The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

We learn by telegraph from Berne, under date
of the 11th inst., that the National Council of
Switzerland, after examining the report of the
committee, had unanimously decreed the ratifica-
tion of the treaty for the settlement of the Neu-
chatel question.
The official text of the treaty is as follows :
" Art. 1. His Majesty the King of Prussia con-
sents to renounce for ever, for himself, his heirs,
and successors, the sovereign rights which Art. 23
of the treaty concluded at Vienna on the 9:h June,
1815, attributes to him over the principality of
Neuchatel and the county of Valangin.
" Art. 2. The State of Neuchatel, dependent
henceforth upon itse!f, will continue to form part
of the Swiss Confederation in the same manner as
the other cantons, and conformably to Art. 75 of
the above-cited treaty.
" Art. 3. The Swiss Confederation will defray
all the expenses resulting from the events of Sep-
tember 1856. The canton of Neuchatel cannot be
called upon to contribute towards the payment
except as in the same measure as any other canton
and at the pro rata of its money contingent.
" Art. 4. The expenses which are at the charge
of the canton of. Neuchatel are to be shared by all
the inhabitants according to the principle of just
proportion, without being, by an exceptional tax
or by any other manner, exclusively or chiefly made
to fall upon a class or category of families or of in-
dividuals.

" Art. 5. An entire and full amnesty will be
granted for all political or military offences or mis-
deeds connected with late events, and in favour of
all the Neuchatelese, Swiss, or strangers, and espe-
cially in favour of the militiamen, who by crossing
into a foreign land escaped the obligation of taking
arms. No action, criminal or correctional, or for
damages, can be instituted either by the Canton of
Neuchatel or by any corporation or person what-
soever against those who took part either directly
or indirectly in the events of September. The
amnesty will extend equally to all political offences
or offences of the press anterior to the events of
September.
" Art. 6. The revenues of the Church property,
which in 1848 were annexed to the State, cannot.
be employed otherwise than as originally intended.
"Art. 7. The capital and the revenues of charit-
able institutions, of institutions of public utility, as
also the fortune left by the will of Baron de Pury
to the bourgeoisie of Neuchatel shall be religiously
respected ; they shall be kept up according to the
intentions of the founders and to the acts which
instituted those foundations, and can never be
employed for any other but the original object for
which they were intended.
" Art. 8. The present treaty shall be ratified,
and the ratifications exchanged, within a term of
21 days, or sooner if possible. The exchange of
ratification to take place at Paris.
" In faith of which the respective plenipoteniaries
have signed it, and affixed thereto the seal of their
arms.

" Done at Paris, the 26th of May, 1857.
" KERN.
" HUBNEtt.
" A. WALE WSKI.
" COWLEY.
" C. M. DE HA.TZFELDT.
" COUNT KISSELEFF.

FRANCE.
. PARIS, F,RIDAX EVENING.
The object of the journey of M. Fould, Minister
of State, to England is to visit the exhibition at
Manchester, as represehtative of the Emperor.
His Excellency has been invited by Queen Victoria
to pass some days at Windsor.
An article in the Moniteur expresses in the
warmest terms to the departed Legislative Corps,
as likewise to the Council of State and the Senate,
the thanks of the Emperor and of the nation for
the services rendered by those three political bodies
to France. The official journal enumerates at some
length the- various measures of public utility to
which the Legislative Corps has in particular con-
tributed by its acquiescence during the period of
its existence ; and it heartily congratulates that
body on having so perfectly comprehended the
nature of its mission, and on having fulfilled its
duties with equal zeal and prudence.
An Imperial decree appoints the Comte de Ger-
miny, Governor of the Credit Foncier of France,
to be Governor of the Bank of France, in the
place of the Comte d'Argout, whose resignation has
been accepted. A second decree appoints M.
d'Argout as Honorary Governor of the Bank of
France.

The Moniteur publishes the official returns of
the import and export trade of France during the
last year with the comparison of the two preceding.
The total amount of the imports for 1856 in round
numbers was 2,564 millions, being an increase of
468 millions over those of the year 1855, and of
692 millions over 1854. The item which shows the
greatest increase over 1855 is corn, 181 millions.
The oandidntes of the Government for the de-
partment of the Seine are—ht circumspection, M.
Guyard Delalain • 2d, M. Devinck ; 3d, M. Ger-
main Thibaut ; 4th, M. Varin • sth, M. Monnin-
giapy ; 6th, M. Perret ; 7th, M. Lanquetin ; Bth,
M. Foucher Lepelletier ; 9th, M. liwnigawarter ;
and 10th, Dr. Veron,.being all the members who
sat for these circumscriptions in the last legislature.
The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived to-day

BERNE, June 11.—The national council, after
having heard the report of the committee which it
had been appointed, voted unanimously the ratifi-
cation of the treaty relative to the Neuchatel ques-
tion.

