The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-01 00:00:00

No. 1.

TIIE EARL OF MALMESBURY TO SIR HENRY BITLWEB.,
Foreign- office, Muy 29. 1852.
Sir,—With regard to the course which her Majesty's
Government' now require the Tuscan Government to
pursue in order to bring the vexatious discussion respect-
ing Mr. Mather'a case to a close, I have to state to you
that her 51-.jesty's Government expect, first, that the
Duke of Casigliano's note of the 10th of May, contain-
ing the objectionable expressions in regard to the ma-
tires by which the Grand Duke was actuated in grant-
ing 1,000 traccesconi to Mr. Erskine Matter, shall be
withdrawn; Mr. Scarlett's note of the 11th of May in
reply being alio es a matter of course cancelled ;
secondly, that the Tuscan Government shall distinctly
admit the principle that Tuscany is boand2, either
through her courts of law or through her Executive Go-
vernment to protect Englistiman in Tuscany against the
violence of Austrian soldiers; thirdly, that the Tuscan
Government shall convey to that. of her Majesty an
ample expression of regret for the prongieflicted on
Mr. Erskine Mather, in words equivalent to those
us, d by Prince Schwerz-nberg in his dispatch to Count
Buol of the 12h of March, of which a copy was trans-
mitted to Mr. Scarlett in my dispatch of the 9th of
April.
If the Tuscan Government concerts to these demand
her Majesty's Government have no wish to press fur any
pecuniary compensation to Mr. Mather. That gentle
men's father, as you
will perceive by the enclosed copy
of his letter of the 27th infltent, expresses himself in-
diff-rent as regards that point; and her Majesty's Go-
vernment here heretofore instated upon it as much from
the practical proof which such payment would have
aff)rded of the ahmisslon by the Tuscan Government
of its responsibility for the acts of the Austrian officer,
as from a desire that some substantial atonement should
be ,Wade to the sufferer by those acts.
If the mcan Government refuses to accede to those
demands, nothing will remain for you but to make
arrangements for quitting the Grand Decal Court.
As the Tuscan Government have long been aware of
the nature of the demand of her Majesty's Government,
and of the principle on which her Majesty's Government
iriaist, they cannot require much time to come to a de-
cision on the question as it now stands. I will not
specify any exact time within which you are to require
to he made acquainted with the decision of the Tuscan
Govt rnment; bat it is obvious that the decision should
be taken by the Tuscan Government itself, and not at
the instigation of any foreign Court; and therefore you
will not be justified in allowing a sufficient time to
elapse for a reference to Vienna, before the determina-
tion of the Tuscan Government is made known to you.
If you are unfortunately obliged to quit Florence, you
will, in applying for passports, notify the time of your
intended departure to the Duke of Casigliano, and ex-
press to him your regret that under the circumstances
of the case you are precluded from taking leave of the
Grand Duke.
You will then proceed, as you may think most ad-
visable, either to Parma or Modena, to which Courts you
are accredited, taking with you the several members of
the mission, and sending, if you find it convenient to do
so, the archives of the mission to her Majesty's Consul at
Leghorn for safe custody. I am, &c.,
(Signed) MALMESBURY.