The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-14 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING-,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We Ive received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes the following fficial ac-
count of the accident which occurred at the Invalides
during the funer.ll of Marshal SEBASTIANI

" This morning, at half past eleven, during the prepa-
rations for the service which was to be celebrated for
the funeral of General Sebastiani, the fire caught the
drapery which dtcorated the church of the Invalides.
It was completely extinguished by a quarter-past twelve
by th© pompiers of the Hotel des Invalides and the
neighbouring posts. No one was wounded. The da-
mage is not groat; nevertheless we have to regret the
loss of some of the flags taken by the French armies.
Tho fire was caused by the msladdress of a servant.
The funeral service could not be resumed, but the mili-
tary honours were rendered to the remains of Marshal
Sebastiani."

The following detailed account of the accident is
published in Galignani's Messenger :
" The funeral of Marshal Sebastiani, which took
place yesterday at the Invalides, nearly terminated in
a very disastrous manner. As early as nine o'clock
detachments of troops had assembled from all the bar-
racks of Paris, having their drums and colours deco-
rated with black, and the officers having crepe on the
arm and the sword hilt. Nearly all the general offi-
cers in the capital were present, amongst them being
General Oudinot, Magnan, Barraguay &Milers, Rul-
hiere, and Perrot. The President of the Republic
was represented by his aide-de camp. A great num-
ber of representatives attended, and nearly the whole
of the diplomatic corps. The crowd of spectators at-
tracted by curiosity was also considerable. The
coffin was placed on a lofty catafalque, near the grand
altar of the chapel of the Invalides, the funeral service
being under the direction of the Archbishop of Paris
and his vicars-general. Just as the service had com-
menced an incident occurred which produced the great.
eat consternation. A great number of wax tapers were
burning around the catafalque, when the door of the
chapel having been suddenly opened to admit the per-
sons who desired to enter, a strong current of air carried
the flame of the tapers to the black drapery over the
coffin. and in an instant the whole was a mass of fire.
The flames ascended with great rapidity, and soon
reached the flags taken in battle from various nations,
and hanging from the roof. These in their turn
caught fire, and fears were at one time entertained
for the safety of the chapel itself. Fortunately
among the persons present were Captain Condamine
and Lieutenant Mathey, of the sapeura-pompiers,
who instantly gave orders respecting the measures
to be taken to check the fire. Four fire engines were
soon brought to the spot, three from the Invalides
itself, and one from the nearest post. These were so
effectively employed, that in a short time the flumes
were got under, though not until a great number of the
trophies obtained by the valour of France had been
destroyed, The line of flags on the right side of the
chapel has, in particular suffered, scarcely more having
remained of them than the blackened poles. The famous
umbrella taken at the battle of Isly from the Emperor
of Morocco is amongst the objects destroyed. The fu-
neral ceremony which was thus interrupted, could not
be resumed in the chapel, but was celebrated outside,
after which the body was carried down into the vaults
under the chapel. The President of the Republic, on
hearing of the disaster, immediately proceeded to the
Invalides, giving directions that no military honours
should be paid him. He remained on the spot until it
was ascertained that the fire was completely extin-
guished."

- The trial at Lyons still continues.
The speculators appear to have abandoned the Bourse
for the present. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 65c.,
and closed at 95f. 60c. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 25c. Orleans Railroad
Shares, 8721. 50c ; Havre, 243 f. 75c.; Great Northern,
4671. 50c.; Avignon, 202 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 437 f. 50c.;
Bade, 155 E ; Bordeaux, 395 f. 25c. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 365 F.; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c. ; Amiens to
Boulogne, 2701.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 13.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1034—Dutch Rhenish, 3% ex in.—
Luxembourg, DA—Namur and Liege, 6%.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived.
Their contents are unimportant.
MADRID BOLSA, AuG. B.—Three per Cents., 36i;
Five per Cents., 171. Exchange on London, 51.