The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-02 00:00:00

the immediate and total abolition of imposts to the
extent of 12,000,0001. sterling per annum. It would
for many reasons be desirable to have a sinking fund
that would have the effect, not only of making capi-
tal cheap and interest low at present, but would
eventually liquidate the National Debt, and render
England truly prosperous and happy. But that
auspicious period could not arrive until long after the
present generation had passed away. Our children,
and our children's children, would still struggle under
an increased and more ponderous burden. No less than
17,000,0001. sterling would be obtained in addition
to the present income of the country. And how is
it proposed that a sum so enormous should be raised
from an already overburdened and fainting people ?
Simply by an "additional duty on foreign imports,•
in other words, by more than doubling the Customs'
charges. Let those who witnessed the result of the
experiment made in 1840, when an additional five
per cent. was added to these duties, when, as Sir
ROBERT PEEL declaied, it was found that "taxation
I had almost reached its limits," proclaim how far

it is possible to carry into practical operation a pro-
ject, the pre'iminary condition of which is that
17,000,0001. sterling, in addition to the present in-
come of the country, should be raised, by means of
indirect taxation, and that restricted to the productions
of other lands I

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Patrie and the Moniteur du Soir give the fol.
[owing list of the new Ministry :
General d'Hautpoul—War.
M. de Rayneval—Foreign Affairs.
M. Ferdinand Barrot—lnterior.
M. Achille Fould—Finances.

M. Parieu—Public Instruction.
M. Rou her—Justice.
Admiral Romain-Desfosses—Marine.
M. Bineau—Public Works.
M. Dumas (of the Institute)—Commerce and
Agriculture.
General D'HAUTPOUL is charged with the portfolio
of Foreign Affairs ad interim.
The new Ministers are all men of the majority,
but they are not party men in the strict sense of the
word, inasmuch as they are not the mere followers of
MM. TRIERS, MOLE, DE FALLOUX,DUFAURE, or any
other leaders. None of them, we believe, have ever
before been members of any Cabinet.
General D'HAUTPOUL is the nephew of the cele-
brated cavalry officer who so distinguished himself at
Eylau. General D'Hatrrrour. was one of the
favourites of the Duke of ANGOULEME, and was ap-
pointed to the administration in the War Depart-
ment in April,.lB3o, by BOURMONT. Heiremained:on
half-pay for five years after the revolution of July,
and then accepted service under Louis PHILIPPE,
, but he continued to hold Legitimatist opinions.

M. ACHILLE FOULD is the celebrated banker and
financier, who has sturdily opposed all attempts at the
reduction of taxation. He possesses the entire con-
fidence of the moneyed interest.
M. PARIEU is an an advocate of Riom. He began

life as a Legitimatist, but after Feb., 1848, professed
himself to be an ardent Republican, and was returned
to the Constituent Assembly for Cantal. He spoke
against the election of the President by universal
suffrage and in favour of permitting substitutes in
the army.
M. ROUHER, also an advocate of Riom, was before
February, 1848, a warm supporter of M. GUIZOT.
After that date he professed Republicanism, and was
elected to represent Puy de Dome in the Constituent
Assembly, where he supported the Ministry of
General UAVAIGNAC, and exerted himself energetically
to secure the election of the General to the Pre-
sidency. His the personal friend of M. BARROT.
M. FERDINAND BARROT is the Private Secretary
of the PRESIDENT and the brother of M. ODILON
BARROT.

M. BINEAU is an Engineer. He is a clever
speaker. Ile at one time advccated the construction
and working of all railroads by the State.
M. Da RAYNEVAL is the well-known representa-
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five of the French Republic at the Court of Naples:

Admiral itomArs-DisrossEs is not much knowTh in
public life, but is spoken of as a man of abilities in
his profession.
M. DUMAS is the celebrated chemist and member
of the Institute.

