The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-19 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and
of Sunday.
The Moniteur of yesterday has the following offi-
cial announcement :

" We have received intelligence that notice was given
at Milan on the 12th at noon, of the intention to bring
the armistice to an end, and that hostilities can recom-
mence on the 21st. King Charles Albert, it is said, left
Turin on the evening of the 13th for Alessandria, and
the troops of the garrison were to quit Turiu the
next day. _ _ _

DAIX and LHAR were executed by the guillotine
on Saturday for the murder of General BREA. They
died protesting their innocence.
The club of the Rue de Poictiers has at length
published its electoral manifesto. It is a tissue of
vague generalities, as any manifesto must necessarily
be which pretends to express the opinions held in
common between M. BERRYER, the pilgrim to Bel-
grave-square, and adviser of the Duc DE BORDEAUX
and Marshal BUGEAUD, the gaoler of the Duchess
DE BERRI ; between M. DE MONTALEMBERT the
impassioned advocate of the Jesuits, and M. TurEus,
their equally energetic denouncer, between M.
DENJOY, who would fain destroy the University of
France and proscribe its members, and M. VICTOR
COUSIN, who lauds the same University as the per-
fection of wisdom. The common purpose these people
have in view is to bring back the reign of that cor-
ruption on which they battened, and the object of the
manifesto is to bamboozle the people accordingly,
each trusting to his own cunning to cheat his col-
leagues of the plunder when the day of victory and
of spoil-sharing shall arrive.
The committee for international disarmament and
arbitration met on Saturday to hear the report of M.
SARRANS. It was proposed to refer the measure to
Government, but on a discussion, in which M. Gus-
TAVE DE BEAUMONT, SARRANS, BOUVET, and BU-
VIGNIER took part, the majority decided that a report
should be prepared approving the principle, but re-
jecting the proposition under present circumstances.
In an introductory discussion on the budget on
Friday, M. MATHIEU DE LA DROME made a most
effective speech, advocating a reduction of the na-
tional expenditure by upwards of six hundred
millions of francs annually. This speech produced a
great effect. In the discussion on the budget on
Saturday, M. PASSY, the Minister of Finance, made
some observations which are worthy of attention.
After declaring that the financial situation of the
country, in the early part of 1848, immediately
after the revolution of February, undoubtedly called
for some extraordinary measure like that of im-
posing the tax of 45c., as otherwise the public
services would have been stopped, the Honourable
Gentleman proceeded to make some remarks on
the present financial position of the country.
Confidence, he declared, was gradually gaining
ground, and, in consequence, trade was generally
reviving. The average diminution in the receipts
during the year 1848 had been fourteen millions a
month, whilst for the months of January and Feb-
ruary of 1849, it did not amount to more than four
millions a month"; in addition, for the first fortnight
of March, 1849, the indirect taxes presented an im-
provement of 1,880,080 f. ; the half year's interest on
the Rente, the arrears of pensions, and all the public
services, would be met without any recourse to the
Bank being necessary ; and he felt convinced, that
with tranquillity in the country, not only would all
the charges of the State be defrayed during the year,
but a diminution in the burdens which now pressed
on France would be effected.
In consequence of the article of the electoral law
prohibiting railway directors from sitting in the Na-
tional Assembly, the Duke DE MOUCHY has addressed
a letter to the electors of the Oise, informing them
that he resigns his functions as director of the Bor-
deaux and Northern Railway Companies, in order to
be able to stand as candidate at th,-, next election.
BOURSE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 17.
THREE o'CLocic.—The absence of any confirmation
of the news of the resumption of hostilities in Italy
gave more firmness to the market to-day; both Rentes
and railways improved, with the exception of Versailles
(Right and Left Bank) shares, which experienced a
heavy decline. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 221
to 20; ditto (90 days), 25 10.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 17.
Boulogne and Amiens, 834—Namur:and Liege, B—North-
ern of France, 1034—Orleans and Bordeaux, 34—Paris and
Rouen, 20;2—Rouen and Havre, 111/2—Sambre and Meuse,
Oil—Tours and Nantes, 2.