The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

"Interrogatory of Louis Napoleon after the affair of
Boulogne, 28th August, 1840.—M. I'asquier—' Did you
not accept divers prof:anions made Cu you by secret
societies?' Answer—' M. de wished me to come
to an undersranding with the secret societies. I re-
"lks ~(.1, becinse it was contra!' • to re opinion that
be • ) Y *
'"(' People should raised without knowing how we
abeeldnaoftqiitrweards be rable to put them down again.
I do-
with that of I";ive how they could connect - my name
:eievtre,:t.hhti: t.aubourgii. I feel myself bound to
lemxpricalalit)n for my own honour.' Thus, it is
himself dishonotire Highness would then have thought
of the fauhourg,,,
Which are now solicited in his favour
had he connected his activity
; he would have blushed
ename, as he said, of so much ma-
jesty with that fan raevolutionnaire ; he was desirous
only tojeuer la comedic,
fhis double equipees to Stras-
burg and Boulogne are rind that it is not the vocation
which would have failed hles.t
usßut let us for the moment
here, if you please,
leave aside the faubourgs,
as to the question of the interior stop
us take a view of
his Imperial Highness in his foreignsh relations. In the
tries
little comminatory note quoted
hard to establish, always letters in hane,Alle. dietec —e
well un-
derstood, that the Prince wished to insure:h.
currenceof Russia. Here, truly, we are obliged to arm Con.
selves with courage, and look twice at the
document.
Our..
The
phrase is printed. Tnere is more than this. The Prince is
made to say, still speaking of Russia ' By adopting em
this Power will exalt me.' Oh, for shame! And it is iet:
the family of Napoleon that such language could be
held. Of Napoleon, whose national feelings were so pure,
so aniaiated. Of Napoleon, who preferred sacrificing hisl
crown rather than wear it dishonoured, than owe it to
concessions unworthy of him. Oh, no ! This document
LOWS . Viiiiknuch confounds us will, we are sure, be anni-
It is never too late to destroy calumny which
-, __i_ .- ' -teittu dtogo so far. What most astonishes us is,
'-.'''' - at& '
.... \tv t gby which so many political men are corn-
,,ipie.lll-,.PrOisefl. 4 been suffered to remain in circulation for
' 'r-' ,1.1...'i .cigl4 Oft& without Wog -riJate d; ti4at the Imperial

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Tie following appeared in our Third Edition of
last iiight]:—

The Minister of Finance has contradicted a re-
port circulated to the effect that he had refused the
offers of the holders of the Paris and Lyons Rail-
road shares to pay up the unpaid instalments of 250
francs. lie will, on the contrary, receive all offers
made to that effect until six. o'clock in the evening of
the 15th inst.

The Arcrniteur contains the following :
"The blockade of Buenos Ayres (the United Pro-
vinces of Rio de la Plata), which had been estabhshed
on the 24th September, 1845, by the combined naval
forces of England and France, but in which the British
forces cep red last year to concur, was raised in the
month of June by the French forces. They, however,
maintain the blockade of the portion of the coast of the
Oriental territory occupied by the troops of General
Oribe."

M. Emile Thomas declared, in the Socialist
Club of the I3axar Bonne Nouvelle on Tuesday
afternoon, his intention to resign his pretensions to
represent Paris in the National Assembly.
The Central Democratic Committee has chosen
MM. Edmond Adam, 11. Say, and Gervais of Caen,
for its candidates to represent Paris in the National
Assembly.
By the latest accounts from the French fleet under
the command of Admiral Trehouart, it appears that
the ships of the line, the Friedland, the Ocean, the
Souverain, the Inflexible, and the Jeminappes, %%ith
the steam-frigate Descartes, were with the Admiral
at Palermo, on the 4th instant. The ship of the
line Jupiter, and the frigate Psyche had sailed to
join the steam-frigate Asmodee in the Adriatic.
The steam-frigate Pomone and the steam-corvette
Solon were at Naples, and the steam-corvette Pluton
remained at Ischia with Admiral Baudin.
The hearing of the prosecution of M. Gouache, re-
sponsible editor of the Reforme, which was called on
yesterday before the Court of Assizes, was put off
till the next session on account of the absence of his
Counsel, M. T. Bac. The case of M. Veyron•La-
croix, responsible editor of the People C'onstituant,
was next called, and his Counsel, 111. Duthell, moved
the Court for a postponement of the trial until the
jury should be formed on the new bases laid down
by the decree of the National Assembly in the last
month, but the Court refused to grant the applica-
tion. Upon this, M. Veyro❑ and his Counsel retired.
The Advocate-General, M. de Royer, then read the
articles incriminated, and insisted on julginent being
pronounced by default. The Court, after delibera-
tion, declared M. Veyron-Lacroix to have bee❑
guilty of an attack upon the Government of the Re-
public, and of exciting civil war, and condemned
him to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 2,000
francs, and further ordered that all the numbers of
the journal which had been seized should be de
stroyed.

