The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-28 00:00:00

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and yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, to deli-
berate on the Schleswig-Holstein question. The
Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Russian Chargé
d'Affaires had each a long interview with Lord NOR-
MANEY, after which an extraordinary courier was
dispatched to St. Petersburgb.
The Pouvoir publishes the following official con-
tradiction of the statement that France and Russia
had proposed a simultaneous invasion of the provinces
of Prussia. It says— _

" We know not whence the Times has derived its in-
formation, but we do not hesitate to declare that it is
completely incorrect. The policy of France, as well as
of those who signed the treaty of 2d July, which was
entered into in order to put an end to the deplorable
war of Schleswig-Holstein, is traced out in the stipula-
tions of that treaty. Nothing can make us suppose
that the French, any more than the Russian Cabinet,
would depart from the common line decided on in the
conferences of London to violate this treaty, and to in-
vite England to violate it with them. According to the
terms of this treaty, the solution of the difficulties
which divide Denmark and Holstein belongs to the
great contracting powers, in the number of whom
figures Germany, represented by the Diet of Frank-
fort. It thence follows that an intervention of the kind
mentioned by. the Times is completely impossible.
Doubtless, it is to be deplored that the negotiations
have not put an end to this sanguinary struggle.
We have every reason to think that the great powers
are actively engaged with the subject, and that the efforts
of the French Cabinet tend to this object; but we think
that it will be admitted that the heroic remedy spoken of
by the Times would be a hundred times worse than the
disease, and that it cannot be presumed that it will be
had recourse to. As to the appreciations of the Times
on the necessities of the position of what it calls the
Presidential policy, we think we can say that it deceives
itself still more strangely than in the information which
it gives on the affairs of Holstein. If the Times had
more attentively followed the conduct of the President
and the working of public opinion, it would comprehend
that Louis Napoleon has nothing to gain by a war, how-
ever popular it might be. His future is more widely
pointed out than the English journalist appears to think,
and we may say that on this head his personal interests
are in accord with his intentions and with his duties.
He, in fact, has only to hold himself ready to respond
to the necessities of the situation and to the will of the
country."
The Constitutionnel has the following on the same
subject :—" When the armistice, which had suspended
hostilities in Schleswig had expired, Russia and
France proposed to England, either to put an end to
the quarrel by common intervention, or at least to
allow Denmark to follow up her success and re-
establish her authority in Holstein. England set
aside these two plans through consideration for
Prussia, and the Danes, out of deference for their
allies, halted on the banks of the Eyder. The con-
sideration which has been twice shown for a state
which notoriously breaks its engagements, and se-
cretly supports the cause which it dare not openly
defend, certainly constitutes in the eyes of the medi
tating powers a more rigorous right to demand that
Prussia should return to the letter and spirit of the
treaty which it had signed with Denmark. The state of
affairs moreover changes to the prejudice of the Danes
as time goes on, and the winter season advances.
The ice will remove the obstacles which protect
Schleswig, and Denmark will be threatened on her
own territory, which we have guaranteed by treaties.
It would be iniquitous to maintain a statu quo, which
subjects Denmark to such a disastrous hazard, when
stopped by a kind of moral barrier. She has abstained
from following up the success of her arms on the
German territory of Holstein. It may consequently
be understood that if Prussia and Germany do not
execute in a proper time the treaty of Borlin, the con-
ference of London would relieve Denmark from the
obligation which has been imposed on it, and engage
even to lend assistance in the event of one or more of
the states of Germany interfering in the war. But in
supposing the most alarming prognostications to be
realised; supposing that all the efforts of the confer-
ence cannot set aside a conflict the most improbable,
it is evident that the theatre of this conflict would be
Denmark, and that neither Silesia, nor Rhenish
Prussia, as the Times states, will have anything to do
with it."

The Ordre, in an article signed by M. JULES
MARTINET, gives the following version of the cir-
cumstances which led to the retirement of General
D'HATITPOUL

