The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-06 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday,
The Censtitutionnel has the following announce
raent :—" The Governments of England and France
have agreed to approve of the conduct followed at
Constantinople by the Ambassadors of the two coun-
tries. We are assured that they have sent a collec-
tive note to St. Petersburgh, and that they have ad-
journed their answer to the questions put by the
Ambassadors, in the event, which is fortunately not
at all probable, of a violent rupture between Turkey
and Russia, until after the answer which the Russian
Government will make to the representations which
have been addressed to it in favour of the indepen-
dence of the Ottoman Porte."
The following paragraph, which appears in the
Presse, confirms this announcement :
Yesterday evening M. de Tocqueville received
through Lord Normanby a communication of the inten-
tions of the English Government, and M. do Toeque-
vine replied that the French Cabinet would follow the
same course as that of London. Before sending defini-
tive instructions to Sir Stratford Canning, the Cabinet
of London wished to act directly on that of St. Peters-
burgh. A note, conceived in energetic terms, has been
sent by Lord Palmerston to M. de Nesselrode. A simi-
lar note has been sent by M. de Tocqueville. It is pro-
bable that the affair will end in the exchange of these
notes. By letters from Constantinople of the lath, Rus-
sia has already greatly lowered her pretensions. We
do not think that much importance should be attached
to the paragraph in the Marseilles Courier."
The paragraph from the Marseilles Courier, to
which the Presse alludes, says news from Alexandria
had been brought by the Medina. The Merlin had
been sent from Malta to Corfu to Admiral Sir WIL-
LIAM PARKER, with very important dispatches on the
affairs of Constantinople. The whole of the English
fleet is to proceed to the Dardanelles.
The Turkish Ambassador in Paris had an inter-
view with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs en
Thursday, and which lasted for two hours.
It is said that the Legitimatist portion of the
Cabinet will immediately retire, and that M. DE
FALLoux will be succeeded by M. PISCATORY, and
General RULLIERE by General BEDEAU. The
PRESIDENT has at length become aware of the object
of the intrigues of the Legitimatists, whole only aim
is to bring about a restoration of the elder branch of
the House of Bourbon by Russian bayonets.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday morning,
which was attended by the Minister of the United
States, who presented a note on the subject of the
conduct of M. PoussiN, which was couched in very
strong terms. The Moniteur publishes an official an-
nouncement of the appointment of M. Bois LE COMTE
as Ambassador to the United States, and of LucIEN
MURAT as Minister at Turin, to succeed M. BOIS LE
COMTE.
The Presse, alluding to the differences which have
arisen between the French Minister at Washington
and the American Government, says—" Some expla-
nations of the affair are necessary. The French Go-
vernment demanded an indemnity for the losses caused
to French subjects by the war in Mexico. This de-
mand having met with some difficulties at
Washington, the French Government charged our
Minister, M. GUILLAUME TELL POUSSIN, to an-
nounce to the American Government that the indem-
nities claimed would be kept back out of the an-
nuities not yet due of the 25 millions of francs, for
which we were the debtors of the United States. It
appears that the letter written on the subject by M.
Poussier was couched in rather unsuitable language,
of which the French Government, while maintaining
the claim, has expressed its disapproval."
The Evenement says
We are assured that interpellations are to be ad-
dressed in the National Assembly to the Ministry on
the subject of the suspensian of the piece entitled
Rome, at the Porte St. Martin Theatre. If we are well
informed, M. Dufaure intends to reserve the question of
the liberty of the theatres, and to stand upon the ques-
tion of municipal police and public security."
The history of this drama is remarkable. The
Provisional Government of February abolished the
Dramatic Censorship which has never been restored.
During the whole time the Provisional Government
was in power, its members were the subjects of con-
stant attacks by the vaudevillists and farce writers.
General CAVAIGNAC and his Ministry were also
unmercifully ridiculed during the whole time they
were in power, and after the advancement to office
of the present Ministry, M, 13ROUDIION was produced