The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-17 00:00:00

morrow this discussion. Well, then, if the information
which has reached me be correct, it is in all probability
a battle which you will have to fight to-morrow.—(Great
agitation). I demand that you declare that any citizen
who dares to take up arms to support the cause of a
despot—(" Yes, yes !" " Vivo la Republique 1")—shall
be placed hors la loi—(llear, hear. Agitation)
M. E. Arago and M. Duclerc both hurried to the
tribune, but the noise prevented any one from being

heard.
The President—Gentlemen, in the midst of the various
propositions which have been made, it appears to me
that it is for the dignity of the Assembly not to make
any alteration in the order of its deliberations. Let us
not impart more importance than it deserve to an acci-
dent which after all may not be as grave as it at first
appears. Let us maintain our order of the day. Besides,
we shall have this evening a reunion de famille, at which
we can speak of this matter.—(Hear, hear.)
The Hon. Gentleman alluded apparently to his own
reception in the evening.
The Minister of Finance—Be certain, citizens, that
the Republic will not perish because you postpone
your deliberation. (Loud approbation. The whole
Assembly rose and shouted "Vivo la R6publique!")
The sitting was brought to a close at quarter past
seven, amidst the greatest excitement.
The following is the letter of thanks addressed by
Louis NAPOLEON to those who had voted for him :
" London, June 11.
" Fellow Citizens,—Your suffrages fill me with gra-
titude. This mark of sympathy is the more flattering to
me as it was unsolicited on my part, and reached me at
a moment when I regretted being inactive, when the
country had need of all her children to extricate her
from the difficulties in which she was placed.
‘, your confidence imposes on me duties which I shall
kne w how to fulfil; our interests and our sentiments are
the same. A child of Paris, now a representative of the
peopl?, I shall unite my efforts to those of my colleagues
to re-establish order, credit, and labour; to secure peace
abrso are toconsolidate democratic institutions, and re-
concile interests which now appear hostile, because par-
estruggling against each other, instead of working
t iad,
to one common end—the grandeur and prosperity of the
country.
" Tho people have been free since February 24. They
can obtain all they want without having recourse to
brute force. Let us, then, all rally round the altar of
our country under the flag of the Republic, and give to
the world the grand spectacle of a people who have re-
generated themselves without violence, civil war, or
anarchy,
" Receive, fellow-citizens, the assurance of my de-
votedness and sympathy.
" LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE."

