The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-10 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND CHINA.

Whilst the European press is occupied discuss-
ing the Suez Canal scheme and the occupation of
the island of Perim, no notice has been taken of
the doings of Russia in another direction. Where
the frontiers of Siberia touch the Celestial Em-
pire, on the shores of the Okhotsk Sea, a consi-
derable amount of territory has lately been
annexed to the Russian Empire, The district iu
question embraces the entrance of that important
river called the Amour, which stretches for miles
into the vast section of country known as the
Mantchooria. At the mouth of the Amour the
Russians have constructed commanding batteries
and military depots on a scale which indicates the
possibility of future operations not strictly con-
nected with commerce, although the settlement is
declared to be suggested with a view of extending
trade with China and the islands of the Pacific
Ocean.

Should it be the intention of Russia to assist
the Western Powers in opening the Celestial
Empire to the rest of the world, civilisation and
commerce may be congratulated on the acquisition
of a new and powerful ally. There are those,
however, who believe the aims of Russia to be
those of military conquest ; and it is said that the
French Government is in possession of important
information on this subject. At all events it
seems evident that the Government of St. Peters-
burg is inviting emigration to this new settle-
ment of the Amour River, and founding an
important city, which will be the key to China.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

The levy of French seamen from 21 to 40 years
of age is going on in the most complete and strict
manner. The instructions issued for carrying out
this measure state that it is adopted with the ob-
ject of giving the fleet seamen completely formed
and experienced, and who are in the full force of
age and activity.
A commission has been appointed to examine
and report on the best system for placing the
French commercial ports in a state of defence, a
question in which the Government takes great in-
terest.

Captain Dieudonn6, who commanded the Mon-
tebello at the close of the war in the Crimea,
when it carried the flag of Admiral Bruat, has
been appointed to the Algesiras in place of Capt.
Tabuteau, whose term of service has expired. The
Algesiras is to carry the flag of Admiral Julien de
Lagraviere.
BOURSE, April 9. The following were the
closing quotations :

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• FOR CASH.

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Austrian

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, APRIL 7.

According to a private letter from Paris a seri-
ous misunderstanding has recently arisen between
the Emperor and Prince Napoleon. No details
are given. The so-called Executive Commission of
the German Confederation is said to be preparing
to proceed actively against Danmark. One of the
reforms made by the Emperor Alexander 11. is,
that the Polish language is again used in matters of
business by all the Imperial authorities in Poland.
During the reign of the late Emperor the Post-
' office and froutiZr employes were obliged to
make use of the Ru:,sian ;Is the " business lan-
guage." The First Infantry Corps is to be placed
as a corps of observatLei in the Governments of
Radom and Lublin, and the Second Infantry
Corps, which comes from Lithuania, is to be
quartered at Warsaw and Plock. The reason
now given for this concentration of troops is the
conflict between the Porte and Montenegro, and
the attitude of Austria.

The subjoined article, which is from the even-
ing sheet of the Wiener Zeitung, gives a correct
idea of the feeling which prevails here towards the
S udinian Government ;

" We have adduced a series of proofs that the
Orsini Worship (Orsini Gotzen-D.enst) is cele-
brated in Piolmout with demoniacal passion and
impious blasphemy. The Mate of the country is
sh iwn by the free working of those elements which
the Emperor Liuis Napo:eon, on the 2nd Decem-
ber, 1852, believed he had overcome and annihi-
lated—elements which the French Government
and press now so energetically persecute (verfolgeu).
The Gazzetta Piemontese now contributes to the re-
volutionary ;:witltion by publishing a second letter
and the last will of Orsini. The Piedmont Gazette
introduces the two documents to the public by
speaking of their author as a man who was driven
by a love of country,' bordering on madness, to
commit a great crime."