The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-16 00:00:00

THE SUN,, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, JAN UARY 16, 1849.

lowed,, as might have been expected, by an enormcln
increase in the number of letters sent through the
Post. office. The di:stribution of letters by the post
daily in Puri, which before the reduction of the
postage was only $l,OOO, now aver&ges 120,000.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic has made the
munificent donation of fifty thou,and francs to the
society formed in Paris for the erection of buildings,
in different quarters, as lodgings for the working-
classes, of the comfort and salubrity of which most of
them are now destitute.

General MONTHOLON has accepted the invitation of
the National Guards of the 12th arrondissement to
permit himself to be put in nomination as a candidate
for the colonelcy of their regiment,
On Friday, M. D'ALTON SHER attended the Club
de la Fraternity (formerly Club de la Revolution),
and, in a long speech, gave the following account of
his interview with Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, at
the Princess DE BELGIOJOSO'S, which has excited some
attention :

"6 In relation for twenty years with Madame de Bel-
giojoso, who has so F,; right to the sympathy of demo-
crats, for, though worth five millions, she has sacrificed
all to the Italian cause, she asked me if I should not like
to have some conversation with the man who seemed to
have most chance of being .lected to the Presidency. I
accepted an interview with Louis Napoleon—it took
place in the evening; and, after some common-place
observations, I asked him permission to address some
questions to him, ruin ate anxious to state that I did
so only in my own name. I said, France is in
my opinion, divided into two great factions—on one
side are the revolutionary democrats, on the other the
anti-revolutionists; on which party do you intend to
rely for support?' He immediately answered, without
hesitation, 'On neither!' and he then went on to give
me the heads of the programme which has since been
published in his name. He desired, he said, order,
peace, the reduction of the army to 300,000 men, and
the amnesty. Such was the result of the conversation."
In the course of his speech, M. D'ALTON SHINE,
defending himself from the accusation of being a
Bonapartist, reminded his hearers that he was the
only Peer who had voted that Louis NAPOLEON
should be condemned to death for the affair at
Boulogne.
M. D'ALTON Bngu fought yesterday a duel with
M. C. DELACLUZB, the editor of the Republique
Democratique et Sociale. M. D'ALToN SHEE was
wounded in the hand.

The naval expedition fitting out at Toulon is,
according to some accounts, intended to go to Civita
Vecchia, to aid in the re: toration of the POPE ; accord-
ing to others, its destination is the Adriatic, to defend
Ancona against the Austrians.
The Count DR LURDE has been appointed Minister
of the French Republic at Berlin, in the place of M.
EMANUEL ARAGO. The Prince DR LA MO3KOWA,
who was in the first place appointed to Berlin, has
been offered the Embassy at Stockholm, but it is not
known if he will consent to accept to it.
___ BOURSE—PARIS. MONDAY, JAN. 15.

THREE o'CLocit.—The French funds remain steady,
but have not advanced on the prices of Saturday. The
expedition to Civits Vecchia was much spoken of, but
created no alarm, as it was understood that it was un-
elertaken by the consent of the Great Powers, and that
it would consequently not endanger the peace of Europe.
A considerable deal of business was done. Exchange on
London:(3o days) 25 37i to 40; ditto (90 days) 25 27i,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAN. 15.
Boulogne and Amiens, B—Dutch Rhenish, 141—Luxem-
bourg (71. 10s.), 21A—Ditto (100, 251—Namur and
Liege, 61A —Northern of Franee, 8A Paris and Rouen, 17,i
—Rouen and Havre, 97/s.