The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

We learn by telegraph from Berne, under date
of the 11th inst., that the National Council of
Switzerland, after examining the report of the
committee, had unanimously decreed the ratifica-
tion of the treaty for the settlement of the Neu-
chatel question.

The official text of the treaty is as follows :
" Art. 1. His Majesty the King of Prussia con-
sents to renounce for ever, for himself, his heirs,
and successors, the sovereign rights which Art. 23
of the treaty concluded at Vienna on the 9th June,
1815, attributes to him over the principality of
Neuchatel and the county of Valangin.
"Art. 2. The State of Neuchatel, dependent
henceforth upon itself, will continue to form part
of the Swiss Confederation in the same manner as
the other cantons, and conformably to Art. 75 of
the above-cited treaty.

"Art. 3. The Swiss Confederation will defray
all the expenses resulting from the events of Sep-
tember 1856. The canton of Neuchatel cannot be
called upon to contribute towards the payment
except as in the same measure as any other canton
and at the pro rata of its money contingent.
" Art. 4. The expenses which are at the charge
of the canton of Neuchatel are to be shared by all
the inhabitants according to the principle of jug
proportion, without being, by an exceptional tax
or by any other manner, exclusively or chiefly made
to fall upon a class or category of families or of in-
dividuals.

" Art. 5. An entire and full amnesty will be
granted for all political or military offences or mis-
deeds connected with late events, and in favour of
all the Neuchatelese, S wiss, or strangers, and espe-
cially in favour of the militiamen, who by crossing
into a foreign land escaped the obligation of taking
arms. No action, criminal or correctional, or for
damages, can be instituted either by the Canton of
Neuchatel or by any corporation or person what-
soever against those who took part either directly
or indirectly in the events of September. The
amnesty will extend equally to all political offences
or offences of the press anterior to the events of
September.

"Art. 6. The,revenues of the Church property,
which in 1848 were annexed to the State, cannot
be employed otherwise than as originally intended.
"Art. 7. The capital and the revenues of charit-
able institutions, of institutions of public utility, as
also the fortune left by the will of Baron de Pury
to the bourgeoisie of Neuchatel shall be religiously
respected ; they shall be kept up according to the
intentions of the founders and to the acts which
instituted those foundations, and can never be
employed for any other but the original object for
which they were intended.

" Art. 8. The present treaty shall be ratifie
and the ratifications exchanged, within a term of
21 days, or sooner if possible. The exchange of
ratification to take place at Paris.

" In faith of which the respective plenipoteniaries
have signed it, and affixed thereto the saal of their
arms.

" Done at Paris, the 26th of May, 1857.
" KERN.
" HUBNER.
" A. WALEWSKI.
" COWLEY.
" C. M. DE HATZFELDT,
" COUNT KISSELEFF.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
The object of the journey of M. Fould, Minister
of State, to England is to visit the exhibition at
Manchester. as renresehtative of the Emi,eror.
His Excellency has been invited by Queen Victoria
to pass some days at Windsor.
An article in the Moniteur expresses in the
warmest terms to the departed Legislative Corp,
as likewise to the Council of State and the Sena. e,
the thanks of the Emperor and of the nation for
the services rendered by those three political bodies
to France. The official journal enumerates at some
length the various measures of public utility to
which the Legislative Corps has in particular con-
tributed by its acquiescence during the period of
its existence ; and it heartily congratulates that
body on having so perfectly comprehended the
nature of its mission, and on having fulfilled its
duties with equal zeal and prudence.
An Imperial decree appoints the Comte de Ger-
miny, Governor of the Credit Foncier of France,
to be Governor of the Bank of France, in the
place of the Comte d'Argout, whose resignation has
been accepted. A second decree appoints M.
d'Argout as Honorary Governor of the Bank of
France.
The Moniteur publishes the official returns of
the import and export trade of France durii g the
last year with the comparison of the two preceding.
The total amount of the imports for 1856 in round
numbers was 2,564 millions, being an increase of
468 millions over these of the year 1855, and of
692 millions over 1854. The item which shows the
greatest increase over 1855 •is corn, 181 millions.
The eandidntes of the Government for the de-
partment of the Seine are—lat circumspection, M.
Guyard Delalain • 2d, M. Devinck ; 3d, M. Ger-
main Thibaut ; 4th, M. Varin • sth, M. Monnin-
Japy ; 6th, M. Perret ; 7th, M. Lanquetin ; Bth,
M. Foucher Lepelletier ; 9th, M. Koenigswarter ;
and 10th, Dr. Veron, being all the members who
sat for these circumscriptions in the last legislature.
The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived to-day :
BERNE, June 11.—The national council, after
having heard the report of the committee which i
had been appointed, voted unanimously the ratiti
cation of the treaty relative to the Neuchatel ques.
tion.

