The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-26 00:00:00

rtiE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

At the commencement of the sitting of the Na-
•ional Assembly, on Wednesday, several of the re-
actionary Deputies presented petitions, praying for
the dissolution of the Assembly; and not content
with the presentation of them in the ordinary manner,
these gentlemen wished each to ascend the tribune,
and to make a speech on the matter. This was re-
sisted by M. CLEMENT Thomas, who, however, de-
clared that if this defiance, on the part of the reac-
tionaries, were continued, he and those with whom
whom he acted were perfectly willing to accept it. A
scene of great confusion followed, several of the reac-
tionary party insisting on presenting theirpetitions, and
in speaking on them. After these petitions had been
laid on the table, a host of petitions of a contrary
character were presented, and this difference was
remarkable between the two sets of petitions. Those
which thanked the Assembly for what they had
already done, and urged them not to separate until
they should have passed the organic laws, all pro-
ceeded from some recognised and organized body
(as for instance the National Guard of St. Flourers),
so that an examination of the signatures would at
once determine the question as to genuineness of the
petition, whereas those presented by the reactionary
party, praying for the dissolution, invariably pur
ported to be from the inhabitants of some Depart-
(tient, the signatures to which, therefore, might be
those of women and children, or even altogether
fictitious ; and when we remember that those who
are the most active in presenting and getting up
these petitions were the intonate friends and
associates of M. TESTE and General CUBIERES,
we cannot but suspect that they would not stand
upon such a trifle as forging a petition to attain the
object they have in view.
The discussion on the Bill for the organization of
the Council of State was then resumed. The office
of Commissary-General of the Republic was ordered
to be suppressed by a large majority. The appoint-
ment of the Finance Committee was postponed, as
there were not a sufficient number of representatives
present to make a house.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic, while riding in the
Champs Elysees on Tuesday, was thrown from his
horse; fortunately he sustained no injury.
The Committee appointed to examine the question
of a suitable Chamber for the sittings of the Assembly
has had its report drawn up by M. BUREAUX DE
Puzr. The Committee proposes to make use of the
old Chamber of Deputies, with some changes calcu-
lated to give more room. The number of places thus
afforded will, it is estimated, be 762. The cost of
the alterations will be 765,160 f.
The National says :—" Some days ago, at one of
the sittings of the famous Falloux Committees, of
which M. TRIERS is President, M. TRIERS said that
France was not sufficiently rich to give instruction to
all her children, and he added many other things
equally generous. M. Cousits, who for some time
had shown evident signs of irnpAtionee, intvrrupted
him all at once,—' M. TRIERS,' said he, lam sorry
to remind you of it, but you forget you were
boursier (a pupil educated partially or wholly at the
public expense). As to myself, who owe the same
gratitude as you to my country, I shall always re-
member it. If France had not been rich enough to pay
the expense of our education, we should neither of
us, perhaps, be what we are:—M. TRIERS did
not reply.
M. TRIERS has completely ratted from all his former
principles, and is become more obscurantist than the
Jesuits themselves, who were formerly the subject of
his ridicule. He is now decidedly opposed to all
gratuitous education for the working classes, even to
having them taught to read. "To pr- serve order in
France," said he in the Falloux Committee a few
days since, "we must either have a war, or abolish
the primary schools."
The funeral of Colonel RET, the late Commandant
of the Republican Guard, took place yesterday. A
large multitude assembled to do honour to the de-
ceasedi which created some alarm in the minds of the
Ministers. M. LIDRU ROLLIN and several members
of the Mountain waited on the PRESIDENT of the
Republic at one o'clock, and assured him there Has
not the slightest intention on the part of those en •
gaged in the funeral procession of disturbing the
public peace, their only object being to do honour to
the deceased Colonel. The Ministers, however, had
the military posts doubled, and the troops in readi-
ness. There was, however, no need for all these pre-
cautions, as the people behaved with the greatest order
and decorum.
The Moniteur contains the following :
" Several journals have repeated from the Estafette a
report spread yesterday at the National Assembly on
the subject of a letter said to have been received by the
President of the Republic from the Prince de Canino,
his cousin, and in which the latter declared that if Franc"
should intervene in Italy, for the purpose of replaeing
Pius IX. on the Pontifical throne, he would publish let-
ters written by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, which would
do much injury to their author. We are authorised to
dt dare that this report is entirely devoid of foundation.
The President of the Republic has not received any let
ter from the Prince de Canino, nor has there been any-
thing that can serve as a pretext for this assertion."
The .Moniteur also announces that the Minister of
the Interior has caused SALAMANCA, the ex-Minister
of Spain, to be removed from Bayonne into the in-
terior of France. It also publishes a long list of Or-
leanist prefects appointed by M. LEON FAUCHER, and
publishes a decree, signed by the PRESIDENT of the
Republic, and countersigned by the Minister of the
Interior, for the reorganization of the National Garde
Mobile. By this decree the Garde Mobile is to re
twin its present number of men, but it is to be con-
solidated into twelve battalions, and the number of
officers is to be reduced in proportion. There are
several modifications also made in the pay and in the
mode of selecting the officers, which hitherto has been
in the uncontrolled hands of the men.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAN. 25.
Northern of France, 7% ex div. Orleans and Bordeaux,
2% ex div.—Paris and Strasbourg, 214—Sambre and
Meuse, 3%.