The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-22 00:00:00

COUR7' CIRCULAR.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hall, Durham Artillery Militia (com-
manding Depot Battalion at Parkhurst), Major Cowell, and
Major Elphinstone had the honour of dining with the
Queen at Osborne on Tuesday.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort,. ace(ppanied by the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred,
Prince Arthur, Prince Le.opold; the. 'Princesses Helena,
Louisa, and Beatrice, left Osborne at a quarter past ten
o'clock yesterday morning, attended by the Marchioness of
Ely, the Hon. Iloratia Stopford, Major-General the Hon.
Charles Grey, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel the Hon. A liar-
dinge, the Master of the Household, Major Cowell, R.E.,
and Major Elphinstone, R.E., embarked at Osborne-pier on
the Fairy, Royal steam yacht, crossed to Portsmouth Dock-
yard and left by a special train on the Direct Portsmouth
Railway. The Royal party proceeded from the private
station at Vauxhall, of the South •Western Railway, in
several of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a detach-
ment of Light Dragoons, to Buckingham Palace, where
the Queen and Prince arrived at 25 minutes before 3 o'clock,
and were received by Visount Sydney, the Marquis of
Ailesbury, Viscount Castlerosse, Lord Cremorne, Lord
Waterpark, and Colonel Francis Seymour, C.B.
The Queen held a Court in the afternoon at Buckingham
Palace. Vice-Admiral Van Dockum had an audience, and
delivered to her Majesty his letters of recal as the Danish
Minister at the British Court.

M. LOUIS BLANC'S FORTHCOMING LECTURE.-"
This distinguished exile, late member of the Provisional
Government of France, will deliver a lecture--his first in
this country—at the St. John's Wood Literary Institute,
Blenheim-place, on April the 3d. The subject he intends
to treat upon is, " The Mysterious Personages and
Agencies in France towards the end of the 18th century."
M. Louis Blanc will address his audience in English,
Some very curious and highly interesting higtorical reve-
lations may be expected on this occasion from one who
occupies so eminent a place among French historio-
graphez s,
It Is stated that a telegram received at Liverpool
this morning from India reports a further rise of £1 in
freights, the quotation now being £5. Supposing this to
be correct, the explanation is doubtless to be found in the
demand for vessels for the China expedition.

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The following telegrams have been received a'
Mr. Reuter's office :

VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

M. Steiger, the Swiss Charge d'Affaires at this
Court, has presented a circular note to Count
Rechburg, in which the Federal Council protests
to the Powers who guaranteed the treaties of
Vienna, against any measure having for its object
the incorporation of Chaublais and Faucigny with
the French Empire. Count Rechburg replied, that
Austria reserves her definitive reply until she has
ascertained the disposition of Europe ; but he re-
minded M. Steiger that, last year, when the French
troops were conveyed by railroad from Culoz to
Chambery, the Austrian Cabinet in vain repre-
sented to Switzerland, as well as to the great
Powers, that the neutrality of that part of Savoy
should be respected.

By the passage of the French troops that neutra-
lity was openly violated contrary to the treaties of
1815.

TURIN, MARcir 22.

A deputation from the society of the " Unione
Liberale" has paid a visit to the deputation from

Nice.

The Chevalier Buoncompagni, as president of the
society, expressed the sympathies of Italy in the
cause of Nice, and encouraged the deputies in their
efforts, wishing also the inhabitants of Nice a com-
plete success.

Signori Veram and Bassin returned their thanks

PARIS, MARCH 21.
The Emperor received the deputation from Savoy
at half-past two this afternoon.
The deputation presented the addresses.
The Emperor expressed his pleasure in receiving
the deputation ; and the following is said to be the
sense of his Majesty's speech :
" The reunion of Savoy and Nice to France has
been resolved upon in principle. The assent of
Piedmont and the populations has been obtained
to this rectification of the frontiers, and the nego-
tiations with the Powers who signed the treaty of
1815 permit the hope of a favourable examination
of the question by the greater part of them. Friend-
ship for Switzerland had almost caused a cession of
territory to be promised, which he believed, would
not be contrary to the wishes of Savoy; but as soon
as it was known that the population refused that
Savoy should be dismembered, France renounced
this cession, although wishing to protect the inte-
rests of Switzerland."

On Saturday the deputation will dine at the

Tuileries.

PARIS, MARCH 22.

The Moniteur of this morning contains the speech
whieh the Emperor addressed yesterday to the
deputation from Savoy, the tenor ,of which agrees
with that of the message sent last night.
His Majesty said besides—

" Everybody in Europe, who does not yield to
the spirit of antagonism of another epoch, con-
siders this annexation of territory as natural and

equitable."

The Meniteur also contains the circular note of
M. Thouvenel, of the 13th of March, explaining to
the Powers who signed the treaties of Vienna, that
the aggrandisement of Sardinia renders it neces-
sary f.)r France to obtain more important
(serieuse) frontiers.
France, he says, does not pursue this annexation
in the name of nationalities, but only as a guaran-
tee for a better frontier.

The Moniteur also contains a despatch of M.
Thouvenel addressed to M. de Turgot, and replying
to the protest of Switzerland.
M. Thouvenel expresses his astonishment at the
steps taken by Switzerland, and says that Switzer-
land, who has received so many proofs of the friend-
ahip of the Emperor, ought to have placed her
confidence in Prange.

M. Thouvenel then examines the question of
right, denies the validity of the treaty of 1503, and
says that the neutralisation of Chablais and
Faucigny was made in favour of Savoy. The
Federal Council interferes without any legitimate
reasons in the arrangements which France and
Sardinia are about to conclude.

M. Thouvenel acknowledges that the Powers
could examine the stipulations of the treaties of
1815, and does not hesitate to say that France is
disposed to adopt any medium course suggested
either for the general interest or, above all, for the
interest of Switzerland.

The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the in
terests of the bons de tresor at 2 and 4 per cent.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

The C'onstitutionnel publishes an article, signed
by M. Grandguillot, of which the following is a
summary

" The withdrawal of the French troops from
Italy must not be considered a sign of coolness be-
tween France and Sardinia. France leaves Lora
bardy because the independence of Italy is irre-
vocably assured. Austria only intends to act in
defence of the frontiers of Venetia. The loyalty of
the French policy could not occasion her any em-
barrassment on this subject. The withdrawal of
our army from Italy is therefore a sign of an
approaching solution of the question of Italy, and
not a signal of complications, which the wisdom
as well as the interest, of Piedmont will know how
to prevent."

TURIN, MARCH 21.
It is asserted that Count Cavour will take the
Portfolio of the Marine.
The Opinione states that Prince Crrignan will
leave for Florence on the 26th inst.

MILAN, MARCH 21.

The French army has to-day commenced its re-
turn movement to France. The 80th Regiment of
the Line, by way of Susa, one company leaving
per day. The 2d Regiment of the Line, by way of
Nice, one battalion departing daily.

ROME, MARCH 20.

Yesterday evening certain disturbers of the
public pease attempted a manifestation against the
police, which was immediately repressed. Order
and tranquillity have been preserved without any
incident to record.