HAMBURG, June 11.—The Grand Duke Con-
stantine of Russia arrived at Kiel last evening, and
embarked immediately on board the Rurik frigate
for St. Petetaburg.
BOURSE, June 12.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. C. End of Month.
it) per Cents
3 per Cents 6B 40 0 10
Bank Shares 4,500 Credit Foncier 565
Credit Mobilier 1,152 50 Roman B7
Do. Account 1,175 Austrian
Belgian 41
Piedraontese (5) 9l4— Home Debt

RAILWAYS-FOR CASH.
ft. c. ft c.
Orleans 1,4721— Western 772 i--
Northern
Lyons 1,477 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1885 y— Grand Central 1—
Geneva
Midi

THE B.I,AZILS AND RIVER PLATE.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Teviot, Capt.
Mir, hal just arrived with tLo J3raziLau and River
Plate

Her (bites are: Buenos Ayr eit, May 5 ; Montevideo,
6 ; Rio Jint-iro, 15 ; Bahia, 19 ; Pernamidttco, 22 ;
Madei►a, June 6; Li-bon, 9.
She has 101 passengers, and on freight specie
value 2301., diamonds value 87,9591., and cargo of
tap oca, ipecacu,rnha, cochineal, and sundries.
The steamer was detained at Buenos Ayres by
the British Minister, to bring home the results
of the elections f-r Governer of ihe provinc-. The
votes were as follow :—Alsina, 35 ; Peira, 18 ;
Slavallot, 7. Alsina had declined h s nornihation,
and tendered his renunciation t r the General
Assembly, on the ground of strong personal oppo-
sition to him, but the renunciation was negatived
by 44 to 11, and his acceptance wan looked upon as
certain.
Exchange 745.

The revelution in the Rosa Rio had been put
down by the Governor of Sauta Fe, and a tempo-
rary arrangement come to with Urquitza.
At Monte Video business was at a standstill.
The fever had made great ravages, but was hoped
to have subsided.

Exchange 735.
The money market at Rio wa3 quiet.
Exchange 271 d. to ;I,d.
The Bank of Brazil had raised the rate of dis-
count to 9 p,r cent. The coffee crop would be the
largest ever known. The new Chambers opened
on the 3d May. It wai doubted whether the new
Ministry would be able to sustain itself. Yellow
fever was daily diminishing. Quotations of coffee
were nominal.

At Pernambuco money was scarce. Exchange,
270. to 28d. 60 and 90 days. Fre'ghts had ad-
vanced owing to a scarcity of vessels. The town
was free from yellow fever. Suglrs had advanced
in price, and large purchases made. Hides, last
sales were equal to 114,d. per pound.
At Bail, sales of sugar wt•re unimportant, but
prices sustained thon,elves xt farmer quit
Stocks of cotton ware small and quo#ai ions nominal.
The coffee crop was at an end, and no supplies re-
ceived during the week. Quotations were at
455. 10d. to 475. 9d. per cwt., free on board. Hides
were dull, sale and 'nixes flat. Exchange clo_ed
flat, at 2744.

The steamer Gi lien Fleece arrived at Bahia
from Southampton on the 19th May.
The steamer Tr ur oin Hai ',burg and South-
ampton, was to leave Rio on the.l7th
The screw sfeamer Hy ditipe4, from Southamp-
ton, arrived at Lisbon on the 9Lh June.
The French steamer Eresil had put back to Rio
with damaged machinery.
The Genoa, Sardinian steamer, arrived at Per-
nambuco, from Europe, May 22. •
The Victor Emmanuel, from Rio, for Genoa,
arrived at Lisbon, June 9.
Her Majesty's guiibogt Firm, bound for China,
was at St. Vincent, May 31 ; the squadron at ren-
dezvous off the island ou the Bth inst.