M. Aubry Foucault and M. Schneider, respon-
sible editor and printer of the Peuple Francais were
yesterday again condemned by the Tribunal of Cor-
rectional Police to a month's imprisonment and 200 f,
fine, for a second publication of that journal without
complying with the laws of the press, relative to de-
clarations and caution money. The Peuple Francais,
it will be remembered, was a defunct journal resusci-
tated to replace the Gazette de France when the latter
was suspended.
By a decree of the Executive Government, the
great seal of the State will bear on the obverse
the figure of Liberty with the legend—Au nom
du peuple Francais, and on the reverse a crown
formed of oak and olive branches, and a sheaf of
corn ; within the crown will be inscribed Republique
Francaise, democratique, une et indivisible, and for
legend—Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite. The seals and
stamps for the courts, tribunals, magistrates, and
notaries will bear the same figure of Liberty, as on
the great seal, and the exergue of Republique
Francaise ; and as a legend the names and offices of
the functionaries by whom they are used.
The Minister of Public Instruction has decided that
from the 15th the Library of the Louvre shall be
open to the public, from ten to four, except on Sun-
days and fetes.
The Committee of Agriculture has just heard the
explanations of M. Proudhon, relative to a national
loan to the Bank of France with the State. M.
Proudhon thinks that his proposition would put an
end to the financial and commercial crisis, and intro-
duce a new principle of credit. His ways and means
are the following features A forced loan of two
milliards; 2. To extend the tax of 45c. to 1852; 3.
To place by purchase the shares of the Bank of France
in the hands of the State. It results from the long
explanations given by M. Proudhon, that the loan of
two milliards should be supported by productive
property, mortgages, &c., bearing their share in the
burden. The bons of the loan are to bear an interest
of 2 per cent., and are not to have a forced currency.
M. Proudhou is of opinion that they would be much I
sought for by commercial men. He sees no incon-
venience in continuing the tax of 45c., as in his
opinion this extraordinary charge would he com-
pensated for by an ulterior alteration of the indirect
taxes, and in the cheapness of raw materials from the
low price of interest. The Bank of France, when
purchased by the State, would be independent of the
executive power, and placed under the surveillance of
the National Assembly and of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Paris. This plan, he thinks, would tend to
lower the rate of ieferest, arid, in consequence, would
prevent the periodic:al commotions caused by the hire
of capital. M. Cesbron Laval!, in remarking on this
plan, declared that the project of M. Proudhon ap-
peared to him to resemble the remedies of quacks,
which promised life and caused death. The Com-
mittee signified its intention of stating its opinion at
its next sitting.
It may be remembered that some time ago some
sensation was created by a M. Vignie putting for-
ward the Prince de Joinville as a candidate at the
elections. He has just published another placard
again proposing the Prince to the electors as a can-
didate, and recommendina- him as President for life
of the Republic ; or, if it be preferred, M. Vignie's
placard recommends the appointment of the Duchess
&Orleans as Regent. The placard has been seized,
and a prosecution has been commenced against M.
Vigni6 and his printer for exciting to disobedience
to the laws, and to attempts to overthrow the Go..
vernment.
The &forme has the following article against
Louis "Napoleon : •
" No one has forgotten the famous letters which, a
few years ago, let us into the secret of the royal tender-
ness of Louis Philippe for his amiable r faubourga. '!'here
hasjust now fallen into our hand, a no less curious docu-
ment which, as app'ars to us, testifies the imperial
dispositions of Prince Louis towards these mine fau-
bourg.:, and towards:which all the dynasties seem to en-
tertain the same affection. They are extracts from the
minutes of examinations on the last feat of arms by the
Napoleonll,ts, the immortal expedition to Boulogne, and
also extracts from princely letters (these unlucky princes '
are always writing), printed and published eight y, ars
ago, and which, up to this day, have not been disputed.
Let us first quote from ibe interrogatory of M. Barginet
in November, 1839, by M. Zangiacomi, the examining
magistrate. Question—You have declared that ou
took a journey to London to warn the Prince that.his
name was being brought forward in the secret societies?
Answer—Yes. The Prince told me that he was greatly
dissatisfied with one of his principal agents fLr stirring
up mane fange revolutionnaire, which could only sully his
name.'
" Note given to the Duke de Padoue on his taking his
departure for London, 20th June, 1840.—A1. pie— (the
Relortne, in a note sap', we have reason to believe that
this was the agent spoken of by 11. I3arginet) is entitled
to a reioration, and if Prince Louis N..phleen refuses to
give it, he will obtain it from the publicity of his acts,,
and from this publicity it wihl result from a proof
written by the Prince's own hand, that he, the Prince,
fully intended to play a democratic part, since in several
of his letters he engages M. de a donee lu comethe
avec les faubouigs, and to occupy himself only with the
army.

