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

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The debate on the Roman expedition commenced
in the Assembly on Monday. In the Third Edition of
The Sun of yesterday we gave the explanation of
M. DE TOCQUEVILLE, the Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs ; he was followed by
Mr. Jules Favre, who said that the veil had been
at length rent asunder, and the morality of the expedi-
tion to Rome might be henceforth judged of by the
avowal of the Government, and an opinion formed of the
labyrinth into which France had been led by the want of
tact of the stet ;men at the head of her Government.
—(Approbation on the Lel.' ) Tho Minister had said
that all discussion was useless. He (M. J. Favre) was
not of that opinion, for by discussion light would be
thrown on the affair. The first result would be to ap-
preciate facts, and the next to know what steps remained
to be taken. What, he would ask, were the intui-
tions which presided over the acts of the Government?
France, on the 17th April, when the expedition
was decided on, was, he said, opposed to it; the
Constituent Assembly was also opposed to it; the mem-
bers of the Cabinet had, however, decided on it, and
the majority had sanctioned the measure; all who had
done so had since been very miserable.—(Murmurs, and
cries of Order, order,' on the Right, and of Hear,
hear,' on the Left.) The Hon. Gentleman continued to
examine what had been the intention of the Constituent
Assembly in authorising the expedition to Rome, and
sought to prove that its idea, as well as that of France,
was to secure the independence and nationality of Italy.
That independence was, he said, essen:ial for the inte-
rest of France, and had been the constant object of all
her statesmen, from the time of Charles VIII. to the
battle of Marengo. The Iron. Gentleman then traced
out the history of the events and the diffirent negotia-
tions which had led to the expedition to Rome. It was at
first, he said, demanded to take possession of some point
on the coast; the President of the Council had after.
wards asked for a wider range of action, and the As-
sembly—God forgive them for it—had granted it.—(Mur-
murs on the Right.) What had been the conduct of the
Government after obtaining that vote? Instead of in-
tervening in the name of liberty and independence, it
had done so in the name of despotism; and that after
having demanded a credit of 1,200,000 francs. It was on
that point he should ask the President of the Council to
explain, and render an account of the blood of French
soldiers, which had been shed in doing exactly the con-
trary to what the Constituent Assembly had wished.
The Honourable Member then reminded the Assembly
of the words of the President of tlle Council, delivered
before the order of the day of the 24th of May, from
which it was evident that the wishes of the Constituent
Assembly had been set at nought. The attack on Rome
by the French was a parallel case with that of the Aus-
trians on Ancona, only that the latter acted openly,
whilst France concealed her intentions under the false
garb of patriotism.—(Loud applause on the Left.) The
Hon. Gentleman then read successively the documen's
published by the Moniteur relative to the expedition to
Rome, and particularly dwelt on the first proclama-
tion published at Civita Vecchia, in which it was said
that no form of government would be imposed on the
Rumens but that which should be chosen by the nation.
Notwithstanding this assertion an impious war had been
entered on, the bloodshed of which would, he said, fall
on the heads of the French Ministry.—(Acclamations
on the Left.) He defied the President of the Council to
produce any proof that General Oudinot had been called
to Rome by the Roman people, and in default of that
proof, it was, he said, clear that General Oudinot bad no
right to have done so. Resistance had taken place, the
blood of French soldiers had been shed, and it was for
that reason that the Government was now called on to
render an account of the execution of the order of the
day of the Constituent Assembly.
Several Voices—To-morrow, to-morrow.
M. Jules Fevre observed that his friends were well
aware that his present state of health would not allow
him to speak at any length ; nevertheless, as he consi-
dered it his duty to express his sentiments on such an
important question, he was ready to continue to the end.
If, however, the Assembly wished to adjourn the discus-
sion, he would bow to its decision.

The adjournment was then decided on, and the sitting
broke up at a quarter to seven.
The obscurantist party in France is at length
beginning to throw off the mask. The Assemblee
Nationale, the organ of the Parti Pretre, calls loudly
for the dismissal of the present Ministry, as too
liberal, and for the appointment of a pure Jesuit
Ministry, which shall restore the rule of the Cardinals
and priests at Rome without check or conditions.
The .De Falloux portion of the Cabinet, at all events,
knew what they were about when they urged the
PRESIDENT to send French troops to Rome to do the
dirty work of Austria.
Siturday next has been fixed for the visit of the.
PRESIDENT of the Republic to Rouen and Havre.
He will leave Paris that morning at nine o'clock for
Rouen. On his way he will review the National
Guards of Poissy, Mantes, Louviers, and Elbceuf.
At Rouen there will be a dinner, ball, illuminations,
and fireworks. On the following day (Sunday) he
will proceed to Havre, where he will also be feted.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 53f. 80c.; the Five per Cents. at 881. 250 ;
Orleans Railroad Shares, 765 f ; Rouen, 530 f.; Havre,
250 f.; Great Northern, 4221. 50c., Avignon, 221 f. 25c.;
Vierzon, 3021. 50c.; Basle, 1011. 25c.; Paris and Stras-
burgh, 3531. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 305 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
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GERMANY
AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

The following important intelligence from Hun-
gary appears in the Paris National of yesterday
" A traveller who has just arrived from Vienna by
way of Berlin brings most important intelligence. At
Berlin, on the evening of the 4th, a person who had just
arrived from the frontiers of Gallicia, reported that the
head quarters of Paskewitch were on the Ist August
at Tarnow in Gallicia, to which city he had
been forced to retreat after • having been com-
pletely defeated by the united armies of Georgey
and Dembinski. Although we give little credit to this
intelligence, we may observe that the head-quarters of
Paskewitch may have fallen back upon Tarnow, where
he may be waiting for reinforcements, without the whole
of the Russian army having been driven across the frontier.
The traveller who brings this news saw himself on the
railway there large trains loaded with Russian troops,
going with all speed towards the north, which would seem
to confirm the reports as to the retreat of the Russians.
At Berlin he met an English courier, who had been dis-
patched by the British Ambassador at Vienna to his
Government, and who said that he was the bearer of
news very favourable to the Hungarians."
The French Government have, it is said, received a
telegraphic dispatch, announcing that the inhabitants
of Moldavia have risen in insurrection, and joined the
Hungarians, who had entered the province, in en-
endeavouring to expel the Russians from the Princi-
palities, a feat by no means difficult to accomplish,
seeing that the Russian forces there have, in conse-
quence of the number of regiments sent into
Hungary, been diminished to about 12,000 men.
BEM has been, ever since the Russian invasion of
Hungary, in close communication with the Moldavian
chiefs.

LIATNAu remains at Keskemet. His troops
have suffered dreadfully on the march.
There are no regular roads, and the Hun-
garians have destroyed all the provisions and filled
up the wells, making the country a barren
desert. HAYNAU'S troops are starving, and ready to
break out into open, mutiny in consequence of the
hardships to which they are exposed. They demand
to be led at once against the enemy, but the Hun-
garians do not show themselves ; they are content to
let famine do its word. The Imperialists have de-
stroyed all the boats on the Waag, to prevent the
sallies of the garrison of Comorn.
The Ban JELLACRICH remains in his entrenchments
at Kuma ; his force is reduced to 7,000 men. The
army of the south, which defeated him, is advancing
to join DEMBINSKI, leaving a strong detachment to
watch the motions of the Ban.