The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-02 00:00:00

S 11 Ny APRIL 2, 1849.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday
and yesterday.
The debate in the National Assembly on the affairs
of Italy was not concluded on Friday night. During
the course of the debate several propositions were
made by M. M. Bixro FLoccoN and others, and in
order to get rid of the whole of them, General B
taA-
QUAY n'llimazas proposed the order of the day.
This was, however, rejected by a majority of 115.
The order of the day, motive, proposed by M.FLoccorr
was—
" The National Assembly, persisting in its order of
the day of May 24, authorites the Government to take
all the measures necessary to guarantee the enfranchise-
ment of Italy.
The order of the day motivl proposed by M. Mato,
and subsequently modified by M. PAGNERRE, and ac-
cepted by the Government, was as follows :
" The National Assembly declares that, in order to
guarantee the horour and interests of France, and to
preserve the integrity of Piedmont, the Executive
Power, if it should think right to support'the negotia-
tion by a partial or temporary occupation of any point
of Upper Italy, it would find in the National Assembly
the most sincere and most active co-operation."
The debate was resumed on Saturday by General
CAVAIGNAC, .who declared that his policy had been to
aid the Italians by means of negotiations, and to avoid
war. M. Tnuas then rose and uttered what may
be considered as the manifesto of the reaction.
Throwing off the mask under which he has hitherto
attempted to hide his intrigues, he avowed that he
considered that the great and ardent desire of every
people of Europe was to get back to their old regime,
an announcement that was received with such shouts
of disapprobation, that he was obliged to explain that
he did not mean to make any Attack on the consti-
tution. Ile then proceeded to diseuss the question
of war, with Austria in • support of Italy. " War
with Austria," said M. TutEas, "no one feels more
proud of the power of his country than I do. It is a
feeling which I sometimes push to puerility. Well !
believe me that if you were to have war with Austria
single-handed, it would be a serious affair. You
know history as well as I do, and you know what
it required in 1,800 against Austria. Marengo
and Hohenlinden, two of the greatest, the finest, the
most magnificent events of our history. People are
too much in the habit of saying that France fought
against all the powers. Now at Marengo and Ho-
henlinden it was with Austria alone that we had to
deal. Prussia was neuter. Russia did not send
troops since the affair of Zurich, and England had
not landed on the continent. If war with Austria
be so serious, what would it be with the whole
continent ? The union of Austria and Russia is
notorious."

He thus proceeded to declare the policy he would
recommend to be adopted. " The policy I
uphold here is, that we should not make
war on account of Italy, and I say more that
such is the policy followed since the 24th February.
Ido not say so by way of reproash—it is the fact.
General CAVAIGNAC has done the same, and I prize
and honour him for it—he was actuated by the
highest sentiments, and he conducted himself with
great good sense ;" and concluded by eulogising Ge-
nerals CAVAIGNAC and LAMORICIERE for the great
pains they had taken to increase and reorganize the
army. M. TRIERS was followed by M. LEDRU ROL•
LIN and M. ODILON BARROT, after which the Assem-
bly divided, and the order of the day motive as
accepted by the Government was adopted by 444
to 320.

This is certainly a great Ministerial victory, but
the Ministry could not be content with it, and accord-
ingly M. LEON FAUCHER, endeavoured to get his law
on clubs forwarded a stage. The severe sentence of
three years' imprisonment passed on' M. PROUDHON
had, however, so disgusted the Assembly, that M.
LEON FAUCHER was compelled to withdraw his mo-
tion, having, by his utter want of tact, materially di•
minished the effect which the previous division could
not have failed to have produced in favour of the
Ministry.
The Reforms, in speaking of this division, says :
" The proud declaration of the 24th May is now but a
miserable epitaph on a dishonoured tomb."
The French Five per Cents. underwent a consider-
able number of changes on Sunday, in the Passage
de I'Opera. After being done at 88f. 55c. at the
lowest, they left off at 88t. 90c. buyers.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Baum 31.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9 -,East Indian, VA —Great In •
dian Peninsula, 5!4 Luxembourg, -- Northern of
France, I l X, —Orleans and Bordeaux. 359—Paris and Rouen,
211,42—Rouen and Havre, I I% --Sambre and Meuse, 4A,—
Tours and Nantes, `Ph—Namur and Liege, 8 ex in.—
Paris and Strasbourg, 434.

Committee to take into consideration the most proper
means for receiving, with all clue public honour, the
deputation appointed to convey the decision of Frank-
fort to the KING. Banquets and illuminations are
talked of, and it is proposed to lodge and feed the de-
putation at the expense of the city, in the six best
hotels on the Linden, with carriages, theatres, and at-
tendance of every description. ,i
The Chamber of Deputies dfPrussia, on the 28th,
0
adopted the Address in reply o the Speech from the
Throne, and afterwards nom kted a deputation to
present it to the KING. In he First Chamber M.
MILDE demanded explanations respecting the alleged
concentration of Russian trpops on the frontiers
of Silesia. The Ministeii of Foreign Affairs
replied that recently no RSsian troops had been
sent to the Prussian frontier. The Russian
troops in Poland had at the beginning of the
winter been divided among the towns and villages,
and since then there had been no change. It was the
custom in Russia to establish camps at the beginning
of summer, and there was now a question of esta-
blishing one at "Warsaw, and another at the south-
west of the empire near the frontier. As to the mea-
sures taken by the Prussian Government for the pro-
tection of the frontier, he bad to declare that the
relations with Russia were so friendly, that no extra-
ordinary measures were necessary, but that if a
change should take place they were convinced that
the brave Prussian army would enable the Govern- 1
ment to resist any unjust aggression.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
A letter from Copenhagen, of the 24th, addressed
to the Borsenhalle of Hantburgh, says—" The Mi-
nistry has just communicated to the Diet that an
agreement bas been made at London for a treaty of
peace on these bases Schleswig, again united to
Denmark, shall preserve its provincial independence,
and be provisionally ruled by a separate go-
vernment, nominated by the King of DEN-
MARK, and supported by Danish troops. This
is subject to a condition in favour of Germany.'
The condition in question is said to be the
occupation of Rendsburg by the German troops, but
the Ministry gave no explanation on the point. It,
howevei, announced that in order to enable these
conditions to be discussed, the armistice is to be pro-
longed to the 3d April, unless foreign troops shall in
the meantime enter the Duchies. Few persons think
that peace can be concluded on these conditions,
which were unfavourably received by the Diet."
The Berlin State Gazette of the 29th ult. officially
announces that the Danish Government had notified
that it would allow the armistice to be prolonged to
the 3d April.