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

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 11th have been received.
The only intelligence of importance which they con-
tain is an announcement that the funds required for
the payment of the July Government liabilities have
been provided.
The Bolsa was closed on the 11th.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

Prince Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE has with
characteristic want of judgment addressed a letter to
the President of the Assembly, in which he all but
announces his intention to endeavour to gain for him-
self the Imperial crown. "If the people impose
duties upon me," says this would-be Emperor, " I
shall know how to fulfil them." The reading of this
letter excited the most intense indignation in the
Assembly. M. JULES FAVRE, who the day before
had strenuously opposed the passing of the decree of
banishment against Louts NAPOLEON, rose and de-
clared that, after such a plain indication on the part
of that Prince of the designs which he entertained, it
was impossible any longer to support him, and it
would be dangerous to suffer him to land in France.
General CAVAIGNAC drew the attention of the Assembly
to the fact that throughout the letter the word Republic
was never once mentioned, whereupon the whole
Assembly rose, and cries of " Vive la Republique',
rent the air. The letter was referred to a Committee,
and in all probability a decree a banishment against
LOUIS NAPOLEON will be pronounced by the Assem-
bly. Considerable sensation was produced by the
announcement of General CLEMENT THOMA.S, that
from information he had received he considered it
probable that there might be a Bonapartist outbreak
and fighting on the morrow.
The following is the letter of Prince Louis NAPO-
LEON to the President of the Assembly

" London, Juno 14,
" Monsieur le President,—l was about to set off in
order to appear at my post when I learnt that my elee•
Lion had been made the pretext for disorders and dis-
astrous errors. I repudiate all the suspicions of which
I have been the object, for I seek not for power. If the
people impose duties on me I shall know how to fulfil
them—(Movement)—but I disavow all those who have
made use of my name to excite disturbance. The name
which I bear is above all a symbol of order, of nation-
ality, of glory; and, rather than be the subject of dis-
order and of anarchy, I should prefer remaining in
exile. I send you enclosed a copy of the letter of
thanks which I have addressed to all the electors who
have given me their votes. Have the goodness, M. le
President, to communicate this letter to my colleagues,
and receive, &c.,
" LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE."
The utmost agitation followed the reading of this
letter. A number of representatives quitted their places,
and saitnated groups were formed in every part of the
Chamber. Several Deputies rushed together to the
tribune.

The Minister of War said he should not express all
his thoughts, but he could not help remarking that in the
document just read, and which had become a matter of
history, the word " Republic" was not even mentioned.
ile pointed out this omission to the notice of the As-
sembly and of the whole country.—(Loud cries of " Vive
la R 6 publique.")
M. Baune must protest, in the name of all his col-
leagues, against the declaration of war of the Pretender.
They would not have pretenders, but it was necessary
that France should know how that imprudent citizen had
responded to the generosity of the Assembly. lie
handed over the letter which had just been read to its
j ust contempt.

M. A. Tliouret—From the emotion which animated
all the Assembly, it was evident that all present were
defenders of the Republic. He must, however, beg to
point out one expression in that letter, "if the people
impose on me duties I shall know how to fulfil them."
That was in his opinion an appeal to revolt, and ho de-
manded that the Assembly should immediately decree
that Louis Bonaparte had ceased to be a representative
of the people.—(Loud and violent agitation.)
The Minister of Commerce and of War were in the
tribune. The Minister of Finance approached them and
made some remarks, but which were perfectly inau-
dible from the extraordinary agitation which prevailed
in the Chamber. The Minister of War remained alone
in the tribune.

The President—While the discussion was going on,
and I was adding, that to the letter I had read was an-
nexed a copy of one sent to the electors, I received a
menace of which I should wish to know the authors.
Let the doors be instantly closed, it is a threat against
the Representatives and against the President of the
National Assembly. It is as follows :—" Citisens,—lf
you do not read the address of the electors, I declare
you to be traitors to the country." It is signed
Auguste Blum, formerly a pupil of the Polytechnic
School. This note is written by a madman. It
has been announced to me as being written by a pub-
lic functionary, but I now learn that it came from an
unknown person who threw it from the public tri•
bune. That circumstance takes from it much of its
gravity.

Tht; Minister of War should make no proposition
further than that the Chamber should adjourn the dis-
cussion till to-morrow.

Several Voices—No, no. We must deliberate forth-
with; the writer of this insulting letter must be declared
unworthy to form part of the National Assembly.
Other Members—ln his letter of thanks to the
electors, he speaks of the necessity of joining the flag
of the Republic, but not of being faithful to the Re-
public.
Some Voices—Adjourn to tomorrow.
Other Voices—No, no. We must finish the matter
forthwith.

