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STATE OF THE 'PRLESS IN FRANCE. <
'lhe French Ministers continue to signalixe
thlmem.vetve by prosecutions of the press. W1e
Smen d 1 ast we. ht he uc de Broglie had
fermal y dasavowed'all c wnrexin wit e curna
desDd:a's to the Duc de Frias, but it appearas
that M. Sarrans, the edithr of the vutelle Minerve,
had stated that certain articles in f. vou" of Don
Carlos, published in. the DIJats, were transmitted
by the Due de Broglie to tihat paper, and were
founded on a report made to. Governm-nt by
GeneraLLatrcpie. lTlhis._t .ment w;as lhaxardd on
the author.ty of Latap'e; and, cousidering. the
then Eenerally supposed c. nnexion of the Journal
daes Dibats with the Minis'e a of Louis Philip, as
well' us the insincere and treacherous manner in
which the conditions cf the Quadruple Treaty were
envdel, it was certainly very excusable in-a
journ ilist to commit the error into which M.
Sirrans fell. It turns out that the D)bats has
been sod to the parlists; and that Latapie, a
Carlist tool, propagated a owigh b d, u
the sadvantage of his employers; as the Dnc de
Brogl:e-h ad-nothin -todowithit he_arttile_in
question, and had abaindoned all connexion with his
former friend, the editor of the Journal des
Ddbats, p'eviously to their publicnation. )e Broglie
considered that his assertion of this fact was ,n
sufficient to clear his character; and he ?lerefore
prosecuted not only Latapie, but Sarrans, in the
Parisian ou Assize. The trial commenced on
-Mond-,y-a nd-on-42e~day -botl.Ldhe-ddeendman
were foutid guilty by the subserviern jury: Lalapi-"
was sentenced to two months imprisonment and
to pay a fine of 2-:000 fraurs a while Sarrans is
mulcted to the same amount, and is to undergo an
imprison.nent of fifteen days. Almost every one
is surprised that the latter was found guilty, even
by the jurors selected to bring in such verdict by
the Prefect of the Seine, who has carefully packed
the list fromr which the juror a are in fmtitre to be
'alcen In this country, wha private individual.
far less a Minister of State, would hate prosecated
the. publisher of a pIolitical and not personally
Sabusive article, which the author publich y aswed,
*nd whose correctness Ih privately, gi aranteed ?
lThe Duec de Broglie had gained the to utation of
- heing a bad Mlinister, but we did not think that he
would hIve acted so contemptible a part as he has
- done in this affar.
1 he new edi'or of the Rrformnateur M. Dupoty,
has been sentenced to two .monuths imps isonment
and a fine of 41.00 francs, for an article headed
"i Dsacontent in the Army', written in a very mo.
Blern!e tone. and which would be perfectly h t mles.
if unfoundled. The Editor of the Bon Sena' is t
- -e prose lcued for piblislmin" translations of articlea
f, om Ihe Sun and .th. AIrnming Chron,,icle ;' he
Chearia.i for printing with red ink! abd the
Quotidlenue on some charge almost as frivolous.
Thus we see that the Fieschi aws are not to lie inr
abeyance. That the Ministers will succeed i.
finally crushing the press of France, we do not
believe; but on the con rary, that the time is not
lare-distant when a terrible reaction will be the
-_ onseqnmenccof the -timolious-tyan.ey of tihe Go
vernttent. The history of France during the last
ha'f century forbids the supposition that it is safe
to play the despot there.
It is stated that the French Chambers will meet
on the 281h of December.
There is conliderablo difficulty respecting the
payment f the Amefican Indemnity money. ' lhe
french Minister of Finance liha dishonoured the
bills drawn upon him -byltlie' UiiildSLiia--esl'rea
sary, and refusca to vary from ithe coursetlrui
down by the Chamber of Depputies, by which, an
apology 'for General Jackson's message was to
precede payment of the twenty-five millions of
france.
It has btien rumoured that Thlie.s has quarrelled
with his colleagues, in consequence of their de
i ermmination to support Meesdizabalin the Spanish
Ministry.-Spectator.
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