The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-06 00:00:00

Art 37 was then put to the vote and adopted, not
a single member rising against it.
"Art. 38. The sittings of the Assembly are public.
Nevertheless the Assembly can form itself into a
secret committee on the demand of a number of re-
presentativEs fixed by the regulations."—Adopted.
" Art. 39. The presence of one- half of the members
of the Assembly, plus one, is necessary for the vali-
dity of the vote of a law."—Adopted.
"Art. 40. No Bill, save in cases of urgency, shall
be definitively voted, except after three deliberations,
at no less than ten days' distance from each other."
M. de Saint Priest proposed to adjourn the discus-
sion on that article to the next day.—(Loud cries of
"No, no.") As this was objected to, he should pro-
pose to reduce the delay to five days.
This was agreed to by the Committee, and the ar-
ticle thus amended was adopted.
The Red Republicans have determined to vote for
the election of President by universal suffrage, as
have the Club of the Institute, of which MM. ARAGO,
PAGNERRE, and MARIE are members.

There are various and conflicting rumours in cir-
culation as to divers Ministerial changes said to be
in contemplation. According to one of these, General
CAVAIGNAC is, in the event of the election by universal
suffrage of the President being carried, to go out of
office, when he will be succeeded by General LA-
MORICIERE: as President of a Thiers' Cabinet ;
another rumour is, that MM. SENARD and VAuLa-
BELLE will retire from the Cabinet, and be succeeded
by MM. DUFAIIRE and LEON DE MALLEVILLE.

M. RAS?AIL has addressed a letter to the Assem-
bly, praying that he may be daily conducted from
Vincennes to the Assembly and back under escort, in
order that he may attend to his duties as a represen-
tative of the people.
The Presae gives the following, but without vouch-

ing for its authority :
"It was rumoured last evening in certain diplo-
matic &Jona, that the Austrian Cabinet had formally
rejected the mediation of France in Italy. If this
news be correct, it can only be explained in one man-
ner, viz., that M. Bastide and Lord Palmerston had
not accepted the bases put forth by Au ;trig, and that
the Imperial Cabinet had then broken off the nego-
tiations."

Lyons was the seat of a disturbance on Tuesday,
which at one time wore a very serious aspect, and
might have been followed by alarming consequences.
Some of the recently dissolved Gerdes Mobiles of
that town took possession of the Prefecture, and kept
the Prefect a prisoner for some time. He was, how-
ever, released by a regiment of dragoons, who ex-
pelled the mobiles, and took military possession of
the Prefecture. The mobiles then attacked a guard-
house, but were repulsed. They then paraded the
streets with a red flsg, but were charged' by the
soldiers, and dispersed immediately.
The Courrier de Lyon. says :—" It is hoped that
this echauffouree will not have any other consequences.
Still we think the authorities would do well to be on
their guard."
The question of the election of President will not,
it is said, be made a Cabinet question. The debate
on the subject was opened yesterday by M. FELLS
PIAT, who was followed by M. DE TOCQUEYILLE.
It will probably last some days. Should it be de-
cided that the President is to be elected by universal
suffrage the election will probably take place in
January.

General LEBRETON, who is charged with the mili-
tary defence of the National Assembly, has written
a letter to the President, in which he says that as the
Minister of War, for motives which he cannot under-
stand, has changed all the arrangements he had
adopted for defence, and which required the employ.
ment of three battalions, he declines to accept the
responsibility of events, though ready to receive the
orders of the President. With the three battalions
he would, he says, pledge his honour that the As-
sembly should be inviolate. In consequence of the
proceedings of the Minister of War, the General
twice tendered his resignation to the President of the
Assembly, but was refused on both occasions.
Orders have been given for the immediate establish-
ment of a Custom-house at Havre, independent of
the Custom-house at Rouen.

Encouraged by the hospitable reception given to
the National Guards of Paris on their recent visit to
London, the National Guards of Havre, it appears,
contemplate a visit to the banks of the Thames.
BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 5.
THREE O'CLOCK.—The Bourse was in a state of great
agitation to-day, in consequence of the rumours afloat.
It was said that fighting was going on at Lyons; that
the Austrians had refused the mediation; that General
Cavaignac was going out. Still the Funds, after
some slight sympton of weakness, became firm, and
then the report spread that General Cavaignac and
the Club of the Rue de Poitiers had come to an
understanding, and that he was to be elected
President of the Council for one year certain.
A fact which is considered as showing the want of confi-
dence in the present state of affairs is the price to which
gold has arisen. To-day at one period Napoleons were
at a premium of 20. For the Account, the French
Three per Cents. have risen 5c.; Fire per Cents. have
fallen 10c.•' Loan has fallen 10c. For money, the Three
per Cents. have risen 15c.; Five per Cents. have risen
10c.; Loan has fallen 25c.; Bons du Tresor not quoted;
Bank of France Shares have risen bf.; Belgian Bank
Shares and Stocks are not quoted; Spanish Active not
quoted; Three per Cents. at yesterday's prices; Roman
has risen per cent.; Rothschild's Receipts have risen
I- per cent. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25f.
40c. ; ditto (ninety days), 25f. 20c.: Railway Shares
are nearly the same as yesterday, with the exception of
Rouens, which have fallen 5f., and Northerns, which
have fallen 2f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Our. 5.
Northern of France, 6 %—l'aris :and Lyons, 4,4—Paris
and Rouen, 1514—Paris and StrasUourg, VA—Tours and
Nantes, 1;A.