M. Jules Favre—There is In this Assembly only on©
sentiment.
A voice—That is not so sure.

saMp.olJeuoonlefs Favre—l repeat what I said, and I am sure
that the persons who thus interrupt me are not aware
how much they insult the Assembly. I say that there is
only one sentiment here—that of indignation. When
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The Government, however, knew it, though it was not
in possession of sufficient proofs to show that he was
responsible for the facts which had come to their know-
ledge. Under the circumstances, I think that it will be
moat dignified in you not to act in any way precipitately,
but to suspend your decision until to-morrow.— (The
utmost agitation.)
M. Duprat demanded the suppression of the letter
addressed by Louis Napoleon to the electors.—(Yea,
yes; no, no.)
General Clement Thomas said Citizens, a pro-
position has been made to you to postpone until to. i

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 !" " Viva la Wtpublique !")—shall
be placed hors la loi—(Hear, 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 ➢linister of Finance—Be certain, citizens, that
the Republic will not perish because you postpone
your del►beration. (Loud approbation. The whole
Assembly rose and shouted "Viva la Republique!")
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
people, I shall unite my efforts to those of my colleagues
to rt- establish order, credit, and labour; to secure peace
abroad, to consolidate democratic institutions, and re-
concile interests whichnow appear hostile, because par-
ties are struggling aga:nst each other, instead of working
to one common eud—the grandeur and prosperity of the
country.
44 The 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 acclamations. 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,
homme 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 torth 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
T was agreed to.
_ _

M. St. Romme, in the name of the 7th bureau, ren-
dered an account of the electio❑ of M. Laissac for the
Herault, 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 assis et kve;
and, after one trial, pronounced doubtful by the Presi-
dent, the enquete was ordered.
M. Bourdon presented the report of the Committee
on the Bill demanding 2,000,000 f. to provide the work-
ing stock for the railway from Versailles to Chartres.
The report declared that the Bill ought to be adopted,
and durgence.
The Bill was at once passed without a dissentient
voice.

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-
vernment Commissioner. That being averred, be thought
the Government ought to come forward and state what
it intended to do with respect to the caution-money of
journals.
M. Bethmont, Minister of Justice, said that since the
revolution of February, up to the present time, the Bill
imposing a certain sum of caution-money on journals
had been permitted to slumber.—(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 preet,ely 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 had 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. Xavia Durrieu must declare 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 to-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. Dueoux,
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
War in thinking that the Assembly ought to proclaim
that the colony belonged to France. He declared that
the present Government had already done much to ad-
vance the colony.
M. C. Didier ascended the tribune to speak in favour
of the Bill, and against the views of General de Lamori.
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 Moniteur does not publish the usual weekly
return of the state of the Bank of France.
BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 16.
THREE O'CLOCK.—A great deal of uneasiness was
apparent at the Bourse, the Bonaparte question having
added another item to the many complicated questiur.s
at issue. The funds were weak, and the Bank of France
Shares have declined in value in consequence of tho
non-publication to-day of the usual weekly return. The
Share Market was also flat.
BUSINESS DONF, IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON ;STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 16.
Boulogne and Amiens, %I—Northern of France, 4%
Paris and Orleans, 23—Tours and Nantes, 1%,

Mr. Locke, M.P., has purchased the Round Ball
and other estates., late the property of Mr. H. B. Lott,
and will now hu,ve one of the most compact estates in
the neighbourh ood.— Western Times, Exeter.
CLIELTENIid,M, JUNE 16.—The friends of the' new
Reform Leagv,e in this borough, having had a meeting
to-day, W. G-yde, Esq., county magistrate in the chair.
A petition to Parliament in favour of Mr. Hume's
motion on the 20th inst., was unanimously agreed to,
and is now in course of signature.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

We have received intelligence from Berlin to the
13th inst. The Whitsuntide holidays have passed
off without disturbance. The Government has
adopted measures for the protection of the Assembly.
Half a battalion of the Civic Guard (500 men) is to
be on duty every day at the Academy of Music, and
a proclamation, signed by the President of Police,
MINUTOLI, and Major BLESSON, forbids any crowd to
gather in the space around the building, or in the
grove behind the University. If the people do not
disperse on being twice required to do so, the guard
will clear the ground by force, and any person ar-
rested will be dealt with according to law.
Great discontent is expressed at the little progress
made by the Assembly with the Constitution, and
this delay is attributed to the peasant deputies, who
receive 9s. a day while the Assembly sits, and who,
therefore, have a direct pecuniary interest in delay-
ing its proceedings.
From the Polish frontier there are accounts of the
gathering of an immense body of Russian troops,
in three corps d'armee, destined, it is said, for Poland ;
some statements send them ultimately to Prussian
Posen, while others predict a Russian advance on
Vienna and Berlin, and an utter annihilation of all
revolutionary schemes. The disposition of the troops
and the names of the commanders are given. The
centre is under the orders of the EMPEROR himself,
and is marching towards Vienna; the right wing,
under ORLOW, is destined to Berlin ; the left, under
PASRIEWICZ, is to take possession of Cracow and the
borders of Silesia. The Oder Zeitung gives, as in-
telligence from Warsaw, a statement that the EM-
PEROR is about to publish a declaration that will
exceed the most sanguine hopes and expectations of
the Poles! This great movement is the preparation
for it. It adds—" We may anticipate momentous
events, which will verify what has been announced
in many quarters, but hitherto to ears that heard
not !" In St. Petersburgh it is stated besides that
the Imperial Guard is under orders to march for the
Polish frontier of the 15th.