The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-12 00:00:00

" DISPATCH No. I.

" Head-quarters, Palo, May 4.
" Monsieur le Ministre,—As I have before had the
honour of informing you, I commenced my march on
Rome on the 28th ult. Two powerful motives decided
me to take this step. The first is that Civita Vecchia is
a point without any room for the events which might
arise, and that although our troops had there received
the best welcome, we could not remain shut up within
the walls of that place, when it was important for us to
be on the scene of events; the second is, that, according
to the information which I had obtained, we should be
received at Rome without any resistance.
" Things, however, have turned out differently ; on
arriving on the 30th at Rome, we were there received
with grape shot. I then thought that, in the abscence of
the necessary materiel, I ought not to expose our soldiers
against enemies who were entrenched behind walls. At
this moment the 3d brigade is landing at, Civita Vecchia;
when it shall have joined me the anarchists, who spread
terror in Rome, shall be severely chastised.—(Marks of
adhesion on the Right.)
" I have nothing to reproach our soldiers with but an
excess of bravery; but I could not leave them exposed
to enemies protected behind barricades.
" Signor Ventini, who had been appointed Governor
of Rome by the Pope, has arrived with a letter from his
Holiness. I have explained to him how essential it
was, in the interest even of the Pope, that I should
have full liberty of action; that was the more necessary,
as great illusion exists at Gaeta as to the feelings of the
people.—(Movement.) I do not pretend to say that
there are sympathies felt for the despotic Government,
which, under the red flag, is excited in Italy by a
faction composed of anarchists of every country ; but
neither is there a complete sympathy felt for the old
Government.
" Pins IX. is beloved, but a clerical government is re-
garded with doubt. The Neapolitan troops have entered
the Roman States ; the Austrians are still at Massa;
Ancona has been placed in a state of siege by the trium-
virs. Yesterday Father Ventura, alarmed at the state
of Rome, quitted the city, and visited me when passing
through Palo. He told rae, on the part of the triumvirs,
that the events of the 28th should only be considered as
a misunderstanding; that there would be still the means
of reconciling parties if I published a new declaration, in
which I should repeat that my Government had no in-
tention of imposing a government upon Rome.--(Agita-
tion.) I replied that the idea of my Government had
been formally expressed in my first declaration, and that
that idea was perfectly liberal; that after what had
taken place I had a right to act with severity—(Loud
clamours on the Left)—but that, nevertheless, I was still
ready to place myself as an intermediary between
anarchy and despotism; I added, that in acting thus,
it was for the true interest of the Roman people."
A private letter, annexed to the above official docu-
ment, contains the following passage :
" The state of affairs is complicated; but I hope that
it will be cleared up under the protection of the French
flag, for it is a struggle between barbarism and civiliza-
tion."—(Laughter on the Left.)
After the presentation of the dispatches the dis-
cussion was adjourned to the following day.
The National more than insinuates, and as a proof
of its charge, it quotes from the Bourse reports Gf the
Journal des Debate, that the telegraphic dispatches
of General OUDINOT, although kept secret from the
public for three days, were communicated to certain
friends of the ruling powers, who were, in conse-
quence, enabled to turn their exclusive knowledge to
good account on the Stock Exchange.
General CHANGARNIER has placed the letter of the
PRESIDENT of the Republic to General OUDINOT on
the orders of the day of every regiment in the army,
although M. ODILON BARROT declared in the Assem-
bly that it was not official.
The Government are still doing everything in their
power to excite an insurrection, in order to have an
excuse for enabling General CHANGARNIER to over-
awe the electors in the exercise of their franchise on
Sunday. But it is a dangerous game to play, as the
troops themselves, who are perfectly aware of the
Ministerial tactics, would probably fraternise with the
people, and CHANGARNIER might, Actaeon-like, be
devoured by his own hounds. As it is there are con-
stant outbreaks of the military. At Noisy le Sec
there was a military entente a few days since, which
was with great difficulty suppressed.
There is no further intelligence from General
OUDINOT, and the report of his entry into Rome still
needs confirmation. _ _ _

The Bank returns for the last week give the fol-
lowing results :—The influx of specie goes on, there
being five million francs more in town and branches
than last week. There is a diminution on the score
of protested bills, and the discount account shows an
increase in the portfolio of nearly a million, but it
may be presumed that a portion of this increase has
been caused by renewed bills. The figure is still
very low, being only forty-eight million francs.
The increase in Paris is more than counterbalanced
by a decrease of more than two millions under the
discount head in the provinces. The notes out are
five millions less in Paris, but a million more in the
provinces. There is no variation in the credit to the
Treasury. The private lodgment account has in-
creased a million and a half.

