The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1848.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The accounts from the disturbed districts are satis-
factory. Order continued undisturbed at Rouen,
and at Eibceuf the National Guards and the troops
of the line had taken possession of all the posts occu-
pied by the rioters. The General commanding the
14th militiiry division and the Procureur-General of
iiouen had arrived in that town for the purpose of
restoring order, and examining into the affair. Ac-
cording to the latest accounts from Limoges, that
town was still in the hands of the ouvriers, who had
established a scrt of Provisional Government, and
had established themselves at the Prefecture, from
which they had previously driven the Government
Commissary.

Some serious disturbances broke out at Amiens on
Saturday, in consequence of the refusal of a demand
made by the oucriers that they should be paid their
wages on Easter Tuesday, the day of the elec-
tions, as though they had actually worked for therm
The National Guards and the line were imme-
diately called out, and the crowd having forced their
way into the Hotel de Ville several collisions took
place between the people and the troops. The mob
then began to build barricades in the different streets,
but the National Guards and troops took them with-
out any great difficulty, and by the last accounts the
rioters had been completely put down. Only one
person is stated to have been killed, but a great
number were wounded. Eighteen of the rioters have
been taken.
Returns have been received from fifty-three depart-
ments, and they give a large majority of moderate
Republicans. M. LaDRU ROLLIN and his supporters,
are at no pains to suppress the expression of their
rage and disappointment at this result.
Three Prelates have been returned for the Assembly ;
the Archbishop of Paris is returned for Aveyron ; the
Bishop of Orleans, for Lozerre ; and the Bishop of
Quimper, for Finisterre.
It is said that the opening of the Chamber will not
be postponed beyond Thur.;day, the day originally
fixed, but the grand national fete, which was to have
taken place on that day, has been postponed to the
10th.

' The Marquis and Marchioness of NORMANDY
dined on Saturday with AI. DE LAMARTINE, at the
' Hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Considerable apprehensions are entertained lest the
anarchists, finding themselves so completely beaten
in the Assembly, should endeavour to make another
outbreak.
Ltersay
that the famous revolu-
tionary Lea Voraces, had been etss aeiet fromy, Lyons
called
dis-
solved, the commander of the city having declined to
recognise it. The Voraces immediately made a
seditious demonstration during the night at the Hotel
de Ville to demand the dismissal of Gen. GEMEAU.
Saturday they attempted to carry off four cases of
arms destined fur the National Guard ; they
were, however, repulsed. ..the troops occupied the
principal place in the town on Saturday night-800
men were in the Hotel de Ville.
There are various rumours in Paris as to the
nature of the constitution which will he probably
adopted by the Assembly. it is said that the
moderate majority of the Provisional Governments
led by .11.1. DE LAMARTINE, Will propose to the
Assembly the constitution of a republic, with a single
Chamber and a President. As a substitute for the
retarding action of a Senate, or second Chamber, it
is proposed that the President shall be invested with
a suspensive veto, to be valid for three months, after
which, should the Chamber not revoke or modify
the Act upon which the veto has been laid, it will
become law. The Government entertains a con-
fident expectation that a republic constituted on
these bases will be accepted by the Chamber, and
that the question will be settled without much delay
or even discussion. The duration of the tenure of
the presidency is not yet settled, but it may be re-
garded as certain that M. DE LAMARTINE will be the
first President.
A general meeting of the shareholders in the rail-
, way of the north took place on the 29th, M.
lloxasciimn in the chair. The report stated a great
increase in the traffic, and proposed a dividend of
9f. 95c. It is said that many agents of commercial
houses in England have received large remittances in
gold, to lay out in Parisian produce at the present
low prices. Many purchases have been made at 20
and 25 per cent. discount.
It is understood that the decree recalling General
CAVAIGNAC from Algiers has originated in the fact
that M. ARAGO finds the management of the Ministry
of War impracticable from want of professional
knowledge, and Government hopes, when General
Cavalfasiac is present in Paris, to overcome
those scruples which they cannot surmount at a
distance.

M. FLOCON has, it is said, seceded from the Ledru

Rollin section of the Provisional Government, and
given in his adhesion to the Moderate Party led by
M. LAMAIITINE.

