The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-18 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The speech addressed by the Emperor Napoleon
to the legislative body, on the 14th inst., has pro-
duced a most excellent effect in all quarters. It
has contributed in a great measure to soften the
evil impressions created by the marriage oration.
The Prussian First Chamber has passed a bill,
declaring that the oaths taken by juries at the
commencement of each assize shall be valid during
the whole of the sitting, in lieu of the oaths being
renewed at the commencement of each separate

case.
The treaty concluded in July, 1851, between 1
Prussia and the Netherlands, for the construction 12
of a railway line from Oberhausen to Arnheim 12
(Dutch Rhenan), has been published. 12
....

PORTUGAL.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's ship Iberia, Captain John Bowen, ar-
rived at Southampton yesterday at 5.30 p.m.
with the usual Peninsular mails, in charge of
Lieutenant Charlton, R.N., Admiralty agent.
The steamer was detained two days beyond the
day of sailing at anchor in the Tagus by a heavy
gale of wind. Her dates are—Gibraltar, Feb. 4 ;
Cadiz, 5 ; Lisbon, 9 ; Passa de Arcos bay, 11 (with
Oporto in consequence of bad
It3.n:The freight list comprises 10
6 epackages
391 half-chests of oranges, 138 25
raabicw,inleca, 190 elephants' 10
se of hams, 61 1411
whear)
eg no
;s caoonf md m
Vigo,un
specie, i i°
l casks a
boxes of eggs, and 29 packages of general merchan- 20
dise.
bteaerrthe, 527 l a
barrelsdates 9f
gum

No alteration! had taken place in the Lisbon
quotations of stocks and exchanges, the Carni-
val holydays having put a stop to business, and
prevented any discussion of censecluence. from
coming on in the Cortes since it had. been decided
by a majority of 22 to 20 that the House of Peers
would follow the same course as the Deputies in
voting a reply tq the Throne. No new Peers had
yet been created, but the Duke of Saldanha had.
been to the Palace upon the subject, although still
far from well ; and, unless the (Duke should have
another relapse, it was thought the Queen would
create the Peers necessary to vote the different acts
of dictature in spite of the intrigues of Don Manoel
de Portugal and other adherents of the last
Thomar Administration.
The Lisbon Government had announced that
the railway company had not been able to com-
plete the deposit and list of shareholders in com-
pliance with the provisional concession, and Mr.
Hislop had embarked in the Iberia for England,
with the allowance of another 40 days to comply
with these conditions, or forfeit the 1
preiiminary
deposit. The Minister of Finance had stated in
the Cortes that the non-issuing of railway shares
in London was not attributable to the conversion
decree and discredit of the Government, but that
its credit was so good that many other corapanies,
wanting to make the railway, had intrigued against
Mr. Hislop's project, and prevented it from getting
shareholders. .

THE GOVERNMEET BALANCE-SHEET.—From the Go-
vernment balance-sheet, issued on Thursday, it appears
that, in the year ended the sth April, 1852 (after abating
n
the expenditure thereeut defrayed by the several re-
venue departments), the income or revenue was
318dL 17s. lid., and the .expenditure includiividends, 50,291,3221. 14s. sd. The excessg
incomeusof2l:c4ia6iBmed. over the expenditure was 2,176,996/. 3s. 2d.
On tho sth April, 1852, the balances in the Exchequer
were 6,838,846/. 14s. 2d. In the year ended the sth
Jan. last the revenue was 53,210,071/. and the expen-
ditur.) 50,792,511/. 13r: 9d., leaving the excess of in-
come ever expenditure 2,417,5691. 68,

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