The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

poor workman had just fallen from a scaffolding,
sheimmediately stopped her carriage, alighted,' and.
went to the man, whose injury fortunately was but
slight, and gave him assistance. Another day when
near the. Barriere de l'Etoile, a poor woman half
clothed and carrying two young children on hor
arms, who appeared both cold and hungry, attracted
the attention of the Duchess, who stopped and
questioned the poor woman. Without allowing
her to complete the recital of her misfortune, she
took a wrapper from her carriage, which she threw
over the woman and her children, and then emptied
her purse into the emaciated hand of the poor
creature and disappeared."
A great number of persons of distinction had
entered their names at the Palace of the Elysee
as a mark Of respect to the future Empress.
The Patrie states that the Government has re-
ceived from the departments assurances that the
announcement of the intended marriage of the Em-
peror has been received there with great satisfac-

tion.
We find the following in the Debats, on the
manufacturing industry of Paris
" Parisian manufacture has been exceedingly active
during the whole of the last year. Its general produc-
tion, both for home consumption and for foreign coun-
tries, has certainly exceeded that of 1851, and yet that
year was a most excellent one for the articles which
Paris sends abroad. The exports of Paris in 1851 had
been 2194 millions, whilst in 1852 they have been 221.1
millions. The difference, it is seen, is not very great,
but it is worthy of remark that the last year offers an
augmentation over 1850 of nearly 24 millions, and over
1849 of 50 millions. We do not speak of 1848, when
all the manufactures of Paris had to suffer so much from
the political tempest, and when the exports fell to 157
millions, notwithstanding the artificial movement which
it was endeavoured to impart to them by the system of
drawbacks. But since then the exports of Paris have
gone on increasing, and represent at present about the
seventh part of all that we export, and about the fourth
part of our special exports in manufactured produce.
The reason is, that Paris is, in fact, for our country, the
centre of all the fabrications of taste and of art ; it not
only sends to foreign countries what the able workmen
prepare, but likewise a crowd of products in wood,
leather, and metal, sent in a rough state from the
departments, and finished in Paris. The work done
in Paris consequently is not only that of the metro-
polis, but of many towns in the provinces. It is
right to add that the amount of the exports of Paris,
such as they are shown by the Customs returns, compre-
hends many articles furnished by Lyons, Sedan, Mul-
kausen, and St. Etienne. Paris in 1852 had to supply
large orders sent from the United States and South
America. In addition to our silks and printed stuffs,
which have everywhere an incontestable success, our ar-
ticles of dress, our furniture, jewellery, real and false,
our clocks and watches, gloves, saddlery, and glass, have
found ready markets at Valparaiso, Lima, La Plata,
Rio Janeiro, and Pernambuco. Large quantities have
also been sent to the countries of the Baltic, to Russia,
and to the countries of the Danube, where the taste for
French articles is increasing more and more, and where
it would become a regular branch of trade, giving us a
large profit, if through unpardonable carelessness we did
not allow the merchants of London and Trieste to carry
there our own goods which naturally they charge with
their profits on the goods. But, however that may be,
Parisian exports occupy a considerable place in the
commerce of the world—a place worthy of the rank which
they obtained at the Exhibition of London, and it is to
be remarked that they have increased in a proportion
which exceeds the general progress of our foreign com-
merce. During the last 15 years, that is since 1837, the
general movement of our exports has not increased more
than half, whereas the special exports of Paris rose from
94 millions of francs, representing a weight of 11,852,000
kilogrammes, to 221 millions of francs, representing a
weight of about 33 millions of kilogrammes, and has
thus more than doubled the value, and tripled the quan-
tity, of goods which they furnish to other countries."
The SiOcle has a long article on. capital punish-
ment. It recommends the abolition of it, and
brings forward figures in support of its arguments.
It declares—

