The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-03 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS.
We have received the Paris papers of Saturday
and yesterday.
The following decree has been issued by the Pro-
♦isional Govenment, dated March al :
" Citia-ns,—The revolution of February has enfran-
chised our noble country. Republican France has
nothing to dread, but she ought to place herself in a
position to provide for all the eventualities of the future;
she is bound to see that the colours which the French
people has displayed shall remain above all attacks. The
National Guard and the army, united in the same senti-
ment, have that noble task to fulfil. The Provisional
Government desire to see the ranks of the army opened
tae the ardent youths who are attracted towards it by the
sublime enthusiasm of patriotism. In consesinence they
have determined to free voluntary enrolments from the
trammels of the too prolonged duration of military
service, and have decreed—
" Art. 1. Every Frenchman shall be permitted to
contract in that portion of the service which he chooses
a voluntary engagement, the length of which cannot be
less than two years.

" Art. 2. In no case can tho volunteers who have AO
engaged themselves be placed in non activity without
their consent." _

In consequence of the postponement of the general
elections new instructions have been addressed by
the Minister of the Interior to the Commissaries of
the departments. The Minister of the Interior re-
commends to the mayors to employ all their solici-
tude in preparing the lists, and in ascribing all the
citizens who may appear to them to possess the con•
ditions of electoral capacity. He at the same time
recommends the Commissaries of the departments, if
necessary, to adopt decrees having for object to

obviate the inconvenience which the vote in the
chef•lieu de canton would present. Thus the circular
of the Bth March, enjoining that the vote should be
made at the chef-lieu, is recalled. They are cantons
whose great populations require that they shall be
divided into sections, and each section is to contain
at least 4,000 inhabitants. The Commissaries of
the departments are to consult the wants of the
localities placed under their administration, and to
settle the choice of the communes in which the votes
of the sections are to take place. The results of the
votes are to be sent to the chef-lieu. The Commis-
saries may also group several communes, in order if
necessary to form only one section.
The National says—" A journal of Thursday
st;ted, and several of yesterday's journals repeated,
that General CAVAIGNAC had refused to accept the
office of Minister of War, which had been offered to
him. We can confidently affirm that, up to four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, no such news had reached
Paris."

The reception of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN and his com-
panions has been postponed by M. LAMARTINE to
this day.
On the subject Of this deputation the Univers, the
organ of the Roman Catholics, says—
" We learn that Messrs. S. O'Brien, Meagher, and
O'Gorman, delegates of the Young Ireland party, have
arrived. These gentlemen, who were the bearers of an
addre,s voted by the partisans of an armed insurrection
against England, were to be received yesterday by the
members of the Provisional Government. It is an-
nounced that the clubs aro preparing to make a demon-
stration in honour of the three delegates, in the hope of
thereby aiding the emancipation of their country.
We fear that this project will not be approved by the
friends of Ireland. The first disadvantage of it might
be to cause serious embarrassments between our Go-
vernment and England. Next, the delegates of Young
Ireland only represent a small portion of Irish patriots.
The enterprising spirit and audacity of the partisans of
revolt make them dangerous; but they have no chance
of making their cause triumph, and their temerity can-
not fail to lead to the complete ruin of their country.
Although few in number, they will engage in a move-
ment; but the great majority of the Irish nation, which
disapproves of them, will have to submit to the disastrous
consequences of their folly. The French patriots would
be most sorry, whilst believing that they serve Irish
nationality, only to serve a faction whose principles and
acts are rejected by Ireland."
Great excitement was occasioned at Lyons on the
24th ult. by a steamer called the Vautour being
seen in the river, coming from Valence, with a white
flag displayed. The people by the aide of the river
had warned the captain to remove the flag, but he
took no notice. On arriving at the Quai de Charite,
at Lyons, the people immediately rushed on board
the vessel, seized the captain, and would have
ill-treated him, had not a company of the
National Guard appeared and taken him into
custody, together with all the crew and the
passengers. He was forthwith conveyed to gaol,
accompanied by an immense crowd, and the
flag was seized and dragged through the
gutters to the Hotel de Ville. On inquiry it ap-
peared, from the captain's story, that the flag was
merely used as a signal, and this seemed to be proved
by the fact that it was bound by a red border, and
had the name of the steamer in the middle. The
captain, nevertheless, was detained in gaol, and M.
ARAGO, the Government Commissary, had to issue
a proclamation announcing that a judicial investiga-
tion would take place. The steamer was seized, and
a placard, with the words " Propriele Nationale," was
placed on it. After some hours' agitation caused by
this event, order was re-established.

