The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
In The Sun of yesterday we stated that M. EUGENE
RASPAIL had struck M. ?oINT within the precincts
of the National Assembly. The proceedings were
suspended for ten minutes, in consequence of the com-
mission of this act of violence ; when they were re-
sumed the President read the following requisition
from the Procureur-General of the Republic :
" Whereas the citizen Eugene Raspail, representative
of the people, has, within the precincts of the National
Assembly, given a violent blow in the face to the citizen
Point, also representative of the people ; and whereas
the said blow is stated to havo been given in conse-
quence of the evidence given by the citizen Point at the
High Court of Justice at Bourges ; and whereas said act
is contrary to Art. 311 of the Penal Code, we, the Pro •
cureur-General of the Republic, demand permission from
the Assembly to prosecute the said Eugene Raspail, one
of its Members, according to law.

(Signed)

" BAROCHE."

The President added that it was now his duty to
take the sense of the Assembly on this demand for
leave to prosecute.
M. FLOCON demanded to have the matter referred
to the bureaux (great clamour).

The PIIESIDEN-T said he should entreat the As-
sembly to act with calmness, for they were now
judges in a most important case.
M. FLocox proceeded to say that he thought the
readiness with which the requisitory had been pre-
pared looked suspicious.—(Cries of " Oh.") He
thought such a demand would, if granted, be a great
blow to the independence of members. All prece-
dents were against such a proceeding. He would
therefore persist in his motion.
General LEBRETON protested against such language
as that which had just been used. Happily for the
honour of French Assemblies such an incident as
that which gave rise to this discussion was without
precedent.
M. JOLT called OA the President to read the proees
verbal of the police, from which it appeared that
without notice or provocation, M. RASPAIL struck
M. POINT a violent blow in the face. M. RAsPAIL
gave for excuse that M. POINT had stared at him
through an operalglass. On the blow being given,
general Members rushed in:and separated the com-
batants. _ _ _

M. JOLT observed that the whole matter looked to
him as if M. RASPAIL bad been set upon on account
of his relationship to one of the prisoners at Bourges.
He would move the order of the day.
M. RASPAIL rose and said, that M. POINT had been
spying at him in a most impertinent manner through
an opera glass, and that he had done so with such af-
fectation as that he could not bear it.
M. POINT declared that he did not know M. Ras-
PAIL by sight. It was true that he had looked round
the Assembly through a glass, but not at any one
member in particular.

The PRESIDENT said he would now put the ques-
of reference, on which the Assembly, by a great ma-
jority, rejected the motion of M. FLOCON to have the
matter referred to the bureaux. A ballot was de-
manded, when there appeared—

For the motion to refer the
matter to the bureaux
Against it
Majority -95

The question then, of leave to prosecute, was put
from the chair, and voted by an immense majority.
The debate on the vote of censure on the Ministry,
for the introduction of the police into electoral meet-
ings, was then resumed. The motion was as fol-
lows :—" The National Assembly, considering that
there is no law to authorise the introduction of the
police into electoral meetings, passes to the order of
the day." The previous question was moved as an
amendment on this resolution, and carried by a
majority of 148; the numbers being—for the amend-
ment 409, against it 261.
During the course of the sitting the result of the
ballot, for the election of members of the Council
of State, was thus announced by the PRESIDENT :
Number of voters ... 710
Absolute majority ... ... 356
MM. Vivien ... ... 539 MM. Rivet ... ... 394
Macarel... ... 528 Carteret.. .. 394
Boulatignier ... 502 Gaulthier de Ru-
de Jouvencel ... 485 milly...
Bethmont ... 478 Damian...
Cremieux ... 474 Boudet
Marchand ... 466 Landrin
Boucheni-Lefer 456 Paravey
Stourm ... 456 Havin
Jules Simon ... 431 Boulay
Mnillaird ... 39

... 386
... 383
... 381
... 380
... 371
... 368
... 365

Tile President—The citizens whose names have just
been given, having alone obtained the required majority,
are hereby proclaimed to have been elected members of
the Council of State.

Amongst the names which obtained less than thQ re-
quired number was that of M. Thibeaudeau, formerly
member of the Convention, who obtained 171 votes.

The Assembly being consulted on the proposition of
M. Mortimer-Ternaux, to adjourn the ballot for the other
twenty members of the Council of State, was decided in
the affirmative.

The PRESIDENT of the Republic was thrown from
his horse on Wednesday, while riding in the Boiz de
Boulogne. He, however, sustained no injury.
The Parie says :—" A report was current to-day
in the Assembly, that M. LEON FAUCHER bad retired
from the Ministry of the Interior, and was replaced
by M. DUFAURE. This was a pure invention. The
continuance of M. FAUCHER in the councils of the
Government is the greatest guarantee of order and
security."

A grand entertainment was given at the Hotel de
Ville on Wednesday evening, by the Prefect of the
Seine, to the English visitors.
BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 12.
THREE O'CLOCK.—The business done to-day was
very limited, but the Funds and Shares were all steady,
and the French Five per Cents. closed at nearly i per
cent. above the prices of yesterday. The news from
Genoa was looked for with great interest. Exchange on
London (30 days), 25 30, money; ditto (90 days), 25 l7i,
money.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Arm, 11.

East Indian, 4—Namur and Liege, 84 ex in.—Orleans
and Bourdeaux, 3%—Rouen and Havre, 11%—Sambre
and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, 214.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived.
M. NAPOLEON BONAPA RTE, the recently appointed
Minister from the French Republic to the Court
of Madrid, arrived in that city on the morning of
the 7th.

MADRID BOLS A, APRIL 7. Three per Cents.,
23 9-16 ; Account, 23 11-16 ; after Bolsa, 23 9-16.
Fives, 11 paper, with coupon ; after Bolsa, 23 11.16 -1
cash ; 23 f paper. Coupons, 6 cash. Bank of St.
Ferdinand, 80 cash; 82 paper. Treasury bills, 691
cash ; 72 paper. Exchange on London, 49.95.