The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-02 00:00:00

, 1857.

LATEST N E WS.

ENGLAND AND PERSIA.
BERLIN, JAN. 31.

The assertions of the English papers, relative
to the pretended acceptance of the British ulti-
matum by Persia, are incorrect.

A Russian note protests against the pretensions
of England, admitting, at the same time, the
evacuation of Herat by Persia.

Tho Maniteur do l'Arrae publishes a communi-
cation from Persia, in which is announced what
it terms " a serious fact," that the most impor-
tant provinces of Affghanistan, without whore
assistance the British army could not undertake a
campaign in the interior of Persa, had declared
for the Shah.

It is added that the Governor of India, who had
entertained the idea of sending an expedition to
Cahul, had wisely abandoned it, having received
positive information that he could not rely on the
troops of Dust Mahommed. It is said that, since
then, the whole of Candahar had declared for Persia.
The tribesof the Douranees, who are contiguous to
that province, and who are regarded as the most
powerful in the country, had prevailed on the
Government and the other Chiefs to send a de-
putation to Teheran. Those deputies were admitted
to an audience on the 7th Dec. by Nadir Eddin
Shah, to whom they presented the tribute of their
homage. The city of Candahar, situate on the left
bank of the river Urghundaub, in a magnificent
and fertile plain, and in the richest portion of
Affghanistan, is a strategic point of the greatest
importance. It commands the three roads by
which British India may be approached. Tho
district called Candahar, of which the city is the
capital, comprises three provinces with a
population of 1,500,000 inhabitants, and a
standing army of 80,000 men supplied by the
various tribes which inhabit it. The occupa-
tion of the town of Furrah by the ,Persian~
had considerable influence on the Affghans
and that of the population of the entire of
Western Affghanistan. The Ilioniteur de l'Armee
regards the plan of the General commanding the
British army in the Persian gulf, as developed by
the attack on Bushire, as well conceived in a stra-
tegic point of view. It thinks that he never in-
tended to advance into the interior of Persia,
or into the plains of Affghanistan, but
solely to attract the enemy to these points,
and to divert their attention while he estab-
lished himself on the Persian Gulf. It
affirms as a fact, that since the capture of
Bushire the British Commissioner who accompa-
nied the expedition has proposed terms of peace to
the Shah, and among the conditions imposed on
the Persian Government is the right of the
British to in future possess an establishment in
the Persian Gulf. Such an establishment is of
the first consequence for the navigation of the
Xuphrates, and for the new railway which is to con-
nect that river with the Mediterranean. That is the
pith of the question. " Such," says the Moniteur
de r Armee, " is the plan of the British Govern-
ment, always so persevering and so correct in
their point of view with respect to the interests of
the East India Company." The reply of the Shah
to the propositions of the British Commissioner
cannot be known for at least a month, in conse.
quence of the season and the distance from Te-
heran to Bushire.

The Paris correspondent of the Times, second

edition, says :
Paris is said to be the place now decided on for
the conferences on the Neuchatel question. It is
demanded both by Switzerland and Prussia.
It is considered probable that M. Rouher, M _
nister of Public Works, will be named to the Presi-
dency of the Legislative Corps, until such time as
M. de Morny can return to France. The storm
that a certain recent change has excited in some
quarters here will probably be appeased in about
twelve months hence, but hardly before. When
M. de Morny returns he will probably be named
President of the Senate, with the title of Arch--
something—Chancellor, I believe. Few so well
as the Emperor know how to exalt civic virtue.
M. Troplong, who now presides over that dignified
body, is in bad health, and, whether ill or well,
will find it convenient to retire when St. Peters-
burg restores M. de Morny to France.
The concession for the Karnthner Railroad has
just been granted by the Emperor of Austria, but
the " founders" have not yet been able to place
shares of the nominal value of 15,000,000fi. As
no one in Vienna believes that the railroad can
ever pay more than the 5 per cent, guaranteed
by Government, the public will have nothing to
do with it.

The Ceas contains some Russian news of inte-
rest. General Chruleff, the commander of the
Russian corps on the frontiers of Persia, has been
summoned to St. Petersburg, " where be will
receive instructions how to act should it be neces-
sary to advance into Central Asia." In the
Russian capital, General Chruleff meets the Com-
mander of the East Siberian squadron, the Go-
vernor of East Siberia, and Adjutant-General
Mouravieff 1., the late Commander-in Chief of
the Caucasus army, "who is more intimately
acquainted with the state of things in Central
Asia than any other Russian geueral." According
to a private letter received by the Czas from
Siberia, a Russo-American commercial company is
about to navigate some of the Siberian rivers with
steamers. One of the Company's steamers already
runs in the river Ob, and another is soon to be
sent to the Irtisch, which is a tributary of the Ob.

The Augsburg Gazette contains a remarkable
article on the French mediation in the quarrel
between Russia and Switzerland. Austria clearly
saw the danger which both parties incurred ; but
they turned a deaf ear to her wise counsel, which was,
that the matter should at once be referred to the de-
cision of the parties to the London Protocol. In con-
sequence of the violence of King Frederic William
IV. Louis Napoleon has become protector of
the Swiss Confederation and mediator between the
Prussian Cabinet and the Federal Council. The
writer of the article in the Augsburg Gazette fore-
tells that both Prussia and Switzerland will
rue the day on which they accepted the proffered
mediation of the French Monarch. It is the old
story of the lawyer and his clients. Neither
Prussia nor Switzerland will gain anything by
their quarrel, but France will profit greatly at
their expense.