The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

It appears that M. de Kisseleff was invited to
attend at the office of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs at three o'clock yesterday (Wednesday)'
and it was supposed that the object of the inter-
view between him and M. Drouyn de Lhuys was
the presentation of the answer of the French 6-0;
vernment to the demand for explanations require
by Russia. M. de Kisseleff was already, it 15
said, perfectly aware of the nature of the an-
swer he was to receive, and he had made up 11°
mind that he would have to demand his passport,',.
There is reason to suppose that he will not take 11.°
departure till Friday, or Saturday. It is under-
stood that the under-secretary of ' the Russian
embassy, and several of the great Russian families
resident in Paris, have taken out their passport-5
for Berlin. The Princess Lieven, however, goes
to Brussels, and has already made her arrange
ments for remaining for some time in that capital.
She does not leave Paris for a fortnight.
Ebeling, a Russian agent, will remain in Parts
after the departure of the embassy. The chancel-
lerie of the Russian embassy was open yesterdays
and was crowded with Russian subjects demanding
passports.
The answer of both Cabinets, will, it is said be
moderate and courteous in tone, but will at tue
same time be very explicit and firm in substance;
and show the impossibility of the two Powers
maintaining an equal neutrality between Russia
and Turkey, the Sultan having a right to receive
from his allies proofs of sympathy, and a co-opera"
tion to which Russia can have no pretensions. TO
answer expressly states that the entry of the fleets
into the Black Sea is a proof that the Ottoman
Empire will not be left exposed to the attacks o',
the forces of Russia.
The English and French Ambassadors at St.
Petersburg have already received their instructions
to demand their passports, and it is added, that the
tone of those instructions, which will be read t°
Count Nesselrode, contain some strong expressions
which are not in the answer to the Russian Anabas'
sadors. There can be little doubt that the acts of the
allies will be much stronger than their official last'
guage, and it is positively asserted that the Cara-
doe, which !eaves Marseilles to-day, takes despatches
to the Ambassadors at Constantinople which will
put an end to all further uncertainty.
The rumours of a naval engagement having taken
place in the Black Sea again circulated in Parisyes"
terday. Though such an event is farfrom improbable,
it was not said that any intelligence of the kind'
had been received in official quarters.
The Constitutionnel of yesterday has the folio-W-
-ing comments on the speech of the Queen of Eng-
land :

" The speech of the Queen of England is the official
expression of the present state of the Eastern question.
It sets forth with great clearness the policy of the Eng'
lish Government, and declares its complete understand'
ing with that of the French Government ; but it do°
not announce any solution. The tone of this speech 15
dignified, firm, and prudent. It contains nothing that
can excite the war feeling ; in a word, it is as calm a°
suits the force of a great people, as incapable of tenle"
rity as weakness. The Queen of England has not coil'
fined herself to characterise the policy of her govern;
!pent by words ; she has shown what its nature is, !).1
proposing to Parliament to augment the naval and 11111.,,v
tary forces of the kingdom. That initiative does not allow'
any doubt to be entertained as to the resolution of the
Cabinet of London to accept energetically the struggle'
if conciliation is not possible. However, it results front
the very language of the Queen, that at London a 9 at
Paris, every one wishes to see peace maintained. The
speech declares that the negotiations, fruitless up to the
present time, will still be continued ; all hope of seeing
them come to a favourable result is not definitivell
lost. But, whatever may happen, the union ei
two great nations like France and England, a union
solemnly proclaimed in the Royal speech, and °'s
which the presence of the combined fleets in the Blael'
Sea, is the glorious testimony, will always be a noble
spectacle. These two nations, between which history.
has placed so many reminiscences, and which political
reasons bad a moment endeavoured to separate by cause"
less distrust, have nobly thrown together their effort;
and their flags to preserve the balance of power in Europe
and the right of nations. It is owing to that alliance
that we shall necessarly have one of these two solution°
—a peace without concession or a war without peril for
social order."

The Assemblee Nationale says :
" It will be remarked that the speech is much more
pacific than the language of the organs of the Aberdeen
Cabinet would have led one to expect. In expressing
regret that the attempts made up to the present time
to prevent the difference between Russia and Turkel,
becoming a question of war have not had a successful
result, the Queen allows it to be inferred that the negei
tiations are being continued, and that they may
lead to an arrangement. This is a language which we
hasten to applaud, and we sincerely hope that it ex'
presses the real intentions of the English Government:
The language employed of late by the journals whin;
pass for being its organs, and even its own acts, would
perhaps authorise our doubting it. But we abstain from
everyinsinuation and desire to congratulate ourselves
unreservedly on the pacific words contained in the
speech addressed to Parliament, and we hope that the
acts may respond to thein. The speech makes no Ow
sion to the entry of the combined fleets into the Black
Sea, and has nothing that can be considered as a repli,
to the application for explanations made by Russia. 1,1
our information is exact, a communication is to be mane
this day on the subject by the Governments of France
and England to the Ministers of the Emperor of Russia
at the courts of Paris and of London. We wish most
earnestly that this double communication may not have
the result of interrupting diplomatic relations between
the two Cabinets and that of St. Petersburg ; we dare
not venture to say that we expect it."
We read in the Debats

"The following is the news contained in our last
letters from London, dated. Monday evening. The
British Cabinet had not yet given to Baron de Brunovir,
Minister Plenipotentiary of. the Emperor of Russia, the
reply to the last note which that minister had cornro'
nicated to Lord Clarendon by order of his Government,
and the object of which was to demand categorical o%'
planations on the consequences which might result from
the entrance of the French and English squadrons into
the Black Sea. This reply was to be handed to M. de
Brunow on Tuesday. It is considered as certain that
it will consist in a formal refusal to give the explanations
demanded by the Russian Government ; it will, there-
fore, be just as was anticipated at Vienna and
Berlin,
and conformable to the indications which we have al'
ready published from those cities. M. de Brunow was
not ignora,ut of this resolution of the British Cabinet, ,
which he had been informed non-officially, and he wee, preparing to demand his passports. It
was expecte°.
that he would leave London before the end
of the
week."

The Archbishop of Frieburg has addressed a letter
to the editors of the Univers, thanking them foil.
the 10,000 f., the amount of a subscription they hog
opened for him, and expressing his
conviction that
he and his clergy will be victorious in the combat
\which they maintain " for the sacred rights of the
church, and the holy cause of Jesus Christ" —an (1
for the power of " freely fulfilling a mission which
they hold from. God and not from men." The
archbishop, in the same letter, says he expresses
his gratitude to the Bishops of France, who have
given him encouragement and consolation, and be
regrets not being able to write to them indivi-
dually.
General Sir John Burgoyne has arrived in Paris
on his way to Constantinople, where he proceeds
on a special mission from the English Government.
Colonel Ardant, of the French engineers, also
proceeds to Constantinople on a similar mission
from the French Government.
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