The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-26 00:00:00

fourtt MlTitton

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

FRANCE.

It is positively asserted in well-informed circles
to-day that the French Government has notified to
that of Austria that the occupation of Alessandria by
the Austrians will be considered as a cusus belli, and
that, in such an event, a French army will forthwith
enter Piedmont.

The Committee charged to examine the accounts
of the Provisional Government has concluded its
labours. According to the D4bats, the report
presented by M. Ducos caused lung and sharp
debates, the majority of the Committee having
objected to it, whilst the minority, and M. Ducos
himself, would not consent to any modification;
eventually the majority of the Committee ceded,
and the report was agreed to. "We are assured,"
says the Debats, "that among the credits of which
the Committee does not approve is that of 123,000 f.
granted by M. Ledru-Rollin to M. Longepied, pre-
sident of the Club des Clubs, to send emissaries into
the departments and among the soldiers to influence
the elections ; the Committee also disapproves of the
sum of 13,000 f., given to M. Oliver, commissary-
general in the department of the Bouches-du Rhone,
and the sum of 6,000 f. to M. Joly, who exercised
similar functions at Toulouse."

The Committee charged to examine the Bill rela-
tive to the double command of General Changarnier
yesterday nominated M. Grevy its reporter. By a
majority of 7 to 6 the Committee has resolved to
propose to the Assembly to reject the measure, and
to require the Ministry to execute within eight-and-
forty hours the law on the National Guard.
M. Thiers has left Paris to pass some days at Lille,
partly on account of ill health, partly to settle some
family affairs.
The Siecle publishes the following letter, which
has been addressed by M. Dufaure to M. Lefebvre,
avocat at the Court of Cassation, who is recommended
to the suffrage of the electors of the Loir et. Cher :
'• Paris, 14th of April.
_ _

" The election of the 13th of Dlay will be a solemn
trial for our country; according to the composition of
the next Assembly, the Republican Government will
be definitively established for us, or it will
be distinguished in the convulsions of a fresh
revolution. It is the determination of my friends and
myself to oppose with all our efforts this ❑ew revolution,
under whatever standard it may present itself ; we are
convinced that the republican form of government, well
understood and well carried out, is perfectly compatible
with all the great social necessities, and with the impe-
rishable rights of every citizen. We shall be happy to
b© assisted in the task which we have undertaken the
last year, by men active, intelligent, younger than our-
selves, and who may continue the work, if it is to have
an existence in the future. It is for that reason that I
hear with a lively interest of your candidateship at the
approaching elections in the department of the Loir-et-
Cher, and I offer you my sincere wishes that the votes of
your fellow-citizens may procure you a seat in the Na-
tional Assembly."
The Siecle, in giving this letter, remarks that it is a
document fraught with political instruction of high
authority, and recommends it to the attention both of
its friends and of its adversaries.

An electoral meeting, known as the " Union Demo-
cratique de h Seine," having called on M. de Lamar-
tine to allow himself to be put forward as a candidate,
thst gentleman has written a letter, in- which, after
thanking the Committee, he says :
"I do not present myself. I believe that political men
who are slighted, and who support the weight of a recent
responsibility in one of the crises of their country, should
accept without calling fur the judgment, just or unjust, of
their fellow-citizens. If I am called again, I will answer
to the call; if I am forgotten or thrown aside, I shall con-
gratulate myself on laying down for a time the burden
of the representation. I leave all to the spontaneous
will of the electors. Perhaps new men would be at this
moment more useful to the li' public than men who, if
not used up, are at least compromised in the Rut.
Patience is a patriotic virtue, and your justice makes it
easy to me."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS E VENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his sent on the Wool
sack at Five o'clock.

The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from
Glasgow complaining of the immigration of Irish
paupers.
NEW SOUTH WALES LAND BILL.

On the motion of Earl GREY, this Bill was read a
third time.

SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
PETITIONS.

The Earl of CARLISLE presented petitions against
trading in prostitution, and praying for the enactment
of some measure of regulating leer-houses.
Lord CAMPBELL preseut_d several petitions com-
plaining of the persecution to which the Rev. James
shore had been subjected.
LEASEHOLD TENURE (IRELAND) BILL.

The LORI) CHANCELLOR melted -the second
reading of this B:11. This Bill was intended
to remedy many evils which cxided with
regar f to leasehold tenure in Ireland, and it
won't' raise the value of landed property in
that country. In many cases leases were renewable for
ever on certain conditions, and therefore the real owner
had only a very small interest in the land. In this
country owners of land would not grant leases of land
for lives renewable for ever. This species of term e
led to a bad cultivation of the land, and inflicted
an injury upon the proprietors. The Noble and
Learned Lord then went into a lengthened detail
with regard to the various enactme its which had
at different times been passed on this subject, and de-
tailed at large the c vils which were the consequence Of
the existing state of the law. The object of this law
was to make the assignment of leases compulsory on
application of the owner of the land. This compu'sory
sale of lesva, renewable for ever to the owner of the
land, would obviate all the evils complained
of, and wou'd tend to the improvement of
cultivation, by dis3,.nraging subletting, kr the
great subletters were the owners of the leases renewable
for ever. The Noble and Learned Lord concluded by
moving that the Bill be read a seconl time.
Lord BEAUMONT complained that the machinery
of the Bill was nunecessarily complicated, and suggested
that such machinery should be simplified. The object
of the Bill was good, but the machinery by which it was
sought to carry it cut was bad.
Lt" .d MONTEAGLE said that the magnitude
of the interests involved in this Bill wt re
more extensive than any Noble Lord uncon-
nected with Ireland could imagine. These perpetual
leases extended over a greater portion of Ireland,
and the greater portka of the buildings in
the towns of Ireland had been erected upon the
faith of these leases. The subl et was so important
that he hoped his Noble and Learned Friend would
not press the measure forward, but would allow time for
consultation with the various parties residing in Ireland
whose interests wituld be affect,d by the Bill.
The Earl of WICKLOW thought the Bill was well
intended as to purpose, and was well calculated to carry
that purpose into effect.
(LEFT SFEAKING.)