The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

FHE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

M. TIMM arrived in Paris on -Tuesday.
The Moniteur contains a decree from the PUESI
DENT of the Republic, promoting M. ABATUCCI,
Minister of Justice, and M. BILLAULT, President of
the Legislative Corps, to the rank of officers of the
Legion of Honour.
The Moniteur also contains a decree according to

the St. Germaine Company permission to execute a
railway from the St. Germaine terminus at Paris to
Passey and Auteuil, on the same conditions as have
been already granted for the main line.
A letter from Geneva announces that M. DE
REMUSAT, who was in Switzerland when he heard of
the permission accorded him to return to France, at
once set off for his estate in the Haute Garonne. The
same letter announces that Al. CUAMBOLLE was about
to leave Vevey, where he has been residing, and re-

turn to France with his family.
The Interet Public of Caen states that on the occa-
sion of the fete of the 15th the PRINCE PRESIDENT
has pardoned thirty prisoners confined in the prison
at Beaulieu.
The Archbishop of PARIS, who has left Paris on a
journey into Germany, has taken the Strasburg
Railway, and will, it is said, go through Holland, to
Vienna, and return to France through Belgium.
The PRINCE PRESIDENT, on the report. of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has just conferred the
cross of chevalier in the Legion of Honour on the
Maestro VERDI of Parma, the author of Ernani, the
Foscari, and other operas.
We read in the Emancipation of Brussels —" The
opening of the railway from Paris to Strasburg has
been, as might reasonably be expected, the subject of
serious comments among political men in Germany.
A. Berlin journal, the Wehr-Zettung has just pub-
lished an article on the subject, which has, it is
said, caused some sensation among military
men. ' Let it be remembered,' says the article
in question, what was the plan of campaign con-
ceived by NAPOLEON in 1800, and afterwards modi-
fied in different points by MOREAU. The left bank of
the Rhine from Strasburg to Bale was to be the basis
of operation of the army of invasion. Strasburg, in
fact, will always remain the principal stronghold,
and the point of support of the left wing of the army.
This place is now only a few hours' distanceirom
Paris. France may in a few days concentrate an
army behind the Rhine, and all the resources of the
country, troops, money, and provisions, are alt near
the seat of operations.' There is nothing new in
these remarks. If France can make use of railways
to attack, Germany can also use them to defend. All
the importance of these discussions is in the idea
which might be attributed, if not to the two nations,
at least to the Governments which preside over the
destinies of France and Germany. So long as it is
known that Germany is ready to repel with energy
au army which should threaten her territory, an in-
vasion by Strasburg is not to be feared. Besides, the
policy of France continues to be satisfactory."
Government securities were wore firm at the Bourso
to-day than yesterday. The Four-and-a-Half pa. Cents.
opened at 104 f. 60e., and closed at 1041. 80e. for the end
of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 751.
tise ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,4071. 500.; Rouen,
870;.; Havre, 365 L; Great Northern, 657 f. 500'.•
Avig-
non, 4751.; aisle, 3021. 503.; Paris and Strasburg,
651 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 7571. 50e.• Western o;
]?canoe, 600 f.; St. Dizier to Gray, 5401,

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 19.
Dijon and Besancon, 2 78—E3st Indian, 267/B—Great In-
dian Peninsula, 65/B—Grand Junction of France, 53—
Madras, 2% p.—Namur and Liege, 698—Northern of France,
2G Orleans and Bordeans,lB Sambre and Meuse, 7.

SPAIN.
We have received Madrid journals of the 14th.
They contain nothing worth extracting.
MADRID BOURSE, AUG. 14.—Three per Cents. 45. a ;
Exchange on London, 50 85 paper.

BELGIUM.
Two meetings have been held in Belgium relative
to the non-renewal of the commercial treaty between
Franca and Belgium. One, by the journeymen com-
positors, against the renewal of any treaty containing
the condition of suppressing the right of re•impres-
sioo ; and the second, by the Belgian thread spinners
at Ghent, strongly in favour of a commercial treaty
between the two countries.

