The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

THE PRINCE DE CANINO.

M. Charles Bonaparte, Prince de Canino, has com-
menced another action against M. d'Arlincourt,
author of the pamphlet entitled " L'ltalie Rouge," to
obtain 20,000 f. as damages for a libel in that work,
to the effect that he was concerned in the assassina-
tion of Count Rossi. The case was called on for
hearing on Friday before the Civil Tribunal. The
advocate of M. d'Arlincourt demanded that, before
the merits of the case were gone into, the plaintiff
should be required to deposit the caution-money
usually exacted from foreigners; and he then proceeded
to argue at great length that M. Charles Bonaparte is
no longer a Frenchman, but an Italian. The facts he
relied on were these :—After the revolution of 1848
211. C. Bonaparte did not return to France, like the rest
of his family, but remained at Rome. He was sub-
sequently elected a member of the Chamber sum-
moned by the Pope, and could not have been chosen if
he had not been an Italian. He was one of the chiefs of
the insurrection which was subsequently got up against
the Pope; he was the first who cried "Long
live the Roman Republic !" when the Republic
awes proclaimed he became a member, and
subsequently vice-president, of the Constituent
Aesembly ; and when the French army attacked
Rome he, by all the means in his power,
excited the Romans to resistance. If he had not
been an Italian, he would not have done all that ;
and it was only as an Italian that he could be j usti-
fied for having fired on the French troops—for a
Frenchman to have done so would have been trea-
son. Moreover, when, some time later, M. Charles
Bonaparte came to France, the Government ordered
him to be expelled, and he was conducted to the
frontier; none of which things could have been
done if he had been a Frenchman. On that occasion
AL Charles Bonaparte had written a letter to the Pre-
sident of the Assembly, in which he did not claim
the rights of a French citizen, but demanded that he
should be treated with the respect due to ambassa-
dors, as he was charged with a mission from the
Roman Republic to the French, English, and Ameri-
can Governments.—M. Chaix d'Est Ange, advocate
of M. Bonaparte, after complaining in rather severe
terms of the conduct of M. d'Arlincourt towards him,
contended that he was a Frenchman, and had never
lost the rights of one. He was a Roman citizen, it
was true, but so were a great number of other
Frenchmen, and amongst them some members of
the Assembly ; he was a Roman prince, but so was
Prince de Polignac, the Minister of Charles X., and
a number of other distinguished Frenchmen. The
acceptance by him of the position of representative
and vice-president of an Italian Assembly was not one
of those acts which the French law considered as
causing the loss of nationality.—The Procureur of
the Republic examined the facts of the case, and sub-
mitted to the Tribunal that M. Charles Bonaparte
had never lost his rights as a Frenchman.—Judgment
was postponed.—Galignani.

THE LATE EVENTS IN PARIS,
The following are extracts from a lady's letter :
"PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 2.

