The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-21 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONin ON, FRIDAY EVENINA, JANUARY 21, iB4S.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday,

The KING received the Address of the Chamber of
Peers on Wednesday. The Journal des Ddbats gives
the following account of the ceremony :—" This
evening, at nine o'clock, the Kuccf received the grand
deputation of the Chamber of Peers appointed to pre-
sent to his MAJESTY the Address in answer to the'
Speech from the Throne. Almost every Member of
the Chamber joined the deputation. At nine o'clock:
the KING entered the salle de reception, and ascended;
the throne, surrounded by the Princes his sons, the
Duke DE NEMOURS, the Prince DE JOINVILLB, and'
the Duke DB MONTPSNSIER. His MAJESTY wore.
the uniform of a lieutenant-general. The President,
of the Council and the Ministers took their places on
the right and left of the throne.
" The Chancellor of France, and the other 'officers*
and Members of the Chamber, having been intro-
duced, the Chancellor read the Address voted by the
Chamber.

" The KING made the following reply :--
" MESSIEURS LES PAIRS,—

" r experience the most lively emotion at finding;
in this Address the expressions of condolence and ofl
affection, which the Chamber of Peers offers to •rne
after the severe misfortune which has happened to mei
in my family. I express to you my sincerest grati-
tude for them.

"I am always happy to repeat to the Chamber ef
Peers the feelings of happiness which I experience
from the support, as loyal as it is enlightened; whloir
it continues to afford to my Government. It is by
persevering, as we have done for now nearly eighteen
years in drawing closer the ties which so happily
unite together the great powers of the State, that
we shall still succeed in consolidating more and more,
and in preserving from all injury, those institutions
which France has given to herself, and which so
efficaciously secure the progressive development of
her prosperity, as well as the maintenance of order
at home, and of peace abroad.
" I again cordially thank you for the sentiments
you just expressed towards me."
This speech was delivered by the KING in a firm
and accentuated voice, and was listened to by the
Chambers with respectful attention, and was followed
by frequently repeated cries of Five le Roi.
The ICING having descended from the throne, several
of the Peers approached his MAJESTY, who entered into
conversation with them, and continued to converse
with them for some time. The KING appeared to be in
the enjoyment of very good health. The Chancellor
and the Peers then proceeded to present the homage
to her Majesty the QUEEN and the Princesses.

The National has the following, in answer to the
false and calumnious charges brought by the Count
DE MONTALEMBERT against the Swiss Federalists :--
"M. DE MONTALEMBERT probably did not expect
that a formal denial of the truth of the furious accu-
sations which he has brought against the Swiss
Radicals would be given by the partisans of the Son-
derbund themselves, yet such is the case.. A Gene-
veil() refugee, M. HUBERT SALADIN, who resigned
his commission as colonel in the Federal service,
because he would not serve against the revolted Con-
servatives, has, in the columns of the Presse, under-
taken the defence of the conquerors. In spite of
his political sympathies, which attach him to the
cause of the defunct League, he acknowledges
and 'declares that his fellow-countrymen of the
Federal party have been as humane in battle as they
have been moderate after victory. He reproaches in
severe terms the ultramontane orator for having in
his attacks indulged in calumnious exaggerations.
Among other proofs, . M. HUBERT SALADIN cites a
private letter from General DUFOUR, in which the
conduct of the federal soldiers is made the subject of

merited eulogium. The correspondent of the PiesPe,
in speaking of the measures adopted in Friburg dud
the Valais, glies the following explanations :
" The expulsion of the sist€rz of St. 'VINCENT DE
PAUL, %TA the contributions imposed on the convents,
and particularly on that of St. Bernard, have created
it painful sewation throughout the world. I relate
j what has occurred, I excuse nothing, I merely

narrate.
"The Government of Friburg considered that the
convents established in the canton since 1815, were
not placed unier the protection of the 12th article of
the Federal pact, and all those which were in this
category were inserted in the decree of proscription
pronounced against the Jesuits. As to the contribu-
tions levied to pay the expenses of the war, it can
easily be understood that in a poor country they
could only be leyied cm the rich. The convents for
the most part are Kifth, with the exception of the bag-
ging orders. - •
"The Convent of St. Bernard, among others, pos-
sesses freehcld property brnging in an annual rental
of several 4i)f- francs in Piedmont and in
Switzerland. The nontribution levied on this con-
vent will not prevent it from exercising its pious
hospitality as heretofore. MM. DR MONTALEMBERT
and FuLenntOrt may remain perfectly satisfied on
_ _ _

