The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

'THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
MM. FRENEY and BOULATIQUIER have been dis-
patched on a special mission to Rome. The choice
of these gentlemen for envoys would seem to indi-
cate a determination on the part of the PRESIDENT of
the Republic to carry out the prinniples laid down in
his celebrated letter to Cclonel EDGAR Nev. Both
these gentlemen have long been known for their attach-
ment to the doctrine of the supremacy of the State
in all things, and for their opposition to the various
propositions which have been from time to time
brought forward for the purpose of increasing the
temporal power of the priests. It is also of good
omen that the Univers, the organ of the Jesuits, is
indignant at the appointment of these gentlemen.
The proposition of M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
for an amnesty to the Bourbons is rejected with
scorn by the worshippers of the " Right divine of
kings to govern wrong."
The Union says :
" This is a singular conjunction ! The Bourbon
family placed on the same line Kith the insurgents of
June, and returning to France in virtue of the same act,
and almost the same title; that is, by an appeal to gene-
rosity. The proposition of M. Napoleon Bonaparte is in
every respect objectionable; it dissimulates ill an ambi-
tious calculation and a pretension. There are names and
principles which will never be lowered under the insult
of an amnesty. Had M. Napoleon Bonaparte then need
of an insult to the Bourbons in order to mark his sym-
pathy for the insurgents of June ?"
The Opinione Publique, though less insulting,
is not one whit less opposed to the proposition. It
says—
" The sentiment which has suggested it does honour
to M. Napoleon Bonaparte; but, with a little reflection,
he would have comprehended that amongst the exiled
Bourbons there is one who is not a man, but a principle;
so that one could not be recalled without the other being
established. To effect what M. Napoleon Bonaparte de-
mands, according to the Etinement, it would be necessary
that the Republic bad proved, in loading France with
grandeur, liberty, glory and prosperity, that the Count
L de_ Chl,°sl°Fd has but one orrice to render to his co-
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eventuarlities of the future. M. Napoleony Bonaparte con-
e
sequently has deposited on the table only a generous il-
lusion drawn up as a proposition."
The proposition is said to have been drawn up by
M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN. We are not, therefore,
surprised at finding the following in the PresBe :
" What an admirable initiative the President of the
Republic has allowed to be taken from him! It is not,
however, time which failed him, for he has had from
December 20, 1848, to October 1, 1849. The adoption
of the proposition signed, Napoleon Bonaparte, cannot
be doubtful, with the present majority of the Legislative
Assembly. To have this proposition rejected, it would
be necessary that MM. Berryer, Nettement, Laroche-
jaquelin, and their friends, should vote against the Duke
de Bordeaux; that MM. Thiers, do Broglie, Mole, and
their friends vote against the family of Louis Philippe,
against the pious Queen Amsfilie, who prays every day to
God to be allowed to die in France, against the Count
de Paris, who has nothing to gain by his eduction taking
place in a foreign country. This proposition is the event
of the day—a happy inspiration. By this act, the exile
of 1814 has added a new eeliit to the glory of the name of
Napoleon Bonaparte."
It is believed that the PRESIDENT and his Ministers,
in common with the great majority of the French
people, are indignant at the conduct of the Emperors
of Russu and of AUSTRIA, and are determined to
support the SULTAN at 'all cost. The parti pretre,
the " children of the Church," as they are called by
the Uaivera, are the only persons who venture to
support the Emperor of RUSSIA, and to hint, for
they dare not speak out, the impolicy of France
joining England in defending the Porte against its
iniquitous oppressors. Fortunately, however, the
" children of the Church " form a miserable minority
in France. The National expresses, we believe, the
sentiments of the great majority of the French people,
when it says—
"ln our opinion war is inevitable, and without de-
siring it we are prepared for it. But if it is desired to
avoid it let it not be at the price of our honour, or of
our interests. These are sacrifices which cannot be re-
paired, and God knows what price we may yet have to
pay for having suffered the Monarchs to compress the
movement of Democratic expansion, to which the revo-
lution of February gave birth. An opportunity is now
offered to us of reconquering a portion of our lost in-
fluence. May we know how to profit by it."
The Dia Deeembre, a Bonapartist journal, whose
connexion with the Elysee is more than suspected,
has the following:—
"It is positively stated that the French Government
is decided on not allowing its old ally the Porte to be
oppressed, and that the President of the Republic, faith-
ful to the sentiment of patriotism of which his name is
the glorious standard, is resolved to enter frankly into
the paths of national dignity and energy, which preced-
ing Governments have too often forgotten for the last
thirty-five years."
It is satisfactory to find that the treatment of
General LAMORICIERE by the AUTOCRAT has opened
the eyes of the PRESIDENT and his Ministers to
the value of Russian professions, and has shown them
that their interest, as well as their duty, requires
them to check the progress of Russian ambition. The
only party in France that has aught to gain by
Cossack supremacy is the par-paetra, whose pros-
perity has ever been synonlmous with the degrada-
tion of France.
The representation of the melodrama entitled
Rome, at the theatre of the Porte St. Martin, has
been forbidden by the authorities.
The Five per Cents. opened on the Paris Bourse yes-
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SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived.
A rumour prevailed in Madrid that General NAR-
VAEz had retired from the Ministry. It has been
officially contradicted.
MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 28.—The Three per Cents.,
27 13.16 ; Fives, Ilf ; Exchange on London, 50 60.

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and popular principles, was held yesterday at the
Craven Hotel, Strand ; Mr. Ayling in the
chair. A very satisfactory report of the opera-
tions of the society during the past year was
presented to the members. The improvement in this
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society over many of the old ones consists in the fact
that the subscriptions of the members begin and termi-
nate at specified periods, and that a stated instead of an
uncertain amount is advanced to the members to purchase
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