The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
It is announced that the Prince President will receive
the members of the Legislative Body en habit de
this evening (Saturday), at St. Cloud.
The Courrier du Nord states that a rumour pre-
vailed at Valenciennes of its being the intention of
Louis Napoleon, after the deliberation of the Senate
on the Empire to make a tour in the Northern de-
partments, and visit Amiens, Arras, Douai, Lille,
Valenciennes, Cambray, and St. Quentin. The
Progrs du Pas•de• Calais also mentions the ru-
mour, and even states that preparations to receive
him have been commenced at Amiens.
The Constitutionnel has the following, in reply to
an article in the Times, on the release of Abd-el-
Kader
" Nothing is more difficult than to satisfy had cha-
racters. Thwart them and they arc in despair ; grant
what they ask and the result is the same. We have an
old proverb which is applicable to the case, sshich we
will not repeat, but of which the Times every day
reminds us. The English journal finds a means of
blaming even the liberation of Abd-el-haler. It is
unnecessary for us to call to mind the long itrid
ridiculous declamations of the English press ou the sub-
ject of the detention of the Emir; if, therefore, there is a
measure which they ought to applaud, it is the libera-
tion of the prisoner of Amboise. The Times, however,
throws out tire and flames, and discovers iu this act of
Louis Napoleon a fresh perfidy, and an indirect blow
dealt against England. It rewinds its readers with hor-
ror of the words lac Francais which Louis Napoleon,
making use of an expression of his uncle, has applied to
the Mediterranean. That is the explanation of all the
mystery. The coasts of France and Algeria already
represent a great part of the shores of the Mediter-
ranean; French troops occupy the Roman:States; Gret ea
is a hotbed of French intrigues; Louis Napoleon has
assumed the character of protector of the holy places ;
Egypt is already our vassal, since the Pacha has made a
present to the President of three horses, and Louis Na-
poleon has returned the compliment by a service of Por-
celain. Nothing, therefore, remains free in the Medi-
terranean but what belongs to Turkey and England.
The Machiavelic calculation of the President is this—
either Turkey will refuso to take charge of AbJ-el-
Kader and that will be an excellent pretext for
taking C mstantinople and Asia Minor, in order to
punish tha Turkish Government for its bad feeling—
or Turkey will consent, and Abd-cl Kader will not
fail to escape, and Constantinople and Asia Minor
will be taken, in order to 6punish Turkey for
watching him so carelessly ; so that in every way Louis
Napoleon is sure of attaining his object, which is, to set
fire to all the nations on the shores of the Mediterranean.
It is not neeeisary for us to say, that with a man win
has changed Rome, Greece, and Egypt into as many
French Pachalics, and who is with a turn of his hand to

Conquer all Turkey, Malta and the lonian Islands would
stand but little chance. The release of Abd-el-Kader is,

therefore, a measure directed again►t England. Why,
Nye would ask, has the English journal so often called for
what now so much alarms it? We only mention such
Pitiful remarks in order to show the bad faith with which

