The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-18 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

At the interview between the Prince Regent of
Prussia and the Emperor of Austria, at Toplitz, no
formal convention between the Sovereigns was
drawn up or signed. The engagements between
them were made on parole; but the Emperor wished
the terms of the understanding to be embodied in
a protocol ; and this document, the German jour-
nals state, is now the subject of a correspondence
between the Courts of Vienna and Berlin. The
Nord gives the following resume of the engagements
mutually entered into :-1. The two Sovereigns
on the Eastern question, undertake to adhere
firmly to the conditions of the Treaty of Paris; to
resist anything that may affect the integrity of the
Turkish Empire; and to obtain an understanding
on this subject with the Cabinet of London. 2.
With regard to the internal affairs of Germany,
Austria has made important concessions, especially
on the question of the organisation of the Federal
army ; Austria engages also to offer no oppo-
sition to the liberal reforms contemplated by
Prussian policy. 3. With respect to the affairs of
Italy the Prince of Prussia recognises that the pos-
session of Venice is of real importance to the Aus-
trian empire, but declines any engagement on this
point so long as the Italian movement is confined
only to Italians. If any foreign Power takes part
in it, the Prince Regent engages to lend Austria
the support of the Prussian arms. Finally, the
Prince Regent promises to use all his personal in-
fluence to bring about a reconciliation between
Austria and Prussia.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY.

The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's screw steamer Vigo, Capt. Mirehouse,
from New York on the 4th inst., has arrived here.
She brings upwards of 420,000 dols. in specie.
On the 7th inst. she passed the Kangaroo, out-
ward bound from Liverpool.
The Australasian, from Liverpool, had arrived
out.

The other news by the Vigo has been antici•
pated.

SIR B. BRODIE.—The Medical Times of yester-
day says, in reference to a report which has been current
for the last few days, " it becomes our duty to let our
readers know that the operation of iridectomy was performed
on both Sir Benjamin's eyes on July 12. His sight had
been failing since Christmas last, but was not painfully de-
fective until the completion of his 78th year in June.
About that time vision became rapidly more and more im-
paired, especially in the left eye. Up to this time the dis-
ease had been regarded as senile cataract, more advanced
in the left eye than in the right, but after the return of Sir
Benjamin from the meeting of the British Association at
Oxford, the defective vision was ascribed to glaucoma.
Iridectomy was performed under chloroform. We regret
to say that the result is not so satisfactory as the paragraph
in the Times might lead the profession to hope. The left
eye is much in the same state as before the operation—if
anything slightly improved ; but in the right, or better eye,
vision is quite lost. The great ground of hope in this case
is that as there is now a cataract very evident in the right
eye, this is the cause of the impaired vision, that the eye is
not glaucomatous, and that hereafter vision may be restored
by extracting the cataract. We have not alluded to this sub-
ject before, as it is to some extent a private matter; but the
whole profession have so filial an interest in all that relates
to the respected president of the Royal Society and of the
Medical Council, that all have a right to know as much as
is freely talked about in the medical coteries of the metro-
polis—especially at the present time when a comparatively
new operation like iridectomy is on its trial,"