The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-15 00:00:00

who may be faithful allies and profitable customers,
in place of their enmity and dislike.
Isolated exertions, however energetic and zealous,
generally prove unavailing, or if they should ulti-
mately succeed, it is after very serious losses and a
great waste of valuable opportunities that might
have led on to fortune. The fable of " The Bundle
of Sticks" conveyed a sound moral lesson that
cannot be too forcibly impressed on the minds of
intending emigrants. They more especially will
find that " union is strength ;" that their labour to
be profitable must be duly organized and well appor-
tioned—that they must have a proper division of the
different trades and handicrafts, so that the wants of
the new community may be fully provided for, and
that there may be no excess of any particular species
of labour, which may thus remain comparatively
useless and unproductive, and perhaps lead to that
unhealthy competition, the effects of which have
proved so injurious in this country.
We rejoice to find that a society has been formed,
even at the eleventh hour, from whose judicious
arrangements the desideratum will be supplied, and
the intending emigrant will receive that advice and
instruction that was so greatly required. In our first
column will be found the prospectus of the " United
States and Canadian Emigration Society," which
briefly but forcibly details the difficulties
and impediments that have heretofore ob•
structed the efforts of the emigrants, and
the advantages to be derived from the co-operation of
a society consisting of gentlemen of great experience)
sound practical knowledge, and unquestionable cha-
racter. The information obtained from such a source
may be implicitly relied on—a guarantee will be
afforded that never before existed. The expenses
not merely of the voyage, but of their sojourn and
progress up the country, may be calculated with
the utmost nicety, so that the parties may know
almost to a fraction the amount that will remain at
their disposal when their industry will become
fully available, and the extent of land that they
may hope to procure therewith, and bring
into proper cultivation. As stated in the prospectus
(which is indeed well worthy a calm and attentive
perusal), the society has been formed " for the purpose
of affording increased facilities to those intending to
emigrate, towards gaining for them a location there
with the aid of the smallest expenditure in
acquiring it." In order to do so the
society has already formed an extended connexion
in the United States and in Canada; and it has "at
its disposal lands more or less extensive in every state
of the Union, and respecting which every
authentic information has been obtained and
can be furnished to the emigrant before-
hand." Everything relating to the quality
of the land, its contiguity to the markets, the cost
of labour, the value of produce, the facilities of
transport, the climate and healthiness of the district,
may be fully investigated before embarkation, and,
above all, the security of the titles may be
guaranteed. There can be no danger of the parties
being stripped of their property by the knavery or chi-
canery of others. These are advantages not to be
underrated or despised. The society undertakes "not
to speculate in lands by purchase or resale on
their own account." Their clients will derive
all the benefits of their experience. They
agree beforehand "to sell at cost price, adding
merely thereto a commission, graduated propor-
tionally to the number of acres in each
farm or location, founded on the cost and
expenses attending his transport to the spot."
The chief profit, after payment of the expenses
in the manner stated, will be derived from reserved
lots not exceeding one-fourth of the entire quantity
in any one block, which will be disposed of afterwards
at their real market value without reference to the cost
price. The association will also undertake to supply
labour where it may be required. Under such
circumstances it would, indeed, be strange
if their agency was not extensively sought
for, and if all about to seek their fortunes in
the New World did not avail themselves of benefits
such as never before were offered by any association
or body whatever.

THE FRENCH REP ÜBL IC .

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The correspondent of the National at Constanti-
nople has written a letter, dated 25th ult., which
appears in the National of yesterday, in which it is
said that General BEM has been defeated in Transyl-
vania by the combined forces of the Austrians and the
Russians, that the Russians claim the whole honour
of the victory, boasting that but for their assistance
the Austrians would have been defeated, and that they
have sent to Russia for reinforcements. War between
Russia and Turkey appears to be inevitable, and the
presence of a few English and French ships in the
Dardanelles could not but produce a great effect, says
the correspondent of the National, in giving confidence
to the Porte.

