The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-29 00:00:00

THE TUSCARORA.

The Tuscarora left her moorings again at eight
o'clock this morning, and has sailed down the river,
out of sight ; but whether gone to sea, or only out
for another cruise, is not known.

PARIS, JAN. 29.

The Moniteur of to-day publishes the bill for the
optional conversion of the Four-and-a-Half per
Cent. Rente.
The new bonds will bear interest from the Ist
April next. The interest will be payable quar-
terly.

Applications for conversion must be made within
one month from the date of the promulgation of
the present law.

An Imperial decree will fix the difference (soulte)
which the holders of the Four-and-a-Half per
Cent. Rente will have to pay. _ _

the order of things inaugurated in Italy. Whether
openly proclaimed or tacitly admitted, the principle
of non-intervention has become the safeguard of
peace in Europe.

"The Court of Rome certainly does not expect
foreign assistance for the
and I cannot Incovery of its lost pro-
vinces,interests the sac /1-e-iieve that, for the sake of
P ass of which is doubtful, it would
consent to 7Lirovoke a most terrible conflagration.
T.
... tie lessons of experience bid the Holy See re-
sign itself, without renouncing its rights, to practi-
cal transactions which would restore tranquillity in
the bosom of the Catholic world, which would renew
the traditions of the Papacy that has for so long a
time been a shield to Italy, and would reunite to it
the destinies of a nation so cruelly tried, and re•
stored to itself after so many centuries. It is neces-
sary for us to know whether we must perish or
abandon all hope of seeing the Holy See, while
taking into consideration accomplished facts, apply
itself to the study of a combination which would
secure to the Sovereign Pontiff the permanent con-
ditions of dignity, security, and independence neces-
sary to the exercise of his authority. These ideas
being accepted, we will employ sincere and energetic
efforts to insure the adoption at Turin of a plan of
conciliation, the bases of which we should settle
with the Government of his Holiness. Italy and the
Papacy would then cease to be in opposite camps,
and would soon return to their natural intercourse.
Thanks to the moral obligations which France has
guaranteed, Rome would, in case of need, find the
necessary support on the very side where danger
seemed to threaten her. Such a result would excite
a lively feeling of gratitude and satisfaction through-
out the Catholic world."

M. Thouvenel requests M. de Lavalette to com-
municate the note to Cardinal Antonelli and to the
Holy Father himself.
In a note addressed to M. Thouvenel on the 18th
inst., the Marquis de Lavalette states that he had
had an interview with Cardinal Antonelli for the
purpose of communicating M. Thouvenel's note of

the 11 th inst. In previous interviews he had already
expressed to the Pope the desire of the Emperor to
reconcile Rome and Italy, but the Holy Father,
although listening with kindness and condescen-
sion, always replied, " Let us await events."
M. de Lavalette continues,—

" I was more afflicted than surprised when Car-
dinel Antonelli replied to all the considerations I
had submitted to him by an absolute refusal, de-
claring that any transaction between the Holy See
and those who had despoiled it, was impossible ; and
that it did not rest with the Sovereign Pontiff, any
more than with the Sacred College, to cede the least
particle of the territory of the Church. I then
observed to Cardinal Antonelli that I completely
put aside the question of right, and that my only
object was to offer the Papal Government an oppor-
tunity of emerging from a state of things disastrous
to its interests, and threatening to the peace of the
Christian world."

Cardinal Antonelli expressed his thanks for the
affectionate interest shown by the French Govern-
ment. He denied that there was disunion between
the Sovereign Pontiff and Italy, and said that if the
Holy Father had ceased to hold intercourse with
the Cabinet of Turin, his relations with Italy were
excellent. Italian himself, and the first of all
Italians, His Holiness suffered when they suffered.
He witnessed with grief the cruel trials the Italian
Church had to bear. "As regards entering into
any compact with the spcilers of the Church,"
continued Cardinal Antonelli,

"We will never do it. Any transaction on this

the skin to them. The ribs are 18in deep and the same dis-
tance from centre to centre ; and to the inner angle-irons
ordinary stringers are affixed, it being suppornd that the
spaces between the ribs might very conveniently be used
on ship board as shot-racks. The sides and ends of the
Plates are planed so as to fit exactly 'with an ordinary
jump joint; and the plate bolts are turned and counter-
sunk so as to fit with the utmost nicety, their length, with
the screw Thread, being between 7in and Bin. It is be-
lieved that if a shot strikes on the head of one of
these bolts (of which 46 aro used in the target) neither it
nor the surrounding edge of the plate will be fractured ;
but that the simple result will be to drive the bolt some-
what closer home, and so cause it the more nearly to be-
come an integral part of the plate. In building a ship,
Mr. Fairbairn would give to the upper plates a peculiar al-
though simple claw joint, and would thus undoubtedly
secure a large amount of additional constructive strength,
to resist any upward or dolvnward strain while the vessel is
rising to a sea, or supported mainly by two seas at the stem
and stern. The plates used in the target, it should be added,
have been supplied by Messrs. Brown, of Sheffield.
The armour plates will have to be removed, prior to the
sending of the target by rail to Woolwich, for Shoebury-
ness. At the latter place it will be, as the Warrior target
was, subjected to a round or two from a 1001 b Arm-
strong gun, a 1201 b. " shunt" by the same maker, and
a long 68-pounder smooth bore; these being followed by a
volley from the three weapons. The results, which we are
sure will be awaited with the greatest interest, will be care-
fully compared with those upon the other target ; and
should Mr. Fairbairn's plan prove, as he anticipates, to be
by far the better, there is little doubt that we shall speedily
see it adopted for our future ironsides. The target will

probably be sent from the foundry, Back Mather4treet, in.
this city, on Monday. Dining the firing, it will, of course,
have no " backing," beyond the timber supports necessary
to keep it in proper position.