The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-08 00:00:00

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.

The meeting of the Royal Thames Yacht Club on
Wednesday night, which continued until a late hour,
was rendered peculiarly interesting by the unanimous ex-
pression of feeling and sympathy conveyed in the follow-
ing resolution, moved by Air. R. S. Wilkinson, the
chairman in a speech replete with the fine tone and lofty
bearing of the English gentleman.
"That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the sum
of 50 guineas should be given by this club to the Royal
Patriotic Fund, subject to confirmation, agreeably to the
laws of the club, upon notice in the circulars at the
January meeting."
The annual ball is fixed to take place on the 14th
February (Valentine's Day), and as the proceeds are
to be applied to the Royal Patriotic Fund, we have no
doubt the assemblage will be more brilliant and nume-
rous than even on former occasions.

ANOTHER MILITARY DISTURBANCE.-
THE 18TH ROYAL IRISH.

PORTSMOUTII, Dec. 7.—The Magdalena, hired steam-
transport, arrived at Spithead this afternoon, to embark
the 18th Royal Irish for the Crimea to-morrow. A
fatigue party of about 50 men, with one officer, marched
into the dockyard to-day, from Chatham, to prepare the
ship for the reception of the regiment. ,
Having arrived alongside the dockyard jetty, the men
put their arms on board a steam-tug waiting to take
them out to Spithead, but they marched down to the
dockyard gates in a body, and endeavoured to force their
way out, with the view of procuring something to eat,
as it appears they had received nothing whatever in the
shape of food all day. They left Chatham at seven this
morning, and arrived in the dockyard about three.
On getting to the dockyard gates they were stopped
by the police and the usual military guard, the latter
being called out and placed at the gates with fixed bayo-
nets, ready to withstand any further attempt to make
an exit. The officer in charge of the detachment ordered
the men back to the tug-boat for conveyance to Spit-
head, but they refused to go till they were allowed an
opportunity of procuring something to eat. Things began
to wear a serious aspect, and it seemed more than pro-
bable that the men would force their way past the guard,
composed of about half-a-dozen men of the Middlesex
Militia.
At this juncture a gentleman, who had come down
here to take passage himself in the Magdalena—his
name, we were informed, was the Rev. Mr. Winham—
cane into the dockyard, and finding the men were really
in want of some refreshment, ho very kindly sent out for
a quantity of bread and cheese and stout.
At first the men refused to accept of this favour, but
the reverend gentleman gathered some of them around
him, and, after a little familiar and conciliatory conver-
sation, he prevailed on them to accept of his disinterested
kindness, and they all made a hearty though plain re-
past. They then, on their commanding officer ordering
them to do so, marched to the tug and went out to Spit-
head at four this afternoon, in tolerably good spirits and
temper.
At the commencement of the affair five of the must
determined of the men were taken to the guard-house in
the dockyard, and subsequently marched off to the tug
as prisoners.
The general opinion is, that all this unpleasantnes:,
might have been avoided by the purchase by the officer
in command of the detachment of some food for the
men as they came down, and for which he was supplied
with funds.

THE NEW BATTERY AT LIVERPOOL.—This structure,
which has been erected by Messrs. Holme, of this town,
under the direction of the Board of Ordnance, is now
ready for the guns. The general appearance of the ex-
terior is pleasing, but surprise has been expressed that
the outer walls were not faced with granite, similar to
our docks, and which the recent operations of the Allied
navies before Sebastopol have demonstrated to be able
to resist the heaviest ire that the combined fleets could
bring against them. The two turrets which flank the
gateway, and the toy-like appearance of the whole erec-
tion, have been much criticised. Viewed from the river,
the range of buildings forming the officers' quarters and
barracks for the men look very handsome ; still it must
be confessed that they have more the appearance of
first-rate private residences than-buildings which are in-
tended to stand the fire of heavy-ship guns. A new
road, called Battery-street, leads direct to it from Bootle-
road, and as the guns are shortly to be mounted, the bat-
tery will be well worthy of a visit.

THE TR

JANCE.

We extract the following remarks from letters
received this morning from Paris and Berlin, and
published in a second edition by

The Times.
The surprise caused here, says a letter from Berlin of
the 15th, by the Moniteur's news of Austria's having con-
cluded an alliance with the Western Powers was exces-
sive. With some it amounted to consternation, tha
,iiustria should again have duped and overreached Prus-
sia, after the latter had taken such great pains to pre-
vent it, and had gone so much further in the addi-
tional article than she had any call to do, for the
specific purpose of restraining Austria from any such
wild act ; with others it took the form of rage, to think
that it was Austria again that had taken the initia-
tive, whilst Prussia was still content to be lugged step
by step unwillingly along, instead of taking up her owa
independent ground, and advancing Prussian interests
and honour in Germany on the north and east, just as
though there were no other German interests than those
on its south-east frontier.

While all the rest of the little world of Berlin is m
doubt and uncertainty about the nature of the now Aus-
trian alliance, the V6ssisclie Zeititng is in a position to
throw a light upon the subject of its rise, progress, and
conclusion. It is one of the consequences of Lord
Palinerston's visit to Paris. It was there that the noble
lord discussed with the Emperor and M. Drouyn do
Lhuys the exact tenor of the demands to be made now
upon Russia by the Western Powers; and this took
place in consequence of Austria having communicated
to the two Courts the Russian proposals, and asked
how far they might still be disposed to negotiate for
peace on that basis. This accession of Austria to an
alliance with the Western Powers would necessitate
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speedy decision on the part of Prussia, either to joia
also, or to fall into a state of isolation. This case .
provided for, inasmuch as the accession of Prussia 10
expressly kept open.

The Morning Chronicle.
I have sent to you this morning by telegraph the es'
sential clauses of the great treaty, offensive and defen-
sive, concluded at Vienna on the 2d of December,
between Austria, France, and England. lam now ee;
abled to give, if not the text itself, at least an exact and
complete summary of the contents of that important
convention.
The treaty commences by repeating and recording the
declarations and the principal acts of the conference of
Vienna, as well as the declarations and engagements
contained in the notes exchanged on the, Bth of August,
1854, between the high contracting parties.
It maintains the four points of guarantee as the noes°.
sary basis of peace, at the same time that it reserve°
and recognises to each of the powers the faculty of e3c'
tending them by additinal conditions.
Austria binds herself to France and England, as elle,
bad already done to Turkey by the treaty of the 14th 0'
June, 1854, to occupy the principalities for the purpose
of repulsing the Russian troops, if they attempted to re-
enter them.
Austria proclaims the right, as justly belonging t°
Turkey and to the Allies, of making all the movements
which may suit them for the purpose of attacking
either
the Russian troops or the Russian territory.
If, in consequence of her attitude in the principalitieep
or from any other cause, Austria should find herself at
war with Russia, the alliance, offensive and defensive;
between her, France, and England, shall be establish( cs
by the fact of the war.
If, before the end of the present year, 1854, Rol
should not have made propositions which are considered
acceptable, and which insure good and durable peoee'
the three Powers will advise as to the means of oe.
tamping that peace.
The three high contracting Powers bind themsell
not to accept any proposition for the re-establishment
of peace without having deliberated upon it in cotnroen'
Such are the terms of this important treaty.
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