The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THU SUN.

Sir,—The report contained m your paper of this day
of the evidence given iu the Court of Bankruptcy by
Mr. Joseph Marsh, a shareholder, after stating that he
deposed that Mr. Cameron had told him that he could
not select a better investment than the shares of this
bank, proceeds thus :—" Having dwelt particularly on
the soundness of the institution, Mr. Paddison quoted
the 71st article of the charter, to show that he could not,
lose more than one-fourth of the money invested." I
utterly deny the truth of this representation, or that I
ever had any interview with Mr. Marsh. Whatever
may have been said to him by any one at the bank, he
has certainly mistaken some one else for me. I have
observed throughout these proceedings that shareholders
and others are constantly confounding the names of the
officers of the establishment, especially where there were
two or more iu one department.—l am, sir, &c.,
RICHARD PADDISON.
South Sea House, Threadneedle-street,

Jan. 20.

The expense of Mint prosecutions and " law charges"
in England, in the year ended March, was 35,941/.
The accounts just received from Constantinople state
that the firman relative to the Danubian Principalities
had been unanimously adopted.

The Hanoverian -Government has issued a decree
enabling it to refuse a seat in the Chamber to ex-
Ministers and pensioned employes, although elected by
a constituency.
MARRIAGE OF GITIZOT.—From a private source we
learn (says the Tribune) that the celebrated Guizot has
finally married the Princess Lieven, a lady not less
celebrated in diplomatic and social circles. It is stated
that the affair is kept a secret, or rather it is a public
mystery. Guizot is nearly 70 years old, and the lady
is but a few years younger.
THE VICARAGE OF CRIPPLEGATE.—It bas been re
ported, and apparently upon good authority, that either
Mr. Champneys or Mr. Melville would get the living,
the canons of St. Paul's having the nominations to their
livings ia rotation.

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BERLIN, JAN. 20.

Baron Manteuffel has stated to the Chambers
that the release of the Neuchatel prisoners has
been unconditional—(so far as Prussia is con-
cerned). This, he adds, has removed the ques-
tion of war. The solution of other points must
be left to the discussion of the diplomatic Con-
ferences with the European Powers.

VIENNA, JAN. 19

On the 12th inst. the Lloyd's steamer Asia, on
her way from Trieste to Constantinople, was lost
off Yalona, on the coast of Albania.

The passengers, mailbags, and remittances were
saved.

The Archduke Maximilian of Austria has been
appointed Governor-Genera of the Lombardo-
Venetian States as successor to Marshal Radetskyi
retired.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY.
The Moniteur of yesterday states that the Impe-
rial Prince has been suffering during the last two
days from a slight catarrhal fever. He was better
on Monday evening, and his condition is not such
as to justify uneasiness.
The Neuchatel prisoners have arrived at Besan-
son. They have demanded permission to come to
Paris on parole until the question be decided, as
Paris is a more agreeable residence than the prin-
cipal town of the Doubs.

The appeal of Verger from the sentence of the
Court of Assize was received this day by the Pro-
cureur-General at the Court of Cassation. It was
at once handed over to MM.Reverohou and Thier-
celin, advocates attached to the same Court, whose
turn it is this week to examine appeals in criminal
cases. It is believed that the Court will pronounce
its decision on Thursday.
The 12th and 59th regiments of the line, forming
part of the garrison of Toulon, have received orders
to hold themselves in readiness to embark for
Algeria, where it is said they are to be employed in
the approaching campaign against the Kabyles.
Two other infantry regiments are under orders to
reinforce the army in Algeria.
The direct telegraphic communications between
Paris and London continue in,',errupted, but it is
hoped that in a few days they will be re-established,
as a despatch from Calais announces that the two
owls of the broken' submarine cable have been
taken up.

