The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of
Their Vsding, columrs are very Limn of ioter.F.
The Constitutionnel has en article on the overthrow of
Rows, in which it slys :
"In 1845, when France and England decided to eel,
together against Roses, Brazil was for a moment ad-
mitted into the alliance. Afterwards, din two
.Y,refst
powers determined not to avail ,h
melees
of the cop -
ration of Brazil, but to act by themielv,s. It was not,
however, without their being informed of the servics
which their auxiliary could render them. One of the
most witty diplomatists of Brazil even raid to Lord
Aberdeen, 'l3-ware what you are doing; remember the
fable of the lion and the mouse.' Lrd Aberdeen paid
to attention to the warning, and perhaps he has often
since regretted not hoeing done 60. Were the two lions
faded, the patience of the mouse has succeeded. Eng-
land and France could obtain nothing from it,Ba4, and
from the sery beoortoieg R 3 put aide the really
grave point of the mater—tbo iren navigivion of the
rivers, declaring that the treaty of Vo-ona did not con-
cern him. Thanks to the new ituatten which row arises
from the fall of Rosas, South America will make her
own treaty of Vienna to the navigaZion of the rjo-er9,
and that is byVer than all the conventions that could
have been imposed on her by force of artn,,l for the
young American naives do not like to see foreign powers
takin, purt in her affairs, and th; y will exeute those
stipulations the more freely that they freely consent to
them."
The Itioniteur states that up to the evening of the
231 the applications for rembursement of the Five
per Cents., registered at Paris, and those of which
the departments had given notice, only amounted to
the number of 130, representing 34,843 francs of

