The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-26 00:00:00

and that it should be known clearly what is really 13-•
tended, in order not to expose the Cochin-Chinese to be
killed by thousands when not converted by hundreds."

The affair of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN still con-
tinues to engross public attention. The Opposition
journals consider his acquittal by the Court of Peers
as a condemnation of the Ministry, and consider that
for the sake of their own characters MM. GUIZOT
and DUCHATEL should demand a full investigation,
" It is not as Ministers," says the National, " but as
men, that MM. GUIZOT and DUCMATEL are hence-
forth interested in removing the suspicion which en-
velope them. They both enjoy a reputation for per-
sonal probity which, for our part, we have ever re-
spected. But is a man honest when it can be as-
serted of him that he does not rob, but that he suffers
another to rob ? He suffers his name to be used in
base swindling. He had servants whom he knew to be
guilty of unworthy manceuvres—he was aware of
these manoeuvres, and he retained those lacquer; in
his service, and he has made use of them to tarnish
the reputation of the most honourable men amongst
the Opposition. Is that honourable ? Ah ! ric*
doubt there would have been a greater degree of
criminality if a certain Minister sold for his own
account a patent for a new theatre and put the money
into his pocket. Such a man is sent to the galleys.
But if a Minister be aware that 100,000 f. was paid
for such a patent—if he did not grant the patent until
after the mony was paid—if he was perfectly ac-
quainted with the persons who received the money—
if one of those who paid the money declared the fact
in a letter signed with his name—if the latter was
not prosecuted, will anybody dare to maintain that
such a Minister had conducted himself like an honest
man ? It is not possible that the majority of the
Chamber can consent to suffer such a situation to
continue, and if it be a rigorous duty for the Opposi-
tion to propose a Parliamentary inquiry, does not the
honour of the majority of the Chamber command it
to consent to such a proposition ?

The Constitutionne/ says of the Ministers, that
" the more they are pressed the more they are silent ;
the more abundant the proofs against them are, the
more they shun the discussion. They may, there-
fore, be considered as justly condemned, since they
appeal from the verdict of popular opinion neither to
a judicial nor a Parliamentary inquiry."
The Journal des Debats, on the other hand, declares
that the Ministry are completely absolved. It says—

" It is for th© Opposition to consider whether it should
or should not recur to the political question. We shall
not attempt to prevent it; but until it be done we have
a right to say that the political question is at an end.
In the sitting of Thursday last the accuser of the Mi-
nistry was at full liberty to produce his proofs;
his own interest urgently pressed him to conceal no-
thing; the Opposition required only the shadow of a
proof to declare in his favour; on all sides he was ad-
jured to explain himself, to tear aside the veil, to tell all
he knew. If M. Emile de Girardin had the least thing to
say, his success must have been certain and complete.
Instead of a prosecution by the Chamber of Peers, he
would have had a triumph, and the Ministry, perhaps,
would have been the accused party. To produce a just
estimate of M. Emile de Girardin's proofs one word
will be sufficient. After the speech of M. de Girardin,
the Opposition, which was so animated at the beginning
of the sitting, remained mute and confounded on its
benches. M. de Girardin himself could not find a word
to say in answer to the speeches of M. Duchatel and M.
Guizot. The authorisation of the Chamber for the pro-
secution was given with an immense majority and in so-
lemn silence. No expressions can describe the astonish-
ment of the crowd, and the surpriseof those even who had
never believed that M. E. de Girardin could have any
very great relations to make. So much parade, such
formal allegations against the Ministry, his demand of a
secret committee, the anxiety of the public and of the
Chamber excited—to end, when the time for explanation
came, in—nothing ! This is what no one could compre-
hend—or rather there was a conviction that M. de Gi-
rardin had unfortunately failed in finding his proofs.
In saying that the proofs of M. de Girardin were re-
duced to nothing, we were certain that we were render-
ing the universal opinion, both of the Opposition and
our own. Accused of an offence against the Peers, M.
E. de Girardin was acquitted on Tuesday—as accuser
of the Ministry, M. E. de Girardin was condemned on
Thursday last."
In the division on the GIRARDIN affair in the
Chamber of Peers, M. DR MONTALIVET, M. ATIIALIN,
and all the members of the Palace clique voted
against the Ministers.
It is said that other individuals high in rank are
implicated in the Cubieres' affair, and that M. TESTS
and General CURIERES are not the only functionaries
who will be prosecuted.
In the Chamber of Deputies on 'Wednesday M.
DURAND DE ROMORAUTIN asked if it was true that
Austria intended to intervene in the affairs of
Switzerland, and if France was to ?et as her auxiliary.
M. GUIZOT replied, that the Helvetic Diet being about
to meet in a few days he would say nothing calcu-
lated to influence its deliberations. Nobody took a more
real and deeper interest in the affairs of Switzerland
than he did ; nobody respected more her independence,
nor was more anxious that order and prosperity
should prevail in that country. Switzerland was per-
fectly free to reform her institutions, but Switzerland
was not placed in a situation similar to that of other
states of Europe. Her independence was guaranteed
by Europe, such as it existed at the time the treaty,
insuring that independence, was signed. Should that
federal state introduce any radical change in its
organization, the treaty on which its independence
rested would cease to exist. M. LEDRU ROLLIN then
reminded the Chamber that if the principles of the
doctrines just put forward by the Honourable Minis-
ter had been carried out in 1830, the family of
Orleans would not now be sitting on the throne.

