The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-22 00:00:00

TEE SOUND DUEz.

The following is the protocol.of the Danish pro-
position for the redemption of the Sound Dues, to
which the Governments of Russia, of Sweden, and
of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg have given their
adhesion :

"Tue Government of his Majesty the Emperor of All
the Ruseias and of his Majesty the King of Sweden and
Nor way having adhered to the propositions made by the
Government of his Majesty the King of Denmark relative
to the redemption by purchase of the Sound and Belt
Dues, the delegates of their said Majesties, as also the
delegate of Den=ark, in the negotiation of the dues have
agreed to make a declaration by the present protocol of
the different points arrived at by that negotiation.
4° Although the Government of his Royal Highness
the Grand Duke of Oldenburg has also adhered to the
said propositions, the delegate of his Royal Highness in
the negotiation on the dues eould not take part in this
at:', being absent from Copenhagen.
"The delegate of his Danish Majesty, in recapitulat-
ing the propositions which he made in the Conferences
of 4th of January and the 2d of February of the
present year, states them as follows :
"Denmark renounces the Sound and Belt Dues in
consideration for a compensation of 35,000,000 of rix-
dollars (risinynt) on the following conditions :
" `a. The purchase shall include all the Powers inte-
rested in the chmmerce and navigation of the Sound and
of the Belts. That the abolition of the dues may become
obligatory the purchase must be agreed to by all the
Powers represented in the present negotiation, Den
mark reserving to itself to treat separately with Powers
not represented.
"`b, The said sum of 35,000,000 rix-dollars shall be
considered as compensation for dues on shipping as well
as on cargoes. The dues on shipping to be regulated
according to flag;, the dues on cargoes to be divided by
one-half 'on inrported and the other halt on exported
merchandise by the Sound or. the Belts.' • -
" The payment of the quota which, according to table
N. 8., presented in the Conference of the 2d of• Feb.,
wiil all tialie list' of ei-ch Pavirr repr,esenteit
stared to-Denmark in such manner as will seem to it
satisfact ory._

"In the Conference held on the 4th of Jan. last were
present the delegates of Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Spain, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Prussia,
Russia, and of Sweden and Norway.
"At the Conference of the 2d of Feb., in addition to
the above-named delegates, the delegate of his Royal
Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg was present.
"The delegate of his Danish Majesty repeats the de-
claration already made by him in the Conference of the
2d of Feb., that, according to the precise orders of his
GovernmCnt, the sum indicated above is the minimum,
of the indemnity which Denmark thinks she has a right
to ask for the abolition of the dues.

" Conformably to the principles proposed for the divi-
sion of the eventual indemnity the quota for which the
different Powers represented in the present negotiation
shall contribute to the said sum of 35,000,000 rix dol-
lars are :

. Rix- dollars.
For Denmark , 1,122,078 3'21 per cent. of 35,000,000
For Austria
For Belgium
For Spain
For France 1,219,003 3'43
For Great Britain 10,126,855 28'93
For Norway
For Oldenburg
For Netherlands 1,408,060 4.02
For Prussia 4,440,027 12.69
For Russia 9,739,993 27.83
For *weden

111 3,

SI fl

Total 31,692,776
"The remaining sum of 3,307,224 rix dollars falls to
the charge of the Powers not represented in the pre-
sent negotiation, inasmuch as it was able to specify those
Powers in table N.B.

"The delegate of Denmark declares, as expressly un-
derstood, that the Governments adhering to the pror.o•
sitions which he has made shall only be eventually re-
sponsible for the gootum falling to the charge of each of
them as in the division indicated above.

"The delegate of his Majesty the Emperor of all the
Russias renews the adhesion of the Imperial Cabinet
already expressed by him in the Conference of the 2d
of February, as well as regards the princ►ple of redemp-
tion as the mode of division proposed by the Danish Go-
vernment.

"Tod delegate of the Emperor at the same time de-
clares that the Imperial Cabinet consents to contribute
to the redemption of the Sound Dues for the quotum
falling to the charge of Rlssia according to the ab.ive
indicated division, provided always that all the Powers
represented in the present negotiation consent also on
their part to the same conditions for the redemption of
the Sound Dues.'

" The delegate of Denmark accepts this reserve, de-
claring it to be conformable to the views of his own
Government.

