The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-31 00:00:00

his merits,
but that by his acceptse ne .°f001)
will have imposed an additional del! nol
country, of which the Government wil!ipii)
forgetful. He looks like a man who wi'crild
bring back a Marshal's baton frel3l, th:ral
or find a soldier's grave there. ‘-lee'flifo
ie Chief of the Staff of the First 'd
and General Des-villiers is to 0100 of
gade in the 9th Division of the Arloji
East. Some of the letters received hereAeli,
French camp before Sebastopol, datedrod
inst., speak of the condition of the Frenebuijoij
terms almost as discouraging as those 4100 I
the London papers with regard to the -°3O
ibelowfreezing point, that many of the:bit#l4i
een frozen to death in the trenches; Or
had French
broken out with unusual vieleoc.oo
irench camp, that numerous des°rtise
taken place, and that several men 113°,600,
gave way under their sufferings 1'309
suicide. Few officers, it is said, wish t°olo,l
cate those facts, fearing to cause nen,efehesoA!
to their families. On the other boa, "A-theitAr
tors admit that the French have pushe'h,-ferj
works up to the very town—that thei
-
the Flag-staff Battery—and that theaor
enter the place whenever they think

HOLLAND*
THE HAGUE, Jan. 27.—Lieuten89', 001
Fabius, the commander of the
Soembing, despatched some naonths,3ol
government of Japan, has just retureeuorbij
According to the accounts brougb,t this ij,;
officer, who had been accredited. gird
the court of Japan, in order to effacthay. a.nntt
treaty between the two states, JaPaiiiatod,
ti
Holland the assurance that she yr?' .00'0
be considered as a less favoured na orse
other state that seeks commercial $llO
Japan. "It affords us much pleas,1110s&10
official Staats-Courant, ".to be abe,,,,to Piot
the Japanese Government has np,itiohjel
occasion proofs of its esteem and "to tbe ,c,OO
thethe
Dutch
rflaaentdosr.y
altt
phas e alsoa, CepolloTirocee:. 03:1:1000
many flattering proofs of its e°l34BclL'e-sOte
sideration, and the Emperor rece"histi,'"
Captain Fabius with more than °,,,,17;0de150a
distinction." According to the P-na ofiLtol
officer is about to depart on a $ll,--orir
Japan, charged with additional au,""
Dutch Government.

THE BASIS OF NAGOTIAL

-called "interp....-0,----.retation,, fear rllO
The so of the 0019
settled by the representatives of the lliesoo,o i/
u t., and communicated to Prince Gortsche'neo-- h
is to
t form the basis of the negotiations Of 1' 8 1r)0
commonly supposed to be a fuller, And PI tilf
//11
a
more precise statement of the resoltitionse of i
than had before been made. We area oditio,
present, from an authentic source, thtetth,,i
made the subjects of definite
ment itself, in which the public will find 'ill;
stip
been left
to be decided by the events of thee 1$19;
adi that it was of the four • gif-licair
points as 0,0 j
on the 7th instant at Vienna(to use the ei
John Russell in Parliament) 6°ft:.r
" Prince., 0 ,
Glared his acceptance, on the part of his giase,
the bases
of negotiations ; of course resiid.
the power, when those Lases should be'Spie.
ticks, to make any observation on the- '
~,i)
vernment which he might think roper." 6
" With a view to define th P in 1130°
vernments hold e "I's('
0
, , 0.
four articles, and reserving to theniseiv-°.dr,
• ulatios, Dior. ,
they have always done, the power of 111106
special conditions over and above the felleh 0
may appear to them to be required ill treeoss
rest of Europe, in order to prevent the r el
cent compiication,, the representative° oi
France, and Great Britain declare that ,
"let. Their governments, judging in :0
073.n.ecessary to abolish the exclusive e• 0°,4
1 ed by Russia over Moldavia,Wallachtsl*e S
and to place fhe privileges accrded by their
e°lr
these principalities as dependencies Of t,y, 6r1,,r
the future under the joint guarantee of '"6 tbf 4;
have and do now come to an understandienfils)
of the stipulations in the ancient treaties-a or
the Porte, concerning the said proviP";'tlie
nod ths'iii Pri:li
stored to validity with the peace,
merits to be concluded respecting the' ligifo)
settled hereafter in such a manner as t°,l
entire satisfaction to the rights of the 004
.thoseotdiyo.f
It hne
order
re principalities,
rodibisi
thrpstg of Europe.
bei expedient
the freedom of navigation on thpcer Yoe
pechent that the course of tfremes c°l33;t J
starting
from the point where it beC°.ii be sq' ,
to give the greatesi
the trio states bordered by the river sbb-y airo;
from the territorial jurisdiction xi:6°lg -10
.o.°
third article in the treaty of Acireisla°l3.e.t he
the free navigation of the Danube cliol'e dicolegiii
it be not placed under the cotrol ef`itlf,PdesDil
invested with the powers necessary 'e. Otilbs,s,
existingobstacles either now at the iii-or)
river, or which may be formed there übse'

" 3dly. The revision of the tree'
ought to be with the view of eon'
the existence of the Ottoman emPire
of Europe, and of putting.an end to
of Russia in the Black Sea. The
made for this purpose depend too di
of the war to enable the bases of the'
present. It will be sufficieut to P'
ciple.

