The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-02 00:00:00

POZZO AND LORD DURHAM.

(From the Constitutionnel.)
Since the arrival of Lord Durham at Paris,
M. Pozzo di Borgo has redoubled his zeal and acti-
vity, in order to enfeeble the effects which might be
produced by the revelations of the English diplomatist
as to the plots of Russia--revelations which may in-
deed compromise the projects of the Czar. We
believe we can state that M. Pozzo has visited in the
same day the Ambassadors of Prussia, Austria, and"
Holland. Twice he has been to Lord Granville, and
the Ambassador of England has simply sent to M.
Pozzo his card. M. Pozzo, ordinarily so easily ap-
proached, has shut himself up two whole mornings to
prepare his despatches. He causes the smallest move-
ments of Lord Durham to be carefully watched—and
when this diplomatist went yesterday, accompanied by
his Ambassador, Lord Granville, to M. de Broglie,
M. Po'zzo had preceded them several hours.
To what tends all these movements? What does
Russia demand of our cabinet? What means this ex-
treme respect and attachment for a crown so disdained
and looked down upon a few months ago ? To what
point would Russia arrive ?
We repeat—M. Pozzo fears the effect of the reve-
lations to be made by Lord Durham. Up to this time
he had arranged his plots, and had endeavoured by his
intrigues to dissolve the strong and intimate alliance
of ',ranee and England. But all this he may now
fail in, and how is he to extricate himself from this em-
barrassment ? How is he to reply to official docu-
ments? How is he to answer copies of despatches
which the infidelity of some Russian agents has placed
in the hands of England ?
The designs of Russia were secret. From this time
they may see the light of day. They were in the first
instance communicated to England, and she was in-
vited to separate from France. This was the object of
the last journey of M. Pozzo to London, when he ran
away from the Tuileries at the end of the year 1832, in
order to avoid complimenting the King of the French
on New Year's Day, 1833. What then was it Russia
desired? It was to favour a combination of Tories
and Whigs, in order to ruin the Whigs, and then
get back to the old combinations of the Holy Alliance.
Being frustrated in this proceeding by England,
Russia turned to France. She knows that the
strong hold of the Whig Ministry is the French
alliance—the moral support of the revolution of July ;
and, in order to destroy one after the other, Russia
aims to separate the Whigs from the revolution. The
Reform Bills and the French revolution are two united
facts which are indestructible. It is for this reason
that Russia endeavours to attack or invalidate them by
finessing, by promises she cannot fulfil, and by engage-
ments which Pozzo di Borgo knows himself that Rus-
sia will not and cannot keep.
M. Pozzo is not ignorant of the fact that the prin-
cipal disclosures which Lord Durham is charged to
make relate to the affair of Holland, where the ill-will
of Russia to France has particularly displayed itself.
In order to destroy the effect of these revelations,
Pozzo has had several conferences with the Envoy of
Holland, and has even offered to put an end to all differ-
ences. He speaks "in the name of his master." He dis-
avows the hostile acts of William of Holland ; and yet
the truth is that, if the King of Holland still hesitates to
give up, and if he still maintain, on a war footing, an
exaggerated and enormous army—so exaggerated
when compared with the resources of his kingdom—it
is to the counsels, to the insinuations, of Russia that
all this must be attributed. Pozzo di Borgo knows it.
He plays the double game—follows double orders ;
and this is the cause of all.
In his conference with M. d'Appony and the Minis-
ter of Prussia, M. Pozzo di Borgo has demanded their
support in the line of policy he proposes to pursue. He
feels that his influence may be lost, and so he wishes to
regain his position by a common intervention. He
endeavours, aided by the elements of the Holy Alliance,
to make head against the English nobleman sent to
Paris to represent another political system.
Lord Durham is everywhere well received. We
regret that he does not meet from the Doctrinaire
ministry the same loyal and frank alliance in favour of
his liberal ideas, and in favour of the alliance of the two
nations. We do not desire, any more than England
does, the triumph of radicalism. It is necessary to be
on our guard against turbulent revolutions which de-
stroy empires. But progress is not anarchy, and the
Whigs in England represent progress. The best
means of preserving a country from popular troubles is
to make concessions to national ideas and interests.
Behold, if we are rightly informed, all the theory of
Lord Durham, and the desire of the Grey ministry.
It will indeed be sad, if this be not understood and felt
by our statesmen.