The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-18 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The whole of the reactionary journals have adopted
M. LFCLERC as their candidate, and it is said he will
also have the support of Generels CAVAIGNAC and
LAMORICIERE, the former of whom, when chief of the
Executive, conferred on M. LECLERC the ribbon of the
Legion of Honour. Notwithstanding the support thus
afforded him, the Electoral Union have, according to the
Journal des Debats, come to the decision that a pre-
paratory ballot shall take place before they will re-
commend:the adoption of any candidate for Paris.
In the National Assembly, on Tuesday, M. JOLY
attempted to induce the Members to re-consider their
determination to stop the allowances of those political
martyrs who had suffered for their opinions during
the ascendancy of the Monarchy ; he did not, how-
ever succeed, as, after a stormy discussion, the
previous question was carried by 406 to 211.
The Gendarmerie Mobile is to be increased.
A letter from Cahors says—" A deplorable scene
has just taken place here, which will be doubtless
turned to account by the Socialist party. Some sub-
officers of the depot battalion of the 58th, iu garrison
at this place, and others belonging to a battalion of
the 44th, passing through the town, assembled, as
usual, to take a fraternal glass together. After
copious libations, and urged on by the chief edi-
tor of the Reformateur du lot, a Red journal,
they began to sing the llfarseillaise' and various
Socialist songs. They were on their knees singing,
when the Commissary of Police having interfered
to put an end to the tumult, which had already
drawn together a considerable crowd, they
positively refused to obey his injunctions. He
wished to arrest the most riotous among them,
when he was grossly insulted, and sabres were
drawn. Several cries of Vive la Republique
Democratique et Sociale !' were raised." The
Courrier du Lot gives the following account of the
affair :—" By order of the Procureur of the Repub-
lic, M. Jaffus, the Commissary of Police, went to the
caft where the tumultuous proceedings were going
on, and on the outside of which a considerable crowd
had assembled. He there found several sub-
officers of the 58th ; t.4vo of them were standing
on chairs singing
seditious songs, the choruses of
which were repeated by about 50 others cf that re-
giment and the 44th with great animation. As soon
as he could obtain a hearing the Commissary re-
quested that an end might be put to the noise, and
observed that soldiers, particularly those who held a
certain rank, ought not to set an example of disorder.
To this the sub•officers of the 58th replied that they
would sing, and that it was no business of his ; whilst
those of the 44th replied in more respectful terms,
and withdrew. Three sub-officers of the 58th
raised seditious cries in passing before the Com-
missary of Police, and a sergeant made use
of the following insulting expressions :
It is infamous that that canaille of a Commis-
sary of Police should have prevented our singing,
when we are under a Republic,' after which he
shouted out Viva la Republique Democratique
et Sociale! A bas les blancs !' adding, We will
soon do justice on them, and on you too, Commis-
sary.' The Commissary replied that if he con-
tinued in that strain he would have him arrested.
The sergeant defied him, and at that moment he
was laid hold of and placed in the hands of
the police authorities, but immediately afterwards
four individuals of the town endeavoured to prevent
his being taken to the Hotel de Ville. See-
ing that they could not succeed in their purpose,
they ran off to fetch some sub-officers, who came
with sabres in their hands. One of them, a ser-
geant-major, attempted to strike the Commissary
of Police with his sabre, but the blow was parried
by a garde champetre. The sergeant then cried
out. There will be some mischief done if you at
tempt to take off our comrade.' The five other sub

officers having uttered the same threat, with their
abres raised on the police officers, the Commissary of
Police, in order to avoid bloodshed, told his agents to
release the sergeant, whose name and company he
took note of, and on the following day he and another
were placed under arrest."

PARIS BOURSE, APRIL 17.—Latest Prices—Five
per Cents., 88f. 35c. ; Three per Cents, 55f. ; Bank
of France, 2,095 r.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-RXCEIANUE, APRIL 17.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6—Northern of France, 12—Or-
leans and Bordeaux, 211—Itouen and ilavre, B;i—Sambre
and Meuse, 214.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT in FRANCE
300 LIVES LOST.
We have received the following from our Paris cor•
respondent --

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING

In the Assembly to-day General d'llautpoul stated
that the iron bridge at Angers had broken down while
'our companies of the 11th Legers were passing, and
hat 300 had been drowned.

The following is the announcement by Gnera
d'Hautpoul to the Assembly of this melancholy oc..
currence:—

General d'llautpoul said, "I have a most painful
communication to make to the Assembly. A batta-
lion of the 11th Regiment of Light Infantry on en-
tering Angers experienced a most frightfill catas-
trophe. At the moment it was crossing the suspen-
sion bridge the chains on one side gave way, and four
companies fell into the river. The men unfortunately
carried their arms and baggage; the wind blew vio-
lently from the east, rain fell in torrents, and a regular
hurricane prevailed. The inhabitants ofAngers evinced
the greatest zeal and activity on the occasion, but the
boats were unable to arrive in time to save many
lives. We have received as yet no official return of
the casualities, and the number of victims is calcu-
lated at been 200 and 300. On hearing of that mis-
fortune the President of the Republic sent off in all
haste one of his Aide-de-Camps to offer consolations to
the survivors. The Government, on its side, intends
to submit to your deliberation a project of law, with
a view to allay the grief of some disconsolate mothers.
—(" Immediately," cried several members.)
M. Leon Faucher said that he was sure of being
the interpreter of the sentiments of the Assembly in
declaring that it shared the emotion of the Minister
of War.