The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-04 00:00:00

THE BALTIC..

HAMBURG, Danish Reichstag will
re-assemble for the transaction of public affairs on
the 4th inst., but an address from the throne is
not expected to take place.
Prince William of Glucksburg, the third brother
of Prince Christian of Denmark, and who is a
General in the Austrian army, is at present on a
visit at Copenhagen, and was permitted yesterday,
say the public journals (28th ult.) to pay a visit to
the Icing at Freidrichsborg. It is also currently
rumoured that a reconciliation between his Ma-
jesty and high personages related to him, and who
at present reside
is abroad, will speedily ensue, a cir-
cumstance thatvery much desired by a party of
areat influence in the Danish capital.
The rumour, which was currently reported some
time ago, that General Oxholni, the Danish Minis-
ter
at the Court of Loudon, had renewed his
request to be relieved from that post, is again
current. A
deputation, consisting of members of the no-
bility, landed proprietors, and farmers from the
Duchy of Lan (Tilburg, at the head of which is the
Count von Kielmansegge, arrived on the 27th inst.
at Copenhagen, and had the honou _ of an interview
with the King at his palace of Freiderichsborg (at
which place his Majesty still resides notwithstand-
ing the severity of the weather) for the purpose of
presenting a petition, the object of which is said to
be to request the King to suspend any further sale
of domain property in that duchy for the present.
The deputation was well received by his Majesty,
and the Land Marshal has been fortunate enough
to have had, since his visit, several private audi-
ences of the King, which have borne the character
of confidential conversations on the .subject of the
affair in question. Besidesthis, two Couocils of State
have been held with respect to the negotiations
now pending upon this affairs at which the whole

of the Cabinet Ministers, with the exception of M.
von Scheele (at present in Altona), were present.
The weather has been extremely boisterous of
late in the Sound and along the coast of Jutland,
And at ElSinore several ships have been stranded
in the violent gales which have been experienced
from the south south-east, close to the castle of
Kronsberg.
From the Island of Bornholm the reports of the
effects of the same gales have also been very dis-
tressing, and several losses are said to have been the
result. The intelligence from many parts of Jutland
is replete with casualties of shipwrecks and other
severe losses among the shipping of various
nations.

The weather continues to vary between 6 and 8
degrees of frost with us, and much snow has fallen.
The navigation of the Elbe, has, however, up to the
present time, not been interrupted for the passage
of sailing vessels, but such will not be the case in
a couple of days more should the frost continue
Already there is much floating ice on the river, and
one night's hard frost will be enough to prevent any
more ships passing up or down without great risk.
The Hamburg steamship Borossia, Capt. Ehlers,
left this day for New York, with a full cargo of
valuable goods and about 272 passengers. The
Hammonia, another of the same Company's
steamers, that left this on the 2d, arrived, accord-
ing to accounts received here yesterday, at New
York on the 15th ult., after a quick passage of 13
days and 14 hours.

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The Prefect of the Seine has just presented to the
Departmental Commission the budget of the City
of Paris for the year 1857, in which the receipts
are estimated at 59,972,212 fr., and the expenses
at 59,964,920 f., showing a surplus of receipts of
7,292 fr. In the list of ordinary expenses the Pre-
fecture of the Seine stands for 2,883,149 fr. ; Pre-
fecture of Police, 183,112 fr.; optional expenses, but
of departmental utility, for both prefectures united,
1,099,399 fr. ; extraordinary expenses for repairs
of Palais de Justice and other edifices, improvement
of departmental roads, &c., 54,954,653 fr. ; special
expenses for vicinal roads, 594,473 fr., &c. The
assistance given to orphan children requires an
augmentation of credit of 215,200 fr., and that for
lunatics 50,779 fr., the total increase in expenses
being 402,1401 r.
_

The Debats states that the Lyonnaise packet, be-
longing to the French Transatlantic Navigation
Company of France, which, as we learnt by a tele-
graphic despatch of Tuesday, was lost on her voyage
from New York to Havre, having quitted the former
place on the Ist inst., was run down by a vessel as
yet unknown, and sunk almost immediately. Of
40 passengers 5 only were saved, and of 150 pas-
sengers of the second class and the crew of the ship,
44 only were known to have reached land in
safety.
Mr. Disraeli continues to be the lion of Paris,
and is much feted by everybody. He was present
at Count Walewski's reception, and conversed for
some time with his host.

