The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-12 00:00:00

PIEDMONT.

MARCH 6.—Since the passing of the convention
loan in the Senate, and the Convent Suppression
Bill by the Deputies, there has been a lull in the
public interest in Parliamentary proceedings. The
business has been confined to the passing of a bill
enabling the Minister of War to add 500 men to
the navy by the Senate, and a bill voted by the de-
puties for establishing tribunals of commerce at
Turin and Nice. The feeling through the country
against the attempts at Papal intervention is daily
developing itself, and before the Convent Bill
comes on for discussion by the Senate will be shown
by hundreds of petitions in favour of that measure.
It is said that already between twenty and thirty
thousand signatures have been attached to these
petitions, and the system once thoroughly explained
there is no doubt the idea will gather rapidly.

Prince Frederick of Wurtemberg has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Bth corps of the
federal army.

The Ministers of War of Baden, Hesse, and
Wurtemberg held yesterday a conference at Hei-
delberg.

Letters from Berlin mention a rumour which was
prevalent there of Prussia intending to propose an
armistice, in order to allow the Emperor Alexander
11. time to seriously examine the interests of his
empire with respect to the Eastern question.

A letter fromJassy, of the 26th ult., says, " The
news of the raising of the blockade of the mouths
of the Danube was received here with great delight
and lively gratitude by the whole population. The
sale of corn, the export of which forms the princi-
pal source of revenue, and whieh has been put a
stop to during the last twelvemonths, will now re-
sume its regular course.

We read in the German Journal of Frankfort :--
"Baron de Prokesch-Osten had preserved, as a
souvenir, the remainder of the water of the Jor-
dan, which was blessed at Nazareth, and with
which the Emperor Francis Joseph was christened.
He has charged M. Beda. Weber, the first cure at
Frankfort, to fill a small vessel with it, which he
has confided to the care of M. A. de Bethman to
carry to Vienna, and deliver it to the Archduchess
Sophia, for the baptism of the young Princess of
Austria."

A letter from Vienna, in I, ie Silesian Gazelle,
says :—" The Archduke William is to go to St.
Petersburg, not only to offer condolence, but also
for political reasons. He has been charged to
make to the Court of St. Petersburg the most con-
fidential communications as to the impossibility
which Austria is under of changing her policy in
conformity with European interests. Diplomatists
place the greatest hopes in this mission, and the
Russian Embassy also hopes for peace.''

A letter from Berlin says is stated from
St Petersburg that the Empress Dowager stood as
chief mourner in the chapelle ardente where the
body of the Emperor Nicholas has been placed, and
where it will remain a week. It will be carried
from thence, and remain for another week in the
Citadel, after which it will be deposited in the
tomb of the imperial family.

On Saturday last reports were current in London
that serious disturbances' had broken out at St.
Petersburg. The interdict laid on the telegraph
by the Russian Government, while it encourages
speculation as to the probable state of the Russian
capital, makes it impossible either to verify or re-
fute the rumours in question.

The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from
Odessa, which states that the aspect of the place
was quite melancholy. All the inhabitants, whose
fortunes permitted them, were quitting the town
for the interior of the country, as a bombardment
by the Allied fleets was considered quite a cer-
tainty.