The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.
The Ripon, steamer, with the Bombay mails
and passengers, passed Hurst Castle at 8.35.

TURIN, APRIL 24.

The first clause of the law of M. Forests,
relative to the crime of conspiring against
foreign Sovereigns, has been carried, with a
slight amendment, by a large majority.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY.

The English Government (says the Constitution-
mei) was right in not further pursuing the prosecu-
tion of Bernard. After an acquittal on the chief
charge, which involved a capital punishment, what
would have signified a few months of imprisonment
or a fine of some hundreds of francs ? To have
convicted of a misdemeanour one who had been
acquitted of a crime would have been a m )ckery.
This is the first day of the elections for Paris,
and, as almost invariably is the case, shows less
animation among the electors than there will be
to-morrow.

The third electoral district (third arrondisse-
ment) is formed of a part of the Faubourg
Poissonniere, another part belongs to the fifth
arrondissement, and the rest is made up of
the quarters of the Bourse, the Hanes, and
the Bourdonnais. The population of this ar-
rondissement consists of the richer capitalists.
the haut commerce, and a considerable number of
employes who depend on them. Bankers, stock-
brokers, the proprietors of large wholesale esta-
blishments in the Lyons, St. Etienne, Roubaix,
Rouen, Sedan, and Elboeuf trade are to be found
there. The quarter of the Halles, the fish-mar-
kettt, cloth-markets, leather-markets, and the
quarter of the Bourdonnais furnish a numerous
contingent of electors. Thera was no great ani-
mation apparent up to half-past two o'clock in this
quarter. The commercial and bank clerks and
other employes of this description reserve them-
selves for to-morrow. Tho duty of electors they
prefer exercising on Monday, for, while serving
their country at the balloting urn, they will " do"
their employers out of a half-holiday. In the third
electoral district the bulletins of the candidates,
Opposition as well as Government, were distributed
at the doors of the Mairie and the sections. In this
district General Perrot stands against M. Lionville,
batonier of the order of advocates.

This arrondissement, inhabited generally by
wealthy persons, passes for Conservative. For
this reason it is that General Perrot has been pre-
sented as the Government candidate ; as former
Commandant of the National Guard, he is pre-
sumed to represent order and stability.
The fifth district, in which M. Eck and M. Picard
are candidateq, consists of the Porte St. Martin,
the Temple, St. Martin des Champs, as also of the
first and second sections of Belleville. The work-
ingpopulatiou abound there. It teems with iron
and brass founders, engine builders, nailers, shoe-
makers, saddlers, &c. It was remarked in this
arrondisement that the tickets with the names of
the Opposition cindtdates only were distributed at
the doors of the Mairie, at the different sections, and
in the streets. In the Mairie itself, and at the en-
trance of the hall where the voting tickets are de-
posited in the urns, the bulletins of the Govern-
ment candidate were handed to every one who
approached.
In the fifth district there was more activity ap-
parently than in the third ; and the voters were
more numerous.

M. Eck, who was formerly an operative, and is
now a wealthy employer, represents as closely as
possible the alliance of the master with the work-
man. The Government, by choosing such a candi-
date, intended, no doubt, to exhibit to the labour-
ing class the interest it bears it by honouring one
taken from its ranks. The selection of M. Eck
means, that with order and industry the workman
can arrive at the highsst post. It remains to be
seen whether the workmen will appreciate toe
lesson so delicately conveyed by the Government.
Of the three candidates people generally think that
M. Picard has the least chance of success. The late
revision of the electoral lists, however, makes it
very difficult to offer an opinion on the result.
The sixth district (Bth arrondissement) is the
most populous of the three, and at the same time
that which presented the busiest aspect this morning
at the Maids and the sections. This is owing to the
great number of market gardeners in the Faubourg
St. Antoine. These cannot, like the others, afford
to "keep St. Monday." On Monday they must be,
at auy cost, iu the market. The district conssts
principally of cabinetmakers, paperstainers, engine-
makers of all kinds, workers iu the metals, coal
merchants, ti. Tc. At the doors of the Mairie of the
Bth arrondissement the bulletins of the Opposition
and the Government candidates appeared to be im-
partially distributed.
In some sections, where the working p vulation
is the most numerous, the bulletins of the
Opposition candidates only were distributed ;
but, on the other hand, at the Mairie and t!e
entrance of the voting room only the tickets
bearing the name of M. Parrez. were seen. '
In a quarter so populous as this arrondisse-
ment, M. Ferret is the very personification of
beneficial establishments. The services which he
has rendered to this arrondissement are matter of
notoriety ; and perhaps the G )vernment judged
rightly in believing that such a man was among the
few who had a fair chance against M. Jules Favre,
the candidate of the Opposition.

BOURSE, April 24.—The following were the
closing quotations :

4} per Cents ...... 93 25
Do. end month —

Credit Fonder
Belgian 4,1
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
-FOR CAKE.

3 par Cont. ..... 69 20
Do. end m0nth...... 69 2:3
Bank Shares ...... 3070

Credit Mobilier 7iio
Do. Account 752 50
PAILWAYS••
Orleans
Northern

Midi
Western 620
Strasburg
Grand Central

New Ditto 770

Lyon and Mediteran. 810
New Ditto .. 775

S3rdinian
Austrian

Geneva

AUSTRIA.

A letter just received, dated Vienna, April 21,
says:—" During the last day or two the quiduuncsof
this city have been exclusively occupied with Ber-
nard's trial and acquittal, and some of them have
been at great pains to prove that the verdict of the
jury is a direct confirmation of the assertion so
often heard on ti.e Continent, that England "sys-
tematically patronises and protects foreign political
conspirators." It is evident that these persons are
dissatisfied because foreigners who are guilty of
political offences while residing in Englanti are tried
and punished according to Eng;ish law. Theywould'
fain have a special code, a modern Star Cnamber,
established for the especial behoof of refugees and pc-
laical malcontents; but fortunately England is not
yet brought so low that she need permit foreignei s
—whether French, Russian, or A ustrian—to revise
her laws for her. That this Government takes a
more rational view than the public of the Bernard
affair is to be seen by the leader of the Ost-Deutsche
Post of this morning. The non-official organ of the
Austrian Foreign-office finds it very natural hat the
French Government should be greatly annoyed that
Bernard was not convicted ; but it is unable to un-
derstand why the British nation should be blamed
because 12 jurymen were of opinion that the man's
guilt was not satisfactorily proved.
The Ost-Deutsche Post does not exactly say that
tbis Government is well satisfied with what has oc-
curred, but it is almost certa'n that such is really
the me.

The revival of " King Lear," at the Princess's, wi 1 be
rep at( d tbis evening, Wednesday, and FJ iday, precedt d
by " Samuel in Seal on of Himself," Tuesday and Thurs.
day, " Faust and Marguerite ;" and, on Saturday, " A
I Isotraner Night's Dream" wil lld repres,nted.
Mr. Emery makes his first apptartitee 0, the Strand
TI a tre this evening, in Dance's comedy of "The Country
Squire," followed by the burlesque, and the new farce of
" Your Likenese ftJr Oce Shilling,"