The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-24 00:00:00

THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH AND

THE LATE LORD PALMERSTON.

A despatch, of which the following is a transla-
tion, has been received by Baron Bands, French
Chargd d'Affaires in Loudon, from M. Drouyn
de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs at Paris :
Paris, Oct. 20, 1805.

Monsieur,—The Emperor and his government could not,
without a profound sentiment of regret, witness the disap-
pearance from the political solute of the eminent statesman
whose loss England at this moment deplores. His death
has profoundly moved public opinion is the country which
he served for long years with so much distinction. It will
echo loudly wherever the English name is known. For
ourselves, Monsieur, we have had in many important cir-
cumstances the opportunity of appreciating the high qualities
with which Lord Palmerston was endowed, and we shall
always love to remember how much he eontributed to the
establishment of the rel►tions of confidence and friendship
which, from the beginning of the Second Empire, have
existed between France and England.
Lord Palmerston was the first, in the month of Decem-
ber, 1851, to recognise the character of the courageous reso-
lutions which the situation of France inspired in his
Majesty. He loyally accepted the consequences, plsciug
himself above the resentments of the past, with a freedom
of judgment so much the more honourable, that at the
opening of his career he bad beau mixed up in the ancieut
strifes ; be used his influence to bring to the comprehen-
sion of his fellow-citisens the services rendered to the cause
of order in Europe by the events which had been accom-
plished in France.
A few years after cards we found in Lord Palmerston the
most decided and certain assistance when the complications
in the East occurred, calling on the two nations to unite
their efforts, and led them to contract that alliance not kw
remarkable by the intimate and loyal agreement of the
cabinets than by the noble emulation of the armies.
Nor could we forget the part which belongs to Lord Pal-
merston in the negotiat'ou of the Treaty of Commerce
concluded five years ago. As First Minister of the Queen he
bad emphatically approved the idea of consolidating the re-
lations of Eogland with us by giving them for base a stricter
solidarity of material interests. He seconded with all his
power the inauguration of that liberal system, henceforth
con ascrated by experience, and adopted to-day by the majority
of the States of the continent.
These acts belong to the history of the two countries.
The name of Lord Palmerston will remain attached to it,
and we shall not lose the recollection of the ?Gls which he
played in conjunctures of no great au interest for the rela-
tions of France and Eogland. We moire it a duty to unite
the testimony of our sympathies to the houours which the
British nation so justly renders to his memory. I beg of
you to be the interpreter to Lord Russell of the sentiments
of the Emperor and the government of hie Majesty. You
will be good enough at the same time to transmit to the
Principal Secretary of State of the Queen a copy of this
despatch. Receive, Ige.,
at (Signed; DBOUTN DE LHOTE.