It appears extremely probable that Count de
Moray will remain at St. Petersburg, for the pre-
sent, at all events. The causes which have pro-
duced this sudden change in the destinies of the
greatest and luckiest stock-jobbing speculator are
numerous, and will readily suggest themselves to
your imagination, and are partly personal, partly
political, and partly financial. The Emperor ar-
dently desires to wean his near relation from those
speculating pursuits, which have lifted the Count
from poverty to the lap of opulence. His resi-
dence in Russia will keep him out of the reach
of those wily adventurers like Mires,
Periere, and other successful specu-
lators, who were ever besieging the Count's ante-
chambers to obtain his name as director or gerant
of their operations. The enormous expenses in-
curred by the special embassy to Moscow for the
coronation will be reimbursed to the Count by a
grant of 600,000 f. (or 25,000/. ), a sum which, it is
admitted on all hands, will net be adequate for the
splendid manner in which the Count represented
his newly-adopted country oti that occasion. The
Count will receive a salary of 350,000 f. (14,0001.),
and will retain his place as President of the Corps
Legislatif, which will make a little addition of
5,0001. or 6,0001. a year to his income; in addition
to which his revenues will be increased from other
sources to a considerable amount, and will enable
him to excel in splendour and magnificence all
other European embassies at St. Petersburg.
N.L. Mania has addressed the following letter to
the editor of the Patrie "Sir,—lt is with regret I address you this letter.
It is not my habit to enter into a discussion with
newspapers, but the question of the Swiss mercenaries
appears to me so important for Italy, that I should
'take this opportunity to mention facts, which are
little or not at all known. I will not discuss
your opinion, for it is evident we should never
agree. Nor will I defend my style, which I admit to
be bad, nor that of my friends. I merely take the
liberty of observing that in a. country where the
supreme power is held by one who was himself a
refugee it would perhaps be good taste not to use that
expression as an insult. As to the facts, I maintain my
assertions, and I ask permission to rectify yours. I
have taken my information from official sources. The
entire history of this affair is to be found explained
in the message of the Federal Council to the Swiss
Federal Assembly on the 13th of July, 1855, Now it
appears from this document in an incontestable manner
that Switzerland never seriously desired to prevent the
enrolment of her citizens in foreign service. In
1849 it became necessary to make concessions to
liberal opinions, then powerful in Europe ; but
those concessions were illusory. The Federal Council
says so formally. The object of the existing Federal
Legislation is not to prevent citizens from entering
into the service of foreign States, nor into military bo-
dies.' We have nothing to add to such an explicit decla-
ration. You say, sir, that ' all the Federal Government
could do is to declare that all their countrymen in the
service of Naples and of the Pope had forfeited their
quality of Swiss, and to confiscate their properties.' I
am Perfectly of your opinion. But you add that the
Federal Government tried to do so several years since,
but that the menace did not succeed.' This is an error ;
if those means had been really and seriously employed
they would have succeeded. That is the reason it was
not attempted.
"Accept, Sir, the assurance of my distinguished con
sideratton. " MANIN."
" Paris, Jan. 18."
Bouass, Jan. 20.—The following were the las
quotations
Cash. c.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 6B 25
New Loan

End of Month.
—fr. —O.
68 15

_
Bank Shares 4,200 Roman (2: d),,, 87/
Credit Mobilier 1,407 50 Austrian ....... 88
Belgian Fives 99i— Spanish Throes...... 42 Fiodmontese (5) 92 50 Home Debt ........
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. .
tr. c.
Orleans
1,392950
_5O
sWtreasatberunr
NorthernB37 50
.............. 875
g
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Lyons 1,385 New Ditto
Mediterranean ...... 1,785 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva ...... 750 Tests
0.,..............
THE BE.
The European Commission of the Danube has
commenced its labours, and the following are the
observations collected on the subject of the Channel
of St. George and the Sulina, with the exception of
the mouths :
dep"tThhoefSfrt.omGe7ortgo is
14 metres, frome 200 ,
Georgewhilstt to 4oothemetres
breadth wide,
ofwith
thea
Sulina varies from 75 to 150 metres, and its depth from 5
ms
to 7 metres. It appears, therefore, from these first data,
that the St. George is more favourable to navigation than
the Sulina, as there is room in it for vessels to tack ; and,
moreover, towing can bo carried on with much greater
facility. The length of the channel of St. George is 88
kilometres (55 miles), and that of the Sulina only 74 ; but
this difference of 14 kilometres is more than compensated
for by the distance of nearly 29 kilometres which separate
the two mouths. A vessel which might have time to get
safely into the St. George's entrance might, in running the
extra distance to the Selina, be caught b 3 a north-east gale,
and be kept at sea for three or four days. The St. Geesige s
Channel, from its mouth upwards, contains no serious im-
pediment to navigation; and the different bends in it enable
a vessel to tack and avail itself of the winds, and the deep
channel can be readily indicated by buoys,
In the Sulina,
on the contrary, the obstacles are numerous and offer seri-
ous inconveniences. The bends are more frequent and
sharper, and vessels are very frequently compelled either
to wait for a change of wind or to employ men to tow
them. There aro also in the Sulina several sandbanks, on
which vessels would ground without great care. On the
St. George there aro several large villages,
while on the
Sulina, with the exception of the small town at its mouth,
there is nothing but fishermen's huts along the shore.
The banks of the St. George are higher than those of the
Sulina, and the ground, with only a few exceptions, is
capable of cultivation. Those of the Sulina are, on the
contrary, low and swampy. From all these reasons, the
pre
George." ference appears to be given at present to the St.

