The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-16 00:00:00

EGYPT.

PORT SAID, Nov. 15'
The Emperor of Austria, the Crown Prince of
Prussia, and Prince Louis of Hesse arrived here tir
day, where they were received with the salutes ell 3;
tomary to their rank. The illustrious guests at oee
exchanged visits with the Khedive.
The British ironclads Bellerophon, Caledoni3;
and another of her Majesty's ships have arrived °
this port.
The Khedive has invested M. de Lesseps with the
Grand Order of the Osmanli.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAI&
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16' ,s
The steamer Macgregor Laird arrived here thi
morning with the above mail. Her dates are
Old Calabar, 10th ; Canaeroons and Fernando P°'
Bth ; Bonny, 11th ; Brass River, 7th ; Benin, 13° ;
Lagos, 14th ; Whydah, 15th ; Jellah Coffee, 16th'
Prampram and Acera, 17th ; Cape Coast Castle'
18th ; Salt Town, 20th ; Cape Palmas, 22d ; Sher-
bro', 29th; Sierra Leone, 30th; Bathurst, N°V.
2d ; and Madeira 9th.
The Macgregor Laird brings a full cargo, 521

ounces of gold dust, and £l9O in specie.
There is no news of importance to report fr°l3l
the coast.

CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.
SOEZ, Nov. 15•
'The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stearne r
Behar and Deccan sailed at eight this evening Cc)
Bombay and Calcutta respectively.

FRANCE.
PARIS, NOV. 16'
The official journal of this morning says :--"
Prussian Ambassador, Baron Werther, when Pre'
seating his credentials to the Emperor, yesterd3lfa
said—' By using all my efforts to maintain o°,,
cement the friendly relations and good understsea,
ing which so happily exists between the G°Yerilti,
meats of France and Prussia, and also of the forth
German Confederation, and which, based 111;
mutual interests, the two countries so cordially
sire to develope, I shall only be obeying the el.

press wish of my Sovereign.' "
00'
The Emperor replied : —"I appreciate the se e
ments which you have expressed to me in the Ora
of your Sovereign. Like him, I wish to 111011 cl
good relations between the two Government's' Ilea
the development of friendly relations bets'reoa
Prussia, the North German Confederation, lithe
France. I cannot but congratulate myself 011 jo,
choice made by the King in sending you to Plop
and I beg you to rely upon the kindly reeePti

you will find amongst us."
,5 the
The Constitutionnel of this morning eolifir'„"

rumour that M. Delangle is seriously ill. „i,at
A meeting was held last night at Dondanv"'oi,
which 2,000 persons were present. The 1331100
festo of the Left was read and received 11
Ito
audience with a burst of derisive laughter to
hisses. The assembly decided almost ullanira°
that M. Gambetta was a traitor to the cause e'
people, and had broken his word.
etiog
The Figaro of to-day says that at 10—,
held in the Rue de Paris M. Owlet reproached
Lissagaray, the editor of La Reform, for Ottitiop
ing MM. Barba and Felix Pyat, and a reß°Altit,
was adopted approving the speech of Al• °tl"erget
BOURSE, Nov. 15.—Three o'clock—The 131(4
closed as follows :

0
Bank Shares ..••••2-g, 4_
Italsan Fives ......• e*:
Austrian Fives ... 0
~..''
Ottoman Loan ••• 44 ~
Do. Debt......... 25
Spanish Threes ... ....., '' /
Rome Debt ....••
.....,
Deferred .........
ensll'
9331
Orleans , ... 6171
Western
Northern .......•• to
Strasburg • • 96li
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 6O
Sardinian
Austrian 49a
Lombard 45
North of Spain 65
Saragossa
Roman

4} per Cont.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 60
Credit Mobilier
Transatlantic 230
Credit Poncier 1652
Paris Gas 1562
RAILWA:

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ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION

WIGAN.

WIGAN, 14 tooic
At four o'clock this afternoon an OEOO3I Coal
placeo at No. 5 pit, belonging to Moss ila" 0003
seam,
broughtt the \Cvimpany Collieries, Platt-bridge, three lune° been
re gall.
The shaft is 275 yards deep, and lira, so°
for recently constructed. The winding up of t7i- bell
liadincortrtinlhetenenaesefidr,eadnwdasmr
thho7t,rfteieeso
workings. Exploring PioioO
were formed at once, and they found the eloo to
had been very violent and much damage, A is WI
the workings. The number of miners kilie—e, too
yet known, but the dead are at least tsvelvrtajoecl
may reach twenty. It is not positively aseehe Loci'
how many were left in the workings when tist tb°
et
the night
et °
lowest bank.
dent happened. Two firemen are ainovba ip 0
killed. Two men have also been found do. ns 110
seam above. The exploration of the working aid°
Large
proceeding at nine o'clock to-night. ailed'
had assembled, and much excitement prey-