The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

AUSTRIA

As some of the North GerVmlaEnNpNaAperns Ece0.1.11:1;13.
to affirm that A
of the richus
countries
lying tria "wishes to retain possessil,
of the Danubian Pri et i Lowerews
bya s Dan
beenan u
pb er
0, ;
a semi-offi • cial Austrian writer • alio the
columns of
n oc
inp at lhi
has explain
the Augsburg Gazette 13 the °can'''.
tion
longed. The Vienna correspondent instead o'.
atte • mpting to excuse the policy of '
Austria, plainlY
says that the army of occupation was left in M°l;
davia and Wallachia because Russia displaYeth,
a disinclination to fulfil some of the conditions ca
the treaty of peace. When the St. Petersburg
Cabinet has ceded Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpent°
there will no longer be a motive for occupying an,/
part of the Turkish territory, "and consequentll
the battalions of Austria and the vessels of En g'
land will be withdrawn." We are then told that
the Austrian Government never thought of Pro.
longing the occupation of the Danubian Prill-
cipalities until their re-organisation was coraplote,
but the statement is incorrect. The Imperil'',
Government greatly fears that the Ultra-Libera;
party will get the upper hand in Moldavia On
Wallachia, and it long endeavoured to persuade
France, England, and Turkey to let the European
Commission perform its duties without delay.
Turkey might, perhaps have been induced to con-
sent, as Austria offered to withraw her troops trona
the neighbourhood of Bucharest and Jassy, but
France distinctly stated that her Commissioner
would not be instructed to go to Bucharest until
both Principalities had beensense as Fletelyrance, but
evacuated.
England spoke in the
probably somewhat less positively A Vienna
.
paper learns from Bucharest that the Kaimakaine
of ploldavia and Wallachia have already re-
ceived instructions from the Porte to convoke
the Divans ad hoc, but the news can hardly be
correct, as a person who is generally extremely well
informed of what is passing in Wallachia state•
that no step will be taken towards the reorganisa-
tion of the Principalities until the frontier question
has been definitively settled. It is said that the
standing army of Wallachia will in future consist
of 30,000 men, but the province will certainly net
be able to maintain such a large force.
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SPAIN.
MADRID, Dec. 19.—The journal El Leon EsP64-
not states that a revolutionary club has been
dir
at Madrid. Some persons are said t°
have been arrested, and several proclaroatioo
seized.

The Russian squadron under Admiral 85i11,,16,
has left Cherbourg for the Mediterranean•
usual salutes were given and returned. TOO
vessels will put in to Brest and Cadiz, and
the°
Proceed to Toulon.

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SEIZURES OF TORACCO.—Wm. Gorey, a rasa in tb°
woodmillt
employ of Messrs. Ray and Son, millers, at
was yesterday convicted by the magistrates of Southan3Pci
li°
ton on the charge of being concerned in unshipping
concealiog 2,6851 b. of tobacco and 521 b. of tobacco stalk,
with intent to defraud her Majesty's Customs. It v 19.6
proved by the Custom-house officers that the tobacco
was found in the house of the defendant at Woodroillt
which is about two miles and a half from Southaraptoo•
Woodmill is on the banks of the river Itchen, which
navigable from the Southampton Water as far 20
to-
the mill. The bales contained 2,6851 b. of Virginia
bacco, valued with the duty at 1,589/. 15s. The defenn
oureqiY
on the part of Gorey was that he had good-humon
taken in the packages for the night for a pers 'su.
could not travel onwards because the roads were so b. ''„
The magistrates convicted the defendant in the
Itui;
penalty of 1,5891. 15e., but, as he could not pal
Foingty, he was committed to prison.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK

The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed
with extreme excitement, and prices of all kinds
were id. per lb. higher. The sales were estimated
at 25,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken for
xport and 11,000 on speculation. The Railway
Share Market was extremely quiet, and prices were
steady, without any alteration from the current
rates of Friday.

The intelligence from New York per steamer
Persia, which arrived on Saturday, states that there
Was rather more firmness in the Cotton Market,
the advances from this side being considered favour-
able. For export there was an active demand, but
the home trade as well as the speculators were ope-
rating to a very limited extent. The general
money market had undergone no marked change,
but the discount business of the City Banks con-
tiuued to increase. In the week ending the 6th
there was an augmentation in this department
$1,362,058. In Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
and some of the other cities, money was rather scarce,
41:1(1 a large amount of capital was consequently
being withdrawn from New York. On the 9th inst.
the Stock Market was heavy, the supply of stock
''aving increased. There had been some very
heavy, speculation ; and a few days previous to
the sailing of the steamer considerable excitement
441 been caused by the failure of an operator for a
fall in prices. Messrs. Renshaw and Son, of Bos-
,t°ll, are also alleged to have suspended, and the
total liabilities of the two firms are estimated at
/10)000,000
The financial accounts from Paris report a general
aaProvement ix the position of the Bank of France,
although no alteration has yet been made in the
" iloount regulations. The bullion continues to
ltcrease, and it is expected that the next monthly
return will be very satisfactory.
The run upon the branches of the National Bank
Iu Ireland has not yet terminated, but there is
e°Usiderably less excitement. As no difficulty
whatever is experienced by the panic•stricken in
tlbtaining gold, they are becoming more confident,
and the directors, in order to be prepared for any
emergency, continue to send sovereigns from Lon-
40U. There can be no doubt that in the course of
4 day or two this stupid panic will have wholly
There is a very active demand for money to-
both in Lombard-street and at the Bank of
tr gland. Full rates are current, and only choiee
4"eriptions of paper are negotiated out of doors,
t a trifle under the minimum quotations.

