The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-11 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.
By an Imperial decree, Vice-Admiral Regault de
Genouilly has been appointed Member of the Coun-
cil of the Admiralty in the room of Rear-Admiral
Aubrey-Bailleul, admitted to the Section of Reserve
of the General Staff of the Navy. By another,
Captain Protet has been promoted to the rank of
Rear-Admiral.

The Jurisconsults who have as yet signified their
adhesion to the opinion of MM. Ploque, Berryer,
Dufaure, Marie, Lionville, &c., on the questions
proposed by M. de Haussonville, are—MM. Des-
marese, Huron, Rivolet, Allon, Du Leil, and
Huchard, Members of the Council of the Order of
Advocates ; M. la Boulaye, Professor at the College
de France ; MM. Vatismenil, Henri Didier, De
Seze, De la Boulie, Freslon, Victor Lefranc, Emile
Heroun, Senard, former Representatives of the
people in the National Assembly ; MM. Jules
Favre, and Ernest Picard, members of the Legisla-
tive Corps. MM. Hebert and Odilon Barrot in-
tend giving additional reasons for their opinion.
It appears, then, that some of the most able
members of the Paris bar take the same view of the
case as the batonniers of the Order of Advocates.
Among the names just given are found persons
who have been Ministers of State, representatives
under the late Republic, or deputies under the pre-
sent Empire. It is not too much to presume that
the stand made by M. de Haussonville on the ques-
tion of the press is perfectly legal, and we see that
it is favourably received by all the fractions of the
Liberal party.

In the proceedings taken by M. de Haussonville
against M. Dubuisson, his printer, to oblige him to
print, in the form of a pamphlet, his letter to the
batonniers as inserted in the Courricr du Dimanche,
M. do Haussonville has so clearly the law on his
side that we can hardly doubt of his gaining his
cause before the Tribunal du Commerce.

The following calculation has been made of the
cost of new-year's presents in Paris :—Sweetmeats
and confectionery, 1,500,000 f. ; toys, 2,000,000 f. ;
jewellery, 4,000,000 f. ; china and glass, 2,000,000 f. ;
articles of curiosity and bronzes, 1,000,000 f. ; toys
of superior quality, 4,000,000 f. ; flowers, portraits,
and photographs, 1,000,000 f. The house-porters
receive in money 3,000,000 f. ; the house servants,
estimated at 110,000 in number, 2,200.000 f. ; post-
men, messengers, &c., 500,000 E; finally, waiters in
hotels, cafes, wine shops, &c., 1,000,000 f.
The Nord contains the following :—" It is stated
to be likely that an attempt may be made to regu-
late the Italian question by means of a protocol

" I have received the document which you ad-
dressed to me on the 12th November under the title
of Draft of a Constitution.' I applaud with all
my heart the national sentiment which actuated
you in drawing up that document and which has
caused you to give a new form to the wish for
union which is always present in your minds as it
is in mine. But however strong may be our desire
to see the political aspirations of our country
realised, we must above all things take care
to abstain from compromising its present in-
terests by hazardous measures. The nation
feels a profound need of political repose, and
demands that, for the future, we shall in con-
formity with the convention of 1858, occupy
ourselves with the practical ameliorations for
which it has too long waited. I feel convinced
therefore, that I shall act in accordance with its
interests by postponing to a more favourable epoch,
which I reserve to myself to designate the considera-
tion of your pocket, in which, hoWever, my Go-
vernment will be able to obtain valuable indications
for the preparation of laws. What Roumania
needs at the present moment is the revision of
codes, the organisation of finances, of justice, and
of all the other branches of the adminstration, so
that they be put in harmony with the constitu-
tive act, which has been placed under your protec-
tion in order that it may be scrupulously complied
with. I hope, then, that all the great powers of
the State will resolutely enter into this path of
practical utility ; and my Government is ready to
exercise the initiative which belongs to it to second
the Central Commission in the accomplishment of
the task which the convention has specially reserved
to it, in the general plan of our re-organisation."

The Carlaruhe journals state that great dis-
content prevails in the town of Fribourg on
account of the Concordat ; and that the belief
was entertained that the existence of the uni-
versity of that place was menaced. " Every-
body," adds one of the journals, " considers that
the Archbishop of Friburg, who yields in every.
thing to the people about him, is going too far,
and the same opinion is entertained in all the
towns of the Grand Duchy."