The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-04 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

SPAIN.

MADRID, FEB. 3.

To-day, in the Congress, Senor Valera brought
forward a prof oral f;r the recognition of the king-
dom of Italy.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs replied that he
could do nothing in the matter at present, as the
Italian question was inseparable from that of Rome.
The rumour that Senor Salaverria and General
Serrano contemplate tendering their resignations is
unfounded.

It is considered in official quarters that the resig-
nation of General Prim has strengthened the

Cabinet.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, FEB. 3.

Fifty members of the Upper House, belonging to
different political parties, proposed the draft of an
address to-day, which is to be presented to the

King.

The address says that the present conflict has
arisen because each of the three legislative Powers
of the State has exceeded the rights formally con-
ferred upon it by the constitution. The Prussian
constitution does not prescribe which of the three
ruling bodies is to yield in ease of dissension, but
the German language contains the word " Landes-
Tater" (father of the country).

The members proposing the address do not wish
the Crown to infringe the law, nor do they regard
the present emergency as one in which any of the
ruling bodies is placed upon its defence. They hope
that by moderation and strictly legal means the
existing dangers of anarchy and absolutism may
be averted, and they promise their support to any
feasible project of agreement between the Lower
House and the Crown.

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

CORFU, JAN. 31.

The English military commander has ordered the
cessation of all work on the fortifications and of all

repairs.

Similar orders have been given in the other
lonian Islands.

POLAND.

POSEN, FEB. 3.

A proclamation of the military governor, and
of the President of the Provincial Government,
cautions the inhabitants of this province against
direct or indirect participation in the insurrection
in Russian Poland, as every such offence would be
regarded and punished as an act of high treason.

LEMBERG, FEB. 3.
The following announcement has been published
to-day by the police
:
"For some days past persons have been enlisted
here for the purpose of taking part in the insurrec-
tion in Russian Poland. Many of these individuals
have already left, among which were some possessed
of arms. Any proceeding of this kind will in future
be dealt with according to the penal law."

CHINA AND AUSTRALIA.

SHANGHAE, DEC. 24 (via Suez).

The rebels are strengthening Nankin. They are
supposed to be in distress through want of supplies.

Their leader is stated to have left Nankin for
Chingchow on hearing of the interference of the

Russians.

Advices from Japan state that the English Lega-
tion remains at Yokohama.

MELBOURNE, DEC. 24.
The explorer Stewart has returned to this city,

CALCUTTA, JAN. 16.

Shirtings quiet. Copper unchanged. Exchange
on London, 2.0 a. Government Securities, 5 per
Cents., 1051. Freights firm and active.
BOMBAY, JAN. 15.

Cotton unchanged. 5-1 per Cent. Govt rnment
Securities, 112. Freight advancing.

CANTON, JAN. 1.
Shirtings dull. Total export of tea to date,
81,625,0001 b. Exchange on London, 4s. 9d.

SHANGHAI, DEC. 24.

Tea lower. Silk advanced 10 taels. Export to
date, 58,250 bales. Exchange on London, 6.2 i.
Freight unaltered.

The shipments of gold since the departure of the
last mail amount to 24,1250 z. Trade is dull. Ex-

change unaltered.

MARSEILLES, FEB. 3.

The Messageries Imperiales steamer Labourdon-
nais, with mails for India and China and 600 bales
of silk, arrived here at 4 p.m. to-day.
The Cambodge reached Saigon on the 29th of
Dec ember.

THE BRAZILIAN MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 4.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Magdalena,
Capt. Woolward, with the above mails, has arrived.
packagesS he bringsso passengers, £6,744 in specie, and 795
of
general cargo.
She experienced fine ss eather throughout the pas-
sage, with occasional N.E. winds and head seas.
The difficulty at Rio between Mr. Christie, the
British Minister, and the Brazilian Government,
arising from the refusal of the latter to admit
certain claims which he had made, had, up to the
sailing of the Magdalena, been to a certain eltent
arranged. Tranquillity had been restored, and a
special messenger from the Brazilian Government
has arrived by the Magdalena with despatches for
the Brazilian Minister in London, who, it is said,
will treat with her Majesty's Government, ana
make every reasonable concession. Her Majesty's
shipping were at Rio, Bahia, and Pernambuco, to
prevent any injuries being committed either on
British property or British subjects.
FRANCE.

