The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-13 00:00:00

I you will obtain them by a far more costly
process than that which our immediate policy
recommends !" Be it so. We'll " take our
chance," the risk shall be cheerfully encoun-
tered. We will not have a bread tax although
it should not " raise the price of the loaf by more than
a halfpenny," as sagely remarked by Mr. G. CARRING.•
TON, of Missenden Abbey, the seconder of the Right
Hon. Gentleman. On that point the people are
firmly resolved. The matter has been
long since disposed of, and any attempt
to enter on a retrograde course, or to bring
back the obnoxious impost, would be as
unavailing as an effort to repeal the Emancipation
Act, and to re-enact the penal code. We should hare
added, or to resuscitate the rotten boroughs, but a re-
collection of the "New Reform Bill" compels us to
avoid that dangerous ground.
A clear, distinct, and unequivocal answer will be
returned now, or at any future period, at which the
question may be asked, and that not only on the
hustings, but from every cottage fireside throughout
the length and breadth of the land; not only from the
electors, but from the non-electors, who have yet
sufficient political knowledge to understand that
representation should be coincident with taxation, and
that it is better to have sufficient food for their
children than to have them kept on short diet. Even
the veriest blockheads will find words to express their
feelings on such a subject. The " political cyphers" will
show that they have still some weight, and a recog-
nised position in the British Constitution. GOD
forbid that we should again behold the fearful scenes
of riot and disturbance such as those that
once prevailed in the heart of the metro-
polis, when the blood of our fellow-subjects—
of men who could not remain insensible to the
cries of their starving children, rolled down the gut-
ters of St. James's-square. We hope and believe
that there will not be a repetition of such lamentable
events, because we cannot conceive, under any cir-
cumstances, the possibility of a bread-tax ;
but were it otherwise, and that a Parlia-
mentary majority should be returned in favour
of protection, we again repeat the assertion to which
we have already given deliberate expression, that
" free trade cannot be interfered with without blood-
shed, or a corn-law restored without revolution."
On this point there is neither doubt nor difficulty, and
we believe that the Earl of DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI
are as well aware of the fact as we are.

We have no such dread of a "re-adjustment of
taxation" as to avert it at such an expense. On the
contrary; it is what we have energetically demanded for
many years. We believe that the agriculturists,in com-
mon with the industrial population of all classes are un-
fairly and unjustly treated. By all means give them
relief, but we must take care that the burden be not
transferred to other shoulders, which are even less
able to bear them. We shall not condemn pro-
jects at which, at present, we can only
guess. Let Mr. DISRAELI therefore bring
forward his propositions, and if they be just
and equitable we shall consider them calmly and
dispassionately, without prejudice or favour—the
good of " the many" our only object. But let him
carefully avoid any undue pressure upon industry,
and be particularly cautious about bringing forward
anything in the shape of indirect taxation.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Constitutionnel speaks in the following terms on
the promising aspect of affairs in France under the new
rigime
"It results from the monthly reports addressed by the
ecember. In
and manufac-
turers attained an
different functionaries to the Government, that the agricul-
attranal
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ocfoutknotr2ydhas: gone on
corncon-
time.an d cattle
Farmers has
amount
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a longt
are undertaking important works, which are at the
same time a new source of riches for the country, and a gua-
rantee of the comfort of the populations. On every point of
France men bless the firm sad courageous hand which, in
putting an end to the revolutionary crisis, has opened a new
era to civilization. The reports sent in by the procureurs-
generaux show that the •labours of the mixed com-
missions are nearly terrainited. A great number of men
have been set at liberty, and have returned to their
usual occupations. A more restricted number of individuals
have been sentenced to transportation, and amongst them
are many liberated convicts and men of noted bad character.
The severe but just measures adopted by the Government
are generally approved of. Everywhere the departure of the
men condemned has been effected without the slightest
symptom of agitation. In some places groups of curious
persons were to be seen, but the calm and indifferent demea-
ry.nr of the populations shows how little sympathy the arti-
sans of disorder excite among the masses."
All the old empluyis of the tormer Legislative As-
sembly have," says the Palrie, " been re-established in
tbrir functions."

Accounts from Algeria state that the penitentiary
colony of Lambessa was prepared to receive the trans-
ported prisoners, who were shortly expected to arrive
there. The general commanding the province, the pre-
fect, and a commission of engineers had visited the esta-
blishment, which had already received a part of its civil
•
and military personnel.

The ball given on. Wednesday night last by the Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs was attended by all the beau
monde o f Paris. The corps diplomatique, ministers,
senators, councillors of State—in a word, all the eivil
and military notabilities of the capital, with a great
number of foreigners of distinction, thronged the saloons.
More than 2,000 persons were present; and, in order to
improve the means of accommodation, a long gallery
tastefully ornamented had been erected the whole length
of the garden.

Public securities all rose at the Bourse. The Five
per Cents. opened at 103 f. 35c., and cloned at 103 E 65c.
for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed
at 681. 65c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,1721. 50c.;
Rouen, 6871. 50c.; Llavre, 2724 50c.; Great Northern,
6251.; Avignon, 247 f. 50c.; Vierz)n, 5161. 25c.; Basle,
2271. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4851; Paris and Strasburg,
518 f. 75c ; Paris and Lyons, 595 r.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 12.
Boulogne and Amiens, 124;4- East Indian, 21.—Namur and
Liege, 6N—Northern of France, 20%—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 11—Paris and Rouen, 26N—Pads and Straabourg,
20M ex d.—Rouen and Havre, 10%.