The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur publishes a decree promulgating
the treaty concluded on the 14th March last be-
tween France and Denmark relative to the redemp-
Con of the dues hitherto paid by vessels passing the
Sound and the Belts.
The Nord announces, on the faith of a Paris let-
ter, that the second plenipotentiaries cf the treaty
of Paris will hold a congress in the French capital
in November, to settle the question of the P • flnel-
palities.
" The series of personal interviews of sovereimens,"
says the Nord, " which for the last month has kept
Europe in suspense, is now over. The interviews
of the Emperor Napoleon with Queen Victoria at
Osborne ; of the former with the Emperor Alex-
ander and the King of Wurtsmberg at Stuttg rdt
of the Emperor of Russia with the Emperort
Austria at. Weimar ;of the Emperor exander
wlththe King of Saxony and several German sove-
reigns at Dresden ; and lastly, of the same Em-
peror with the King of Prussia at Berlin, con-
stitutes the series. These are certainly events
which will !render the last few weeks one of the
most memorable epochs of contemporaneous his-
tory. The succession and the multiplied rela-
tions of these personal meetings of the Emperor
Alexander 11., whose pacific and liberal tendencies
are well known, with all these sovereigns, will suf-
fice to do away with the gratuitous suppositions
which the fear of isolated alliances had provoked on
the part of certain journals, and may sanction the
most sanguine hopes of a general good understand-
ing and of the consolidation of peace and good re-
lations between the governments and nations of
Europe."
If we (Galignani) are to put faith in the pro-
phetic powers of the Univers, the evils which have
hitherto resulted from the Indian revolt are com-
paratively light when contrasted with those which
remain in store. That journal parades before the
eyes of its readers a formidable list of calamities
which menace England ; this list comprises the ex-
haustion of the East India Company, the decline
of the aristocracy, the triumph of principles of
equality, the increase of crown influence, the de-
velopment of electoral corruption, and the advent
of a government " such as was seen in France un-
der Louis Philippe.'' We reproduce the views of
our contemporary, which ought to content the
most intolerant foe of England :-
1 "During the pacification of India, the commerce
of the land will be almost entirely interrupted, and
the revenue of the company greatly reduced. This
state of things cannot fail to produce greet changes.
Should the existence of the company be prolonged, go-
vernment will be compelled to render it assistance, and
thereby increase taxation. The customs returns will b
s
dl einlehed, an income-tax will infallibly be established.
The members of the aristocracy, whose incomes have
already been re luced by recent legislative laws, would
witness an additional decrease in their resources. They
would be compelled to reduce their expenditure, and
thereby forfeit a considerable portion of their influence.
A great mistake would be made in supposing that the
fatal principles of equality, from which we have so long
suffered, have not penetrated into England. A great
number of persons of the middle class invade the minis-
tries, arid request employment in the public service;
while wealthy young men belonging to the upper classes
avoid military service. They dislike residing for any
time out of England, and this repugnance will be
heightened now that nearly the entire British army is
employed in India and the colonies. In definitive, the
events of India must tend to increase the influence o f
the crown by the vast number of civil and military ap-
pointments which are now etas disposal. This circumstance
will enable ministers to surround themselves' with de-
voted clients, and will thereby contribute to develop
electoral corruption. The influence of the aristocraay
will be effecsd, and the midule classes may perhaps
endow Great Britain with a Government similar to that
which existed in France under Louis Phillippe. This
would be the ruin 6f England's greatness."
The Spectateur states in au article headed cc The
Interviews" that it his sough in vain for an Euro-
pean question of sufficient importance to have
warranted any serious determination on the parit
t
of the sovereigns who met in Stuttgardt ; and
maintains that the latter meeting was despoiled of
its significancy by the subsequent interview at
Weimar :
" What importance," exclaims the Spectateur, "would
have been attached, fifty years ago, to the meeting at
Tilsit, had the Emperor Alexander I, before returning
to his dominions, pa d a visit to King George 111 !"
Our contemporary admits that a
paeific spirit pre-
,ided at these interviews ; but it insinuates that
three natural causes tend even more surely than
these courteous meetings to preserve the peace of
Europe ; these causes are :--
"In the first place, the events of India. The
journals which dwell with the greatest complacency
on the power of England admit that, in order
to re-establish her rule on the Ganges, she must
devote her entire resources to that war, and avoid any
complication that might require her intervention on the
European continent. We may, therefore, be assured
that England will excite no fresh difficulties, not even
under the administration of Lord Palmerston. Russia,
on her side, requires several years of complete peace to
remove the traces of the wounds inflicted on her by the
last war. Peace is necessary to her, in order to construct
her railroads, to place her porta beyond the reach of the'
means of destruction recently invented by science, to re-
organise her navy and army. Let us glance at the
financial state of the continent, and we shall diecover a
third reason to confide in the continuance of peace. An
examination of the money-markets of Paris and Vienna
shows that war is impossible. We are afraid to borrow
a few hundred millions in order to consolidate our float-
ing debt ; could we borrow thousands of millions fur a
war ? When our most prosperous railroads are cciee-
pelted to adjourn their works, who wuuld dream of ap-
plying to credit for the purchase of powder and ball ?
Peace is therefore for the moment a necessity for Europe,
This peace will doubtless not be that of the Abbe of St.
Pierre, and a day will come when war will once
more be waged, either out of jealousy, or dislike,
or to divert public opinien from home politics ;
then will blood once more be shed, and fortunes be
destroyed ; but this moment is distant, and we are, for
the time beine, in the midst of a general armistice."
The Cortstitutionnel comments in the following
terms on the circular note addressed by the Porte to
the Cabinets of Europe on the Principalities ques-
tion :--

" We cannot con3ider this eocumeizt in any other light

than as the result of an error which is developing it-
self ; and we cannot construe its bearing into a menace.
We are inclined to believe thst on the day when the
congress of Paris shall be called upon to examine the
labours of the European commission charted with col-
lecting the wishes of the divans ad hoc, its deliberations
will not be troubled in the slightest by this circular
note ; and that the Sublime Porte, hearkening to the
voice of truth, will not hesitate to guarantee the politi-
cal future and the prosperity of two provinces which
contain more than four million inhabitants."
The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived here :

" BERLIN, 6th, Evening.—The King of Saxony
left Potsdam last night to return to Dresden. His
Majesty, before his departure, presented to Prince
Gortschalioff the grand cordon of the Green Crown.
The Imperial family of Russia left this morning at
a little before nine. The King accompanied them
from Potsdam to Berlin."

BOURSE, Oct. 7. —Two o'clock.—The market has
been heavy, as advices from London have hinted
that the Bank of London would to-morrow raise its
rate of discount from 5i to 6 per cent.
Half-past Three.—The following were the last
quotations : _ .

Cash. fr. End of Month.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 67 70 67 85
Bank Shares 2,975 Credit Foncier — --
Credit Mobilier B' 5 Roman
Do. Account B5O Austrian
Belgian 4i — Spanish Threes —
Fiedmontese (5) 9o4— Home Debt —