The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The money market since the departure of the previous
steamer had been very easy, and money plentful. The
general trade of the country was in a satisfactory con-
dition. Business was brisk, stocks and securities were
i❑ demand.

Tho market for breadstuffs was quiet, and prices were
without change. Western Canal flour, 4 dolls. 12ic. to
4 doll. 25c. per barrel (stt-ady); Genessee prime whew,
1 doll. 10c.. to 1 doll. 12c. per 601 b.; Indian corn, round
yellow, 62c. to 64c. per bushel; Indian meal, 3 doll. 25c.
to 3 doll. 371 c. per barrel.
The cotton market at New York is reported brisk,
with a good amount of busineas doing. Prices have ad-
vanced slightly, the abundance of money being the
caus assigned. New Orleans and Mobile middling fair
to fair, 10ic. to 10c. per lb.; Uplands middling fair to
fair, 94c. to 9,ia. per lb., or a rise of lc. per lb.
Provisions were in good demand at former pricer.
Exchange on London, 1091 to 110; Paris, 5 17;
Hamburgb, 354 to 36; Bremen, 781 to 78i.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Minister of Public Instruction has addressed a
long circular to the Rectors of Academies explanatory
of the decree, of the 10th April last, relative to a new
plan of studies. That decree, he says, is destined to
secure a good grammatical education to all classes of
pupils, as it is useful to all ; and when it is completed,
to enable such pupils, as have a vocation for the liberal
professions to continue, after passing a❑ examination,
the study of lettres or of the sciences. He denies
that, as has been alleged, the Government wishes to
make a separation between lettres and sciences ; and
as a proof of it he states that the examination for a
degree in sciences will comprise literary matters, and
for one in lettres, scientific subjects.
General BEDEAU has addressed the following letter
to the Minister of War, refusing to take the oath ()-
fidelity :

" Mons, 15th May, 1852.
" Mon:ieur le Ministre,—An order fixes the time with,
in which the oath imposed on soldiers is to be taken.
Placed out of the pale of the law since the 2n December,
I might abstain from replying to that prescription. But
I do not wish that my silei.ce should be falsely int,r-
prt,ted. My ac-s have always had for principle And
object the respect and the defence of the laws. I was for
that sole cause arrested, imprisioned, and violently pro
ecrihed. Injustice and persecution do not change honest
convictions. I refuse the oath. " BEDEAU."
The PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic has re-
mitted to M. VIGNAUD, lately responsible editor of
the journal La Province, the punishment to which he
was condemned by the Court of Assizes of the Haute-
Vienne, fur an insulting article against the head of
the state.
M. BAUNE, one of the ex.-representatives, under
sentence of banishment, was present in Paris last
week at the marriage of his daughter, who had ob-
tained permission to that effect. He has since re-
turned to Brussels.
The Ithrquis DE PASTO-
RET,We read in the pays---"
agent of the property of the COUNT DE Cakm-
Bonus fulfilled, in the opinion of some persons, the
functions of Lieutenant-General of the kingdom.
After having been replaced in this last-named post by
the Duke D'Esoaus, be passed generally for being
the writer of the document of 'Venice. He has just
contradicted those assertions by two solemn acts, in
taking the oath of fidelity to Louis NAPOLEONJ one
as member of the Commission of Historical Docu-
ments, and the other as member of the Superior
Commission of Public Assistance. Such facts have
no need of comment."
According to a Paris letter in the Independance of
Brussels, the French Government proposes to increase
the stipend of the Archbishop of PARIS from 40,0001.
to 50,000 f., those of fourteen Archbishops from
15,000 f. to 20,000 f., End of sixty-five Bishops from
10,0001. to 12,000 f. It also proposes, says that
journal, to increase the stipends of the Vicars. General
by 500 E, to improve the position of some of the
lower clergy, to increase the allowance to the
Chapter of St. Denis, and to grant 180,000 f. fur in-
creasing the choirs of cathedrals.
The Journal du Loiret says :—" We have and-
nounced that the PRESIDENT of the Repu.blic and
bought a property in the Sologne. TifieL
purchased two estates the chateau 0
Rh the lands
and the chateau of La Motte-Beuhvron,tn
gh together for
attached to them. They were
re-intention of the
the sum of 1,500,000 t.
PRESIDENT, it is said, to irtnaiks e t c4n then® estates an
of agricultural colonisation.
essay
The Constitutionnel contradicts a statement made
by the Siecle, that the National Guardo of Paris will
amount to an effective strength of
,so 00 men, and
says that Colonel VIETRA has written to say that the
2`2 battalions only amount to 17,000 men.
The Presse extracts the following from a history of
Prince Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, by A.
wrote
BARBIE& :
" On the 29th January, 1849, M. Changarnier
to General Furey the following letter, which exiaun
the register of the orders of the brigade:—‘ If
frightful little scamp (affreux petit drUle) renews his
proposition to you, turn on the heel and present your
back to him.—CUANGARNIER.'
General CIIANGARNIER, adds the Presse. spoke thus
of M. ARMAND MARRAST, President O
f the Con-
stituent Assembly, who had demanded that the guard
charged to defend the Assembly should be increased
by two battalions.
On Thursday last the Arab Chiefs, in passing
through Lyons on their return to
present at a sham-fight given by General CASTEL'
Algeria, were
LANE in honour of their visit, andthe
whole details
of which were watched by the Arabs with great in-
terest and attention.
The Bourse was firm, with a n
tr 'fl.l z advance in the
price of railway shares. Tra-Feur-itlnd-71-11alf per Cents.
opened at 99t. 90e.. and closed at 99t. 95c. for the end
of the month; the Three Cents,pieJr9sf
Orleans Railway Shares, closed at 701. 90c.;
2901.; Great Northern, 588 i. 75c; ltouon, 770 f.; Havre,
Vierzkin, 592 f. 50c ; Basle 243 f, 75e Avignon, 317 f. 50c.;
75c.; Paris and Strasburg, Basle,
75c.;. 75e.;
Bordeaux, 61ST.
3681. 75c.; Paris and Lycns, 613 Tours and Nantes,
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BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYSSc AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE,

MAY 24.

Dutch Rhenish, 4i/2 —East Indian, 224 —Grand Junction
of France, 3,g—Namur and Liege, 6y,—Northern of France,
23—Ditto, 201. 3 per Cent. Bonds (formerly Bolougnom,ris
Amiens Shares), 13 ,-, —t)rleans and Bordeaux,
Tours stand
and Lyons, 10 risTa.:,,i-rs a —Paris and Rouen, 293A—Pand
bour,, 21% Sambre and Meuse 6% -
Nantes, 11. ,

Accounts from
19th inst. 'AlaSdrPidAhlavNe. been received of the
Since the disinisml of General CORDOVA, the
a sub ided. General LERSUNDI, Captain-
General rumour
party coup detat or changes in the Constitution
of New Castile, having summoned a
inteting
of the officers of the different corps composing the
garrison, gave them a formal assurance that those
rumours were totally devoid of foundation.
The Three per Cents. were done at 43i ; the New
Three per Cents. at 2.1 13 16 ; the Debt of the
First Class at Si ; and that of the Second at 5 56.

Mr. Ogden, who for some years held the office of
United States Consul at Liverpool, has been appointed to
tile ma (Ace in blandseiter.