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Foreign-office, March it, :1868:'1,""'-'
13/Lord,--I have received Your Zaccelieociek 4,04
'l.he Bth inst., reporting the langna,ge 00uOt
on receiving from you a copy Of niydeipotob of 4th •
taut ; and I have to acquaint your Etceliengi, thas
1r Majesty's Government have observ.ed
!siltation the friendly spirit which . pervaded hie Ex ."
renf7_. -emr-1-- they feel sure that all the-
wnieh has prevailed respecting the purpoes
hie previous despatch of the 20th of January, will
entirely removed by the answer which Count Wsiii
ski leads you to expect will be returned to the com-
nication now made to am, So. (Signed)
ALMESBTJRY.

pitiok 4.u. Sl'Abilltb 5D •
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ORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING
FOREIGN REFUGEES .IN ENGLAND,

[The following appeared in our late edition of yesterday
evening

No. 1.
EAiIL COWL 4 TO THE EAEL OF CLAEENDON.
(Receivell Feb. 24.)
Paris, Feb. 23, 1858.
- Ary Lord,—Count'Walewski is very desirous that I
should express to.your Lordship his astonishment and
regret at the interpretation put, during the late discus-
sion in the House of Commons, upon certain phrases in
his despatch to Count Persigny of the 20th ultimo—
astonishment that his meaning could have been nsisnn-
derstood, and regret that he should be believed, with bis
knowledge of England, capable of applying as a gene-
rality an imputation whie'a the context of his despatch
ought, he thinks, to have proved could only have been
intended for a definite class of strangers.

No. 5.
COUNT VirALRWSEI TO COUNT PSTWIGS?.

nmunicated to the Earl of Malmesbury by Coda
Persigny, March 12.)
f. le Comte,—Lord Cowley m's ramie nue cl6l.Aahs
tai a dbiS adres49 par le Principal Secr6tairecl'Etat
S'a Majest6 Britannique au Ddpartement des Affaires
anima, en date du 4 Mars, et dont you trottverss
opie ci-annex6e.

I must, in justice to Count Walewski, add, that in
the numerous cenversations which I have bad with him
during the last month, his language has been in entire
conformity with the assurances which I have thus the
honour to convey to your lordship on his part. More-
over, hie Excellency has evinced so much concern that
the deplorable events which have occurred should not
interrupt the friendly relations which exist between the
two countries, that it is not to be supposed he would
intentionally have said aught that could be construed
into an attack upon the liberties of the British nation.
--I have, fo., (Sigod) CO W LEX.

ff.; Gonvernement de I'Eniperenr se fdlicite des dispo.
eitibns amicales (la nouveau Cabinet, et• voit avec 'slue
satizfaction sinere que lea Ministres actuels .de is
Refine, comme leurs prdldcessenrs, ne se Bout miprig Di
sur nos intentions, ni sus la graviti des faits que nous
avons sig❑albs au Gouvernement de 8a MajeSt4 131:itan-
nique.

I) Gouvernement de I'Empereur, M. le Comte, se
e que depuis six ans touts as conduit() exolut le
1)c)n de vouloir, en auoune maniere, blesser la dig-
-1 de la nation Anglaise, et Sa Majest4 croit avoir Saki
`ens les occ.avions pendant la paiy, comma pendant la
liene entre lee aiiii *pin.
!rnpereur, vons Ie savez, a toujours en‘cette convic-
-1 profonde, que la reconciliation de. deux grandee
ons apres des siei.les d'antagoaisine, ne ponvalt Atria
ere et durable qu'h, flue Beide noodition,--A'est quo
2 neur de l'ane ne fftt jamais sacrifi A l'honneur de
,re,

No.' 2.

THE EARL OF MALHESBURY I'o EARL COWLEY'.

Foreign-office, March 4, 1858.

