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

THE NgtV FRENCH A lIBASSADOR.

The nomination of Marshal Peliss:er to the Lon-
don Emhaer.y, left vacant by M. de Pt-r-ignv, was
only yesterday d, fikitively resolved en—at 1, act, se
the story runs; and tl,e Ministers were r ecein mended
to observe the strictest silence until the Moniteur
should speak. All they were permi ted to sty to
inquirers was, that some person was named, and
that none of the candidates put forward by the
popular voice was the man. The first iepres-
sion on the public this morning was unfa-
vourable ; the appointment of a military man,
and that man Pelissier, was interpreted in some
sort as a defiance or menace to England. On
reflection, however, such a notion gave way.
Grievous blunders have certainly been couimetted
since the 14 h of January—blunders which have
occasioned surprise and disai p ontment to nearly
every member of the Diplomatic Corps in Paris, and
in Europe generally ; but the sending Marshal
Pelissier to London witll such a view weld be utter
childishness, It would be acting not unlike the
Chinese, who used to order their troops when going
into action to cover their faces with pasteboard
masks, representing tigers, panthers, &c., iii order
to frighten the Euglish, soldiers. F,r from slay-
tling like defiance being meaait, there are persons
who think Marshal Prlissier's mission will have the
effect of drawing closer, or, more properly si eaking,
re-esta,hlishing the alliance with Englan. 1. Mar-
shal Pelissier is undoubtedly a milieary man ; but
in a Government in which the civil element is
disappearing, and which is rapidly growing to a
military absolutism, there is nothing ferange in
a Marshal of the Empire being named to such a
post. It is said that _Messier is a warm partisan
of the English alliance, and on a recent occasion
before the Privy Counc.l of Regency expre-soi him-
self very strongly to that effect. Moreover, it was
hard to knew what to do with him. The grew mili-
tary commands ( r pachalics, as they are termed
in some of the Spanish papers), are filled up, and
in teem there was no place for Pr- lissier. Ele has,
I believe, the rank of Geeeralissiitio, bur it was no,
one of activity. He cared l'ttle about a Ministerial
, portfolio ; and the busy n things which form the
duties of Senator, or of Privy Council or, were
little more than dawdling for a man who has
passed s ) act've a life. I dub wheth-r the .mar-
, shed has been really happy s nee hie return to
Paris, and ie is not at all improb tble ti,at, amid
ad the Court ceremonial at wit he has ns,i,t,-d,
his thoughts were of Algi•-rs or the Crimea. It was
believed he would retorn, at his own request, to
Africa, as Governor-G floral and Commaoder-in-
, tTireof. w
elrfe hisatiicnicelni arteiaosno
nlsayfo r
thial
it, t
wsaayeflyisitier ito.se
, The Duke of Malaktioff was Lever supp sell! to
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posscss any particular taste or talent for t.te science
of diplomacy. But he is said to he a man of serest,
and, unlike his predectesor, St. Arnaud, there is
little of the theatrical .n his characler. A. ►cant f
pl tin common stn e will a any day a mach for the
mete professional diplomatist. Toete is n t reason
to suppose that he will not be well received in E
land. The visit to your country and f, auk iiit r
course with its people will be of bAietit to him,
t,articnlarly it ho is, as is sai 1, already disposed in
your favour. If he shares in the vu-gar prejudices
common in France about you, he will have an lip-
porutliv of go tutu 'id of them. He will meet in
England with his old comrades of t•n Ott ea, and
renew his acquaintance or fiiendsAp with them.
He a ill find among those who g,,xern Eingiant
men• who, whatever patty they bel pug k
their country's welfare rather than to heir owl,
personal interest. • Among her public mind he will
find honour, integri'y, and patriotism. Amohgli,:r
iditled aristocracy he will di-cover no equivocal
marquises, counts, and barons—she aristocratic
pastiche that swarm on the Contioent----but rath,r
the stet ling grand seigneur, too proud to b.- vain—
educited, accomplished, uniff c ed, generous, but
not ostentati, ,us—weal thy, butlabori( ,us--pat rio ie,
b,ave, free—acliniraide iu his very errors, and 'he
ve:-v antitheds of the charlatan'. Tiie Duke of
Malakhoff will there find good socieiy, and no
doubt lte_will profit by his opportunities. On the
whole, the choice is not c.,nsidered a bad one. It
he is really disposed well towards England, ho will,
I trust., rtturn to Frince a warmer friend to tin-
alliance than when he set out.—Times second
edition.

