The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

his importance as a citzen solely by the keenness
of his sword. But it was otherwise. BUGEAUD was
more than a warrior—he was a warrior who combined
with the noble qualities of heroism and of a genius for
military achievements, a singular fuculty for com-
mand, an extraordinary promptitude of action, and an
influence over the minds and hearts of the French
army, such as was altogether unsurpassed except
in the instance of NAPOLEON. Beyond this it would
not but have been felt the other day that Marshal
BUGEAUD—Le Pere Bugeaud, as he was affection-
ately called by his comrades in arms—evinced a dis-
position so strikingly conciliative as to promise
well for the adjustment of all differences even between
the most opposite factions. Our allusion has reference
of course to that occasion when the Legislative As-
sembly was appeased, in a moment of almost unpre-
cedented excitement, by the old soldier of Algeria
declaring from the tribune that he hoped during the
course of the session just commenced to find himself
frequently acting and voting in unison with M.
LEDRU ROLLIN, the Leader of the Mountain.
That incident of itself augured well for the
conciliatory influence which would doubtless
be exercised over the deliberations of the
Legislative Assembly by the presence of
Marshal BUGEAUD. Another incident, as honour-
able to the character of the deceased Captain, was
that of his reminding the soldiers of the army of the
Alps in his farewell address that, like them, he had
once carried the knapsack 1 As NELSON used to
sign his name, Nelson of the NiIe—BOGEAIID, with
pardonable pride, appended as his autograph to that
Farewell Address, Bugeaud D'lsly ! Now thr.t, like
LEAs, the old chief "sleeps soundly," the voice of envy
and contention will be hushed. Whatever may have
been his civic faults or political short-comings, France
will not forget that the Conqueror of Isly added one
more ray of glory to the honours which had already
' illustrated her military history. She will reflect that
Marshal BUGEAUD has inscribed his name among that
glorious catalogue of warriors amongst which had
been enumerated such men as NET, and MURAT, and
MASSLNA, and AUGEREAU, and MORTIER, and
DAVoUST, and MOREAU, and Hocur, and DESSAIX.
France will remember these things of BUGEAUD, and
will inscribe her homage in simple words upon his
monument.

In another portion of our columns will
be found tables giving the graduated increase i❑
the number of deaths by cholera among the Parisians ;
a number which has increased from 566 in one week
of March to no less than 539 in a single day in June.
Everything shows the necessity for sanitary precau-
tions.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

