The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

i rig put an end to all these conjec,.ures. Although
the whole commercial world here was interested in
the continuation of war, the belief especially during
th 3 latter part of the negotiations was more in
favour of peace, —Although only fragmentary and
.oftca, .very. apocryphal news reached the public
about; the progress of the conferences, yet the tele-
graphic orders sent out to cease warlike prepara-
tions and the settling of contracts somehow or
other transpired, and helped to confirm people's
belief in peace.

The grand review of the English troops at Sc;u-
tari, which had been fixed for Saturday last, has
been postponed on account of the bad weather. As
that day wax not fine the Sultan named to-day
(Monday), The rain yesterday and tc-day, how-
ever, caused, it again to be postponed to an inde-
finite period.

A very suspicious epidemic has broken out
Amovg, tlae.,Artillery horses belonging to the bat-
tery stationed iu Galata-serai. On Wednesday
last thif•horses were as usual taken to be watered
at the troughs erected within the enclosure of the
building ; soon after they returned, the horses,
which had been quite well before and in excellent
condition,i began to show symptoms of uneasi-
ness ; they refused to eat anti becaine rest-
less. This restlessness goon turned ' into a
spasmod:p nervousness '; the horses began to
tremble in, all their limbs, and the palpi-
t ttions of the heatt were ..so violent that they
could be distinctly heard. In spite of the efforts
of the veterinary surgeons attached to the battery,
these symptoms in some of the horses soon changed
into a state of the must acute agony. They stood
up erect on their hind legS; or threw themselves in
violeut convulsions ,on the ground. The males
seemed to become rigid iu some, while others
swelled to in enormous size. By next morning 1.3
of them were dead, while all the horses which had
gone out first to water were more or less ill. Seve-
ral of:fthe ,horses Were opened, but nothing was
found except a congestion of the intestines, scarcely
sufficient to :cause death. Since then thel inteS-
tine have been sent over to Sjutati to be chemi-
cally el'arnined by an analytic commission formed
for the purpose. Of course, until this inquiry is
concluded, it is impossible to say what the cause of
this stidden illness and death was, but all the cir-
ctunstanees which have hitherto come to light seem
to point out a cage of poisoning on a large scale.
The first idea suggested was that some poison-
ous plant might have impregnated the hay, but
on examination not only no trace was found of this
—but likewise, although all horses received the hay
indiscriminately from the same bales, there were
many which were- not attacked. All the horses
that died and that were seriously attacked belonged
to the first batch that was taken out to water.
When they had drunk, the water in the troughs
was removed, and the second batch, the troop of
Captain Oakes, of the 12th Lancers, which drank
from this water, showed indeed symptoms of ill-
ness, but none died.. A detachment of Artillery
horses and the other troop of the 12th, that had
been out., drilling, came in late, and which were
only watered. in the afternoon, when the water
had again been removed, were not attacked at all.
Besides this, all the horses which died were those
which drank from the troughs in the middle, where
the water runs out from the fountain, while those
more towards the end escaped altogether, or were
only slightly attacked. One driver deposes that, of
t he two horses .iu his charge, one which seemed very
thirsty and drank a great deal, was one of the first
dead, while the other, having tasted the water,
refused to drink, although repeatedly brought to
the trough, and this horse never was ill. What-
ever the cause was, the effects showed themselves
on the muscular and nervous system especially,
although the symptoms were of the most different
character. Up to this morning 2) horses have died,
and several More are expected to die. All these
horses were attacked at the same time, and not
one case showed itself since the first day, which
puts epidemic. ut of the question. The syniptou.s
remind one very much of those lately so much dis-
cussed, of-strychnine. The aaseuce of any visible
cause of death in the dissected horses suggests the
same idea. Every measure has been in-the mean-
time taken to ..clear up thiS case, although the
absence of the necessary means for a chemical
analysis may render this rather difficult.

RUSSIA.
THE IMPERIAL MANIFESTO.

