The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-22 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
In the sitting of the National Assembly on Tues-
day the principle of the Bill for the suppression of
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the sitting adopted
ofbyy a majority of 378 to 359.esterday the discussion on the
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various clauses commenced. M. CREMIEUX an-
nounced, on the part of himself and of the majority of
the Committee to whom the Bill had been referred,
that regarding the prohibition of the clubs as a viola-
tion of the Constitution,
they should abstain from all
further participation in the debate. This announce-
ment produced the greatest excitement, which was in-
creased when, o n the second paragraph being put, 300
Members rose in a body, and withdrew to an adjoin-
ing chamber. The result of the first division was 420
for the clause, and 20 against it. The As-
sembly not being in sufficient number, the
voting recommenced by the appel nominal,
whereupon some of the seceders, who had during the
first ballot consulted together as to the line of con •
duct to be adopted, returned to the Assembly and
voted against the clause. The result was that there
appeared for the clause 464,, against it 150. The
clause was consequently.adopted. The Bill itself was
then adopted in its entirety by a majority of 404
votes against 305. The law as adopted absolutely
interdicts clubs, but contains a proviso that " public
political meetings, assembling for a determined object,
and without being permanently established, should
not be looked on as clubs."
The Patrie contains the following semi-official
announcement :
" There is nothing in our correspondence to confirm
the report spread at the Bourse to-day of a prolongation
of the armistice between the Piedmonter and the Aus-
trians until April 15, but the report is confirmed that
Windischgrats is about to remove his head-quarters to
Trieste. His troops are already on their march. Our
correspondents assure us that the Sicilian Government
has almost unanimousiy rejected the proposals of the
King of Naples, and that hostilities were
.to. be resumed
in a few days. It is certain that the Sicilians have an
understanding with King Charles Albert. We may,
therefore, expect in a few days accounts of serious
events."

The same paper says—
" On the 7th the Danish Government notified officially
to the Minister of the Republic at Copenhagen the
blockade by the Danish forces of all the ports and rivers
in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein; but the islands
of Arroe, Alsen, and all other places remaining under
the immediate domination of Denmark are excepted
from this measure. According to the terms of the noti-
fication, the blockade has no other object than the re-
establishment of the authority of D. eninark at those
points where it has been denied, and t.t will be raised as
the Roy al authority shall be re-established."
The following troops have received orders to hold
themselves in readiness to embark from Toulon for
Italy :—A brigade formed of the 20th and 33d Regi-
ments of the Line, under the command of General
MOLLIER ; a brigade formed of the 36th and 66th
Regiments of the Line, under General LEVAILLANT.
A mounted battery of eight guns and a company of
Engineers are attached to each of the brigades. A
company of Engineers had arrived at Sisteron, and
a battery of Artillery stationed at Aix, was about to
march to Marseilles.
The order to depart was hourly expected.
It is said that General ARBONVILLE will take com-
mand of the expedition, which will consist of 12,000
men.
It is said that Russia, in reply to the representa-
tions of the French and English Governments on the
subject of the Russian occupation of the Danubian
provinces, has addressed notes to those Governments,
stating that so long as Polish generals are at the head
of the Hungarian troops, she shall consider herself
menaced, and stand on her defence.
The French Government has, it is said, received