The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-01 00:00:00

THE FEENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Patrie has the following official " comtnunica-
tion :"—" The announcement made by certain papers
of the -approaching convocation of the National
Assembly is utterly void of foundation. The propo-
sition has not even been brought before the consi-
deration of the Permanent Commission."
The members of the Permanent Commission met
on Thursday. General CHANGARNIER attended and
made a favourable report of the state of Paris.
The Assembly will not meet until the Ist of
October, before which period the Russian and Aus-
trian troops now at the Voralberg will have entered
Switzerland, arid have destroyed liberty there as they
have already done in Hungary. This explains the
reason of the excessive anxiety manifested by the PRE-
SIDENT and his Ministers for the absence of the As-
sembly during the month of September.
The Assemblee Nationale announces that it is
the intention of the Emperor of Russia to restore, by
force of arms, the statu quo of Europe before the re-
volution of 1830, and that be will commence by cal-
ling on Switzerland to restore the old priestly and
aristocratical government of her cantons.
The grand banquet offered by the manufacturers
to the PRESIDENT of the Republic took place at the
Jardin d'Hiver on Thursday evening. Nearly 1,200
persons were present, the most eminent in commerce,
science, the fine arts, the press, and literature. A
fine military band stationed in the shrubberies played
during the banquet. The coup dceil was magnificent.
The Ministers of Justice, of the Interior, Agriculture
and Commerce, were present. In returning thanks
nfor his health being proposed, the PRESIDENT of the
Republic said,—
" Gentlemen,—The true congress of peace was not in
the Salle Cecille. It is here; it is you who compose it, I
you the elite of French industry. Elsewhere wishes
only were expressed; here are represented all those
great interests which peace alone can develop. When
one has admired as I have done all those prodigies of
industry which have been spread out before the eyes of
all France—when it is remembered how many hands
have co-operated in the production of these objects, and
how many existences depend on their sale, one is con-
soled with the idea of having arrived at that period to
which is reserved another glory b2sides that of arms.
In fact, at this time, it is by the improvement of manu-
factures, by the conquest of commerce, that the struggle
is to be carried on with the whole world, and in this
struggle you have convinced me that you will not suc-
cumb. But do not forget to instil into the minds of the
workmen the sacred doctrines of political economy, by
to them a just part in the reward of labour;
prove to them that the interest of the rich is not opposed
to that of the poor. I thank you for the flattering
manner with which you have appreciated my efforts for
prom,,ting the public good, and I propose as a toast,
To the prosperity of French industry! To its honour-
able representatives."'

An evening journal says :
" Several revolutionary journals have announced that
General de Lamoriciere, our Ambassador Extraordinary
at St. Petersburgh, wras coldly received by the Emperor
of Russia. A letter from the General, which is now be-
fore us, on the contrary, affirms that the most cordial
reception was given him ; that several splendid fetes
were got up in his honour; and that he had dined several
times by the side of the Emperor. The latter has also
given him, as a souvenir, a rich medallion, containing
his own portrait and that of the Empress. The Cz ►r
has also presented the General with a complete costume
of a Circassian chief, worth 10,000 roubles; the arms in
particular are quite remarkable as a chef d'oeuvre of
Oriental workmanship."
It was generally believed that the PRESIDENT of
the Republic was on the point of contracting a
matrimonial alliance with the daughter of the King
Of SWEDEN.

The Moniteur publishes a decree of the PRESI-
DENT of the Republic, opening a credit of 522,019 f.
in the Department of Finance for the payment of the
dividend on the Greek loan due on the Ist of Sep-
tember, 1849.

Mr. COBDEN has left Paris for England, with
several members of the committee of the Peace
Congress.
The Five per Cents. opened on the Paris Bourse on
Friday at 89,Y. 60c., and closed at 89f. 80c.; the Three
per Cents. closed at 55f. 23c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares,
760 F.; Rouen, 260 f.; Great Northern, 425 f.; Avignon,
222 f. 50c.• Basle, 102 c. 50c.; Yierzon, 305 f.; Bor-
deaux, 4001.; Strasbourg, 3531. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes,
305 r.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE