The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-04 00:00:00

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FRAN CE.

The Illoniteur contains the resolutions adopted by
the four Councils of Arrondissement of the depart-
ment of the Upper Alps. The Council of Barcelon-
nette, after recapitulating the claims of Louis Na-
poleon to the gratitude of the country, thus con-
cludes :—"
We demand that the elect of eight mil-
lions of suffrages be our Emperor." The Council
of Castelltme sap : " Considering that the
natiqn has sufficiently proved its devotedness to the
family of Napoleon Bonaparte, who, on two occasions,
and at an interval of 50 years, saved the country
and society from certain ruin ; considering that,
if public misfortunes brought about a tempo•
rary forced separation, the nation, once unshackled,
spontaneously returned to the Sovereign of its choice,
the Council expresses a wish that the Empire be pro-
claimed in favour of Prince Louis Napoleon, and de-
clared hereditary in his family." The Council of
Forcalquier unanimously desires the re-establishment
of the Empire, that form of government "offering a
barrier against revolution, and a wise and progressive
advance towards popular improvements of every de-
scription." The Council of Sisteron asks that the
President be invested with the title and power of Em-
peror formerly held by his uncle, of glorious and
inmortal memory."
Preparations are in progress for the reception of the
President in all the towns mentioned in the itinerary
of his journey. At Nevers he is to be treated to an
agricultural fete, in the course of which numerous
droves of oxen, which constitute the wealth of the
Nievre, and obtain the first prizes in the Concours
regionaux of Versailles and Poissy, will be exhibited
to him. The Municipsi Council of St. Etienne has
voted a sum of 40,000 f. for the reception of the
Prince, and appointed a Commission of three of
its members to see that it be properly employed.
At Moulins an unlimited credit has been placed at
the disposal of the authorities for the same pur-
pose. The Municipal Council of Poitiers has granted
10,000 f., one-fourth of which is to ibe distributed
among the poor of the town. At Toulon pre-
parations are making on the grandest scale. An im-
mense ball-room is being erected on the square of the
fort. On the side facing the sea large openings will
be left to enable the spectators to view the splendid
panorama of the roads, resplendent with illuminations.
The skips of the squadron are to be decorated with
coloured lanterns, and the batteries along the coast
delineated by long lines of fire. This, however, is
only a pert of a programme. The military and naval
authorities have resolved to offer the Prince the spec-
tacle of the recapture of Toulon by his uncle
_Napo-
leon Bonaparte, whose fame commenced at the foot of
the rampsrts of the place. The squadron will execute
the movements of the British fleet on the occasion,
and the day will terminate by a sham naval fight.
We read in the ratrie :—" Several lrench jour-
nals, on the authority
principally of recitals in some
English papers, rave entered into long details on the
subject of the agitation caused at Guadeloupe by the
Charles
arrival in that colony of M. Dain, who had
been appointed judge of the Court of Appeal of
Basse-Terre, and they have raised on this subject a
question in which we shall not follow them. The
present Government derives a great deal of its
strength from the spirit of conciliation which
attracts towards it all parties., and all repentant
persons to confound them in ore ides, that of
France regenerated by Louis Napoleon. It is
in virtue of this principle that the nomination of M.
Charles Dein was made. The Government did not
occupy itself with his past political conduct, but only
satisfied itself that he had now completely rallied to
its policy, and tbat he bad never been guilty of the
acts which had been calumniously imputed to him.
Besides, if the colonists bad just objections against
that nomination, instead of having recourse to
demonstrations of the kind mentioned, they
should have submitted to the act which emanated
from the authority of the President, shown
calmness and moderation, have received M.
Dein, and afterwards have exposed is a serious
and becoming manner their reproaches and their
complaints. The Government, in its impartiality,
would have examined and judged. We think, more-
over, we are justified in saying that M. Dain is
prepared to prove in the most formal manner that the
facts alleged against him are calumnious. In pre-
sence of the public disavowals which will be given,
order, which has been perfectly re-established at
Guadeloupe, will not be again disturbed, and the
colonists will understand the,. the Government of
Louis Napoleon wiry obeys sentiments of conciliation
which call alone give satisfaction to all the interests
which it is its duty to protect."