The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-02 00:00:00

ENGINE-DRIVERS.

The engine-driver to have his engine at the places
whore the trains are made up at least ten minutes before
the time specified for the departure of each train.
The engine from Balaklava will proceed with its train
to the junction of the Diamond Wharf Branch, and there
be detained, leaving the train. on the Balaklava side of
the junction. It will then be moved a sufficient dis-
tance in advance to allow the train from the Diamond
Wharf to clear the junction. The Diamond Wharf train
will then be joined by the Dalaklava train ; both en-
gines will proceed with the train to the foot of the in-
cline, a•nd return on the down line in front of the empty
waggons. On arriving at the Sardinian depot each en-
gins will proceed with its proportion of waggons to the
Diamond Wharf at Balaklava.

The engine drivers must pay particular attention to
the signals, of which there are only two—red and white;
the red flag when held up denoting that the engine is to
stop, the white that it is to proceed.
The engines are in no case to be brought into the town
farther than the place of departure referred to above
without the express orders of the superintending engineer.
The engines are not to be allowed to travel on the line
faster thaw ten miles an hour, nor over the level crossings
faster than four miles an hour.

No person is allowed to ride on the engine, under any
pretence whatever, without permission from the super-
intending engineer. Each engine driver will examine hie
engine carefully before commencing work in the morn-
ing, and report any damage that may hare occurred to
the superintending engineer.
The whistle to be used freely while going along tlieline.
Should any accident occur owing to the carelessness
or neglect of duty on the part of the engine driver, he
will be tried by eourt-martial and punished accerdingly,

THE AUTHOR, OF THE PEACE
PAMPHLET.

( Front the Manchester Guardian.)
PARIS, Dec. 30.—You will have received, long before
this letter reaches you, the transcript of the Err ror's
speech of yesterday to the troops ; therefore any re-
marks upon that are wholly without interest ; nor, in
fact, does the speech call for any particular of-serration.
But upon another subject I am happily able to furnish
you with every possible and undeniably authentic detail :
upon the subject of the pamphlet which has made such
a sensation. The Freese of last night, as you may have
heard, gave the author's name in full (not, as I fancy,
with that author's permission), and every one now knows
the pamphlet to have been written by M. Charles
Duveyrier ; but comparatively few persons know under
what circumstances M. Duveyrier wrote, and,
above all, printed it. These I will relate to you.
A few words first on ther author himself. M.
Charles Duveyrier is of an excellent and most
honourable family ; his brother is better known in the
literary world as M. Melesville, coder which assumed
name (sot liking his real one to appear upon a play-bill)
be has achieved considerable dramatic renown. Charles
Duveyrier is one of those men whom every one knows,
or must at some time know ; ho is extremely clever,
and is mixed up with every one and in everything. A
great friend of Count Walewski's, he is perpetually at
the foreign office, where he has to do with the corre-
spondence, where every official, from the Minister
downwards, is his intimate, and where, although
ostensibly but what may be *stied a "hanger-on," be
exercises a certain degree of influence. About a week
ago he came to Count Walewsks with the M.S. of the
so-much-talked-of pamphlet in his hand, and asked
hiss to read it, saying he felt he must publish it.
Count Walewski did read it (it is, as you will
have seen, very short, and is easy to read in ten
minutes), and was quite enchanted with it, saying
that not only it was the evident thing to bring out
at the present moment, the proper chord to awaken in
the public breast, but that it happened to be precisely
coincident with the Emperor's own view of the situation,
and that too much publicity and too much importance
could not possibly be given to it. Count Walewski
summed all up by telliag M. Duveyrier to go without
any delay to M. Mocquard, and leave him the MS., in
order that, without loss of time, it might be submitted
to the Emperor. M. Duveyrier did so immediately, and
the consequence was an audience, within the shortest
possible time, of the Emperor himself. " What do you
mean to do with this?" was Louis Napoleon' first ques-
tion, showing the MS. and taking it in his hand. " I
thought of publishing it at 25c." was the reply. "Too
dear," said the Emperor, " moth too dear; you must put
it at 10c. in order that it may be in every one's hand. It
cannot be too widely circulated." After that he added,
•" That is not your affair ; you need not trouble your-
self with the cost ; that shall be paid here." This M.
Duveyrier objected to, and insisted upon bearing him-
self the charges of publication. The Emperor then began
to read the MS. over again, before its author's eyes,
making here and there certain remarks, suggesting cer-
tain alterations, suppressing one expression, adding ano-
ther, and giving—which is easy to perceive by any one
who has the habit of his style—giving the colouring and
tone of his own convictions to it. One or two pa-sages
of the Emperor's conversation upon all these points are
exceedingly interesting to note ; the following for in-
stance. In the pamphlet stands this phrase : " There is
no one now who does not understand that the sole diffi-
culty consists in the discovery of the exact means whereby
to terminate the struggle—a conclusion worthy of that
struggle's magnitude—and who does not feel that after
the taking of Sebastopoland the destruction of the Black
Sea fleet, peace is necessarily at the bottom of all. In truth
the above events created a totally new situation, and this
is marked out most distinctly in the speech made by
Napoleon 111. to the expositors." Here the Emperor
paused, and in a loud, decided tone, " You have not
said enough, monsieur," he exclaimed ; "instead of
saying that I pointed out this distinctly, you might have
said I did so with authority to all Europe." Nothing
could exceed, however, the Emperor's praise of the whole
thing, or the expression of his anxiety that it might be
brought out as quickly as possible, and have the widest
possiple circulation. It was accordingly struck off, and
appeared, as you know, in the Siec/e, and on Thursday
in all the papers. The Debats was ordered to insert it
at fell length in its columns, and the way in which all
the provincial papers received it " from high hands,"
as some of them even ventured to remark, gave rise to
the report that it was the produce of the Emperor's own
pen.

