The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-23 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1651

should be, not merely in name, but in fact, the actual
1 —we will not say its working, but its guiding, leading,
and directing members. To take the very lowest view
of the matter, we are firmly persuaded that unless this
be the case, and unless it be universally known to be the
case, it will be utterly impossible, not merely to werk
the movement, but even to raise the necessary funds for
its preliminary operations. The bishops, we repeat, if
this movement is to succeed, must not merely lend it
their countenance, but must be the head and front of it,
in watching and controlling its daily policy, and not less
in the collection and application of its funds."
The Roman Catholic Episcopal agitators in Ire-
land are like all other performers of public histri-
onics—they do not like performing to empty benches,
and unless a more numerous auditory can be secured
than that of Friday last, " the Lord Primate," fol-
lowing the example of other theatrical stars, will
throw up his engagement at the last moment, and
leave it to Mr. Stage-manager REYNOLDS to bespeak
the indulgence of the audience for Mr. Sergeant
STIEE, who has kindly undertaken to appear as " the
heavy man" at a very short notice; and, seeing that
an audience worthy of the great PAUL the
Astronomer, cannot be secured without a
considerable outlay, and as the rent collected is by no
means sufficient to meet that outlay we may, we
think, safely assume that the Roman Catholic De-
fence Association will not give the public much
further trouble. It is, however, too bad in the organ
of the priests to snub the lay members of the asso-
ciation; surely, Mr. Joins' REYNOLDS and Mr. W.
KEOGH deserve better treatment at their hands : but
priests are ever ungrateful, and perchance they may
have at this moment in petto candidates for both
Dublin and Athlone, whom it may be more to their
interest to support than even Mr. REYNOLDS or Mr.
KEOGH, to whom perhaps the above paragraph in the
Tablet may be meant as the forerunner of a notice to
quit.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
On the subject of the Ministerial crisis, the Pairie
of Tuesday evening says—
" The combination of which M. Billanit was to have
served as the pivot has completely failed. The Presi-
dent of the Republic has opened new negotiations which
promise a :prompt solution. We not, however, think
that the new Ministry can be formed in less than two
days. All that we can affirm is that the President of
the Republic is actively occupied with the affair."
The Ordre says that at a late hour last night it re-
ceived information that the Cabinet was to be com-
posed as follows :
M. Augustin Giraud........ Interior.
General de Bourjolly... .... Foreign Affairs.
M. Magne . Finances.
M. Ducos .
General St. Arnaud
M. Fortoul

The Arenement says—

" At the moment of going to press we learn that the
following Ministerial list, composed of men not belong-
ing to the Assembly, has been circulated to.day:—M.
de Royer, Justice; M. Brenier, Foreign Affairs; Gen.
St. Arnaud, War; M. Michel Chevalier, Marine; M.
Peauger, Interior; M. Sallandrouze, Commerce; M.
Schneider, Public Works; M. Giraud, Public Instruc-
tion; M. Duclerc, Finance; M. de Alatioas, Prefect of
Police; M. Victor Foucher, Procureur Gioniral."
The Debats mentions a rumour that M. BONJEAN
was offered the Department of Justice, and Count
TURGOT that of Commerce.

The Avenement, referring last night to the letter of
the Prince DE JOINVILLE, about which rumours had
been yesterday so busy, says—
" Something else is now talked of besides the Minis-
terial crisis. Another report has taken precedence of
all ministries, made, unmade, or projected. Listen, or
rather look, at the pilot balloon started from the Bourse
on the 21st of October, 1851. It is called the " Prince
de Joinville," as that at the Hippodrome is named the
" Eagle." The Debuts, it is said, will publish tomorrow
a manifesto, or rather an extract from a letter, couched
in nearly these terms:—

" 'I am happy to hear that a great number of my fel-
low-citizens have thrown their eyes on me, and have
judged me worthy of representing them in the National
Assembly. lam proud of such an honour, and affected
in thinking of justifying it. I will accept without re-
serve. My family and myself have now, as ever, no
other object than the interest of France. It will honour-
ably accept what shall be honourably offered to it in the
name of the country.

(Signed) " Jom
The Moniteur publishes a decree, signed by the
PRESIDENT of the Republic, and countersigned by
M. LEON FAUCEIER, placing the departments of the
Cher and the Nievre in a state of siege.
The Lyons Military Court have rejected the ap-
peals of the persons lately condemned by court-mar-
tial, with one exception—that of M. BOUVIER.
Some of the French journals have articles on the
Great Exhibition, and the distribution of the prize
medals. The Presse adopts to a great extent the
censures of the Constitutionnel, but congratulates the
French on the triumph that they have obtained, not-
withstanding the unfair play which it asserts them to
have met with. Amongst other proofs of superiority
manifested by the French in the Exhibition, the
Presse mentions the cutlery, and states that the
razors of Sheffield have lost their reputation, since
the English have had exhibited to them the excel-
lence of French cutlery. This is a rather bold
assertion.

The Siècle also charges the English with unfair-
ness, and demands by what right the Royal Commis-
sion think of appropriating to England alone the
great surplus of money arising from the Exhibition.
This money, says the Siicle, was the result of fo-
reign contributions, as well as English, and it ought
to be applied to some purpose purely European. The
argument is ingenious, but the Siècle should not for-
get that the risk was English, and that, if there had
been a deficit instead of a surplus, a proposition to
foreign states to contribute towards the loss would
have met with a very cold reception. The 'Mats
expresses its dissatisfaction at the attacks which have
been made upon the Royal Commission and the jury
by other journals.
The Bourse was firm, with little business doing.
The Five per Cents. opened at 90f. 55c., and closed at
90f. 70e., for tho end of the month; the Three per
Cants. closed at 56f.; Orleans Railroad shares, 852 f.
50e.; Rouen, 555 f.; Havre, 2051.; Great Northern,
455 E; Avignon, 211 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 421 f. 250.;
Basle, 1461. 25c.; Bordeaux, 381 f. 25c.; Paris and
Strasburgh, 3481. 750.; Tours and Nantes, 2551.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 22.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1043—Namur and Liege,
Orleans and Bordeaux, 4.