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

THE FRENCH EMPIRE•

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the ,Government had prepared a bill restoring to tn
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penal code the punishment of death in political cases,
which had been abolished by the Provisional Govern-
ment. The Siecle professes to disbelieve that any such
intention was entertained, and enters into a variety ?,
arguments to prove that it must be right in its judgments
There is in France a strong repugnance to the princip
of the punishment of death in any case, and many pee
eminent men have advocated its abolition even in 0
of murder. No greater proof can be given of tt
success which their speeches and works on this mi
ject have produced than the frequent verdicts °
extenuating circumstances by juries on the .
horrible cases of murder and parricide in order to prteo
vent the judges from applying the penalty of dente o
the criminal. If this feeling, which we neither condein_
nor approve, leaving the appreciation of it to our reader!,
,
exists even in cases like those which we have mentioned,
it must exist equally, if not in a stronger degree, as 70
gards political crimes, which although very heinous
the eye of the legislator, are not regarded with the same,
horror by the population. When M. de Laraartine Prsi
posed the abolition of capital punishment for polititc.
treason, he declared that he was an. advocate for n:t
abolition of it generally, and hoped the time was 1! 8
far distant when it could be proposed and likeyfil
adopted. In the meantime, he said, the Pul),.,d
meat of death could very safely be abolished for pohliis,
offences, thus declaring that he considered the Pit is
mind to be fully prepared for the latter, although to
might not be so for the former. Without entering inos
the question as to whether the penalty of death forte_:.o
additional guarantee against treason—without intlip
whether anything has occurred to prove that what rieg
not prevent treason against the Government of Chs„
X., or against that of Louis Philippe, would be 11 et
effectual now, we cannot conceal from ourselves thei,e
that there is a strong feeling in favour of the c°lli
adopted by the Provisional Government. The
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motive for that course may have been perhaps to s"c-i built
impunity for the chief actors in the Revolution,
whatever the motive may have been the act itself ,
certainly popular.
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There is nothing else of interest in the original CO'"
of the Paris journals.
The Legislative Body met on Wednesday, M. P"Haul
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in the chair. The President presented a bill, hayi-I)Nbee
its object again to put in force Arts. 86 and 87
the
Penal Code; also a bill for the better organisation cbf ipel
mortgage societies. The Marquis d'Andelarre preserve,
a report on a local bill. The discussion on the bill
lating to the civil pensions was resumed, and agair,.os'•
journed to the next day. The proceedings then te"
nated.
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The following are the terms of Articles 86 an ° lA' y
the Penal Code, in the bill presented on. Wechl.Delc
by the Government at the sitting of the Legislative P°A
These articles, as formerly worded, and which relate
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the pain of death in political matters, were abolishe'r,
February 26 by a declaration of the Provisional G°le",i,'
ment, and by Art. 5 of the Constitution of N°l/'
1848. The new articles run thus : of
"Art. 86. Every attempt against the life or pers°, ,
the Emperor is punished with the pain of parried 6
Every attempt against the life or person of the men',
of the Imperial family is punished with the pain of oe3 of
Every offence, publicly committed against the Pers°llt of
the Emperor, shall be punished with an imprisownet 0
from six months to five years, and with a fine of °so
500 f. to 10,0001'. The guilty person may, in
be interdicted from the whole or a portion of his Cl:vei
civil, or family-rights during a period equal to ths":4l,
the imprisonment to which he shall have been condeinsm
That period shall run from the day on which the go'
party
817shalave undergone his punishment.
" Art. Any attempt, the object of which shall the
either to destroy or change the Government, or„it:-
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order of succession to the Throne, or to excite the
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authority,
The Monit the se'
lion of the Corps Legislatif to the 28th inst. all
At the Bourse yesterday there was bu a stl3 in
amount of business transacted, with a general decline
prices compared with Wednesday's final cinotatis,nr
The Three per Cents. for the account, however,
steadily maintained, and had- improved 10c. at the byes
of the business. A fall of Sc. took place in thel.4-aif
per Cents. for cash, and of 15c. in the Four-and-3'l'oe
per Cents. In the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. tr.,‘co
end of the month the decline was 10c. Bank of -rl'.,e3
Shares remained without variation. The closing 131 •
were :—For cash, Three per Cents, 81f.
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. For the ac,c,°-ver
Three per Cents., 81f. 85c. ; Four-and-a-gaff
Cents., 104 f. 30c. ; Bank Stook, 2,730 f. There is
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change to report in Mortgage Bank Shares, or in tied
of the Socidt4 Mobiliere, the former being still 0,
at 885 f., and the latter at 940 f. The downwaru "ibe
dency in prices previously noticed as existing i° I,v
Railway Share Market has not been arrested, a dr, to
having again occurred in the shares of nearly a°,6y,,
important lines ;in Paris and Rouen to the extent of 3
and in the remainder of from 2f. to 71 each. In °I ro
shares there was an- improvement of 2f. Final (10101
tions :—Northerns, 930 f. ; Orleans, 1,107 f. ; parish'
Strasbourg, 934 f. 25c.
,• Paris and Lyons, 962 f. „
Paris and Rouen, 1,145 f. • Lyons to the Mediterrat'a
845 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 795 f, 50 ; Rouen
Havre, 542 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 668 f.