The Siecle expresses the greatest interest in the
cause of Poland, and declares that if a regret at
first existed that it had broken out so soon, that
reeling is now 'resolved into a general sympathy,
s.nd an earnest desire of success. It further states
that the Poles have as much right to fight for their
independence as the Southern States of America.
Diplomßey may be against them, but logic is on
their side, and in the end that always triumphs.
The insurrection is so largely assisted by all ranks,
that already six thousand men are numbered in the
ranks of the patriots.

BOURSE, Feb. 3.—Reza'
the following being the c'
ti per Cent 5....... 98 76
wad
3 per Cents ...... 69 95
Do. end month.... 70 ' 15
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month....
Credit Mobilier.... 1173 75
Do. end m0nth....1167 50

to to-day fell 10 centimes,
Losing quotations ;
Bank Shares 3385
Credit Fonder 1635
P'edmontese Fives
Italian Loan —
Russian - -
Austrian
Spanith Threes s2f
Home Debt „ 5O 50

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans ICB6 25 .. 1085
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1165 .. 1162 50
Geneva..
Southern BO5 .. 805
Western
Eastern 527 50 .. 527 50
S
... . •• • .
oAhrusullana;3 ......
I'on'bard
North of Spain.
Saragossa..,
Ditto to Barcelona .. ::

508 75 .. 607 50
505 ---: •• -

586 25 .. - -
661 25 .. 660 -
325 .- .. 321 ...

ral flag.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

•
Wtnave reekived our letters and papers under
date of Bombay, January 13. The following is
from the Bombay Gazette of that date:—
" The Governor General is in Calcutta, where he speaks
and acts as he is moved by the spirit that presides over the
Indian Council in London. His Excellency Sir Bartle
Frere and Lady Frere are in Bombay, the former actively
pushing on the public works of the Presidency and the work
of legislation. The Commander in Chief of India reached
Saugor on the 23d December and Jubbulpore on the 3d
idem. The commander in Chief of Bombay arrived at
Ahmedabad on the 22d December, and has to reach Deesa
on the 2d January. He is going on to Rajpootana and
Mhow.

" Colonel Kirby succeeds Colonel Thesiger as Deputy
Adjutant General of the Bombay Army.
"In the Legislative Council of the Governor General
held on the 17th December, a spirited speech was delivered
by Lord Elgin on the motion that the report of the select
committee on alteration or amendment of the rules for the
conduct of business be considered. A new rule gives the
Governor General alone authority to direct and order the
publication of a bill which has not passed through the pre-
scribed ordeal of a vote. A very interesting debate took
place on the motion to withdraw the Breach of Contract
Bill introduced by the late Mr. Ritchie. Mr. Harington
introduced a bill prepared by the late Mr. Ritchie, to pro-
vide for the solemnisation of marriages in India of persons
professing the Christian religion with a material addition
by himself relating to the marriage of native converts. In
the meeting held on the 24th December Mr. Maine moved
for leave to introduce a bill for conferring upon the high
courts of judicature in Ind a the jurisdiction and powers
vested in the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in
England.
" The Legislative Council of the Governor of Bombay
met on Jan. 7. Reports of select committees on two bills
were read, and leave granted to the Hon. W. B. Tristram
to introduce a bill to regulate the burial and disposal of the
dead in the town and suburbs of Bombay.
" The memorial of the Indian Civil Service addressed to
the Secretary of State for India on the subject of retiring
pensions has not been successful. Sir C. Wood has refused
what he ought to have offered to the service, in considera-
tion of its losses, as a right. In future government will
give £6OO per annum as their pension, and anything else
must be made up from the accumulated subscriptions of the
annuitants. The pension of £l,OOO per annum is a thing
of the past.

