The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1863.

Although the phrase is expressive so far of a
mere conventional courtesy among the Monarchs—
it is something for the French EMPEROR to have
elicited from each of the contemporary rulers of
Europe the assurance, " Je saisis cette occasion pour
veus renouveler les assurances de la haute estime et
de l'arcitie toute particuliere avec lesquelles je anis,
Monsieur mon here, de Votre Majesty, le boo hire"
----ALEXANDRE, FRANcOIS-JOSEPII, GUILLAUME,
GEORGE, LEOPOLD, and so on through the whole
list of the reigeing European Sovereigns. To cor-
dial esteem, to inviolable friendship, they are again
thus very recently and very formally pledged ; and
the potentate to whom they stand thus pledged
anew, is the very one who has hitherto
been flouted as the perpetual meditator of
dieturbance throughout Cnristendom. This is
certainly--if nothing else—a very curious
turning of the tables, indeed! Could anything be
mo.reeceertly than the terms in which the King of
Pat .s
stk. for example, responds to the EMPEROR'S
invitation, e responds it, thus, by accepting- it !
" I thank.
kind
enoilYour MAJESTY for the hospitality you are
en to offer me, and I am sure that I shall
find in I,,ti
cordial reception which renders
the recolleej the
on of my stay at Compiegne so dear to
me! but it will rather appertain to our united Mini•
stera to enlighten
by their discussions and to
prepare for the sanction of the sovereigns the
pro"ositiona that w
Congress." Lengua be submitted to the
ge
indicative of the Royal
writer's conviction that
e
deed to be holden as
propese .
The Congress that
Congress is in very
England has refused to
participate in ! His Ira-
peri'4l Majesty the Emperor et a
although
re
;:al
fraining frail assurances or co o;:,:rltAoinst
so explicit,
observes most graciously
NAPOLEON ...
'S project of a ,and gracefully p
ongreee„,, 1
thia step is
'
dictated to your MAJESTY by the Sincere dos,
re -
spare the world the calamities which Neat t leads
to
to.
To preserve and assure to Europe the becerlta
of
peace, while maintaining the honour and dignity
of the country we govern from attaint, ought time,
in fact,one ofournaostconstant preoccupations. Such
is also my dearest wish, and to attain such an object
my co-operation will always be secured by your
MAJESTY!' All the KAISER asks, therefore, by
way of preliminary, is a sufficiently clear and cate-
gorical indication of what might probably be the
subjects of discussion brought under the considera-
tion of Pontiff, Emperor, King, and Sovereign-
Prince, at the Council-board of this grandly con-
ceived Congress of the rulers of Christendom. An
indication of a programme, that England asked for
and obtained, only to repel the original invita-
tion when she had obtained it. The King
°I BAVARIA, replying to the French Eel-
110R in a letter dated Rome, the 27th
I\""ereber, observes, it will be seen, " I hope
that
thebyPruopltosi.tion of your Imperial Majesty, fol-
lowede. rior explanations upon this subjtcte
will meet
the reception from the Powers
directly interestedth
necessary
in the solution of these questions
indispensably
adding,
l'eartYh.to ensure its success." His
Majesty
to
the
it; supposition I do not hesi-
tate to adhere
shadroposition of your Imperial
Majesty, and I
in co-operating in the Wor,4- _lll .myself fortunate
of general paci-
fication by taking part it, the future Confer-
, Again—au acceptance! The
accordance
given to the EMPEROR'S /),0
position by the
Sovereign Pontiff
is, if possible, still
more emphatic,
in its precision and completeness. Holiness,
beginning Lis reply to NAPOLEON 111. thus unhesi-
tatingly:--" The idea your Majesty expresses
of
being able to establish wichout commotion in Europe
—and, please MoD, elsewhere also—with' the to.