The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

"Tbe general then deten-nined to take possession of
the portion of the bridge edjo:ning the
Some tirallems end a certain nurnhr of chas,eurs suc-
ceeded after great efforts in sil,ncing the two guns
which the enemy had brought to bear on the bridge;
they forced 1,000 Romans, who were on the left ball, to
take refuge in the houses, and cease firing.
"Our tiralieurs were then able by means of fascines
and sand-bags to temporarily establish the bridge for the
passage of the infantry, and three companies had soon
taken up their position on the left bank, and were im-
mediately placed in a state to repulse the uttacks of the
enemy.
"This night the Roman troops have again attempted
a sortie, but the firmness of cur troops obliged them to
retire without their attempt being attended with any
result.

"Such, Monsieur le Ministre, is the present state of
affairs here. The day his been a glorious one. Our
troops have never all been engaged at once; they were
successively renewed; nevertheless, the greater part of
them were-under arms from two o'clock in the morning
until six o'clock in the evening. They carried positions
hich appeared impregnable, end the possession of which
will have imrnt nee influence on the result of the siege.
"The number of our wounded amounts to 165, includ-
ing seven officers; you will shortly receive a regular and
detailed list on this subject.
" When I shall have received the different reports from
the commandants of the different corps, I shall be better
able to speak precisely; I can now only give the leading
facts of the different actions of the 3d of June. I shall
be happy to call the attention of the Government to the
soldiers who have FO boldly carried the French flag on
that memorable and glorious day.
"I am, with respect, &e.,
(Signed) "OUDINOT DE REGGIO."
It would appear from the following letter, published
in the Debats, that General OUDINOT has also been
endeavouring to obtain possession of Ancona, but
that he shrinks from anything like a collision with
the Austrians, or from in any manner provoking their
ire. The letter is dated Trieste, the 28th ult :
"It has already been stated that M. Belveze, the
French naval cona.uandant on that steatite had been to
Ancona, and after an interview with the authorities, had
caused M. Doualt to be reinstated in the post of consul,
and his flag to be hoisted. After that had been accom-
plished M. Belveze had another intr rview with M. Mat-
tioli, the president of the municipality, and observed to
him that the Austrian troops were advancing rapidly
towards the town, but that a means of safety was open
to him by aco-pting the protection of the French flag,
and admitting 150 or 200 French troops to garrison the
piece until General Oudinot could send a larger force
lie declared his firm belief that the Austrians would
make a halt when they learned that the French flag was
hoisted on the walls of Ancona. The of sr was refused
by M. Mattioli, who said that he would rather be buried
beneath the ruins of the place.
" On the following day, the 24th, the Austrian army
was in sight of the town; the Pontifical LIT was hoisted
in the surrounding villages. In the morning the custo-
mary summonses were sent to the place, but were indig-
nantly rejected. The attack by land was then prepared,
whilst an Austrian squadron came to anchor in the
roadstead. In the evening the French steamer Panama
left the port, taking in tow the English brig-of-war
Frolic, and both anchored out of reach of the guns.
" The conciliatory mission of M. Belvsze was thus
terminated,.but General Brentz, an Hungarian officer,
to whom an asylum had been given on board the Pa-
nama, at the moment he was about being arrested,
landed, and had an interview with Mattioli. lle re-
peated to him the arguments used by the French com-
mandant, and pointed out to him how much the
'ate of Venice depended upon that of Ancona, and
how much Hungery was interested in the Austrians not
occupying that side of the Adriatic. M. Mattioli ad
mitted, when too late, the justce of these arguments, and
consented to admit the French troops ; but it was too
late, the French commandant now refused the offer. The
Austrians were now within cannon shut of the town
M. Btiveze had now only one mission to perform—to
protect any French subjects, and to collect any refugees
who might require his assistance ; and for this purpose
he remained at the di,pssal of the Consul. The French
steamer Brasier had also arrived from Venice for the
same purpose. The first operations of the Austrians
had commenced ; their squadron had advanced and ex-
changed shots with the batteries. The trenches were
opened on the 26th, without any material impediments
being opposed by the inhabitants. The taking of Ac-•
cons, therefore, is unfortunately, but a question of time,
as is that of Venice."
The attack upon eleeme by Gt neral OUDINOT is, it
appears, the result of an intrigue on the part of M.
DE FALLOUX and the Jesuit section of the Cabinet,
which will probably lead to the resignation either
of M. DE FALLOUX and General RunutEuE, or of the
other members of the Cabinet, including MM. ODe-
LON BARRUT, DUYAUItE, DE TOCQUEVILLE, and PAstY.
The Siecle, the organ of M. litFAnuE, has the fol-
lowing article on this subject :
"No one rejoiced more than we at the entry of M.
Dufaure into the Cabinet. M. Dufaure and his friends
are, in our eyes, the expression of poliical honesty,
combined with a firm determination to do all possible
good for the unfortunate poor. This Ministry appears
to us the last barrier separating us from Socialism. Put
down the third party, put down Dufaure and his
friends, and then only two combinations are
possible—a Ministry of compression, Falloux, Faucher,
Bugeaud, Thiers, Mold &c., or a Ministry of expansion,
without limit, Ledru Rollin, &c. The first would cause

