The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-26 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The National publishes the following address, re-
commending the Republicans to follow the:example of
the Monarchists, and merge all minor differences for
the purpose of uniting their forces so as to make head
against the reaction at the approaching election :
" The appeal to a fusion between the different shades
of the Republican party on the eve of the elections, mu-t,
if it be heard and understoed, be attended with conse-
quences which will outlive the circumstances which ren-
dered it necessary. Unceasingly in a state of struggle
under monarchical regimes, constantly in a minority in
official regions, the Republican opinion, at length vic-
torious in February, has found itself unskilful in per-
forming that part which has been so eagerly filled for the
last half a century by Royalists of all shades. The men
of the revolution, excellent for the combat, are perhaps
wanting in ability to turn the victory to account. And,
nevertheless, what difficulties have been overcome! what
dangers removed! what misfortunes spared to the coun-
try! By the force of patrotism, of courage, of devoted-
ness in the Provisional Government, which is now dit-
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tage! thanks to the prudent energy of the heads of the
State, France entire, assembled for the first time in
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electoral committees, was able freely and peaceably to
choose the citizens to whom she would confide the task
Constitution of the country.
" Once the Assembly was united the task of the Go-
vernors of the 24th of February was accomplished, and
they withdrew. Up to that time, however separated
they might be on certain points of policy, they had fully
comprehended that those divisions of opinion—those
private dissentients should disappear before the great
Interests confided to their vigilant solicitude. On the
union of all the Members of the Provisional Govern-
ment depended the future welfare of the Republic. The
4th of May arrived, and found them as united as on the
evening of the 24th February, at the Rotel Ca Ville—as
they also were on the list of electors fur Paris in April.
" Who then thought of monarchical reaction? Call
to mind the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly,
and the unanimous cry which saluted the Republic.
What was attempted to overthrow this fertile land,
which promised such fruitful harvests to democracy?
The 15th of May, in the first place; and at a later pe-
riod the events of June. From those two fatal epochs
dates the resurrection of our enemies, the successive de-
velopment of reactionary ideas and the present state of
things—three monarchies closely leagued against the
Republic, and conspiring its speedy fall.
" It is the tradition of the Provisional Government so
unfortunately broken that we would wish to again bind
together; it is to reconstitute the great Republican
party, and with it to realise the hopes of progress which
have been too soon abandoned; it is in a word to con-
tinue the interrupted work of the revolution of February
that we warmly recommend the fusion of all the shades
of Republican opinion.
" As to the it-fluence which that fusion might exercise
on the approaching elections, or as to whether it might
tend to the success of any particular fraction more or
less ultra of that party we are but slightly anxious to
know. Principles alone command our attention, and
awaken our uneasiness; and when called on to choose
between two individuals, the one obscure, and the other
shining, we should reserve our preference for the can-
didate who should evince the greatest probity and de-
votedness towards the Republic.
"Limited to the reactional struggle, the union, which
we foil ,w up in concert with a great number of commit-
tees in the departments, will only perform a portion of
its part. The elections are the immediate occasion, if
not the cause, but the object is more distant. It is for
Republican opinions to resume the situation which they
held from the 25th of February to the 15th of May,
and to rally round it those numerous elements which it
had achieved, but which reaction aided, it must be con-
fessed by our own divisions, has nearly detached from
the common centre.

"In this manner will be re constructed the great de-
mocratic party to whom belongs social direction, because
it alone protects legitimate interests, and realises practi-
cable reform ; because in it alone is to be found that in-
telligent force which guarantees order in the present, and
that sympathetic will which unceasingly seeks for pro-
gress in the future."
The Assembly was engaged during the whole of
Tuesday in discussing the Bill of General LAMOItI-
CIERE, for the organization of the army. The plan
proposed by the General is most ingenious, and pro-
ceeds upon the principle that every adult male owes
military service to the State, while at the same time it
does away with conscription. Ile proposes that every
person who does not choose to serve as a soldier shall
pay a certain sum, in the nature of a property tax,
and that the sums so paid shall go to a general bounty
fund, to be divided among those who serve. The
effect of this would be always to keep the army filled
with veteran and disciplined troops. The Minister
at War proposed that the measure should be referred
to the Council of State, which would be, in fact, reject-
ing it. They were opposed by General CAVAIGNAC,
and on a division the Ministry were defeated by 374
to 235.

The Presse seems sorely puzzled how to decide be-
tween the " communication' from the Austrian Go-
vernment, which it published on Monday, and the
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art-vices, can thus give him a carte blanche, and consent,
by retarding the definitive pacification of Italy, to de-
prive itself of the battalions now on the Tessino, so much
required in another quarter."
Had the Presse recollected the existence of the for-
gery and false intelligence department in the Austrian
Chancery, it would have suspected the parentage of the
" communication," and have distrusted it accordingly.
We can readily conceive that Lord ABERDEEN might
accept an Austrian "communication' as an article of
faith, but M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN is neither
Sir Oracle nor a dotard, and we are surprised that
he should take Austrian communications for gospel.
There is very little probability of the success of M.
GUIZOT at Calvados. The Count DE JAItNAC has
started for the Pas de Calais as the Louis Philippist
candidate. If a candidate in the SOPIIY DAWES and
TESTS interest could stand a chance in any depart-
ment, it would certainly be in the Pas de Calais, the
sanctuary of wounded stags and lame ducks, the
moral Botany Bay of the English pseudo-aristocracy.
The police are constantly interfering with the
electoral meetings in Paris, dispersing all those which
are not favourable to the claims of the reactionary
candidates.

PARIS BOURSE.—WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25.
THREE o'CLocx.—The Funds have been firm to-day,
with a tendency to a rise, but without any remarkable
incident. The only news current was with respect to
the entry of the Russians into Gallicia, which is not con-
firmed. Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares were also
firm. Exchange on London
(30 days), 25 32i, money;
ditto (90 days), 25 20, money.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCIIANGE,
kritn, 25.
Boulogne and Amiens, 85,i—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 14—East Indian, 3(4 Great Indian Pen-
insula, —Namur and Liege, 81/2—Northern of France,
and Rouen, 221/9—Paris and Strasbourg, IPA.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived.

It is said that the Spanish Government has deter-
mined to send 10,000 men to re-establish the POPE.
NARVAEZ is to take the command of the expedition,
with CORDOVA as second in command.

It is said that the Carlist band of the Tristanys
has been defeated at Igualda.

MADRID BOLB3, APRIL 20.—The Five per Cents.,
104 paper; Three per Cents., 24 1-16 for account. Ex-
change on London, 50 money.

GIBRALTAR.

On the 14th inst. the Governor and the members
of the board of health decreed that all vessels ar-
riving from the coast of Barbary are to be admitted
to free pratique. Prior to this date, vessels arriving.
from the Black Sea, Constantinople, the Levant,
Alexandria, &c., could not get pratique. They are
now to be admitted to free pratique, after three days'
quarantine, and in all other respects are to be placed
on the same footing as at Malta.
The expensive system of placing health guards
astern of vessels from the Levant is now done away
with, provided that they anchor northward from the
Samarang in the quarantine ground.
In consequence of a dispute with the Governor of
Tangier, the French Conziul.General arrived in
Gibraltar Bay, in the French war-steamer Eolaireur,
on the 14th inst., with his family. it appears that