Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-16
Correspondent Of the Commercial Adv
PARIS MAY

Correspondent Of the Commercial Adv.l
PARIS, MAY 1.
Louis Philhppi has received a blow
from which, however unmerited. he will
not speedily recover. The jury empan-
nelled Cor the trial Of the responsible d.
rector ofthe journal La France, for pub
fishing the forged letters in the name Of
the King, has returned verdict of not
guilty. This is considered toimply a. be.
lief in the reality the documents, and as
they contain number of sentiments
which the French regard as anii.national,
the prejudice against the monarch has
been naturally augmented.
The forged letters which formed part of
aa article in La France, entitled THE
personal policy of Louis Philippe explain
ed by himself" make The King to declare
that he was engaged with the other pow.
ers of Europe on the following points,
The treaties 1915, which restored the
Bourbons and placed France under Ger.
tain restrictions were to be maintained in
yiolable.
The Notifications of Paris, and especial.
" the detached forts, were declared TO be
for the sole purpose Of keeping down the
people. Alglers was Ito be surrendered
to England. The English alliance was
to be the price of the abandonment, and
Poland was to be left to the mercy ofRus.
STA. Poland, says the forged letter, is no
more, and it is TO us more than 10 the con-
queror of Warsaw, that the cabinet of st.
PetersLurgh should be thankful for the
crushing Of that focus ofincessant REBEL
on. Make this to be remembered lit.
tie more at Vienna, aid above all at st.
Petersburgh. A third passage is as fol-
lows:-"lG instead of getting rid in a
rough manner of the civic artllerymen,
my advice had been followed; if they had
been allowed to see that, if there was an
of erecting forts, it was that the
guarding ofthem should be entrusted TO
their hands; If they had been persuaded
that, In case Ofan invasion, Paris could on.
w owe IFS safety 10 such defenders: # in
fine, instead of an abrupt dismissal. these
ritizeHs had been taken by their vanitv
Arago, and his followers, would not have
been permitted to prove that The forts. far
rom being intended TO repel foreign in.
'asion, would become, in case of need. n
victorious resource far keeping in
heir duty and submission Their very
turbulent population of Paris and
Is dmiabLe faubOurgs, &c =" In
ourth passage tho King was represented
IS wiring that he had need OF time to hull
he civic spirit Of resistance and that no.
hing would make him renounce a project
70 which, in the existing state of things.
ne attached not the duration ofth consti.
ional monarchy, but ''what sounded bet
er, and was better for the country, the |
Of his dynasty" He was also
made to say that he did not renounce his
project Of mastering the press, a most
dangerous enemy, and that he hoped his |
efforts to this effect could not be forgot. |
ten.
The Able Genoude's papal journal
the Gazette de France, having, according'
" to the usual tactics of the party 10 which
it belongs, given an account of the tIial
which is alleged to be false, the director
was summoned to appear before the tri-
bunal-in the mean time he is condemn.
ed to pay fine of 5000 francs, and to
pay for the placarding Of a thousand hand
bills announcing the judgement. The
part the report by the Gazette which is
objected to, afirms that Nj. Berger, the
advocate Of La France, maintained the
authenticity Of the letters, whereas he only
avered that the publisher believed them to
be authentic.
On Wednesday evening the cabinet
was under apprehension ofserious dstur.
Dances; seditious placards, had been stuck
upon the walls in the fauxbourg St. An.
tome, in consequence ofwhich a council
was held at 8 o'clock; troops were imme.
diately sent for, and stationed in The place.
All the guard houses were reinforced,
and complete battalions were kept under
arms in the barrack yards.
The fortifcations of Paris are proceed.
ing steadily. The inhabitants are now
perceiving, though too late, that Il ey are
caught in their own trap. No person en-
tertains doubt as to their real destination
being against the people.
The king has signalized his birth day
and that of the public baptism Of the in-
FAINT Count de Paris by The royal clemency
to 1877 persons, condemned by the ordi-
nary tribunals, and $50 soldiers under
sentence by courts martial. The term or.
binary excludes ali hope for Princes Lou
is Bonaparte and his comrades, under
sentence by judgement of The Court of
Peers.