The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-19 00:00:00

L &TEST NEWS.

FRENCH RECIPROCITY.

The Paris Correspondent of the Times (Second
Edition) says :

"Four or five days ago a letter from Paris, pub-
lished in the Nord of Brussels, stated, in substance
that it was about to be suggested to the Eoglish
Government to have any member in the House of
Commons, who should in future speak " dis-
respectfully" of the Emperor of the French,
called at once to order. No credit was given
to the statement here ; it would appear, how-
ever, to be sufficiently explained by Lord Pal-
merston's remarks on Tuesday night. Certainly
the French Government has little reason to com-
plain of want of alacrity on the part of English
Ministers. Lord Palmerston was quite right in
saying that to require the insertion in the Moniteur
of M. Walewski's apologetic despatch would be
" absurd." It would be absurd to call on the
French Government to stultify itself ; one cannot
expect it to turn round and tell the French
colonels that their ready acquiescence in its own
wishes was wrong.

" A number of French police agents have been
already sent to London to hunt out, and keep up
a surveillance on the refugees. Surely French
authorities ought to feel grateful to our Govern-
ment, who, it is reported, was kind enough to
send a person to Paris under whose guidance and
care they arrived at their destination."

Intelligence has been received from Constanti-
nople to the 10th.
The troubles in Bosnia are on the increase. Pro-
viPions at Constantinople have doubled in price in
the last week. Treasury Bills are at 6 per cent.
discount.

Advices from Athens to the 11th announce that
a new company is formed in London for the esta-
blishment of another line of steamers between
England and the East.

INDIA.
The trial of the ex-King of Delhi had been fixed
for the 9,h, but the prisoner being indisposed it
was postponed till the 13th, and by this time has
no doubt been brought to a termination. These
are the charges preferred against him by the Go-
vernment prosecutor, Major Harriott, of the Judge
Advocate-General's Department
COPY OF CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST MAHOMED

BAHADOOIt SHAH, EX-KING OF DELHI.
1. For that he, being a pensioner of the British
Government inlndia, did at Delhi, at various times be-
tween the 10th of May and let of October, 1857, en-
courage, aid, and abet Mahomed. Bukht Khan, Subadar
of the Regiment of Artillery, and divers others, non-
commissioned officers and soldiers unknown, of the East
India Company's Army, in the crimes of mutiny and
rebellion against the State.
2. For having, at Delhi, at various times between the
10th of May and 14 of October, 1857, encouraged,
aided, and abetted Mirza Mogul, his own son, a subject
of the British Government in India, and divers unknown
inhabitants of Delhi and of the North-West provinces
of India,
also subjects of the said British Government,
to rebel and wage war against the State.
3. For that he, being a subject of the British Govern.
nient in India, and not regarding the duty of his alle-
giance, did at Delhi, on the 11th of May, 1857,
or thereabouts, as a false traitor against the State,
proclaim and declare himself the reigning Sing and
Sovereign of India, and did then and there trai-
torously seizs and take unlawful possession of the
city of Delhi, and did, moreover, at various times
between the 10th of May and Ist of October, 1857, as
such false traitor aforesaid, treasonably conspire, consult,
and agree with Mirza, Mogul, his son, and with Mahomed
Bukht Khan, Subadar of the Regiment of Artillery, and
divers other false traitors unknown, to raise, levy, and
make insurrection, rebellion, and war against the State,
and, further to fulfil and perfect his treasonable design
of overthrowing and destroying the British Government
in India, did assemble armed forces at Delhi, and send
them forth to fight and wage war against the said
British Government.

4. For that he, at Delhi, on the 16th of May, 1857,
or thereabouts, did, within the precincts of the Palace at
Delhi, feloniously cause and become accessory to the
murder of 49 persons, chiefly women and children, of
European and mixed European descent, and did more.
over, between the 10th of May and the let of October,
1857, encourage and abat divers soldiers in murder-
' ing European officers and other English subjects,
including women and children, both by giving and
promising such murderers service, advancement,
and distinctions ; and, further, that he issued
orders to different native rulers, having local authority
iu India, to s'ay and murder Christians and English
people whenever and wherever found on their territo-
ries ; the whole or any part of such conduct being an
heinous offence under the provisions
of the Legislative Council of India.
FRED. J. HARRIOTT, Major,
Deputy Judge Advocate-General, Government
Prosecutor.

