The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-17 00:00:00

! pointing to the conspiracy or combination in course of'
f)rm,tica io urg'-g L,
prepared to join it. The manifesto is dated Oakham,
and signed SAMUEL CHEETHA M. Whether Mr.
CHEETEIAM is one of the Winchilsea tenantry or an
agent of his Lordship, is not stated, but there is the
fact of the avowal of a combination in the House of
Lords, the probable results of that combination
destruction of the Church by taking away the tithes,
Lord WmcumsEA's off,r of leadership, his reference
to this connexion with the provinces, and the mani-
festo, published under the walls of his own mansion
in the province.
The following is from Mr. CHEETHAM'S proclama-
tion or manifesto:—
" I hope an opportunity will shortly be afforded to
the agriculturists of this and other counties of redeem-
ing their character, by uniting themselves heart and
hand with an association now in the course of formation
in London, combining all the great interests of the State,
which promises to become a most powerful engine to be
employed on behalf of each and every class, in any press-
ing emergency."
It is true that this manifesto shows that, although
there may be generals, and captains, and corporals,
ready to combine for keeping up rents, even at the
expense of sacrificing the Church, there is a lament-
able want of privates ; for the manifesto contains the
following pathetic lamentation over the apathy of the
corps :

" That their efforts proved unsueeessful in attempting
to get up two public meetings is most true, but surely
that circumstance ought to be ascribed to the quiescent
state of mind of the agricultural public upon questions
vitally affecting their own interests, rather than to any
fault of the officers."
Whether Mr. CREETHAM was selected for either or
which of the two qualifications claimed by the Noble
Earl—honesty or feebleness—,we are unaware, but
the policy of this confession .of weakness may be
doubted, as may a statement ma de by the same Mr.
CHEETUAM, at the great agricultural distress meeting,
held in Willis's Rooms in the month of March,
wherein, according to the report of his speech in the
Mark -lane Express (of the 12th March), he said—
" I know many farms which :tbout fifty years ago
were let at 2s. 63. per acre, which are now let at 255. n.nd
30s. per acre. One property in tho neighbourhood in
which I reside was half a century ago let at 7001. a year,
and is now let at 4,000/. a year."
Whatever bearing this might: have on distressed
tenantry, it was not exactly what; distressed landlords
wished to promulgate, although it is a state of things
by no means limited to the district under Mr.
CHEETHAM'S cognizance.
One of the grounds assigned for robbing PETER to
pay PAUL, or taking from the Church to give to the
landlords, was stated tp be that; the tithes were cal-
culated at protection rates, wit:tiout a reduction for
free-trade prices, but a subsequent speaker on the
same side, the Earl of MALMESII URY, showed that the
fact was quite the reverse, for h e said—
" The effect of the free-trade m ensures was perhaps in
no case felt more severely tkan in the case of the poor
working clergy in the country, as the low scale of prices
materially reduced the amount of their incomes."
So both hot and cold may be blown to fan the
embers of discontent with free-tr sde measures ; but it
is unlilrely that the announcement of the Doke of
RICHMOND, of a combination to fieprive the Church cf
tithes if they do not join the Protectionists, will in-
duce the Right Reverend Prelates to reverse the
decision which they gave on Lord STANLEY'S amend-
ment, nor is it calculated to euh ance his Grace in the
estimation of his Peers, the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris pat ?rs of yesterday.
The Journal des Debats gives tl le following as the
result of the examination of tl la voting papers for
Paris, so far as the same was known yesterday. Of
course, not one-fourth part of tl'At voting papers have
been as yet examined. It will I c recollected that the
number of Members to be returue d is 28.
General Bedeau ... 313
General Lamoriciere ... 5252
Vavin 5215
Bixio •.. 5059
0. Barrot
... 5038
General Cavaignac... ... 5010
Peupin 4985
Laiteyrie 496►
Coquerel
... 4948
])utaur© 4796
Wolowsky ... 4693
Faucher •—• ... 4629
Passy ..•
•„
... 4629
Marshal Bugeaud 4608
Garnon 4560
General Rapatel 4159
Roger 4202
Felloux .„„. 4155
Victor Hugo 4134
••• .- • -... 4102
Montalembert .•• 4035
Chambolle
44(13
Moreau
Fault
..• ••• Marie ... 3957
"• •••
Mole ,3783
Murat ..•
... 3622
Boissel ... 3587
Ledru Rollin— •'••
30535
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1▪ 1868767
Sergeant-Majort icho
Lagrange
Pyat
Leroux ... 1513
Considerent • ••• ... 1316
Sergeant-Major Rattier ... 1306
Thole 1242
•••
•
BGA
et arbe pep—Lo am e nn. ai s• 1058
9 9 3
••• ••• ••• 849
D'Alton Shee
... 824
Proudhon •
... 823
Perdiguier •
... 529
Demay ▪
... 515
Madier do Montfau... 514
Napoleon Lebon 507
Ribeyrolles ... 500
•••
The great strength of the racialists lies in the
densely populated districts in th( s centre of Paris, and
in the Faubourgs, the returns fro m which have not as
yet been examined. The result above given is de-
rived from the returns of the die t riots inhabited prin-
cipally by Monarchists, by the o L I nobility, or by the
rich merchants and bankers.

