligeuce of all that happens there. If our present cor-
respondent were expelled to-morrow we have another
ready on the instant to fill hid post: Let him expel a
second—and' a third will spring up. There are• Frenc-
hmen, too, as well as Englishmen, ready for such emer-
gencies. If the President carries on this system, as each
writer is expelled he 'will find " another and another
still succeed." Faithful to the laws' that rule other things
the demand for men ready to carry on the important mis-
sion of the Press will secure a supply. We shall, therefore,
despite pedice arrangements, be ever able to learn the
truth about what is being done in the capital of great
and enlightened, but now enslaved and unhappy France.
So long as this jourcal is faithful to that cause which it
was founded to promote, and from which it has never
yet swerved, so long will no threats and no hater of
consequences prevent it from speaking what is known
to be the truth. Foreign Governments shall be sub-
jected in its columns to the same free and wholesome
criticism employed in discussing our home affairs. The
sins of the Elytes equally with those of Naples or of
Russia shall be' denounced as fearlessly and openly as
they deserve to be, and tyranny and injustice shall still
be called by their true names—tyranny and Injustice—
and nothing less. We wish to say nothing that is
falseseove will never conceal anything that is true. In
England we have the great privilege of enjoying that
freedom of the press which Milton claimed, and which
so many have since suffered to secure—a freedom of the
press subject always to the law. That law, if we say
aught illegal or wrong, is ever ready to do justice to
the really injured; that law is open to Louis Napo-
leon as it was open to Napoleon Bonaparte. To it
we owe respect, and by it we are ready to
abide. But whilst we enjoy this wholesome
liberty of the press, the hero of the coup d'etat may rely
upon this, that though truth may be strangled in Paris,
and may be whispered only in Belgium, it will yet be
told fully and aloud by the press of London. His po-
lice agent talks of " false news." This is the old sham.
" Fele news" was the plea when Charles IL put down
the press( that had grown up under the commonwealth;
" false news" was the excuse under which James IL of
England, and Charles X. and Louis Philippe of France,
commenced their persecutions of the press. -
'But Stec%
three kings were all overthrown by the very victim ihey
selected for their insane wrath—newspapers were too
much for them, as each had leisure to discover in exile.
And why? Because the press in its integrity has b •
e-
come a necessity of modern civilization—because in its
integrity it is a thing the world daily Want d
aan wants
ing will have. Prevented from freedom
of narration
3 . gone, and freedom of criticism its integrity i
becomes a dead, gaunt, hollow shasa -I:llegteoe' arid it
this hour in Paris. And with such a I press at
modern civilized people will not long soulless corpse a
of his predecessors—fearful of truth —be content. Two
successfully, a war of intolerance with
fora while
Napoleon knows his fat ee with the press. Louis'
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ASCOT
Queen'sCriPB. s'ss °'
THE
a 1 m a r ke t.
Garrard,of the
Tb e Queen's:Cup and the Em Vase are designea
by Mr. Cotterill, and
• - executed in silver by the Meow&
c-up is A grourt.
the subject of which is taken
Spencer's "Fairy Q „ from the first l'a"
knight "
Queen," where the "gentle _
encounters the lady mounted " upon a lowly asse more
white than snowe. ' This subject has not frequeuti
y
~
been treated, either in paintin-, or sculpture, thtoougfhormit possesses most' of the ingredients calculated _ ,
it
an attractive composition. Mr.Cotterili has handled
'a amanner;
and
striking and piciuresque
iris shape to his
while he has secured the Wain—v-91a ;, mail: great
group, has disposed the several'eaires animals, the
524g4lent. The introduction of t
forms an agreeable con
horse, the asn, and the lamb, in some parts bux-
trast. The surface of
thesilver
rnclis deadened; but thiLs
nislied, and in others frosted
h
, e general effect, and has a
is. done without destroying ile'Esiperor's Vase is a can-
vim"?' pleasing appearance.
in height, the base ornamented
uelabrum, 3 feet 6 inches_ the subject of which is
of hffuref,
with a composition ,t,d-,, Thomas the Rhymer." Thw
taken from Sir Vir• St, gr.up is where Thomas meets
incident depicted inr.t
ddown by the elders tree." The-
the ', lady bright,
,:d bending his knee, doffing his cap,
rhymer is represented
The whole effect of this piece of
and hailing the .18-1.
; beautiful. The branches for the
plate is extremecuY y
ill from the composition beneath,
lights riso
substantialgracefully
but extremely elegant baser
which forms a -mods being designed with Mr. Cot-
and sal
the figures
talent.
• terill's usual
nig l Runt Cap is designed by Mr. A. Broom,
The -,,f" attired by Messrs. Runt and Roskell, .4-
and wan— ' It consists of a tazza-formed
NI, Bond-street.
--e . betaed by broken and entangled birch and
cup, suPeath which is a group taken fror.n
.the
fir trees,f
the "Russian Fugitive," by William
Wordsworth.oThe group represents the bunter
moment of the stag's death, when the fugitive
at the
maiden rushes forth from her retreat and exclaims, " Its
me behold a stricken hind pursued
by destiny." It is a
very handsome racing pl-y
t , and reflects credit on the
~t
b 'whom it has been executed
designer and the firm
in silver.

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.SUICIDE.--Yesterday morning a female, named
Charlotte Law, aged fifty-eta years,
expired in Guy's Hos-
pital, from the effects of a severe wound in the neck, which
sheinflicted with a razor at her late residence, No. 35,
Hunter-street, Dover-road, Southwark. The deceased had
been in great distress for a considerable time, which no
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