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The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-05

DENMARK.

" In spite of the applications made to the King
of Denmark," says a Copenhagen letter, " by a
certain number of manufacturers for setting aside
the law recently voted in favour of free manufac-
tures and trade, his Majesty has sanctioned the
work of the two chambers, and the measure has be-
come the law of the kingdom. It is in error that
the German journals have announced the nomina-
tion of the Count de Lewenhattpt to the functions
of marshal of the nobility of Sweden, in the room
of Count Hamilton, who was in ill-health. Count
Hamilt in, it is true, manifest °d his desire to re-
sign his functions as marshal, but he still retains
thorn in consevence of au application to that
effect made to tli ) Prince Regent by the nobi-
lity. As to Count do L3wenhaupt, he has been
named grand marshal of the court, a title which
hat no political significancy, although it confers im-
portant functions in the palace."

A Naples letter of t..e29th ultimo says :—" The
Criminal Court a few days ago condemned to death
Dominique Luizzo, valet de chambre to the Count
d'Aquila, bro'her of the King, for having, in Feb-
ruary last, attempted to poison 111.R.H., but on
the solicitation of the prince, his life has been
spared. The inan was triedalone ; but it is certai❑
that others wore concerned in the crime ; in fact, it
appears that a plot exi.t9tl for killing all the mem-
-I.),:rs of the royal family."

ftrmniti
The Leipsic Gazette sa tys :--" Wo can announce
positively, on authority of a letter from Berlin of
London, England, 1858-01-05

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Jan. s.—Wind this day at noon, E. to N.E. ;
strong breeze and hard frost.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind E.—Arrived —Arnum,
from Batavia, for Bremen ; Lady Head, from Monte
Video.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 3. —Wind S. S.W.—Arrived—Awe,
from Bayns.
DARTMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Dar
spring, from Hong Kong.
HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 4.—Wind E.—Saiied—Empress, for
Algoa Bay.
SALCOMBE, Jan. 3.—Wind W.—Sailed—Caroline, for
Guadaloupe.
GLOUCESTER, Jan. 4.—Wind E.—Arrived —Trajan,
and Alma, from New York.
SWANSEA, Jan. 4. —Win d E. N. E. —Arrived—S wansea,
from Coquimbo.
OFF DOVER, Jan. 4. Rotterdam, from Rotterdam, for
Batavia.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.

Wind E., frost.
Arrived—Northam, from Woodbridge; Wonder, s.,
from Jersey ; Eling, Mary, Ann, Sophia, and Maria Whi-
tfield, all from Sunderland.
Sailed—Despatch. s., for Jersey ; Colombo, s., Alex-
andria ; Bosphorus, a., Cape of Good Hope
.; Havre, a.
Havre.
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind S.E.
Arrived—Creole, from Havre.
Sailed—CordeHa, for New Orleans ; R. L. Lane, New
York ; Marichal, Bayonne ; Baalbec, Havre ; Houston,
Galveston ; General Parkhill, Charleston ; Albert, Monte
Video ; Gazette, Adia.
BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind E., strong.
A barque, suppos.4l to be the Lady Macnaugten, from
Portsmouth for Woolwich, anchored during the night.
London, England, 1858-01-05

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NorwegianTrnk. Prof
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Recife di San Fran.,
(Pernam.) g. 7 p. c.
Rome and Frascati,
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Meuse._
')o. 5l per cent. pref.
Southern of France
West Flanders
,Do. 51 per c. Prd
W. & N.W. of France
Western of Austria ,
IWe t. Switzerland
VY.esladen
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London, England, 1858-01-05

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF COL. MOUNTAIN'S
MEMOIRS.
Jurt published, in fcp. Bvo.. with Portrait, price 6s cloth,
EMOIRS and LETTERS of the late Co'onel
r A. S. H. MOUNTAIN, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen,
and Adjutant-General of her MPjesty's Forces in indis. Edited by
Mrs. vouNTAm Second Edition, revised and corrected, with
Additions.
London: Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row.
London, England, 1858-01-05

SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

RUMOURED RETREAT OF SIR COLIN
CAMPBELL FROM LUCKNOW.

We can staie on undoubted authority that there
is no truth in the rumour that Government bad.
received a telegraphic despatch from India, an-
nouncing the retreat of Sir Colin Campbell from
Lucknow.

which appears, amongst
The following despatch,
others, in the Gazette of this evening, is no doubt
the foundation of the absurd rumour.
The Commander.in-Chief to the Governor-General at

Calcutta.

Camp, Lucknow, 20th Nov., 6 P.m.
The garrison of Lucknow has been removed,
and I am now engaged in cocveying the women and
wounded to the rear. I propose to move the whole force
to an open position outside the town, without further
los3 of life.
London, England, 1858-01-05

MARLBOROUGII STREET,

CONVICTION OF A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.—Thomas
Wright, a determined-looking young man, was placed
at the bar, before Mr, Beadon on remand, charged with
being found on the premises of Wm. Jones, a pawn-
broker, of 3, Frith-street, Soho, with the intention of
committing a robbery.
Betjamin Stamford, assistant to the prosecutor, said
that a few mornings since, while taking down the
shutters, he heard a noise behind the counter, and on
going round and looking there hefound the prisoner con-
cealed there. The prisoner on seeing that he was dis-
covered, immediately jumped up and ran out of the shop.
Witness went after him, and seeing a constable told him
what had happened, and the const.bla pursued him.
Polic--constable Amos, 158 C, said that bis attention
having been called to the prisoner by the last witness
he pursued him. While doing so the prisoner, who
was running at the top of his speed, threw away
a jommy and a life-preserver. having come up to the
prisoner he took him into custody.

