The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-27 00:00:00

action of several German States, far from inducing I
Switzerland to yield, must, on the contrary, have
impelled her to resistance. It must not moreover
be forgotten that Prussia demanded the release of !
the prisoners as a right • and that while saying
that she was well disposed to come to an arrange-
ment as regards the groundwork of the question,
she did not at all make known, even by allusion,
the length she would go in the path of conciliation,
-when she should have obtained this first conces-
sion. To grant an amnesty, not from motives of
political clemency, but by admitting the innocence
of the prisoners, the Federal Council could not do,
for that course would have been to furnish its ad-
versaries with an argument against Switzerland in
the negotiations which are to definitively regulate
the destinies of Neuchatel. The Federal Council
has besides declared that it was ready to open ne-
gotiations and to renew relations of friendship and
good neighbourhood with Prussia. It remains now
to be seen how this latter Power will reply to these
overtures."
Petitions are now being circulated in the Neu-
chatel army which are covered with signatures.
The petitioners beg the members of the Federal
Council to allow them to be the first to march, in
the event of the independence of Switzerland being
attacked. They take a solemn oath to shed the
last drop of their blood rather than suffer any fo-
reign domination whatever, and their request ter-
minates with the cry of "A. ravant garde ! Vive
a Confederation !"

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
The Assemblee Nationale says :—" Our readers
no doubt remember that the Legislative Body, on '
the 2d July last, voted a law which authorised the
inscription in the Great Book of the public debt of
Three per Cent. Stock of 200,000 f. each for the
heirs of the female branches of Louis Philippe's
family, affected by the decrees of the 22d January,
1852. We believe that the French Government
having notified through a diplomatic channel, to
the parties interested, the promulgation of the law
of the 2d July, tie Duke Alexander of Wurtem-
berg, in the name of his son, a minor, and the
Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg, in the name of the
Princess Clementine d'Orleans, his wife, have re-
fused to profit by the provisions of the law."
BOURSE, Nov. 26.—Two o'clock.—The market
has been very buoyant, the bears having been
obliged to buy back a part of their stock. It has
been announced that the bullion of the Bank
of France has increased since the last official return
by 18 millions of francs. Threes have been done
at 68f. 20c. and 68f. 40c., and are now at 68f. 30c.
Mobilier varied from 1,415 f. to 1,425 f. Railway
Shares have been in good demand, and obtained
an advance of from 10f. to 15f.
Half-past Three.—The market continued firm to
the close, when the following were the last quota-
tions :
Cash. fr. c. End of' Month.
4 per Cents
3 per Cents 63 35 68 30
New Loan
—.
Q7l

Bank Shar©s 3,075 Roman
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Credit Mobiliar 1;420 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) M 50 Home Debt

RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.
fr. c. fr. C.
868 75
Orleans 1,270 Western
Northern 947 50 Strasburg
Lyons 1,317 50 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,710 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva
Cette

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 21st due yesterday
and those of the 22d have arrived. Their contents
are not of political importance. Some of the per-
sons recently arrested at Madrid had been sent
away to their native places; others had been handed
over to the judicial authorities. The food question
continued to excite great interest. The wheat pur-
chased by the Government was beginning to arrive
at different ports ; at Alicante 350,000 bushels had
been received or were expected daily. It was said
that the municipal elections would take place
about the middle of next month, so as to enable
the municipalities to commence operations at the
commencement of the new year. At Malaga the.
Military Tribunal had set at liberty some of the
persons accused of having taken part in the insurrec-
tion, but in consequence of seditious cries having been
uttered 30 other men were arrested and ftresh mili-
tary precautions were taken. An official return
shows that the imports into Spain amounted in
1855 to 1,023,764,323 reals, and the exports to
1,259,363,492 reals ; the customs duties received
from the imports were 166,223,940 reals, and those
on exports 411,211 reals. IL was with France that
the greater part of the trade was carried on, Eug-
land standing next.
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