The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-31 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.
The North German Lloyd's steamer Deutschland

arrived out this morning.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.—GoId, 1341 ; Sterling Ex-
change on London, 110 ; 5-20 United States Bonds,
1084; Illinois, 133; Erie, 71k. Cotton, 151.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.
Petroleum, standard white, 24f.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YORK.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 31.

The New York German Lloyd's steamer New
York, from New York, on the 19th inst., arrived
off Cowes this morning with 63 passengers
for this port, Havre and Bremen ; 41 bags of mails,
and $245,268 gold far London, $502,661 in gold
for France, and $5,071 for Bremen.

The House of Repre3entatives has passed an
amendment to the Reconstruction Act introduced
by Mr. Stevens providing that only a majority of
those voting, instead of a majority of registered
voters be necessary to ratify or reject the new
State Constitutions in the South.

Mr. Sherman, from the Finance Committee of
the Senate, has reported a bill similar to the one he
introduced in November, providing for the funding
of the National Debt in forty years 6 per cent. bonds,
the principal and interest payable in coin and re-
deemable at the option of the Government after ten
years, and to be free of taxation, and also autho-
rising the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 40-year
bonds to the amount of $500,000,000 at 4} interest
payable in coin at London and Frankfort, to be
sold or exchanged at par for 5-20's, and redeemable
at the option of the Government after 20 years.
The bill has been laid over until after the holidays.
President Johnson has sent a message to the
Senate, communicating General Hanecck's order
announcing that the law in his district will be en-
forced, but that the Habeas Corpus and the right
of trial by jury will not be crushed, the
civil courts will be upheld, and the rights
of the people respected. The message of
the President compliments ',General Hancock for
his magnanimous forbearance, and recommends
Congress publicly to recognise his patriotic order.
The letter of Mr. Seward to -Mr. Adams, of
November 27, has been published. The Secretary
announces that Lord Stanley's proposed reference
to arbitration of the Alabama claims had been de-
clined, becaused it had been based on the condition
that the Federal Government should waive its pre-
vious objections to the Queen's proclamation,
granting belligerent rights to the Confederacy,
which condition was inadmissible.

The Georgia Convention have recommended
General Pope to remove Governor Jenkins.

General Reynolds, commanding in Texas, has
ordered all ref u gees arriving at Brownsville from
Mexico to be returned to the Mexican authorities
as deserters.

General Hancock has ordered the elections to
the Texas Convention to be held from the 10th to
the 14th February.
The New Hampshire Republican Convention has
re-nominated Mr. Harrison Governor, and endorsed
General Grant's candidature for the Presidency.
Louder cases of earthquake were felt yesterday in
the interior of York State and the Valley of the St.
Lawrence.

Adviccs from Mexico state that Juarez has sent a
message to the klexicau Congress, in which he
praises the United States for aiding the European
intervention, and declares that Mexico never soli-
cited the renewal of European relations.

Father Fischer has been released.
The British Minister was preparing to leave.

HUNGARY.

PESTH, Dec. 30, Evening.

In to-day's sitting of the Upper House of the
Hungarian Diet the Railway Construction Bill was
adopted. Both Houses adjourned to-day sine die.

Herr Deak is still ill. Ile was visited to-day by
,he Parliamentary members of his party in a body.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Dec. 31.
The 31oniteur of this morning publishes a decree
fixing at 292 the number of Deputies to be elected
during the electoral period from 1867 t 001.872. The
department of the Seine has 9 members to elect.
The departments of Ando Cher,, Finidterre,
Gironde, Herault, Isere, Jura, Orne, and Pyrenees
Orientales will have each one more deputy.
Count von der Goltz will be received to-day by
the Emperor as the official representative of the
North German Confederation.

BOURSE, Dec. 30, Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
41 per Cent.
End of month... ItaP.an Loan
3 per Cent
End of mouth 6B 25 Mexican Loan 13
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 162 50 Spanish Threes
Credit Ponder ...1335 Home Debt —
End of m0nth...1330 Deferred
RAILWAYS. Account
Orleans ... 855
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern_ _ 5lBl
Western
Eastern
. • 530
Sardinian
40
Austrian
500
Lombard
343 i
North of Spain
Saragossa
83
Roman
47

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had
a dinner party last evening at Gloucester House.
The Martinis and Marchioness of Hastings are
entertaining company at Donnington Park.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal have
been receiving a select party at Hampstead Marshall, Berk-
shire, during the past week.
the Earl and Countess of Yarborough are enter-
taining company at Brocklesby Hall. Tho noble earl's
hounds meet tomorrow at Brocklesby.
Col. the Hon. N. and Lady Margaret Charteris
have arrived at Highclere Castle, near Newbury, from
visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal, at
Hampstead Marshall.

COPPER ORE SALE.— At the Swansea ticketing
3,108 tons of ore were sold, which realised £41,691
Bs. The particulars of the sale were as follows : —Ave-
rage standard, £92 lls. 6d.; average produce, 181 ; ave-
rage price per ton, £l3 Bs. 3d.; quantity of fine copper,
568 tons 13 cwt. Compared with the previous sale there
was a decline of £1 in the standard, and of about 4s. in the
pike per tone of ore. The purchasers were Williams,
Foster, and Co., 1,0011 tons; Vivian and Sons, 805 tons;
Sims, Williatns, and Co., 364 tons; Freeman and Co.,
262 i tons ; Mason and Elkington, 195 tons ; Bankart and
Sons, 159 tons; Sweetland, Tuttle, and Co., 110 tons;
Grenfell and Sons, 65 tons; and Copper Miners' Company,
39 tons.

TUE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT FAVERSHAM.--.
The coroner's inquiry into the cause of the explo-
sion on Saturday was held yesterday afternoon, at the
offices of the Marsh Hill Powder Works. After some evi-
dence had been given, the foreman delivered as the ver-
dict: "It is the opinion of this jury that the deaths of
those killed have been caused by accident. The jury be-
lieve that every care and caution are taken by the pro-
prietors of the mill." The foreman further said, from his
own knowledge, that every care is taken in selecting
honest and sober mon. He never beard of any ono of them
being drunk. Tho proceodiage then terminated.