The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,

appears to us impossible that the public can long remain
in ignorance of the real history of this long tete-a•tete.
The Moniteur de l' Armee publishes a communica-
tion from the Minister of War, reminding officers of
the existence of a decree, dated July 17, 1835, which
prohibits military men of all ranks from making any
publications in the newspapers, or from causing any
work to be printed without having previously ob-
tained the authorisation of the Minister of War.
General RANDON declares that the frequent infraction
of this rule and the inconvenience attending such want
of discipline has determined him to deal severely with
such offences, in case the present warning should be
neglected.
This notification is aimed at Colonel CHARRAS, who
has long been one of the principal writers in the
National, and at General CAVAIGNAC, who has re-
cently been elected a member of the editorial com-
mittee of the Sicle.
The National thus comments on the document in
question :
,‘ Is this note the production of General Randon? We
cannot think so. It smacks too strongly of monarchy,
not to betray its origin; it must have been drawn up in
the Cabinet of the Elysee. But whatever quarter it
may have come from, it certainly constitutes an exces-
sive abuse of power. Neither the Constitution, nor the
civil law, nor the military law, interdicts military men
from the right which every citizen possesses of publish-
ing his thoughts. The author of the note mentioned
above—be he the President of the Republic, or the
Minister of War—has thus exceeded his constitu-
tional power in prohibiting every citizen, belonging to
the army, to publish any writing without authorization
—in other words, i❑ re-establishing the censorship in
the war department. What took place on this point
under the monarchy is a singular means of justification
invoked in support of what is permitted at present under
the Republic; for the circular itself which is alluded to
in the note was contrary to the Charter of 1830, which
had not excepted military men from the benefit of the
common right of using the press. It would have been
well to define exactly what are the inconveniences alluded
to in the note, and to explain above all why it' would be
improper to allow the French military men the same
liberty which the monarchical Government of England
concedes fully to the persons who serve in the English
army. It is always the same system: under the pretext
of the abuse or inconvenience which might arise from
the employment of a right, the right itself is suppressed
in contempt even of the Constitution—an odious system,
which never succeeded, and which will never succeed!
The censorship is then re-established in the army, three
years after the Revolution of February ! Glory to M.
Bonaparte, and to General Randon, his Minister!"
M. DE LAMARTINE, in the Pays, has the following
quiet hit at the inconsistencies of MM. GulzoT and
TRIERS :

"A strange circumstance, and which proves how
strongly events may influence the character and opinions
of men, is the following. M. Guizot is certainly one of
the writers who contributed most by his pamphlets and
intelligent opposition to the fall of the restoration; but
M. Guizot now returns to the restoration under the name
of fusion. M. Thiers who contributed as much as any
one to the fall of the Monarchy of July, who said on the
Bth of February, 1848: • Yes, I am for revolution, even
should it pass into the hands of persons of the most ar-
dent character;' in fine, who broke to pieces that Mo-
narchy in the hands of M. Guiz )t, who was anxious to
save it—at present returns more fervent than ever to-
wards the idol which he had proscribed, and accuses M.
Guizot of defection. Fusion forsooth? Yet there it is
with all its inconsistency. Et nunc erudirnini ?"
M. SERUItIER, First Secretary of Legation at St.
Petersburgh, has been appointed First Secretary to
the Embassy in London. During the absence, and
until the arrival of General AUPICK, M• SEBURIEIt
Will fill the functions of Charg6 d'Affaires at the Court
of St. James's.

The Bourse yesterday was considered to be one of the
worst for a long time past. The buyers were completely
paralyzed, and it was extremely difficult to dispose of
Government Stock. The Five per Cents. opened at
91f. 55c., and declined to 901. 85c., at which price they
closed. The Three per Cents, closed at 561. 30c.
Orleans Railroad Shares, 8251.; Rouen, 6251; Havre,
255 f.; Great Northern, 470 f. ; Avignon, 203 f. 75c.;
Vierzon, 4251.; Basle, 140 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 3651.;
Tours and Nantes, 275 t.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 28.
Boulogne and Amiens, 91/2- Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 171/s3—Dutch Rhenish, 31,- Luxembourg,
I%—Ditto, 31/Fl—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France,
14%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 33i, —Paris and Rouen, 2414
—Paris and Strasbourg, 10%—Rouen and Havre, 9Y.8-
-Sambre and Meuse, 3N—Tours and Nantes, 5%.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived.
The Progressist journals publish the following
letter from General ESPARTERO to the Central Pro-
gressist Committee for the Elections :
" Gentlemen, Members of the Junta,—The grand act
in which the Progressist party has given such a magni-
ficent spectacle to the nation has tilled my heart with
joy. The ideas which are therein developed are mine;
the desires which are expressed are mine also. During
many years there has not been a day on which I was so
happy as on that on which I received such an agreeable
piece of news. Those who have read in my heart know
perfectly well that in all the acts of my life my object has
been to unite the preservation and splendour of the con-
stitutional throne of the Queen to the liberty and hap-
piness of the country. How then should I not approve
of the manifesto which the Progressist Junta has ad.
dressed to the electors? My complete adhesion to prin-
ciples so perfectly developed must be well known. I
accept with pride the honour conferred on me by my
nomination to the presidency of this Junta; for I shall
always be the first to defend the great principles which
have directed the Progressist party, and which, I believe,
are the only principles that can secure the happiness of
the nation. May God keep you many years.
" THE DUKE DE LA VICTORIA."
The Clamor Publico complains that incendiary
proclamations, exciting the people to change the
existing form of government, had been stuck up in
the low quarters of Madrid, and it says that this has
been done to bring discredit on the Progressist party.
The Herald° says that the Government intends to
create a great many new Senators in the event of its
partisans being successful in the elections.
MADRID BOLBA, APRIL 23.—Three per Cents.,
351; Five per Cents., 16. Exchange on London, 51.

GERMANY.
The Prussian State Gazette, of the 20th, adverts to
the exaggerated suppositions the expected return of
Prince METTERNICH has given rise to in certain
foreign papers. It positively declares, that however
desirous the Prince may be to return to his country
after a period of three years passed in voluntary exile,
he nevertheless has not the slightest intention of
mixing again in political affairs.
A letter from Vienna of the 24th, io the Prussian
Gazette, contradicts the assertion that the Austrian
army in Italy is to receive reinforcements ; the
return of the Italian regiments hitherto stationed
in the Vorarlberg being the only cause of this
rumour.

The Universal German Gazette states from Hanover
23d inst., that the Prussian Government has sent a
second circular to the Courts of Nassau and Bruns-
wick, to invite them to send plenipotentiaries to the
Frankfort Diet by the 11th of May. The Prussian
plenipotentiary is to arrive there on the.same day.

HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, APRIL 27.—The First Chamber of
the States General have resumed their sittings. Ne-
gotiations are still being carried on relative to the
nomination of a new Minister of Finance. Various
reports are in circulation, but nothing is fixed.
At the request of the Governments of Spain and
France, the Netherlands Government have under-
taken to effect a mediation of the difference which
has subsisted ever since 1823, relative to indemnity
money for Spanish vessels which were brought in.