The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-04 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
It appears that M. PARRIEU'S motion for de-
claring the Bill relating to the masters of primary
schools urgent, was, in fact, carried by a majority
of 1, instead of there being a tie, as was announct d
by the President after the first scrutiny of the votes,
but it is considered improbable that the Ministry will
venture, in opposition to such a formidable minority, to
persevere with this Bill, and it was rumoured yester-
day that the Ministerial measure, and the Education
Bill of M• DE FALLoux would both be withdrawn.
On the division the whole of the Mountain, to a man,
voted against the Ministry as did the whole
of the Moderate Republicans, including General
CAVAIGNAC and M. DUFAURE. The ranks of
the Legitimatists, Orleanists, and parti pretre
were completely divided, M. BERRYER voted
against M. MOLE, and M. DE MONTALAMBERT
against M. DE VATESMESNIL This division in the
ranks of the Monarchists is of good omen for the
stability of the Republic.
It was rumoured that General D'lliuTrour. was
about to resign and to go to Algeria as Governor,
and that M. LEON FAUCHER was about to enter the
Cabinet. Neither of these rumours, how-
ever, obtained the slightest credit, and as a
proof that no serious apprehensions are enter-
tained in consequence of the division on 'Wednesday
it may be mentioned that the price of public securi-
ties on the Bourse was not only well supported, Lut
that a further rise took place.
General CHANGARNIER is, it is said, to be appointed
a Marshal of Prance.
The Committee on the Affairs of La Plata met on
Thursday, and agreed to the following resolution :
" Since the Government does not recognizT. the Le
Predeur treaty, and that it believes that new negotia-
tions may lead to success, the National Assembly invites
the Government to undertake them, at the same time
sending a safe present force to support these negotia-
tions, and to give an efficacious protection to our coun-
trymen."

This resolution may be considered as a compromise
between the Ministry and the war party.
The Assemblee Nationale has the following on Sir
R. PEEL'S letter to his tenantry :
"This is language of a nature to have a great Met on
political parties in England, and, in fact, the docum gat
has already absorbed much of the public attention. But
chat we find most remarkable in it are the kind
relations of sympathy which Sir Robert Peel establishes
with his tenants. The spectacle presented to us by this
statesman is a grand and noble one. The representative
of the English aristocracy abandoning a part of his
rents to his tenants to alleviate their burdens, and to
constrain them to realise all the improvements
with which science has enriched agriculture ; assisting
them with his purse to recover in practical improvements
the advantages which the importation of foreign corn
has Wien from them for the benefit of the m .nufacturing
interests; preaching by example that man triumphs over
material difficulties by the force of wisdom, labour, per-
severance, and self•denial—yes, this spectacle, we say,
is calculated to have an effect on French landed pro-
prietors; it is evidently the true, the only socialism
which can preserve our rural districts from revolutionary
Utopian schemes. Landed property in France, cut up in
small portions, doubtless cannot, as in England, place at
the disposal of the farmer resources such as large English
fortunes possess, and which Sir Robert Peel so gene-
rously affords to his tenants; but let good laws on credit
foncier be voted in France, and we shall soon see our
agticulture find in credit, which up to this time has
failed it, those elements of prosperity which are wanting
to its development, and efficacious remedies against that
usury which has sapped its vitals."
At the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, yes-
terday, it was announced, that in consequence of some
Members having voted twice, the real numbers on
the division on the question of urgency on the Educa-
tion Bill, were—for urgency, 308 ; against it, 307.
A discussion arose, in the course of which it ap-
peared that great irregularities had been committed
in taking and counting the division. Some
Members, not wishing to be returned as absen-
tees, and yet not wishing to vote had voted
both ways; many Members, among whom were
General ST. JEAN D'A.NGELY and General GRAM-
morur, declared that they had voted in favour of the
Ministry, although in the division lists they had been
returned as absent. It further appeared that on the
first reckoning, the secretaries had declared to the
President that the numbers were, for urgency 313,
against it 310, and that it was only on the second
scrutiny of the tickets that the result was discovered
to be a tie. Under these circumstances, M. AatABLE
Duisots moved, as an order of the day, that the
scrutiny of the preceding day be annulled, and that
the Chamber do proceed to a new scrutiny. This
motion was put to the vote, and the result gave—
. Voters ... 619
Absolute majority._ 310
Fur the order of the day 371
Against it ... 248

Majority ...
... .
... 123
The Assembly having adopted the order of the day, a
new ballot was proceeded with on the question of
urgency. when there appeared—
For the urgency ...
„. ... 329
Against it ... ... ... „, „. 300

Majority 29
••• ••• •••
The urgency was then declared, and the Assembly
adjourned.
The result, we imagine, will tend to atrenghten
the Ministry and the Republican opposition, while it
will weaken the Legitimatists and part pretre, whose
want alike of foresight and of firmness cannot but
materially damage them as leaders of a political party,
both in the opinion of their immediate followers and
of the public in general.
PARIS BOURSE—THURSDAY, JAN. 3.
THREE o'CLoca.—Notwithstanding the result of the
division in the Assembly yesterday, the Funds were re-
markably firm to-day. The Five per Cents, opened
per cent. below yesterday's prices, but they soon began
to rise steadily, and they ultimately closed a shade
higher than yesterday. The Railway Eventualities have
fallen a good deal to-day. Lyons and Avignoas opened
at 15f., and closed at 14f. 75c,; Bordeaux and Cettcs
opened at 17f. 25c., and closed at 14e, 750. Exchange
on London (30 days), 25f.; ditto (90 days), 25f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 3.
Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1334 —Luxembourg, 214.—Namur and Liege, 7
—Northern of France, 1% dis.—Paris and Rouen, 22%.....
Rouen and Havre, 91,y— Sambre and Meuse, 2%.