The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

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We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
Telegraphic dispatches received by the Govern-
ment announce that the success of their candidates in
the elections for Councils-General, Ste., is secured.
General ROGUET, aide-de-Camp
to the PRESIDENT,
has been elected almost unanimously in the Hattie,Garonne; General MAGNAN,
in the Bis-Rhin. Ge.
neral ST. ARNAUD and the Minister of Finance are
equally successful.
It is said that General D'Ouraxo is to be Chancellor
of the Legion of Honour in the place of the late
Alarmhal EXCELMANS.
M. PELLETIER has been appointed Chef de Cabinet
of the Minister of State.
The Patrie says it is assured the Government, in
its solicitude for the public interest, is occupied with
a very important measure
law on pensions in different branches of the public
service. It gives at great length the details of this
measure, which consist of reductions and reforms of
different kinds,, but without violation of the principles
of equity and justice, and the granting of pensions
for real services in cases now not provided for.
The Univers, which is the organ of a large portion
of the Roman Catholic clergy, alludes in very strong
terms to the recent trial of ACHILLI against NEW'.
Mari, and announces a Fu 1) cript i o n for the purpose of
indemnifying
the defendant for the pecuniary loss that
he has sustained. The Univers says—
" The English courts of law have supported Achilli
as Euglith politics support what is bad. Raving to
pronounce between a holy and learned priest, who gave
up all the advantages of the world to follow Jesus
Christ, and an apostate vtho had denied Jesus Christ,
the jurymen o; London have taken part against the
priest and in favour of the apostate. France had long
heard English justice boasted of; she now knows what
hlti it
adi will i
al l
beenwretch l
costrr repulsed
Newman
himtel
who
heu 25
odoaofr 100 L O
defamedT
t.uhi tenotephdhr:iaeßvbs etoehuipoaraononddv efchodirasti othchooffilig.cnrE:CrignE
01 gaiu:: a,irocroinhd:
his morale. This iniquity has profoundly touched the
heart of cur friend,:. Several have called on us
to open a subscription for Mr. Newman, to aid
foortt o ii (rt
amongste ly,
us
herehim to pay the cost of his trial. We can,
onlyun-
cirt'trhosheirafOratunne°sbw°lbuih obelus.
givel4e a hsauvbi
u-
volition of a million sterling every year for theßiriningbaen, it wOuld
propaga-
tion of the Bible. But even should that obelus only serve.
most illustrious of their brethren
to buy a stone of the chapel at
test testify of the Roman Catholics of
France'Y afor
leastou e theo f
tsty:emulp
in England. At the same time, it would oppose to the
impudent verdict of the London jury that of another
jury, the number and quality of which will not allow
any one to be ignorant on which s d • •s; de justice is to be
found. If there was any need to fix public opinion on
the subjf-er, the first name which we have to mask down
would suffice to do it. Tne venerable
exiled Arcubishop
of Turin, having heard thatwe
had some idea of this
dublcription, at once sent us offering."
' "
his o ering.
A Paris letter, in. the / d•
it ependance of Brussels,
says—

-6, Tile contract for building the new Crystal Palace,
which wilt take the came of the Palais Napoleon, has,
it is said, been given to a company represented by two
architects, MM. Viet and Dujardin. This company
will tape upon itself all the costs. L will have the pew, t
of lEtting the building, end at the time of the exhibi-
tions will treat with the Government for the price. After
a certain period (it is said lorry years) the building will
become the property of the State. The vvot ks will com-
mence as soon as the definitive concession shall have
been made."

One of the courts-martial which assembled after
the events of December in the department of the
Nievre condemned to death a man named THoimr,
alias BEL CELL, alias LANNY, for having taken an
active part in the insurrection at Clarnecy, and is the
atrocities which were theia committed. This sentence
was quashed for some technical informality. A new
trial took place, and TROTTET was condemned to
transportation with imprisonment. That second sen-
tence was, however, also set aside for irregularity, and
a third trial took place a few days ago before a court-
martial at Clermont. It was proved that the prisoner
was one of the most violent and dangerous of the in•
surgents at Clarnecy,. and that when arrested he
stabbed and nearly killed a gendarme with a pair of
scissors. The soldiers were so exasperated against
him that they were disposed to kill him on the spot.
He was stated to be notorious in the town for his bad
character. In his defence be said he was a Repub-
lican. The Court condemned him to be transported,
with imprisonment.

