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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1867.

No further intelligence has been received to con-
firm the statement relative to the release of the
unfortunate prisoners of Abyssinia, and hence the
Government is placed in a very awkward position.
It will be the wisest thing for them to do to go on
with their preparations, no matter what parties may
say about the useless outlay of money, and so on.
This is pre-eminently one of those political situa-
tions to which we may apply the rule, " When in
doubt, learn the truth." It will never do to let
precious moments slip by, and then find out
that the good news was false when it is too
late to follow the original course marked out, to
deliver the victims of caprice and tyranny. Public
opinion is sure to be on the side of continuing the
preparations that have been begun with so much
vigour and comprehensiveness ; and we feel sure
that Lord STANLEY will be too prudent to be
led aside from his purpose by any supposition of
useless expenditure. It is satisfactory to know
that the intention of the authorities is to
carry out the thing as fully and completely
as possible. Sir ROBERT N?►PIER has the
entire control of the expedition, and the care and
precision employed in the arrangements have anti-
cipated the suggestions made by several persons
who have been anxious to impart information and
warn them of perils.
Concerning the news supposed to have been re-
ceived the other day, it is observed in a letter to
the Z Imes to-day that it appears strange that this
news should come to us by Constantinople, when
the authorities of Aden and in Egypt seem to know
nothing about it. It is also curious that THEODORE
should have yielded to the request of an insignificant
bishop of the Greek Church what he would not
concede to the solicitations and demands of the
British Embassy. It is said in intelligence received
from Aden that the report of the death of two of
these captives is not correct. Colonel MEREWETHER
has received accounts of them up to the 12th of
June, at which date all were well. While disap-
pointment is naturally felt at the idea of the cheer-
ing accounts lately given being false, we must
remember that things are not worse than before,
and that we may confidently expect before long to
hear good tidings that will not be refuted.

Since the above was written we have received in-
formation from the Foreign-office that up to 11 a.m.
this morning no positive intelligence had yet ar-
rived announcing the liberation of the captives.
Whilst the gratifying intelligence announced is want-
ing the preparations for the Expedition will go
forward with the utmost despatch and energy.

French politics seem in vogue lately, and so soon
as one topic of interest departs another springs up
to engage attention. The Marquis de MOUSTIER,
French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has addressed
a circular to the diplomatic agents of France abroad
relating to the meeting between the Emperor
NAPOLEON and the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH.
This circular will be sure to attract a good deal of
notice just now on account of the excitement which
prevailed concerning this affair, and the various
speculations to which it gave rise. The Marquis
commences his lengthened explanation by stating
that he is actuated in this course solely on accoant
of the interview in question having formed the
" subject of interpretations which tend to distort
the character it possessed." The EMPEROR and
EMPRESS went to Salzburg, it is said, guided by a
sentiment which public opinion could not otherwise
have mistaken, and it is here stated to have been a
desire to bear an affectionate testimony of sympathy
to the Imperial Family of Austria, which had just
been cruelly afflicted by a great misfortune. After
this rule is decidedly laid down, the Mar-
quis admits that these distinguished Sove-
reigns could not be together in "confiding
intimacy " for several days without exchanging
ideas on questions of great interest, and confiding
their mutual impressions to each other. " But,"
he adds emphatically, and this assurance is doubt-
less the chief point of the circular, " neither the
object nor the result of these interviews was the
formation of combinations which there is nothing
in the present state of Europe to justify." It must
be admitted that there were no real grounds on
which to form the opinion that the meeting at
Salzburg contained a hidden meaning ; but, as we
said before, it was the complicated state of things in
Germany which gave rise to the surmises in question.
"Conscience makes cowards of us all," and BISMARCK'S
position is such that he can ill afford time for inter-
views and consultations, or even an exchange of
ideas, to take place with his victims on the one hand,
and his rivals on the other. Hence his fears give
rise to hopes on the part of those who resent his
interference, and dread to become the tooLs of his
caprice. It was not the fault of the French Em-
PEROR, nor that of the Austrian, that these rumours
got about, but they arose from the jealousy and
suspicion of the Berlin Government. Not content
with having made this commotion, and proved to
the world how unsettled they felt in the midst of
all their boasting than they forthwith change their
tactics, and declare that the attempt was made, and
that it had proved a failure.
The French Government could afford to laugh at
the notion of the Emperors having met to under-
mine the security of nations, and to set Europe by
the ears, but it will not do to let the sequel of the
story go uncontradicted. Hence this circular, which
has for end and object to give a fiat denial to the
beginning of the tale, in order to show the falsity j
of the several parts of it. ,The Marquis de MOUSTIER
points significantly to the language by the Emperor
NAPOLEON'S Government on each occasion, when
it has had to explain itself concerning the state of
things created by the military events of last sum •
men This attitude was defined in various ways—
by the Circular of last September, by the language
of the EMPEROR at the opening of the Senate and
the legislative body, and also by the speeches of the
Minister of State during the course of the Parlia-
mentary debates of last session. After referring
to these notable events the Marquis triumphantly
adds that at " a recent conjuncture we have
seen the Cabinets of Europe do justice to
the straightforwardness of our policy, and lend
their concurrence to our ideas of pacification."
Certainly the turn which affairs took and the opinion