The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURG, MONDAY, DEC. 13.

The Northern Bee of this day publishes a leading
article, respecting the lonian Islands, and says :
"It is necessary for England to retain possession
of Corfu, on account of its importance as a station
in the Adriatic. The other lonian Islands could
be given up to Greece, with the option left to the
inhabitants of Corfu to emigrate within a stated

time."

BERLIN, MONDAY, DEC. 13.

The Prince of Wales will leave Berlin to-morrow.
He will pass the night at Magdeburg and will go
onWednesdaymorning by express train to Cologne,
whence, after a short staY, he will set out by
special train for London.

The Bank of Prussia has announced that the
Bank discount from to-morrow will be 4 per eent.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.

The Emperor received on Sunday, at a solemn
audience, his Excellency M. Mon, who came to
present his credentials as ambassador extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the Queen of Spain
and of the Duchess Regent of Parma to the Court
of the Tuileries. The Emperor was surrounded by
the great officers of the Crown and the officers of
his Majesty's household on service. The ambassa-
dor, having been presented by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, addressed the Emperor in the fol-
lowing words :

" Sire,—ln presenting to your Majesty letters of
H.M. the Queen of Spain, which accredited me to
you in the quality of ambassador extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary, I am happy and
proud to be able to express the sentiments of sin-
cere and cordial friendship which actuate my
august sovereign towards your Majesty, and those
of the whole Spanish nation, for the illustrious
French nation, its neighbour and ally. Deign,
Sire, to permit me to hope that your imperial Ma-
jesty will be pleased to receive with kindness the
person who feels honoured at having to express
these affectionate sentiments on' the part of a
friendly people and government. I will employ
all my efforts to render myself worthy of it. Sire,
I have the honour at the same time to present to
your Majesty letters from H.R.H. the Duchess
Regent of Parma, which also accredit me to you
as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary."
The Emperor replied :
" Monsieur l'Ambassadeur,—l always seize with
pleasure the occasions which present themselves
to express my sincere friendship for the Queen of
Spain and my esteem for the Spanish people. Will
you assure her Majesty that I express wishes for
her happiness and for the prosperity and glory of
the people she governs ? I thank you for the senti-
ments you express to me, and Tam persuaded that
the distinguished men whom the Queen selects as
her representatives at Paris will, by their presence
among us, contribute to draw closer the ties which
, unite the two countries."

The audience then terminated. M. Mon and the
gentlemen of his embassy were conveyed to the
palace of the Tuileries in court carriages, and after
the audience were taken back in the same way to
the Spanish Embassy.
A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says :—" A
dispatch has, it is said, been received.at the Ministry
of Marine which makes known a very serious act
on the part of M. Sabbatier at Djedda. The
French Commissioner, in consequence of the inves-
tigation which he had made, felt fully convinced
that the principal instigator of the assassinations
was the governor himself, Namick Pacha. Acting
on that conviction, M. Sabbatier and the captain of
the English frigate, accompanied by a detachment
of French and English sailors, went to the Gover-
nor's palace, and arrested him in the midst of his
staff. No resistance was offered to this bold pro-
ceeding. Namick Pacha was conveyed on board
the Duchayla, where he is detained a prisoner, until
instructions are received from the French Govern-
ment. The news of this arrest, if it be confirmed,
will produce a considerable sensation at Constanti-
nople, and will most propably lead to remon-
strances from the Porte."

BOURSE, Dec. 13.—The attention of speculators
has been engrossed to-day by the financial state-
ment just published, and which produced a favour-
able impression on the market. Prices are steady.
Threes have been done at from 73f. 20c. to 73f.
30c. ; Mobilier, 985 f. to 992 f. 50c. ; Austrian,
641 f. 25c. to 642 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,397 f. 50c. to
1,400 f. ; Lyons, 882 f. 50e. to 885 f. ; Southern,
585 f. to 590 f.; and Northern, 997 f. 50c. to I,ooof.
The following are the last quotations :
tl Cents. 97 Credit Foncier
Do. end month .. 97 30 Belgian 4f lOl 12
3 per Cents 73 15 Piedmontese (5) 94
Do. end month 73 15 Roman 93
Bank Shares 3120 -- Austrian

I Spanish Threes 47 75
Home Debt 43 50

Credit Mobilier 985 --
Do. Account

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto B4O .. 843 75
Lyons and Mediterranean BB2 50 .. 882 50
Now ditto — • •
Geneva 620 .. 622 50
Midi
Southern

Westorn
602 50 .. 606 25
Eastern

Grand Central —
Sardinian

.. 435 -

Austrian.

Exehawr'e on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 e. ; money,
25f. 10e. ; throe months, paper, '24f. 97ie. ; money, 24f.
9be.

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna says :—" The new financial
measures which are to be adopted in the course of
this month are looked for with great impatience.
The object of them is to enable the Bank; which
is now in a very critical position, to meet all the
demands which will be made on it from the Ist
January next in consequence of the new monetary
convention, without its being compelled to have
recourse to restrictions. An expedient might be
found in the reimbursement, even if partial, of the
debt of the State to the Bank, but the difficulty
would be to discover the means of enabling the
State to do so. The assigning over to the Bank the
first instalment of the sum due to the State for the
purchase of the railways by the Austro-French
company would be but a very feeble assistance, the
metallic reserve requiring to be reinforced in a far
different manner. The hope which had been at one
time entertained that the house of Rothschild would
discount half of the sum has vanished, all the nego-
tiations entered into for that purpose having failed.
The only plan is to have recourse to a loan, and
rumours are already current that the Government
is negotiating for one with some bankers abroad.
The amount is estimated at from 80 to 100 millions
of florins (from 200 to 250 millions of francs), and
lit will, according to report, be exclusively applied
to the extinction of the debt to the Bank, and be