The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday

The divisions among the Majority have become o,
so serious a character that Count MOLE has assembled
a congress of the leaders of the different fractions at
his country seat, at Champlatreux, for the purpose of
endeavouring, if possible, to heal the schism. Among
the visitors of Count MOLE will be MM. TRIERS,
MONTALEMBERT and BEURYER. M. TRIERS, if we
may judge from the language of the Constitutionnel,
is prepared to make great sacrifices to conciliate the
Parti Pretre, which, however, will have none of him,
as is plainly declared in the Univers. The Constitu-
tionnel even goes to the length of attacking IL
DUFAURE for not dismissing every person connected
with the administration of the Home Department,
who was appointed between February and December,
1848, or who is suspected of holding Republican
opinions; but even this is insufficient to conciliate the
Parti-Pretre, who are determined to re-establish sacer-
dotal government in France as they have already
done in Rome ; and the government of priests ever
has been, and ever will be, a material and a moral
tyranny of the most debasing and degrading descrip-
tion, such as no man of spirit or mind, or talent,
could long submit to; they are, therefore, wise in
breaking with M. TRIERS, because they know that,
within three months after their restoration to power,
he would be obliged to break with them.
The Siecle has the following on the attacks made on
M. DUFAURE by the organs of the Parti-Pretre :
" Since M. Dufaure has entered into the Ministry, he
has followed the usual course of human affairs; he has
by turns done evil and good, and by turns we have
praised or blamed him, always taking into account both
the good intentions of the man, and the difficulties of
the situation so complicated and delicate which he ac-
cepted. Do those who now attack him with such unex-
ampled violence, as well as those who so blindly defend
him, believe that they efface from his administration the
good or the bad acts which he there performs? Cer-
tainly not ; but M. Dufaure is Minister of the Interior;
he holds in his hand that fairy b_ec from which flow
not all the virtues, but employments and favours without
number. The one party considers that M. Dufaure does
not place that box sufficiently at its disposal; the other
is perfectly satisfied as it is. Hence arise anger without
cause, praise without reason. And these are the men
of order, the defenders of society! Let the country judge
them !"

The meeting of the Peace Congress will take place
on the 22d, 23d, and 24th, from 12 o'clock to 5. M.
VICTOR Hugo has accepted the Presidency of the
Congress; the Vice-President will be chosen from
amongst the delegates from different countries. La
Patrie announces, in a communicated article, that no
political subjects will be permitted to be discussed.
M. ROLLAND, a Member of the Legislative As-
sembly, has been condemned by the Court of Assize
of the Cote d'Or to five years' imprisonment, with a
fine of 4,0001., and the expenses of process, for an
article published by him in a country paper. M.
MALARDIER, another representative, has been con-
demned at Nevers to four years' imprisonment, and a
fine of 5,000 f., for a pamphlet which he published, in
which some Socialist ideas are enforced. The journals
are filled with accounts of trials, condemnations, fines,
and imprisonments in all parts of the country for
offences of the press.
Letters from Lyons state that martial law is en-
forced in that city with extraordinary severity. Le
Monde Republicain, a new journal started to replace
a journal suppressed in consequence of the revolu-
tionary movement of the 13th of June, has been
suspended by order of the Commander-in-Chief.
A letter from Rochefort states that a serious riot
had occurred among the operatives employed in the
dockyard of that town, in consequence of some of
them having died of cholera. Their companions
insisted that they bad been poisoned, and had in con-
sequence committed the most deplorable excesses.
The details have not reached Paris.
PARIS, MONDAY, AUG. 20.—Although the Bourse
was more animated to-day than for some days past, a
want of confidence was manifested amongst the specu-
lators, and prices declined. The Five per Cents. opened
at 89f. 75c., and closed at 89f. 35c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TBE
LONDON STOCK-EXCII ANGE, AUGUST 20.
East Indian, 4 Great Indian Peninsular, 55/B—Namur and
Liege, 578—Paris and Rouen, 211 i— Sambre and Meuse, 3.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

'General VvELDEN, Governor of Vienna, ordered
on the 13;h, that the editors of newspapers shall not
insert articles on the position and real numbers of the
imperial troops in Hungary, except they be taken
from the official journals. Any vi,,L.tirm of this
order is to be. punished by a fine of lut) 4.l,;rins ; a
repetition of the offence with a fine ut 2(0 florins ;
and a third offence by the suspension of the journal
during the state of siege.
The Breslau Gazette states that all t}.-e districts
between Buda and the frontier of Athtria were full
of Honvtds anti the landsturm. Tbf:re wai, a rumour
at Vienna that Buda was take-n 1),:i the Al-gyars on
the 7th, but it vvtw not C7,,ditcd.
The fol!ow i g is a stat, 'Lent of tt.e strength of the
various corps of the Ru.,,Fian, Austriln, and Hunga-
rian artnit,

1, THE RiJSI‘N AE YS.

Ist C,,rps: comm ;tl‘l,ll b Generd, SIEVERS, con-
sists of two disisions of foot, eveh division consisting
of two brig-341::, ct.ch Iriga'le of txo regiments, and
each reg.:nit:lt of four tr.ttnbons of 1,000 men each.
The two divisions ['unifier ~ce,,rdingly 32,000 men.
One divi,,ion of c4vgi'ry ot two brigades of two regi-
ments of eit-rht t-quqdrons of 100 horse each, which
make a to!gi of 32 squadrons, or 3,200 horse ; one
division of artiCely of five brigades each of two
batten s, iliaki!,g a total of ten butteries, with 120
cannon.

2d Corps.—Commander unknown, the former
Commander, CArutmsow, being disabled by having ;
his legs shot off. This corps is exactly us the first.
It has suffered very much, and numbers at present
28,000 foot, 2,800 horse, Gr.(' 120 (?) cannon.
3_i Corps—ItUDIGER. Formed the same force as
the first. This corps, too, has been roughly handled.
It consists at present of 22,000 foot, 2,500 horse, and
120 (?) cannon.
4th Corps—TSHEODAJEFF. Formed as the first. Its 11
3d division of foot, under command of General PA-
munNu, is wi:hField-INIarshal,HAYNAu. It amounted
at first to 32,000 foot, 3;200 horse, a:.(.1 120 cannon,
but it is now of 25,000 foot, 2,800 horse, and 120 (?)
cannon.

sth Corps—Lunras. Same formation. Its 31 divi-
sion of foot is with GaoTENHELN.t. It consists of
25,000 foot, 2,800 horse, and 120 (?) cannon.
Corps of GI:ABBE—Two divisions of foot, one divi-
sion of horse, one regiment of Cossacks, anti one of
Musselmen, 10 batteries, numbers 20,000 foot, aLci
3,500 horse, with 60 cannon.

Corps of SACKEN--One division of foot, one divi-
sion of lancers, and one of dragoons, eight regiments
of lancers and dragoons, 16 battalions, 32 squadrons
of lancers, 40 squadrons of dragoons, together of
16,000 foot, 3 200 lancers, 4,000 dragoons, and eight
batteries, with 96 cannon.
Corps of GROTENLIELM—One division of foot, 10,000
to 16,000 foot, one brigade of horse, 1,600 horse Cos-
sacks, and four batteries with 48 cannon • add to this
a mixed Austrian corps under General Urban.
The infantry division of Paniutine, of the 4th corps,
was of 10,000 men ; it numbers now 12,000 men.