The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-06 00:00:00

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stock on 'Change ; thus as Capitalists 114 in
wounded in their interests, and as Frenchmen
their patriotism. Hence they highly arose to
/ Minister of injustice, and want of pairintign,sbe
cull upon him to vindicate hitnself at the r 1
it
nal of La Minerve ! ! and if the Minister ‘4l"
enter pen in hand into the Arena witll,ool
ETIENNE, they naturally conclude that he ca-ibe
defend himself. This is, the precise tone ni
je
HONES and the Vtroot.Eas: in England, for
.
enemies of established forms of Government b3be
be
a remarkable family likeness' in every Part of
world. Now will it be believed by any Persallgh
his senses that the Minister cold,' be blind e"at7-,.
to favour foreigners to the detriment of Frene'.
men, and thus increase, without necessitPon
furnishing the best possible arms) the oPrsilivie
whose enterprizes it is necessary to check ? 0,1
thing is too preposterous to be believed' 0
is
without entering into a detail of facts,
would not be to the honour of the comPtB,l-0
parties, 1 helitate not to assure you 'l'l
vier
Iv eeif
Minister's reasons were cogent, that his
were honourable, wise, and profound. He ka
tf
whom he had to do with ; he knew their 'clie°l
to embarrass Government; and he defeated them'
Pint
A few words will set the' matter in a clear °)(1,
of view. In 1817 Messrs. BARING conelndt.o
loan with the Minister at 524., at vrhiell piety
though 47-1 per cent. below par, the Paris lida'the
would not touch ,it, alleging as their reason' of
instability of the Government, and tbe'.6l.l:oo
absolute poverty in which France o'as•
that. period she has had no mearrs.of enne7.
r, for
herself either by. Commerce ox
-eh
s
all the principal crops failed; she had,
immense sums to pay for the Foreign Army'
not
, '
so that actually,. at the present moment., s 1 Is
lot
richer, but even poorer; than she then was' 0-
d
„f
time, that great enemy of imposture, havi-v
f the
clearly shewn the fallacy of ail the assertin°-; a
die
Croakers, the Bankers, unwilling tomr.l°,svay of
go lden opportunity a second time, PI
000
ostentation subscribed for the loan of -,6 krieof
of rentes, much more than the suns thel
in tile
would be wanted, as they found the sy§te— °ivy
Dog in the Manger, would not answer'
r f
• r
thereby wished to Convince the Minister, °- stbe
the Public, "(for the former was not to be deceil
, et! °
of their patriotism, in order thereby to get 00
Messrs. BARING. Had the Minister fallen iiklelo-00
snare, it was the intention, says a Or°"-r
etiso
'Change, instantly to have sold out an icon
f dg t
d •
quantity of stock, in order to reduce the to
60, at which rate they hoped in such a °lSt
have got the new loan. 1 name no person)

know that such would have been the case* (fad
Messieurs BARING and Laßoucturts "a° 100
3 millions of their new loan to M, LAFve pme A
did not at first perceive that it would
party affair, and therefore did not then P 3
refuse the offer of the foreign 133nhers.crrel
CASIMIR PERRIER, less favoured than M. I'4'l'
"
refused at once their offer 3 to him, saying tlltf'
would not contribute to the ruin of his 1031
Numerous other Bankers, who had only 11:401
share offered or nothing at all of the loan'
round M. PERRIER, and loudly accused tile ir
,
ster of endeavouring to raja 'ranee'
ll,berliP
clamours were repeated by all the P
Ultra
Echos. Popularity was on the walls "itlr
rid
LAFITTE, whose apparent tergiversations 15'0'1
00
the independents. This Idol of the PartY, Jiii
about to be broken, and M. PERRIER set 01) in tbe
place on the pedestal of popular favour; alrea
LPa
ce
tune of dissatisfaction and distrnst had sucet
to tbat of confidence and friendship ) bu tb°
got °tit
M
LA:ITTE, by a trait of rare finesse, lot
scrape. He could not any longer sit)? ti►
- 011.
would not take any part of the loan, for thg!Ato
tied and generous refusal, to have all alfet
ought to have been given at the tnorreot lje to
;dog
was made. He therefore resolved ork vvroffer''
the Minister that he would not accept theke the
rd
but on condition that M. BARING la-
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whole loan of 24 millions at 72, instead
,relit'
The ridicule of such a letter will be °Prcteil,
when we observe that the loan being "lito
to 110
for, the Alin:stcr bad no longer any lliingnevq,
with the terms or partition of it, and Coo9elresseti
it was to Mr. BARING he should have sti`
,
himself. Arid what are we to thioic one
to
mercial Man or Banker, who ovould fl"4/01
man who bud made a large purchase
concluded it, that he would have o",b - "
,1:000,°,
re
with the bargain unless he would give is
more than he had contracted for !! .lri1"
°1
ts :NI.,
real state of the case, disguised otw th3l
accompaniments. Ile knew very ; eroi
BARING would laugh such a ridiew"';:is
sal, but he risked that in the hope that charlq),l
Party and the Public would not are
ni.s•nt of such an offer, ai'd that that'll pc/
he re-instated in popular fa \'() Ur. Hi' V te'l)''
the dope of this cunning, bot 1-"ig,7 i',/A011:1;;
for the loss of such a Main pillar '
Was ""t easily to be. ieplaecd,
opinion much more weight anJ to '3.1
,vi!o is iilld lirlsll 12
4l at pun with. SkCCI:S.