The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-18 00:00:00

I know the consequence of my resolution. Twenty-
nine years and a halt passed in the army, thirty-six
campaigns resulting from 18 years' war in Algeria (from
May, 1830, to January, 1848), some services rendered
to France abroad and during the fatal days of June,
1848, services which, perhaps, are not yet forgotten—all
this will be reduced to nothing, I shall be struck out
from the lists of the army. Once more it will be proved
that rank is at the mercy of arbitrary power. That
rank was made the patrimony of the officer by the law
of May 19, 1834; he could not lose it but by the sen-
tence of a court-martial. That law is trampled under
foot by a Government which respects neither person nor
property.
" Thus the sword which I had devoted to the service
-of-Prance 13 about- torn-from- my- hand. What
could Ido with it under such a Government? But if—
which God forbid—our frontiers should be threatened, I
would hasten to resume it, and to fight for national in-
dependence, for history sufficiently tells me that in pre-
sence of extreme dangers, brought about by ambition,
despotism does not require an oath from brave men,
who march in the defence of the country.
(Signed) " General DE LAMORICIERE."
The Presse, in its weekly commercial review,
says :
" The retail trade of the capital has profited largely
by the presence of the number of strangers who came
to see the fetes, A great quantity of goods was sold in
the shops, and almost every branch of business has been
benefited by the influx of sight-seers. The trade of Paris
had need of this favourable circumstance, as for several
months past the manufacturers of the departments had
been better treated, as far as commands were concerned,
than the articles made in Paris, where , the revival of
business was only partial. The foreigners who lately
arrived, and in particular the English, have made consi-
derable purchases. As to exports, they have been late
this year, but the steamers which have last arrived from
the United States have brought over orders for French
goods. The mercantile position of the United States has
much improved within the last six months. It may be
remembered that in February the advises from New
York announced so great a glut of goods that forced
sales were effected, at from 40 to 50 per cent. of loss.
But the last letters from North America are more sa-
tisfactory. A great part of the goods on hand had been
disposed of in the interior of the country, and the Ame-
rican dealers, now requiring now supplies, have sent over
large orders, particularly for the goods manufactured at
Rouen and Mulhansen.
The proceedings of the Legislative Body on Sa-
turday were not of any great interest. The President
informed the Chamber that he had received from the
Minister. of State a Bill tending to modify certain
articles of the Criminal Code, relative to crimes com-
mitted by French subjects in foreign countries. This
treasure was sent to the bureaux for examination.
M. LANGLAIS (de la Sarthe) then read a supplemen-
tary report from the Committee on the Convict Re-
habilitation Bill, relative to the amendment adopted
by the Legislative Body in the sitting of May 3, and
since then agreed to by the Council of State. This
document was ordered to be printed and distributed,
the discussion being postponed until afterwards.
General PARCIIAPPE next read the report from the
Committee charged to examine the Bill calling out
80,000 men from the class of 1852. The Com-
mittee, he said, was altogether in favour of the mea-
sure. After a report from M. SLVERIN ADBATIICCI)
and
.another report from M. ALFRED LEROUX on
several Bills of local interest, the House adjourned
after a short sitting, at four o'clock, to Tuesday.
We read in the Courrier du Havre :—" It is po-
sitively stated that M. PROUDHON, having obtft
from the PRINCE PRESIDENT the remission et
punishment, has arrived here, and is about to embark
for the United States. It is, it is said, on con-
dition of his quitting France hat he was set at li-
berty."
We read in the Patrie—" The banquet offered to
the sub-officere arose from a happy inspiration of the
PRINCE PRESIDENT. After the theatrical perform-
ance at the Tuilieries on Wednesday, the PRINCE said
to General MaGeeet, Genera], an idea has just oc-
curred to me. We of the grand epaulettes have to-
day had an exquisite dinner, why should not the
gelons enjoy themselves as well as •the giaines
depinards ? Can you lend me for to-morrow your
splendid room at the Ecole Militaire I') Ten minutes
afterwards CUEVET received an order for a dinner
for 3,000 persons, and the next day all the delegates
of the army drank the health of their noble enter-
tainer."
A grand musical mass was celebrated on Saturday
morning at half-past eleven .o'clock by the Arch-
bishop of Paris in the church of St. Eustache, on the
occasion of giving the benediction of the Church to
the busts of the PRINCE PRESIDENT, which were in-
tended for the central markets. A great crowd was
present long before the ceremony began. The busts
were brought in with great pomp, preceded by the
band of the republican guard, and followed by 100
young girls in white, blue scarfs, and having each a
wreath of white roses on the head. The porters of
the markets carried the busts, each being escorted by
the corporation for' which it was destined. The
cortege was closed by the Prefect of Police, the Mayor
of the arrondissement, and the other civil authorities,
and a number of officers of the National and Repub-
lican Guards. After all the persons composing the
procession had taken their places, the mass was exe-
cuted, after which the Archbishop pronounced an
appropriate address, and then gave his benediction to
the busts. The procession then left the church in
the order in which it bad entered, and the busts
placed in due form in the places appointed
li f
linen-hall, atr
In the evening a ball took place in the thweemre
passed
families andfriends were present. Everything
which the various dealers of the narkets and their
over with the greatest order.
T of the Republic was
The bust of the P
amidst the acclamations of , people of the market,
a
Marche de la Madeleine,
EN
put up on Sunday inßtEbseiD
large space
d handsomely deco-
the market having been cleared
an ball, a in
•
rated for that purpose.
was settling day at the Bourse for railway
shares, an
Yesterday
and there
there was scarcely any other business trans-
acted. The Four-and-a-Hall per Cents. opened at ioor.
6161.310 f.
2; 5 Vierzon,
e;
150., and closed at 99f. 75c. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 35e.; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,175 f.; Rouen, 762 f. 50e.; Havre, 2871. 50e.;
Great Northern,asie,
2548
33
f. 1.7 75
.;
sec ;BAotvdieganuoxn,
sParis
anB2dl.Sstroaest Basle,
5511. 25e.; Paris and I.yons, 6111. 25e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
E STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17 lIE
East Indian, 2214—Great Indian Peninsula, 6
5x—Namur and Liege, OA —Orleans and Bordeaux,
—Paris and Lyons, 10e e—Paris and Rouen, 30—Paris and
15%
Strasbourg, 213/4—Rouen and Havre, 11
—Sambre
Meuse, 4%s—Tours and Nantes 119's—West and
Western of France, 7%.