Mr. Beadou asked if any thii g was known of the
prisoner. _ _

Cole, 317 A, a detective officer, said he had known the
prisoner for three years to belong to a notorious gang,
some of whom had been sentenced to various terms
of penal servitude. He also knew the prisoner to be
living with a female who was the associate of thieves.
He had also refused his address.

The prisoner denied that his intention was to commit
a felony, and said he had not been long from the
country.
Mr. Beadon said there could be very little doubt what
his intention was, and committed the prisoner for three
months, with hard labour.
London, England, 1858-01-05

been exercised in the elections, it had been on the
part of V e prefects, mayors, judges, and carabi-
neeers. He opposed inquiry, as being insulting
towards the clergy, degia,ding to the electors, and
altogether useless. Moral pressure must ever elude
inquiry. He would like to see the house set an
example of tolerance. In Belgium the scrutiny of
the new elections had lasted only two days. Why
should they require several weeks ?
M. BROFFERIO said he did not desire to irritate
the priesthood, but to control it. He was glad that
the clergy htd returnEd their partisans, for the fact
had aroused the country from its lethargy and
forced the ministry to march in the path of progress.
The clergy had abused the name of heaven-and the
authority of the gospel to weigh upon the elections,
and had endeavoured to es•ablish a theocracy in the
country. The conduct of the priests brought them
within the purview of the Civil Code, articles
1,196 and 1,199, against violence and threats to
intimidate electors. He concluded by an impas-
sioned appeal to the ministry to put itself at tbe
head of the movement against the action of the
clergy.

Mier a few words from Cauon Soggiu, the de-
bate adjourned.

A. telegram from Turin states that a motion of
Count Cavour's, for an inquiry into the conduct of
the clergy during the late election was carried by
a large majority-88 votes against 35.
London, England, 1858-01-05

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A RESP.ECT-
ABLE TRADESMAN.

Yesterday an inquest w4s held at the Hope
Tavern, Park-street, Dorset-square, Maryleb.me,
before Mr. Wakley, Coroner for the Western
Division of Middlesex, on view of the body of Mr.
Henry Mayne, aged 32, a perfumer and hair-
dresser, residing in the above street, who pat a
period to his existence by swallowing a quantity of
the oil of almonds.
It appeared from the examination of several
witnesses that the deceased had been for some time
in a low desponding state of mind in consequence of
his business having fallen off. His reverses caused
him frequently to give way to habits of intemper-
ance. On Thursday evening last he went out, and
having made more free than usual with some of his
acquaintances, on the following day he was more
than usually depressed, and kept his bed. In the
course of tile afternoon he was discovered insensible
by his wife, who immediately sent for medical at-
tendance, when it was ascertained that he was
suffering from the effects of the poison. He died
the same day.
The surgeon proved that death resulted from the
poison the unfortunate man had swallowed.
Mrs. Mayne, the widow of the deceased, who was
deeply affe'.ited, and others, spoke to his low de-
sponding state of mind for some time past, after
which the jary returned a verdict of " Temporary
Insanity."
The deceased has left a widow and family who
were entirely dependent on him for support.
London, England, 1858-01-05

PRUSSIA.

" There is no doubt, at present," says a Berlin
letter, publisihe 1 in the A icgsburg Ga:xtte, " that
the office of the Prince of Prussia, as representative
ing at the head of government, will bo pro-
longed. His Majesty made overtures to the Prince
on Christinis-eve in that affectionate manner which
suits the intimate terms always existing between the
two brothers, and several other procemlingi of a
more official character have since taken place. The
Moniteur will soon publish the announcement, as
the matter Inuit ba terminated before the opening
of the diet. The welt point still to be regulated is
whether the Prince's mandate i 8 to be renewed fur
three, six, or nine monthq, or indefinitely,"
London, England, 1858-01-05

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London, England, 1858-01-05

ruE SUN :LONDON, TUESDAY ifEVENING, JANVART' 5, 'lB5-8.

present in the infirmary of Camberwell workhouse
in such a state that it is almost impossible she can
recover.

The unfortunate sufferer was pronounced to be in
so dangerous a state on Saturday evening last that
Mr. Smithers, the master of the workhouse, waited
on Mr. Norton at this court to request that he
would proceed to the workhouse and take her de-
position, and did so in the presence of the prisoner,
who had been taken into custody. On being put
to the bar yesterday the deposition of her daughter
as taken by Mr. Norton was read over as the only
evidence at present against her, and was as fol-
lows :—" About Monday fortnight my father and
mother were quarrelling. My father wanted to
beat her, and I tries to prevent it, and she gave me
a push and threw me down stairs. My father hit
her, and gave her a black eye and set it bleeding.
I was suffering then with erysipelas, and was going
to lie down on the bed, but she turned me out of it,
got into bed herself, and compelled me to lie on
the floor. My mother was very tipsy at the time,
and my father on coming up stirs found me on the
floor, and this was the reason for his hitting fay
mother. I was following down stairs and begging of
my father not to have any more words with my
mother, when she pushed me down stairs, and I fell
with the back part of my head on the edge of the
stairs. The push she gave me was a violent one,
and mother always spat her spite on me when she
had a quarrel with father. Immediately after the
fall I felt great pain in my he id, and I have been
no better since. I had been ill a fortnight before
this, and had not done anything to provoke her.
When mother gets drunk, which she does at least
once a-fortnight, she is like a mad woman. She'
has struck me many a time, but not so badly as
this, but I hope you will not punish her, for she
has a young bahy."
In reply to the questions of the mother, the poor
girl, who seems rapidly approaching her end,
acknowledged that her mother had gone to Dr.
Flowers's for her, but she was then tipsy. She de-
nied having fallen out of the bed herself, and said
her mother pushed her out. She (the mother), she
said, aggravated her father before he struck her,
and in conclusion she said she (her mother) had
pushed her down stairs purposely, and caused the
injuries to her head from which she was suffering.
The prisoner, declining at present to say any-
thing in defence, was remanded.
London, England, 1858-01-05

1858 —Fail not tobegin the NEW YEAR
• with a DIARY. LETTS'S (from 6
pence to 14 shillin s, in above 100 varieties) are kept by All Book-
!, ell ers . Catalogues gratis. Also Cellar Books, Game Books, Stable
Books, Library vatalogn s, and many other valuable Forms f r MSS.
purposes.
LETr3, SON & Co., Stationers & Mapsellers, 8, Royal Exchange.

