The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

THE SUN,' LONDON, :FRIDAY,' DECEMBER 17, 1841

the other day that a Peer exclaimed in the Council
s`deon, " This must be. our Star Chamber."— Con-
s-a Etal. •If Dupoty- be condemned, and the ma-
jority for his coii,lction is declared to be certain,'he
will be sentenced to at least ten years' imprison-
ment, and a very large minority will even vote for
his deportation or transportation, which is confinement
for life in a fortresc,- as France has no colonies for cri-
minals. The vigour of the Government will be success-
ful, for the present race of Liberals, whether they be De-
puties or Redacteurs, will not dare to resist :the sentence.
It will be Saturday before the verdict of the Peers can
be made known, and the Gover.nment is looking for the
result with intense anxiety, as the conviction of Dupoty
will be followed by other press prosecutions.
While M. CREMIEUX was addressing the Court
on Tuesday in defence of DUPAUR, he was vio-
lently interrupted by QUENISSET. The PRE-
SIDENT was silent, but the distinguished ad-
vocate, turning round upon QUENISSET
a look of indignation, exclaimed, "
conviCted assassin ! Do you dare to inter-
rupt the defence of one you have denounced?"
The wretch crouched down, and.even the PRE-
SIDENT looked abashed at the rebuke thus indi-
rectly given to him.

An unfortunate accident occurred, a few days ago, at
Diekirch, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. A pub-
lic dinner was given there in celebration of the birth-day
of the King of Holland, and during the repast a warm
discussion was entered into by the guests on the proposed
adjunction of the Grand Duchy- to the German Customs
Union. One of the persons present, a functionary high
in the administration of the Grand Ducal domains, be-
came so excited against a medical man, sitting next him,
that he plunged his knife into his opponent's heart, and
killed him on the spot. He was immediately arrested.
This is the account given by the Observateur of Brussels,
but the Echo de Luxembourg gives a very different ver-
sion ; it states that it was the result of an accident in
opening a bottle of champagne.
The celebrated German sculptor, Danneker, died at
Suttgardt on the Bth inst.

A-letter from Bordeaux, in the Debuts, states that
the failure of the house of ,Balguerie and Co. will scarcely
cause a loss of 900,000 f. to that town. The writer adds :
—" The colossal house of Balguerie Stuttemberg, which
has rendered such immense services to Bordeaux and
the whole commerce of France, never, until within the
few last years, met among money-dealers any one who
was not under obligation to it. Were these men at
liberty to refuse it their support, when their confidence
would have been limited to an 'extent, which could only
in a minor degree have effected their fortunes, and in no
degree their credit ?"

'Several Councils-General, such as those of the Vosges,
Meurthe, Moselle, Meuse, and Marne, have just been
convoked for an extraordinary Session, on the 22d inst.,
to deliberate on the construction of the Paris and Stras •
burg railroad ; that of the Yonne, on the Paris and
Lyons road; and that of Vaucluse, on the Marseilles and
ltnone line. The Council General of the Bouche3 du
Rhone is convoked for the 20th, to deliberate on the es-
tablishment of a School of Art.; and Trades at Aix.
"M. de Salvandy," says the Moniteur Parisien,
" passed through Burgos on the 10th inst., and must
have arrived at Madrid on the 12th. Everywhere he has
been received with extraordinary honours. The autho-
rities have waited on him, and the people have given him
the readiest welcome."

The .Moniteer publishes a Royal Ordonnance, coun-
tersigned by Marshal Sault, for maintaining Lieutenant-
General Ileimes, the King's Aide-de-Camp, in the first,
or active service, section of the General Staff.

The Municipal Council of Troyes has just voted a sum
of 500,000 francs, to be applied to the construction of
the railway from Paris to Lyons, or from Paris to Stras-
burg, which shall pass through its territory. The Gene-
ral Council of the Aube had already voted, in its session
of 1841, the sum of a million,of francs for the same pur-
pose.--Moniteur.

The Indicateur of Bourdeaux states that the Central
Committee of wine-growers of the Department of the
Gironde, have just had a general meeting at Bordeaux,
for the purpose of coming to resolutions as to the course
to be adopted, in concert with the Deputies of the De-
partment, to obtain from the Chambers and the Govern-
' ment, a serious and extensive reform in the system of
customs and indirect taxes. The Indicateur states that
the members of the Committee and the Deputies who
were present, viz., Messrs. Roul, Wurstenburg, Ducos,
Billadel, and Galos, were unanimous as to the measures
to be adopted, and adds, that the Deputies .having been
informed that the Minister of Public Works does not in-
tend to include the line from Paris to Bordeaux in the
railways which he has to propose in the approaching
session, and that the Government would wait for fresh
plans, have written to M. Teste in strong terms, re•
quiring that there should be no delay.
A letter from Agram of the 27th of November, says—
" The journal of this town says, under the head of Braila,
the 6th of this month, 'A Russian man-of-war passed
this town last week ; it was going to Silistria to survey
and make a topographical plan of the bed of the Danube."'
BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Prier.
French 5 per Cent,' ...... ~... lid 40 ... 116 40 ... 116 25 ... 116 35
4'4 per Cents ...... loil ... 101 ... 106 ... 106
4 per Cents lOO B.', ... to 85 ... 100 85 ... 10. 85
• 3 per Cent .ea div 7B IS .. 78 70 ... 78 10 ..• 78 20
Loan
dank or France
Celiac rtank 5,00111. Mama 5065 ...5065 ....UZI ...506'1
le:vtan Bank
Belgian 5 per Cciit:., 1840.... 10 % ... 103 ... 102 X ... 114
yeaosh Active 14% ... 2454 ... 24% ... 1'4%
Passive 5%, ... 5% ••• 5N ... 5%4
!teapolitar, ex div.
i man.—
I'ortuguese3 per Cent,.
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Vet sallies. LB 197 50 .. 197 50 ... 1 i 7 50 .. 197 50
. IL B 315 ... 315 ... 3 5 ... 315
),le3nS • .
Mulhausen to Thano .....
... 385
... 385
Strasburg to Bale.shares red 219 75 .. 219 75 ... 2)8 75 ... 2iB 75
DUTCH FUNDS.—ATISTEROAM, DEC. 14.
51 5156
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ....... - .......... 99% leo -
Actual MN, 234 per Cent ...... Blaney. Lill
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