The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-24 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

FRANCE.
The fall of Lord John Russell is, as might have
been expected, the leading topic in the Paris papers.
The Deeds considers Lord Palmerston as having
got up a war cry, and the House of Commons with
having, by their cheers, approved of him. The As-
semblee Nationale foresees in the proposed organiza-
tion of the the elements of future revolution in
England, as it looks upon it as identical with the
National Guard of France. . The Assemblie says :
t,he institution had he militia, whether called local
or no would have for England the consequences
which the institution of the
. National Guard had in
France, and that of the National Militia in Spain. The
English militia would have been sooner or later an in-
strument of revolution. The respect of the English for
the civil authority, which is one of the causes of the
duration of their free institutions, would soon disappear
if all citizens were familiarised with arms. Besides,
that militia could not, in case of invasion, defend the
territory in the
.open field, for to risk a battle against
regular troops. with citizen soldiers is equivalent to
losing it. This point is superabundantly established by
the testimony of history, and the unanimous opinion of
military men. The English ought, therefore, to be de-
lighted at seeing ,he Militia Bill abandoned, and if they
really conceive that the security of their country is
compromised they must devise some other expedients to
defend it.
The Illustrated London News was stopped on,Sun-
day at the French Post-office.
The Siecle publishes the following list of opposition
candidates for the department of the Seine :—lst
Electoral Division, Dupont de l'Eure; 2d, General
Lamoriciere ; 3d, General Eugene Cavaignac ; 4tb,
Carnot ; sth, Goudchaux ; 6th, Bixio; 7th, Eugene
Sue ; Bth' Ferdinand de Lasteyrie.
The Corsaire has the following on the approaching
elections :
"‘ Scarcely seven days separate us from the solemn
hour of the elections, as M. Berger, by a recent procla-
mation, reminds us. France is in full peace, as one of
the last communicated notes' of the Moniteur clearly
proves. Things are in their normal state at Paris. Money
is circulating; people labour in the workshops, laugh in
the theatres, and promenade in grand toilette on the
Boulevards. The press has only soft phrases like the
sighs of the dEolian harp. At the Bourse, the Five per
Cents. have reached 103 f. 50c. Everything announces a
prosperous situation; we have the return of the golden
age. And yet--how straneel—notwitbstanding these
indications (,r prosperity, Paris does not appear to
think mora of the elections than of the discovery of the
squaring of the circle. We see neither placards of elec-
toral committees, nor candidates.' circulars, nor voting
papers. In the oldest times of the monarchy, the elec-
tors called on competititura to explain themselves Wore
them. Who now thinks of these old usages? No one.
The most that people know is that there are two or three
journalis.s (MM. Anitiiee de Cesena and Louis VU'on,
for example), who think of the honour of sitting in the
Palais Bourbon, Whence comes this inexplicable in-
difference? Philosophers and moralists—seek! A good
deal has been said about the indifference of the Neap-
olitan Neapo-
litan people; has it passed the Alps?"