The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

he is generally called in Paris—leaves to-night at
11 o'clock. His departure had been fixed for yes-
terday, but lie was induced to give his Imperial
hosts another day.

It is said that though the King of Prussia may
not gratify the desire of the Emperor by accepting
an invitation to the Tuileries, the Emperor will
go to him. "If the mountain will not come to
Alahomet, Mahomet must go the mountain." A
good deal of negotiation is stated to have passed on
the subject. The Grand Duke of Baden and the
Prince of Prussia, father of the petit Prince, gave
their good offices, but as yet without effect. People,
however, talk of the Emperor's visit to Berlin in
February or March next.

THE PARIS CONGRESS.
A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says :
"All the difficulties which had arisen relative to
the routine and conduct of the conferences have
been removed during some late conversations at
which an envoy from the British Cabinet was pre-
sent. He came to Paris on a kind of non-official
mission, and in three or four days brought about
an accord between all parties. The gentleman I
allude to was Mr. James Wilson, one of the two
secretaries of the Treasury, a member of the House
of Commons, and a friend of Lord Palmerstort
whose confidence ho enjoys. The principal object
of his journey was to definitively fix the conditions
on which the conferences will be opened, the
questions to be exclusively considered, and the du-
ration of the conferences. Mr. Wilson, on leaving
Paris for England, declared that he had come to a
full understanding with the French Government.
As the journey of Mr. Wilson and the language
which he used have been made the subject of con-
versation, 1 give you the following as the most pro-
bable version of what took place. Mr. Wilson
wished to ascertain, with certainty, whether the
majority at the conference would declare against the
pretensions of Russia with regard to the property
of the Isle of Serpents and the possession of Bolgrad.
On this point he obtained an assurance in the
affirmative. Mr. Wilson demanded that it should
be agreed upon beforehand and that the confer'
once should not assemble, except to decide on the
difficulties which had arisen for the delegatee
charged to trace out the new lino of frontier of Bes-
sarabia, conformably to Art. 20 of the treaty of
Paris, and that consequently no other question
should be taken into consideration. This was con-
sented to. Lastly, Mr. Wilson proposed that an
agreement should be come to beforehand that the
conference should only last two days. Every thing,
will be done in order to conform to the wishes 01
the English Cabinet on the point, and, supposing
that two sittings are not found sufficient, they COl'
tainly will not exceed three."

NEUCHATEL.
Notwithstanding the tone of the note inserted in
the Moniteur, and the preparations for war which
are being made in Prussia, there are many in Pared
who do not yet despair of a pacific solution
of the
question of Neuchatel. A report is prevalent in
some political circles that an arrangement is in Pro'
gress by which the King of Prussia would relin-
quish his rights to the sovereignty of Neuchatel in
exchange for a principality in Germany, the Prince
of which is to surrender it for a pecuniary conside-
ration to be paid by the Swiss Confederation.
The Assembles Nationale publishes the following
violent attack on the Swiss Confederation Wie
have hitherto avoided saying anything that could
tend to give an exaggerated importance to the
question of Neuchatel, but we must not allow our;
selves to be led into error. The question is that oi
democracy and Socialism in Switzerland ; the strug.
gle which is taking place in that little territory
in-
volves the true liberties of that noble country, such 91
were established by its ancient constitutions agains
the abominable tyranny of the Radicals. Enr°l36
had taken the old liberties of Switzerland under its
protection ; it had converted that country into a
neutral territory, the organisation of which was
•
' guarantee for the tranquillity of the continenb_ ,
Radicalism and revolution have transformed it into
a hot-bed of anarchy and disorder, into a refit
where all the bandits who conspire against socl a
order, and all the assassins armed against the li/et
of sovereigns, encounter not alone impunith
,ibuf
the means of pursuing their propaganda aw-I.°
maturing their plots. Can Europe remain in-
different to this state of things ? Most certain
uot, and France the least of all nations."
Le A ord says :—" It is generally thought in
diplomatic circles here that Switzerland will return
to calmer and more reasonable feelings. I can '-
affirm to you as positive that Prussia has alrea _
obtained the authorisation of Wurtemberg and
Baden for her troops to pass through those Sta
in order to take military possession of
_Schaff-
hausen. It is net necessary to have that auth_orsir
sation further confirmed by the Diet ; in the haal
place, because Prussia acts in her own Fers° re-
name, and next, because she has already
ceived the approbation of the body. Switzer-
land will consequently act yery imprudentl
if she allows herself to slumber in a false setcuy.
he
rity. The King of Prussia
cannot abandon
monlent
and
prisoners of Neuchatel at the
when Switzerland persists in
bringingent very
has them to
Government
trial, and when the French o
is objected that th
evernm o Y
declared in his favour. Jt p
enl
Germanic Confederation, fearing to see its trade
with Switzerland fall off, will use all its efforts w
paralyse the movements of Prussia. It is inn"
is still hoped that it may succeed ita
work, and it
testable that .diplomacy has not yet completed i,ts
effecting an amicable arrangement, if Switzerlao
e-
consents to concessions ; but it is easy to conlPf t
hend that if she persists in her refusal, the condo
fo
of Prussia is too clearly marked out for her now
drawback."

