The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-10 00:00:00

'LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING., NOVEMBER 10; 1849.

cession from 33 to 99 years, for we are called on by
it to consent to sacrifices without being authorised to
exact new efforts on the part of the company. Let
the company agree to execute extensive works—let it,
for instance, execute the branch line from Avignon to
Toulon, which has a great military importance, and
then it will be time to think of according it the ad-
vantages demanded, but which nothing at the present
moment could justify. Such being oar views, we
must call on the Assembly not to adopt M. de
Mouchy's amendment.— (Applause.)
M. St. Beuve thought that the Government was either
doing too much or not enough. The present Bill was
only a sort of half-measure, which would not have
the effect of reviving private credit, and without such
revival the undertaking of the Marseilles to Avignon
Railway would be only a bad affair.
On the Left—What is that to us ?
M. St. Beuve went on to say that M. de Mouchy's
proposition would have the immediate effect of giving
confidence, and would thus ensure the completion
of the line without delay. Short concessions tended
to favour stock-jobbing. In England, where the
contrary practice was puhued, railways crossed the
country in every direction. What was wanting in
France at present was, to re-animate the spirit of
enterprize. Enough had been done in the way of
declamation against bankers and jobbing ; the essen-
tial matter at present was to produce acts. The
amendment would, he conceived, produce a most
beneficial effect, and he should, therefore, support it.
M. Lherbette spoke in strong terms against the
practices of jobbing, which, he affirmed, was always
connected with railway matters. He reminded the
Assembly that the Government of the Monarchy had
fallen less on a political question than on one of
morality.—(Hear, hear, on the Left.) The Consti-
tuent Assembly had felt deeply on this point, and had
even gone the length of interdicting any representa-
tive to be the director of a railway company.
A Voice—lf your theory is sound, you ought to
insist that the landed proprietors should not vote on
matters of taxation.
M. Lherbette must observe that questions of
taxation were matters of general and not private
interest.
Another Voice—The principles of morality which
you speak of are as old as the hills.
M. Lherbette—Yes, they were eternal—they
were as old as had just been stated —(Noise )
On the Left—Silence on the benches of the
Reactionists !
On the Right—Silence on the benches of Ledru
Rollin's commissioners !
M. Lherbette—But it was because they were thus
old and respectable that they ought to be observed.
M. de Mouchy again defended his amendment, and
called on the Assembly to adopt it.
Several Members having expressed a wish to speak,
the discussion was adjourned to the next day.
The rumour of the appointment of M. CARLIER to
the head of the Police is confirmed.
According to the .Evenement Count FLAIIAUT will
be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Count
FnenAur was a favourite officer of the EMPEROR,
and, if we mistake not, was at one time attached to his
household. his Bonapartist principles prevented his
advancement under the Restoration, but after 1830
he was frequently employed in a diplomatic capacity
by Louis Pirimere. Count FLAHAUT is married to
an English peeress in her own right, the Baroness
KEITH, only child of the late Admiral Lord KEITH.
M. RIfES, the new Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States, was rec( ivied on Thursday by the
PRESIDENT of the Republic. The PRINCE was most
gracious ; hut he observed, that in consequence of the
differences that had arisen between the two Govern-
ments, he would have been deprived of the honour of
receiving him if, instead of being a Republican
Minister, he had been a Monarchical Ambassador.
La Presse contradicts the statement made in La
Patric, to the effect that the French Government had
dispatched a courier from Paris on the 15th ult., to
St. Petersburgh, to explain to the CZAR that the
sailing of the French and British fleets towards the
Dardanelles was the effect of a misunderstanding.
The trial at Versailles still drags its slow length
along.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE arrived in Paris on
Thursday.
The intelligence from Algeria comes down to the
31st October. The siege proceedings at Zaatcha
were going on regularly, but no new attack had
been made since that of which we gave an account a
few days back, and which our readers may remember
had proved unsuccessful. The cholera still continued
its ravages, although the accounts from some points
of the colony are decidedly more favourable.
M. RITES, Minister of the United States, in pre-
senting his letter of credence to the PRESIDENT of the
Republic at the Elysis Nationale, accompanied it
with the following observations :
" Monsieur le President,—la presenting to you the
litter of credence which I have been charged by the
President of the United States to deliver to you, I
should very imperfectly comprehend the spirit of my
mission, and the views and feelings of those I am com-
missioned to represent, if I were not to assure you, as
the chosen head of this great nation, of the sincere and
cordial friendship which the people and Government of
the United States cherish for the people and constituted
authorities of the French Republic. There are no two
nations, we persuade ourselves, which can have stronger
motives, whether in the recollections of the past or the
sympathies and interests of the present, to cultivate a
constant good understanding and fraternal intercourse
with each other. tinder the influence of this sentiment,
the most ardent vows are formed everywhere in the
United States for the happiness of France, and the
consolidation of her liberties upon the sure basis of order,
religion, and respect for the law, which you, Monsieur
le President, on a late august occasion, so justly pro-
nounced to be the distinguishing characteristic of a free
people. If, in the performance of the honourable trust
with which I have been charged, I should have the
good fortune to ba instrumental, in any degree, in
strengthening the natural bonds of amity and friendship
between France and the United States, I shall have ac-
complished my mission in the manner which will best
answer to the wishes and intentions of my Government
as well as to my own most earnest desires."
PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY, Nov. 9.
The improvement visible in the market yesterday has
been well supported, and a further advance was marked
at the close; Threes at 56f. 20c., and Fives at 88f. 60c.
The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 56f.
20c.; for account, 561. 25e.; Fives, for cash, 881. 60c.;
fur account, ssr. 65c.; Ban of France Shares, 2,3401.;
Neapolitan, 891.; Spanish not quoted.
RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also been firm,
although prices have not materially varied. Orleans
closed at 730.•, Rouen, 525 E; Havre, 2321. 50c.;
Avignon, 2151.; Vierz n. 3001.; Strasburgh and Bale,
1011. 25c.; Bordeaux, 3921. 50c.; Ntirthern, 4331. 750.;
Paris and Strasbergh, 2561. 25c.;
Nantes, 2811.25 c.;
Montereau, 1061.25 c.
BUSINESS DoNI,, IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Ti E
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 9.
East Indian, 35/B—Luxembourg, 134—Namur and Liege,
0/H—Orleans and Bordeaux, 234—Paris end Strasbourg, 6
—Rouen and llavre, 9i4—Sambre and Meuse, 2.