The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-27 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Augsburg Gazette of the :21st inst. contains
a letter from Vienna, which states that the basis of
a treaty of peace proposed by the Austrian Cabinet,
and approved of by Russia, has been forwarded to the
Austrian representatives in London and Paris, to be
communicated by them to the British and French
Governments. The writer adds that the Austrian
Government is determined not to deviate from the
project transmitted, and that it remains for the me
diming powers to show by their acts that they seriously
desire the maintenance of peace.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
The following notice was issued by command of the
Pe,tmaster-General this morning:--
With a view to simplicity and economy in the ac-
counts of the money order office, it has been found ne-
cessary to lay down the following rules:-
1. Every money order issued on or after the 6th
October, 1848, must be presented for payment before the
end of the second calendar month after that in which it
was issued, (for instance, if issued in October, it must be
be presented for payment before the end of Decem-
ber.) otherwise a new order will be necessary, fur
which a second commission must be paid.
2. As already notified to the public, if an order be
not presented for payment before the end of the twelfth
calendar month after that in which it was issued, (for
instance, if issued in October and not presented betoro
the end of the next October,) the money will not be
paid at all.
3. As, after once paying a money order, by whom-
soever presented, the office will not be liable to any
further claim, the public are strictly cautioned—
a. To take all means to prevent the loss of the money

order.
b. Never to send a money order in the same letter
with the information required on payment thereof.
c. To be careful, in taking out a money order, to state
correctly the Christian name as well as the surname of
the person in whose favour it is to be drawn.
d. To see that the name, address, and occupation of
the person taking out the money order are correctly
known to the person in whose favour it is drawn.
4. Neglect of these instructions will lead to delay and
trouble in obtaining payment, and even risk the loss of
the money.
These instructions, together with some others of
minor importance, will be found printed on every money
order.

TUE PRINTER OF TILE HOUSE OF COMMONS•-It
is stated in a daily paper, that Mr. Luke llanfiard
has been dismissed from the lucrative office of printer to

the House of Commons.
MR. WEBSTER'S WALKING STICK.—Mr. Webster
has been presented by a clergyman with a walking stick
bearing this inscription—" Constantinople, September,
1846.—The Honourable Daniel Webster, Marshfield,
Massachussets, United States of America, for whom this
Daphne-wood stick was cut on the borders of the Bos-
phorus, where Mahomet 11. and the Greeks had their
last field battle, before the subjugation of the latter."—
New York Daily Tribune.
The Gazette of last night contains an order in
council, giving directions for bringing into operation the
Act of the last session to prohibit the importation of
sheep, cattle, or other animals, for the purpose of pre-
venting the introduction of contagious or infectious dis-
orders; and it further enacts, that if:any sheep or lambs
imported or brought into this country appear at the time
of their importation to be infected with or labouring
under the variola ovine, or sheep pox, such sheep and
limbs, and all other sheep and lambs imported or brought
into this country in the same ship or vessel with any
sheep or lambs which appear to be diseased, shall be
seized and detained by the officers of Customs at the

port of import; it enacts also that the circumstances of
such seizure shall be forthwith reported by such officers
to the Commissioners of Customs and the Board of

Trade; and if it be certified to the former board by any
veterinary surgeon appointed by them to inspect such
sheep that they are infected with such disease, that they
may, if they think proper, cause such sheep or lambs to
be forthwith destroyed. Directions also may be given
for further detaining or destroying all or any other
of the sheep or lambs which may have been imported
into this country with the diseased animals, or for re-
turning them to their owners, subject to any conditions
which may be prescribed, and on the payment of any ex-
penses incurred by the Commissioners of Customs in
respect of their detention.
THE STREET-SWEEPING MACHINE.—We under-
stand that it is intended to extend the operation of that
useful instrument, the street-sweeping machine. The
state of the streets on Saturday and Sunday last, and
yesterday, afforded the best proofs that some change is
necessary to render the streets in any respect passable
without being covered with mud. The present mode of
cleansing the streets is perfectly inadequate. It is not
regulated by any system, and the clumsy and careless
way in which the sweepings are removed forms another
nuisance.
MONEY MARKET.--The price of gold at Paris is
13i per milk, which, at the Engl,bli Mint ',lice of
31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.48 i; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 15.30, it follows that gold is 0.72 per
cent. dealer in Paris than in London. The price
of gold at Hamburgh is 436 per mark, which, at
the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101; and the
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.8/,
it follows that gold is 1.03 per cent. dearer in Hamburgb
than in London. The course of exchange at New York
on London is 109 per cent., and the par of exchange
cent.,between
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against England; but the quoted exchange at New
York beint, for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must
be subtracted from the above difference.
THE WEST. MIDDLESEX CONGREGATIONAL ASSO-
CIATION.—Yesterday evening, at half-past six o'clock, a
numerous meeting of the ministers and supporters of the
churches and chapels connected with the West Middle.
sex Congregational Association, was held at the East-
end Chapel, East-end, Finchley, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the report of the various ministers on the pro-
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Christians of various denominations to unite for such a
purpose. Resolutions in support of the association were
agreed to unanimously, and several reverend gentlemen
addressed the meeting upon them, after which thanks
were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated.
The Dunse and Reston branch of the North Bri-
tish Railway is making so very little progress that it is
imnossible to fix any definite time when it will be opened.
—.Glasgow Paper.
FURIOUS Ox.—Considerable excitement was caused
on the afternoon of Monday last by the appearance of an
ox, in an excited state, running along Mosley-street,
apparently from the vicinity of the cattle market. Se-
veral attempts were made to arrest its progress, but
without success, and proceeding down Manor-street it
ran in the direction of the railway station. Here some
men endeavoured to tarn it, and in doing so, a butcher
had a very narrow escape, the ox having run at him, but
he managed to escape by striking it on the forehead with