FRANCE AND POLAND.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1987, 24 November 1863, Page 3

FRANCE AND POLAND.

The. Constitutional, in an article printed, in conspicuous type, contradicts the report which has beeu going the rounds during the past wejek ' of a rupture of tbe understanding between the?; Cabinets of Paris, Vienna, and London concerning the Polish question, but does not explicitly deny the, fact of a rap^ochemmt b&yt&a: France, Russia, and Prussia:-^ P ■ \:^

" The imagination of newsmongers has always been fertile, but their exuberant powers of invention have for some time past been increasing. At one time certain journals invent a ■whole series of facts; at another they exaggerate the most insignificant incident to sucb an extent as entirely to pervert its meaning. The statements made within the last few days by newspaper correspondents, and commented on by a large portion of the European press, is a fresh example of the facility possessed by certain minds of inventing or exaggerating facts. Aqcording to those newsmongers the French Government, which so far had acted in concert, in all proceedings relative to Polish affairs, with England and Austria, offended at what has taken place at the Frankfort Congress, had separated from the Cabinet of Vienna to make common cause with Prussia and Russia. Serious men, and several organs of public opinion, have, we readily admit, refused to believe such reports, rightly thinking that wise Governments do not give way to such sudden impulses ; sound policy is in the habit of proceeding more deliberately. How could the French Government, whose wisdom and fore* sight are questioned by none that we know of, have in this circumstance departed from' all its traditions ? it knows too well what is to be gained by perseverance in the path which has been chosen, when it is that of good faith and moderation. The French Government knows too well that the confidence inspired by such conduct cannot be attended with beneficial results, and that to gain fresh sympathies, there is no necessity to sacrifice former ones. Thus, without there being anything changed in the friendly relations which existed between France and the Cabinets of London and Vienna. The French Government, we belive we are in a position to affirm, continues, by the aid of its good relations with the other powers, to pursue the solution of the grave questions by which Europe is pre-occupied." The Constilutionnel publishes the following:— " The Independence Beige a couple of days ago contained an account of a conversation between the Emperor and Prince Czartoryski. To show the veracity of the Belgian journal it will suffice to say that the Emperor has, not received Prince Czartoryski for some months past. The Pays makes the following announcement; — " The first care of the new Mexican Government must be to provide for the requirements of the Treasury, to fulfil engagements contracted in the name of the country, and to restore order in the finances. We leara that the Mexican Government has already taken the preliminary steps for contracting a loan, and several important French and English houses lave manifested their willingness to enter into arrangements on the subject. A portion of this loan will, it is said, be first set apart to indemnify France for the expenses of her expedition, and to pay the debfs due to several foreign powers. After doing this, the Government would still have at its disposal sufficient funds to cover the expenses of internal organization, and to promote undertakings for utilising the inexhaustible natural resources of the country, and opening fresh ones. The Gazette de France states that the loan is to be for 700 millions of francs, and is to be charged on the Sonora mines. Our Paris contemporaries (says the SUcle) lately published the following telegram from Marseilles: — "Prince Couza will not secognise the consuls appointed by the different Governments. The Divan is about to send remonstances to him on the subject." We are re quested to pffirm that this news is in every point unfounded. Nothing could have' given \ rise to such a measure on the pait of the Rou- | main Government, to which the agents of the different powers remain regularly accredited. Tbe Opinion Rationale professes to know that Prince Gortscbakoff, on receiving the last notes from the French, English, and Austrian ambassadors declared that the Russian Government would reply to tfce three power by acts which he hoped would be of a nature to satisfy them. He is said to have afterwards told the Duke de Montebello that tbe intention cf tbe Emperor Alexander 11. is to enter on a liberal path, and to make extensive concessions. The Natioriygwes the following instances of the power of the mysterious " National Government" of Poland : — "Two inhabitants of Warsaw not having paid the tax levied by the National Government, the secret military commander of the city has ordered the tenants of the two defaulters not to pay their rent any longer, and debtors to them not to discharge their bills.. No one is to trade with them, and no advocate to plead for them until they have paid the tax. The same notice from the National Government contains the following decision : — ' tbe National Government desires that the Dziennik, which since its foundation by the Marquis de Wielopolski in 1861 has not ceased to be a Muscovite organ, should from the Ist October, 1863. be no longer *cad by any one. The National Government not only forbids persons to subscribe to that journal, and to contribute to its distribution, but also abolishes the editorship, and prohibits correspoadents and contributors from writing for, and printers from printing it.' The effects of this regime, and the situation of the inoffensive part of tbe population between the insurrectionary and the official Government may be easily imagined." A Paris correspondent of the Independence writes : " The opinion seems to be gaining ground that the negotiations now in progress at St. Petersburg will have a favorable issue. Our speculative politicians take an optimist view of things for tbe moment, and regard the dissolution of the Prussian Chamber as a good omen. They consider it connected with the new political,phases universally admitted to exist between Paris. Berlin, and St. Petersburg. The King of Prussia, they say, has taken a legal means of extricating himself from his internal embarrassments by an appeal to the electors ; and should the result be an unfavorable to the present Ministry, it will be replaced by a Schwerin-Auerswald combination. Another very significant indication is also discovered, in the fact that on the occasion of the religious service celebrated at the church of the French Embassy at St. Petersburg on the 15th August,! the Emperor Alexander was specially represented by Count Lambert, who is known to Lave been well received at tbe Tuilleries during his frequent visits to France, and whose brief period of government in Poland was marked by a decided relaxation of tbe usual severity. No little importance i 3 likewise attached to the close intimacy which appeared to exist between M. de Budburg and M. Drouyn de Lhuys during last Thursday's reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: These are some of the symptoms on which the hope of a satisfactory solution is placed. However, I am bound to say thatmany persons do not share this confidence ; for, not to menlian the partisans of war, who aie daily increasing in number, there is ibe rather numerous party of sceptics, who though admitting that negotiations are in progress, deny that they can lead to anything, and regard the frequent councils I of Ministers held of late as affording a proof) that the negotiations are difficult, and not likely to produce any good result. Admitting as undeniable that there has been some change in .the relations of France with Russia and Prussia, they maintain that the very fact of the new relations is an insurmountable obstacle to all arrangements of the Polish question between the Cabinet of St Petersburg and the three Western Powers,"