The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

~~VFNI.IIC7r, APRIL 2, IB4R,

pany of the National Guard, which was to have taken
the post of the Prefecture of Police, was behind time;
and when they did arrive, the Montagnards who had
previously done the service, in conjunction with the
National Guard, refused to allow them to enter the
hotel. The captain, seeing that their force was consi-
derable. withdrew his men in order to prevent a colli-
sion. On the two following days other companies of the
National Guard were also refused admittance to the
hotel by the Montagnards, a refusal against which they
energetically protested. On Tuesday, the day on which
the rappel was beaten, several individuals were arrested
for distributing Communist pamphlets, or uttering Com-
munist cries. These individuals, who were protected
from the vengeance of the crowd by the National
Guard, were sent by the commissaries of police before
whom they were taken to the Prefecture of Police, some
of the National Guard escorting them. On reaching
the hotel of the Prefecture the Montagnards, who oc-
cupied all the entrances, refused to allow the National
Guards to enter; they required that the warrants for
detaining the accused should be given up to them, and
they then selected certain of the prisoners, saying that
they knew them, and would answer for them. In vain did
the National Guards insist on being allowed to place the
men in the custody of the regular authorities—they
were resisted and threatened, and when at length they

retired, the prisonets were set at liberty without any
other formality. On being informed of these circum-
stances, the Prefect, M. Caussidiere, assembled the
Montagnards, and expressed his indignation at their
conduct. He told them that no one should be allowed
to set himself above the laws, and that they must submit
to the usual rules of discipline. He added that they
should leave the Hotel of the Prefecture forthwith, and
be lodged in the building formerly occupied by the
Institut des Jeunes Aveugles. At this some murmurs
of discontent were heard, whereupon the Prefect de
clared that they should not be allowed to oppose his
orders, that discipline should -be respected, and that
they must obey willingly, or he should be obliged to
employ measures to enforce obedience. On the same
day, the Montagnards evacuated the Prefecture, and
went to occupy the building prepared in the Rue St.
Victor. It was, however, arranged that twenty of them
should do the service of the hotel, in conjunction
with the National Guard and the Garde 116publicaine.
On Thursday, the Prefecture was guarded by the Mon
tagnurds and the Garde Republicaine, the National
Guard being at the review. On Friday, a company of
the let legion, under the command of. Captain Moise,
went to the Prefecture to take possession of the post.
On arriving they found the Montagnards in arms,
ranged before the vestibule, and barring the passage ;
and their chief declared that his men would not allow
the National Guard to enter the interior. Captain,
Moise represented in vain to the Montaguards that, us
an old soldier, he must, in obedience to the orders he
had received, occupy the post of the Prefecture in spite
of all resistance. He then made an appeal to the volun-
teers of the Garde Il‘publicaine, who were present at,
but took no part in, the conflict. 'I am an old soldier,'
he said, as Republican as those who prevent me from
entering—a better Republican, perhaps, for I was the
companion and friend of the four Sergens de la Rochelle,
who proved the sincerity of their convictions by the loss
of their heads on the scaffold. I appeal to you, young
citizens—l have an order, and I must perish or execute
it.' The Garde Ripublicaine cried as one man, Vive
la Garde Nationale ; enter, brave Captain I' This put
an end to the conflict, and since the National Guard
has done the service at the Prefecture, in conjunction
with the Garde Republicaine and the Montagnards."
The following are said to have been proposed by
the directors of the railway companies to the Govern-
ment, as the conditions on which they would give up
their lines to the nation :
" 1. For the companies having lines completed and in
operation, and producing a net profit above four per
cent., five per cent. stock producing dividends equal to
the net profit of the last year, increased by one-third.
2. For lines at work and producing a net profit of from
three to four per cent, the reimbursements of their capi-
tal in five per cents. at par.-3. Fur companies whose
net profits are below three per cent., reimbursements of
capital in four per cents. at par.-4. Fur companies
whose net profit is nothing, or below three per cent ,
reimbursement of capital in three per cents, at par.-
5 For companies too recently in operation to calculate
net revenue, reimbursement of capital in five per cents.
at par, with a bonus of one-third to those who have not
borrowed, and without a bonus to those who have bor
rowed. The State in each case taking the liability o'
the loans.-6. To companies whose lines are in con-
struction, and whose realised capital assures their en
gagements, reimbursement of capital in fives at par, with
a bonus of one third.-7. For companies not able to
fulfil their engagements to the State, reimbursement in
fives at par without a bonus."
The elections concluded at twelve o'clock on Mon-
day night, and the Monileur of yesterday contains
an order, signed by the Mayor of Paris, to the effect
that "the general examination of the votes will tak,
place on the 28th of April, at the Hotel de Ville of
Paris." This order lays down the regulations to be
followed upon that occasion. The senior Mayor 01
Paris is to preside over the operation. The mayors
of the arrondissements of Paris, and of the rural
communes, accompanied by delegates from the
central bureau, and of the bureaux of the can-
tons and arrondissements, will assist, for the
purpose of presenting their proces verbaux of the
elections. The number of votes given in each
section will then be examined and recorded. The
examination being closed, the result is to be commu-
nicated to the Mayor of Paris and his adjoints. The
candidates who shall have obtained more than 2,000
votes at least, according to the order of suffrages
which they shall have obtained, will then be pro-
claimed " representatives of the people," by the
Mayor of Paris. In the event of two candidates
having an equality of votes, the elder candidate is to
be proclaimed. If the number of candidates who shall
have obtained two thousand votes and more be inferior
to the number of representatives of the department, a
new election for the completion of the representation

