The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-08 00:00:00

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to fear the results which the affair was ..
liktseNi..
have. Lord Howden had taken leave o .f the_.4. re
clepu'il-
nister of Foreign Affairs, previous to his tho
for England, and had presented Mr. 01 iwaY'es,
first secretary of the legation, as charge . • cl'a',.a-ir ct
during his absence. The Clamor ful ')ctlto lea
ve
iecoofta
ir
,
been seized for the publication of an arti
sive to the Government. The Queen wa to be
for La Crania on the 20th ; her Majesty • Was -
Tll°
accompanied by the President of the Coun di.Mats° company of the railway from Barcelona t• o
betiveer!
is establishing a line of electric telegraph
the It'
the two towns. A letter from Madrid o f
says :—" In a very short time the provin dal 011'
scription for the payment in advance o. half $
f Fi.
r o
year's taxes will be closed. The Ministe ,„ Fel'
Dance is negotiating with the Bank of S .o.m
nando an arrangement for obtaining the ft Inds M :
cessary for the payment of the next hal f Sear
'g
dividends."
..."The
A letter from a Ministerial source, says :-
rhero
governors of provinces announce that eve'
half
the populations are anxious to advance tl to The
year's taxes demanded by the Government ;.
Opposition has done all in its power to em ibarrss°
the projects of the Ministry in this aft:lir. There
ill
are even unfortunate provinces like aral icia, h
t'
which the Government will find the adva%rit lo Iri •
out much difficulty. The rich province oeo Dad's 'g
ce
of opinion that it might have asked for the i idvall
of a year's instead of six months' taxes."

FRANCE.
of
,
At the time of g,oing to press the Paris paper
yesterday had not a:Tived. f 01.1
We learn by telegraph that the Monitc Atr .
morning confirms the Announceinent ma( le y e!," ipi:
day of the change in thy' Turkish Cabinet, ad"
that it has no political imi"rtance• mitListri
It also announces that tilt,' new Greek
t
has taken the oaths, and that ~'ts acts are such
give the Porte complete satisfac:4oU.
(nI cetircsr?ril i,
Epirus is now pacified, but the jatellig€
Thessaly is not so encouraging fOr the
cause. the
The Emperor has received r eplies f 1.°132
Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar to the. letter; iof rec
of Baron de Talleyrand, and to the' le tte] rs of e 1 t.
deuce of the Marquis de Ferriere-le-la vel
The Sentinelle of Toulon states that L • greatsln
activity prevails in the dockyard of that 3,rt.
additional number of men have been sot wb°i_vg
in order to have the Navarin ready for 1, .4. "-11
by the 10th inst. Every exertion is al 3°'
2 -
made to complete the Fleurus, and also the W 1(
of the Souverain. These three vessels arc i seri:doe
line-of-battle ships, and form part of the sq 11% or
of reserve which the Minister of Marine l t-19''' fob
t f
dered to be ready for sea within the nex
eve')
months at the latest. Supplies of stores are
day arriving at the arsenal. The Jean-Bart, acre
of-battle ship, has hauled out of the dock, I
e her
she has been repairing, and has begun to tak
guns on board.
t is
The embarkation of troops for the Levan ear,
about to be resumed at Toulon, it would app gal
with renewed activity. The journals of that i
speak of the departure of several corps of caval rti;
Saturday last the Montezuma steam-frigate was
have taken on board 1,000 men of the 28th re, '3
ment of the line and forty horses. In addition,
vast amount of stores is being collected at Toulot
and the warehouses of the navy are literally ci
cumbered. " These measures of preparation," sa3
the Sentinelle," lead to the belief that it is intende i.
to urge the war in the East most actively, and wits
a far greater amount of troops than was at firs
intended. Measures have also been taken that
the Navarin, now in construction .at the Mourillon,
shall be launched on the 10th. Additional work-
men have been set on for that purpose."
The organisation of the Imperial Guard will be
terminated, it is said, by the end of July, so that
it can be passed in review on the 15th of August.
There is some idea, it is said, to incorporate with
it a corps of Arab cavalry.
The Itioniteur publishes the comparative returns
of the trade and navigation of France with her
colonies and foreign powers in 1851, 1852, and 1853.
The imports in 1853 amounted to 1,630,600,000 f.
In 1851 they had been 1,157,700,000 f., and in
1852, 1,438,200,000 f. The shipping employed
numbered 20,779 vessels, measuring 2,750,699
tons, viz.-9,210 French vessels, carrying
1,065,681 tons; and 11,569 foreign, 1,685,011 tons.
The . imports by sea amounted to 1,028,400,000 f. ;
and byland to 602,200,000 f.—in all 1,630,600,060 f.
The exports in 1853 were 1,866, 800,000 f. They
had been in 1851, 1,629,700,000 f. ; and in 1852,
1,681,500,000 f. The shipping employed in 1853,
consisted of 15,481 vessels, measuring 1,854,665
tons, viz.—G,625 French vessels, carrying 796,350
tons ; and 8,856 foreign, 1,058,315 tons. The ex-
ports by sea amounted to 1,488,600,000 f. ; and by
land to 378,200,000 E—in all, 1,866,800,000 f.

INDIA AND CHINA M AILS.

(By Submarim and European Telegraph.)

The steamer Calcutta arrived at Trieste on the
7th, at half-past 10 a.m., in 102 hours from Alex-
andria, which she left on the 2d of June.

The India, mail has been waiting at Alexandria
since the 2.oth of May. It brings advices from
Calcutta to the Ist of May, Madras the sth of May,
Shanghai the 14th of April, Canton, the 20th of
April, Hong Kong the 22d of April, and Bombay
the 10th of May.
. . _

Affairs in :Burmah are satisfactory.
The Imperialists have been driven from Shang-
hai by Europeans, assisted by the rebel army.
Exchange at Calcutta, 21; Shanghai, 6.3 ; Can-
ton, 5.3.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.

The Atlantic arrived at Liverpool yesterday
evening with dates from New York to the 27th
ult., and $4-00,000.
The City of Manchester has arrived at Phila-
delphia, and the America at Boston.
The news is important. The Nebraska Bill bad
passed the senate, but nothing of moment had.
transpired in Congress. It was reported that an
overture had been submitted, proposing a new
commercial treaty between Russia and the United.
States, of highly advantageous nature to the
latter.

Havannah advices of the 22d state that the Cap-
tain-General .had given several fetes to the officers
of the French squadron.
The emancipation movement was creating un-
easiness. Business was dull.

Freights vnehanged and vessels plentiful.
Exchange on London, 9?-2 to 10,i- premium.
Bermuda advices state that the Legislature was
to have been opened on the 23d.

Lord Elgin bad arrived at Washington.
Immense excitement prevailed at Boston on the
26th, on accouLit of the arrest of a fugitive slave.
The military were called out, and one man killed.
By the late arrival of steamers at New York from
California, 2,669,55 dols. had been received.
The stock-market had improved. Large sales had
been made of Erie Railroad shares at 68 to 69.
Panama Railroad shares had advanced 3i ; Panama
Bonds, 3 ; Reading Railroad, 11 ; Hudson River
Railroad, 2i. Foreign. exchanges moderate, and
rather firm. London, 109 k to 1091 ; Paris, 510 to
5121 ; Amsterdam, 42/ ; Hamburgh, 37 to 37i ;
Bremen, 80.
The cotton market was unchanged.
Breadstuffs more buoyant, with an upward ten-
dency. Provisions easier to purchase.
Freights witbout alteration, and the amount
offering moderate.