every act of the French Government is calumniated
abroad. In order to blacken France and her chief, the
foreign journals neither hesitate at absurdity nor folly.
We have not the slightest care about tranquillizing the
Times and the Cockneys, who believe what it says.
The Times is one of those intrepid reasoners which
nailing shakes in its determined contradiction. It re-
quires nothing less than cannon-shots to convince it that
We wish to labour and prosper in peace, and do not think
of it. Let ns, therefore, avow ourselves to be the thun-
derers of wsr and conquerors, since that is the only
Means by which we can live in qniet."
A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brus
eels, alluding to reports of arrests in Paris, on Satur-
day last, says :
" The number of arrests on this occasion has been
touch exaggerated. In the first instance, it is not true
that the persons who were in the Cafe de Paris were
ordered by the police to pull off their hats to the
Prince, and M. Estancelin, whose name has been
mentioned, had no altercation with any body, Three
persons only were arrested, viz., M. de Selles, formerly
hojudge of the Court of Appeal, and M. Caqueray, a
o.
downer at Versailles, for having harangued the pub-
They were set at liberty after being interrogated;
!I third person, named Fontaine, a house-painter, who
hadd expressed aloud in the passage of the opera the
esire to see the triumphal arch fall on the head of the
Prince, has not been released. A rumour has been cur-
rent that the 43d regiment of the line had been sent
from,i, Paris from political motives. This is an error.
ilAhenereegiment occupied the barracks of the Quai de
is true ;18 1'
the demolition of which has been
ordered,
and thereupon the regiment was obliged to leave. What
that five or six privates of the regiment were
sent to prison for having, in a low public house at Vin-
eurezterr efead aloud to some persons of bad character
M. Charras."
Another Paris correspondent of the iniependance
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Ll.,lltil the present time no one could really say if
rme, President wanted to be made Ea3peror. The
ilootnosvotenrg anecdote on the point comes to me from a good
uulite," During the last session of the Sentve a great
of petitions were sent to Prince J6rome, asking
fernhe re-establishment of the Empire. Tney were re-
Lee 9 to the bureaux, and M. Sapey, an old friend of
u len Napoleon's brother, was appointed to draw
P the report. M. Sapey set to work, but was un-
certain what conclusions he ought to come to. Re
Fe:salted one of the Ministers, who declared that, us
;--hentlPernennecits opinion was not known, the best plan
"old be to go to the Elysk, and speak to some of the
there. When ho arrived there, he was in-
-I,,cireted by one of the intimates of the President, that no
'no knee what the Prince intended, and that the best
thin
g was to draw up the report as ordered, to conclude
co thought best, and that then the gentlemen would
lay the document before the Prince. M. Sapey, aocord-
'B?gly drew up the report, recommending as his conchs-
es that all the petitions should be referred to thefo
fn°,.eil of Ministers, as the Empire was eagerly asked
u the countyr. lie forwarded he Report the
Prince
', where it was laid before Louts to s
Napoleon. The
well.
or
read it over, writing on the margin well," very
or perfectly well,' as the case might be ; but
when he came to the conlusions of the reporter, he
„lopped short, undecided, and then struck out the con-
ellaions completely, writing in the margin—` See my
lPeeeti at the opening of the Chambers in the illoniteur.,
It was the speech in which ha said that he should be
cemented with the modest title of President of the Re-
ll"; and that he would not place the crown on his
head unless the factious forced him to do so. The cu-
rious could not learn more.
The Second Autumn Meeting (Paris Races) which
came off on Thursday in the Champ-de-Mars, did
otattract so large an attendance of ordinary spec-
tatorstte is generally seen on Sundays—only that
side of the course on which the stands are being fully
Occupied ; but en reranche there was a goodly num-
"al of carriages and horsemen within the ropes, the
!stands were well filled (though there were fewer
ladies), and there was a very fair gathering of mem-
bers of the jockey and other clubs, and of gentlemen
of the turf. The day's business was on the whole a
good one. The Prince President, attended by two of
his orderly officers, arrived just before the first race
Was run, and remained for a short time. The Prince
Caine on horseback, and on his arrival and departure
the troops presented arms, whilst the drums beat
aux-chempe. All the noblemen and gentlemen pre-
sent remained uncovered while the Prince passed.
The Minister of State (M. Fould), the Minister of
War (General Saint-Arnaud), the Commander-in-
Chief of the National Guard (General Lawcnstine),
the Prefect of the sine (M. Berger), Count de
Morny, late Minister of the Interior, and other
eminent official personages were present.
An incident, which was near being attended with
fatal consequences, marked the descent of M Mayer,
in his balloon at Marseilles, a few days The
balloon came down in a field nearthe
minus, but just as M. Mayer was se
the car it again rose, and, losing his bat
l itapi
ce,
ahyoe
out
te ro
vv
thrown down, his feet becoming entangled int'hae
cords of the car. Three municipal guards ran to his
assistance, but they also were lifted several feet from
the ground and carried for some distance, until,
from the escape of the gas, the balloon came again to
the ground, when they were all released from their
perilous position without any injury.
The Bourse recovered completelylthoe-d}a,youfrr.oamnd
the
01.
depression of Wednesday last.
Half per Cents. opened at 106 f. 90c., and
_closed at
107 f. 10c. for the end of the month ; the Three per
Cents, closed at 82f. Orleans Railway Shares,
1,520 f.; Rouen, 935 f.; Havre, 435 f. ; Great Northern,
795 f.; Avignon, 575 f. ; Basle, 368 f. 75c.; Paris and
Lyons
Strasburg, 790 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 980 f. ;
and Avignon, 755 f.; Western of France, 74 of.
St. Dizier to Gray, 550 f.; Bordeaux to Cette,
637 f. 50c.

TsE COURT OF ROME.—Mr. James Lord, chairman
of the Protestant Association, has received the following...a
.
letter :—" Dawning-street, Oct, 20, 185 : —1
(t
m„
to) directed by Lord Derby to acknowledge the receipt
Your letter of the 18th inst., in which you request be
inkrined whether Sir Henry Bulwer has been accre-
dited as ambassador or minister to the Court of Home,
or to act there in any diplomatic relation on behalf of
the British Government ; and also whether any com-
Muniestion, official or otherwise, has been made by him
or others to her Majesty's Government of any interview
with Cardinal Antonelli ; and I have, in rep'y to your
first question, to acquaint you that Sir Henry BulwEr
has not been in any way accredited to the Court of
hums. And, with respect to your second question, that
it does not consist with Lord Derby's duty to answer
any inquiries as to private and unofficial commucic t-
bona Which may have passed in conversation between
Sir Henry and Cardinal Antonelli, or any othtr person
at Rome. I am. Sir, your obedient servant, W. P.
Talbot. James Lord, E-q."
Tins GOOD RUINE DllNE—Amongst the new pro-
jects of the day, one has appeared for working the St.
Josephsberg and other copper mines on the Virnenberg,
about two miles from the
Rhine, between Cologne and Cob-
lentz. These mines are held under a grant from the Prus.
siau Government in perpetuity, free of
all duties and royal-
haveuntil the produce, at the. Government valuation, shall
equalled the capital expended. A provisional agree-
ment has been made for the purchase of these mines for
to OWL, by a company established at Paris under the French
law
of Lommandite," with a council in London, who are all
gemen well known in the commercial world, and also
interesteduu in mining affairs. The capital required for this
ertaluDg is 75,000/, its *bares 9111, each.