The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-26 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

The following is the text of the Note addressed by
Count Rechberg to Count Karolyi, relative to the
recognition of Italy by Prussia:—
"VIENNA, JULY 26, 1862,
" Monsieur le Comte, —I begged Baron de Werther when
he read to me a despatch charging him to inform the Impe-
ial Cabinet of the recognition of the Neo-Italian Kingdom by
Prussia to leave the documents connected therewith in my
hands that I might place them before the Emperor. After
referring to Berlin, Baron von Werther was authorised by
his Court to grant that request, and consequently I was able
to submit the correspondence to our most gracious Sovereign
His Majesty charges you in consequence by these presents
to bring to the knowledge of his Majesty the King of
Prussia how much the Emperor Francis Joseph thanks
the King for the resistance which he had hitherto opposed
to the entreaties which were made to him to recognise what
is called the Kingdom of Italy, and how much it is the
sincere desire of the Emperor that Prussia may never have
to regret, in her own interests, the resolution which she
hes nevertheless just taken to recognise the success of fhe
most violent revolution and flagrant violation of right and
treaties. Your Excellency can accomplish this mission of
the Emperor through the kind intermedium of Count de
Bernstorff, which you can solicit for that purpose.
Moreover, your Excellency certainly does not expect us
to lose one word respecting the pretended guarantees'
which Prussia has notified, and of the frank assurances'
she has received at Turin. We think that these guaran-
tees' and ' frank assurances' are not worth the paper upon
which they are written. We even believe that on this point
General Durando is precisely of our opinion.--I am, &c.,
RECHBERG."
The Stern Zeitung publishes the Prassian reply
to the above, It is as follows :

"BERLIN, July 31.
" Monsieur le Baron,—Count Karolyi, whom I have not
been able to see recently, owing to the debates in the Cham-
bers, has handed the annexed despatch to Privy Councillor
Sydow, being a reply to our confidential communication on
the question of the recognition of the kingdom of Italy.
We thought we were not only fulfilling a federal duty to-
wards Germany, but were especially showing consideration
and Federal friendship towards Austria, by requesting from
the Turin Government as a preliminary condition of our
recognition, certain guarantees and assurances, the import-
ance of which we certainly do not wish to exaggerate, but
which, nevertheless, when examined without prejudice, are
notlwithout value, and when, on the other hand, which is
far more important than all Italian assurances, we have as-
sumed towards the new Kingdom of Italy and its eventual
pretensions a most determined position by no means agree-
able to the Turin Cabinet, and which other European Cabi-
nets have appreciated in its full signification.
" If now the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs
passes
over this last circumstance in complete silence, and main-
tains that the first mentioned stipulations are not worth the
Paper upon which they are written, we truly do not share
the belief expressed at the same time on this point that
General Durando shares exactly the opinion of the Austrian
Minister ; but at all events, from this reception of our
amical communication, we have acquired the instructive
experience that in future we shall be dispensed from all
similar considerations of Austrian interests unless they
come within the limits of oar Federal duties. I authorize
your Excellency to communicate the present to Count
Rechberg in reply to his despatch of the 26th inst.

" I am, &c., Count de BERNSTORIT.

THE HOP 7RADE.

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A public meeting of the hop growers of Kent and
Sussex was held yesterday afternoon at the Bridge-
house Hotel, for the purpose of conferring with
the trade in the borough of Southwark respecting
the present method of weighing hops, with a view
to coming to some arrangement as to the principle
to be adopted in future, and also for the purpose of
considering the question of the validity of the pre-
sent system of contract notes which pass between
:the factors and the merchants. Mr. J. H. Hod-
Jaen occupied the chair.
Mr_ G. TURNER moved 11 resolution declaring
that it was the opinion of the meeting that the pre-
sent method of weighing hops, as practised in the
Borough, is most unsatisfactory, and that it was
advisable that a customary allowance should be
agreed upon and established as- a fair allowance to
be made by the seller to the buyer upon the sale of
hops for the cloth in which ti.ey are packed; that
holm a 12""-`"" ""a)d v., weighed ciwoo, Qua tc
duction of albs. made upon each pocket.
Mr. BURY, in seconding the motion, said he con-
sidered the proposition a most fair one, and hoped
it would be cordially adopted.
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, observed
that the resolution was not intended to apply to
hops weighed after Christmas.

After some discussion, it was agreed, on the
suggestion of Mr. WOOLSTON, that on all future
occasions the new clear hops ought to be weighed
close, and words to that effect were added to the
resolution.

Mr. HEWETT was of opinion that the proposition
would not meet the assent of the trade, though he
did not state that on any specific authority. If the
system of tare was to be meddled with at all it
should be placed o❑ the full principle of free trade,
just as in the case of foreign hops.
Mr. PUNNETT denied that the case of foreign
hops afforded any analogy in the case. There
could be no doubt that the present system inflicted
a very great grievance upon the trade.

The resolution was then put and agreed to, there
being only five dissentients.

O❑ the motion of Mr. Eivy, seconded by Mr. T.
Hayes, it was resolved that the planters assembled
at the meeting, believing that the resoluti3n just
passed contains a fair and equitable promise, will,
as far as in them lies, carry the same into effect, and
endeavour to induce all the other planters to do the
same.

Mr. PUNNETT then addressed the meeting on the
subject of the validity of the contracts between the
merchants and growers, and moved a resolution
to the effect that it was desirable that in all future
cases the contract note should be received by both
parties, the seller being enabled to demand of the
buyer the names on the contract note, and the terms
on which the hops were sold, so that in case of any
dispute arising it might be settled by an appeal to
the courts of law.

Mr. WOOSTON thought that such a resolution
was wholly unnecessary—that the trade, like the
great produce market trade in Mincing-lane, was
conducted on honourable principles ; and they had
in Southwark a body of men whose word was their
bond. If the resolution was good at all it
could be good only against the miserable trick-
sters, who could be better dealt with in other ways.

Mr. PUNNETT replied that in Mincing-lane
transactions the broker's book could be produced
in evidence, which was not the case in respect to
the contract notes of hop factors.
After some discussion the resolution was adopted,
and a committee of planters was appointed to con-
er with the hop merchants in order to carry out
he proposed alterations.