,
great benefit would be conferred on the GERMAN Y.
community. Other members of the Council agreed The Cologne Gazette, under the date of Berlin,
with Sir GEORGE as to the importance of settling 16th, gives the following explanation of the adjourn-
this question, upon which a conference is to be held ment of the Customs' Congress :—" The President of
is London, with the co-operation of the Earl of Han-
the Council arrived here yesterday afternoon, and in
ROWBY (creditably known,
when representative of Li- the evening had a conference with the Ministers of
ammierce and Finance on the Commercial and Cus-
verpool, for his knowledge of commercial matters), toms' question. It was decided that the re-opening
and many leading merchants, traders, manufacturers, of the Customs' conferences, which was to have taken
Coro_ and that at the
, should be a
and jurists. The Town Clerk, in reply to a question,
requestp of lace today,
friendly prorogued,Governments, principally
said that he considered that the Chamber of Co-
coerce,ce, and the Town Council, was the proper body to
M Hanover. Immediately after his arrival, M. DE
ANTEUFFEL read a letter which bad been addressed
take
up questions of this matter, and inform the public to him by the Bavarian Plenipotentiary and by some
mind upon its merits. He "thought the Council's other Mini:ters of the coalition of Darmstadt. In
time should not be taken up with these questions!" this letter they demanded a postponement of
Eventually common sense prevailed over official and the re-opening of the Customs' Congress
legal .
witheut
"'ills, and the following motion was carried for some days, as they bad not yet re-
ceived their instructions, and their request was
happy a dissentient ;--«That this Council will be agreed to. No period has been fixed for the resump-
pressy mg upon to concur with the Chamber of Commerce in tion of the deliberations, and if the New Prussian Ga-
the consideration of the Government
the amendment and Consolidation of the commer-
cial law of Ea l d
gan , Ireland, and Scotland."
4, Ido not think," said Mr. T C
Council's time should be taken °l7 -lehrk,
lions." If it had been a dispute
lace upon the uniform of a police •
eof "shall" to ~ •e • preferencwill " that the
inspector—or the
~ es aw—Or . ,anything of that sort, it 'would be slaciently iort-
zette fixes the reopening for the 18th just., it is a gra-
tuitous supposition. The Hanoverian Plenipoten-
tiary confined himself to supporting the demand with-
out fully uniting in it.
A letter from Berlin, of the 16th, in the Cologne
Pas wtotthethamesoeulnuteosf cGlearzgeytteciaTt—ag"rAeestowatshea.nrenqouuenscte.do,f.thtehe Catholic_rench
Embassy to celebrate a divine service in commemo-
ln a Is, 1 ration of the Emperor NAPOLEON. The clergy in
this matter worthily appreciated the national send-
ant for " the Council's time to be taken nip with ' meet. At the mass celebrated on the day of the
But as it only involves a Reform which cannot.
. fall to
it. Assumption in the church of Ste. Hedwige, prayers
wereput for the dead and the Emperor NAPOLEON
, moment to the whole up
be of the greateat of
the eons. was it must be cushioned at comprised among them. M. DE VARENNES
mercial world, Leeds I • We and the personnel of the Embassy were present.
the Council had the good sense
are glad that not to No other member of the corps diplomatique was
act upon the dry dictum of their Town Clerk. They present."
have unanimously resolved that they will co-operate „T
fhe National Gazette of Berlin, under date of
with their head Chamber of Commerce in pressing
v i nna 14th, says—" All the members of the Impe-
rial
ana'l hy, as well as the high civil and military
of Government the amend. functionaries, assembled this evening at the terminus
of the
meat and consolidation of the commercial law of
About half-
hem Railway to receive his MAJESTY.
past five the EMPEROR arrived. The
England, Ireland, and Scotland. 13urgomaster made
reead,)d—for why replied in the most a speech to which his MAJESTY
The subject might he vastly • •• • ,
gracious manner. He afterwards
United King- entered his should not all the general 'mare of the ,
. , ? why : enthusiastic shouts of
dons he in operation in each part of 1-. . w.the crowd of people assembled.
I, d;f_ i the ringing of bells and f • - - "
sbould the legal procedure in each country "e ' , Cathedral of st, Ste'pheu the
. Lring of cannon to the
ferent ? Why should written evidence be se (faired 1 i Councillors of the EmpirsewahwcaTieteadllhtihe Mir inters and
in most of the civil suits in Sentland, while parole 1 Deum was afterwards perfurtned. arrival.,!.s T.e I
lit MAJESTY will
eVid,:nett is properly received in the Enghsh courts of I leave on the 16th for. Ischl.'ti
law? Why should not the laws of marriage ,c_nd General GEORGE'S', who had been ordered to take
: up his residence atKlaga,nfurta, has,
divorce be the slwe all through the United King- says the Cologne
darn ? Why should the bankruptcy' ' Gazette, been removed to the fortress of Kustein,,, but
RI f
-J'"Eln lie no reason is assigned for his removal.
on one principle in Englandand •
Scotland
a vvh l• •
i
y, wing under one and the DENMARK.
same Goveruusent, and speaking the saw
should not there e language, A letter from Copenhagen states that the complete
ordinances be community of legal practice and result of the elections was known in that city on the
ances in every
We are part of the United Kingdom a Of the Ministers only three—M.
• , 13th. present
as much broken up by this discrepancy as if BANG, Minister of the Interior, Count SPONNECK,
we were in the starchy,He with different systems' Finance, and M. STEEN•BILLE, Marine—had been
under each petty r l
u In the words of DOGBERRY, ;elected Deprities. The others had Dot presfanted
" 'This is most toles bi
4 -e and not to be endured.' 1 themselves ttii candidates.