This Day, Two vols., foolscan Bro, Bs.
DAUNTLESS. By the Author of Flanfin not
Hearts." The Revelations of a Commonplace Man,' &c.
London : John W. Parker .ind Son, West Strand.
London, England, 1858-01-05

PRUSSIA.

There is no doubt, at present," says a Berlin
letter, published in the Augsburg Gazette, " that
the office of the Prince of Prussia, as representative
of the King at the head of government, will be pro-
longed. His Majesty made overtures to the Prince
on Christmas-eve in that affectionate manner which
suits the intimate terms always existing between the
two brothers, and several other proceedings of a
more official character have since taken 'place. The
lifoniteur will soon publish the announcement, as
the matter mumt be terminated before the opening
of the diet. The great point still to be regulated is
whether the Prince's mandate is to be renewed for
three, six, or nine months, or indefinitely."
London, England, 1858-01-05

ENGLISH LADIES IN INDIA.
Just ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo, 215., with numerous engravings,
A TIMELY RETREAT ; or, A YEAR IN
BENGAL IN 1856.57.
By MADELEINE A, WALLACE DUNLOP.
London : Richard Bentley, Publisher in ordin,ry to Her Majesty

Ju.t plblished, Bvo, with Plates a,,d Woodcuts, price 215.,
"';„ X„, EMOIRS of ADMIRAL SIR W. SYMONDS,
Knt , C.R . P.R.S , late Surveyor of Alia Navy. Published
with th- sanction of his Executors, as directed by his Will; and
edited by J. A. SHARP.
London : Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row.
London, England, 1858-01-05

NOTICE.

ISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL.
" ADP LE," by JuLta KAVANAGH, Aathor of " Nathalie,"
&c., in 3 vols, will be ready at al the Libraries oa Friday, Jan. 8.
Furst and Rlackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great 31arlborough-street.
London, England, 1858-01-05

SWITZERLAND.

A Berne letter says :
"A kind of manifestation, which hitherto has
been only seen in Switzerland for political causes,
has just taken place at Geneva, relative to the
present financial crisis. A placard, emanating
from citizens belonging, for the most part, to the
manufactur;ng classes, convoked a public meeting
for Dec. 29 at a place called the Coulouvreniere,
and at the appointed hour a compact crowd filled
the room. No member of the Council of State
was present. M. James Fazy was unwell • but
even were he in good health it is likely that he
would not have attended. The question of the
present crisis was discussed with the utmost
calm. The meeting, which consisted of about
1,500 persons, listened with the greatest attention
arid interest to the speeches of several persens
will endeavoured to *show that the position of the
manufacturers in Geneva called for exceptional
measures to ward off the effects of the crisis. A
proposition, emanating from MM. Perrier and
Corsat, to have a commission appointed consisting
of delegates from the various corporations of work-
men, and charged to examine what ought to be
done in presenecircumstances, was adopted by an
immense majority. Although the Recite de Geneve
speaks in terms of approval of the manifestation, it
is not very probable that the Council of State will
permit my transformation of the public institutions
of credit now existing into banks where the work-
men might obtain the resources of which they are
temporarily in need. Such a remedy, somewhat
revolutionary in character, would present consider-
able danger, inasmuch as the capital of these insti-
tutions, such as, for instance, the Mortgage Bank,
have fixed employments."
London, England, 1858-01-05

I LONDON. TUESDAY, JAN. 5, 1858.

The dreaded 4th of January has passed over in
a much better way than wasgenerally anticipated.
The acceptances falling due were very fairly met
—indeed, the average was just as good as in ordi-
nary times. But what sacrifices must the parties
have made to preserve the honour of their names!
None can know the intensity of the struggle, and
the magnitude of the losses sustained in the
struggle—losses that may cripple the sufferers,
and so reduce their powers as to make them
amongst the earliest victims of the next Crisis,
which, if the Act of 1844 is to be maintained
without change or modification, will most
assuredly arrive, and that in less than ten
years. The hard calculators have ascertained
the enormous profits that may be realised
from a panic. They see the mode in •which it
may be produced, and will undoubtedly resort
thereto whenever a suitable opportunity may oc-
cur. Let the people look to it in time, they are
fully warned ; and if the terrible lesson they have
endured should be forgotten or disregarded on a
temporary improvement, their case will indeed bo
hopeless, and they will only have themselves to.
blame for the results, however untoward they I
may be I

The year 1858 has thus been favourably inau.,
gurated, and we may anticipate an auspicious sea-
son for the industrial community. The hard cal-
culators have brought out their secret hordes,
and there will, of course, be money in
abundance, not only for the legitimate
requirements of trade and commerce, but also
for wild speculations. The Government letter,
which for the second time " virtually condemned
and abrogated the Act of 1844," again saved the
country. The sufferings were more intense, and
the period of suspense more protracted, because
the Government waited longer before affording
the necessary relief, and made the conditions on
which it was granted far more stringent than in
1847. In that year 8 per cent. only was required,
and that at the time of issuing the letter—the
rate of discount having been previously by no
means unreasonable—but on the late occasion
commerce had been for some time groaning under
7,8, and even 10 per cent.; and the latter rate was
cmtinued, until the Bank—for whose sole benefit
the relaxation was granted—had retrieved its
position, and was placed in a position of perfect
ease and security. We now know that the Bank
must otherwise have stopped payment before the
end of the week ; indeed, it is more than probable
that a single day would have decided the question,
and that the note would have been rendered
inconvertible by the very means adopted to ensure
its convertibility.
__ I

