The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-26 00:00:00

coalition to prevent this violation of the treaties of 1815,
might have spared their words and their threats, if they
had taken the trouble to read the first article of the new
organic statutes, given, on February 14, 1832, by the
Emperor Nicholas to the ancient kingdom of Poland.
They would have there read, " the kingdom of Poland
is for ever incorporated with the empire of Russia, and
forms an inseparable part of it. They would, at
the same time, have readily seen, besides, that
since that period the kingdom of Poland has no
longer any constitution, or Legislative Chambers, or
national army, or anything of what constitutes a State,
but simply a special administration, and a particular
governor. Is it this remnant, not of constitution and
nationality, but of administration, which Russia is repre-
sented as still wanting to reduce? It would not be
worth changing. And if the ambiguous terms of art. 1
of the final act of the Congress of Vienna permit Russia
to pretend to have the organic statute of 1832 re-
garded as the accomplishment of the obligations which
she has entered into towards Europe, she would in truth
be simple to den) herself such a pretext."
We must give to the Press* the praise of consis-
tency. If two months since it justified a violation of
the treaty of Utrecht, it now equally justifies a viola-
tion of the treaty of Vienna, But, after reading
this article in the organ of the Tuileries, who can
believe that the master of the Tuileries is in earnest
in protesting against the incorporation of Cracow ?
The Constitutionnel has the following on the affairs
of Switzerland :

"The day on which the triumph of the Liberal party
at Berne appeared certain, the Ministers of most of the
Powers allowed it to bo understood that if Berne took a
step further in the path of innovation, that town should
cease to be the residence of the diplomatic corps. What
was last summer only a threat, has become a reality.
The inhabitants of Berne, not being willing to retain
their old constitution, in order to keep amongst them
the diplomatists, the greatest number of the latter, on
the order of their Governments, have just quitted Berne
and removed to Zurich. The simultaneousness of their
departure evidently shows an anterior agreement; and
what imparts to this proceeding all the character of a
demonstration is, that in a few days, on
January 1, 1847, Berne will become the Vo-
rort canton, and will be at the same time
the seat of the Directory and of the Diet. It is,
therefore, the moment when they ought more than ever to
remain, that the diplomatic corps have thought fit to de-
part. The French Government has not dared to join
openly in this act of ill-humour on the part of the Ab-
solutist Powers. It would take right good care, whilst
maintaining its minister at Berne, not to appear to as-
sume its part in the Liberal revolution of Berne; and,
whatever desire it might
,have, it dares not yet make
common cause with the re-action party. It has, how-
ever, found an expedient, which is, to have a non-resi-
dent minister. M. de Bois-le-Comte has gone to Zu-
rich to present his credentials to Dr. Zehuder, Presi-
dent of the Diet, but he has orders to immediately take
leave of absence and return to France, there to await
until M. Guizot has summoned up courage to make our
ambassador reside where he ought to be. What a policy
it must be which lives by such expedients, and trans-
forms into a grand affair the lodging of a diplomatist!
It leads alternately to the ridiculous and the absurd."

The same paper states that the Spanish Ambas-
sador in Paris, MARTENEZ DE LA ROSA, has refused
to give to Senor OLOZAGA, recently elected a Deputy
to the Cortes, a passport to enter Spain, without the
special permission of the Spanish Government.
We read in the C'ourrier Francais—

" The Council of Ministers has already occupied itself
with the question of the nomination of the successor of
Admiral Duperre ; but no decision has yet been come to,
and we are assured that the unreasonable pretensions of
M. de Mackzu are al subject of: great embarrassment for
the Government. Since the affair of the Alacrity, on
the reputation of which the Minister of Marine has been
living since 1811, he has rendered no service in war, and
is utterly out of the conditions demanded in candidates
for the grade of Admiral, who must have held the coat-
mana in chief of a squadron, and have had an engage-
ment wiih the enemy. The question has just been
izrought forward in a report of which nothing has been
suffered to transpire. The three Vice-Admirals who
are within the conditions required by law, are Vice
Admiral Jacob, Vice-Admiral •Baudin, and the Prince
de Joinville. It is proposed to get out of the difficulty
by appointing the Prince, but this also would be
scandalous."

The price of grain has again risen in all the corn
markets in the neighbourhood of Paris.

The Presse announces the arrival of Mr. COBDEN
at Perpignan on the 14th instant, on his return from
Spain.
The Three per Cents. closed at 801. 65c. ; the Five
per Cents., 1181. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,2571. 50c ; Rouen, 905 f. ; Ilayre, 6631. 75c. ; Great Northern,
6451. ; Avignon, 8761. 25c. ; Yierzon, 605 f. ; Bordeaux,
563 f. 75c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 347 f. 50c. ; Bas'. e, 2201. ;
Dieppe, 3601. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4861. 25c. ; Tours and
Nantes, 4871. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5891. 75c. ; Lyons and
Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Belgian Two-
and• a-Half per Cents., 5534 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 323% ;
ditto, Passives, 53/4.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 24.

Boulogne and Amiens, 15%—Dutch Rhenish, 434—East
Indian, %—Great Western Bengal, t/—Luxembourg, 3/4—
Northern of France Constituted, 103 q —Orleans and Bor-
deaux, B,)g—Paris and Orleans, 49—Sambre and Meuse, 4%.