The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-29 00:00:00

ME _EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND

GEEERAL PR1.211.

The Fpoca publishes the following letter from
the Emperor Napoleon to General Prim, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Spanish forces in Mexico :
Paris, Jan. 24, 1862.
My dear General,—Your dream of Vichy is realised ; the
Spanish and French troops are fighting side by side for the
same cause.

I have learned with pleasure your nomination to the com.
mand of the expeditionary army. I recommend to you
General Lorencez, whom I have appointed chief of my
small force. If there should be any fighting, you will find
him worthy to stand at your side. The views of your Go-
vernment being in accordance with my own, there will, I
trust, be no difference of opinion between the commanders-
in-chief. General Lorencez is to command all my troops.
Admiral Jurien de la Graviere remains charged with poli-
tical duties. I strongly desire, and I offer my earnest
praters, that the campaign which you are commencing may
produce the closest union between Spain and France, and I
doubt not that your presence at the head of the Spanish
troops will contribute to that result. I repeat, with plea-
sure, my sentiment of esteem and friendship.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.

ENGL4ND'S &ORAL SUPPORT OF

ITALY.

(From the Unita Ballow.)
The Pattie pretends to laugh at the words of
Lord Palmerston, Which seem to point to the danger
of a European war in the overbearing occupation
of Rome. It laughs but with a rire jaune (a yel-
low laugh), as the French say. In its ironical
vein it ridicules the moral support of England,
and contrasts with it the glorious positive support
of Magenta and Solferino. From this point of
view it seems to be right. But let us now look at
the reverse of the medal. The moral support of
England has enabled us to unite Tuscany and
Emilia to the Sardinian State. When Napoleon
wished to have a vicariate at Bologna, and a French
King of Etruria, England forbade Napoleon from
interfering against Garibaldi and Sicily. England
caused the removal of the French fleet from Gaeta ;
England was the first to acknowledge the Kingdom
of Italy; England has put her veto on the cession of
Sardinia. England will perhaps save us from Napo-
leonic intervention in Naples—an intervention that
the moderate party is preparing with the system
which perpetuates civil wars in the South of Italy.
Is not there, then, something in the moral support
of England? And for all this England asks of us
neither a penny nor a span of land. She requires
nothing from us but that we should make ourselves
masters inour own home. "Be strong! Let Italy be
for the Italians. Free yOurselves from overbearing
guardianships. Affirm your lights by your deeds,
and then to the moral support I shall add that of
my land and se% forces, because then we shall be
allies and equals." Thus speaks England to Italy.
Forsooth, Solferino and Magenta represent a more
positive support ! But what were the motives, the
nature, and the consequences of that support ? The
motive was Napoleon's ambition. The nature was
interested egotism. The moral consequences were
a depression of the Italian spirit, a voluntary servi-
tude, and two strangers instead of one in Italy.
The material consequences were the cession of
Savoy and ±'ice, the proclamation of Napoleonic
sway in Rome against Italian right. The support
of France turned out to be a mercenary service—a
service bargained for, still unfulfilled, though paid
for on the day in which the reward had been agreed
upon. Indeed we prefer the moral support of Eng-
-a manly, disinterested, productive support—we
prefer it by far to that positive support which re-
solves itself in a donation of Lombardy, not eman-
cipated, and in Savoy, Nice, and Rome, taken from
us by Napoleon. Such support is too dear.

SCOTTISH NATIONAL MEMORIAL.—At a meeting
of the central sub-committees, held in Edinburgh on Fri-
day, the Duke of Buccleuch sta'ed that he had received a
communication from Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Charles Grey,
intimating that, as far as the Queen has any voice in the
matter, or as depends upon her, the Scottish National Me-
morial should be erected in Edinburgh or its immediate
neighbourhood. The amount of contributions already inti-
mated to the committee was reported to be £5,910 16s. 31d.,
and it is anticipated that, as soon as the country meetings
on the 30th of April have taken place, the amount will be
greatly increased.

