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

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Emperor of the. French to attend si Cong
the customary introduction the reply proceeds :
" I have received at the hands of the Marquis de
?Mustier the letter by which 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 Inperial Majesty for
the sentiments of sincere friendship wiaich you have
testified towards ins 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 you the high value which I attach to
in; dera n more and more firmly the bonds of this
se e prone
secular friendship which so happily crime between
the two empires.

" Suaerei;-.,n of an empire, the 'interests and pros-
perity of which depend :n a great measure on the
maintenance of peace, I shall feel a real satisfaction
at seeing it established on solid and dorahin b:ses.

" As regards my personal view on the subject of
the proposition made by ycur Imperial Majesty, I
refer to the conversation which I have kad with
cyaotui representative,ornwhich I
havec
andhaarteoathmey communi-
cation near
friendly comnni-
your Majesty, to make to your Government.
"I embrace this occasion to renew to your
genial Majesty the assurance of my sincere affection
and of my inviolable attachment.

" Constantinople, the 23d Djemazi-ul-akclr,
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 for Foreign
Affairs :

" The Ambassador, in handing to the Sultan the
letter of the Emperor, briefly, stated its contents.
47:--isThe Sultan A'ePlied-=II highly appreciate the
Imperial idea, and I heartily thank his Majesty foe
his letter. I cannot doubt the sentiments of Vac
Emperor towards me; and the entire, Ottoman
nation, I am convinced, will be extremely sensible
of the conduct of his Majesty towards myself. I
shall be very happy to embrace this oppoftunity
of 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 known
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 motive:
"The Ambassador replied immediately—' The
Emperor, declaring in
his letter that he had na
preconceived idea, could not trace out a programm-
He was obliged to confine himself to indicating to
teSe overeigns his allies, confiding in their
perilouswis-
dom, situation in which Europe finds
iatlsle the
h
. The Congress alone can decide the points on
which there will be an occasion to come to an un-
derstanding; and in appealing to a general discus..
sion for the position and the solution of all the ques-
tions, the Emperor has given sufficient guarantee for
all interests.'

"The Sultan replied—' My observation conceals
no sentiment of opposition. I now understand, by
the explanations with which the ambassador has
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 as
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
—'l 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 Seitz for
what he had heard from his mouth, concluded by

saying :
"' I shall reply to the letter which the Ambassa-
dor has delivercd to me, end the Emperor shad be
satisfied with my reply on all points:"