The celebrated Madame RECAMIER died yesterday
morning of cholera.
M. Napoleon Bonaparte has issued the following
address to the electors of the Department of the
Seine :

" Citizens,—Every man that is desirous of the honour
of representing his fellow-citizens owes them a faithful
account of his past life.
" It is not an excess of vanity that induces me to
seek your suffrages. Circumstances independent of my
will have caused me to be persecuted and accused by
men dangerous to the country. I accept of the position,
and in presence of the only sovereign I acknowledge,
the people, I may not remain silent. It is imperious to
explain all my political career.
" On the 24th of February, I hailed with joy the fall
of royalty. It was with a shout of enthusiasm that I
proclaimed the Republic.
" Iu the first days of the revolution, I thought danger
was to be feared from the anarchists. Arter the terrible
days of May and June I resolutely voted for measures
which I thought necessary for the firm establishment of
society and the maintenance of order. What I did was
to establish the new Government, not to serve a reaction
which I detest.
" At the great election on the 10th December, my
choice could not be doubtful; the occasion presented it.
self to serve my convictions and my sympathies. The
dream of my whole life was to see the name of Na-
poleon the standard of the Republic. I applied all my
endeavours to assure the triumph of Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte. By his name, his writings, his long captivity
for the popular cause, I had always thought him more
fit than any one else to establish the Republic on a firm
basis.
" I entered resolutely and before any other into the
struggle. No citizen sustained it with greater energy
or conviction. In the public press, from the tribune,
when it was, perhaps, hazardous to oppose a clouded Go-
vernment iu presence of a hostile Assembly, I struggled
alone with the people, at a time when the reactionaries,
the men of the old regime, consulted the chances of suc-
cess before expressing an opinion. Six millions of votes
replied by an immense acclamation ; and on the im-
mortal 10th of December, the actual President was pro-
claimed by nearly the unanimous voice of the first
people of the earth. Wherefore should a deplorable
policy, directed by inexperienced men, throw discord
between us?
" After the election of the President I took a silent at-
titude of expectation. I endeavoured to warn the Go-
vernment of the men that sought to mislead it ; and
finally, to avoid blaming what I could not approve of, I
accepted the post of Ambassador to Spain, as a sort of
retreat.
" A few days after my arrival at Madrid, I received,
through the medium of the public journals, a copy of a
private letter from the President. I did not receive the
original until the day after. The chief of the state re-
proached me for a speech I had made at Bordeaux.
" It is regarded a crime under the Republican Presi-
deecy of Louis Bonaparte to show mistrust of the leaders
of the Bourbon reaction; to show sympathy for the vic-
tims of absolutism abroad, when Louis Bonaparte him-
self fought, in 1831, in the ranks of the Italian revolu-
tionists; when, by his writings, and from my intimacy
with him, I was aware how he despised the policy of
those very men who at the present moment are a dead
weight upon his Government?
" The only charge brought against me was, that I had
spoken disparagingly of those men whom I regard it as
an honour to oppose.
"At Bordeaux, moreover, I was a candidate for the
election, and not an ambassador. But what I was re-
proached with, without throwing off the responsibility, I
shall simply declare that it was completely false.
"During my voyage I did not attend any electoral
meeting. I did not say one word on politics. My friends
of the department de la Gironde, those whom I am accused
of having addressed, have stated this in an authentic
manner.
"Who is to be made answerable for the calumny of this
invented speech, for the publicity given to the confiden-
tial letter of the President? I shall not seek him out.
It is beneath me to seek to unravel the intrigues of a
waiting-room.
" Could a man with any self-respect admit that the
President of the Republic, his friend, his relation, would
correspond with his ambassador, his friend, his cousin,
through the columns of a provincial journal?
" What could I do after such an insult ? What every
man of honour would have dote in say place. Send in
my resignation, and at once start to place it in the
hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
" Hearing of my departure (by the telegraph fre m
Bayonne) the Ministry dismissed me.
"To dismiss a public functionary who was bringing
his resignation, is a satisfaction, amour propre which I
willingly leave to Messieurs les Ministres.
" Such is the truth.
" It is for you, electors, to judge of this intrigue and
its authors.
" Citizens! what I desired before the 10th December,
I still desire to-day.
"Let the shame of thirty-three years be obliterated
abroad! A corruption of eighteen years no longer
slums our fine country. Let it cast off atm

the past who could not foresee anything, avoid anything,
surmount anything►, and who will always remain what
they ever have been.
" I shall continue to vote for the maintenance of the
constitution, and of our liberties, by energetic conduct
in our foreign relations alone worthy of revolutionary
France; for the amnesty of the transported without a
judgment; for measures to increase the army; for all
reforms to which the people has a right, and which do
not obstruct the march of the Government. I finally
desire a .union between the Democrats, strong
enough to resist silly and perverse utopias, which can
only serve to overthrow society without reconstructing
anything, as also a fatal reaction which leads us towards
a precipice.
" I address myself to the men of order, to Republicans,
to the real people.
" Electors of Paris—l await your decision with confi-
dence, and with the: tranquillity of an honest and: pa-
triotic mind.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (son Of Jerome)."
PARIS BOURSE—FRIDAY, MAY 11.

THREE o'CLocK.—The French Funds fell again to-
day, and the market was in general a heavy one. The
Railway Shares also continued to fall. There was no
news of any kind to-day, but it is thought that General
Oudinot's reverses may have the effect of forcing the
French Government to send large forces into Italy.
Exchange on London (30 days), 25 30; ditto (90 days),
25 17i.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 11.
Boulogne and Amiens, 67/B—Northern of France, 101A—
Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), IPA—Orleans
and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Strasbourg, 414—xouen and
Havre, 10 Wi--Eastllndian, pci ex in.—Tours and Nantes,