The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-12 00:00:00

FRENCH EMPIRE.

con, convention for the electric telegraph
NtiZlication between France and Bavaria, by
Wissenburg,Rhinerge and the circles of the
oreig'nwAas on Tuesday signed by the Minister of
°ll thf
tekr-- Affairs and the Count de Quadt, Charge
air es of the King of Bavaria.
vi occasion of the treaty of commerce and
Te,e4non recently concluded between France and
Com,-411+ Ar, the Grand Duke has just conferred on
Leaseps, director of consulates and corn-
Aff
the
at the Department of Foreign
tnte Cross of Commander of the Order of
Meurant, sub-director, has been
named elle •
The ti vaher of the same Order.
°the /144)n of yesterday, in the absence of any
prekl3: silbject on which it could indulge in the ex-
Prc. I°ll ef its distrust of England, implores the
_Ainh
(14.4 urovernment to take precautions against the
taittro. which would otherwise result from per:
1114rintle'teallie English company to lay down a sub
go quite graPh to Algeria. The Union does not
4 boa. 8° far as to say that the English will place
Alr,e,;-• at the end of the cable and drag away
tcatit to annex it, climate and all, to England,
privi! .
n Perceives in this telegraph a scheme for de-
ieami the French eventually of their colony by
*what g hour by hour, and minute by minute,
feu 18 doing there, so that the English may be
hocatiej?„Pre,Pared to snap it up when their appetite for
4-eeb shall have become ravenous. Supposing,
goes
401 v. LI that it is really an object with England to
Aksaftwiintil greater celerity that at present what
call be-+Algeria.2_ we do not see what danger there.h
ding -0 the French Government of this wish
be gratified on any occasion when secrecy wouldhis
Itrigiee,,,ersi,rY• The writer of the Union,
lin e
ternli overlooks the fact that the A gern.i
- the will be entirely under the
co4troi cable
illessa,„" 'Re French authorities, and that. no
fee sage
call be transmitted to England without
Zrai, 7:mission. The alarm manifested by then
aPolonkcba° lUdicrous that we should consid.der
nota
trcere-i.heeeis,sary for alluding to it, if we di.
4_37•llovhi Liao manifestation a determination
nto
excite everY occasion with or without reason!
stantlyi h„,a, eußpicion that the English are cToho
twriter 17°1, ming designs against France.
have
ren inspired article article which we subjoin, must
"Y the B`;`'."- the foresight that he exhibits
'lngB of some turning table. The Union
ter:teilnf there be still time, we could wish to call the at-
-1%4h: °I the Legislative Body to the project for esta-
Rer4. g„azi electric telegraph between France and A. l-
eo/np..., The Government has treated with an English
'Nhiot7Y, which is already master of the submarinecable
preseiellaites Dover and Calais. This company isana
Propo: constructing the cable from Dover to
omd.
e.E.I Plan for putting Africa and France In c_ar.
ditli ia,nale4Q°n, passing by Piedmont, Corsica, and
tioria, with the ulterior project of carrngthe
j0d,..“)41 the African coast to the possessionsEnglifsohre
all things
No, Evidently there is in this be
kre English interest. And it seems to usthwahtthh so
to gl'eat dangers for France in an enterprise which
and elk Would place in English hands, day by day
tweur by hour, the
oknowledgesaasionosf. the precise s
i-
At present,
Ei1,41 of our Al
lktrp lid, who has gaecricarneodnil:sedsofctohnesuls and represen-
globe, has no one
Ivithes on nearly all thenp
because she has not
qot t official titlenuri Algeria,
right of possessing it. Now to
is Nileeh to recognise
etlE‘ by a public act to an English company, which
tateorted by very important.
