The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-16 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
On the afternoon of Wednesday two of the men
convicted of the murder of General BREA were shot.
The others will, it is said, be sent to the gallies for life.
The village of St. Maur, near the Bois de Vincennes,
is to be permanently garrisoned by 20,000 men.
M. DUCHESNE, editor of Le Peuple, and M. Louis
MERCARD, author of a feuilleton published in that
journal, were sentenced by default on Wednesday by
the Court of Assize of Paris to imprisonment for four
years, and to pay a fine of 5,000 f.
The llioniteur publishes a decree of the PRESIDENT
of the Republic, appointing 13 captains and two lieu-
tenants to command in the Republican navy.
The Moniteur also publishes a letter from Mr.
TURNBULL, the British Consul at Granville, ad-
dressed to Captain JAYET DE GERCOURT, of the Go-
vernment steamerPasse-Partout, announcing that he
is commissioned by Lord PALMERSTON, Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs to the Queen of ENGLAND,
to express his gratitude to the brave sailors of the
Government steamer Passe-Partout for their huma-
nity in having, on January 11th, gone to the relief of
an English sloop, the Little Gem, which was in
danger of being wrecked near the port of Granville,
and bringing her safe into harbour; and his regret at
the loss of five of the sailors from the upsetting of one
of the boats of the Passe-Partout, and to present to
the two survivors a medal and 101. each, 241. to
each of the families of four of the men who perished,
and 361. to the widow of the fifth, who was a quarter-
master.
The following is the result of the second ballot for
the election of President of the National Assembly
for the ensuing month :
M. A. MARRAST, 378 ; M. DUFAURE, 256 ; M.
GREYT, 31 ; M. BILLAULT, 6. M. MARRAST was then
declared to be duly elected President of the As-
sembly.
The frequenters of the Parisian salon.: have
been greatly amused by the circulation of a
piquant piece of scandalous gossip, of which the
chief of the reactionary party is the hero.
The Place St. George was, it seems, on Tuesday
disturbed from its propriety by sounds of discord
proceeding from the hotel of M. THIERS. The sounds
at length became so alarming that the sentinel on
duty entered the house to ascertain the cause,
when he found M. and Madame TRIERS engaged in
fierce combat, and experienced, considerable difficulty
in separating them.
The trial of the accused of the 15th May is still
proceeding at Bourges.
The proceedings of Wednesday were principally
devoted to the investigation of the charges against
BLAN4UI. Among the witnesses examined were
MM. FLOCON and TASCREREAU.
It was rumoured on the Bourse that an attempt
had been made at Turin to proclaim a Republic, but
that it bad been suppressed, and that the KING had
sent for GIOBERTI. The report, however, did not
obtain much credit. It was also reported that
the English and French Governments had
agreed upon a joint note to Russia,
relative to the conduct of the Russian
Government at Constantinople, in which note the
two Governments distinctly declare that any attempt
on the part of Russia to force the Dardanelles will
be considered by them as a casus Belli.
The Journal du Havre states, that the Government
of the Republic has received intelligence from Buenos
Ayres, that Mr. SOUTHERN had succeeded in arrang-
ing the differences subsisting between the Engliah
Government and that of General Roses.
Italian agents are making large purchases of arms
in Paris.
The Five per Cents. fell on the Passage de l'Opera
on Wednesday night to 25f. and closed at 85f. 40c.
Propositions have been made within the last few
days, on the part of the Turkish Government, to the
Polish officers now in Paris, offering them the same
rank in the service of the SULTAN that they held in
the Polish army, and in case they accept the offer
they are requested to proceed immediately to Con-
stantinople.
Eight cases of cholera have taken place in Paris since
the 9th, two of which were fatal. The disease is said
to be of a much milder character than in 1832. Most
of the cases just mentioned have taken place in the
Gros Caillou, which was so much ravaged by that
terrible scourge during its first visit.
It was currently reported in Paris yesterday that
a collision had taken place between the Piedmontese
and the Austrians, in which the latter had been de-
feated. The French Government, however, had re-
ceived no intelligence of such collision. The Petrie
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. eight
days will not be waited for before commencing hos-
tilities."

PARIS BOURSE, THURSDAY, MARSH 15.
THREE o'CLocK.—The warlike appearance of affairs
in Lombardy has had a serious effect on the Bourse.