The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-17 00:00:00

Whether Mr. CHEETHAM was selected for either or
which of the two qualifications claimed by the Noble
Earl—honesty or feebleness—we are unaware, but
the policy of this confession of weakness may be
doubted, as may a statement made by the same Mr.
CHEETHAM, at the great agricultural distress meeting,
held in Willis's Rooms in the month of March,
wherein, according to the report of his speech in the
Mark lane Express (of the 12th. March), he said—
" I know many farms which about fifty years ago
were let at 2s. 6d. per acre, which are now let at 253. and
30s. per acre. One property in the neighbourhood in
which I reside was half a century ago let at 7001. a year,
and is now let at 4,0001. a year."

Whatever bearing this might have on distressed
tenantry, it was not exactly what distressed landlords
wished to promulgate, although it is a state of things
by no means limited to the district under Mr.
CUEETHAM'S cognizance.

One of the grounds assigned for robbing PETER to
pay PAtm, or taking from the Church to give to the
landlords, was stated to be that the tithes were cal-
culated at protection rates, without a reduction for
free-trade prices, but a subsequent speaker on the
same side, the Earl of MALMESUURY, showed that the
fact was quite the reverse, for he said—
" The effect of the free-trade measures was perhaps in
no case felt more severely than in the case of the poor
working clergy in the country, as the low scale of prices
materially reduced the amount of their incomes."

So both hot and cold may be blown to fan the
embers of discontent with free-ti.ade measures ; but it
is unlikely that the announcement of the Duke of
RICHMOND, of a combination to deprive the Church of
tithes if they do not join the Protectionists, will in-
duce the Right Reverend Prelates •to reverse the
decision which they gave on Lard STANLEY'S amend-
ment, nor is it calculated to enhance his Grace in the
estimation of his Peers, the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris rapers of yesterday.
The Journal des Debats gives, the following as the
result of the examination of .t'3e voting papers for
Paris, so far as the same wns known yesterday. Of
course, not one-fourth part of :the voting papers have
been as yet examined. It will be recollected that the
number of Members to be retu•med is 28.
General Bedeau ... 5613
General larnoriciere 5259
Vavin •
••• 5215
Bixio "• ••• ... 5059
0. Barrot 5038
General Cavaignac... ... 5010
Poulain 4935
Lasteyrie ▪
... 4961
Coquerol
... 4948
DlA:aura 4796
Wolowsky• 4693
Faucher ... • ... 4629
Pas sy
... 4629
Marshal Bugeaud . • ... 4 608
Garnon 4560
General Rapatel •
... 4459
Roger ••• ••• 4202
Falloux
Victor lingo 4155
••••... 414
Thiers
••• ..•
Montalembert ... 4102
•••
... 4035
Chambolle
•• • ... 4033
Moreau „••••
... 4028
Mario
Fould
•• .•• 3957
Mol6 ••• ... 3783
Murat
"• ••• ... 3622
Boissel
••• ..•
~•. ... 3587
••
Ledru Rollin • 3053.,. 2253
Sergearit- Major •Boicbot 7
... 188
Lagrange ..• ..• ... 1676
Pyat
•••
... 1513
Leroux
Considerant
•• • ••• ... 1324
..• 1316
Sergeant-Major Rattier ... 1306
Thoth 1242
Bac•••
.0" •••• •••
1058
Abbe Lamennais ... 993
Greppo 849
D'Alton Shee ... 824
Proudhon 823
Perdiguier
... 529
Demay
... 515
Madier de Montfau... ... 514
Napoleon Lebon ~. 507
Riheyrolles 500
The great strength of the Socialists lies in the
densely populated districts in the centre of Paris, and
in the Faubourgs, the returns fi7orn which have not as
yet been examined. The result above given is de-
rived from the returns of the districts inhabited prin-
cipally by Monarchists, by the old nobility, or by the
rich merchants and bankers.

The Reforme says
"In the 9th arrondissement the Socialists have obtained
50 per cent., the friends of the Ck Institution 31, and the
reactionaries 20 per cent.
"In the 7th we learn from pri,rate accounts that the
Democrats have a great majority.
"In the stb, 6th, Bth, 9th, and 12th, the Socialists
have almost the whole of the votes."

At Eure' M. Passy and the Dmc de Broglie were
at the head of the poll, and Dup( int de l'Eure third.
At Fontainebleau Jules de Last( .yrie, moderate re-
publican, is at the head of the poll. Drouin de
L'Huys, Minister for Foreign affairs, comes next.
Lebouf, conservative, third. t your, moderate re-
publican, fourth. CI; M
apon, mode rate, fifth. Gref-
tulke, conservativp, cixtli and I Luburge, moderate,
seventh. These seven are likely to be elected. The
two sons of Lafayette are very log •on the poll.
The Rouen journals, which reached Paris last
night, state that the Democrat s had two-thirds
of the votes known, and the Reput, licans of the school
of M. SENARD, who had been AIGNAC'S Minister
of the Interior, four-fifths.
No successor to M. LEON Fa.tre :HER has been ap-
pointed, although it is said that tl portfolio of the
Interior has been offered to /vi. DE REINIUEAT and
refused. M. LACROSSE performs the duties of the
office, although as yet there has I teen no official an-
nouncement of the acceptance by the PRESIDENT of
M. LEON FAUCHER'S resignation. An attempt will,
it is said, be made to retain him it I office, as he is far
too useful to the reactionaries t o be parted with
lightly at present. Al. DE PALI OUX and General
RuctmunrEnn have also, it is said , tendered their re-
signations, which have not been ac cepted.
The National Assembly met on Tuesday and
passed the budget of the War Def iartment.
The PRESIDENT announced Um t at the next sitting
the Assembly would proceed to elect its president;
but it appeared to be the opinion .c ,f the Chamber that,
as its existence was drawing so n ear to a close, that
proceeding would be unnecessary.
The Monitezer publishes the :following dispatch,
addressed by General OUDINOT to the Minister of
War, dated Palo, May 8 :
" Since my lest report of the 4th, I have executed no
important operation. The 3d br thel6tthLigehatt
In'antry, and tin 16th battery Bth i „
Artillery (personnel) have been le nded in the greatest
order.

" Being convinced that the port of Fiumicino might be
of great advantage to u 4, and that iv would tend to facili-
tate our relations with Rome, I have taken possession of
it, and established the 20th Reginar,r .t in it.

" I think I informed you that on the 30th about 200
men of the 20th, under the order a of Commandant
Picard, led on by their ardour and bj some conciliatory
words which had been addressed to them, entered into
Rome by the gate of Saint Pancrac e, and were there
taken prisoners. (The report of the 4th makes no men-
tion of this affair.)
" They have just returned into c amp, agreeably to
a decree of the triumvirs. Con:ride-Ting that France
could not remain behind hand in :encrosity, I have
given orders that a battalion of .Roman Chasseurs, which
were taken prisoners at Civita. Vecelai a, should be set at j
liberty.
"I have had it announced to a e Government of
tha Roman Republic, that in return, for so doing, all
k'renoh residents in itome, and tvep. sotherlvroigners of