The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-07 00:00:00

TREATY WITII PARAQUAY.

The London Gazdte of Friday contains the terms of
the treaty of " friendship, commerce, and navigation"
between her Majesty and the Republic of Paraguay,
which was ratified on Wednesday last. It consists of
17 articles, and is signed by Sir Charles Hotham, and
"the Paraguayan citizen Franciso Solano Lopez," the
President of the Republic, on behalf of the two high
contracting parties. The Republic concedes to the mer-
chant flag of British subjects the free navigation of the
river Paraguay as far as Assumption, the capital, and
of the right side of the Parana, from where it belongs
as far as the city of Encarnacion. British goods
atorehr,teo
be admitted on the terms of the most favoured
nations ; and, in case of any rupture between the two
contracting parties, the subjects of either who may be,
established in the dominions of the other are to be
allowed to remain in the continuance of their employ-
ment, and in full enjoyment of their liberty and pro-
perty, while the public funds of the two countries are
never to be confiscated, sequestrated, or detained. Full
liberty. of conscience is guaranteed to British residents
in Paraguay, and such of them as die there are to be
interred in the pubiic burial-places with suitable decorum
and respect. British subjects are to be "at liberty to
exercise in private and in their own dwellings, or within
the dwellings or offices of her Majesty's consuls or vice-
consuls, their religious rites, services, and worship, and.
to assemble therein for that purpose without hindrance
or molestation." The Government of the Republic of
Paraguay, as a consequence of the national law for the
freedom of the offspring of slaves, binds itself to prohibit
in the most efficacious manner all the inhabitants of the
republic from trading in African negroes. The treaty
is to be in force for seven years from the date of its
ratification, or may be terminated by proper notice at
the' end of six years.

. .
LATE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN SYRIA AND THE
HOLY LAND. Two very extraordinary volumes are
now before us. They treat of lands less accessible than
remote, but abound with startling incident and adven-
ture, and establish facts which would be rejected at
fables were they not attested by evidence which proven
itself. They comprise the narrative of a journey lately
undertaken by M. F. De Saulcy, a scholar and a man
of science, as also a distinguished member of the French
Institute. The results of exploring tour in districts
of the Holy Land seldom trodden by European feet will
achieve for him an enduring reputation, and inscribe
his name in the records of posterity with thosel of Bruce,
Burckhardt, Belzoni, Mungo Park, and other early
pioneers, who have laid open paths and suggested t
sub-
jects of enterprise to succeeding travellers. At every
step the discoveries here enumerated. attest the truth of
the Mosaic history, and may be referred to as' a valuable
commentary on the sacred writings. M. Be 6aulcy
passed through the ruins nof ..Zebolini, sodom, &ar,
I
and Adrnah, never beforeidentified, or believed to-be iri
the of
existence; but palpable and traceable in filth- full ex:
placed exactly where Scriptural and classical au'
prose/4 state by volcsaun6ichl.tgeexitiic,ayoartilcinatr: effect
tthenortf,itiei combine to place them,' evidently reduced '
staonfdo the birth
tllfire,eirand exceeding in antiquity the earliest
yeat's be-
fore
raids. These were flourishing cities prior' t
factPs3'.r willpyra-
mids,
-
this evidence is amply supplied
se
oftw tohetlicd;earest and most
of Abraham, and as farelv.midelecnac
oconclusiveni
y bt he c
admittednature,
upon
paconrnda .
This most perilous expedition
closed with triumphant success;
i,:;
i‘tir).o
Dp roe sseanuti
ei instance. s twaanse e .
doiusic'..hgvecographical and historical know-
and contributes to
extent to tiny which
have accomplished
ledge a series of
added- a
human intelligence and perseverance
discoveries equal in importance and
since Columbts passed the Atlantic
Ocean,
exercise of human
•an d
Horn, and :boundless field for the
.—Dublin University Afaga.7
energy.

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wßLrFAiGngAllullnLdEelirS. —thAe cnoarirneespoonfdc,h4t
caolanincooniii%
Sense,"- in allusion to the acquittal of certain aristocra-
tic gamblers, complains that sufficient efforts were not
made by the police to discover the gambling implements,
he says :—" I should like," be says, "to know why
these crusades against hells,' if they are carried on at
all, are carried on so laxly ? Were the police employed
in hunting out coiners or defrauders of the revenue,
matters would certainly not be thus conducted by them ;
the drains would be opened, the surrounding premises
searched, and it would be very odd if some evidence of
the way in which these hellkeepers, and nobleinnoetti,
and
gentlemen had been amusing themselves i
tran-
spire." And I should also like to know; ho.l(eidwritthcuosmdeisseto.
to
pass that the noblemen and gentlemen w
cloon%pany of
vered passing their evenings in the
hell-
keepers, are allowed to she,l,tverrethwenr7l,7 pleasantlyjsesioles,,,,,
under the pseudonyms of
Ro-
binson," &c. If they were heldupteo public
so readybliccenmsi'e
under their own names, they would .not
futute to incur the risk of another capture and another
exposure. I confess that when I read these
.police re.
ports I cannot help believing that there a ouw"
between " the Force" and "the raney.7

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