GENERAL 017TRA11 AND THE 78TH
HIGHLANDE S.

The following copy of a le,ter, addressed by
Major-General Sir Janes Outrarc, G. 0.8., corn
mauding -the Fist Division of th,-, Army, to
Brigad,er Hamilton, commanding 2d Brigade,
First Division, is extracted from the Bombay
Standard

" Camp, Alumbagb, near Lucknow, Jan 26.
" My dear Brigadier,—l should be v<ry sorry that
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. What
I did say is what I really feel, and what I am sure must
be the sentiment of every Englishman who kt.ows what
the 78th has done during the pa,t year, and I had fuay
weighed what I ,hould say before I went on paraie.
While fresh in my mind I will here record what I did
say, in case you may think my deliberately and c.inscien-
tiously expressed testimony to the merits of your noble
regiment of any uze. The following is the spirit, and I
think aletost exactly the wording, of what I surd :
I 78th I3.ighlanders,-1 gladly seize the opportunity
of the brigade being paraded to witness the pre. mutation
of goo,' conduct medals to some of your deserving com-
rades to say a few words to you to tell you of my pigs=
estimetion of the very admirable conduct of the whole
regiment during the year, completed to-morrow, that I
have been associatei- with you in tee field, cotatneuci .g
in Persia.
te Your exe.nplary conduct, 78 h, in every respect.
throughout the past year, I can truly say, and I do most
emphatically declare, has never be,n surpa-se-i by any
troops, of any nation, in any age, whether f r indomit-
able valour in the field or steady discipline in the camp,
under an amount of figh big, hardship, and privation
such as seldom, if ever, British troops have heretofore
been exposed to. Tue cheetfulness with which you have
gone through all this has excite I my admiration as much
as the undaUnted pluck with weich you always Close
wi h the enemy whenever pat can get at him, no mitt-r
what his odds against you, or what the advantages of
his position. And my feelings are but those f your
countrymen all over the world, wha are now watohink
your career with intense interest. I trust that it wily
not be long before the cautea go will be br eight to a
glorious conclusion, by the utter destruction of tie
hosts cf rebels in our front, or the capture cf this do trued
city, their last refuge. And am sure that you, 78th,
who-will have borne the brunt of the war so glortou,ly
from first to last,
when yon return to old England, veil
be hailed and rewatded by your grateful and admiring
countrymen, as the band of heroes, which you so well
deserve to be regarded. Good and glorious as your
conduct has been, 78tn, your goodness and y ur glory
have been nobly emulated by all the troops ';f this divi-
siontaenetdeoroett
nwohle.
which have shared your dangers and year triumphs.
To them, al-o, my acknowledgments are due, and they
tora ttehf gallant when
at°yPoi3U4rr side, et,Ya as toffer.he
es willp e c allyii3e g
have dyer stood by you, fought with
you, and suffered
with you since we crossed the Ganges together. The
great and brilliant services perf trailed by the 90th in the
Crimea •even , they have been eclipsed by what it has
already done in Ind:a. Nor must we forget, 78th, your
gallant comrades of the 64th
, though no longer with us,
who served with you in Persia. served •
t you here,
and suffered ynu have dnne. No, served_ wish
not f• 'get
the 64t, in a hurry ; nor shall I forget you.'—Very
sin-
cerely your, OUTRA3I."
"To Brigadier Hamilton, &c."

Despatches from the Laird High Commissioner of the
I, nian Islands, and from the Governor of Heligoland,
were received yesterday at the C lonial-office.
ANNUITY TO THE SoN OF SIR HENRY LAWRENCE.
—A special general court of the Ea,•t Inoia Co,i,pany
is to be held on the 17th cf April, when the proprietor.
of Et,t India Stock col I be asked to approve a resolu-
tion of the Court of Directors granting to the eldest
San of the late Major-General Sir Henry Lawrence an
annuity f 1,0001., %Rh reversion to his younger brother,
in the event of the death of the elder brother without
issue male.