The Press.
London, England, 1855-11-03 00:00:00

SWEDEN.

In Sweden the question of the Western alliance
becomes every day more and more canvassed. The
question has been treated at length in a pamphlet
recently published at Stockholm, and entitled "The
Policy of Sweden in the War of the Western Powers
with Russia, and the Question of the Constitution of
Finland in a distinct State." The conclusions come
to in this pamphlet are the following :
The policy of Sweden cannot differ from that of Europe ;
that is to say, it must tend to form a counterpoise to
Russia. This cankot take place except the three Scandi-
navian States—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—are united
together under the same Government and form one single
State, preserving their distinct constitutions. Sweden
cannot take part against Russia unless she can look for-
ward to the formation of a union of the north, guaranteed
by the Western powers.
The artival of General Canrobert was eagerly
anticipated.
it is believed that a strong squadron of the allied
fleet will winter in some of the Swedish ports.
The following extract from a private letter of the
23rd ult., from Gottenburg, is indicative of the po-
pular feeling upon the subject of the Western
alliance:—

It is not yet decided whether Sweden next year will
eo-operate with the allied armies in restraining the power
of Russia, and destroying that barbarous empire. There
is no doubt that if we here should be governed of a
descendant from our old Swedish Charles or Gustavus,
we already would have fought for the liberty and huma.
nity as long as England and France; and perhaps, then,
Cronstadt at this moment should have had the same fate
as Sebastopol. Everybody here is enthusiastic for a war
against Russia, and we hope that our Government at last
will be forced to listen to our sympathies to partake in
the existing war, of which we could have a great deal to
profit.
DENMARK.

A letter from Copenhagen of the 20th gives the
following details, which are not generally known,
relative to the Sound dues, and which proves, as far
as it goes, that the United States have not much
reason to complain of the amount they pay. The
letter states :

The resistance made by the United States is really not
justifiable, when the small amount it pays is compared
with other countries. The Sound dues paid from 1851 to
1853 may be divided as follow :—United States, 4,810 f. ;
England, 196,000 f ; Holland, 80,000 f.; France, 96,000 f. ;
Prussia, 118,000 f.; Russia, 45,000 f.; the Scandinavian
flag, 170,0001. The export duties for the ports of America
and the imports from the commercial ports of the United
States for the Baltic amounted in the same period to
about 2.5t1,000f. ; for Holland, 400,000 E; England,
3,370,000 f.; Scandinavian ports, 200,000 f. ; Bremen and
Hamburg, 100,000 f.; France, 400,000 f.; Belgium,
100,000 f.; East Indies, 250,000 f.; the duty on vessels
amounted in one year to 7130,000 f., and that on goods to
5,785,000 f. The capitalisation of the above amount would
be from 125,000,000 f. to 130,000,000 f. Denmark will only
treat with the States which have ports in the Baltic for the
purchase of the Sound dues, because she has found, on
minute examination, that the base of this revenue comes
from merchandise imported or exported, and which repre•
aents the majority of the interests connected with the
question.

THE PRESS.

ITALY AND NAPLES.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa asserts, upon
what it states to be good authority, that Chevalier
Cibrario, Minister of Foreign Affairs at Turin, is to
resign, in consequence of the diplomatic difference
existing between Piedmont and Tuscany. This
difference, according to the correspondent of the
Times, it is intlieved, is on the eve of an amicable
solution. Piedmont no longer insists on confiding to
M. Casati a diplomatic post at the Court of an
Austrian Archduke, and is to be represented in future
at Florence by a simple chargé d'affaires, instead of
a Minister Plenipotentiary.
M. Mazza has not yet started upon his mission to
Vienna, but still remains at Naples. The differences
between the Western powers and Naples are patched
up for the present, but they are not, at least in Naples,
considered as satisfactorily arranged.
An emeute had taken place at Catania, Sicily, on
the 24th, but had been speedily suppressed.