The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-06 00:00:00

PARAGUAY. AAD RIV.BIi PLJTE.

We learn from the American journals that the
official presentation of Senor Berges, the Para-
guayan envoy and commissioner, to the President
of the United States, took place at Washington on
the Bth ult., the ratifications of the treaty of com-
merce and navigation, and of the special convention
for the settlement of the late dispute between
the two countries, having been exchanged on the
7th. President Buchanan's reception of the Para-
guayan envoy was-marked by the utmost cordiality,
and he took occasion, in replying to the address of
Senor Berges, to pay a merited tribute of praise
to the course pursued by President Lopez as a
statesman, and his efforts as a patriot to .deve-
lope the resources of his country and the prosperity
of its people. The Witshington Con.stitution of
March Bth anticipated the sentiments of the Ame-
rican President, and, in calling attention to the
important service rendered to commerce by the suc-
cessful mediation of General Lopez between Buenos
Ayres and the Argentine Confederation, laments
the late'aggression of the British naval forces in
the. Plate acrainst the flag of Paraguay, by which
the*ace and' progress of the Platine region have
again been placed 'in jeopardy. The unfortunate
differento': between Great Britain and Paraguay
w hielaJias. arisen. out of ilia affair_of Canstatt is the
more regretted on aocount of the tendencies to-
wards peace and industry which have grown up
under the auspices of Presidents Lopez and Ur-
quiza, and of which evidence has been afforded by
the non-commission,-during the late hostilities be-
tween Buenos Ayres and the Argentine Confedera-
tion, of any of those acts of rapine and bloodshed
Iteherto too frequent in the. intestine quarrels of the
Spanish-American republics. "This peaceful is-
sue," says the -Constitution, " by contrast with the
butcheries which disgraced the siege of Monte
Video by Oribe, and which followed the overthrow
Of Kosas, may surprise the cursory reader of
South American news. But to ono familiar with
the recent- history of the River Plate this his-
torical puzzle is easy of solution. Since the
opening by Urquiza of the rivers Parana
and Uruguay to the vessels of all nations,
commerce holds sway over those vast and fertile
regions so, long the hunting grounds of the Indians.
New towns have sprung
up on the banks of the
southern Mississippi. Every branch of industry is
being cultivated with energy. Unparalleled induce-
ments are held out to emigration. Men are scarce,
and human life, long so valueless, is now above par.
Wages are high, and, as there seems to be no limit
to the productiveness Of that immense region, we
can see no reason for their diminution until a teem.
ing population shall cover the million of square
miles between the Atlantic and the Andes, which
the late Sir F. Head recommended as a consolation
to the despairing disciples of Malthus. When our
squadron was at Rosario this time last year, labourers
were in request at 30 silver dollars a month, with
board and lodging, and mechanics at proportion-
ately. higher rates:" What Urquiza has done for
the-River Plate, President Lopez has done, and is
doing, for Paraguay; and hence the interest felt in
the United States in the foreign relations of the
sister republic, and the desirability of making the
amicable arrangement of the difficulties between
them a precedent for the adjustment of the differ-
ences between this country and Paraguay in like
manner.—Liverpool Albion.

THE GRAND DUKE CHARLES OF
BADEN:

In an amusing article, by M. Edouard Simon,
published in the Revue C'ontemporaine, on M. Varn-
hagen Von Ense's " Recollections," the following
strange but authentic anecdote is • related of the
Grand Duke Charles, the husband of the Grand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden :—After his death, the
settlement of the liabilities of the old civil list
brought a strange infirmity of the late Prince to
light. "At the palace of Carlsruhe," says the arti-
cle, "a whole series of apartments was found, which
the late Grand Duke had successively locked up,
and which nobody had entered since. It had long
been an old mania of his to lay by everything he
received, no matter what, and no matter from whom.
No one was ever allowed to touch these thingseithe
Grand Duke himself abstained from doing so, with-
out ever taking. the slightest notice of any applica-
tion for restitution. As soon as a room was sufficiently
fall he would lock it up, taking out Cie key, and be-
gin the same ceremony with another. When, after
his death, these mysterious rooms were opened, they
were found to be filled with an innumerable quan-
tity of precious things, costumes, all kinds of trum-
pery, down to children's playthings, recollections of
childhood, and which the Prince had never used.
pay ' of rouleaux of silver, labelled,
for FL Prince Charles," and a
Here a quantity
20 kreutzer pieces (70 cents.), carefully
vw"aCis•atappiPteat(ilnou'fsp ; there, drawers filled with rouleaux
of gold ; then snuff-boxes of the greatest value,
rings, and other jewels, to the amount of more than
a million in value. These treasures had lain dor-
mant there for many years, and yet, a short time
before his death, the Grand Duke had often been
pinched for money, which he could not get at a
lower rate than 16 per cent. ! Then there were
books, cards, petitions, papers of all kinds which
were brought to light with the treasures; an im-
mense quantity of sealed letters, despatches which
had been looked for in vain, and then thought to
be lost ; precious documents, the want of which
had prevented the settlement of important affairs,
and serious endangered legitimate interests. Lastly,
'there were pieces of art, rich arms, offered for sale
found pell-mell with embroidered court dresses,
to the Prince a long time before, and which were
masquerading costumes, and laced hats, In many
cases it was impossible to find out the owners of
some of these articles; and then, again, things
which had been paid for by the civil list, and never
had made their appearance, Were found here."