The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-06 00:00:00

THE SUN

LONDON, THURSDAY

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CITY, FOUR O'CLOCK.

The Bank of England, as far as is known, have not al
tered the rate of discount, but the subject has been un.
der discussion at the parlour meeting, and an early al
teration, unless matters change decidedly, is fully ex.
petted,

The holders of Venezuela Bonds have just held a
meeting to consider of an agreement with the Govern-
ment of the Republic, and have passed resolutions to the
following effect:-Ist., affirming the agreement entered
into with Mr. Lord; 2d, urging future punctuality; 3d,
the duty, if necessary, hereafter of assigning more of
the revenue; 4th, to appoint a commission in London to
receive the funds; and, sth, to give Mr. Lord 21 per
cent. on the dividend to April 1.

TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING.
Six o'cLocx.

WORCESTER STEEPLECHASE.
7 to 2 agst Youung 'un—taken
6 to 1 agst Sam Hood
6 to 1 agat Rat-trap
6 to 1 agat St. Helier
7 to 1 agat Hardwicke
8 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie
CHESTER CUP.
1,000 to 15 agst High Sheriff—taken
1,000 to 15 agat Nancy—taken
DERBY.
100 to 8 agat Claverhouse
20 to 1 agst Augur
25 to 1 agat Womersley
50 to 1 agst Marinella colt—taken

FRANCE.

The National has the following on the President's
Message :—" We will not discuss the value of the
declaration made by M. Bonaparte, that he had al ways
disapproved of the law of May 31 ; we will not pause
at present to examine whether his proposal to repeal
the law emanates from a personal interest or not : we
take the Message and the new Bill as they are, and
we see this, that the President asks in unmis-
takeable language for the repeal of the law of May
31. But the Message and the Bill are as yet no-
thing but mere sheets of paper, without value, and if
M. Bonaparte is wanting either in sincerity or reso-
lution, both the Message and the Bill will be interred
in the drawers of the Assembly. No one who is
acquainted with the present majority can doubt that,
if the head of the Executive is decided to have the law
repealed, he will find in the majority a sufficient ad-
dition to the votes of the Left to obtain a decision to
re-establish universal suffrage. It remains to be seen
whether M. Bonaparte will persevere in the course
which his Message speaks of so clearly. But we may
be permitted to entertain doubts as to the resolution of
M. Bonaparte, when we hear him, at the very moment
when he asks to have restored to the people the rights
of which he approved the confiscation, insist with force
on the necessity of compression, and calumniate the
populations on which he has pronounced the execrable
regime of the state of siege. In asking for the repeal
of the law of May 31, M. Bonaparte may have thought
that he was doing much for his popularity, and that
be was insuring his re-election. But is he really de-
cided to maintain his proposition for the repeal pure
and simple ? Is he not rather disposed to accept such
partial modifications as the Assembly would consent
to adopt ? Will he refuse his sanction to a decree
which would not be anything else than a complete
abrogation of the disastrous law, the perils of which
his Message points out ? That is what his Message
does not tell us, and what we shall know nothing
about until the discussion comes on before the As-
sembly. It is not from any sentiment of systematic
opposition that we thus state our legitimate appre-
hensions. What desire can we have to satisfy feelings
of rancour, when we have to save the country from
the misfortunes of civil war ? But we have been so
habituated to the cunning tricks of the Elysee, that
we cannot reckon even on the plainest affirmations
emanating from it. We cannot believe in the sin-
cerity of resolutions but when we see them proved by
acts. We now have the promise : we wait for the act."