The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-06 00:00:00

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
They aro filltd with descriptions of the doings cf the
fete day of the Republic, the 4th of May, which ap-
pears to have paned off with complete tranquillity.
Notwithstanding the rain fell in torrents the whole day,
all the public places were crowded.
In the Assembly yesterday, M. CAESSIN PERCEVAL
was elected a member of the Council of State.
M. BERARD presented to the Assembly a petition of
citizens of the Lot-et-Garonne, praying for revision of
the Constitution and the prolongation of the powers of
the PRESIDENT of the Republic. M. PASCAL DUPRAT
maintained that the petition was unconstitutional, and
moved the previous question. The President, General
BEDEAU, said that he had remarked nothing unconsti-
tutional in the title of the petition, the substance of
which was unknown to him. If it were unconstitutional,
the Committee on Petitions would dispose of it. Hero
the incident dropped.
At the close of the sitting the Ministerial demand for
a credit for decorations was reduced, on the motion of
M. SANTERA, by a sum of 9,000 francs. The profuse
distribution of the decorations of the Legion of Honour
by the PRESIDENT was greatly blamed.
The report of M. DE KERDREL on the motion of M.
PASCAL DUPRAir, tending to interdict any step or ma-
noeuvre for the Presidential election in favour of an un-
constitutional candidateship, has been distributed to the
Assembly. The report is opposed to the proposition,
which it considers as useless and calculated to weaken
the authority of the Chamber, which, being charged to
decide on the validity of elections, has a right to annul
those which are unconstitutional and illegal, or which
have been brought about by an abuse of influence, and
are therefore not the true expression of the national will.
The Committee on the proposition of M. DESDIOUB-
SEAUX DE lII' RE for preventing the presentation of
petitions to the Assembly by bodies of people, has
added a still more stringent clause, making the repre-
sentatives who should accept such a petition for the pur-
pose of presenting it liable to a punishment.
The report on the proposition of M. PARFAIT rTrelativ
relative
to the duration of special missions confided
represen-
tatives, and stating that no one could receive a new mis-
sion until a delay of six months after the expiration of
the old one, has been presented to the Assembly; the
Committee in accord with the Government proposes the
adoption of the proposition with an amendment which
provides that the length of the mission may be extended
in virtue of a special leave of absence granted by the
Assembly on the proposition of the Government, and on
a special report from the Committee on leaves of absence.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 5.
Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 17 %_-East In-
dian, 1534—Great Indian Peninsula, 23/4—Luxembourg, 1%
—Ditto, 3Ai—Namur and Liege, 73—Northern of France,
15—Paris and Rouen, 24%—Paris and Strasbourg, 1034
Rouen and Havre, 10—Sambre and Meuse, 3):B—West Flan-
ders, 3.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived.
Senor CORTINA has refused to become a candidate for
Seville.