28 SEPTEMBER 1861, Page 2

M. Chevalier is often so English in sentiment that we

are almost tempted to quote him among English politicians. He has written a letter to M. Dupin, who had attacked him as a theorist, and the treaty with England as a concession made to win the favour of the British. Government. The second charge M. Chevalier refutes by pointing to the fact that the new tariff is merely the development of a policy which was formally announced in 1656, but which the Emperor was compelled to resign by the combined opposition of the menaced interests. He takes occasion at the same time to enjoy another fling at Lord Palmerston, and tells M. Dupin that while his ideas are derived from the continental blockade, Lord Palmerston's are those of 1812.