The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-06 00:00:00

mising one of the first alliances of the Continent,
and to raise my voice in favour of a nation rebel-
lious in the eyes of Russia, but in ours the inheritor
of a right written in history and in treaties. (Ap-
plause.) Nevertheless, this question touches upon the
grayest European interests. It could not be treated
solely by France. An insult to our honour or a
threat against our frontiers, alone impose upon us
the duty of acting without previous concert. It,
therefore, became necessary, as at the time of the
events in the East and in Syria, to come to an
understanding with the Powers, who had to pro-
nounce themselves upon reasons and rights similar
to ours. (Hear, hear.)
The Polish insurrection, to which its duration
imparted a national character, aroused sympathies
in all quarters, and the object of diplomacy was to
attract to this cause as many adhesions as possible,
in order to bring the whole weight of the opinion
of Europe to bear upon Russia. This almost unani-
mous agreement of wishes appeared to us the fittest
method of bringing persuasion to operate upon the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg. Unfortunately our dis-
interested counsels have been interpreted as an in-
timidation, and the steps of England, of Austria,
and France, in place of arresting the struggle, have
only envenomed it. Excesses are committed upon
both sides, equally to be deplored, in the name of hu-
manity. (Sensation.) What remains, therefore, to be
done ? Are we reduced to the only alternative of war
or silence ? Nu! IVithout resorting to arms, and
li without being silenced, one resource is open to us.
This is to submit the Polish cause to an European
tribunal. Russia has already declared that confe-
rences in which all other questions which agitate
Europe should be debated, -would in no degree
wound her dignity. Let us take note of this decla-
ration. May it serve to extinguish once for all
the ferment of disorders ready to burst forth
upon all sides, and from the uneasiness
in which Europe is in all directions tra-
versed by the elements of dissolution, may a new
era of order and peace spring forth. Is not the
time come to reconstruct, upon fresh bases, the
edifice undermined by time, and destroyed piece-
meal by revolution ? Is it not urgent to recog-
nise, by new conventions, that which has been
irrevocably accomplished, and to carry out by
common agreement what the peace of the world
required. The treaties of 1815 have ceased to
exist. (Bravo ! Bravo ! The force of events has
overthrown, or tends to overthrow, them almost
everywhere. They have been broken in Greece, in
Belgium, in France, in Italy, as upon the Danube.
Germany is agitating to alter them ; England
has generously modified them, by the cession of
the lonian Islands ; and Russia treads them
under foot at Warsaw. (Movement.) In the
midst of this successive alteration of the fundamental
European fact, ardent passions become over excited,
powerful interests demand solution in the South as
well as in the North. What, then, can be more legi.
timate and more sensible than to convoke the
Powers of Europe to a Congress in which self-love
and resistance would disappear in face of a supreme
arbitrage ? (Vehement marks of approbation.)
What can be more in conformity with the ideas of
the age, with the wishes of the greatest number,
than to address ourselves to the conscience—to the
reason of statesmen in all countries, and to say :
—Have not the prejudices and rancour which
divide us already lasted long enough? Is the jea-
lous rivalry of the Great Powers incessantly to
obstruct the progress of civilization ? Shall we
be constantly casting defiance at each other by
exaggerated armaments ? (Emphatic applause.)
Are our most precious resources to be indefinitely
exhausted in vain ostentation of our strength ?
Shall we eternally preserve a position which
is neither peace with its security, nor
war with its chances of success ? Let
us no longer give factitious importance to
the subversive spirit of extreme parties by op-
posing ourselves with narrow calculations to the
legitimate aspirations of peoples. Let us have the
courage to substitute a regular and stable situation
for an unhealthy and precarious condition, even if
it should cost sacrifices. Let us meet without a
preconceived system, without exclusive ambition,
animated by the sole thought of establishing an
order of things based henceforth upon the well-
understood interests of the sovereign and of the
peoples.
I cannot but believe that this appeal
would be listened to by all. A refusal
would lead to the supposition of secret
projects which fear the light of day, but
even if the proposal should not be unanimously
adopted, it would have the immense advantage of
having shown Europe where lies danger and where
safety. Two ways are open. The one leads to pro-
gress through conciliation and peace, the other,
sooner or later, conducts to war by the obstinacy of
maintaining a past which is rolling away.
You know now, gentlemen, the tone which I pro-
pose to adopt towards Europe. Approved by you,
sanctioned by the public assent, it cannot fail to be
listened to, for I speak in the name of France.
(Loud and prolonged applause.)

The above telegram was transmitted by the Sub
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one hour.

INDIA,

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
ceived intelligence from Bombay to October 14.
The 71mes of India of that date contains the fol-
lowing :
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Orissa, with
the English mails of September 10 and 18, arrived
in Bombay harbour on the morning of the 11th inst
The Act for taking a census of the Bombay Pre-
sidency has received the assent of the Governor-
General.
Mr. Ayrton, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, and a
director of the G. I. P. Railway Company, is here,
overhauling the working of the railway.
Dr. Duff, the well-known Presbyterian mission-
ary, has arrived in Bombay, and leaves by this mail
for Scotland.
An atrocious murder of a native female has been
committed in Bombay. The perpetrator is still at
large.
The foundation stone of the David Sassoon Hos-
pital to be erected at Poona was laid on the Bth inst.
by Sir Bartle Frere.
The Governor of Bombay is at present in the
Deccan.
The success of the Bengalee native in the civil
service examination has created great sensation in
native circles.
Her :Majesty's 431 Light Infantry have left Cal-
cutta for New Zealand, per Lady Jocelyn ; in all
about 700, officers, non-commitisioned, and rank and
file.

It is authoritatively stated that Sir Robert
Montgomery retains the Government of the Pun-
jaub till 24th February, 1865.
Sir R. Montgomery leaves Murree for Lahore on
the 19th October.

The Viceroy is on his way to Peshawur.
IL is stated that the expedition against the
Sitanees on the Punjab frontiers occupies the whole
attention of Sir Hugh Rcse. The expedition will
be s,ooRoogmstiroenngt,, and consist of the 51st, 71st, and
jab corps, , a mountain train and some Pan-
101st
and will
i.
nbe commanded by Brigadier-
General Chamberlain.
The 71st Highlanders, at Nowshera, have been
ordered up to the frontier, where the enemy is
stated to be making a threatening demonstration.
Locusts have been causing much damage to
the crops in the Punjaub and the North-West;
latest advises show that they were taking a south-
westerly direction through the Central Provinces
and were likely to visit the Bombay presidencbeeny.
de.
The Hamburg ship Elise Rebeke bits
yed by fire off Ceylon. The captain and the
strocrew were picked up by the Sydney Eggers, and
landed at Calcutta.
The Alabama is cruising in the Bay of Bengal.
The French ship Nuovel Alfred has ru ashore at
Calingapatam, and become a total wreck.n
The health of the island is improving and the
weather has become warm.
The fall of rain during the season has exceeded
eighty inches at Bombay.