The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-13 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EIIPIIIE.

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the :Government had prepared a bill restoring t°
penal code the punishment of death in political ea;
which had been abolished by the Provisional Geve
ment. The Siècle professes to disbelieve that any se aE
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There is in France a strong repugnance to the prine Fry
of the punishment of death in any case, and many
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eminent men have advocated its abolition even in
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of murder. No greater proof can be given 01_4.
success which their speeches and works on this s'ef
ject have produced than the frequent verdiets_st
extenuating circumstances by juries on the 9vre,
horrible cases of murder and parricide in order t°,l; to
vent the judges from applying the penalty of death
the criminal. If this feeling, which we neither condrrs,
nor approve, leaving the appreciation of it to our reade
exists even in cases like those which we have mention
as
e:
it must exist equally, if not in a stronger degree, ill
garde political crimes, which although very heinous
the eye of the legislator, are not regarded with the sa wro,
horror by the population. When M. de Larnartiloi
posed the abolition of capital punishment for pa: the
treason, he declared that he was an advocate f
r of
abolition of it generally, and hoped the time wase
far distant when it could be proposed and like ish,
adopted. In the meantime he said, the
ment of death could very safely be abolished for patbilie
offences, thus declaring that he considered the Pu it
mind to be fully prepared for the latter, althougho
might not be so for the former. Without entering
the question as to whether the penalty of death forur,g
additional guarantee against treason—without inq°,ld
whether anything has occurred to prove that what
es
not prevent treason against the Government of Cra,sra
X., or against that of Louis Philippe, would be _ fat
effectual now, we cannot conceal from ourselves the
ree
that there is a strong feeling in favour of the fief
adopted by the Provisional Government. The
motive for that course may have been perhaps to bat
impunity for the chief actors in the Revolution/
waswhatever the motive may have been the act itself
certainly popular.
There is nothing ciao of interest in the original cola
isn°
of the Paris journals.
The Legislative Body met on Wednesday, „4- Blaolt for
in the chair. The President presented a bill, bavalto
its object again to put in force Arts. 86 and 87 °flitto
Penal Code; also a bill for the better organisation "ateci
mortgage societies. The Marquis d'Andelarre presill
a report on a local bill. The discussion on the h
ad
lating to the civil pensions was resumed, and sg3itri,
ruii
journed to the next day. The proceedings then
nated.
The following are the terms of Articles 86 and 87oy'
the Penal Code, in the bill 'presented on WedlodY•
by the Government at the sitting of the Legislative
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These articles, as formerly worded, and which relsr oa
the pain of death in political matters, were abolishr-o,
February 26 by a declaration of the Provisional G.n.,.°1: 4
meat, and by Art. 5 of the Constitution of
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1848. The new articles run thus :-- nof
"Art. 86. Every attempt against the life or i3erS •as.
the Emperor is punished with the pain of pa..4—.„cber
Every attempt against the life or person of the we,' tb,
of the Imperial family is punished with the pain d'Aejo of
Every offence, publicly committed against the Per's" tof
the Emperor, shall be punished with an imprisonreefrs
from six months to five years, and with a fine ef;i°o
500 f. to 10,000 f. The guilty person may, in ad"'T
be interdicted from the whole or a portion' of his C-Itot
civil, or family-rights during a period equal to tbs ed,
the imprisonment to which he shall have been condelnAll y
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At the Bourse yesterday there
amount of business transacted, with a wgenseral declinenji
prices compared with Wednesday's final quotati,°;9.
The Three per Cents. for the account, h 1:f30
steadily maintained, and had improved 10co.wat the elrre
of the business. A fall of sc. took place in the %if
per Cents, for cash, and of 15c. in the Four-and-a' lie
per Cents. In the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for ea
1"
end of the month the decline was 10c. Bank of
5
Shares remained without variation. The closing";
were :—For cash, Three per Cents, 811. :;;;t;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. For the as
Three per Cents., 81f. 85c. ; Four-and-a-San: j'e
Cents., .104 f. 30c. ; Bank Stook, 2,730 f. There 1911:e
change to report in Mortgage Bank Shares, or in t'„iol
of the Soci6t4 Mobiliere, the former being still (1,1;
at 885 f., and the latter at 940 f. The downward to
dency in prices previously noticed as existing in i;
Railway Share Market has not been arrested, a defic't-hil
having again occurred in the shares of nearly a" g-f
important lines ; in Paris and Rouen to the extent of 1'
and in the remainder of from 2f. to 7f, each. In Orlea:,
shares. there was an improvement of 2f. "MD"' quo
tions :—Northern., 930 f. ; Orleans, 1,107 f. • Paris •
B'T-'4tarrtaft'sbanudr gfi 09u3e4nr,"12,154c .sf; . LyonsParis.a ntdo thel °Mnsed erro—
250 „,
. 50c. ; Western of France, 795 f, 50c. ; Rouen an
Havre, 542 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 668 f