A considerable sensation was yesterday created in
Paris by the publication of a proclamation from the
Club des Droits des Ilommes, and signed by 13Annss,
LEDON, HABER, and several of the principal demo-
crats of Paris. The proclamation is expressed in the
most violent terms. It declares that the object of the
club is to defend the real principles of the revolution
and the principles of the rights of man, as they were
defined and proclaimed in 1793 by ROBESPIEIGICE, by
arms or otherwise; and it calls on the people to join
in establishing those principles, under penalty al being
stripped of their property and liberty.
A meeting of the shareholders of the Dieppe Rail-
way Company took place on Saturday. A consmittee
of five members was named to proceed the next day
to examine the line, and to ascertain what sum will
be necessary to finish the line.

The Secretary-General of the questors of the late
Chamber of Deputies his, by order of the Provisional
Government, published a notice in the different jour-
nals to the following effect :

" The representatives of the people who may be in
Paris are requested to come to his office previous to the
4th, the day fixed for the opening of the Natioual As-
sembly, to inscribe their names and addresses, said re-
ceive cards which will make their capacity known. Such
as have not beture been members of either of the legis-
lative bodies are desired to bring with them the c ertifi-
cakes of their births."

ABD•EL-KADEn arrived at Toulouse in the even-
.ng of the 26th ult., on his way to Pau. His suite

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consisted of eighty persons.
TIIREBBO9 tlfie"mahrket con-
tinues, and prices have again advanced, althoulli not
altogether with the same rapidity as was seen ic:uring
the last week. The Five per Cents. have been more in
demand than the Threes, and some specu:stors have
even made an arbitrage between the two; that is,. have
bought the one and sold the other. In consequeafe, the
Five per Cents. have advanced If., closing at 70f.. 75c.;
whilst the Three per Cents. have declined 25e., closing
at 47f. 50c. Bank of France Shares are agent. 20f.
higher, the last price being 1,4601. But the most
remarkable rise during the • day has beets in
Rothschild's Neapolitan, which closed at 60E,
or 6ff. higher than when previously quoted. Bulgian
Fives (1840) were also much demanded, and show an
advance of 41f. on Saturday's prices, closing at. 71-;_il.
Obligations are 101. higher, closing at 1,0401. The
Vieille Montague Shares, which had gone don n to
1,0901., had been for some days improving, and closed
to•day at 2,9001. The cause of this advance is sa id to
be that the company has procured ?coney, and is now
actively at work again. Bons du liesor was done to-
day at 34 per cent. loss. Railway Shares have not varied
much, but the tendency is upwards. Orleans are 7r. 50c.
higher, closing at 560 f. ; Rouen sf. at 405 f. ; Versailles
(Right Bank), 51., at 120 f. ; ditto (Left Bank) 12f. 50c.,
at 107 f.
. 50c. ; Strasburg If. 25c., at 351 f. 25c. avre
have fallen 51., at 200 f. ; Northern 21.500., at 3431. :7.5c.;
50 •
• Lyons 9f
- at 300 f. • Nantes If. 25e., at 335 f. ;Bor-
deaux remain at 3951.

DEPARTURE OF THE COURT (THIS DAY) 1%011
OSBORNE FOILBUCKINGHAIR PALACE FOR 'THE
SEASON.—IIer Majesty
Honour),
accompanied by the youthful Royal Family, and
and the Prince Cot-siert
attended by the Marchioness of Douro (Lady in
Waiting), Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour (Equerry to
the Prince), the Hon. Miss Dawson (Maid. of
and Major-General Bowles (Master of the
Household), left Osborne Palace, Isle of Wight, this
day, at two o'clock, in the Fairy Royal Yacht, for
Portsmouth, whence the illustrious party proceeded
by special train to Buckingham Palace, where they
are expected to arrive at five. Lord Alfred Paget,
Clerk Marshal, was not in attendance, having
been called to town by the accouchernent of her Lady-
ship.

this improved state of things has alone prompted him,
a ith unmingled satisfaction, to make the sacrifice of re•
linquishing privileges which have heretofore been un-
questionable constitutional rights. The agnatic assent
will he furnished by the undersigned, should it be
required. In the meantime, that your Majesty will be
pleased to ordain the abrogation of judicial, forest, ant
patron privileges on the part of the Government, is the
prayer, with all due respect, of
•
" Your Majesty's most humble subject,
" E. E. PRINCE VON LEINENGEN.
" Munich, April 11."