The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

NEUCHATEL.

A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated yes-
terday, in the Nord of Brussels, says :--st On the
initiative of representatives of the United States,
the Minister of England has invited the missions
of the Powers which have not yet intervened in the
Neuchatel affair to recommend the Federal Council
to set the royalist prisoners at liberty. The object
of this intervention appears to be to arrive at
arrangement, towards which Prussia might be
induced to make an important concession, after the
Federal Council should have manifested a sincere
desire of conciliation and peace."
The New Gazette of Prussia contains a eery
The
strong article, in which it says that if Switzer-
land grants an amnesty to the Royalist prisonfr
to Neuchatel that step does not regard Prussia)
in-
asmuch as Switzerland not having the right to ty
the prisoners has not the right to pardon th!nl.
it cede
in adds, Switzerland hopes that Prussia will
consequence of such an act, she is mistaken, for
it is the duty of the king to defend his honour andhis right, and the Prussian people know that thele
honour of the king is the honour of the Peop
The Austrian Gazette on its side contains a lettfe
rom Berlin, which says that in consequence of the
expense of the military preparations of Prussia
against Neuchatel, it is probable that the Prole
Chamber. will not vote the sums necessary for t„.
Goer.
fortification of Berlin, projected by the
ment.

THE EAST.
We have received the Constantinople journal°
and letters to the 12th brought by the DatillAbne;
The instructions sent to the Turkish Anbas°"--
in Paris by Salih Bey, son of Reschid Pacha,
join that diplomatist to declare to the allied gc-
vernments represented in the new conferences
that the Porte will not consent to any kind °
arrangement, unless Bolgrad, the Isle of Serpents,
and the Delta of the Danube be given into its P
session. The Turkish Ambassador is also ebargf,ei
to oppose any project for the union of the :
- palities. These instructions are positive and The
cise, and will not admit of any wavering.
seizure of the Turkish vessels had caused consider:
able sensation at Constantinople. It was said
tl
the Cossacks, who had been brought in sent
t
a singular manner to Trebisond, were to be 5614
to Constantinople. The Turkish Ministrj:
vi.thl
actively engaged in impelling the country
path of material ameliorations. An appeal n4O,
been made by the Porte to all the capitalists
_1
Europe for the construction of a railway frobine
Varna to Rustchuk. The offers made by t
Government are said to be very adventageo_uts;
The line to Adrianople was about to be conceded
an Englishman named Wilkin, who represents aLoa _
don company. The organisation of the Ottote
Post-office has been confided tothe intelligence of an
Englishman, Mr. Smith, who was Postmaster-Gene"
ral of the British forces in the Crimean expedition:
He will also have the direction of the princiga!
lines of telegraph. Kiang Pacha, President of tir.
Council of Finance, has been appointed governl
of Cyprus. On the night of the 10th a fire broke 01
at Kedik Pacha, one of the quarters of Constantl;
uople, and, notwithstanding the utmost effortscZ
the firemen and of the inhabitants, destroyed 1,
hOuses before it could be got under. A letter fr°—
Galatz of the 30th ult. says
" The international commission is continuing i:
labours. Last week the members embarked on
board an Austrian gunboat, in order to explore cl"„-•
Silia mouth of the Danube, to the north of the
lino, and afterwards the St. George, to the south. lbe
the
m• gunboat Alerte accompanied to Sc'
English engineers had previously surveyed st"
r'l'
the -
George's Channel, and found the difficulties it Pr'--ge'llott;
bceou nbt
eeninuintrebaese
at ittos mouth
aso considerable that all idea a tur%,
haveit
adbabnydtohneeda.rriTvableofy:reesaart
fish unoat Boxer, which left her heavY g
Constantinople. The Alert 4 is to winter here. snout
•,, to
has fallen •in abundance, and the Danube begl. • g
vele
float down large pieces of ice the thermometer 001.
10 d
communications
eg. below zero Centradel4 Fahrenheltk: est
with Constantinople soon
be
off."

SARDINIA.
deputation from the inhabitants of the Legr
A
s and Marches, composed of Counts Nlanlii";3l
iancoli, and Ercolani, and Chevaliers Fa no
and Cesari, presented on the 19th, at Turin, a rof
medal to Count Camillo Cavour, and a syrorc4o
hohour to General Alfonso Lamarraora. nt
medal displays on the obverse the profile of Cou,,h
Cavour, with the inscription taken from petral"i6)
—" Che fan qui tante peregrine spade ?" lyre)18
(what are so many foreign swords doing ;,0
On the reverse is the following inscription Victor
Camillo Cavour the gifted Minister—of
Emmanuel, the best of Kings—who, at the v° -
7,/
gress of Paris—Defended the contemned rights .0
Italy—the Legations and Marches—with gratitua_
and faith." The hilt of the sword is of gold,.silvefot
and bronze, and of beautiful workmanship•
bears the inscriptions—" Crimea and Tshernaya ;d
"To Gen. Alfonso Lamarmora, the Legations 013_
Marches ;" " L'antico valore—negli Italics cor
ancor spento "—(The ancient valour has
not Ye'
died away in Italian hearts).

THE BALTIC.
HAMBURG, DEC. 22.
We learn from St. Petersburg to the 13th inst.,
that the Emperor confirmed, on the 12th of NI
lest, the regulations laid before him by the Gra °
Duko Constantine, for the future manageateut ,e
the flotilla of Siberia and the harbours of the
Ocean, an d the rules to be berved by
Eastern
the marine troops of Eastern Siberia ins the Per-
formance of their duties.
°
A French Cabinet Minister's courier arrived t
the 11th in St. Petersburg, with very inaportall°ic
despatches for the Ambassador, and another 09
his departure immediately after for Paris. ri
The Duke of Ossuno, Ambassador Extraordint,
from the Queen of Spain, arrived on the pole `.lo',
in the Russian capital, with the whole of his 01100
At a general meeting of shareholders, beluvs.,
Saturday last, at the principal saloon of the -I;.bc,
change, and at which Mr. Godefroy preside York
directors of the Hamburg and American Nevi 3-°r,..
Steam Packet Company made a very
Dort of the state of the affairs of the compal3l2.9„ea
with the unanimous consent of the meeting 0 bt3l-
- to borrow the sum of 2,000,000/f/Oro
bane() (about 180,0001.) for the purchase tag
other steamers of the same size and qualitY;vg,
the Borussia and Hammonia, to commence rul.l°' r,
every 14 days in the course of the ensuing 9ei3.d.
It has even been rumoured that the directors 010
ordered these vessels to be built by a first-rate Ira,
in Glasgow, and that they are now in a verY ea
satisfactory
ria
ward state. The amount required will beastenc,,e
to the company by private loan on the pof scln
T:,
moneyed people here, at 6 per cent. interest,
stead of the banks, which decline the advance tir
vo low a standard of interest.
is d
Large quantities of butter are now sent to
tough
from St. Maio by way of Jersey and Southamp.
ole
The Essex Herald has reason to believe that the
of the foreign legions will cease to exist by
January next. the 150