The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, HARCH -1, IAO,

AUSTRALIA .-- The Roxburgh Castle has arrived
from Melbourne with 22,280 ounces of gold, worth about
£89,000, the whole of which will immediately go to the
Continent. The Australian gold ships known to be out are
—the Commodore Perry, 102 days at sea, with £58,000 ;
Cleadon, 88 days, £68,000 ; Saldanha and Essex, 81 days,
with, together, £112,000 ; and Indemnity, 73 days, £72,000.
Some anxiety has been expressed about the Commodore
Perry, which, in addition to her gold, has a valuable cargo
.of wool. At Lloyd's 4 per cent. insurance is asked on the
gold, 30s. being the usual rate, and 5 per cent. en the
wool.

The Countess of Euston has left town on a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Grafton, at Wakefield Lodge,
Stoney Stratford.
The Count D'Alton has returned to the Bruns-
wick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a visit to his estates in
Ireland.

Colonel Vandeleur, M.P., has left the Brunswick
Hotel for Kilrush, Ireland.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Middleton have left
Edwards's Hotel for Lenton Spring, near Wetherby.

Mrs. Cookson and Miss Cookson have arrived at
Wallace's Hotel, from Torquay.
It is stated by tho Paris journals that a series of
experiments on the art of directing balloons are to be made
in the Champ-de-Mars during the ensuing spring.
A Turin letter states that Poerio, who bas lately
been veryill, but is now quite recovered, will probably be a
candidate for the representation of Milan in the National
Parliament.

BIRMINGHAM RIFLE CORPS.—Mr. Perton, of this
town, has followed the patriotic example of the brother of
the worthy ex-Mayor, Sir John Ratcliff. It will be recol-
lected that Mr. Charles Rateliff, only a few weeks ago, set
a noble example to the gentlemen of England by raising
and equipping, at his sole expense, a company of 100 men.
The patriotic feeling will, we trust, find many imitators in
other parts of England.
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The Vocal Association will repeat Mendelssohn's
Psalm, «Hear my Prayer, 0 God I" on Thursday Evening,
March Bth, at St. James Hall, with Mdlle. Parepa anti
choir of 200 voices. Miss Arabella Goddard will perform
"The Harmonius Blacksmith," and " Where the Bee
sucks." It is well that the public should be informed that
those attractive performances terminate at a quarter past
ten o'clock, thereby enabling the company to retain their
seats until the end of the performance, without inconveni-
ence from the lateness of the hour.
THE NEW TURKISH LOAN.—According to official
intimations just received, the positive statement that the
Turkish Government propose to raise a fresh loan in this
country is without foundation. Suggestions and offers have
been made to the Minister by certain capitalists or specu-
lators, but they have not been entertained.
STOCK AND SHARE MARKETS.—Notwithstanding
the important financial and commercial announcements of
the last month, the range of Consols has been unusually
limited, the difference between the highest and lo west prices
being only lk per cent. The general result has been to
establish an improvement of per cent. In the railway
market the changes have been of a corresponding character.

THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND THE RE-
PRESENTATION OF THE CITY.--At the present time there
are six members of the Corporation of London, who have
seats in Parliament—namely, Sir James Duke, Bart., Al-
derman Copeland, Alderman Salomons, Alderman Cubitt,
Charles Gilpin, Esq., and J, T. Norris, Esq. It is, more-
over, a curious historical fact, that four aldermen—or
three aldermen and the Recorder—have sat for the City,
with very slight intervals, for three centuries prior to the
passing of the Reform Bill in the year 1832.
WEST SURREY ELECTION.—The election to fill
the vacancy in the representation of the Western Division,
occasioned by the death of Mr. Drummond, has been fixed by
the Sheriff to take place on Saturday, the 10th inst. At pre-
sent the only candidate in the field is Mr. Cubitt, who comes
forward upon Conservative principles. Applications, it is
understood, have been made to several gentlemen of the op-
posite party to contest the election, but all of them have
hitherto declined to do so, principally upon the ground that
a general election will probably take place very shortly under
the new reform bill, and they do not consider it advisable to
disturb the county at the present moment.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—The houses
between King-street, Covent-garden, and Upper St. Mar-
tin's. lane, which were sold a few days ago, by order of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, and which were to be taken
down to form a communication from Covent-garden to the
West-end, are cleared away. The intended new street can
now be clearly seen, and in a very short time measures will
be taken to form the sewer and lay down the gas and water-
pipes. When the street is constructed it will form a load-
ing thoroughfare from the West-end to the Floral Hall
and to Covent-garden and Drury-lane Theatres, avoiding
Long-acre. The avenue will also be of great advantage to
the market-gardeners attending Covent-garden market
from Brentford, Isleworth, Twickenham, &c.
SAGACITY OF A DOG.—A sturdy farmer, a little
north of Tallnamounth, one night lately, crossing a small
hill on his way home during a fog and snow-storm, lost his
way, and wandered for hours, not knowing where he was
going. Fortunately, however, he had for his companion a
trusty friend, his collie dog, which, on observing his peril-
ous condition, drew near, leapt upon him, and then pressed
on a little before, looking back occasionally, as much as to
say, follow me. The man, bewildered, followed the saga-
cious animal, which soon landed him safe at his own fire-
side, very much exhausted, after his long travel and
excitement. Collie that night was worth his supper.
Previously the dog had been considered rather stupid, but
is now more than ordinarily esteemed.—Baq`:thire Journal
THE PRINCE OF ORANGE AT OXFORD.—The
Prince of Orange and his suite, with Colonel Seymour,
rim A.,425.1 T-Tntpl, Oyfard. nn Tuesday about one
o'clock. The Vice Chancellor gave his usual attendance
on royalty, and after luncheon accompanied the party
through the colleges and public buildings, with which his
Royal Highness expressed the highest gratification. On
their return to the hotel his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales paid them a visit, and after an interview of half an
hour took his departure. At eight o'clock the prince and
party dined with the Prince of Wales at Frewen Hall, and
returned to the hotel at 11 o'clock—leaving the next morn-
ing immediately after breakfast in the Prince of Wales'
carriage, and the suite in another, for the Great 'Western
Railway station. His Royal Highness was compelled to
abandon his intended visit to Blenheim in consequence of a
telegraphic message requiring his immediate presence to
meet a distinguished party just arrived at the Isle of
Wight.