There were no such dangers in France. The
Directors were permitted to exercise their own
London, England, 1858-12-18

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT
GARDEN, under the sole Manag.ement of Miss Louisa
l'yne and Mr. W. Harrison.—The public are respectfully in-
formed that this new and elqgant Theatre will be OPENED
for the first ENGLISH OPERA SEASON on MONDAY,
Dec. 20, when will be presented an entirely new and original
Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE.
POWER OF LOVE. Playhouse prices.
London, England, 1858-12-18

BIRTHS.

BIICKLEY.—On the 15th inst., at 13, Eaton-place, South,
the wife of Alfred Buckley, Esq., of a son.
ECCLES.—On the 15th inst., at 'PearceSeld, Tunbridge-
wells, the wife of Alfred Eccles, F.R.S., of a daughter.
KER.—On the 14th inst., at Montalto, county Down, the
seat of D. S. Ker, Esq , the wife of R. Ker, Esq., M.P..
of a son.
MORRIS.—On the 17th inst., the wife of R. Morris, Esq.,
38, Woburn-place,_Russell-square, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
STANHOPE—CROMPToN.—On the 15th inst., at the parish
church, Kirby Wiske, Percy, second son of the Hon. and
Rev. Fitzßoy Stanhope, to Helenora, only daughter of
Joshua S. Crompton, Esq., of, Sion-hill, and Azerley,
Yorkshire.
SowAnn--DAvisoiv.—On the 16th inst., at Holloway Con-
gregational Church, William Soward, Esq., of Tuffnell-
park-road, to Elizabeth Maria, eldest daughter of Robt.
Davison, Esq., of Grove Lodge, Tollington-park.

DEATHS.
AUSTEN.—On the 15th inst., at Southampton, Captain F.
W. Austen, R.N., the eldest son of Admiral Sir F. W.
Austen, K.C.8., aged 49.

ALLT.—On the 15th inst., at Kensington-square, William
Alit, aged 82.

CHESTER.—On the 10th inst., suddenly, the Rev. Anthony
Chester, of Chicholey Hall, Bucks, aged 59.

COLLARD.—On the 15th inst., at Gore-street, Monkton,
Isle of Thanet, Henry Collard, aged 87.
JENNEY.—On the 14th inst., at Hasketon, Suffolk, Anne
(Tenney, daughter of E. Jenney, Esq., of Bredfield and
Hasketon, aged 90.

MACFARLANE.—On the 9th inst., at the Chuterhouse,
Charles MacFarlane, Esq., aged 58.
WILTON.—On the 16th inst., at Egerton Lodge, Melton
Mowbray, Mary Margaret, Countess of Wilton.
WYNNE.—On the 13th inst., at Brighton, William Wyatt
Wynne, Esq., Secretary to the British Gaslight Cony
'Any.
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LONDON : Printed and Published by MTJRDO YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
Middlesex, Saturday, Deccutber 18, 1858.
London, England, 1858-12-18

WHO WILL PAY THE CHINESE
INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves. An
export duty is to be levied, and then not even the East India
Tea Company will be able, as they now, are, to sell filb. of
Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, at is. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in
the Berry, at 10d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church-
yard, City.
London, England, 1858-12-18

DENMARK.

A Copenhagen letter of the 12th states The
Second Chamber of Denmark has definitively voted
the State budget for 1859. The receipts are 6,147,000
thalers, and the expenditure, 3,260,000 thalers. The
common expenses being under the control of the
Supreme Council, a deputy proposed that the ex-
penditure of Denmark per se should be submitted
to the control of the Diet of the kingdom. The
Ministers strongly opposed the proposition, the
adoption of which would be, they said, a condemna-
tion of the common monarchy ; they also gave it to
be understood that a vote in favour of the motion
would lead either to the retirement of the Ministry
or to the dissolution of the Diet. In consequence,
the proposition was withdrawn. The First Cham-
ber voted the first reading of the bill relative to
the budget. The session will close before Christ-
mas."

A communication from Frankfort gives some
details relative to the intentions of the Diet in the
Danish question :

" The Assembly has laid down the principle not
to interfere in the propositions which the King of
Denmark may think proper to transmit to the
States of Holstein. The Danish Government will
thus have its hands free, and no pressure will be
exercised on the part of the Germanic Confedera-
tion. This new position created for Denmark by
the committees of the Diet, in favour of the
dynastic principle, appeared to all the delegates
the most rational mode of enabling it to release
itself from the embarrassment in which it is placed
on both sides. The Diet appears also to have de-
cided in the same sitting not to send any commis-
sioner into the duchies during the session of the
States. Up to the present time no one knows the
nature of the propositions which Denmark is pre-
paring to submit to the States, but under any cir-
cumstances they will be connected with the changes
to be made in the first six and principal articles of
the special Constitution of 1854."
London, England, 1858-12-18

CEORGE HOBSON begs to cat the attention
of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to
255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats.
Excellence with Economy.
GEORGE lIOBSON, 57, Lombard-street.
Established 1796.
London, England, 1858-12-18

