The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-14 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

We have received intelligence from Lisbon to the
4th April.
On the ht a new Ministry was appointed, corn-
possed as follows :
The Duke of SALDANlll—President of the Council.
M. GOMEZ DE CASTRO—Foreign Affairs.
M. JOAO ELlAS—Justice.
M. FALCAO—Finance.
Baron DE FRANCOS—War.
Baron DE OUREM—Marine.

The first act of the Ministry was to issue a decree
announcing- that tip; Cortes should remain open to
the 2d of June.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS.

We -have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The 11 ational announces that, on the 20th of this
mor.th, the grand fete for the fraternization of the
ar•.ny and the National Guard, will take place in the
r—hatnp de Mars. It says—

" The Government is on that occasion to distribute to
the regiments in the neighbourhood of the capital new
colours in the name of the Republic. The National
Guard of Faris and the garde nationale mobile will take
part in this great civic and military fete, which cannot
tail to attract the whole capital. The people and the
army will give, in fraternizing with each other, a magni-
ficent spectacle, which will impose on the enemies of
the Republic. Already the unjust and annoying sus-
picions inspired by misapprehensions have been dissi-
pated. Every one acknowledges that the people, the
National Guard, and the army, have each, in different
proportions, contributed to the glorious victory of the
24th of February. The fete which is in the course of
being prepared will consecrate that patriotic reconcilia-
tion."

The Provisional Government have issued a decree
abolishing the punishment of exposure of criminals—
first, because this punishment brands the offender
with such infamy as to prevent for ever the possibility
of his being restored to his former rank in society ;
secondly, because it is dreadfully unequal in its visi
tation, scarcely affecting the hardened criminal,
whilst it gives an irreparable blow to the repentant
offender ; and, thirdly, because the spectacle of such
exposure extinguishes the sentiment of pity, and
familiarises the public to the sight of crime.
The French provinces are still the scene of serious
disturbances -which, in general, are commenced by
the workmen employed in the public workshops.
An emente of this sort occurred at Rheims on the
10th. A -reduction of wages had been announced to
take plrace on the 17th. The workmen left the shops,
and s-snt a deputation to the authorities requiring
that such reduction should not take place. The
Mayor represented to the deputation that the
reduction had been decided on by the authori-
ties, because they had not funds wherewith to
Env the advanced rate of wages demanded, where.
'upon the workmen seized their tools, erected
barricades, and set the authorities at defiance.
The military were called in and soon dispersed the
wwiooi
strehkremsd, somet several of whom were arrested, and in the
evening tranquillity was restored. On the 11th there
were
slightinterfere
employed disturbances
i n it
the
h e the
election
y i a atd t
viaduct
to' of ua rtt
the
elan
omdffiroecn,
egr
who
o thef
the National Guard. Tranquillity was eventually
restored.is
It
expected that the Moniteur of this day will
contain a decree of the Provisional Government
announcing their determination on
m
the railway ques-
tion. M. GA a-s
a PAGEs had an interview with the
directors of the various lines of railway on this
subject on Wetdn .onf
illg.
The ultra- Republicans
Paris are evidently much
annoyed at the " lame and impotent conclusion't'ichf
the Chartist demonstration in London on Monday last.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tin
LONDON STUCK EXCHANGE, Artut. 13.
Boulogne and .Amiens,:s(4 —Northern or France, 31,
Orleans and Bordeaux, 11/2—Paris and Lyons, 2%....14,171;
and Orleans, 19—.Rouen and Havre, 7—Sambre and Meuse,
41,,2.
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THE DIAMONDS AT THE TIIILERIES.—Another man
with diamonds and other jewels about him to the value
of 300,000 f. (12,0000 was arrested on Sunday by the
Belgian Custom-house, officers stationed on the French
frontier, near Mouscron. He is believed to have been
one of the depredators who pitindered the Thileries.