The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday
morning.
Scarcely any comment is contained in the public
organs upon the great events which continue to dis-
tract the attention of the people first in one direction,
then in another—to the attack on Rome—to Russian
intervention in Hungary—to Prussian intervention
on the frontiers of France—to the undecided policy
of the POPE—to the position of Austria in Italy—to
the approaching elections in Paris—and to the state
of siege with all its irksome accompaniments, the
gagging of journalism and the suppression of public
meeting. Add to all these exciting topins the defi-
ciawy in the national revenue, the reelet of part:,
and the doubts entertained e 5 to the positive intentions
of the Barrot-Dufaure-Tecqueville-Falloux Athrii-
niEfration—it must be evident that if silent, the
journals are only so "on compulsion." Take but
away the gag imposed upon the press since the 13th
ultimo, and we should have enough and to spare of
the commentaries of our Parisian contemporaries on
passing occurrences.
The National contains the list of the Republican
candidates for the representation of the capital :—the
chosen names being those of—Charassin, E. Demay,
Dupont (de Bussac), Flocon, Goudchaux, Guinard,
Joly (Fern), C. Malarmet, Proudhon, Ribeyrolles, the
principal editor of the Il(forme, and Vidal, the editor
of the Travail Affranchi. " Thus," it is remarked,
" as the one side, to obtain MALESVILLE, Will accept
GARNIER PAGES, the other to have PROW:1110N will
put up with GOUDCHAUX."
The Republican list of candidates is analysed in
these words by the Evenement
" MM. Joly, Flocon, and Ribeyrolles represent the
democratic Revolutionists ; MM. Vidal and Proudon
the Socialists; MM. Dupont (de Bussie), Cluinard,.and
Goudchaux, the friends of the constitution; M. Demay
is a flattery to the army. As for M. Charassin, a lite-
rary man, and M. Malarmet, a worker in bronze, we do
not know them sufficiently to say what they represent,
unless it be literature and manufactures. But the party
of revolutionary opposition must be in a state of pitiable
confusion to have arrived at these desperate fusions, and
at these compromising arrangements, in which the name
of M. Goudchaux is written by the side of that of M.
Proudhon."

What is singular in the matter is that GOUDCHAUX
is the very man wbo once quitted the Assembly while
PROUDHON was speaking, unable, as he declared, to
contain his horror and disgust.
Besides the foregoing list, the National, among
other interesting articles, contains a long letter from
a superior officer in the army, before Rome, dated
the 24th ultimo. Lengthy, however, as the commu-
nication is, it gives no further details of any im-
portance beyond those already published.
One of the thousand and one rumours prevailing in
the capital of the French Republic, as to the
intentions of 01:MINOT, was to the effect, that in
consequence of the continued resistance of the
Romans the siege would be changed into a blockade,
a supposition which appeared in some measure to
countenance, by the continued reinforcements
dispatched from Toulon to Civita Vecchia.
The fourth number of M. de LAMARTINE'S cele-
brated journal the Conseiller du Peuple, which had just
been issued, contained an eloquent article from the
pen of the great publicist, entitled Republique et
Anarchic; ou Democratie et Demagogic. Speaking
of the 13th of June, M. DE LAMARTINE observes :
" The day after his elevation to power, the Dictator
whoever he might be, would cry—To arms! Form
your battalions; pass the Alps on this side, the Rhine
on that. Cross the Pyrenees! Invade Belgium on the
north! Inundate Germany, Holland, Prussia, Poland,
Hungary! Raise the people in every direction! Re-
volutionize the continent. Begin the Crusade of Dema-
gogues in all directions, and you will unquestionably
follow your leaders—some of you. through fanaticism,
others through fear.' Do you know what would
happen then ? (continued M. Lamartine.) I will
tell you ; and with the same frankness, the same
certainty, as if the fatal event had already passed
before my eyes. I will tell it to you, because I
know it to be the fact ; because it is my business to
know the spirit that actuates foreign nations; the
strength, as well as the weakness of Cabinets the cha-
racter of the people, the amount of armies. Well, then,
at the very first moment such an appeal was heard, you
would be like the swollen stream that overflows its
banks. Here and there, in Italy and in Belgium, on the
banks of the Rhine, in the smaller and insignificant
states of Italy, and Germany especially, you would
obtain brilliant success; you would sing a few Te Deums
—that is to say the Ca-Ira, the 7'e Deum of the guillo•
tine. You would enter Brussels ; you would fraternize
with the German and Belgium demagogues in the Prus-
sian cities of the Rhenish provinces ; you would raise a
part of Savoy, of Piedmont, of Genoa, and of Naples,
perhaps; perhaps even you might gain a first victory, like
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you know whom you would encounter as the rear guard?
Nothing_less than the continental world in arms against
you I Yes, I repeat, the very day after you had de-
clared war against the Continent, England would pro-
claim the coalition. Believe it, it is England that alone
has it in her power. But so long as you only maintain
your own rights, so long as you remain in your own
territory, while you do not violate the laws of nations,
and while you respect the rights of the people, even
England is powerless against you; she cannot form a
coalition without exposing herself to ruin."
This article created an extraordinary sensation
immediately on its appearance.
Actuated by a strange freak, the town of Rheims
has opened a subscription for M. LEON FAUCHER,
for his firm and energetic conduct whilst Minister of
the Interior.

M. RENAULDEN, the Prefect of the Bas Rhine, has
resigned, and his resignation has been officially
accepted—in consequence of his refusal to demand
that the department under his charge should be placed
in a state of siege.
All the accounts received from the French provinces
represent the approaching harvest as most abun-
dant. It is expected that the wheat and oat crop
will produce at least one• third more than that of the
last year.
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lishes ale ter from the French camp, dated the 23d. It
was believed that the National Guard of Rome was
fighting with the soldiers of the chiefs Masi, Garibaldi,
Bartolueci, and Medici. If Sturbini and the National
Guard get the upper hand in the struggle, which appears
to have commenced, if one may judge from the firing
which was heard, they will open the gates of Rome to
the French. The tocsin was sounded in the city to calk
the people to arms, but the people showed little disposi-
tion to respond. The National Guard and the Carabi-
niers only wished to serve for the maintenance of in-
ternal order. The Roman soldiers of the Legion refuse
to fight in open field—that is to say, they do not wish to
go outside the walls."
A letter from Chalons states, that within the last
few days a number of German insurgents have
passed through that town to offer
Roman Government.

A letter from Lyons states that the battalion of the
regiment in which Sergeant-Major LEROY, of the
engineers, has been appointed a Lieutenant, in con-
sequence of his having refused the patronage of the
Socialists, have presented him with a sword of
honour.
_ .

It was reported in the Assembly that General LAMO-
RICIERE had accepted the post of Ambassador to one of
the great Powers of Europe.
There was but little business transacted at the Bourse
to-day, and Government Securities suffered a further
decline in price. Some confusion was created towards
the close of the day by the arrest in the great hall of a
respectably dressed young man, who was said to be a
notorious clubbist. The Five per Cents. opened at
87f. 15c., fell to 86f. 75c., and closed at M. 90c.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Monday, at 53f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., at 86f.
90c.; Orleans Railroad shares, 790 f.; Rouen, 550 t.;
Havre, 225; Great Northern, 427 f. 50c.; Avignon, 185 E;
Basle, 100 E; Bordeaux, 4051.; Paris and Strasburg,
361 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 307 f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 2.
Dutch Rhenish, 3/1 -- Great Indian Peninsular, %—North.
em of France, 10—Rouen and Havre, 101.