The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

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" The treaties of 1815 exist no longer as law in the
eyes of the French Republic ; nevertheless, the ter-
ritorial circumscriptions of these treaties are a fact
which it admits as a basis, and as a point de depart in
its relations with other nations.

" But if the treaties of 1815 do not exist any
longer excepting as facts to modify a common under-
standing, and if the Republic declares openly that its
right and its mission is to arrive regularly and
pacifically at those modifications, the good sense, the
moderation, the conscience, the prudence of the
Republic exist, and are for Europe a better and
more honourable guarantee than the letter of those
treaties, so often violated and modified by Europe
itself.

" Endeavour, Sir, to make this emancipation of the
Republic from the treaties of 1815 be clearly under-
stood, and try to show that that freedom has
nothing in it which is irreconcilable with the repose
of Europe. _

" Thus we declare it openly. If the hour of the
reconstruction of some nationalities, oppressed in
Europe or elsewhere, should appear to us to have
sounded in the decrees of Providence, if Switzerland,
our faithful ally since the time of Francis 1., were
constrained or threatened in the advance which she
is effecting in her Government, in order to lend
additional strergth to the taciite of democratic
Governments—if the independent states of Italy
were invaded—if any limits or obstacles were im•
posed on their internal transformations—if the right
of alliance among themselves, in order to consolidate
an Italian nation, were contested by main force—the
French Republic would believe itself entitled to arm
itself in order to protect these legitimate movements
of the greatness and the nationality of states.
"The Republic, you see, by its first step, repu-
diates the era of proscriptions and of dictations. She
is decided never to veil liberty at home. She is
equally decided never to veil its democratic principle
abroad. She will never permit any one to interpose
between the pacific radiation of its liberty and the
regard of nations. She proclaims herself the intel•
lectual and cordial ally of every right, of every pro-
gress, of every legitimate development of the institu-
tions of nations which wish to live on the same
principle as herself. She will not endeavour any
immoderate or incendiary propagandism amongst her
neighbours. She knows that there is no durable
freedom but that which grows cf itself on its own
soil. But it will exercise by the light of its ideas, by
the spectacle of order and of peace which it hopes to
give to the world, the sole and honest proselytism
of esteem and of sympathy. That is not war, it is
nature. That is not the agitation of Europe, it is
life. That is not to embroil the world, it is to shine
from its place on the horizon of nations, to advance
them and to guide thein at the same time. We
desire, for humanity, that the peace be preserved.
We even hope it. One only citiestion of war was
mooted, a year ago, between England and France.
It was not Republican France which started that
question of war • it was the dynasty. The dynasty
carries away with it that danger of war which it had
given rise to for Europe by the entirely personal am-
bition of its family alliances in Spain. Thus that
domestic policy of the fallen dynasty which weighed
for seventeen years on our national dignity, weighed at
the same time by its pretentious to another crown at
Madrid on our liberal alliances and on peace. The Re-
public has no ambition. t The Republic has no
nepotism. It inherits not the pretensions of a fa-
mily. Let Spain govern itself, let Spain be inde-
pendent and free. France, for the solidity of this
natural alliance, counts more on the conformity of
principles than on the successions of the house of
Bourbon !

" Such is, Sir, the spirit of the councils of the
Republic. Such will invariably be the character of
the policy, frank, firm and moderate, which you
will have to represent.
" The Republic has pronounced at its birth, and
in the midst of the heat of contest not provoked by
the people, three words which have revealed its
soul, and which will call down on its cradle the
blessings of God and men : Liberty, Equality,
Fraternity. She gave immediately thereafter, by
the abolition of the punishment of death for political
offences, the true commentary of those three words
at home ; do you also give them their true commen-
tary abroad. The sense of these three words applied
to our external relations is this : the breakiug by
France of the chains which weighed on its principle
and on its dignity ; the recovery of the rank which it
ought to occupy in the scale of the great European
Powers; in fine, the declaration of alliance and amity
to all nations. If France feels conscientiously its
part in the mission of freedom and civilization in the
present age, there is not one of those words which
signifies war. If Europa is prudent and just, there
is not one of those words which does not signify
peace.

