The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna of the 30th ult., in the
Silesian Gazette, says
" The plenipotentiaries of the Allies, after seve-
ral conferences, have come to an understanding
concerning a protocol which completes the treaty
of Dec. 2 and explains fully the four points. The
definitive meeting took place the day before yester-
day, and immediately after Count Buol informed
Prince Gortschakoff of the meaning attached to the
guarantees drawn up against Russia. The Prince
was the same time informed that as an unre-
served acceptance would be insisted on, Russia had
only to give her reply in a simple yes, or no, within
ihe period fixed by the treaty of Dec. 2. - The
Prince the same evening despatched a courier to
St. Petersburg asking for further instructions,
which he expects by to-morrow's telegraph. It is
said that in the interpretation given to the four •
points, the idea of bringing about peace before the
first of the year is not departed from; but, on the
other hand, the power; are determined, in case of
a refusal on the part of Russia, to conclude a treaty
of offensive alliance."
A letter from Vienna, of the 23th ult., in the
Constitutionmd, says :—" The movement of troops
towards the Russian frontier continues. Some
companies of pioneers, who recently arrived from
Italy, leave this day for Gallicia. All the generals
who were on leave at Vienna aro immediately to
leave for the army.
The Corriere Italiano of Vienna, of the 30th

ult., says :—"This morning at 10 o'clock the Em-
peror passed in review the garrison of Vienna,
under the command of Marshal Baron de Herzin-
ger. His Majesty was accompanied by the Duke
de Brabant. General Letang, was also present, as
well as Colonel de Manteuffel." The same journal
says :_44 The news from the Crimea do not speak
of any act of hostility, but they are of interest, in-
asmuch as they detail the immense preparations
made IT the Allies to defeat the Russian army
encamped nearßakshi-Serai, and to take Sebastopol.
A bright sun has at length come to reanimate the
courage of the troops, whom the continual rains
had much fatizued. The roads aro now practicable,
and the soldiers wait with patience the signal for
the assault or battle."

The Emperor 11:71s conferred the Order of St.
Vladimir of the First Class upon General Annen-
koff, Governor of Odessa.

POLAND.

A letter from Warsaw, 31st ult., in the Cologne
Gazette, says :—" The concentration of the lot
corps d'artnee, and of the division of reserve be-
tween the Peleka, the Warta, and the Vistula is
is completed. General Siewen, who commands
this corps, has set off suddenly for the head-quar-
ters at Radom. Large quantities of provisions have
been celle‘cted within the last few days."
Field-Marshal Prince Paskiewitch has left War-
saw for St. Petersburg.
A letter from Vienna of the 28th ultimo, in the
Augsburg Gazette, says :—" I had to-day in my
hand a copy of a despatch from Prince Menschikoff
of the 17th, and it makes no mention either of the
malady of the Prince or of his replacement by
General Osten-Sacken. The Russian commander-
in-chief only complains that the severe weather
makes great ravages amongst his troops, as well as
amongst his cavalry and artillery horses."

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, DEC. 29.

Letters from. St. Petersburg have been received
hero which state that several councils have latoly
taken place there under the presidency of the
Minister at War, with the attendance of the naval
and military officers commanding in the Gulf of
Finland and its shores. These councils recognised
the necessity of strengthening and augmenting the
various fortified places, and of adding to the most
important of them an entrenched camp, capable of
accommodating a division of infantry. In fact, it
is stated that this syStem of entrenched camps is to
be carried out on a large scale, and to extend from
Cronstadt to most of the military positions in
Polo n I.

This, among other matters, is the cause of the
visit made by General Dehm, the governor (4 the
town and citadel of Cronstadt, to Field-Marshal
Paskiewi' ch at Warsaw, in order to confer with
him on a grand plan of defence for the whole length
of the Vistula, and thence to the Neva, in case of
invasion during the ensuing campaign.

SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, Dec. 30.—The Federal Council has dis-
tributed the different Ministerial departments
among its members, as follows :
M. Furrer ............ President and Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
M. Druoy... ......... FiLances.
M. Naeff ...... ....Post-office and Public Works.
Ni. Frei-flerec ...War.
M. Muriziger ~,,.,Commerce.
M. Fransini .......interior.

