The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-21 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Republique republishes the protest against the
legitimacy of the Due DE BORDEAUX, alleged to have
been made by Louts PHILIPPE, then Duke of OR-
LEANS in 1820, and published in August 1831, just
previous to his election to the throne as King of the
French. The .Republique in commenting on this
protest says—
" That one of two conclusions must be corns to,
namely, either that the Duke de 'Bordeaux is illegitimate
and has no claims to the throne, even according to the
princip'e of hereditAry right, or that Louis Philippe, in
order to preparo his way to the throne, was guilty of
act which should have covered him with infamy."
The [iloniteur du Soir has the following:—
" It is from and after Tuesday next, the 24th Sep-
tember, that the journals will have to conform to the
enactment of the new law on the press, relative to the
signatures to be attached to political articles."
The National publishes the reply of the POPE to
the appeal of the Jesuit conductors of the Univers,
against the condemnation passed on their proceedings
by the Archbishop of PARIi. The POPE gives the
writers in the Univers full credit for their intentions,
but he addF, that it eppears to the " venerable
brother who governs the Church of Paris," that they
have, in the heat of discussion, gone so far as to oc-
casion some prejudice to the cause they defend; and
he accordingly recommends them to " moderate the
enthusiasm of their zeal," and to " listen to the coun-
sels of their beloved father."

By a decision of the PRESIDENT of the Republic,
General BONET, commanding the artillery of the 2d
military division, has been named Commandant of the
Polytechnic School, in the room of General PONCE-
LET, who has been allowed to make good his claims
to retire. General HUBERT has been appointed
Commandant of the Artillery of the Ist military di-
vision.

The Salut Public of Lyons, says :—" The last news
received from America have checked the activity of
our manufacturers. Orders come in slowly, and can-
not in part be executed, owing to the restrictions
placed on the manufactories by the American agents.
The enormous quantity of manufactured goods, which
were produced by our manufactories, and also by
those of Switzerland and Germany, in the year 1849
and 1850, have also partially caused the present
slackness. The markets of New York, Boston, and
Philadelphia, are literally encumbered. The letters
received by the last steamers announce that sales by
auction were about to take place in different towns,
to get rid of the goods accumulated in the ware-
houses, and to free the capital which paid for them.
These sales at a loss will no doubt be beneficial
to us, but it is not probable that the effect of them
will be immediately felt. Among other causes of this
slackness, we must not forget the poor silk harvest in
France and Italy, and consequently the high price of
that article. The silks, in fact, keep up at a price
which they have not had for a long time past, and the
letters we received from the fair of Aubenas, which
took place on the 15th, are not of a nature to cause
it to be believed that they will fall much for some
time."

Penn BOURSE, SEPT. 20 —Lltest Prices—Five
per Cents., 93f. GOc. • Three per Cents., 58f. 10c. ;
Bank Actions, 2,310 i.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STUCK E XCHANGE, SEpr. 20.
Boulogne and Amiens, 7% ex div.—East Indian, Pm—
Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 141/2—Orleans
and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Rouen, 244—Rouen and
Havre, 10—Tours and Nantes, 3N.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived.
They contain no intelligence of public importance.
The Bolsa was closed on the 15th.