My Lord,—You will take the earliest opportunity of
assuring Count Walewski that her Majesty's advisers, on
their accession to office, are earnestly desirous of main•
taining in their integrity those close and friendly rela-
tions which, since the restoration of the empire, have
marked the alliance between France and Great Britain,
to the great benefit of both countries.
Convinced that these sentiments are shared by the
Government of his Imperial Majesty, and that both
Governments will concur in the opinion that such
friendly relations are best maintained by frank and
unreserved intercourse, her Majesty's Government
appeal with confidence to that of his Imperial Majesty

nentimentsfattesiii par lee actes constants
du (louvernement de Sa Majaste, ripondent Isedez sax
appitSciations eiror.des dont notre oommunicatioa da
20 anvier a Stod I'objet. Au surplus, que s'est-il pass 4 I
Je ions ai pri4 de signaler an Gouvernement de., Sa
Majesty Britannique l'existence 1 Londres dune soots
d'itrangers qui, dans ses publications et sea prating',
drig?3 l'assasstnat en doctrine, et qui, dins yespace de
tnnees, n'a pas envoys en France mins de limit
3sine pour frapper l'Empereur, ainsi que le ma-
t a
lee d
s a
celnataratt,i,oncosmdmil j! mary;
: ui du 14 Janvier, ons
trotivi l'Empereur impassible ; mettant as confiance
lu e!t
dani la protection du Ciel, Sa MajeittS- envisage avec
un iprofond Wain lea attaques qni no a'adreseent
(lull, ea persenne mais le pays e'en est moibri
vivensent Smu, et comme, l'ipoque- ob je
vous alressais ma *Ache, anomie meenre
repression n'avait tile prise k Londres, l'opinion publique
en France, sans se rendre compte de la nature des insti-
tutions de l'Angleterre, ni des motifs de them ("
cretion") dont parle la communication 'du Comte 4.41
Malinesbury, • s'itorinait que tan d'audace fat testSe

to aid them in their endeavours to remove some causes
of apprehension which, it cannot be denied, have pro-
duced, and if suffered to remain must continue to pro-
duce, painful effects upon the public mind of England.

Your lordship will assure Count Waleweki that her
Majesty's Government entertain the fullest conviction
that his Excellency, in his despatch of the 20th
January, written at a moment when the just in.
dignation of France and of the world had been ex-
cited by the late atrocious and cowardly attempt
upon the life of his Imperial Majesty, and under the
impression that the laws of England were insuffi-
cient to protect his Imperial Majesty against a repetition
of such attempts upon the part of foreign refugees resi-
dent in Great Britain, had no other intention than twat
-of pointing out to her Majesty's Government what ap-
-peered to be a source of danger to France, and inviting
their attention to the supposed defect.
If such has been from the first the hope of her Ma-
jtyle'ws Government, that hope has been completelyski has spontaneously given, as reported in year
;realised by the fall and frank assurances which Count
W
despatch of the 23d of February, of his astonishment and
regret-at the interpretation put upon certain phrases in
asa
his despatch to Coact Persigny of the 20th of January,
"astonishment that his meaning could have. been mis-
understood, and regret that he should be believed, with
his knowledge of England, capable of applying as a ge-
nerality, an imputation which the context of his despatch
ought, he thinks, to have proved could only have been
intended for a definite class of strangers."
Though her Majesty's Government have, from the
first, entertained the belief that the erroneous construc-
tion
had been put on Count Walewski's despatch, they
receive with the highest satisfaction the voluntary repu-
diation, so honourable to his Excellency, of the meaning
which he believes to have been attributed to him ; and
in the same spirit of candour, they desire to call his
aattention,expregsloin which really have pro z,
du/aid an itafarourabli leopieesion 012 the public
_opinion,
of this country. • - _ • _ -
Your lordship will therefore remark to Count Walew-
ski, that his Excellency, in stating that the attempt
which has just providentially failed, "like others which
have preceded it, was devised in England,"—in speak-
ing with reference to the "adeptes de la dinsa,gogie"
established in England—of "assassination elevated to
doctrine, preached openly, practised in repeated at-
tempts,"—and in asking " whether the right of asylum
should protect such a state of things, or contribute to
favour their designs and their plans," has net unnatu-
rally been understood to imply imputations, not only
that the offences enumerated are not recognised as such
by the English law, and may be committed with impu-
nity, but that the spirit of English legislation is such as
designedly to shelter and screen the offender from
•punishment.

Le caractere d'ailibura de nos diaiarches yeas a iti
dial:el de is maniere la plus nette par -rEmpereur lai-
►ninie, qui yetis icrivait vera la fin de Janvier, "Je no
me Ws aucune illusion sur le pea d'efficaciti des manures
qu'op pourrait prendre, mais ce sera toojoure
us ,bon procile qui calmera ici bien des irri-
tatione. Expliquez bien aux Ministres do Is
&Atte notre position ; it no s'egit pas aujourd'hnl de
sauver ma vie, it s'agit de sauver ralliance."