of the North German
to affirm that AustriaAU VlENNpaApe,rDs Ece;wir;lo
a semi-official Austrianlying
coIumnsAUSTRIA.
VIENNA,
retain
tion of the
As some
writer has explained in l''''
attempting to ex
of the rich countries posessiof:
on the Lower Danilbf,!,„
that ofT The
ee
davia and
Danubian Principalities has been 1)1.0°;
Vienna correspondent,
Augsburg Gazette why the ocouP6"
the
armycuse the policy
a disinclination Wallachiato
longed. instead of
says
fulfil becausesem e of
tßussiathe
of Austria, Pla,V,
of occupation was left .in ot.a
the treaty of peace. When the St. Petersburg
Cabinet has ceded Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpeut:
there will
no loner be a motive for occupYing finij
part of the Turkish t •entif
territory, "and consecill, 0,
the
battalions of Austria and the vessels of Pl3'
land will be withdrawn." We are then told that
the Austrian Government never thought ppr,°-
conddiitsiPoinlisYvof
longing the occupation of the Danubian Ill;
cipalities until their re-organisation was coinPiel
but the statement is incorrect. The Iniperisi
Government greatly fears that the Ultra-Libeola
party will get the upper hand in Moldavia all
Wallachia, and it long ade
endeavoured to persu
~
France, England, and Turkey to let the Burope3'"
Commission perform its duties without delay
Turkey might, perhaps, have been induced to con'
sent, as Austria offered to withraw her troops fr°l
the neighbourhood of Bucharest and Jas bu
France distinctly stated that he
would not be instructed to go to Bucharest not;f
both Principalities had been completely evacuate':
England spoke in the same sense as Fran Viennabuy
probably somewhat less positively. A
paper learns from Bucharest that the Kaima
dy reanl,
of ElNloldavia and Wallachia have alrea
ceived. instructions from the Porte to convoke
the Divans ad hoc, but the news can hardly be
correct, as a person who is generally extremely well
informed of what is passing in allachia states
that no step will be taken towards rgnition of the Principalities until the frontier
that
has been definitively settled. It is said that the
standing army of Wallachia will in future consist
of 30,000 men, but the province will certainly 0(4
be able to maintain such a large force.

SPAIN.
MAD/LID, Dec. 19.—The journal El Leon Fsll,l:4‘
not states that a revolutionary club has been 014;
covered at Madrid. Some persons are said a
have been arrested, and several proclarnatiou
seized. . b
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The Russian squadron Under Admiral Bellnii
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left Cherbourg for the Mediterranaan.,,e-0
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usual salutes wore given and returned. "-tu
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and the
vessels will put in to Brest and Cadiz,
proem]. to Toulon.
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SEIZURES OF TOBACCO.— WW. Gorey, a ron - 11
employ of Messrs. Ray and Son, millers, at Woocir'll,'
was yesterday convicted by the magistrates of Soutbarl'orci i
ton on the charge of being concerned in unshipPivg ao,
concealing 2,6851 b. of tobacco and 521 b. of tobacco ata so
,Kith intent to defraud her Majesty's Customs. Iti,„,weco
proved by the Custom-house officers that theo.-11,
wits found in the house of the defendant at yry.
which is about two miles and a half from Southan3:Prh is
Woodmill is on the banks of the river Dobson, whi— 0
far II
navigable from the Southampton Water ag
the mill. The bales contained2,6Bslb. ofe Virginifane; ,
obnacco, valued with the duty atlss. The ci„erewily
the part of Gorey was that he bad good-ht110""who
taken in the packages for the night for a pets° bilk
could not travel onwards because the roads were °l° full
The magistrates convicted the defendant in the tbi
penalty of 1,5891. 15s, but, as he could not pal
1 eulty, he wit committed to prison.