The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

PHE FRENCII REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yEAerelr,v.
The laragness of the rin jority which the Minis-
tars carried their measure for the re-imposition of
the wine duties has astonithtd all parties, and none
are more supsised at the result than the Ministers
themselves, who had, before the commencement of
the discussion, calculated their majority at less than
100. In the course of the discussion on Monday M.
PASSY, who spoke in favour of the Ministerial inert-
sure, admitted that many defects existed in the mode
of collecting the duty, but expressed a hope that, by
the Parliamentary inquiry which would forthwith
take place, means might be devised by which those
defrcts might be remedied.
The Committee on the Government measure, pro-
: po,ing to give to Prefets the power of dismissing the
masto-s of primary schools, has resolved to recomrnet d
its adopth n as a provisional measure. only, until tfe
organic law on public instruction shall.Le passed by
the Assembly.
The Constitutionnel says that it is assured that a
courier arrived the day before yesterday in Paris,
with the news of the conclusion at Constantinople of
a treaty putting an end to the Turco. Russian dispute,
and that, after being signed by MM. Trrorr and
STuassea, it was sent for ratification to Vienna and
St. Pctersburgh.
The Moniteur contains an announcement that " the
salons of the Elpea being too small to contain the
great number of persors ho present thmiselves on
the Thursdays, it is necessary to repeat the notice
already given, that, with the exception of the mem-
bers of the diplomatic corps, the representatives of
the people, and the high functionaries of the State,
no person can be received who has not a card of invi-
tation."

The journals publish a communication frcm
Signor RoNcom, contradicting the report that he
had retired from the management of the Italian
Opera in Paris.
The National publishes the following extract from
the report of the Committee on the Bill for the com-
pletion of the EMPEROR'S tomb, in confirmation of the
account it gave some days ago of the charges made in
that report against M. DucuaTuu :
" In respect to the second sum of 1,311,980 F. 60c. ex-
pended beyond the original credit, the Committee will
recal to your recollection, gentlemen, the conservative
disposition of the financial laws of the 25th March,
1817, and the 24th of April, 1833, and the
14th article of the royal ordonnanco of the 31st of
May, 1838, for the general regulation of the public
accounts, and which declare that no expense or en-
gagement on the part of the administration should
take place, unless they be covered by a regular credit.
These dispositions have been set at nought. Such se-
rious infractions cannot be justified, even by former ad-
ministrative habits, nor by that general facility with
which assemblies and public opinion formerly absolved
Ministers for having authorised such inexcusable extra-
vegancies. Your Commission thinks that the Minister
under whose orders the directory of Fine Arts has com-
mitted such faults, and caused such injuries, is responsi•
bte, and that a civil action should be instituted against
him in the name of the state. And even if, which we
cannot believe, Ministerial responsibility be so illusory
that a former Minister cannot be forced to reimburse
expenses illegally made with his approbation, yet the
severity of the blame which you will pronounce on so
deplorable an abuse of administrative powers will show
that you wish to create a remedy for so inveterate, and
until now so incurable an evil,"

The Three per Cents. cloned on the Paris Bourse
on Tuesday at 56F. 25c.; the(Five per Cents. at• 91f.
602.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 7601. ; Rouen, 550 f.;
Havre, 242 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 461 f. 25c.;
Vierzon, 331 f. 25c.; Basle, 108 f. 75c.; Bordeaux,
406 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 301 f. 25c.; Tours
and Nantes, 278 f. 75c.

BUSINESS' DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. DEC. 18.

Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 13—Namur and Liege, 63/—Northern of
France, 1:;% dis.—Orleans and Bordeaux, WA—Paris and
Rou;n, 213 —Rouen and Havre, 91i.