A CHASE AFTER AN M.P.—lt will have
,been
seen from our Parliamentary report of yesterday that Mr.
J. P. Hennessy, M.P. for King's County, has been ordered
to attend forthwith in the House of Commons for the pur-
pose of answering for his conduct in not attending a com-
mittee of which he was appointed a member. On Tuesday
evening, a few minutes after the motion was carried, Lord
Chas. Russell, the Serjeant• at-Arms, sent for Mr. Inwood,
one of the officers of the house, and handed to him a docu-
ment which had been issued by the Speaker, and requested
him at once to proceed with it to Ireland, whither it ap-
peared the hon. member had gone for the purpose of support-
ing Lord Campden, who had started in opposition to Mr.
Serjeant Deasy, the new Attorney-General for Ireland, who
sought re-election for the county of Cork. Mr. Inwood reached
Dublin yesterday morning, and while the House of Com-
mons was sitting yesterday afternoon a telegraphic message
came from him to say that since he had arrived in Dublin
he had ascertainedithat Mr. Hennessy was at Cork, and that
he should forthwith proceed to that city for the purpose of
personally serving him with the Speaker's message. The
document of which Mr. Inwood is the bearer is not a war-
rant, so that the hon. member will not actually be in cus-
tody, but it is a peremptory order for him to return forth-
with, to that he will in all probability reach London to-day,
and take his scat on the assembling of tie house at four
o'clock this afternoon. The last case of this sort was that
of Colonel Greville, who went to Ireland on business con-
nected with his regiment after his name had been placed on
a committee of the house.
CASE OF EDWIN THOMAS SALT.—A petition has
been transmitted to the Home-office, praying for commuta-
tion of the sentence of death passed by the High Court of
Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th instant, upon Edwin
Thomas Salt for the murder of his wife. The petition was
signed by about 14,000 persons. Petitions signed by about
80 members of the College of Justice, and by 800 inhabi-
tants of Juniper-green, the village in which the murder was
committed, have also been forwarded. The convict, a native
of Staffordshire, aged 34 years, had been for some years
employed as excise officer at the paper mills at Juniper-
green, five miles south-west of Edinburgh, and had been
married 10 years to his wife, Mary Anne Hall, who had
borne to him four children. The deceased had been addicted
to drinking to a desperate excess, and her conduct had long
broken up the unfortunate man's domestic peace and com-
fort, and he had also to a considerable extent given way to
' the same baneful habit. On the afternoon of Nov. 18 last,
coming home and finding the deceased in a state of intoxi-
cation, and being himself the worse for drink, he murdered
the wretched woman by striking her with a stick and after-
wards thrusting the instrument up her inside, causing in-
ternal injuries so extensive and severe that death ensued
the next morning. The jury, by a majority, found the charge
proven, but aknanimously recommended him to the mercy
of the Crown on account of the great provocation he had
received. The prisoner is ordered for execution on Tues-
day next, should the Crown not arrest the sentence.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—The Court of Assizes of
the Lot three days ago tried a woman, named Moles, of
Maxan, and her son Jean, who is 27 years of age, for the
attempted murder of her husband and his father. For
many years the woman entertained a violent hatred of her
husband, and she succeeded in inspiring her son with a
similar sentiment. The two frequently threatened to put
the man to death, and repeatedly ill-treated him in a brutal
way, on one occasion tossing him out of the window. On
the 22d December last, a neighbour heard the man cry
out " Murder help I" and on entering the house
he found' him struggling desperately with his wife and son.
He rescued him, and the man then stated that the two had
had thrown him down, and had attempted to strangle him
with a rope ; but that not succeeding in consequence of his
resistance, one of them, he could not say which, had en-
deavoured to cut his throat, but fortunately the knife had
encountered the rope, and did no harm. If the neighbours
had not entered at the moment there is no doubt the man
would have been killed. The jury declared both the accused
guilty, but with extenuating circumstances. The court
condemned the woman to death, and the young man to hard
labour for life.
PROSPECTS FOR TURIiEY.—Tt was not probable
(says a correspondent) that an empire so. abundant in re-
sources as Turkey would be deprived of the moral support
which England, by her vast mercantile relation-, can extend
to her. The merchant princes of London know well that,
in spite of All the sophistries that have been written about
Turkey, her great grievance lies in a nutshell. The ex-
changes are so deranged, so irregular, so capricious, that it
is impossible for exporters or importers to form any correct
notion of the results of their enterprise—and thus commerce
to the
thoroughlyrescue national b the
is nipped in the bud. It is, therefore, welcomed throughout
Turkey as a circumstance of the utmost importance that
formation
capitalistsofthe Bank shouldfr %rrek c come
a
establishment, whose object is firmly and finally to equalise
the exchanges, and to fix the sterling value at 120 piastres.
This, it is seen, will reanimate commerce at borne and
abroad, and establish entire confidence. The Bank, whichit is expected *ill hold bullion to the amount of two mil-
lions, has the privilege of issuing to three times the amount
of such deposit, which, at only 6 per cent. (in lieu of 10,
15, and 20 per cent.), would leave large dividends for
shareholders.
There was a decrease of twenty-six ships, but as
increase of 2,929 tons, in the "entries inwards" at the port
of Liverpool last week, as compared with the correspond-
ing week of the year 1859. In the "clearances outwards"
there was a decrease of two ships, but an increase of 5,537
tons,

LATEST NEWS.

FRANCE, AUSTRIA, AND
ITALY.

The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes, in
prominent type, an article under the above heading.
It is signed by M. Grandguillot, and, doubtless,
shadows forth the Imperial speech.
After alluding to M. Thouvenel's despatch to
Count Rechberg as the clearest explanation why
the stipulations of Villafranca could not be carried
out to the letter, and that France was by no means
to blame in the matter, the Constitutionnel says :
" Engagements have been made between France
and Austria which bind the two Cabinets. This
reciprocity of engagements appears to us the best
guarantee of the peace of Europe.

" Those who consider the Convention of Villa-
franca and the Treaty of Zurich as morally invali-
dated by the impossibility of the restoration of the
Princes are therefore completely it fault. They
take the accessory for the main point ; they forget
that between France and Austria there is a higher
interest which binds them together, and invites
them not to separate, lett rather to come to an un-
derstanding (a s'entendre).
" We will now clearlydefine that higher interest.

