The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-22 00:00:00

Father.

The army of the Romagna has received rein-
forcements. The Archduke Maximilian has sent
to the Pope 2,000 capotes, a battery, and some

cavalry.

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.

The llioniteur publishes the official return of the
Customs revenue for the month of January, amount-
ing to 13,611,237 f., being an increase of 1,022,990 f.
on the corresponding month of IRSA, sncul of
1,383,232 f. on that of 1858.
The circular despatch of M. Thouvenel on the
Roman question appears to have caused a great
sensation at Vienna, if we may judge from the
comments there made on it by the journals. The
Ost Deutsche Post speaks of it as follows :

"We lately did violence to our judgment in
appreciating
_the relations between France and
Austria. Wishing to preserve to our country that
peace of which it stands so much in need, we took
care not to throw oil on the flames, and expose the
conduct of France with regard to Austria. We
shall continue, however painful it may sometimes
be to us, to impose on ourselves the same reserve,
so long as there is reason to hope for an arrange-
ment and reconciliation. But the despatch of M.
Thouvenel to the Duke de Gramont shows that at
Paris a pretext for a quarrel with Austria has been
long and perseveringly sought for. It is wished, as
last year, to forte Austria to depart from her re-
serve and accept the duel. Let us therefore watch
with redoubled attention in order that the adver-
sary may not succeed in his game without letting.
his mask fall. Let us be moderate, and self-pos-
sessed. Such arguments as those contained in
the despatch in,question cannot but be useful to as
before the impartial judgment of Europe.'
The following letter is said to have been ad-
dressed by the Count de Chambord to one of the
most eminent of those who have advocated the
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cause of the Papacy .

" Venice, Jan. 25

I, you have just rendered, sir, to religion and to
society a service for which I feel the necessity of
thanking you. A dark policy believed the moral
sense to be weakened, and opinion sufficiently kept
down, to venture, under a vain appearance of zeal
and affected meekness, to justify, encourage, and
promote, after having formally promised to pre-
vent an odious act of spoliation, the inevitable
consequences of which would be to establish every-
where force in the place-of right. In truth, what
possession is there more ancient, more legitimate,
more worthy even by its very weakness, of all re-
spect, more frequently guaranteed by treaties, more
generally proclaimed as necessary for the tranquil-
lity of the world, than the temporal dominions of
the Papacy ? How can we do otherwise than
recognise in this work of ages a decree of Provi-
dence securing to the Chief of the Church, the
principal source and venerated centre of Chris-
tian civilisation, the spiritual independence which
is necessary for the fulfilment of its holy and
salutary mission ? Who but must feel that to ,
annul a right so sacred is to annul every other
right ? • To despoil the Sovereign in the person
of the successor of St. Peter is to menace all
sovereigns ; and to overthrow his throne, which
has stood a thousand years, is to sap the
foundations of every throne. It is sad to see
France thus made use of as the instrument
against her own conscience, her heart, her tradi-
tions, and all her interests, in order to carry out
attempts which can end only in new convulsions.
Thus, in this common danger, to the voice of
the Episcopacy, which has raised the cry of alarm;
are joined other voices no less courageous, no
less zealous, in support of the cause of right and of
liberty, confounded and attacked at the same time as
they are in their august representative the Pontiff-
King. But no one has done so with more energy,
reason, talent, and eloquence than M. and I
have read, not without being deeply affected, what
he says at its close to a Pontiff so meek, so con-
fiding, so generous, and now so tried by
auction. (The Count de Chambord here quotes a
passage from the pamphlet alluded to, which en-
courages the Pope to resist, and to defend his rights,
and with them the rights of the weakest Sovereign.)
" May those noble and touching words be heard
by all! How much to be regretted is it that,
under the pressure which now keeps down in
the depths of the heart the most noble sena-
ments, the absence of a wise liberty, abandoning
to the mercy of arbitrary will all rights and all
principles, leaves without defence, without protec-
tion, without guarantee, the diarest interests of
France, of religion, and of society.
" Receive the expression of my gratitude,
" HENRY."
TEIE BOURSE, Feb. 21.—,-The market has been