The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-02 00:00:00

A T !"T NEW

CAPTURE OF CONFEDERATE
COMMISSIONERS.
QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 1.
The Royal Mail steamship Persia arrived here at
11 a.m. to-day, with 86 passengers. She landed
86 sacks of mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at
11.45 a.m. All well.
The Persia left New York on the 20th instant,
and experienced very strong easterly winds with
heavy head seas all the way across.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, EVENING.
The capture of Messrs. Mason and Slidell forms
the leading topic of discussion.
The New York journals are filled with legal
quotations and precedents of the acts of the British
Government, to prove that the seizure of Messrs.
Mason and Slidell is no breach of international law.
They argue that the steamer Trent was liable 'to
seizure for carrying rebel despatches, and urge
that promotion and testimonials should be conferred
on Commander Wilkes for his spirited conduct.
Messrs. Slidell and Mason have been taken to
Fort Warren.
The Southern journals report that Jefferson
Davis has been elected President, and Stephens
Vice-President, of the Confederate States for a

term of six years.
Federal troops intended for the South continue
to arrive at Annapolis.
The Confederates have again attacked the Fede•
rals at Santa Rosa Island, but the Federal fleet
shelled them off.
The Georgia planters have held a convention, in
which it was resolved that if the present cotton
crop remain unsold they will not plant any cotton

next year.
The steamer Fingal is reported to have arrived
at a Southern port with a cargo of ammunition.
The British barque Deobey (P), which arrived at
New York for provisions, has been seized for an
alleged violation of the blockade.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, MORNING.
General Dix has landed 4,000 troops on the
eastern shore of Virginia, and has issued a procla-
mation guaranteeing constitutional rights to loyal
inhabitants. It is reported that the Federals were
well received by the people of Decomac and North-
ampton Counties. The Confederates have assembled
in force at Big Bethel, and an attack on Newport
News is expected.
Beaufort has been deserted by the Confederates,
but not occupied by the Federals.
On the 16th instant the Federal fleet was still off

Beaufort.
The Washington correspondent of the .New Lark
Tittles states that Lord Lyons had expressed his
opinion that Messrs. Mason and Slidell would
be given up to England.
The New York Journal of Commerce considers
the opening of Beaufort for trade impracticable at
present.
A Belgian steam frigate has just been signalled
off New York.
Advices from Havannah to the 15th inst. state
that the Spanish fleet had not started for Mexico.
The Saxonia has arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, EVENING.
Money easy. Exchange steady ; bankers' bills,
1138?-, to 1081. Stocks steady : New York Central,
80/ ; Erie, 33Z ; Illinois, 624. Cotton steady :
Middling Upland, 231 c. Flour dull. Wheat 2c.
lower. Corn 2c. lower. Provisions and coffee quiet.
Sugar good inquiry. Molasses steady. The Nor-
wegian has arrived out.

TURIN, DEC. 2,

A meeting of the majority of the Deputies, a
which the Ministers were also present,was held yes

terday.
Baronßicasoli gave explanations on the state of
Naples and the brigandage in the Basilicata and on
the frontiers of the Papal States. He said that, in
pursuance of an understanding between the French
and Italian Governments, the French troops will
energetically co-operate in the suppression of bri-
gandage on the ft ontiers of the Papal States.
_ _

Baron Ricasoli also announced that the Lieute-
nancy of Sicily would be shortly abolished.
In consequence of these explanations the majo-
rity of the Deputies present resolved not to concur
in any vote of want of confidence in the Ministry
which might be proposed by the Opposition.

PARIS, DEC, 2,

The Austrian intervention in the Herzegovina is
stated to have been made with the object of
securing free transit through the military road be-
tween Klek and Ragusa. That object being at-
tained, the Austrian troops will re-enter their own
territory.

PARIS, DEC. 1

The Moniteur publishes a letter addressed to the
Emperor by the stockbrokers of Paris, thanking his
Majesty for the abolition of the entrance fee to the
Bourse, and asking permission to erect a statue to
the Emperor within the building. The Emperor in
his reply thanks them for their appreciation of his
efforts for the good of France and the progress and
credit of the country. His Majesty further says
that the intention of the stockbrokers to erect his
statue in the Bourse touches him deeply, but he
requests that they will not carry out their intention,
and offers then, his portrait, to be placed in their
Council-chamber, in order to remind them how pre-
cious the manifestation of their feelings has been to
him."

PARIS, DEC. 1.
It is asserted on reliable information that Aus-
trian forces entered the Herzegovina to-day.

PESTH, DEC. 1.
All the new functionaries have already been ap-
pointed in all the Comitats.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Gran will be super-
seded in his functions as Obergespan of the Comitat
of Gran.

THORN, Nov. 30.
General Luders will leave Warsaw very shortly.
It is stated on reliable authority that General
Bezak will be appointed Governor of Poland.
The Marquis Wielopolski is era route from St.
Petersburg to Berlin.

BERNE, DEC. 1.

The Federal Council has addressed another note
to France in reference to the affair of the Valley of
Dappes, renewing its demand for satisfaction for
the violation of Swiss territory on the ground of
the Federal Commissioners' report. The Federal
Council also states in this note that Switzerland
will not enter into any negotiations with the French
Government under present circumstances.

States will refuse to accede to the demands made
by England ; in that case we may presume that
war will be immediately declared, and the first act
of hostility will be the recognition of the Southern

States

" We are convinced that the war between the
two countries will be an interminable one, but,
on the other hand, we cannot remain Rile spec-
tators of a struggle between North America and
England. It is quite clear that it is not our
duty to avenge the wrongs of England, but the re-
cognition of the South by that Power, which would
imply a final separation from the United States,
could not be regarded as an isolated act, and would
impose upon France the necessity of assuming a
decisive attitude in this question. The result would
be that two great maritime Powers of Europe might
be (pourraient etre) drawn into a common action
with the same identical political object; and that
being the case, as we have observed before, Presi-
dent Lincoln, by provoking an act of brutality, may
perhaps have acted with foresight by preparing
a separation which he can neither propose nor
accept."