In the same journal we find the following confir-
mation of the rumour of the recommencement of hos-
tilities between the Piedmontese and the Austrians.
The National says,—
" We learn from a source which inspires us with full
confidence that hostilities were to have recommenced
this day (the 13th) between Charles Albert and the Aus-
trian army."
We find the following announcement in the same
journal :
" We are assured that the British Government has
formally declared that it would not intervene in any
manner in favour of the Pope. This determination is
grounded on two motives-Ist, That the Pope has not
asked the intervention of England; 2dly, That the latter,
only knowing the Pope as a temporal Sovereign, cannot
depart from its rule of conduct, which is, that of non-
intervention between people and their Sovereigns."
The Patrie says,—
" We learn that King Charles Albert has sent to Rome
a Plenipotentiary to negotiate with the Iloman Republic.
It is M. Laurent Valerio editor of the Concordia, one
of the journals which have most contributed to therevo
lutionary movement, who i charged with that mission."
The Committee of Finance and Marine having
demanded a diminution of 40,000,000 E. in the budget
of Marine, the Minister of the latter department has
been obliged to make the following reductions :
Captains of ships of the line, from 110 to 100 ; Cap-
tains of frigates, from 230 to 210; Lieutenants, from
650 to 600. The marine artillery, already reduced by
947 privates, is to be further reduced by 500 artillery-
men ; the marines, from 15,900 to 11,000 ; and the
seamen, from 29,300 to 26,000.
LUCIEN MURAT has been elected Colonel of the
4th Legion of the National Guards of the Banlieue.
His competitor was General ASTORGA, Legitimist.
General CIIANGARNIER has issued an order, prohi-
biting artillerymen on guard from talking with
the members of the National Guard Artillery.
The trials at Bourges still continue. At the com-
mencement of the proceedings on Tuesday RASPAIL
handed in a written protest against the discrepancies
of the report published by the Moniteur, of the sitting
of the National Assembly on the 15th of May, and
the insertion of expressions about the pillage of Paris,
which it was proved by several witnesses had not
been uttered. He demanded that the author of the
calumny should be punished.
The Court retired to deliberate on the incidents,
and in a few minutes gave its decision—that as the
words said to have been uttered had not been attri-
buted to RASPAIL or any of the prisoners, it was
irrelevant to the affair. The conclusions of RASPAIL,
were therefore rejected.
The Court then proceeded with the examination of
the witnesses for the prosecution.
The Committee of Provincial Journalists, esta-
blished at Angouleme, have announced their inten-
tion of supporting pure Bonapartist candidates at the
approaching election.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
yesterday at 541. 85c.; the Five per Cents. at 861. 35c.;
the New Loan at 85f. 95c.; Orleans Railroad Shares,
at 867 f. 50c.; Rouen, 540 f.; Havre, 312 f. 50c.; Great
Northern, 466 f. 25c.; Avignon, 237 f. 50c.; Vierzon,
370 f.; Basle, 112 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4171. 50c.; Paris
and Strasburg, 373 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 336 f. 25c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAR= 14.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 12%—Namur and Liege, B%—Northern of
France, 111/4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen,
2114 Paris and Strasbourg, 4%—Rouen and Havre, 121/4
Sambre and Meuse, 4%—Tours and Nantes, 2141

Mr. W. Downing, of the Hon. East India Com-
pany's Botanical Office,
has had the honour of present-
ing to her Majesty one ram and three ewes of the pure
Thibetian breed, brought over by the Dalhousie from
Calcutta, being the gift of the Hon. East India Com-
pany.
EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—The booksellers and
stationers of Edinburgh, following the example of va-
rious other trades, are at present making efforts to get
their places of business closed every evening at seven
o'clock, instead of eight or nine, which are now the
usual hours. There is, perhaps, no kind of business in
which late hours are less necessary than in book-elling,
and we have no doubt that tbo present movement will
prove as successful as it deserves. The booksellers
were among the first, if they are not still the only, trade,
that adopted the system of early closing on Saturday
afternoons, and we are only surprised That they have
not before this time extended the principle to the other
days. of the week.—Scotsman. -- •