The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON; FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1849.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
In the sitting of the National Assembly on Wed-
nesday, after the passing of General CAVAIGNAC'S
resolution on the affairs of Hungary and Russia, and
after a resolution had been adopted for transferring
to France the remains of CARNOT,;: a most important
discussion arose on the subject of a coup d'etat, medi-
tated by MM. DE FALLOUX, LEON FAUCHER, and
CHANGARNIER for the destruction of the Republic, they
having previously ejected from the Cabinet MM.
BARROT, ?ASSY, DE TRACY, and LACROSSE, who were
opposed to having recourse to violence in support of
reactionary measures. This coup d'etat was denounced
in the Democratie Pacifique in an article signed by
M. VICTOR CONSIDERANT, representative of the
people, and on his appearing in the National Assem-
bly, he was questioned by M. CREMIEUX on
the subject, whereupon he said that he was prepared
to prove everything he had asserted, that he had laid
those proofs before the President of the Council, and
had thereby defeated the plot; but that if a Commit-
tee were appointed, he would also lay before them his
proofs. DI. LEDRU ROLLIN then adverted to the
conduct of General CHANGARNIEROU the previous day
as a proof of his complicity in a plot to overthrow
the Republic. When it had been determined if there
should not be a sufficient number of mergers present
to come to a decision by seven o'clock, that
the Assembly should sit in permanence, the
PRESIDENT had been directed to write for a
guard for the Assembly. The instant this had be-
come known to General CHANGARNIER, he had
issued orders to all the officers to obey no orders save
those emanating directly from himself. He moved
for a Committee of Inquiry, and the debate was ad-
journed to the next day. In the course of the discus-
sion, General BEDEAU warmly defended the army
against the accusation of disloyalty to the Republic,
and said that he must be an "arch madman" who
could attempt the subversion of the Constitution, or
who could believe that the army would lend itself to
such criminal designs ; upon which the National
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The ilfoniteur du S'oir says,—" The mandate with
which the National Assembly is invested expires on
the 27th of May, at midnight. The Constituent As-
sembly will sit on Saturday, the 26th, as usual. On
Sunday, the 27th, there. will be no sitting, and on
Monday, the 28th, the Legislative Assembly will
meet in virtue of its mandate." The Presse denies
that the mandate expires on the 27th, and says it is
the intention of the Constituent Assembly to sit en
permanance all Sunday, with General DE LAMO-
RICIEEE as its President, in order to prevent an
attempt at a coup d'etat from any quarter.
That some coup d'etat is contemplated is evident
from the fact that General CHANGARNIER has filled
Paris with troops, and has tripled the posts in the
neighbourhood of the National Assembly. It is,
however, evident that the Republicans are determined
to give him no excuse for acting, and that if he and
the De Falloux faction endeavour to carry out the
arrangements they have entered into with Austria,
Russia, and Prussia, they must themselves commence
the attack, as even the Red Republicans are so satis-
fied with their victory in the elections, that they will
not descend into the streets.
Marshal BuGEAun has addressed the following
order of the day to the army of the Alps :
" lead-quarters, Lyons, May 19.
"Soldiers of' the army of the Alps-72'0u have freely
execised your rights by depositing your votes in the
electoral urn. This mission of citizens, which the con•
stitution confers on you, is terminated for three years.
Your military mis,ion, which is not less patriotic, re-
sumes all its empire. You will never forget the army
is constituted to cauve the independence of Franc-
at the exterior and the laws in the interior to be
respected. Your duty is to defend the Constitution
which has founded the democratic Republic. You
consequently owe obedience to the President of the
Republic, who is the elected of the people, and to whom
the Constitution confers the executive government. You
must defend the tricolor flag—the only n itional one—
that which since the old Re public has guided our victo-
rious armies. It is the symbol of the imperishable
glory which the French nation bas conquered in the,
greatest warlike actions that history records. Those
who would wish to display other colours would be
traitors to the Constitution ; and you know what is due
to traitors ! The discipline which constitutes your force
and your dignity is one of the most powerful national
guarantees, as it is the resume of all military virtues ;
you will therefore preciously preserve it. Such is the
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soldier like you, traces for you. Like you I have borne
the havresack ; and it was only with my musket, and
later with my sword, that I raised myself, after forty-
six years' service, to the great honour of commanding
you. Such are my rights to give you these counsels of
a father and a friend."

