The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-11 00:00:00

SECOND BILL.

" Art. 1. In conformity with Art. 3 of the law of 16th
of June, 1824, the donations portant portage made by
deeds daring life, by the father and mother and other
persons in the ascending line, between their children
and descendants, shail only be subject to the duties esta
blisbed for successions in the direct line; but the rules
of levying rest), sting soaks de partage shall be appli-
cable to them, as also the ttstameritary divisions autho-
rised by Articles 1075 and 1076 of the Civil Code.
o Art. 2. The deed: containing the declaration by the
donor or his representatives, or the judicial recognition
of a manual donation, shall be subject to the donation
np dt i thens otnr a
tnhse-
duty.
Art. 3. Theltreugtartaitounistoubsylydeocfetansseorai
ingria.nsidonlivdruerionfgthe public debt, shall be subjected to the
duties established for successions or donations. The
same shall bo the case with respect to mutations by de-
cease of public funds, shares in companies, and foreign
stock depunding on a, succession regulated by the French
law, and the transmissions during life gratuitously of
these sane descriptions of property to a Frenchman.
T;e capital serving as the basis of the liquidation of
the registration duty shall be determined by the average
prices on the Bourse on the day of transmission. If the
stock be not quoted at the Bourse, the capital shall be
determined by the estimate of the parties, in confor-
mity with Article 14 of the law of 22d Frimaire, An.
7, subject to the application of the same law, if the es-
timate be ascertained to be insufficient.
v, Art. 4. The lowest fixed duty of registration of
civil and administrative acts shall be 2f., with the ex-
ception of the duty on certificates of life and residence,
which is main tsined at the present rate.
v, Art. 5. The deeds and mutations which may have
acquired a certain date before the promulgation of the
prevent law shall be regulated by previous laws."
M. EDGAR NET, aide-de-camp to the PRESIDENT of
the Republic, left Paris for Rome on Thursday with
dispatches recalling General OUDINOT. General
RosToLoN will take the condhand of the troops.
The Patrie says—
" Every body remarked the absence of the Governor of
the Itivalides (M. Jerome Bonaparte) from the funeral
service of Marshal Molitor, Grand Chancellor of the
Legion ~f Honour. M. Dupin, President of the Na-
tional Assembly, could not fail to be painfully affected
by it, like all the other persons present. He therefore
thought it right to express his astonishment on this sub-
ject in the following words, addressed to General Petit
on entering the chapel where the brave General received
him:—` General Petit, you are at your post, but the
governor is not, and this is the see.nd time that he has
beets absent from the funeral obsequies of marshals.'
Several representatives have reflected on this conduct of
the governor, and have resolved to propose an amend-
ment on the approaching discussion of the budget of
expenditure."

The following resolutions, signed by 80 Members
of the Left, have been laid on the table of the Legis-
lative Assembly :—" The French Republic recognises
the independence and the nationality of Hungary.
The Executive Government will adopt such measures
as are necessary to secure the integrity of the Hun-
garian territory against all foreign intervention and
invasion."

The following are the principal items in the weekly
returns of the Bank of France : _ _

Specie in Paris-72
Ditto branches
Bills in Paris portfolio
Ditto in branches portfolio
Bills under protest in Paris
Ditto in branches ...
Notes in Paris ...
Ditto in branches
Credit to Trea,ury
Private credit account
Ditto in branches

...F.233.377,440
... 128 679,805
... 45,761.451
... 81,118,372
... 4,610,038
... 2,881,651
... 371,121,700
... 39 455 925
... 50,776,364
... 82,316,381
... 25,519,013

The account continues to mark influx of specie,
the amount of which, 362 millions, in the coffers of
the banks, compared with the amount of notes in
circulation, about 410 millions, must set people at
ease, at all events on the score of security for bank
notes. There is an increase in bills discounted, and
the credit to the Treasury continues to augment, both
favourable signs, so far as they go.
The Siecle says :—" The following note, on which
the Government cannot refuse to give some ex-
planation, has been communicated to us M.
CHARLES BLIND, one of the two diplomatic agents
sent by the insurrectional Government of Baden and
the Palatinate on a miasion to the French Govern-
ment, is still a prisoner at La Force. In spite of his
character as diplomatic envoy, it has been sought to
implicate him in the affair of June 18, in order to
colour with a plausible pretext a detention which
would be otherwise unjustifiable. M. BLIND has un-
dergone two interrogatories, the particulars of which
are now in the bands of the Procureur of the Re-
public. It will be impossible, it is affirmed to us, to
bring him to trial, as no fact can be alleged against
him. M. BLIND is nevertheless kept in prison, and
treated with extreme rigour.' "