Two men named CERASSE and CUISINIER, who dii-
played 'the greatest ferocity during the sanguinary
scenes enacted at Clamecy, in December last, and
who bad been condemned to death by the court-
martial, underwent their sentence on Saturday last
is that town. They had appealed against it, but
examination into the circumstances connected with
them only made their guilt more apparent, and they
were left to their fate. A large crowd was present at
i
the execution, but everything passed off n the most
perfect order.
Yesterday was settling day at the Bourse for railway
shares, and a slight reaction took plea) in the price of
public securities. The Five per Cents. opened at
105 f. 70a., and closed at 105 f. for the end of the
month; tho Three per Cents. closed at 7V.; Orleans
Railway Shares, 1,4351.; Rouen, 950 f.; Havre, 331 f.
_.. LOND_ON
250.; Great Northern, 675 f.; Avignon, 4821. 50c.;
14,1, 307 f. :50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 6551.; .Faris
aTrilazdeenlaubxourg, ,
emaZ, llotta, 7701.; Western of France, 615 f.; Lyons
Avignon t 10f • S. D'l'er, 570!.; the New Austrian
Loan,sN. ' " . '
BUSIES DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUE
you and Jaen STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 3.
n,gono 3—GraLid Junction, of France,
%--Northern of France, 2O,34,—Orleans
StrasUourg, 26;/18!(,--Paris and Lyons, 20,,,j—Paris and
Meuse, I %.....welst u en_ and Havre, 143i—Sambre and
glanders, 4
•

IThe Cmoloos,,,,,tnie.rieGtadzieyllerrs. it
.il-s'no
1
w fqttite . certain
established be-
GXltiv`ax' -: ii.
t ween the King of pausszAain:l2
that the
.spay. The Knee will
1,800
ih,atlvee
BURG. The Queen of pntiaslld the g; ell 7
--.ng 0. „ TIRTEM-
at Vienna on the
i Id ehreL: hae Ilvisiwithoutvisit
while l5
there.tita tell' 6 7iSit to If will be
pad The King of GREEC:a2territTheadt,are
fire i
that o f
cholera, out of a population
eveLneitnigerosi tfhvem29pthosuenit.
.000. ,
broke out consumed 80 houses. The _
greatest distress
and misery pervade the city.
The Cologne Gazette, in a telegraphic dispatch
from Berlin, states that the Prussian Gazette cc, lam
the secret convention of tt-e Northern Powe"
pub.
lished in the A/orhing
Chronicle to be a mere lahri.
cation.
'6 New Frvian Gazetts OW from. Ffankrys

mittees on law and equity proceedings have not only
presented three reports, recommending several mea-
sures for legislative adoption, but have put forward the
outlines of a code by which this great alteration might
be effected.

On the re-construction of the Master's office, in-
gradual abolition, the society has ample
u
self-gratulation, although it was on the
cvlao2ltvbsiengfor itsofJanuary last that the formal resolution was
carried. The Judge-Master question has been for
many years under consideration, and more than
three years since we noticed the admirable articles of
the Law Review, the efficient organ of the
society, on this interesting topic. These
views have since received the Parliamentary
sanction, and we fearlessly assert that but
for the exertions of the society,.many years
must have elapsed before that Augean 'stable would
have been thoroughly purified, and the heart-break-
ing delays and ruinous expenditure cceasioned by the
mischievous system abrogated.
1 The Common Law Procedure Act is also noticed,
but not in such favourable terms. It effects a de-
cided improvement on the existing system, but does
not grapple as boldly with the grievances as might
have been an:icipated. Some technicalities are got
rid of, but not all. Too many forms are retained,
and there are still many chances of causes being de-
cided on grounds different from their real merits.
Nor is this by any means the worst part of the case.
There is a strong probability, if not an absolute cer-
tainty, that heavy costs must be incurred before the
obscurities and difficulties of the new code be com-
pletely removed.

The compulsory enfranchisement of copyholds may
also be looked on as in a great degree emanating
from the society, and this we may say, without in
any degree detracting from the reputation of Lord
ST. LEONARDS, who exerted himself so efficiently to
render the measure then before the House as unob-
jectionable as possible, holding the balance
even hand between landlords and tenants, anal giving
all parties
due weight to the rights and privileges of with an
in any degree interested.

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The important change effected by the County
Court Extension Act in the position of the bar, was
also strongly advocated, if not originated by the
society, which may well exult in the acceptance of the
resolution, almost unanimously adopted.
We shall look forward hopefully to the realization
of the other ameliorations suggested, particularly
those relating to the simplification of the transfer of
land, and the establishment of a law school,
with a
provision for an effective examination before granting
a law degree of admission to the bar. We may
reasonably anticipate much from the labours of an
at.sociation numbering among its members Lords
BROUGHAM and CAMPBELL, and many others of the
most eminent legal reformers of any
age or country,