The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-31 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

According to a despatch from St. Petersburg of
the 29th, all the symptoms which presented any
gravity- in the state of the Empress Dowager have
disappeared, and her Majesty's complete recovery
is now considered certain.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 21st, gives
the following account of the new measures adopted
by the Russian Government relative to passing con-
traband goods :—" In spite of the strict watch kept
on the frontiers, smuggling still continues. As it
is well known that the Jewish part of the popula-
tion are the chief agents in this illicit traffic, the Go-
vernment has adopted severe measures towards them.
The present Emperor granted the Jews permission
to reside in the frontier districts, instead of keep-
ing them at a distance of 50 versts (32 miles) as
formerly. A new ukase has been published, which
contains provisions to the effect that the Jews will
be allowed to retain whatever real property they
may have acquired within the limits above-men-
tioned, but those who may settle there in future
will not be permitted to hold landed property. This
provision applies also to the Jews in Bessarabia.
The Jews of the frontier districts, if convicted of
smuggling, will be liable to expulsion, in addition
to the other legal penalties ; those whom the
customs authorities have good reason to suspect of
taking part in such unlawful proceedings will also
be liable to expulsion, even without legal convic•
tion ; but in this case a special report must be sent
to the Minister of the Interior on each case."

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

Marshal Castellano, whose retirement, on the
score of age, from the command at Lyons is said to
b© certain, will probably be appointed Grand
Equerry to the Emperor, which post ib• vacant
since the death of Marshal St. Arnaud.

The Imperial yacht l'Aigle, 250 feet long and
600-horse power, :was lauuched at Cherbourg on
the 23d inst., amid not shouts of enthusiasm, but
torrents of rain. The operation otherwise was
completely successful.
A letter from Brest, of the 27th December,
informs us that during several days a hurricane
prevailed on that coast. Masses of water like water-
spouts had fallen on the town of Brest, and turned
the streets into torrents. The winds shifted with
the greatest rapidity from south-west to west, and
from west to north•west and north. It was an.
nounced at Brest that an English ship of war was
in a dangerous position.on the coast of Cape de la
Chevre, at the entrance to the Bay of Denarneney.
The Souffleur, of ,the Imperial Navy, got up her
steam on the 26th, and went to her assistance. The
trials of the frigate Danae have ended in a satisfac-
tory manner, and she is preparing for sea. The
frigate Didon, under orders for the Chinese Seas,
and the screw transport Loire, likewise under
orders for the West Indies, sailed from Brest on the
28th, but were forced to return the same night in
consequence of the hurricane.

A report to the Emperor from the Prinoe
Minister of Algeria, states that in consequence of
the satisfactory results which have ensued from
the creation of Tribunals of Commerce at Algiers
--and-at Oran, he recommends the formation of a
similar institution at Constantina. The report is
followed by a decree carrying out the above
suggestion.

The Minister of the lutedor has authorised a,

great number of political exiles in Algeria to
return to France, on their making their submission
to the present Government.
The Moniteur publishes the rules and regale"
tions for the exhibition of the works of living
artists for 1859, which will open on the 15th
April and close on the 15th June. The Minister
of State has approved of the organisation of a
lottery of the objects of art selected among those
exhibited. The administration of the civil list
will undertake the direction of this lottery ; a CO
mission will be appointed to select the articles and
to fix the prices to be offered to the artists. There
will be two drawings, the first on the 15th 00,
and the second on the day after the distribution n'
recompenses. The tickets, at 2fr. each, will be sold
at the Palace of Industry.
In the Illoniteur is given the monthly return of
the average price of wheat in the different
markets by which the import and export duties on
corn and flour are regulated. The highest price
is 20fr. 34c. per hectolitre in the market of Mar"
seilles, and the lowest 13fr. 52c. in that of Charle-
ville. The highest average price is 16fr. 40c. Ol
the section composed of the markets of Toulouse,
Gray, Lyons, and Marseilles, and the lowest I.4fr.
23c., in that comprising the markets of Metz, Ver.
dun, Charleville, and Soissons. -The average f°r
the whole of France is 15f. 49ac., being 57-,c. lower
than in the preceding month.
The marriage of General Dautemarre with Mile'
Barral, daughter of the senator of that name, is
announced as shortly to take place.
Some uneasiness is felt at present respecting the
health of the Duke of Plaisance, grand-chancellor
of the Legion of Honour. Vice-Admiral Hugo i 8
also indisposed.
The Minister of the Interior has awarded one
first class gold medal, three second class ditto,
eleven first class silver, and two hundred and filre
second class, for various acts of courage and de'
Totedness performed during the third quarter of the
present year.
BOURSE, Dec. 30.—The market continues flat'
but prices have undergone but little Variation,
Threes have been done at 73f. sc. and 72f. 90c''
Mobilier, from 977 f. 50c. to 982 f. 50c. ; Austrian'
640 f. to 641 f. 25c. ; Lyons, 885 f. to 883 f. 75e';
Orleans, 1,387 f. 50c. to 1,390 f.; Southern, 585 f. to
586 f. 25c.; and Northern, 1,002 f. 50c. to 1,003 f. 75e'
The following were the last quotations :---
50
41 per Cents. .... 97 50 Credit Fond 25
Fonder.... 672
Do. end month .. 97 50 Belgian 41 . lOO
3 per Cents. 73 --Piedmontese (5) 94
Do. end month.... 73 10 Roman 93
Bank Shares 3005 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 977 50 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 985 Home Debt 43

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Accoull
Orleans
Northern
1003888435 7
75_5
..
: : 188804035. i..c
5
New ditto
.„..
Lyons and. Mediterranean
New ditto
Geneva . 620 ••
.... 623 1
Midi —
Southern - .. . ,-; 50
587 50 .. 581 Ad
Western 607 50 .. 607 di
Eastern

Grand Central
Sardinian
644202
_5O
6441
Austrian
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 14c. ; inollel,
04f,
25f. llfe.; three months, paper, 241. 97fe. ; money,
95e.

The Madrid mail of the 25th, which was dne
yesterday, and that of the 26th, due this morn'
have arrived, but the former day having been
Christmas and the latter Sunday, only few journal
appeared, and their contents are not of any intereo

The Parma Gazette announces that the i 513114
called Santa Franca, formed by the Po, and fnr;
merly belonging to Austria, is, by an agreement
with that power, now annexed to the
.Duchir
Parma, the river having formed an alluvial depositOn
between the said island and the Parmese bank, 0°
as to connect them permanently.