PARIS BOURSE, THURSDAY, MAY 24.

THREE o'CLocK.—The rise in the French Routes
continwd to-day, and both Funds and Shares were
steady throughout the day. Exchange on London (30
days), 25 50 ; ditto (90 days), 25 37i.

tiUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. MAY 24.

Boulogne and Amiens, 634 ex coupons—Central of France
(Orleans and Vierzon), 12—Great Indian Peninsular, 5
Northern of France, 9% —Paris and Strasbourg, 4—Paris
and Rouen, 19—Rouen and,Havre, 914—Tours and Nantes, 2744

G E It Al A .N
AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.

The Emperor of RUSSIA arrived at Warsaw on
the 17th, where he was visited by the Emperor of
AUSTRIA, who returned to Olmutz on the 22d. The
Emperor of RUSSIA will remain some time at Warsaw.
VIENNA, MAY 19, FOUR O'CLOCK, r.M.—A person
who has just arrived here from Pesth, states that
Ofen was being hotly bombarded by the Hungarians
on the 16th instant. It was still in the hands of the
Imperialists, who were resolved to hold out to the
last, but the insurgents had completely surrounded it.
We have no further news from the theatre of war.
It is asserted that the offensive operations are to
commence on the 24th or 26th; but it is probable
that there will be some delay, as it will scarcely be
possible for the Russian troops to concentrate and form
a junction with our army by that time. 28,000 Rus-
sians are now concentrated in and round Hradisch,
and the foreposts stand on an advanced work of four
leagues. Communication with Hungary is quite cut
off on that side. No persons are allowed either to go
into Hungary or to pass from it into Moravia.
Great fears are entertained in Hradisch in conse-
quence of the strange dispositions which have been
made within the last few days, that a great battle will
pt in strict military discipline, and punish-
be fought in the valley of the march. The Russian
troops
iamremkeiately follows the offence. A Russian
soldier,n
for instance, who came upon duty in a state
nof intoxication t immediately
forthwith received 100 lashes ; and
another man received the same punishment for having
struck a woman.
The Berlin State Gazette publishes a letter from
Presburg of the 17th, stating that the Hungarians
had captured Buda, and had possessed themselves of
po
wder.
According great quantity
chest, 20,000 muskets, 10 batteries of
of
According to the Cologne Gazette, there was an
emeute on the 16th in the artillery barracks at
Vienna, some companies having refused to march to
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Hungary, stating that they preferred to be shot to
dying of hunger.

PRUSSIA.
Martial law has been proclaimed at Dusseldorf.
The Prince of PRUSSIA 15 about to proceed to Frank-
fort, it having been arranged between the Archduke
JOHN and the PRINCE, that the former shall depart
for the Tyrol, and shall trawler the office of Admi-
nistrator to the latter ; this flagrant act of usurpation
is to be supported by a Prussian army.
The Cologne Gazette says that on the 19th the
Landwehr of Munstereifel refused to march to Buhl,
and,
enforce order, they barricaded the town.
on hearing that the gendarmes were coining to

FRANKFORT.
In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 21st,
the President read a message which he had received,
recalling the Saxon Deputies. The Saxon Deputies
thereupon protested, declaring their recal illegal.
Thirteen more Members tendered their resignation.
The President communicated a declaration, signed by
65 Members, amongst others by H. DE GAGERN,
SIA!SON, BESELEIt, and DAIILMANN, throwing up
their post, as not being compatible with the views of
the Assembly, to which they saw no chance of an
issue. A short discussion followed, and the As-
sembly then adjourned till four P.m. In the evening
sitting the President announced that the Adminis-
trator of the Empire had nominated Prince DE WITT-
GENSTEIN, Lieutenant-General in the service of
Hesse-Darmstadt, to the post of Minister of War.
The Assembly then rejected a proposition for ad-
journing to the 20th of June. They then proceeded
to vote upon the motion tending to fix at 100 the
number of members necessary to make valid the de •
liberations. 101 members voted for and 39 against
the motion ; but as, according to the terms of the
still existing regulations, no decision is valid unless
sanctioned by the presence of 150 members, the vote
was declared null. The Assembly adjourned till
Thursday.
According to report, overtures have been made to
the King of WURTEMBURG, offering him the post of
Archduke JOHN.