The dismissal of the late Ministry came upon its
members like a thunder-clap. On Wednes-
day they met in Council at the Elysee,
(with the exception of M. ODILON BARROT, who is
confined to his house by illness), and were soon joined
by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. On seeing the
PRESIDENT. NI.DUFAIIIIR remarked that it was neces-
sary to fill the office of Minister of Public Instruction,
which had been vacated by M. DE FALLoux. The

PRESIDENT hesitated, and after some appearance of
embarrassment he stated that some further change
would ba, necessary, as the present Cabinet had
been wanting in dignity. M. DUFAURE took
offence at the expression, and asked the
PRESIDENT what he meant by want of
dignity ; upon which the PRESIDENT replied that he
did not refer to any of the Ministers personally; but
that the Cabinet generally had been wanting in dig-
nity ; that it had been too subservient to the Conser-
vative majority in the Assembly ; and that the Club of
the Council of State was more the Government than
the Cabinet itself, as it not only discussed and settled
the policy the Government was to pursue, but actu-
ally determined who was and who was not to be
Ministers. Upon this explanation, M. DUFAURE
announced to the PRINCE that he and the rest of the
Cabinet only retained their portfolios till their suc-
cessors were appointed, and soon afterwards left the
Palace.

It is said that during the course of the discussion the
PRESIDENT insisted much upon the responsibility
which, according to the Constitution, devolved upon
himself, and declared that for the future he should
act as his own Prime Minister, and consider the
subordinate Ministers merely as chiefs of departments.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was offered in the
first place to M. CASSIMIR PERIER and refused. It
was also refused by M. FLAVIGNY, to whom it was
subsequently offered. The parti-pretre journals and
the organs of the Red Republicans are equal:y furious
against the PRESIDENT. The Assemble Nationale
publishes an incitement to armed resistance in lan-
guage quite as strong as any that M. PEOUDRON ever
used, and for indulging in which he is now suffering
imprisonment. The Assernblee Rationale thus ad-
dresses the PRESIDENT :

" They see on the one hand General Lamoriciere or
dL Cavaignac charged by you with the command of the
National Guard and the army, and on the other the
National Assembly, thanks to the energy of its Presi-
dent and some influential members, stand on the 68th
Article of the Constitution, by virtue whereof they
maintain General Changarnier in his military command."
Will the PRESIDENT prosecute these sacerdotal
contemners of his authority, these priestly promoters
of insurrection, after the same manner that he has
prosecuted the Socialists ? His uncle would have
done so undoubtedly.
The Journal des Debats, which is supposed to
speak the sentiments of Count MOLE, growls out its
dissatisfaction after the following manner :
"In the time of the constitutional monarchy it was
held as an absolute principle that a Ministry placed in
the condition of' that presided over by M. Odilon Barrot
was not to be shaken ; it was, therefore, very natural
that those who sincerely believe that the Republican
form ought to save France from personal government,
and assure power for ever to majorities returned by
universal suffrage, must feel astonishment at least on
learning the news of the day."
It is curious to find the Debats, which in April last
was preaching the doctrine of the subserviency of the
Assembly to the elect of the 10th Dec., should thus
suddenly change its note. The Debats concludes with
the following sneer at what it calls the PRESIDENT'S
coup de theatre :-
6. We confess that own astonishment is as great as that
felt by every one else; but we are so accustomed, within
the last eighteen months, to extraordinary things, as to
cease to feel alarm. Everything being new on this hardy
adventure into which France allowed herself to be carried
in 1848, we must not feel despair at each unexpected
coup de theatre that turns up."
The Constitutionnel publishes the Message and the
list of the new Ministry, without a single word of
comment. It is evident, therefore, that M. TRIERS
considers the PRESIDENT sufficiently strong to carry
out his policy, and therefore the bourgeois TALLEY..
RAND fears to criminate himself.
The National sees in the Presidential message a
bold stroke for Empire. "Never," it says, "since
the famous proclamations of Strasburgh and Boulogne
has the Imperial idea been more openly or clearly
proclaimed by the Pretender. There is nothing but
menace for the Republic in this superb declaration,
where the personality of M. BONAPARTE, disengaged
from constitutional trammels, appears in full lustre.
If energy of action might be measured by boldness
of speech, there would spring from this manifesto a
de-pot to morrow." The National then advises the
Republicans to wait until some coup d'eta shall be
attempted which would assuredly bring on reprisals ;
"but," it continues, "there will be no necessity to
have recourse to arms, and engage in a fight, always
uncertain, always attended by useless bloodshed, to
bring the guilty to reason ;" and it thus concludes :
" Devoted to the Republic, full of respect for the con
stitution, decided to wait from the pacific and regular
play of our institutions, the triumph of our ideas,
we shall reply to every attempt to injure our popular
institutions, either in form or in substance by an im-
mediate refusal to pay taxes."
The Reforme says :
"The Government is then to represent more directly
and more efficaciously the personal policy of the chosen
one of the loth of December. Personal policy! Such