The Rforme says :
"In the 9th arrondissement the S o cialists have obtlined
50 per cent., the friends of the Cot et taution 31, and the
reactionaries 20 per cent.
"In the 7th we learn from privm to accounts that the
Demccrats have a great majority.
"In the sth, 6th, Bth, 9th, and 12th, the Socialists
have almost the whole of the votes. '
At Eure, M. Pussy and the D. a c de Broglie were
at the head of the poll, and Dui »nt de l'Eure third.
At Fontainebleau Jules de Lac .k eyrie, moderate re-
publican, is at the head of the poll. Drouin de
L'Huys, Minister for Foreign e .ffairs, comes next.
Lebouf, conservative, third. B your, moderate re-
publican, fourth. apon, mo 3 ?rate, fifth. Gref-
tulke, conservative, sixth ; and Auburge, moderate,
seventh. These seven are likely • to be elected. The
two sons of Lafayette are very lo von the poll.
The Rouen journals, which reached Paris last
night, state that the Democrl.l s had two-thirds
of the votes known, and the Repi it ,licans of the school
of M. SENARD, who had been CA .1/ AIGNAC'S Minister
of the Interior, four-fifths.
No successor to M. LEON FArg :HER has been ap-
pointed, although it is said that t he portfolio of the
Interior has been offered to M. DE REMUAT and
refused. M. LACROSSE performs the duties of the
office, although as yet there has been no official an-
nouncement of the acceptance by the PRESIDENT of
M. LEON FAUCHER'S resignation An attempt will,
it is said, be made to retain him i It t office, as he is far
too useful to the reactionaries to be parted with
lightly at present. M. DE PA! .oux and General
RUCHIELLIERE have also, it is said, tendered their re-
signations, which have not been act' -.lepted.
The National Assembly met on Tuesday and
passed the budget of the War Depa .rtment.
The PRESIDENT announced that at the next sitting
the Assembly would proceed to e lect its president;
but it appeared to be the opinion. of ' the Chamber that,
as its existence was drawing so al ear to a close, that
proceeding would be unnecessar3
The Moniteur publishes the following dispatch,
addressed by General OUDINOT to the Minister of
War, dated Palo, May 8 :
" Since my last report of the 4t' a , I have executed no
important operation. The 3d bri, ; ide, the 16th Light
Infantry, and the 16th battery (. I the Bth Regiment
Artillery (personnel) have been lit oded in the greatest
order.

"Being convinced that the port off Fiumicino might be
of great advantage tou~,and that it would tend to facili-
tate our relations with Rome, I have taken possession of
it, and established the 20th Regimen tin it.
"I think I informed you that c a the 30th about 200
men of the 20th, under the ore a rs of Commandant
Picard, led on by their ardour and 1 y some conciliatory
words which had been addressed to ) them, entered into
Rome by the gate of Saint Pane r Ice, and were there
taken prisoners. (The report of t: u.) 4th makes no men•
tion of this affair.)
" They have just returned into camp, agreeably to
a decree of the triumvirs. Cons ilz'oring that France
could not remain behind hand in generosity, I have
given orders that a battalion of Rom! ti Chasseurs, which
were taken prisoners at Civita Voce' 11 ia, should be set at
liberty:.

"I have had it announced to the Government of
the Roman Republic, that in retur 13 , for so doing, all
Fre4oh residents in J.tome, and even other foreigners of