The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-13 00:00:00

BOMBAY ARMY.

Course of the Exchange—Yesterday.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam .. 11 19± 11 0
Antwerp • • 25 621 25 67±
Brussels — 25 62± , 25 671
liambilrgh — 13 71 13 8
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine —... 119 1194
Vienna
Trieste .. 12 40 12 50
Petersburgh — 33 331
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn — 25 82± 25 871
Milan — 25 821 25 1371
Genoa ,— 25 821 25 1371
Naples
Palermo — 25 85 25 96
Messina — 25 85 25 9(1
Lisbon — 521 521.
Oporto... -
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars • ,••. 0 5 2
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doublons

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE EARL AND COUNTESS
or CAWDOR.—A very alarming accident occurred to
the Earl and Countess of Cawdor on Thursday last, while
disporting on a lake in Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire.
The noble earl was driving the Countess of Cawdor on a
sledge, when the ice suddenly gave way at a considerable
distance from the shore, and both were immersed in the
water. Happily the catastrophe was observed by his lord-
ship's sons—both expert swimmers—his lordship's brother,
the Hon. Henry Campbell, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and
Mr. Dixon, his lordship's butler, to whom great praise is
due. The earl and countess were both in the wab3r for
some time, and when extricated her ladyship was in a state
of insensibility. Tho latest accounts state that the earl
and countess are recovering.
LONDON STREETS—At the in stance of Proifessor
Donaldson, who has been studying the street archi tectute
of new Paris, a committ3e of eminent architects hits been
named to draft a petition to the Government, praying the
Queen's advisers to consider the whole subject of London
streets and communications, with a view to adopting a large
and general plan of improvement. •

Mn. HOLMAN HUNT is painting a picture repre-
senting the scene on London-bridge on the night of
the illumination in honour of the arrival of the Princess of
Wales. The work, which is not large, and will be exhi-
bited with other pictures of the artist, contains a host of
motley incidents, e.g., a sweep carrying his brushes on his
shoulder, a volunteer protecting his sweetheart fro
rum
with the brushes, a man complaining to a policeman of the
loss of his watch, the official receiving the communication
without surprise. The thief of the watch has jumped
over the parapet of the bridge, and passed
cornice beyond it, in hopes of escape, but has been
noticed by a detective, who seizes the confederate of
the thief, to whom the rascal thinks himself handing the
watch, while he really deposits it in the detective's open
hand. There are old women and men, women with babies,
boys, girls, cabmen, soldiers, one or two foreigners, and other
elements of such a crowd. Along the sides of the bridge
range the flaming censors and tripods, the tall lamps and
taller banners that flap slowly in the night breeze,
and are surmounted by the Elephant of Denmark and the
Raven. With these are displayed emblematic groups of
statues, and all retire into the mist of the distance that is
deepened with rust, raised by the countless crowd, and the
smoke of innumerable lamps. Over all is the high, clear
blue sky of night, with the decreecent moon shining on the
surface of the river.
A rumour has been current at Vienna, says the
Independance .Beige, that Russia bad proposed to
the Powers to hold a conference at Copenhagovi
for the arrangement of the Dow- Germanic dispute.
That statement is not correct. Russia has up to rho
indifferent attitude. In fact Ave
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