The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-19 00:00:00

VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 18.

The oe,sterreiehisclie Correspondents has advice
from Constantinople of the 12th inst., which an-
nounce the departure on that day of Hali Bay,
Redschid Pasha's son, for Paris, via Marseilles,
with instructions respecting the Conference.

The Suisse of Berne says :—" The Chambre
d'Accusation, in its sitting of the 12th, ordered
the release on bail of M. Pourtales-Sandos and
M. Wolfrath. The bail required for the former
is 80,000 f. with other reserves, and for the latter
2,000 f. It is said that the same favour will be
conferred on four or five others of the prisoners.
The confederation will indemnify the State of
Neuchatel for the expense caused by the support
of the prisoners, as well as that incurred for fit-
ting up the place for the trial."

The Paris Correspondent of the Times (second

edition) says :
" The article in the Moniteur of yesterday is
variously commented on in the Paris papers. The
Assonblec Nationale is full of admiration for the

conduct of the Emperor. In those praises
there are things which his Majesty can hardly ac-
cept as complimentary to him. The Assemblee
insinuates that he has set at nought his ancient
ties with Switzerland, and is free from the
amiable weakness of gratitude for the danger
to which the Confederation exposed itself from
Louis Philippe in order to protect him.

The A ssemblee would rouse him to the task of put-
ting down revolution everywhere, and of going
forth crushing the heads of the hydra—the Em-

peror like Hercules, and, I presume, the King o
Prussia like bolas. Whether the former protegj of
the Swiss Confederation intends to respond to the
expectation of the fusionist organ I cannot say ; I
can only affirm that the note he has permitted to
appear in the prominent page of the Moniteur has
produced on the public generally a bad effect—
an effect which may yet be more keenly felt at the
forthcoming elections for the Legislative Corps.
The Moniteur is not only offensive to the Swiss
Confederation, but to the Imperial Government
itself. Who could have suggested the allu-
sion to the Treaties of 1815 ? Every one knows
how the French people feel whenever these
Treaties are mentioned ; they have ever regarded
them as a stigma on their country, as a stand-
ing record of its defeat and of the triumph
of its enemies. The feeling may be exaggerated ;
the people may be too sensitive ; but so it is.
Such an appeal to the Treaties of Vienna would
be a great mistake in any government ; but
greater still on the part of a Bonaparte ; and it is
a mistake which will hardly be compensated even
by a visit from the King of Prussia. Beyond
those who receive their inspiration from official
sources, I have conversed with few who do not
feel ashamed of the allusion to the treaties.
The Siecle speaks of it in these terms :

It is with grief that we have perused the note con.
tained in the Noniteur of this morning. For several
days past the existence of this note had been spoken of,
but we had refused to believe it. That the Government
of France should be listened to when it speaks is our
desire ; nevertheless, its susceptibility towards faithful
allies, as proved by the Moniteur, appears to us to be
great. Far from feeling offended at the resistance of a
people which, so to say, lives under the immediate protec-
tion of France, we should have admired that proud inde-
pendence of Switzerland which has never allowed her best
friends to interfere in an internal question. The French
Government now menaces Switzerland with a with-
drawal of its good will because she has refused to ac•
cede to a desire which it had expressed, and which was
only a trifling concession offered not to Pru ssia, but to
France. I❑ the first instance we are not of the
opinion of the Moniteur on the importance of the
concession. We believe that to interrupt the course
of justice is a grave circumstance. We do not
admit that the concession would have solely been
made to France, after the firmly expressed de-
mands of Prussia, and when France had repeated
the same propositions. We comprehend that in ex-
change for this concession France should promise her
support to Switzerland ; but this very promise solves
the question of the rights of Prussia in favour of our
opinion ; for had this right been undeniable the French
Cabinet would not have supported Switzerland, and the
King of Prussia would not have been satisfied with the
concession h demanded. 'We sincerely regret to be
of a contrary opinion to the government of our
country on a foreign question, and we will hope that,
if the government has felt hurt at the refusal of
Switzerland, it will confine itself to having officially
published its discontent, and will nevertheless not
abandon her. Beyond the dissatisfaction which
may have been experienced by our diplomacy in conse-
quence of the resistance of the Diet, there- exists a ques-
tion of high protection which France cannot abdicate.
In order to be equitable, we must state that we do
not comprehend the delay that has taken place in the
trial of the vanquished of the 3d September. Had the
power of the law once been vindicated, we should
have been the first to have advocated a complete am-
nesty ; Switzerland, in offering a good example to the
other Powers, would have avoided many complica-
tions, and would have placed governments, already
bound by political acts, in a more_ favourable position
to defend her rights.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.
A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday at the TuileriEes.
The Afoniteur publishes decrees, conferring the
rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour on En-
Islandof the
wreckede
En-
seignes de Vaisseau Magdelaine and Augey-
Defresse, and on J. C. Le Roy, 2d master of the
late steamer Duroc, for their gallant conduct on
sent en t
in o
boats
0 taht
the occasion of the wreck of that vessel. It may
be remembered. that the first-named officer had the
m
detachment
m es
to
crew
the
of Timor. Another decree confers military medals
on four of the seamen of the same vessel who par-
ticularly distinguished themselves on the occasion.

Bouu.sE, Dec. 18.—The market was heavy at the
opening, although the first telegraphic despatch
from London announced a rise of on Consols ;
but when it was known that the English funds had
obtained a further improvement of 1, it was be-
lieved that the Bank of England had lowered its
rato of discount to 6 per cent., and Threes, which
had declined to 66f. 50c., rallied again to 661.70 e.
Mobilier varied from 1,450 f. to 1,470 f. Lyons
shares in good demand at from 1,3701. to 1,375 f.,
but a slight decline on the other lines.
The market remained steady to the close, when
the following were the last quotations

Cash. ft. c. End of 3fonth.
4i per Conts
3 per Cents 66 50 06 75
New Loan
Bank Shares 4,109 Roman (a d) .
Credit Mobilier 1,462 50 Austrian . ''''''''
Belgian Fives .. 97i Spanish Threes."".** *
l'iedmontese (5) ...... 91 50 Home Debt *****

RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.
fr. c.
fr. c
Orleans 1,320 Western
Northern ............... 940 Strasburg
Lyons .................. 1,370 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,745 Grand Central
Lyons GenevaL 740 Testo
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THE NOTES 01, DR. LIVINGSToN.—After sixteen
years of wandering, Dr. Livingston has returned to
England from exploring Central Africa, which he has
traversed and retraversed Lbrough regions where no
civilised being ever before has been, and through an
extent of territory of upwards of eleven thousand miles.
The doctor, in addition to his qualifications as missionary,
obtained a medical degree before leaving England.
Warm and genial was the welcome he received from a
crowded meeting at the Geographical Society on Monday
last, when the great gold medal of the society was pre-
sented to him. After the geographical discoveries which
he is reputed to have brought to light have been de-
scribed, we hope that the observations he has made in
his medical oapacity will be given to the profession. In
a lecture delivered by him before leaving Mauritius, he
mentioned the singular immunity of the native African
tribes from such diseases as consumption, cancer, hydro-
phobia, and cholera. Doubtless his note-books and
memory are stored with many facts that will be of the
deepest professional intereet,--7Lancet,