The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-09 00:00:00

NO WAR WITH FRANCE.

(From an occasional Correspondent of the Times.)
PARIS, OCT- 5.—A serious misunderstanding has
arisen between Louis Philippe and M. Thiers, and re-
ports are circu'ated of a change of Ministry. I am,
however, positively assured that M. Thiers will reruaie
in office, and that we shall have no war. 'When first
the news tvas known in Paris that England had adhered
to the Brunow treaty, a private interview tonk place
between the King and M. Thiers at St. Cloud ; the in-
dignation of both was great against Lord Palmerston,
and strong were the epithets made use of against his
Lordship ; at the same time it was resolved on that the
insult should not be answered by resorting to arms. M.
Thiers laid before his Majesty the necessity of calming
the feelings of the people by preparations for war, high
sounding articles in the Journals, and industriously eir-
cukting the report of his Majesty's determination to re-
were, however, sineere—his Majesty wished
re-
venge
and support the honour of France. Neither of
Thiers with the wealthy part of the
ttrioia)etcioponma,rptairneodsmiNisle. TMh.iers his Majesty as pledged to a war.
At this period, to al outward appearances, M. Thiers
was high in favour at Court, and it is a fact, that in a
conversation with one of the Deputies for Havre the
King observed, " Da not oppose Thiers, I am satisfied
.
with him."

A certain operation is taking place throughout the
population ; a kind of union is going on, for it is felt
that before long we shall all have to fight fer our com-
mon safety. We wish we could say that parties no longer
existed, but we trust that we shall soon be able to say
that there are but two—that of the revolution and that
of the counter-revolution, or to give these more appro-
priate names, the party of French nationality and the
foreign party.
The Journaldes Debats knows, and is alarmed at
this ; it therefore seeks to frighten timid men by re-
presenting factions about to change the external ques-
tion into an internal revolution. This wretched trickery
has grown stale. You want to put down by fear the
noble burst of a nation conscious of its force. Your
efforts will be in vain.
In your eyes we are factious men ; be it so. Let us
argue and see the foundation of your alarm.
Is it true that an insolent treaty has isolated us from
the rest of Europe ? Is it true that England, whose
alliance you have so oudly admired, has betrayed you ?
Is it true that she has coalesced with the other powers
to regulate without us the most important question
that cau be started ? Is it true that so barefaced an
act proclaims in the face of the world the decline of our
country ; that it lowers its greatness ; that it threatens
our country in the Mediterranean ; that it ruins the
most important of our southern towns ? Is it true that
the Powers with which England has formed an alliance
are the eternal enemies of our revolution ; that they have
been restrained but by the aid of England, and that now
everything is to be dreaded from them ?
You have acknowledged the truth of all this as we:l
as we. Like us, you have declared that France could
not allow the execution of the treaty. You as well as
we affirmed that we-, t! at deadly war, was necessary.
But you said this without believing it ; you said so
with the hope that the Powers would make concessions,
and that an arrangement would take place after an at-
tempt at an inoffensive blockade.
We ever maintained the contrary—we announced
from the first that the Allies .would not stop ; that
Russia and Austria earnestly desired to pursue their an-
cient counter-revolutionary policy, for it is really a po-
licy of persecution for those two Powers.
Events have corns too soon to justify our predictions.
The treaty is proceeding with an audacity and par-
tiality unworthy of the age. Beyrout is bombarded,
Syria invaded, the capital of Egypt blockaded, and a
successor appointed to Mehemet Ali. What has been
left undone to suspend the action of the coalition ?
Prayers, diplomatic notes, commissions by the Pachas,
supplications at Vienna, London, Berlin, and agents
sent to Constantinople. France has everywhere inter-
vened to negotiate ; she has lessened and even humilia-
ted herself even unto baseness ; she has been disdained
and repulsed ; a circle has been drawn round her, she
has been placed in the Lazaretto of Europe. The
treaty was insult ; its execution is a threat.
