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

RUMOURS UP PEACE.

For the last twelve days her Majesty's Government
have been busily negotiating peace on terms deemed by
the Emperor of the French to be satisfactory. Our
readers may rely that after a period of active communi-
cations between Paris and London, on Monday the 19th
of November last, the proposals to re-open negotiations
for peace on " satisfactory" terms were formally de
livere,l to the British Government, and that, in cones .

quence, a Cabinet Council was summoned, and sat th
next day (Tuesday) for upwards of three hours on th
:subject. From that moment until the present unceasin
communications have taken place between all parties and
powers interested, and we have reason to believe with a
far more favourable effect than in our last number wo
presumed to anticipate.—The Prase, Dec. 1.
The Freese asserts that on Monday the 19th of Nov.
the proposals to re-open negotiations fer peace on
satisfactory terms were formally delivered to the British
Government, and that in consequence a Cabinet Council
was summoned, and sat next day (Tuesday) for upwards
of three hours on the subject. It tells rather against tie
accuracy of the opposition organ that no Cabinet was
held on the day here mentioned ; and that the Cabinet
which assembled the day after (Wednesday) had bees
summoned on the Friday before. No propositions for
peace from Russia have been under consideration—for
none have bee❑ received.—Observer. _

It may be remembered that this time last year we
announced the completion of the famous treaty of the
2d of December, which was to have bound Austria to
118 in war in the event of Russia refusing to make peace
on equitable terms. That treaty led, as a natural con-
sequence, to the Conferences of Vienna, where the arts
of diplomacy prevailed in perverting the judgment of
two of the most distinguished Statesmen in Europe,
who, sent to accomplish a distinct mission by one party,
not only left it unfulfilled, but came home with as dis-
tinct a mission from the other side. Thanks, however,
to the energetic decision of the men who guided
the Governments of England and France, we escaped,
on that occasion, from the wiles of diplomacy
and the artful insincerity of Russia, and in arms
we have found a triumphant solution of diffi•
culties which at Vienna were deemed insuperable.
But is Russia humbled now 1 Will she now make
the peace which is real peace, or will she again
endeavour to cajole and trick us I That is what remains
to be seen. A Government would be inexcusable which,
after the sacrifices we have made, after the exertions we
are pledged to, should lend its ear to such empty delu-
sions and hollow mockeries as the overtures of Russia
have hitherto been. We believe
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Austria is endeavouring to bring about negotiations for
peace. We can only say that to be acceptable such ne-
gotiation must not only bey distinct, but also clearly effi-
cacious. None else could make us pause in the course
which we are pursuing, and which, in all human proba-
bility in the course of another campaign, will reduce
Russia to the necessity of begging for peace on any
terms. Convinced as we are of this, with these pros-
spects, it will not be easy to divert us again from their
prosecution by feigned alliances, chimerical projects,
and deceitful negotiations. Morning Poi .

A SEBASToPOL MEDAL. —Mr. T. R. Pinches, of 37►
Oxeuion-street, has just issued a beautifully-executed
bronze medal to commemorate the fall of Sebastopol•
On the obverse a French eagle is displayed destroying
the famous Malakh off tower with a thunderbolt. On the
reverse, the flags of England, France, Turkey, and Sar-
dinia are represented, with the emblems of glory, honour,
and justice, and on a tablet is the destruction of Sebas-
topol, and underneath the snake in the grass, with the
words Sinope, Hango—alluding to Russian treachcry.
The medal is executed in the highest style of art, and is
highly creditable to the genius of Mr. Pinches.
THE EXPORT BEER TRADE.—From a Parliamentary
paper just issued it appears that the declared value of
beer a►id ale exported, from the 6th of January to the
31st of October, was no less than 1,162,267/.