SPAIN.
We have received the Madrid journals of the
29th ult. The:Dian:o Espanol informs us that the
Ministry, in pUrsdance.otthe promise that it had
give; was- endeavouring to effect economy in every

department of the State. In the foreign dee
ment, the legations of Denmark, Parma, Tul
Switzerland, and Saxony are to be suppressed,
these of Mexico, Turkey, Piedmont, and
are to be of the second class. In the other clop*
ments there is to be a general reduction 0:4
number of functionaries, and of the salaries oftPre
who are to be retained. It appears also to bo tub,
tided that there shall be a large reduction 11U
budget of the clergy. Nothing important vi.:l
place in the Cortes on' the 29th. The GoverDs
presented a bill for a levy of 25,000 men, butt
was no discussion on the subject in that sitting'

NAPLES.
The Messagiere di Modena of the 23d con4-;,..116i'
notification from the commander of the trait
the western district placing the city and eanvn
of Carrara in a state of siege. The inhabit:lo'j
the city are called upon to deliver up their
within six hours, and those of the country 119.0
24. From 6in the evening until 6in the
all public places and shops must be closed, an'
assemblies, even of three per Sons, will be hrokel
by the public force. Although the Governal
of Modena and Tuscany have thought pro Per,
treat the late disturbance at Carrara as ono of
political import, there is good reason to belie,
was no more than is known in England as a "
originating in disputes and bickeriugs of old Et
ing between the masters and workmen of the wot
hie quarries in that neighbourhood, and havingo
further connexion with politics than that 41
masters are for the most part of very high Cono
vative principles, and the workmen probably
desperate Radicals.

SAXONY.
DRESDEN, DEC. ftsi
The King in person closed the session
Extraordinary Diet of Saxony. He deliverw
following speech on the occasion :
GENTLEMEN Or THE STATES— 13,
"A short, but important session closes this cuy„,
your activity, your devoted assiduity, your apprel
to the business of the country, as well as by t'
stant zeal of which the two extraordinary delo7oo
have given proofs, you have been enabled to eou"
ct
a happy issue important legislative labours in the,o
period prescribed for that purpose by the constitsrly
law, and to adopt decisions, in conformity iviebo}
constitution, on the various projects of law which
been submitted to you. My consent has alreS"f
given to the greater part of the alterations you
introduced into them. As to those which hale tyo
befoie me within the last few days I shall reserve
for more deliberate examination.
"I entertain, therefore, an assured confidescepf
the ameliorations so ardently desired by the c°o V
in our administrative and judicial affairs will 13°.„1
brought into operation, if Heaven be pleased to gr'
a continuance of peace from without.
" I have seen with particular satisfaction the st, f
have exhibited in complying unanimously with.
wishes with regard to fixing the civil list. s
therein a new proof of that devotion to my polo°,
my family that your acts have testified on mall
sions.

Deposit, then, in tranquillity your powers
hand of the Ordinary Diet, which is about to 0013'iji
"The consciousness of having performed thel!l
will accompany to their homes those who clulop
assembly ; and with the grace of God the spirit
deceased brother will watch over us all for the g
our dear country."

CAPE OF GOOD 110P-!4".14,
THE THREATENED KAFIR, OITTB
Rumours of the probability—nay, the veto
tainty—of a fresh Kafir war having becomesc'Of
frequent of late, it is necessary to show, upoll
good authority, that there is not the most 7j
chance of such an event. It is easy to see theD;ip
from whence such rumours take their rise, 138
in the interested speculations of the wall/
would benefit by a state of hostilities suPPiii.
by the exaggerated fears of inexperienced
' Two events have come in opportunely of It
give strength to the delusion. The Ponjati
Maidstones merchant ships, recently arri7
the bay with draught for different regiments °ofei
frontier, were both of them chartered to cone
back the 91st and 12th regiments to Eliglo
but the authorities having omitted to send
,:ref
to that effect to the commander-in-chief, the
ments are detained, and the ships return elti
while those who desire a Kafir war seize 1(.10
in support of their views, by asserting th3fei
commander-in-chief will not detach a singlel
meat in the present assumed threatening llsraeolis
the Kafirs, Fingoes, Hottentots, et hoe
017111 C.

The 5 officers, 93 men, and 5 women of ttireeillit
Euniskillens saved from the wreck of:/0011:5
Charlotte, fanded here from her Maje', tor`;
Hydra on the 16th October, and are now eiotl*
M the castle, waiting the engagement of 0-409,
transport to convey them to their destinl4-01
Draughts for the 45th and 6th regiments are
lodged in the castle, waiting an opportuleio
proceed to the frontier. An engagement lies
entered into for this purpose with the con3W
to have them conveyed by the Natal or the 0'
of Good Hope steam-packet. This arrange 7
has been highly approved of by the officea°' ,
different corps.