SP AIN.
Oar accounts from Madrid are of the 12th.
General DE GRAMMONT, who passed two or three
days at Madrid, and some hours at Aranjuez, had
started on the 12th for Paris. A number of rumours
had been current concerning the object of his visit ;
but nothing certain was known on the subject, and it
was stated in well-informed quarters that his visit
was merely one of ceremony.
The Government was said to receive offers from
different mercantile houses to undertake the esta-
blishment of steam communication between Spain
and her Transatlantic possessions.
MADRID BOURSE, MAT 12.—The Three per Cents.,
43 7.16 ; Exchange on London, 50 50.

GERMAN Y.
Intelligence from Berlin of the date of the. 14th,
inst. states that the Council of Ministers
announced, was held that morning from nine
:II)
eleven, under the presidency of the King•
We
toe on
that, for the moment, tho Ministers have come
understanding.
constitution
It is decided that the question of , previously
the. , _
againd to
of the First Chamber is not to be suhrtltWeill be ulti-
the Chamber in the present session.
mately settled by a royal ordinance,.b the
solicited in the
of the Chambers to which will . ea_
is
constituted
next session after the First Chamber
conformably to the ordinance.
The Grand Doke CONSTA
Duchess ALEXANDRA arrivsl
and immediatel prececded
The Emperor
13:h from Dresden,approbation
NE and the Grand
NTlDerlin on the 141 b,
:Potsdam.
arrived at Leipsic on the
RI,. Ewsi. lah: r:--
continued
of Et55lA he
day before by the ICinboitts
his Minister,
The CZAR immediately
Berlin. accompanied by
at the railway sation.
TAxhoar..ll.,been received the