The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-03 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1851.

ABD-EL.KADER has secured to himself a noble
advocate in the person of the Marquis of LONDON-
DERRY. Already we have commented upo❑ the ex-
ertions made by that generous soldier in behalf of the
illustrious captive, exertions which have hitherto
proved ineffectual in bringing about the EMIR'S
liberation. Again we have reason to refer in terms
of the most earnest eulogium to another instance of
similar magnanimity. Having awaited with no in-
considerable anxiety the results of his first energetic
interposition, having found that the princely senti-
ments expressed by Louis NAPOLEON remained fruit-
less of the happy consequences anticipated, Lord LON-
DONDERRY has once more brought the subject under
the consideration of the PRESIDENT of the French Re-

public through a letter evidencing in its writer an
elevated sympathy for the unfortunate. The document
is remarkable throughout for a vigorous and unaf.

fected eloquence, an eloquence resulting from the
force of those emotions in which the whole of this ge-
nerous interference has originated. The effusion
does honour to the heart of the old soldier : it speaks
no less emphatically for his intellect : it betokens an
entire abnegation of self in the pertinacity displayed
i❑ a renewed application, the precursor of which
had been followed only by very grievous disappoint-
ment.

Since the moment of his interview with the heroic
prisoner in the Chateau d'Amboise the Marquis of
LONDONDERRY has strained every nerve to fulfil
the promise volunteered by him upon that
occasion, the promise of using every means
within his reach to effect ABD.-EL-KADER'S
release from incarceration. It should be borne in re-
collection particularly that the Marquis of LON-
DONDERRY was justified, perhaps more than any other
man, in looking forward to the possibility of inter-
ceding effectively with the Republican Chief
Magistrate. For a like interposition in behalf of
Louis NAPOLEON, when confined in the castle of
Ham, the Imperial Prince was nearly indebted for
his emancipation, the word of the late KING having
been pledged to the foreign intercessor, and only
foregone because of an unlucky bullet fired im-
mediately afterwards by an assassin at Fontaine-
bleau. Strengthened by the remembrance of that
brilliant testimony of his personal friendship for the
Prince Louis NAPOLEON, and satisfied that his en-
treaties, more perchance than those of any other
individual, would, under the circumstances, have
weight with the PRESIDENT of the French Republic,
the Marquis of LONDONDERRY pleaded with the more
confidence the cause of the most chivalric captain of
the age. It cannot be forgotten that the request laid
before Louis NApoLuoN upon this matter was re-
sponded to in terms eminently befitting the nephew
of the modern CHARLEMAGNE. Listening only to the
dictates of: his own heroic and gentle heart, be
avowed at once his solicitude to bring about the
result besought from his Government, adding that
negotiations were already commenced on the part of

he French Ambassador at Constantinople. Than

this, of course, nothing could be more p?cuiiarly
satisfactory. Tne Marquis of LONDONDERRY, grate-

Cul for the spirit and promptitude with which his
appeal had been acknowledged, lapsed again into
silence, confident that every reasonable delay would
be compensated by the ultimate freedom accorded to
the captive of the Chateau d'Amboise. Therefore it

is that, impressed with this conviction, the noble
advocate of Ann-EL-KADER has since then held his
peace, awaiting anxiously, but with a sentiment
of security, the realization of his magnanimous
hopes. Yet, propitious as everything appeared at the
outset of the interval which thereupon elapsed, doubts
have gradually thickened over the future; and the
consequence is that Lord LONDONDERRY has ven-
tured to address supplementary entreaties in regard

to the EMIR to the Prince Louis NAPOLEON as the
head of the Republican Government. Employing in
this renewal of his demand one of the most graceful
and beautiful among the figures of rhetoric, he thus
addresses himself to the PRESIDENT :—" In the intoxi-
cating fairyland of the Hotel de Ville, where hun-
dreds and thousands of souls poured the wide stream
of flattery and incense around you, did the thought
never occur, Where is ABD EL-FADER r In the
splendid array of the elite of the warlike and noble
army of France, in her Champ de Mars, amidst the
enthusiastic cries of Vive NAPOLEON did no pang
shoot across your bosom, Where was ABD-EI,
KADER ?' In the delicious groves of St. Cloud, sur-
rounded by the Commissioners of the Industry
of all Nations, with flattery of diplomatists, and
ladies hanging on your smiles, while the most
conspicuous, from her temporary position, hung
upon your arm, did it never occur to you, Where is
ABD•EL-KADER ?" The emotions which those words
cannot have failed to excite must have deepened still
further the generous feelings with which, according
to his own assurance, Louts NAPOLEON has hitherto
continued to regard the heroic captive of the Chateau
D'Amboise. Nor can they have failed the less in their
effect from the circumstances that they are accom-
panied by expressions sufficiently indicating on the
part of the writer a gratifying appreciation of his
own elevated and princely character. Having pic-
tured to the PRESIDENT the aspect which any evasion
of the desired liberation would inevitably assume in
the eyes of the people of Christendom, the
Marquis of LONDONDERRY exclaims, moreover,
"thus you may leave, under timid vacillation and
fearful prejudices to some inglorious successor to
supreme power in France the crown of glorious
sympathy and liberty to ABD-EL.KADER, with
which you might now decorate your fair and, I still
believe, faultless brow." Warned by these words,
from the peril of allowing an opportunity so desirable
to slip by unimproved, LOUIS NAPOLEON has re-
sponded to his friendly correspondent in language
worthy of his illustrious name, and his unblemished
reputation. He has reiterated with his " princely
word," the assurance of his own personal anxiety to
b 3 in some measure instrumental in liberating the
victim of so much treachery. His intentions
towards the ERIE he still declares to remain
unchanged ; added to which he distinctly observes
that his ambassador has found the Ottoman
Porte ready to welcome ABD-EL-KADEIt within
the Turkish dominions ; and that the imme-
diate liberation of the latter is only yet a while pro-
crastinated, because of certain temporary but insur-
mountable obstacles. After this interesting corre-
spondence, no doubt can any longer be entertained in
reference to the ultiniste release of ABD•EL-KADER
from confinement, the Prince PRESIDENT being indi-
vidually solicitous to accomplish the work of his
th s emancipationingmaware, from his own personal experi-
ecnhcaer'acot in the terthoefmtihsaeuries of incarceration, and sympa-
thising
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