The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-14 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic arrived at Havre
on Sunday, where he was received with cries of
" Vive le President !" as he had been previously at
Rouen. M. ODILON BARROT joined the PRESIDENT at
Havre. The weather, which was very unfavourable,
diminished the brilliancy of the regatta, and the rain
extinguished the illuminations.
The Reforms, the publication of which had been
suspended during the state of siege, re-appeared yes-
terday morning. The raising of the state of siege
has also enabled the other journals to speak out, so
that we have now some elements towards ascertain-
ing the real state of- the public opinion of France
with regard to public affairs. The conduct of the
Government of Rome, restored, be it remembered, by
French bayonets, is now commented on freely in all
the journals. The Pressesays—
" At Rome the reaction is complete, implacable, and
without limits. It strikes equally persons and institu-
tions ; the most moderate of the Liberals as well as the
most compromised of the Republicans ; the institutions
which guarantee private interests as well as those
which protect public liberties. Such is the result of
that expedition of Civita Vecchia, undertaken, we are
told, to defend the Roman population against the
Austro- Neapolitan absolutism. Thanks to the support
of our arms, liberty has completely disappeared, the
liberal friends of France are exiled, the Inquisition is
re• established."

The Siecle, in commenting on the affairs of Rome
in connexion with those of Piedmont, says—
" The French Cabinet does not labour under illusions
on this subject. The army of the Alps is re-established.
Some think that this measure has been adopted with the
view of menacing Piedmont, and obliging her to submit
to Austria. We cannot accept the supposition; for,
even were M. de Fallout Prime Minister these are humi-
lations of a nature that even he would not seek to impose
on the country. Do they not know that they have gone
too far already in the affair of Rome? No; the Cabinet
uses these precautions because it knows the day may
come when it shall be obliged to warn Austria not to go
too far. Already has its joint action with Austria
placed it th ine a situashadowtionnFotrelenseh ridiculoussflag,theC
tahradninoadlsious
Under
re-
vive the tables of proscription of Gregory XVI., re-es-
tablish clerical monstrosities, including those of the In-
quisition, and piously declare a bankruptcy of 35 per
cent. The measure is fulls'
And even the Journal des Debate expresses its dis-
approbation of the violent reactionary proceedings of
the triumvirate of Cardinals.
The Constitutionnel announces that the Committee
of the Assembly has determined to recommend that
the proposition of the eighty Members for recogniz-
ing the independence of Hungary shall not be taken
into consideration. The Republique has the following
on the Hungarian question. After announcing the
entrance of the Hungarians into Moldavia, and spe-
culating on the probability of Russia demanding
from the Porte their expulsion by force, the Republique
thus proceeds—
" The Porte has now a magnificent opportunity, if she
had only a little courage to take advantage of it. Her
fleet is much superior to the Russian; her army in the
Danubian Provinces is perfectly organized, and much
superior in point of discipline to that of the Czar. A
declaration of war by the Porte would save Hungary, it
would save the population of the Lower Danube, and
would raise Turkey herself, which is the true mark of
Russia. One word of encouragement from France, and
this energetic resolution would be taken. But France
will not give it. The French Government is too honest
for that. It is on so good an understanding with Russia
on account of the unhoped honour of a recognition! The
French Government is the right arm of the magnani-
mous Autocrat. While Nicholas re-establishes order

in Hungary, the Ministry of M. Louis Bonaparte has
the honour to restore the Holy Inquisition at Rome.
Hungary will then be sacrificed, Constantinople given
over to Russian despotism, and the road to Paris opened
to our excellent allies. No; never since the time of
Charles VI., when the treason of Burgundy and Armug-
naces opened the heart of France to the English—never
did our unfortunate country suffer such depth of hu-
miliation."

These journals give us the history of the schism
which has taken place between M. Timms and the
parti pretre. It appears that, encouraged by the
success of the intrigues of M. DE FALLOUX in the
Roman affair, and by the exceedingly elevor manner in
whice he has managed to throw the whole of the
education of France into the hands of the Jesuits,
the parti-pretre, represented by M. DE MONTALEM
BERT, demanded the immediate restoration of the
laws of Mortmain and of the Monasteries, as they
had existed before 1789 ; and M. DE MONTALEMBERT
declared that he would secede from the party of
" Order, family, and property," unless this demand
were acceded to, whereupon M. MIRES opposed
these outrageous demands of the parti pretre, and de.
clared that, as he had given his unconditional sup-
port to the cause of order for eighteen months, so he
should not permit conditions to be dictated to him.
The result was that M. TRIERS was elected reporter
of the Committee by a majority of 16 to 8. the num-
ber of votes for M. BERRYER. The Ilnivers, the
organ of the parti pretre, hereupon abuses M. Timms
in good set terms, and calls him the type. of the revo