The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

that you have incurred a responsibility towards your
clients, who might one day call you to account for such
an abandonment, for our friend Michel eloquently ex.
pressed our ideas and our feelings when he exclaimed
'I will not abandon an inch of the ground on which I
have placed myself; I am there, and there I will re-
main, and my friends wish that I should do so, for'
they like better to save the rights of the people
than to save themselves, they who are the de-
fenders of the people.' It is not true that you have in-
curred any responsibility whatever towards society; for
the safety of society lies in protestation, resistance, and
insurrection against perjured and oppressive govern-
ments. Yon, therefore, accomplished a great act by
retiring, and good citizens will not forget it. As to us,
our gratitude is secured to you, here, everywhere, and
for ever. Health and fraternity.
" Signed by all the condemned prisoners."
The following letter has been addressed to the
Artillerymen of the ex-Legion of Artillery of the
Seine :

"Prison of Versailles, Nov. 14.
" Dear Comrades,—ln 1830 as in 1848, the legion of
Artillery has never failed in the defence of the immortal
principles of our great revolution. Four of your comrades
hsve just fallen iu this sacred struggle, struck by the
hard
of our old enemies. They restore to you intact and unsullied
the standard which you confided to them. May it serve as a
rallying point for you all, artillerymen whose hands we
have fraternally shaken, and for those who, like you, are
ready to die to save the Republic and procure the
triumph of the great principles of fraternity, the wily
safety for our society which is so deeply disturbed.
Comrades, we have accomplished to tho end all our
duties as citizens. In the days of power we protec.ed
our fallen enemies ; and on the 13th of June
last, when their sanguinary and guilty fury blindly
impelled them to civil war, we understood their sinister
proy cts and say.id Paris from another dreadful day.
Artillerymen of 1830, you were the first to proclaim
the Republic; artiller,,men of 1848, you contributed
:o found and wished it to cover with her generous
hand all its children of the country. You demanded
peace for all; your eff,rts have been vain before the
sullied remnants of our bad regimes, who only wish
tor war. Let the consciences of the public be our
judge. Adieu, dear comrades; from the dungeons into
which we are to be thrown we will follow and bless t.h
your efTorts. Religiously respest the traditions of our
deer legion, and never torget that its motto is 7out
pour le bleu de la patrie r Cordial and fraternal salutation.
(Signed)
"A. GUINABD, eX•Colonel of the Legion ; A. FRA-
BoULET DE CHALANDAR, Captain CoMManduLt;
MONTBET, ex-Captain, act:rg as MsjQr ; C.
SCHMITZ, Captain."

AUSTRIA•
Letters from Vienna of the 11th instant state that
great excitement had been caukied in that city by the
announcement of the arrival of the British fleet in the
Dardanelles. The Russian General=, L viers and
Duhamel, had been recalled from the Danubian pro-
vinces. Lord l'onsonby-, the British Ambassador,
was, it is said, about to leave Vienna for England.

SWITZERLAIND.
Letters from Berne, of the 12th inst., state that a
bond, executed and signed by Louis XIX. for
180,812 Swiss livres, cash lent to the French King by
he canton of Fribourg, has been lately di,eovert.i,
And that it is the determination of the Swiss Conte
deration to apply for the amount to the French
Government.

