The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and of yesterday.
The review which was to have tak,:n place to-day,
the anniversary of the election of the PRESIDENT of
the Republic, has been postponed.
The Patrie and the ltioniteur du Soir publish the
following official communication :
" The President of the Republic has recovered from
his indisposition, but the state of his health will not yet
permit him to be exposed for five or six hours to the
temperature of the season. The review of the National
Guard and the army cannot, therefore, take place on
Monday next."

The National Assembly on Friday rejected, by a
majority of 399 to 188, the proposition of M. Faxar
to vote a sum of money to assist associations of work-
men. On Saturday M. SAVATIEit LAROCHR brought
forward his motion for the abolition of the punish-
ment of death in all cases. The motion was warmly
supported by M COVJEREL, the Protestant minister,
in a logical and eloquent speech, and was opposed by
M. CASAIIIANCA and M. MONTIGNY. The motion
was rejected by a majority of 400 to 183.
The Natierull of Saturday has the following para-
graph :

"At the commencement of the sitting of yesterday
M. Ferdinand Barrot withdrew, in the name of the
Government, the Bill demanding a credit for the com-
pletion of the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon. This
Bill had been referred to a committee .charged to exa-
mine, at the samo time, the account of the expenditure
which has been hitherto incurred for the same obkct.
The committee has terminated its labours, and was to
have presented its report yesterday to the Assembly.
A rumour became current during the sitting, that among
the conclusions of the report was one which laid to the
charge of Count Duchatel, Minister of the Interior of
the ex-King Louis Philippe, a sum of 1.300,0001. It
was on this account, and to prevent exposure, that the
Government has, after some hesitation, come to the re-
solution to withdraw its Bill. The Minister of the In-
terior will understand, that in such a case, his honour
imperiously calls on him to furnish immediately cate-
gorical explanations as to the motives which have led to
so sudden and so strange a determination on the part of
the Government."

It is said that M. TMIERS has been of late suffering
so severely from a disease of the palate of the mouth
that he will probably have to undergo a severe opera-
tion. The Courrier Francais, however, says that
" the indisposition of the illustrious orator is not of a
grave character, and that it is happy to be able to
assure his numerous friends that after a few days of
repose he will probably be able to resume his seat in
the Assembly."
A supplement of the lifoniteur Algerieu, just re-
ceived, gives the following details of the taking of
Zaatcha

" ALGIERS, DEC. 2.

"We have just received the account of the taking
of Zaatcha. On the morning of the 26th of November,
at eight o'clock, the three breaches had been made
practicable by the cannon, and the same were carried
with enthusiasm by three columns of eight hundred
men each, having at their respective heads Colonels
de Barrel and de Canrobert and Lieutenant Colonel de
Lourmel, of the Bth Regiment of the line. A fourth
column, under the orders of Commandant Bourbaki,
completed the investment which had not been before
finished. If the bravery of our troops was admirable,
the resistance made by the Arabs was quite what we
might have expected from the obstinacy which had
kept us for six weeks before the walls of the place. In
less than an hour, however, the streets and the terraces
were completely occupied; but the capture of the place
was not thus completed. It was necessary to attack
house by house, and to besiege the ground floors, in
which our desperate enemies had entrenched themselves.
Many of the houses could not be taken but by blowing
them up, with all who were in them. These partial
combats cost us as many men as the assault. Four
hours after the occupation of the town shots were fired
from under the ruins. During this time Commandant
Bourbaki kept up a very sharp engagement with the
inhabitants of Lichara. The Goums and the cavalry,
on their side, kept in check the movements of the
natives of Tolgu. Not one of the fanatic followers of
Bon Lea demanded quarter, all, to the last man,
died fighting. More than 800 bodies were left on the
ground, as a proof of the desperate struggle of which
Zaatcha has been the scene. Bon Zian, his two sons, and
the Claerif Si Mousse, the old agitator of the south of
Medeab, who had entered the place, were pursued from
house to house, and at last entered that of Bon Zian,
where they made a most desperate resistance. A mine
at length enabled us to penetrate into their retreat, where
they all met their death. In order that no doubt should
remain in the minds of the Arabs as to the well-merited
fate of those instigators of the insurrections, their heads
were exposed in the camp of General Herbillon. We had
on our side from 30 to 40 men killed, and 150 wounded.
Amongst the killed are M. Lapeyreuzo, of the native
tirailleurs; M. Rosetti, sublieutenant of the Spahis; and
M. Reynac, lieutenant of the Zouaves. The officers
wounded are Lieut.-Colonel de Lourmel, slightly ;
Captain Toussaint, of the Ist Spahis. seriously; De
Leurencez, chef de bataillon of the Zmaves; Captain
Berthien, 38th of the line; Lacroix, captain of the
Zouaves; and Levaillant, sub-lieutenant of the Bth batta-
lion of the Foot Chasseurs."

The following were the prices of the Funds at the
Passage de l'OpEra yesterday:—Five per Cents., 90f.
95c.; Three per Cents., 56e. 25c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHAlsaik., Disc. _ _

Boulogno and Amiens, 6%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 123k—Luxembourg, %—Narnur and Liege,
6—Northern of France, 2 dis.—Sambre and Meuse, 21,
West Flanders, 1 ex int.