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The English Stock Market is rather heavy, and
decline of about 1 per cent. has taken place.
There is no particular cause to which this weak-
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"a can be attributed beyond a few speculative
files, based upon foreign politics, and the
thenlittances of gold to Ireland, to supply
e Bank, which have experienced a run. Consols
0
liPeued at 931 to 94, but they have since ruled
ett'cY at 9311. The New 3 per Cents. are 931 to
cu.,
the Reduced 93i and Exchequer Bills 3s.
Premium the last named being still depressed.
Foreign Securities are very quiet. Turkish 6
/)iir cents. have declined to 951 and 95 to 951,
their present value. The 4 per Cents. are 1021 2,
Danish
3 per Cents. 241 I, Sardinian 881 1, and
3 per Cents. 841.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
..leeks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 2 ; Maxi-
-73, 21i i; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
tti?er Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per
l'erite., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42i 31 ; ditto
4eferred, 241 ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto
Passive, 6 I.
A. very moderate business has been transacted in
the Railway Share Market this morning, the de-
13ression in the English Funds having to a
treat extent also affected the value of Railway
bees. Bristol and Exeter, Chester and Holy head,
righton, South-Western, and South-Eastern hav-
-114 declined about ss. to 10s. per share. North-
4tern, Berwick, East Lancashire, and Scottish
North-Eastern supported previous rates. The
Great Luxembourg and Lombardo-Venetian were
or
'lO rather lower, but Grand Trunk of Canada
are. steady.
Joint Stock Bank Shares have been little dealt
jiti and prices are unaltered. In Miscellaneous
Shares Canada Land are supported at a slight ad-
44t1ce, being quoted 130. General Screw Steam
141 London General Omnibus Company were also
4 tlPPorted.

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-4. SH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Front the Offietca List.)
1, Businesn. dons.
"vr N Cent. Reduced Annuities
N,,
6 per Cent. Annuities
..4t Annuities, expire sth Jan. MO.__ 2 13-16 -
ilia 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 15-16
Ronde, £IOOO
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.ols for Account ,..r 93i i
4xchequer Bills, 20d. -
£lOOO ......
£590 par 4 p
%tall 4 pram 1
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 30 per Cent 9Bi
Ditto, 1959
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
D
tllian Fonds, 5 per Cent. 99
po.',h Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825
llguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., CQn, 1841
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Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent .................. :
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Ittitiito Account ....................... ... .
84 61an Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent.
I'dilii&D Bonds, 5 per Cent. ......•^•••'•' —,
4 Ditto Account
151,4" ii tionds, 3 per Cent ...
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
241
Litto Account •
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th°44, !eh Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6 41. CP.
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-"r1,101 Bonds, 6 per cent
0 95i 5,
itto Account
y uitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
ItiGzuela Bonds, 4i per Cent
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L. Dividends on the above Payable in London.
're h Rentes, 4. per Cent. —
to 'tto 3 per Cent.
g.ian 1 2A per Cent., ex. 25 francs —
itto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs ......
THREE O'CLOCK.

C"ngole (Money)
93i d
Ditto Account (January •')

niATit OF Mae. BIBTLETT.—We learn with regret
that a respected member of the theatrical profession,
Ifts- Mary Anne Bartlett, died on Sunday last, at her
1 dgi i
ngR n Kensington-gardens, Brighton, after a brief
illness of three weeks.
The rate of discount at Hamburgb, has risen to 61
per cent., in consequence of the silver movement.
The 31oniteur contains a further list of the prizes of the
Exhibition lottery, which issued from the wheel on
Saturday, coming down to the 5700th number drawn.
Mr. Edwin James, Q. 0., will pay a visit to South-
kupton, in the course of a few days, to meet his friends,
and explain to them the reason of his absence from them
for nearly a week prior to the mayor being put in nomi-
nation as a candidate.

SIR SNOW HARRIS'S LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS .—A
despatch has reached the Admiralty from Rear Admirali
33race, commanding the squadron in the Pacific, stating
That on the evening of the 22d October last, in lat. 18
22 N, long. 106 24 W, his flag ship, the Monarch, was
attack by lightning. The ship is fitted with Sir Snow
arris'e system of electrical couductor. The electrical
miLlcharge fell on the spindle of the main royal mast,
bid Puling down the conductor went clear into the sea
th a tremendous crash, without any damage being
anatained. Such was the excited state of the a;r, and so
„
illizercus and vivid were the electrical sparks all around,
that tho ship at first was thought to be on fire. There is
dole doubt but that her Majesty's ship has been saved
partial destruction, and the lives of many men pre•
ti'teeetd, through the instrumentality of the capacious
rical conductor permanently fixed in the masts and
"II of the vessel.
I'INAL ARCTIC SElRCH.—There is now little or no
doubt as to the intention of the Government to despatch
kcal expeditions in search of further traces of Sir John
~ralaklin. They will probably consist of three parties, one
L'erland, another via Behring's Straits, and a third via
4via's Straits. The Behring's Straits expedition will
r°bably be commanded either by Captain Collinson
Mooid he volunteer his services), or Captain Rochfort
aguire, an officer of great energy and much active expe-
Vence. The Baffin's Bay expedition will, it is supposed,
he offered to Captain M'Clintock, but we have as yet
hard no one mentioned to eommand the overland party.
'''United Service Gazette.
A.CCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
AILWAY.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. A. J. Payne, the
_ePnty-coroner, held an inquest at St. Thomas's-hospital
‘.)11 the body of Michael Knight, the inspector of the Per-
manent Way, whose death was occasioned by injuries
received on the London and South-Western Railway on
4 ,-uhurs
tal day last. The jury returned a verdict of " ACCi.
4 death."

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