L'Empereur, M. le Comte, u'a point entendu de-
mander I'appui de Geuvernements 4trangers pour aug-
tuenter ea stireui personnelle ; no sentiment plus 61ev6,
un int4l et plus grand ses yeux l'ont guid4, c'eet de
niaintenir lea bons rapports existants area los Etats
voicing.

Ma *ache do 20 Janvier n'avait d'antr:e but quo de
signaler un itat de ohosee regrettable, male je me anis
abetenu avec soin d'exprimer aucune opinion air lea
mesures propres 1 y porter ren:ide, et je pu com-
prendre comment quelques expressions de cette dipiehe
ont kis aussi mal interpritia, Je n'ai pas besoin de Tons
dire d'ailleurs, que je n'ai jamats eu la pensis de coml.
direr la legislation Anglaise comma protejeant seism-
_ pent le coupable, et pour emprunter lea paroles 'Ames
_ _ _

ICP dormant cea assurances art Principal Seoritaire -
d'Etrst, you. rctidrestAren ',deader quo les isitenttoas ao
l'Empereur ayant eta miconnues, le Gonrerarsamast do
So Majesti s'abstiendra de continuer flue discussioa
qui, en se prolongeant, pourrait porter atteinte Is la
digniti et is la bonne intelligence des deux pays, et qu'il
s'en rapporte puremant et sirnplement k la loyauti du
peuple Anglais.

Je vow; prie de dormer lecture de la primate diphhe
a Lord Malmesbary, et de lui en laisser e9pie.—Agriez,
&c. (Signs) A. WALEWSKI.

(Translation.)
Paris, March 11, 1858.

M. le Comte,—Lord Cowley has delivered to me s
despatch which has been addressed to him by her Bri-
tannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Fe.
reign Affairs, dated the 4th of March, and of which you
will find a copy annexed hereto.

Her Majesty's Government are persuaded that bad
Count Waleweki known, when his Excellency held with
your lordship the conversation to which I hays adverted
above, that suck construction was put upon certain por-
tions of his despatch of Jan. 20, he would have had no
difficulty in adding to the assurance then given the fur-
ther assurance that nothing could have been further
from his intention than to convey an imputation injurious
alike to the morality and the honour of the British na-

The Government of the Emperor congratulates itself
on the friendly dispositions of the new Cabinet, and
sees, with sincere satisfaction, that the present Ministers
of the Queen, like their predecessors, are under no mis•
apprehension either as to our intentions, or as to the
grave nature of the facts which we have signalised to
the Government of her Britannic Majesty.
The Government of the Emperor, M. le Comte, flatters
itself, that far six years, its whole conduct haspreeladed
the suspicion of its wishing,
in any way,--to wound the
dignity of the English nation ; and his Majesty thinks
that he has seized every opportunity during peace, as
well as during war, of drawing closer the bonds between
the two people. The Emperor, as you are aware, has
always entertained this profound conviction, that the
reconciliation of two great nations, safer ages of anta-
gonism, could be slicers and lasting only on one condi-
tion, namely, that the honour of one should never be
sacrificed to the honour of the other.

Lion. All the offences which his Excellency enumerates,
on being proved to the satisfaction of a jury, subject the
person convicted to the infliction of penalties more or
less severe ; and if cases have been brought to the notice
of the Government of his Imperial Majesty, may appear
to have been overlooked by her Maj.-sty's Government,
it is not to be doubted but that the advisers
of her Majesty, in abstaining to prosecute,
have been influenced by motives of discretion quite
consistent with an earnest desire to repress such
offences. _ . . .

Subßequently, however, to the late atrocious attempt,
proceedings have been instituted in two cases—one for
complicity in the late murderous attempt ; another for
a publication " elevating assassination to doctrine ill'
and another similar case is now under the consideration
of the law officers of the Crown.

