The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

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parison with the 'm nificent tailittutbe, •
which drew fa.ucy prices from tli,elW
lisp excursionists yesterday, for the,... • , e.
the winner in the handicapol veglionres
back to a grateful country the survivrs of Magotiti
and Solferino! A government conducted on thea-
trical principles is, bound to look to the complete-
ness of'the final tableau ; and if the spectacle be
regardless of expense,. the applause of the public is
tolerably certain, even though the curtain come
down on an anti-climax in the thematic interest of
the piece. There is nothing like a centralised ad-
ministration, unimpeded by petty constitutional
checks and superior to vulgar responsibilities; for
getting up a festival in which the power and glory
of a nation are symbolised by streamers and banners
and particoloured arches, its dignity by drums, the
solidity of its institutions by extemporised masonry
and woodwork, its victories by colossal figures of
plaster, peace and civil liberties by torrents of
Turco's and Zouaves. Let us suppose that the com-
mercial interests which have learned to rejoice in
the absence of of a popular assembly are beginniag
to languish under the burdens of a liberating war
and the haiards of a disturbing peace. Here at the
cost of a few thousands' of pounds which the muni-
cipality of a metropolis is always glad to bear, an
entertainment is offered to the curiosity of travel-
ling Europe, which fills to overflowing the hotels,
the restaurants, the cafes, the pleasure-gardens, and
even the theatres, at a time of year when Paris,
like London, is usually deserted. Surely we ought
to think twice, as M. Granier de Cassagnac would
say, before We speak lightly of a government which
comes to the rescue of hotels and shops by a tax
Upon the sight-seeing .propensities of the foreigner
—a tax most eagerly and gratefully paid.
But the Fourteenth of. August, 1859, *will be
known in the annals of the Second Empire as some-
thing more than a fete-day. It will be, known 'to
history as the celebration of a more than Roman
triumph by a more than Roman conqueror—the
triumph of a man and an Emperor over hitnielf
and his programme. We have only to compare the
enthusiasm of the population of the faubourg,s at
the departure of Louis Napoleon for Italy, with their
self-contained and almost undemonstrative satisfac-
tion at his re-appearance yesterday, to understand
what such a triumph, must have cost. Fifty thou-
sand Frenchmen have been offered up as a sacrifice
to St. Napoleon, and fifty millions of money have
gone to decorate his shrine; but in the side-chapel,
which will hereafter be erected to his successor in
the great temple of the Christian Juggernaut, the
altar-piece will represent the purely, moral triumphs
of the deliverer of Austria, the federator of -Italy,
and .the protector of the Pope. It must be confessed
that brilliant as was the pomp and circumstance of
that triumphal welcome yesterday, it wanted an
accessory or two which would have immensely
heightened the general effect. Weare not pedantic
enough to desire a Roman revival so literal as to in-
clude the slave on the victor's ear, ancl the proces-
sion of captives from each conquered race. Perhaps,
indeed, there was a secret and invisible monitor,
post equitem, who was whispering to the hero of the
day the proclamation of Milan, and no jester on a
Caesar's chariot could devise a more chaitening
epigram for the Liberator of Italy. But the acces-
sories which wire wanting to complete the triumph
were a deputation of citizens from the towns of
Venetia, of patriots froin Hungary, of 'cardinals
from Rome. Beside s, the real victors of Villafranca,
the black army of confessors whose prayers were SIP
auspicious to the child-killers of Perugia, were un-
represented in the procession. Rome protected
from the Romans by Imperial troops—the Duchies
enabled to consult universal suffrage under the pro-
tection of Imperial advisers—and the servitude of
Venice confirmed to Austria by Imperial diplo-
matists, are a succession of coups which deserved
some pictorial commemoration in the fete of the
Fourteenth of August.

