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

FRENCII DESPATCH.

The following is a translation of the despatch
from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs which
Lord Palmerston laid on the table of the House of
Commons on Saturday :
" COUNT WALEWSKI TO COUNT PERSIGNY.
" Paris, Jan., 20, 1858.
"Monsieur le Comte,—The preliminary proceed-
ings inlitituted ou the criminal attempt of which
the person of the Emperor has been the object, are
pursuing their course, and we shall ere long learn
the definitive result ; but there is one point on
which, even at present, we can have no doubt ;
this attempt, like those which have preceded it, has
been projected in England.
" It was in England that Pisr.ori formed the
design of attacking the Emperor ; it was from
London that, in on affair the recollection of which
is still fresh, Mazzini, Ledru Rolin, and Campa-
nella directed the hired bravos whose hands they
had armed. It was there also that the authors of
the late conspiracy have prepared 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 establishing these facts, I hasten to add
how much the Government of the Emperor is pe-
netrated with the sincerity of the sentiments of re-
probation which they have raised in England. It
is equally convinced that, with such proofs of the
abuse 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 pmoccuper).
" No one appreciates and respects more than
ourselves the liberality with which England loves to
practise the right of asylum towards foreigners, vie.
tims of political struggles. France has on her
part always regarded it as a duty of humanity never
to close her frontiers to any honourable misfortune
to whatever party it might belong; and the Govern-
ment of his Majesty has no intention of complaining
that its adversaries can find a refuge on English soil
and live there peaceably, under the protection of
British laws, while remaining faithful to their
opinions, even to their passions.
" But, Monsieur le Comte, how widely different
is the attitud3 of the adepts in demagogy estab-
lished in England ! It is no longer the hostility
of erring parties manifesting itself by all the ex-
cesses of the press and every violence of language ;
it is no longer even the labour of the factious seek-
ing to agitate public opinion and to provoke disor-
der ; it is assassination reduced to a doctrine,
preachel openly, practised in repeated attempts,
the most recent of which has just struck Europe
with stupefaction (vient de trapper VEurope de
stupeur),

Ought, then, the right of asylum to protect
such a state of things ? Is hospitality due to assas-
sins? Ought English legistation serve to favour
their designs and their manoeuvres, and can it con-
tinue to protect persons who place 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 press
sure of most legitimate anxieties (qui Cy invite sous
l' empire des plus legitimes preoccupations), and
which in a circumstance where joint responsibility
(solidarite) between all nations and all Governments
is so evident, believes that it has the right to count
i, b ygi
upon the cooperation of England. The recurrence
averting
which
twe are allv.
us i
and the perversity of these guilty enterprises sub-
ing
ject France to a danger
bound to provide. The Government of her Bri-
n a gMaujeasrtayntee can assist u against i
in
of security, which no State can
lusec to a neighbouring State, and which we are
authorised in expecting from au ally. Full of con-
fidence, moreover, in the exalted reason of the Eng-
lish
mtheiass uwriessh
.which e
ealyy bine stuhiitsa binl ea
tttoertaekne.
Cabinet, we abstain from all indications as re-
tgtioarresdl)as'toitsn them (the English Cabinet) for the care of
appreciating the decisions which they shall judge
the most proper to lead to this end, and we congra-
tulate ourselves (110113 210113 complaisons) in the firm
persuasion that we shall not have appealed in vain
to their conscience and their loyalty.
" You will be so good as to real this despatch
to Lord Clarendon, and give him a copy of
Ac &c.,

(Signed)

"A. WALEWSKI."

THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.--Yesterday evening we
visited the old Pacodticon, in Leicester-square, now
called the Alharahra Palace, which has lately been opened
by Mr. E. T. Smith, of Drury-lane, for the purpose of
giving evening lectures, in conjunction with the best
description of sacred music, The lecture, or, as it wag
advertised, the " icaugurative sermon," was delivered
by the Rev. Mr. Rutherford, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
and was folio ved by the perf“rmance of Handel',
" Messiah." We refrain from crit rising either the
sermon or the music, acd will therefore merely observe
upon that which is undoubtedly excellent. Those who
have visited the building and are acquainted with its
general features can imagine the effect of well-appointed
arrangements, such as the energetic Mr. Smith alwaYa
brings to bear up( n any u ndertaking with which he becont ;Sr
i
connected. Every thing seems to have beend, fe audience.
et ba tc
o
conduce to the comfort or c(nvenience6oo 000 pi, co of
which we are informed, of
t
.
A magnificent chandelier, consisting
cut-glass,by wllfe3srs. Deifies and
hibited in the Paris Exhibciti,otny,000 guineas, bangs rna•
p sided from the centre
Co., cr Houndsditcb and, o
d the dome of the building, the
basement underneath being covered
ga of
the chandelier ex.
s
:4;:t area of the h
rich pile carpet of most elegant design. The in-
indeed, literally glitters with all that is elegant
and pleasing to the eye.