civil war in Paris; the second anarchy in the country,
and that before eight days, if not within 48 hours.
We are so completely impressed with this sad convic
tion that we cannot retrain from proclaiming it aloud.
True it is that the Ministry does not entirely satisfy u 4.
Why,' it will be asked, ' have we supported it?' We
answer, because we know that no Ministry could exist
unless supported by the majority of the Chamber end
the President; M. Dufaure had no other choice than to
unite himself with M. Barrot, as the only means of
attaching to himself a portion of the old mAjority. Had
he not done so, a Ministry would have been formed
which in 48 hours would have led us to civil war."
" If it be true, as is said, that a Minister who had
already given in his resignation, did, on the eve of his
retirement, give orders to attack Rome; if others have
accepted the responsibility of the act, then we tell our
fiends that there is but one course open to them; they
must repudiate such responsibility, so far as they
are concerned, and leave it to those who engaged in
such an affair to, get out of it the best way they can.
It little matters to us that M. Barrot was in
the first instance in hostility with M. de Fal
lout on the Roman question. A President of the Coun-
cill can
bo cannot,
as of old, pretend that he did not know all.
Ifthere other parties guilty, no matter how high
their rank, justica must be done. If M. Barrot did
know, approve an act of this nature, we can only
pity him blindness and weakness, while we protest
against conduct didno(ri liebet which is of a nature to leave an in ?fface-
asta cn
able stain upon the whole life of a statesman. Let M.
Dufaure consider what his mission is. There are only
two courses before him. Ile must either form a homo-
geneous Ministry, and that will r. ject all soft of
identification with men mixed up in this unfortunate
effe,ir at Italy, or he must immediately resign. In the
first case ho renders himself possible for the present. In
the second possible for the future."
The same journal publishes the following reply of
M. DE LEssars to the letter of General OUDINOT,
addressed to him on the 30th. In the instructions
of M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS, it will be seen that M. DE
LESSEPS had full powers to treat with the Roman
Republic :