The central committee of the clubs of Rouen met
on the 29th ultimo, and came to the unanimous reso-
lution that a person named PAUMIER, president of the
club de Maromme, having in the late disturbances
done all he could to mislead the workmen of the
town, was unworthy to form part for the future of
any club, and in consequence should be expelled.
This decision was adopted in the evening in the
various clubs, and a notice of the same transmitted to
the Goverment Commissary of the department.

The lndicateur of Bordeaux states that M. CLE..
MEIT THOMAS, one of the editors of the National,
haying been appointed by the Government Commis-
sioner-Extraordinary to investigate the circumstances
connected with the non-reception of M. LATEADE in
that city, immediately on his arrival proceeded to
make the necessary inquiries. Finding that the pre-
sence of M. LATRADE at Bordeaux would be a cause
of great irritation, M. THOMAS came to the conclu-
sion that it would be advisable to remove him. As
the minutes showing that M. LATEADE was exceed-
ingly unpopular were signed by all the authorities,
Ai. THOMAS drew up an order appointing M. CHE-
VALIER Commissary of the Department. This docu-
ment was already printed and was on the point of
being made public, when M. LATEADF, on the 27th
ult., intervened, and refused to permit that course to
be adopted. The whole matter was then thrown
open again, stnd at last M. THOMAS took his depar-
ture for Paris to lay the matter before the Govern-
ment, causing M. LATRADF to accompany him to
Liboune. So the matter rests at present.
The following letter from General A. DB CHA.
RAPINES, late aide-de-camp of King Loots PHILIPPE,
dated, Paris, March 31, has just been published in the
Journal des Dthats:—

"Sir,-Several journals have announced that King
Louis Philippe was in treaty for the purchase of a
considerable estate in England. That assertion is
absolutely false. In addition, I can affirm, and all the
persons who have known the affairs of the King will
affirm with me, that during the eighteen years of his
reign King Louis Philippe never invested any sum of
money whatever in foreign countries ; end that, unit-
ing the future fortunes of his family with that of
his country, he placed all his fortune on the soil of
France. The result is, that far from being able to pur-
chase estates in England, he lives from day to day, and
in the most straitened circumstances, at Claremont
under the hospitable roof of King Leopold. These facts
have already become matters of history-they are in-
contestable. It is in the name of truth, which every one
has a right to, and of which the independent press is the
refuge, and which every man of honour ought to pro-
claim, when he is able to rectify an error, that
I call on you to publish these observations.-I am,
Sir, &c., &o.
" A. DE CIIABANNES."
BOURSE-PARIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 1.
THREE O'CLOCK.-This has been a quiet day at the
Bourse, and but little alteration has been manifested in
prices. The Three per Cents. opened at 40f., and after
being done at 39f., closed at 39f. 25c., being 75c. lower
than the day before; the Five per Cents. opened at 60E,
and after touching 58f. 75c , ed at 69f. 25c., being
also 75e. lower; Bank of France Shares were firmer to-
day, closing at 1,175 f., or 25f. higher; Bons du Tresor
also seemed less offered, and the loss was only 44 per
cent, in place of 46, which it was the preceding day;
Belgian Fives have in great measure recovered from the
depreciation caused by the late attack on the territory
by the volunteers coming from France, and closed
at 51f., or lif. better-, the Belgian Two•and-
a-Ilalf per Cents. were done to-day at 26f., being
a fall of 10f. since the 20th of March, when they
closed at 36f. The miscellaneous securities are
lower ; Piedmont have gone down 10f., closing at 700 f.;
Obligations de la Ville, 51',
at 9851. ; Caisse llypotl,4
eaire 10f. at 102 f., and Spanish Threes, lif. at 1941.
Rothschild's Receipts closed at 551., being 10f. lower
that, when done a fortnight back. The divinend of 25f.
was detatched to-day from
the Quatre Canaux, which
closed at 735 f., being a
fall of ,215 f. Railway Sharea
have varied but little, and in general present a slight
improvement. Orleans closed at 525 f., being 21. 50c.
better ; Rouen at 342 f. 50e. better ; Strasburg at 3351.
75c , or 3f. 75c. better ;
Nantes at 3301., and Lyons, at
291 f, 25f., both If. 25c. better ; Marseilles 12f. 50c.
lower, at 2001., and Northern If. 25c., at 2211. 25c.
French gold is a shade dearer to-day, being from 70f.
to 751. The charge for obtaining specie for the I,ooof.
note is 151. ; and the English sovereign is worth from
26t. 50e. to 261.75 c. _ .

