The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-09 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris Papers of yesterday.
The National Assembly on Wednesday adopted
without a division, as we stated yesterday, the first
clause of the proposition of M. LANJUINAIS, which
declares that the electoral law shall be passed without
delay. The Assembly then proceeded to discuss the
second clause of the proposition, which enacts that
immediately after the passing of that law the elec-
tion lists shall be prepared and the new elections take
place on the Sunday after the closing of the lists.
This proposition, which was opposed by M. SENARD,
and supported by M. DUFAURE, was adopted by a
majority of 470 to 337. The Assembly then adopted
the third clause, enacting that the Assembly before
the dissolution should in addition to the electoral laws
pass the organic law on the Council of State, and
that on the responsibility of the PRESIDENT f the
Republic and his Ministers—this was the whole of
the proposition of M. LANJUINAIS, which had, with
the support of the Ministers, been substituted for the
proposition-Rateau, and so far the result was a
ministerial victory. But the victory was not to be
complete, for M. DEZERMERIS distrusting, and very
properly distrusting, the economical disposition of a
Chamber to be elected under the menaces and
cajoleries of the reactionaries of all shades who
from the higotted partisan of the Parti-petre
to the cold-blooded self-seeker of the parti-Thiers—
from the Legitimist believer in the " right divine of
Kings to govern wrong"—to the place-hunting enun-
ciator of the dogma "le Roi regne mais ne gouverne
pas," have united in an unholy alliance to restore the
regime of the exploitation of the people for the exclu-
sive benefit of the now fallen beaureaucrats.—M.
DEZERMERIS, distrusting the economical dispositions
of a Chamber so elected, proposed that the budget
should be also passed by the National Assembly
before its dissolution, a proposition which, notwith-
standing the opposition of the old political hacks of
all the former regimes, was carried by a majority of
445 to 373. The result of these divisions will be that
the new Legislative Assembly will meet about the
middle of May.
The Moniteur contains the following announce-
ment:—

" Paris, Feb. 7.
"His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby has this
day presented to the President of the Republic, the let-
ters of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland which accredits him in quality
of Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the Republic.
"It will be remembered that Lord Normanby has
hitherto been accredited only to the Republic for a spe-
cial and temporary mission."
Five of the murderers of General BREA and Capt.
MARGIN were sentenced to death by the Council of
War of Paris—namely, Daix, Vapreau, junior,
Lohr, Chapael, and Nouvrit. Three others were
sentenced to hard labour for life, five to 15, 10, and
5 years of the same penalty ; nine to various years of
imprisonment, and three were acquitted.
AL CLEMENT Tnomas has been declared out of
danger by his medical attendant.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on
Thursday, at 46r. 45c. ; the Five per Cents. at 77f. 45c.;
the New Loan at 771. 20c.; Orleans Railroad Shares at
7301.; Rouen, 445 E; Havre, 247 f. 50c.; Great Northern,
3981. 75c.; Vierzon, 2651.; Avignon, 176 f. 2.5 c.; Basle,
86f.; Bordeaux, 392 r. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 335 f.;
Tours and Nantes, 3131. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN_IIAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 8.
Boulogne and Amiens, 8%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 8%—Luxembourg (100, 2—Namur and
Liege, 814- Northern of France, sq— Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 3—Paris and Lyons (100, - Paris and Rouen,
19--Rouen and Havre, 10- Sambre and Meuse, 3%—Tours
and Nantes, 2.