The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-30 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes two dispatches from Gene-
ral OUDINOT ; the first details the operations od
the siege from the 19th to the 21st ; the second
gives the details of the assault made on the night of
the 21st. It is as follows :
" Head-quarters, June 22 .
" Monsieur le Ministre,—On the 21st, at three o'clocl
in the afternoon, General Vaillant and General Thir).
commanding the engineers and artillery of the expedi
tionary corps, informed me that the three breaches math
in the two internal faces of bastions 6 and 7, and in tb(
curtain which unites them, would be practicable the saint
evening. I immediately gave the necessary instruction,
for the assault. At half-past nine o'clock in the evening
a company of grenadiers and a company of the light com-
panies of the 32d, 36th, and 53d of the line, formed thre'
columns of attack under the orders of chefs de b itailloi
de Cappe, Dantin, and de Sainte Marie. In addition, e
reserve, composed of two flank companies of the 221'
Light Infantry, 66th and 68th of the line, commanded b)
chef de bataiflun de Tuurville, was assembled behind
the breaching batteries, under the superior command of
Lieutenant Colonel Tarbouviech, of the 36th Regiment of
the Line. About thirty sappers of the Engineer corps
were attached to each of the assaulting columns. Three
hundred workmen, taken from the flank companies of
the 16th and 25th Light Infantry, were assembled a:
the same time in the trenches behind the batteries.
These troops were supported by two battalions of the
guard of the trenches. All the other corps of the divi-
sion Rostolan had left their bivouac, and were collected
on the Monte Verde. The regiments under the orderr
of General Regnaud were under arms in the Villas Pam-
fili and Corsini. _

"The dispositions being thus taken, the batteries, at
ten o'clock, made a last discharge of grape-shot, and
Colonel Niel, chief of the staff of the Engineers, sent
forward the three assaulting columns. They ascended
with great intrepidity the talus of the breaches which
had been assigned to them. Our troops were received
by a general fire, to which they did not respond ; but
they speedily cleared the ground in front by a vigorous
charge with the bayonet. Their impetuosity was such
that they soon found themselves on the line of retreat
of the enemy, and fifty prisoners, among whom were a
lieutenant-colonel, a captain, and a lieutenant fell into
our power. Our soldiers at the same time possessed
themselves of several waggons laden with powder, and
even of some horites. The wm.kmen, conducted by en-
gineer officers, aetended in thiir turn, each carrying a
gabion,; a, spade,y and a eicaxe. They closed by an
epaulement the gdrge of the, bastions with as much ac-
tivity as intelligence. The Roman troops vainly at
tempted to retake their positions; they vainly attempted
to re-enter the works which had long been prepared, and
on which they had founded great hopes. The assault.
ing columns, reinforced by the reserve, did not shrink
for an instant. Our soldiers were placed in ambuscade,
and caused considerable loss to the enemy, whilst we sus-
tained almost none. From two o'clock in the morning
we were covered, and up to that time we had only to re.
gret 12 wounded or killed, among whom were two
officers. It was at this moment, Monsieur le Ministre,
that I addressed to you a telegraphic dispatch. At
three o'clock the enemy opened the fire of three bat-
teries, placed on Monte Orio and the northern part of
the Monte Janicolo. The most violent cannonade broke
out at daybreak, and continued to nearly nine o'clock.
Our new batteries are not yet constructed, and our
artillery cannot counter-batter the enemy's pieces. but
our troops are sheltered from the fire by the nature
of the ground, and, notwithstanding an enormous
quantity of bullets, grape-shot, and shells, our lease,.
have scarcely been doubled. In order to increase our
chance of success, by dividing the forces which might be
opposed to us, I had ordered two diversions, the one to
the north of the city by the Ponte Mol:e and towards the
Borghese, and the second to the south, towards the Gate
of St. Paul. The first of these was made by a column
under the orders of General Guesweller, which was com-
posed of a section of Chasseurs a Pied, of three batta
lions, fifty Light Dragoons, and four ph ces of artillery,
went to the counter-torts on the left bank of the Upper
Tiber, and drove into the city the different posts which
the enemy had therein. The column was directed suffi-
ciently near to Porta del Popolo to cause it to be beli.tved
that the General intended to penetrate into the town.