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL I.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6
—Namur and Liege, 11/Q—
Northern of Fraace, 2y—Orleans and Bordeaux, 14/4—Paris
and Lyons, tA R 8
L--4rnbro and Meuse, 4%.

that a conclusion had been
RUMOURED CHARTisT MEETING AT KENNINGTON
COMMON TRIM DAT._it was very generally asserted
as-
sembled on Kennigton Common yesterday, that those
come to by the meeting
present should armin meet today, for the purpose of
exercising their suffrages
proper delegates to represent the Chartists of Lon-
don
beii theoT e districttha was again about to be
t on
in the election of fit and
in the forthcoming National Convention. Upon
our arrival at Kennington Common we found that there
was nothing whatever to lead to the slightest conclusion
that the peace of
dis-
turbed. We Monday next a very
numerous assemblage is expected, and we earnestly
trust that efficient measures will be adopted to prevent
the recurrence of such disgraceful outrages as took place
upon the occasion of the late meeting.
Lord Charles James Fox Russell, who represented
Ilediordshire in the last Parliament, will succeed Sir
e which the House may think fit
William Gossett, K,G.11., as Sergeant-at• Arms iu at-
tendance on the House of Commons; subject, however,
to any arrangement
to make respecting the duties and emoluments of the
office.
The rumour which has been going the round of
our contemporaries, relative to Lord.iiardinge succeeding
to the important appointment of Commander-in-Chief,
is, we believe, entirely without foundation. His Lord-
ship will probably be appointed to a high situation,
where his military experience will render his services
i valuable to his country,—United Service Gazette.

SPAIN.

INSURRECTION AT MADRID.

Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have been received.
An insurrection of a serious character broke out in
Madrid on the evening of the 26th. It would appear
that a plan had been formed to overthrow the
Ministry by means of an insurrectionary movement,
of which it was expected the military would have re-
mained passive spectators. The leaders of the move-
ment, having subsequently discovered that the troops
were determined to resist, countermanded the orders
they had given to the people. The latter, however,
who had been wrought up to the highest pitch
of excitement, declared that they were be.
trayed, and that they would fight even with-
out leaders. They accordingly assembled about
six o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th,
and commenced erecting barricades, which were
completed in an incredibly short space of time. The
fighting commenced at seven o'clock, and continued
without intermission until three o'clock in the
morning, when the military were successful on all
points, and a number of the insurgents were captured.
Two hundred persons, civilians and military, are said
to have been killed, and a vast number wounded. An
English gentleman, named WHITWELL is said to be
amongst the victims.

The QUEEN.MOTHER quitted Madrid during the
disturbance.

Up to the hour of post on the 27th the attack had
not been renewed, but much excitement prevailed
amongst the people.
Several arrests have taken place, and among those
arrested is, it is said, Senor EscosuxA. The fighting
was desperate—the military, who far outnumbered
the insurgents, suffered severely. The news of the
arrival of the Due DR MONTPRNSIER hastened the
outbreak.

The Gaceta of the 27th publishes the following
decrees :

" In use of the prerogative which belongs to me with
reference to the 26th article of the constitution, and in
conformity with the report of my Council of Ministers,
I hereby decree as follows:
" Single article—The Legislative Session of 1847 is
declared to have terminated.

" Given at the Palace, the 26th March, 1848.
" Signed by the Royal hand.
" Countersigned by the President of the Council of
"Ministers, " Duke of VALENCIA."
" In confi3iinity with the report of my Council cc
Ministers, and in use of the authorisation conceded to my
Government by the law of 14th of the present month, I
hereby decree as follows:
" Single article—The guarantees established by the
7th article of the constitution are declared suspended
throughout the whole monarchy, with reference to what
is prescribed in the Bth article of the same.
" Given at the Palace, the 26th March, 1848."
(Signed and countersigned as the above.)
" MINISTRY OF WAR.
" ROYAL ORDER.

" As the .riminals of the offences against the safety of
the state committed in this capital yesterday ought to be
tried by court-martial, according to the law of the 21st
April, 1821, the Queen (whom God preserve) has
thought fit to command that your Excellency imme-
diately name the corresponding court for that purpose.,
" God preserve, &c.,
(Signed) "FIGUERAS.
" Madrid, March 27, 1848.
"To his Excellency the Captain-General of New
Castile."

The CAPTAIN-GENE/IAL just alluded to has issued
the following

" PROCLAMATION.