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this subject. It would be in the recollection of tbot:
shareholders that two offers had already
eroug been modef r
the same quarter. The first offer, which was .0
way, /`
before the shareholders in a fair and open waof
unanimously refused. The other offer, made tbreeas
four days afterwards, was one which the directors thous.
it necessary to call the shareholders together fore_cto';
opinion on ; and of course refused. Had the dir,c,eo
repro',
foreseen then what had taken place since in
matters, that offer would not have been ffet
jected ; but people were sometimes penny ,
and pounds foolish.—(A laugh.) All he would jai
was, that the directors would not lose any ePrifttilfik
to encourage any lease of the line either by
son or any other party, so as it would secure an fte'io
tageous return for the capital of the company.—(to,
h( ar.) With these remarks ho would conclude bY
icb
ing the adoption of the report; in agreeing to Wle,o,
motion the shareholders would pledge themselves to
subsea
thing but a general approval, as he intended Wee
quently to propose a series of resolutions relative to
special matters contained in the report. b
Mr. APINTene complained of the manner in whiroo
Mr.
the accounts were made up. He urged the susPenss,
of the North Berwick branch; intimated his detertet,
tion to protest against going to Parliament for the PhTil
posed branch to Leith, and concluded by saying t'
from a careful inspection of the accounts, he had coin
to
to the opinion that they were not in circumstancesto
pay a dividend. He would, therefore, move as if,
amendment, that no dividend be declared till next ha'
year.
t 'S
As no person was found to second Mr. M'in-Yre
amendment, it fell to the ground.
Mr. WILSON, Ilawick, said, as he understood, there
0
was a probability of some offer being made on the
part of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company, be
thought they should hear what it was before they pro
ceeded further.
The CHAIRMAN said he would state, as distinctly so
he could, what had taken place. At halnpaat deco.,
that forenoon, half an hour before the meeting to°
bled, several gentlemen waited on the board of dire:,
tors, stating that they represected an influential body
rev'
English proprietors, and mentioning that they web,
anxious that an arrangement should take place, the ject of which should be to get the line leased or sold °O,
Mr. Hudson. They mentioned that it was their intt
tion, at this meeting, to move that a committee of the
shareholders, conjoined with a committee of the dire"
tors, should be appointed for the purpose of intro'
during this matter to Mr. Hudson. The directors
and these gentlemen parted, as ho thought, on le
very trifling matter. As he understood it to be cerl'o
due to a oody of gentlemen who had so long takes
charge of the affairs of the company, and had ely,eo
their responsibility for such large sums of money, t"
~a
they should be trusted in a matter of this kind, be Mate
to the deputation that the directors could not agree
to have a committee of proprietors conjoined with the;
The directors, however, pledged themselves to an 134310
forthwith a committee of their own number, to open
a communication with Mr. Hudson or any other gentiee
man. 'I he deputation, in reply to this, said that they
would nominate the committee from the board.
also he could not consent to, and ho hoped that trief,
would not disturb the unanimity by making acY Ices
proposal. He could assure them that nothing would g
him and his colleagues greater satisfaction than to enter
into such an arragement, either with Mr. Hudson or anf,
other party, as would be for the advantage of the Nor'
British shareholders.
t
Mr. WILSON, of Havvick, here rose, and at grey
eee,
