The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-24 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

4

The French papers of yesterday had not arrived
_wh
Telegraph we learn that M. Auguste Heurtier,
appointed on a commercial mission in China and
111 e eastern provinces, is to sail immediately for
Macao in the steam-corvette Colbert.
T .Pages Dupont, editor of the Union, M.
-i,ajislu, and Messrs. Lowenfeld, Hartmann, and
fAienne, correspondents of the German press, have
been liberated with a simple caution.
The Budget for 1854 will be brought before the
.1-legislative Assembly early in March.
, The Moniteur of yesterday announces that M. de
'a Tour is appointed Minister of France in Con-
stantinople, and M. de Bourqueney in Vienna.
decree in yesterday morning's Moniteur 110-
'lll'lo,es M. Fremy, Councillor of State, to the post
of Director General of the Interior. ie will con-
tinue to be attached to the section of public
works, agriculture and commerce. By another
decree, dated Tuesday,' M. Henri Chevreau is ap-
pointed Councillor of State.
The funds were steadier yesterday than for a
Ijeek past. A fall of 5 centimes on the Three per
„ellts. was compensated by an equal advance on
~"",,e Pour-and-a-Half, the latter closing at 105 f.
°l./e• for cash and the Threes at 80f. 60c. Bank
Stock declined 5f., closing at 2,805 f. ; and, with
the exception of a few sales of Northern and of
-I,Yons shares, Railway Stock seemed to-day to be
rite neglected, and prices unaltered for want of
transactions. The uneasy sensation previously
I'.,4oticed reecting affairs in the East of Europe is
Y no means abated.

AUSTRIA.
tl• Pie German papers state that a rising. was an-
eiPated in Pesth, and fears were entertained of a
general outbreak. The police in Pesth had ar-
rested 20 travellers in the Hotel d'Angleterre.
a garrison was under arms, and ready to act at
moment's notice.
Letters from Vienna, of the 19th, state that the
assassin who attempted the life of the Emperor
declares that he has no accomplices, and that he
, for a long time entertained the idea of killing
the Emperor.
It was rumoured at Vienna that the Austrian
ofn,v,ernment proposed confiscating all the property
3the Lombard emigres suspected of favouring the
e movement. The property is estimated at
00 millions of francs, or 12 millions sterling.
Divan
Journal des
_Mats says that as soon as the
the
heard the Count de Leiningen's proposition
fo French and English Ambassadors were sent
pl.' and several conferences had been held with
nad Effendi.
It WAS reported in Vienna, on'the 21st, that the
th tleraent of the differences between Austria and
e Porte had been proposed and was referred to
intane°. Another report states that Count Lein-
thgen had given the Divan five days to consider
the conditions of Austria. That term expired on
e4,e Bth. The Divan had demanded additional
ml? days to consider, which was granted. An
alive answer is expected.

PRUSSIA.
notice has been published by the Minister of
, o£li„uli Works, to the traders of Stettin announcing
-611glish plate-iron employed for the building
of
(7,lTs is to be admitted into the Baltic ports, free
th:lltY, for the space of one year. The object of
4t is to encourage the building of iron steamers
Stettin and Dantzic. There are no forges, it
foaLbs observed, in Pomerania or East Prussia
th;:e manufacture of these plates. It is certain
oti;" the Prussian Government will unite with the
sl.47,Powers in addressing remonstrances to the
re i,84 Government against the residence of
``gees in England.

In 1. ITALY.
tue sitting of the 18th inst., the Chamber of
Deputies of Sardinia adopted the budget of war,
theu discussion
to 29,957,593 f. It then commenced
pro ulseussion of the budget of foreign affairs,
3,4'sed by the committee to be increased to
GT, ',295E instead of 3,320,315 f., demanded by the
theli telegraphic
dispatch from Tessin announces
isrrival in the canton en masse of all those ban-
ef h ofricen Lombardy. The accounts from Milan
uiti-ed 4.11 th state that the commandant had per-
spejeal i Tessn ese to take their departure in the
an dial trains running for some days on the Milan
20th ahlerlata line. Accounts from Berne of the
was e.„lePort the continuance of the blockade ; salt
• , Prohibited.
his ai .:,bermatten, General on duty at Rome, and
)11011t1IdS-s'e-eamp, M. Desjardins, residing some
Swiss at Erian, in Navoy, having enrolled some
to Pontifial army, have ust received
daps, to
uit thec Sardinian- States within six
Ys

SPAIN.
There is nothing new from Madrid. The Three
Der Cents. were done on the 17th at 42. _

AMERICA.

