The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-26 00:00:00

PARIS-MONDAY.

(From a Correspondent.)
I will endeavour to gratify your curiosity, and describe
the effect produced on the ptiblic mind here by the debate
on Lord Dudley Stuart's motion, on the 19th inst. Con-
siderable anxiety existed in Paris to be informed of the cha-
racter, and the result of that debate. The French cer-
tainly think that the Chamber of Deputies exhibited a
generous spirit towards Poland, as well as a firm and states-
manlike regard for the interests of France, in carrying in
favour of Polish nationality the Amendment to the Address
proposed by the King's Ministers. They waited with im-
patience, therefore, for the time when the Member of the
English House of Commons should, on the same subject,
evince a generosity and foresight equal to that which
marked the eloquent speeches of St. Mark Gerardin and
Odillon Barrot. It must be confessed that the effect pro-
duced by the debate was not commensurate with the ex-
pectations which. had been raised. The French are morti-
fied and disappointed to find the Turkish and Polish
questions so imperfectly understood, and their importance
so little appreciated in England. At the same time,
their national vanity is in no slight degree gratified by
perceiving that they have expressed at once in a loftier, in
a more independent, and in a sincerer manner, their opinions
towards Russia.

The siteech of Lord Dudley Stuart has been generally
approved of, and amongst those who followed him in the
debate, Lord Pollington has attracted a good deal of
attention. This young gentleman, who has just returned
from an oriental tour of two years, rose in his place in the
House to bear testimony to a circumstance but little un-
derstood in France and in England—the great and dan-
gerous influence which Russia exercises on the Sclavvnic
populations of Turkey and Austria, from the Black Sea to
the Adriatic.

The French say, and I believe with reason, that the dis-
inclination to interfere with the peaceable enjoyment of our
domestic comforts, is the ruling principle of the foreign
policy of England. For my part, I hold John Bull to be
right in thinking of himself first; but it may be feared, that
in adhering too strictly to this selfish principle he may
be-
come familiarized with the feeling, that his dignity, his In-
fluence, and his character in Europe are diminished ; and
it may be doubted whether this narrow' and exclusive re-
gard for his material interests does not put in jeopardy, not
_only those very interests, but the national honour of his
country.

To be consistent we should acknowledge that our aver-
sion to, or our excessive fear of the consequences of war,
under any circumstances, are carriad to such a point, that
they constitute the end and the object—that they are, in
fact, the great secret of our policy. Unfortunately, this
secret was but too clearly divulged in the debate, and the
agents of Russia were present to observe attentively the
exact degree of apathy produced in Eyeand by her love of
ease. So long as our internal wealth and prosperity pro-
duce a disinclination to adopt any decisive course of action,
Russia will seize the propitious opportunity—will profit by
our lethargy—and extend her aggressive projects.