ITALY.
The Riforma of Lucca, of the Bth, has the follow
ing from Parma
Madam Teresa Zavaroni Ferrari, of Reggio, bat
come to Parma with her husband, on private bud
ness. Tq3 lady is very pretty ; and as sbe word s
white beaver bonnet with a red ribband, several pc r
sons followed her, upon which she was arrested by
the police. An officer of the Carabineers condemned
her to receive twenty-five strokes with a cane. Madam
F.rrari appealed to Colonel Meli, who is a townsman of
hers, and pleaded that at Baggio such hats were per
mitten, and that they had no political signification. N ot-
withstanding this, the gallant Colonel snowed an intet:-
don of enforcing the sentence; but she screamed and
struggled so, that the was at last released, with an in
junction to leave the town instantly. The obnoxi,,us
bonnet was confiscated; the crowd cheered her loudly at
her departure."
We find the following in the Ordre :—" A private
letter from Rome gives a piece of news which is very
serious, and which we publish with all reserve. The
Pope, on hearing of the recal of M. de Corcelles, and of
his having been recalled by a general combining the
titles of Minister Plenipotentiary and General-in Chief,
has indefinitely postponed his return to his states. It,
is known that his Holiness had previously made ar-
rangements for his speedy return to Rome. The
letter, which gives this news without any comment,
comes from a very influential person. We will add
that certain reports relative to the recent decision of
the Pope, and which are in accordance with the re-
marks of the correspondent, were yesterday in cir-
culation at the Asembly."
The Constituzionale of Florence states from Naples,
28th ult., that M. Baracco, one of the richest men of
Naples, has been arrested. MM. Leopardi, Pica, Bir-
barici,
Spaventa, and others, have been shut up in Sant
Elmo. Students have been forbid to come to Nap!es;
their studies are henceforward to be continued in the
provincial lyceums. M. Arnante, a learned mathe-
matician, and M. Sacchi, a geologist, are struck out
of the list of members of the Royal Academy of
Sciences.
The Riforma of Lucca, of the 9th, states that the
King of Naples has offered M. de Fallout a rtsi
dence in one of his palaces during his convalescence.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 12th instant pub-
lishes two royal decrees, the one replacing the army
on the footing on which it stood previous to the decree
of the 12th of October last, and the other re-organizing
the corps of riflemen, or Bersaglieri.
The Opinione has the following :
" In the'sitting of the Senate on Thursday, General
Franzini said that this was not the moment to disarm,
when Austria maintained fifteen armies on the war foot-
ing. We applaud the judicious sentiments of the old
General, and add: Lose no time in arming. Re-org4niz9.
the army, and particularly the infantry. Fortify Alex-
andria; be watchful; the storm approaches. Ei glaud
and Russia are on the eve of a rupture. We cannot re-
main neutral. If we join Austria our destruction is
certain. If wo side with France we shall have a doubt-
ful ally. We have to choose between England and Russia.
The first promises most and can do more for us.
The information we have received demonstrates the
possibility of a proximate war. The corps stationed at
Bergamo, which commands the road to Lecco, that to
Tone' e, and the city of Brescia, is to be reinforced. A no-
tification announces that the operation of the recruitment
is to be advanced. Whilst Au-aria is preparing for every
contingency, France is in the position of a woman about
to be eJnfined. Shall it be a republic or an empire? At
pres-nt it is neither one nor the other, but it carries in
Its womb the germ of either. Our foreign policy is
subordimte to the events of the interior. We invite
Piedmonte e Ministry to re-organize as speedily as pos-
sible the army, the administration, and the finances."
The Piedmontese Gazette announces that the Par-
liament was prorogued to the 10:h cf Thcember.

Hamiltc:ll sat Brighton. Lord John Hay, Captain
'Milne, and Mr. Parker, are the only members of the
Board at the Admiralty.
SMOKE CONSUMING APPARATUS.—The Admiralty
have ordered the furnaces of the rope machinery at
Devonport to be constructed with bricks, with the
view of consuming all the smoke arising from the
fires. Mr. Hall, the projector, has been desired by
the Admiralty to superintend the fitting of his
recently-patented improvement to these furnaces.
GRUZNEE PRIZE MONEY.—The rolls of the un-
claimed shares of the 4th Light Dragoons, 2d, Queen's
Royal Regiment, and 17th Foot and general Staff,
have now been received from India, end the payment
to the several claimants will be made in the course of
next month.
CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS.----An examination
of candidates for Military Commissions took place at
Sandhurst College on Tuesday last. There were
between forty and fifty young gentlemen examined,
some of whom acquitted themselves tA ith great dis-
tinction and will be immediately nominated to com-
missions.
We are requested to state that there is not the
slightest ground for the report that Lieutenant-
Colonel Crombie, Coldstream Guards, is about to
exchange into the 3.1 Foot.
PORTSMOUTH STAFF.—Major Parvey, on the Un-
attached Half Pay, has been re-appointed Aide-de-
Camp to Major-General Lord Frederick Fitz-
Ciartnce, G.C.11 , Commanding the South-West
District.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.—The Barrackmaster of
Cahir, Clogheen, and Newton, has obtained one
month's leave of absence. Mr. Thomas Freeman, a
Clerk of Works of the Royal Engineer Department,
will conduct the duties. Lieutenant Rutherford,
Barack master of Kinsale and Charles Fort, has ob
tamed three months' sick leave of absence on the re-
commendation of a Medical Board, to proceed to
Scotland.