The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-23 00:00:00

fectly good humoured, and were eraching jokes with
the soldiers. Not a serpent de ville was anywhere to
be seen, and in all the vast crowd not a National
Guard was visible. An innnewie number of troops
appeared to be on the alert. One regiment of light
dragoons came up towards the Chamber of Deputies,
from the Ecole Militaire, with their band playing as
on a fete day.
" All the shops on the Boulevards, the Rue St. Ho-
nore, and all the streets adjacent, are closed.

"Workmen were employed from an early hour this
morning in clearing away all the preparations for the
banquet At about half-past Line, a body of about
600 municipal guards, horse and foot, arrived, and
took possession of a piece of groural adjoining the
place of the intended assemblage, which was a large
inclosed field, between the Rue de Chaillot and the
Barriere de Longchamps, where a marquee had been
erected. But few people had collected in that quar-
ter or in the Champs Elysees."
In the Chamber of Deputies the President raped
the sitting without giving M. OniLLon BARROT any
opportunity of speaking on the proposition for the
impeachment of the Ministers, but announced that it
should be submitted to the Bureaux on Thursday.
The lamps in the Champs Elysees are all broken,
and barricades are formed in the Rue Richelieu, the
Rue de la Paix, the Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin, and
the Rue de Joinville. The gates of the Tuileries are
closed, and the gardens and Palace occupied by
troops. Marshal BUGEAUD has, it is said, accepted
the military command of Paris. M. GUIZOT was
present at the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
yesterday. Various collisions have taken place be-
tween the people and the municipal guard, and many
have been killed and wounded.

At five o'clock the rappel for calling out the Na-
tional Guard was beat throughout Paris. The drum-
mers were saluted with cries of " Vive la Reforme,"
and with the .Marseillaise and the Girondin chorus,
" Mourir pour la patrie." Several sections of armed
National Guards had assembled at the hour the post
left. As yet the utmost good humour has been exhi-
bited both by the troops and the people, the latter of whom
are in general unarmed; but fears are entertained
that as night approaches, some collision of a serious
nature may occur, more especially in the Faubourgs,
where the the people are many of them armed, and
where barricades have been formed. Ammunition-
waggons and artillery were continually arriving from
Vincennes.

Count Authentique.—PAßlS, FEB. 22.—French Five
per Cents., 116 t. 55c. 60c. 55c. 70c. 75c.; Ditto,
Four per Cents., 99f. 25c.; Ditto, Three per Cents., 73f.
85c. 90c. 80c. 95c., 74f., 74f. 10c.; Bank of France,
3,187 E, 50c., 3,185 E, 3,180 f.; Treasury Bonds, 4 4i;
New Loan, —; Obligations of the City, —; Roman,
931 f.; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 98if.; Ditto, Five
per Cents., 1842, —; Ditto, Four-and-a• Half per Cents.,
921.; Ditto, Three per Cents., 1845, —. Exchange on
London, one month, paper, 25f. 371 c.; money, 25f. 35c.;
three months, paper, 25f. 22ic.; money, 251.

PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, FEB. 22.

The market at the opening was very agitated, and
prices remained some time with rather a tendency down-
wards; towards the close of the day, however, a little
re-action took place, and at bell ringing, quotations
were maked higher than yesterday. Threes at 74f. ;
and Fives at 116 f. 75e. The market closed as follows:
—Three per Cents., for cash, 74F. 10c., for account,
74f.; Five per Cents., for cash, 116 f. 75c., for account,
116 f. 75c.; New Loan, for account, 74f. 85c.; Baak of
France Shares, 3,180 E; Spanish Three per Cents., 321.;
Fives, not quot( d.
RAILWAYS —The Share Market has been heavy, but
prices have not materially varied. For account, Paris
and Orleans closed at I,lBBf. 75e.; Paris and Rouen,
8651.; Rouen and Havre, 4251.: Avignon, 540 f.; Stras-
burg and Bale, 1571. 503 ; Vierzon, 5051.; Bordeaux,
4751.; Northern, 5431. 75e.; Paris and Strasburg, 4031.
75c.; Paris and Lyons, 390 f.; Nantes, 380 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE. FEB. 22.

Northern of France, 11 !.4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 4%.

IMPORTANT FROM ITALY.

