The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

-sere is little talked of in the way of news. It
is said in political circles that Russian agents have
--bee detected in Servia and other Danubian pro-
vi, sowing discontent, the fruits of which will
appear,
ere long before the world.
The Court goes into mourning for a week from
1
this day for the Princess Maria, sister of the Em.
peror of Brazil.
Count Rodolphe d'Ornano has been appointed
Chamberlain': of the Emperor.
The Presse, in its usual weekly commercial bill.
letin, says :---
"Business in every branch of commerce continues
very slack. Some fresh orders have been received for
exportation, but they are not very numerous, and con-
fined to articles of Paris manufacture for South America.
All the houses connected with the German trade com-
plain of the slackness of business with that country.
The long negociations which preceded the conclusion of
the treaty between Prussia and Austria, and the state
of uncertainty which existed in the countries which were
called on to form part in that vast customs union, have
rendered the merchants of Germany very reserved in
their purchase of foreign merchandise."
An Imperial decree, dated yesterday, after re-
citing that the caution money of 1,500,000 f. depo-
sited by the company of the railway from Fampoux
to Hazebrouck ; of 10,000,000 E. deposited by the
company of the railway from Lyons to Avignon ;
and of 11,000,000 f. deposited by the company of
the railway from Bordeaux to Cette, were declared,
on the 28th December, 1847, forfeited to the Go-
vernment for the non-fulfilment of engagements by
the companies ; and after stating that " the said
forfeiture provided for by the cahiers des charges
was in conformity with law, but that, as regards
equity, and for the sake of public credit, it is ne-
cessary to moderate the rigour of it"---enacts that
the Minister of Finance shall be authorised to re.
store to the said companies the half of the capital
of their respective deposits. The decree allows in-
terested parties three months to decide whether
they will take advantage of this measure, on con-
dition of desisting from all existing pretensions and
proceedings relative to the caution-money ; and it
declares that the portions of the caution-money not
restored shall be definitively acquired to the public
treasury, and be entered as receipts in the budget
of the present year.
The French Ambassador at the Hague gave a
grand ball there on the 3d, in honour of the mar-
riage of the Emperor. Among the guests were
Prince Henry, Prince and Princess Frederick, the
ministers, and the members of the diplomatic corps.
The Minister of Marine has received from Capt.
Baudin, commanding the naval station of the
western coast of Africa, dispatches stating that the
proclamation of the Empire took place with great
manifestations of enthusiasm at Goree on the 14th
of January.
The Minister of Marine has asked of the Govern-
ment the formation of two squadrons of six vessels
each, one to be stationed before Toulon, the other
before Brest, and each commanded by a vice-
admiral.

The market was very firm and buoyant yester-
day, and a good business was done at improved
quotations. For the account, Threes left off at
80f. 85c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at
104 f. 70c. (ex div.) The market closed as follows :
Threes for cash, 80f. 60c.; for account, 80f. 85c.;
Four-and-a-Half (ex. div.), 104 f. 40c.; for account,
104 f. 70c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,775 f.; Aus-
trian, 964 f.; Neapolitan, 105 f.; Spanish Threes,
49f.

SPAIN.
We have received the Madrid journals of the 2d
instant, but their contents are void of political
interest.
Bourse.—Three per Cents., 43 ; Deferred, 23
11-15. Exchange on London, 51 money.

ITALY.
The Opinione of Turin states that Marshal
Radetzky has ordered the Lieutenancy of Lom-
bardy to report to him on the property of the 200
principal inhabitants in each of the provinces under
his jurisdiction. Emigrants, persons excluded from
the amnesty, and those who have been allowed to
divest themselves of the quality of Austrian citizens,
are to be comprised in the list.
A letter found en an individual who has been
arrested proves that Mazzini was not in Tessin() at
the time of the insurrection at Milan. The letter
is dated from Turin.

GERMANY.
The Post- Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, under date
of Pesth, 28th ult., says :—" It is stated, not as a
rumour but as a positive fact, that the day before
yesterday the Provost of the fortress of Comore
was brought here heavily ironed, and lodged in the
new prison. He allowed himself to be drawn into
a conspiracy with the state prisoners in that fortress,
the object of which was to deliver up the place to
the Makyars. The Commandant Field Marsha!
Simunich was to have been assassinated, and the
small arsenal pillaged, in order to furnish arms to
the liberated prisoners. One of the latter, being
troubled in his conscience, discovered the plot by a
letter which he addressed to a person high in office,
and thus prevented the calamity."
Great military precautions are taken at Nurem-
berg, and several arrests have been made at Mirth.
The advantages which Austrian commerce will
derive from the concessions made by Turkey are of
great importance. Duties on imports and exports
are fixed at 3 per cent., and the monopoly is only
maintained on certain articles arriving by sea.

DENMARK.
Count de Reventlow-Criminil, Minister in the
Danish Cabinet for Holstein, has resigned, in con-
sequence of the determination of the Danish Go-
vernment to remove the line of customs from the
Eider to the Elbe. General Hansen, Minister of
War, is spoken of as his successor.