The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-05 00:00:00

THE MAOAZINES.

Judgment had been pronounced against Hassib
Paella, ex• Minister of Finances. His property
was declared sequestrated. The property of Osman
Paella, the ex-favourite, had also been confiscated.
Cyprus was agitated in favour of annexation
to Greece. The Greek Government was organising
the National Guard.
The Turkish Customs authorities had seized a

bundle of proclamations in favour of the re-esta-
blishment of the Byzantine Empire. The agents

n whose possession they were found had been

arrested.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

BOURSE, July 4.—The market has been buoyant,
and prices have impro-red. The following are the
last quotations :-
41 per per Cents 97 Credit Foncier .... 885
Do end month 97 Belgian ........
per Cents
3SO
Do. etd
68 60 Roman ......... .
Bank Shares 2820 Austrian ........
,
CrcdiL Mobilier 675 Spanish Threes.... 49 75
Do. Account 675 —; Home Debt ...... 481

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1341 25 .. 1345
Froilliern ..............980 .. 980
New ditto .............. 867 50 .. 870
Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 878 75
Geneva k 398 75 .. 385
Southern
Western
Eastern
. 410
Sardinian
Anstrian
Lombard

SWITZERLAND.
The following is the official text of the note ad-
dressed by the Swiss Federal Council to the Powers
that signed the act of the Congress
the of Vna,
urin
in
reply to the communication made by T
Cabinet on the cession of Savoy and Nice to
France :
" Sir,—The Sardinian Legation has communi-
cated to us, on the part of its Government, by a
note of the 14th inst., the official announcement,
that the Chamber of I).puties, as well as the Senate
of the Kingdom of Sardinia, has approved the treaty
of the 24th of March, concerning the cession
of Savoy, including the neutralised provinces
of that, country ; and that his Majesty has granted
lts ratification to that treaty. It is, moreover,
known, that on the same day (14th of June) the
French autholities took poss,essdon of Savoy, end
that, in the eonuse. of last week, French troops en-
tered the nuut.r:lizL.t.l provinces.
" We leave taken cognizance of this communica-
tion. We cannot, however, pass it by in silence ;
on the con trar v , we think it our duty to repeat our
former representations relative thereunto, and, in
maintaining our A iew of the subject, to renew note,
still more positively, the protestations we have con-
stantly urged against the treaty in question.
"You will be so good, sir, to bring this in the
most suitable manner totheknowledgc oftheGovern.
ment to which you are accredited, and to request,
at the same time, that the Conference of the Powers
invoked by Switzerland may meet as speedily as
possible.
" The President of the Confederation,
66 FREY-HEROSEE.

" Berne, June 16, 1860."
The following is the reply of the Austrian Co-

Blackwood's Magazine.

