The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-14 00:00:00

having the folly to place his stupid contradiction in
contrast with the sound reasoning of a hihminded,
venerable, and experienced nobleman ? Lord Lox-
DONDERRY must feel crushed by the weight of
KEG WN'S ipse dizit 1 lle then repeats the I
dull nonsense about Lord CLAREN DON and
the PorE, the Bishopric of Limerick,
and, " though last not least," in the Sheriff's own
words, "a Jesuitical, back•stairs letter, written by
one of the favoured creed," &c. The writer of that
letter is one whose blameless life Mr. KEoWN would
do well to imitate. Mr. FITZSIMON'S public cha-
racter has ever been consistent and manly, while in
private life he is respected for his amiable qualities
and the practice of the social virtues. Mr. KEoWN
would drive Lord CLARENDON from the government
of Ireland. We have no doubt he would, we have
no doubt his vile faction would plunge the country
into a civil war to carry out their malignant passions.
[low we wish our voice, our words, our advice, could
reach those deluded persons; we would appeal to
them in the name of humanity, of truth, and of
Christian feeling, to offer up their dark
passions at the altar of their bleeding
country, and unite in peace and love with
the good and wise in their endeavours to improve the
moral, social, and physical condition of a miserable
people, to aid the Government in establishing peace
and order, and thus to secure for themselves the
respect of man and the blessing of GoD, instead of
being a shame and a disgrace to the civilized world,
a foul blot on the page of history. We cannot hope
that our advice will be heeded by these unfortunate
and misguided persons, but we would earnestly call
upon all the rational and Christian men that, from
folly, or fashion, or early prejudices, may have joined
the Orange body, to come out from amongst them.
We would call upon Lord RODEN and all others, who
can have no sympathy with the violators of the law
and the shedders of innocent blood, to abandon their
mad orgies and insane processions, and thus give
practical lessons of peace and love.
We would implore Lord RODEN to withdraw the
sanction of his high name from those nurseries of evil
passions, the Orange lodges of Ireland—in them the
Irish Protestant youth are indoctrinated in principles
of and uncharitableness :against their fellow-
men and fello;v-Christians; and if Lord RODEN will
persist in countenancing such unhallowed confedera-
tions, we trust the Irish Government will take
efficient steps to put an end to secret societies in
Ireland.

rilE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic has accorded an
amnesty, by virtue of which 700 of the insurgents of
June, 1848, at present detained at Belle Isle, will be
set at liberty. This important fact was announced
to the Assembly by the Minister of the Interior
luring the course of the sitting on Monday. Shortly
After the PRESIDENT had taken the chair the discus-
,ion commenced on the Bill introduced by the late
Ministry, authorising the transportation of the in-
surgents of June to Algeria. During the course of
the discussion—

M. Ferdinand Barrot, Minister of the Interior,
said that he should apprise the Assembly of a fact
which would materially tautly the Bill. The Pre-
sident of the Republic, in virtue of the right con-
!..erred on him by the decree of the 27th of June,
1848, had ordered the liberation of the greatest
number of thei,insurgents contained in Belle Isle. lie
.3rily excepted those who had already been convicted
of crimes or offences by courts of justice previous to
the period of their arrest, and those who by the
violence of their conduct since their arrest exposed
themselves to a just and severe chastisement on
account of their spirit of revolt. The exceptions
amounted to about 500. The first consequence of
:.hat act would be a considerable reduction in the
credit demanded to carry the project into effect. The
Government, relying on the efficacy of the existing
laws, and confiding.in the measures it intended to sub-
mit to the Assembly, answered for the maintenance of
tranquillity. At the moment when he resolved strictly
to enforce, in the name of the safety of the Republic
and of the entire society, the execution of the laws
of repression, the President did not hesitate to show
himself generous. As respected the establishment of
the penitentiary colony, a place situated near Bathua
had been chosen, but the neighbouring country being
now in a state of fermentation in consequence of the
revolt of some Arab tribes, all the troops disposable
had taken the field, and none could be spared for the
defence of the new establishment. He accordingly
proposed to refer the project to the committee in
order to be amended.

Crouseilhes, the reporter, having concurred in
the opinion of the Minister, the Bill was sent back to
the committee.

