The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-05 00:00:00

R USSIA AND CHINA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, dated July 21,
gives the following summary of the treaty recently
concluded at Tien-Tzin by Count Putiatine on the
13th of June last :

Art. 3 says :
" The commerce of Russia with China may
henceforth be carried on not only by land in the old
border localities, but by sea also. Russian merchant
vessels mfiy land their cargoes at the following
ports :—Shanghai, Ningro, Foo-choo-foo, Slat_
mouim, Canton, Tai-wan-fou, Tscium-tehyin, and
at other places opened to foreign commerce."
In Art. 4 it is said

„Infuture no restrictions whatever shall be put
upon the number of persons employed in the com-
merce by land, or on the amount of merchandise
imported, or on the capital employed.”
Art. 5 says :
~ The Russian Government has the right, should
it think fit, to appoint Consuls in all the above-
named ports. It may send its vessels of war there
to maintain order among Russian subjects sojourn-
ing at the open ports, and to protect the authority
of the Consuls."

In Articles 9 and 10 it is said:—
,‘ The Chinese Government, raeognising that the
Christian doctrine contributes to the establishment
of order and harmony among men, binds itself not
only not to persecute its subjects for following the
Christian religion, but to protect them equally as are
protected the adherents of any other form of wor-
ship tolerated in the Empire. Considering the mis-
sionaries to be worthy men, not acting from any
personal interest, the Chinese Government autho-
rises them to propagate Christianity among its
subjects, and will not prevent them from pene-
trating into the interior of the Empire by all open
localities ; consequently. a fixed number of
mis-
sionaries shall be provided with certificates by the
Consuls or frontier authorities of Russia."
It is further said in Art. 10 :

" All the members of the ecclesiastical mission of
Russia, instead of sojourning at Pekin for a fixed
time, as formerly, may, in virtue of a decision from
the superior authorities, return at any time to
Russia by Kiakhta, or by any. other route, and
c tiler persons may be nominated in their stead and
place at Pekin."

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death
M.P.—We regret to an
DEATH OF THE HON. ROBERT
Windsorof ,
Clive, M.P. for South Shropshire, who expired
lyestserduaay forenoon at his residence in John-street, Berke-
re.
The hon. gentleman had been in indifferent
healthe3--c since the late general election, and was unable
through illness to attend in the House of Commons on the
division on the Marquis of Hartington's amendment to the
address, which led to the overthrow of the Earl of Derby's
Government. It was only a few hours before his dissolu-
tion that fears were entertained of his ultimate recovery.
The probable character of the transformation of
the French army and navy from a war to a peace footing
seems now to be well understood, and Consols, therefore,
notwithstanding the pacific announcements daily received,
remain without any tendency to improvement. The de-
mand for money has been rather less active this afternoon,
and at the Bank there was a falling off in the applications.-
The mercantile bills which fell due yesterday were remark-
ably well met, no case of embarrassment of the slightest im-
portance having transpired.—Times' City Article.