The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-17 00:00:00

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CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15,

After the sanction (which is immediately ex-
pected) of the loan of 400,000,000 francs, which has
been negotiated by the Porte at Paris, the pay-
ment of interest on former debts will be imme-
diately resumed.

M.l3illault, Minister of the Interior, has addressed
the follotving circular to the prefects :
" Nov. 1.0.
"Monsieur le Prefet,—The general law which
prescribes for printers the double formality of the
declaration, and depositing a copy of all publica-
tions, and in certain cases that of the stamp, has
received an exceptional repeal in.favour of pastoral
letters: In a spirit of generous confidence in the
religious authority, the publication of acts ema-
nating from this authority has been in fact, by the
tolerance of the Administration, freed from the
surveillance implied by-the deposit, and from the
expense attached to the stamp.
" But fqr some time many writings 'have been
published under the title of Mandements,' or pas-

toral letters, treating of questions most foreign to
spiritual interests—political pamphlets, in fact, in
whioh -the events how being accomplished in
Europe are considered, in which the acts of the
Government are discussed, and sometimes attaeked
with great ,vigour, thus usurping the exclusive im-
munities granted to the special acts of the episco-

pal jurisdiction.
" This abusive confusion has provoked the.atten-
tion of the Government. To remedy this, the'sim-:
pleat and easiest measure would, incontestably,
have been to•withdraw the privilege granted, and,
without distinction, to submit all its affairs to the
common law. Sincerely desirous of not obstruct•
ing in any way the action of the ecclesiastical
authority in its legitimate sphere, the Government
has not considered it necessary at present to resort
to that radical measure. The Mandements ' and
Pastoral letters which do not depart from the
spiritual domain, and which are printed as placards
in order to be posted or read in the Churches, will

therefore continue free of the stamp and the deposit.
But those writings, whatever may be their title,
which taking the form of a pamphlet in order to

emerge from the sanctuary, too often mix themselves
up with temporal politics, cannot profit by a dispen-
sation which was not established for them. Such
writings, alhough enjoying entire liberty of publi-
cation, will be subject to the conditions of the com-
mon law.

" You will point, Monsieur le Prefet, this dis-
tinction to the printers in your department. It is
on them that are imposed the obligations of the
deposit and the stamp. It is they who will be
prosecuted if they do not submit to the same.
" In preserving a generous exemption to publi-
cations of a spiritual order, but in opposing as much
as possible the confounding of 'Mandements' with
pamphlets, religion with politics, and the:decisions
to which the Catholic owes obedience with opinions
which the citizen may contradict, the Government
is conscious of maintaining everything in its place,
without prejudicing either the rights or the liberty
of anybody.
Receive, Monsieur le Prefet, the assurance of
my very distinguished consideration.

" BILLAULT,
Minister Secretary of State to the
Department of the Interior."

FRANCE.

The Moniteur publishes the following notice

" The French and Sardinian Governments having
admitted the necessity of fixing in a more precise
manner the meaning of Art. 22 of the Treaty of
the 24th March, 1760, as far as regards the reci-
procal execution of judgments, have for that pur-
pose exchanged the following declaration—Para-
graph 3 of Art. 22 of the Treaty of the 24th March,
1760, between France and Sardinia,' is thus con-
ceived :—' To favour the reciprocal execution of
decrees and judgments, the supreme courts will
on either side defer to the form, of law and to
requisitories, addressed to them for that end in
the name of the said courts.' Wishing to re-
move for the future all kind of doubt or diffi-
culty in the application which the Courts of the
two countries are called on to make of it, the
French and Sardinian Governments, after the
exchange of mutual explanations, have agreed
that it is to be interpreted in the following manner:
—lt is expressly understood that the Courts, in
deferring to the form of the law and to the demands
for the execution of judgments delivered in each of
the two States, must not direct their examination
except to the three following points, viz. :-1.
Whether the decision emanates from a competent
jurisdiction ; 2. Whether it has been delivered, the
parties having been duly summoned and legally
represented, or in default; 3. Whether the regula-
tions of public law or the interests of the public
order of the country in which the execution is
demanded is not opposed to the decision of the
foreign tribunal being carried into effect. The
present declaration will serve as a rule for the
respective tribunals in the execution of paragraph
3 of Art. 22 of the Treaty of 1760.—Made at Turin
the 11th September, 1860.
" TALLEYRAND. C. CAVOUR."

BOURSE, Nov. 16.—The market has been rather
more buoyant, and the business done has been at
improved quotations. Foi the Account, Threes,
which opened at 69f 721c,:are now at 69f 871 c;
Mobilier, 751 f 25c ; Orleans, 1,383 f ; Northern, 982 f
50c; Mediterranean, 907 f 00c ; Austrian, 5021 50c ;

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