"Rome, June I.
"Monsieur the General-in-Chief,—Your two letters
of the 31st of May, of which I dispatched copies to the
Government, reached me, the one at seven o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, the second at six o'clock this morning.
The following is inY reply :—I have folloared, with de-
votedness and self•denial, the directions of the Govern-
ment of the Republic. The day on which, in the pre-
sence of witnesses. you created such a scandalous
scene that my sang froid and determination alone pre-
vented it from being converted into a violent contest—
the day on which, setting me completely aside, you re-
plied to my confidence by commanding your officers
secretly to commence hostilities, unexpectedly and under
the shadow of night—on that day my determination was
irrevocably fixed. I deposited in your hands, the day
b: fore yesterday, at eight o'clock in the morning, at
three o'clock in the afternoon, and at six o'clock in the
morning of the 30th, three note, of which Ilikesvise send
copies to the Minister fir Foreign Affairs. Those docu-
ments will prove that, anticipating your projects, J had
taken measurts to present your executing them.
You have aFstmaed that, having addressed an uiti•
matunt to the Roman authorities, the declaration I made
you that my mission was terminated, and that hostilities
might be recommenced at the moment of the expiration
of the terms fixed, was abselute and indcp ndent of every
new event. But I told you in full time, and I repeat to
you, that nine hours bet ore the conclusion of the final
term (which was 24 hours) the Roman authorities had
replied to our ultimatum; that they had sent me a counter
project, which common sense, the elementary principles
of diplomacy, and a still more powerful motive (hu-
manity) commanded us to take into consideration. You
have s.esrcely had time to cast 3, our eyes on this duli-
ment as well as on the letters of the Roman municipality,
of the President of the Constituent Assembly, and of the
Roman Executive Government, You have returned me
the manuscript by M. Escirena your first aide dew camp.
The latter has apprised me that you were too much
i
occupied with the details of your service, and with the
orders to be given to the army, to examine it a.t..peesea
vwith u saunttli,ciß,Teigt
naattuointtiso
ela'nou
dn,Aexntgeasly Molhere, and
se,.mbled.asenerals
t.
Col. Tinan, the chic f of your staff In their presence, not-
withstanding ye ur cries,
all the d wuments, well as my
our insults, and your menacing
ge!tures, I calmly read a
daily notes address, d to you. My representations
having become ussdeee,
and having formally refused to
sanction your attack by
night without previous notice to
the Roman authorities an unprecedented act, which
might have caused themassacre of the French colony at
Rome, I withdrew. I think it necessary to remark here,
that all the persons present at the meeting observed a
most becoming attitude towards the official representa-
tive of the Republic, with the exception of General Reg-
nault St. Jean d'Ang,ely. Reflection, together with
some energetic and enlightened advice, has caused your
orders to recommence hostilities to be la yoked at the
last moment. But these orders did not arrive in time to
prevent the occupation of the Nlonte- Sslario, ~vhereyou met
theno rRe
olms t
aa nu
se eb,
y l. Leduc, i becauseelzaws
y privateenabl enabled previouslysecretary, ttoaupyt
they
need not feel uneasy at your movement, which was merely
armies. marching
intended to secure certain positions which the foreign
against Rome might take possession
tinoo:obfectnhef
city:
rtyihis noticeeven to the
, and
goi-ftrargisael.:nns.ta3n.odut.liellp:pdoilat
my return. to Rome, the tocsin would have been rung—the
women of the Tranatevere, armed with their knives,
would have attacked Monte Mario, I know that our

brave soldiers would have maintrtire I th,m,drna thrT-e,
but th consequences o7' an atta,k and of a de:.4perati
ps.F,ault might have struck our noble c.aritry to the bear.
Having quitted the herd quartets, alter hcving handed
you my last note and enlightened you on the inconve-
nience to be apprehend‘d from uie immediate entrance
of the French army into Rome, whc-re you might com-
promise the interests which I had to &fend, I drew up
alone anew plan for an arrangement entirely et:111101M-
able to the dbeelion; I had received from the Govern-
ment of the Republic, This plan, adopted by the Exe-
cutive Government after some dLcusiicn, has been ap-
proved unanimously (less three votes) by the Constituent
Assembly. I handed you a copy before signing it,
accompanied by a declaration. I commenced by reading
to you my instructions of the Bth of May, couched in thu
following terms:—
_ .

" Th'e' facts which marked the commencement of the
French expedition directed against Cixita Vecchia being
of.. nature to complicate a question which at first pre-
sented itself under the most simple aspect, the Govern-
ment of the Republic have ninsi,lered that it became ne-
cessary to place beside the military chief charged with
the direction of the forces sent to Faly a diplomatic
agent, who, devoting himself exclusively to the negotia-
tions and to the relations to be established with the Ro-
man authorities and population, might devote all the
attention and all the care necessary such serious
matters. Your tried zeal, your experience, the firm-
ness and spirit of conciliation of which you have given
proof on more than one occasion in the course of your
career, have pointed you out to the choice of the Go-
vernment for this mission ln order to give
you more precise and more detailed instr notions' we
should possess certain information in which we are defi-
cient relative to what has been passing for some days
in the Roman states. Your correct an'l enlightened
judgment will inspire you acr.iording to ciricumstal ces.

