The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-17 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

the
respecting
Prince Gortschakoff's despatch and the memoran-
dumO Nord)hr
sends St. Petersburges th the
fe l
following
wing correspondents
particulars
which accompanies it :—" In the best informed
circles of the capital more was known of the me.
morandum, which is very long, than of the despatch
which is very short. The Russian memorandum is
M. Drouyn de LhuYs,
an answer to that
ethe e
separate
t edoediß.sepsieceaugytmcedhienmelt f,
treating the question
sively international,
sipnocientthoef
Cvoienwgreersseluo.;
through which it has
and reviewing all the phases
from
i passed a
Vienna. It carefully
Its object is to prove that
bound by the treatiesiemigpneeddedatbtyhtahteCionnagarrreeses,tiaonnd,
examines how far Russia is
application of which has not been
gives a full account of the wholpeepterroscbeuerdgis of
aolureiyady decreed formatdhee
the
ee
aCuotnegneremsys itself.
had of Poland, the
suspended, but
Russian programme. As to
satisfies all the obligations which Russia
con-
tracted towards Europe. However—and we espe-
cially
elective provincial
occasions
ei aelelsyi
ennoet ebtyli this
e
ef alreadyst.
the whole of the
ropresentation does not consti-
tutethe contents of the despatch we are not so well in-
formed, but we knew enough to indicate its tenour.
It maintains the point on which Russia has con-
stantly insisted, which is, the necessity of a durable
pacification as a condition of more extended reforms.
If the Russian Government does not enter into
ther developments, it is solely from a desire not to
envenom the debate. As to the si •
x points, the
Russian Government admits that no disagreement
exists respecting them, and Russia will do every-
thing in her power to solve a question which is a
source of misunderstanding
between the Cabinets.
Such are the principal declarations contained in the
last despatch from Prince Gortsehakoff."

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THE 31EXICAN CROWN.
The Ost-Deutsch Post contains the folio% ing re-
marks on the
offer Of the Mexican Crown to the
Archduke klaximilian :114 The Mexican deputation
will
singular questions which has ever
been propounded to Austria will therefore be de-
cidedthesa few days.
One
of arrive
most
in
thet course of next week at Miramare.
in The history of the Imperial
House presents no analogous case. An Archduke
of
Austria, the nearest agnate of the reigning
Sovereign,
is called upon to abandon his native land,
in
according to the domestic regulation of the
Imperial Family, he possesses important rights and
has great duties to fulfil for the purpose of ascending in
which,
io h
a distant country a throne which has yet to be founded,
which has been
won by foreign arms, and to the
support of which Austria, with all her military
power,
ea:0;ot n any way contribute. It is an
absolute t
thati the Emperor of the French is the
only serious protector of that throne. Nor is it less
certain that, whatever Prince may occupy it, ho will
bo obliged to govern, to a certain extent, in con-
formity with French interests. Protected by a
French garrison and deriving his resources from a
French loan, what a position for a new Emperor !
From all these considerations, it is probable—vi e
wish we could
say it is certain—that the Mexican
deputation will not succeed in persuading an Aus
trian Prince to go to Mexico." 1