(From:. the Morning Post.)
Notwithstanding the sinister predictions-respect-
ing the Imperial entry into France, that event has
at length taken place, and it has been marked by
all the features of popular enthusiasm which the
most devoted adherent of Napoleon the Third eould
possibly have desired. The army of Italy, I)eaded
by the EMperor in person, swept along from the
Place de la Bastille to the Place Vendom% ant the
sight of these bronzed and weatherbeaten. soldiers
—still more the appearance of the wounded suf-
ferers—of the mutilated memorials of Magenta and
Solferino—of the colours and cannon taken from
the ibe—of the French standards all in tatters—
had the effect of raising popular excitement to its
highest pitch.
Honour to whom honour is due ! Those gallant
troops have done their duty bravely, nobly—nay,
heroically. The military glory of France has not
been tarnished by their heeds ; it has rather shone
forth with redoubled lustre. The " furious Frank"
drove before him " the fiery Hun ;" the flower of
the Austrian army has been compelled to attest by a
succession of defeats its inferiority to the French.
Paris and France might well receive with enthusias-
tic gratitude those sons who had so freely risked
their lives in a cause which their Sovereign had
made his own • nor would that feeling r be
diminished by Le thought that many . a true
heart beat no more, that many a stout arm
was now rotting beneath the Lombard turf.
Amidst the marching of troops and the tramp
of chargers, and the booming of cannon, . and
the roar of the great capital, many a moistened
eye and aching heart will tell of the fate of the
brother or son, of the lover or the friend, whose re-
turn would have converted into a day of rapturous
delight what is now but too surely one of deepest
sorrow.

Napoleon 111. has his own legitimate share of
this great military triumph. In the dispositions,
hurried as they necessarily were, previous to the
campaign, in the successes of the campaign itself, in
the advantages obtained by the application of the
latest improvements in fire-arms, in the coolness
and skill with which during each eventful battle-ull
the movements of the different corps were directed
by one master-mind, in all these causes of success
and titles to gratitude—amongst which one so ordi-
nary as mere personal prowess is scarce worthy of
being named—the Emperor has again vindicated
his claim to be regarded as a leader of men. This
is, beyond all question, a great political result of
the Italian campaign as regards France itself, and
a great additional source of strength to the Napo-
leonic dynasty. The question has often been
mooted—in the event of a European war once
breaking out, could Napoleon 111, hold his own
against the military chiefs on' whom he must vir-
tually rely for the preservation of his throne ? That
question has now been satisfactorily
answered.
Napoleon 111. has no more to dread from therivalry
of Niel or MacMahon than Napoleon I. had to fear

from that of Murat or Soult. -
We willingly accept the enthusiasm by which the
entry of the Emperor and his troops was marked
not merely as a proof of the feelings towards the
sharers in the war, but as an omen of the satisfac-
tion at the re-established peace ; and as " Peace
hath its victories no less renowned than war," we
would cherish the hope that the statesmen of France
may, emulating the exploits of her warriors, asso-
ciate with the memory of the Zurich Conferences
exploits not less renowned in behalf of Italian
liberty and progress than those that have been
already linked with the names of Magenta and
Solferino.

THE TWO EMPERORS.-POSSIBLE
RESUMPTION OF TB E' WAR.

We were informed some days ago, from a source
which has hardly ever been at fault with regard to
the accuracy of its information, that very grave
differences had arisen between the Emperor of
France and the Emperor of Austria. The commu-
nication of the fact was followed by a verbal ex-
pression of opinion, that it was not only possible,
but far from improbable, that the issue of these
serious misunderstandings between the two Impe-
rial despots, would be the resumption of the war in
Italy. We thought it better, however, not to refer
to the circumstances until we should see what tura
matters might take in a few days. We now learn,
from another and entirely different quarter—
but one no less likely to be correctly informed--
that so far from the 'grave differences between
the Emperors of France and Austria being In,
the way of adjustment, they have been greatly
first
aggravated since we received our
would. be
information on the subject. It . 1
a curious and instructive eircumstanecet,alwuf
—on the principle that when a
certain
own —thy
ea:fifwas fer all
tf
persons fall out, honest people get their
imperial issue of this quarrel betweenoth
Perhaps no
of the hostile des-
pots,fefsl-
should be the freedom.shofd
better proof could be furrnEfm
eror of Aistritswlr.ch
ings towards his brothebreastpof
the ruler of Fro' nee,
the two
have sprung up in the
the
prohibition given. to , the
stattacking Austar , has
French journals
than the fact,
against
French Governu let) .t, and
been withdrawn by the.
that .
that
will, in all probability, w ail theme
the Paris journals in the interest of th e F `rench
very day of their newly-accuirts 3 per-
selves this
i commence a series of severe attar :ks on
mission to
[ Government
them Austrian Government. We may furthe r add,
' as a proof of the extent to which the•breal :...h be-
tween the two Emperors has already gone, ti hat on
Thursday last the artist employed by the 1 'ranch
Government to paint the interview between them
at Villafranca, received orders from, the V . reach
Government to suspend operations.---Oforni is; 7 ad-
vertiser.