The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-24 00:00:00

TILE SON, LONDON,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 1

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and
yesterday.
It would appear that there is an intrigue en foot
to restore to power M. DE FALLOUX, and the parti-
pretre, and to drive from the Cabinet not only MM.
I)UFAURE, PASSEY arld.:DE TOCQUEVILLE, but even
M. ODILON BARROT himself, who is considered not
sufficiently reactionary for those who would fain bring
back the days of the Ministere deplorable of Charles:X.,
with their infamous laws of sacrilege, their cruel perse-
cutions of Protestants and Liberals and their odious
supremacy of the parti-pretre. The " Council of
Bishops and Priests," now holding in Paris, was
assembled for the purpose of endeavouring to oust
from the Ministry all but the most obscur-
antist of its members, in order to give
to the parti-pretre the monopoly of po-
litical power. An endeavour has been made to
keep the proceedings of this Council a profound se-
cret, and it has been so far successful that as yet no
regular report of their sayings and doings his been
published. A letter, which appears in the Semaine of
Saturday, gives us, however, an inkling of the objects
of this Synodal Council. "The only question," says
the writer of this letter, " which is seriously consi-
dered in Council, is how we may best turn to profit
the presence in the Cabinet of that dear son of the
Church, M. DE FALLOEX ;" and, as one of the means
of turning it to profit, he is to be urged to give to
the clergy the monopoly of education, so that the
priest may have, as he had in the time of CHARLES
X., the power of shutting up any school in his pariah;
that is to say, of depriving Protestants of all school
education for their children, unless they choose to
send them to the schools conducted by the Jesuits ;
and in return the priests will pay the greatest attention
to the state of opinion in the various families in
their respective polishes, with a view to further the
cause of order ; that is to say, they will organise a
system of espionage in the bosom of every family,
and report the results to their excellent friends in the
Ministry. This notable intrigue is already begin-
ning to bear fruit. The Univers, the organ of the
Jesuits, declares with much complacency, that there
is a probability of the Roman question being satisfac-
torily settled. M. DE Fonnoux' the state of whose
health may be considered as the barometer of the
prospects of the parti-pretre, is convalescent. ," The
third dose of the quinine has quite subdued the
fever. The patient passed a very good night." Such
was the bulletin issued on Friday, and in the
Evenement we find the following significant notifi-
cation :
"M. Mole, it is said, has manifested to his friends his
willingness to accept the Presidency of a new Cabinet, if
the members of the different moderate portions of the
Assemby will enter into an engagement to bring about
the dissolution of the present Ministry."
The unpopularity of the proposed income-tax of
M. PASSY among the proprietary classes has
encouraged the parti pretre to make this bold stroke
for power. That which they falsely asserted of the
Red Republicans in May is true of themselves in
September. They are intriguing at Rome against
the honour, the dignity, and the interest of France,
and they rejoice at every check that their country
receives. The following letter from Rome, which
4pears in the Journal des Debuts, will chew the
abject state to which the intrigues of the parti-preire
has reduced the influence of France in Rome :
" ROME, SEPT. 14.
" We are still expecting the decision of France in
reply to the notification of the 23d of August. The boat
bearing it appeared at Civita Vecchia on the 1 lth, from
whence it made its way to Naples, where M. de Cor•
cellos still remains.
" fly the courier of the 12th General Rostolan received
a dispatch from the Ministry, which he immediately
communicated to the three Cardinal Commissioners. It

Ls said that this dispatch was relative to the official pub

lication of the Presldent's letter, which has not yet taken
place. lam forced to confess that the publicity given
to it by the Pitdmentese and Florentine journals, and
the agitations that it has caused amongst a certain party,
induce the fear lest its tendency should be to adjourn a
friendly solution. Justice requires me, however, to ad-
mit that a rupture seems to me fatally necessary, seeing
the extreme point to which the daily relations between
the French authorities and the Government of Rome
have come. Nay, more; some of the most influential
members of the Pontifical Administration seem to
act according to a pre-arranged system; and Mon-
signor Savelli is mentioned as one of those who

is' engaged in that path. Monsignor Savelli,
Minister of the Interior, is a Corsican, and he
perhaps desires to show his new nationality by embar-
rassing his own country. Be that as it may, since his
assumption of power his acts, his words, and his ten-
dencies have been hostile to us; and this is the more
extraordinary, as the Government Commissioners suffer,
without approving of it in tote, the ab irato conduct of

the Minister. Is it possible that he is more than any
one else the personification of the ideas of Gaeta and
Portici? This is not impossible. The error of our
expedition has been to count on a moderate party which
never existed, and which is not now in existence; which
wo shall never succeed in (treating, whatever efforts we
may make. The population of the Roman States is
divided into two well-defined factions—the red and the
black. No doubt there are shades between; a little red
in the black here, and a little black in the red there. But
the intermediate party does not exist: there are but two
'lugs, on one of which is written ' Destroy all,' on the
other Re establish all.' France seeks to unite them.
The task seems to me a difficult one. Let us hope that it
will succeed. Sympathy and cordiality between our
offic,,rs and the Roman youth are making progress,
though slowly. There have been, indeed, some scenes
in coffee-houses and theatres which may be regretted,
and which elsewhere might have led to conflicts much to
be regretted. But thanks to the measures taken by the
General-in- Chief, all that was done there was to shut up
the theatres for three nights. M. de Corcelles will, it is
said, arrive here to morrow. His presence, whilst it
gives more unity to the action of France, will perhaps
enable us to get out of the endless lane into which we
had entered. The personal esteem in which he is held
by the Pope is of a nature to facilitate his relations with
the papal agen:s here. It is :;aid that, for reasons of
health, General Rostolan solicits his recall. If our Mi-
nistry grant his request, Rome will regret this general
whose rectitude of mind and energy all here have had
an opportunity of admiring for some time past.
The Aloniteur publishes a notice of the reduction of
interest on Treasury Bills, to commence from
Saturday, to 4 per cent. on bills of from three to
five months ; 5 per cent. on bills from six to eleven
months ; G per cent. for bills of a year's date. The
effect of this will be to turn the attention of specu-
lators more to stock, and so give elasticity to the
Funds.

The Moniteur also publishes returns of the exports
and imports of the last eight months, as compared
with the corresponding periods of the years 1847 and
1848, from which it is evident that trade is steadily
improving.

BUt3INESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 22.
East Indian, 37 —Great Indian Peninsula, s%—Orleans
and Bourdeaui, 3,4 ex div. —Tours and Nantes, 2%.