The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-27 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

Intelligence from Constantinople, of the 20th,
states that Mehemet Bey (a Hungarian) had ac-
cepted the command of the independent Circas-
sians. Four hundred men of the now disbanded
Polish Legion have embarked for Circassia on
board English (merchant) steamers, towing ships
, loaded with stores and arms.

The English fleet will remain at Buyukdere till
he 24th of February.

English functionaries have undertaken the
management of the electric telegraph between
Varna and Constantinople.
The Russian fleet in the Caspian will disembark
at Asterabad 2,500 irregular troops from Daghes-
tan, with munitions of war.

Intelligenoe from Bombay, of the 2d inst., states
IA Mr. Murray had arrived at Bushire.
The English had established their head-quarters

at Bussorah.
The Chinese continued to bombard the English
forts.

NAPLES, FED. 23.
The ovall is tranquil, but numerous secret
societies are rumoured to be actively at work.
The rumoured domiciliary visits at the Filan-
gieri and Ischitella's are contradicted.
A despatch from Palermo, of the 21st, states
that Spimozzi, an officer of Count Bentivengass
force, and several of the fugitive insurgents, have
been arrested in the disguise of peasants.

MILAN, FEB. 25.
The Archduke Maximilian is on his return from

Trieste.

The promulgation of the new organisation of
the Lombardo-Venetian provinces is momentarily
expected.

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second

edition) says :

" Those who declared in positive terms a few
days ago the definitive settlement of the Persian
question were exceedingly premature. The Rus-
sian organ, the Nord, of Brussels, whose habit
of sweeping assertion has acquired for it a cer-
tain notoriety not tending to increase its credit,
announced the same fact as undoubted, and, as
is also its wont, greatly modified its assertion
subsequently. Even now, whatever the pa-
tient perseveraßce with which the negotia-
tions are followed up, or however promising the
prospects, it would be unsafe to affirm that the ques-
tion is finally settled. Under all the circumstances
of the case no one would be justified in saying so un-
til the signatures of the British Minister for Foreign
Affairs and the Persian Enveiy are affixed to the
Peace Treaty, and even then we have no certainty
that the affair is concluded. Our Government may
accept and sign the Treaty, but it must be remem-
bered that it has to be ratified at Teheran ; and this
ratification depends on whether Russian influence
is, or is not, all-powerful at the Court of the Shah.
If Russia can dictate, and if the Persian Govern-
ment submit t o her dictation at the moment the news
of our Treaty is received there, or if she be more
powerful than France, the chances against the rati-
fication are increased ; and it would be exposed to
the risk of being rejected altogether. When gentle-
men exhibit impatience in Parliament about the
progress of these negotiations, it would be well to
, bear in mind the endless delays and numerous diffi-
culties which are almost invariably encountered in
negotiations with Orientals. Such people can hardly
over be brought to a point. They are fluent, mai-

fluous and complimentary in speech ; talk much, are
plentiful in sounding phrases, and are abundant of
promise ; but when you fancy the moment is come
for business, and that every difficulty, every mis-
understanding has disappeared, you are mortified to
find that you are as far off as ever from the con-
clusion. The hopes based on the promise of one
day are scattered on the next, and you have to
begin the weary work again. Then the repugnance
these people have to put down anything on paper.
None seem more impressed with the maxim verba
volant scripta Ina/tent, and they prefer words, which
are but w:na, to the black characters which stare
them in the face, and which cannot be denied or
explained away. If the negotiator were any one
else but a Persian, it is probable that not one, but
half h dozen, peace treaties might have been nego-
tiated, signed, and ratified since the first interview
with Lord Stratford.
" I learn that the Russian Ambassador in Paris,
as well as the Persian Envoy, deny the existence of
the treaty between Russia and Persia, said to have
been ratified at Teheran on the 18th of January ;
and the Nord gives a similar contradiction. I need
hardly say that the non-existence of that treaty re-
quires some authority less interested in keeping it
secret than either of the parties just mentioned."
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FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.
A notice was posted to-day at the Bourse, that
from this date the Bank of France will discount 90
days' bills.
The Moniteur contains the following notice :
"A pamphlet, published by an t x-professor, M. Ber-
sot, and articles inserted in several journals, appear to
have excited doubts and uneasiness as to the idea of the
government on the subject of the new system of iristruc-
tion adopted in the University. There is not the slight-
est cause for such uneasiness. The Minister of Public
Instruction has frequently expressed his opinion that it
would be rash and impolitic to make any change in the
present system, which perfectly responds to the wants
of the country, and that opinion remains unchanged.
Although experience has shove that certain practical
modifications may be made with advantage, yet it is the
firm intention of the government to maintain and respect
the present system of studies, and thus to continue the
just satisfaction given by the indispensable alliance o'
literature and science."
BOURSE, Feb. 26.—The following were the lasi
quotations :.....
Belgian Five 5....,.. . '9911
Cub.
44 per Cents
95 50
3 per Cent 5.......,.. 69 70
New Loan .
Banki Shares ....... 4 200 Roman
Credit Mobilie.; ....... 11415 Austrian
Piedmontese (5) ........ . 90 75 Home Debt
Spanish Threes
RAILWAYS—FOR CARS.

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69 85

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Orleans ............... 1,412 50 Western B2O
N0rthern............. 960 Strasburg
Lyons ................. 1,435 New Ditto
Mediterranean ....... 3,835 Grand Central 605
Lyons Geneva .... 765 Teste
Cette .................. 785 Austrian Cum. ....« 767 50