The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-28 00:00:00

FORGED LETTERS OF LOUIS

PHILIPPE.

(From the commerce of Tuesday,),

The Ministry v a seizure at the Post Office, anti in
their officcs, at tllr 13urnals that have republished, under
any title or mariner wha,socver, the let:ers attributed by
La France to the head of the Government. We find our-
selv,s included in that measure, to our great astonishment.
Oa the 11th of this month the Gazette de Fiance pub.
lish,d documents which produced the utmost sensation.
The firmer opinions of the first p:,rsoriage of the realm
are expressed in a manner to cause some uneasiness to
public opinion. This high personage is made to say, that,
though " a French Prince, he is, however, English; in
the first place through necessity ; then through principle,
opinion, and custom."
These letters add, in contradiction to several assertions

which have emanated from the Royal personage, that the
Duke of Orleans solicited to enter iato foreign service
against F.-sance, that he rejoiced in the diasters which bad
beiallen the national army, and that he instigated those
disasters by his counsels and his wishes. We doubted the
correc►tness of those documents; we called upon the Mi-
nistry for a disavowal of the same. The Ministry, not-
wi•hstanding our entreaties, maintained those documents
by the authority of its silence; it sanctioned them in some

measure, by not giving, with respect to them, a single
word of explanation. Coupled with the incredulity which
arises in the press, the Gazette de France replies by a
fresh assurance. It &clams that it has seen the auto-
graphs : it states that it isfrcady to name the place where
they arc deposited.

Now the documents published by La France are deemed
forgeries, a fresh accssation, a new affair, is brought to
lien. We shall endeavour to preserve all the impartiality
which is both necessary and compulsory on the accred
and accusers. NVe shall scrupulously republish the asser.
dens of all' parties ; we have no other part to perform
herein but that of simple reporters; and when the law
shall have ten its course, when the entire truth shall
have been More the tribunals, we shall not hesitate to in.
flict chastisement on the impostors. whoever they may be.

(From the France.)
Oa Monday evening, at five o'clock, a commissary of po-
lice, with scveral city sergeants, searched our office, and
seized the remaining numbers of Sunday's impression.
The object of this search was to find the originals of tbo
lettlrs we have printed, and whilst it lasted nobody was
allowed to leave or enter the office. When it was found
to be metes; the surveillance was removed. Several do-
miciliary visits were paid by the police to our friends.
(From the Quotidienne.)
On Monday, at four in the afternoon, a commissary of
police made his appearance in our office, in order to effect
a seizure of the Quotidienne. The warrant of which be
was the bearer stated that the motive for that seizure was
the publication of the letters extracted from the France,
which had published them on Sunday, without any notice
having been taken until yesterday afternoon that they had
even attracted the attention of the Ministry.
Other journals were seized as well as curs. Amongst
them the National, Commerce, Gazette de France, Echo
Francais, &c. The Ministerial silence had inspired a con.
fidence which will be punished by a prosecution.
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At the movgat when we were 'writing these lines we
received the Messager; the official evening journal. We
read there that the letters which had been published were
forgeries. That is a polemical point to be contested be.
tureen the Ministerial journal and the France.

The houses of the Viscount de Baulny, M. de Genonde,
and the Marquis de Larochejacquelin bave been searched
by the police.
(From the Gazette de France of Monday night.)
This afternoon, at five o'clock, a commissary of police,
the bearer of an order from the parquet, made a seizure at
the Post-office and in our offices of the numbers of this
day, intended for the provinces. That proceeding, we are
informed, arose from the reproduction of the letters attri.
bnted to Louis Philippe and which the France published
on Sunday.
Eight commissaries of police were in requisition for the
seizure of the jouinals which republished those letteis.
The publication of At correspondence caused a great
sensation in the Chamber, and occasioned many conjec-
tures in the mile des conferences.

At the Bourse there ;as likewise much movement.

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE.

STREET.

Nowt, JAN. 28.
Barometer 30'27 In.
Thermometer
Highest ..... . 64.5
Lowest
Wind W. N. W.—Freesing Point 32 Deg.

MONOPOLY OF THE BRITISH

WEST INDIA PLANTERS.

