The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, May 11.
The Allan (Glasgow) steamer St. Andrew ar-
rived out to-day.
The Cunard steamship Cuba arrived out at 7
a.m. to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1381; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1381; the lowest, 1374.
Sterling Exchange on London lo9f.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188')
66 " 1885 ll4.
" 1865 ll7l.
10-40 16
Illinois 1451.

Erie 3oi.

Cotton —Mid. upland 2Bic.
Petroleum—Standard White 32ic.
Flour, extra state, $5.95e. to $6.55c. Corn, old
mixed, sBsc.
QUEENSTOWN, May 12.

The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Paris,
from New York, arrived here at 3.15 a.m. to-day,
and baying landed mails and passengers proceeded
immediately for Liverpool. All well. She brings
no specie.

SOUTHAMPTON, May 12.

The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate steamer
Copernicus has arrived with 21 bags of mails,
£6,550 in species for Loudon, and ten passengers.
Her dates are Buenos Ayres 9th, Montevideo
10th, and Rio the 17th April.
On the Ist inst. she spoke the steamer Pascal
for Rio, on the 3d the ship Star of India for
Madras, and on the 6th the schooner Harvest
Moon.

Advic.s from Paraguay to the 3d ult. state that
the expeditionary forces had left Ascunsion for the
purpose of attacking Lopez and cutting off his com-
munication. Lopez was supposed to have 9,000
men and upwards of 40 pieces of artillery in what
was considered a strong position.
Count d'Eu left Buenos .Ayres on the Bth ult. for
the seat of war.

The elections at Buenos Ayres passed off quietly,
and resulted in favour of Don Emilio Casho.

Considerable damage was done to the gas works
of the Custom-house 3 at Rosario, through the risiog
of the River Paraguay.
Business at Buenos Ayres was dull. Salted ox
hides 37 to 37i reals. The transactions in beef on
Italian, French, German; and English account were
large. Exchange, 49g.

At Rio the sales of coffee since the 7th were
89,500 bags ; prices 200 rein higher. Freights to
the Channel, 40s. to 455. Exchange—Bank bills,
18f, and Trade bills, 18k for Copernicus and
French Mail. Considerable transactions have been
done in sovereigns at 13,550 cash, and national
gold 50 per cent, premium.

AUSTRIA .

VIENNA, May 11.

The New Free Press of this morning announces
that Count Beust has forwarded a circular to the
Austrian f-reign representatives stating positively

that the Foreigu-office had no connection what-
ever with the recent publicatio❑ of the Prussian
dispatch sent by Count Bisrnark in 1866, to Count
Cole, the Prussian Ambassador in Paris.

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PORTUGAL.
LISBON, May 11.

The British steamer Borneo, with the troops for
the Zambesi expedition ou board, left to-day for
the coast of ;Mozambique. All well.

FRANCE.

BREST, May 12.
The Transatlantic Company's steamship reriore,
from New York, arrived here last night at half-
past 10 o'clock. Sic brings 169 passengers and
$73,000 in specie.
BoußsE, May 11.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :-
1 Cent.
End of month... Ital'an Fives 57 20
i per Cent
End of month 7l 85 Mexican Loan ...
Credit 9.48 75 Do. Bonds
End of mouth... '255 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier —.1580 Home Debt
End of month... Deferred 2B 75
IAILIVA.I7B. Cash.
Orleans ................................ 9ll}
Northern .............................. ....... 1068 f,
Lyons and Mediterraaoan
Southern.... • €lli
Western
Eastern ............
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain 55
Saragossa
Roman

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The review season at Aldershot will soon corn-
incnce, and is likely to be opened with considerable
animation. The battalions which will be moved to
the Camp during the drill season are the Ist Bat-
talion Grenadier Guards, from Dublin; the 2d
Battalion 3d Buffs, from Bristol; 2d Battalion 13th
Light Infantry, from Gosport ; 2d Battalion 23d
Royal Welsh Fusileers, from Brecon and Newport;
4th Battalion 60th Rifles, from New Brunswich ;
67th Regiment, from Portsmouth ; 2d Battalion
Rifle Brigade, from Devonport ; and the 4th Bat-
talion of the brigade, from Chester. Au encamp-
ment will be formed for the soldiers' families
of some of these battalions. The Royal Horse
Guards will arrive from Windsor in July, and will
be relieved in the North Camp in August by the
Ist Life Guards. C and G batteries, 11th brigade
Royal Artillery, will arrive shortly, when two bat-
teries, to be selected by Colonel Smyth, C. 8., will
be encamped to the east of the Royal Artillery bar-
racks. Towards the end of the present month the
undermentioned regiments of Militia will arrive at
the Camp and be accommodated as follows :-2d
Middlesex, to relieve the Ist hittalion 20th Reg

On Monday, by order of the Secretary of State
for War and the Field Marshal Commanding-in-
Chief, a combined insr.,ection of Regulars, Militi t,
uid Volunteers was held on the Abbey-farm-field,
Colcheiiter. The total number of men inspected
sas about. 2,500, made up as follows :—The two
depot battalions stationed at Colchester, 600 ; the
Vest Essex Militia, 660 ; the East Essex Rifles
Militia, 700 ; and the Volunteers (comprisicg the
Chelmsford, Colchester, Witham, Braintree, Tend-
ring Hundred, Maldon, &c., companies), about 500.
Col. Farren, C. 8., comtnanding the garrison of
Colchester, was the inspecting officer. The West
Essex Militia was commanded by Col. Ruggles-
Brise, the East Essex Rifles Militia by Col. Kelly,
and the Volunteers by. Lieut.-Col. Tuffuell.
The faowing appointments were made yesterday
it the Admiralty :—Lieut. James A. T. Bruce, to
the Duncan, as Fl ig-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral
Eiornby ; Lieut. E. A. Bolitho, to the Penelope ;
Sub.-Lieut. Charles G. Crawford, to the Liverpool ;
Thomas F. Abbott, midshipman, to the Scylla, as
supernumerary; and Arthur Golfrey
.-G miner,
nominated a naval cadet.