The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The 21Ioniteur publishes the returns of the gene-
ral revenue for the past year, which amounted to
1,094,614,000 f., being an increase of 2,946,000 f. on
1858. The items which show an improvement are :
—lmport duty on foreign sugar, 12,020,000 f. ; duty
on potable liquors, 8,439,000 f. ; postage, 3,462,000 f.;
sundry duties and receipts, 2,864,000 f.; import
duty on sundry merchandise, 2,697,000 f. ; salt du-
ties, 1,496,000 f. ; sale of tobacco, 1,474,000 E ; im-
port duty on corn, 577,000 f.; navigation dues,
557,000 f. ; stamp duties, 421,000 f. ; customs export
duties, 425,000 f. ; money orders, 185,000 f. ; transit
charge on foreign letters, 26,000 f. Those which
have fallen off are registration duties, 15,056,000 f.;
duty on beet-root sugar, 6,286,0001.; sundry customs
receipts, 1,489,000 f. ; sale of gunpowder, 597,000 f.
The increase of the revenue of 1859, as compared
with 1857, was 41,931,000 f.
The Nord publishes the following telegraphic
despatch from Madrid, dated the 14th :—" At the
commencement of the war with Morocco the Eng-
lish Government called upon Spain to pay a sum of
56 millions of reels for arms and munitions supplied
during the civil war. The Spanish Government
did not dispute the debt, but it made some objec-
tions as to the amount, which was reduced to 47
millions. England offered facilities for the pay-
ment of that sum, but the Madrid Cabinet declined
to accept them, and on the 10th inst. paid into the
hands of the English representative at Madrid the
entire sum due—nearly 12 millions of francs."
TIIE BOURSE, Jan. 16.—The Emperor's letter
has produced a good effect on the Bourse, and prices
have improved. Threes, after having been done
at 69f. 15c., receded to 68f. 95c., and again rose
to 69f. 15c. Mobilier varied from 770 f. to 780 f. ;
Lyons, 922 f. 50c. to 927 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,387 f.
50c. to 1,392 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 540 f. to 542 f. 50c. ;
Lombard, 567 f. 50c. to 568 f. 75c. The follow-
ing were the last quotations:—

41 per Cents. 97
Do. end month
3 per Cents 69
Do. end month 69
Bank Shares 2BOO
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account 773 75

Credit Fonder 725
Belgian 4} . —
Piedmontese (5) B5
Roman Bl 50
Austrian —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 43}

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 925 .. 923 75
New ditto. 835 .. 840
Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 920 .
Geneva 520 .. 520
Southern
Western.. 577 50 .. 577 50
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian

.. 636 25

Lombard ..
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money,
25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c. ; money, 24f. 931071

ROME.

A letter from Florence, in the Patrie, says :
" I have been informed that the Pope has come to
the resolution to retire to Benevento, if the French
army should be ordered to evacuate Rome. Bene-
vento is a small duchy containing about 30,000 in-
habitants; it was given to his Holiness by the
treaties of 1845, and is entirely possessed by the
religious corporations established there. This
duchy is hemmed in by the Neapolitan territory ;
it is very strongly fortified by nature and by its
isolated position, and would offer a secure asylum
to the Pope in the event of an insurrection in his
States. He would be surrounded by subjects of
the King of Naples, hitherto very devoted to the
Pontifical Court."