personages, the right of
h•
40th Itt tug the submarme telegraph on Algerian soil is
4,44111 else than authorising in that spot the obligatory
iii,4.Permanent presence of foreign agents naturally but
te,!illos‘ed towards us, and who may, on more than one
k(),:q s, be very disagreeable to us. It is already a
he% deal that an English place, Malta,
.should have
the urge th e central point of the steam navigation of
tkip,'"ditorranean basin • and measures ought to be
Frog 4 for Preventing another English place, London,
telebecoming the central point of the. universal.to
tap w„ Ph system, including Algeria. It is vain
hat the French' Government would always be
to Free
stop the news, which it would be importantthe
tel t° keep secret. For all those who knodw
11 b 1 1 system, that is a complete error. An
always
l'av4el,ll°Bing the thing possible, France would
nt
news fear that once arrived in Piedmont, the important
a,itild take the line of Ostend by way of SwitzeFd-
%vql7,l Gerniany. If the cable of Ostend be not yet
is because it is of importance to have the con-1
Ni,;" Of the African line first assured. That is the real
°r the delay which has taken place in the laying
tay,„"4°,f the German tele aph line. Moreover, if we
English alone to grestablish the electric telegraph
ti. will happen that the commercial news going
41'ha' will .1061.ke t the South and the South to the
zstall be enregistered in the central-office esta-
London, and-will thus be known to the Eng.-
re reaching the' persons for whom it is
41 • The establishment of a French company can
o,e:staralise such a danger, which interests in the
°tiler ede such
the commerce of France, and that of
Mahoutries."
e itgislative body sat yesterday, M. Billault,
-1, • I),,,e'a,.ir• Leave of absence was accorded to
;11 The President read from the chair
",1 decree declaring that the Legislative
04-`,.1853, which ought to terminate on the
o'47' „bis Month, shall be extended to the even-
Iskiited` Sat month,
May 28. Two bills were pre-
-14e1147-a: aneilde
,relative to public. baths and wash-
r th second proposing the final settle-
lliZll4l34%.t_33B budget of 1851. M. Legrand pre-
% bill 'el3")rt on a local bill. The discussion on
ad arecalatseinsglvto the mode of forming the jury in
resumed,hius and the measure
(1. Four laoscal
kv, that tendin were also adopted, as
Of p gtO prolong the provisions of Chap.
di._°tts rest-code. The bill on the civil pen-
len brought forward, and after some
tietniags°llthatliourned to the next day. The pro-
b. gtithe the
terminated. Before the public sit-
-411 reAresentat•
the three c ives met in their bureaux, and
cuunittees • one, on the bill to allow
over'refect • full power
the the 0 ce of Paris to exercise
tife'Xecut; '4414-me ; a second, on that relating to
axiee aan of
°na line of electric telegraph between
Gi exec
cation
*Alria ; and the third, on the bill for
ob]. ege f
a railway from St. Rambert to
The ?•
affa,i liiactivit
tilerlll at the -DJ_ lePorted as existing on
.Monday in
ti 44. qttetati •'-'curse has again been continued, for-
LIZ) with :nB+ /Ting been maintained with diffi-
Ivlt.)le4' ; the Thee to decline at the close of
1,44;4t.-iiree per Cents. for cash fell 5c.,
'Wm in the revel/lent to the same extent took
our-and-a-Half
.per Cents. There
Cejes• pi4l°vement of sf. in Bank of France
~,quctations cash—Three per
hit • 15e•1,1 Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
'7an~o, or the
account--Three per Cents.,
g our-and_
V4s., took, 2 account—Three per Cents., 104 f. 35c.
4-76.011. oocurr"e"Yr•ln Mortgage Bank Shares no
tthefin,Vine of 7f.
.u, closin,g at 885 L; but there was
those of the Societe Alobilere,
haro being 940 f. 50c. The aspect of
rket was again very unfa-
te 11011 ,4 Brice iucli demand existing and the de-
in continuing
ShareBgiall
attellof cl.Orlecra
Iv! s to Parist the e aenxd-
fn) tia4i Lsa:gleedy:oliiliavtel(l):ett2.life. generally in
ainnetahne rr::
haanrdesthere rise
tr.ici,ite(re!at..,"lNTorthern S.!
The closing
ve.; otn. 50c. ;IP,ia6roisf. a;
an ---Northerns 9351 ••
tillf, 6,`1 St „„(4. • Orleans, 1,105 f.;
and
Rouen, rlll and