I have told you, I think, for some time, that in the
imperial entourage (and in this case I mean the persons
most attached to Louis Napoleon) there was a feeling
gradually-rising up that we in England wished to drag
France obstinately and blindly into a wilful continuation
of the war, and that our influence was used to carry her
out of her depth. This feeling does exist still, and no
pains are spared to make the Emperor partake it. Upon
this subject he may or may not share the notions of
those around him ; but I believe it is indisputable that
at this present moment ho does strongly incline towards
peace. A thousand things may prevent the possibilities
of peace, and force Louis Napoleon to go to every ex-
tremity with war ; or he may even be really in-
fluenced by us, and brought to adopt the view of the
advisability of continuing the contest ; but at this
actual and identical moment, the difficulties which
surround him at home, the financial embarrassments
to which he is opening his eyes in good earnest, and
various other causes, unite to make him desire ar-
dently the passibility of an honourable peace. I
must tell you that the pamphlet here in Paris is almost
universally applaudel, and the idea that the Emperor
has, directly or indirectly, aided its appearance, and is
father to its sentiments, has won him "golden opinions"
from men who were even strenuous in their opposition
to him and his government. There is but one mind upon
the pamphlet, which is termed " wise, politic, high-
minded, noble, statesman- iko, profound," and a vast
deal more. lam not giving you my opinions upon this,
but the very general. I might indeed say universal, opi-
nion. England and France are, in this respect, quite dif-
ferently minded, as you may have had more than one
opportunity of remarking ; their situation is nut our's,
neither is their temper, and they cannot be expected
necessarily to see things with our eyes, because they
are our allies. Ninety-nine hundredths of Frenchmen
say and think that now the interests, nay, the neces-
sities, of France even, command peace. You must not
wonder, therefore, at the feeling I allude to above.
Others, however, who are not French, agree FO entirely
with the pamphlet, that, three or four days back, M.
Duveyrier meeting in Count Walowski's cabinet hi. de
Seehach, the Saxon Minister, just starling, as you know,
for Russia, the latter came up to him, exclaiming, " Aim
monsieur, all you have said is so true, that I am going
to St. Petersburg only to repeat it in every possible
form." Whether the views put forth by M. Daveyrier,
and taken up under the imperial patronage, will find
echo in Russia, is what no one can predict—Rusia's
blindness may oblige the allies to a continuance of
the war ; hut, if not, and we in England do not put
Louis Napoleon upon his absolute choice be•
tween our friendship with a continuation of the war,
or our coolness if peace be concluded, you may
be assured he will make effort for a cessation of the
struggle. If it were to cost hint the English alliance,
and he clearly discerned as much, I believe then (hut
only in such an alternative) he would banish from his
mind all pacific ideas, and a paragraph would perhaps
appear in next week's Monitcur, saying that "a report
had been spread of the complicity of the Government in
the publication of a recent brochure ; but that the Go-
vernment wholly denied all knowledge of the same, and
left the entire responsibility of it upon the author, who-
ever he might be." Meanwhile, if nothing of the sort
I mention occurs, you way take for granted and certain
that, in his present frame of mind, the brochure does
really represent in toto the Emperor's feeling upon the
important matter of war or peace. M. X.