A. summary of the following appeared in The Sun
of Yesterday.
1,,,-13T the screw steam-ship Andes, Hutchins com-
t7nder, and the Royal mail steamer Africa, Harri-
York
r„Commander, weTh have advices from
el the 9th inst. Andes sailed from Neeww York
the Bth, and arrivede at 10 o'clock on Wednesday
,ght • and the Africa sailed on the 9th, and arrived
The Africa
2 :3' 1 k on Wednesday morning..
b.,_ OC
brought 200,000 doll. in specie.
114.J.tne Africa passed the following vessels :—On the
steamer, supposed the Niagara,
he,4: at 3 p.m., a _
114-_ua 0 for New York ; on the 13th, at 6 a.m., a
tt'ile,raer, supposed the Alps, hence for New York ; ,
Ca`t_ On. the 21st, at 2 p.m . a steamer, supposed the
113Lbria, hence for Halifax and Boston.
'the
Calif vast emigration tending from the States
the
p iated by glancing at h
iiats calif ma
left .x.r°f passengersbe therec three steam-ship
t New York on the sth of s whic
February, for the
Passengers
the
The totals are as. foaullows:i3—Passen
+4l,e United States, to Aspinw ; passengers
Star of the West, to San Juan, 528 total
ae.„_
sr
Aspinwall, 966 ;,
s by the Georgia, to
But it is not by the number of passengers
'4
j 4 e that the commercial and other relations exist-
Leg between California and the Atlantic States can
estimated. The number of letters carried out
le":tl.,e, regular mail steamer, the Georgia, was
enrso
85,,au 50,496, and the number of newspap
coh'7°. • This immense mail required 177 bagsthe
kaki' it, and it would perhaps be under
the
hanto
estimate the number of letters in
'WS °f passengers at 10,000.
lest learn from the Portland Advertiser of the Ist
laiitailit) that the rails on the whole line of the At-
Is St St. Lawrence railroad, from Portland to
St. -rend, the point of the junction with the
km.".mawronce and the Atlantic Railroad, are laid,
and that the locomotive has passed up to that point
Th-e New
The last rail was laid on the 29th ult.,
taar,* Orleans Delta, of the Ist instant, con-
-14,1-ais a letter from British Honduras, which con-
shdthe report that the State of Honduras a
Then:Possession of the English settlement at Limas.d
the'si.'a," appointed a commandant, and declare
ever tats of Honduras would, at all hazards and
13" sacrifice, continue to hold the territory: t
they4tivices received from Kingston, Jamaica.,.
ho
steamer ult., brought to Savannah by the British
elew—„er Conway, it appears that, instead of being..
uP previous to the 29th ult., the British
soya- frigate ilighflyer was
n that day. lying safely at Port
Late4l)o' New Orleans papers confirm the telegraphic
Tailsrt of the seizure, by the Mexican authorities at
t°
A. of five Californians, who were returning
'ulted States by the overland route through
the e'• Five dollars in gold dust were taken from
to
chAn Party, under the plea that they had neglected
p
ee export duty. The American consul, Mr.
tele Ph protested against this outrage. The
etCoaPu atreiterates the statement that a
'eaa„,Tut of the national guards, under the
after
epve orfeColonel Rodriguez, had been captured
p
fight, and executed, for having con-
-41 to take possession of the city.
New' Orleans we have some later and
.very
,_ ut intelli-wjatainoros,
ove iutionists havingsucceeded
declared in favour of the
1' go ucceeded after a battle, in routing
111 a,, ID; vernment troops.' The whole state of Ta-
PresTkPasexi: in possession of . the insurgents.
L sideut Congress has granted to the new
evalos, the extraordinary powers asked
Tw refused to President Arista.
th at Veal!? later advices from Havannah announce
41, at are at Cardenas lasted for two days, and
1. the
Her tliaaniu°uut of property destroyed was much
The _ at first anticipated.
Ttereete. ercial intelligence is again without
;.rro, ov„, 4-11. e rate of exchange was rather less
1... g 04 -L.:lg to the number of cotton bills still press-
1117ecie has c, market, and hence only 40,0001. of
ney wasl?en. brought by the present steamer.
Ai°olc-tuark 'in slightly increased demand, and the
01. 41'stra,lie ' although steady, was less buoyant.
,q.ahizatio_au steam-ship company was in course of
~taeticiuu .and two new banks were likewise
.Aicholags Wall-street—one to be called the
,tt
.othertb Bank, with a capital of 100,0001., and
4/km 440 ef
000/. -"auk of the Commonwealth, with a
1-00,
acv to 140 Ali.
•L S.—The annexed particulars- re-
-4l ued States loan affairs are extracted

from the circular of Messrs. Cammann and Co., of
New York, received by the Africa, and dated the
Bth inst.:—
Erie-Railroad Securities, which had rather a down-
ward tendency, are again firmer, in consequence of the
announcement of the negotiation of a new 7 per cent.
mortgage loan, redeemable in 30 years. The price at
which the sale was effected has not transpired. This
will make the total liabilities of the company $30,000,000,
as follows :—First mortgage, due in 1868, $3,000,000 ;
second do. do. 1859, $4,04,000 ; third do., do (new
loan), $3:000,000 ; Income Bonds, due in 1855,
$3,000,000 ; Convertible loan, due in 1862, $3,500,000 ;
(10. do., do, 1871, $3,500,000 ; Certificate Debt, 1855,
$500,000 ; capital stock, $9,500,000. It is stated that
the now morgage authorises the issue of $10,000,000 of
bonds, and that the proceeds of the recent sale are to be
applied to the liquidation of the present floating debt,
amounting to about $2,000,000, and to the laying of
the second track, the construction of which is to be
pushed forward with energy ; $4,000,000 are reserved
for the payment of the second mortgage, due in 1859,
and the remaining $3,000,000 will not be issued within
twelve • months. The receipts of the road for January
were $304,151, being an increase of $132,710 upon those
of the corresponding month of last year. The State of
North Carolina advertises for proposal for $500,000 of 6
per cent. coupon bonds, redeemable Ist January, 1883,
and payable in the city of New York. The bonds are ex- •
empted from taxation, and issued to provide for the sub-
scription by the state to the North Carolina Railroad.
In addition to the faith of the State, all her stock in the
said railroad, and the dividends thereon are specially
pledged for the redemption of these bonds. The bids are
to be opened on the 31st of Mardi next. Proposals are
also invited, until Ist proximo, for a loan of $2,500,000
to the Parkersburg Railroad, on coupon bonds redeem-
able Ist of January, 1873, interest and principal payable
in Baltimore ; $1,500,000 of these bonds are. guaranteed
by the city of Baltimore, and the remainder by the Bal-
timore and Ohio Railroad Company. Notice has been
given by the treasurer of the state of Pennsylvania, that
the past due 5 per cent. loans will be paid off on presen-
tation, and that interest thereon will cease in 60 days
from 26th ult."