The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-05 00:00:00

THE ALLIANCES OF EA GLAND•

The Gazette de France of yesterday contaillgifi
article on the past alliances of England, from
we extract the following passage : p e
di
At the commencement of 1828 Print, d
Polignae, then ambassador in London, was seu"-to
by the Duke of Wellington into proposing„od
Charles X. a treaty between Austria, France, "ibe
England against Russia. The King refused, °ll of
advice of M. do la Ferronays, then Ministe're
Foreign Affairs and former ambassador at St'ao-
tersburg. The latter minister then drew 1.1Pt4,;"i0,
ject of counter-treaty between France and it to
which was to give the provinces of the Ellill-dor
France. M. Pozzo di Borgo, Russian ambasstafolt
at Paris, was charged by his sovereign tt3.tu
Charles X. for the solidity of his friendshiP• op'
de Polignac, when Minister of Foreign AfillirB,:
ufld
propriated to himself this treaty, and it wag s
in his papers in 1830. This projected treat)" p.er,
came known iu England and created violent anbtio.
but the revolution of 1830 prevented the Ilegtcithe,
tions from being concluded. It is known t'fooi
first shot fired on the royal troops in the
„""e
July proceeded from an Englishman in the oil that
Dauphin ; but what is not generally known is'frute
the same thing occurred at Naples. It results
historical documents that England has filiteo;
ceased her endeavours to arm France against Asia
sia, and that she has always considered Austri3
Turkey as her natural allies. It must aleobelia
eluded that Russia has mistaken her destinJ,c o
th
policy in endeavouring either, by treatie- lf io
France or by bold efforts, to establish lierse
the East of Europe. Had she confined her egliog
sion to the Asiatic continent, instead ef menacto
Constantinople, we should not have w v
itnE
last war with all its ulteriOr consequences.
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A FATAL DUEL IN _PRUSSIA.
fa
tab
duel letter from Aix-la-Chapelle describes a 00s1
duel which took place near Manheim on the re
ult., between Monsieur a French Pfp
nalist, and a Prussian officer named •Te
consequence of some observations of an offenslch
nature made by B—, in speaking t
of the Frelihe
Government, D_____requested him to retract
to
language which he had employed. Matters
probably have been arranged in a
satisfacls
manner, had not D— become impatient at2tj
hesitation of the Prussian officer, and perauto
himself to call the latter a coward. A duel !if,
instantly decided on, and, as it was already 11,'st,
past five in the evening, no time was to be Ond
The antagonists therefore crossed the Maine, 11,,,
proceeded to Ludwigshaven, a neutral territo:'oo
situated in Bavaria. The pistol had been cll°'o,
for arm, and the two adversaries placed tile 1,
selves in position and fired at a given sigs9.o.
Neither was injured, but that eircibunstael miecl
'creased the rage of the principals, who re',ll,l-eit
to listen to the conciliatory language of i-rll
seconds. The Prussian officer was language of
violent, and asserted that fear alone prevent jed,icled
from pursuing the duel to death. It was then 0-", o
that in order to allow no chance of escape tc),.-edt
of the antagonists a single pistol should be cha.:itli
andi that the principals should choose the arul
This
their eyes closed, and then fire at three Pil,coolc
his was accomplished by the pair, who thou ;0
their ground. The Prussian fired first, but fort t•
had betrayed him, as 1) remained 1.111;b09
The latter in his turn aimed at his adversarY) foe,
pale with contracted features, awaited big ssed
which.was no longer doubtful. The finger Pre the
on the trigger, but by a providential chanceoo
eap alone exploded, the pistol not going off°, bot/I,
seconds of ll— then declared the honour' *ea
parties satisfied ; but the Prussian officer died
on blood being spilt, and after a lengtherie',oola
cussion he obtained that a duel with swords shoot
place. The seconds insisted, however' tot'
at the first blood drawn the affair should than' 0
minate. The principals then placed themvives in
position, and after a severe struggle D
parrying a feint, exposed his body to the sw°"sue'
his adversary, who delivered two thrusts Int the
cession ; the first struck the right arm, b.,;11..„..-1
second pierced the chest of the unfortunate v
who expired a few minutes after."—Galio-
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RELIC, OF THE STUARTS.

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A collection of antique jewels and arms, in-etit,
131 ing from their intrinsic value and artistic Ij-ot
1 but still more from the circumstance of their
ing belonged at different periods to various bees
bers of the royal house of Stuart, has jußt_, the,
purchased in Rome for Lord John Scott, Ara
late Cardinal York's gentiluorno, to which oil °e
his household his Eminence bequeathed 'or
family relics. The collection, for which the 'fia
chaser has paid about 6001., comprises the
worn by the Pretender, entitled in Rome ',tee'
111., on his marriage with the Princess Cle'oo,
tina Sobieski, and tne marriage ring of hish7ttle
worn by King
Prince Charles Edward, enclosing a beautiful ';',3elf
miniature; a gold ring with a white rose in eli°-rieg
James 11. and James 111- ; ;
with a cameo portrait in ivory of James c,'",;ortf
ring with a. miniature portrait of Henry P-ifitil
Cardinal Duke of York, when young ; a rograver
a cameo portrait, by the celebrated eug'pro'
Pichler, of James Sobieski, great uncle of the 'tile
tender's wife; a ring with a cameo portrait, 11,0 cl ;
same artist, of the wife of Prince Charles Ell; leg
a ring with a cameo portrait of Prince uPitbe,
Edward ; a ring with a cameo portrait
Duchess of Albany ; a ring containing aloe'raid
hair of the Duchess of Albany ; an antique eu3,,e„ice'
seal formerly belonging to James 111. ; ar,°,';rieo
Bony seal with the order of St. Andrew; v'-0
Stuart's watch seal, with the motto. " Chae-oyo''
son tour ;" Cardinal York's seal, with the f
arms; an enamelled medallion of the Order °f the
George ; formerly worn by King Charles i•„,ar
;alea
blade of John Sobicskt's sword ; aj• -asper w 1!?'
dagger, taken by Sobieski from the tent of a j.,1111
isb bey at the siege of Vienna ; a pair of
ornamented pistols belonging to the Sobieskill"::-.
por'rait of .I:hi.? Dilehos,4 of Albany's metr
diar
l old
.rold compass mounted ie forrierl'ijolf
long m; to Charles Stuart. Theseatticles are dd.
being carefully packed, and will be shortly folly
ed to England.'
—Morning Paper.

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THE TAY.--..The iv The man belowfin to the Tay '-aaer
washed ashore on the American cogast, when that etas at
was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico, arrived 03`er'eck•
Tampico. A live fowl wa3 washed ashore from the ~,t De,
The man chased the bird and ate it. This was All terea
had to support himself for nearly 3 days. He vintbirJ%
about the whole of that time, trying to find sol---0•a
more to eat and water to di ink
nearly , but foiled to do o°' eol
starved to death, two Mexicans who Wee their
iicnting with the lasso found hire, took biro Oita to
I olfios, cud by great ear and kindness restored
haalth and strength.