The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-16 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

EDINBURGH, Sept. 15.

The Royal train arrived at Penh at 8.23 a.m.
[he Queen was loudly cheered as she alighted on
the platform. Among those present were Lord
Kinnaird, Lord Provost Pullar, Rev. Dr. Norman
Macleod, and Rev. Dr. Watson, Dundee.

. .
The Royal party breakfasted at the station, and
[eft for the north at 9.20.

ABERDEEN, Tuesday Evening.

Her Majesty and the Royal party arrived at
Ferryhill, Aberdeen, and at Ballater station punc-
tual to the stated time. Bahnoral Castle was
reached shortly after 2 o'clock.
The weather fair and chilly.

ENGLISH OPINIONS CONCERNING
FRENCH POLICY.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and some-
thing more, says a contemporary. It is a huge
gaping abyss, to fill which thrones must be
tumbled over, empires destroyed, the interests of
peoples remorselessly sacrificed, and the cause of
peace and prosperity in the world ruthlessly op-
posed. The particular form of necessity which
makes these somewhat insatiable, not to say un-
reasonable, requirements is something to write
about. The press is an overwhelming power in
the State, and the exigencies of leader-writing
surpass all minor considerations of justice, truth,
and policy. The necessity of producing so many
columns of editorial discourse per diem creates a
demand for subjects, which will take no denial,
and, failing a prompt response, nothing is more
natural than that Necessity shall fall back on her
maternal faculty, and invent what she is unable to
find. Such being the state of matters, what more
easy than for a leading journal at its wit's ends for
a topic to commence its sage lucubrations with an
intimation to the effect that " a rumour is current
concerning General Menabrea which cannot be
lightly set aside,", yet of which the sagacious
censor is " unwilling to admit the authenticity till
it receives the official confirmation of the Italian.
Prime Minister himself ;" and from this convenient
start-point to strike off into a general rechauffe of
the Italian and Roman questions, gracefully an-
notating the retrospect with criticisms the reverse
of complimentary to the Italian and French nations,
and personally defamatory of the French Emperor ?
As a matter of fact, the limes has nothing fresh
to tell the world about Mentana, or Rome and the
" Antibes Legion" this morning. No new light
has dawned on the vexed question of Italian greed
and the integrity of the States of the Church. Bet
there was grievous need of a topic, and our con-
temporary could have no difficulty in finding some-
thing sufficiently pointed or even spiteful to sal
of Napoleon the Third, the best abused, meet
scandalously irritated, and yet the most peaceable
and peacemaking monarch in Europe. The dis-
tressed journalist has therefore without remorse
revived the defunct disturber of European peace'
reopened the old sore, and the world and public
opinion in England are once more provoked to le-
termeddle and muddle in the affairs of Italy with-
out a sufficient occasion or any definite cause. The
September Convention, which is alleged to have
been " one of those transactions of which, oil
to the besetting irresolution of his character, an
also to the peculiar difficulties of his position, the
Emperor Napoleon alone, of all men past and pre-
sent, could have been capable," is said tc be the
ground of a new demand on the part of Italy for
the evacuation of Rome by the French troop 0.
The .7imes condemns this demand, supposing it i°
have been made. But on what grounds ? The fo'
lowing sentence places the view taken by our con'
temporary, and evidently suggested for the con-
sideration of Italian statesmen, beyond question
"The Emperor Napoleon has never said that the
Italians should have Rome ; he has, on the coo.'
trary, plainly declared that they should not We
it. Unless they are strong enough to make him will!'
draw that declaration, they had better ab3taio
from every step that may remind him of therlf.
wishes." In short, the article points to war. 1!
does not in so many words say to Italy, "vier
the French out of Rome," but with a sinister sni;
calculated to produce more effect on the Italian
temperament than a volume of advice, it saps'
el
" Unless you are strong enough to Comp
compliance do not threaten." So much to the
Government and people of Italy ; meantime
the
leading English journal has a word for the Free!.
people : it was "to the vaingloriousness of tu;
whole of the Grand Nation that the ErePer°
Napoleon deemed himself bound to sacrifice
his
Italian sympathies. Had there never been
Sadowa, we should never have heard of a l‘leutenot
It was because an army of half-a-million was co
ready to uphold the lustre of the French are':
the Rhine that a necessity was felt to seed
vision of twenty thousand to re-assert the Sse`An
a
ancy of French diplomacy on the Tiber.
ostes
so on until the charge of pusillanimity eelrel teas
in the assertion that the reoccupation of R°73etiage
merely an act of cheap bravado. Can lee.g_tiog
more galling to the French people, more trortoelf,
to their Emperor, or more unjustifiable in 10?
and particularly in time of peace, be corleel: „to
And then, as though to cap the weakoe!'or
had almost said wickedness, of an incentive to
_..aff
with a piece of supreme folly, our conteW;
proceeds to ask, "If it took little less Imperial
earthquake at the Vatican to bring the .noe3P.sy er'S
troops to Rome, how many of the Italian,
sin?
Notes may be required to get them out of it ag,.. cop-
Obstinacy and irresolution, are therefore e°
~ it id
bined in the character of the Emperor that
they
useless for the Italians to remonstrate atleelouse
are willing and prepared to act. Can and
be offered for such an appeal to public ePt'ion is
The policy of France on the Italian ir1e1..0.411-
clear as the day, and perfectly consistent tali Em'
out. During the life of the present Pope tile:itte
peror is pledged to his protection. Mearitne ",_ 0,
Italians must be content without Rome• of the
mistake to desire it, and the exigenei.eer__wrs
what is "ale
situation prevent compliance with
the te
senseless requirement. Rome may be - be
or the tomb of the Italians, but it can :tervoprojio:
their capital. The city is not.fit foralll this Pr°.
Florence is in every way suitable. With
is
viso, the Emperor of the French will be fersholf
his support of the Italian Kingdora, all, of he't
himself the most powerful and useful Loot;
friends. The course which Napoleon has T.ieso.i
pursued in this difficult and delicate bto'm
of ws°
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eminently sagacious, and evinces a faeulv rot 11
and moderate statesmanship. lie
diverted from his purpose by the ds WWl°
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ence of his enemies at home or abroad.
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the French intervention in Italy, can
unity of the design, and will assureall;
ground of complaint against Napoleon e, g
on the score of " irresolution." Mean hafiliot
not unpardonable that in the exigenelai of aced
nothing to write about the leading Journ,„ditioe.,b
Britain, the supposed expositor of the ev%rt
public opinion in this country, should e.aPvproket
the grave interests of peace and amitY"
and imperil the future of two great Ste
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