SPAIN.
„Arid
There is no political news of interest in the N_Ae"- 0
journals of the 7th. The Ministers had assembles it
council at Aranjuez. Count de San Luis (SartorieB)4o
tinued to be spoken of for the department of F°„.'-diO
Affairs, and there was a rumour that General Na 14-0 e
likely to be appointed Ambassador in France. fliiio
I)iario publishes in a supplement a report of the "Tite,
de Sotomayor, General Jost de la Concha, M. 111`i thee
and other senators, who formed the committee °. uof
Senate on the railway question against the concesoolo
lines made by the Bravo-Murillo Cabinet. The Piprpte3,
announce that the Empress of the French has pres.,;,
a large oil painting to the chapel of St. Louis bY the
Franciscan convent at Cadiz, which is frequentedbet
• French residents, and that the Countess de Monte et of
Majesty's mother, has presented a crown ancl,%l ths
jewels to the statue of the Virgin in the church -
Lady of Grace at Madrid.

GERMANY. fr°l/1
The Nouvelliste of Hamburg contains a letter froo
Kiel, of the sth, which says :—" I have just learne,"ied
a good source that the Cabinet of Vienna has °,„3''-
to
the Danish Government, in the most positive te,."-ei:c'g.
suspend the works of demolition at the fortress ()IL' t the
burg. It has been even said at Copenhagen 71;i0 re
works, already demolished, are to be rebuilt, but
port requires confirmation." 0111
The New Prussian Gazette has the follow -v ow,
Vienna, dated the 7th :—" Prince Danilo of gonr
and Berda has taken his departure for Cettiaffri7;
Baron de Mamula. Before his departure be pai",.eici);,:i
to Colonel O'Donnell and to Chevalier d'Etten4lo-0
express to them in person his esteem. Baron del
11 i 4 tt
is to represent Austria at the Conference, wil.ej tl33t
take place this year at Kissingen. It is believuiris s.
Count d'Appony, at present Ambassador of .141010.0
the Court of Turin, is to be named Ambassador at o
The Vienna Gazette contains the following ''boils ;
Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Emperor at
hold has charged the Ambassador of Austria P'ress 13,
to request the Minister of Foreign Affairs to eit:
thanks [to .Lieut. Lefdvre, in command af:
steamer the Narval, and to M. Lesparde u#l).
.00 b,
general of France at Beyrouth, Tor the serve stata
they rendered to the Austrian steamer the
when she went ashore on the coast of Syria'

RUSSIA. fortiutt;'3
A letter from Warsaw of the 6th, in a Fran' in ""bel
nal, says :—" The Emperor Nicholas is expect—r„ je
city towards the end of the next week. Th,e,c, t {of
several reviews of troops, but his Majesty.wW -1:30,a-ce
a long stay. On the 18th or 19th he vvi"tr
Vienna. From the preparations making ill
of Lazienki and other Imperial residences, liotri°of
that his Majesty expects to be visited by some Jii3l;„er•
personage on his return. It is hoped that the lots -to
the Belgians will come. It is, however, n°t-s'Aciontf.
tain that the Czar will come direct from the long
Warsaw, as he may first pay a visit t° gip-
Russia
artito coop-
Russia is continuing :her warlike prep
which it is assumed that her negotiations
tinople are not going on favourably."

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