The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-31 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW Y01:11, Dec. 30.
The North German Lloyd's steamer Deutschland
arrived out this morning.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.—GoId, 134; ; Sterling Ex-
change on London, 110 ; 5-20 United States Bonds,
1081 ; Illinois, 133 ; Erie, 711. Cotton, 15/.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.
Petroleum, standard white, 24i.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YORK.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 31.

The New York German Lloyd's steamer New
York, from New York, on the 19th inst., arrived
off Cowes this morning with 63 passengers
for this port, Havre and Bremen ; 41 bags of mails,
and $245,268 gold far London, $502,661 in gold
for France, and 15,071 for Bremen.
The House of Representatives has passed an
amendment to the Reconstruction Act introduced
by Mr. Stevens providing that only a majority of
those voting, instead of a majority of registered
voters be necessary to ratify or reject the new
State Constitutions in the South.

Mr. Sherman, from the Finance Committee of
the Senate, has reported a bill similar to the one he
introduced in November, providing for the funding
of the National Debt in forty years 6 per cent. bonds,
the principal and interest payable in coin and re-
deemable at the option of the Government after ten
years, and to be free of taxation, and also autho-
rising the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 40-year
bonds to the amount ol $500,000,000 at 4i interest
payable in coin at Loudon and Frankfort, to be
sold or exchanged at par for 5-20's, and redeemable
at the option of the Government after 20 years.
The bill has been laid over until after the holidays.
President Johnson has sent a message to the
Senate, communicating General Hancock's order
announcing that the law in his district will be en-
forced, but that the Habeas Corpus and the right
of trial by jury will not be crushed, the
civil courts will be upheld, and the rights
of the people respected. The message of
the President compliments ;General Hancock for
his magnanimous forbearance, and recommends
Congress publicly to recognise his patriotic order.
The letter of Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, of
November 27, has been published. The Secretary
announces that Lord Stanley's proposed reference
to arbitration of the Alabama claims had been de-
clined, becaused it had been based on the condition
that the Federal Government should waive its pre-
vious objections to the Queen's proclamation,
granting belligerent rights to the C3ufederacy,
which condition was inadmissible.

The Georgia Convention have recommended
General Pope to remove Governor Jenkins.
General Reynolds, commanding in Texas, has
ordered all ref u gees arriving at Brownsville from
Mexico to be returned to the Mexican authorities
as deserters.
General Hancock has ordered the elections to
the Texas Convention to be held from the 10th to
the 14th February.
The New Hampshire Republican Convention has
re-nothinated Mr. Harrison Governor, and endorsed
General Grant's candidature for the Presidency.
Louder cases of earthquake were felt yesterday in
the interior of York State and the Valley of the St.
Lawrence.
Advices from Mexico state that Juarez has sent a
message to the tlexicau Congress, in which he
praises the United States for aiding the European
intervention, and declares that Mexico never soli-
cited the renewal of European relations.

Father Fischer has been released.
The British Minister was preparing to leave.

HUNGARY.

PESTU, Dec. 30, Evening.

In to-day's sitting of the Upper House of the
Hungarian Diet the Railway. Construction Bill was
adopted. Both Houses adjourned to-day sine die.
Herr Deak is still ill. He was visited to-day by
the Parliamentary members of his party in a body.