The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-07 00:00:00

The general produce market exhibits an up-
ward tendency. Wools have again advanced,
and in the Eastern Province rule, unwashed,
ls. 2d. ; washed, ls. 6d. to ls. 9d. ; Western Pro-
vince, ls. 3d. and Is. 10d. ; hogsheads, 6d. per
lb. gross ; sheepskins, 3d. ; horns, 4d, to sd.
each ; ostrich feathers, whit, 121. 10s. ; mixed,
91. 10s. per lb.
The Dane experienced light trade winds and
calms from the Tropic of Cancer to 35 N. lat.,
spoke, Dec. 7, lat. S., long. 2 W., the ship
Monsoon, steering north-west.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday received a private letter
from the King of Denmark • also another written
by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, no-
tifying to his Majesty the birth of a Prince.
The Paris correspondent of the Nord of Brussels
says :—" A letter from Paris states that at about
the time at which Lord Stratford de Redcliffe an-
nounced at Vienna that he would soon be back in
Constantinople, Lord Clarendon declared to Count
de Persigny, French ambassador at London, that
he would not return. Which assertion is to be be-
lieved I" The same letter says :—" In the Confer-
ence of the 31st ult., in which were exchanged the
ratifications of the treaty fixing the Turco-Russian
frontiers in Bessarabia, Count Walewski proposed to
the plenipotentiaries to take advantage of their
meeting to deliberate ou (although not in
any official or authoritative character) the closing
of the Divans of Wallachia and Moldavia (it was
not then known that the latter bad resolved to put
an end to its sittings.) In the opinion of Count
Walewski it appeared desirable that the closing of
the Divans should be the result of a demand of the
congress rather than a direct act of the sovereignty
of the Porte, and he produced the model of a note
on the subject which might be sent to Constanti-
nople. The plenipotentiaries promised to send it
to their Governments. Bst the closing of the
Divans now renders the despatch of this note
to Constantinople useless. Lord Cowley signed of
the 2d all the documents exchanged in the confer-
ence of the 31st ult. It is thought that the Eng-
lish ambassador in absenting himself on that day
wished to avoid any conversation on the question
of the principalities."
BOURSE, Jan. 6.—The following were the last
quotations :

4. per Cents ...... 95
Do.
end m0nth......

3 per Cent. ..... 69 85
Do. end month 7O 35
Bank Shares
Credit Mobilier -
Do. Account 9;37—

RAIL'
Orleans
Northern

Credit Foncier
Belgian 4,i -
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B7
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 37
VAYS.

Midi
Western 7OO
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

New Ditto 8 LO
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Lyon and Mediteran. 895
New Ditto B7O

Geneva

THE EAST.
A letter from Mossoul, in Asia Minor, of the
9th ult., in the Moniteur, says :
" The proving© of Mossoul is at the present time
the scene of a serious conflict between two powerful
tribes—the Schammars and the Anexis. The o
former,
thatrmer,
considering themselves as the real proprietors
part of Asia Minor, look on th,+ other as their sub
jects, pillage their caravans, or impose on them heavy
contributions, while they at the same time protest
wish to' remain at peace with the Turkish Go-
vernment. These two tribes have an hereditary jealousy
and hatred of each other, a feeling which keeps them
in a constant state of hostility. Every year partial
razzias take place, success being sometimes on one
side and sometimes on the other, but every ten or
fifteen years there is a more serious struggle, which,
according to Arab usage, is called a Manak,' or
settlement of differences. The hostile tribes come
with their families and flocks, and encamp opposite
each other. A combat begins on a fixed day, and con-
tinues until one or the other acknowledge themselves to
be ',eaten. The victor then takes possession of all the
property of the vanquished party, and drives them
away. The Schammars, who extend over Mesopotamia
from Diabekir as far as Kut-el-Amuah, have from 8,000
to 10,000 warriors, commanded by a superior chief. A
short time since, the Anexis, abandoning the desert
which they occupied beyond the Euphrates as far as
Damascus and Aleppo, passed that river under the
command of several sheiks, and proposed the Manak,
hoping to drive their adversaries out of Mesopotamia,
and take their place. The Schammars, although they
accepted the challenge, were taken somewhat unawares,
and in the conflict which took place about 10 days ago,
in the neighbourhood of Mossoul, they were beaten
and fled, leaving a great number of slain on the field
of battle, and abandoning their tents and flocks.
This combat, however, is only the prelude to a mor
serious struggle which is being prepared, as the Scham-
mars are raising recruits on all sides, being decided on
not giving up the country without a desperate re-
sistance."