The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-09 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Minister for. Foreign Affairs, M. Damns' DE
L'Huvs, attended the Committee of the National As-
sembly yesterday, and in answer to questions put to
him, is said to have declared that France would not
interfere in the affairs of Italy, and that the French
Government disapproved of the entrance of the Rus-
sians into Transylvania, although they had been in-
vited by the Austrian Government. The committee
being a secret one, it is, of course, impossible to ascer-
tain exactly what were the statements of the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, but it is believed that the account
given above is, so far as it goes, accurate. We shall
not, however, have to remain long in doubt as to the
intentions of the French Government, as interpella-
dons were to be addressed to the Minister in the
sembly yesterday by M. DUVIGNIER. The scene
which led to the notice of theae interpellations was of
a very extraordinary character.
The discussion on the electoral law, on Wednesday,
was interrupted by M. DUVIGNIER, who observed
that, in consequence of the projects of the northern
despots with regard to Italy, it was naturai that pub-
lic opinion should be pre-occupied with a question in
volving the honour and interests of France. The
Minister for Foreign Affairs, he understood, was to
have given explanations on the subject that morning
to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. M. DUVIGNIER
thought that those explanations should be made
public,
in order that Italy might know whether the
hopes which the decree of the National Assembly
of the 24th of May, in favour of her inde-
pendence, had excited in the country, were
to be realised. The three Afinisters present
evincing no intention to reply, M. DUVIGNIER
charged them with disrespect towards the Assembly.
The President himself incurred his displeasure by
observing that Ministers were not bound to reply to
his questions, and that the Assembly alone had a right
to regulate its order of the day. M. DUVIGNIER
loudly complained of the oppression of the minority
by the majority, and said that such a course was an
incitement to the former to carry their reclamations
elsewhere. This declaration created a violent uproar,
and, when silence was restored, M. ODILON BARROT
rose and said that M. DUVIGNIER had had the preten-
sion to give a lesson of politeness to Ministers, of
which the Assembly had appreciated the terms and
form, and that, so far from refusing to reply, he and
his colleagues were at the disposal of the Assembly.
M. DUVIGNIER having next asked that the interpel-
lations be placed at the order of the day of Thursday,
his demand was acceded to by a majority of 367 to
357.

The intelligence from Italy contained in these
papers is of a very contradictory character. The
National quotes a private letter, received in Paris
that evening, which says that the Austrian troops
which had been sent to take possession of Carrara
had, upon ascertaining the force of the Tuscan troop,
and the support which the Piedmontese General,
LAMARMORA, was prepared to give them, retired
from the territory of Tuscany ; whilst the Constitu
tionnel states that the Austrians have entered
Tuscany, that they were opposed by the Tuscan
army of 6,000 men, under the command of General
AncE, reinforced by a division of the Piedmontese
army, amounting to 16,000 men, commanded by
General MARMORA, the Sardinian Government having
at the request of the Provisional Government of
Florence, consented to interfere in order to protect
Tuscany from Austrian invasion. The Piedmontese
and Tuscans
-were to effect their junction on the 2d of
March, and probably a battle would be fought with
the Austrians on the 3d. To these rumours, however,
no great credit was attached in the political salons of
the French capital, where the prevailing opinion was
that the Austrians had not entered Tuscany at all.
Indeed, it was believed that the French Government
had received a note from the Austrian Minister, stat-
ing that Austria had voluntarily adjourned her pro-
posed intervention in Tuscany.
The State trials commenced at Bourges on the 7th•
After the bill of indictment was read, BARBES rose to
protest against the competency of the Court. He
addressed the jury in most violent language, but was
stopped by the President. BARITES then declared he
would would not again enter the court unless com-
pelled to do so by force.
The Committee of Finances has determined to recom •
mend the Assembly to vote increased allowances to
the President and Vice-President of the Republic.
The editor of the Peuple was on Tuesday tried for
publishing an alleged seditious libel, and acquitted.
The interpellations on the affairs of Italy, of which
M DuvromEa had given notice, were going on at
post hour.
BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 8.
Tuxtla; o'CLocx.—The news from Italy has had a
slight effect upon the French Funds to-day, although
there appears to be great reason to doubt the truth of
the report of the immediate intervention of the Austrians
in Tuscany. The Railway Shares were steady. The
Greek Loan was quoted to-day, the portion guaranteed
by Russia at 99i, and the portion guaranteed by France
aL 883, Exchange on London (30 day s), 25 22i to 25;
ditto (90 days) 25 12k.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCX 8.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), l234—Demerara, 84—Namur and Liege, 8—
Northern of France, 11 LA— Paris and Rouen, 2114—Rouen
and Havre, 12:Yi —Tours and Nantes, 21h.

The Ecelesiaitieal Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday at their Office in Whitehall••
place.

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1849.

colonial finances of 1547, amounting to 4,297,302,534,

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lan is, tiling the Ctiatubel sUi th, decease ut tv,u
of the counsellors of that court, and explaining the
reason why the High Court had not submitted to the
Chambers a list of candidates to be presented to the
KING for his MAJESTY'S nomination of counsellors, to
replace those of the deceased. The delay was occa-
sioned by a Ro3 al message, addressed to the High
Court, stating that his MAJESTY wxis reslved ti. ev. it
hitt!selful his pried, g, acc..rd•ng to Ar!. 83 .f .he :a.w
of judicial organization, and to leave the places
of the counsellor of the High Court vacant until the
number of the members should have arrived at its
minimun, namely twelve. An expose of the motives
relative to the extraordinary tax for covering the
deficit from 1848 to 1849, was also laid tefore the
Chambers.

Yesterday, his MAJESTY gave a grand dinner
to some of the Members of the Second Chamber of
the States General. Her Majesty the Queen, Prince
and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, the Prin.
cess Louisa, and Prince Henry were also present.
There will be another Court dinner at the Palace to-
day, to those Members who were not invited yes-
terday.
The Dutch journals give sad accounts of the late
terrible storm along the coast, which caused immense
damages to the shipping.