Such sentiments, attested by the constant acts of the
Government of his Majesty, are a sufficient answer to
the erroneous interpretations of which our communica-
tion of the 20th of January has been the object. Be.
sties, what has happened ! I begged you to signalize
to the Government of her Britannic Majesty, the
existence in London of a sect of foreigners which, in its
publications and its meetings, elevates assassination to
doctrine, and which, in the space cf six years, has sent
into France not less than eight asew,sins to strike a
blow at the Emperor, as is proved by the declarations
of the jury.
All these attempts, like that of the 14th January,
have found the Emperor impassive ; putting his trust
in the protection of Heaven, his Majesty views with
profound disdain the attacks which are directed only at
his person ; but the country has shown itself to be
deeply moved by them, and as, at the time when I
addressed my despatch to you, no repressive measure
had been taken in London, public opinion in France,
without taking into account the nature of the institn-
nor the motives of discretion of which
Yuch audacity should have remained
was alto.
uLtiZrdgedoMftEhalanmtgelsasobnudmr, 's communication speaks,
unpunished.
Moreover, the character of our proceedings was laid
down to you in the clearest manner by the Emperor
himself, who wrote to you towards the end of January
" I do deceive myself as to the little efficacy of the
measures which could be taken, but it will still be a
friendly act, which will calm much irritation here. Ex-
plain our position clearly to the Ministers of the Queen;
it is not now a question of saving my life, it ie a"H•
tion of saving the alliance."
The Emperor, M. le Comte, has never intended to
demand the support of foreign Governments to increase
his personal security. A more elevated sentiment, an
interest greater in his eyes, have guided him, namely,
the maintenance of the good relations existing with the
neighbouring States.
My despatch of the 20th of January had no other ob-
ject than to signalise a state of things which was to be
regretted ; but I carefully abstained from expressing any
opinion as to the measures calculated to remedy it ; and
I have been unable to understand hew certain expros-
sious of that despatch have been so misinterpreted: It
is, besides, unnecessary for me to tell you that it never
entered my thoughts to contdder English legislation as
designedly sheltering the offender, and, to borrow Lord
kalmeabury's own words, as screening him from punish-
, meat.

It is hoped that these considerations will satisfy
Count Wal:wski that either his expressions have been
greatly misunderstood, or that they have been made
under an erroneous apprehension of the state of the law
in this country, and that, in either our, hie Excellency
will not hesitate, with that franknees.which has charm,-
tensed his conduct, to offer an explanation which can-
not fail to remove any existing misconception.
Your lordship will read this despatch to Count
Walewski, and leave a copy with his Excellency.—l am,
OEN, _

(Signed)

MALMESBURY,

No. 3.

EARL COWLEY TO TRE EARL OF MALRESSURY.
(Received Marsh 9.)
Paris, March 8, 18.78.
My Lord,—l waited upon Count .Walewski this after-
noon, by appointment, and read to him your lordship's
despatch of the 4th inst., and, in compliance with the
instructions contained in it, I left a copy with his Ex-
cellency.
Count Walewski said that he received with great
pleasure the assurances conveyed in it, that the Go-
vernment of which your lordship is a member are
earnestly desirous of maintaining in their Integrity those
close and friendly relitione which, since the restoration
of the Empire, have marked the alliance between France
and Great Britain ; that he recognised in common with
your lordship, the great benefit of a good understanding
between the two countries ; and that you would always
find him disposed to aid in maintaining it.
With regard to the rest of the despatch, Count
Walewski said that he would return an answer to it in
a day or two through the Emperor's Ambassador in
London ; but that he had no hesitation in stating,
once, that nothing could have been further fromat
his
intention than to convey, in his despatch
tion whatever on
Nay,ze)ralwity or
of the
the
20th of January to Count Persi
honour of the
gllYt any imputa-
tion
wuldritgte with n on
further,
o other
and
assure me that that despatch wa
British nation.
object than to signalise acts
bo the tranquillity of France,
and proceedings dangerous
e aFon to blieliiesveE
went
had
territories.Britishhr which the Imperial Govern
carrying o n within the
were
elency admitted that he
had used strong language,
but it hadsbeen solely with re
fertile') to those acts and proceeding. He had never

In giving these assurances to the Principal Secretary
of State, you will be so good as to add, that as the intim.,
tions of the Emperor have been misapprehended, bin
Majesty's Government will abstain from continuing a
discussion which, by being prolonged, might Proiadi"
the dignity and the good understanding of the two
countries ; and that it appeals, purely and simply, to
the loyalty of the English people.
I request you to read this despatch to Lord Malmeli-
bury, and to leave with him a copy of it.
Receive, &c.,
A, WA.LEWSILI

(Signed)

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