In the political article the Reform Bill is the
subject treated of, and considering the opinions of
this periodical, it is not to be wondered at that the
writer indulges in some pardonable exultation con-
cerning its failure. It is too much to expect any
magnanimous consideration from the Conserva-
tives, after the very unfair manner in which their
measure was treated last year. The withdrawal
is here styled " as a pretty instance of poetical jus-
tice, and a curious illustration of party politics. It
is said that Lord John is extremely mortified at
the frustration of his unhappy bill, and we can
well believe it, for, besides losing the chance_ of
identifying his name with a further measure of
Reform, he has incurred, for the third time in his
life, the disgrace of turning out a Government, and
failing to fulfil the pledge on the strength of which
he was supported.' •In vindication of the Opposi-
tion, as being charged with a factious obstruction,
it is stated that seventy out of the ninety amend-
ments to be proposed in committee were given by
the supporters of the Government. Finally, it is
truly stated that the one overwhelming obstacle
was the doing of the Ministers themselves in their
French Treaty and their Budget. Lord John an-
nounced that it was his duty to let the discussions
on the Treaty and Budget take precedence of the
debates on. Reform, and hence the stumbling block
that really barred the way of the representative
measure. In conclusion, there are some remarks
on the rumours lately prevalent in regard to dis-
union and disaffection in the ranks of the Conser-
vatives, and it is forcibly argued that nowhere is
there a party in which perfect unanimity is to be
found. "There has always been a certain amount
of disaffection in every political confederation.
Canning had to complain of it, Peel had to com-
plain of it, Disraeli has to complain of it also. On
the whole, however, the discipline of the Tory
party is remarkable, is in striking contrast to that
of the Whig rank, and no doubt Mr. Disraeli is
perfectly satisfied with the confidence which he
enjoys. It may strike some calm unprejudiced
observers, that these incessant reports about their
opponents come rather inconsistently from a party
whose leaders are proverbial for their quarrels; and
it is to be considered, for the sake of argument,
what would have been said had Mr. Disraeli ever
followed the example of Lord John, in explaining
one of his many disputes with Lord Palmerston,
and, in speaking of Lord Derby to the Commons,
had said, "My noble friend," I mean " the
noble lord ?" If, while displaying uniform
concord and remarkable unanimity, we
hear of their everlasting warfare, what
would be said if they took it in turns to send each
other out of office, changed places as leaders, took
alternately and indiscriminately the post of
Premier, Foreign Secretary, &c., and indulged in
other Whig manoeuvres to amuse the public and
mystify their friends. It is asserted here, and it
is to be hoped the vexed question will be left at
rest, when an authority like this magazine has
so ably and eloquently taken it up, that " the great
Tory party take a view of Mr. Disraeli's character
somewhat different from that of his too captious
critics, that they are not unmindful of his services,
and that they are prepared to give him their cordial
support." We conclude our remarks on this excel-
lent article with the following forcible passage :
"It should be remembered that his rise to power was
peculiar, and would justify an impartial observer in ex-
pecting a much stronger dissent from his authority than
that which actually exists. He rose into p.twer when the
party was at war itself ; when sharp words were flung
about on every side ; when ridicule and recrimination were
all too freely used. Who can wonder that, joining in the
strife with more than usual spirit, he should have made
many enemies—implacable as they are powerful ? But
over and above this, the very success of his efforts raised
him into authority over the heads of men who were gradu-
ally working their way upwards, aid who looked forward
with reason to leading the Tory party sooner or later. He
has had to endure the implacable jealousy of these men,
in addition to the implacable hate of those whom he ridi-
culed; and the marvel is that, having to contend against
such influences, Mr. Disraeli has been able to maintain his
position at all." •
The paper on " Judicial Puzzles" is very well
worth reading, and some of the occurrences men-
tioned are most curious. Hardly anything is
stranger than the infatuation that possesses some
people in moments of difficulty to declare they have
done things which they have not. It is quite out of
the common to meet with papers of this sort in a
magazine, and the readers cannot fail to be enter-
tained by them. " Norman Sinclair," is a little
more animated in this instalment, and as it pro-
gresses it will most likely improve. There are many
other essays on various topics ; the continuation
of " Captain Speke's Adventures in Somali Land,"
some criticisms on the Royal Academy, and other
exhibitions ; also there is an article on poetry,
which contains some very sensible remarks on
many points, although it overrates in some degree
the poetical achievements of the day. It remarks :
" Few are the poetry works which can tempt us
through them now-a days, but because we are old,
dare any one suppose, that youth is dead and the
seasons changed." This is not true, because it is
impossible not to regret that we have no longer the
race of poetic giants in the land that we had in
the days of Byron, Campbell, Moore, and Scott.
Let another generation pass and the sublime mystics
who are the rage at present will not have left works
that will live beside the immortal medodies that
charmed the early part of this century. On the
whole, there is a good deal of interesting and in-
structive matter in Maga this month.

Dublin University Magazine.
The remarkable tale of " Vonved the Dane, Count
of Elsinore," is continued—the details are most
striking, and we meet in this portion with a most
effective account of the revenge of M ads Neilsen.
Horrible is the fate of Herr Nealen—but one can
hardly pity him ; for if there is one character
more contemptible than another it is that of the
betrayer, Moore has vigorously denounced such
baseness in a glowing passage in " Lallahßookh,"
beginning—
'• Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave
Whose treason, like the Dead Sea's blight,
Comes o'er the counsels of the brave,
And blasts them in their hour of might."

The second chapter relates the adventures of the
unhappy young wife of the Count, and it is most
interesting. The sketches in this story are vivid
and powerful.. The hero is not a common malefac-
tor, 'but a brave man, who was so much ill-used
and insulted that he had every excuse for the
course he took—a course which in its wildest
Moments was never stained with disgrace, or
blackened with cruelty. The wild rovers of the
sea were seldom those who displayed the
night side of nature, and one often meets
in . their records much consideration that
would have done honour to the pious dwellers
on the shore. There is an article on " Tennent's
Ceylon," which is late in the day; but it does not
so much signify since it discusses a work that will
outlast many books published long after its appear-
ance. After .a good summary of its contents, and
some pertinent remarks thereon, the writer con-
cludes by saying :—" We are not surprised .that
this work has already reached a•fifth edition. It
is one on which the author may rest his fame. It
forms a cyclopurlia and standard reference to all
who seek to be informed upon this interesting I
island, and an indispenSable handbook to the emi-
grant and visitor. It is a Monument of the talent,
industry, and perseverance of our distinguished
countryman." It is always gratifying to welcome
such a treasure to the archives of national litera-
ture, but it is not often that we can find a work so
worthy of appreciation as the one now under dis-
cussion, and the tribute here paid to its merits is
only what is just and reasonable. There is a
paper on Rienzi by Professor de Vericourt, which
is well written. The water does not take a very
favourable view of the great man. Ho observes
that " Sir Edward Lytton, generally so faithful to
history with reference to customs and manners in
his admirable romances, evinces a boundless enthu-
siastic reverence for Rienzi—with him the aacessron
of the Tribune would have been the close of
the
rk
thraldom of Italy and the abrupt limit of th d
ages of Europe, if he had mot with a brave,enob
intelligent, devoted people to back his projects.,