The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-20 00:00:00

success,

A defensive league has been concluded between
the States of Central Italy. Prince Hercolani, the
Delegate of the Government of the Legations, has
signed the act of accession to the league.

VIENNA, FRIDAY, AUG. 19.

Count Leo Thun has declined to accept the post
of Minister of the Interior. Count Goluchowski is
said to be also opposed to enter into a ministerial
combination. Since the return of the Emperor to
Vienna, no council of the ministers still in power
has been held.

There is a report that Austrian corps d'armee are
to be concentrated near Rovigo on the road to the
Legations and Modena.

VIENNA, FRIDAY, AUG. 19

The official IFener Zeitung contains a list of nu-
merous military promotions and distinctions made
on account of the battle of Solferino. The Minis-
ter of the Interior, Baron Bach, is named as ambas-
sador to Rome.

Other changes in the Cabinet are still expected

ZURICH, FRIDAY, AUG. 19,

Yesterday a conference took place between the
Plenipotentiaries of France and Austria. A mes-
senger of the French Cabinet has arrived here and
has quitted again for Paris. At the banquet given
by Count Colloredo, Mr. Doubs proposed the
health of the Emperor of Austria, and Count Col-
loredo, in his toast, the permanence of the friendship
between Austria and Switzerland and the Govern-
ment of Zurich.

PARIS, FRIDAY, AUG. 19

The report that the Grand Duke Constantine
will leave the Isle of Wight to proceed to Biarritz,
is considered to be without foundation. The Grand
Duke will, on the contrary, proceed direct from
England to St. Petersburg, to be present at the
fetes, which are about to take place there on the
6th of September, when the hereditary Prince
becomes of age.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY.
A letter from Paris, in the Nord, says :
" The decree of amnesty applies to the persons

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condemned for the invasion of the Constituent

Assembly on the 15th May, 1848, and releases
Blanqui, who is detained in Corsica, and allows
Raspail, Louis Blanc, Albert, and others to return;
Hubert, another of the condemned in that affair,
was pardoned long ago, and has obtained a con-
cession of a railway in the Doubs. There are still
in confinement a certain number of the persons who

were transported. after the insurrection of June,
1848 ; and they will profit by the decree. The
amnesty opens the gates of Franca to MM. Felix
Pyat, Ribeyrolles, and others who were con-
demned for the insurrection of June, 1849. M.
Guinard, colonel of the artillery of the National
Guard, who was condemned for participation in
the same affair, has already been pardoned, and
even rehabiliated. The decrees issued after the
coup d'etat of the 2nd December, 1851, applied to
three categories of individuals :-1. Those who
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took part in the insurrection against Louis Napo-
leon, President of the Republic, and who were
ordered to be transported to French Guiana ;
namely, the representatives Marc Dufraisse, Greppo,
Miot, Mathe, and Richardet. Of these Miot is in
Algeria, Dufraisse is at Zurich, and I know not
what has become of the other three ; 2. The
representatives of the Legislative Assembly who
were expelled for an indefinite period from France
to Algeria and the Colonies; namely, Victor Hugo
Schrelcher, de Flotte, Esquiros, Charras, and 59
others; and 3. The representatives expelled tem-
porarily—namely, .MM. Duvergier de Hauranne,
Creton, General de Lamoriciere, General Chan-
gamier, Baze, General de Flo, General Bedeau,
Thiers, Chambolle, Ch. de Remusat, Jules de Las-
teyrie, Emile de Girardin, General Laidet, Pascal,
Duprat, Edgar Quinet, Anthony Thouret, V.
Chauffour, and Versigny. Of the second category
of representatives, four, Joignaux, Theo. Bac,
Dupont (de Bussac), and Mathieu (de la Promo),
have already been authorised to return to France ;
and of the third, the only ones who remain in
exile are Generals Changarnier and Bedeau, and
MM. Pascal Duprat, E. Quinet, and Versigny. M.
Pierra Lerona, who has never been comprised in
any decree of expulsion, lives at Jersey with his
numerous family, and has always been free to re-
turn to France. The decree applies to condemna-
tions of the press, and consequently to Proudhon;
also to all the persons who were arrested after the
attempted assassination of the Emperor on the 14th
Jan., 1858."

According to the Algerian journals, the successes
of the French in Italy, have afforded great plea-
sure to the Arab populations under their 'rule
In honour of those successes, and also of the con-
clusion of peace, an influential Arab chief, the
Khalifa of the Mina Ben-Abd-Allah ould Si el
A rabi, hois a commander in the Legion of Honour,
gave a few days ago a grand fete to the French au-
thorities and the native chiefs of his district :
General Hugo, commanding the subdivision o
Mostaganem, accompanied by the sub-prefect and
mayor of that town, arrived early in the morning
at Bel-Assel, the Khalifa's residence. At about
a league from the house, they were met by the
aghas and caids of the district, mounted on
magnificent horses, and carrying the long Arab
musket ; the Arabs were accompanied by flags and
music, and presented a brilliant appearance. N
the house was an Arab camp, containing a great
number of tents. The khalifa had caused a sump-
tuous banquet to be prepared for his guests ; and
when they were seated, sheep roasted whole SUE-
pended on long poles, and a multitude of dishes
containing meat and
.fowls, &c., were brought in
in stately procession. The caids collected in the
courtyard in groups of ten or twelve, and the
dainties prepared were distributed to them ; those
of the Sahel, having attained a certain degree of
European refinement, fed themselves with a spoon,
but one spoon served for several of them—each tak-
ing a mouthful with it in turn, and then passing it
to his neighbour. At the khalifa's table, after the
repast was finished, a toast was drank with enthu-
siasm to France, the Emperor, the Empress, and
the Imperial Prince ; and the caids outside
joined in applauding it. The whole party
then proceeded to the camp, where a grand
fantasia took place. It consisted, as usual,
of races, of charges of imaginary enemies, accom-
panied by the incessant firing c`.• muskets, wrest-
ling and feats of strength. After these rejoicings
the party returned to the khalifa's residence, where