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CENTRAL !TALL-IN QUEMOY.

A letter from Vienna, dated Feb. 25, says :—The
Central Italian question -.is likely to enter. into a
new phase. It must be concluded that the proposi-
tions made by the British. Government have not
been accepted by Russia, as that Power now pro-
poses the formation of a separate kingdom in Cen-
tral Italy. The Bre;sian /wait-et has been forwarded
to Prussia, France, England, and Austria, and there
are persons in this city who pretend to know that
it has been accepted by the Berlin Cabinet. The
diplomatic world appears to attach some importance
to the proposition of Russia, but it is by no means
likely that it will find favour with all the Powers.
This Government will continue 10 insist 011 the
claims of the house of Hapsburg•Lorrainc to Tus-
cany and Modena, and to declare that it will. not
consent to the establishment of a Central Italian
Kingdom, unless a member sf the Imperial family
is placed at its head. The British and French
Cabinets will naturally object to such an arrange-
ment, and after some weeks have been spent in ne-
gotiating it will become evident that the affairs of
Central Italy cannot be settled in the way propdsed
by Russia. Until very recently I was inclined to •
think that the war would not be renewed in Italy,
but the arntaments of Sardinia are on such an ex-
tensive scale that it is almost impossible to doubt
that niiichicf is meant. On the 22d inst. the Lent
Horsefitir began at Munich, and the principal pur-
chasers were S wiss and South Tyrolese dealers, who
were supposed to be acting as agents tin- the Sar-
dieian Government. It is well known that the
French army in Lombardy has been reinforced, and
that Marshal Vaillant has concluded fresh contracts
for. supplies, but still the. military a-uthoritles deny
that the Austrian forces in Venetia and in the Tyrol
have been augmented. It is possible that they speak
the truth, but hardly probable ; as- al,noss awry
General officer whom one meets firmly lit-Sieves that
hostilities will be resumed in the spring.- The re-
ports from Venice are extremely sad. Dni irigt the
Carnisal there have been neither public nor. private
umusemests of any kind, and the Sity, which alas ---
formerly " the pleasant place Of it ilrfestivity:,-: The
revel of the earth, the nisspie Of ledy.," is pow,ftry
• empty and dull. There are 94'44-iv,,kti:engiolt. at
Venice, an 4 .;ntanyic fthrtnatjvvs:rot the 'Vlactrfare
'1$1:414:Of -the-frotitier
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ianteti..ernPardy,:si. titers, are in tne.rountry, and very. -
tnsny.lruves-bsaSesSlaud, east: into Aus Irian pia-
...Sons: -.The Trieste Zeitany learns from Venice that
not morell4ns.l4o.prsons have been sent to the
fortresses of,'l-Itiravveirileiti and Olmurz, but it is
believed here that-some hundreds-of persons have
recently iteen arrested in Padua, Verona, Mantua,
&e. Not long since a deputation of the Municipal
Council of Verona waited on Count Dagenfeld, and
informed him that the numerous arrests by night
produced a very.unfavonrable impression on the-in-
habitants of the city. The Commander-in-Chief of
the Second Army received the deputation civilly
enough, but declared that the arrests which gave
such umbrage to the citizens of Verona were merely
"measures of precaution." In an impel ial resclipt
which has been published in Venice it. is said that
all those persons who have quitted the country- in
order to avoid serving in the army shall be par-
doned if they return to their homes before the end
of May. It is, however, added that they will have
to enter the army if they are a blebodied men. When
the Chevalier Von To„seeenburg took the direction of
the Stadtholderate at Venice he summoned his sub-
ordinates to his presence, and told them that it was
their duty to setve the State and its chief in their
private as well as their public capacity. In the
course of his speech the Stadtholder stated that any
foreign emissaries who might fall into the hands of
the authorities would be brought before the drum-
head court and punished according to their deserts.
'1 he commission appointed to examine into the
manipulation of the Commissariat Department at
Verona is • said to have made, some ;strange disco-
veries, but it is not in my power to give any details
on the subject, as such matters are always kept ex-
tremely secret in Austria. It is, however, related
that more than one of the parties concerned has
gone for the benefit of his health to Sardinia. The
Austrian- and Sardinian pickets arc continually
bickering, and a few days ago three. Piedmontes•
carbincers crossed the frontier near Valeggio, and
laid violent hands on certain goods and chattels be-
longing to a member of the Austrian- finance guard.
I As it is seriously -the question of launching the
thunders of the Church against the King of Sar-
dinia if he should proclaim the incorporation of
the Romagna, it may not be out of place to give
the Bishop of Segues definition of the difference
bet Ween the minor and major excommunication. In
the one case the name of the person excommuni-
cated is not publicly mentioned ; in the other it is
made known to the world. A person who is under
the ban major is forbidden to enter a church, and it'
he does so the sacred edifice is desecrated, and can-
not be used for sacred purposes until the ceremony
of re-consecration has been performed by the bishop.
A monarch who dies while under the anathema of
the Church cannot be buried in conseciated ground,
and his name cannot be inserted in the Liturgy.
The miror interdict can be removed by a common
priest, but the heavier ban can only be taken off by
the Pope or his-legate. it btrikes me. that more
than one person of high rank in this empire would
he well pleased if the King of Sardinia should be
publicly excommunicated, but the Pope cannot ven-
ture to have recourse to such an extreme measure,
a, King Victor Emmanuel is not the man to bow
his neck before the Papal Government. On Sunday,
the 10th inst., ten cardinals were busily employed
in drawing up a reply to M. de Thouvenel's last
despatch. :Ravenna is to be declared a " national"
port. A collection is being made among the jour-
neymen and apprentices of Vienna for his Holiness,
but the sum raised will hardly be very large. Re-
cruits are still raised in Austria for the Pope and
the King of Naples, but the papers ere not allowed
to make any mention of the circumstance.
The Ultramontane Volksfreund was confiscated
yesterday. As no game is too small for the autho-
rities whose duty it is to look after the press, they
a few days ago confiscated the Musical and Thea-
trical Review for remarking that it might be well
to raise the prices in the Burg Theatre, and to dimi-
nish the number of free tickets.
The news that the British Government had a
majority of 116 last night has led to a rise of 1-per
cent. in the foreign exchanges. People here had
flattered themselves that the IThigs would soon be
obliged to retire from office.

