The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-25 00:00:00

The chief subject of discussion in the foreign
journals now is about the meeting of the French
and Austrian Plenipotentiaries at Zurich. The
suddenness with which the Peace was exploded on
Europe has rather taken its author quite aback,
for he seems now as much surprised as other. yeople,
whom he fully expected to make his dupes ; but
to his utter mortification, they are more wide
awake than ever to the trick ' attempted
to be played off upon the believers in his
infallibility. Hence the chagrin displayed
at all and everything that does not square with
Imperial requirements. No, to be true is to be
honest, and not attempt to palm off counterfeit
glory for the world's applause instead of the endur-
ing coin stamped with the sterling seal of immorta-
lity. NAPOLEON 111. has lost a splendid chance
by throwing away his opportunity after the
victory of Solferino. It was idle to hesitate
on the very verge of glory. Some mysterious spirit,
be it evil or good, has damaged him in the world's
opinion most irretrievably, and he now wreaks his
vengeance on all who speak the truth. In France
indeed, no one dares to mutter an opinion, and'
hence are the frank opinions of the English Press
so doubly galling. And the more galling, because
though he attempts to suppress the circulation of
English papers in France, the consciousness
that they do get there, makes matters all
all the worse, as will be seen by the following ex-
tract from the Times' correspondent :—" You may
be surprised that a journal so serious, so moderate,
and so superior in every respect as the Debats
should give such an interpretaion to the measures
of self-defence taken by England. You will not
be surprised, however, when I give the expla-
nation. The article in question was written by
an individual who is at the same time a part prc-
prietor of the Debats, artd who fills certain func-
tions connected with the Imperial Government.
His connection with the Debuts, though not with its
editorial department, enables him occasionally to
procure the insertion of an article even when in
opposition to the views of the regular writers for
that paper. The article, for which they are not
in the least responsible, and with the views ex-
pressed in which they do not coincide, appeared in
a part of the paper which does not usually contain
the regular articles of the Redaction, and it was
merely signed by the Secretaire de la Redaction.,
The author, a Government functionary, as I have
said, is the same person who wrote the absurd story
some time since about the formidable fortifications of
Perim, in the Red Sea. The object is, of course, to
enable people to say—" See what such a paper as
the Journal des Debats says on the arma,h_ ?.nts of
England and English neutrality; when so mode-
rate a journal takes views of the kind, and gives
such warnings, there must indeed be danger—and
then the article, stamped with the visa of the
Debats, is copied into all the semi-official papers
at home and abroad."

The important deputation which, on Saturday
afternoon, waited upon the Colonial Minister, at
his official residence, in Downing-street, will lead,
we do sincerely believe, to the speedy mitigation,
if not to the immediate extinction of the lamentable
evils so long rife in the West Indies, in consequence
of the Coolie and Chinese immigration. It is im-
possible to glance, however cursorily, through the
report given atlength in:another part of our impres-
sion of this evening, without recognising the ex-
traordinary force of the appeals addre;Sid to the
Duke of NEWCASTLE, by one or other of the dele-
gates, there in attendance before him on Saturday,
from the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
An explanatory memorial, passed at a public meet-
ing of that society on the 13th of this present month,
was, in the first instance, read to his Grace by the
society's secretary, Mr. CHAMEROVZOW. The depu-
tation, including among its members the gentleman
last mentioned, who was there, of course, in his
official capacity—consisted of thirty of the Anti
Slavery associates, who were introduced to the noble
Duke, the Colonial Secretary, by no other than Lord
BROUGHAM himself, the most illustrious and vener-
able among surviving Abolitionists. That noble and
learned lord immediately upon the close of the
perusal of the memorial on Saturday, explained to the
Secretary of State that the sole object of the Society
in despatching this memorial to his Grace by the
assembled deputation was—inquiry ! So many
contradictory statements were afloat as to the
miseries said to result from the Coolie and
Chinese Immigration to our -West Indian posses-
sions, that it was manifestly desirable to arrive
by means of inquiry at some definite and reliable
conclusion as to the side upon which truth lay in the
midst of all these confident statements, and no less
confident counter-statements. " For his own part,"
said the ex-Chancellor, "he had no doubt on
which side it lay, but," he added, " there was
no way of convincing the world but by inquiry:,
As an absolute proof of the dispassionate
manner in -Which he himself endeavoured
to promote the (of course,

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THE SUN.
MONDAY, JULY 25, 1859.