The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

men.

The Nuremberg Gazette, under its Vienna head,
says :—" Although the utmost silence continues
to prevail with respect to the affairs of Naples, we
can state positively that diplomatic negotiations
are being quietly pursued, which will probably
have the effect of causing the Western Powers to
abandon the projected expedition. We learn from
a good source that Russia► has not confined herself
to the protest, expressed in the circular despatch,
but that Baron de Mohrenheim lately brought to
Vienna a pressing note, in which the necessity of
preventing the Western Powers from carrying out
their intentions is unequivocally expressed. The
manner in which that will be done it is not diffi-
cult to divine. It will not be a Russian squadron
that will come and intercept the entrance to the
Bay of Naples to the vessels of France and Eng-
land, but Russia will prevent the Western Powers
from sending their ultimatum by proposing to
submit the whole question to a diplomatic con-
gress, and certainly Austria will do all she can to
place the question on that footing."

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says :
" The complication that might follow pushing
matters to an extreme at Naples, and the disgrace
incurred by drawing back after all that has been
said, if not done, is the great difficulty of the day.
Yesterday it was said that an " energetic" resolu-
tion was adopted, but what is meant by an ener-
getic resolution we cannot learn. If it merely con-
sists in recalling our respective Legations, break-
ing off all diplomatic intercourse with the King
of Naples—that might have been done without
making so much noise about the matter. The
fact is, at the present moment the Empeor of
the French is quite as much occupied with do-
mestic affairs as he is with the Neapolitan ques-
tion. These affairs do not present the most flat-
tering aspect. It may be true that the resources
of Fiance are vast, and that she rebounds with
wonderful elasticity from depression, but it is not
the less exact that her situation is far from en-
couraging, and that greater malaise exists among
a considerable portion of the working population
of Paris than for a long time past. The artisans
of the faubourgs do not conceal their discontent ;
aid that discontent is, as usual, directed against
tie Government. The Emperor is, I believe,
beginning to learn the truth. lam told that a
deputation of workmen of one of the faubourgs
went to St. Cloud yesterday to lay before him their
condition, and the impossibility of their supporting
the heavy burdens, particularly of house rent, laid
on them. They were well received no dolibt, and
so far came back uncomplaining ; but the symptom
is full of meaning, and the precedent may be fol-
lowed by others. Placards were again found posted
up last night in streets near the Hale, still menac-
ing to the proprietors, and repeating the demand
for cheap bread. In some there were the words
" Vive l'Empereur !" following the threats ; in
others they were wanting. It is unfortunate that
the long absense of the Emperor coincided with
the panic caused by the financial crisis, and with
the distress of so many of the working classes,
because it gave room for inferring, wrongfully
I am sure, an indifference on his part for their
sufferings. Among the plans of the Court on the
return from Biarritz was a ♦isit to Compiegne,
to enjoy the pleasures of the chase. The Em-
peror would act wisely by giving up, or at least
postponing to better days, this part of the festive
programme. The subject is freely discussed by the
people ; and a working man of the faubourg was
heard to say the other day, " L'Empereur va ala
chasse ; eh bien ! si nous allions, nous aussi, a la,
chasse !"

" You do not learn now for the first time that by
the masses of the population the Emperor, and no
oce else, is considered as the Government ; the
Ministers are seldom taken into account, or they
are supposed by these unconstitutional reasoners to
exist as a matter of form, to obey his will, and to
cause it to be executed. This supposition, however
flattering to Imperial vanity, is not without its
inconvenience ; it lays on the shoulders of one
man the burden which ought to be divided
among many, that is, responsibility before the
public. The withdrawal, therefore, of the
tutelary countenance of the Emperor cannot,
in their opinion, be supplied by any other.
If he is absent, nothing, they say, can go
right, and his long absence at Plombieres and
at Biarritz has been criticised in stronger terms
than I care to repeat by those who say that it is
to them alone he owes his throne. If the Court
persists in going to Compiegne for the purpose of
hunting, or other revels, it may find on its re-
turn that its popularity has fearfully diminished.
The topic is often discussed, and people ask why
should not the Court, if the Court is bent on amuse-
ment, be satisfied with the charming retreat of St.
Cloud. The Emperor is, perhaps, by this better
acquainted with the extent to which this feeling
has spread than before his return to Paris, and it
occupies his mind quite as much as the Neapolitan
question. He has himself seen whether his re-
ceptionin public, at the opera, for instance, the
other night, his first appearance since his return,
was as warm as it used to be."

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post
(second edition), in his letter dated yesterday,
says

" According to the latest intelligence from
Naples, in my possession, the King had made
further preparations, under the impression that
an allied squadron might possibly visit the Bay
of Naples. The town, should such circumstance
occur, was to be placed in a state of siege, and the
Swiss troops, amounting to about 6,000, placed
in various quarters of the city. The police force
were not to make use of the lazzaroni without
military authority. The King would retire to
Gaeta, where some 20,000 Neapolitan troops and
five steamers had arrived. These measures, adds
your correspondent, are only precautionary, for