" For Austria it is tha conservation of Venetia ;
for France the absolute independence of Italy from

the Alps to the Mincio.
" The conservation of Venice, the independence
of Italy from the Alps to the Mincio, such is, in
two words, the double bearing of the Treaty of
Zurich ; such is the actif of each of the contracting
parties.

" Is :it likely that France, Austria, and Pied
wont, who signed that treaty, would willingly run
the risk of losing the benefits thereof ? Would
Austria, who is osliged to take so many pre-
cautions to maintain her power on the Adriatic,
ruu the chances of a new campaign ? Would
France, who, in the full blush of her glory, having
behind her Lombardy free, and the left bank of
the Po, delivered from Austrian occupation, stopped
spontaneously on the Mincio, in the interests of
general peace, think of compromising that grand
result ? Would Piedmont, hitherto smothered in
the hot-bed of nationalities, of which she is the
soul, between Austria reigning at Milan and the
tributary Princes of the House of Lorraine, risk
her enfranchisement, and that extension so rapidly
acquired, in a new struggle ?
"Evidently not. A little reffection and calm
consideration of the particular situation of each of
the parties concerned will suffice to show that no
one can seriously desire anything else than pacifica-
tion. We are, therefore, convinced that at Vienna,
as at Paris, there are only good intentions and a
sincere desire to settle the pending difficulties by
wise transactions. The moderate language of M.
Thouvenel is a guarantee for us ; and without
knowing exactly the terms of Count Rechberg s
reply, we have the certitude that the Minister of
the Emperor Francis Joseph does not show himself
less conciliating than the Minister of the Emperor
Napoleon.

" There remains Italy. Well! The counsels of
France will not be more disowned than her ser-
vices. King Victor Emmanuel is a man of an up-
right and firm character, and up to the present he
has played too glorious a part for him to tolerate
that the conduct of his Government shall be in-
spired by any other sentiment than that which he
himself has always derived from his intimate union
with the Emperor."

THE AUSTRO-RUSSIAN
TREATY.

(From the Second _Edition of the Morning Chronicle.)

On Saturday last we announced to the public
that a treaty was about to be signed between Rus-
sia and Austria, and we were enabled to lay before
our readers the bases of the treaty. We observe
that our announcement has been contradicted by
several English journals, as well as by a large
portion of the French and Continental press.

But in all these denials the error is committed of
assuming that we stated a treaty was actually in
existence. Our announcement was, that " the
treaty was on the eve of being signed." We are
now enabled to carry our information further.

The Prince of Hesse has quitted Vienna. He
takes to St. Petersburgh the treaty before an-
nounced, which has undergone some modifica-
tions.

Russia will not aid Austria in Italy. Russia
makes this change in the stipulations of the treaty
because she wishes to remain on good terms with
France. Hence she will not interfere in Italy; but
she will act Frith Austria in any complication that
may arise in regard to the countries on the Danube,
or to affairs in Hungary.
We have good reason to believe that these modi-
fications
of
the arey
r
to the timely denounce-
ment mmaadietyo Europe by the Morning
t owingeat mainly
Chronicle.

We mentioned above that a large portion of the
French press had contradicted our announcement.
This they did, so they said, "on authority." What
authority can French journals have for contradict-
ing a statement that concerns not France, but
Austria and Russia ?

The fact is that in this instance the Morning
Chronicle furnished information to the French
authorities. And that we hope to be enabled to do
more than once, having sure and certain means of
intelligence through our correspondents in the
different capitals of Europe. Had the French
Government meant to contradict our statement, the
Moniteur, its only organ, would have spoken.
It were folly to suppose that either Russia or
Austria would acknowledge the existence of such a
treaty as we have described. It was no doubt the
intention of both these Government to have kept
the treaty a secret, and to have acted upon it when
they had prepared for the action by a concerted
course of policy. Such secrecy we have rendered
impossible by our prompt discovery to the world
of what was going forward. Time will show that
we have stated the exact truth.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, MARCH 1.

The Moniteur says—The Emperor presided yes-
terday at the Council of Ministers and the Privy
Council. The Empress was present at the sitting.