The treaty attacked her power abroad ; its exe-
cution sanctions her decline for the present. It is
the first step of the Allies towards our territory ;it is
the first resting place of invasion.
The road is long, we are told, hither thence. Yes,
without doubt ; but the Allies, who are acting yonder,
have also their positions at our very gates. But Aus-
tria is fortifying Italy, Prussia is assembling her troops,
the Prince of Orange, the ally of the Russians and of
the Prussians, ascends the throne of Holland, and may,
from one day to another, take possession of Belgium.
But the Russian and English fleets are about to join
each other in the Mediterranean, and our navy may be
burnt and destroyed.
All these perils are imminent ; the main fact, the im-
portant fact, which strikes every eye, is that the coali-
tion of Europe armed, exists at the present moment.
Do you think that those who created this coalition
have not foreseen its consequences? Do you think they
are occupied with the East alone, and that they have
passed an amnesty in favour of the French, and of
their revolution ? Are you not warned by what is going
on in the North and in the South, in Spain, or in Bel-
gium, that positions are already being formed on our
very frontiers?
Well, the faction have said this ; and in presence of
these dangers, which concern our very existence, their
sole thought is directed to the safety of the country.
Not only have we not exaggerated anything, but we
have even dissembled the fears which agitate our_souls
at the aspect of the perils which ,*nrround us on all
sides. The present crisis is far more serious than any
other that our history affords. Europe is now more
skilful and more powerful, as well as more compact
and more united. She also has the recollection of her
success, which will inspire her troops with great audacity.
Can Europe be resisted by armies only ? You do
not think this possible any more than we do. We must
therefore call nations to us, and seek for assistance in
the very heart of our enemies ; our cannon must be
aided by principies. We must raise up those nationa-
lities which are extinct, and constitute those which are
still alive. We must raise aloud the shout of liberty,
so that it may be heard by all those who suffer from
oppression ; the powerful voice of France must resound
over the whole Continent with the generous accents of
her devotedness to improvement, emancipation, and po-
pular alliances.
And pray, are not all these revolutionary measures ?
Can you employ them ? If so, why do you delay ? Stop
the mouth of the factions. You are able to do so ;
you are masters of the budget. The army and the
people await but a signal. March on the Rhine, tear
the treaties of 1815—boldly proclaim the principles
which are to change the face of the world—shout to
Germany, Italy, Spain, and Poland, that you bear at
the end of your arms the loadstone of civilization, that
your banner is the symbol of human equality and fra-
ternity—curse the spirit of conquest—exalt that noble
family spirit which is to unite regenerate nations—
render France worthy of her traditions—gather aronnd
her all those who suffer, all those who hope ; carry your
sword high ; humanity will thereby distinguish the
signal of its victory ; and then, do as you have an•
nounced—have your flags blessed by that God who
blessed those of Jena, Fleurus, and Marengo.
This is what the factions require from you ; they
offer you their arms—they beseech you to open regis-
ters for the names of volunteers. They have devoted
and combined all their sentiments, even all their desires
of internal organization, to the furtherance of that grand
sentiment of national dignity, the defence of threatened
Fr.: a. The question is now not to know her institu-
tions shall be regulated in our native land, but whether
we shall remain possessed of such a blessing.
It is you, it is your crimes for the last ten years, that
have given birth to the deplorable situation in which we
are placed. Are you capable of withrearadine it ? If
so, show it to the impatient country, for in spite of all
your efforts the citizens will remain united. Show it,
for France is wide awake, and rivetted by your inaction.
No : factious men do not make revolutions, these come
the day that a whole nation demands them. The fac-
tious know that it is their duty to win them when they
do come ; it is the duty of the people to hasten them,
when it is clearly demonstrated that there exists no
other means of avoiding treachery.
