The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-15 00:00:00

Paris, on -the 11 th inst., by M. de Lesseps, who is
inspecting the works of the Isthmus, in company
with Admiral Clarence Paget and the British Go-
vernor of Bombay, announces that the waters of the
Mediterranean have now been carried to the Sera-
p3utn. A hundred bales, containing articles for
the Universal Exhibition, had been sent from Siam
by the maritime canal.

A letter from Corfu in the Mon iteur says :—" A
frightful catastrophe has just taken place in the
lonian Islands. A terrible earthquake has over-
, thrown the Islands of [lthaca and Cephalonia. Great
fears were entertained for St. Mauro, from which
c, news had been received. The towns of Agostoli
.
aria Lixari, in Cephalonia, are in ruins. Several
vial; ,
have also been destroyed. The number of
killedg
b:m.l injured is not known, but it is very con-
sideLable. The population has no other refuge
now than wooden huts constructed from the frag-
ments of the houses which have been overthrown.
Asylum was given to many in the ships in the
roads, but the misery is extreme. The destruction
has led to a scarcity of food. The first shock took
place on Sunday, the 3d of February, about six
o'clock in the morning. It was experienced simul-
taneously at Fatras,l Zante, Ithaca, Cepha-
lonia, Paxo, St. Maure, and Corfu. On the
Gth, the oscillations continued at Cephalonia, and
completed the destruction of the few houses which
then remained.

The Etendard gfects to have exclusive informa-
tion relative to a secret; treaty between Prussia and
Saxony. Saxony is to preserve its Ministry of
War, and is also to retain the power of appointing
the Generel in Chief of the Army as well as to the
command of the fortresses. On the other hand,
Prussia will have the right of regulating the move-
ments and the garrisons of the Saxon troops.
Saxony will have to pay the expenses of her army,
and consequently will not participate in the military
contribution of the other States of the Union.

Some other racing fixtures have been made. Vin-
cennes Races will take place March 24 and 31 ;
Bordeaux, April 25 and 28 ; Bordeaux, May 2 and
5 also ; Angers, June 16 and 18 ; Le Mans, August
18 ; Tarbes, August 18, 20, and 22.
The Constitutionnel says that there is no further
news respecting the Ministerial crisis in Italy in ad-
dition to the fact of the prorogation of the Italian
Parliament until the 28th inst.

The same paper says it maintains its previous
views regarding Mr. Disraeli's resolutions after
seeing them in extenso, adding, however, that, " as
is the case too often, the telegraph did not give a
faithful account of the sentiments of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer."
According to the latest account of the cattle
disease at Hassell,the number of infected animals
was 927, but two-thirds of the meat were found to
be fit for consumption. There was an intention to
slaughter about 400 more. No other cases of cattle
disease in any other town in Belgium was reported.

M. Tonello is still at Rome. lie has had another
interview with the Pope, which lasted some time.
His Holiness received him very graciously.
The proposed statue to Voltaire has given rise to
some pleasant answers to the question " What's in
a name ?" In former days a speculative ship owner
fitted out a piratical vessel and called it Voltaire. In
1837 a journal of Brest announced the arrival in
that port of the Duchess de Berri, with a cargo of
guns and ammunition, and a Paris paper sounded
an alarm as if the Duchess had really come to raise
up civil war. Only yesterday the naval news of
one of the journals announced that the Virgin Mary
had left port with a cargo of anchovies, and that the
Empress of Austria had arrived with a cargo of
oysters. Here was an announcement calculated to
astonish the natives.

L A TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE BRAZILS.
(By Telegraph from Lisbon.)
ARRIVAL OF THE HAVANE.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 14.

Exchange on London, 501 ; dollars, 25 ; wool
50 to 90 ; tallow, 141 ; lumber, 34 to 37 ; sugar,
191.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 24.
Exchange on London, 23 to 231 ; on Paris, 397
to 400. Coffee, 6,300 to 6,500. Shipments of
coffee since the departure of the last mail, 83,000
bags, of which 46,562 are for the North of Europe
and the Channel, 14,142 for the Mediterranean,
and 22,296 for various ports. Sales, 20,000 bags ;
stock, 30,000 bags. Freights, 365. to 375.
BAIIIA, Jan. 29.
Exchange on London, 24EtRoN2,3:uscuog:Fr,elbv. l
hit.es,
2,900 to 3,000 reis; browns, 2,100 to 2,300 reis;
cotton, 13,500 to 14,500 rek
1.
Exchange on London, 24k to 24 ; sugar, whites,
4,200 ; browns, 2,050 to 2,150 reis ; cotton, 15,000
to 15,400 reis.