The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-03 00:00:00

THE . SU N, NDO N,

current respecting the health and pecuniary position of
M .ale Lamartine, we are assured that several influential
persons have met with a view to open a national sub-
scription in order to prevent the necessity of the sale of
M. de Lamartine's patrimonial property. A committee
having been formed, the members waited on the illus-
trious poet, to whom they stated the object of their
visit. M. de Lamartine thanked the committee for their
kindness, but refused to accept the offer of a national
subscription, on the ground that the produce of his lite-
rarylabours is more than sufficient for his wants."

The Presse makes the following pungent remarks
on the valedictory address of General OUDINOT to
the Roman people :
" The Roman Constitutional Assembly has been dis-
solved by force of bayonets—the liberty of the press has
been suspended—the prisons are overflowing. Whoever
, took part in public affairs in the slightest degree since
November is hunted without mercy ; all the acts of the
late Government are declared null—all political and
civil guarantees are confiscated—the noblest inhabitants
the greatest minds, the best patriots of Italy, are pro-
scribed. Messrs. Mamiami and Pantalioni are in exile ;
on the ruin of every liberty the Inquisition is set up,
and yet General Oudinot, on leaving the Romans, tells
them that he has saved them from political reaction.
" We affirm that the French Government never did
concern itself about the question of liberty; the word
was used for sake of silencing the opposition and keep-
ing the majority together. To-day there is no longer
occasion for subterfuge; when the Assembly is not sit-
ting the Government does not seek to throw any disguise
on the objects of the expedition. What M. de Falloux
said at the tribune M. Oudinot repeated at Rome. We
went to re-establish the temporal power of the Pope;
neither more or less. We desired to do what Austria,
Spain, and Naples, equally desired, and these three
Powers being equal to the work, let us ask why have we
been put to the cost of forty millions, and why did we
expose the lives and health of 40,000 soldiers?"
The Journal des Debate has the following corres-
pondence from Rome. The " situation," it will be
seen, becomes daily worse. The letter is dated
August 24th, and is as follows :
" General Oudinot leaves this evening or to-morrow
for Naples. An order of the day to the army, and a
proclamation to the Romans, have officially announced
his recal, and placed the command in the hands of
General Rostolan. The General will probably find the
Pope at Naples. The intention of his
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the residence of the Pontiff in the Kingdom of
the Two Sicilies will be longer. Pius IX. seems less
disposed than ever to return to his capital. He
is surrounded by people who aro opposed to it, and they
have a powerful influence over him ; and if it be true, as
is positively stated, that the Cardinal Secretary of State
has ordered his furniture to be carried to Naples, our
suspicions will be changed into certainty. Besides, if
the Pope does not come to Rome, where will he fix the
seat of his Government? At Benevento? He had better
remain at Gaeta. At Bologna? The state of public feel-
ing in that province would not allow it. At Loretto?
The difficulties of the position would there be less, but
would still be serious, and, nevertheless, that appears
to be the point fixed on. That place will be visited
on the pretext of thanking the Madona for the deliver-
ance obtained; and then, yielding to the respectful soli-
citations of the Austrian army cantonned in that pro-
vince, the Pope will fix his residence there until the
French troops shall have evacuated Rome. That this
plan originated with the Pope himself I do not believe,
but that endeavours have been made to bring it about is
not impossible, and perhaps it is desirable that it should
be carried into execution. All the troops holding garrison
in the Pontifical States do not preserve so much delicacy
in their proceedings as the French. All do not live at their
own expense; all do not content themselves in sleep-
ing in the open air in the courts of palaces, whilst the
owners and their families retain their own apartments;
all do not pay ready money for what they purchase ;
some even exact local contributions, payable two-thirds
in money and one-third in paper; and, in fine, all do not
equally respect persons. Hence arise constant corn-
plaiats from the people, who are subjected to foreign
denomination. All these complaints reach the Minister
of the Interior here, and perhaps go further. When his
Holiness shall reside in the palace where such things
occur, he will not remain ignorant of them, and he
will then draw a comparison, and be forced to render
better justice to the admirable discipline of the French
army. The arrangement come to between Austria and
Piedmont must lead to certain modifications in the
policy pursued by the representative of the Cabinet of
Vienna, and advantage will be endeavoured to be taken
of the circumstance. The more explicit tone as
sumed by France has perhaps also caused some coolness.
What appeared to have arrived at a solution is now
again thrown into uncertainty. Yesterday the Roman
Municipality gave a soirée to General Oudinot in the
saloons of the Capitol. During the fete the Senator
presented the General with a medal commemorative of
his entry into the city, and a copy on vellum of the
Decree of the Municipality ordering an inscription in
honour of the Liberator of Rome, to be placed in the
Salle of the Great Men of the Nation. An ordonnance
of the Governmental Commission, published this morn-
ing, constitutes an exceptional tribunal to try crimes
lately committed:"

Tke Reforrne says
" We learn from Berne that the French Government
continues to refuse passports to the German refugees,
who, on their way to America, are forced to traverse
France. The evident object of these odious measures is
to make Switzerland a sort of political trap."
M. LEON PILET has been appointed French Consul
at Nice.

The PRESIDENT received, on Saturday, a deputation
from the Peace Congress.
The attendance of speculators at the Passage de
l'Opera yesterday was not very considerable, and no
great business was done. The price of the Five per
Cents. was 90f. 60c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 1.
Dutch Rhenish, :5A East Indian, 4% Northern of
France, 314 dis. Orleans and: Bourdeaux, 3—Paris and
Rouen, 21—Paris and Strasbourg, 43%—Rouen and Havre,
10 I/8