The National, on the subject of war with England,
has the following :
" The sensation caused in Paris by the news of the
bombardment of Beyrout, and of the insult to our flag,
is general. We every day receive numerous letters ex-
pressing sentiments the most patriotic, and containing
energetic protestations against the cowardice of the Go-
vernment. Officers in the army, soldiers, National
Guards, and civilians all unite in one sentiment—de-
manding war—immediate war. If France had been
governed by men of spirit, this noble ardour of the
people would have been long since gratified, but what
but shame and dishonour can we expect at the hands of
those who are now at the head of affairs ? The limits
spirit
of our columns will not allow us to give any of the cor.
respondence
esatboo%;
giving
gudtehde to, we
mustextract therefore
of
the
con-
fine
which pervades the whole. Hundreds of citizens send
us word that, at the first declaration of war, they will
enrol themselves as volunteers. Will the Government
at length justly appreciate and listen to these noble
bursts of patriotism ?"
(From the Commerce.)
The Cologne Gazette says, .‘ One of our principal
banking-houses has just received from Vienna commu-
nications of such importance that an express was imme-
diately despatched from Paris. It is affirmed that this
news relates to the sending of troops to the kingdom
Lombardy and Vienna.
There was great agitation on Change to-day in conse-
quence of reports which gained sufficient credit to cause
a considerable fall in the funds. They spoke of war
like resolutions adopted in the Councils, of a sort of
carte blanche given by the Crown to M Thiers, of the
immediate convocation of the Chambers, and of an
ultimatum, which our Cabinet was stated to have drawn
up and transmitted to the English Government. This
ultimatum was said to lay down as conditions for the
maintenance of pears the suspension of hostiliti, s in ;
Syria, the revocation cf the decree depriving 111,,hen:e:
Ali of his dignity, the hereditary possession of Egypt
in the
sp Pacha'sectig
family, and the renew al of the negotia-
tions
We merely mention these reports without answering
for them ; and as for the Ministry, we no longer credit f We quote the following from the Capitole :—" The
renryriila.
Y'
the news which it propagates—we believe only deeds,. judgment of the Court of Peers was notified to Prince
Other persons, generally well informed,
say that the Louis Napoleon yesterday afternoon by M. Cauchy,
Court and id. Thiers are very much cast down, and Secretary of the Archives, whose emotion was, it is
that both are greatly embarrassed. M. Thiers, they said, so great at times that he could scarcely proceed.
say, asks no more than to find a pretext to make a de- When be arrived at the conclusion, pronouncing the
cent retreat, and thus give himself an air of nationality, ' punishment of in:prism:mod verpetud, the Prince, we

His Majesty, in order to convince himself of the real
feelings of the people, sent private agents into the dc-
partrnents, who reported that the great majority of the
peorde were decidedly hostile to a war with England.
Thus fortified, his Majesty no longer held a warlike
tone, and in the drawing-room, as well as in the Cour:-
cil, he expressed his determination of preserving peace.
" I have the means, observed the King to the Belgian
Ambassador, " to repay England without going to war ;
let Lord Palmerston settle the Turkish question, I will
then give him work sufficient to occupy him and all his
friendi." This alluded to a resolution to form an alliance
with the Russians. The friends of M. Thiers, but par
titularly the extreme gauche, who calculated on a war
to further their encroaching democratic principles—the
Republicans, who hoped by this means to dethrone
Louis Philippe, now set on the Minister, and threatened
to desert him unless he convoked the Chambers
and pledged himself to a war. On the other hand
Messrs. Rothschild, Aguado, all the eminent capitalists,
the principal gamblers in the funds, and the large
funded proprietors, threatened to raise a formidable op-
position against him in the event of a war. Thus tor-
meated and perplexed, M. Thiers knew not what reso-
lution to take, and hence the cause for those feeble, va-
lcillating articles, which have lately appeared in the Con-
s/thiamine/ and other Ministerial journals. Toe bom-
bardment of Beyrout, however, roused M. Thiers, and
he peremptorily demanded from the King his signature
to the ordinance for the convocation of the Chambers.
Louis Philippe, in a tone most detcrmined,refused. M.
