The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

INDIA.

DESTRUCTION OF THE GOVERNOR-
GENERAL'S TENTS BY FIRE.
The following Government message has been
published :
There was a fire in the Governor• General's camp
on Sunday night. His Excellency's tents were
burnt down, and much property destroyed, but no
one was hurt.
The Calcutta Englishman contains the follow-
ing :

We learn that a telegram has been received by
the authorities here, that the Governor- General's
camp has been entirely destroyed by fire, which, it
is said, originated in his Lordship's tent.
It is also said, that all records and papers have
been lost.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, lAN. 21.

The Moniteur of to-day publishes reports of the
Ministers of the Interior, Finance, and Agriculture,
who, in execution of the Emperor's letter of Jan. 5,
have prepared projects to be submitted to the
Council of State for clearing and draining unculti-
vated land and marshes belonging to parishes, esti-
mated to amount to 2,790,000 hectares.
The Ministers propose in their report that ad-
vances be made by the State for the execution of
these works ; the advances to be limited to ten
millions of francs. Towns and villages to be able
to acquit themselves of their liability for the money
advanced, are to cede the moiety of the ground
cleared.

PARIS, JAN. 20.

M. Thouvenel is expected to arrive here to-day.
He will assume his ministerial duties on Monday
next.

The Pays of this evening says—"lt is asserted
that the Emperor has terminated the inquiry on
the questions contained in the letter of Jan. 5, ad-
dressed by his Majesty to M. Fould.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

A Paris letter, in the Inclependance, says :—" I
am able to state that a treaty of commerce is to be
signed very shortly between France and Great
Britain, and the following, I have reason to think,
will be the principal provisions. The Imperial
Government engages to admit indistinctly all Eng-
lish productions, either in the state of raw mate-
rial or worked, without the proportional duty ever
exceeding 30 per cent. All French produce,
without distinction, will be admitted into Eng-
land ; wines and brandy alone will have a duty
levied on them, but which will not exceed that
charged by the English Government on the wines
from its own colonies. It will be also stipulated
that if the latter duties should be reduced, French
wines will also benefit by the change. Another
very important provision is, that whilst the treaty
will come into operation in England so soon as the
ratifications shall have been exchanged, it will not
be binding on France until the Ist July, 1861, in
consequence of engagements entered into by Napo-
leon 111. to delay until that period any kind of
modification in the international customs tariffs.
It does not appear, whatever may have been said,
that those important decisions (at least as far as re-
gards the treaty) are to be submitted to the great
bodies of the State. The Imperial Government,
like that which preceded it, has a right to conclude
treaties ; and, moreover, the Senate has given to the
Emperor, after a long deliberation, the constitu-
tional right of absolute modifications in all the
customs tariffs."

According to the Gironde of Bordeaux, prohibi-
tions in France, when suppressed, are to be re-
placed by duties which may amount to the fourth
or the third of the value of the object taxed. Iron
and spun cotton are not to be relieved on so large a
scale ; the reduction on them is to be effected
gradually, and is only to be completed within a
given period. The differential duties on coal, now
levied according to different zones, are to be re-
moved. England, on her part, undertakes to reduce
in a large proportion the duty on wines, which is
at present equal to lf. Mc. the French litre—a sum
large enough to prevent consumption. It is alleged
also that several articles of French manufacture,
such as gloves, furniture, modes, &c., will be sub-
jected to large reductions in the English tariff.

TIIE BOURSE, Jan. 20.—The market has been
firm, and slightly buoyant. Threes were done at
68f. 85c. and 69f., and are now in good demand at
68f. 90c. ; Mobilier varied from 767 f. 50c. to 777 f.
50c. ; Austrian, 533 f. 75c. to 536 f. 25c; Lombard,
563 f. 75c. to 567 f. 50c.; Orleans, 1,380 f. to 1,385 f.;
Lyons, 918 f. 75c. to 922 f. 50c. ; Western, 585 f. to
587 f. 50c. ; Northern, 920 f. to 922 f. 50c. The fol-
lowing were the last quotations:—

41 per Cents. .... .97 25
Do. end month ..

Criditßanier 735 --
Belgian 4}
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B2
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 43 25

3 per Cents 6B 90
Do. end month 69
Bank Shams

Cr6dit Mobilier .. 777 50
Do. Account ..... 775

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern ... 921 25 .. 920
New ditto 832 50 .. 833 75
Lyons and Mediterranean 9lB 76 .. 917 50
Genev a 515 .. 512 50
Southern
Western 587 50 .. 586 50
Ea stern
Sardiniak 405 ..
Austrian
Lombard
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money,
25f. Sc.; three months, paper, 24f. 91c. ; money, 24f. 90c.

MlNEs.—The settlement of the fortnightly ac-
count took place this week in the Mining Share Market,
and occupied nearly two days at its commencement, and to
the partial exclusion of general business. It was under-
stood to have been very heavy, and passed off well. Stock,
generally speaking, having been taken up and absorbed by
the public. Since the settlement a large business has been
done in a great variety of mines —Mining Journal of this
day.
TUE INDIAN RUPEE DEBT.--Two necessary
measures aro about to be adopted with regard to the Indian
rupee debt. At present the executor of a holder in this coun-
try of any of the rupee loans is compelled, oven although
an English probate has been obtained, to take out probate
in India. This has been found so oppressive, both from
the delay and expense, that it has been determined by the
Indian Council to do away with the necessity of double ad-
ministration, and it is understood tkat the requisite steps
are being taken to allow this important improvement to be
forthwith carried out. It is understood likewise that the
registration fee of 30s. now exacted at the India House on
every registered transfer of the Native Loan is to be dis-
pensed with, and that the practice of the Bank of England,
where ordinarily no transfer fee is charged, is to be Intro-
duced,