The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-29 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

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We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and
yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes several important decrees.
The first is fur the sale of some State forests, and for
the immediate transference of the possessions of the

Itauways.

Paid.

li erainal Prim• 1

Hub LI is done
tc • day.

Agu% Fria
Anglo C%litornian .....
. • •

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14S 34 is

Amatraliac, • •
Australian Freehold
Ave Maria .. • • • •
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal
Britian. Australian Gold
British Iron •• • • • •
Brazilian Imp, (is. 51. 1.,;
Do. Cocaes and Cuiab,
Do. St. John del Rey..
Cobre Copper - • • • • • •
Copiapo .. •••. • • • - •
Eng. & Australian Copper
Gold Mountain •• ••
Great Polgooth •
Mexican& 3. american
Nouveau Monde . .. • •
Aantiago de Cuba ......
Tin Croft .. • •
United Mexican- .......
West Mariposa •• .• ••

a% —634

House of Orleans to the State.
The second raises the state of siege in all the depart-
ments of France.
By the third, the name of " Code Napoleon" is re-
stored to the civil code.
The fourth places the libraries of the palaces in the
jurisdiction of the Minister of State.
The fifth directs judges to take the oath of allegiance
within a month from the 29th of March.
The sixth reorganizes the Protestant Church in

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France.
The seventh regulates courts-martial on board of
ships-of-war.
The eighth appoints a commission of surveillance of
the sinking•fund.
The ninth regulates the organization of mutual aid so-
cieties.
The tenth approves of the stations of the Lyons and
Avignon Railway Company.
And the eleventh is a decree for the fusion of the Or-
lea❑s, Bordeaux, Nantes, and Centre Railways into one
great company.
The Monitteur contains besides a circular front the Mi-
nister of Justice on the subject of the press, and the ap-
pointment of the following senators.—The Duke DE
MORTEMARS, General PETIT, the Archbishop of PARIS,
General PYAT, M. BINEAII, the Marquis DE BARRAN-
COO, and M. DR HECLEREN.
The PRINCE PRESIDENT reviewed yesterday three
newly arrived regiments of foot and two of cavalry, in
the Court of the Tuileries. An immense crowd assem-
bled to witness the sight, amongst whom were general
cries of " Vive Napoleon," a few only cried " Vive
l'Empereur." The Prince was surrounded by a bril-
liant staff, and looked much gratified with his recep-
tion. Funds remain unmoved. It is understood that the
elevation of M. BINEAU to the rank of Senator, as a re-
ward for his late financial measures connected with the
Bank and the conversion, is a sign that he remains at his
post of Finance Minister, which is satisfactory to the
Bourse.
It is said that the state of siege in Paris would be de-
clared at an end to-day (Monday).
The decree of "Decentralisation" is generally approved
of. The following appears in the Constitutionnel.
" The tyranny of the bureaucracy was an indirect and
perhaps disastrous consequence of the abuses into which the
Parliamentary regime had fallen. The perpetual mobility
of the Ministries forcibly, led to a similar mobility of the
prefects; the evolutions ot parties led to a sort of continual
movement in all the high administrative functions. Every-
thing, therefore, changed in France except the bureaux,
which by degrees became the sole depositories of traditions
and regulations. By inexperience, by timidity, and by the
apprehension of Parliamentary influences, the prefects abdi-
cated all initiative, referred to the central power the decision
of all affairs, and voluntarily reduced themselves to the part
of the executors of the Ministerial will. This dependence
of the provincial authorities was not sufficient for the bu-
reaux, and the mania of details which devoured all the ad-
ministrations called to Paris not only the decision but also
the examination into the most trivial affairs ; it was ne-
cessary to have on every document the visa and
report of 20 clerks. Stich a state of things could not
last. The unheard-of delays of the Administration led
citizens into considerable sacrifices, and somaimes into
ruin. The remedy was to be found in a return to the true
administrative traditions of the country. The question was
not to withdraw local affairs from the control of the Govern-
ment, but to manage that control in such a way as nut to
lose time for the parties. Leave intact the action of the
Sovereign power, but examine affairs on the spot, and decide
them there ; the abuses of centralisation will have disap-
peared, and there will only remain the benefits of it—namely,
impartiality and uniformity of legislation."
The Bank of France ties announced that it will begin
on Monday, the 29.1, to give loans on railway scrip and
shares.
The Constitutionnel contradicts the rumour of an in-
tended reduction, by decree, to 5 per cent. of commercial
interest, and to 4 per cent of " civil " interest.
A trial bas just ended at Lyons, which reveals what
ideas French juries have o❑ the subject of .‘ attenuating
circumstances." A young fellow named Jobard, 20
years of age, led so dissipated a life that he became
weary of existence, but not having the resolution to
commit suici .e, he determined on committing a murder
to get himself executed. He according goes to the
LyonsTheatre, and seeing ay oung married woman enceinte
close to his reach, he plunges a knife in her aide, and
she dies in five minutes. The fellow gives himself up,
and then comes the bother of a set of doctors as to
whether he was mad or half mad. Ail agree as to the
cause of his madness, that it was brought on by de-
bauchery. and the jury found circonitances attenuantes.
He is condemned to the teenier forces tor life. It came
out in his confession that he would have preferred mur-
dering a young girl of twelve, but could not get near
enough for his purpose.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 27.
Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—Charleroi and Erquelines, 14
—Laxembourg, 37i—Namur and Liege, 63/4—Northern of
France, 22—Orleans and Bordeaux, 14A —Paris and Orleans,
471,4 —Paris and Rouen, 281,4—Paris and Strasbourg, 22%
Sambre and Meuse, 414—Tours and Nantes, 11.

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Colonial ••.• • • • • • •
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stock ....
London and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.,

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National of Ireland .• • •
Oriental Bank Corporat.
Provincial of Ireland...

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Union of Australis ....

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Union of London ......
Union of Madrid .... • -
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Eastern Steam .... • • ..
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Lenin. & Oriental Steam.

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Le errors of the Official Lists, an
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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was
steady, but closed tamely, without alteration in prices. The
sales comprised 4,000 American, 200 Pernam and Maran-
ham at 61/ad. to 6%d., 100 Bahia at 6 Ad., 250 Egyptian at
53/4d. to 7140., and 500 Surat at 3,yd. to 4%d. per lb.—
Railway Shares were quiet.
The railway meetings to be held in the present week and
oubactiaulitlx aru the fvllvyriu6 .
Date. Place.
Central of France ...... 29 March Paris.
Charleroi and Erquelinnes .. 2 April Brussels.
Eastern Union . t April Radley's Hotel.
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dun-
-30 March Edinburgh.
Glasgow Terminus, &c.
Irish South-Eastern
North of France ... 3 April Paris.
North Staffordshire .....» 5 April Stoke•upon-Trent
Paris and Orleans - ... 27 March Paris.
Rouen and Havre
Tournay and .iurbise . 29 March Brussels.
By a Parliamentary paper just issued, it appears that
sixty-one Acts were passed in the session l'sl ; their general
effect upon the mileage and capital previously authorised
may be thus stated—
Increase of mileage ..... 5 miles, 191 chains.
Decrease of capital and loan ... £ t 4,241/.
The mode of arriving at these results is shown in the fo
lowing table

authorised.
Loans Total.
_ - -
£ £
9553275
9567617
1855860
• £14242

Mileage. Capital
Explanation. Authorised. Abandoned. Shares I.
- -
Mi es Chains Miles !Chains .£
195 541 A 190 34%
Reduction in the
mileage •• .. 196 34%
--
Total increase
of mileage .. 5 191,4 ,

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