The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-21 00:00:00

THE EAST.

Intelligence. from Alexandria to the sth states
that the Viceroy had arrived that day from his
desert palace of Max, and taken up his residence on
board the Faid Gahad, steam-frigate, which had
just returned from England fully repaired. His
Highness intended to spend part of the Ramazan
on board. Captain Kellock, of the P. and 0. Com-
pany, who took the vessel out to Alexandria, was
presented by the Viceroy with a magnificent
diamond snuff-box, which had once belonged to
Mehemet Ali. Skodrali Mustapha Pacha, recently
appointed Sheik-ul-Harans, that is, religious go-
vernor of the Holy Cities, had arrived at Djeddah.
Skodrali, who posseises a great reputation for
piety, is the oldest dignitary of the Ottoman
Empire ; so far back as 1805 he 'was made
effendi, and in 1811 pacha, and he has always
held high offices. The . number of pilgrims to
Mecca and Medina is expected to be very great this
year. The first caravan is to comprise amongst its
number an Indian prince, an Affghan chief, two
princes of the Imperial family of Morocco, a
nephew of the Be_y of Tunis, and several Algerian
notabilities.

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The note in the Moniteur and the explanations
of the British Ministry are commented on by
several of our Paris contemporaries. The Patrie,
it will be remarked, does not agree entirely with
the views entertained in the note on the subject of
the general admission of Italian States to the
Congress :
" The two concessions," says that journal,
" made by the French Government to the desires of
its ally, the Queen of England, in order to establish
the definitive understanding which must precede
the meeting of the Congress, represent assuredly
the extreme point of conciliation. It is impos-
sible to presume that Austria will once more reply
to these conciliatory proposals by fresh difficul-
ties which, this time, might be considered as a
definitive refusal to partioipate in the negotiations
which she had at first accepted. We consider it
to be our duty to make one reserve which seems
to be indicated by the nature of things and by jus-
tice. We do not think that all the Italian States
can be admitted into Congress with the same rank.
Of all these States, not one is called upon like Pied-
mont to disarm, and' her admission with a delibera-
tive voice represents the compensation of the
sacrifice demanded of her. With respect to the
other States, nothing would be more useful than to
listen to their views, but were they admitted with
deliberative faculties it would result that Rome,
Naples, Parma, Tuscany, and Modena would bring
to Congress five voices, or as many as the five great
Powers. It strikes us that the Congress should be
composed of Austria, Great Britain, France, Pied.
mont, Prussia, and Russia with deliberating powers.
The other Italian States would be represented by
plenipotentiaries without those powers."
The following is from the Debats :—"None of
the orators who spoke in the name of the Cabinet
mentioned the compromise proposed by France
concerning the admission of Sardinia and the other
Italian States to the Congress. In order to explain
this silence, it may be well to remark that the new
proposal of France is of recent date, and that the
determination of England is not yet known. Ac-
cording to the English ministers, France and Aus-
tria are always at issue, not only on the point of
knowing whether the disarmament shall or shall
not precede the meeting of Congress, but also on
the question whether the measure of disarmament
' shall be applied to Sardinia as well as to the other
Powers."

The Pays observes :—" The plain statement of
the Moniteur is of a nature to prove to the most
prejudiced mind that the Imperial policy has not
once departed from the moderation—we would
willingly say the magnanimity—which has always
stamped the acts of the Emperor Napoleon III."
The Gazette de France draws, the most pacific
conclusions from the note :—" France, as seen in
this note, has not hesitated in adopting any of the
proposals made by England, to prove the sincere
desire with which she is animated to obtain a
pacific solution ch the prevailing questions ; and.
the Government has remained faithful to the pro-
gramme of Bordeaux, ' L'Empire c'est la paix.'"
The Unzvers has no confidence in the Congress :
—" It may be asserted that the Congress, if it takes
place, will confine itself to confirming the disarma-
ment by protocols, which will leave things in their
place, saving a few insignificant modifications. In
definitive, all this agitation of Europe, all these
efforts of Governments in favour of peace or war,
all these councils of diplomatists will end in an
insult offered to the Holy Father. Prussia, who
oppresses the Rhenish Catholics, Russia who holds
Poland, England who holds Corfu, Ireland, and the

Indies, are about to give lessons of humanity,
justice, liberality, and clemency to the Papal States,
while two great Catholic Governments will consent
to the scene in order to escape difficulties ! May
Divine mercy have pity on this poor population ;
it is not the people that acts in such a manner."
The Moniteur publishes the official returns of
the receipts arising from the customs duties and
indirect taxes for the first quarter of the present
year. The amount has been 41,990,689 f. to
40,793,299 f. in the corresponding pei. iod of 1858,
and 44,201,120 f. in 1857. During the month of
March the receipts have been 15,578,610 f. to
14,951,043 f. and 16,156,642 f.

BOURSE, April 20.—The market opened very
buoyantly under the influence of the report that
Austria has agreed to the admission of Piedmont
to the Congress, and a rise of -} per cent. on Consols
further increased the favourable effect already
produced. Threes have been done at 68f. 25c., but
have reced to 68f. sc. Mobilier have risen from
692 f. 50c. to 697 f. 50e. ; Austrian, 530 f. to 535 f. ;
Lombardo-Venetian, 515 f. to 517 f. 50c. ; Orleans,
1,272 f. 50c. to 1,277 f. 50c.; Lyons, 835 f. to 837 f.
50c. ; Northern, 907 f. 50c. to .910 f. ; Southern,
490 f. to 492 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 630 f. to 632 f 50c,
The last prices showed a slight decline, owing to
large realisations. The following were the last
quotations :

4i per Cents. .... 95 70 Credit Fonder 645
Do. end month .. 95 60 Belgian
3 per Cents. 6B 05_1Piedmontese (5)

77 -

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D. end month.... 67 95 Roman —
Bank Shares. 2750 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 690 • Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 688 75
,Ilome Debt —