HAMBURG, Jan 2.—A storm from the nter,
west has cued the inundation of one-half °L.
city. The dykes are broken, and the 'loose'
very considerable. 01,

The Sdanish papers publish a letter froTi
Bishop of Cadiz to Lord Howden, warmly tr;
ing him for his restoration of the church °f
Francisco in that city.
T 1 e ilioniteur publishes a long table show,Nir,
amount of capital required for subscribing tY
ferent amounts of route in the two stocks of
new ottfe'
new loan, and the amount of the first' and
ceeding instalments.
The Tribunal of CoMmerce of the Sell)",
placed at the disposal of the Minister of Coetifs
the sum of 2,000 f. for the purchase of arti"; 110
the army of the East. The Cercle Agricoled
sent to Marshal Magnan 3,000 f. for the Pr
purpose.

THE FRENCH LOAN.

Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons, of Nevr;f:‘ll
St. Swithin's-lane, have opened lists of subscriP't;t?
the French loan, and are inviting applications fr°,l-(?',
English public. Messrs. Baring, Brothers, at P
have adopted a similar course, and have issued tu" ",,
lowing notification :

Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., by arrangP,
with the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier in, r
.; r
will receive applications for the now French loan i°
hundred million francs, for which subscriptie •
opened at Paris from the 3d to 14th instant, 10
terms specified in the imperial edict of Dec. 31,^
and on the following conditions : hoil-1
Applications will be received at their counting' ok,
No. 8, Bishopsgate-street Within, every day betwe,cior
o'clock a.m. and 3 o'clock p.m., or by post, until 3°
on Thursday, the 11th inst. 'Cir)
24ePoti
Each application must be accompanied by a
of 10 per cent, of the. amount applied for,
at tilees,
exchange of one pound sterling for twentyfive frA".,
per accompanying regulations. 0 0!
The proportionate amount of the loan which wiles
allotted to each subscriber will be notified with 0
toe
delay as possible ; the provisional receipt and suipo
se9certificates will be delivered to each subscriber ;
further charge will be made than ith per cent.
cost of the amount actually subscribed, which ,011121, tir
paid to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., on t'
livery of the provisional receipt from Paris.
Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. will, if desi`TO
to do, pay the subsequent instalments in Paris °,01:
per cent, monthly on the stock delivered, which in,;(11
mints commence on 7th March next, and terming
7th August, 1850, upon receipt
of the aqui t tY, amount on the first of each corresponding month, 15-11P1 same fixed exchange of H. per 25 francs, without
further charge either for commission or cost of
the
mission and return of the necessary documents. al‘
Shoul 1 the amount inscribed by the Treastit,y
France be less than that applied for, the deposit If
amount not inscribed will be returned to each *el
cant without charge or deduction, as soon as the°
nary advice is received from Paris.
Applications for the 4. per Cent. Rentes must be
for not less than for 900 francs Rentes ; and for t 01'
per Cents, for not less than for 750 Routes ; or for
tiples of these respective amounts.
8, Bishopsgate-street Within, Jan. 3.

CALCULATIONS.
Francs 900. -Rentes 4i per amt. are equivalen SO
20,000 francs. Capital costing at 92 per cent., 18%4:
francs ; or at the exchange of 25 francs per £ sterlo.,
7361., on which the deposit of 10 per cent is 73/. oi
bS
and the commission of Ith per cent, on 7361., it
whole be obtained, is 133. sd.
to
Francs 750.—Iienteg 3 per cent. are equivalervO
francs 25,000. Capital costing at 651 per cent., 16,4
50e , or at the exchange of 25 francs per £ sterbp.i
6521. 103., on which the deposit of 10 per cent. is m 651., th/
and the commission of Ith per cent, on 6521. 10s.,
whole be obtained, is 163, 4d

WIFE Ii ILLRD BY HER ausneNn.—An inquest
held yestf-r. tar afters o at the Manchesler BoYslio
firmary, by Mr. Edward Herford, coroner for the ree,
on the body of Ellen Bruin, of No. 4, StanleyP !tt
who ha 1 died in the infirmary on the previous evall ore
Joseph Bruin, husband of the deceased, who was Poe
sent in custody of the police, was a day waiter et 0
.111,ion Hotel, and went home on the night of the 0
ult. in a state of intoxication ; a quarrel ensued betel:;11
him and his wife, in the course of which he eeame
exasperated, and threw the tea-kettle at her head Igo'
such fatal prseision that the spout entered the scalP,,,b,
the left side of her forehead. She was afterwards 'et
veyed to the infirmary, where erysipelas ensued/
which gbe died on Tuesday evening

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