The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-09 00:00:00

FRANCE,

M. Baroche's speech in the Legislative Body is
admitted even by the Opposition journals to be a
most masterly exposition of the principles which
direct the Imperial Government: Several of our
contemporaries express their dissent from its doc-
trines on particular points, but they all praise the
admirable manner in which the hon. minister ex-
plained his views. Some of those journals also ex-
press their regret and disappointment at the deci-
sion of the French Government not to make some
demonstration in favour of Poland, finding fault in
particular with the manner in which M. Billault
announced that intention. The Debuts expresses
itself on the point in these terms :—" The Govern-
ment, through the medium of M. Billault, has re-
fused to join in the manifestation proposed to the
Chamber in favour of Poland. While referring to
the ancient sympathies of France for Poland, M.
Billault declared in a decided manner that the Po-
lish nation could expect nothing 'from an insurrec-
tional attempt,' which he believed would only bring
fresh misfortunes on that unhappy country. ' The
Emperor's Government,'said M. Billault, is too wise
to afford, by vain language, a deceitful aliment to
insurrectional passions, and it is too jealous of its
dignity and of that of France to repeat for 15 years
in anAddress useless phrases and idle protestations.'
This reply, so justly blamed by M. Jules Favrs,
has produced an unfavourable impression on public
opinion, and if we are well informed there was rea
son to hope that the langu.ge of the Minister would
be attenuated in the account of the sitting published
by the Meniteur ; but that expectation was not
reakised. The words of M. Billault cut short the
discussion, and that unfortunate incident thus came
to an end,

The .Monde, in speaking of the same subject, ex-
presses its dissent from certain assertions made by
M. Jules Favre in the course of his brief remarks,
its language running thus:—
" That hon. Deputy thought fit to add some
less successful observations, which are directly
opposed to his argument, in reproaching the
Catholic Church with no longer protecting the
people as formerly. He would wish Pius IX, to
imitate St. Ambroise, closing the doors of his
cathedral to Theodosius. There are still
prosecutors, but they are no longer repentant.
Nor is the influence of the Church what it formerly
was, for the simple reason that nations aro no longer
so Christian as they were. Who protested against
the partition of Poland ? Who protected that heroic
nation ? A single Power which was unfortunately
the Papacy. Who is it now that pre-
powerless—
serves the remains of that cruelly-tried people !
The Catholic Church ; and who is opposing and
weakening the authority of the Holy See in all
Europe ? Precisely that democratical party to which
M. Jules Favre belongs. The philosophy of the
eighteenth century it is which has effected the
partition of Poland, and the French Revolution it
is which has maintained the effects and aggravated
the consequences of that act. What is most sad is
that the speech of M. Jules Favre has brought M.
Billault, the Government orator, to coldly condemn
the resistance of the Poles to Russian oppression,
and thus give to Russia a solemn proof of good
understanding in circumstances in which other
sentiments would have better responded to the
sympathies of France for Poland."

BOURSE, Feb. 7.—The market has been rather
heavy, but Threes, for the Account, have been up
to the present time maintained at nearly the
quotation of yesterday, being now at 70t. 40e.
Little cluing in Railway Shares, and fluctuation
trifling. The market closed as follows:

it per Cents 99
Do. end month 99
; per Cents
Do. end month., 7O 40
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier.. „ 1183 7d
!;0, end month 1187 A --
RAIL'

Bank Shares 3395 - -
Credit koncier 1525
Piedniontese Fives
Italian Loan 7l 49
Russian
Austrian

Spanizh Threes
Home Debt
TAYa.
Cash, Account.
1105 1110 --
1030 .. 1035

Orleans ...
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1132 50 .. 1185
G enava .. 4lO 415
Southern
Western
Eastern ... ,
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard ,
North of Spain
Saragossa 690 .. 690
Ditto to Barcelona

SHOCKING DEATH IN A POLICE CELL.-0,1 Sa-
turday an inquest was herd at the E'ephant and
Castle Tavern, King's-road, St Pancras, by Dr. Lankester,
respecting the death of Mrs. Ellen Russell, aged 39, who
expired in the cell of the Albany-street police-station, under
the following circumstances :—lt appewed from the evi-
dence that deceased was a respectable woman, living on an
annuity, and residing at 24, Clarendon-square, but at
times she gave way to intemperance. She was found by a
police-constable at the corner of the Hampstead-road in a
helpless state of intoxication, and was removed to the sta•
tion in Albany-street, where she was locked up. While
there she complained of being paralysed in her right arm,
and on being visited soon afterwards she was found dead,
lying on her face on the bench. The medical evidence
Proved that deceased died from apoplexy from alcoholic
drink. Verdict—Death from drunkenness.