rente.
The opposition candidate, M. HeNow, has been re-
turned at Lyons.
Railway interests appear to be much looked
after at present in France. A decree of the
PRESIDENT of the Republic convokes the Coun-
cil General of the Seineslnf rieure for the
24th inst., to deliberate on different questions
relative to the exectl'ion of the railway from Paris
to Cherbourg, and other important effairs to b 3 sub-
mitted to it by the Prefect of the department. The
Municipal Council of Auxonne has voted a sum of
150,000 f. to be disposed of in the purchase of shares
in the railway from Dijon to Besancon • and the
Council-General of the thpartment of Calvados has.
Paris to Cherbourg, of which sum 500,000 f. are cp-
propriated to the section from Paris to Caen, and
500,000 f. to that from Caen to Cherbourg. The
Council-General offers besides a subvention of a mil-
lion for the branch line to Medzion, in case the Go-
vernment should determine to have it executed.
Admiral DUCREST DE VILLENEUVE died on Tues-
day in Paris, of an attack of apoplexy. The funeral
service will take place to-morrow rn ,ruing, at eleven
o'clock, at the church of the Madeleine.
A steamer arrived on Monday at Havre, from
Morlaix, having on hoard 36 prisoners, who tad been
released from the Duguesctin, on condition of their
proceeding to a foreign country, which would be fixed
on as th-tr place of exile. Among them are MM.
XAVIER DURRIEU and DE IiEsLER, t.l-?.litOrs of the
Revolution ; LACHAbIBAUDIE, an author of fables ;
GARAUD, a statuary ; GUERIN, a chemist; PAULUS,
DELAVILLE, A. LEMAITRE, E. LEAIAITRE, AGARD,
DREVET, PCJET, D'HOUDT, LACAZF, and
CAHAIGNE•
The Emancipation of Brussels states that Count
D'HAUSSONVILLE al.d M. ALEXANDRE THOMAS, on
leaving the Court. of Assiz-s, after rhp.ir
Were cheered by the people outside. 0 -cl,rs were
immediately given to them by the Government to
leay., Belgium.
The Emancipation of Brussels gives the following
communication from a correspondent :—" A young
journalist showed me a letter of a very rare charac-
ter, and which does the greatest honour to its writer,
M. DE MoRNY. One day this journalist published
au extract from a Belgian journal, which contained a
high eulogium on the Minister. bl. Dr MoaNY im-
mediately wrote the following letter :—' Monsieur,—
When the authorities do no: permit crsm, they
ought not to allow eulogium; have the kindness,
therefore, for the future, not to publish anything
relative to me.' "
• M. TURGJT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, end M.
DE Maurits, the Minister of Police, have been pro-
moted to the grade of Commander of the Legion of
lioneur.
According to the Pairie, M. VAVIN, charged to
wind up the effairs of the Civil List of King Louis
PHILIPPE, states in his report on the subject, that
the destruction of porcelain in the pillage of the Pa
leis Royal and the Palace of Neuilly, in 1848, was
so considerable that not less than 10,8841. 50c. were
obtained from the manufactory of Sevres, for the gold
on the broken pieces collected.
A great number of beggars have for some time
Past occupied a large house in the Quarter de la
Peoiniere, and here formed amongst themselves a
"Fraternal Association" for duping the public. Some
went into the streets, and pretended to be labouring
under severe infirmities, others hired children and
Passed them off as their own, others visited respecta-
ble people in their own houses, an Englishwoman
specially confined her labours to the English com-
munity, a degraded ecclesiastic victimised the clergy,
and some of the band remained at home to manufac-
ture begging letters and petitions. The money which
Was collected, amounting to a considerable sum
Was carried to a common fund, out of which the house
was kept. Every evening the whole band dined to-
gether in good style, and, it seems, amused them-
selves in drinking toasts to their dupes. On Tues-
day the police put an end to the operations of the
band by arresting the whole of them just as they were
about to sit down to dinner. They were carried off
to the Prefecture of Police.
Government securities were firm at the Bourse, but
there was not much business transacted. Railway
shares were heavy. The Five per Cents. opened at
1001. 25c., and closed at 1001. 40c. for the end of the
month; the Three per Cents. closed at 701. 85c.; the
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 101 f. I 5c.; Orleans Rail-
Way Shares, 1,175 f.; Rouen, 710:.; Havre, 2911.25.•.;
Great Northern, 650 f.; Avignon, 2651.; Vierzon, 555 E;
Basle, 231 f. 25c ; Bordeaux, 555,-; Paris and Strss-
burg, 5551.; Tours and Nantes, 340 t. ; Paris and Lyons,
605
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Blanca 24.
Boulogne and Amiens, IN—Central of France (0 leans
and Vierzon), 2l%—Charleroi and Erquelines, 13 1/4 —Lux-
embourg, 334—Namur and Liege, 1i33f4 Norther].) of France,
21.1,4a_Orleans and Bordeaux, IVA —Paris and Strasbourg,
217/s._Rouen and Havre, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 4t41—
Tours and Nantes, 103/4.

GERMAN Y.
A telegraphic dispatch from Hamburgh, dated
1 Tuesday, states that General JAcont bad just arrived
at Bremen. An immediate intervention of the Fe-
-2
deral troops was feared.
The States of Merl were closed on Saturday
1 with the usual formalities, in virtue of a decree
F
I signed by the Prince
REDERICK, SOU of the GRAND
• DuKE.
Toe Second Chamber of
Prussia, in its sitting of
1
Saturday, proceeded to discuss the War Budget. M.
DE VINCKE proposed sundry
and reductions, but be was
defeated by 168 votes to 77 ;
all the increesed
kr ,
IP credits demanded by the Government were granted.
At one time the deb7te became rather violent' The
adjl
urnment of the Chambers
has been decided on,
but only for twelve days, as is usual at vatiL.
...er
A Vienna letter states that the Austrirm Govern-
bent
has ordered a revere control to be
exercised, in
order to prevent the gratuitous distribution of Bibles,
which have been sent out to
Austria by biblical
societies in London, with a view of making
prose-
lytea to the Protestant religion.
The Germanic Diet has voted 60,000 thalers
1 for the pay of the officers and crews of the German
2 fleet.
3 Great misery exists in nearly all parts of Germany,
an especially in Westphalia, Cassel, the Tyrol, and
,Posen owing to the scarcity of grain and potatoes.
2 1-11 the Duchy of Posen, says a Belgian journal, bands
of robbers have been formed, and detachments of
3 cavalry have to scour the country to prevent their
depredations. In Westphalia, the people, unable to
6 obtain rye bread, mix boiled beans with roots. In
e
1- Sweden also the people are suffering dreadfully from
)f scarcity. At 'Wermeland and 06ttant they are
It 'obliged to live on the bark of trees and chopped
straw
• Great numbers of German emigrants are leaving
It . for America by the French and Belgian ports. Flinn
'l, Bremen, liamburgh, and other German port?, also
o ' the departures are very numerous. From the Ist to
the 13th March not fewer than 3,276 emigrants
tailed from the mouth of the Weser, and on the latter
. . day between 700 and 800 were waiting for vessels to
f convey
_ them. ..--.........—.--......

