The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-30 00:00:00

EVENING- .ED►I rioN.

FRANCE.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
(Continuation of the sitting of Nov. 26.)
M. Guizot then rose and spoke as follows:—Gentlemen, the•
Honourable M. Passy has just stated to the Chamber with as much I
sincerity as clearness, the progress of the negotiations carried on
by the Cabinet of which he was a member. He has trade known to
the Chamber the instructions given to me when I was entrusted with
the embassy to London, instructions which were his last act in the
important affair of the East. The Chamber observes, either from
these instructions or from the statements of M. Passy, that the
situation of the Cabinet was perfectly free; that there was no forced
line of policy, no irrevocable engagement on the part of the Cabinet ;
that the only point on which the Cabinet had positively declared
itself *at that relating to Constantinople, and the necessity of abo •
lishing any exclusive protectorate. It was under the auspices of
these instructions that mymissioneommeneed.They were mmetia ey
confirmed by the Cabinet which succeeded that of the 12th of May.
No change of hny importance was made in the policy which it
was my m•ssion to uphold. I accepted, unhesitatingly, the task of
seconding tide policy under the Cabinet of the Ist of Marc'), as I
did under that of the 12th of May. In the relations that I had
on the first formation of the Cabinet of the Ist of March with its
President and some of its members, the sole reservations that I
thought it my duty to make, as regarded my entire co•operation,
were on points of internal policy. I was told v erbally. —I was
written to, that the Cabinet of the Ist of March was formed upon
this basis—" No electoral reform—no dissolution."—( Movement.)
I approved of this internal policy, and ranged myself under this
etensterd, as the only one that I could approve of. As regarded
foreign policy, I repeat it, the instructions given to me by the pre-
ceding Cabinet wore confirmed. I was far from having any ohjez
lion to that policy ; I thought it good and just in its principle :
greet for Europe, good for the Ottoman empire, and good fur Egypt
itself. As you have observed, the fundamental idea of this Po
iicy was the maintenance of peace in the East and in Eu-
rope, by means of the abolition of all exclusive protectorate
at Constantinople, aid of a pacific negotiation between the
and the I'acha This policy was evidently good for

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the whole of Europe, and saved it from the risk of all strife
u; on a special q':estion. I had the honour of saying from another
trit.une, that the grand interest of Eurupe at the present day was
to avoid ail struggles upon particular questions, and with this
view the wisdom of Europe had been displayed fer the last ten
years. A great number of special questions had arisen —in Spain,
in Adgitnn, and in Italy, which might have brought on the most
aerioas confl Vs. Europe, like France, understood that in our day

titbit-0 was e general qoestion— the question of peace and eiriiiza-
lation of Europe, which preponderated over all particular questions.
The policy of which I had -the honour to be the organ, applied the
same principle to the Eastern question. It was gond ass for the Ot-
toman empire; it preserved that empire from all internal column-
tinn, from all civil war, frOm all fore'ign intervention—and main-
tained the unity of tke•Massitlinans: Under this triple point of
Flew it was of great inapnrtance. for the Ottoman crinplie that no
tonditt should take place, that the question should not give rlse to
elny employment of material force, and that it should be en-
tirely brought to a conclusion by influence and negotiation.

gyi.t herself had as great an interest U _th!s pclicy as the
o:retnan empire. Tt w•as not so much the extent of his pos.

0119 that a:Pcted the Pacha ; it was the certainty o
thcir duration. 'lO gain the sanction -a-Europe for the do.

ration of his ttt!c was the Ibtxlanicrttal intereq vf the Egypt.at,

rstabtishrnent—ar•. interest a"hich I deplore bas not bccn sufficiently
understood by Egypt bersel4—(Sensation.) Gentlemen, you will

t;nu► ,erceivt; that 1 had tio.objection to make to theforeignpolicy

of the Cabinet of the Ist of March. I found that poncy goon, just,
and u,eful for ttic hoe word, and the Minister, M.Thitrs, was

right in siying, 3 esterday Mat I had adhered toit,and that 1 hat'

promised to supirrt it cord!ally. I did so, and I fulfilled my pro.
mi-e. I will E.ow state to you the idea which I forin.2,l to myscl

Or the duties I had end •rtakcn in this situation. I thought that
the first was to use all my efforts to carry out my instructions, to

tost.. the success of the policy of the Cabinet, in putting aside the
t,artt4l or 'accidental' discardances which might ari*e in the course