M. Rouher, Minister ofJustice, next rose and de
posited on the table a Bill on transportation.
It was as follows :

" Article 1. In every case where the penalty of death,
abolished by the sth article of the Constitution, is
applicable, that penalty shall be replaced by transporta-
tion and confinement in a citadel situated out of the
continental territory of the Republic, and fixed by law.
The citadel of Zaoudze, near the island of Mayotte,
shall serve for that destination.—(Loud interruptions
on the Left.)
_ _ _

" Art. 2. The Island of Pemarai and the blarquisas
Islands shall serve for the transportation of convicts
sentenced to the penalty mentioned i❑ the 17th article
of the Penal Code.

" Art. 3. In case the jury should bring in a verdict
with extenuating circumstances, if the penalty pro-
nounced.by the law be that of transportation in a citadel,
the Court may apply either the penalty of transporta-
tion or imprisonment.

" Art. 4. Condemnations to transportation shall not
involve civil death, but merely civil degradation.
" Art. 5. The Government shall determine the mode
of employing the convicts who should demand employ
mint, and provide for the maintenance of those who
should not be able to live by their own resources.
`• Art. 6. The present law is only applicable to crimes
committed subsequently to its promulgation."
This proposition has excited the anger of the oppo-
sition journals of all shades.

The trials at Versailles were concluded on Monday.
The counsel for the prisoners persevered in their
refusal to plead unless they were permitted by the
Court to adopt their own line of defence. Other
counsel were officially appointed by the Court to
defend the prisoners. At the sitting of the
Court on Monday, M. Moussoir, of the Ver-
sailles bar, one of the counsel so appointed,
rose and announced that in consequence of the ex-
pressed wish of the accused that they should not be
defended, the counsel appointed by the Court felt it
incumbent on them to abstain from taking any
further part in the proceedings.
The President declared the pleadings closed, and
summed up the evidence.
The jury then retired to consider of their verdict,
and yesterday morning they returned it, acquitting
Colonel Forestier, National Guards ; Loin iou, IL;
Angelot ; Delahay ; Barme, IL ; Verion ; A. Bureau;
Maillard ; Merliot ; Lemaitre; Achintre ; and finding
the others guilty.
The following are the sentences pronounced by
the Court. The letter It is to mark such as are
representatives of the people in the Legislative As-
sembly :
To DEPORTATION—CoI. Guinard, R. ; Deville,
R.; Gambun, R.; Bach, 11.; Schmitz, R. ; Paya;
IL ; Vautier ; Langlais ; Fayalle, R. ; Haigue,
it. ; Larnazieres ; Dufelix ; Sergeant Commissaire,
It ; Lebon (Napoleon) ; Andre ; Chipron.
To IMPRISONMENT—Suchet, Fraboulet, Maubue.
These sentences are universally stigmatised as far
too severe, and the prisoners arc regarded as martyrs.
General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS left Paris for
Marseilles on Sunday evening last, accompanied by
his two aides. de•camp, Major DIEN and Capt. FAY.
The committee appointed by the Legislative As-
sembly to institute an inquiry into the condition of
the French navy held its first sitting on Monday.
M. DUFAURE was appointed President, MM. DARU
and BENOIST D'AZY Vice-Presidents, and MM.
COLLAS and DAHIRAEL secretaries.

A search for firearms was made by the police on
Monday last in Paris at the residence of M. HERVE,
one of the editors of the Voix du Peuple. None,
however, were discovered.
Some sensation was occasioned in Paris by the
appearance in the Journal des Debuts of what may be
called the manifesto of the Monarchical, or as they
delight to term themselves the Moderate party, iu
which it is declared that the moderate party consists
of the Legitimatists, the Orleanists, and the Impe-
rialists, to the ':exclusion of the Republicans ; that
party is advised to hold together until the time
fixed for revising the Constitution shall arrive,
when they may upset the Republic, and is re-
commended in the mean time to adopt the STAN-
LEY policy of obstruction to all measures
tending to ameliorate the condition of the people
in order to prevent the Republic from con-
folidating itself. The Siecle comments on this
manifesto, and, in crder to show how much more
liberal the Republican regime is, supposes HENRY V.
to be on the throne, and a journal to publish an analo-
gous definition of the Moderate party, running thus :
The Moderate., party is composed of three grand
opinions—the opinion Orleanist, the opinion Im-
perialist, and the Republican opinion. Would not the
Procureur- General, it asks, be at once let loose upon
the offending journal ? Again, :it supposes the case
of the Count DB PARIS, with the regency of the
Prince DE JOIN VILLE, and puts the hypothetical case
of a journal defining the Moderate party to be coin-