Rearadmil al Smart and the members eompos-

ing the committee appointed to inquire into the
genezal ecol..omy of the dockyards, have continued
their sittings in the Assistant-Master-Shipwright's
room, at Woolwich, each day during the past
week without intermission. They have made a
thorough inspection of the departments generally
throughout the yard, and have passed under ex-
amination and inquiry some of the superior officers
of the yard—namely, Mr. Macdonald, Master-At-
tendant ; Mr. Rice and Mr. Peake, Master Ship-
wrights; Mr. Aslett, timber inspector ; as well as
various subordinates.
The gunboat Leveret, Lieut -Commander Den-
ham, tender to the Arrogant, at Southampton, left
Woolwich dockyard yesterday, after repairs, and,
having received her powder from the Arsenal,
sailed for Southampton. The newly-constructed
steamsloop Icarus, having received her boilers and
machinery yesterday, left the basin at Woolwich,
and commenced coaling in readiness to try her
engines down the river this morning.
Her Majesty's screw steamvessel Rifleman was
yesterday hauled out of the basin at Woolwich to
enter the dry dock No. 2, for a continuation of
repairs.
The iron screw storeship Supply, under orders to
be refitted, at Woolwich, for a second expedition to
Bondroun Bay, has undergone a casual survey by
the shipwright department. She will require new
decks and thorough repair, new foremast, mizen-
mast, and topsail yards, one new boiler, and a com-
plete overhaul of her engines. The cases containing
the marble antiquities, 170 in number, have been
conveyed to the British Museum, in charge of Sig-
nor A. Panizzi, secretary. There were likewise
several waggon loads of heavy oblong blocks of
marble, which formed the eastern wall of the Mau-
soleum, and will compose a rare and valuable collec-
tion, the result of ten months' research and labour
of the crew of the Supply at Halicarnassus.
In consequence of the representations made in the
columns of The Sun relative to the washing away
of the banks of the Medway, near Chatham dock-
yard, which if allowed to proceed at the present rate
would at no distant date seriously imperil that naval
establishment, 200 convicts, from the convict prison
ai Chatham, are now employed in embanking the
river, constructing a river wall, and levelling the
marshes at St. Mary's Island near Chatham dockyard
and opposite the powder magazines of Upiior Castle.
As the requirements of the work may demand, the
number of convicts employed is to be increased.
The following appointments were- made-yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieutenant John Moresby has been promoted to the rank
of Commander.

Master—Edward Mourilyan (additional) to the Indus.
Assistant Surgeons—John L. Palmer (additional), to the
Impregnable ; Leonard Lucas confirmed in the Calypso.
London, England, 1858-12-18

JOINT-STOCK BANKS,

- -
Closing Dustless
Share) Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done.

100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - -
40 Australasia all - - 9
25 Bank of Egypt all 27 28 24 4
100 Bank of London 5O -
40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - -
63 British North American all - -
100 Cit
20 Chtdy 10
. Bank of India, &c 21 lid
50 62 64
100 Colonial 25 -
20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all -
100 Commercial of London. 20 -
20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 171 18 17/
20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - -
20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 214 214 211 1 1
50 London and County
00 London Joint Stook - ~.
100 London & Westminster. 20 49 50 49/ 60 ":
100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - -
20 Do. new lO - -
50 National Bank 25 - -
20 New South Wales - -
25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all - -
20 Ottoman Bank all 214 214 214 4
100 Provincial of Ireland - -
10 Do. New all - -
25 South Australia - - 30
25 Do. New 174 - -
25 Union of Australia all - - 58
25 Do. New 2O - -
50 Union of London lO - -
100 Unity Mutual 55 •
100 Western Bk of London 50 20 d
MISCELLANEOUS.
Share) Miscellaneous.: 1 Closing Ittainese done
Price.
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint' all 13 14
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 250 280
25 Australian Agricultural 19 351 364 36
10 Australian Royal Mail . all It
10 Berlin Water Works ... all 24 si
10 Do New, issued at £5 dis 3 --
50 British American Land 40 -
50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 40 42
20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 19 21
20 Do. C
100 Canada 324 112 116
10 Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) all 94 104
Stock Cop.Min.otEn.;-.&Smltr.r, all -
25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 24 25
5 Crystal Palace.
5 Do. Preference
20 Eastern Steam all 2 2
Steek Electric Telegraph lOO 112 114
5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all I 1 14 14
10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel los. - -
9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) all 4 14
20 Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Lim, all - -
5 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - -
20 London Discount 5 14 d
4 Lond.G en. Omnibus Co all 11 11
10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all - -
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 74 84
25 National Discount Co 5 4 4 d
10 Netherlands Land 6 - -
10 Do do all 1 2
5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 14 14
100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all
20 North of Europe Steam all - -
1 Oriental Gas
1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 die par 4
5 Peel River Land & Min. all 24 3
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 81 83
50 Do. New lO 12 13
20 Red Sea, & Ind. Telegr. 5 4
4p 54
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 71 8
100 Royal Mail Steam
1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 130 140
25 South Australian Land. all 38 40
1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 1 11
1 Do. do Registered all 14
20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Unr. Can. 5 - -
Van Dien:10111 Pi JO 12
London, England, 1858-12-18

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIIVIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 55 to £4 8 Od ; clover,
do., £3lss to £5 Os; and straw, £1 53: to £1 10s. per load.
Supplies good, and trade dull.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 8s; clover
do., £3 15s to £5 Os. ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 108 per
lead. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand.
WILITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 Bsod ; clove;,
io., £3 15s to £5 Os. ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per load.
Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations.
London, England, 1858-12-18

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1858,

FOREIGN.

Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business
I Price. I Done.

