The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-01 00:00:00

Income received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1859, as shown in Account I 16,492,256

Amount received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1859, in repayment of Advances
for Public Works, &c

478,286

£17,575,106

2,929,940

£20,505,016

RUSSIA, FRANCE, AND _ITALY.

We have already published copious extracts from
the blue-book on Italy. A subsequent perusal of
its contents induces us to add the following papers
bearing upon the relations of Russia and Austria,
and the alleged secret Treaty between France and
Russia, the first intimation of which was give, in
the early part of Easter week. These papers in-
clude, in the first place, two despatches written by
Sir J. Crampton to the Earl of Malmesbury, at the
end of January and about the middle of February
last. We annex both, as follows :

" No. 72.
(Received February 28.)

" SIR. J. CRAMPTON TO THE EARL OF MALMESBURY.

St. Petersburg, San. 26,1859.
" Upon the receipt of your lordship's despatch of
the 12th ult., I took an early opportunity of put-
ting Prince Gortschakoff in possession of the views
and opinions of her Majesty's Government in re-
gard to the unsatisfactory state of the relations be-
tween France and Austria, as made known to me
by that despatch and its enclosures.
" I have had several conversations with his
Excellency upon this subject, both before and after
I had received your lordship's official instructions.
" After making his Excellency fully acquainted
with the motives and considerations• which have
induced her Majesty's Government to address the
Governments of France,4Austila, and Sardinia_at
the present conjuncture, told his Excellency that
your lordship, putting confidence in the declara-
tions he had made to me of his constant desire to
maintain the peace of Europe, had directed me to
ascertain how far the Russian Government would
be disposed to assist England in recommending
prudence and temper to thosS Governments. The
policy of her Majesty's Government, I said, was
simply the preservation of peace by a faithful
maintenance of the treaties now in force; and her
Majesty's Government trusted that Russia, laying
aside any feeling, favourable or unfavourable, which
she might entertain towards either of the two
great Powers in question, would join England in
effecting an object which it is the interest of all to
secure.

" Prince Gortschakoff listened with attention to
all the observations which I ventured to offer to
him on this subject, and repliel to the following
effect :

" ' You have certainly not misrepresented me in
reporting to your Government that I wish to see
peace maintained. Russia desires peace, and even
requires it, for the development of the great mea-
sures of internal improvement in which she is en-
gaged. But I remarked that you used the phrase,
throwing aside all feeling, favcurable or unfavour-
able, towards the parties in question ;' and I should
be departing altogether from the frankness which
you invite, were I to allow you to suppose that we
could associate ourselves in any course of action in
which this was to be a Condition. In a word, we
cannot weigh France and Austria in the same
balance. Our relations with the former are cordial
—with the latter they are far from being so ; nor
do I see any prospect of an improvement of them.
This could only result from an entire change of
system on the part of the Austrian Government,
and of such a change I see neither the commence-
ment nor the probability.'
" Prince Gortschakoff then proceeded, at some
length, to enumerate the grievances of which
Russia conceives she has reason to complain on the
part of Austria ; but as your lordship is, doubtless,
well acquainted, with these, it would serve no
good purpose to record them here. It will suffice
to say, that his Excellency's language seemed to
preclude any prospect of a renewal of the intimacy
which formerly subsisted between the Cabinets of
St. Petersburg and Vienna.
" Prince Gortschakoff in conclusion, said,—
' Russia was formerly in the habit of offering
friendly advice to such of the Cabinets of Europe
as she had reason to hope would have appreciated
her motives in doing so ; but it is a policy in which
she has not found her account ; she has consequently
now none to offer. if her opinion is asked, how-
ever, it will be freely given, and it will be in
favour of peace. So far we can gO, but no further.
Recollect, however, that although sincerely
desirous that peace should be maintained, I do
not tell you that, should it unfortunately be
otherwise, we should under no circumstances take
part in the contest. We reserve to ourselves entire
liberty of action in this respect."
" No. 73.
" (Received February 28.)
" SIR J. CRAMPTON TO THE EARL OF MALMES-
BURY.

" St. Petersburg, Feb. 15, 1859.
" Although we must regret the position which
Russia, as one of the great Powers of Europe, has
chosen to assume on the present occasion, aid per-
haps still more the motives which she has assigned
for assuming. it, we cannot charge Prince Gortscha-
koff or his Imperial Majesty with want of frank-
ness in their manner of evincing their real feelings.
The motive for standing aloof at the present
conjuncture of the affairs of Europe is a fact not
concealed, and is avowedly the necessity of hus-
banding her resources, and repairing her recent
losses, while the rest of Europe is engaged in war.
But another motive still less creditable to her is
scarcely dissimilated by her Government, while it
is loudly proclaimed.by till public, namely, the hope
that the expected war may result in the thorough
humiliation of Austria.
" The neutrality proposed by Russia is one of an
avowedly hostile nature, as far as Austria is con-
cerned, and consequently scarcely deserves the
name; and the liberty of action which she reserves
to herself clearly refers to the contingency of her
cid being required to bring about that result.
"It is true that Prince Gortschakoff has invaria-
bly declared that the Russian Government is de-
sirous that the peace of Europe should be main-
tained; but I should be misleading your Lordship
if I represented him as urging her Majesty's
Government to take measures to prevent its being
disturbed. Prince Gortschakoff did not, as indeed
he could not, question the policy or motives of her
Majesty's Government, as communicated to him by
me, but he confined himself to a justification of