The discussion relative to Switzerland ended with-
out any definite result.
It was said that on Friday M. LEON DE MALLE-
VILLE was to move for a Parliamentary inquiry into
the accusations of corruption brought by the Presse
against the Ministry, and that the motion would be
supported by every Member of the Opposition of
every party.

The Presse states that the Committee on the New
Customs Bill has determined to recommend that
the duty on colonial and native sugars shall be re-
duced 20f. per 100 kilogrammes, that the surtax on
foreign sugars shall be lowered in the same propor-
tion, and that the duty on coffee shall be reduced
two thirds. It adds, that the Government has ac-
cepted these modifications.

public prosecutor has
The Courrier Francais says--
.• Great surprise is everywhere expressed that the
in the Thibandeau Girardin We know from a
certain source that the Procureur-General, M. Delangle.
will be questioned in not yet
atiyhoaiurghtght to intervene
the Chamber in the course of the
debate which is to take place on the accusations of which
the Cabinet is the object, unless in the meantime Al. De-
Jangle shall determine to do his duty."
We read in the Constitutionnel:—

" Prince Pierre-Napoleon Bonaparte, who has in-
habited Belgium for many years, had offered his ser-
vices to Mehemet-Ali through Soliman Pacha and M. 0.
Barrot. The Viceroy of Egypt received this offer favour-
ably and promised to place the Prince in the staff of his
army. The French Government, on its side, declared offi-
cially through M. F. Barrot, Consul-General of France
at Alexandria, that it should offer no opposition to the
entrance of the Prince into the service of the Egyptian
Government, The Prince consequently prepared to
depart, and with that view addressed the French Go-
vernment to obtain permission to pass through France,
in order to embark at Marseilles. But, contrary to all
expectation, the authorisation was refused. This mea-
sure appoars the more inexplicable as the brother of
Prince Pierre, Prince Charles Bonaparte, is at present
in Paris ; and that in the discussion which lately took
place in the Chamber of Peers, relative to the petition
of Prince Jerome, ex-King of Westphalia, the French
Cabinet entered into a solemn engagement to apply with
indulgence the law which proscribes the Napoleon
family."

The Paris Bourse was unusually dull on Thursday.
Prices were little more than nominal, but with a ten-
dency to decline.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs-
day at 77f. 60c. • the Five per Cents., 1181. ; the Orleans
Railroad Shares, 1,2751. ; Rouen, 973 f. 75c. ; Great Northern,
581 f. 25c• ; Avignon, 710 f. ; Vierzon, 6101. ; Bordeaux, 5121.
50c. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. 1 • Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ;
Tours and Nantes, 4071. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 4481. 75c. ;
Lyons and Avignon, 4471. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 455 f. ;
Spanish Three per Cents.,34l ; ditto, Domestic Debt, 29i.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 25.
Northern of France, 114—Orleans and Bordeaux, 636
Parie and Lyons, 5%.

We are requested to state that Sir William Moles-
worth paired off on Tuesday, iu favour of the third read-
ing of the Poor-law Administration Bill, with Mr. Kern-
ble ; and that Mr. H. Hodgson paired on Thursday night
in favour of Mr. Borthwick's amendment on the Pour-
law Bill, with Sir Denham Norreys.
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON.—Yes-
terday
evening a meeting was held of the managing
committee, in the board-room of the above institution,
Edward Speer, Esq., in the chair. The usual routine
business having been gone through, it was stated that it
wa!intended to erect a small chapel for the use of the
patients and establishment. This will enable the com-
mittee of management to avail themselves of the large
ward d in the rear of the west wing, at present appro-
priated for Divine service. The proposed fund for the
erection of the chapel is entirely distinct from any other,
and the first donation of fifty guineas has been made by
Philip Rose, Esq.