Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-11-16

The late advices from Europe contain the
particulars relative TO the expulsion from
France of Mr.. Snule, our Minister TO the
Cour: Of Madrid. Upon hearing Of this
outrage, Mr.. Mason, our Minister at Paris.
wen, to the Foreign Office and wished 10
see M. Drouyn de L'Huys, Immediately
He acas left acaiting tho full hours. Adj
milted at last, he remark ed, first of all, upon
his tardv reception. Some apologies were
made, but in tone and manner that con-
WINGED Mr.. Mason that he had been left wait
ing purposely. He dropped the matter.
however, and passed to The objec, of his
official call, and asked the reason why Mr..
Soule had not been permiled 10 pass lhro'
France en- route TO Spain.
| WE'LL" said NJ. Drown de L'Huys, in a
very imperlinen, tone. s'lhere are reasons for
that" Beng pressed for these reasons, Mr..
Mason was told that there were three OF
Them:
Firs', The treatment of NJ. Dillon, French
Consul in California.
Secondly, The letter Of Mr.. Sanders to
the French people And,
4HTUiy, CuUd
The French Foreign Secretary said ,ba,
the Imperial Government cannot be expect
ed TO Urea. in The usual friendly way The CHI
zens of State that has behaved 10 such q
hostile manner towards il.
The Baltimore Sun remarks:
From the. presen, aspect Of the case j, is
clearly one of indignity To the United States
As the facts are represented, the action of
The government ,owards Mr.. Soule only an
licipsied the treatment which Mr.. Mason
received; and We may fairly presume ,ha
one was comprehended in The other. IN
deed, for the reasons assigned by Drouyn
l. Hugs, The government of France nigh,
as well have made Mr.. Mason the object OF
attack as Mr.. Soule, with the exception oil
the third-lhe calculated Cuba !" There
an hardly be a doubt. however, that the
motive of France in this thing has been to
degrade Mr.. Soule. The reason for this, in
all probability, is the association of Mr.
Soule with certain prescribed individuals in
England, and the influences attributed ia
him in relation TO the late insurreclionsry
movements in Spsin. Mr.. Mason success
fully disposed Of The reason officially exhi.
bi,ed by the Minister of State in his inter
view with him.
That France or England, or both, really
design TO provoke, or even contemplate q
war with the Uniled States, we do no. foI
momen, believe. Such policy would be
most unwise a. this junclure of their lillle
a flair with Russia, and Of no possible ad.
vanvantage TO them at any time. The &C.
lion of France is perhaps designed 10 induce
| special diplomatic intercourse between The
two governments, with ncerlain
the future purpose .ef re-
| speeding The SIfsirsAof per-
haps contemplate SON 'rain.
suggested by the Monroe Iosfffhe. And
France may perhaps want to inquire how
far we suppose to speculate in European
politics, under the in,erdict we lay upon
European operations upon the soil of N or.f
America.
The London Times puts Mr.. Soule's ex-
pulsion purely on personal grounds, end
thinks there is no doubt that on these
grounds alone Mr.. Soule was refused ira
verse through France. The RICH. to exclude
or expel obnoxious persons, il is said
France has been exercised under all preced-
ing regimes.