The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

LONDON STONE.

although
In reference to a paragraph which
the Athenaum on Monday :a
to the Times as follows :....6i we quoted from
i‘reorrespondent writes
called to a paragraph iti your
'IY attention has been
extracted from the
Nadangered,' It
London-. is thereAtheneum headed , A Relic
of the
mentsStone have been knocked off
and freshly fractured surfaces exposed. For the
many years that ur yesterday's impression,
I h been anshioner I have
watched the ancientava a p relic with anxious care, and,
tions cri th
e surface, yet, I think, there are none
Which have arisen from any recent injury. The stone
until 1.,,,
iZO stood out adjoining the public cartway,
the street then being exceedingly narrow. It was
necessarily exposed to damage from collisions, and
against the
church.
being also considered a great obstruction to the
traffic, it was removed to the foct-pavement, and
was
m placedent
Ultimately, in 1795, it was built into the church-
wall. A few years ago it was proposed to enclose
design wasp repared for the pur
pose •; but upon con-
sulting the late Mr. Banning he
modern addition such as was opposed to any
intended, and advised the
church-Wardens that
tahgeaisntOnine wl7i4th2initan
it should
pos-
sible in its original simplicity,be left
as
far
as
and so it has since
remained. The
parish officers are quite alive to the
importance of preserving this national 4 interesting
relic, end weal(' wilLog 1y carry into effect any
suggestion that might r set with the approval 0
general 1
antiquaries in ."

Me Moniteur of yesterdarcentains
the Sultan in answer to thk invitation
Emperor of the French to attend a Congress.
the customary introduction the reply proceeds :—..
" I have received at the hands of the Mareints de
Moustier the letter by whieh your Imperial Majesty
has been good enough to inform me of the present
situation of Europe, and of the necessity of meeting
at a Congress, so as to concert and adopt proper
measures to regulate the present and assure the
future.

" I cordially thank your Imperial Maicety for
the sentiments of Sincere friendship which you have
testified towards me on this occasion, and I pray
you to be persuaded of the perfect reciprocity 'of
my sentiments as well as of my most sincere desire
to prove to you the high .value which I attach to
seeincdrawn more and more firmly the bonds_of this
secular friendship
which so happily exi3ts between

" Soverrign of an empire, the interests end pros-
perity of which depend in a great na„a„„ on the
maintenance of peace, I shall feel a re, a) ;
on
at seeing it established on nlid and durabl-, bas43s.
" As regards my personal view on the subkct of
the proposition made by your Imperial llajesty,
refer to the conversation which I have i*Rd wit
your
Ambassador, Hear
cation
rwhriecshenltahtaivvee, andch argteoatlo con
mlyfriendly un _
your Majesty, to snake to your Government. .-
" I embrace this occasion to renew to your lin_
perial Majesty the assurance of my sincere affection
and of my inviolable attachment.
" Constantinople, the 233 Djemazi-ul-akehr,
1280. (Dec. 5, 1863)."
Then follows a memoir of the audience with the
Sultan, addressed on the 24th November, 1863, by
the Marquis de Moustier to the Minister tor Foreign
Affairs :

oglle Ambassador,.in h?..ndins
t e Snitek the
letter of the Emperor, brieflyed its contents.
o Al
stated

"The highly appreciate
ethe
Imperial for
Majesty towards myself. I
his letter. I cannot doubt the sentiments of the
Emperor towards me; and the entire o:tomen
to embrace this opportunity
nation, I am convinced, will be extremely sensible
o
Sultanidea ,
an replieddl
heartily , I hi
thankof making the personal acquaintance of such a
Sovereign as the Emperor, for whom I have a pro-
found friendship, and, at the same time, to visit such
a beautiful capital as Paris; but if I had knowu
shall f t the e
bceo
vnedruyc conduct oa fp
happy
s
beforehand the bases on which an understanding-
was to be arrived at, a great advantage would, per-
haps, have accrued, since in this case I should have
acted in full knowledge of the mo.live:
" The Ambassador replied immediately—' The
Emperor, declaring in his letter that he had no
preconceived idea, could not trace out a programme.
He was obliged to confine himself to indicating to
all the Sovereigns his allies, confiding th -
in eir. Wl2-
dom, the perilous situation in which Europe finds
itself. The Congress aloneean decide
the rinoints en
which there will be an occasion t© come to an un-
derstanding ; and in appealing to a general discus-
sion for the position and the solution of ll a the ques-
tions, tli7e-ltnperor has givensufficientguarantee for
all interests!,

" The Sultan replied—' My observation conceals
no sentiment of opposition: I now understand, by
the explanations with which the ambassador bas
furnished me, the difficulties there are in fact of
knowing beforehand the points which will form the
subject of the deliberations. I accept, then, the In-
vitation addressed to me by the Emperor; but ea
my presence alone in France would not be sufficient,
I shall only undertake the journey in case the other
Sovereigns also proceed to Paris. •
" The Sultan said, in conclusion, with some stress
I pray the Ambassador to be convinced that, if
the Congress should take place, Turkey will not be
the last herself to be represented:
" The Ambassador having thanked the Salt.n for
what he had heard from his mouth, concluded by

saying :
"' I shell reply to the letter which the Ambassa-
dor has delivered to me, and the Emperor shall be
satitfied with my reply en all points.' "