The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-29 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Mari ; journals of Saturday
and of yesterday.
The total result of the teens in 74 departments
complete is as follows :
Yes 6,316,519
No
The Moniteur publishes the following, under the
head of "communicated :"—" Y üblic opinion has been
for some days occupied with tl.e question of the con-
version of the Five per Cents.., and on that point the
intentions of the Government have been commented
on in the most false and mel e volent manner. Ab-
surdity was carried to the long tei of declaring that the
Government thought of conv(l tin,g the rente, or of
arbitrarily reducing the interest. It is useles to refute
a supposition so absurd, and et) contrary both to the
most elementary principles of public credit and to
those of good faith. As to the conversion, it is
matter of notoriety that it cannot be proposed
except with the option of reimbursement.
But that measure, whio h, by alleviating
the charges of the tax-payers, c ught to lower the rate
of interest in all transactions, and ensure the deve-
lopment of credit, will not be p•ossiblo until order and
confidence are completely re,lit lured. In presence of
the erroneous or malevolent .comments which may
mislead public opinion, it is 4;i] e duty of a loyal and
provident Government to re-Pis sure private interests,
whilst reserving its right for the future.
The Itioniteur contains 1 report from M. DE
MoRNY, stating that it would be advisable to take
measures for carrying into e ffi:et a number of local
Bills which had been introduce d into the Legislative
Assembly, but not voted, in 00 nsequence of the dis-
solution of that body. A dec re o from the PRESIDENT
of the Republic follows, declaring that, as it is of
importance to give the departments and the communes
the means of meeting the calls on them, and of fa-
vouring the execution of publ LC works, the loans and
imposts voted by the departments or towns, and
which required the sanction of the Legislative As-
sembly, can be authorised by spacial decrees issued in
the form of administrative reg7tdations.
The Univers, the organ of the Jesuits, the Union,
the organ of the Legitimatrsts, the Assembles Na-
tionale, the organ of M. Gel2:or, and the Debats, the
orgtahneodfitshmi
esOsarlleaonfistLs,oard RSTON. The re•ll songs of triumph"
at
joicing of these different parties over the fall from
office of Lord PAresteasTosi Well teach the people of
Egland to value more than ever the patriot statesman
who is thus honoured by the hatred and the fear of
the obscurantists, the absolutists, and the fa/tors of
corruption (teste TESTE) who hate England because
the is not as they are.
The religious ceremony at the cathedral of Notre
Dame as a thanksgiving for the election of Louis
NAPOLEON is dEfinitively fixed to take place on the
2d of January. It is to be conducted with great
the.
een invited to attend.
magistracy, and the con-
pomp. The Mairies of the capitals of arrondisse-
ments have been summoned to Paris for the purpose of
taking part in the ceremony, ail(' all the members of
h abveee removed from the Com-
n b
the corps diplonzatique,
stiti‘ult.ei3d
Eanußt
yh
hastornities,
mittee of Surveillance of the caisse d'ammortissernent.
The Moniteur Parisien contains the following :
" Whatever may be the opinion expressed in France
and in England as to the probable causes of the fall of
Lord Palmerston, we can affirm that the real motive of
it is the frank and spontaneous adhesion which the
tNicosblleacLt
whichorddid,ia, accomplished in France on the 2d
not, hesitate to declare to the great poli-
December."
It is announced that the PRESIDENT of the Re-
public will no longer receive on Monday evenings.
For the future there will be no fixed days.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic has addressed the
following letter to Admiral JACOB :
" Admiral,—l received with gratitude the:exprevion
of your good wishes for the success of a cause which is
that of France. The services which you have rendered
to the country, and which I have not forgotten, render
more precious to me the declaration of your sympathy.
I thank you for it, and offer you, Admiral, the assurance
of my distinguished sentiments.
°LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE."
The Consultative Committee assembled on Friday
in order to commence the examination of the electoral
returns. In order to facilitate this operation, it divided
itself into sections, each having six members. At
this sitting the votes of 29 departments were ex-
amined, and admitted to'be perfectly regular. There
will be another sitting to-day.
The Patric says—" The decree of December 8
continues to be energetically acted on. Already 500
liberated convicts, arrested in rupture of ban, have
been forwarded to Brest, where they are to be placed
on board ship for Cayenne, at which place a penal
settlement is to be established. This measure will
remove from France a most dangerous body of men,
and society ought to rejoice that circumstances have
permitted the Government to take it."
We read in the Gazette de France—" From pri-
vate information which has reached us, we can affirm
that M. TRIERS has not proceeded to London, as has
been announced by some journals, but has taken up
his residence at Brussels. He occupies an apartment
at the Hotel de Bellevue, where he receives a number
of visitors, but we are assured that his wish is to
preserve a strict incognito.
The Courrier de Lyon says :—" The mayor of
Lyons had written to the PRESIDENT of the Re-
public, thanking him for having given to General
DE CASTELLANE the title of General-in-Chief of the
army of Lyons ; ho had the honour of receiving
the following reply :

" Ely:44, Dec. 20.
" Monsieur le Maire—l am happy that the city of
Lyons, whose sentiments you express, has received the
event of December 2, with a sentiment which leads it
to foresee favourable results for the future, and that in
the measure destined to recompense loyal services it has
found a new proof of interest in its favour. It is not
mistaken. In grave circumstances I have always been
seriously solicitous about what could ameliorate the po-
sition of its workmen, and increase its prosperity. If
.Te mey be permitted to hope for colen, r days, your
city will be one of the first to feel their sp.lutary influ-
,?nce. Receive, Monsieur le Maire, with my thacks,
his renewed rissurence of my distinguished sentiments.
"Lours NaPoLLox BoNareitTE.'
Oa the proposition of the Minister of War the dis-