The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-08 00:00:00

FRE VCR D rsPAT CH.

The foll,)wing ie a tramilatlon of the despatch
from th=3 French Mini,ter for Foreign AtfairF, which
Lord P.linerston laid (.n the table of the House of
Commons on S itulday
COLTsiT \YALEWSKI TO COUNT PERSIGNY.

" Paris, Jan., 20, 1858.
" Monsieur le annte,—The preliminary proco?il-
ings in-tituted on the criminal attempt of which
the person of the Enperor has horn the object, are
pursuing their course, and we shall ere long learn
the definitive re alt ; but there is one poll :A on
which, even at present, we can hare no doubt ;
this attempt, like those which have pi ecJled it, has
been projec': d in England.
" It was in England that, Plated formed the
design of attacking the Emperor ; it was feom
London that, in on affair the valection of which
is still frezlh, Mazziui, Ledru Rolin, and Campa-
nella directed the hired bravos whose hands they
had armed. It was then.) alFo that the author:l of

the late conspiracy have preparAl at leisure their
means of action, studied and fabricated the in-
struments of destruction of which they made use,
and it was thence that they started to execute their
plan.
" In est eblishsng these facts, I hasten to add
how much the Government of the Emperor is pe-
netrated with the sincerity of the sentiments of ()-
probation which they have raised in England. It
is equally convinced that, with such proofs of the
abusa of hospitality before them, the English Go-
vernment and people will from the present under-
stand how far we are justified in anxiously consi-
dering them (fondes a nous en prsoccuper).
" No one appreciates and respects more than
ourselves the liberality with which England loves to
practise the right of asylum towards for,igner.,, vie
time of political struggles. Francs has on her
part always regarded it as a duty of humanity never
:o close her frontiers to any honourable misfortune
to whatever party it might belong; and the Govern-
ment of his Majesty has no intention of exnplainittg
that its adverirics can fiud a refuge on Eug!i,ll. so 1
Nirl live then peace:tbly, under the protector' of
British laws, while remaining faithful to their
opiiiionz, oven to their passions.
" But, Monsieur le Comte, how widely- different
is the attitudrt of the adepts in demagogy estab-
lished in Eagland ! It is no longer the hostility
of erring parties manife3ting itself by all the C'x-
m,ses of the pres 3 and every violence of lamuage ;
it is no longer even the labour of the fact ions stud:

tug to agitate public opinion and to provoke disor-
der ; it is assassination reduced to a doctrine,
preached openly, practised in repeated attempts,
the mo,t recent of which has just struck Europe
with stupefaction (yield de frapper 1' Europe de
stupeur).
" Ought, then, the right of asylum to protect
such a state of things? Is hospitality clue to assas-
sins? Ought Engltsh legistation serve to favour
their designs and their manoeuvres, and can it con-
tinue to pro' ect persons who p'ace themselves by
flagrant acts without the pale of common law, and
expose themselves to the ban of humanity ?
" In submitting these questions to the Govern-
ment of her Britannic Majesty, the Government of
the Emperor not only discharges a duty towards it-
self, it responds to the sentiment of the country
which demands such a proceeding under the pros.
sure of most legitimate anxieties (qui t'y invite sous
1' empire des plus legitimes preoccupations), and
which in a circumstance where joint responsibility
(solidarite) between all nations and all Glvernments
is so evident, believes that it has the right to count
upon the co operation of England. The recurrence
and the perversity of these guilty enterprises sub-
ject France to a danger against which we are all
bound to provide. The Government of her Bri-
tannic Majesty can assist us in averting it, by giv-
ing us a guarantee of security, which no State can
refuse to a neighbouring State, and which we are
authorised in expecting front an ally. Full of con-
fidence, moreover, in the exalted reason of the Eng-
lish Cabinet, we abstain from all indications as re-
gards the measures which may be sttitable to take
to satisfy this wish. We rely in this matter en-
tirely on them (the English Cabinet) for the care of
appreci sting the decisions which they shall judge
the most proper to lead to this end, and we congra-
tulate ourselves (nous nous complatsons) in the firm
persuasion that we shall not have appealed in vain
to their conscience and their loyalty.
" You will b 3 so good as to read this despatch
to Lord Clarendon, and give him a copy of it.—
Accept, &c.,
(Signed)

"A. WALEWSKI."

TIM ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Yesterday evening we
visited the old Panopticon, in Leicester- guars, now
called the Alhambrr. Palace, %Lich has lately been opened
by Mr. E. T. Staab, of Drury-lane, for the purpose of
giving evening lectures, in conjunction with the best
description of sacred music. The lecture, oar,
delivere as it was
advertised, the "ir augurative sermon," wd
by the Rev. Mr. Rutherford, of NeweaEt'e-upon-Tyne,
and was folio wed by the perf‘rmance of Ilandel's
" Messiah." We refrain from era casing eitl er the
sermon or the music, and will therefore merely observe
upon that which is undoubtedly ix° Those wbo
have visited the buildirg and are acquainted with ita
general features can imagine the effect of wel!-appoiuted
arrangements, such as the energetic Mr. Smith always
bringsto hear upon any u r.dertakiug with which he becomes
connected. Everything news to have been clunetbat could
conduce to the comfort or convenience of the audience,
A magnificent chandelier, consisting of 600,000 pieces of
out-glass, which we are informed, was the char.delitr ex-
bibited in the Paris Exhibition by Messrs. Defiles and
n
Co., of lioundsditcb, and cost 1,000 guineas' bags rue-
pended from the centre t f the dome of the building, the
vast area of the basement underneath bin
with a rich pile carpet of most elegant design.eg covered
The in-
terior, indeed, literally glitters with all that is elegaLt
and pleasing to the eye.