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A Dorking correspondent writes, under Friday's
date :—Dr. Bernard, the proscrit concerned in the Orsini
plot, having displayed an aberration of mind, was last night
lodged in the Dorking police station, and was this day taken
before H. T. Hope, Esq., and I A. Gordon, Esq., two jus-
tices of the Dorking divison, and by them consigned to
Wandsworth laneic asylum. Mr. Alsop (who has resided
here for some time), a French gentleman, and Mr. Detmoler
resident, to whose children the doctor has recently acted as
French tutor, applied, it appears, to have the doctor con-
signed to their care, but the request was not acceded to.
MONUMENT TO EDMUND BURKE.—There is talk
of erecting a statue to the memory of the great, noble, and
illustrious statesman and Irishman, Edmund Burka. We
hope that this is something more than mere talk—that
there is a real bona fide interest in carrying out such a de-
sign, which was once before attempted to be put in execu-
tion, but never realised. Why do not men like Lord
Churlemont, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Sir Bernard Burke,
and others of their position, take the leading parts in this
movement ? There is shortly to be presented to the Dublin
public a statue of Goldsmith—of the pure-minded, suffer-
ing, honest, learned Goldsmith—in enduring bronze. Let
the same be done for Burke. Leading and influential men
should guide the effort and ennoble the work, which ()thew
would be glad to aid, not for the purpose of glittering and
illusory display, but out of the profoundest reverence for
the name, memory, wisdom, and eloquence of a true born
Celt, who, by matchless honour and unequal genius, won
his way to a glorious and undying fame.—Sligo Champion.

CAUGHT IN A TRAP.—The quiet town of Manse
(Charente) was enlivened by a rather comic incident two
days ago, About eight in the morning an adventurous thief
slipped unperceived into the house of M. Barraud, a bailiff,
and got up to the garret. On entering a room he found a
quantity of linen hung to dry, and immediately packed up
what, best suited his purpose. He thought it would be as
well to put on one of the clean shirts, and was in the act of
doing so when Madame Barraud opened the door of the
room. On seeing the thief she started back, shut the door,
and locked it. Being thus taken in a trap, the fellow seized
the linen. and endeavoured to escape by the window. The
blinds of the window on the floor below happened to be par.
tially open. He set his foot on the top, and was preparing
to slip down between the blind and the window, when his
trousers caught in a hook, and he remained suspended.
The window happened to be that of the commissary of
police, who hearing the noise of his unexpected visitor,
jumped out of bed, and, to prevent him from escaping while
ho dressed himself, tied his legs fast to the blind. A crowd
of people soon collected to gaze at this strange sight, and
among them were some gendarmes, whom the commissary
ordered to take charge of the prisoner.

GREAT IMPORTATION OF SUGAR.--The impor-
tation of sugar into Greenock since the commencement of
this month has been by far the greatest known since its ex-
istence as a port. From the Ist up to the 22d instant,
forty-five vessels have entered cur harbours with cargoes
from British West Indies, Cuba, Manilla, Brazil, Mauritius,
Belgium, Holland and France, end of these the greater por-
tion arrived during the last fortnight, twenty-onestill being
in port. The larger proportion of vessels are British bet•
toms, and the others hail from Denmark, Norway, Brazil,
British North America, United States, Hanover, llolland,
and Bremen. The diverse models of the craft, and the
characteristic physique and costume of the crews, render a
stroll round the quays more than usually interesting at
present. The quantity of sugar landed in April may be
estimated in round numbers at 10,000 bags, 8,000 boxes,
cases, and baskets, upwards of 5,000 hogsheads, and 1,500
tierces and barrels. On a rough calculation, the weight is
about 20,000 tons, and the value 4450,000, exclusive of
duty. During the month, the payments of duties at the
Customhouse have averaged £20,00 per week, and on one
day they rose as high as £7,000, a most gratifying proof of
the increase and flourishing condition of our staple trade.--
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