The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-16 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The following is the official account of the journey
of the PRESIDENT to Compiegne :
" The President of- the Republic on Saturday evening
started for Compiegne, to pay the visit promised by hire
when there last year. He left the Elysee at halt-past
eleven, and was received at the railway station by Baron
de Rothschild, presidect, and MM. Deleveque, Periere,
CaAlard, and Delon, members of the board of directors
of the Northern Railway Company. The President of
the Republic, who was dressed in plain clothes, was ac-
compsyied by M. Boulay (de Ira Meurthe), the Vice-Pre-
sident of the Republic, the Minister of War, and Co-
lonel de Belleville and Captain de Toulongeon, his
aides-de-camp, who went in the same carriage with
him. The Prefect of Police accompanied the President
as far as the station. The Ministers of the Interior
and of Public Works and several representatives, in-
vited to the file but detained at the sitting of the
Assembly, could not accompany the President, but
left Paris in the afternoon. In less than two hours
the train accomplished the whole of the distance be-
tween Paris and Compiegne, after a short stoppage at
Pottoise and Beaumont. At the latter station a woman
advanced to the President's carriage and solicited the
discharge of her sor, who was serving in the 18th Regi-
ment of the line, and whose time would expire in a few
months. The Prince received the application graciously
charging the Minister of Wsr to comply with it. He
was hailed with the warmest enthusiasm by the persons
who had assembled. A brilliant assemblage awaited
him at Compiegne. On alighting from the carriage he
was received by M. Randoing, Prefect of the Oise, M.
de 143taud, sub-prefect of the arrondissement, and the
mayor and his deputies. The commandant of the Na-
tional Guard, the colonels of the BTh Dragoons, the
commandants of the gendarmerie, and of the del.& of the
Bth Hussars were also present. A salvo of artillery
from the National Guard announced the arrival of the
train. A carriage was in waiting, which the Pie-
sitlent entered, and he proceeded in it to the
chateau. A triumphal arch, with the initials
'L. N.,' surmounted by two eagles and tri-coloured
flags, and bearing the motto, 'Vive le President,'
was erected at the entrance of the town, and the streets
through which the Prince passed on his way to the
chateau were ornamented with garlands of flowers and
evergreens. The houses were also dressed out with
fl igs' and the bells of the churches rang a merry peal.
The Hotel de Ville was ornamented with devices in
which the arms of the town were mingled with the ini-
tials of the illustrious visitor. The people of the coun-
try had not been informed of the visit of the President
on Saturday, and they mustered but few in number, but
all the inhabitants of the town were at their windows to
welcome the President. On reaching the court of the
chateau, the Prince was received by the National Guard,
a squadron of the Bth Dragoons, and a picket of the 8 h
Hussars, and was hailed with enthusiastic cries of Vive
Napoleon!' After reposing himself for a short time, he
went into the ball-room, where he received the clergy, the
military and municipal authorities, the members of the
different courts of law, &c. At three o'clock the Presi-
dent and his suite went to visit the manufactory of Ours-
camp, nearly eight miles from the town. The Prince
was received at the entrance of the establishment by M.
Peigta.Delacourt, the director of the Ourscamp Com-
pany, who presented to him Mr. Lecomte and M. Mer-
cier, the director of the works. He visited all the
workshops, which were in lull activity, and inquired
with much interest into all the details connected with
the work, the pay of the workmen, Sec. He afterwards
visited the houses and gardens cf the workmen. his
visit was signalised by several incidents, which produced
a lively impression on all present. A poor woman, car-
rying a sick child, twelve years of age, met the Prcsi-
deist and the Bishop of Beauvais, who accompanied him.
The prelate gave his blessing to the child; at the same
time the President gave the poor woman a proof of his
munificence. An old soldier recovering from sicknese, nes
the next object of his notice, and to him one of the
aides-dc-camp gave two pieces of gold. At one cf
the hou.ei visited by the President a wedding was being
celebret.d. The bride advanced to the President
and begged him to honour her humble residence with a
visit. The Prince graciously accepted the invitation, and
to expressions of congratulation for the happy couple,
added a present of 200 f. for their first-born child. 'The
Prince af,ere arde visited the ruins of the abb...y, and
the Salle des Morts, which is still in a perfect state of
preservation. This Gothic hall derives its name from
its having been used as the burying place of the abbes of
Ourscamp. The Prince terminated his visit by going to
the ancient residence of the abhis of the order, which
now serves as the residence of the director of the manu-
factory. He was received at the foot of the grand
staircase by Mine. and Medllts. Peigri-Delscourt and
other ladies. The President gave his arm to Male. Dela-
court, and entered the dining-room,where an elegant col
lation was laid out,and of which he partook. While at table
the President entered into conversation with th© director
on the subject of the manufactory, and in the remarks
he made, clearly evinced how much he had at heart the
interests of the working classes. Oa leaving, the Prince
placed 400 francs in the box destined for the relief of
the sick. The numerous workmen of the establishment
had assembled in a line outside the gates, and as the
President passed along their ranks he was hailed with
loud cries Vive Napoleon 1' At six o'clock the
President and his suite returned to the chateau, which
he soon afterwards left on horseback, accompanied by
his aides-de-camp, to take a ride in the neighbourhood.
At eight o'clock the Ministers of the Interior and Public
Works and about twenty representatives arrived. A
dinner of sixty covers was given by the Prince to the
Ministers and other distinguished personages. In the
evening there was a grand reception."
The Journal des Debate takes up, on the part
of the press, the gauntlet thrown down by the As-
sembly, and shows that if the war is to be continued
between these two powers it will be the Assembly
that must ultimately succumb. It says—
" The Assembly ought to know that if it declares war
against the press as an institution, as a power in the state,
or rather as a power and society, it is striking its own
allies—rather it is striking against itself. Press and
Parliament may sometimes quarrel; bet for all that, we
contend that our lives and fortunes are identified ()
legislators! you aro now flinging food to popular pas-
sions. Be it so; the cry to day is We must get rid of
these writer.' Heaven grant that this may not one day
be followed by this other cry, We must get rid of these
talkers.' "

