The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

THE

FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
It is evident that the attempt of the reactionary
party to make something out of• the Greek affair is a
coup manqué. Notwithstanding the utmost efforts of
the political Agioteurq, the Funds still ( ontinue
firm, no apprehension is felt in mercantile circles, and
the ananufacturers are preparing for the London ex-
position of 1851. The Ministry, however, are doing
all lthey can to create an alarm by ordering ships out
and levies of sailors to be made.
Letters from Toulon of the 24th inst. announce the
sailing from that port of the steam-vessels Solon and
Grond.eur, to reinforce the French fleet at Naples.
Captt,..in DUQUES/SP, who recently commanded the
Jena, when the POPE visited the Mediterranean
squaezon, has received orders to proceed immediately
to L'Orient and Rochefort, to fit out th 9 Duquesclin
and another ship of the line, and take them to Brest.
A levy of sailors has been ordered in the fifth mari•
time arrondissement, of which Toulon is the chef lieu.
The National makes the f)llowing terrible rejoinder
to the infamous accusations brought by M. THIERS
on Friday aphis:: the people, or as he calls them
" the vil multitude :"

M. Thiers has Liven credit to the people for the
commissio❑ of vices and crimes, the exampl,s of which
he ends in persons more nearly allied to himself. The
people did not judicially assassinate Marshal Ney; the
people did not by telegraphic dispatch order the immediate
execution of the condemned of Grenoble; it did nut
betray at the same time both Napoleon and France,
to save fir itself mantles of senators and gold sticks of
chamberlains; it never grovelled in the dust before the
Emperor Nicholas; it never for twenty years compressed
liberty at home, and dishonoured France abroad to
Lund a dynasty. The orgies of Grandvaux, the scan-
dals of the Bourse, the bribes to high officials, the bed
of shame on which the Duchess of Berry was victim-
ized, the cord of the last of the Condos, and the poignard
of the Jut of the Praslins do not belong to the heritage
of the people."
It is generally considered that the Electoral Bill
will undergo very extensive modifications. The
Opinion Publique announces that the portion of the
Legitimatist party whose opinion it repre-
sents are determined to propose that all per-
sons liable to the conscription, shall have a
vote. This proposition, if carried out, will scarcely
diminish the number of electors to any ap-
preciable extent, and there is very little doubt but that
the whole of the Republicans, whether Democrats or
ConstitutionalistF, will vote in favour of such an
amendment.

The PRESIDENT of theJtepuhlic has ordered the
publication of the Napoleon to be stopped on account
of the appearance in it of an article on the Greek
question calculated to envenom the negotiations at
present pending with England on that subject.
The Sicle and the great majority of the Repub-
lican journals declare that they consider the explana-
tions of Lord PALMERsTONI as perfectly satisfactory,
and that the Government ought to accept them
as such.

The French Government is about shortly to bring
in a Bill relative to the duty on sugar. The most
important clauses of it consist in a progressive reduc-
tion of 20 francs on the present duty on all sugars,
and a reduction of 5 francs on that which affects
foreign sugar. The gradual reduction of the duty
from 45 francs to 25 francs has already received the
approbation of the Council General of Agriculture
and Commerce. The Council were of opinion that
the additional duty on foreign sugar might be reduced
50 per cent. ; but the Government has, it is said, only
consented to reduce it 25 per cent.

A fusion of all classes of Republi-
cans, with a view to the formation of a
compact Parliamentary opposition, has, it is said,
taken place in consequence of the efforts of MM.
EMILI; DE GIRARDIN and ViDAL. M. EMILE DE
GIRARDIN has had an interview with General CA-
VAIGNAC, and a reconciliation has taken place be-
tween them. It is said that General CAVAIGNAC will
be requested to lead the Parliamentary opposition.
M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN has been announced as the
Democratic candidate fur the Bis Rhin.

The debate on the Electoral Law was resumed yes-
terday in the National Assembly. The Assembly
was discussing an amendment proposed by M. CORNE,
that the commune in which a man should have
answered to the conscription law should be held to be
his domicile.

PARIS BOURSE, MONDAY, MAY 27.
The market oreatd firm in advance of the closing
quotations of Saturday, and for a time kept steadily ad-
vancing towards the close, however some rather heavy
sales were made to realise profits, and prices gave way
to leave off about the same as on Saturday. Threes for
the account at 56f. 50c., and Fives at 90f. 85c. The
market closed ai follows:—Threes, for cash, 56f. 45e.,
fur account, 56f, 50c. ; Fives, for cash, 90f. 90c., for
account, 901. 85c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,1601.;
Neapolitan, 96f. 50c.; Spanish Threes, 38if.
RAILwANs:—The Share Market has not been very
animated, but prices have been pretty well maintained.
Orleans closed at 732`. 50c.; Rouen, 5321. 50c.; Avig-
non, 17 5f.; Vierz)n, 325f.;:8a1e, 10.5 f ; Bordeaux, 388 f.
75c.; Northern, 431 r. 25c.; ."..'aris and Strasburgh, 327 f.
50c.; Nantes, 221 f. 25c.; Muntereau, 95f.

biUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
_ Lr)NDONS I.:OCK-EXCHANGE. MAY 27.

Boulogne and Amiens, 6 %—Central of France (Orleans
Vierzon), 1 —East Indian, 53'8—Namur and Liege, 714,-.
Northern of France, 121, —Orleans and Bordeaux, 238—Paris
and Ilouen, 21—Rouen and Havre, 8

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 221 have arrived.
Their contents are unimportant.
_ _

MADRID BOMA, MAY 22.—Three per Cents.,
31* fur account ; Five pr Cents., 12k. Exchange
on Loudon, 50 15 paper.

GERMANY.

The following bulletin cf the health of the King
of PRUSSIA was issued on the 25th- inst.:—

" The fever occasioned by the wound still continuing
the King passed a restless night, and only slept at inter-
vals. The swelling of the wound has not diminished,
but it is less painful. The secretion of the wound is of
a more purulent character.
"By order of the Minister of the Interior.
(Signed) " GUTICANDIER."

There can be but little doubt that the attempted
assassination was the isolated crime of a madman ;
the reactionaries, however, are attempting to make
the most of it by more than insinuating that the
assassin was set on by the Liberals. Recollect-
ing, however, the present state of relations between
Austria -and Prussia, the politics of the heir
to the Prussian throne, and the attempts that
were made to assassinate IS:OMUTA at Shumla, it is to
Vienna that we should look for the origin of the plot,
•if plot there be, rather than to Switzerland.