Antwerp & Rotterdam'
Ardennes
BahAS.Fran.,Lim.7p.c
Belgian East. Junction
Beziers to Graissessaa
Carmeaux Mine & Rail
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Euphrates Valley
Great Central of France
Qt. Luxem., Con. sits
Italian Junction

5} 51

p
4 d par
1 11

321
:71 28

Lake Constance di Bal?
Lierre and Turnhout
Lombardo Venetian
Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf
Lyons and Geneva
Maria Antonia
'Do. do. New

Namur and Liege
Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref
Northern of France
Do. New Shares
Norwegian Trunk Pref ,
Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent,
Paris,Lyons, and Medit.
Paris and Orleans
Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.)
gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.)
Rill-a and Dunaburg
Rome and Frascati
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Do. 7 per cent. I'ref.
Sambre and Meuse.
Do. 5i per cent. Pref.
Southern of France
West Flanders
Do. 51 p. c. Preference
W. & N.W. of France
Western of Austria

Western of Switzerland
Wiesbaden
Do 8 per cent. Pref
Zealand
London, England, 1858-12-18

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, LIVING TOO FAST.
THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean.
Followed by a new Farce, in one act, entitled
THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS ETENING will be performed a new Comedy,
THE TIDE OF TIME. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale
&c. ; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter.
A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE.
in which PereaNena will appear.
THE TOODLES. Sir Wm. Don, Bart.
And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
Commenvz at 7.
London, England, 1858-12-18

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London, England, 1858-12-18

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

WHOLESALE ROBBERY OFAN -EHPLOYER.—Edward
Streecher, a cabinetmaker, resi Srppr North-street.
Gray's-inn-road, was charged with stealing a quantity of
brass work, carvings, veneers, &c., the
ployer, Mr. James Rosberg, of 4, John-street, Hammy
street. property of his em•

The prosecutor said that in consequence of missing a
quantity of property, he gave information to the police
w iich led
quantity
t io the
fprisonee s apprehension.
property consisting of pieces of veneers,
brass work, &c., used in marqueterie work was here pro-
duced and identified by the prosecutor as his property.
property
yed fora remand.
Sergeant Mills, 4 E, said that on the previous night he
stopped the prisoner just as he left his employer's, and found
on him several pieces of mahogany veneers and other arti-
cles. He afterwards went to his lodgings, where he found
pap lr quantityooTys
hee re—
tp 0
ra
ic)aofbniiperreo full, , a i and n dohfhe
ovary
allhv aaof 'whichnothing description
w ns
identified used b y hisby
re-
mandedetmhe-
till Friday next. to say, and was

THAMES.
IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Joseph Daniels, a lad aged 17,
who is well known to the police, was brought before Mr.
Selfe, charged with stealing t pair of carriage lamps, the
property of Mr. George Ellis, a job master and livery stable
road East.
keeper, of the King's Tavern, in the Commercial-

and followed him to Church-lane,
Porter William Dunning, 129 H, stated that last night
prisoner,hdere in Company with some boys, in the
e stopped him and asked him what
bundle in his Mad, to which he replied, " A
he
eo
hmhmi
had
e cde
et
rhi
neii theptahie
.4er
owa
pair of lamps, which I am going to take to my father's at
Fryer's Mount." Afterwards he said he was going to take
them to a Mr. Furlong's, at Fryer's Mount. He suspected
his statement, and apprehended him.
Mr. Ellis said the lamps were his property, and were
fixed to a coach in the yard in front of his stables yesterday
(Friday) evening, at 6 o'clock, and he believed they were
stolen soon afterwards.

The ~prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. gelfe sentenced
him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in the
House of Correction.

A VIRAGO.—EIiza Howlett, a dissipated-lookingworaan,
who has frequently made her appearance in this court in a
state of intoxication, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged
with assaulting John Howlett, her husband, who is dwell-
ing in Ratcliff, and is a very industrious mechanic.
The unfortunate complainant was laid up in the London
Hospital with a broken leg. The prisoner pia him a visit
and commenced abusing him, and he begged her to desist,
and leave him. He was turned about in his bed, and his
wife stooped to regulate hie pillow when be told her eke
London, England, 1858-12-18

TURKEY.

An official correspondence having been lately
exchanged between Mehemed Pacha, Minister of
Foreign Affairs ad interim, the Legation of the
United States of America, and the great maritime
Powers, relative to the passage of the Dardanelles
by the Wabash steam frigate, the following note
has been addressed to all the Legations :

" 10th Rebuil-Akihir, 1275.
"As you are aware, an ancient custom of the
Ottoman Government interdicts foreign vessels of
war from entering the Dardanelles. That custom
having been confirmed by the Treaty of Peace
signed at Paris on 30th March, 1856, it was agreed
that light vessels of war, remaining at the olispo-
London, England, 1858-12-18

THE WELLINGTON RESTAURANT,
ST. JAMES'S-STREET, AND 160, PICCADILLY.

Gentlemen visiting the Metropolis will find ample accom-
modation for dinners at this establishment. The arrange-
ments are varied and perfect, and the tariff of charges is very
moderate. Private rooms for large or small parties may be
engaged on application to the Superintendent.
By Order. JAMES GOFTON, Superintendent.
27th h ovember, 1858.
London, England, 1858-12-18

Walls End.

