The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
The Illoniteur contains a decree of the Emperor,
inisftac'iroanl
by which Count de Laborde is appointed direc'or-
general of the archives of the empire.
A report from the M
.recommends the institution of a professorship of
vegetable physiologyat thet er
MuseumoP
tiblic I
ofn sru
Natural
History, and a decree founded thereon nominates
Mr. Georges Ville to the new professorship.
The Pays contains the following :—" A private
letter from Canton of the 15th December men-
tions a fact which has not yet been made known,
and which shows the deplorable feelings of the
Court of Pekin in the conflict with England. On
tie sth December, the mandarin, governor of Lin
Ting, caused to be seized in the warehouses of
the Hong merchants, where it is ordinatly de-
posited, all the. merchandise belonging either to
the E st India Company or to English subjects.
The town of Lin Ting is the entrepot of the opium
trade, and is the most important market in China
for the sale of that at ticle, which is now restricted
andsubjected, according to treatieosp,iutom vLe strict
hstrvasldeeilplaontsce 4 Independentlymerchandiseot‘ all kinds, principally
articles of European importation, belonging, for the
most part, to English merchants."
The following are the observations of the French
papers on the late diVision in the House of Com-
mons :

The Patric strongly advocates the energetic pro-
secution of the war, and concludes its remarks with
the following passage—
' " Will the motion of Mr. Cobden, voted by the House
of Commons (which must certainly lead to the dissolu-
tion of the Cabinet or of the House), result in arresting
the progress of events before Canton ? We hope not:
Great distances, which at times present great inconve-
niences, have this advantage,that they permit accomplished
facts to weigh with immense power on the march of
human events. Should Sir J. Bowring succeed before the
arrival of the vote of censure recorded by Parliament
in entering as a conqueror into that city, which he first
sought only to enter as a simple visitor, we do not think
that England, which has absolved Warren Hastings and
Clive, whose glory was nevertheless tarnished by well
authenticated crime, will impute blame to a man for an
excess of zeal, justified and glorified by success."
The Univers entertains similar views, which it
expresses in more energetic language than that
adopted by its contemporaries. It says :

" dec; aWn3ahtaitondso
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One
esaotle and
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object,
—ilc
atnhteh ropi
poli-
tical adverseries of Lord Palmerston wish to obtain his
place, or, if they cannot succeed in so doing, they seek
at least to display their eloquence, for the constitutional
game must be played out. And while the Parliament of
England is gravely discussing the justice, or legality! .f
this war the Chinese are setting a price on the heads of
Europeans, and are surrounding them with assassins, in-
cendiaries, and poisoners. The Bishop of Oxford in his
speech evidently lost sight of all that Christian nations
have suffered from China; he saw nothing but the question
of the Arrow. But our correspondents at Hong Kong, who
are not Englishmen, judge it in a very different light from
the Anglican bishop, and their opinions appear to us
less open to suspicion. Now, with respect to China,
who can seriously question the right possessed by Chris
tian Powers to call that barbarian nation to account for
treaties perpetually violated, and for the blood bf
Chris-
tians constantly shed ? The English orators are really
too considerate when they invoke the right of nations,
justice, and humanity in favour of a population which,
by every act, places itself beyond the right of nations,
and systematically violates all the laws of humanity and
j us tice."

Thk, anticipations offered above have been par-
tially realised by the Assemblee _Nationale, which
alone of the Paris journals condemns the conduct
of Admiral Seymour. The following are the views
it expresses :

" cVill the Premier obtain from the Queen permission
to dissolve Parliament ? Should he obtain it would he
succeed in obtaining from the electors the reversal of the
verdict given by the House of Commons after the most
solemn debate ? These are questions that need not yet be
examined ; but whatever may be the resolution taken by
the Crown, whatever may be the result of an appeal to the
electors in circumstances where the national selt-esteem
might perhaps be skilfully worked upon, the vote of the
House will remain as the eternal condemnation of a policy
which has been justlycensured by the most eminent men of
all parties, and by those who are most devoted to the real
grandeur of England. Were another Ministry possible
in the present dissolution of political parties, the Cabinet
headed by Lord Palmerston would have no other alter!