• " 4thly. Russia, while renouncii
casting her official protectorship ore)
tian subjects of the Greek faith, als(
tural consequence, all claim to re,
article in his former treaties, especi'
Kutshuk Kinardjee. the erroueol
which has been the main cause of
lending their mutual aid for obtai
live of the Ottoman Government ti
observance of the religious pi-101e?
various Christian communities v/'
creed, and while jointly putting tt
the interest of the said communities,
tions manifested by H. M. the Sal.
they will take the greatest care to
the dignity of his Highness arid tb'
crown."

THE MUSICAL S-g

The ensuing musical season prom''
if not a remarkably brilliant one.
Opera, Madlle. Wagner is, we undte
appear ; so that the curiosity of the'
lie, excited by a former disappointetv
of two rival lessees to ceonopoliee
lady, will, at last, we have reason to
Mdme. Cerito is engaged for the bat
the new Italian Opera company 110
terprisimr. A great!number:of claesic-.. 0 ..6P,
novelties have been produced in a '''„eao tie)
satisfactory manner, in some iastes'e• e'er
poser s immediate superintendence' OA' flii/
"Facet," and "Benventito Cellini:_aodisubretw
invited and brought over expressly to u; pOrceljd
and the latter was brought before %sill: 44
direction of Hector Berlioz himself. doer
that the Royal Italian Opera will coedePie /
well begun, and that such courage In/ 0 10
meet with that support which thel4lll,
With regard to the Philharmonic Sne:les e Y
tain that Mr, Costa will not eonduct A eye
eerie during the comixg season. '1060.0.1,17
which hay, induced that gentleman ,;(0100elie °
pointrnent are not yet, we believe, r°,-- r" 1,
meat, therefore, is forbidden us. tine- ,egiel
his successor. That a society so en"; noel 7
its opinions on caumical art should kl‘c-eet A
tlevnan of such opposite tendencies ' oty
teli
pokesurprise.„,r, 11
The press has in some instances Oreibi
upon the prospectus of the " Ne9l)hree VI,
ciety." The pronesal to' present to tae beeepi,
stitutions the profits of the concerts ifoel'oiril
by the Atlas, in an extremely evell],lo 0,1,40P,1t'
"an attempt to throw dust in the °J.sevacq/
and the A thentruni equally caustic
be o'l .
scheme as a "fraud."' Indeed, ag twisairejeflei
hitherto involved the management in, I',htst
as there is not a shadow of reason Sot 01;4
next season will be more fortunate ''''ool4 ii f
ones, the society apparently stands is d 'bobs
port than the said institutions ,1 siii, 0014,1
looks like an attempt to draw a fee,ef," rip
and more personal interest into the I'l.'o' the Por
The appointment of Herr Molique I, alto i
Benedict at the Harmonic Uxion if trit'-oreeoilfiev',
will prove, we think, beneficial. 4%7, be ; goy)
ien.lician than Herr Molique is not "-etbe,,,lo
which this gentleman possesses everyfeelt;ie'et,
requisite for a conductor, and lre, of'er, ttef
society will, during the present Ye9'''of ,ty-pe(lite
sition among the musical societieghe J4°106
The removal from Exeter Hall t° art oft„ t,,or',
Rooms, is a judicious step on the P!„do I,,ik
The Sacred Harmonic, and the P°.-pest'tj;cf.er '
monic, have both commenced a neo o;icAl ..10 e.
deserves the commendation of tho leell' 06 PI
spirited production last year of Beet-Cotekeit,,
a performance which must hay° 01070c014
great efforts. There is inech •e, d it, o,'
alit ' a
readers will gather from this brief on . 00 to
Time, however, unfolds all neysteri%; (eicP,4l
we propose to give, to the satisfaetl atileOf gr' riii
musical public, notices of the pri"ciirce.ellto,l,olo
ances of the season as they take P'3,eieo',OP
being the elevation and spread of Ili- pa .
1 '
cious censure, deserved apPNv" •
couragsraint.

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