The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The Suisse of Berne has the following on the sub-
ject of the remonstrances which were some time since
addressed by the Swiss Government to that of Ba-
den :

" A despatch from the charge d'affaires of the
Grand Duch:), of Baden announces to the Federal
Council that his Government has come to the reso-
lution not to tolerate on its territory the numerous
recruiting offices which have been there opened for
procuring men for the service of Naples and the
Dutch colonies in India. By this decision, the Go-
vernment of Baden acquiesces in the wishes several
times expressed by the Federal Council, and puts
an end to the discussion which had been going on
on the subject."

AMERICA.

GALWAY, TUESDAY,

The Pacific (s.s.) arrived at 10 a.m. She left St.
John's on the 14th. She encountered strong gales
from the east; together with a head sea, almost the
entire way.
The Pacific has brought 178 passengers, inclu-
ding Lola Montes,..and some valuable cargo.
The Galway steamer Circassian arrived at New
York at midnight on the 13th.
A New York telegram, received at St. John's,
Newfoundland, and dated the 13th, states that the
overland mail brought Californian advices to Oct.
15. The news was unimportant. Business was dull.
Advices from Frazer River to Oct. 4 stated that
the river had fallen, and some gold had been taken
out, but not in sufficiently remunerative quantities,
and that many miners had returned to California.
The ketch Brother had been brought into Charles-
ton from the coast of Africa as a slaver. There was
a killing frost. Walker and Henningsen were re-
conciled.

The Star of the West arrived at New York on
the 13th, bringing. Californian mails to Oct. 20th,
and 1,670,000 dollars in specie The news was un
important. The Indian war in Oregon had ended.
The ship John E. Thayes had been burned in the
Gulf of California, and the General Kushion had
been burned in the harbour of San Francisco. In
New Mexico, Nivago and the Indians had been
again defeated. The Mohawk Indians had again
attacked the emigrants, killing nine and wounding
16. At Greeasburg, Kentucky, the mob had broken
into a gaol, and hanged two murderers. At Wash-
ington it was stated that the Secretary of the
Treasury will recommend a tax on tea and coffee.
Samuel Meding, of Ohio, had been tendered the
governorship of Kansas. Collector Schell, of New
York, was to be removed. The ship Petrel, from
Quebec for Ardrossan, is reported as water-legged.
The ship Parker, of Demerara, for Liverpool, had
put into Bermuda, Oct. the 31st, very leaky and in
want of spars.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.

Coffee, -} toy lower on the week. Savannah and
Mobile markets unchanged. New Orleans sales,
6,000, at 14at to I for. middling. Sugar advanced
to 10 cents yesterday ; to-day dull and unchanged.
Wheat quiet but firm. Corn dull and heavy. Beef,
25 to 50 cents lower. Pork firm. Freights : Cot-
ton, to Liverpool, I. Coffee closed quiet. Sales
trifling to-day. Sales since Tuesday, 45,000 bales.
Middling upland,..

RAISING OF THE BRIG LIGHTNING
BY ONE OF THE FLOATING DER-
RICKS.

This vessel, which was sunk in the Thames, off
Erith, about four months since, through collision
with the screw-steamer William France, was
yesterday finally raised by the small floating der-
rick, belonging to the Patent Derrick Company,
and placeFl close in shore for examination and
repairs. The brig's registered tonnage is 176, and,
when sunk, she had nearly 300 tons of granite in
her hold, while this small derrick, has only. a •hoist-
ing power of 100 tons—it having been constructed
chiefly for lifting and transporting steam engines,
boilers, &c., about the Thames below bridge. The
' dead weight against the derrick was therefore con-
siderable ; but no ways daunted by the odds Capt.
Coppin and Mr. Barter (one of the directors of the
company), by whom the final operations were
planned and conducted, devised a means of making
up for the derrick's deficiency of power by impart-
ing additional buoyancy to the brig. This was
effected by forming a platform and bulkheads, fore
and aft, within the wreck, thereby obtaining con-
sierable additional displacement, with the combined
aid of a pair of powerful pumps, invented by Capt.
Coppin for wrecking purposes, and capable of eject-
ing four tons of water per minute.

Operations were commenced at half flood,
setting these pumps to work, and coupling the
lifting chains, " bent on" to the brig, to others rove
through the purchase blocks of the derrick's lifting
boom. The hoisting gear of the derrick, which is
worked by steam, was then put in motion, when,
gradually, the unfairly taxed powers of the little
derrick, aided by the rise of the tide, succeeded in
" weighing the •brig," and placing her close in shore
within four hours of starting. The result must be
most satisfactory both to the Thanes Conservancy
and to the masters of sailing craft passing up an d
down the river, as the wreck lay just off the point of
Erith Reach, and was greatly in the way of tacking
vessels. Had not the derrick succeeded in raising
the Lightning, the removal of this serious obstruc-
tion to the river's navigation could only have been
effected by breaking the vessel up. That these
floating derricks will greatly aid the Thames Con-
servanoy in keeping the river free from similar con-
stantly recurring obstructions is evident; in fact
the frequent collisions near the mouth of the
Thames promise continual employment for the in-
vention. At the present time there are several
wrecks near Gravesend which expose vessels to the
delay and loss that would be consequent upon the
fouling of anchors.