The Gazette average price of West India Muscovado
sugar without the duty was—
At the end of December, 1829 ..... 235. 3d.
At the end of December, 1830 235. 41d.
At the end of December, 1831 "2s. sid.
Their crop of sugar imported in 1830 was
259 500 casks, or about 194,600 tons, cal-
culated at 235. 4d. per cwt £4,540,600
Deducting freight 90s. per ton £875,700
Cost of casks, cartage, shipping,
landing expenses, warehousing,
&c. at 21. per cask 519,000

1;394,700

Leaving for the crop of 1830 ...X3,145,000
The Gazette average price, at the cnd of December
1840, was 493. 80.
Their reduced crop of sugar imported in 1840,
has been 137,500 casks, or about 103,000
tons, calculated at 49a. Bd. per cwt. ......... £5,115,600
Deducting freight, at 902. per t0n...X463,300
And cost of casks and expenses, as
before, at 21. per cask 275,000

738,500

L-aving fur the crop of 1840 £4,377,100
'lwhich must be added interest of 4 per
ent. on about 17,000,0001, which they re-
ceived out of 20,000,0001. compensation

680,000

£5,057,100
It is clear that their short crops of sugar produce now
two 'millions, or 66 per cent. more than their large crepe
before the emancipation.
In the same proportion their crops of coffee, molasses,
rum, Bte., produce now more ; and the following facts'
will thew the disadvantageous trade carried on by Eng-
Und v!ith the British West Indies, being likewise the
effect of the monopoly.
The value of finished manufactures, materials of ma-
nufacture, and goods upon which little labour has been
bestowed, exported to the British West Indies, accord-
ing to Mr. G. R. Porter's Table, presented to the Se-
lect Committee on Import Duties, was—
In 1836
X 3,786,453
In 1837
..... . ................. 3,06,745
In 1838
3,393,441
The English people have paid for British West India
Muscovado Sugar, in 1840, from 30s. to 355. higher
than its value in any other market of the Continent.
Calculating only 30s. per l 12lbs. on the reduced im-
portation last year from the British Wcst, Indies,
103,000 tons, it amounts to 3,090,0001.

molasses, rum, &e.
For British West India coffee,
they likewise have paid an extra price.
It therefore results that the English people pay for
the produce of the British West Indies, in addition to
the price at which it could be obtained from other
countries, an amount equal or greater than the whole
value, of the exports from England to that qu4rter,
• Mr. G. R. Porter says in his evidence before the
Select Committee on Import Duties, 31st July, 1840 :
•—••• At the present time the English consumer pays,
Wm of duty, upwards of Sid. per lb. more for
than the foreign consumer." (2,654.)
And Mr. J. I%.l..Gregor, 15th July, 1840 :—" Do
you happen to know what the price of coffe,3 is in any,
of tbtie Stays of Europe, as compared with England ?
The difference is about 80 per cent., that is in the tree
markets of Europe. (914) Sixty per cent., at least,
when the duties are paid ; independently of the differ-
MO of dtOios, 80 to 100 per cent. (915)."

in the treasury 2 • and when there is a necessity to have re-
sort to loans, I know that, with two hundred millions
which would be expended, with the money that it
will annually cost to keep up the fortifications, and
for the staff to command and inspect them,
they might have wherewith to 'give retiring
pensions to sub-officers and soldiers after twenty years'
service, and also to keep up an army stronger and more
useful than walls ; there might be also railroads made to
facilitate the movements of troops from one end of France
to the other. The quantity of stone (moellons) which
would be required in three years for the fortifications of
Paris would, be said, be greater than that used in thirty-
three years for all tire buildings in Paris; and he added
that the expense of the purchase of ground would be
enormous. Arriving at the political part of the question,
he said, lam not a friend of popular revolt—l am not one
of those who would see a minority enforce its will by vio-•
knee ; but neither would I have Frenchmen placed in the
impossibility of asserting their rights as they did in 1830.
It is said that French soldiers would not fire on their fel-
low-countrymen. I was in Paris in 1830, and gained nay
decoration of_biy as others did, and I heard officers, other-
wise patriotririve the word of command to fire upon us, for
they were tied down by tho laws of discipline. I will con-
4lude by addressing a few words to the Left of the Chamber.
It was desirous first that the continuous wall should be exe-
cuted before the forts, and now it talks of the simultaneous
execution of tho works ; but what is there to guarantee this
eiviultaneous execution? The works of the forts will be
actively carried on, and the continuous wall will be com-
paratively neglected. As to the distance of the forts, it is
no even laid down in the Bill; and if the forts do not
rh close to Paris, the capital will by its progressive
aggrandisement draw near to the forts. I cot jure the
Left, in the name t.f that portion of it to which I belong,
and which has ii,qt followed M. Thiers in his projects, to
show that distfrt,s_ which is the natural element of oppo-
sition, particularly after the speech of Marshal Soult,
which is anything but equivocal. It is evident that the
object is to tranquillise Europe, but no care is felt to tran-
quillise our own country.
Here several voice called out for adjournment.

The President put the question as to the close of the
uneraldiscussion, and it was carried by a large majority,
it being at the same time undcrEtood that the Reporter, M.
Thiers, 4ould be heard before the discussion on the
articles of the Bill. _ _

(M. Thiers was addressing the Chambcr when the mails
left, but vie must postpone giving any portion of his speech
until we can fay It befors our readers in extenso.)