The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-08 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.
At the sitting of the Legislative Assembly on Fri-
day, M. Duran, the President, rose and addressed the
Assembly as follows :
"Gentlemen, at the moment when a neighbouring
people, our ally, deplores the loss which it has just ex-
perienced in the person of one of its statesmen most
worthy of esteem, I think that it will be to confer honour
on the French tribune to express our sympathetic re-
gret on this occasion, and to manifest our high esteem
for the eminent orator alluded to, who, during the whole
course of his long and glorious carer, has never ex
pressed any sentiments towards France but those of kind
feeling and justice, and whose language has always been
that of courtesy towards her Government.—(Loud ap-
probition.) It the Assemtly deigns to approve of my
words, mention shall be made of the fact on the official
minutes of our sittings."
Unanimous marks of assent arose from every part
of the Chamber, and some time elapsed before the
business of the day was proceeded with.
Never before has any foreign statesman had such
honours as these paid to his memory. This official
record of the regret and sympathy of the French
Assembly is as unprecedented a testimony of respect
and regret as was the adjournment of the British
House of Commons on Wednesday; as is well ob-
served by one of the Paris journalists, "of all the acts
of homage of which the memory of Sir ROBERT PEEL
is the object, that which the French Republic has
rendered to it, through the organ of her representa-
tives is, unquestionably, the one which will the most
sensibly touch the English nation."
Almost all the journals, of all shades and parties,
speak in terms of commendation of the unprecedented
mark of respect paid by the Assembly to the memory
of the great English statesman.
The Constitutionnel says :
The sitting opened to-day with a homage rendered
to the memory of Sir Robert Peel. It is M. Dupin, who,
in taking possession of the chair, made himself the organ
of the feelings of the whole of the Assembly. It was an
honour to the French tribute, he said, to express our
sympathetic regrets,_and to manifest our high esteem for
an eminent orator. who, during a long and glorious
career, has never had any feelings but those of justice
and benevolence to France and words of courtesy to its
Government. The speech of M. Dupin was received
with the most lively marks of approbation, and the As-
sembly decreed that it should be inserted in the minutes."
The Frew says :
" We congratulate M. President Dupin on having re-
paired, at the opening of the sitting to-day, a piece of
forgetfulness on the part of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs. It is not in the ante-rooms of the Assembly,
but in the tribune, that General de la Hitte should hare
on the day before yesterday, announced the death of
Sir Robert Pee►. Such a name merit-d such an honour.
M. Dupin felt that. He made himself the interpreter of
the sympathetic griff of France, by some simple and
dignified words, to which the As=embly associated
itself with a feeling of unanimity, and which will be
recorded in the minutes."

The Dibats says:—
"At the commencement of the sitting, the President
rose, and, in the name of the Assembly, expressed noble
and sympathetic regret fur the eminent man whose loss
England deplores. We do not know that such an honour
has ever been rendered in this country to the statesman
of a fcraign atste; but none deserved it better than Sir
Robert Peel, who had never expressed any sentiments
towards France but those of kindly feeling and justice,
and whose language has always been that of courtesy
towards 1.1,-r Government.' "

The Slide says-.-
" At the opening of the sitting of this day the Presi-
dent Dupin pronounced in a few words a noble and
touching eulogium on the statesman whose premature
death England and the whole of Europe deplore at the
present moment. The words of M. Dupin and the una-
nimous adhesion with which they were received on all
the benches of the Assembly wi►l be inscribed on the
minutes of the House. Of all the acts of homage of
which the memory of Sir Robert Peel is the object, that
which the French Republic has thus rendered to it,
through the organ of her representatives, is, without
contradiction, that which will most sensibly touch the
English nation. The new spirit which unites in common
principles and sentiments two great rations which had
been for a long time enemies, never received a more
brilliant consecration. M. Dupin could not have inau-
gurated more worthily his again taking possession of the
chair in which he has been placed by the confidence of
his colleagues."
The Univers says—
" M. Dupin, at the commencement of the sitting, ren-
dered homage to the memory of Sir Robert Peel. The
Assembly associated- itself to the sympathetic regrets
manifested by its President for the illustrious statesman
whom England has just lost."
The Republique says :
" M. Dupin opened the sitting by a sort of funeral
oration on Sir Robert Peel. He invited the Assembly
to deposit on its proses verbal the regrets with which the
death of that illustrious man inspired him. The assent
with which this proposition was received was unanimous,
without any exc, piton of opinion. This incident should
suggest some sad reflections. Where is the man among
our statesmen whose death would inspire similar senti-
ments not only in foreign countries but eve n in France?
Which of them has rendered real services to his country
or displayed a character which commands esteem?
None. We may say so without fear of contradiction
trom any party. The greater part of them have nothing
written on the record of their services but facts of in-
trigue or charlatanism, and recantations which corrupt
the public mind. It becomes them well really to c. le-
brace the author or the promoter of so many political
and financial measures gloriously inscribed in the history
of his country. Had Sir Robert Peel ever the ridiculous
pretension to save his country? It it true he vv,,e only,
af;er' all, a statesman of the first order. Ours have very
different pretensions."
The Corsaire says _ _

