The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

THE PORT OF T.RIBSTE.

The follciwing correspondence appears in the
.31anchester Guardian :

" 4, Cooper-street, Manchester, May 18, 1859.
" Dear Sir,—You will be fully aware of the very
animated commercial intercourse between this com-
munity and the free port of Trieste, and without
entering into a detailed explanation on the impor-
tance of the same to the merchants of our city, we beg
to appeal to your kind offices to ascertain from the
Secretary of Foreign Affairs on behalf of this our
commercial community at large, whether any offi-
cial assurance or explanations have been received
from the French Government that they will con-
sider the free port of Trieste as belonging to the
German Confederation, and will consequently allow
merchandise in ships sailing under the English
flag, and not carrying contraband of war, to enter
the said free port unmolested. It appears to us
most probable that assurances to this effect have
been received from the French Government in order
to frustrate any pretence of the German Confedera-
tion to take a hostile part against France in the
present war ; and we hope that tle Secretary of
Foreign Affairs will be at liberty to answer the
above question, and thus to confer a great boon
upon a large proportion of the commercial commu-
nity of this country.
" If your efforts to proure the abcve information
should be successful, you will, by giving same pub-
licity, confer a great favour upon the commercial
men of this community.
" Pray excuse us troubling yot with this re-
quest ; and believe us, dear sir, yours most respect-
fully, (Signed)
" HERMANN, SAMSOi, LEPPOC.
" J. A. Turn9r, Esq., M.P."

"Manchester, Aay 18, 1859.
"My dear Sir,—l have just received a letter from
Messrs. ,Samson and Leppoc, of tlis city, which I
take the liberty of inclosing. Thee gentlemen, as
well as many other mercantile firms in this
district, are largely engaged in transactions
with the merchants and manufacturers of Ger-
many through the free port of "rieste, and are
naturally anxious to ascertain whether any
assurances have been received torn the French
GoVernment that vessels sailing under the British
flag, and not carrying articles cortraband of war,
will be unmolested. on entering the said port.
" Any information which you are able to give me
on this subject will be very accepable to many of
my constituents, and will be considered a great
favour by myself.—l remain, my dear sir, yours
very faithfully, " J. ASPINILL TURNER.
" E. Hammond, Esq., Foreign-office, London."
" Foreign-office, flay 20, 1859.
" Sir,—l have laid before the of Malmes-
bury your letter of the 18th inst., enclosing a letter
from Messrs. Samson and Leppoe, requesting you
to ascertain whether any official assurances or ex-
planations have been received tom the French
Government that they will consid=r the free port of
Trieste as belonging to the Gernun Confederation,
and will, consequently, allow merchandise or ships,
sailing under the English flag, snd not carrying
contraband of war, to enter the said free port un-
molested.

" I am to state to you, in reply, that her Majesty's
Government have received no such explanations or
assurances from the French Government; on the
other hand, they have received no intimation of the
port of Trieste being placed underblockade.—l am,
sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
"8. HAMMOND.
" J. Aspinall Turner, Esq., M.F"

COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMPT OF INDIA.-
On the Bth of February the late Housoof Commons was
pleased to order that a select committee le appointed to in-
quire into the progress and prospects ant the best means to
be adopted for the promotion of Europeaki colonizition and
settlement in India, especially in the hill districts and
healthier climates of that country, as wel as for the exten-
sion of our commerce with Central Asia. The committee's
report appeared yesterday in the shall, of a blue-book.
They say that the sudden dissolution of tie late Parliament
put a stop to the inquiries of the coramitt3e, and precluded
the adoption of any final report ; they re,,ommencl, there-
fore, the formation of another committee 4n the meeting of
the new Parliament. The minutes of evilenee are given at
length. The witnesses examined inclule the names of
Dr. Hooker, Colonel H. B. Turner, Mr. G. H. Fenwick,
Mr. H. J. Mille, Mr. Ross D. Manglel Mr. Alexander
Forbes, Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton Vetch, dr. J. B. Barry,
Mr. P. Sanders, Mr. J. Dewar, Captain F. Haig, Mr. E.
B. Underhill, and Mr. E. N. Hudson.;
SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—.The abandon-
ment of the ship Ouzel Galley, of and for Dublin, with a
valuable cargo of sugars, was announcedon Saturday, at
Lloyd's. She was from Trinidad, and onthe first of last
month, when in lat. 33.43, lon. 54.18, sle encountered a
severe hurricane from the N.W. She 'vas struck by a
tremendous sea, which killed the man at t}o wheel, Robert
Owen, a native of Dublin; broke both thols of the chief
officer, fractured the legs of a seaman, and injured Captain
Halpin and two of the crew. The samcsea washed the
captain overboard, but his legs getting intangled in the
chains of the wheel he was rescued from lrowning. The
ship sustained considerable damage. She
gming an exten-
sive leak and lost hermaintopmast, mizenm. t, and jibboom;
the bulwarks were stove ; the after ha brake away,
allowing the sea to get into the hold, an the wheel was
demolished. The ship continued in the mod critical posi
tion, and, fortunately, on the 4th, the Am E. Hooper,
from Liverpool for Baltimore, appeared in tight, and suc-
ceeded in taking off the crew, who were in arory exhausted
condition. The ship and cargo are reportet to have been
heavily insured.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE op IlioAmi.—The cap-
tain of a merchant vessel, named Lightbody was brought
up at the Liverpool police-court yesterday,charged Nvith
attempting to shoot his wife with a pistol. II transpired in
the defence that the prisoner had learnt that his wife had
been married three times previously to husbalds who were
still living, which led to a quarrel. between then. The cer-
tificates of wo marriages were produced and I remand was
solicited, in order that the third might be produced,which
was granted.