b y The fol owin 0. *W 8 liTZERLAND,,
,„ tae Order of th© Day published
General Dufour
"Head-quarters, Zurich, Jan. 17.
"The General of the Federal Army invites the divi-
sional commanders to an .ounce to their troops that the
Legislative Councils of the Confederation have adopted,
by a great majority, in their sittings of the 15th and
16th, the propositions of the Federal Council tending to
arrange the affair of Neuchatel in a pacific manner, but
without entailing prejudice on the dignity and honour
of Switzerland. He expresses to the soldiers of all
ranks his high satisfaction at the promptitude with
which they responded to the call of their country
when its independence was menaced, as well as at
their conduct under arms. They will continue to
prove in future, by their discipline, conduct, and re-
spect for the measures taken by the supreme authorities
of the country, that they merit the sympathy shown
them in all quarters. The General, in concert with the
chiefs of the Federal Army, will do all in his power to
relieve the position of the troops as far as it is compa-
tible with the requirements of the service. Ho is aware
of all that they have to suffer in winter quarters ; but
he is also aware that it is by a patient support of priva-
tions that good soldiers are recognised. It was as much

" -

by their devotion in supporting the ri..ours of a long
:rids tb the soldierl.
of !he Crimea acquired that hal, c.7loty and gratitude
which accompanies them every,,-lietv.
" G. H. DUFOUR, Commander-in-Chief."

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, JAN. 19.
Yesterday evening, although Sunday, the Staats
Anzeiger published a number, containing a list o
the names of all those who had that day received
an Order, together with a short account of the
ceremonies connected with the Ordensfest.
Among the names of the noblemen who re-
ceived the investiture of the order of the Black
Eagle on this occasion is that of Baron von Man-
teuffel ; the order itself was, however, conferred
on him last March on occasion of the Treaty of
Peace being concluded at Paris, and the additional
distinction conferred on him yesterday appears to
have consisted in the chain or collar of the Order,
and probably formed the expression of his Royal
Master's great satisfaction at the pacific conclusion
of the Neuchatel difficulty, for the only complica-
tion which in any degree endangered the preserva-
tion of peace was the detention and the threatened
trial of the Royalist prisoners.

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN
LOMBAR,DYF

VIENNA, JAN. 18.
Yesterday afternoon the Stadtholder of Lombardy
announced by electric telegraph that the officers
belonging to the garrison of Milan, the clergy, and
the civil authorities had been permitted to pay their
respects to his Majesty on the preceding day. Be-
tween the hours of 1 and 2 many ladies of rank
were presented to the Empress. In the evening
their Majesties went to the Scala Theatre. In the
morning of the 17th (yesterday) the Emperor called
at the palaces occupied by the Stadtholder and the
Central Congregation, and afterwards inspected
various public establishments. At 2 o'clock there
was a grand parade. " The people give an excel-
lent reception to their Majesties whenever they
appear in public." The authorities at Milan
did their utmost to secure a good reception
for the Emperor, and their exertions have been
successful. No great confidence can be placed
in official communications on such a subject,
but the behaviour of the Milanese must have been
perfectly satisfactory, for the Emperor yester-
day informed the Archduchess Sophia by elec-
tric telegraph that the reception given to himself
and the Empress was extremely good. According
to my informant, who obtained his intelligence at
the fountain head, their Majesties were so well
pleased with the Scala and its audience that they
remained until the ballet was over, although the
Empress was slightly indisposed. The Duke of
Giulio de Melzi, who has a magnificent palace at
Milan, gives a grand ball on the 24th instant, at
which their Majesties will be present.

ITALY.

COUNT CAVOUR ON THE ANGLO•AUSTRIAN

RAPPROCHEMENT.