The Moniteur publishes two decrees, one rela-
tive to the division and organisation of each of the
colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and La Re-
union ; and the other making the same regulations
applicable to the French settlements of Guayana,
Senegal, Goree, St. Pierre, and M:quelon.
The Assemblee _Nationale expresses its confidence
thnt new diplomatic conferences will be shortly
held in Paris, and it considers this solution of
existing difficulties as a triumph for English state-
craft, and not as a check for the Cabinet of Lord
Palmerston. The most important circumstance
connected with this article is the sudden change
which has taken place in the views entertained oy
our contemporary with respect to the Russian
alliance. The journal which four days ago was one
of the most enthusiastic adherents of the Russian
Cabinet, now condemns the latter in terms of
:reat severity. The Assembled _Nationale thus
expresses itself :
"We cannot share the views of these journals. The
meeting of a new conference can be a check for nobody,
unless for the power which is obliged to sacrifice its pre-
tensions to a decision of the majority. And on this point
we are of the opinion of the .Morning Post, that Lord Pal-
merston has nothing to fear. It appears certain in fact that
France has rallied to the opinion of England in the ques-
tions of the Island of Serpents and of the new Bessarabian
frontier. This point gained, the English cabinet could
feel no objection in approving of the conference since it was
certain to obtain the triumph of its views. It is therefore
impossible for us, we repeat, to recognise in the meeting of
the conferences a check for Lord Palmerston. . • . It
is said that Russia, in giving way to the representations
of the allies, seeks to obtain a compensation in the
shape of a portion of territory in Moldavia. We confess
that we do not understand this conduct. As long as the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg entertained he pea that France
would support its pretensions relative to the interpretation
of Art. 20 of the treaty of Paris, we comprehended its re-
sistance. But from the moment that an accord has been
been established on this point between the Courts of Paris
and London, no hopes can be entertained by Russia of suc-
cess; she has evidently lost her cause. This is a fresh de-
feat, but one that is less painful and less costly than her
previous one. Her honour was not interested in this ques-
tion • she might have furnished proofs of her readiness to
dispel all causes of dispute between the contractors of the
treaty of peace. Europe would have recognised in such
conduct the sincere adoption of a wiser policy . and
this concession, far from diminishing the fame already
acquired by the Emperor Alexander 11., would have
obtained for him the additional esteem of the world. But
the conduct of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg in striving to
prolong a dispute, the issue of which is certain—inde-
manding a compensation which will scarcely be granted—
has transformed the legitimate and serious defence of a
right into a quibble ; in a word, it is a paltry policy, and
we venture to observe that this conduct redounds less to
the credit of the successor of Count Nesselrode than the
circular which attracted the attention of Europe a few
weeks ago. We therefore believe that Lord Palmerston
has nothing to fear from the new conferences. He is cer-
tain of Austria; he is certain of Turkey; he is certain of
' honest' Sardinia—` very honest,' but also very simple.
Finally, and this is the main point, he may count
on the adhesion of France. The question is, therefore,
judged, and it will no longer demand our preoccupation.
It will, moreover, be remembered that we never attached
great importance to this doable question of the Snetr,rsentot
Isle and of the two Bolgrads. The important p
settle this difficulty, and to remove the pretext then
which
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respective occupations in the East. This pretext
aside we shall be able to discuss the realw.questi•
complete execution of the treaty of Paris.t—h etihee-
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treaty, concluded eight months ago with a view of assuring
the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire,
will be executed."
BOURSE, DEC. 3.—The following were the last
quotations
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
46 per Cents
3 per Cents 69 65 70 10
New Loan
Bank Shares 4,109 Roman (x d) 853/4
Credit Mobilier 1,580 Austrian 87a
Belgian Fives 976— Spanish Threes 42
Piedmontese (5) 9l 75 Home Debt
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.

fr. c. fr. c.
Orleans 1,350 Western
Northern 985 Strasburg
Lyons 1,370 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,780 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva
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