The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-27 00:00:00

crowded city. By their means the rich and the poor I
are enabled to breathe more freely and healthful ly.
To the poor particularly, and the children of the poor,
are they of paramount importance. To the rising ri
generation, who are to form the future men
and women of England, whose bone sad
sinew form the wealth of the nation, mud
whose well-being, rlivsicALLY and morally
should be peculiarly the concern of the State. 'o
these they would become nurseries of health an d
strength. A new and more vigorous race would
arise, instead of those sickly hot-house plants of ou r
filthy lanes and alleys, which so frequently offen d
the eye at present along the highways and byewaya
of our city, affording to the philanthropist food .for
melancholy contemplation.

All those who have any acquaintance with Benito .ry
matters, or are at all acquainted with the best mc.de
of keeping the human body in health and vigour,
must know how essential pure air and exercise are to
the attainment of this end. The rich enjoy this
blessing in their capacious and well-ventilated
mansions. But to the inhabitants of those nests
of pestilence, our over crowded courts and
and impure lanes, the advantage of enjoying, even
for a few hours, the privilege of inhaling a purer
atmosphere will be of incalculable benefit. We
believe the establishment of public parks around the
whole city would be a powerful means of checking,
if not stopping, those epidemics which frequently
commit such havoc amongst our poorer classes. We
trust, then, Mr. LLOYD, the indefatigable secretary to
the Finsbury-park Committee, and the gentlemen
associated with him, will put the screw on the
Government ; for the Whigs are a squeezable body,
and we have little doubt of the success of their bene-
volent project. We wish them good speed, as we are
confident the establishment of places of healthful re-
creation for the people is calculated to add both to
the length of human life and human happiness.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The opening of the sessions of the Councils-
General of Departments took place on the day pre-
vious. Although it has been over and over again de-
clared illegal for these Councils to meddle with
political matters, the Government is making most
strenuous efforts to procure the passing of resolutions
in favour of a revision of the Constitution.

A service, in memory of Louis PHILIrPE, was ce-
lebrated in the church at Neuilly yesterday. General
GOURGAUD, who was present, was affected to tears.
The Bulletin de Paris mentions a rumour as bein g
current among the Orleanists, that the Prince DE
JOINVILLE intends to publish, in the form of a letter,
his intentions respecting the application that has been
made to him to come forward as a candidate for the
Presidency of the Republic.
The Messager says:—

" A report is current that an expedition is about to
bo sent from France into the sea of Japan. It is said
that it will consist of a frigate, a corvette, and a steamer,
under the orders of a rear-admiral, who has long navi-
gated in the Pacific Ocean and the Chinese seas. This
expedition will, it is lidded, be at once military, com-
mercial, and scientific, and has for object to open to
European commerce states which have been closed
against it since the 16th century."
There was a species of panic amongst the speculators
at the Bourse at the close of business, for which no rea-
sonable cause could be assigned. The Five per Cents.
opened at 95f. 30c., and closed at 94f. 95c. for the
end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at
56f. 80c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 892 f. 50c.; Rouen,
605 f.; Havre, 241 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 466 f. 25c.;
Avignon, 2051.; Vierzon, 433 f. 75c.; Basle, 150 f.; Bor-
deaux, 393 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 361f.25c.
BUSINESS ouNt. IN YOREIUN HAIL waio AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 26.
Boulogne and Amiens, 10% East Indian, 18 'IR —Namur
and Liege, 51/2—Northern of France, 14%—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 45A—Paris and Rouen, 24 LA,—Paris and Stras-
bourg, 11!4 —Rouen and Havre, 9 ids —Sambre and Meuse, 3