Mr. Lindsay, in a letter to the Times, affirms that
Mr. Roebuck's report of his conversation with the Emperor was sub- stantially correct. Notes were made of the interview, and will, it is said, he produced in the House of Commons. On the other hand, the Moniteur of Sunday contained a paragraph which makes the affair more obscure than ever. The Emperor, says the official journal, "observed that England having declined his proposal of mediation last October, he did not think he could submit a new proposition without the cer- tainty of its acceptance." That is a very different thing from accusing the British Government of treachery. "The Emperor has not attempted, as certain publications pretend, to influence the British Parliament by the medium of two of its members. All that took place was a frank interchange of opinions, in an interview which the Emperor saw no reason to refuse." Mr. Roebuck says more took place, that he was authorized to con- vey a communication to the House of Commons, and it now rests with him to prove the accuracy of his memory. The contradictions are conclusive as to the inexpediency of trying at one and the same time to represent Sheffield and the Tuileries.