length reviewed the affairs of the company. It, said
they looked to the line when completed, what did itsbchih
It showed that, supposing the branches to Tranent, yen
Berwick, Jedburgh, and Selkirk completed; and sec
posing that they yielded a revenue equal to the presto
line, they would only have five per cent. to give to out
holders of debentures, while they would have but ovs"
2} per cent. to divide among the shareholders. $e than
referred to a conversation whch he had had with fir,
Hudson, in the course of which that gentleman hauii.s
dicated an opinion that he would
give the shareheluf
of the North British one York and Newcastle shareer
eer
two North British shares.—(A laugh.) He (Mr.
f, eesoe/ ' et;
expected that they would laugh at that announcement'
but it was only fair to come to the point, and thereto";
he would ask them would they take that?—(Criee ().
" No, no.")
Mr. ALLEEWSON asked if Mr. Wilson was authorised
to make that offer?
Mr. WILSON said no; but that Mr. Hudson bad
tolen
him that he had gone over the figures of the lines, 11711.
that this was the result to which he had cotoe."-1/40
Voice--" Mr. Hudson could only be joking.") was
no
t joking. A man never joked when he talkee °D,
business matters. Mr. Hudson was an honest and an
honourable man. In the course of the conversation fir'
Hudson went into this calculation. My line, when the
bridges are open and all paid for, will come somewhere
about 24,000 L a mile; and I am taking at present about
5,3004 per week of traffic. The North British Raii",/
will cost nearly 30,0001. per mile, while you are otulf
taking about 3,0001. per week. If these calculations
made
for Hudson were correct, and if due allowance was maw"
for working expenses, they would see that Mr. Hudson
had actually made them an offer a great deal better than
their present position showed.
Mr. WATSON, of Glasgow, said he never heard a more
dolorous speech, and that it was more like a chapter
out of the " Lamentations of Jeremiah" than anything
else. He did not believe that there was any good ground
for drawing such a picture of the undertaking.
The CHAIRMAN said he had never seen such attempts
to sacrifice the property of the company as had been
made in that room.—(ilear.)
Mr. Geeeow, Liverpool, thought that Mr. Wilson bad
given anything but a correct representation of the pros-
pects of the company. He held, however, that even
with the prospect of a 2} per cent dividend, as Mr.
Wilson had said, it would not be shown to be a bad in;
vestment ; for, taking into account the great increase 0'
traffic that might be expected to take place when the
through communication was completed, and when the
affairs of the country were in a better condition, be bad
good grounds for hoping that there would be a vast tic'
cession to the revenue. He argued the necessity °I
economy, and recommended that an inquiry she'll"
take place into the salaries of the officers of the Cone
pany. He said that it was out of the question to give
1,0001. a year to the secretary, and 1,200 e to the
en-
gineer. He also complained of the salaries paid to ()their
officials, after which he went on to argue that they did
not require to be at the mercy of Mr. Hudson, inasmuch
as he was convinced that by entering into an arrange'
ment with the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Ca:
rtehaelyi
sewao ugl
od
db
de i
vaibdleendt.o
Mr.inn tuad'n
.
theirti ipaons i Ct
i nm, paanndi etso,
son's anxiety to get possession of the line showed that it
was not such a bad concern. He then urged the nee°.
sity of Scotch railway companies protecting themselves
against the practice which obtained of persons who were
tarbalv%tloingpaiyn forthrifid.eas
first and
carriages.nds `this,econd-elass a
he said,ccommo theydatio
might do, by running fewer trains with third-class
carriages.