The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-21 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived.
Senor MoN, immediately on entering on his duties as
Finance Minister, convened a meeting of capitalists to
consider the measures to be adopted for the relief of the
Treasury.

It is said that SARTORIUS will retire from the Ministry
of the Interior, and that he will be succeeded by PIDAL.
The Clamor Publico announces the re-appearance of
CABRERA at Olos y Sambre.
The Spanish correspondent of the French National
states that a liberal movement has just broken out in
Catalonia. On the 7th a corps of insurgents, 400 in
number, commanded by a chief named MoLisrs, made its
appearance on the plains of Barcelona. Their cry was,
Liberty for ever! Down with the Government!" On
the same day MOLINS disarmed the carabineers of Alas-
non and Badalona, two considerable towns, at three
hours' march from Barcelona. In the evening he ar-
rived at Semboy. The youths of Barcelona, in bands of
from 100 to 150, left the city to join bins, and on the 9th
he had upwards of 700 men under his command. Another
movement took place at the same time on the Campo of
Tarragona. Colonel BALDINELS raised the whole people
in that neighbourhood, and was soon strong enough to
set at nought the authorities of Tarragona, from whom
he intended to demand supplies. On the 10th they were
joined by many soldiers from the adjacent garrisons.
The greatest alarm is felt throughout all Catalonia.
Letters from Puerto Rico state that the governor of
the colony had sent 500 men and some artillery to sup-
press a rebellion of the blacks in the Danish island of
St. Croix.

MADRID BoLs.t., Atm. 14.—Threes, 20/; Fives, 11;
Exchange on London, 45 50.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and
yesterday.
On Saturday M. ARMAND MARRAST was re-elected
President of the National Assembly by an overwhelm-
ing majority—the numbers being for M. ARMAND MA-
EAST 611, for M. THEODORE BAC 54.
The approaches to the Hall of the National Assembly
were occupied by troops on Saturday, and every preeau-
tion was adopted to prevent the occurrence of an outbreak .
It is said that great apprehensions are entertained of an
attempt at a legitimatist restoration, and that in order
to bring such restoration about, an alliance has
been formed between the Communists and tho Legiti-
matists. That such an alliance should exist is by no
means improbable. The most active leaders of the
Communist party were all originally Royalists—General
Comae's, for example, was an lii Legitimatist officer,the
Abbe LAMENNAIS was, during the reign of CHARLES X.,
the most active and the most energetic, the most bigotted
and the most dangerous of the parti pretre. M. DE
GENOUDE was the editor of the the ultra-Royalist
Gazette de France, the avowed organ of the parti pretre
cud the Jesuits; and when it is recollected that M.
Louis BLANC is the nephew of Count 1307.Z0 DI BORGO,
it will be no longer matter of astonishment to find that
he too has Legitimatist propensities. The extraor-
dinary manner in which the priests throughout France
have countenanced Communism is another fact which
tends to prove the existence of a good understanding be-
tween these ultra parties. That they can succeed in
destroying the Republic we do not believe, nevertheless
they may occasion much mischief and a fearful loss of
life before they are put down; General CAVAIGNAC is
therefore justified in taking every precaution. That the
occurrence of some outbreak of a serious nature was ap-
prehended by the authorities on Saturday is evident from
the gextr!ct from " instructions for the trans-
mission of
aßiliE
hopes,lt—
" Ifs contrary to our
orders addressed to the National Guard by
General cuAli4
the Natinoal Guards obeli again

be called to a combat, the Guard-in• Chief weuld only give a
small number of orders, which he wc,uld take care to render
clear and precise ; but as the circumstances of the battle and
the movements of the :enemy may require time to modify
the first arrangements, it is necessary to inform the National
Guard that when an officer of the staff shall bring an order,
he to whom such order is addressed must demand—l. His
name and production of his commission, if the staff officer is
not known. 2. The name of the officer, general, or superior,
by whom such order is sent; and 3, the hour and place
when the staff okicer quitted the general or superior officer
whose order he brings. The National Guard must never al-
low itself to be approached nearer than 50 paces by nume-
rous armed groups."

