The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

MARCH 14, 1848.

sentiments, our own ideas. We shall blame with mo-
`deration, but with liberty, what may appear to us
contrary to the inti-r,qs or Franie. and tie trtr urn
ciples of justice acid order. For ourst,lves, what do
we demand ? We said it on the first day—as much
liberty as our adversaries hare had when our ideas
triumphed I"

The National recommends that none but tried
Republicans should be returned. It says—
" We can comprehend that the great events which
have just been accomplished have destroyed many illu-
sions, dissipated many phantoms. This revolution, so
unexpected, and which was the work of some h.urs, the
royal ed flee fallen to pieces at the first shock, the ihrone
carried away by a blast of wind, must have sin4ularly
shaken the faith of the partisans of the monarchical in
stitution. What perished so quickly was not long
lived, that is certain. The unanimous assent which
greeted the idea of a republic, the facility with which
order was restored, the calm which reigns everywhere,
prove clearly enough that certain terrors are chimerical.
There must, therefore, have been some sincere conver-
sions; there will be others, no doubt; and democratic
ideas will not delay, we hope, to unite all well-thinking
men, all loyal hearts, to the country. They will not
hesitate to openly recognise their error and give in their
adhesion with such clearness that their honour may be
pledged. M. G. de Beaumont has done so, and others,
probably, will follow his example. As to those whos,
conviction is not yet entirely formed—who submit to
the Republic as a fact, without adopting it as a principle
—who only see in the work now in preparation an ex-
periment of which the success is doubtful, their honour
forbids them, in our opinion, to meddle with the matter.
Let them wait. Conviction will come to them some clay
or other ; but until then let them abstain, remaining
simple spectators. In the interest of the country, in
their own interest, we deem it right to give this counsel.
They may follow it or not, just as they please ; but in
the latter case we strongly recommend the Central
Committee to oppose their election by every means in
their power. We shall ourselves join all our efforts to
theirs, and we do not think that in doing so we shall be
wanting in either equity or moderation. Moderation
and justice do not exclude prudence."

The Atelier, which is edited by M. ALBERT, and
which is the organ of the working classes, recom-
mends as the Members for Paris,—the Members of
the Provisional Government,—Citizens LAMENNAIS,
CADET, CONSIDERANT, BUCHEZ, PIERRE, LEROUX,
and eighteen ouvriers.
The Moniteur publishes several additional acts of
the Government. The first abolishes flogging in the
navy. The following is the decree.—
" The Provisional Government, considering tha.
corporal chastisement degrades men, that it is the duty
of the Republic to efface from the laws all that can
wound human Dignity ; that it is a good example to
give to the world, and that the suppression of corporal
punishment, in strengthening in the navy the feeling of
honour, cannot but give to the sailors a higher idea of
their duties, and inspire them with respect for themselves
and for the laws of discipline, decrees that the punish
ments of the gauntlet, keel-hauling, and flogging are
abolished ; that until a complete revision of the penal
maritime code they shall be replaced by imprisonment
in the cachot for periods varying from four days to a
month.
" Paris, March 12."

The following is the second decree :

" The Provisional Government informed that in several
towns demands for liberty made by persons detained for
commercial and civil debts have been rejected, on the
ground that the decree of March 9, 1848, could not be
retro-active, decrees that all persons detained for civil
or commercial debts shall be immediately and provision-
ally set at liberty, in virtue of the decrees rendered on
the 9th March, 1848, by the Provisional Government.
" Hotel de Ville, March 12, 1848."

A third decree abolishes the Council General of the
Seine, and places the department under the direction
of the Mayor of Paris, on the ground that as the
Municipal Council of Paris was dissolved, the Colin.
cil-General of the Seine should meet the same fate.

The fourth decree reduces the number of ordinary
Councillors of State from thirty to twenty-five, and
announces that the following Councillors have been
dismissed :—Messrs. Jacqueminot de Ham, Felix
Real, ex-Deputy ; J. Haubersart, ex-Deputy ;
Mottet, ex-Deputy ; Tupinier, ex-Peer; Liad:eres,
ex-Deputy. It appoints the following to be Coun-
cillors of State :—M. lioulatinier and M. Vieillard,
ix-Deputy. The same dect ee dismisses five maiires
des requeles from their functions, namely MM.
Lelorgue, d'ldeville, Debonnaire de Gif, Achile
Guilhem, Rudon de Beaupreau, and Laffon-Ladebat,
and appoints MM. Daverde and Turmet in their
places. Several other decrees follow, changing the
law officers in different parts of France. The long
list of dismissals closes with that of M. Vatout, the
Royal Librarian under the late dynasty, and Presi-
dent of the Council of Public Buildings.
We read in La Presse:—

"A considerable number of journeymen joiners who
had assembled to converse upon their own situation were
alluding to the 1,000,000 f. to the civil list, which the
Provisional Government had promised to distribute
among them, when at the moment of the arrival of Louis
Philippe and his family at London in a state of complete
deprivation was announced. Upon hearing this news
one of the men present said Sacristi 1 that is very hard
upon them. I tell you what should be done. The ad-
vice of Beranger should be followed. A million distri-
buted amongst ua would be but a very few francs a-piece.
Well, then 1 Let it be sent to the ex •King. The alms
of the poor do honour to misfortune "
BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MARCH 13.

