The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-14 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.
The Legislative Body, which had adjourned to Sa-
turday, met however on Friday at three o'clock, on
a notice being sent to the members that a communi-
cation was to be made by the Government. The
communication in question consisted of several Bills,
which were transmitted in the usual manner from the
Minister of State to AI. BILLAULT, the President. This
last named gentleman stated to the House that
these Bills related, Ist, to the jurisdiction of the
Consuls of France in China and in the states of
the Imaum of MUSCAT ; 2dly, to an annual credit
of 300,000 f. to be expended in pensions to
the the service of the King,
L
a credit of 28,399 f.
for the monument to be erected to the memory
oupiserrsounisuformerlyrpE
;3diln y,
of the late Archbishop of Pants, killed in the insur-
rection June thY a credit of 10,5881. for the
payment off wo
executedl at the tomb of the Em-
peror NAPOLEON ; and othly, three credits to be ap-
plied to matters relating to the closed estimates. The
President also read to the House ten other measures
of local interest. All these Bills were sent to the
o
bureaux for examination. M. I'onTAL-ts presented
several reports on Bills of local interest concerning
the departments of Corsica, Ile-et-Vilaine, and the
towns of Montauban and Grenoble. Count DE Batas
presented the report of the Committee charged to ex-
amine the Bill to prolong the State monopoly of
tobacco to 1863. DI, DELAPALME presented the re-
port on the Bill to authorise an exchange of forest-
land between the State and M. DES ACRES DE
L'AIGLE. All these reports were ordered to be printed
and distributed. The sitting then terminated at half-
past three.
The Pays has a long article in support of the
principle of sumptuary taxation, and labouring to
show that the new application of it which is proposed
by the French Government will be eminently suc-
cessful.

The first page of the Siecle is nearly filled with an
under the head of " L'esprit de la Revolu-
tion:'The recent applications of the law on the
press seem to have led to this long expose of the
views of the Siecle. It concludes with the expres-
sartin article
e
of
a conviction that intelligence will eventually
t oiu ph
and so it will, if it be kept within the limits
prescribed
b,y, the true interest of society, but not
otherwise. The liberty of the press, now restrained
revive
because
if
ht
ehraendo bet for destruction.
degenerated into licentiousness, will
a disposition to exercise it for real
progress and
A decree, dated Friday, puts an end to the ad
interim administration of the Department of the In-
terior by M. LEFEBRITE DURUFLE, Minister of
Public Works. At
DE PERSIGNY has resumed his
functions.
The Nouvelliste de Rouen of the 10th says
yesterday the central commissary, aided by the
commissaries of police, continued the interrogatory of
the journeymen carpenters. Seventy-eight of them, who
had returned to better ideas, have been set at liberty.
It has resulted from what they say, that they had com-
mitted no other fault than to yield, through weakness, to
the influence of the leaders of the strike. These work-
men have promised to return to their work. As to the
g grave charges h
perfectlyarge
quiet in the workshops."
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twenty-three others who remain in prison, there are
against them. Yesterday everything re-
mained The proceedings before the court-martial at
Mont-
pellier relative to the insurrection at Bedarieux in
December are still going on, and are likely to con-
tinue fur several days. The leading facts of this
case have been stated by us from the indictment.
The evidence of the numerous witnesses already ex-
amined fully established all that has been charged
against many of the prisoners, and even shows in a
still stronger light the horrible character of the af-
fair. Among these witnesses were the widows of
two of the murdered gendarmes.
The Tribunal of Correctional Police was occupied
the whole of Friday in hearing pleadings in the affair
of the five brewers, accused of having sold adulterated
cider, and thereby occasioned serious sickness and
even death. The Substitute of the Procureur of the
Republic supported the prosecution in a speech of
great length. The Tribunal postponed judgment for
a week. The Droit states that CHAUSSE, one of the
victims of the defendants, who had been for some
time seriously ill, died on Thursday.
The Prince of CAPUA, brother of the King of
NAPLES, who has been residing in Paris for the
last six months, has just left to pass the summer
at Malta.

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