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The following is a translation of the Imperial
Manifesto, ptiblished at St. Petersburg on the Ist
of April, to announce the signing of the treaty of
peace :
"The obstinate and sanguinary struggle which, for
nearly three years, has subverted Europe, has at last
ceased. It was not Russia that commenced it. Even
before it broke out my late august father, of imperish
able memory, solemnly declared to his faithful subjects,
and to al the foreivi Powers, that the sole object of his
desires and of his efforts had been to protect the rights
of our co-religionists in the East, and to put an end
to the persecutions to which they were subjected.
"A stranger Lc) all interested views, he never expected
that his just complaints (reclamations) would have re-
sulted in the scourge of war; and considering its calami-
ties with a deep feeling of sorrow as a Christian, and as
the fattier of the people entrusted by Providence to his
care, he did not cease manifesting his inclination in
favour of peace. But the negotiations which were opened
shortly before his death, on the sulject of the conditiers
of that peace, which was a necessity for us all, remained
without success.
" The Governments which have formed a hostile coali-
tion against us had not discontinued their armaments ;
pondieg the negotiations they had oven increased them ;
the war had to follow its course, and we continued it
with firm hope in the protection of the Most 11i.411 and
firm confide:)ce in the unshaken devotion of our well-
beloved subjects. Our expectations were justified.
Dur;ng that period of hard trials our faithful and brave
soldiers, as well as all our people, without distinction
'of class, proved themselves, s always, worthy of their
high calling. Along the whole extent of our empire,
from the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the shores of the
Balt i • and Black Sea, one single idea, one single impulse,
animat -d all, and made them spare neither life nor for-
tune in the defence of their connity. Labourers, leaving
the plough and their fields, eagerly took up arms far
our holy caui-,, rivalling in courage and sel-denial our
veteran soldiers. , New and striking deeds of renown
have marked this last struggle with pow, rful adversaries.
"The enemy has been driven back from the coasts of
Siberia and from those of the White Sea, as well as from
the ramparts of Sweaborg ; the heroic defence for 11
Months of thelmtifications of the -midi side of Sebasto-
pol, erected in the facs of and under the fire of the as
sailants, wilt be handed down as a record to the remotest
posterity.
" In Ahia; after the glorious victories of the two pre
ceding campaigns, Kars was compelled to surrender with
its numerous garrison, forming the whole army of Anato-
lia, and the elite of the Turkish troops sent to relieve the
pace were compered to retreat. Nevertheless, by the
impenetrable and wise decrees of Providence, a fact was
preparing conformable to the wishes of our well-beloved
augukt, father,: to our own, and to those of ad Russia,
and which realised the objects of the war. The future
condition and the privileges of 'all the Christians in the
East are henceforth guaranteed. The Sultan solemnly
recognises them, and, consequent upon this act of jus-
tice, the Ottoman Empire enters into the family of
European states.
" Russiane.l Yeitir efforts and your sacrifices have not
been in vain: A great work has been accomplished,
although by other,aud unfOreseen means, and we may
now with a quiet conscience put an end to those efforts
and to these sacrifices by restoring to our dear country
the inestimable blessings.-of peace. To hasten the con
elusion of the .treaty of'peace and to dispel, even for the
future, the Very= 'idea of ambitious views or projects
which might be attributed to us, we have consented to
the adoption of certain precautionary measures destined
to prevent a collision of our ships of war with those cif
Turkey in the Black Sea, and to the estab ishrnent of a
new frontier line in the southern part of Bessarabia,
nearest to the Danube.

"These concessions are not great when put in com-
parison with the charges of a prolonged war, and the
advantages promised to us by the tranquillity of the
Empire, the :destinies of which it has pleased God to
entrust fn US. May all those advantages be obtained
by our efforts, united to those of all our faithful
subjects. May, with the aid of the Almighty, who
has always protected Russia, its internal organisation
:be consolidated and perfected ! May justice and
clemency preside over its ju lginents—may toe advance-
. ment of civilisation and of all useful activity spread with
renewed force—and may every one enjoy in peace
.the fruits of his labour ender the protection of laws
equally just and watchful for all 1 Finally—and this is
the most important and most ardtnt of our hope—may
the salutary light of faith, by enlightening the wind and
strengthening the heart., maintain and improve more
and more that social 'morality which is the surest pledge
of orderand -happiness.-

"Given at §t. Petersburg' the 19th March (31st)
856, and in the second year of our reign, •

• "AfAXINDER."
A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 31st ult.,
in the Constitutionnel, says:—" A telegraphic de-
spatch, received last night, brought us the happy
news of the conclusion of peace. The Journal de
St.' Petersboarg, about midnight, published au ex
:traordinary supplement, in which it said A
'telegraphic despatch from General Count Orloff has
announced to the Emperor that the treaty of peace
was signed at. Paris au the' 30th at one o'clock.'
The crubs, the coffee-houses, and the public places
vere thronged ddring this day by persons corn-
nienting en the news. The sensation produced
was profound and immense. All the journals
which have appeared .this morning have printed
the news in large types at the head of their
Columns. I was present this morning at one of
the finest military spectacles that could be given
the public.. ,A grand review was held of all the
corps of the risserve-and of the guard, of the crews
vf the fleet; and of the active divisions of St. Pe-
tersburg, and the .corps of cadets and the militia,
in presence of the. Emperor, who returned two days
before from his journey to Finland. His Msjt sty
aziyed on the lrQ a Acconipariiod by _the grand.,.