The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-14 00:00:00

free-trade constituencies should be contented with a
satisf4t4ory.- answer to a single interrogatory—" Are
you a supporter or an opponent of the Earl of
DERBY'S Government ?" A plain response to this
simple question will, according to the Right Hon.
Baronet, " dispel a cloud of mystery, and render the
choice of the electors both sure and easy." He also
goes further, and gives a new definition of a well-
known designation. A Protectionist is no longer
the supporter of a corn-law, the advocate of
a bread-tax, but merely " a supporter of
Lord DEBBY'S Government." No matterhow strongly
he may pledge himself to resist anything calculated
to increase the price of food, ha must be considered as
a Protectionist, unless he will also pledge himself to
oppose, per fas act nefas, the existing Government.
No matter whether the propositions be good or bad,
desirable or otherwise, everything must be resisted
that receives Ministerial support, and, vice versa,
everything mint be supported which is distasteful to
the present dwellers in Downing-street. " Men, not
measures," is, according to the Lord of Netherby, to
be the recognised cry at the various hustings.
The rule is sim2le, and its general application would
be exceedingly beneficial to the contemplated firm of
GRAHAM, RUSSELL, COBDEN, and Co. We should
however, hope that the various constituencies may
re quire something more from he candidates for their
favour ; that they will insist on satisfactory
evidence of the views of the aspirants for
senatorial honours- on the all-important subjects
of fiscal, financial, Parliamentary, monetary,
and legal reform ; that they will require an expres-
sion of feeling in favour of civil and religious
liberty, and, as the first fruits thereof, a stre-
nuous support of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill
and the Marriages Affinity Bill, and a
general and unequivocal explanation on the
various questions of interest to the Liberal party, now
under discussion or consideration. We are most
anxious that Sir JAMES GEAUAM should be elected,
such a man cannot be spared from Parliament; but
we must, at the same time, confess that the test which
he has proposed is by no means sufficiently stringent,
nor is it one that could be safely adopted with re-
spect to untried men by any constituency in the
United Kingdom.

INDIA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

We have received our usual telegraphic dispatch
from Trieste, dated the 13th inst.
Our dates from Bombay are to the 17th of April.

The troops for Burmah were all embarked by the
30th of March. The whole force was to unite before
Rangoon on the sth of April, and Rangoon was ex-
pected to be in our possession by the 10th of the
same month. The forces would then advance as
speedily as possible further up into the country
before the rainy season, and would then await re-
inforcements and the return of more favourable
weather.

The expedition under- Sir Colin Campbell returned
to Peshawur on the 27th of March. Three days
afterwards, however, new outbreaks upon the frontiers
were reported, and it was expected the troops would
again be sent off.
Money was in demand.

Company's Five per Cents., 1041 ; Four per
Cents., 91.

Exchange on London, at three months' sight, 23
Oid. per rupee.

Imports calm ; exports ditto.

Cotton from 85 to 101 rupees per candy.
Freights for London and Liverpool, 31. 103. to
31. 155. per ton.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH via MARSEILLES,
MARSEILLES, MAY 13, 5 30 P.M.

The India mail has arrived.

Dates—CAlcutta, April 7; Bombay, 17th ; China,
Mira 25.

The last Pxpedition with troops for Burmah lel
Calcutta March '27, and Madras the.3lst.
Exchange at Calcutta, is. Hid. to is. 11 1.
Money is abundant.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.'
The dinner at the Palace of the Tuileries on
Wednesday went off with éclat. At nine o'clock the
company adjourned to the theatre of the Palace.

Besi,les the
.800 guests at dinner, the corps diplo-
rnatique were invited to the theatrical representation.
The Aloniteur publishes a circular from the Mi-
nister of Police relative to the conventions with
England and Hanover for the protection of literary
works.

