The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-10 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

PARIS, DEC. 9.

The Patric of this evening publishes the fol-
lowing despatch from New York, dated Nov. 27 :

" It is asserted that President Lincoln displays a
very conciliatory spirit in the affair of the French
merchantman Jules et Marie, which the Federal
Government states was boarded by the San Jacinto
in consequence of some mistake."

TURIN, DEC. 9.

In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Baron Ricasoli
announced that the Ministers would give an ex-
planation on subjects which have been brought
forward by some members of the Opposition. In
speaking of the Venetian emigration he said, "We
have 12,000 Roman and Venetian emigrants, of
whom 5,000 receive pecuniary aid from the Govern-
ment."

General Della Rovere justified the prohibition
which he issued in Sicily against the public collec-
tion of signatures to a protest against the occupa-
tion of Rome by the French.

Signor Mellani spoke at great length against the
Ministry. A letter being, however, delivered to
him while speaking, he suddenly discontinued his
speech, and sent the letter to Baron Ricasoli, who
read it to the house. It was a correspondence, not
yet published, addressed from Naples to a French
journal in Turin, and asserted that General Della
Marmora had, in a recent report, requested the
Ministry to alter their policy in Naples, or he
should be obliged to follow the example of General
Cialdini by tendering his resignation.

Baron Ricasoli declared this news to be abso-
lutely false, a statement which was received with
applause by the Chamber. He also censured the
systematic invention of false news, intended to
have the effect of embarrassing the Government in
its external relations.

NAPLES, DEC. 9.

At 3 p.m. yesterday an eruption of Vesuvius
took place near Torre del Greco. This eruption was
of a more threatening character than any that has
taken place for a long period. The inhabitants are
taking to flight.

AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9.
The Bank of Amsterdam has raised its rate of
discount from 31 to 4 per cent.

FRANCE.

La Patrie says :
" The Commission of the Senate charged with
the examination of the Senatus Consultum for the
modification of the Constitution sits daily at the
Luxembourg Palace. We are assured that the ex-
amination will continue a few days longer, and that
the report of M. Troplong will be a complete
expose of the new system which is to be applied
to the administration of our finances. The Senate
will he convoked on Monday, to hear the reading
of the work of its learned reporter, and the discus-
sion will commence about the middle of next week."
La Patrie, in an artiele " On the Dissolution of
the Legislative Body," advocates the dissolution,
and convocation of a new Assembly at the end of
the present session.
The Message addressed to the Southern'States of
the Union is not only given in extenso by the Paris
journals, but is analysed by most of them. The
Constitutionnel adds some observations, from which
we select the following passages :
"It is sufficient to peruse this document to per-
ceive to what extent reconciliation has become im-
possible between the two great factions of the old
American Union. Mr. Jefferson Davis accuses the
North of having given to the war a character of un-
exampled cruelty; and, examining what is taking
place in the States which have remained faith-
ful to the Government of Washington, he seeks
to prove that the latter has violated the Con-
stitution, and does so every day ; that it de-
clared war without the consent of the Congress;
that it has arbitrarily imprisoned honourable and
inoffensive citizens, and that it menaces the judges
on the bench when they endeavour to secure respect
for the law. From so many grievances, Mr. Jeffer-
son Davis draws the conclusion that the inhabitants
of the South feel nothing but contempt for their
former co-federates, and that the mere idea of again
accepting such an alliance excites among them
insurmountable aversion. The Message could not
page over in silence an event so grave and so
directly concerning the affairs of the South as
the arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. Mr.
Jefferson Davis maintains that as regards the
rights of neutral Powers, the Northern Government
had no more legal right to have those gentlemen
arrested on board an English vessel than in the
streets of London. In the opinion of the President
of the South, that act of violence presents pecu-
liar gravity from the fact that the persons arrested
by the Federal navy possessed the sacred character
of ambassadors. We must remark that this part
of the question has not hitherto been even touched
on in the discussions of the press of London and
of the United states. The fact is that the reality
of the character of ambassador, ascribed to Messrs.
Mason and Slidell, depends essentially on the
quality of belligerent which the South claims in
virtue of the logic of facts, but which the North
refuses to it, and on which Europe has not yet
formally pronounced. So long as this point
which would be the preliminary to a recognition
of the South, has not been decided, it is easy to
understand that England herself should complain
only of the outrage done to her flag, and should
be silent on the diplomatic character ascribed to
the persons arrested."
The Presse expresses itself in the following
terms on the Southern document :—" President
Davis also announces that he does not desire the
intervention of any European Power in the present
conflict. The Southern States have good reason for
that. , They well know that the European Powers
are still more radically opposed to slavery than the
Northern States. England, impelled by the neces-
sities of war, might alone, by recognising the inde-
pendence of the South, implicitly sanction slavery.
If France unites in action with her ally, there would
no longer be any ground to fear such a result.
Our intervention would have the effect of prevent-
ing a war undertaken in defence hf the most hon-
ourable principles from turning to the advantage of
the most odious institutions.
BOURSE, DECEMBER 9TlL—There has been a
slight improvement in the tone of the market
owing to the arrival of the English funds with an
advance, and a fair amount of business has been
done at rather higher rates than the closing ones of
Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now at
67f 65e. Railways also firmer. The following are
the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents ... 94 80 Credit Fancier l2OO
Do, end month.... —1 Belgian 41 —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 70 Roman . 67
Bank Shares 2970 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 735 Spanish Threes 4O 25
Do. Account 732 50 ; Home Debt