"We must be just. The President of the Assembly
opened the sitting by a motion of which the whole world
will comprehend the great propriety and delicacy. The
question was to do honour to the memory of the late
Minister of Great Britain, our old and eternal rival.
Not a heart in France will hesitate to associate itself
with this movement of the National Assembly. During
his long career as a statesman Sir Robert Peel has
never for a single day been hostile to French interests.
On this account a solemn silence reigned in the hall
as soon as the name of the originator of the famous
corn-laws was pronounced. (After giving M. Dupin's
speech, it adds)— Unequivocal signs of adhesion were
heard from all the benches, from those on the Right
as u ell as those on the Left. At the same moment M.
Dupin continued--' the Assembly deign to approve
of my words, mention will be made of them in our
minutes.' Every body rose without exception. This is
a splendid testimony of sympathy, especially if it be
considered th*t it is given by a French Assembly to an
English Minister. Such a phenomenon was never pro-
duced before."
The Evenement says

"It was impossible that the great catastrophe which
has just struck England—the death of Sir Robert Peel—
should pass unremarked in the National Assembly of
France. Let us do justice to M. Dupin, who has made
himself the intrepreter of the grief and of the sympathy
of the French public, in pronouncing, at the opening of
the sitting, a few dignified and elevated words on that
important event. M. Dupin understood his duty, and
has nobly fulfilled i►. The Assembly, by its applause,
appropriated to itself the sentiments with which its Pre-
sident was inspired, and expressed a wish on his motion,
that the expression of that homage rendered to the
memory of Sir Robert Peel should be recorded in its
minutes."
The Union says:—

" The French tribune could not but join in a brilliant
and last homage to the memory of Sir R. Peel. He, whose I
less England and the whole wt rld deplore, had in fact,
exceptional rights, we shall not say to the gratitude, but
to the eternal esteem of our couctry. It is on this ac-
count that the Assembly hailed, with signs of its appro•
bation which were not equivocal, the simple and touching
words pronounced by the President at the opening of the
sitting. This legitimate tribute, paid to the memory of
the illustrious Sir Robert Peel, is one of the most strik-
ing testimonies in favour of one of the most incontest-
able glories of the present times."
The Legitimatist Club of the Rue de Rivoli has de.
termined to oppose any attempt to prolong the power
of the PRESIDENT. It will also oppose the proposal
for a prorogation of the Assembly for three months,
notwithstanding this proposition is supported by M.
DE MONTALEMBERT. On these two subjects the
National has the following :
" We are assured that, immediately after the proroga-
dun, a camp of 35,000 men of all arms will be formed
at Versailles, and the command given to a General as
much a friend of the Elysee as be is little agreeable to
M. Cbangarnier; and what is more serious, he will not
derive his authority from the commandant superieur of
the troops of the first military division. This news has
excited much conversation in Parliamentary circles.
Several members see in it something more than a lesson
to M. Changarnier; and it might happen that the future
camp of Versailles would change the opinion of certain
members of the majority, and espseially of the Right,
upon the necessity of a long prorogation."
The General to whom the command of this corps
will be given is General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS.
M. DE PERSIGNY left Paris for Berlin on Thursday.
M. DE FALLoux is at Angers, in an alarming state
of health.
The first number of the Proscrit was published on
Friday, and was immediately seized.
The Debats of yesterday states that a young lad,
17 years of age, named GEORGE ALFRED WALKER, a
Frenchman, was taken into custody on Friday, close
to the door of the Elysee, for having declared his in-
tention of assassinating the PRESIDENT of the Republic,
who, he alleged, prevented the good republic from
being established. WALKER had been long watching
an opportunity of effecting his purpose, but by some
chance always failed. He had never seen the PRE-
SIDENT, and on Friday, after having waited at the
door of the Elysee for a long time, though the
PRESIDENT had passed close to him, it was not
allotted that by his hand Louis NAPOLEON
should fall. Re gave himself up to the
police, and fully avowed his design. lle
was examined by the Prefect of the Police on
Saturday. lie is
a printer. He declared that he had
long harboured the idea which haunted him con-
stantly, and he had been so often baffled that at
length he felt that fate was against him, and gave
biaseltup. ail parents are welly honest people.