SPAIN.
There is no political news of interest in the ihrqrilci journals of the 7th. The Ministers had assemble"
council at Aranjuez. Count de San Luis (Sartorius)
tinned to be spoken of for the department of Fere;.s
Affairs, and there was a rumour that General Naraaa
likely to be appointed Ambassador in France. o
Diario publishes in a supplement a report of the ne,
de Sotomayor, General Jose de la Concha, M. Infa'lthe
and other senators, who formed the committee ()t. of
Senate on the railway question against the concessiovo
lines made by the Bravo-Murillo Cabinet. The jotollei
announce that the Empress of the French has preoenAl
a large oil painting to the chapel. of St. Louis in tue the
Franciscan convent at Cadiz, which is frequented by
French residents, and that ie Countess de Monti.O't of
Majesty's mother, has presented a crown and a se, the
jewels to the statue of the Virgin in the church 01
Lady of Grace at Madrid.

GERMANY.
The Nouvelliste of Hamburg contains a letter fr°to
0
Kiel, of the sth, which says :—" I have just learned 1.
on
a good source that the Cabinet of Vienna has called to
the Danish Government, in the most positive ternAdr
suspend the works of demolition at the fortress of Re the
burg. It has been even said at Copenhagen that re-
works, already demolished, are to be rebuilt, but 00
port requires confirmation."
The New Prussian Gazette has the following fro°,,,ro
Vienna, dated the 7th :—« pace Danilo of MonteeZth
and Berda has taken his departure for Cettidie ‘Tisit
Baron de Mamula. Before his departure he paid a
i; to
to Colonel O'Donnell and to Chevalier d'Ettenr,eL.ne del
express to them in person his esteem. Baron de to
is to represent Austria at the Conference, whied tot
take place this year at Kissingen. It is believed
Count d'Appony, at present Ambassador of Austria
the Court of Turin, is to be named Ambassador at Ff,
The Vienna Gazette contains the following vase
Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Emperors
hold has charged the Ambassador of Austria at 's his
to request the Minister of Foreign Affairs to exPre°,or
thanks Ito Lieut. Lefevre, in command of the 001-
steamer the Narval, and to M. Lespardo, the ea_iiich
general of France Beyrouth, for the services "bob
they rendered to the Austrian steamer the Stain
when she went ashore on the coast of Syria.'

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RUSSIA.
A letter from Warsaw of the 6th, in a Frankfort
nal, says :—" The Emperor Nicholas is eeteu,, in A 1 1)6
xpe -
city towards the end of the next week. There -
several reviews of troops, but his Majesty will net 9: for
a long stay; On the th or 19th he will
Vienna. From the preparations making in the ears
of Lazienki and other Imperial residences, it al),1134000
that his Majesty expects to be visited by some illus.' 0. of
personage on his return. It is, hoped that the I(inceer
quite to the Belgians will come. It is, however, not
tain that the Czar will come direct from VienliorreP
Warsaw, as he may first pay a visit to the froio
Russia is continuing,:her warlike preparations).,starr
which it is assumed that her negociations at Ce'
tinople are not going on favourably."