The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROME, March 21.
Ihe Pope held a secret Consistory toiday, at which
nineteen bishops were nominated.

SPAIN.

MADRID, March 21.

The resignation of Admiral Topete h..s been ac-
cepted. by the Regent, who has appointed Senor
Beranger to succeed him as Minister of Marine.
The subscription to the second series of shares in
the Credit Fonder Espagnol was opened to-day.

W URTEMBURG.

STUTTGARD, March 22.

According to reliable information, it is stated that
the entire Ministry have handed in their resignations.
Yesterday a Ministerial Council was held, at which
the King presided.

AMERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
WASHINGTON, March 21.
The Senate has confirmed Juige Bradley as
associate Justice in the Supreme Court.
The House of Representatives passed a resolution
ta•day declaring that securities not bearing interest
should not be converted by funding into interest
bearing securities.
A resolution proposing to authorise the national
Banks to increase their currency was ordered to be
laid on the table.

NEW YORK, March 21.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1121; the highest quotation during the day
was 1121 ; the lowest, 1121.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885
I/ 1867
10-40 ~
Illinois
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland 2310
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra State, $4 70c. to $5 30c. Corn—Old
mixed, $1 3c.
BOSTON, March 21.
The Cunard steamer Siberia arrived out at 7
p.m. to-day.
SOUTIIAMPTON, March 22.

The North German Lloyd Royal Mail steamer
Donau sails at two p.m. to-day for New York, with
£29,250 iu gold coin from London.

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, Feb. 28.

The mail steamer Avoca takes to Galle 109,750
ounces of gold and £61,875 in sovereigns. The Loca-
trine has also sailed with 1,750 ounces, and the
• Anglesey with 2,750 ounces.
MELBOURNE, March 1.
Parliament has been reopened. The position of
the Ministry is considered strong.
The 14th Regiment will sail for England on the
10th of March.

Business is dull, and stocks of goods large.
SYDNEY, Feb. 28.

Intelligence from New Zealand reports great de-
pression among the colon'sts. Hostilities had re-
commenced, and several skirmishes had taken place.
The new line of steamers between this port and
England, via Honolulu and San Francisco, will com-
mence running on the 25th of March.
Mr. Robeston, the late Prem'er, has resigned his
seat in the Legislative Assembly.
ADELAIDE, March 1.
Parliament has been prorogued, pending the dis.o-
-1 ut ion.

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called "The Royal Irish Distillery."

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
THE IRISH PRESS.

The expression of feeling on the part of the Irish
press on the subject of the Peace Preservation Bill
is naturally an important and instructive
topic. The Times' correspondent says the bill
engrosses attention in Dublin to the exclusion of all
other political subjects. The Land Bill even is put
aside from men's minds for the time. The amount of
hostility provoked by ilia idea of coercion is not so
great as might be supposed, and most people acknow-
ledge the necessity for sp-cial legislation. The
Freeman, belonging to another section of the press,
protests against the attack on the liberty. of the press,
and suggests as a means of repressing agrarian crime
the suspension, not of the Habeas Corpus Act, but of
the correspondents of the London prone. There are
two papers in Ireland, the _Lublin _Evening Pest and
the Dwiy I:rpm's, that look upon the Coercion Bill
as not sufficiently stringent. They sorrowfully admit
the necessity for such a legislation for their misguided
countrymen. -