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

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1851.

appears to us impossible that the public can long remain
in ignorance of the real history of this long tete-d•ttte.
The Moniteur de Z'Armee publishes a communica-
tion from the Minister of War, rewinding 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 CIIAItItAS, 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 corn-
mittee of the Siecle.

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The National thus comments on the document in
question :
" Is this note the production of General Randon? We
cannot think so. It smack, 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, in 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 oven of the Constitution—an odious system,
which never succeeded, and which udfl never succeed!
The censorship is then re-establisher .n 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
THIERS

"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, lam for revolution, even
should it pass into the hands of persona of the most ar-
dent character;' in fine, who broke to pieces that Mo-
narchy in the hands of M. Guizot, who was anxious to
save it—at present returns more fervent than ever to-
wards the idol which be had proscribed, and accuses M.
Guizot of defection. Fusion forsooth? Yet there it is
with all its inconsistency. Et nunc erudimini ?"
M. SERURIEB, 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. SUMMER
Will fill the functions of Charge 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
9lf. 55c., and declined to 901. 85c., at which price they
closed. The Three per Cents. closed at 561. 30e.
Orleans Railroad Shares, 8251.; Rouen, 625 f.; Havre,
2551.; Great Northern, 470 f. ; Avignon, 203 f. 75c.;
Vierzon, 425 f.; Basle, 140 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 3651.;
Tours and Nantes, 275 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 28.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9 I/2 Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 171,8—Dutch Rhenish, 31/ —Luxembourg,
1%—Ditto, 31h—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France,
I%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen, 241%%
—Paris and Strasbourg, 10%—Rouen and Havre, 9%-
-Sambre and Meuse, 3%—Tours and Nantes, 5%.