The Opinione of the 16th publishes a report of
the interpellations in the Chamber of Deputies at
Turin on the 15th, relative to the foreign policy
of the Piedmontese Government. M. Brofferio
reviewed the present situation of Italy and expressed
dissatisfaction with the results of the alliance with
the Western Powers.

- -M. Cavour, President of the Council, replied at
some length. In the course of his speech he said :
" The sad and anomalous condition of Italy has been pro-
claimed in the Congress and recognised by the Powers who
have urged an Italian Sovereign to improve the condition
of his people. But no one thought that such counsels
must necessarily be supported by an armed force.
It would have been monstrous for the Powers, scarcely
out of a war which they abstained from pursuing to
its legitimate advantages, to dream of entering upon
a war on the question of the internal condition of
other States. The diplomatic negotiations have not
yet terminated ; the Chamber will therefore understand
my reserve. But the difficulties arisin out of the treaty,
difficulties now happily removed, have diverted the atten-
tion of the Western Powers, and brought together England
and Austria in a question altogether special. This rap-
prochement, however, cannot ba called an alliance ; and I
do not believe that the opinions of the English Govern-
ment will undergo a change, or that it will applaud the
Austrian policy in Italy. As, to us, we have marched
firmly in one path since our accession to power. We have
shown that the condition of Italy was worthy to excite
sympathy, and that Italians are fit to be ruled with liberty
—and we have neglected nothing in the interest of the
nation's dignity and independence. The Consul at Mes-
sina is a Messinese ; and, if I can rely upon my correspon-
dence, many things have been invented or exaggerated in
his regard. The Consul at Palermo has served his Govern.
meet with fidelity, and manifested sentiments deserving of
praise. I add that it is not we who encourage incomplete
movements or senseless revolutionary attempts; we under-
stand otherwise the regeneration of the country, and our
policy will always be frank and loyal. So long as we are
at peace with the Italian States we shall not have recourse
to revolutionary agencies. Before inflaming and carry-
ing out revolutions we shall declare war. As to the
lamentable incidents which have occurred at Naples, and
of which M. Brofferio reminds us, I
repudiate them
emphatically, and. I protest against them in the interest
of Italy. (Bravos.) Such acts do not belong to the Italian
party, but to the wretched and mistaken men who deserve
our pity. They ought to be stigmatised and condemned
y
by whoever has the honour and the future of Ital at
heart. (Applause.) I owe here a sincere confession to the
Chamber. In politics Ido not behove in prophecies, and
I have never made any. Modern history is at hand to
teach us that events arise without any prevision. To make
suppositions is inopportune and ridiculous. Is it wished to
not difficult. Since Victor
know our parsien:nipaleeds ?thlet
tihsrone,
the Government has
liberty at home, and to advance
athlwe ahyi sg
hs sought
tg hwtetl
foa developsre of ta
Italy
b d
a roa . Such are the princi-
ples which caused us to participate in the war, which have
guided us in the Conferences, and to which we shall keep
in the future. Bravos.) But you exclaim, ' Where are
Con-
gress have not proßd
the advantages:'( subcoell th e m
materiall f
resultsth e wafro and nd
Italy,the theyhave at least given it an moral result. Beyond
the Alps Italy wa„l::.menseverel
ud ed. I ap-
peal herein to all who have been jabig•oad, and I
evidence the unjust opinions of authors who have had gym-
p
a
hs for Italy, such as Byron and Macaulay. To them
Italy was a beautiful but unhappy lady, having a barbar-
ous and Tyrannical husband, and unable to govern the
family. licy adopted by Piedmont, and the part she has taken in the war and in the Councils of Europe, have modified public opinion. I appeal on this point to
the liberal press of France, England, and Ger-
many, and to the opinions of those who have travelled
through
Europe within the last few months. To-day,
with all generous hearts, an Italian or a Sardinian is be-
yond the Alps an object of esteem and sympathy; he who
has faith in brutal force alone may laugh at such a result
as a trifling matter ; but it will not be so with those who
have faith in progress, public opinion, and the force of
ideas. (Bravos.) I know that these brief explanations
will not convert the deputy Brofferio, but they will prove
at least that our—l would say your—policy has not been
barren. In the Congress of Paris seeds have been sown
which will be made fruitful by time and the virtues of
Italians."