The only event of interest that has occurred in Paris
within the week, has been an attempt of the Tribune and Revolution journals to prove the truth of a libel against CASIMIR PERRIER and Marshal SOULT, which charged them with having accepted a bribe from the Birmingham manufacturers to induce them to prefer English muskets to French in the late contract. No attempt ever so com- pletely broke down. There was nothing but the most empty rumour and surmise adduced to support it by any one of the witnesses. The original propagator was accordingly found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 francs. It seems now admitted that the Peerage question cannot be carried without a new creation of fifty Peers. The law of the Peerage is not, however, like our Reform Bill—the former concerns the Lords only, and a new creation to compel them to submit to the Commons seems harsh. But the people of France have a foolish notion, that even the Peers may be justly coerced, if the public good require it.
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