The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-29 00:00:00

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[PRICE SD.

Mr. Swill immediately presented himself upon the
hustings, and was cheered from every part of the hall. H•
said, I beg leave to return you my warmest and most
sincere thanks for the distinguished honour you have just
conferred upon me by electing me one of your sheriffs
for the ensuing year, and permit me to assure you that
in discharging the dutie3 of the shrievalty, I shall en-
deavour to imitate as closely as possible the example sot
by my predecessors.—(Loud cheers.) Of the importance
of the duties of the situation I feel deeply sensible, and
it is no inconsiderable mark of your esteem and confi-
dence that I have been appointed in so unequivocal a
manner to perform duties of such a nature. I shall
make my best exertions to show that I are aware of the
extent of the obligation. I shall firmly support the
rights and privileges of my fellow-citizens, and I shall
resign the office unimpaired into their hands at the ter-
mination of my year of office.—(Loud cheers.)
The sheriffs then proceeded to the Court of Aldermen
and announced that the election was at an end, and the
hall was dissolved.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
A heavy storm, in the department of the Cote D'Or,
has destroyed the grape crop, and the price of wine
has risen in consequence.
The National did not appear, in consequence of the
27th being the anniversary of the revolution of July.
The Assemblee Nationale states that General CA..
VAIGNAC has announced his intention of withdrawing
his pretensions as a candidate for the Presidency of
the Republic. " The wish" was, on the part of the
writer, " the father to the thought," for the Bulletin.
de Paris authoritatively contradicts the rumour.
The Constitutionnel has the following on the sub-
ject of the desertion of their ships by French seamen
" It appears to us that it may be useful to give pub-
licity to a judgment recently passed on this subject by
the Chamber of Commerce at Marseilles. The Minister
of Marine has ordered this decision to be made publicly
known in all the seaports, as it may have the effect of
putting an end to the practice of inducing French sea-
men to desert. The following is the decision referred
to:—A sailor, classed on the registers of the maritime
inscription of Bordeaux, had deserted and afterwards
come to Marseilles, under an assumed name, among the
crew of an American ship, commanded by a Captain W.
He was recognised, arrested, and thrown into prison,
which, however, did not prevent his claiming from the
American captain the whole of the wages stipulated for
in his agreement. The captain being deprived of the
services of the man, and foreseeing that he should be
compelled to take another man in his stead, refused to
pay; but the affair being brought before the Chamber of
Commerce,
both
he
his
person a
was
nd
condemned
his to pay the wages, ren-
deringship
liable in
case of
non-payment. It is to be hoped that this act of justice,
will serve as a lesson on the other side of the Atlantic.
and render the Americans less prompt to tamper with
our sailors."
The Municipality of the Commune of Urzel has re.
fused to vote a grant to a Jesuit school established in
their commune.

In the Assembly yesterday M. MENOCAUT pre•
sented the report of the Commission des Coves,
which recommended the adjournment of the Assem-
bly from the 10th of August to the 20th October.
The discussion was fixed for to-morrow (this day),
The sitting of the Assembly was suspended for 20
minutes, in order to afford Members an opportunity'
of seeing the eclipse.
The Bourse was remarkably firm. The Five per
Cents. opened at 95f. 65c., and closed at 95f. 850.
for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. closed
at 57f. 45c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 860 f. ; Rouen,
642 f. 50c.; Havre, 246 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 470 f. ;
Avignon, 222 f. 500. ; Vierzon, 441 f. 25c.; Bile. 155 f. ;
Bordeaux, 396 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 363 f. 75c;
Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c.; Amiens to Boulogne,
272 f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TELE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 28.
Boulogne and Amiens, 10%—Dutch Rhenish, 31,4—Great
Indian Peninsula, 3% ex in.—Luxembourg, I—Ditto, *iv—
Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% ex in.