The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

Paris now appears like a city which has been con-
quered by a foreign foe. The rappel was beat early
yesterday morning, the whole of the National Guards
turned out, every street was filled with soldiers, and
upwards of 80,000 soldiers of the line, cavalry, in-
fantry, and artillery, were bivouacked upon the
Champs Elys‘es, the Place de la Madeleine, the Hotel
de Ville, the Place de la Bastille, and along the Bou-
levards. The Tuileries were completely occupied by
troops. The object of this great military display would
almost appear to be to provoke the supporters of the
Republican form of government to the commission of
some act which may be seized on as an excuse by the
reactionaries for making of Paris a second Vienna,
but we are happy to state that the people have hitherto
attended to the advice of their leaders, and have
remained so calm that there has been no excuse
afforded for calling on the troops to act, and we hope
they will continue to follow this excellent advice.
The excuse given by General CHINGARNIER for this
military display is a dread lest the Gerdes
Mobiles should mutiny, but although there were
rumours innumerable circulated in Paris by the
agent provocateurs of the Government during the
course of yesterday, it does not appear that any out-
break has taken place, either among the people or
among the Gardes Mobiles, although it must be ad-
mitted that it is not for want of provocation on the
part of the reactionary party. Oae of the rumours
circulated was, that a portion of the Gerdes Mobiles
had escaped from their barracks in the Banlieu, and
had entered Paris ; another, that those stationed at
Courbevoie and St. Denis had seized the fort of
Aubervilliers. Another, that they had joined the
Socialists and Red Republicans, and were prepared to
march with them against the National Assembly, and
at once insist on its dissolution. This latter project,
we should imagine, is much more likely to be planned
and executed by the Legitimist CHANGARNIER than
by the republican Gardes Mobiles. The Government
has dispatched 13massup to the army of the Alps,
with orders to march at once upon Paris, if necessary.
The Miniteur contains the following announce-
ment :

"A Cabinet Council was held this day at the Palaco
of the President of the Republic. The Ministers having
announced the events of Saturday to the President, he
replied that he saw no reason to change his course of
policy, and that the Cabinet might depend upon kis firm
and persevering support."
The PRESIDENT, attended by his Aides-de-Camp
and a party of Lancers, visited the troops yesterday.
He was received with cries of " Vivo 1. President :"
"Vire l'Empereurl"
It is said that a deputation from the Gerdes Mobiles
went on Sunday to the office of the Refornee news-
paper, to open a communication through that medium
with the partisans of the Red Republic.
The following representatives of the people hare
attached their signatures to the impeachment of the
Ministers, presented by M. LBDRU ROLLIN on
Saturday :
Pierre Leroux, Astaix, Martin Bernard, 011ivier
(Demosthenes), Gent (Alphonse), Pyat (Felix), Cle-
ment, Brives, Mathieu (Drome), Benoist, Greppo, Ledru
Rollin, Doutre, Gambon, Proudhon, Pegot• Ogier, Mule
(ain‘t), Joigneaux, Joly (fils), Joly (pore), Cholat, Ber-
tholon, Fargin•Fayolle, Terrier, Lefranc, Buvignier,
Deville, Bruys (Amedee), Menard, Mathe (Felix),
Baune, Signard, Robert (Yonne), Ch. Dein, James
Demontry, Pelletier, Schcelcher (V.), Detours, Th. Bac,
Bravard-Toussaint, Eugene Raspail, Vignerte, Germain
Sarrut, Lamenuais, Dubarry, Mechaia, Perdiguier,
Madet.

It was reported that M. CLEMENT THOMAS bad
been shot in a duel by the Editor of the Corsair..
Galignani s Messenger, published yesterday after-
noon, has the following :
" This morning, at an early hour, the rappel was
beaten in the first arrondissement for the convoca-
tion of the National Guards to receive their new
Colonel, General Gourgaud. The ceremony took
place with the usual formalities. Soon after the
ruppel was beaten in most of the other arron-
dissements, but the object was not stated. It
was generally reported that the Government
had received information of an intended manifestation
by the Red Republicans, and as a precaution had called
out the National Guards to protect the streets and main-
tain order. In the course of the morning a large rein-
forcement of the troops of the line entered Paris from
the environs. Up to this time, however (half-past two
p ), we have not learned that any serious attempt has
been made in any quarter to disturb the public tran-
quillity."
The following was the situation of the Bank of France
on Thursday, January 25:

... f. 151,505,834 73
. . 125,585,854 00
71,086 61