The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-01 00:00:00

THE SUN' LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRITARY 1856.

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to affirm the acceptance by Russia of the proposi-
tions of Austria. Prince Gortschakoff has now
received the despatch of M. de Nesselrode, which
states that acceptance and the authorisation to sign
the act common to the five Powers, for all the five
Powers who were present at the last diplomatic
conferences will take part in it. As soon as the
Plenipotentiaries of France, England, and Turkey
shall have received authorisation from their respec-
tive Governments, they will be convoked by M. de
Buol, and in the presence of Prince Gortschakoff
he will read to them the note which contains the
conditions proposed by Austria ; Prince Gorscha-
koff, on his part, will read the despatch of M. de
Nesselrode, and a protocol of these two readings
will be drawn up, which will be signed by the five
representatives. Prussia and Piedmont will take
no part in it, as this protocol will be as a comple-
ment to those of the Conference of Vienna, the last
of which bears the date of the 4th June, 1855.
This protocol was to have been signed on the 25th
January, but the signature had not taken place on
the 27th. Great impatience is felt for the accom-
plishment of this formality, which is regarded as
the first of the preliminaries."
BOURSE, Jan. 31.—The following were the quo-
tations :

Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4i per Cants 95 50 —f. —o.
3 per Cents 7O 60 70 80
New Loan 72 5 —
Bank Shares 3275 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1530 Austrian
Belgian Fives. .. k_3panish Threes 36
Piedmontese (5)

RAILWAYS-2'oB CASH.
fr. 0. fr. C.
Orleans ... 1237 50 Western 835 C
Northern
Lyons
...,...1225 New Ditto 810
Mediterranean 1360 Grand Central 640
Lyons Geneva 725 Testa
Catte 727 50 Austrian Coro. 857 50

PORTUGAL.
The steamer Cintra arrived at Liverpool, yester-
day, with advices from Lisbon to the 26th inst.
The same day, at 5 p.m., she passed the Sultan
going into Lisbon.

Our correspondent writes on the 26th :—The
Cortes resumed their sittings on the 19th inst., be-
ing engaged in the election of councillors. Nothing
of public interest had taken place. A bill to extend
the period of old coinage will be discussed to-day,
when it is expected the Finance Minister will bring
forward his report, and bills respecting contracts
and loans for railway construction.
Although the heavy gales upon the coast have
subsided for the last few days, rain continues to fall
in great abundance. The Donna Maria steamer
has been unable to take in her cargo, and her de-
parture for the Brazils is put off to the 6th of
February.

Accounts from Algarve represent two-thirds of
the inhabitants of that province as being reduced
to the greatest misery. The rains and storms have
stopped the fisheries, inundated lands, and many
houses have fallen there in consequence of the wet
season and shocks of earthquake.
The sufferings upon the banks of the Tagus and
other rivers are also very great.
We are sorry to report the distressing loss of the
Portuguese brig Orient, Captain Faria, out 64 days
from Loanda, at daybreak on the 21st., upon a
rock called the Guinche, near the Rock of Lisbon.
The fog was so intense that the vessel was almost
upon the rock it split upon before it was perceived,
and only 6of the crew were saved. Those lost
include the captain, who was a son of the owner,
two passengers, and seven sailors. One of the pas-
sengers, atter being lodged upon the rock, was
washed off again while in the act of kneeling in
thankfulness fur his short-lived preservation.
News has just been received hero of the loss of
the English brig Standard, Capt. Byrne, from
Alexandria, with beans, and last from Cadiz, bound
for Cork.