this point.
.A, ,erson who has just arrived from
Valais dechirea that it is impossible to relate a single
authentic act of violence or pf pillage directed against
the contents of this canton. The monks of St.
Bernard brie:. been recalled. to the convent which

they had voluntarily abandoned."
In another portion of his letter M. SALADIN re-
Minds Count MONTALEAIDERT that the members of
the Sonderbund Government lad, on a former occa-
sion, sentenced their political adversaries to death, to
exile, or to sixteen or twenty years imprisoament,
and had confiscated their property, and that, there-
fore, they were merely having meted out to them-
selves the same measure which they bad meted out
to. others."

The amtitutionnel reminds M. GUIZOT that the

Swiss, in suppressing convents, and doing away with
mortmain, are merely following the example set by
France, and concludes by saying, " Let the Govern-
ment, therefore, be less severe in Switzerland, and
re-establish mortmain in France, if it is a crime in

Switzerland to suppress it. It is true that our Go.

vernment would desire nothing better than to re-
establish mortmain among us, but we defy it to dare
to make'this answer."
The Journal des Debats has the following on the
subject of the KING'S health :
" The details which we publish relative to the
audience given by his Majesty to the grand deputa-
tion of the Chamber of Peers seems to us to reply
more than sufficiently to the rumours that malevo-
lence, creditlity, or fear have been for some days
helping to circulate •Übout the King's health. Two
-hundred men'have teen the King, and have heard
him, and, on-their- teltitnony we freely rely. The
King, it is true, hailiardly, sine his late misfortune,
receiveztOthers. than his Ministers, and has confined
his attelftlofi-'to public affairs. His salon has been
closea.l-.The Charter, in according all-the constitu-
tional prbregatives of royalty, did nottilbw him the
privilege of insensibility to losses touching his dearest
affections. - '

"The guard of the Louvre cannot defend the King
again4r family misfortunes, and when such enter they
bring something worse than official mourning, and
warrant for v. time retirement to solitude. The King,
not having received company since the death of the
Princess Adelaide,-it was inferred that his health had
so gravely suffered at to prevent his seeing any one.
Another kind of conclusion would have been more
natural. The King, whlle be "resigned himself to
same days of grief, yet nevertheless'did not abandon
the serious duties of royalty. Already has the King
resumed the greater part of the habits of a life ever
so accessible, of a mind so affable, and of a nuenitality
so expansive. The officers of his household, ot the
National Guard, and of the army, who hold the
superior command of his palace, have again been
received at his table. Before many days are over the
salon of the Queen, which opens with a facility so
benevolent and noble to the elite of all the liberal pro-
fessions of French society, will see re-united around
the King of July all those who love to find in the
vigour and serenity of this green and energetic old
age the guarantee for yet a long time of the repose
and prosperity of the State:"
The Chamber of Deputies yesterday were en-
gaged, at the commencement of the sitting, in the
consideration of various subjects of mere local inte-
rest.

The Minister of Justice presented a Bill for put-
ting an end to trafficking in places. In presenting
the measure the Minister stated that the abuse was
' bjie The presil# GOvernment were,
he said, deterniined to put a sop to it, and for that