RUMOURED DEPOSITION OF THE POPE

Important intelligence has arrived from Italy. The
French Government have, it is said, received a tele-
graphic dispatch from Rome announcing that the
POPE has been deposed.. At Bologna, the Papal
colours have been discarded, and the tricolour of Italy
adopted.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

SIR,—On Monday the 21st, the supplies were
voted in part, viz., to the amount of 20,800,0001. A
loose practice, as may be exemplified by the case of a
man and his wife disputing on the question of eco
norny. If one says, " Give me 500/., and let the dis-
pute lie over," there is not much doubt which way
the affair is tending.
In the course of the debate Sir Robert Peel enu-
merated "the process in Mexico and the spirit which
has arisen among the American people," as elements
in the preparation of the estimates in Great Britain.
Unless I make some mistake in the place, the reporters
have omitted it. Sir Robert has plainly one eye
open, and will speedily have: two.
Ou the same day the Public Health Bill and the
Passengers (Emigrant) Bill were read a second time.
We have heard of floating hotels ; but the want at
present appears to be of model lodging-houses afloat.
The question has been asked me from Bradford,
whether labour is capital. It appears to me to be a
little like the question, whether acorns are. wood. In
some senses they may be wood, and in some senses
they are not wood. The best way, therefore, is to
begin by knowing in what precise tenses the question
is intended to be asked.

On Tuesday came on Mr. Hutt's motion for a
" Select Committee to consider the best means which
Great Britain can adopt for mitigating the horrors of
the Slave Trade, and providing for its final extinc-
tion." As undisguisedly avowed by the mover, the
substantial object of the Committee he desired, was
to collect evidence to establish the desirableness of
removing the checks to the Slave Trade arising out
of the presence of British cruisers on the coast of
Africa, or British treaties with foreign powers.
Four special fallacies pervaded the arguments
brought in support of the motion. One, that the
way to put down an evil is to let it alone; being
the argument used against the Slavery Abolitionists
in the United States. Another, that a traffic not
suppressed entirely, is not effectively repressed at
all. A third, that the suppression of the Slave
Trade ought to be left to be produced by
the superior cheapness of importing free labourers ;
the difficulties thrown in the way of importing the
slave, being all the time the chief cause of the differ-
ence of cost. And the fourth, that the influence
exercised with other powers through the medium of
treaties, is identical with a violent interference unjus-
tifiable by public law. The opposition to these
principles was nearly confined to Sir Robert Inglis
and Lord Palmerston ; the last of whom replied with
an energy which wou'ti have done honour to the days
when the Slave Trade was put down in its strength.
If the Anti-Slavery party mean to hold their
own, they must gather about the Government.
But the spirit of opposition to slavery and slave-
trading appears to be nearly burnt out. The objects
in view will solve themselves into two, both of which
are Sugar; either in the form of cheap sugar from
Brazil, or an importation of natives from Africa to
produce it in the West Indies.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, 23d Feb., 1848.

SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER )

A NOVEL POINT UNDER THE COUNTY COURTS ACT-

VINES V. 'WEBB.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a
miller, against the defendant, a baker, to recover
nominal damages under the following circumstances:—
The facts were these, the defendant had been employed
as a foreman and agent for a person residing in the
country, and flour was ordered of the plaintiff. Mr.
Ashley, the actual proprietor of the shop, paid the rent
and taxes, was rated in the books, and had a vote at the
election, but it was contended that this was not legal
notoriety sufficient to bind the plaintiff, who alleged
that he had dealt with defendant alone, and knew
nothing of Ashley. The action was originally
brought in the Court of Exchequer, but after
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ment of the debt and costs. Defendaq then applied to
the Court above, and obtained a lute, calling on plaintiff
to go to trial, or to sibri:'t to judgment, as in case of
nonsuit. The question was now to be tried on the
merits to cover costs. The Learned Secondary left it to
the jury to say to whom the credit was given.
Thu Jury, attzr consulting for some time, gave a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages, One shilling.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY.

LIVERPO)L STEF.PLE CHASE. 12 to 1 agst Sir
Arthur (t), 100 to 6 agst Wolverhampton (t), 100 to 6
agst Cavendish (t), 100 to 6 agst St. Leger (t), 100 to 5
agst the Curate (t), 100 to 4 agst the Nigger (t), 100 to
4 agst Standard Gerard (t), 100 to 4 agst the Sailor (t).
CHESTER CIIP.—Not a bet made.
DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Surplice, 3,900 to 300 agst
Glendower (t), 17 to 1 agst Springy Jack (t), 500 to 15
agst Assault (t), 500 to 12i agst Beverlac (t), 500 to 10
agst Flatcatcher (t)?1,000 to 20 aget Fern, 1,000 oven
Assault aget Swiss Boy (t).