Some prisoners were brought back by it. The second
column charged to effect a diversion cn the left bank of
the Lower Tiber was composed of a battalion of the 22d
Light Infantry, two squadrons of eavelry, and four cons
pauies of artillery, under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Espinasse, of the 22d. In order to conceal the
numerical weakness of this column, the Lieutenant-
Colonel did not march until night; but, in order to attract
the attention of the enemy to this point, two 30-pounders
belonging to the squadron had been placed on an emi-
nence in front of the Church of St. Paul. They were
under the orders of Lieutenant Olivieri, commanding
the flotilla of the Tiber, and were of very material as-
sistance. The field of artillery attached to the column
very much annoyed the enemy by thing shells and bails
against the ramparts; when the battalion of the 22d ad-
vanced with its scaling ladders to make a feint
of scaling, it was received with a very sharp fire
of musketry. None of the party were wounded, as they
were sheltered by the undulating nature of the ground,
which had been examined beforehand. The two de-
monstrations consequently obtained the object which
was proposed. At this moment the artillery is labour-
ing -very actively to Do3.,lstruct batteries on the crown-
work of the breaches. It will be able, from these posi-
tions, not only to counter4batter and extinguish the fire
of the enemy, but also to bompletely menace the place.
" The ensemble of all t ese operations, Monsieur le
Ministre, has keen very orious for our arms. I shalt
shortly have thethenour e forward you the dames Of
those officers, sdh-officers and soldiers, who, in these
various combats, have pa icularly distinguished them-
selves, and who merit all e solicitude of the Govern-
ment. You will learn wh pleasure that, notwithstand•
ing the great heat, the hdalth of the troops is very sa-
tisfactory, which maybe mainly attributed to the energy
of their morale.-1 &131, &c.
(Signed) " OUDINOT DE REGGIO."
In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday the
plan recently adopted by the Ministry of thinning
the benches of the Opposition by bringing wholesale
prosecutions against their occupants was still further
carried out. Permission was asked to prosecute
seven representatives accused of being implicated in
the affair of the 13th of June—Messrs. Brume, Rou-
gat, Beyer, Kopp, Hauffer, Auslett, and Lourion.
There is a requisition against five others for belong-
ing to a secret society, of which the papers were
seized some time ago, called La Solidarite Republi-
caine ; the names of these members are Martin, Ber-
nard, Gambon, Demontry, and Brives. M. PFLIEGER
is to be prosecuted for violence offered to a magis-
trate and officer on duty at Colmar. There
is a second prosecution against M. GAMBON for
spreading false news for electioneering purposes.
How comes it, asks the National, if spreading false
prosecutedpurposes
of these requisitions was
rnLeeEcTwe° isi 15v1 forFd
electioneeringnu
withnc(i!u Enn el
shoutsennott of indignation by the
Opposition, who were proceeding in a body to
quit the Assembly, when the Members of
the Ministerial majority commenced a series of
insults. They were, however, soon reduced to
silence by General LAYADLT, who, turning round to
them, exclaimed, " You decimate one portion of the
Assembly, you throw thirty of its members into
prison, and you are surprised that we should exhibit
indignation and emotion." In these proceedings M.
ODILON BARROT has not even the poor merit of origi-
nality; he is a mere servile copyist of General NARVAEZ.
As for the proof against these unfortunate gentlemen,
those who know anything of the working of the
continental police system will at once understand
how easy it is to procure any proofs that may be re-
quired. "Those who hide can find" is a proverb the
full force of which is well understood by the myrmi-
dons of the French police. The further these pro-
ceedings are carried the more firmly are we con-
vinced that the 13th June was merely a successful
29th January. We do not deny the existence of a
conspiracy, but the conspirators all belong to the
successful party.
The Republican list of candidates for Paris has
been published. Amongst :the:candidates are Col.
Guinard, Messsrs. Goudchaux Marie, Perree de Ge-
rardin, Ducoux, Buvignier, Ribeyrolles, of the
Reforme, and ex-Count d'Alton Shee.
M. DALICAN, the editor of the Revolution D'imo-
cratique et Sociale, and M. JULES GOUACHE, the
editor of the Reforme, were arrested in Paris on
Thursday, on a charge of having been engaged in
the conspiracy of June 13.
The following are the leading items in the Bank
of France return for the last week :