The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

THE NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR.

The nomination of Marshal Pelissier to the Lon-
don Embassy, left vacant by M. de Persignv, was
only yesterday definitively resolved on—at last, so
the story runs; and the Ministersweret e&oinmeirded
to observe the strictest silence until the Moniteur
should speak. All they were permi ted to say to
inquirers was, that some person was named, anti
that none of the candidates put forward by the
popular voice was the man. The first impres-
sion on the public this morning was unfa-
vourable ; the appointment of a military MAD,
and that man Pelissier, was interim.. ted in some
sort as a defiance or menace to England. On
reflection, however, such a notion gave way.
Grievous blunders have certainly been commits d
since the 14 h of January—blunders wnich have
occasioned surprise arid disai pointment to nearly
every member of the Di plomaticCorps in Paris, and
in Europe generally ; but the sending Marshal
Peissier to London wish such a view would be utter
childrsltne.s. It would be acting not unlike the
Chirrese, who used to order their troops when goissg
into action to cover their frees with paqebo.rd
masks, representing tigers, panthers, are., in order
to frighten the English soldiers F r from :my-
th ng like defiance being ineao..t, there are persons
who think Marshal Pelissier's mission will have the
effect of drawing closer, or, won properly 14 eaking,
re-estahlishing the alliance with Englan t.
Mi.r-
shal Pelissier is undoubtedly, a mili,ary man ; but
in a Government in which the civil element is
disappearing, and which is rapidly growing to a
military absolutism, there is nothing arrange in
a Marshal of the Empire being named to such a
post. It is said that Pelissier is a warm partisan
of the English alliance, and on a recent occasion
before the Privy Council of Regency expressed him-
self very strongly to that effect. Moreover, it was
hard to know what to do with him. The great mili-
tary commands (s .r pachalics, as they are termed
in some of the Spanish papers), are filled up, and
in them there was no place for Pelissier. He has,
I believe, the rank of Generalissimo, but it was no,
one of activity. He caredl.ttle about a Moristerial
portfolio ; and the busy nothings which form the
duties of Senator, or of Privy Counclor, were
little more than dawdling for a man who has
passed so active a life. I doubt whether the ivlar-
shal has been really happy s,nce his return to
Paris, and it is not at all improbable that, amid
&lithe Court ceremonial at which he has assist. d,
his thoughts were of Algiers or the Crimea. It wars
believed he would return, at his own request, to
Africa, as Governor-G neral and Commander-in-
Chief. If his inclination lay that way I suppose
there were sufficient, reasons for not sa isfyin4 it.
The Duke of Malakhoff was never supp sed to
possess any particular taste or talent for the science
of diplomacy. But he is said to be a man of sense,
and, unlike his predecessor, St. Arnaud, there is
little of the theatrical ,n his character. A wan of
plain common sen e will Ise any day a mach for the
mere professional diplomatist. There is re) reason
to suppose that he will not be well received in E.,g-
land. The visit to your country and frank r
course with its people will be of benefit to him,
particularly if he is, as is said, already disposed in
your favour. If he shares in she vu'gar prejudices
common in France about you, he will have an ,ip-
portuoity of ge!tinerid of theta. He will meet is

England- withhiN old r.nmrAdwa of t•.,
renew his acquaintance or hiends..ip w,th them.
He will find a.wo!lg those who g,%en
men who, whatever pasty they bel tug to, lo k to
their country's welfare rather than to heir owl,
personal interest. Among her public mind he will
find honour, integrity, and patriotism. Amo,.g 11,-r
titled aristocracy he will di'cover nu equivoc-ii
m,irqui.Aes, counts, and barons—the aristocratic
pastiche that swarm on the Contioeta—but rath-i
the Bt./ding grand seigneur, too proud to be

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educ.ted, ;tccomplished, un.ff ced, generous, but
notosteutati' pus—wealthy, but labori''us--pa,t rio,
b•ave, free—adwiratde iu h's very errors, and (he
very antithekis of the charlatan. The Duke of
Malakhuff will there find good society, aid 110
doubt tie will profit by his opportunities. On the
whole, the choice is not c ,nsidered a bad one. It
he is really di-posed well towards England, he will,
I trust, rttutu to France a wanner friend to tlit
alliance than when he set out.—Times second
edition,.

