The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-10 00:00:00

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Geneva 627 50 .. 640
Midi 585 592 50
Western 640 637 50

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The Russian Government has appointed Baron
Nicolai, formerly Councillor of Legation at Berlin
and London, Minister to the Swiss Confederation,
sakdi, Minister in Switzerland,
t, Cassel, and Wiesbaden. It
aNnlidnisMte.r date
DLaannbesnt
has also sent M. Balabine, Councillor of Legation
at Paris, on a private mission to the Emperor of
Austria.

The Archduke Leopold of Austria arrived at
Berlin on the 4th, and was received at the rail-
way station by the Princes Albert and Frederic
Charles, and was conducted by them to the
palace. The next morning the Archduke went
to Sans Souci to visit the King and returned
in the afternoon. In the evening ha dined at
the Chateau de Schenhausen, the present re-
sidence of the Prince and Princess Frederic
William, where were also present the Prince of
Prussia and the other members of the royal
family, as well as the Saxon and Hanoverian Ge-
nerals, who are inspecting the Federal troops.

" Four notable personages in their respective
positions," says a letter' from Geneva, " were re-
cently staying at the Hotel de Bergues, in this
place ; the King of the Belgians, General Changar-
nier, M. Barmann, ex-Minister in Switzerland, and
M. Stcemplli, President of the Swiss Confedera-
tion."

A letter from Berne of the 6th states. that the
Canonical Council of ,State of Ticino, which is the
executive authority, has decided that it will not
only refuse the placet to the new Lombard Bishop
for any act of authority in the canton, but will not
even grant him permission to make a simple pas-
toral visit within its territory, and will even em-
ploy forcible measures to prevent him from doing
so. This decision has been approved of by the
Federal Council. As far back as the 9th June,
the Grand Council of the canton recommended
the energetic measures that have been taken in
order to triumph over the hostility of the Holy See,
but, as negotiations were then pending, it was not
considered expedient to act on the recommenda-
tion.

The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains a tele-
graphic despatch from Ferrol, of the preceding day,
stating that the Queen and King had reviewed the
fleet assembled there, and
,had breakfasted on board
the Rey Francisco, ship of the line. The other
journals contain no political news.

The statues of Montaigne and Montesquieu were
inaugurated on Mondaybst at Bordeaux. The mayor and
municipal authorities of the city, the prefect of the depart-
ment, the councillors of the prefecture, a number of the
members of the Academy of Bordeaux, and a large con-
course of people, were present at the ceremony. The
mayor and the prefect delivered addresses suitable to the
occasion.

CITY AND METROPOLITAN PAVEMENT.—SeveraI
important thoroughfares have, during the last few weeks.
been relaid by the paving contractors. Mr. Chadwick, the
City pavior, has paved the whole of the spacious line of Far-
ringdon-street, from Fleet-street to the bottom of Holborn-
hill, with carefully-dressed granite cubes, it being twenty-
eight years since the oziginal blocks were laid by the same
contractor. Adelaide-place, and the approaches to London-
bridge have also been relaid. Messrs. Pratt and Sewell, the
paviors to the Strand board, have also in hand that portion
of the Strand between the churches of St Clement Danes
and St. Mary-le-Strand ; •and Mr. Stephen Carey, of Clink
Wharf, Bankside' under the direction of the Commissioners
of Pavements for the Westminster division, is now engaged
in laying down a novel description of pavement in the car-
riage-way a:ong Regent-street and the Quadrant. Several
minor works are also in 1 rostws throughout the mob o, oils.