" The following are some of the details relative to the
resignation of General d'Hautpoul, which we have every
reason to believe are correct. On the morning of the
day in which the ex-Minister tendered his resignation,
he attended the Council of Ministers, and prepared to
read before his colleagues all assembled a project drawn
up, he said, at the demand of the President of the Re-
public himself. This announcement excited great at-
tention. General d'Hautpoul then communicated to the
Council of Ministers the project in question, which con-
sisted in dividing the army of Paris, some say, into
four, and others, into five divisions, two of cavalry, and
three of infantry. General Changarnier would remain
in command of the first military division, but he
would receive orders to quit the Tuileries, and
to establish himself at the Hotel of the Place
Vendome. This would be the annihilation, or
rather the dismissal of the Honourable General.
Generals Canrobert, Foret, Jullien, and Reibell, were
to be removed from Paris, and Generals Nowmayer and
Guillabert would also receive commands out of the
capital. A moment of stupor followed the reading of
this document, and the Ministers remained silent. General
Lahitte at length spoke; he expressed his astonishment
at thus receiving a communication of a measure so im-
portant and so unexpected, a measure so contrary to his
personal opinion that, if it were accepted, he should not
hesitate to immediately tender the resignation of the func-
tions with which the Executive power had honoured him.
Several Ministers, among whom were MM. Baroche,
Romain-Desfossi3, and Rouher, made the same declara-
tion; M. A. Fould, Minister of Finance, shared in this
opinion, and warmly expressed his opposition to the pro-
posed measure. M. Dumas, on the contrary, is said to
have expressed his approval of it, but this support was
not sufficient, and M d'Hautpoul saw that there was no
other means of withdrawing himself from the embar-
rassment than by resigning."
The above account is confirmed by an article
in the same journal bearing the signature of M. DE
CHAMBOLLE•

It would appear that General D'HAuTpour, who
has not yet left Paris, will not be permitted to enter
on the Government of Algeria without having to
fight for it. The Ordre says :
" A journal of yesterday morning speaks of a chal-
lenge addressed to a general by one of his colleagues,
and it is easy to recognise the two personages referred
to. We hope that this rumour is not founded, or that
the difference will have no result, if it really exists;
but, however this may be, the rumour was very
generally spread yesterday. It was said that Genersl
Lepays de Bourj oily had obtained, several months
ago, from General d'llautpoul, and from the Pre-
sident of the Republic himself, the promise of the
Governot-Generalship of Algeria. Soma time after M.
de Bourjolly demanded the execution of this promise,
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but the Minister of War 18 said to have refused it; M.
de
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waited
riellv very. much irritated at this refusal is said
to have until M. d, Hautpoul ceased to be Minister
to demand explanations. That would be, our readers
see, a difficulty relative to tne military service ; we be-
lieve, then, that it cannot cause any grave consequences."
The Evenement gavire, the name of General BEG-
NAULTJEAN tp ANGELI", instead of that of
General DEDE T.
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The Constitutionnel says that General CAVAIGNAC
has declared in favour of the prolongation of the
power of the PRESIDENT. On such a subject, how-
ever, the Constitutionnel cannot be considered as the
highest authority, and this statement is probably a
mere canard, published for the purpose of eliciting
some declization, from the ex-chief of the execu-
the power, on ti.e subject of the revision of the Con-
stitution.
The new Minister of War has addressed the _fol-
lowing order of the day to the army :
" Soldiers,—Called by the President of the Republic
to the Ministiy of War, I feel to the full extent duties
which this important and delicate mission imposes on
me, and I have only accepted it with the firm resolution
of fillingl it with solicitude for the army, respect for our
institutions, devotedness and loyalty towards the chief
of the state. With these titles I have the right to count
on the co-operation of the generals who are placed at
your head, and who, by their glorious services, and by
the incessant care with which they occupy themselves
with your welfare, are so worthy of all your respect and
all your sympathy. They will second me in my efforts
to defend your int:!rests, to make known the services
you render to the country, and secure the just recom-
pense of them. Continue, then, to rally around the chiefs
who so well justify your confidence. They have learned
as I have learned myself,
in a military life of 45 years,
to obey as well as to command, and they will give, as
they have always done, the example of respect for
hierarchical authority, to which they owe all their suc-
cess, and which by assuring the maintenance of discip-
line makes the force of armies.
" Paris, 25th Oct.." ‘‘ DE SCHRAM3I.
The ex-Archbishop of Turin, FRANZONI, has ar-
rived at Lyons.
The Paris journals state that M. GENT, late Mem-
ber of the Constituent:Assembly, and;several other
persons, have been arrested at Lyons on a charge of
conspiracy; but the Lyons journals make not the
least mention of any such occurrence having taken
place.
Mr. LTJMLEY has announced the opening of the
Italien Theatre in Paris tor Saturday, 9th Novem-
ber, with Madame SONTAG as Amina in the Son-
rambula.

The French Government has prohibited the en-
trance into France of all unbleached linen cloths
coming from Belgium.
Snow has fallen in large quantities at Bourg, Or-
leans, and Sombernon, in the Cote d'Or, where the
vintage is not yet all gathered, and at Rouen.
According to official returns published at Agen, it
appears that the electors in the department of the
Lot and Garonne who, previous to the late Electoral
Law, amounted to 105,493, are now reduced to
72,622.

In a leading article on the affairs of Germany, the