The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-21 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY

to be made in the latter particular, that is hardly yet
as apparent. Upon the former occasion, when
the dictatorship
tagtorhip of CAVAIGNAC had succeeded to the
Executive Commissioners, selected for the admistra-
tion of the affairs of the Republic from the first
agitated councils of the Provisional Government, the
candidates who presented themselves to the nation as
aspirants for the dignity of chief magistrate, were of
a character so marked in their several kinds as to
admit of no hesitation or misapprehension. There
was the hero of February, whose unflinching
valour had rescued Paris from anarchy
and France from terrorism, and who had thereby
surrounded with a prestige of glory the name,
already familiar and beloved, of LAMARTINE. There
was the soldier of June, whose generalship bad con-
quered the more ferocious faction of revolutionists,
those men who, in the emphatic words of the English
annalist proved to be " pagans in the midst of
Christianity, and savages in the midst of civilization,"
and who had thereby earned for himself the gratitude
which history will proclaim to be the just meed of
CAVAIGNAC. There was the champion of the ultra-
democrats, whose official documents had engendered
so much ill-feeling and irritation through-
out the departments, and who thereby had
ruined the opportunity which might otherwise have
offered itself to the energies of LEDRU ROLLIN.
There was, moreover, the representative of the house
of BONAPARTE, the heir to the fortunes, or, as they
bad rather proved heretofore, the misfortunes, of the
EMPEROR, the head and chieftain of the NAPOLEON dy-
nasty, who had hitherto betrayed more audacity than
judgment, more frivolity than intelligence, and more
eccentricity than intellectual endowments, but wbo
retained withal a marvellous and still puissant talis-
man of success, in the simple fact of his name
and its many illustrious associations. Called
upon to select from those four remarkable
candidates the one they would prefer beyond his
competitors, the people of France chose, it can never
be forgotten, the very one whose capacities for the
direction of the affairs of a government were the
least comprehended, but whose conduct since then
has, in every particular, demonstrated the fortunate
sagacity of their selection. After four years of un-
interrupted power, LOUIS NAPOLEON will be required
either to withdraw into honourable seclusion, or al-
low himself to be again lifted to the perilous elevation
of the Presidency.

Embarrassed by the continued difficulties of her
position, France will possibly be induced to entrust
again to the hands of the occupant of the Elysee, the
son of HORTENSE and the nephew of NAPOLEON, the
authority which for so long a period he has exercised
with such remarkable discretion. It may be that a
sentiment not unlike that of actual gratitude may
persuade the Republican electors to reward by a re-
newal of this same autbority the Prince who has con-
tinued faithful to his oath of loyalty in spite of every
dynastic remembrance, and of various scarcely re-
sistible temptations. Whatever may be the principle
upon which the votes of the population are to be de-
livered in, it is earnestly to be hoped that the
stability of their existing institutions may be above
everything borne sedulously in recollection. It
should not, for instance, be forgotten that all kinds of
monarchical government have been tried in succes-

sion, and that, weighed in the balance of experiment,
they have each in turn been found wanting.
Neither should the circumstance be overlooked that
the ancient dynasty of the Bouunons proved in-
capable of preserving its sway over the loyalty
of the multitude, though supported by the arms of the
allied Sovereigns, and forced back upon the realm of
their ancestors by two memorable restorations. While
it should be as carefully borne in mind that the house
of Orleans in like manner was found to be an ineffec-

tual security against the vices of kingcraft and the
avarice of monarchical aggrandizement. Enlightened
by these bitter experiences, France will, do well to
keep a watchful eye upon the safety of her democratic
institutions.

MARKET Nb WS.---( THIS DAY
COVENT GARDEN.

Our market was very extensively supplied with both
Fruit and Vegetables, in which a large business was doing,
at our quotations.
Fnurr.—Pine Apples, English, 6s Od to 9s Od; Hot-house
Grapes, 4s to 8s per lb ; Peache 12s Od to 24s Od ; Nectarines.
los Od to 24s Od per dozen; pples, 3s 6d to 108 per bushel;
Strawberries, 8d to is ud per pottle ; Gooseberries, 2s Od to
3s t d per half sieve; Currants, 2s Od to 2s 6d per basket;
Cherries, 3d to 15 6d per lb; Melons, 4s Od to 8s Od each;
Oranges, 4s to 9s; and Lemons, 5s to lOs per 100.
VEGETABLES.—Cucumbers, 3d to is Od each; Spinach,
9d to Is Od per sieve; Horseradish, is to 45 per bundle;
Parsley, Is rd to 2s Od per dozen bunches; White Cabbages,
6d to Is Od per (Ivaco; Brocoli, rs to 8s per dozen bundles;
Small Salad, 2s Od per dozen potties; Cabbage Lettuces, 4d
to 9d ; Cos ditto, 8d to Is Od per score ; Young Turnips, 3s 6d
to ss; ditto Carrots, is Od to Cs Od per dozen bunches;
Old Potatoes, 80s to 120 s per ton ; new ditto, 1 ;id to 4d per
lb. ; Young Onions, 2d to 4d per bunch; Greens, 4s lid to
Cs Od per dozen bunches; Artichokes, 3s Od to is Ud per doz ;
Cauliflowers, Is 6d to 4s Od per dozen; Asparagus, is Od
to 4s Od per 103; Radishes, 4d to 9d per dozen hands; French
Beans, is 6d per 100 ; Green Peas, is Od to 28 6d per half
sieve.

NEVZGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Turkeys, 3s 6d to 8s Od ; Geese, Os id to Os Od ; Ducks, 3s Od
to 4s Od; Tame Rabbits, Is 4d to is 10d; Wild ditto, Od to
Od; I igeons, 5d to 8d; Roastintr Pigs, 4s 6d to 7s Od each;
Surrey Fowls, 7s Od to lOs ; ditto Chickens. Os Od to NOd ;
Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 6s per couple; English Eggs, 6s
Od; French ditto, 4s 9d to 5s 6d; and Irish ditto, Os Od to
Os Od per 120; Fresh Butter, Os to Os Od per lb; Partridges,
Os Od; Hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d each.