The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-23 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Jan. 20.—The insult offered to their
diocesan, the Archbishop
.of Milan, by the very
silly inhabitants of Loco, is not likely to lead to
any hostile collision between the Austrians and the
authorities of the canton of Tessin. Instead of
placing a military cordon on the frontiers, the
Austrian Government will apply to the Federal
Council for satisfaction and settle the matter in a
diplomatic way. In short, the Imperial Cabinet
is not inclined to imitate the example recently
given by Prussia. The murderer of Count Lova-
telli, and eight other persons who aided and abetted
him in the execution of his purpose, have been ar-
rested at Ravenna.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, JAN. 21.
Yesterday a communication was made by the
Minister-President Baron von Manteuffel to the
House of Deputies on the subject of the present
state of the Neuchatel conflict, and was as follows :
"Gentlemen,—At the opening at the
of the Landtag, his Majesty the King indicatedi,th
refe.
of the present session
close of his speech, the contingency
rence to the events that have take"
y power of the
he was resolved to call out the piulacwehiicuhivweuchatel,
military power
had that
country. We were willing, prepared,
to do so no
contingency super; ened, to have vicaceasstietdy the rights of
the King by force of arms, but the
longer exists. We have at
lengththat were detained in
received information
that those t•lubj sets of the King
prison in Neuchatel have b n unconditionally set at
to settle the
liberty. It will therefore b.
e epeoes sibulnec
now
t a European Congress.
future position of Neuchatel a
"Gentlemen,—You will find it, lam sure, perfectly
e Thyself to this very brief notice ;
natural that I confine
of the in %willing to withhold it from you,
on account
but such as it is I was unwilling
interest connected with the
subject."

PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND.
FRANKFORT, Jan. 19.—There is nothing yet
decided as to when or where the conferences on
the Swiss affairs will be held, and the Swiss papers
are quite wrong in supposing that the Congress is
to be convened immediately. Vienna was pro-
posed, but given up for obvious reasons. It is not

likely that Paris will be selected, having been
twice se lately the scene of diplomatic negotiations
for the settlement of the peace of Europe. earls:
ruhe has been talked of, but the government o
Baden has shown itself so hostile towards S
land that the Swiss may be well excused if they
decline sending their representatives to Carlsruhe„
Under these circumstances it is more than probab!o
that London will be the place where the confer-
ences will take place.

memos.* .

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Debats of
this day, says—" The English Government has
again raised the question of the consulates, which,
according to the Treaty of Paris, ought to be
established in the ports of the Black Sea. The
Cabinet of St. Petersburg has declared that Russia
is ready to fulfil all her engagements the moment
England fulfils hers. When the English fleet has
quitted the interior waters of Turkey no obstacles
will be raised to the installation of the consuls."

In St. Petersburg the Czar is engaged in the erec-
tion of one of the largest forges, iron shipbuilding
yards, and engine factories in the world, on one of
the principal quays in the government part of the
city. The operations are being conducted with the
greatest secresy and despatch. That the works are
on a gigantic scale will be evident to the least scien-
tific, when it is stated that 14 steam hammers are
being placed in the forge, for the purpose of con-
structing, together with forgings for marine engines
for the Russian navy, monster wrought-iron ord-
nance. The works are being built chiefly by Eng-
lish mechanics, from one of whom, just returned
to England, this information is derived.