The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-31 00:00:00

THE ORLEANISTS AND LEGITIMISTS.

The In4ependence Beige publishes the following
letter from. its Paris correspondent :

Paris, March 27.
"I endeavoured in vain to procure the letter of the
Duke of Nemours which gave rise to the reply of the
Count de Chambord, published a few days since by some
foreign journals. I convinced myself that it had not
been communicated to any one. I was told that the
Duke of Nemours thought it too delicate a matter to
communicate to any person whatsoever a letter written
to his august cousin. But on the same day upon which
that letter was forwarded to Venice he wrote another to
one of his friends, informing him of the serious step he
bad taken: This latter letter was communicated to a
few persons, and I hare succeeded, net without some
difficulty, in procuring a copy of it, which I now enclose.
I thought it might have some interest for your readers,
although, 'to say the truth, I see that every cue appears
heartily tired of everything connected with this history
of the fusion.'"

" Claremont, Jan. 25.
" My dear Sir,—ln a letter from M. le Comte de
Chambord, written upon the occasion of the death of M.
de Salvandy, nod published in the papers, there occurs
a sentence w hich represents the reconciliation accom-
plished in 1853 as one of the firmest guarantees for the
future condition of France.

"This sentence, as vie have since ascertained, has a
raeal.ing with respect to which it is now no longer pos-
sible to entertain any doubt, and its effects must be to
lead.the public to beli've in
.engagements on our part
which ray brothers atd I have never contracted. W►s
are therefore most unwillingly compelled to depart from
the silence which we had determined upon preserving in
regard to our relations vvith•lSl: le Comte de Chambord.
"The fact is that when, in a spirit of conciliation, I
went to M. le Comte de Chambord, I only did so upon
the formai a,surance that this step did not involve any
engagement on our part. In expressing to him then our
sincere desire to see France call him one day to the
throne, and our wish to devote all our efforts to obtain
such a result at a fitting opportunity, I was far from
offering him our blind and undefined co-operation. Its
conditions were, of course, to be determined by a previ-
ous understanding. These conditions, on our side, would
have been resumed in three principal points, which our
convictions, as _ well as the respect due to the past his-
tory of ou•r•family, forbid us ever to abandon :
" 1. The maintenance of the tricoloured flag, which is
now, in the eyes of France, the symbol of the new state
of society, and the expression of the principles conse-
crated since 1789.

" 2. The re establishment of a constitutional govern-
ment.

" 3. The concurrence of the national will in the re-
establishment of this form of government, and in the re-
call of the dynasty. _ _

"-Of these three points mie only was entered upon by
me with M. le Comte de Chambord during his visit to
Nervi,.and the result of 'the conversation was such that
I felt myself called upon to inform him that so long as
this matter remained undecided Wl' community of views
between him and ourselves, was impossible. Since then,
this state of things having to our great regret remained
unaltered, and the bare notion of a previous understand.
ing being rejected by M. leC.,mte de Cnambord, it has
become incumbent upon us to put a stop to attempts, at
present useless, in favour of an agreement.
I; we sincerely regret not having been more successful
party, for we should be
in our endeavours to reunite under the same flag all
and to take counsel on each ocea-
.our duties towards our country.
tehheardeebsyolitlhseerevi°nngs:tFratitntli.4l Our resolution is hence.
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s; Receive, toy dear Sir, &a.,
.wraeaitsoezeanttids,
"Louis D'ORLEANS. '