The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
Oa Wednesday the following proposition was
handed in to the President of the Assembly by M.
DE MELurs (Ille-et-Vilaine) :—" Art. 1. The As-
sembly shall be prorogued from August 18th to Oc-
tober 20th.---Art. 2. A Committee of twenty-five
members shall be named by ballot and by the abso-
lute majority to fulfil, conjointly with the bureau of
the Assembly, the obligations prescribed by Art. 32
of the Constitution."
In addition, twenty-five members of the majority
have presented a proposition, tending to extend the
duration of the recess a fortnight longer than the pe-
riod just mentioned. Their proposition runs thus—
" We have the honour to propose to the Assembly to
suspend its sittings from the 18th of August to the
sth of November next."
The Minister of Finance has presented to the As-
sembly a Bill authorising the formation of a bank in
Algeria.
It is said that General OUDINOT will be immediately
promoted to the rank of a Marshal of France.
The Committee of Resistance has published a lath
bulletin, calling upon the people to be prepared for a
struggle to establish a Democratic Socialist Republic.
This bulletin was printed upon white paper like the
Government placards, and stuck up during the night
on the walls of Paris, and even on those of the Pre-
fecture of Police. In the morning they were all torn
down by the police agents.
M. PALA, who was formerly one of the Secretaries
of FOUQUIER TINVILLE, and Deputy Judge of the Re-
volutionary Tribunal, and who was present at the
trial of MARIE ANTOINETTE, died last week at Liege,
aged 88.
The organ of the Elysee the Patrie has the- fellow-
ing :
" There is an idea which is uppermost in every one's
mind, and is on every one's lips, because it is just and
true. This idea is that the present state of things is in-
tolerable, and cannot endure until May, 1852."
Is this a " feeler" put forth to test the state of
public opinion, on the subject of a coup d'etat?
The complaint of M. LEMULIER, representative of
the people, against M. CARLIER, the Prefect of Po-
lice ; M. FOCARDE, editor of the Messager ; and M.
VIRMAITRE, editor of the Corsaire, for having
libelled him, came on for argument yesterday, before
the Civil Tribunal of the Seine. It excited great in-
terest, and the court was crowded. M. FLANDIN,
advocate of M. LEMULIER, said that on the 10th June
last M. FORCADE was tried before the Court of As-
sizes for having published false news calculated to
disturb public peace, and in his defence read a docu-
ment which he said had emanated from the Prefect
of Police. That document was in the form of a re-
port addressed by the Prefect to the PRESIDENT of the
Republic; and after stating the dangers of the Societe
du Dix Decembre, it charged M. —, one of the
chief's of the society, with having by his influence
obtained a public situation for one of his friends,
and with having received a portion of the salary.
The Corsaire took up the matter, and intimated
that the member of the society referred to was M.
LEMULIER, representative of the people, and that he
was charged with having obtained the situation of
director of the Gobelins for M. LACORDAIRE. The
Minister of Commerce, on reading this article, sent
for M. LACORDAIRE, and, in answer to the Minister's
inquiries, that gentleman declared that it was an in-
famous calumny to say that he allowed M. LEMU-
LIER any portion of his salary for having obtained him
his place. M. LACORDAIRE then went to M. LEAH:-
LrEa and told him of the article ; he displayed the
most profound indignation at having his name mixed
up in such an affair. The matter was then brought
before the National Assembly, and M. LEMULIER posi-
tively denied the truth of the statement. The next
day he brought an action against all the parties.
He now demanded 3,000 f. as damages from each
of them for the outrage done to his honour, and
proposed to make over the money to the hospitals.
The calumnious report against M. LEMULIER had
probably been spread, because he had succeeded in
getting the situation at the Gobelins for a friend
of his, whereas the Prefect of Police had wished
to obtain it for one of his own protégés. The
Prefect had said that M. FORCADE had made au
improper use of the document confided to him
confidentially ; but in giving it to M. FORCADE at
all, he had either acted with a bad intention, or
had committed a most unpardonable fault. M.
VEsIN, advocate of M. FORCADE, dwelt at some
length on the injury done to that gentleman by the
Prefect having, in a letter to the newspapers, stated
that he had confided to him the report in question to
" occupy his leisure," also by his allowing him to
be called " one of his subordinates ; " and though
he now disavowed those expressions, the dis-
avowal was not enough for the injury done.
111. FORCADE had never been the subordinate of the
Prefect of Police, and had not been gailty of a
breach of confidence in making known the document
which that functionary had confided to him. M.
FORCADE, who is a young man, and a powerful
writer, had left the editorship of the Patric, sooner
than support the policy of the Government of which
he disapproved. M. CARLIER, who had previously
taken pains to make his acquaintance, had then
asked him to draw up the report in question. But
he had no real need of the report, as it was already
drawn up in an able manner 3 and he himself had
admitted that he would probably have made no use
of it. Why, then, had he called on M. FORCADE for
assistance ? Probably because he feared that 111.
FORCADE would start another journal, and make a
vigorous opposition to the Government; and in that
case it would have been in his power to compromise
him—to blast his reputation—by making it appear
that he had been connected with the secret police.
Another probability was that as a change of Ministry
was then expected, M. CARLIER wished to secure the
favour of the new Ministers by producing a document
which proved that he had blamed and exposed certain
acts of their predecessors, and had no share in them.
The Learned Gentleman then contended that as the
Prefect had acted in such a way, it was absurd to
pretend that he had placed confidence in N. FORCADE,
and, therefore, the latter could not be accused of
having violated any confidence. The further hearing
of the case was put off for a week.
Although the Bourse was nearly deserted public se-
curities were remarkably firm, at an advance on yester-
day's prices. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 5c.,
and closed at 951. 35c. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 571. 15c.; Orleans Railroad
Shares, 857 f. 50c.; Rouen, 643 f. 75c.; Havre, 2451.;
Great Northern, 468 f. 75c.; Avignon, 2111. 2.5e.•'
Vi-
erzon, 440 f.; Basic, 153 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 3951.; Paris
and Strasburg, 361 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 272 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 24.
Boulogne and Amiens, 105/4—East Indian,lB4--North-
ern of France, 14% ex in.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% ex
in.—Paris and Strasbourg, 114.