"Receive, Sir, the assurance of my high esteem.
(Signed) " LAMARTINE,
"Member of the Provisional Government of the
Republic, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
" Paris March 2, 1848."
The Whole passport system has been abolished
throughout the Republic.
On Saturday the members of the Provisional
Government met to determine on the plan for con-
voking a National Assembly. The Monilear of
the next day published the following announcement on
this subject:—
" The Provisional Government of the Republic, in
its sitting of last evening, the 4th of March, has fixed
the convocation of the Electoral Assemblies for the
9th of April next, and the meeting of the Constitu-
tional National Assembly for the 20th of April.
"During the same sitting the Government adopted
as the general principles of the decree which it is
about to issue,—
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"1. That the National Assembly shall decree the
constitution.

"2. That the election shall have the population for
ita basis.

"3. That the representatives of the people shal
amount to 900 in number.

4. That the suffrage shall be direct and uni-
versal, without any limitation as to property.
"5. That all Frenchmen of the age of 21 years
shall be electors, and that all Frenchmen of 25 years
of age shall be eligible.
"6. That the ballot shall be secret "
The same number of the Moniteur also publishes
the following decree :

" FRENCH REPUBLIC.
" LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY.

" The Provisional Government decrees :
A Commission of national recompenses is estab
lished.

" It appoints Citisen Albert, one of its members,
President of the Commission, which will sit at the
Mansion-house of Paris.

" Done at Paris, March 1, 1848.
" The members of the Provisional Government—
" DUPONT (De l'Eure).
" LAMAR
" CREMIEUX.
" GARNIEE-PAGES.
" MARIE.
" MARCAST.
" LOUIS-BLANC.
" ALURT.
" FLOCO N.
" LEDRU-ROLLIN.
" ARAGO."

The Moniteur announces that the Minister of
Finance has determined that from the 4th instant,
and until further orders, the interest on Treasury
Bonds at five months' date shall be fixed at 41 per
cent., and on those at six months' date and upwards
at 5 per cent.
At Rouen and Honfleur there had been some
rioting, but order was speedily restored. To Rouen
belongs the unenviable notoriety of being the only
city in the French Republic in which foreigners have
been annoyed or insulted. The English and German
workmen employed on the railroads have been at-
tacked, insulted, and, in many instances, driven from
their work.

The Duchess of OaLuau has arrived at Dusseldorf.
The intelligence of the safe arrival of Louis PHI-
LIPPE in England had been received with satisfac-
tion by persons of every party. In fact, the ex-KING
was never in any great personal danger, and had
he chosen to travel openly, and without disguise, the
probability is that no attempt would have been made
to arrest or to annoy him. _ _

Nothing could exceed the order, the solemnity, and
the pomp with which the funeral of the victims was
conducted on Friday.
The procession was formed at the Hotel de Ville,
and proceeded from thence to the Madeleine, the ex-
terior of which was hung with black, and between
the pillars were placed laurel crowns and wreaths of
immertelks. Over the grand entrance, which was
also similarly ornamented, was to be seen the inscrip-
tion of

" AUX CITOYENS

MORTS

POV LA LIBERTE."

Immense tricoloured flags floated from the centre
point and sides of the architrave, smaller ones were
disposed below in various places. The whole of the
steps and galleries under the pillars were crowded
with spectators.

When the procession arrived at the church, the
principal personages alone were permitted to enter;
the friends and relatives of the victims had promi-
nent places assigned them, and the number of general
officers present was altogether extraordiLary. The
funeral service was performed with great pomp, the

hymns, in particular, being sung most impressively.
When all was over the various parties pruccerled to
take their places in the corMge.
The appearance of the Boulevards was mot extra-
ordinary. Along the whole distance from t!:e Eastile
to the Madeleine (nearly three miles) the line of
march was hung on both sides with tri-coloured dra-
peries, connected together by means of posts, bear'ng
shields of black cloth, on which were inscribed the
words—

RE:iPECT

AUX

MANES