The note by which the French Government re-
quests Sardinia to give up the project of the annexa-
tion of Tuscany is dated the 25th February, and
was despatched the same evening to Turin, where
the courier arrived on Monday last. Baron Talley-
rand has informed M. Thouvenel, by telegraph,
that Count Cavour was not expected to return to
Turin before the 28th ult., and that he will then
deliver the note.

ROME, FEB. 28.

The reply of the Holy See to M. Thouvenel's last
message of the 12th inst. will be despatched to
France by the next courier via Marseilles. The
cardinals convoked by his Holiness to a special
congregation have unanimously decided that the
preservation of the patrimony of the Pope is too

intimately connected with the general interests of
the Church to be treated simply as a political

quo:ion.

VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING.

The announcement of a treaty between Russia
and Austria is without foundation ; but it is as-
serted. that Austria, although not bound by such
a treaty, will no longer oppose the Russian policy
in Turkey.

TURIN, FEB. 29.

By a Royal decree of to-day the Electoral As-
semblies are convoked for the 25th of March, and
Parliament is to meet on the 2d of April.
Another decree appoints 32 new Senators.

MADRID, FEB. 28.
The Spanish squadron has been compelled by
bad weather to put back to Algesiras.

Marshal O'Donnell will march to Rabatt in
three days. The tempest interrupts the commu-
nications.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The Debats alludes to the new plan for arrang-
ing the Italian question which a Paris correspon-
dent of the Independence Beige had mentioned, and
according to which Tuscany would not be annexed
to Piedmont, but given to the young Duke of Genoa,
nephew of King Victor Emmanuel. As to
Romagna, the same correspondent speaks of its
being placed under the suzerainty of the Pope
with either the King of Piedmont • or the new
Grand Duke of Tuscany at its. head, but governing
as a vassal of the Holy See. The Debate states
that on this latter point it has reason to believe that
the Sovereign designated for Romagna is decidedly
the King of Piedmont. It then proceeds in these
terms :—" Such would appear to be the bases of the
new arrangement which was to have been submitted
on the 25th February to the approbation of King
Victor Emmanuel during his stay at Milan. The
despatch from the French Cabinet in which these
propositions were announced is also said to have
contained the declaration that, in case they were
not accepted by the King's Government, the French
troops would be immediately withdrawn from
Lombardy. On all these points, the information
transmitted to the Belgian journal coincides with
our own. The correspondent, however, supposes
that no mention was made of Savoy or Nice in the
despatch sent to Milan ; on that point we have
reason to think him misinformed. On the con-

trary, it appears that the French Government for-
mally maintains its well-known intentions rela-

tive to the annexation of both, which it rightly
persists in regarding both as a legitimate and
necessary compensation for the territorial aggran-
disement which Piedmont will obtain, and as an

indispensable guarantee for the security of the
French frontier.''

" Count de Rechberg," says a correspondent of
the Nord, " before replying to the last French des-
patch of the 31st of February, determined to con-
sult the Courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin. It
was on that occasion that he put forward the idea of
substituting for the Congress, which he had pre-
vented because he had nothing to expect from it, a
Conference of the five Powers, in which he hopes
to obtain a triumph for the principle of legitimacy,
and a sanction for the conclusions which he draws
from the stipulations of Villafranca and Zurich.
Such is a true statement of what has occurred."
THE BOURSE, Feb. 29.—The market has been
rather agitated, in consequence of the arrange-
ments for the settlement. Speculators have had a
quantity of stock to buy back for that operation,
but the effect on prices has not been material.
Threes, after having been pushed up to 68f 40c,
declined to 68f, and are now at 68f 10c. Mobilier
varied from 755 f to 752 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,382 f 50c
to 1,3801; Northern, 915 f to 912 f 50c ; Austrian,
507 f 50c to 505 f ; Lombard, 547 f 50c to 545 f. The
following are the last quotations :
It per Cents.
_.... 97 95 Credit Foncier 740
Do. end month .. 97 90 Belgian 4i
3 per Cents 6B 15 Piedmontess (5) .. 80 25
Do. end month 6B 10 Roman BO
Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian
Credit Mobilier 752 50 Spanish Threes
Do. Account