GENERAL OUTRAII AND TEIE 78TH

HIGULANDE .S.

The following copy of a letter, addrfssed by
Major-General Sir James Outram, G. 0.8., coin
manding the Fivst Division of dim Army, to
Brigadier Hamilton, commanding 2d Brigade,
First Division, is extracted from the Bombay
Standard :

" Camp, Alumbagh, near Lucknow, Jan. 26.
" My
,dear Brigadier,—I should be very sorry Oa,
the 78th should attribute anything I said to-day to the
excitement of the moment, and therefore somewhat more
perhaps than what I would deliberately r cord. Wha
I did say is what I really feel, and what I am sure must
be the sentiment of every Englishman who kuowe what
the 78th has done during the part year, and I bad fully
weighed what I should say before I went on parale.
While fresh in my mind I will here record what I did
say, in case you may think my deliberately and cenecien-
tiouely expressed testimony to the merits of your field.
regiment of any use. The following is the spirit, and I
think almost exactly the wording, of what I said :
" 78th Highlanders,—l gladly seize the opportunity
of the brigade being paraded to witness the prteentatiori
of good conduct metals to some of your deserving com-
rades to say a few words to you to tell you of my high
estimation of the very admirable conduct of the whole
regiment during the year, completed to-morrow, that I
have been associates, with you in the field, cotatneucieg
in Persia.
"'Your exemplary conduct, 78-h, in every respect,
throughout the past year, I can truly say, and I do moat
emphatically declare, has never ben surpa,seel by any
troops, of any nation, in any age, whether f r
able valour in the field or steady discipline in the camp,
under an amount of figb log, hardship, and privation
such as seldom, if ever, British troops have heretofore
been exposed to. Toe cheerfulness with which you have
gone through all this has excite I my admiration as much
as the undaunted pluck with welch you always civet,
wi h the enemy whenever you can get at him, no mitt- r
what his odds against you, or what the advantage. of
hi. position. And my feelings are but those if your
countrymen all over the world, who are now watchiee
your career with intense interest. I trust that it wilt
not be long before the cauroa gn will be br 'tight to a
glorious conclusion, by the utter destruction of tee
hosts of rebels in our front, "r the capture tf thi. do .inee
city, their last refuge. And lam sure that you, 78th,
who will haVe borne the brunt of the war ao gloriously
from first to last, when you return to old England, wi I
be bailed and rewarded by your grateful arid adreirieg
countrymen, as the band of heroes, which you so well
deserve t 3 be regarded. Good and glorious as your
conduct has been, 78th, your goodness and y ur glory
have been nobly emulated by all the troops ef this divi-
sion which have shared tour dangers and your triumph,.
Po them, al-o. my acknowledemeets are due. and they
will he gratefully tetidered when opperton•ty uffer=,
especially to the gallant 90th now at your side, as they
have ever stood by you, fought with you, and euffe,ee
with you since we closeted the Ganges together. The
great and brilliant services perf eened by the 90th in the
Crimea, even they have .been eclip.ee by what it has
already done in India. Nor must we forget, 78th, your
gallant coirrades of the 64th, though no longer with us,
who nerved with you in Persia, served with you here,
and suffered as yeti have done. No, I snail not f, rget
the 64ta in a hurry ; nor shall I forget 3 ou.'—Very ein-
ce-ely yours,
"J. OUTRAM."
6. To Brigadier Hamilton, &e."

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Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, and from the G.lverncrr of Heligoland,
were received yesterday at the C. lonial-offiee.
ANNUITY TO THE SON OF SIR HENRY LAWRENCE.
—A Special generkl court of the East India Co.i.pany
is to be held on the 17th of April, when the proprietor.
of E tst India Stock wi 1 he asked to approve a resolu-
tion of the Court of Directors granting to the eldest
Ban of the late Mnjor-General Sir Henry Lawrence an
annuity of 1,0001., with reversion to his younger brother,
in the event of the death of the elder brother without
issue male.