The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

their meetings at the Council of State had a sitting
on Saturday evening. In &direct interpellation put
to him by M. MONTALEMBERT, M. LEON FAUCHER
explained with Touch measure and ressrve the part
which he had taken in the negotiations opened for the
for nia:ien of a new Ministry. He pointed out the difficul-
ties which were caused by the anormal vote of the 18th.
In such a situation, he said, when the majority was
displaced, it was necessary that the definitive solution
should be maturely weighed. The nomination,
therefore, of a Provisional Cabinet was not surprising,
and it depended on the Assembly itself to put an end
to such a state of things by reconstituting a serious
majority, united by common principles. Several
Members having insisted that M. LEON FAUCHER
should give those explanations from the tribune, that
gentleman declared that he was ready to do so, if
the discussion should impose that duty on him.
A discussion afterwards arose as to what the
attitude of the meeting should be in the event
of an order of the day motive being proposed.
Some Members having expressed an opinion
that the minority of the 286 should in its turn assume
the offensive against schismatic members of the old
majority, M. LEON FAUCHER energetically insisted
that such conduct would render the schism definitive
and irreparable. The duty of all good citizens, in
his opinion, consisted on the contrary in preventing
such an impious war ; instead of throwing away the
scabbard, they should cause the sword to be again
sheathed, by labouring to re-establish good harmony
amongst those who were accustomed to march toge-
ther, under the standard of order, in accord with the
Executive power. Among the Members present at
the meeting were MM. BAROCHE, A. FOULD, DARU,
BUFFET, QUENTIN BAUCHART, LACROSSE, DE
GROUCHY, DE MORTEMART, &C.
M. RIGAL has laid on the table of the Assembly the
following proposition for the repeal of the electoral
law :

" The electoral law of May 31, 1850, is annulled.
The electoral law of March 15, 1849, is modified as fol-
lows. Within thirty days after the promulgation r f the
present law, the electoral hat shall be drawn up by the
mayor of each commune, aided by two delegates desig-
nated by the juge de paix. As soon as the mode of
electing the cantonal council, and its attributions shall
have been regulated by the municipal law, according t,,
Article 77 of the Constitution, the delegates shall be
named annually by that body. The delegates shall
have the right of marking down their observations
on the prods - verbal. The proces-verbal shall be de-
posited with the electoral list at the office of the
secretary to the mayor for the inspection of all.
The list is to contain in alphabetical order the
names of all Frenchmen twenty-one years of age, in
the enjoyment of their civil and political rights, and re-
siding in the commune for a year at least; and of such
persons as shall attain that age before the lists are
closed. Soldiers on service and men appointed to the
navy are to be put down on the lists of their own com-
mune. The electoral residence shall be proved accord-
ing to the rules of common law. Every Frenchman
who shall quit the commune, on the list of which he is
inscribed, shall continue to be kept on that list during
the whole period of the Legislature then existing, on
condition of proving his now residence, according to
Arts. 2 and 3of the present law. Are not to be in-
scribed on the electoral list, the persons designated in
paragraph 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, and 7 of Art 3 of the law
of March 15, 1849; bankrupts who have not been re-
habilitated, and individuals designated in paragraph 4
of the law of March 15, 1849, whatever may be the term
of imprisonment to which they have been condemned."
The Moniteur announces that in consequence of a
domestic calamity the PRESIDENT'S ball, announced
for Thursday next, has been postponed.
This domestic calamity is the death of Madame
LAITEY (née BEAUHARNAIS), a
_daughter of the late
Marquis DE BEAUHARNAIS.

BUSINESS DONE N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN.
_27.

Boulogne and Amiens, 9,4 —East Indian, ll 7/k —Namur
and Liege, B%—Northern of France, 14:/7 ex int.—Pars
and Rouen, 27 ku —Paris and Strasbourg, 914—Rouen and
Havre, 10+4—Tours and Nantes, 5.