His Excellency the Marquis of NORMANBY presented
his credentials on Saturday to General CAVAIGNAC, as
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on a
special mission.
The Minister of Finance has published a decree, grant-
ing to those shareholders of the Paris and Lyons Rail-
way as may engage to pay up the instalments to com-
plete the 250 f. on each share the right to make the pay-
ment in Treasury Bonds issued by the Republic, on the
same conditions as were granted to the subscribers to
the New Loan. When the term these bonds have to run
shall be less than six months, the interest on them shall
be accounted for to the holder at 5i per cent., and when
beyond that period 6 per cent.
The Moniteur contains a decree of the Executive Go-
vernment, dated the 18th, setting forth the terms and
conditions on which associations of workmen may enter
into engagements with the State for the execution of
public works.
On Friday morning another batch of insurgents
amounting to 945, were embarked on board the Ulloa,
from Havre, and taken to Cherbourg.
The affairs of Italy are commented on in almost all
these papers. The Presse says:—
". The Ambassador of Sardinia, M. de Brignoles Sale, has,
it is said, announced to M. Bastide, that the Sardinian Mi-
nister has protested against the armistice, of which the text
has been published. If this statement be true the fact is
very grave, especially in conjunction with what is passing
at Genoa, where the Government every day assumes a more
decided character of opposition against all that surrounds the
King. It is no doubt this new complication which has given
rise to the rumours which have been current, of the abdication
of Charles Albert, in favour of his son, the Duke of Savoy.
But, k,wever, deplorable the situation of Charles Albert may
be, and by whatevar political and personal difficulties he may
be surrounded, we do not believe that for a single instant lie
has entertained the idea ascribed to him. The Duke of Savoy
is very popular in the army; Charles Albert, on the
contrary, by the fault of his generals more than by his own,
has lost in four days the popularity which his concessions to
his people and his entry into Lombardy had procured
him. It is not then impossible that new embarrassments
and new misfortunes may make a reality of what is at pre-
sent only an unfounded rumour, sent forth as a feeler by in-
' terests which it is_not easy to make out amidst the confusion
which prevails at this moment from one end of Italy to
another." The Constitutionnel gives as positive the state-
ment of the Sardinian Ambassador having protested against
the armistice. That journal says :—" We learn that at a con-
sultation of Italian juris-consults it has been declared that
General Salasco exceeded his powers in signing the armis-
tice, as he had of his own authority given up fortified places
and compromised the Government."

We read in the Courrier Francais :
" It may be remembered that we mentioned some time
since that an Austrian Envoy had passed through Paris on
his way to London, and that it was the same who had pre-
viously visited the head-quarters of Charles Albert. We
are now enabled to give some details of the negotiations which
are taking place. It appears certain that in spite of her suc-
cesses Austria will give up Lombardy to retain possession of
the Venetian territory, but on two conditions; the first being
that Lombardy shall not be united to the Sardinian States,
and the second that she will be no longer answerable for the
Lombardian debt. Independently of these personal arrange-
ments, Austria, remembering the neutrality which the King
of Naples has preserved at so many risks and perils, stipu-
lates in favour of his second son as King of Sicily, the inde-
pendence of which country will be recognised. Such, we are
assured, are the bases of the negotiations now pending, and
they have been admitted by M. de Gagern, the representative
of the Diet of Frankfort. As to Venetia it will not only form
part of the Austrian monarchy, but also of the Germanic
Confederation ; it will send deputies to the Parliament at
Vienna, and to the Assembly at Frankfort. The German
standard will be hoisted on the citadel of Venice, by the side
of that of Austria."