DROUYN DE L'Huys:

"As to your declaration, Monsieur the General-in-
Chief, to consider as not having been drawn up the
arrangement which was regularly signed yesterday, be •
tween the Roman Executive Power and me, it is for our
Governint nt to pranounce on it; and, ace- rding to esta-
blished ta.,age, you cannot infringe is in any respect
before its ratification has been agreed to or refused.
When you shall judge it fit, iu virtue of Article 2, to
point out, before the season when the fever commences,
more healthy cantonments than those at pre,cnt occupied
by the French army, be so good as to inform me, in
order that they may be taken without difficulty. and, it
necessary, with the aid of the inhabitants. I render
justice, Monsieur the General-in-Chief, to the son of an
illustrious Marshal. Your military ardoar has been
worked on and turned to account; you have, without
knowing it, rendered yourself the instrum•-nt of a con-
spiracy conducted by the enemies of France. My vigi-
lance has known how to thwart in time the dark seheiee,
of which I am acquainted with all the threads, and I
have been able to save the honour of the army, the
honour of France. By your affair of April 30:h you
endangered a Ministry. By causing the 30th of
May, which would have been another Aptil 30th
on a larger scale, I prevented you from blindly obey-
ing those aho by their perfidious counsels had led
you away a first time, and desired at present to ruin
France. If you do nut consider me a sufficiently good
Frenchmen, you will perhaps think that those persons
who have replaced we at head•quarters are better than
I; amongst others, the official agent of Russia at the
Holy See, Father Vaure, a Prussian General who is the
envoy of Radtazky, the Able de Breenont, &e. I have
the honour of informing you, Monsieur the Genera-in-
Chief, that all the persons who shall be provided with a
pass signed by me are authorised to proceed to the des-
tination marked down in their papers. I venture to hope
that you will not in any way oppose this measure of
public order, or the fri e entrance end departure of cou-
riers carrying the public and private correspondence.
All personal intercourse ceases between us, but the official
relations in writing are still to subsist.

" Receive, llonsieur, the General:in-W.3f, the aasu.
ranee of my high consideratkn.

" LESSEPS,
" Envoy Extraordinary and Mini: ter Plenipotentiary
of the French Reputlic in mission at Home.
"P. 3. The Triumvirate hai just tran,mitted to me a
copy of the letter which you addressed to it this morn-
ing, and their reply. The step which you have taken is
deplorable, because it exposes to the open day a political
difference of which our Government is alone the judge,
sod which for the time being ought to have remained
confined to our: elves."

The following article which appears in the Credit,
in reply to the insinuations which have been made as
to the sanity of DE LESSEPS, will throw some light
on the disgraceful intrigue of which that distinguished
diplomatist has been the victim :

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in
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courier
Htbetsdis-
tanceto
wait tth
ands
Aix (50 laagivis) in five
so as to arrive at Aix at the m.iment when the mu/le--
wait for the gentleman for whom he had ordered the
relays of horses, who, he was told, was no other than
the Minister Plenipotentiary representing the French
Republic at Rome. On hearing the name of
M. de Lesseps, the courier replied that he would wait
24 hems for him, if necessary. But in ten minutes after
M. de Lesseps rode up on hor3eback. with his port-
folio under his arm, and without any coveting on his
head, his cap having fallen off in his haste. He said
with a laugh that his arrival in that state at Orange
would occasion much pleasure to those who had an in-
terest in representing him as a madman. Thanks, how-
ever, to God, his robust constitution is in no dal,ger of
suffering from such exertions. In four days from his
leaving Rome, and in less than a month from his depar-
ture from from Paris, the diplomatist was knocking at
the daor of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic.
without, however, being able to obtain admission. It
we are well informed, and we believe we are so, M. de
Lesseps had already presented himself three times at the
e es, receiving on each occasion a fresh appointment,
which was, however, regularly broken. The third time
M. de Lesseps observed to the officer on duty, who had
told him that the Prince had not yet had had time to
read his dispatches, and that he could not see him until
he had done so—' When, after the vote of the Consti
tuent Assembly, on the 7th of May, the President of the
Republic considered he required my services, he was able
to find time to receive me, and to band me the instructions
and the powers of the Government.' M. de Lesseps
went no more to the Elysee, and the ex-agent of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs will not go there again
until he is invited to do so by the chief of his depart-
ment. The following curious fact we can guarantee, as
we received it from an eye-witness:—At his first visit to
the Dys‘ e at six o'clock in the morning, M. de Lesseps
was kept waiting during the whole thee that the Council
was sitting. Of all the Ministers, one alone recognized
him as they came out, and that was M. de Falloux, who
went up to him and welcomed him back. M. de Lesseps
said to him, ' You have had at Rome a 30th of Anti),
in which France was nearly drawn into an abyss. It is
now wished to recommence that day on a larger scale.
It is wished to place the country on a ground where the
most skilful foot will riot fail to slide in the blood.' M.
de Falloux replied to this remark, which was made with
a frankness little used by diplomatists, by increased
amiability, and by a pressing invitation to M. de Lesseps
to come to a soirée which was to take place at his house
that evening. M. de Lesseps went there for the
purpose of showing to the crowd, who would not fail
to throng the Ministerial saloons, that he was not so
mad as it was wished to make it be believed. For
the space of one month ho had only four times slept in
a bee, and since his departure from Rome he had never
lain down, but no sign of fettue was visible. The di-
plomatist conversed in the most amiable manner with the
ladies, and assured them that all the monuments of

