The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Moniteur publishes a decree by the President
of the Republic, dated the 4th, appointing General
Baraguay d'Hilliers Commander-in-Chief of the army
of expedition of the Mediterranean, in place of General
d'llautpoul, now Minister of War.
On Monday the new Council of Ministers met for
the third time, at the Palace of the Elysee, under the
Presidentship of Louis Napoleon. The sitting lasted
from half-past ten to two.
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Should M. do Rayneval refuse to accept the Mi.
uistry of Foreign Affairs, it will, it is said, be offered
to the Prince de la Moskowa.

On Monday M. Bineau, the Minister of Public
Works, received the employes of his department and
the chefs de service of the Ponts et Chausses and
Mines. The Minister reminded them of the words
of the President of the Republic, " It is necessary to
substitute acts for ',words. "It is necessary," said
the Minister, " that henceforth business should be
dispatched more promptly, and that the administra-
tive centralisation, against which such objections
have been raised in consequence of the delay which
takes place in the transaction of business, should no
longer be the subject of complaint, and for that rea-
son it is necessary that every one shall perform his
duties with the utmost possible devotedness."
The Constitutionnel says—" It is known that the
French Government had given to our fleet orders to
proceed to the Levant. But, if we are well informed,
the conciliatory spirit of all the Cabinets on this ques-
tion has led to such a situation, that our fleet is on the
point of receiving another destination."
The Constitutionnel, alluding to the statement of
the Gazette de France, that unfavourable news had
been received yesterday from Algeria, says—" Letters
from Algiers, of Oct. 30, state that no news had been
received there from Zaatcha of a later date than
what we published yesterday. On October 30
the Euphrate and Meteore were in the port
of Algiers, coming from Oran, and carrying
to Philippeville the Bth battalion of foot chas-
seurs, which is to reinforce the column of General
Herbillon. Commandant Pierre Bonaparte, who ar-
rived at Bathna on the 20th, has taken the com-
mand of a convoy which was to set off the next day
for Zaatcha." _ _

A letter from Paris, in the Journal du Havre,
says :—" Admiral Romain-Desfosses has had a long
conversation with one of the principal landowners of
the Island of Reunion, to whom he gave the most
formal assurance that the affair of Madagascar should
without delay receive its definitive solution."

The Committee of the Budget has adjourned all
deliberation relative to financial measures until it has
received explanations from the new Minister con-
cerning the ways and means which he intends pro-
posing to make up the deficiency of the Treasury.
Meanwhile the Committee is occupied with a new
examination of the budget of expenses.
A supplement to the Portafoglio of Malta of the
26th ult. says :—" The French squadron, under the
command of Admiral Parseval-Desch6nes, composed
of six sail of the line and two frigates, was then off
Malta, steering for the Levant. The Descartes
steamer had entered the port, but the squadron had
not stopped."
The sitting of the Legislative Assembly on Mon-
day was chiefly remarkable for the first appearance
of M. Ferdinand Barrot in the tribune, as Minister
of -the Interior. Ile had to defend the Bill in-
troduced by his predecessor to extend the time
fur which the National Guard of Lyons was to
remain dissolved, and the Honourable Gentleman
acquitted himself of his tsk in very suitable terms.
The Bill was sharply attacked by M. Mathieu (de la
onae), but was adopted without a division. General
Baraguay d'Hilliers' proposition to annul the decree
paised by the Constituent Assembly for making all
the admissions into the Polytechnic and military
schools gratuitous, was after a short discussion de-
clared to be taken into consideration; the Assembly
then rose. At the commencement of the sitting a
ballot took place for a committee to inquire into the
state of the navy and all the branches of the service
connected with it.

BOURSE, Two O'CLOCK.—Five per Cents. 87f. 90c.;
Threls, 55f. 75c.; Bank Shares, 2,325 f.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived.
It is said that the King had formally declared that,
in order not to meet Christina, he would not accom-
pany the Queen to any ball, theatre, or fete, but only
in religious ceremonies in the royal chapel, and at
several receptions. The Gazette publishes the royal
decree for the introduction of postage stamps of 24
maravedis (19 centimes) for franking simple letters
all over tha kingdom, but letters not pre-paid are to
pay the present rates.