DEATH OF MARSHAL MIGEAUD.
FALL OF ROME.
We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and
yesterday.
Marshal BUGEAUD died at six o'clock yesterday
morning of cholera after great suffering. He was
attended in his last moments by the Archbishop of
PARIS. In the course of -Saturday morning he was
visited by the Minister at War and by . General
CELANGARNIER. The Marshal expressed to them a
wish to see the PRESIDENT of the Republic, who im-
mediately hastened to his bedside. The Marquis of
NORMANBY visited the dying Marshal in the course
of the afternoon.
It was said in the hall of the Assembly on Satur-
day that M. PASS; the Minister of Finance, had been
attacked by cholera, and was dangerously ill.
In the Legislative Assembly, on Saturday, a vio-
lent attack was made on the Government by the
Mountain for not having produced the dispatches
received from General OUDINOT. M. DUFAURE, in
the absence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
declared that they should be published in the after-
noon. An attempt was made by M. LAGRANGE to
have a night sitting, but the proposition was re-
jected by a large majority.
At a late hour on Saturday evening the Patrie
published the following official report of General
OUDINOT to the French Government :
"GENERAL OUDINOT TO THE MINISTER OF WAR
" Head-quarters, Villa Pamfili, June 4, 1849.
" Five A.M.
" Monsieur le Ministre—The diplomatic negotiations
opened by M. de Lesseps have, as you know, slackened
since the 17th May the active operations of the expedi-
tionary army of the Mediterranean. The engineers and
the artillery, aided by numerous infantry, have made
gabions and fascnes.
"A bridge erected in front of St. Paolo has enabled
Us to establish ourselves in the cathedral of that name,
which, by putting us in communication with the Albano
road, permits us to be there in advance of any foreign
troops. Our position there is the stronger from the fact
of the soldiers having constructed at the head of the
bride an outwork capable of receivin,c, _ a battalion.
" The incessant devotion of the officers, subalterns,
and soldiers of the marine has enabled us to supply suc-
cessively the magazines of provisions and the great park
of artillery, of which the last pieces arrived there on the
Ist of June.
Our troops had occupied the Monte Mario, or Sacred
Mount, which commands the Upper Tiber, the Vatican,
he Fort of St. Angelo, and the roads to Ancona and
Florence. The enemy, who had worked at it with ac-
tivity for several weeks, suddenly abandoned it, and
some hours afterwards the 13th Light Infantry and the
13th Infantry of the Line'occupied it without firing a
shot.
" On the 31st of May, M. de Lesseps had concluded a
convention with the Roman authorities, to which he
wished that I should put my signature. But military
honour, in accordance with my instructions, prevented
me from attaching my name to an act which was opposed
to cur entry into Rome. In a late dispatch I had the
honour of informing you, that on the Ist of June I in-
timated to the Triumvirate that the verbal truce agreed
to by M. de Lesseps should cease to have its course 24
hours after my notification.
" I gave immediate notice of the same thing to all the
advanced posts of the enemy. At the request of the
chancellor of our embassy, M. de Gerando, I consented
to defer the direct attack of the place till Monday, the
4th of June. That diplomatic agent was informed that
those of our countrymen who wished to quit Rume would
find at St. Paola a s•_cure asylum.
" Nevertheless, the more rigorous investment of the
place became immediately necessary, in order that we
might undertake the first operations in the formation of
the trenches. The general of division, Vailiant, com-
manding the engineers, could not seriously commence
his works as long as the enemy was able to disturb them
by the possession of the Villa Pamfili, the church of St.
Pancrazio, and the Villas Corsini and Valentini.
" In taking possession of one of these positions we
were forced to take successively the others. This was
done. Two columns, the one commanded by General
Molliere, and the other by General Levaellant (John),
received orders to commence the attack on the 3-1 of
June, at three o'clock A.M. The one took possession of
the Villa Matted, near the Villa Santucci, and the other
of the Villa St. Carlo.
" At this point of junction, General Regnauld de St.
Jean d'Angely was to take the command and centralise
the action. Generals Rosto!au and Guerrillers had orders
to concentrate themselves and support the movement.
" Although the Villa Pamfili was surrounded by a wall
four metres high and half a metre thick, although the
enemy had raised there in several places numerous bar-
ricade=, although it was defended by about 20,000 men,
it was carried with great rapidity. Upwards of 200 pri-
soners, of whom ten are officers, had been taken at five
in the morning; three colours and a caisson of 200,000
cartridges were also in our power.
" The church of San Paucrazio, adjoining the park c f
the Villa Pamfili, had soon to undergo the same fate; se
were established there by force at seven in the morning.
During that time two comp-ales were dislodging the
enemy from a vast edifice, situated at 300 metres from
the depot of the trenches, and about GOO metres from the
walls of the place.
" The occupation of the church of San Pancrazio led
necessarily to that of the Chateau Corsird—a rectan-
gular edifice, and built of cut stone of remarkable soli-
dity. The enemy had entrenched themselves there in
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been for some few days at Monte Mario, had received
orders to take possession aPontemolie, one arch of
pontemoile,.
which had been destroyed, and n hich every one believed
to be mined.
" This idea determined the general to make 20 volun-
teers of his army swim across the river, their muskets
and part of their clothing being sent across by a raft
constructed on purpose. This operatisas was not attended ,
with the success that was expected from it.