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" In the course of the year 1850 the Courts of Assizes
pronounced 53 condemnations to death, of which 33
were executed: The crimes which led to these con-
demnations consisted of crimes against the person and
crimes against property. It is almost useless to remark
that crimes against the person lead, more than others,
to capital penalties : thus, out of the 53 condemnations
to death, 48 belonged the first category, and only .5 to
the second. The 48 criminals consisted of 7 parricides,
32 murderers or assassins, 7 of whom attempted to cause
death, but without succeeding, 1 attempt at infanticide,
and 5 poisonings. The 5 persons guilty of crimes
against property were incendiaries. It is certain that
from the moment the jury pronounced, and that the
Executive Government thought that the law ought to
receive its complete execution in the case of the 33 con-
demned, it was because their crimes had an exceptional
character, and that it was necessary to make an ex-
ample. Now we dispute the utility, the morality of
this terrible example, which appears to us very seriously
contradicted by experience also, and by the large number
of executions which took place in the first years of our
century. If the example were really one, the • 8,000
condemnations to death pronounced from 1801 to
1825 should, it seems to us, have prevented more
efficaciously the return of the crimes which excited
them. But the contrary has happened. Of the 53
condemned to death, 20, as already stated, obtained
commutations of punishment. But the jury made a still
larger use of the sovereign right of appreciation with
which it is invested. Amongst the accused who ap-
peared before it, 270 were under accusations for capital
offences. It might have stricken them, but refrained
from doing so. Out of 82 assassins, it caused 54 to be
condemned to the hulks for life, and 28 to the hulks for
different periods. It also sent to the bagne, and not to
the scaffold, 75 incendiaries, 74 persons convicted of in-
fanticide, 17 murderers, and 3 parricides ; that is to say,
the jury did not apply the penalty of death to the greater
number of accused who had incurred it ; it carried into
the sanctuary of justice and law the general sentiment,
and as it were the reflection of public opinion. The sole
declaration of extenuating circumstances suffered to dis-
arm terrible rigours, and to spare the lives of 250 persons
whose guilt was, however, recognised. We ask where
would have been the danger to society, if the jury, as it
had the right and the power, had admitted extenuating
circumstances in favour of the 33 condemned who were
executed, and if during a whole year the guillotine had
been inactive in France 1"
The Emperor on Sunday attended mass in the
chapel of the Tuileries. In the afternoon his
Majesty took a drive in a phaeton in the Champs
Elysees.
The Emperor afterwards transmitted I,ooofr. to
the Hospital of Alais.
The Consulting Railway Commission has of late
met several times at the Ministry of Public Works,
under the presidentship of the Minister. The
Commission has been occupied with several ques-
tions concerning tariffs, and with a plan proposed
for extending the railway from Rheims to the Bel-
gian frontier. It has heard the reports and repre-
sentations of the various parties interested, rela-
tive to the direction to be taken by the line, which
the Government appears to regard as of general
interest. Several sub-commissions have been
formed for the purpose of urging on the examina-
tion of the various matters on which the Consult-
ing Commission will have to pronounce.
The Journal du. Pays de (faux contains the fol-
lowing :—" The gendarmerie of St. Valery has
just arrested on a warrant a young man, aged 18,
accused of having on the 24th Decon'aber last, re-
ceived the communion in the midnight mass, with-
out having previously received any other sacra-
ment. It is said that he committed this sacrilege
for a wager. He has been sent to Yvetot, to be
placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities.
In expiation of his profanation, public prayers have
been said in the church."
The Seine continues to rise, and at present marks
5 metres 7 cents. on the scale at the Pont-Royal.
Snow fell on Saturday at Paris for the first time
this winter, but melted immediately. The weather
is sensibly. colder.
The commercial bulletin of the Presse gives an
unfavourable account of the state of trade gene-
rally during the past week, but regards the depres-
sion as temporary.
In the audience des cribs of the Civil Tribunal,
further sales of the property of the house of Or-
leans_ have taken place. A portion of the estate of
La Ferte Vidame, department of the Eure-et-Loir,
put up at 60,000 fr., was knocked down'for 70,000 fr. ;
different portions of the estate at Eu, put up at
.
500,000 fr., went for 500,050 fr which
was the only
bidding made ; and the estate of Mabio, -the forest
of Crisan, and the farm of St. Donat, in the de-
partment of the Morbihan, put up at 120,000 fr.,
were, after one bidding, sold for 120,050 fr.
A letter from Bordeaux, of the 18th, states that
there were then 200 vessels in the roads, which
could neither enter the river nor put to sea, in
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culators. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 75e,
fell to 79f. 50c., rose subsequently to 80f., and fell
again to 79f. 790., at which they closed for the end
of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
closed at 104 f. 50c.; Orleans Railway shares, 992 f.
50c.; Rouen, 985 f.; Havre, 490 f.; Great Northern
821 f. 25c.; Basle, 340 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 750 f
Paris and Lyons, 847 f. 50c.; Lyons and the Medi-
terranean, 725 f.; Western of France, 670 f.; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 560 f.; Caen to Cherbourg, 602 f.
50c.; Dijon to Besancon, 507 f. 50c.; shares of the
Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 735 f.