The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

At the conclusion of the sitting on Saturday, it
was determined by a majority of 602 to 211, that
' the President should not be elected by the Assembly,
an amendment proposed by M. GEVRY to the effect
that there should be no President of the Republic
having been previously rejected by a majority of 643
against 158.
There still remain upwards of eighty articles of the
Constitution to be voted. It is supposed that they
will be voted in about a month, and that then the
election of President will take place.
The Union, in its number of Friday, having stated
that Lord NORMANBY had had a long conference
with General CAVAIGNAC, in which the intentions of
the English Cabinet were completely explained ; that
Great Britain had come to an understanding with
the Cabinet of Vienna ; and that the Italian question
was decided on in a sense not in accordance with the
engagements of General CAVAIGNAC towards the
;National Assembly, the lifoniteur of Saturday says—
" The Union has published an account of a pretended
conversation between General CAVAIGNAC and Lord
NORMANBY. All the details given by the Union are
completely false." The ilioniteur adds—" The Go-
vernment cannot take on itself to contradict all

erroneous assertions ; it will be, therefore, wrong to
infer that because a statement is not contradicted it
acquires a character of authenticity."
A letter from Perigueux, of the 4th, states that
200 men of the 35th regiment of the line and a
brigade of gendarmerie had that morning marched to
St. Pierre-de Chignac, where fresh disturbances had
broken out, in consequence of the collection of the
45c. tax. The Procureur of the Republic and an
examining magistrate have also proceeded thither, to
institute inquiries.
The Committee on Algeria, on Friday, examined a
proposition relative to the creation of departmental
colonies in Algeria, which has been referred to it by
the Assembly. Every department would be called on
t? found in Algeria an agricultural colony, farm, or
village, which should bear its name. The Council-
General would determine the number of persons it
should contain, and regulate its internal organization
and its chiefs, securing to it, by means of subscrip-
tions from private individuals, towns, and from the
department, a sufficient capital to support it for
eighteen months. The author of this proposition,
M. BRUNET, developed his plan before the Committee,
who received it favourably, as completing the Bill on
colonization just voted by the Assembly.
The Prase, speaking of the place to be fixed for
the negotiations on the affairs of Italy, says :
" The difficulty of reconciling the views of the belli-
gerent
powers has suggested to the French Government
the idea of proposing as a place of meeting for the Con-
gress, a territory which is entirely neuter, namely,
Rome. If we are well informed, it was in the council of
Ministers held the day before yesterday, at the residence
of General Cavaignac, that it was unanimously decided
to propose this choice to England and the belligerent
powers. The same evening couriers were sent off for
London, Turin, and Vienna, to get the adhesion of the
respective courts, whose answers we shall know by-and-
bye. In the meantime we know from good sources that
England and France wish to restrict the diplomatic ne-
gotiations to the proportion of Ministerial conferences,
which differ essentially from the meeting of a congress.
Thus the separation of Belgium, the question of the
East, and others, were regulated by means of confer-
ences specially established at London between the
British Cabinet and the powers most deeply interested
in the question. In such a case it is the habit in diplo-
macy that the final result should be simply brought to
the knowledge of the other courts of Europe, not to ob-
tain their sanction, but merely to give them the infor-
mation."

which is to be removed to Schleswig, is to be con-
stituted as! follows :—MM. PREUSSER, BOISSER,
BLUM, VON HIENZE. Count REVENTLOW also is to
act ad interim, and a fifth member is to be chosen
by them as President from among the neutral party,
nominated by the Kings of DENMARK and PRUSSIA.

Dr. STEDMANN is to introduce the Government
here, which is to be recognised by the Assembly,
which will probably be prorogued immediately after.
According to the assertion of M. VON RIEDTZ the
immediate commission is to be set aside.