" The delegate of his INiajesty the King of Sweden and
Norway declares that his Government accepts the pro-
positions of the Danish Government, as well as regards
the principle of redemption as the amount, of indemnity
claimer' by Denmark.
"The delegates of Russia and of Sweden and Norway
point out to observation that the mode of payment of the
different quota must be the subject of a special negotia-
tion between Denmark on the one band and each of the
contracting Powers on the other, reserving it therefore
for a private agreement to fix the method and term of
payment of the quota falling respectively to the charge
of Russia and of Sweden and Norway.
"The delegate of Denmark adheres to this observation.
" Finally, the same delegate having pointed out that
the present negotiation is temporarily stopped in conse-
quence of a difference of opinion which has arisen be-
tween the Danish Government and that of her Britannic
Majesty, that, consequently the labours of the Conference
on the dues might remain a long time in suspense, the
length of which it is impossible to ax, the delegate of
Russia declares, That the adhesion of the Imperial Go-
vernment to the Danish propositions, as defined above,
shall remain in full force until such time as the Copen-
hacfen Cabinet itself shall declare the negotiation broken
off,' and withdraw the propositions it has made.'
"The delegate of Denmark having expressed the satis-
faction with which he takes note of this declaration, and
the delegate of Sweden and Norway having declared
that he was convinced ho would be authorised to make a
similar declaration as soon as he should have received
the instructions which, the case not having been fore-
seen, could not have been given to him before, the pre-
sent delegates agree to leave the protocol open for the
eventual adhesion of the other Governments treating
with Denmark for a final settlement of the Sound and
B)It question.
"Done at Copenhagen, May 9, 1356.
" Mana.
" TENGOBORSKI.
" LAGERHEIM."

GREAT ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING AT

LIVERPOOL.

A change of wind has brought the finest fleet of mer-
chantmen into this port that ever entered the Mersey
i❑ one week ; and with them an influx of wealth, in the
value of their cargoes and the amount of their freights,
we believe, without parallel. A greater number of ves-
sels may have entered the port in former years during
the same period, but in their aggregate tonnage and
value of their cargoes they would bear no comparison
to the arrivals of the present week. We here subjoin
the number of vessels and their tonnage, distinguishing
the countries they are from, but not separating the Bri-
tish and foreign tons:—

No. of
Vessels. Tons.

No. of
Vessels. Tons.
Cuba 1 24 L
Laguna 1 23S
Jamaica
Honduras
Rio de la Hache 1 206
United States—
Galveston
New Orleans 27 27,511
Mobile .
Apalachicola
Savannah.. lO 8,742
Charleston
Virginia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York lO 12,363
Portland
Mediterranean—
Constantinople
Alexandria ..... ... 2 909
Zante
Gallipoli
Gibraltar 1 310
Genoa
France
Spain & PortugallB 2,610
Baltic—

Australia—
Melbourne 2 2,122
India and China—
Bombay 2 2,219
Calcutta 9 7,223
Akyab 2 1,817
China 2 463
Mauritius 3 1,070
Africa—
Capa of Good Hope 1 247
Bonny 1 491
Teneriffe 1 243
West Coast of Ame-
rica—

Callao 4 3,398
Valparaiso 2 665
Calclera
Islay 1 456
Chili 2 723
River Plate and
Brazil--
Buenos Ayres 8 659
Monte Video 4 1,323
Rio Janeiro 1 147
Rio Grande 1 243
Pernambuco 1 178
Ceara 1 544

Maranham 1
West Indies and
Gulf of Mexico—
Demerara 2
Barbadoes 3
St. Lucia 1

512 Dantzic lO 2,725
Stettin 1 126
Copenhagen
943 Norway &Iceland 2 170
843 Belgium 1 117
261 Hamburgh and
667 Bremen

Antigua 1

St. Domingo 2 5011 Holland 1 287
The chief part of those vessels were entered at the Cus-
tom-house on Thursday and Friday, and the amount of
dock dues received upon the ships and cargoes in each
of the two days were—May 15, 5,3071. 24. ; May 16,
4,0871. 15s. 11d. ; total, two days, 9,3941. 17e. 11d.—
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SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS

IN DISTRESS.

The juiblee feztival of this society wry; held last night
at the London Tavern ; Etri GRANVILLE in the chair.
Mute were about a hundred and fifty other gentlemen
present.

