The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-07 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ~ CITY OF LONDON."

[REITTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

The City of London, from New York on the 26th
Nov., arrived at Queenstown at 3 p.m. today with
mails, 179 passengers, and 1,323,757 dols. in specie.
She landed 33 passengers, and proceeded at 3.20
p.m. for Liverpool.

NEW YORK, NOV. 26.

The Confederates are said to be massing exten.
sively in Petersburg, and immense quantities of
powder have been received there from the South.
General Lee reports that in an attack on the
night of the 17th, General Pickett captured one
colonel, 12 captains, 12 lieutenants, and 113 men.
The Richmond Enquirer states on the 18th inst.
the Federals made desperate but unsuccessful
attempts to retake the ground gained by General
Pickett.

General Breckenridge reports that his cavalry
under Generals Basil, Duke, and Vaughan, routed
the Federals under General Gillem, at Bull's Gap,
on the 14th, capturing several hundred prisoners,
ten stand of colours, six pieces of artillery, 50 loaded
waggons, and a large number of small arms.
Other accounts state that Breckenridge had pur-
sued Gillem to Strawberry Plains, and captured
850 prisoners and 150 waggons, and that Gillem
finally retreated in the night to the fortifications of
Knoxville.

The Confederates attacked the Federals at Fayet■
vine, Arkansas, on the 28th nit , but were repulsed.
The town was then closely invested until the 3d
inst. when the Confederates were reinforced by
6,000 men of Price's forces. The Confederates were
held in check until the following day, when Giene•
rals Curtis and Blunt arrived, and the Confederates
retreated with the loss of 1,000 men.

The Richmond Sentinel, of the 21st ult., con-
tains a letter from Vice-President Stephens to
Senator Semmes of Louisiana, which states
he does not favour any convention of the
States as has been reported, unless the pro-
posal for such a convention should come from the
Federal Government. Mr Stevens adds that the
old Union and Constitution are dead for ever, ex-
cept so far as the constitution has been preserved
by the Confederacy. There is for the Union as it
was no resurrection by any power short of that
which brought Lazarus from the tomb. He con-
cludes by stating that his views have not changed
since 1861 ; that he then considered the issue before
the South to be independence or subjugation, and
that when Georgia seceded, he, in full consciousness
of all prospective trials, sacrifices, and responsibili-
ties, pledged himself to stand by her, and he should
keep his pledge.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, DEC. 6.

The French steamer Ardeche has arrived here
from Mexico, with one regiment of the French

expeditionary army.
The sanitary condition of the troops is good.

ITALY.

TURIN, DEC. 7.

Ia yesterday's sitting of the Senate, General
Cialdini supported the transfer of the capital from
a strategic point of view. No compromise, he said,
was possible between Austria and Italy. The passes
of the Appenines were real Thermopya3. General
Cialdini's speech was received with applause.
Signor Pallavicino opposed the Convention, and
was in favour of going to Rome and making war in
Venetia.

Signor Ravel censured the Convention from other
motives, and considered the independence of the
Pontifical temporal powers necessary.
General della Marmora stated that he shared the
views expressed by General Cialdini.

SPAIN.
MADRID, DEC. 6 (Evening).

A long conference took place to-day between M.
Mercier, the French ambassador, and the Minister
for Foreign Affairs.

The Epoca of to.day asserts that the Madrid
Cabinet has unanimously decided to support those
candidates for the Presidency of the Congress who
have already held that offioe.

DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, DEC. 7.
The Dagbladet of to-day announces the arrival of
the King at Kolding last evening.

The same paper asserts that several thousand in •
habitants of Schleswig wanted to proceed thither
to render homage to the King. This was forbidden
by the authorities, and several arrests had in conse-
quence taken place.

FRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. 7.

The Court of Correctional Appeal delivered
judgment to-day in the case of the thirteen deputies
accused of holding illegal meetings.
It confirmed the sentence pronounced by the
Tribunal of First Instance.

A letter from Modena, in the Union, has the sub-
joined:—" Au ingenious expedient was imagined
here by the Municipal Council to obtain the means
of paying by anticipation the land tax for 1865.
An extraordinary impost of 23f. per head was
levied on all the cattle brought to market. The
measure was no doubt excellent, for the country
people would have furnished the funds, and the
city would have received six per cent. discount,
while the landowners in return would have to
pay an interest of the same amount. Unfortu-
nately for the council an unforeseen result has oc-
curred—the markets remain deserted, as neither
peasants nor cattle were to be seen. That extra•
ordinary contribution had therefore to be aban-
doned. How will the Municipal Council now keep
its engagements with M. Sella ? That is the slues.
tion. Many other towns are or soon will be in the
same situation as Modena. What will then
happen ? A Turin journal announces with an air
of triumph that the Treasury has already received
more than 600,0001'. This is something indeed ;
but 124,000,000 f, are required before the 15th !"
BOURSE, Dee. 6.—The market has not been
very animated but firm, and Threes, for the Ac•
count, have slightly improved, being now at 65f 95c.
Mobilier also shows an advance, and is now quoted
at 992 f 50c. Railway Market quiet, but with pre-
vious prices well maintained. The market closed
as follows :

4i per Cents .. 94
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 90
Credit Mobilier 920
Do. end month 921 25
Bank Shares 3500
Credit t oncier 1235
Roman

Italian Loan 65 20
Do. end month 65 45
Ditto Threes ..

New Mexican 5l -
Russian .. — -
Austrian .. — -
Spanish Threes. -
Home Debt -

Deferred

RAIL'

'AYS.

Cash. Ace° un t •
Orleans ~ -
Northern .... 985 .. 987 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 870 .. 875
Southern .. 582 50 .. 585
Western -
Eastern ....
Sardinian .. .... ~. 312 50 .. 313 75
Austrian ..
Lon, bard
North of Spain
Saragossa 423 75 .. 425
Ditto to Barcelona

THE CHAIR OF HEBREW IN THE COLLEGE DE
FRANCE.—The professors of the College de France have
Presented two candidates for the Chair of Hebrew, vacant
by the dismissal of M. Renan. The persons chosen are M.
Munek and M. Derenbourg, both of the Jewish persuasion.