The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-04 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterdity.
The Patrie has a long article on the correspondence
between the PRESIDENT of the Republic and the Mar-
quis of LONDONDERRY on the subject of ABD-EL-
KADEE, the tone of which, considering that the Patric is
the avowed organ of the Elysee,contrasts oddly enough
with the letter of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE to
the Noble Marquis. Instead of treating us to the
fine phrases of the letter, the Patrie denounces the
whole affair as an attempt on the part of perfide
Albion to ruin the French colony. The 31essager
attributes the letter to Lord PALMERSTON (sapient
Messager), and stigmatises it as an attempt to cajole
Louis NAPOLEON to act independently of the As-
sembly. The National, in relation to this affair,
publishes the following pungent remarks:—
" Lord Londonderry has constituted himself the pa-
tron of Abd-el-Bader, and begins again to publish his
correspondence on this,, delicate subject with M.
Louis Bonaparte. We shall not insert the letters of
the Noble Marquis, not wishing to render ourselves
the accomplices of the ridicule which they throw on
honourable sentiments and on chivalrous genero-
sity. As to the last reply of M. Louis Bonaparte, it
deserves to be mentioned. Lord Londonderry remind-
ing him of the empathy which he formerly testified for
the destiny of the prisoner of Amboise, asks whether
by chance the glitter and intoxication of grandeur had
altered his ideas, hardened his heart, and changed in
their very source the fine sentiments which ho te
when in exile. M. Louis Bonaparte replied to him on
this point, You ask me whether the possession of pow er
has changed my heart. You ought to know me well
enough to be assured that honours in my eyes are only
a burden, powerless to dazzle my mind or to paralyse
the noble dispositions of my soul,' &c. Setting aside the
last member of the phrase, which appears to us a little
ambitious even for a Prince, we have only to express our
entire approbation to the author of these fine words,
and not doubting their sincerity, which M. Sum, in case
of need, would protect against all suspicion, we must re-
gard it as a proof that M. Louis Bonaparte looks with
pleasure to the moment when, faithful to his oath, and
slave to the law, he will release himself from the su-
perb yoke to which the 10th December has chained him,
to return to that obscure state where the gods will cer-
tainly hide him if he knows how to show himself satis-
fied with a humble fortune. On that day we shall be
convinced, and seriously so, that the load of honours
has not been able either to dazzle his mind or para-
lyse what he himself calls ' the noble dispositions of his
soul."'

The Constitutionnel gives the following account of
National
sitting
ationa of
Assembltyheon PermanentT ur s d aCommittee
y at
which
Mr. of h
ro Atitue
presided :—" In addition to N. DARtT, the following
members of the bureau were present—viz., General
Bedeau, vice-president, M. de Panat, questor, and
MM. Chapot, Ivan, and BE:rard, secretaries ; and the
number of members of the committee present was
nineteen—viz,, Generala Changarnier, de Bar, and
Rullieres, Admiral Cticille, MM. Vitet, Druet-
Desvaux, Bernardi, La Tourette, Dufourgerais,
de Mortemart, de llelun, Poujoulat, Gouin,
de kermarec, d'ollirier, Sauvaire-Barthelemy,
Passy, and Didier. M. DABU announced to his
colleagues that, from the reports of the police,
thanks to the vigilance of the authorities, the state of
Paris and of the departments was perfectly satisfac-
tory. A certain agitation had for some time past
manifested itself in the Faubourg St. Antoine, but it
had nothing of an alarming character, and the Go-
vernment would be perfectly prepared to repress it
promptly, if it should increase. In some depart-
meats numerous importations of arms and ammuni-
tion from abroad had been seized by the authorities.
The president concluded his expose of the state of
affa.irs by assuring the committee that the reports of
dissensions in the Ministry, circulated perhaps
designedly by certain parties in order to
create agitation, were completely void of foun-
dation, and that there had not been for a
moment any idea of the resignation of the Minister
of the Interior, although the news had been given in
several journals and circulated at the Bourse. Some
members of the committee wished to make observa-
tions on facts to which they appeared to attach much
importance, but the majority of the committee being
of a different opinion, no discussion took place on
them. These observations would have, it is said, borne
on the speech delivered at Chalons by AL LEON FAU•
CHER. One of the members of the opposition intended
to have criticised it very warmly, and General CHAN-
GARNIER would, it is stated, have expressed his opinion
that the speech of the Minister was inexplicable—that
it might be disavowed, but could not be explained.
Another member declared that, according to in-
formation he had received, certain Prefects had
been summoned to Paris by the Minister of the In-
terior, and demanded explanations from the Presi-
dent on that subject. M. DARU replied that he was
not prepared to give any information on a fact which,
even supposing it to be true, had nothing in it but
what was perfectly natural. It was also attempted to
raise a discussion on the circumstances connected
with the Lingot Lottery, but the majority of the
committee thought, that as the affair was already
before the judicial authorities, any interference of
the Permanent Committee might have an injurious
effect on the investigations of the examining magis-
trates."

Tho Bourse was more firm, with little business doing.
Five per Cents. opened at 91f. 75c., aad closed at
91f, i9.5e. for the end of the month; the Three per
Cents. closed at 561 ; Orleans Railroad Shares,
858 f. 75c.; Rouen, 557 f. 50c.; Havre, 2151.; Great
Northern, 457 f. 50c.; Avignon, 207 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 427 f.
50e. ; Basle, 1501. ; Bordeaux, 3821. 50e. ; Tours and
Nantes, 2601. ; Amiens to Boulogne. 2581. 75e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 3.
Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1634—Luxem-
bourg, 1:%—Namur and Liege, 6%—Northern of France, 14
—Orleans and Bordeaux, 44 Paris and Rouen, 22
Rouen and Havre, 834.