The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-04 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S
MANIFESTO.
The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office

PARIS, MAY 3.
The following is the communicat ion made by
Government to the Corps Legislatif this day :
" Austria, by ordering the entry of her army
into the territories of the King of Sardinia, our
ally, has decland war against us. She thus vio-
lates treaties and justice, and menaces our frontiers.
" All the great Powers have protested against
this act of. aggression.

" Piedmont having accepted the conditions which
ought to have insured peace, one asks, What can
be the reason of this sudden invasion ? It is be-
cause Austria has driven matters to such an ex-
tremity that her dominion must either extend to
the Alps, or Italy must be free to the shores of the
Adriatic ; for every corner of Italy which remains
independent endangers the power of Austria.

" Hitherto moderation has been the rule of my
conduct ; but now energy becomes my first duty.
France must now to arms, and resolutely tell
Europe I wish not for conquest, but I am deter-
mined firmly to maintain my national and tradi-
tional policy. I observe treaties on condition that
they are not violated against me. I respect the
territories. and the rights of neutral. Powers, but I
boldly avow my sympathies with a people whose
history is• mingled with our own, and who now
groan under foreign oppression.
" France 'has shown her hatred of anarchy. Her
will was to give me power sufficiently strong to re-
duce into .subjection abettOis
_of disorder and the
incorrigible members of old factions who are inces-
santly seen. concluding compacts with our enemies,
trt she has not for that purpose abandoned her
civilising character. Her natural allies have always
been those who desire the amelioration of the human
xace, and, when she draws the sword, it is not to
govern but to free.

" The object, then, of this war is to restore Italy to
herself, not to impose upon her a change of masters,
and we shall then have upon our frontiers a friendly
people, who will owe to us their independence.
" We do not enter Italy to foment disorder, or to
disturb the power of the Holy Father, whom we
replaced upon his throne, but to remove from him
this foreign pressure, which burdens the whole
Peninsula, and to help to establish there order based
upon lawful satisfied interests.
" In fine, then, we enter this classic ground, ren-
dered illustrious by so many victories, to seek the
footsteps of our fathers. God grant that we may
be worthy of them.

" I am about to place myself at the head of the
army. I leave in France the Empress and my son.
Seconded by the experience and the enlightenment
of the Emperor's last surviving brother, she will
understand how to show herself worthy of the
grandeur of her mission. I confide them to the
valour of the army which remains in France to
keep watch upon our frontiers and to protect our
homes. I confide them to the patriotism of the,
National Guard. I confide them, in a word, to the
entire people, who will encircle them with that
affection and devotedness of which I daily receive

so many proofs.
" Courage, then, and union ! Our country is
again about to show the world that she bas not
degenerated.
"Providence will bless our efforts, for that cause
is holy in the eyes of God which rests on Justice,
Humanity, Love of Country, and Independence."

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4.
The illoniteur of this morning contains the fo:

lowing decrees :-
Ist. The engagement of volunteers for two years
i s now to be accepted.

2d. The second decree authorises the supply of
substitutes for military service by administrative
means, with a premium of 2,000 francs for seven

years.

3d. The loan of 500 millions of francs is to be
contracted bp' national subscription. It will be a
3 per cent. loan at 60.50, with interest from De-
cember last, or a 41 per cent loan issued at 90, with
interest payable from March last. The instalments
are to be paid as follows :—One-tenth at the time
atf subscribing, and the remainder in 18 monthly
calls. The minimum subscription to be taken is 10
francs, which subscription alone will be allotted in
full.

The Minister of Finance states, in his report
accomp tnying this decree, that the condition of the
public treasury is most favourable, and that the
resources at his disposal would allow him, without
encroaching upon funds necessary for usual current
services, to devote more than 300 million francs to
war expenses.

The following projects of law have been presented
to the Corps Legislatif, namely :—For opening for
the Minister of War a credit of 90 millions ; for the
levy of the military class of 1859, which is not,
however, in any case, to be called in before Janu-
ary, 1860.

The Corps Legislatif .will be prorogued on the
21st of May.
The Bank of Frurice has raised its discount to 4

per cent.

The Government communication made yesterday
to the Corps liegislatif has been posted up on the
walls of Paris, and groups of the populace are
everywhere assembled reading it.
M. de *Hubner, the Austrian • Ambassador, de-
manded his passports this day, and leaves by train
for Brassels to-morrow morning. The Dutch
Minister remains charged with the protection of
Austrian interests during the war.
The 'Regency established by the Duchess of
Parma on quitting her States did not last 24 hours.
A provisional Government has been formed, and
has put itself into communication with the
Pied.montese Commissioner..

VIENNA, MAY 3.

General Gyulia announces that the army has
advanced without any serious combat as far as
Cambio, and Cozzo.

The head-quarters were on the evening of the 2d
May, at Lomello.
The official Wiener Zeitung publishes a note of
Count Walewski to the French eanbassador, M. de
Bonneville, dated 29th April, an.a. a note of M. de
Bonneville to Count Buol, dated 2d May, by which
diplomatic relations between France and Austria
are broken off. The Austrian ambassador at Paris,
M. de Hubner, was therefore instructed by tele-
graph the day before yesterday to quit Paris.
Numerous patriotic addresses to ti he Emperor have
been signed.

ST. PETERSIVURG, MAY 3.

The official newspapers of this day publish the
-following note : "We are authorised to declare in
the most positive manner that them: exists no treaty
of alliance offensive and defensive between Russia
and any other Power whatsoever:. At a moment
when all Europe is making maritime or military
armaments on a large scale, t'nei Emperor was
obliged to provide by measures of po:itical prudence
for any emergencies. His Majes xetains in the