is to take place in eight days.
The Moniteur publishes decrees suppressing the
octroi duties on pork sausages, &c., and regulating
the octroi duties to be levied on poultry, fish, truffles,
oysters, butter, &c.
Another decree is published, placing two millions
of francs at the disposal of the Minister of Public
Works, for the continuation of the works on the
Paris and Strasburg Railway-
A decree is also published uniting the Garde
Mobile of Lyons and Rouen to that of Paris, and
ordering that no more names be enrolled in the Garde
Mobile.
The utmost irregularity prevailed at the elections,
and the ballot-boxes were tampered with in all sorts
of ways. The Assemblie Nationale puts the follow-
ing questions to M. LEDRU ROLLIN :
"Is it true that one or more of the ballot boxes were
kept during Sunday night at M. Ledru Rollin's, at the
Ministry of the Interior ?
"Is it true that that box or boxes arrived there in a
carriage, and under escort, towards eleven o'clock in the
evening ? Is it true that the escort caused the carriage
to enter by the principal gateway of the hotel, entrusted,
I during the night, to the exclusive watch of the Garde Re
publicaine, while the National Guard occupied another
post at the entry •f the Court of Offices.
" The escort having shortly departed, to whom was
their deposit remitted ?—under what guard was it left?
"Has not the Government decreed, and did not M.
Ledru Rollin himself order, in a detailed instruction, that
the boxes, sealed each night, during the duration of the
elections, should be carried to the Maisie, and placed
under lock and key; and should in every case be en-
trusted to the surveillance of the National Guard, whose
sentinels were to occupy all the issues of the pace in
which they were deposited?"
On Monday night an attempt was made by a mob
of persons to break into the raairie of the 2d arron-
dissement, and to carry away the electoral ballot-box
of the arrondissement. Fortunately the affair was
discovered in time to be prevented. The alarm was,
however, so great that the National Guards were called
out, and large parties of them occupied the Hotel de
Ville and the twelve mairies of Paris during the
night; the residences of all the members of the Pro-
visional Government were guarded by detachments
of National.' Guards, and all the sentinels were
doubled. The night, however, passed without any
further disturbance.
It would appear that it was not merely on the
Bureau of the Rue Servandoni that the Ultras
threatened to make a descent on Monday evening, in
order to possess themselves of and destroy the votes
given to the various candidates. The attack was
(according to rumour) to be general. Information
to that effect reached the Government, in conse-
quence of which a private order was given that fifty
men of each company of the National Guard should
hold themselves in readiness for immediate service.
As the night advanced heavy patrols (of sixty men
each) traversed the city in most directions.
The elections of deputies to the National Assembly
have already commenced on board the ships of war
at Brest. M. Lacaossx, former deputy of that city,
had obtained the greatest number of votes (1..217),
and after him M. LAMARTINE (980). No other
member of the Provisional Government, not even
M. ARAGO, Minister of Marine, had received a single

suffrage.
M. LEDRU RoLLIN resigned his office of Minister
of the Interior on Monday, because of some proceed-
ing of M. RECURT, adjoins Mayor, but was prevailed
upon by M. LA:MARTINE to recal his resignation.
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 25.
THREE O'CLOCK I'he tranquil manner in which the
elections have in general passed over in Paris has had the
ffect of sending prices up to-day. The Five per Cents.
have advanced 2f., closing at 62f.; and the Three per
Cents. 50c., at 41f. 25e. This difference in the improve-
ment between the two is attributed to the aircuirotanC,

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that the Fives are considered comparatively lower than
the Threes; Bank of France Shares were in great
demand, and closed at 1.330 E, or 130 f. higher. The
tact of the provincial banks having in general made
but little resistance to the plan of absorption into the
Bank of France, has been the cause of this advance.
Iti,man is 1 if. better, closing at 52E, and Roths-
child's Neapolitan, 2f., at 52ff. Belgian Fives of both
1840 and 1842 are at 62ff., the same as the day before.
Obligations de is Ville closed ,025 f., or sf. better; and
Piedmont at 850 E. or 25f. better. Bons du Trdsor were
not negotiated. Railway Shares have not continued the
ascensional movement of the preceding day, realizations
of profits having produced a slight reaction; Northern:
are 10f. lower, closing at 35W.; Bordeaux, Marseilles,
and Versailles (Right Bank), sf. each, at 395 E, 205 f.
and 115 f.; Lions, 3f. 75c., at 315 E; Bale and Versailles
(Left Bank), 21. 50c. at 82f. 50c. and 107 f. 50c.; Rouen
and Havre are both unchanged at 375 f. and 2.0 f. Or-
leans have risen 5f., at 515 f., and Strasburg 2f. 50c.' at
357 f. 50c. French gold is at 30f., and the charge for
changing the 100 f. note from 3t. to sf.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THli

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. APRIL 25.
Boulogne and Amiens, 61/2—Dutch Rhenish, 1A—Northern
of France, 3:ti —Orleans and Bordeaux, Paris and
Lyons, 21,4—Paris and Orleans. 25—Paris and Rouen, 15.