The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAM WAY_

Traffic—Week ending March 6, £7,ttpS 1 10
Traffic—Week ending March 8, 1851 ... 7,414 13 6
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 66,631 13 7
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 77,928 2 2
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
March 6, 1812 ... 44,712
Passengers ... £5,692 18 4
Goods 2,176 3 6

Total ... ... £7,868 110
Total miles open, 1852, 173 k ; ditto, 1851, 17314.
London Terminus, IlLarch 8, 1852.

TUE LATE POET MOORE.—Every one must have
regretted to observe how few, comparatively speaking, at-
tended the funeral of Thomas Moore oa Wednesday morning.
It is gratifying to mention, however, that among those who
offered this last tribute to the memory of tke illustrious de-
ceased was Thomas Longman, Esq., one of the distinguished
and munificent first who were his publishers.

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The Hon. George Sydney Smythe has addressed a
letter to a morning newspaper stating that he has not written
a line ( with the exception of a review of Mrs. Norton's novel)
in any newspaper since April, 1849.
OFFICIAL AFPOFNTMENTS.—Her Majesty has ap-
pointed J. D. Harding, D.C.L., Queen's Advocate. in succes-
sion to Sir John Dodson, appointed Judge of the Prerogative
Court. Mr. George Alexander Hamilton has appointed Mr.
W. Law, of the Treasury, to be his private secretary. The
following gentlemen have Leen promoted in the diplomatic
service,i previous to the retirement of Lord Granville from the
0 h.ce of Secretary for Foreign Affairs ;—The Hon. W. Eden,
Burgh, at Florence Paid attaché to Washington ; Mr. A. Hastings Berkely, ditto
Idua.V°,; the Hon. Sackville West, ditto to Stutgard ; the
MiddletonuLrni 1
nna • Air. w, , .F.
Hume ?., ; :I:itat(ci,rid. to. Paris • Mr. Hamilton, ditto to
Mardey, ditto to Rio Janeiro; Mr. Joseph
have been , ditto to Lisbon. The following gentlemen
I)ieGrey,
real:terly'ointed unpaid attach6s ; - Lord Hubert De
zrenue ; Air.
H. Ross, at Berne ; the Hon. James
8 °a ; Mr. Henry Capel Lofft, at
tersburgh. , Mr. George Strachey, at St. e-
the death of the Rev.
DEATH of D. R. Turin ; Mr.p. C.
joErE, CANON OF WINDSOR..—By
ley Westphall, Hants, %II
years a
Rude, which took place at Hart-
St. George's Chapel, windsoriday last, one of tLe canonries of
the disposal of the Earl of
Rev. Dr. Hawtrey,
The deceased held thge° will
be
who succeeded.
Derby, It
vacant, and will be at
It is rumoured that the
of Eton College eighteen Dr. Keate as head-master
vacancy. rectory
Phall in commendam with the canonry, a of Hartley West-
years of age. , ncl was seventy-nine
appointed to the

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.
The Patrie, in a paragraph marked "communi-
cated," declares that the rumours which have been in
circulation for some days past, of modifications in the
Ministry, are totally destitute of foundation. The same
journal says:—
" We understand that everywhere the clergy, actuated
by a spirit of order and conciliation, have supported the
Government candidates."
The same journal adds :

