The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-28 00:00:00

trench Deputies re-chosen M. DUPI N to be
"president. Bssides, it is worthy of notice
.n of the French

.24 pra• DUPIN is not a partisx.
s-04 'lstry. The utmost that can be said of him
▪ that he is an anti-republican ; but he is as little
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porter of the present Cabinet as LA-
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Prn. r'Ve should be far from inferring the strength
1,-, —B9s: Ile French Ministry in public opinion, even
'h it that M. DUPIN were a

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ltlisterial partisan. CHARLES X. was never
tol)ger in the Chamber of Deputies than a
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Ilere the elective system is so much under the
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Qors are so few, to manage a Chamber of
50 Puties, than to control the opinion of
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le one hundred and twentieth part of the po-
Ilation. When the elective franchise shall
come as general in France as it is in this
entry, we will allow that the Ministry, who
'4Y be strong in the Chamber, will also be strong
the nation. Until then, the Chamber of De-
iltles can never give permanent [strength to any
t 'inistry; although, by joining with the people,
may render the overthrow of the Government
'ore certain.

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We have this morning received German
IPers, with accounts from Constantinople o
125th, they do not throw much light on the
t!ntions of Russia. There is, however, an
tide dated from the Belgian frontiers which
e3erves attention.

It has been remarked by recent travellers in
,ranee that a commercial spirit is rapidly taking
'4ce in that country of the military mania which
long characterised it, without, however, di-
114ishing the enthusiasm which is felt on all
46jects connected with national honour and
tegrity. Many of the anciens nzilitaires
stead of wrapping themselves up in the poor
e which but too frequently prevents retired
14teera in this country from devoting their talents
:Id energies to commercial pursuits, have em-
!'ked in trade, and been eminently s uccessful.
the sword has been exchanged for the shuttle,
:(1 men who headed companies of braves in
'airs of desperate courage, are not now ashamed
t° stand behind a counter.
\,,A. recent statistical publication, by a M.
';!ILLoT, places this fact in a striking light.
lie states that the number of Patentes (licenses
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carrying on a trade which is necessary in
i France for business of every description), have
4ereased from 847,100, the number in 1817
t,° 1,118,500, the number in 1832, and
tillt they are still increasing. Here is
14 increase of 271,400 for fifteen years,
whereas in the fifteen years of the Empire and
'ionsulate, the increase was only 56,000. In
1'413 proportion, therefore, have the upper class
°1 the industrious part of the population
France been rising in the scale of society.
:the statement is an important one, and may
lead to inquiry as to the extent to which the
class may have advanced or retrograded in
this country.

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It is stated in the political circles that the
SOLICITOR-GENERAL will bring forward his
'514 for the abolition of imprisonment for debt
early in the approaching session. This Bill,
modified as we understand it has been under the
suggestions and advice of some eminent lawyers
Who were consulted by the SOLICITOR-GENE-
-44L, must prove as beneficial to the real interests
°I the mercantile community, as it must be
agreeable to the friends of humanity who have
on too many occasions witnessed the harsh ope-
ration of the present system.
It is generally submitted that when laws or
customs which, although not vicious in principle,
fail to effect the object for which they were in-
troduced, it is always advisable to alter them.
If this be correct as regards laws which are
had only in practice, and not in principle,
how much more must it be so as regards a law
which is vicious in both—cruel in principle and
illeffectual in operation, except for bad purposes.
411 the horrors of arrest and imprisonment for
debt, have not tended to make credit more
secure, or to prevent the profligate debtor from
defying the power of his creditors—they have
not tended to diminish the number of swindlers,
or to deter persons of small capital from launch-
ing beyond their means of meeting their en-
gagements. The law may here and there, in-
deed, have intercepted the profligate debtor or
the spendthrift in his career, but the interrup-
tions in such cases have been of short duration.
On whom, then, does it fall with severity ?—on
the honest but struggling tradesman, who, but
for its operation, might be able to apportion
among the whole of his creditors the amount
of assets which one or two unfeeling men may
now reduce to nothing by the expenses attendant
Upon arrest and imprisonment, and the conse-
quent inability of the debtor to manage his affairs
In the most advantageous way for his creditors.
The whole system is as useless as it is cruel,—
as inoperative for the purpose for which it was
Intended, as it is brutal and degrading.

By the Irish papers we see that Mr. O'CoN-
I'MLL is struggling for Repeal, just as if he had
a chance of procuring it ; or rather, to speak
vtith question were in
more propriety, as if the
the last agonies of dissolution. We find him
speaking in all places, at all hours of the day,
now at public dinners, now at public meetings;
but invariably, under every circumstance, doing
his best to keep alive the old feeling of mistrust
of Irishmen towards England. This, we sup-
Pose, is by way of inducing the House of
Commons, when the question comes on for dis-
cussion, to view it with respect and calmness.
But the most likely cause of DANIEL'S present
energy is the Rent. His Repeal agitation is
the 4( value received" which he ;gives for the