The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-29 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The lioniteur states that the increase of money in
the Treasury- has enabled the Minister of Finance to
reimburse to the Bank of France 25 millions on ac-
count of the loan of 50 millions made by. the Bank to
the
Treasury in March, 1848. This reimbursement
tuck place on the 26th inst.
A funeral ceremony in commemoration of the anni-
versary of the death of Louis BONAPARTE, King of
Holland, who died at Florence on the 25th July,
1851, toak
leon St. Leu. From en early hour in the morning
place on Monday, at the Church of Neim-
an immense number of the country people assembled,
and the houses of the village mere dressed out with
flags. At half-past eleven the Count DE ST. MAR..
SAULT, Prefect of the Seine-et-Oise, M. G. D'AURI-
BEAU, sub-Prefect of the arrondissement of Pontoise,
and the military and civil authorities of the place, as-
sembled at the church, which was crowded. Among
the persons present were several generala, and some
old soldiers belonging to the Imperial army. After
the religious ceremony, a number of them went down
into the tomb under the building, and placed wreaths
of immortelles on the coffin..
A question which materially interests the public
health is at this moment under the consideration of
the municipal authorities. Among the gas companies
which supply gas to Paris there are some which have
their manufactories in the interior of the capital. The
householders in the quarters where they are situated
have addressed a petition to the municipal council
praying that these companies should be compelled to
remove their establishments out of Paris. In the
arguments which they bring forward in support of
their request they pretend, and with some reason, that
gas-works come under the denomination of dangerous
or unhealthy establishments, which, according to the
decree of 1810, must be placed at a distance from
private dwellings. Up to the present time the muni-
cipality has viewed the affair in a different light.
Will it adopt a different rule for the future ? Will
the companies on their side persist in supporting a
right which they have enjoyed
for twenty-seven
years ? We should be rather inclined to believe, that
they will relinquish it beforehand. The three corn-
p
anias interested in the uestion have for some time
past been taking their measures to conform, when-
ever called on to do so, to the decree of 1810; in
other words, that they are ready to remove their es-
tablishments outside the barriers. The question will
be thus simplified, and solved according to the wishes
of the householders. Under any circumstances, the
question merits the attention of the municipal council.
Mgr. ALEXANDRE DEVIL,
Bishop of Belley, ex-
pired on the 25th instant, in his episcopal palace,
aged 85. He was 29 years Bishop of Belley, and
had, under Loris PHILIP" refused the Arch-
bishopric of Rheims.' He was Officer of the Legion of
Honour, but never wore the decoration.
The heat of the weather still continues in the de-
partments of the south- At Montpellier on the 221
the thermometer stood at 40 degrees centigrade (104
Fahrenheit). The streets were deserted during the
whole of the afternoon, and the troops of the gar-
rison were confined to their barracks from six in the
morning to four in the afternoon. At Bordeaux on
the 21st, the glass in the shade stood at 38 centigrade
(upwards of 101 Fahrenheit).
In allusion to the reception of the Prince Louis
NAPOLEON by the people, the correspondent of the
Morning Post speaks thus decidedly from his own
personal knowledge. His account has reference to
the welcome spontaneously accorded to the PRINCE on
the occasion of his attendance at the funeral of Mar-
shal EXCELMANS, on Tuesday :
"The attempts that have been made to undervalue
the popular feeling in favour of the Prince render it ad-
visable to ascertain by personal observation the precise
reception be meets with when he appears in public. To-
day I have had such an opportunity. Without his in-
tended presence having been announced beforehand, the
Prince attended in person the funeral ceremony of
the latellarichtil Excelmans. I saw him arrive at
the Hotel des Invalides, and leave it after the
religious services were concluded, end was close to
him on both occasions. He was in an open carriage
and four, attended by three superior officers,
fol-
lowedhis
milbi
military
ray
household. second caichoeachoinstaairnriinvagi
escorted by a small detachment of carabiniers and t
h otherer there owereffiee officers of
few persons present, as the Prince had not been
c shoutse i
returnv e d
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; but those who happened to be on the spot ex;
muchwer
were
increased,cie iquite
beyaenedd thendis dispute;
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the
ed heardileyalid e 5 the,
discussingpeop l people, as ecse
gheeridyr oovhe downwhie
themselves
the i
del avenue
that side of the road that they might carriage he would sit, and then ranging thoe
view of him. Beyond the escort thereegfh't washa es
have
no
:a
arm.vnf 'e aredur
-Ville and four of the mounted Municipal
the gate of the Invalides and two on the
threeGgnuaa
riSd,e—two
egttewwnoseedanet
or-
ganised mob, and there was no militaryvents
it and the river. This, at
displayw as
to
a suggestion to enthusiasm."
• The funds continued extremely
shares considerably improved. firm, and railroad
The Four-and-a-Half
per Cults. opened at 1031. eanCtas4oc., and closed at 103 f.
.55a. for the end of th,,
closed at 72f. 75e.; _r. month; the Three per Cents.
Rouen, 9371. 50c ; Hvanicans Railway Shares, 1,420 E;
652 f. 50c.; Avignon 480 f.; Basle,
250.; Great Northern,
O.; Basle, 297 f. 50c.; Pari-
and Strasburg; 6401.;, Paris and Lyons, 747 f. 50c ;
Great Western, me
S. Dizier and Gray, 530 f
BUSINESS Austrian Loan, 95f.
DONE IN FiiREIGNewRAI
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AT
Till''
, JULY 28.
Dijon and Besangon 23' uc —D t h Rhenish, 5;3—East
India, 27% ex div.—Greatlndian
Peninsula, 6%—Grand
Jun •
chen of France, 4%4—Northern of France, 2s%—Dittc,
201. 3 per cent. Bonds, 13 % 2 ex div.—Paris and Lyons, 19—
Paris and Rouen, 36 54—Paris and Strasbourg,
24,8
Sambre and Meuse, 7' W - 6/8— eA Flanders, 4—Western of
France, 101/2.