The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-17 00:00:00

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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The numbers voting in the election for the 4th
arrondissement of Paris were as follow :
M. CAR:COT .. 16,763
M. MOAEAU 13,110

Majority for CANNOT .•• 3,653
It is not expected that M. CARNOT will take his
seat, and that, like General CAVAIGNAC, he will re-
fuse to take the oath of fidelity to the PRESIDENT.
The Constitutionnel contains a long article by M.
VERON, headed "La Bourgeoisie et le Suffrage
Universel." The writer seeks to demonstrate the
evils to which the bourgeoisie has given rise in the
State by its systematic resistance to authority. Tbus
it committed two revolutions, one in 1830, with the
tryof " Vive Is Charter !be ethrr in 1848, with
the cry
of " Viva is Reforme !" and this at periods
not when it was degraded and insulted by the aristo-
crecy as in ancient times, but under reigns when the
respective Gov( rnnaents made every effort to give to
the bourgeoisie a fair and beneficial participation in
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by imitating the conduct of the same class in
England, respecting authority itself, and. exercising
its influence with those who depend mean it
for , bread, to the observance of the laws and
institutions. Universal suffrage has created a power
which, if exercised in a spirit of hostility to the
bourgeoisie would overpower it, but if the bourgeoisie
will, on the other hand, co-operate with the govern-
ment to keep the exercise of universal suffrage within
reasonable limits, and on the other hand exert itself to
conciliate, enlighten, and instruct the productive
classes, with a view to the possession of the just in-
fluence to which it is entitled, it must become power-
ful, and remain so by causing its power to be
respected. There is much truth in M. VERON'S
description of the class with whom he expostulates.
lie says : - -
"In France, as in England, the bourgeoisie is now at
the Lead of our manufactories, our banking houses, and
our Commercial wholesale and retail establishments; it
supplies with members our public administrations, our
academies, our clergy, our army, and our magistrature.
In all the elections it has its weight, and is respected.
It owes its conquests, its import,zr ce, and its honours to
its ardour for industry, its application, its intelligence,
its probity, and its ',habits of order and economy. In
France, however, the bourgeoisie does not, as in England,
obey with fervour the instincts of its religions senti-
ments; orq the contrary, it is 'oppoSed to all govern-
ment, and sets itself up in conflict against all kind of
authority."
The Public says :—" The grand review which was
to take place on the 15th of April for the distribution
of colours to the army is postponed to the Ist of
May. The whole of the army of Paris will be pre-
sent, as well as the National Guards, mounted and on
foot, and the guides."
The new standing orders of the Corps Legislatif
are being drawn up in 'the office of the Secretary of
the Presidency ; and are to be printed as soon as
possible, and distributed to all the members. The
old regulations consisted of 131 articles. The new
ones will not contain any relative to Parliamentary
initiative, to the right of interpellation, to the exami-
nation of petitions, or to speeches delivered from the
tribune—none of which will henceforth exist.
The Gazette de Lyon says :—" Several journals
have announced that the ROHAN family does not in-
tend to support the demand for restitution made
cgainst, the ORLEANS family by the oldt companions
in arms of the Prince DE CONDE and by the poor
children of the Vendeans. We are able to contra-
, diet that assertion."

The Bourse was heavy, and Government Securities
declined. The Five per Cents. opened at 100 f. 75c.,
rose to 101 f. 10e., and fell subsequently to 100 f. 70c.,
at which they closed for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 69f. 30c.; the Four-and•a-
Half per Centr., 100 t. 25e.; Orleans Railway Shares,
1.1801.; Rouen, 711 f. 25c.; Havre, 2771. 50c.; Avignon,
2601.; Vierzon, 562 f. 50c.; Basle, 230 f.; Bordeaux,
5321. 510; Paris and S'r.slltirg, 5411 25c.; Tours and
liantes, 3301.; Paris and Lyons, 603 f. 75c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, 111,kncti 16.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Dutch Rhenish, 4l4—Lax-
embourg, 3%—Namur and Liege, 61--Northern of France,
21%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 12%—Paris and Lyons, 104
—Paris and Rouen, 27;4—Paris and Strasbourg, 2—Rouen
and Havre, 11V2—Tours and Nantes, 1034•