HAMBURG, June 11.—The Grand Duke Con-
stantine of Russia arrived at Kiel last evening, and
embarked immediately on board the Rarik frigate
for St. Petersburg.
BOURSE, June 12.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
44 per Cents
3 per Cents 6B 40 68 10
Bank Shares• 4,500 Credit Foucier , 565

Credit Mobilier 1,152 53 Roman
Do. Account 1,175 Austrian
Belgian 4.
Piedmontese (5) 9lf— Home Debt

THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
The Royal Mail Coin pany'e steamer Teviot, Capt.
M ir, hay just arrivLd wits tue Brazil.au and River
Plate Mail..

Her dates are : Buenos Ayres,, May ; Montevideo,
6 ; Rio Janeiro, 15 ; Bahia, 19 ; Pernambuco, 22 ;
Madeira, June 6 ; 9.
She has 101 passeng(-rs, and on freight specie
value 230/., diamonds value 87,9591., and cargo of
tapioca, ipecaeuinha' cochineal, and sundries.
The steamer was detained at Buenos Ayres by
the British Minister, to bring home the results
of the elec,ions .1. Governor of !he provinc-. The
votes were as follow :—Alsina, 35 ; Peira, 18 ;
Slavallot, 7. Alsina had declined h s nowihation,
and tendered his renunciation t, the General
Asetribly, on the ground of strong personal oppo-
siti,m to him, but the renuncia, ion was negatived
by 44 to 11, and his atop anco wai looked upon as
certain.
•
Exchange 745.
_ _ _

The revolution in the Rosa In) had been put
down by the Governor of Santa Fe, and a tempo-
rary arrangem-nt come to wi•h Urquif za.
At Monte Video business was at a standstill.
The fever had made great ravages, but was hoped
to leave subsided.
Exchange 735.
The money market at Rio was quiet.
Exchtnee 27id. to id.
The Bank of Brazil had raised the rate of dis-
count to 9 p..r cent. The coffee crop would be the
largest ever known. The new Chambers opened
on the 3d May. It was doubted whether the new
Ministry would be able to sustain itself. Yellow
fever was daily diminishing. Quotations of coffee
were nominal.
At Pernambuco money was scarce. Exchange,
270. to 28d. 60 and 90 days. Fre ghts had ad-
vanced owing to a scarcity of vessels. The town
was free from yellow fever. Sugars had advanced
in price, and large purchases made. Hides, last
sales were equal to llld. per pound.
At Bahia, saes. of sugar were unimportant, but
prices sustained themselves at former quotations.
Stocks of cotton were small and quotations nominal.
The coffee crop was at an end, and no supplies re-
ceived during the week. Quotations were at
455. 10d. to 475. 9d. per cwt., free on board. Hides
were dull, sale and prices flat. Exchange closed
flat, at 27id.
The steamer Oolden Fleece arrived at Bahia
from Southampton on the 19th May.
The steamer Teutonia, from Hamburg and South-
ampton, was to leave Rio on the 17th
The screw steamer Hydaspes, from Southamp-
ton, arrived at Lisbon on the 9th June.

The French steamer Bresil had put back to Rio
with damaged machinery.
The Genoa, Sardinian steamer, arrived at Per-
nambuco, from Europe, May 22.
The Victor Emmanuel, from Rio, for Genoa,
arrived at Lisbon, June 9.
_ _

Her Majesty's gunboat Firm, bound for China,
was at St. Vincent, May 31; the squadron at ren-
dezvous off the island on the Bth inst.

PORTUGAL.

The King of Portugal communicated to the
Lisbon Cortes, through the President of the
Council, his intention shortly to contract a 'patri-
monial alliance, but no intimation was given as
to the name of the bride elect, the Marquis merely
observing that she would be a Queen worthy of the
Portuguese nation. The question of the future
Queen's dowry was referred to the Finance Com-
mittee, and both houses named deputations to wait
upon his Majesty to offer the congratulwions of
the Legislature. It is believe I that Mafia Sophia,
the second daughter of the Duke Max miltan of
Bavaria, is to be his Majesty's bride. She is about
16 years of age.