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

TREATY WITII PARAGUAY.

The London Gazette 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
to her, as far as the city of Encarnacion. British goods
are to 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 public 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 forsevenyear by proper notice a
years fromtlledateof itst
ratification, or may be terminated
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 as
fables were they not attested by evidence which proves
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 his 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 those of Bruce,
Burckhardt, Belzoni, Mungo Park, and other early
pioneers, who have laid open paths and suggested 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. lie
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2271 C.

FASHIONABLE GAMBLERS.—A correspondent of a con-
temporary, writing under the name of " Common
Sense," in allusion to the acquit of certain aristocra-
tic gamblers, complains that su 7 -nt efforts were not
made by the police to discover the a. bliug implements,
he says :—" I should like," he mss, "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 df
the way in which these hellkeepers, and noblemen, and
gentlemen had been amusing themselves did not tran-
spire." And I should also like to know how it comes to
pass that the noblemen and gentlemen who are thus disco.
vered passing their evenings in the company of hell-
keepers, are allowed to shelter themselves so pleasantly
under the pseudonyms of " Brown,' " Jones," ic Re.
binson," &c. If they were held up to peisbelaicpcoociliernusus censure
under their own names, they would not be so ready in
futute to incur the risk of another capture and anothei•
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DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

MONDAY, Nov. 7, 1853.

State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock Saturday morning. The stations
ara arranged in order of latitude.
LI3IERICK—S., calm—overcast.
FOLKESTONE—E., strong breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—E., gentle breeze—overcast.
GREENWICH—S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
STROOD—E., gentle breeze—cloudy.
awninox—S.E.,lresh breeze—cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudy.
FARRINGDOX—S.E., breeze—overcast.
The returns from the following places ;indicate the state
of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock :
MTILLINGAR—E_., strong breeze—rain.
BIRMINGHAM—N.E., calm —partially cloudy.
HOLYHEAD—E" gentle breeze—fine.
LANCASTER—W., calm—cloudless.
WHITBY-S., gentle breeze—foggy.
DARLINGTON—E. gentle breeze—overcast—foggy.
SKIP— S., calm--overcast.
FARRINGTON—E.S.E., breeze—fair.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY —Morning 51 min.after 5 Evening 19 min.aft. 6
gO-Mbaßow Morning 52 min.after 6 I Evening 28 min.aft. 7

THE WEATHER.—Sex OFFICE, Nov. 6,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
53—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
60—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'98.
WIND, E.—Dull, rainy weather.

NOVEMBER 7.
60— highest since noon yesterday.
52—lowest this morning and during the night.
57—this day, at noon.
_ BAROMETER, 30'30—a rise of nearly half an inch since
yesterday.
WIND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, and hazy, dull weather.
where was a thick fog this morning.

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