The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-17 00:00:00

binnon, to the Ruesian frontier near Eidkubnen, fveiled against its opponents. A battle had been
has just been distributed. The expense of this fought about eighty miles from the city of Monte
line is estimated at 7,000,000 thalers, and is pro- Video, in which the Government troops were vic-
%Tided for by a loan which will be realised as re- totious. The commander-in-chief and the chief
quired for the works. In the year after the open- officers of the opposition forces were taken pri-
mg of the line to the public, a sinking fund for Boners. The representatives of the foreign powers
paying off the loan will be formed by taking a half interfered with the Monte Videan Government to
per cent. per annum from the surplus of the re- spare the lives of the prisoners. Clemency was
ceipts, or in case of need from the capital account. promised, but before the Government pardon could
The State will have the right of increasing this be transmitted to the victorious troops the whole
sinking-fund, but not of diminishing it. Accord- of their prisoners had been shot.
ing to a convention entered into between the Go-
vernments of Prussia and Russ;a, and approved of
by the Prussian Chambers, the works of the lines
from Koenigsberg to Eidkuhnen and from Eid-
kuhnen to Kowno are to be carried on in such a
manner that the two lines may commence work-
ing at the same time. The Prussian Govern-
ment, however, reserves to itself the right of
delaying the completion of the line from
Koenigsberg to Eidkuhnen until that from the
latter place to St. Petersburg shall be finished.
The capital necessary for the construction of the
great network of Russian railways having been
subscribed for, the Russo French Company is in a
state to immediately commence the line from St.
Petersburg to Warsaw with branch lines on Wilno
and as far as the Prussian frontier. The line from
Gatchina to Louga, which joins that from St.
Petersburg to Gatchina, is already open for traffic.
In the spring, the works will commence on all the
line from Pskov to Wilno and from Wilno to the
Prussian frontier, so that the branch from Eid-
kuhnen to Kowno (11 miles of 7,408 yards each)
as well as the line from St. Petersburg to Duna-
bourg (69 miles) will be completed in 1859, and
the lines from Dunabourg to Wilno and from Wilno
to Kowno in 1861. The distance from St. Peters-
burg to Berlin, which is 215 miles, will have in
1859 188 miles of railway finished, and there will
be only 27 miks left to pass over by a common
road. It is therefore of the highest interest for
Prussia to commence the works as soon as possible
on its own account, because it is not likely that a
private company could be formed within so short
a period to undertake the construction of the line,
and because it would be preferable that the State
should keep such an important line in its own
hands. The Government thinks that the loan
above-mentioned can be readily realised, as, oven
in the late crisis, the Prussian funds remained firm
and there is every reason to expect that the rate of
interest will this year be very low, and that the price
of materials, particularly rails, will be moderate."

NAPLES.

NAPLES, March 9.—Another red book has just
been printed on the subject of the Cagliari, and
sent by the Government to the Foreign Ministers
accredited to this Court. It is entitled "Decision
of the Commission of Captures and Shipwrecks
sitting in Naples," &c. The decision of the Com-
mission on the demand of the Attorney-General is
briefly this :
" The Commission in the First Instance of Marine
Captures and of Shipwrecks declares to be a good
eap'•ure that made by the Taneredi and the Ettoro
Fieramosca of the Sardinian steamer Cagliari, and of
all articles contraband of war on board the same. It
declares excluded from good capture the commercial
cargo found in the same, and,,accepting the demand of
Signori Dodero, authorises them to withdraw the
articles in their demand, a also every other proprie-
tor who possess similar property. It rejects the de-
mand of Signor Dodero with regard to injuries sus-
tained. It condemns Rubattini and Sitzia to pay the
xpenses of the judgment in favour of the Royal
Marine, &c."
The steps which have b3en taken by the Sar-
dinian and the Neapolitan Governments respec-
tively since this decision was given in the month of
NOvember last, have been a demand by the former
for restitution of the Cagliari and the liberation of
the prissoners, and a decided refusal by the latter.
In the first days of the trial at Salerno a demand
was made for the appointment of a commision to
determine the spot where the Cagliari was taken,
and the demand was acceded to with some reserve.
To carry it out, the Sardinian Government has sent
down two commercial captains and one captain
of the Sardinian navy to assist Sitzia.

Recent advices from St. Petersburg put it now
beyond doubt that the Chinese have commenced
hostilities against the Russians. Admiral Putia-
tine is understood to have reported, in a despatch
dated on board his vessel anchored at Macao, that
the advanced posts of the Russians, towards the
mouth of the A moor, had been attacked by the
Chinese, and that so suddenly, and with so over-
powering a force, that the former had found them-
selves compelled retreat 30 leagues up the river.
The Chinese had thereupon destroyed the Russian
settlement by fire. In the Pekin Gazette of Novem-
ber 17, of last year, it was mentioned that, accord-
ing to a statement made by a Chinese officer of
rank (Lin fling), the Chinese were already at that
time at war with Russia.

Accounts from Montenegro received at Tienna
state that the Montenegrins had contemplated
crossing the lake of Scutari, then frozen over, and
surprising the Nand. of Vrunige, occupied by the
Turks since 1840, but a sudden thaw bad put an
end to the project. The Montenegrins have estab-
lished poets between Kolacin and Gusin, where
they anticipate an attack from the Turks. Arms
and ammunition are very scarce in the country,
and at Cettigen a gun flint is sold for a franc.