The National has the following on the subject of
Italy, which may be considered as an official announce-
ment of the intentions of the French Government :

"It was announced in the Spectateur Republicain, a few
days ago, that General Weidea had been disavowed by
Austria and recalled. This news to the present has not been
confirmed, and we have reason to believe that the invasion
of the Legations, interrupted a moment by the heroic defence
of Bologna, follows its course. On the other hand, we have
not yet learned that Austria has accepted the Anglo-French
mediation. Be that as it may, we hold it to he inadmissible
that France can fill the functions of mediator so long as the
ustrians occupy the Papal States. Nothing could autho-
rise their aggression, as nothing can authorise their remain-
ing upon a territory whose independence is guaranteed by
treaties. If our Government should enter into negotiation
with Austria in such circumstances, it would be sanctioning
the brutal abuse of force by Austria. Before a step be taken
by diplomacy, and that irrespective of the decision of
Vienna, whatever it may be, with regard to General
Welden, the Legations must be evacuated. In making this
demand France does not raise any exorbitant pretension, and
we trust that the wisdom of Germany will save us from
supporting our too just observations by a direct act."
In a separate article the National announces—

"It is said that Venice refuses to accept the armistice of
Charles Albert, and does not feel bound by the prudent
King of Piedmont. There is reason to believe that the Sar-
dinian fleet which blockaded Trieste and defended the ap-
proaches to Venice has been recalled. In this situation the
French Government has duties to fill. The defence of our
countrymen requires that the French flag be shown in the
Adriatic, and it is certain that at this moment our desire is
fulfilled."

The discussion on foreign affairs which was expected
to have come on in the Assembly on Saturday has been
postponed.
It is stated in one of the journals that Mr. J. B. Dil-
lon, one of the chiefs of the insurrectionary party is Ire-
land, has arrived at Havre.

By a decree of the Executive Government, dated the
18th, the sequestration which had been placed on the
Orleans and Centre Railways has been removed, and
their management restored to the respective companies.
The Minister of Finance has published a decree grant-
ing to those shareholders Of the Paris and Lyons Rail-
way as may engage to pay up the instalments to com-
plete the 250 f. on each share the right to make the pay-
ment in Treasury Bonds issued by the Republic, on the
same conditions as were granted to the subscribers to
the new loan. When the term which these bonds have
to run shall be less than six months the interest on them
shall be accounted for to the holder at 51 per cent., and
when beyond that period 6 per cent.
The discussions in the Assembly on Friday were en-
livened by a smart personal rencontre between MM.
BACHE and TURCY. In giving evidence before the
Committee of Inquiry, M. TURCK had stated that he had
heard M. BAUME declare on the 23d and 24th of June,
that the insurgents would not be put down till they had
killed four or five hundred of the Members of the As-
sembly. M. BAUME declared that this assertion was
" an infamous and odious calumny;" but M. TURCK re-
plied, however that might be, it was strictly true. The
President stopped both speakers, and adjourned the
subject till the general discussion.
M. Louis BLANC in the course of the same sitting
complained bitterly of the conduct of certain journals,
which had garbled the evidence given before the Com-
mittee, by publishing only such portions of it as tended
to inculpate him, and carefully suppressing everything
that might tell in his favour. lle concluded by giving
notice for Monday of a decree prohibiting the publica-
tion of these documents in the journals until after the
discussion shall have taken place in the Assembly.
The following is the weekly report of the Prefect of
Police on the state of Paris:—