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
EARL Di7.,R.IIY'S DINNER.
g Priqna tt*..r!alv,l the
f11;owiog CaOinc.t n, i. oit;r.o..r, i 3 t,is
rat.a.sion, St. j6T.l3:ts';;,-,AtrAro. The gut:'3':i wron this
oeeltlion were ecnficed to the bake of Northumbi-rland,
the 'AL.Jquis the Earl of Al alre,,t..ury, the
Rill of HarElwieke, the Chaneedor of the Exlhequer,
bit John Pakinron, L nit John Metar..ers, Ur. J. C.
Ilerries, and Mr. J. W. Henley.

LORD AND LADY 1 RUlttiti DINNER PARTY•
L ,rd and LAy Truro entertair:ed a aelcci; dinner
circle last evening et their mensi,:n, Elton Square, con-
stating of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord
Seymour, Lord Harry Vane. the lien. Charles Pelham
Villiers, and Mr. Fred.--rek reel.

BELVOIR CASTLE.
The festivities t.c this irvignificent beat are being kept
up with grist (ea. A v% ry le.rge party of .:istii,guishe-d
faAtonables Yiiit asaemble there on Monday next, the
2911 inst., for the purpow of witnessing Crexton-park
r,c?s, wlach commence on the 30th. During the runes
c,vers wid be laid nt the ca,t!e for upwards of 40 each
night. His Grace's teat cl -Aill attend the races, and petir
the race-court,e the Duke's marquee will be erecA, and
luncheon previclA for all the gue'Atz. Among the dis-
tinguished visitors expected are the Doke and Duchess
of Beaufort, the E. and Countess of Chesteifield, the
Earl of Scarborough, Sze.

THE NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
Toe first cotatcrt giv. n by this new society toe'k place
with immense éclat last ev.tning, at Exeter Hall, in the
presence of a large and brilliant audi-nce. Judging
from the opening night, we should pronounce the esta-
blishment of this new society as a step decidedly bene-
ficial to the true interest of art and artists. Many
of the names announced are "towers of strength,"
and the programme contains a rich and varied
array of starting selections and attractive novel-
ties With Hector 13;:rlit z, as the chef d' orchcstre,
Svori, the first violin, and Piatti and Bottesini conspi-
cuous among the invrnmentalists—with several works
of home compost ion (stn:th as those announced of a new
overture and concerto by liattry Wylde, an " operatic
masqoe," by E.lward Loder, and a cantata by G. A.
Mactarren, fairuied on Bat g• is ballad of " L..tonora")
we freely autielpate the solidly successful rcsuits of the
objects of the society, which are stated in its prospectus
to be both the extension of a knowledge of the produc-
tions of the greatest masters, by a more perfect per-
formance : of • •1,a,.
been attained, and likeni3e the affording to
modern aad native composers a favourable opportu-
nity for establishing the worth of their claims upon
the attention and esteem of a discerning public.
Among the promised feature% of attraction are Beet.
hoveti's Choral Symphony. Mendelesohn's " Walpurgis
Night," selections from La Vestale of Spontiei, and the
pieces we have already mentioned. The orchestra com-
prises upwards of one hundred performers, and is pecu-
liarly strong; the violas, violincelli, bassi, and harps each
muster instruments. Last evening's programme
was as follows: