The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Journal du _Havre publishes a letter from
London, from a person who, it says, is in a position
likely to be well informed, which states that the
English Admiralty, as a testimony of the feelings
of cordiality which now subsist between France and
England, is about to give the name of "La France"
to one of the line-of-battle ships building iu one of
the English dockyards.
Mlle. Sophie Soult, sister of the late Marshal
Soult, died a few days since at St. Amans-Soult, at
the age of 81.

A telegraphic despatch from Pau, dated the 23d,
in the Aioniteur, says •--" The mperor arrived
here at six o'clock in the evening of the 21st. His
Majesty entered the town in the midst of an im-
mense concourse of persons, who had come from all
points in the department and from the neigh bour-
mg ones, and was received with loud and general
cries of Vive l'Empereur ! Vivo l'lmperatrice
Yesterday his Majesty reviewed the troops of the
garrison in the midst of a similar assemblage and
general enthusiasm. The Emperor leaves this
morning for Biarritz, passing by Mauleon and
Oleron."
The Message?' de Bayonne publishes the follow-
ing communicated note :—" The foreign journals
have frequently remarked on the visit of M. de
Persiguy to Biarritz. It is therein stated that he
had been summoned by telegraph either to fulfil a
mission to Spain, or to be appointed to some other
post. We are authorised to declare that the visit
of M. de Persigny is entirely unconnected with
politics."
The Moniteur of yesterday morning publishes
the text of the notes exchanged at Vienna between
the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, M. de
Bourqueney, and the Austrian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, M. Buol. They are of course identical in
declaration and language to those Which were 'ex-

changed between the English Al;nister' Lord West-
moreland, and Count Buol. The following are
translations of these documents :
" TO HIS EXCELLENCY M. LE COMTE DE BLIOL SCHAIIEN-
STEIN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HIS IM-
PERIAL AND ROYAL APOSTOLIC MAJESTY.

" The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Ruperor of the
French to his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty,
has the honour to announce to his Excellency M. h.
Comte de Boot Schauenstein, that be has received order-
from his Government formally to state in the present
note that it results from the confidential discussions
between the Courts of Vienna, Paris, and London, con-
formably to the terms of the protocol of the 9th April
Last, by which Austria, France, and Great Britain have,
along with Prussia, engaged to seek the means of con-
necting the existence of the Ottoman empire with the
general equilibrium of Europe, and the three powers are
equally of opinion that the relations of the Sublime
Porte with the Imperial Court of Russia cannot be re-
established upon solid and durable bases—

"1. If the protectorate hitherto exercised by the Im-
perial Court of Rusia over the principalities of Wal-
lachia, Moldavia-, and Servia be not discontinued for
the future ; and if the privileges accorded by the Sultans
to these provinces. dependencies of their empire, be not.
placed under the collective guarantee of the Powers, in
virtue of an arrangement to be concluded with the Sub-
lime Porte, and the stipulat'ons of which should at the
same time regulate all questions of detail.
"2. If the navigation of the attiubeat its mouths be not
freed from all obstacle, and submitted to the application
of the principles established by the acts of the Congress
of Vienna.

"3. If the treaty of July 13. 1841, be not revised in
concert by all the high contracting parties in the interest
of the balance of power in Europe.
"4. If Russia do not give up her claim to exercise an
official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime
Porte, to whatever rite they may belong ; and if France,
Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia do not lend
their mutual assistance to obtain as an initiative from
the Ottoman Government the confirmation and the ob-
servance of the religious privileges of the different Chris-
tian communities, and to turn to account, in the coin-
ir on interest of their co•religionists, the generous inten-
tions manifested by his. Majesty the Sultan, at the same
time avoiding any aggression on his dignity and the in-
dependence of his Crown.
"The undersigned, is, moreover authorised to declare
that the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, while reserving the right to make known, when-
ever it may be useful, the particular conditions which he
may put forward at the cone'usion of peace with Russia,
and to introduce into the general guarantees above spe-
cified such modification as the continuation of hostilities
may render necessary, has decided not to discuss and
not to take into consideration any proposition from the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg which shall not imply on its
part a full and entire adhesion to the principles on which
ho is already agreed with the Governments of his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of Austria and of her Majesty the
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland. .

"The undersigned takes this opportunity to renew to
his Excellency M. le Comte Buol Schauenstein the as-
surances of his very high consideration.
(signed) "BOURQUENEY."

"Vienna, Aug. 8, 1854."
"TO M. LE BARON DE BOURQUENEY, ENVOY EXTRAOR
BINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF HIS MA

JESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.

" The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Affairs of his
Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, hastens to ac-
knowledge the receipt of the note which his Excellency
M. le B iron de Bourquenev, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of his 111 tjesty the Emperor of
the French, did him the honour to address to him on
the Bth of this month, and to declare in his turn that it
appears from the confidential discussions held between
the Courts of Vienna, of Paris, and of London, in con-
formity with the passage of the protocol of the 9th of
April last, by which Austria, France, and Great Britain
have engaged themselves, together with Prussia, to seek
the means of again connecting the existence of the Otto-
man empire with the general equilibrium of E trope,
that the three powers are equally of opinion that the re-
lations of the Sublime Porte with the Imperial Court of
Russia cannot be re•established on solid and durable
bases—

"1. If the protectorate hitherto exercised by the Im-
perial Court of Russia over the principalities of Walla-
chia, MuldaviA, and Servia be not di,cohtinued for the
future ; and if the privileges accordEd by the Sultans
to these provi!ices, &pen ienciei of their empire, be nut
placed under the collecti e guarantee of the Powers, in
virtue of an arrangement to be concluded with the Sub-
lime Porte, and the stipulations of which should at the
same time regulate all questions of detail.
"2. If the navigation of the Danube at its mouths be
not freed from all obstacle, and submitted to the appli-
cation of the principles established by the acts of the
Congress of Vienna.
"3. If the treaty of the 13th of July, 1841, be not
revised in,concert by the high contracting parties in the
interest of the balance of power in Europe.
" 4. If Russia do not give up the claim to exercise an
official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime
Porte, to whatever rite they may belong, and if Austria
France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia do nut lend
their mutual assistance to obtain as an initiative from
the Ottoman Government the confirmation and the ob-
servance of the religious privileges of the different Chris-
tian communities, and to turn to account, in the com-
mon interest of their co-religionists, the generous inten-
tions manifested by his Majesty the Sultan, at the same
time avoiding any aggression on his dignity and the in-
dependence of his crown.

-"
The undersigned is, moreover, authorised to declare
that his Government takes cognizance of the determinA-
ton of England and of France not to eater into nay
arrangement with the Imperial Court of Russia which
may not imply on the part of the said Court a full and
entire adhesion to the four principles here above enume-
rated, and that it accepts for itself the engagement not
to treat except on these bases, always reserving to itself
a free deliberation on the conditions which it may bring
forward for the re-establishment of peace, if it should
happen itself to be forced to take part in the war.
" The undersigned seizes at the same time this oppor-
tunity of renewing to M.. le Baron do Bourqueney the
assurance of his high consideration.
(Szned) "BuoL.
_ .

"Vienna, Aug. 8,1854." v
The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 73f.35c.,
for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-1151f
per Cents. at 99f. 95c. ; Orleans Rail way Shares,
1,220 f. ; Rouen, 970 f. ; Havre, 572 f. 50c. ; Great
Northern, 850 f. ; Strasburg, 795 f.; New Shares,
627 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 965 f. ; Lyons and
the Mediterranean, 868 f. 75c.; Western of France,
650 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50c. ;. Great
Central of France, 518 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva,
512 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit, MAilier, 720 f.

THE ROYAL MINT.--Mr. Wyon, of the Royal Mint,
has issued designs for a new coin to be used by the state
of Sydney. The idea of issuing any design for a deci-
mal coinage has been abandoned. It would take ten
years, according to the Mint authorities, to carry out
any such plan. •
MIGRATION OF ENGLISII VOCALISTS.—Mr. William
Harrison, the celebrated tenor, aiid Miss Louisa Pyrie.
accompanied by Miss Pine (her sister) and Signor B ir-
rani, took their departure on Wednesday from Liverpool,
in the Pacific steamer, for New York. The high position
attained by Mr. Harrison and Miss Louisa Pyne in
their profession in this country will, we have no doubt,
cause their visit to our Transatlantic neighbours to be
highly successful, and we hope they will return to our
shores with increased laurels and tidies.
ROBBERY OF JEWELS.—lntortuation has been for
warded to the City and metropolitan police stations,
that the residence of Lieutenant-C done' Sturgeoc, 1,
Gloucester-place, Hyde-park Gardens, has been plun
dered of a quantity of jewellery, and the medals of four
military orders, presented to tie colon.l by British and
foreign governments, in token of his skill and bravery.

LIBERALITY TO A MEDICAL CRARITY.—At the annual
meeting of the Trustees of the Manchester Royal Infir-
mary held yesterday, it was stated that there had been
subscribed towards the re-building of the institution the
sum of 38.0781., of which Manchester alone has con•
tributed 36,592. There yet remains a debt of 3,0001. ;
towards which Mr. J. C. Herten, the treasurer, pro-
mises a subscription of 5001. on condition that the rest of
the deficiency is subscribed.
CONVERSION.—The Pays de Caux states that an Eng-
lish clergyman, named Pope, abjured his religion, and
entered the Catholic Church, on the 15th, in the pre-
sence of the Archbishop of Rouen, in the church of
Bacqueville.
ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES.—A number of workmen
have recently been employed in taking down the old
school house or church at Yeovil, Somersetshire, and,
in so.doing, they have brought to light various ancient
relics. A stone coffin was found underneath the west
buttress of the building and two or three feet beneath
the surface. There was no covering to the coffin, and
nothing in it but rubbish. There is a place chiseled out
for the head and shoulders, and in the centre of the coffin
a small hole bored completely through ; it was custom
ary to make such holes to let off the moisture. Near
the south-east corner of the building, and quite embedded
in the wall, a small stone crucifix was found. It com-
prises the figure of our Saviour on the cross and two
female figures, one on either side, in relief. The ground-
work is stained scarlet. There is carving at the back of
the piece as well, and it is supposed it may have stood in
front of the altar. This crucifix was thrown aside with
the rubbish by the workmen, but Mr. Rawlins, of Hend-
ford, noticing something curious about it, had the mor-
tar carefully picked off and disclosed an interesting relic
of art. Near the spot where the crucifix was Found,
and within a yard of the niche and basin anciently used
for holy water, several old coins and tokens were dis-
covered. A silver coin of the time of Henry 11. or
Henry IV. is one of them. The tokens are those of a
merchant of Nuremburg.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A sad mishap occurred a few
days since at Portland, which occasioned no small degree
of excitement from the peculiar circumstances attend-
ing it. A coast-guardsman, named Hansford, had been
frequently annoyed by a dog, the property of a farmer in
the island, and he accordin.2ly determined to shoot the
offending quadruped. Armed with a loaded pistol, and
attended by a companion, he sallied forth after dark to
do the deed. On arriving at the locum tenens of Snar-
leyow, the coast-guard, thinking he saw his game, fired
off the pistol. Instead of hearing the yelp of the cur,
however, he beard the groans of the companion beside
him, for the ball had struck a wall oppo-ite to them, and
rebbunding, entered the neck of the unfortunate man
and passed down his side. Surgical aid was soon pro-
cured, but it was found that the bu.let had made its way
too near the region of the heart to allow of its being ex-
tracted. The poor fellow lies is A most precarious state.
--Wiltshire Mirror.