THE SALTO' LAW IN FRANCE.
Norwich, 22d October 1855. 8111—I perfectly concur in the general tenour of your remarks on the Salle restriction upon the inheritance of the throne of France, but by what it seems to methere is not an absolute exclusionof the general line. It is true the male heirs have the prior right, in all degrees ; so that as long as there are any male heirs, no general heir can succeed. But if there were no male heirs, is it not true that the general heir would acquire a right ? If that is-so, then it might-be-that the Emperor could obtain the same end without departing from the path that he has already traced to himself. The Emperor has already fixed and limited the degrees and rights of the persons who are members of the family of Bonaparte, and it would be easy for him to issue a new decree in combination with the last. He could impose upon any members of the Bonaparte family any disqualifications that to him might seem good ; and by that means he could leave none but the- female heiress to succeed. The family of. Bonaparte is not numerous.
Believe me, Sir, your very humble-servant,. Loris Benveno.
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