The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-15 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

The Paris journals of yesterday have reached us
in due course. They continue to comment at consi-
derable length upon the position of affairs in Italy.
The opinion we recently entertained respecting
CHARLES ALBERT is confirmed. The Parisians
begin to look upon him not only as ambitious, but a
little bit of a braggart. Talking so largely as he
did about what he would do to the Austrians, sup-
posing they dared to march upon Milan, and -then
coolly turning tail and yielding up to them, almost
without a blow, the whole of Lombardy.
The contrast between the would-be King of Italy
and the last monarch who wore the iron crown of
CHARLEXAGNE, is too striking to be lost sight of
by a Frenchman.
It is even said that. CHARLES ALBERT had a larger
force than RADETZRY, and spared his own men under
the fallacious impression that France would march at
once to his assistance, when it received the account
of the fall of Milan ; and that immediately
on the combination of the Piedmontese and
French armies, the Germans would easily be
driven from Lombardy, and beyond the Car-
pathian mountains. it is certain, as has been
said by one writing from Paris, " never did a man
gain a fine kingdom more easily, or lose it more
stupidly."
The bubble of the KING'S ambition has burst.
Perhaps another will rise in an hour to dazzle anew
the imaginations of the Italians.
To-day being the feast of the Assumption the
Bourse and public offices wilt be closed, and there
will be no meeting of the National Assembly.
To France also the day is for ever memorable, as
being the anniversary of the birth of her wonderful
and immortal hero, NAPOLEON.
The Nationei states that M. MORGAN (we presume
that Mr. O'Goasurt is meant), one of the leaders in
the insurrectional movement of Ireland, has succeeded
in escaping to France, and has landed at Havre.
It is stated that BARBES is dangerously ill in the
Fort of Vincennes, and is attended by one of his sis-
ters, who never leaves him.
The Patrie of yesterday evening gave the following
paragraph, which has been copied by several of the
journals of this day ;
" England has consented to enter with France on the
path of mediation, but she does not wish to have with
the French Government any written communication as
to the affairs of Italy, and particularly as regards the
intervention. She has sent Mr. Bulwer, her former
Minister at Madrid, to communicate her decisions to the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs. This diplomatist
arrived in Paris on Monday last, and left on- the follow-
ing evening, He declared in the name of England that
she was opposed to any armed intervention, either now
or hereafter."
It was rumoured yesterday in Paris that the chief
of the Executive Government was about to send in
his resignation. It is scarcely necessary to say that
the report was without the smallest shadow of
foundation.
On this paragraph Gall gnani s Messenger remarks :
" We can assert in the most positive way that, with
the exception of the fact of Mr. Bulwer's visit to Paris,
there is not a word of truth in the above"paragraph.
Bulwer's momentary presence in this capital was solely
on private business. He had no mission from his Go
vernment of any kind, and we have even reason to be-
lieve that the Government was not aware that he had
left England for France."
The investigation into the attempt to assassinate
M. TRIERS is being proceeded with. On Saturday
the juge d'instruction and It commissary of police ex-
amined the spot. From the information already ob-
tained it appears that two attempts to assassinate
M. ;Tunas have been made—one, that which
took place on the sth, nod which has already
been recorded; the second occurred on the 3d, when
a shot was fired at the window of the house of M.
CHEVREUX, which itis presumed was mistakenifor that
of M. TRIERS, and the window for that of his room.
The marks on the window-frame and the looking-
glass are supposed to have been caused by pieces of
cut balls fired from a house in construction in the
Rue d'Aumale. A ball was also found in the garden,
beneath the window.
Considerable attention is fixed on a Bill to be at
once brought before the Assembly, for the purpose of
enabling debtors and creditors to make friendly ar-
rangements without the necessity of intervention by
the bankrupt*courts. The Debals says that unless
this Bill pass, the most ruinous amount of failures
must take place.
An official list is published by the Moniteur of the
number of insurgents still confined in the prisons and
fortresses of :Paris, from which it appears that the
number is 8,258. This is independently of the 500
sent to Brest, and the 1,250 set at liberty. The fol-
lowing is the classification of the insurgents who are
already sent; fr.*, Paris to be transported : —5B
cabinet-makeis, 43 locksmiths, smiths, or mechanics,
42 labourers, ..32 engravers or workmen in cop-
per, 24 masons or stone-cutters, 22 clerks or
ahopmen, 16 tinmen or coppersmiths, 15 copper-plate
printers, 13 tannersqyr leather- workers, 11 servants, 10
guarde mobileg -or republicaines, 9 cooks, 9 house
painters, 8 tailors, 8 artists, 8 jewellers, 7 con-
cierges, 6 grocers, 5 wine merchants 5 bakers, 4
guardians of Paris, 4 carpenters, 2 ihnonadiers, 3
lodgers, 1, 'proprietor, 1 architect, 1 short-hand
writer, 1 homme de lettres, 1 Polish interpreter, 18
strangers, Pieclmontese, Prussians, Belgians, &c., and
the rest profession unknown. 42 of these are under
20 years of age, 2 are only 15, 77 from 20 to 25,
100 from 25 to 30, 177 from 30 to 35, 60 from 35 to
40, 58- from 40 to 45, 50 from 45 to 50, 21 from 50
to 55, 7 from 55 to 60, and 4 from 60 upwards.
The Courrier Franxis, which has been almost
systematically opposed to an alliance between France
and England, now acknowledges the importance o
such an alliance, and shows that it is the interest of
England, as well as that of France, that a good un•
derstanding should exist.

