The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-18 00:00:00

:hat a few months would see the end of it.

" With respect to the observations which I bad
made respecting the proceedings of Sardinia, Count
Walewski said that he coincided in them entirely,
and that he had had a long conversation on this
subject with the Emperor previous to his Majesty's
departure; and, with his Majesty's authorisation,
he had written to Turin to say that Sardinia must
renounce all kind of isolated action, and must, more-
over, abstain from giving any encouragement what-
ever to the revolutionary party in Italy.
" Alluding to what I had said with regard to
Turkey, Count Walewski observed that he had re-
ceived the most unequivocal assurances from the
Russian Government of their desire to see the tran-

quillity of Turkey maintained. He felt, sure, there-
fore, that revolutionary movements in the Ottoman
dominions would receive no encouragement from
Russia.

" With regard to France, Count Walewski assured
me that the Imperial Government was most anxious
that no cause of umbrage should ba given to her
Majesty's government on any question regarding
Turkey. PI. de Thonvenel had received orders to
return to his post sooner than he had intended, with
the sole view of giving greater weight to the Empe-
ror's intentions in this respect He would receive
the most positive instructions to act in complete
concert with Sir Henry Bulwer ; to consult him on
every question which might arise ; and on no ac•
count to separate himself from her Majesty's am-
bassador. He was to discourage, and, as far as he
could, control all attempts to set the Sultan's
authority at naught ; and special instructions of
a similar nature would be furnished to all
French agents in the East. N. de Thouvenel,
moreover, would take Athens in his way to
Constantinople, with the exclusive object of im-
pressing upon the Greek Government the necessity
of abstaining from all intrigues to excite rebellion
among the Greek subjects of the Porte.
"I cannot doubt, from: Count Walewski's tone
and language, that it is
.the sincere wish of the
Imperial Government to prevent any question
arising which could in any way occasion differences
with her Majesty's Government.
" I took this opportunity of calling Count Wale-
wski's attention to the language reported to be held
by certain of the French representatives abroad.
They already began to talk, I said, of the treaties
of 1815 being at an end. Such proceedings, I ob-
served, were not calculated to inspire confidence in-
the Emperor's intentions, and must necessarily
cause great alarm in Europe.
" Count Walewski expressed surprise at what I
told him, as he had lately sent circular instruc-
tions inculcating the greatest soberness of lan-
guage."
The following equally—perhaps, more—impor-
tant despatch was intended to allay the impetuo-
sity of the Germanic Confederation, and to warn
the Germans that they must not count on the
assistance, direct or indirect, or the co-operation,
covert or overt, of the Government of Great Bri-
tain :

" No. 42.

" THE EARL OF MALMESBURY TO SIR J. HUDSON

" Foreign-office, May 20, 1859.
" Sir,—The excitement which the expectation of
hostilities breaking out between Austria and France
gave rise to in Germany has been increased to such
an extent by the actual commencement of war
between those two Powers that there is every reason
to apprehend some overt manifestation on the part
-of the Germanic Confederation of its determination
to make common cause with Austria for the defence
of, h,
Terheltaolioasn,eprnosmseensstis fonos.
Germany have had no
occasion to inflame the passions of the people by
appealing to their
sympathies in favour of a kind-
red Power engaged in a deadly struggle with
France for the maintenance of the territoriesconse-
curedby the currenttreaty,butha of
have, on contrary,
to it
merely, gone with popular feeling,
which imperatively calls for decided action on the
part of the Confederation.
" Independently of the sympathy
regarded,wit a
hwhichthe
fortunes of the Imperial house are
11classes deep
conviction is entertained by almost a _e of the
t
German community that the safety of
.h common
olisttyiliotife Asu osf-
country is closely connected with the
ability
tria'to maintain herself against the
France. It is felt that success in Italy,followedas
it would be, by the breaking up of those great
for-
tresses which form a bulwark to all Germany
on the'
Tyrolese frontier and of the territorial arrangements
of 1815 applicable to that country, will be but an n-
ducemeht to France to make a further attempt to
subvert those arrangements on the Rhine ; and that
the probability of success in the latter course will
be greatly in favour of France if she does not enter
upon it until she has paralysed the power of Austria
in.her more vulnerable possessions.
" For this reason Germany considers that her fu-
ture destiny is in a great measure involved in the
result of the Italian war; and that it would be a
suicidal policy on her part to stand aloof, and allow
Austria to be subdued single-handed, and thereby
incapacitated in the contingency which all Germany
looks upon as certain to arise from contributing to
the defence of the common country.
" The Cabinet of Berlin has alone, of all the Ger-
man Governments, resisted as far as possible the
popular feeling. It has been wisely anxious not to
precipitate matters, although it has not shown itself
backward in making such preparations as will enabl e
it, when the time arrives, to play the part in the