The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-25 00:00:00

C°l3-NT WALEwsKrs SPEECH IN THE

COIVGRESS.

We are enabled to lay before our readers an
authentic report of Count Walewski's (the First
French
Plenipotentiary) important speech, pro-
nounced in the Congress on April 8. After some
'°raial business,
Count Walewski rose and said—He thought it
Was desirable that, before they separated, the pleni-
Potentiaries should exchange their ideas upon vari-
TlB subjects which called for solution, and which
" might be useful to take into consideration, with
a 'View to prevent future c Although
they had assembled for thespecal purpose of ar-
faniging the Eastern question, the Congress might,
'n nis opinion, have to reproach itself if it were not
to take advantage of the circumstance which brought
together so many representatives of the principal
Powers of Europe, to elucidate certain questions,
lay down certain principles, and give utterance to
certain sentiments—all with the sole object of assur-
ing the tranquillity of the world by dispelling, while
they yet were not too threatening, the clouds which
mightalready be seen lowering in the political horizon
It could not, he said, be denied, that Greece was
in an abnormal situation. The anarchy to which
that country had been abandoned had compelled
France and England to send troops to the Piraeus,
and that at a time when their armies had no lack
of enjoyment elsewhere, The Congress knew what
was the state of Greece at that moment. More-
over, Congress could not be ignorant that the con-
dition of that country was far from satisfactory at
the present time. It would not therefore be a
proceeding without its utility it the powers repre-
sented in the Congress were to manifest a desire to
see the three protecting courts take into their ma-
ture consideration the deplorable situation of the
kingdom which they had created, and devise means
to apply a remedy. Count Walewski did not doubt
that Lord Clarendon would concur with him in
declaring that the two Governments were most
anxiously looking forward to the moment when
they might safely put au end to their occupation of
Greece ; but this they felt they could not do, so
long as serious modifications were not made in the
present state of things in Greece.
The French plenipotentiary afterwards reminded
the Congress that the Pontifical States were also in
an abnormal situation. The necessity of not leav-
ing those states a prey to anarchy had determined
of the Holy
France as well as Austria to respond to the re-
quest See in occupying Rome with her
troopswhile Austria occupied the Legations.
France had a double motive in deferring without
hesitation to the desires of the Holy See-Ist, as a
Catholic ; and 2d, as an European power. A.s the
" eldest child of the Church," a title of which the
Emperor was most proud, his Majesty had made
it a duty to give his aid to the Sovereign Pontiff.
But, further, the tranquillity of all Italy was
ranch too closely connected with the maintenance
of order in Europe for France not to have an in-
terest of the highest kind to assist, by all the means
in her power, in the preservation of order in the
Pope's dominions. He fully saw how much there
was that was abnormal in the situation of a power
which had need of the support of foreign troops in
order to maintain its authority. He did not hesi-
tate to declare, and he hoped that Count Buol
would, say as much on the part of A.ustria, that

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