The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-17 00:00:00

COREESI:OI4DELGE FED/a PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN COMIESPONDENT.)

PARIS, T.P.IDAT, July 16.
The parturition of the Ministry is not yet complete ;
nevertheless, we learn from the ritldic the names of the
new Cabinet--if I may use this term—and the Public is
an authority to which full credence may be given in a
matter of this kind. The list of the new Government is
not by any means striking. France did not expect much
from the Emperor in respect of changing his officers, and
it has got less than it expected. The principal modifica-
tion announced by the Pu?die is the substitution of Prince
de la Tour d'Auvergne, the Ambassador at London, for
M. de la Valette at the Foreign Office. The Prince is not
a particula•-ly active diplomatist, but he is calm,
steady, not fond of embroglios, and, altogether,
a much snore suitable personage than M. Drouyn de
Lhuys. This latter official was he who retired in order
to give colour Ito the assumption that France did not
desire a war with Prussia. I 3 is taking office again would
infallibly be regarded as a 1.,(1 sign, no matter what
might be the need for his services. There are some
other small changes ; but they are very small indeed.
Altogether the Ministry, if this list in the Public be
correct, will remain substantially unaltered, The Tiers
Parti does not come in.
A much more important question than any minor changes
in the personnel of the Cabinet is " What will become of
M. Rouher ?" Will he take the Presidency of the Senate,
or will he return to office ? The post held by the late M.
Troplong is one of high honour and emolument, a post of
authority, and one seemingly in all respects well fitted for
M. Rouher. Few persons would object to see him in that
capacity. He is able ; and his services wouldstill be retained
by the Empire, whilst his position as President of the
Senate would be far less obtrusively offensive than his
paramount authority as Minister of State. But I am
sorry to say rumours are current to-day that he will not
be thus shelved. The Tempe, as well as other journals,
fears that the Emperor still clings to the adviser
who has played such an important part in the history of
the Empire during the last few years. It is said that M.
Drouyn de Lhuys has declined office through dread of M.
Rouher's secret influence, and though his refusal is
not to be regretted, it is to be feared that other
politicians whose services might be valuable will
hold back from the same reason. We are yet, however,
in a state of complete uncertainty. It may be that the
retirement of M, Rouher is final, and if so, the country
will take any Ministry the Emperor likes to offer.
The fifty-five miserable deputies whose elections remain
unconfirmed had an audience of the Emperor yesterday,
His Majesty gave them a gracious, but evasive, reception.
In reply to their request that the Corps L6gislatif be
again convened, and the verification proceeded with,
the Emperor replied that he regretted the necessity of the
situation; but there was no help for it. The Ministerial
crisis rendered the prorogation indispensable. As soon as
a Ministry was formed the Chamber should meet again.
The arrest of a English bankrupt, named Lamb, has
caused a great outcry at Rotterdam, where the capture
took place. He was arrested on a charge of fraudulent
bankruptcy by the police of Rotterdam, acting in concert
with an English detective. But it was afterwards
found that the extradition treaty between the two
countries provides only for robbery, properly se-
called, and murder, not for fraudulent bankruptcy. The
English Consul was constrained to set him at liberty,
Lamb went on his way rejoicing, hut his rapture was
of short duration. Sometime after his realease he fell in
with two agreeable fellow-countrymen, who induced him
to go for a walk. The walk—undesignedly of course—took
the direction of the quay, and of that part of the quay where
the Waterloo, a steamer trading between London and
Rotterdam, was lying. The two men endeavoured to
get Lamb on board this vessel, but he refused. They
then got hold of him, fairly carried him off by force, and
lodged him on board the steamer, which straightway
started for London. The two men were detectives. Such

is the story as told by a correspondent of the Temps, and
great is the indignation caused by it at Rotterdam.
Lamb is, it appears, no very creditable character; nobody
can regret his fate ; but the question is, was not the con-
duct of the English police an illegal act of violence?
French justice has set you in England an excellent
example. The directors of the Socidte Immobiliere have
been been declared responsible to theshareholders, and that
the latter are entitled to compensation. The directorsmust
refund the total amount of the bonds brought by them
in the two years ending April 1867. The case
was not unlike that of Overend and Gurney—the directors
were charged with inducing the shareholders to invest
through a false prospectus. But in France, it seems,
such offenders are punishable ; in England the weight of
their offences falls on the shareholders.
A man has just been condemned to death in the Seine
Assize Court for the murder of a widow with whom he co-
habited, and her son, a child of 11. He beat out the brains
of his victims with a hatchet. Jealousy, he said, was the
motive of his crime; but, for once, the jury found no extenu-
ating circumstances, and he received capital sentence.
When judgment was given a voice in the court was heard,
" lie has only got what he deserves." The voice was that
of the man's own daughter.

There is bad news from the colliery district. The me-
morial de la Loire states that bodies of twenty or thirty of
the pitmen on strike are wandering about the country in
the neighbourhood of St. Etienne, forcing the inhabitants
to supply them with food and drink. Those bands do not,
however, always confine themselves to levying requisi-
tions, and in several cases they have commiLed acts of
violence.