Colonel tjumouLlN, at one, time officier d'ordonnance
of the Emperor NAPOLEON who was arrested on
suspicion of being concerned in the insurrection of
June, has been set at liberty, it having been proved
not only that no charges could be established against
him, but that he had offered his services to General
LAMORICIERE in the cause of order. The Colonel, it
may be remembered, played an important part in the
revolution of February.

MONDAY, AUGUST 14.
TRRBEEOUO'RCrec—K.P—ATiiihs' ere has been a great rise in the
Rentes and Railways to-day, and the Bourse appeared
more cheerful than it has been for a long time past. The
general feeling was that the peace of Europe would
not be disturbed in consequence of the defeat of
Charles Albert. The success of the Loan had also a
favourable effect. For the Account, the Three per
Cents. have risen 75c.; Five per Cents, havo risen If.
25c.; Loan has risen If. 25e. For Money the Three per
Cents. have risen If.; Five per CentF, have risen If. 50c.;
Loan is at 72f, 25e.; Bons du Tresor are at 2.3 discount;
Bank of France Shares have risen 151.; Belgian Bank
Shares not quoted; Five per Cent!. have risen 21.;
Spanish Funds not quoted; Roman has risen per
cent.; and Rothschild s Receipts have risen per cent.
Exchange on London (30 (21373), 25 35; ditto (90 days),
25 27i.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Am 14.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6i4 Italian and Austrian, 11/2
Namur and Liege, 4% Northern of France, 54—Or-
leans and Bourdeaux, I% Sambre and Meuse, 2%.

GERMANY
AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

Accounts from Vienna to the 7th describe the
splendid festivities in that city in celebration of the
victories gained by the German troops in Lombardy.
A grand parade of the troops and National Guards
constituted the chief attraction in these festivities.
The deputation of the Austrian Diet to the EM-
PEROR, at Innspruck, had communicated the result of
their journey to that assembly.
On the morning of the Bth, the Emperor of
AUSTRIA took his departure from that place for
Vienna, accompanied by the whole of his family.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, Ara 7.
5 per Cents. •• •• •• •• •• •..• 76%
134 Per Cent. .... •• .• .• •• •• •• .• •••• •• .• 39%
per ••••••• • • • • • 15
Loan, 1834............•• .• •• •• •• •• •• .•• 126
Ditto, 1839.. •• •• •• •• •• •• "•• •• 85
Bank Shares.. •• ..•• •• •• 1,060
Esterhazv's L0an......................

RAILWAYS.

The Northern..
Gloggnitz , • • I
Venieo-3111an •.4••o••••••••• of •• •• •• GGq
Leghorn •••••••••.•••• •• •• •• •• •• •11 •• •• 7014
Perth •• •• •• •• Os. •• •• 00000 • •• •• O• •• G 4
Sienna .................. •• ••• • •• •"• 55
Apennine OO ..... • "

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PRUSSIA.
News from Berlin is of the 11th instant.
The Army Gagging Bill had been carried in the
Diet by a majority of only one-180 to 179.
Hopes are again entertained of the settlement of
the quarrel with Denmark about the Duchies of
Schleswig and Holstein by negotiation.
The KING was to leave Potsdam on the evening of
the 11th ; he will sleep at Magdebourg, and then
proceed direct to Cologne to-morrow. ills MAJESTY
will take up his quarters at Bruhl, and return to
Sans Souci upon the 16th or 17th. M. BUNSEN and
the Minister of the Interior will probably accompany
the KING. The latter is a Rhinelander, or long em-
ployed in the Rhenish provinces.
On the 10th, his MAJESTY received the President
of the Cabinet, VON AUERSWALD, the Prime Minis.
ter, Baron VON SCIIRECKENSTEIN GIERKE KUIIL-
W ETTER, at Sans Souci, where he was engaged with
him in business for some time.

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PRUSSIAN PU.NDS.—BwaN, Ana, 11.
6t.Sehuld Sch., 3% per Cent •••••• • • • • •• 73%
Pruss.English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.....,
Foreign Exchanges
On London .... • .... ...... ......• 6 23%
On Ilarobtugh • „ „„„ „ „ „ „ 151%
)14 rt. tie. ,