Hetton l9 0
Whitworth ..15 3
Stewart's; l9 0

COURSE OF EXCHANGE._YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 171 11 17
Antwgrp
Brussels — 25 30 25 35
Hamburgh - t13 7 13 71
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119
Vienna
Trieste - 10 40 10 43
Petersburgh — 351 36
Madrid
_.
_ _
491 49
Cadiz - 49/ 49
__

Leghorn —
Genoa —
Naples
Palermo —
Messina —
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York —

29 O 29 g7i
25 45 26 60
491 40
122 1221,
122 k 122
524.1 - 62
521 53

• •
E.I. Co's Ws. House Ms. 60d
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 231
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto 26 231
East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to
_ _

the Bth inst. „.
£1,201 5 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

BenNal.
Madras.
Bombay

X 1,201 5 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ...
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 05 li

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment.—Hydroce-
phalus or Water in the Head.—Teething.—lnfancy is
always a time of anxiety te,pare4ts. The little indications
of departing health require such constant vigilance to de-
tect and correct them before the feeble frame falls into dis-
ease. The grand source of serious infantile sufferings is
the nervous system, which teething sadly irritates, laying
the foundation for fits, wasting, and water on the brain.
To allay this 1391 yous irritability has been the endeavour of
the noblest phygicianii, who have devoted all their skill to
accomplish this end, but with no certainty, till Professor
Holloway discovered this Ointment, which, being well
rubbed upon the spine and head, passes through the skin,
penetrates every structure, and purifies the blood.
London, England, 1858-12-18

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN
KNOWLEDGE.

SERIES OF SERMONS : A Series of Sermons,
comiliencing with Advent Sunday, 1858, is in course of
publication by the Society. These Sermons will be composed
by various hands. They will in general have reference to
some part of the Church Services of the Sundays to which
they belong, and will aim at setting forth simply, practically,
and earnestly, the truth as it is in Jesus.
Price One Half-penny each, or in Monthly Parts, Threepence•
Sold at the Depositories :-77, Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-
Fields ; 4, Royal. Exchange ; 16, Hanover-square ; and by all
itooksellers.
London, England, 1858-12-18

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto 847 50 .. 845
Lyons and Mediterranean BB5 . 882 50
New ditto —
Geneva —
Midi
--
Southern
.. 587 50
Western 607 50 .. 605
Eastern
Grand Central
Sardinian 415 .. 420
Austrian
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12}c. ; money,
25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 97i0. ; money, 24f.
95c.

. . 621 25
London, England, 1858-12-18

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and. Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 15th day
of December, 1858 :

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £32,852,470 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 18,377,470
Silver Bullion -

£32,852,470

X 32,8,52,470

BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings' •
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

,EPARTMINT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead WeightA_n-
nuity) £10,808,591
Other Securities 15,988,503
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin

046,899

counts) 9,526,771
Other Deposits 12,606,131
Seven Day and
other Bills 763,862

.£10,550,208.

X 40,550,208
(ARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Dec. 16,1858.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brawn or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 14th day
of Dec., 1858, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :
Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America 2Bs 61d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 27s lid
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 30s 8d
Average price of the foregoing 2os lid

COUNTRY MARKB TS.

LIVERPOOL-P-

The weatlitr has dam,
There. The trade since been inactive,
nich is usually the case at this season of the year, and at
to-day's market a moderate business was transacted at full
prices for wheat and flour, and other articles, excepting oats
and oatmeal, which were rather cheaper.
Returns of British wheat this week :
108,311 quarters, at .. 41s Od
Corresponding week 1857 :
100,416 quarters, at ..
Corresponding week 1856 :
107,808 quarters, at

49s 5d

605 ld

WAKEFIELD—DEC. 17.
There was a moderate supply, and generally a steady
market for wheat, but the prices remained without much
change. Barley and beans is cheaper.
London, England, 1858-12-18

BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-FRIDAY.

TWO THOUSAND.
9to 2 agst Promised Land (taken)
Bto 1 agst Ralph° (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
50 to 1 agst Longrange (taken)
100 to 1 agst Hal o' Kirklees (taken)
100 to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken)

DERBY.

10 to 1 agst Promised Land (taken)
15 to 1 agst Marionette (taken)
25 to 1 agst CaNendish (taken)
50 to 1 agst Phantom (taken)
London, England, 1858-12-18

DENMARK.

A Copenhagen letter of the 12th states :—" The
Second Chamber of Denmark has definitively voted
the State budget for 1859. The receipts are 6,147,000
thalers, and the expenditure, 3,260,000 thalers. The
common expenses being under the control of the
Supreme Council, a deputy proposed that the ex-
penditure of Denmark per se should be submitted
to the control of the Diet of the kingdom. The
Ministers strongly opposed the proposition, the
adoption of which would be, they said, a condemna-
tion of the comnionynonarchy ; they also gave it to
be understood that a vote in favour of the motion
would lead either to the retirement of the Ministry
or to the dissolution of the Diet. In consequence,
the proposition was withdrawn. The First Cham-
ber voted the first reading of the bill relative to
the budget. The session will close before Christ-
mas."

A communication from Frankfort gives some
details relative to the intentions of the Diet in the
Danish question :

" The Assembly has laid down the principle not
to interfere in the propositions which the King of
Denmark may think proper to transmit to the
States of Holstein. The Danish Government will
thus have its hands free, 'and no pressure will be
exercised on the part of the Germanic Confedera-
tion. This new position created for Denmark by
the committees of the Diet, in favour of the
dynastic principle, appeared to all the delegates
the most rational mode of enabling it to release
itself from the embarrassment in which it is placed
on both sides. The Diet appears also to have de-
cided in the same sitting not to send any conimis-
sioner into the duchies during the session of the
States. Up to the present time no one knows the
nature of the propositions which Denmark is pre-
paring to submit to the States, but under any cir-
cumstances they will be connected with the changes
to be made in the first six and principal articles of
the special Constitution of 1854."
London, England, 1858-12-18

NORTHALLERTON—DEc. 15.

Thero was a middling supply of grain to-day, and a slow
business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from 5s
Od to 5s 6d per bushel ; red, 4s 9d to 5s 3d ; barley, 3s to
4s 6d per do. ; oats, 2s 9d to 4s; beans, 6s to 6s 6d.

