The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-18 00:00:00

TFI E SUN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We hare received the Paris papas of yesterday.
The opening of the Strasbargh Railway as far as
Epernay, which was to have taken place on the 19th,
and at which the PRESIDENT was to have been pre-
sent, has been indefinitely postponA. The reason
given for the postponement is the health of the PRE-
SIDENT, which is so precarious as to render it impru-
dent, it is said, for him to venture to encounter the
fatigue of attending a public ceremony ; the real
reason, however is the fear that, as at Havre, the
people may exhibit more loyalty to that Republic of
which the PRESIDENT is the chief, and to the Consti-
tution which he has sworn to defend, than may be
agreeable, not to the PRESIDENT himself—for he is,
we believe, sincere in his professions, but to those
Jesuit instruments by whom he is surrounded and
ruled, and by whom he will be, ere long, betrayed.
The Moniteur du Soir contradicts a statement made
by the three leading Legitimatist journals that an appeal
to the people was about to be made by the NAPOLEON
party, and that the Councils-General are about to de-
mand an immediate revision of the Constitution. The
Moniteur adds, that the Constitution is, for a certain
period at least, the supreme law of France, and to de-
mand a revision before the day fixed would he not
only a revolutionary act, but a crime.
The Minister of Finance has reduced the interest
on Treasury Bonds to 6 per cent. on those issued at
three months' date, to 5i per cent. on those at six
months', and to 6 per cent. on those at one year.
A Cabinet Council was held on Thursday at the
Elysee, in consequence of the receipt of important
intelligence from Germany. It appears that Austria
has asked the assistance of Bavaria, and that the King
of BAVARIA has consented to occupy Vienna and its
vicinity with 50,000 men, in order to enable
Austria to send the whole of the present garri-
son of Vienna to Hungary. The French Government
is greatly alarmed at this step, as the public excite-
ment which will be created in France by the intelli-
gence will be so great that the Government will be,
probably, driven, in spite of itself, into a war.
A third battalion, on a war footing, is about to be
formed in each infantry regiment of the line.
The letter of the Archbishop of PARIS, on the sub-
ject of the affairs of Venice, was published without
the knowledge of the Archbishop. It was intended
merely as a private communication to M. DE Toc-
QUEVILLE.
The Moniteur publishes a decree, signed by the
PRESIDENT of the Republic, appointing General Ex
CELMANS Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour,
in place of Marshal Momon, deceased. A second
decree promotes General PETIT, Commandant of the
Hotel of the Invalides, to the rank of Grand Cross of
the Legion of Honour.
General OUDINOT will bring back to France with
him a considerable body of the troops under his orders;
not more than 15,000 men are to remain to garrison
Rome.

LON DON;

some information might be obtaived from him, into
the press lee of General Baar. The youth, believing
his last hour had come, ww bitterly. BEM inquir,-d
to what corps he belonged ? The boy replied, s,ib •
bing, to the "Hurrah Forward Imperial Battalion."
"My eon," asked the General, " are all thy comrades
like thj self ?" " Yes," answered the unhappy youth,
"all." " Then," said the General, with a grim
smile, "go home to Hermannstadt, and tell thy
mother that on the day after to-morrow I will pay
her a visit."