The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The journeymen printers who were recently. ried
and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for
coalition—as coalition is defined by the French law

—have addressed a petition to the Emperor, pray-
ing for a remission of their sentence. One would
suppose they thought it necessary to apologise for
having appealed from the Court of First Instance
to the Court of Appeal, which confirmed the sen-

" If we appealed from the first sentence it was not for the
purpose of making a noise, but to place in a clearer light the
honesty of our conduct. It was also to attract serious minds
to what might be done towards enabling honest and indus-
trious operatives to obtain proper remuneration for their
labour, corresponding to the necessities of the time, without
exposing themselves to become, contrary to their wishes,
criminals deserving of punishment,"
A desire to account for having engaged M. Ber-
ryer to defend them may also be detected in this

passage :
"Now, Sir, we feel bound to state that it was only to
impart a high tone, and not passion, to the trial, that we
had recourse for our defence to the austere, eloquent, and
earnest voice of M. Berryer, who described our sufferings,
our resignation, and our regret for having been led into

error."
This petition has not been without effect. The
prisoners have received a communication from the
Procureur-General, announcing that his Majesty
had granted them the remission of their imprison-
ment and fine, and ordered them to be set at liberty
immediately. It is generally admitted that the law
OR coalition as regards the working classes needs
reform as much as that on preventive imprison-

men

in consequence of what transpired during the
xial of Rosalie Doise the Emperor ordered an in-
quiry into the state of the prison of Hazebrouck,
where she had been confined. The Inspector-Gene-
ral who visited the place has made his report, and
the result is that the head gaoler and the woman
charged with the care of the female prisoners have
been dismissed. It is probable that a further in-
' spection of all the prisons of France will follow.
This is certainly a good beginning, but it is only a
beginning. The great evil is in the law which
authorises secret imprisonment for an unlimited
term by way of prevention, and secret and inquisi-
torial examination by the Juge d'lnstruction.
BOURSE, DEC. I.—The English funds arriving
with a decline of caused a slight retrograde move-
ment, but prices soon again recovered, Threes, being
now as on Saturday at 70fr. 10c. The Railway
Share Market has been heavy, but without any
material change in prices up to the present time.
The market closed as follows :

4t per Cents .. 97 85
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7O 15
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier 1078 75
Do. end month 1088 75
BAIL'

Bank Shares 3395 --
Credit k oneier l3lO
Piedmontese Fives
Italian Loan 7l 10
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 53 50
Home Debt

Cash. Account.
1038 75 .. 1041 25
1032 50 .. 1030 .

Orleans
Northern
New ditto - ..
Lyons and Mediterranean 1142 50 .. 1141 25
Geneva — ..
Southern BO5 •
.. 805
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Low hard
North of Spain
Saragossa 633 75 .. 635
Ditto to Barcelona