, 1864-03-08

His Speech on the sucz Canal Project,
,ais fhgoasi, tho Be tt Porte. "ff-
| tFrom Galignani's Messenger, Feb. 1G.1
Prince Napoleon, in his speech at the 18th
| mus Of suez banquet, said:
Gentlcmcn-1 rise to propose toast which
am sure you will yecciEe with enthusiasm
| 1.-THE 1sthmus ofSuez Company" Cheers. }
feel D5eelt justified by the very character
oftbls meeting III entering into few parti-
culars respecting the object Of our coming
together. You have just obtained your first
great material success In completing tile
1reeh water canal from the Mic to Suez.
which not only is great benefit to the coun-
accomplishment Of the great work underta-
ken by The company. Your opponents have
| enleayorctl to 1nHict on you 4 morai check
| to counterbalanco this matcriai success, and
wc have Dow met to reply to that attack.
Your committee was pleased to propose
| gratefully accepted tue honor. Ton will
| allow me to speak my mind freely; for
think we ought to have no reservation.
{Bravo.) Before my visit to Egypt was al
ready fagorably disposed toward your. under
takIng; but what 7 saw there has made me
entirely yours. Before had seen the works
executed hoped you wonld succeed; ); that
loEe has now become certainty: (Cheers.)
The Sultan Of Turkey Processes to
DC the r1ghtfpl sovereign Of Tunis, TripolI
and Arabia, but his authority there Is mere
shadow. In Egypt hc has IN reality no right
by the treaties Of 1914, which have this tiay
| peruscd, have all fallen into dcsuetude. So
let 1t be With regard to the Suez Canal. The
protests Of tho Porte need not prevent your
finishing the canal. You haye the Vice7oy's
treaties; insist on their execution. The
mt fhrtr - .F
must therefore aay d few words on that hcad,
l trust my trnnkncss will not offend any of
you, for really have nothing to say against
that great nation, which always has an at-
traction for me-, There Is mirage Of liberty
on the other side Of the Channel which
5ery for pFs iss ,es ana ali al tho5e thh5eEs ESho %
Practice It Renewed applause But, beside
tic nation, there is the English Govcfnmcut.
which Is unfavorabie to your under
taking: It docs not attack yon openly, but
through the Ottoman Porte. The English
which you VIII find in 't.Tllc English Peer.
age" On opening TINT book you will sec
that many Of the noble peers are from seven
y to eighty years of age, md time has some
wnat chilled their hearts against generous
erntic England declared in the face OF Europe
that she would not give II man or shilling
Tor the greatest and noblest Of causes-those
Of Italy and Poland. (App1ausc,] You,
therefore, need mot fear that this same go1-
rnfio In cnml,ot q co,ssa whtoS, +, s 'sM aean.
inst Thc Enol;af, Goxarrnaant Mh ~ PI'a aS
doncd thc ransfxnf PnianH ,wn,1J no,.a- nora
plunge Its country into var for tic sake Of |
government that sbonid eenceu ventnce 81 LUZ aaS
WonId snre,;Iv al I undsr sate H. ~ 70 ~
tle whnIc Enw1;eh notIor Me.I ~ Sun.sap. ni -
Therefore ri, maw safc1x nnnt;ngn 4a..!
works. ro,; hnj ~ ig.''thI I.s+ Sous
the Fryntian GoTern1oent anJ ", ion hara
nah inr 1hntcrer ~ a. I;1,, ~ ~ p yoa a15e
not mSLc. ..hnrtanr ~ Tr1!1..G tuS .s -
fnr rnnr ara,, T.. ~ ~ 1nksauu, leasc t9at a
canal hnre nnth'nc ~ n9 ~ psoGU9 fon n u 1n1e
md i 5efv tha G9rn,rHa,t ~ ,Ga fW W +hnt haana,
soe.;;;;5 ~ uasg .ne uat1oa lnL0 any serious
aoeunts usalnsl your canal. lhcar, hear.j
FRENCH OPINION or ENaLAsD's Policy N
FHEcoST1sEsrA1 TROUBLES. -Hs
Has England In this business played amorc
honorable part than Austria or Prussia How
II 1t that man 80 patriotic, so jealous OF the
houor Of bis country, and so moderate Us
Lord Derby, should bare gone so far rs to
declare ln Parliament that be felt huuiliated
that policy the same that England has con-
stantly pursued during the last ten years?
Dld not England say that she had neither
man nor shilling nt the service of Italy?
on the other hand, if she refused to assist
1ta!y IN 1atr and open war, conducted by
a 4 regular government, she privately assisted
lana s|nn;f.. ~ po, )" ualoatas 1tt ula nor Eng
fcr tn thc ~ pno ou!y u
Rnsse1i nnd thn dac'ara.;nna se gtus'es ~ y! Ensl
mectinrs and That ~. astIa, " ne5
follow +Y,ot Anod ~ vsttttn ~ m"uar -
wort]ss Whv ehouiI +hc bn1,es .R,+1, ~ wh,eI, ~
she inspired Denmark be hctfer fonndeds
How could any one at Concnharen hare A..
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