The Moniteur announces that three of the ten
millions assigned for erecting workmen's lodgings
will be devoted to building three model establish-
ments in the three most populous arrondissements of
Paris. All the architects of Paris ere invited to send
in plans, the best of which will receive 5,000 francs
out of the PELESIDENT'S privy purse.
Perhaps the wonders of the telegraph have never
yet been more conspicuously brought into play than
during the military re'e of Monday. From eleven
o'clock to four o'clock half• hourly messages conveyed
to the east, west, north, and south accounts of the
proceedings. Thus all France was made, if not
spectators of the fife, yet listeners to descriptions
thereof.

The director of the telegraph thus signalled to al
points of the compass :
" Eleven o'clock.

" The rites des aigles favoured by magai&ent wea-:
then, commences undir the most happy auspicee. The
whole population, of Paris is at the Champ do Mars.,
Every precaution is taken to prevent accidents.
" Half-past Twelve o'clock.

" The Prince President enters on horseback ihe
Champ do Mars, followed by a numerous staff; he
passes at full gallop along the two lines of troops; he
is saluted by the most ardent acclamations.

" Ono o'Clock.

"The Price.: President, after having passed along the
two lines of troops, ascends his tribune, when commences
the distribution of the flags.

" Half-past-One o'Clock.
" From the top of the elevated estrade, from whence
he commands the fete, the Prince President addresses an
allzcution to the army, which receives it with enthu-
siasm. The religious ceremony of the distribution of the
fligs commruces. Nothing can give an idea of the mag-
nificence of thisfele.

"Two o'Clock.
"The religious ceremony is-over. The Prince Presi-
dent mounts his horse, and the troops begin to defile.
'I he defile will last two hours. The enthusiasm of the
troops is at its hEigh,.
"During the progress from the Elyi 63 National to the
Champ do Mars the population hailed the Prince Presi-
dent with unexampled fervour.
Half•past Three o'Clock.
" The defile is over. The enthusiasm of the troops
and of the population has characterised this magnifi-
cent fête. The Preaident returns to the Elyt6d amidst
the most lively acclamations.

" Four o'Clock.
" The Prince President has just entered the Elytee
NittionaL

" His progress from the Champ de Mars to the
Ely! 4 I bas been one immense ovation.

The most admirable oruer ceased not to reign during
the ceremony.
.6 No accident has been notified."
Besides the director of the telegraph there was
another historian.

"THE MINISTER OF POLICE TO THE PREFECT OF ---.
" Four o'Clock.

" The review is over ; it has proved what might have
been expected—imposing by its grandeur and solemnity.
The army and the whole population saluted the Prince
with unanimous Reclamation?. Ail Paris is a fete "
The Constitutionnel announces that the Legitimists,
in complialice with a letter from the Count DE
CRAMMED, have resolved on refusing to take the
oath. The followint; is the conclusion of the article
of the Constituttonnel in which this matter is al.
luded to:—
" We have not to appreciate in itself the letter of the
Count de Chambord, for that would be to meddle with
the affairs of a party, and we have enough to do with
those of Ffance. The condnet of the Legitimists only
affects us so far as it may have an icfluence on the ge-
neral state of things. In this point of view that attitude
which they appear to take towards the Government, we
must admit is
neither wanting in decision or clearness.
It is of a nature to remove all uncertawy, and to mark
the position of every one, and that is what we like. The
Government, which does not require to borrow strength
from any one, and which had made an appeal to all
in a spirit of concord, well know how to act with re-
gard to i*clated persons, and will be aware of the co-
operation which it may expect from one; of the. great
parties in its work of conciliation and of reparation. It
it be an incontestable advantage for a Government to
clearly swe into the conduct and progrea of its
fadverse-
m oveie o movement t t
o and the f
oLegitimatiser
adversa-
ries, and to know with certainty on what it may or may
not reckon, we cannot see with displeasure the
it to
new
m
now number its force?, we can only regard it as a useful
lesson
Fr e c party. If it suits
A match between LOUIS 'NAPOLEON and a Princess
of Brazil, which some time since was rumoured to be
on the
tapir, is now spoken of :
" I informed you about the middle of last January
that negotiations were to be undertaken with a view to
o marriage between Louis Napoleon and s Princess 0