The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-17 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday
The Legislative Body held a public sitting yester-
day at three o'clock ; M. BrLLAULT in the chair. The
subject under deliberation was the Bill to continue
the tobacco monopoly in the hands of the State until
January Ist, 1863. The measure was adopted with-
out discussion by 211 votes in its favour and none
against it. The Bill to grant a credit of 170,000
francs for the restoration of the church of St. Ouen,
at Rouen, was likewise adopted unanimously by 203
votes. The sitting was then brought to a close at
half-past three.
Before the public sitting the Members met in their
bureaux to nominate a Committee on the sumptuary
Bills presented on Saturday last. Considerable dis-
cussion took place, and the general feeling cf the
Members appeared to be against the measures. As
the Committee is to be a double one, composed of
two Members per bureau, the proceedings occupied
more time than usual, and only eight Members were
named.

The Petrie announces that the Government pro-
p-.c • s
oto pass a law for the abrogation of the decree of
the 18th of October, 1848, respecting trial by jury.
The section of the Council of State, charged to de-
cide on matters of "conflict," assembled on Tuesday
under the presidency of M. BAROCHF, to take into
consideration the " conflict" raised by the Prefect of
the Seine with respect to the, judgment, by which the
Tribunal of First Instance of the Seine, at the be-
binning of the last month, declared that it had juris-
diction to decide on the appeal made by the Princes
of of Orleans against the decree of
the
2 the 2 oy January relative to their property. The pro-
ceedings commenced by M. LEON CORNUDET reading
al Family
a report which set forth all the facts of the case. He
then briefly stated the reasons which had been urged
both in support of and against the jurisdiction of the
Tribunal, and concluded without expressing an
opinion on one side or the other. M. PAUL FABRF,
advocate for the Princes, then pleaded that the Civil
Tribunal was perfectly competent to entertain the
case- He was listened to with the most profound
attention. M&IGNE, commissary of the Govern-
ment, replied, and demanded that the "conflict" as
regarded the property comprised in the donation of
the 7th August, 1830, should be confirmed; but that
it should be annulled with respect to the property
which the Orleans Princes inherited from their aunt,
the Princess ADELAIDE. The conclusion of his speech
was as follows :
sg The Orleans Princes assert that they are proprietors
of a part of the domains of Neuilly and Monceaux,
namely, of the domain of Neuilly, as heirs of the King
their father, who purchased it subsequent to the 7th
August, 1830; and of the domain of Monceaux as heirs
of Madame Adelaide d'Orleans, who was joint proprietor
of it with Ring Louis Philippe. Now the decree of the
22d January only disposes of the property comprised in
the donation of the 7th August, 1830. As to that of
which the Orleans Princes assert that they are pro-
prietors in
virtue of hereditary rights, it is evidently not
comprised in the application of that decree; and it is by
error, in my opinion, that the conflict' endeavours to
remove from the civil jurisdiction the examination of
questions which may arise relative thereto. In fact,
a the Administration des Domaines were to raise diffi-
culties es to the question whether the portion of the
estate of Neuilly referred to be comprised in the
donation of the 7th of August, the solution of them
would require the production and examination of
title deeds, the appreciation of which would be-
long to the tribunals. The same might be the case
with respect to Monceaux. It has besides been al-
Cegwith respect to the latter that there is, not what is
called contiguity, but joint possession, and the Prefect of
the Seine maintains that joint possession is not an ob-
stacle to the sale of the whole being made by the Ad-
ministration des Domaines, in conformity with the law
of the 15th Floreal, an. X. Such may, in fact, be the
right of that Administration. We believe it the more
readily, as the portion in joint possession which may be-
Long to the Orleans Princes as heirs of Mine. Adelaide,
falling under the application of the first decree of the
22d January, it will be right to proceed within a
limited period of the sale of the whole of the property
in execution both of that decree and of that of Maroh
27; and it does not appear to us possible to deny to the
Administration des Domaines the right of making such
sale. Nevertheless, if difficulties were to arise,
either on that point, or as to the disposal of the
price obtained, we should •not hesitate to admit that
such matters do not enter in the category of those of
which the rules of the Council relative to the national
domains, reserve the solution to the administrative ju-
risdiction, in virtue of Article 4 of the Law of the 28th
Pluviose, an. VIII.; and that they are of the nature of
those over which the ordinary tribunals have juris-
diction. For these motives, we are of opinion that the
conflict' of the 28th April, 1852, should be confirmed in
so far as it deprives the judicial tribunals of the power of
entertaining demands for discussing the legality of the
decree of the 22d January, 1852, or for determining the
sense and regulating the execution of it with respect to
the Princes of the Orleans family. And we consider
that the said conflict' should be annulled as regards'
the rest."

The President then declared that the public sitting
was at an end, and that the tribunal would retire to
deliberate. The Patrie states that the decision will
not be read in public sitting before Saturday next.
The delegates of the paper manufacturers have just
published a memorial against the proposed duty on
paper. According to the calculations made by them
the new tax would not yield more than three mil-
lions per annum. The delegates of the printers are
also preparing a memorial against the tax.
The Bourse remains firm, with not much business
doing. The Four-and•a-Half per Cents. opened at 1001.
55c., and closed at the same price for the end of the
month; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 10c. ;
Orleans
Railway Shares, 1,225 f.; Rouen, 8421. 50e.;
Havre,
~.322f. 50c.; Great Northern, 6081. 75c.; Avignon,
3651.; v ierz°a, 610 f.. Basle, 2621. 50c.; Bordeaux,
632 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 575 f. ; Tours and
bourgB
Nantes, 380 f.; Paris and Lyons, 636 f. 750; the New
Austrian Loan, 93.
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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 16.
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Strasbourg, 22'„ s ex d.—Rouen and Havre, 12Th —West
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