The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-18 00:00:00

Although people talk less nowadays about the
establishment of an entente cordiale between the
French and English Governments, it is gratifYinogf
to observe continually increasing illustrations
the truth mentioned the other evening in the.
House of commons by Lord JohN Russale".
namely, that a better understanding has not Or
a long; time subsisted between the Cabinet of St.
James's and the Cabinet of the Tuileries. Serae.
where, about a dozen years since the rulers of Gra:
Britai n afforded the great nation on the oppeei'
shore:: of the Channel a very brilliant and el
touching evidence of the diminution of that
lamen table animosity which had been productl
from 1793 to 1815, of so much bloodshed,
which: had moreover burthened our poPulf,T
tion with an additional debt of just 500,000,00 ;
sterling ! Everybody surely remembers '}la
beautiful and noble incident here alluded .t°'
Everybody surely remembers how France, fail tll'
ful to the souvenirs of the glory of her Rev" in:
tion, demanded upon that occasion from her 13 Iv
tish .ally the ashes of that illustrious chiefta
who has been called by the European annalist i
Child. of that Revolution. It was at that per
when. the councils of the ORLEANS dynasty
presi died over by M. TEETERS, and when, am:A
ourselves, Viscount PALMERSTON was happilY a
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Ipresiding over the Foreign Department. II °r,
the request of the neighbouring Administra'tj'a
was acceded to, history has already recorded, 0
recordedloo in language that cannot very sPee i 11114)
be forgotten. The response of Lord PALDLIERSThe
was worthy in every respect of himself, of
people over whom he was administrator, oil,
of the Sovereign of whom, in regard 1"
ibe
contemporary Powers, he was at once
recognised adviser and the Ministerial relP;i
sentative. It was intimated by that distinguisb`
statesman that England not only hastened ,
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grant the request of the French Monarchy, but ti t,
she entertained a hope that thenceforth the atm i *.:
which had unfortunately raged between the I "0
countries would be buried in the tomb
NAPOLEON. Since then, in fact, the relatie e mh:2
in
tamed between the two foremost races of
tendom have been (we may venture to 83:
uninterruptedly) of the most amicable charaol tel
Notwithstanding all the changes that have tal°j
place in Paris, notwithstanding the dethro,
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ment and expatriation of one dynasty and t'''`
recal and re-establishment of another, notwi tb
standing the political convulsions which folio
each other with such astounding rapidity ii3330,13e;
diately after the first outbreak in 1848-'to
English Government has continued all along
no
regard her neighbour with friendly Ores)
matter whether it was a poet like LAMARTINg.i..t.
a soldier like CAVAIGNAC, or an imperial chieft
like NAPOLEON 111., who presided in undisPll)
authority . over the deliberations of the Fren,..,,
Government. The truth is, that a disastrous ur4l,,
perience has taught our rulers to be tolerant tar
wards the opinions deliberately entertained
35, 000,000 of Frenchmen. May we not herri
then, with some show of reason, that Viscoh'i
PALMERSTON was correct in his anticipation, i
from the period of the delivery of the remains 00
the heroic captive of St. Helena, the anci
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animosity reciprocated by France and Elle -1
would be buried in the tomb of NAroLEc°,ol,
Yes—bearing in mind the political throes wiS
have agitated the adjacent Empire since the le
burst of its last revolution, and beholding 49
rational course that has been adopted to pa
France throughout by our Government, with
unanimous accord of the most eminent of Brit 1'
Statesmen, we may, without extravagance, .00
dulge in the belief (madmen like M. BILLOT
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contrary, nevertheless, notwithstanding), that
those by-gone feuds have been abandoned--`1;08
grant that it may prove for ever I—now that
ashes of the wonderful Conqueror are rem of
" upon the banks of the Seine, in the raids:oB
the people whom he loved so well"—" unde:, "bir
dome in the midst of the temple consecrate(' 0,0
Religion to the GOD of Armies." So that.toto
gorgeous tomb of the Invalides may con obi et
at once in the eyes of France the n° tee
trophy of her victories, and the surest gnat°.
of a lasting and honourable tranquillity. ei,
of
Yesterday, there was afforded to the Cabill, )30
the Tuileries a crowning evidence of the ae1i.,,,e3r00
feelings entertained towards it by her BitlT'd.
MAJESTY'S Government. We refer to an incl
Col/
which then took place in the Prerogative /
before Sir Jon-N !DODSON, "In the matter °J :al
will and codicils of the late EMPEROR NAr°oo'
BONAPARTE, deceaied." That will and th°seu,
tip
cils, it will be remembered, have continued
cl.jecl
this time among the testamentary treasures°;3ll/
up in Doctors' Commons, having been °ri?l,o,
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deposited there immediately after their aril. /, Del
this country from the Island of St. Helena. 0,00
were duly proved, in fact, this will and tillweasif
codicils were duly proved in the month of
1824, by CHARLES TnrsrAN, Count
.3)7,0
THOLON, one of the executors, power nui:o;
served of making the like grant to the et Tor''
executors, HENRY GRATIAN, Count 13°.
and Lours, Count MARCHAND. ApPllc3tioo 119'3,
these important and interesting docinnerootill
recently been made by the French Gelre $.
and the first and third of those executors, be; 0$0"
vivors, have, in support of that applicatibi g
cuted a proxy consenting to the will
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delivered up by the British Goverrinlei- top
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consequence of this request—surely a very nao
and reasonable one under all circumstenctth
oorth
MAJESTY'S advisers have taken every
to ste,P ed
complying with the desire thereby express
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the utmost possible expedition. After,v,T
the explanatory affiday.P.; of Lord .ocl the
SELL, the Prerogative Court decided,
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fore, yesterday, that the Will aft) Gr4;:o
codicils of the Emperor NAPOLEON t° tile,
shall be delivered over forthwith' fo to,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, tir p 09,
purpose of being transmitted by him
stituted legal authorities of the Frenc.ul,4
ment. Another and a brilliant pledge of
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has consequently been afforded by the that
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Cabinet —a new and touching test-4r-een bece
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friendship which we hope has at iteu tmdjed
Permanently established between be srai
.powerful, most enlightened, and most,
races of Christendom.

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