•DEc. 17.
very quiet indeed, business

EXETE
The grain market continue
being quite of a retail nature.
Wheat, white.. 5s Od to 5s 3d I Barley.. 4s Od to 4s 3d
Ditto red ..5s Od to 5s 3d Oats ..... 38 Od to 3s 3d
Flour, fine, 29s to 30s ; seconds, 28s to 29s per sack.
CATTLE.—The market was fairly supplied with stock,
but business appeared to be small.
Fat beef, p score, 9s to lOs Od Ewes, per lb sfd to Od
Pork carcases, do 7sod to 8s Od Wethers, d 0...... 6d to 6fd
Lambs, per lb. Od to Od Fat naives, d0....6d to 7d
Rough fat, 4,1c1 per lb.

RIPON—DEc. 16.
There has been a good supply of grain at market to-day,
and to effect sales a slight reduction had to be submitted to.
White wheat, 55 6d to 5s 9d per bushel ; red, 45 3d to 65
6d ; barley, 30s to 34s per qr. ; oats, 18s to 225.

DUBLIN—DEC. 16.
At this morning's market there was a very small at-
tendance, and a very dull tone in the trade, sellers making
scarcely last day's prices. Foreign quiet and unchanged
in value. Flour in limited demand. Indian corn was
only nominal.

s. d. s. d.
Wheat, white 22 6 to 24 6
Do., red 2l 6 to 22 6
Do., new 21 6 to 24 6
Barley
Oats
Do., black ll 0 to 12 0

a. d. a. d.
Do., new ..... 11 6 to 13 0
Bere
Rapeseed
Oatmeal l2 6 t• 14 0
Bakers' flour
Indian corn

BRISTOL SUGAR—DEc. 17.
The arrivals continue on a most limited scale, and the
offices are consequently very indifferently supplied with
samples. ' Refiners' produce again dull, but prices are not
lower. Rum in good demand, and about 200 puncheons
Demerara have found buyers at 2s 2d per proof gallon, be-
sides several transactions in Jamaicas for removal from
London and Liverpool.

COAL MARE
(Prices of Coal per Ton at

:ET—DEC. 17.
the close if the market.)
Walls End.

s. d.i
Buddle's West Hartleyl4 6
Byass's Bebside West',
Hartley .14 6
Lambert's W. Hartley.l4 6
Wylam 15 6
Tanfield Moor Butes l2 3
Davison'sWestHartleyls 0
Walker Primrose l3 3
Holywell 15 6
Hedley 14 0
Morpeth W. Hartley 14 3

a. d.
Northumberland l5 0
Bell '
. 16 9
Acorn Close 17 9
Eden 17 9
Harton l7 0
Bradyll's Hetten 18 0
Kepier Grange .. .... lB 3
Heugh Hall 17 , 9
Eden Main 17 3
Lumley
Harvey ..16 0
Nixon's Merthyr ..... 21 0
Powell'sDuffryn Steam 21 0
Nixon's Duffryn 21 0
London, England, 1858-12-18

itn+

NEW OFFICES FOR THE BOARD.

Mr. BENNETT brought up a report from the
Works and General Purposes Committee, stating
that the superintending architect has prepared
preliminary plans and elevations in accordance
with the requirements of the board, and with the
Woods, &c.,
agreement e entered red w
termsAiajes
Majesty's
st
Commissionershe
e.t,waenedn herth e
board, which the committee have examined end
approved, and submit for the approval of the board.
Mr. OFFOR moved that the recommendation of
the committee be adopted.
Mr. LESLIE opposed the
motion, and contended
that more ample accommodation could be obtained
at Greek-street than at Berkeley House, and thus
save about £2OOOO of the ratepayers' money.
After some discussion, the subject was adjourned
for a fortnight.
NEW PRECEPTS OF THE BOARD.
The Finance Committee reported their proceed-
ings, pursuant to the reference of the board of the
24th Sept., 1858, instructing the committee to pre-
pare a statement of the expenses of the board for
the current year ; and recommending that precepts
be issued forthwith, and made returnable on the
25th March next, and that the necessary orders
thereon be passed.
Several members urged that it would be impos-
sible to make a rate in time to get the money, and
wished a longer period for that purpose ; but even-
tually the original recommendation was put and
agreed to.
Some other matters which stood upon the paper
were postponed, and the board adjourned.
London, England, 1858-12-18

RUSSIA.

A St. Petersburg letter of the Bth says The
Russian representative at the Austrian Court, M.
de Balabine, has certainly been sent to Vienna only
on a private mission, as some journals have stated.
As long as Austria hesitates to accredit a minister
to this Court, M. de Balabine will have no other
title ; but when Austria shall have made a choice,
he will be named Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary. A tendency is also
noticed on the part of Austria to come to more in-
timate relations with this Court ; at least the ap-
proaching arrival of Baron Werner, Austrian
Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, is regarded in
that light. The immediate cause of the baron's
voyage is the difficulty experienced in the conclu-
sion of a treaty of commerce with Austria—a diffi-
culty which he hopes to remove ; but his mission,
it is said, is not to end there, as he is to endeavour
to improve the relations between two powers."
London, England, 1858-12-18

FOREIG

Australian
800 AccordCopper,Lim.
Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.)
Do. St.Johndelßey,Lim.
Do. Land and Mining-Co.
Clarendon Consols Min-

Cc. of Jamaica
Cobra Copp,:r
Coplapo
IDunMoun.Cop.Ming.Col
For tuna
General
Linares
Lusitanian
Mariquita
New Granada

N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L
Pontgibaud Silver, Lead
Mining and Smelt....
Port Philip
Santiago de Cuba
United Mexican

COLONIAL GOVER:

Securities.