Thiers left the Palace in a great fury, and instantly
summoned a Council of Ministers at the Foreign Office ;
here, to the great discouragement of M. Thiers, he met
with an opposition from a quarter he little expected. M.
Remusat declared against a war, and produced several
despatches from different prefects, showing that the peo-
ple were for the maintenance of peace. The Council
broke up without coming to any resolution—this was on
Saturday last, and the next day an article appeared in the
Constitutionnel, calling on M. Thiers to resign should he
not be ab etogo to war. On the afternoon of the same day
(Sunday) his Majesty called a Council of Ministers, and
I can state most positively that it was resolved not to
go to war, at least for the present. This morning the
Constitutionnel contained a most pacific article, so much
so, that it alarMcd the war party, and several of the
influential members of it called on him instantly to re-
sign. M. Tuiers is once more perplexed, and at the
present moment a Council called by him is deliberating
at the Foreign-office.
The majority of the people are opposed to a war ;
this is so true that, in the month of July last, a substi-
tute for a conscript could be obtained for .501., and at
present with difficulty can one be procured for 2001.
But if the people are for preserving peace, their hatred
to England is great, and the most violent language is
used towards Lord Palmerston. In all circles, from
the Chaussee d'Antin to the lowest estaminet, the
general wish is an alliance with Russia. Tuis much
you may take as certain, that Louis Philippe has sent a
confidential friend to the Emperor Nicholas.
HALF-PAST Foca O'CLOCK.—The Members are still
in deliberation ; the peace party prevails ; a note. re-
ceived at four o'clock by an eminent capitalist, otintains
only the following words—" We shall have no war."

PREPARA.TIOiIa FOR WAR.

(From the Paris-Papers of Wedneday.)
Three batteries, ,of artillery k }Mira been ordered from
Strasbourg to Neuf Brisseir. - Other detachments are
arriving continually at Stisibourg, to be completed land
reorganised on the war footing.
Extract of a letter from Toni, in the Meurthe
" All the cavalry regiments on the line of Toul, Nancy,
Pont-a-Mousson, Epinal, and the other places, are com-
plete to their full number of 1,000 men, and have
fdraughted remounts to Hig,ueneau, where a commission,
of which Gen. °osier is at the head, is appointed to receive
from 250 to 350 horses each, which places all the cavalry
regiments on the footing of 1,000 men, with 800 horses
on the average. Instructions have been received from
the Minister of War, for the colonels of all regiments,
both horse and foot, to transmit to him a report every
fortnight, showing the progress made by their men, arid
directing them to urge their drillings with the utmost
rapidity. In six months ail the recruits sent into the
cavalry will have become as effective as, in ordinary
times, they are brought to be in twelve months."
The assertion of the Metz Journals as to the prohi-
bition by the Prussian Government of the transport of
horses into Prance is contradicted by the Moniteur
Parisien, which adds that the only condition annexed
to this traffic is, that the dealers are to take out a li-
cense, because in Prussia none but those who are li-
censed by the Government are authorised to travel the
country buying and selling horses, or, indeed, carrying
on any species of commerce.
Colonel Dupau, of the
Engineers, who is entrusted
with the fortifications on the left bank of the Seine,
has just been raised to the rank of Major-General.
The Cherbourg Journal
says that orders have been
received to put every vessel in teat port on a war foot-
ing immediately.
A Toulon letter states that the Ocean and Marengo
of the line have been ordered to hold themselves
ready to sail at a short notice, and that as soon as the
Trident and Genereux return from the coast of Africa
they will be put in the same condition. 'rho Govern-
ment had authorised the delivery of some mountain
howitzers and artillery stores to the Abyssinian agents
who have lately come to France, and the Levant
packet Mentor was to have taken these articles to
Egypt, to be forwarded from thence ; but this per-
mission has been withdrawn by order of the Minister
of the Marine, and the stores will not be delivered.
The Cologne Gazette mentions a rumour of some
troops having been ordered from Austria into Lom-
bardy.