Rome remained in their original conditign, and had not
been subject( d to any of tne acts of Vandalism which
had been charged to the account uf the It(lnan Republi-
can Goverttv-nt. M. de Lesseps determined to observe
the greatest reserve on subjects connected with his mis-
sion, and confined himself to making vague and general
replies to his numerous ques"Lioneri, when AI. de Falloux
took him by the arm, alai, heading bins into au adjoining
saloon, he, in the most gracious nwiner, reproached him
with such a rigid silence on a subject on which so much
curiosity was ow urally felt by all his guests. • What
said M. de Lesseps, • is it than you, a ins•mher of th!
Government, who reproaches me with acting with dis-
creticn ! Well, then, since you are curious, it is for you
o any o sayq question
t iwhaten m e point I may gratify public curiosity. Put
you like, I promise to reply frankly,
with,,ut reserve, and without ambiguity.' • Are you of
opinion,' said M. de Falloux, without hesitation, • that
France should recognise the Roms.rt Republic?' ' You
any people,
put to me a question,' re plied M. do Lt S•t6lhnoltpvneSd,
utf4bitlywre..hihrceihls.,
'au'kn''tiddset rraimae, 'd''.llbocenai cftlamnrs tacuuorcg..censti'os recognise
ut beforel:'eh diplomatist 1o na atist who
hers
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and
dhearthis
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ndoperoee
rpt
me
will, however, reply in the same unhesitating manner
that you have asked the question, Yes, France ought
to recognise the Roman Republic ; and it is I, a man
of peace, I who at Rome, :Is at Barcelona, risked my
life to prevent bloodshed,—it is I who affirm to you be-
fore the Austrian representative lime present, and who
will not contradict what I say, that the only means of
avoiding the horrors a general war before six months
are over is to immediately recognise the Roman Rt.-
public ; to make known that recognition to the Cabinet
of Vienna, and to negotiate with energy and with faith
the justice, the humanity, and the right of the cause, for
the evacuation of the Roman States by the Austrian
troops.' After this frank declaration, M. de Falloux
with increased amiability reconducted his vLitor to a
group of ladies, and M. de Lesseps in passing through
the crowd met with repea7ed mat ks of sympathy ; one
hand was silently lit hl cut towards him, which he bhouk
—it was that of the reprtstmtative of Austria."

M. DR LESSEPS intends starting as a candidate for
one of the vacancies which have taken place in the
representation of Paris. his avowed object is to be
enabled to offer his explanations as to the Roman
negotiations to the National Assembly. The Jesuit
Kction of the Government evidently dreads the effect
of these explanations, and in order if possible to pre-
vent any debate taking place in the Assembly on the
subject, it has persuaded the PRESIDENT to issue a
decree referring the acts of M. DE LESSEPS relative
to his mission to the Council of State.
It was rumoured in Paris last evening that General
OUDINOT took possession of Rome on the sth. He
attacked and carried the Ponte Mole and the I'incio
on the 4th, and as these two points, together vt ith
those of which he was previously in possession, coat-