The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-14 00:00:00

ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

The traffic receipts on this line for the third
week in February amounted to 79,0,53 dols., show-
ing an increase of 23,046 dols. over the correspond-
ing week in 1860. The cash receipts of the land
office from the Ist to the 26th of February were
43,000 dols., and the sales of land for the same
period amounted to 100,173 dols., as -igainst 18,660
dols for the corresponding period of last year.

THE FRENCH LEGISLATIVE

CHI ,VBERS.

PARIS, MARCH 13.
The debate on the address was continued today
in the Corps Legislatif.
M. Keller examined all the phases of the Em-
peror's Italian policy. He criticised the course
followed by France, and warmly defended the
temporal power of the Pope. He considered that
the Government not only appeared to renounce all
its former engagements, but, in consideration of
the attacks made against the Pope, its condescend-
ence seemed to be assured to the spoilers, and its
rigours to those who had been despoiled. Nothing,
he said, justified such conduct. It is not before
Piedmont that France has moved backwards.
Behind Piedmont there is an astute power of whom
Sardinia is the tool. This power is the revolution,
supported by England, personified in the person of
Orsini [prolonged agitation and very loud murmurs
in the house]. M. Keller also recalled the mani-
festations of the army and of the great bodies of
State, who, at the time of the attempt against the
life of the Emperor, desired that the guilty parties
should be reached who were preparing all those
machinations under the shelter of the hospitality
of England. " Such," he continued, "is the pro-
gramme of the revolution patronized by England,
and which has found its realization. It is this
revolution which, holding bombs in one hand and
daggers in the other, would establish at the doors
of France a State of 25 millions of inhabitants,
having Rome for its capital. In such a state of
things, when we ask what the Government intends
to do, it gives no answer."

Al. Blault—The .Government will give an
answer.

M. Keller then maintained that a struggle was
going on between the Catholic faith and the revo-
lutionary faith as in 1848. "France," he said,
" was frankly revolutionary in 1793 ; frankly a
conqueror under the First Empire; and finally
frankly conservative in 1848. But as regards
yourselves, are you revolutionists ? are you conser-
vatives ? or will you remain spectators simply of
the combat' Say what you are ! You have re-
nounced combating against revolution in the hope
that it would content itself with the concession
which you would impose upon the Catholics. You
wished to obtain pardon from revolution, forgetting
that it never forgives, and from the Church, which
is resigned to everything except, however, to ap-
prove the acts of those who despoil and deceive
her. Turin, as well as Rome, has replied, 'No
mutual concessions.' Instead of choosing between
Rome and Piedmont, you remain at Rome with the
Pope, and allow Piedmont to reach it step by step.
It is time to arrest yourselves on the fatal slope
along which the enemies of France and of the
dynasty
the
silence ln
a are pushing
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which powerfully you. Theti me has
break encourages
the Italian revolutionists, and to return to the policy
of Villafranca. It is time to look revolution in the
face, and to say to it, 'Thou shalt go no further.'
The opinion which I express is that of a man de-
voted to his country, and to his Government, and
who is guided by his conscience.
M. Billault—The Government wished to await
the discussion of the paragraph of the Address, bet
the increasing violence of the attacks—(outcries
and interruptions). M. Billault (after this inter-
ruption) complained of the violent attacks against
the Government, and protested against the allega-
tion that the Government drew back from fear of
the assassin's dagger. He could not have believed
it possible that such words should have been uttered,
and desired that the Chamber should reassume
tranquillity. He then explained the nature of the
Italian question, which he said " comprehended
other interests than those of the Papacy." He de-
monstrated that the influence of Austria had been
destroyed in Italy, and continued—" The Govern-
ment of the Emperor, being itself founded on the
popular will, could not repress the same in other
countries. The Great Powers have done nothing
for the Pope. The Emperor has alone protected
him. The Government wishes to reserve the other
explanations until the discussion of the other para-
graphs of the Address."
The general debate on the Address then closed.

A telegram from Lisbon states that, owing to the
6,,d pi o,pect of the giain crops from excessive rain, the
Ministry contemplate introducing a measure for the perma-
nent
admission of wheat at a fixed duty of Bs. Supposing
the harvest this year to be disastrous, a free importation
will probably be allowed for a limited period.