The incidents in this Louis Napoleon affair follow
each other with all the rapidity and unexpectedness of
a melodrama. At the sitting of the Assembly yester-
day the President read a letter from Prince Louis
NAPOLEON, resigning his seat. The announcement
was received with loud acclatnations. The following
is a report of the proceeding in the Assembly yester-
day up to the time the post left. The Assembly met
at a quarter past one :
The President rose and said—l have an important
communication to make to the Assembly.--(Deep si-
lence.) I have received a new letter from Citizen Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte. It is dated " London, June 15,"
and was delivered to me this morning, by a person who
left London yesterday evening at half-past eight o'clock.
In order to obviate' all chance of mistake or mystifica-
tion, I took every means to verify the authenticity of
this letter. The bearer of it was M. Fred. Briffault,
homtne de lettres, residing of late in London, but at pre-
sent at the Hotel de Hollande, Rue de la Paix, at Paris.
He placed the letter into my hands this day at half-past
twelve, and I firmly believe it to be from the person
whose name it bears. Having premised so much, I shall
now read the document to the Assembly:—
"Monsieur le President,—l was proud of having
been elected a representative of Paris and in three
other departments—that fact was in my eyes an ample
reparation for thirty years of exile and six years
of captivity ; but the offensive suspicions which my
election has given birth to, the troubles of which it
has been the pretext, and the hostility manifested by
the Executive Government, imposed on me the duty
of refusing an honour which is attributed to intrigue.
" I desire order and the maintenance of a Republic,
wise, grand, and intelligent ; and since involuntarily
I favour disorder, I beg leave, though not without
deep regret, to place my resignation in your hands.
" Soon, I trust, calm will be restored, and will per-
mit me to return to France as the most simple of her
citizens. but also as one most devoted to the repose
and prosperity of my country.
" Receive, Monsieur le President, the assurance of
my most distinguished consideration.
"LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE."
Loud approbation burst forth from all parts of the
Assembly as the President concluded. The agitation
which ensued lasted for some time.
The President—As the admission of the citizen Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte was pronounced with the reserve
that he should prove his age and nationality, I think I
shall act most correctly in transmitting this letter to
the Minister of the Interior, to allow him to act on it
as he may deem proper, with a view to a new election.
This was agreed to.
M. St. Romme, in the name of the 7th bureau, ren-
dered an account of the election of M. Laissac for the
Ilerault, and declared that it considered the Honourable
Gentleman entitled to be admitted.
Some discussion arose on certain facts relative to the
return, and a long and confused discussion ensued, in
the course of which an Enquete was demanded.
The question was then put to the vote by oasis et levy,
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and, after one trial, pronounced doubtful by the Presi-
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M. Boulay (de la Meurthe) alluded to some case of
oppression practised against the proprietor of a journal
in the Vosges, relative to the caution-money by a Go-
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imposing a certain sum of caution-money on journals
had been permitted to slurnber.—(Ah ! ah !) But that
by no means meant that the Bill was abrogated. It
existed as before, with this difference, that of late it had
been allowed to remain in abeyance. There was no doubt
that the former state of things was liable to the reproach
of having been unnecessarily rigorous. The Government
intended to moderate the stringency of the measure—
to moderate the sum required. The Government
had not as yet decided precisely in what way the matter
should be fixed, but it was inclined to arrange matters so
as to content all seriously-thinking men, who would be
satisfied with what should be done. It was evident that
some guarantee must be given by the press to the Go-
vernment, and in that sense a moderate amount of cau-
tion-money was absolutely necessary. He bad to ask
the Assembly to have a little patience, as in a short time
he would announce what the Government should have
resolved on the question.
M. lavia Durrieu must deolare that what had just
fallen from the Honourable Minister agreed but little
with the spirit of the Provisional Government after the
revolution. Two questions connected with the press
had then occupied the attention of newspaper proprie-
tors—one was the stamp duty and the other the caution-
money. A considerable number of gentlemen con-
nected with the press went to the Hotel de Ville and
had an interview with the Provisional Government. It
was then declared that the Bill on the caution-money
should be abolished, but that as the Treasury was
not in a very flourishing state, the sums which had been
deposited by newspaper proprietors in the Treasury
should not be le-demanded immediately, but should be
allowed to remain with the Government for a certain
period, spoken of as about a year. A new view being
now taken of the matter, he thought it his duty to pro-
test in the strongest manner against any caution-money
whatever being established on the public press.—(Oh.)
The matter then dropped.
M. Recurt (Minister of the Interior) presented a Bill
demanding 300,000 f. for a revision of the lists of the
National Guards liable to be called into active service
in France, according to the laws of 1833 and 1834.
The order of the day was the adjourned discussion on
the Bill to unite Algeria to France.
After some unimportant remarks from M. Ducoux,
the Hon. Gentleman spoke in refutation of the Socia-
list ideas brought forward the day before by M. Pierre
Leroux.
General de Lamorciere declared himself altogether
opposed to assimilating the colony to the same laws as
existed in France, but he agreed with the Minister of
that the Assembly ought to proclaim
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that the colony belonted
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vance the colony.
M. C. Didier ascended the tribune to speak in favour
of the Bill,
and against the views of General de Lainori-
ciere.

(Left speaking.)

Outside the Chamber everything was quiet. Some
workmen were collected, but not SO many as in the

morning.
The public tranquillity was not disturbed during
the whole of yesterday.
The illon—eur does not publish the usual weekly
return of the state of the Bank of France.
BOURSE—PAais, FRIDAY, JUNE 16.
THREE o'CLocx.—A great deal of uneasiness was
apparent at the Bourse, the Bonaparte question having
added another item to the many complicated questions
at issue. The funds were weak, and the Bank of France
Shares have declined in value in consequence of the
non-publication to-day of the usual weekly return. The
Share Market was also flat.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 16.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Northern of France 4%--
Paris and Orleans, 23—Tours and Nantes, it/.

Mr. Locke, ALP., has purchased the Round Ball
and other estates, late the property of Mr. 11. B. Lott,
and will now have one of the most compact estates in
the neighbourhood.— Western Times, Exeter.
CHELTENHAM, JUNE 16.—The friends of the-new
Reform League in this borough, having had a meeting
to-day, W. Clyde, Esq., county magistrate in the chair.
A petition to Parliament in favour of Mr. llume's
motion on the 20th inst., was unanimously agreed to,