"The department of the Saone-et-Loire, which had
sent to the Legislative Assembly twelve Mountaineer
representatives, eight of whom have been expelled from
France, have elected almost unanimously Count Louis
de Barbantane, M. Schneider, formerly Minister of
Prince Louis Napoleon; General Brunet
.Denon, and
Count de Moreton Chabrillan. In the department of La
Vendee, we have likewise to speak of a decided progress
in the point of view of governmental ideas; for a great
length of time this department has sent to our Legisla-
tive Assemblies men belonging to the opposition. On
the present occasion the opposition has sustained a
marked check, as out of three nominations the Govern-
ment has obtained two—namely, those of M. St. Her-
mine and M. Alfred Leroux. This result proves, that
even in La Vendee, the head-quarters of Legitimacy, the
populations have felt the necessity of rallying round the
only Government which can ensure the tranquillity and
prosperity of the country."
The Constitutiornel says :
" Several arrondissements will have to proceed to new
elections on the 14th inst, It is to be remarked that it
is almost exclusively in thickly inhabited localities that
this occurs. Lisle, Rennes, and Arras are so situated as
well as Paris. In the localities, on the contrary, where
the population is more divided, or where the country
element predominates, the majorities are enormous.
Thus it is evident that the electors have well compre-
hended that, after having given eight millions of votes
to the President of the Republic in order to found the
constitution of the country, they could not return against
him a wrangling and disturbing opposition. Ho has
asked from France the power of doing good, and good
will be done."

We read in the same journal:-
4, The electors of the Pay-de-DOme paid no attention
to the Ministerial-;decision, forbidding any Government
candidate to stand for two places at the same time, and
which prevented M. de Morny from coming forward for
the first circumscription of Paris. Although only stand-
ing for one place, M. de Morny has been elected without
his knowledge in two circumscriptions of the Pay-de-
Dome. This double nomination is a marked homage paid
to his courageous conduct when in office."
The Moniteur publishes a note confirming the an-
nouncement already made by the Patrie that the
Minister of Finance has given orders to have
journals, occupied exclusively with subjects re-
lating to the arts, sciences, and agriculture, exempted
from the duty imposed on newspapers by the decree
of Feb. 17.
The Moniteur publishes the programme of the in-
struction required for admission to the Ecole Poly-
technique, as drawn up by a commission, and ap-
proved of by the Minister of War. It extends over
several columns.
" It is announced," says the Constitutionnel, " that
a decree on the university, on the faculty of sciences
and letters, and on the faculty of law and medicine,
is to be published in the ilioniteur in a few days.
The system of contours will be maintained in the
faculties of law and medicine only for the places of
professors agreg4s. Malevolence had already propa-
gated the rumour that the Ministry of Public In-
struction was about to be suppressed, and that its at-
tributions were to form only an insignificant division
of the Ministry of the Interior. Such is not the
fact. If we are well informed, all the measures
adopted in the new decree are only intended to lead
to the regular development of a more moral, more
extensive, and more assiduous course of instruction ;
the pupils removed from their family are to be sub-
jected to a paternal and useful superintendence, and
our ultra-political orators will no longer boast, it is
to be hoped, of the sympathy and support of the youth
of the schools."
A decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic ap-
pears in the Ilaniteur this morning convoking the
Legislative Assembly for the 29th inst.
We read in the Constitutionnel :—" A rumour has
prevailed at the Bourse that M. DE PERSIGNY had
been charged with a mission to Germanf, and that he
had left Paris two days back. This news is inexact,
as M. DE PERSIGNY has not quitted his post. He was
present yesterday at a Council of Ministers held at
the Ely see."
A third ball, it is announced, is to be given at the
Tuileries immediately after the opening of the
Chambers.

The Bourse was heavy on Saturday, and public securities
declined slightly. The Fi►e per cents. opened at 106 f.
Ioc., rose to 1061. 30c., fill subsequently to 105 f. 75e.,
and closed at 105 f. 95c. for the end of the month. The
Three per Cents. closed at 681. 60c.; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,155 f.; Rouen, 6871.50 c.; Havre, 270 f.; Great
Northern, 615 f ; Avignon, 237 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 542 f.
50c.; Basle, 227 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4771. 50c.; Paris and
Strasburg, 506 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 817 f. 500.;
Amiens to Boulogne, 3201.; Paris and Lyons, 596 f. 25c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARcif 6.
Central of France (Orleans and Yierzon), 22—East In-
dian, 21X—Laxembourg, 3—Narnur and Liege, 61,E
Northern of France, 205/4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 1014_..
Paris and Lyons, 10—Paris and Rouen, 2734—Paris and
Strasbourg, 20 ex d.—Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and
Nantes, 10.