Scarcely any business worth speaking of was trans-
acted to-day, and a general decline has taken place. At
first the attendance was exceedingly slight, but towards
the close the hall was crowded. The Tnree per Cents.
opened at 50E, and closed at 491., being a fall of 2f. -on
the day. The Five per Cents. opened at 771., and after
touching 74t. closed at 74f. 50c., or 21. 50c. lower. Tne
Four per Cents. were quoted at 6511, or 3t: lower. Bank
of France shares have again gone down 751., being
quoted at 1,725 f. Roman closed at 69f., or 3f. lower.
The suspension of payments of the banking houses
of Bandon, of Estienne, and of Fourchon, were
a good deal spoken of all day, but did not excite much
surprise, having been for some days expected. In rail-
way shares the depreciation has been exceedingly heavy.
Orleans closed at 8001., or 50f. lower ; Rouen at 410(.,
or 45t. lower; Ilavre at 2001., and Marseilles 2751., both
201. lower ; Northern 3401., or 121. 50c. lower; Lyons
at 290 f., cr 71. 50c. lower ; Strasburg at 337 f. 50c., or
sf. lower ; Nantes at 3281.75 c., or 31. 75c. lower ; Bor-
deaux at 3971. 50c., or 2f. 50c. lower. The matters that
show better prices are Versailles (Log Bank), which
closed at 11011, or 10f. better ; the Obligations de la
Ville at 1,010 f., or 51. better, and Piedmont at 820 f., or
201. better. As on the preceding days, everything was
done for cash. Bons du Tresor remain upnegociated.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAncu 13.
Boulogne and Amieus,6lA—Dutch Rhenish, %—Northern
of Framce, 3 Orleans and Bordeaux, 21ii—Paris and Lyons,
I%—Paris and Orleans, 35—Paris and Strasbourg,
f ,
Sambre and Meuse, 51/i.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 14.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze,
and fine clear weather.

ItAMSGATE, MARCH 13.—Tho Dorothea, Visser, from
Batavia to Amsterdam, which put in here on the 4th
inst., leaky and with foremast sprung, commenced dis-
charging to-day.
LYTHAM, MARCH 13.—The Branch Miller, of Dunbar,
from Leith to Liverpool, went ashore this morning on
the Salthouse Bank, at the entrance of the river Ribble;
she has sustained some damage, but it is expected she
may be got oft
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 13.—The Miltiades, Croom, from
New Orleans, in attempting to enter the Albert Dock,
struck against the pier head, lost cutwater, &c., and
anchored in the river. A schooner is on shore near
Southport, the life-boat has gone to her assistance. The
Majestic, Corkhill, of Ramsey, from the Clyde to Run-
corn, with pig iron, struck on the North Bank this
morning and sank; crew saved.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 12.—Four boxes of' specie were
saved from the Libra, Gibbons, from Oporto, abandoned
in lat. 47, lon. 5.
MEVACISSEY, MARCH 10.—The Post Boy was passed
dismasted and abandoned 7th instant, eighteen miles
N.W. of Jersey, by the Judy, Johnson, arrived here.
ILFRACOMBE, MARCH 12.—Part of the stern of a
vessel, marked " Olivia, of London," has come on shore
near this place.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Arrd. Johanna Maria,
Leipsic, Rotterdam for Batavia, with loss of sails, and
pumps choked; 'Tropic, Clark, London for Barbadoes.
Sailed 13th, Isle of \\Tight, Mauritius; Amiga, Algoa
Bay ; Helena, Catharina, Nickerie, Ida, Dubinia,
Surinam.

POOLE, MARCH I.—Arrd. Cider, Hart, Oporto.
PENZANCE, MARCH 1 l.—Arrd. William Clements,
Llanelly for Falmouth, with bulwarks stove, and jibs
split.
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DEAL, AlAncm 13.—Wind N.N.W. to N.W.—Arrd.
Bowes of Streatam, Ncwholm, Penang; Sarah Bell,
Richardson, Mauritius ; John Anderson, Laurence,
Demerara; Alico-Jane, Miller, Jamaica. Arrd. from
the River and sld. Concord, Williams, Sierra Leone;
Vicar of Bray, Sawyer, Lima; Chaucer, Barhadoes.
MUMBLES, MARCH 11.—Arrd. Medium, Crosby, St.
John's, New Brunswick, for Carmarthen.
JERSEY, MARCH 10.—The Post Boy schooner, of
London, was towed in here yesterday, a derelict; the
mast and spars, with the exception of the bowsprit, are
gone, the starboard quarter stove in, and mot of tl:e
bulwarks and stanchions carried away; she also appears
to have been stripped.
MARCH 13.—The Rob Roy steamer, Knobker,
from Ilamburgli, which arrived here yesterday, was in
eontact with the Queen of Scotliind steamer. for Ham-
burgh, when the former received some damage; the latter
proceeded.
LOWESTOFT, MARCH I3.—The Clio, Sharp?, from
Sunderland to St. Mato, was assisted into this harbour
to-day with damage, having been in contact 10th inst.
whilst at anchor in these roads, with the New William
and Mary, of Ipswich.
HULL, MARCH 11.—S1d. Turk, Skinner, Greenland.
GRIMSBY, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Wilberhirco, Sherry,
Shields, for Carthaxena. with damage to hull, sails, and
rigging, having been run into by the Richmond Hill, of
London, off the Dudgeon.
SHIELDS, MARCH 11.—S1d. Franklyn, llavannah ;
Herrings, raimbreel and Quebec; Lune, Rochefort and

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, et
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county
Middlesex, 'Tuesday, March 14, ins.