The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-26 00:00:00

TURKEY.

A letter from Constantinople of the 16th men-
tions that the Ottoman Ministry had been occupied
for some days with a question of much importance
—the difficulties said to have arisen in the Paris
Congress on the Danubian Principalities. It was
hoped, however, that, owing to the spirit of equity
and moderation which animates the Plenipoten-
tiaries, a solution would be obtained advantageous
to all concerned. The French Ambassador at Con-
stantinople had received precise instructions on that
head from his Government, -aud several Cabinet
Councils were held in consequence. No decision
had been come to. It was rumoured at Pera that
the Plenipotentiaries required the insertion of the
Hatti.llumayoun in_ the treaty of peace. Such
a measure would be received with great fa-
vour by the Porte. It would show the de-
termination of the Western Powers that the
reforms comprised in the Hatti-Hurnayoun shall
be seriously carried out. It would, the letter
says, also. prove that the protectorate of the
Allies would be no vain word, and that the Sultan

would regard it as a guarantee of security fe!
the future. The French Intendance at 'Congo);
tinoplo had received orders from Paris to suspeou
all purchases ; and they had already made prePa"
rations to quit the buildings of the Russian Chan'
cAlerie. They were to remove to Funclukli,
the buildings now occupied by the Central Itar_:,
macie of the French army. The Hatti riumart
relative to the reforms recently accorded to the
subjects of the empire had been- communicate
officially to all the chief towns of the empire, sou
had been read by the authorities to the Consuls
summoned for that purpose.

ROME.
As soon. as the intelligence of the birth of 1111
Imperial, Prince of France was received at no, ill°
by:telegraph, the French commandant celebraw",
the event-with 101 guns from the Castle of St*"
Angelo. In the evening all the French establist.:
ments at Rome were illuminated, and the Frell
ambassador issued a'notice inviting all the Frel;,
at Rome to a solemn Te Oman to be sung in ~c.
French church on Easter Sunday.
The usual ceremonies of Palm:Sunday were cele' •
brated on the 16th with great pornp in the Irati°s
at Rome. Prince Albert of Prussia, the.Hereditau
Prince of Saxe Meiningen, and the Eteredital
Prince of Holstein-Augustenburg, were rein4P
in the tribunes. . ,

SPAIN. •
The Madrid journals of the 20th contain no ner
of political interest. The Queen, as usual on 1191 i
Thursday, had taken part in the ceremony °
washing the feet of 24 poor people at the fd.tlacey:.
and had visited different churches with the Prince!.
of the Asturias. The Epoca asserts positively that,
there was no truth in a report that was
that the Marquis de Turgot was about to be replao
asFrench Ambassador by the Marquis de Lavalette!

•
A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels°
says :—" A good deal is said of a memorandum 0'
the affairs of Italy, which is said to have been
drawn up by Count Cavour himself. Ido not be"
te‘
lieve (although many diplomatic persons think ditre'-
rently) that this rnemorandtita has been submit,
to the Congress, and yet from information whieu.
have reason to believe exact the plenipotentiaresle
will not separate without having touched ontle
des'
tern question. Piedmont, an ally of the
tern Powers, cannot be sent away like a friend
who has become useless and embarrassing." .

A letter from Berne, in the Moniteur, ser..",'--
" The Grand Council of Berne has made some
portant elections in the course of the prate
month. M. Bloesch has been named President'',
the Executive Council, and M. Kurz President 0'
the Grand Council. M. Sahli has entered theEo'
cutive Council. These three executive persOnn
long to the party of the fusion."

DIVING FoR OLD WRECKS IN

TRINIDA.T).

(Front the Port of Spain Gazette, Jan. 19 )
The majority of the readers of the Gazette are pro
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aware of tee existence of several sunken wrecks fa- 11b
euaraume Bay, which are the remains of the Seser!',
feet commanded by Apodaca at the time that the
fish expedition, under Harvey and Abercrombie, sails;
from Martinique for the subjugation of this island. If",
Spanish ships were 5 in number, 4 line-of-bat le At.
and 1 frigate, all being perfect specimens of naval srtk
Lecture, and which, for better protection had been pia's;
under c )ver of the guns and mortars Of the .fort ufro
Gasparillo. When the English fleet anchored ewiturie
range, Apodaca, perceiving the impossibility of esti.,
without engaging, set hie ships on fire to prevent te-0
falling into the enemy's Laude, the money having be/e"
landed on the opposite coast. -One of the line-of-be%
ships, by being to windward of the rest-, Wai'ieentuellY ea, ret•
tured by the English, but 4 burnt to the water4eoesege
'
and sunk with the guns. At low water the wrecks'lP:7
in shore can be touched by an oar, and the guns diti;
guished during calm weather. Attempts base frequellee
been made with varying success to fish up some enr%ie
of the copper, and recently a carpenter succeeded eo
as to possess himself of one of the copper pintles, eveign,
ing, it is said, 3501 b. The arrival of an Anlecr:o6l;
schooner a few day& ago; furnished with every app bra science and art can bestow, Las, however, bes...e;
the means of bringing the subject of the wrecks oh7o
prominently before the public, and particularly s° w'r‘
it wasi ascertained that the permission of his excellent!!hell
his apparatus. •
On Tuesday we accompanied the American coniat'ell;
board, and late in the evening the schooner was 1017°,;75.
over one of- the sunken vessels, and Within a short
tance of another. Early next morning-one of the dive
descended for the purpose of exploring, and reported
existence of quantities of copper sheathing and some OD,
which he supposed to be iron. Shortly aftereesrd:ce
few sheets of copper were sent up; together with a
of timber in an excellent state of preservation, and evblie
on being sawn through was found to retain its FAO!,
colour and odour. Its smelling so much of turpeal
induced us to pronounce 'it pi:ch pine; but his egc
lency the goveruor states that it is Spanish oak ; * ,r;
chips, when dried, burned like torches. An iron .I"'' rv •
which was next procured, was fouled to be completely: d
ee
cayede although surrounded by chaired wood. Alf tß;ree
articles presented a beautiful appearance from the d'li
rent colours of the coral encrusting them. A rudder pin
was also found, with nearly all the copper bolts aPPle„e,,
taming to it, which the captain pronounced amply'
muntrative for the trouble and expense incurred lot,
day. The value of the entire set belonging to each All) ee•',
calculates to be 1,000 dol. The proceeds of the first 481
search, amounting to about 300 dot., affords a gone ;ellee
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rantee for the success' of the speculation upon a •,,
vigorous prosecution of this really interesting subnesr,.l; •
exploration, especially as one of the divers reported tu
the copper magazine ,ef the wreck under the schoen
was entire. The. value of the copper in the United Stater
is 40e. per lb., consequently _the quantity of coprre
sheathing will alone realise a pretty geed stnn. 13.11f.0
tunately, from the presence of a brisk a ind, the day 7„e.
decidedly unfavourable, as the surface of the water, bei-a
broken into waves, prevented the perfect transrnissi?"
sunshine to the bottom. The wrecks are very sleetee
being washed by the alternate Becas' currente, Wu he
also off.,r another obstacle to the facility with which
researches could be carried on by means of the. diinve
habits.

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