The Constitutionnel advises the immediate proroga-
tion of the Assembly for two months.
It will be remembered that during the course of the
discussion on the electoral law, M. TRIERS declared
that it wal not an attack upon universal suffrage, but
that it would merely disfranchise homeless vagrants,
thieves, and dishonest persons. Among the persons
disfranchised is M. TMERS himself. In which of his
own categories are we to class him ? It would, in-
d9ed, appear that the members of the Assembly have,
in passing this electoral law, passsed a self-denying
ordinance.

The Evenement says—
" A question of some interest is about to be presented
for the consideration of the juge de pain of the second
arrondissement. Are the representatives of the people
electors from the fact of their holding that office, or
must they fulfil the conditions of the electoral law? It
is an interpretation of Art. sof that law. In fact, it ap-
pears to result from it that the representative has the
right to have Paris regarded as his legal domicile, but
not that his function as representative gives him the
quality of elector. It is on the name of M. Thiers that
the question will be started. Some citizens have re-
quired his being struck off the list; they wish to prove
to him that he forms part of the vile multitude."
Trade is reviving in all parts of France, and the
prospects of the harvest and of the vintage ere ex-
cellent.

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the fr omQ keleand ri dof
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SPAIN the o 13th,
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cues good. The joy of the Orleanists at the death of
the young Prince is stated to be unbounded.
The Patrie says, according to accounts received
from Buenos Ayres to the sth of May, there is rea-
son to frar that the negotiations opened with General
Roses by the French Government will not be at-
tended with a pacific result.
Toe Illaniteur publishes a comparative statement
f the Customs returns for 1847, 1848, and 1849.
Ile imports in 1849 were 1,142,000,000 f., in 1848
they were only 861,000,000 f., but in 1847 they had
reached 1,342 000,000 r.; the year 1849 shows an
increase of 281,000,C00F. over 1848, and a decrease
cf 200,060,000 f. as compared with 1847. The

exports in 1847 were 1,270,000,000 E ; in 1848,
1,153,000,000 f.; in 1849, 1,422,000,000 f. The
Assembly definitively voted the Bill relative to the
establishment of pension funds for the opera-
tive classes by 560 to 1. It therwards resumed the
discussion on the Press Bill, and adopted, first, an
Amendment of DA ANY, subjecting to u stamp

duty of five centimes political pamphlets containing
less than three printed sh;•ets by 326 to 272 ; and se-
cond, an amendment of N. nF RIAaCY, laying a
stamp duty on the Roman fsuilletons, by 351 to 252.
The remainder of the sitting was taken up with a
stormy discussion on an article offensive to the cha-
racter of the Assembly publish ,d to-day by the
Povoir, the responsible editor of which is to he sum-
moned to appel,r at the bsr of the Rouse on Thursday.
The Bourse was firm with little business doing.
The Five per Cents. opened at 951 95c., and closed
at 9Gf. ; the Three per Cents , closed at 57f. Sc.;
the New Roman Lean at 771 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LO` DON STOCK-EXCHANGF.. JULY 15.

Boulogne and Amiens, 73;ci Luxembourg, 2A,—Northern
of France, 131/2 Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3—Paris and
Rouen, 23!i—Rouen and Havre, 9 i 4 —Tours and Nantes, 3 1/: .

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the lOch have arrived.

Their contents are unimportant.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY 10.—There was no business
done today nominally the Threes were 33i ; the
Fives were 12. 13-16 money.