The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 23, 1849.

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having dune so, but that an inquiry ought at once to
be instituted for the purpose of clearing up the ques-
tion. It declares that the publication of the letter is
a gross abuse of confidence, and it goes so far as to
insinuate that the object of the person publishing it
was to aid the restoration of the Bourbons, by throw-
ing discredit on two members of the Bonaparte
family.
The Presse might have gone further and have de-
clared that the inventor of the calumny was the pub-
lisher of the letter. The whole was a guet a pens
laid for the PRESIDENT by the Jesuit supporters of
Legitimatist reactionaries, into which he has unwit-
tingly fallen.
M. FRAPOLLI, the Envoy Extraordinary of the
Roman Republic to the PRESIDENT of the French
Republic, has presented a protest to the Govern-
ment against the expedition to Civita Vecchia.
He declares that the Government which he repre-
sents was willing to accept the mediation of France
bete een it and the PorE, and that its anxiety to
do so was made known to the French Government,
in a note addressed to it by his predecessor, as well
as verbally by himself, in an interview which he had
with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday
last. He states that the only answer which he got
wa., " that France could not negotiate with what
did not exist; that Rome, as far as France was con-
cerned, was the POPE ; that France interposed, in
order to prevent too violent a reaction, and in order
that the principle of secularization might be applied as
largely as possible in the Administration of the State."
After such an answer M. FRAPOLLI declares that,
" as the Envoy of a Government and of a people
which has thus been condemned to death, it only
remains for him to protest against the eventual vio-
lation, without any previous notice, of the territory
of the Republic which it is his mission to represent."
The Bill regulating the press was:passed on Satur-
day by a majority of 550 to 72.
" Letters from Marseilles of the 17th state that tha
first division of the expeditionary army was embarked
on that day. It is added that much enthusiasm was
manifested by the men; and that when on board they
gave three cheers for the Republic with cries of 'Vivant
les Tuscans !' Vivent les Domains !" A bas les Au-
trichniers!' "

The Toulonnais of the 16th has the following:—
"On Sunday the superior military authority received
by telegraph an order to embark immediately, in the
ships composing the expedition which are in our road-
stead, the battery of eight which is here, the train, a
great quantity of engineers'tools, the field hospital, and
a large store of projectiles. The ships have sent gangs on
shore to help in the preparations. The troops stationed
in the Var, that is to say, the first battalion of foot-
chasseurs and the war battalions of the 20th of the lice
and 22d light infantry, have at the same time received
orders to hold themselves ready to embark on the first
signal. A number of steamers have started for Mar-
seilles to take in troops. The frigate Iphigenie, which
was ready to start for Brest, has received counter-orders,
and now forms a part of the expedition, as well as the
lighter Provengale. These naval forces are placed under
the command of Admiral Trehouart."
General DE LAMORICIERE has published the fol-

lowing address to the electors of the Sarthe :--
" Citizens,—Several of the committees formed in the
department of the Sarthe have offered me their co-ope-
ration at the approaching elections. Some wish ice
to adhere to the programme 'which they have
drawn up ; the other, less exacting, only demand
from me a promise to defend, in case of attack,
those grand principles on which all society rests—re-
ligion, family ties, and property.
Whet! a an can be
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judged by his acts, what need s there to inquire into his
opinions? When facts speak, words ought to be un-
necessary. But events and acts may be troubled; they
have, perhaps, been misrepresented and travestied; in
consequence, I will explain myself clearly on the ques-
tions addressed to me. To such persons as want a pro-
fession of political faith, I reply, that I look on universal
suffrage as the only source from which can hencefor-
ward issue a legal and regular government. It would
be, in my opinion, a political crime not to recognise the
vt ill of the majority of citizens, regularly expressed in
the electoral colleges, Ii was with the idea that I was
performing a grave and serious act
that I voted the con-
stitution of 1848. It is by executing it frankly and sin-
cerely that hopes can be entertained of. putting an end to
revolutions. Such is my way of thinking relative to the
constitution, because in opening a regular path to all the
ameliorations which will be considered necessary, it allows
all
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to tmo e tth field
oe
satisfy,edl o freeno discus-
sion. only is c us-
the
necessities of the present, but to contain also the germ
of possible progress for the future. To those persons
who call on me to assure them of my co-operation for
the defence of social order, I have only to say that when
it was seriously menaced and violently attacked, I was
was in the first rank to defend it. If, which may God
forbid! similar evils were again to afflict our country, I
would do again what I have already done ; my flag, for
no one fights without some flag, would be that uuder
which I combatted anarchy—that of the Republic, such
as the National Assembly has desired it, such as it has
been made by the constitution. A year ago you com-
mitted to me your mandate as representative. I con-
sider that I have fulfilled it usefully and faithfully; you
must, however judge the matter; I have nothing to disavow
in the past—it points out to you the line which I will
follow in the future. I accept for the department of the
Sarthe the candidateship which has been offered me,
and I will not accept any other, for I am, above all,
anxious to again receive the marks of confidence which
you twice conferred on me.
" General DE LAMORICIERE.”
It was observed that at the PRESIDENT'S ball given
on Saturday night the number of Legitimatists present
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was not so great as on former occasions. The PEE..
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SIDENT opened the ball with the Marchioness of
LONDONDERRY. The Marquis and Marchioness of
AYLESBURY, Lord and Lady HOLLAND, and several
other English persons of rank were present.
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The French Five per Cents. were done somewba
lower yesterday, in the Passage de l'OpAra. After
going down to 87f. 60c., they closed at 87f. 85c.
13USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. APRIL 21.
Boulogne and Amiens, B%—East Indian, 3%—Great
Indian Peninsula, 45'8—Northern of France, ll —Orleans
and Bourdeaux, 3%—Rouen and Havre, 11%.