"A gross outrage has been perpetrated on two British
officers of artillery by Sindia's retainers. The two officers
went to see the Fort of Jhansi, when they were seized by
Sindia's men, pinioned, and marched into cantonments as
prisoners.

" The appointment of Sir C. Trevelyan as Minister of
Finance has given universal satisfaction. A great Tre-
velyan meeting was held in Madras on Dec. 22.

" An experiment has been made of sending the Madras
portion of the English mail from Bombay via Beypore and
the Madras Railway. The result is that the whole of the
heaviest overland mail can be sent at once by steamer and
railway to Madras in three days' less time than the very
limited weight which can go by express can be sent by the
old route.

"A native of India has at length teen raised to the.
bench of the High Court—Sumboo Nautn Pundit, of Cal-
cutta, has been appointed one of the judges of that court.
" i he statistical branch attached to the office of the
Principal Inspector General, Medical Department, Bengal,
is to be much enhanced after the amalgamation, and assi •
milated to that of London in general utility. It will be
placed under the management and control of a deputy in-
spector general. The statistics of the three presidencie,
will be concentrated at the Calcutta ( ffice, where the usual
annual reports of the sanitary condition and of mortality in
the whole Indian army will be prepared.
"A very large increase in cotton cultivation took place
during the past year, but the crops have sustained serious
injury in some places by the want of rain in the early part
of the season, and in other places by the storms in October.

"The Government of India has issued a circular on the
subject of the comparative rarity with which the contract
system is employed in public works; and the Government
has ordered that no work be done departmentally for which
an eligible contract can be obtained.

"The AI hyjee Fair, held at a place near the Pachers
station of the north-eastern line of the G. I. P. Railway,
and to which the railway company has laid down a siding,
has just commenced. It will last two months. Last year
merchandise to the value of about 46 lakhs of rupees was
sold at it ; and large quantities of goods have been sent up
this year by Bombay houses, some of whom have European
agents there.

"The military demonstration amongst the insurgent
Cossyahs and Jynteahs, previous to commencing active
operations in the field, has made its influence felt in a salu-
tary manner ; one of the largest of the rebel Cossyah vil-
lages, with its chief, have tendcred its submission. It is
expected thtilt other rebel leaders and villages will do the
same.

" The Calcutta Englishman states that a Confederate
privateer is cruising in the Bay of Bengal,and that the com-
mander stated to the captain of the British ship Selim,
which ho brought to, that he would catch and burn to the
water's edge every vessel leaving Calcutta undar the Fede-

" Two youths were sentenced to a year and a half's im-
prisonment in BomLay in January, 1861, for cutting the
telegraph wire in the jungles,connecting the ends with their
instrument by means of copper wire,and intercepting opiuru
messages. They have since been led to confess who insti-
gated them to Ihe act ; and a wealthy opium speculator,
Nemchund Mallapchund, is now in custody on the charge.
" Mr. David Grierson, deputy inspector general of hos-
pitals. Poona division, Bombay Army, died in Poona on
the 6th January of aneurism of the heart.
" At the last Khundoba's festival in Nagpore, hook-
swinging, till now so common, was forbidden. This pro-
hibition will doubtless extend to the whole province.
"Four hundred and sixteen men of her Majesty's 92d
Gordon Highlanders recently volunteered for prolonged
service in this country on the regiment being orders°
home. This speaks well for the popularity of soldiering in
MELBOURNE, DEC. 24. I India.

" The Bank of Bombay has declared a dividend of 65
rupees per share, being at the rate of 11 per cent, per
annum, clear of income tax, for the half-year ending :)Ist
December, 1862.

" The L. and E. I. steamer Jason, which left L ndon on
the 17th September last, was totally wrecked off Eanore,
on the 29th December. All her passengers were safely
landed. The cargo, it was thought, would be all saved.
" The health of the town and island of Bombay has de-
clined during the last fortnight. Fever and cholera are on
the increase."