The Sun. — 1853-01-24 (London, England)

XVI., masses were offered for the repose of the soul of the Royal martyr, from 9_, o'clock until 12, in the expiatory chapel, Rue d Anjou Saint Honore. The chapel was completely filled at each mass, and, contrary to what is generally seen in French ' churches, there was a considerable majority of men. The Presse remarks upone' this painful subject :-" Each time that this solemn anniversary comes round, the public conscience asks from religion the expiation of a great crime and consolation for a great affliction. The monarchy of 1830 was unfortunate enough to sacrifice to the tyranny of a false popularity the regret for this crime and the mourning for this anniversary. The Government of Louis Napoleitosn, which has accepted from the revolution only pytinciples of justice, has not feared to res'Lore, b significya official ion. respect, to that 11-omened. date its real nounced, all Thus, as we have anThereceptions were suspended on that evening. party manifestation of January 21 has ceased to be a and thera anifestation : the judgment of history .n fgeneral feeling have made it a day of mou or France," while the Assemblee Nationale observg es that " th 21 t f e s January will remain, whatever occurs ocTcuhrsi , the day of the legal murder of o is the fiftyninth time that this anniversary has coomre round in fetes, and htes, the midst of our agitations and of u always the public emotion salutes in it cruel of our national commemorations. Audeveratositt is not France, it is not Paris even, which desiredthe death of the royal victim. Far from us be the thought of humiliating our country by such a responsibility! History has thrown light en the subject, and if it can be said that the 21st of January was indirectly the fault of all, it may also be affirmed that it was the crime of only some. Terror reigned over every mind, and that convention, which since then it has been attempted to represent as so Roman in its character, was, in the two camps which directed it, only its accomplice or its slave. In face of a people troubled by terror, and in face of a King who only knew how to heroically wear the crown of martyrdom, a minority, animated by the fire of evil passions and by the fanaticism of absolute ideas, had no great trouble in rendering itself master of the Government." The Bourse opened with remarkable firmness on  Saturday, under the influence of a report extensively circulated that M. Fould, the Minister of State, had received the support of the greatest banking-house in Paris to maintain the price of Government Securities against any attempt to depress them. This favourable impression did not, however, long prevail, and prices were rapidly declining, when the Emperor's address to the Senate was posted in the great hall of the Bourse. It was well received, and prices again rose, but the speculators for a fall rallied, and the Three per Cents., which opened at 80f. 65c., and fallen to 80f., and had again risen to 80f. 45., closed finally at 80f. 10c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 30c., and closed at 104 f. 70c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 998 f. 75c.; Rouen, 995 f. ; Havre, 490 f ; Great Northern, 832 f. 50c.; Basle, 342 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 757 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 860 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 735 f .; Western of France, 670 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 557 f. 60c. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 607 f. 50c. ; Dijon to Besancon, 507 f. 50c.; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 7502.