The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-28 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and of yesterday.
A rather animated discussion took place in the
Assembly on Saturday, in consequence of the opposi-
tion of M. BOURZAT to the proposed grant for defray-
ing the expenses of the installation of the French
cardinals. In opposing the grant, M. BOVRZAT re-
minded the Assembly that every cardinal was a
Roman prince, and as such bound to obey the orders
and behests of the Holy See. Why should the French
Republic, he asked, give its funds to support the
princes of a foreign power, for such were in reality
the French cardinals ? Then what could be more
unsatisfactory than the manner in which the 45,000 f.
allowed for the installation of each cardinal were em-
ployed. A sum of 11,000 f. was paid to the Sacred
College; 7,000 f. to the congregation of the faith,
3,5001. to a chamberlain, and so on throughout the
whole grant. What was given in return ? A piece
of parchment with a leaden seal ! The Hon. Gentle-
man then launched out into a violent diatribe against
the expedition to Rome, which, he said, would cost,
according to M. CHARRAS, sixty millions; and, ac-
cording to M. PASSY, twenty-seven millions. He con-
cluded by turning into ridicule the office of cardinal
as totally useless, and consequently not worthy of
the grant which his proposition tended to suppress.
The proposition of M. BOURZAT for the suppression
of this article of the Budget was ulimately rejected
by a majority of 441 to 194.
General D'HAUTPOUL has incurred the stigma of an
official disavowal in the .2lioniteur, on the part of the
Government, of certain of his procea dings as Go-
vernor- General of Algeria. It appears that on the
15 h inst. General D'HAUTPOUL thought proper to
publish the following order of the day at Algiers :
" On arriving yest- rdtsy from Constentina, I learned,
with painful astonishment, that Colonel d'Aurelle, com-
manding the camp of the 13.6-Mansours, had gone out
in the night of the 9;h at the head of his troops to attack
the village of Selloum, on the southern slope of the
Djurdjura. He returned on the evening of the 10th to
his camp. The most formal orders had been given to
Colonel d'Aurelle to remain in observation of the Beni-
Nlansoure, where he had established his head-quarters.
He was expressly forbidden to come to any collision
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with the Kebyles n the mountain; he was ordered even
to allow himself to be attacked by the Cherif Bun
Barghia, if he dared to pass to the right bank of
the Oued Sahel, when, by a bold sortie, the colonel
might have overthrown him, tied not have allowed
a liebyle to escape. The Zouaves gave a proof in
this affair of what they had always been; they showed
the greatest enthusiasm and a courage which the en-
trenchments formed by the enemy could not stop. Sel-
loum was carried and burnt, but the column had ten men
killed and twenty-six wounded. This wretched village
was far from being worth the blood of so many brave
men. It is not by partial combats that the Djurdjura is
to be attacked; it is by two numerous columns, which,
leaving simultaneously the Oued Sebaon and the Oued
Sahel, would climb the steeps and unite among the Z ,u-
-aouas. These ferccious mountaineers, having been brought
to submission, the conquest of liabylla would be termi-
nated at a single blow. This plan I proposed to the Mi-
nister of `Tar. The Government, although admitting
the justice of it, considered the moment inopportune,
and decided that for this campaign the submission of
the tribes situated between Milah, Philippeville and
Djidjelli should alone be accomplished. These orders
gave me pain, but my first duty was to execute them,
and it is from this motive that I have come from the
province of Constantine to give my instructions to Gene-
ral Saint-Arnaud. What I have done Colonel d' Aurelio
ought also to have done; the bravery which he has
shown cannot justify his transgression of formal orders
which he has not attended tn. It would be no longer
possible to direct an army, if every isolated chief were
to make himself the judge of what he ens to do. How-
ever painful it may be to be inactive in presence of tin
insolent enemy, he should have had sufficient command
over himself not to forget the formal orders which had
been given to him. Colonel d'Aurelle, who has already
received a severe reprimand from General Blanqui, will
remain under arrest. The Minister of War has been
informed of these facts. The troops which are to form
part of the expedition of Djidjelli are about to be fixed
on. A battalion of Zouaves will form the Iliad of the
column of the Bosquet brigade. A part of the troops of
the divisi .n of Algiers will remain in observation betore
the Djurdjura.

(Signed) " D'HAUTPOUL."
The .31-oniteur of yesterday contains an official note,
signed by the Minister of War, expressing the formal
disappruval by the Government of this order of the
day, published by General D'HAUTPODL, and con-
demning it as contrary to discipline and military
rule, inasmuch as it offers to the appreciation of the
army the opinions of the generals in command.
A grand ball was given on Friday evening at the
British Embassx by the Marquis and Marchioness of
NoRMA'BY. The liurnia-r of invitations issued was
upwards of eighteen riundred, and although the
guests present were very little interior to that. num-
ber, the splendid and spacious saloons were not by any
means overcrowded. The refreshment-rooms, abun-
dantly supplied, were open all the evening. At one
o'clock a splendid supper, consisting of all the deli-
cacies of the season, was served. Dancing was kept
up with great spirit till past four o'clock. The com-
pany at this Splendid fête consisted of the elite of Pa-
risian society. The whole of the members of the
corps diplomatique, the Ministers, and a great num-
ber of tae Representatives were present, besides all
the English of note now in Paris. The PRESIDENT
of the Republic, although confined for the last few
days to the Elysee with a slight fit of gout, had ex•
pressed his intention to do honour to the Marquis of
iVoaatabriv's fête, and it was not until late in the
evening that he was forced to abandon his intention.
After he commencement of the ball, one of the PRE-
SIDENT'S aides•de-camp was sent to announce to his
Lordship that it was physically impossible for him to
attend.

The Committee on the Paris and Avign on Rail-
way Bill assembled on Saturday to hear explanations
from MM. SEGUIN, FEREERE, and ROUSSELOT, re-
presenting the different companies which have pro
posed to contract for the line. M. SEGUIN undertakes
to complete the line from Chalon to Avignon in thirty
months, on receiving an indemnity of from 180 to
185 millions. In the event of the State taking on
itself the passage through Lyons, the company would
make a deduction from the indemnity of 21 millions.
It offers to lodge, as a guarantee in the hands of the
State, a sum of six millons for twenty years. It
also consents to leave to the state the profits
over and above 10 per cent., and undertakes
haulage and the repairs of the line at the rate of Of.
a metre. M. FERRERE, who represents an English
company, demanded the matter to be post-
poned to Tuesday next, in order that he might obtain
an answer from England. M. ROUSSELOT proposes
to farm the line for 40 years. He offers to reimburse
in capital and interest the sum which the State shall
have paid to MM. REDAUD READ up to the aniount,of
200 millions, which is equivalent to an annual rental
of 14 millions, and to deposit by way of caution-
money a sum equal to the amount of one year's rent.
The committee separated without coming to any re-
solution.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 26.

Boulogne and Amiens, Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 17 ex div.— Luxembourg, 34—Namur and
Liege, B—Northern of France, 144—Orleans and Bordeaux,
4—Paris and Strasbourg, IN—Rouen and Havre, 97, ex
div.—Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, f,% —West
Flanders, 3.