rtaton had, proposed the present Bill, which would
nullify any conventions of the kind that might be en.
tered.into, and deprive any party infringing its pro-
visions of their right to a retiring pension.
In consequence of the presentation of the above
measure the proposition of M. Durex for an inquiry
into the subjects of these acts was withdrawn.
The other proceedings up to post hour offered
nothing of interest.
PARIS BOURSE, THURSDAY, JAN. 20. The ac-
count given by the Journal des Debate of this morning
relative to the Keno's health, and the fact of his
Majesty having received the deputation of the Chamber
of Peers with the Address, have itended ,to remove
much of the gloom which has for the last few days
Peen hanging over the market, and from the opening
of business everything appeared on the mending hand.
Threes, after reaching 74, closed firm at 73f.. 95c.
Fives, at 116 f. 5c.; and New Loan at 75f. The
market closed as follows : Three per Cents. for
cash, 73f. 85c.; for account, 73f.' 95c.; Firre per
Cents; for cash, 1151. 95c. ; for account, 116 f. 5c.;
New Loan, 751.; Bank of France shares, 3,180 f.;
Neapolitan, NE 50c. ex div. ; Spanish Threes,
Spanish Fives not quoted
RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also:acquired
more firmness ; and at the close of the day's quota-
tions were 'generally Marked 'higher. For cash,
Paris and Orleans left off at 1,177 f. 50c. ; Rouen
and Havre, 440 f.; Strasburg and Bale, 160 f. ; Nantes,
3801.; Northern, 6271. 501..; Bordeaux, 470 f. ; Paris
and Strut:olV 4031. 75c.; Paris and Lyons,
392 f. 50c.
BUSINESS' DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 20.

Boulogne and Amiens, 13)7,1—Dutch Rhenish, 2%-
N smut and.. Liege, 6 4—Northern of France. 10,4 ex in
Paris and Lyons, s!4—Sarnbre, and Meuse, 7 th.

Mr. Whitehall Dodd, of Cloverly, Salop, has been
solicited by the -influential Conservat►ves of North Shrop-
shire to stand for that division of the county, the repre-
sentation of which is vacated by the elevation of Lord
Clive to the peerage, and that gentleman, we are happy
to say, has complied with this requisition. Mr. W.
Dodd is a thorough Conservative and a sound Church-
man, and it would have been impossible to select a gen •
tleman more worthy of the distinguished honour about
to he conferred upon him.—Herald.
Nultsaous FIRES.—(Tms DAr.)—Since the hour
of tour this morning the firemen of the various stations
have been called to several accidents from fire, namely,
New Cut, Knightsbridge, St. Pancras, Edgeware-road,
and other places. The first took place in the premises
of Mr. Stringer, glass-cutter, Short-street, New Cut,
Lambeth, where the family narrowly escaped. The
Waterloo•road and West of England firemen prevented
the damage extending. Mr. Stringer is insured in the
West of England Company. The next worthy of no-
tice was that in a bed-room of a lady named. Wilson,
where two children had been left in bed. By the timely
assistance of those in the house, the children were res-
cued from their dangerous position, but the ♦aluable
furniture was destroyed, and the buildings also da-
maged. The other fires also were attended with some
damage to household furniture, and narrow escapes.
Fins IN DRURY-LANE.—Yesterday morning a fire
broke out in 126, Drury-lane, occupied by Mrs. Church•
low, as a warehouse for children's clothing. The fire
was subdued by the exertions of the neighbours; and the
police before the engines could be got into play. The
damage is inconsiderable. The fire is supposed-to have
originated in- 341 over-heated flue.
LIVE STOOK. IN TUE UNITED KINGDOM.—From
" M'Queen's Statistics of the British Empire," we learn
the enormous value of the,live stock in the kingdom. It
appears that there are 2,250,000 horses, of total value of
67,000,0004 elf _which more than--1,500,0001.. are used in
agriculture„ and that ,their value is 45,000,0001 The
number of black cattle itethakingdom is about 14,000,1)00
to 15,000,000, of the value.of 216,000,000/. ; the number
of sheep 50,000,000, whose value is estimated at
67,000,0001.; and the extent of capital invested in swine
is still more extraordinary, when we reflect how little it
is thought upon cr taken into account. The number of
pigs of all ages, breeding and rearing, is calculated to be
upwards of 18,00),000, which, taking one-third at 2/.
each, and the remainder at 105. each, gives a value of
11,870,0001., as the capital invested in pigs alone, making
the total amount of capital invested in the above species
of agricultural stoz.k, 346,270,0001.
OPPOSITION To DR. HAMPDEN.—The following
counsel have been retained to support the rule nisi for a
mandamus in the matter of the confirmation of the elec-
tion of the Bishop of Hereford :—Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Dr.
Addams, Mr. A. J. Stephens, Mr. B. Peacock, and Mr.
E. Badeley. The argument has been fixed for Monday
next.