PRICE 41). STAMPED,

2'bE TREATY OF COMMERCE IVITH
FRANCE.

The following is an additional article to the Treaty
of Commerce, concluded at Paris on the 23d of
January, 1860, between her Majesty and the
Emperor of the French,. signed at Paris on the
25th of February,lB6o, and ratifications exchanged
at Paris on the 28th of February, 1860 :-
1 "By Article VIII. of the Treaty of Commerce be-
tween her Majesty the Queen of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland and his Majesty
the Emperor of the French, signed at Pads on the
23d of January last, her Britannic Majesty under-
took to recommend to Parliament the admission
into the United Kingdom of brandies and spirits
imported from France at a duty exactly equal to the
Excise duty levied upon home-male spirits, with
the addition of a surtax of 2d. a-gallon, which would i
make the actual duty payable on French brandies
Bs. 2d. a-gallon. Since the ratification of the said
treaty the Government of her Britannic Majesty
have ascertained that the surtax of 2d. a-gallon is
not sufficient to countervail the charges with which
in consequence of the operation of the laws of Cus-
toms and Excise, home-made British spirits have
now to contend ; and that a surtax limited to the
rate of 2d. a gallon would still leave home made
British spirits subject to a differential duty in
favour of foreign brandies and spirits.
Consequently, the Government of her Britannic
Majesty having represented these circumstances to
the Government of his 'Majesty the Emperor of the
French, and his Imperial Majesty having consented
that the amount of the said surtax shall be increased
the two high contracting parties to the said treaty
of commerce do, by the present additional article,.
agree that the amount of
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tinfteifiCittedoin. .fillatidiWitrat ported
from France. at a - duty exactly equal to
duty levied upon homemade spirits, with the addi-
tion of a surtax of sd:a gallon. •
preient additional article- shall have the
same force and validity as if it had been inserted
in the Treaty of Commerce of the 23d of January
last.

" It shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof
shall be exchanged at Paris within five days from
the date of its signature.
" In witness whereof the respective Plenipoten-
tiaries have sighed the same, and have affixed.
thereto the seals of their arms.
"Done at Paris. this
_2sth day of February, in
the year of our Lord 1860.

" COWLEY.

" E. BAILOCHE.
`` E. ROUHER."

THE GALE-21TARINE DISAVI'ERS.

THE GALE IN THE METROPOLIS.

The gale of yesterday was one of the most de-
structive that has passed over the metropolis for
some years. It commenced at nine o'clock, when
the wind chopped round suddenly to W. by S , in-
creasing in violence as the flood tide made. At 11
o'clock the storm 'raged.furiously, with tremendous
gusts at intervals. About this time the roof of the
house, No. 11, South-crescent, Tottenham-court-
road, was lifted up, and falling, broke through the
attic floor with a tremendous crash, and for some
time it was feared that one of the female servants
had been burial in 'the ruins ; this was happily not
the case. A similar occurrence took place at No. 9,
Alfred-place in the same locality. A large sheet of
lead, six feet by two feet, was torn from the roof of
a house in Woburn-place, Russell-square, and hurled
into the street. The large and massive stone cross
on the top of the Roman Catholic' chapel, in Farm-
street-mews, was blown down, and smashed into a
thousand pieces ; and the roof of a house in Revel's-
row,South wark, was entirely stripped. The streets
were strewed with broken tilos, slates, and chimney-
pots, and sonic serious accidents occurred.
In the Pool a tier of vessels broke away, and
drifted athwart another tier, causing considerable
damage to spars, bulwarks, and rigging, and several
collisions took place, by which a vast amount of
damage was -occasioned ; and the young trees and
shrubs in the various parks sustained great injury.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

A severe gale commenced to blow here on Sunday
evening, Which continued all day yesterday. This
morning it had quieted down considsta.bly, but as the
forenoon. advanesd it,agau betame violent, and nar-
row eseapes from collision on the Mersey were fre-
quent. The ships--cieorgiana., Nan set, Granite StAte,
Jane Hendersoniand Gulf Stream, in the Mersey,
all dragged their anchors, and but for the ready aid
of steam-tugs, would inevitably have done consi-
derable damage to each other, for the river was in a
most turbulent state; so much so indeed that most
of the ferry boats were compelled to cease running
for two or three hours. The gale softened down
considerably in the afternoon.
The Elizabeth ltimball, hence for Melbourne, has
put back leaky. The Thornton, hence for New
York, has also put back

The Arequipa, for ltio Janeiro, -which put back
yesterday, has pumps choked, and six feet of water
in her hold.

To-day a large iron ship, supposed from this port
for Australia, put into Belfast Lough in tow of a
steamer.

The Robert Mills, from Liverpool for Galveston,
is on shore on the east side of the Bay of Holyhead,
with fore and mainmasts gone.
The Hastings, Forbes, from Kooria Mooria, for
Liverpool, foundered off Algoa Bay, on the 28th of
December.

A telegram from Lisbon states that the captain
and crew of the Isle of Skye, from Liverpool for
Buenos Ayres, with coals, have arrived at Madeira,
the ship having foundered about 250 miles off.

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