The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-21 00:00:00

FRANCE.

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The opposition candidates for thePARIS vacanUtESDAY seats in
Paris, says the Sieele, are M. Lionville in the 3d
district, M. Ernest Picard in the sth, and M. Jules
Havre in the 6th, all three advocates. M. Annan
Levy is also a candidate for the last-named dis-
trict, and M. Lenaaitre and M. Emile Bertrand for
the whole three.
The Constitutionnel contains the following art:ole
on the acquittal of Simon Bernard :
" The acquittal of Bernard has excited deep in-
dignation in France, and the animated sentiment
expressed by the Univers on the subject has been
understood by everybody. Nevertheless, we must
remark in strict justice that this is not the moment
to attack the Times, as the Univers has done, since
that journal supported with energy the'Conspiracy
Bill,' denounced the assassins, and vindicated
England's honour. W© will not dwell at any
length on such an acquittal, which throws an unheard
of scandal on public morality ; for what man of
honour in France or England could entertain a
doubt of Bernard's guilt ? We will merely inform
those of our neighbours who desire the maintenance
of good relations between the two countries, that
if, by misfortune, the address pronounced by
Bernard's counsel—that address which was allowed
to teem with calumny and insults against the
Emporor, against the nation which elected him,
against the army, and against our institutions—was
circulated in the towng, barracks, and rural dis-
tricts of France, it would be difficult for govern-
ment, with the intention, to stay the consequences
of public indignation."

BOURSE, April 20.—The following were the
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SARDINIA.

The proceedings were continued in the Chamber
of Deputies in Turin on the 17th, when—
M. Brofferio observed that as the right sup-
ported the bill, the measure must be considered
one of reaction. He must question the examples
which Count de Cavour had brought forward in
his speech to prove that alliances were contracted
with other nations, even when there was not any
community of political views between the con-
tracting parties. " The French Government," said
Brofferio, "has principles opposed to ours ;
there is not only diversity of interests between us,
but there is antagonism. We ought not to be
anxious about such an alliance, since the French
Government is the friend of Austria, our enemy.
Besides, although being our ally, it calls on us to
vote laws which wound our dignity and our in-
, dependence. M. de Cavour has told us that re-
publics are hostile to liberty. (Here the honour-
able member passed in review the ancientrepublics,
aed then referring to that of '93 declared that it
introduced into Italy, not only its arms, but also
its inetitutions.) As to the republic of 1848, "I
repel," he said, " the accusations brought against
it by M. de Cavour. M. de Lamartine had pro-
mised assistance to Italy, and if France did not
interfere, the reason was that Italy refused such in-
tervention as an insult. You say that alliances are
founded on mutual conceisions—why then should
Piedmont accord much to France without receiving
anything in return ?"
General da Lamarmora, Minister of War—M.
Brofferio has declared that the French republic of
1848 intended to aid us. I was at that period
charged by the Minister, the Marquis Alfieri, to
go to Paris to ask for a French general to command
our army. I was received by General Cavaignac,
who commenced by expressing his astonishment
that I should have come to him 'without an auto-
graph letter from King Charles Albert. Ile then
asked if I bad letters of credence I replied, that
it was not to make a treaty that I had been sent
to him, but simply to ask for a general. But all
my representations were of no use, as I was obliged
to wait for eight or ten days to receive regular cre-
dentials. When I had them I again waited on the
head of the republic, and asked him for Marshal
Bugearei. Ile replied to me, " You cannot
have him, for he is under the strictest sur-
veillance." I mentioned other generals, and
in every case met with a similar refusal. At
lest, he told me that I could go to a general, whose
name I will not mention for he is still alive. I
called on him, and we soon agreed on a variety of
poiets ; but, when I saw liqn again in a few days,
he informed me that he could no longer accept, for
that General Cavaiguac had declared to him that
wo had not 10,00() men in all, and that it was im-
posiible to gain battles with so small a force. A
few days after I again saw General Cavaignac,
who, after a lengthened conversation, formally de-
clared that France could not embroil herself
with Austria in order to grant assistance to Pied-
mont. Thus it is evident that M. Brofferio is quite
iniAaken in supposing that the French republic
of 1848 had the slightest idea of helping us.
M. Brofferio--General Cavaiguac was a dic-
tator, and not president of the republic in the stria
me icing of he expression. Beside; he refused tte