"I, Don Jose Fulgosio y Villaviciencio, Major-Gene•
rill of the Army, Captain- General of New Castile, &c.,
hereby order and command--
" Art. 1. The capital of the monarchy is declared in a
state of siege.
" Art. 2. Those who have arms, of whatever kind, and
munitions, shall deliver them under receipt in the term
of 24 hours in the house of the police commissary of
their respective district.
" Art. 3. Tho heads of families shall give notice
within the same term to the said commissaries of the
persons who they may have in their house not belonging
to their family, or who may be without the proper certifi
cate or passport.
"Art. 4. The collection or meeting of more than five
persons together in the public thoroughfares is for-
bidden.

" Art. 5. The nse of arras of every kind, and the
giving of any cries that may disturb order, is also for-
bidden.

" Art. 6, Those who in whatever manner may dis-
turb tranquillity, and those who should contravene what
is disposed in this proclamation, shall be judged by
the permanent court-martial, as criminals, of an at-
tempt against public order and the internal safety of the
state.

" Art. 7. Notwithstanding the preceding dispositions,
the ordinary tribunals and other 2uthorities shall conti-
nue in tho free exercise of their functions with reference
to the law.

(Signed) " JOSE FULGOSIO.
" Madrid, March 26, 1848."
The following is the Government account of the
suppression of the insurrection r

" MINISTRY OF THE lIOME DEPARTMENT.

" CIRCULAR.

" The insurgents succeeded, after the departure of
yesterday's mail, in disturbing the order which had been
preserved unaltered till now. Some groups, not nume
roue, composed chiefly of bad characters and vagabonds,
excited by drink and the money distributed among them
made some discharges in order to alarm the population.
Bat the Government, which for some days past was
spying out their steps, was duly warned, and in a few
moments displayed the forces necessary to chastise them,
giving them a hard lesson which they will not soon for-
get. The troops of the garrison have conducted them-
selves with a daring and bravery superior to all praise,
thus giving a new proof of their love to the throne of
Donna Isabel I 1., the constitution of the state, and pu`dic
order.
" The people who a few hours before enjoyed tran•
quilly the promenades and pleasures to which the day
invited, conducted themselves with admirable good
sense, leaving the insurgents isolated, who in a
few hours were dislodged from all the points
where they presented themselves, with consider-
able loss, many of them remaining in the power of
the troops. From after ten at night the whole popula-
tion returned to its ordinary state of calm, and at this
hour (twelve at night), no other vestige remains of this
attempt, but that of the casualties which it has occa-
sioned. It would not be surprising if the enemies of
order should think of reproducing in that capital (that
is, the chief town of the province the political chief of
which is addressed), the same scenes of tumult and
scandal. Should it be so, the Government promises
itself that those authorities and the whole army well
know how to imitate the brilliant conduct of this garri-
son, and that order will be maintained at all cost, no
means being omitted that are within your reach, and that
of the military commander, whom you will immediately
make acquainted with this communication, which he will
receive by his own channel.
"The which I say to you by royal order for your un-
derstanding and due effects. God preserve, &c.,
(Signed) " SARTORIUS.
" Madrid, March 26, 1848."
LATER FROM MADRID.

We have just seen the following extract from a
letter, dated Madrid, March 27, two o'clock in the
afternoon. It was expected that the fighting would
be renewed in the evening :
" Last night there was much bloodshed between
the people and cavalry—the QusErt was fired at twice,
which we heard was the commencement. The firing
continued from 5 to 11 at night. All the shops are shut,
and litters containing the wounded are constantly
passing. The large square of the Palace is full of
troops ; indeed, it is surrounded on all sides by
cavalry. The fighting was expected to recommence
at eleven to-day. CHRISTINA has fled. Picquets of
soldiers are stationed at every street; but they
kept the infantry in last night, as they feared
the would join the people. The moment the
row began all the gates of: the city were shut
and hundreds remained out. Many women were'
killed on the balconies as they were throwing furni-
ture and heavy articles on the soldiers. I have just
heard two or three shots fired in different directions.
Every one is in great excitement—the people asking
arms of every house."

DEATH OF MADAME GUIZOT.—We regret to
hear of the demise of the venerable Madame Guizot,
mother of the ex-President of the Council of the late
French Administration. The melancholy event took
place at seven o'clock, P.M., on Friday, at the residence
of M. Guizot, at Brompton. We understand that the
much-esteemed deceased had gone through the confu-
sion of the recent French r volution with surprising for-
titude, considering her age (85 years) ; and it was a
great source of happiness to M. Guizot to daily witness
the equanimity of his mother's mind. So little was the
distressing event anticipated, that on several days, at the
commencement of last week, the talented exile dined
with some of his private friends. On Thursday
Madame Guizot was unwell, and the professional
services of Dr. Holland were resorted to, and that emi-
nent practitioner attended on the lamented lady up to
the time of her dissolution. The ;Urines. Guizot have,
we learn, removed to Dr. Holland's from the scene of
their doraestic bereavment.
DEATII or Jons BURKE, ESQ.—A correspondent
writes as follows :—" John Burke, Esq., author of the
Peerage, Baronctage, &c., died on Monday last at Aix-
la-Chapelle. An ardent supporter of the rights of his
countrymen, Mr. Burke was also a warm advocate for
the diffusion of civil and religious liberty."
THE YORK CONYICTS.—YORK, FRIDAY.—George
Calvert and James Mellor are reprieved; and the exe-
cution of Michael Stokes respited till the 13th of May,
that the opinion of the Judges may be taken on the
objection to the indictment. —Leeds Mercury.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the
30th. ult.