Jan. 5, 1858.
If these charges are proved the Court cannot but
but
.the general supposition, as you
know, is that his. life will be spared, having been
sfeernrteednc
to
o the; prisoner to death under the act re-
guaranteed to him at the time of his capture,
though by whom or by whose authority we are as
the dark as ever. The Rajah of Bulubghur,
State prisoners at DAhi, has by this
time followed his brother rebel, the Nawab of
Jhujhur. The tribunal before whom he was ar-
raigned found him guilty of treason, and he was
anothermuch in o f the
sentenced to be hanged on the 11th.

FRANCE.
P IRIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The 3loniteur has some nominations, and decrees
conferring the military medal. Those are followed
by a summary of the debates of our Parliament
theon
from
°it Gazette; the rejoicings at Berlin
the Prince and Princess Frederick
some cuttings from provincial papers,
15th
honour and 16th ; the bombardment of Canton,
in
the
f,oof the
and the ;XVlth and XVIIth chapters of " The
Virgin of Ll3mon."
M. Jules Favre having deolared that he could
not accept the task of defending two prisoners, and
that he would act for Orsini alone, Pierri has
written to M. Cremieux to request his assistance.
The following is the expose des nt tifs of the bill
just presented to the Legislative Chamber for an
ad.diti,,nal credit to the Minister of the Interior,
applicable to secret expenses of public safety :
Glondtylem to eu—We have to apply to the Legisla-
tiveallow a supplementary credit of
1,200,000 f. to be opened, in addition to that ac-
corded by Chap. 3 of the budget of the Minister of
the Interior for 1858 (secret expenses of public
i
safety.) In the present circumstances, we consider'
it useless to dwell on the necessity of increasing,
either in France or iu foreign countries, the means
entrusted to the Minister of the Interior of exer-
cising a special surveillance.
Sec, t, imenAoNfotElhetrflnctoeurinocri.ll-0
(Signed) "A. BOINVILLIERS, President of the
r of State."

BOURSE, FEB. 18.—The Bank of France has to-
day lowered its rate of discount from 4 to 4 per
influence
on , but that measure has bad no great
on the prices. The following were the last quota-
tiGns
4i per Cents . 95
Do. end m0nth......
3 per Cent. .70 15
Do. end m0nth...... 70 20
Bank Shares acio
Credit Mohilie 900
Do. Acc0unt........, 901 25

Credit Foncier
Belgian 44
Piedmontese (5)
Roman . 89
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt . 38
VAYS.

Orleans RAIL`
. .•... ........... 1415
Northerni.... ........... 073 i
New Ditto ............... 8071
Lyon and Mediteran. F 65
New Ditt0...,,,, 835
Geneva .................. 7121

Midi
Western 692i
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

ITLY.
The Neapolitan GoverA
nment has replied by a
note, dated the 30th of January, to that of the
Turin Cabinet relative to the capture of the Cag-
liari. As was seen in the analysis which we
published of the latter docurnk.nt, the Sardinian
Minister of Foreign Affalrs maintained that the
capture of the vessel in ques,ion having been made
beyond the range of Neapolitan waters constituted
an act contrary to the right of nations, and ren-
dered null all acts, including these of the court of
justice, which have ensued. The Naples cabinet
now replies that the law of nations aurhorises the
capture in the open sea of a vessel which has com-
mitted an act of piracy, as was the case with the
Cagliari. It, therefore, concludes that the seizure
holds good, and that the Sardinian ministry has
only to demand for its subj cts compromised iu the
matter a speedy and regular trial. It will be re-
marked that this argument does not reply in a com-
plete
not admit that the Cagliari had committed an act
manner to that of the Turin cabinet, which did
of piracy or aggression on the Neapolitan do-
minions, since, accordit.g to its views, the captain