" December 2, at 8 A.M., a knock at my door. Enter
Jacob, holding door of bedroom in his hand. ' Does
-Metiame know what lees happened this night ? ' No,
her should I?' (rubbiug my eyes and half awake
Well, then, I have to inform
Ma-dame that Paris is in a state of siege •, that
several representans are arrested; that the Assemble., is
dissolved; the salle and co'ir occupied by troops; and,
in short, I fear it is the signal for a new revolution.
' Pretty well,' thought I, arousing myself, and ques-
tioning my informant, who had gathered ail this from
the porteurs d'eau who brought the water for my bath.
I could hardly persuade myself that it was all true; the
less so, as I bad heard overnight that the President's re-
.ceetion was held as usual, and seemed to be numerously
attended. I quickly rose and dressed myself, however,
and awaited further news. About 11 A.M., enter Miss
"e 3—, with ample confirmation of the above rumours.
Sue had gone early to the embarcadere in quest of a
missing dressing-case, and on her way descried a number
cf proclamations affiches on exposed places, bearing the
name of the President of the Republic, appealing to the
mass of the people.
" I sent forth my servant to reconnoitre the town,
who came back at one o'clock full of uneasiness and
alarm. He had great difficulty in getting along the
Boulevards on his return from use Place Vendome; and
stated that carriages were not allowed to pass along
them; soldiers were posted along the leading thorough-
eeree, and cannon placed at various stations, with artil-
lerymen in full readiness for action. The Boulevards, ho
&sic, were thronged with people, but everything was or-
krly and quiet—no cries, except now and then Vive la
li°gne: The President was actually on a progress through
the capital at the head of a regiment of dragoons, and
attended by a prodigiously numerous staff, but no cries
saluted him, except a few of Vive la Reeublique'
—at least, stich was Jacob's report, obtained from casual
informants on his passage. From 10 A.M. till 1 o'clock,
regiments of cavalry were passing down the Champs
I:iysLs, at intervals of a quarter of an hour; mounted
braes bands preceded them, and their colonels rode at
their head carrying drawn swords. Many of the men
bad a provision of hay en cioupe, for their horses' re-
freshment.
" I saw no infantry pass the windows; they were, I
believe, all distributed over Paris early this morning.
t, about 20 minutes past one o'clock I set forth with
B—, attended by my two servants on foot.
erodl,,,,tilm%* however, that carriages passed through the
"'urg St. Honors, we took a remise, which
weusirrie M. the road thither, and drove to the
house °f T— near the Madeleine, and went
alone, ,one, and foundtieTwas naturally
de T -- and M. de L--.
szturally gone out to confer with other
members of the
a. M. R__sembly on the occurrences of the
-mornin eonseiller d'Etat, immediately
joined us, and related sums of which the follow-
ing are the principalt—Th, Generals Cavaignac, La-
moriciare. Changarnier, Bede
au,
Belleau
Flo were ar-
ralted early this morning. General
,e
Boor of his
eLudeedma d ea
stout resistance, to so strenuous a degree that
lt
in :Le struggle he was thrown down on the
: hall, and while down was handcuffed and tied, and
se forced away by the file of soldiers employed to
take his person. Changarnier was arrested, it is affirmed,
by a-knot of sergens de ville—a gratuitous indignity,
dictated possibly by apprehension of a reluctance to
toech his person on the part of the soldiers formerly
subject to his command. General Lamoriciere made a
vigorous resistance, and his servant aiding him, the
latter received a cut from a'sabre in the ern, as was
also, ineleed,aho case with the valet of General Bndeau
Thu General-then gave up the contest, and was led
awal lby no less than 25 soldiers. Cavaignac was in
12e- when the military. knocked at his door, and being
t-
us con,. parativJy helpless, and having, mdreover, do
rvant (for the ex-dictator,lives in a very modest style),
n had small Choice left him, and, accordingly, having
rapidlywayalonPzutwointh hish clothes,. he, was' conducted straight-
" Thirty m t oeher Generals to Vincennes.
own,
andin gliiiheeis of the Assembly are said to be
ertiiiimeestly at Vincennes: Among the
member are M.
Qoostors, Naaaue, ~,,asse, Colonel Charras, two of the
(et,off:htitl,dfcaireprtehe-,a-e,ix,eeeeeprtee sr) ea: eft B:et:d.
which'll or hprri,
imsw
ussipugatrapete
erredsd,
the
oreieenece. jeurflees could
,ay. be sent, therefore', to the
nis to -day; no means ,
alt
convey mutual in-
rnee,eiegers, could be't6ade use
of t except personal
piMic bodies,l the printing presses'
teiii7enee leetWren
being sequest4; pro
•u Leaving de T— about two P.M., we proceeded.
to the residence of F—. ;Si. I, anal I went
his own apartment, but who rnentered
upstilinT, and the 'landing-place met M. , who
was just leavitg
it with us for Et few minutes. His news was as follows:
" As soon as he learnt the astounding news of the
morning he went oat, and getting together as many of
• the represeltians'EN be could find willing to move, the
body so cellected repaired to their President, M. Dupin,
and invited him to come to the Chamber and declare a
seance, "a protestation," and such other measures as