According to the Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette,' the
Russian Minister left Berlin on the 29th. This in-
telligence is confirmed in the following letter from
Berlin published by the Dusseldorf Gazette :
" The situation of affairs grows more threatening
every day. In consequence of a dispatch which we re-
ceived from Berlin, the Russian Minister to our Court,
Baron Von Meyendorff has left Berlin with his family,
and all the members of the Russian Embassy. A war
with Russia seems as good as declared. The 24 Regi-
ment of Infantry stationed at Stettin, has been ordered
to the frontier. The rest of the Poles recently amnes-
tied departed on the 29th, with arms, for Posen. M. de
Mieroslawski, who is amongst them, di Glared that all
the refugees in England, France, and Belgium, would
arrive forthwith. Every one seems persuaded that it
will be possible to assemble in the Grand Duchy an
army of 40,000 men. If Sweden profits by the fa-
vourable movement and enters into Finland, it seems
doubtful whether Russia can resist for any extent of
time. The next danger is for the latter's seaports,
which are exposed to the attacks of the Russian
fleet. The difference with Denmark has this bad
result, that the Baltic is for a moment closed to the
ships which England or France may think fit to send.
Denmark can certainly not resist, but all depends on the
conduct which those two great Powers will pursue. It
has long been the design of Russia to acquire a footing
in Germany, and her somewhat obsolete rights to the
succession of Holstein seemed to her the readiest way of
realising her views. The nation which will possess the
Duchy, whose seaports are the best of the German
coast, becomes necessarily a maritime power; and Russia,
in addition to the recent movement of rdtorm, which
must be particularly disagreeable to her, has a great
many reasons for preventing Germany becoming a ma-
ritime nation. By language, customs, and origin the
duchies belong to Germany, with the exception of a
small portion of Schleswig and Jutland, inhabited by
the Scandinavian race. In the natural course of events
the actual reunion of the duchies to Germany is inevit-
able, and the present moment appears more favourable
than any other. A general movement for the reconsti-
tution of the Teutonic unity pervades, at the present
moment, the whole territory of the former Germanic
empire, and all symptoms point to absorption in one
great unity of all the little nationalities which have grown
up on the ruins of the empire of Charlemagne."
So unpopular had Count Alma( rendered himself
by his former despotic acts that the KING has been
obliged to dismiss him, and to re-constitute his Mi-
nistry as follows :
M. CAMPHAMEN, President of the Chamber of
Commerce, at Cologne, President of the Council.
M. HANSEMANN, President of the Chamber of
Commerce at Aix-la-Chapelle, Minister of Finance.
111. BEURNEMANN, Minister of Justice.
Baron ARNIM, formerly Prussian Minister at Brus-
sels, and at Paris, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
M. D'AUERSWALD, a manufacturer at Creveld, and
the most eminent Member of the late General Diet,
Minister of Interior.

General DE REIEE, Minister of War.
The appointment of Minister of Public Worship
remains unfilled.

The ICING started for Potsdam as soon as he had
completed the formation of this new Ministry.

A letter from Berlin, of the 25th ult., state; that in-
telligence received from Pomerania and Brandeburg
shows that these countries are opposed to what
has been done at Berlin. A proclamation has been
published in Pomerania, protesting in strong terms
against the right arrogated to itself by the ca-
pital to demand concessions and cause the sol-
diers to be sent away, without the co-operation
of the provinces. In consequence deputies, it says,
are to be named on the 17th of April, to proceed
on the liith to Berlin, and declare to the Presidents of
the Burgesses—lst, that Pomerania does not acknow-
ledge their right to act as they have done. 2d, that
she has seen with regret the massacre of the troops,
who only obeyed the ICING'S order. 3d, to demand
from the said Presidents if they are inclined to return
to their sentiments of fidelity to the KING, and if they
wish to co-operate with Pomerania in restoring order
in the country.