The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

A Richmond despatch affirms that England w:

rived out.

Exchange nominal, but tending downwards,

Bankers' bills, 113.

Gold 3 to 4 per cent. premium.

per cent.

New York Centrals are quoted 82f ; Erie, 33
Illinois, GO.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FEB, 12,

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
ship Ellora, with the heavy portion of the above
mails, has arrived here.

The French war steamer Fontenoy, having on
board 1,123 Zouaves, for Mexico, came into collision
with the British steamer Pactolus, bound for Malta,
in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the 2d inst.

The Pactolus sustained considerable damage, and
was lashed to the Fontenoy and taken into Gibraltar

for repair.

The British ship Queen, bound from St. John's,
for Cuba, sprung a leak, and was abandoned on the
6th ult. in long. 6.30, lat. 37 N.

Exchange on London at Gibraltar was quoted
at 491 to 491 for 90 days' sight ; on Paris, 5.25 ; on
Marseilles, 5.26 ; on Madrid, at par ; on Cadiz,

discount.

Frbights unaltered.

PARIS, FEB. 12.

The Moniteur of to-day announces that the
Committee on the Artistie Copyright Question has
appointed a Sub-Committee to prepare a bill based
upon the principle of perpetuity.

CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 11.
Although the Sultan, upon his accession to the
throne, considerably reduced his civil list, and has
since devoted to the service of the State large sums
from the savings of his private purse, his Imperial
Majesty sent yesterday, of his own accord,
20,000,000 piastres to discharge the arrears due to
officials and to the army.

MADRID, FEB. 10.

It is asserted that the decree for the settlement
of the debt of 1823 has received the Royal signs•

The Minister of Finance is actively engaged in
the settlement of the redeemable debt.
M. Mon has accepted the Presidency of the
Congress.

FEBRUARY 11.
It is said that France consents to fix the amount
of the Spanish debt of 1823 at the sum of
20,000,000 f.

PARIS, FEB. 11.
The Ilioniteur of to-day announces that the
Marquis D'Audiffret will to-day read in the Senate
his report on the bill for the conversion of the
Four and a Half per Cent. Rentes.

EVENING.

The Senate at to.day's sitting unanimously de-
clared that it did not oppose the promulgation of
the law for the conversion of the Four and a Half
per Cent. Rentes.

CIRCULAR OF BARON RICASOLI.
TURIN, FEB. 11, EVENING.
The Correspondance Italienne of to-day publishes
a circular of Baron Ricasoli addressed to the Pre_
facts, in which he observes :

" The Government still pursues the execution of
the national wishes, and has formally stated by
what means and ways it intends to proceed to

LATEST NEWS.

(PER NORTH AMERICAN, BY TELEGRAPH TO PORT-
LAND AND FROM LONDONDERRY.)
NEW YORK, JAN. 31 (Morning.)

The Nem York limes refers to Mr. Seward's
despatch of Nov. 30, to Mr. Adams, not having been
public in England, and sees in this fact a deter-
mination on the part of the English Ministry to put
England on a war footing. The New York linzes
adds, that " with such evidences of ill faith and
undisguised hostility we may put a proper con-
struction upon the amicable tone of Earl Rus-
sell's despatches, and arm ourselves for the worst
contingencies."
The Federals are concentrating their forces at
Lebanon, 40 miles from Springfield, for another
chase after General Price.

Six vessels have been sunk in Moffatt's Channel
Charleston. Eight more will be sunk immediately.

Mr. Cox has said in Congress that the attacks on
General M'Clellan arose because the General would
not make the war an abolition war. " Happily,"
said Mr. Cox, " I can announce that no abolition or
confiscation measure can pass the present Congress."
Rumours are current of the resignation of the
Secretary of the Navy.
The New York Herald publishes despatches from
Southern journals, stating that the Federal fleet
occupy the south end of Wilmington Island, thus
cutting off the communication between Fort Palaski
and Savannah. Fort Palaski has, however, six
months' provisions. A Richmond despatch endea-
vours to prove that the occupation of this point does
not cut off the communication.

NEW YORK, FEB. 1 (Morning.)
The New York press take an unfavourable view
of the rumoured European intervention in American

affairs.
The New I ork Herald considers that an inter-
vention would cause strife to extend all over Europe,
as well as in America.

The New York Tinzes justifies the sinking of ves-
sels at Charleston,and says that the harbour is not
destroyed, as new channels will form themselves
with the shifting sands. "In any case the Euro.
pean Powers have no business to protest."
The same journal further states that the opinion

is, commercially, that an attempt by the European
Powers for a friendly intervention, though scarcely
practicable, in the present state of the rebellion,
would not necessarily produce financial mischief.
The Journal of Commerce says :—"Federal mili-

tary movements will shortly display such force as
will surpass anything that the European Powers
have an idea of. European criticism will then
change, and the strength of the Federal Govern-
ment will be acknowledged."
General Beauregard, with 15,000 men, has left for
Kentucky. President Jefferson Davis will com-
mand at Manassas.

Four Federal steamers and three sailing ♦essels
are on the look-out for the Sumter.

The New fork Times says that if the Nashville
has been purchased in England her Northern own-
ers still have claims against her.

yet acknowledge the South and break the blockade,

'1 he Anglo-Saxon, Africa, and Bavaria, have ar,

Fears of European intervention in American
affairs caused great excitement in the Stock mar-
ket this morning, and a general fall of at least 2

FEB. 1, 2 P.M.
The first stock board closed slightly firmer ; Erie,
33 I; New York Central, 821,

She brings 62 passengers, 2,475 packages of
cargo, including 517 bales of silk, valued at £45,000.
On the Bth instant, the Ellora spoke the Indus,
steering south ; and on the 9th, off Cape Finis-
terre, the Alhambra, with the homeward Penin-
sular mails.