After the usual toasts,
The. CHAIRMAN proposed the " Allied Armies and
Navies ;" and as there was no one present who was
directly connected seith either service, he begged to
t h the toast the came of a gentleman who had
at least many thousand men under his command, and
who knsw something about earthworks—he meant Sir
Charles Fox. (Cheers.)
Sir C. Fox expressed the emlsarrasament be felt at
finding himself Waxed in so very unexpected a situa-
tion. He had heard many foreigners of different nations
express their opinion of British soldiers and sailors, and
they all said that there were no such troops and sailors
in the world. Not long ago ho heard the secretary to
the French Minister of War say that the manner in
which the English army had repulsed the attack at In-
k ermann was the most wonderful thin, in the annals
of war. (Cheers.) He (Sir C. Fox) had many oppor-
tunities of speaking with the Emperor of the French, and
he could assure the meeting that his Majesty regarded
the alliance with this country as of the utmost import-
ance. He had often heard it asked whether the
Ewperor was sincere in his desire to continue the con-
nexion between the two nations .7 He (Sir Charles Fox)
had put the question to him, and his Majesty told him
that the alliance was not only the right thing, but that
it was to the interest of both countries that the friendly
relations which had happily spruns up between them
should be maintained. (Cheers.) There had never been
a ruler of France who possessed such political infor-
mation as the present Emperor, for he had an oppor-
tunity of studying the constitutions not only of France,
but of England and America, and he must bo con
vinced that the English Alliance would be advantageous
not only to both countries, but to his own interests.
(Loud Cheers.)
Earl GRANVILLE then proposed the toast of the oven-
ing, "Success to the Society of Friends of Foreigners in
Distress." (Cheers.) The noble earl expressed his full
concurrence in the principle upon which the society had
been founded. If ;t had been the law for so many hun-
dred years that no Englishman should be allowed to die
of starvation, it was surely right that some means chou4l
be taken to extend that principle to foreigners, who
could not demand the aid of a parish. The society,
since its foundation, had been gradually but constantly
increasing its sources of income. It had been said, and
with justice, that this country owed much in the way of
improvement to its science, its commerce, and its manu-
factures to the influx of foreigners ; and it was, there-
fore, most proper that the work of the society, which
was to extend aid to neceesitous foreigners, without dis-
tinction of country or creed, should be supported as
became the riches and the resources of the nation.
(flear, hear.) There had been some question as to
whether a charity dinner was the right way to collect
money for a benevolent purpose. He (Lord Granville)
had sometimes been inclined to take the opposite view ;
but still he must confess that "the proof the pudding
was in the eating." (Laughter and cheers.) He found
that the average sum collected at the dinner during the
last 15 years had been fifty times greater than that
which had been obtained after many of the excellent
serm ms which had been preached for the society.
(Cheers and laughter.) It was a fortunate and graceful
coincidence that this jubilee festival should have taken
place at a period when the war had been concluded by a
peace which he believed was honourable to our-
selves, which he hoped would be lasting, and which,
he rejoiced to say, because the fact would certainly
tend to increase its durability, was humiliating to
none of the belligerents concerned. (Cheers.) The
progress of society was gradual, for civilisation never
made any great step at once. Advance, however, was
at least certain, if each step forward was a little greater
than the backward movement. (Cheers.) Ho thought
the history of the war—the milder code by which
it bad been governed, the traits of humanity which had
been shown on both sides—bad showed that a consider-
able progress had been made towards mitigating, and
certainly towards shortening, the horrors of war. He
thought, too, that whatever might have been said to the
contrary, there was really a very general feeling of
thankfulness that it had pleased Divine Providence to
restore to the world the blessings of peace. (Cheers.)
He was gratified to observe that notwithstanding the
continuance of the war for two years, there were stilt no
fewer than a hundred subjects of the Emperor of Russia
' receiving assistance from the society—a number exceed-
ing the average of former years. (Cheers.) Some months
ago he had had a conversation with a distinguished fo-
reigner, who had since published a very interesting and
instructive work on England. That gentleman told him
that he had long known England, and that he greatly
admired both the country and the wonderful things it
had been able to achieve. That, however, which had
most perplexed him was to find out what was the par-
ticular quality which enabled Englishmen to get through
their work. But last year he had heard two eminent
members of parliament make each a speech, and he had
also heard an eminent popular preacher deliver a sermon.
A new light then struck him, and he at once exclaimed
" I have it! It is the patience of Englishmen which en-
ables thorn to get through their work." (Loud laugh-
ter.) Now he (Lord Granville) was not anxious to
make the company afforl another illustration of that
great English virtue, patience, and he should therefore
at once conclude by proposing the toast be had already
Ova 1. (Loud cheers.)
The treasurer (itlr, J. LABoucantE), having proposed
the health of the noble chairman, who made an appro-
priate speech in reply, the proceedings soon afterwards
terminated.

Subscriptions amounting to the very liberal sum of
3,0001. and upwards were announced, being a sum more
than double what had been received on any previouß
occasion.

The musical entertainments were of an unusually high
character, for, in addition to the professional vocalistB,
Mule. Emilie Kroll, Herr Pishek, Herr Adolphe Goll-
mick, Herr Adolphe Schosser, Herr Carl Doiehrnann,
Herr Maurice Nabich, and Mr. Augustus Braham, kindly
contributed their gratuitous services.