The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

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THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
SOUTHAMPTON,
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer

Indus, Captain Evans, has arrived with these

mails.

She left Alexandria, Dec. 23 ; Malta, 27th ;
and Gibraltar, Jan. 1.

She has 70 passengers, 47,3681. in specie, 610
bags of wheat, 50 bales of silk, and general cargo.

The Indus spoke the barque Meg Merrilies on
the Ist inst., and the Alhambra, steamer, on

the 23.

At Malta, her Majesty's ships Royal Albert,
Princess Royal, Centurion, Conqueror, Vulture,
Coquette, Arid, Vigilant, and Harpy ; at Alex-
andria, screw steamers Arcadia and Abeona ; at
Gibraltar, H.M.S. Curlew, and screw steamer
Elmo.

The barque Caleb, which grounded in the bay
on the 21iit, was got off on the 29th.

MILAN, JAN. 5.

Field Marshal Raletsky died this morning at
8 o'clock, after an illness of a week. General re-
gret is felt throughout the city.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
The Emperor yesterday received two letters,
written by the King of Bavaria and Prince Luit-
pold, his brother, thanking his Majesty for having
sent the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
to that Prince.

The Moniteur announces that in consequence
of slight indisposition of the Empress, the ball
which was to have taken place this (Wednesday)
evening at the Tuileries is postponed to Satur-
day next.

This has been ono of the coldest days we have
had this winter in Paris. The water in the public
gardens is frozen some inches thick, and to-mor-
row, no doubt, will be crowded with skaters. A
magnificent stmset was witnessed to-day from the
Champs Elysees. A group of many-shaped purple
clouds screened the copper coloured golden glare of
the declining sun. The buildings, the skeleton
trees, all bzdow was cold grey, which gave remark-
able value to the warm rich colours above.
BOURSE, Jan. 5.--The following were the last
quotations :

per Cents
Do. end m0nth......
3 per Cent. ..... 69 50
Do. end month 69 90
/link Shi.res . 3200
Credit Mobilior
Do. Account 930

95 50

Credit Foncier
Belgian 4
Piedmontess (5)
Roman B7
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
VAYS.

RAIL
Orleans
Northern ... 980
New Ditto BO5
Lyon and Meditoran. 882,i
New Ditto B6O
Geneva

Midi
Western 7OO
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

TURKEY.

The Lloyd of Posth, of the 31st tilt., contains
some fresh details of the late conflict between the
Turks and the Christians in the Herzegovine.
They are given in a letter from Mostar :
" The Turkish authorities of this place, a few
days since, received some alarming news from Piva,
in the district of Gazko. The Christians at that
place being tired of the oppression exercised by the
Turkish irregular soldiers, threatened to rise against
them, and began by refusing to sell them whea,
oats, &c. Last week a body of from 400 to 500
took up arms and marched upon Piva, in order to
drive out the Turkish garrison. The building in
which the latter were quartered adjongs the Greek
convent, which was closed on the approach of the
armed band, who advanced uttering the most me-
nacing cries. Three Turks, not belonging to the
`garrison, and one of whom was the son of the
Mudir of Piva, had however taken refuge in the
inner court of the convent. It is said that the in-
surgents first called on the soldiers in the barraoks
to surrender, and on their refusal set fire to the
building. Eleven soldiers perished in the flames,
and the 3 who had sought sh elter in the convent were
afterwards killed by the Christians. The Mudir of
Piva, who had on that day gone into Gazko, was
stopped on the road and forbidden to return to
Piva. The president of the tribunal of Mostar was
charged to open a negotiation with the inhabitants
of Drobujak and Piva, to induce them to alter
their 1 esolution of nr,t supplyiug +l.O Turkish ir-
regulars with provisions, on a promise that for the
future they should have no oppression to complain
of. To these advances the rajahs replied tliat the
same assurances were given them six years ago, but
without their having ever been attended to.. In
the end, however, negotiations were entered into
between the parties, and hostilities have for the
present ceased."