The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-10 00:00:00

THE iii NC REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and of yesterday..

The majority has obtained a victory over the Mi-
nistry. The election for officers of the National Guard
ought to take place on the 25th inst., and the Ministry
were exceedingly desirous that they should take pace
on that day, and that the officers should be elected by
universal suffrage, inasmuch as such an occurrence
would give weight to the argument that the electoral
law of the 31st May was intended to apply to elections
to the Assembly only, and that the PRESIDENT was to
it elected by universal suffrage. The majority of the
Assembly desire either that the elections shall be post-
poned until the enactment of the organic law on the
National Guard, or that they shall take place accord
ing to the provisions of the law of the 31st May.
The Minister of the Interior appeared before the
Committee on the organic law for the National
Guard on Friday, and was interrogated as to
the elections, when he stated that he could
give no answer without having first consulted
his colleagues, and immediately withdrew. " When
the Minister had withdrawn," says the Journal des
Debats, " the Committee, in order to be prepared for
all eventualities, decided that it would prepare a pro-
position demanding the postponement of the elections.
It is affirmed that this proposition was drawn up on
the instant by M. 1.3.Jzt., and that it is composed of
the two following articles Art. 1. The elections of
the National Guard are suspended until after the
promulgation of the definitive law on the organization
of the public force. Art. 2. All the officers and sub-
officers of the National Guard are maintained in their
functions.' " The Government did not wait for the pro-
position to be laid before the Assembly, but at once
gave in ; and the Government journals of yesterday
announce that a Bill will be presented on Monday to
postpone the elections until after the promulgation of
the organic law.
The Moniteur publishes a decree superseding
twenty-one prefects of departments, and appointing
Bonapartists in their room.

The squadron at Brest is preparing for sea.
The Five per Cents. were done on the Boulevard a
94f. 15c. Very little business, however, was trans.
acted.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH S.
Boulogne and Amiens, 104 - Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1651 —Dutch Rhenish,3l/s —East Indian, 15%
—Great Indian Peninsula, 23/4—Northern of France, 15144
Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 Paris and Rouen, 26 Paris
and Strasbourg, 1034 ex div.—Rouen and Havre, 10378
Sambre and Meuse, 314—Tours and Nantes, 514.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived.

The Gaceta contains a royal decree accepting the
Count DE REVILLAGIGEDO'S resignation of the post of
Political Chief of Madrid. The Count and the Cor-
regidor, the Marquis of SANTA CRUZ, had published
an order prohibiting the carnival ceremony of
" burying the sardine ;" but as the President of the
Council had stated to the Chamber of Deputies that
the authorities would not do anything to prevent the
people from enjoying the ceremony, the Minister of
the Interior requested them to withdraw their order.
This they declined to do, and immediately offered
their resignations, which were accepted. M. LOUIS
PIERNAS, ex-deputy, wag thereupon appointed cor-
regidor; and, by royal decree, was charged with the
ad interim administration of the post of Political
Chief.