Citizens,—The emotion which has occupied thtuehi:epotcsourotcablueaellridn-c,
mind during the last few days is giving way and making
? room for a ieeling of security of which no serious cause ought
in point of fact to disturb the duration. Vague rumours,
alarming reports hawked about by malevolence, and aug-
mented by fear, cannot long prevail against the evidence of
facts. If it were true that men were capable of restoring in
France a form of government justly abhorred, that would be
madness; for anarchy in our days would not lead kings to
their thrones—it would only serve to precipitate the instiga-
tnaoha7i andabyss. Without
of t accomplicesradeddoondoubt, the
tf
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stoppageeses eso
quickly fratricidalofin industry
usstrugglesdesire; but the miseries which the revolution of Feborfutair:
, may have added to, though it did cause them, would onl,,
increase tenfold through our discords, and the workmen would
be indefinitely condemned to privations which, with
must have an early end. A sensible amelioration already dis_
plays itself on almost all the points of the territory
Republic. The facility with which the last national loan was
subscribed and paid up shows that specie will not be wanting
to public confidence. Commercial vitality is returning, trans-
actions become more numerous, the workshops are less de-
serted. In some days the solemn discussion of the Constitu-
tion of our Republic will commence before the National
Assembly ; the great principles proclaimed in February will
desiresto
Thec n country
ravish f
m
ait
receive, let us not doubt, such a consecration, that the
enemies of the Republic, whoever they may be, will no longer
find
democratica prete x theirtfor
Republic;
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human hopes.power
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spite
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of its
and blood,
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The
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preserve has o
people and the army, now united in their love of liberty, will
not forget that, for the motto of monarchy, "Divide in order
Ee
to reign," the Republic has substituted its motto, " Union is
strength." The elements of the public fortune, the symp-
toms of a slow, but continued return towards a normal state,
assume every day a less contestable character. Facts and
figures exist ; and bad faith itself cannot prevail against them.
The workshops are being re-opened, and the workman re-
ssumes the place which he had too long lost. The move-
ment which is taking place in all branches of industry is
even remarked in those of luxury, which the receipt of orders
is again causing to become active. Renewed briskness dis-
plays itself in the ports, and the arrivals of July have greatly
exceeded those of the month of June ; the single port of the
canal St. Martin received last month 15,000 tons more than
in the previous month. The markets are always abundantly
supplied, and the price of bread is within reach of every
purse. At the date of our last return, out of 27,301 work-
men residing in furnished hotels, 16,925 were in work.
At this time. out of 29,074 there "are 20,771 who have em-
ployment. The number of workinen remaining inactive is
only 8,303 instead of 9,432. The Mont-de-piste from the
Bth to the 15th has received in redemption of articles pawned,
344,077 f. ; the sums lent by it amounted only to 306,8201.
The number of persons returning to Paris increases pro-
gressively—on the Bth by 4,394, and ill the last week by
5,974. Instead of 710 foreigners alighting at the hotels, they
amount to 765 ; only 628 have left the capital. In the course
of the six days, from 9th to the 16th, 2,615 passports were
given to French citizens, of which €57 were gratuitous, and
560 were granted to foreigners. The prisons on the 14th
contained 3,279 ordinary prisoners, and 8,069 implicated in
the affair
re
rtohofseftihmtpherpeivlseiGoentasirmdies
perfect. Of all those of June three only have died—two from
their wounds, and one from a pneumonic affection. From
nded by a
the 9th to the 17th there were eight suicides. The at-
tempts
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wl Ana
su s
number
bod
eui
upon property are reduced to eight.
rob-
beries remain at the average of six a day. Only one attempt
Mobile, while on duty ball
fired by an unknown hand.
Last nightsecond
ts to 1,415. a convoy of
gsTne nahltelisnte
of June amounts
off to Havre. The moral and
of June was sent
upon the person has beenassi
945 prisoners
physical state of t men
he sent away leaves nothing to be
desired. Clothes, linen, and
shoes were distributed to those
who were in want of them before their departure. Their

families may be completely assured as to their lot; these
prisoners do not leave France—and the most enlightened
attention is paid to them. A journal has .represented that
ill-treatment and even torture is inflicted upon the poli-
tical prisoners. I have no need to protest against an impu-
tation so odious; it will suffice for me to point out to the
public as new proof of the falsehoods and calumnies of certain
persons.

" DUCOUX,
" Representative of the People, Prefect of Police.
" Paris, Aug. 18."
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