The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-15 00:00:00

NOTICE.

ADMIRALTY, March I.3.—Sir —I am commanded by my
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you,
for tho information of the Committee for managing the
affairs of Lloyd's, that her Majesty's steam-vessels Des-
perate and Magicienne have been ordered to preceed from
Plymouth to the Chops of the Channel for the relief of
the homeward-bound trade.

THOMAS PHINN.
Captain G. A. Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lleyd'a.

(PEB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived.—Wonder and South-Western, steamers, from
Jersey ; Express, steamer, Havre.
Sailed.—Argyll, steamer, for Carentan ; Despatch,
steamer, Jersey; Atalanta, steamer, Havre.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.
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Wind S.E.
Off.—Omega, from Charleston ; Mifka, Alexandria.
Sailed.—Repeater, for Castine ; Catherine, Mogador.
QUEENBTowN, March 13.
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Wind 1.
Arrived.-1818, from Venine ; Qneen of the Ush, Ca-
taßia.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
It is conjectured here that Prussia is merely in-
vited to take part in the Congress much in the
same manner as an indifferent person is called in
to witness a deed, and which only wants that for-
mality.
It may then be fairly inferred, from the invita-
tion addressed to Prussia, that no danger now
exists of her incurring any obligations—that the
consequences need no longer be apprehended—that
the causes for the continuance of war are removed
—and that, in a word, Russia has accepted all that
MINING INTELLIGENCE.—Although we cannDt refer ; we have asked.
this week to any important discoveries, our home mines, ; Count Orloff, we are told, is the person who first
taken generally,..are looking as well, if not better, than spoke formally at the Conferences of inviting Prus-
for some time past. Metals are at good remunerative sin ; and the ground he took was, that as a modi-
prices, and without any prospect of immediate decline ; , fication was to be made in the Treaty of 1841, that
yet there is a total wait of activity in the market, is in the public law of Europe, it was necessary
and shares are flatter than they usually are, eveni
in that all the Powers who had taken part in that act
the dullest of times. This refers, almost without ex-
ception, to the dividend stocks, for when those who should
be
represented
when a change was to be
purchase solely :for invebtruent find the market gives made in it. When such secrecy is observed it is
way immediately after they have purchased, they ratu- , difficult to guarantee
the authenticity of the re-
rally withhold further orders, until they think shares ports in circulation about the Congress. But it is,
have renchad their lowest (point.—Mswing Journal of nevertheless, said that Count Orloff has accepted
this day, all the important points at issue—theneutralization

(ST SUBMARINI AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESBATD, Saturday, 9.54 A.M.
Wind, E. by S.; tide, two hours' ebb ; cloudy.
Sailed—William Stephenson, for Penang ; Eliza, Per-
nambuco ; Enterprise, Corfu ; Ripley, Barbados ; Adela,
Guayaquil.
• DEAL, Saturday, 9.39 ROM.

Wind, E.S.E. ; fresh.
Passed—Armenian (s.s.), 235 transport, from the Black
Sea, for the river. • '
Sailed—Robert, barque, from Ragusa, for Londoa.