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

ITALY.

At Florence and in other large towns of Tuscany,
prayers have been offered up for tho safe delivery
of the Hereditary Princess of that Duchy, who is
shortly expected to be confined.

In the Germanic Diet, on the 31st ult., the com-
mittee on military affairs presented a report setting
forth the federal fortress of Landau, but a vote on
the subject was postponed for a fortnight.

THE AFRICAN MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY EVENING.

The African Royal Mail steam ship Candace,
Captain J. H. Bolt, arrived here this day. Her
homeward dates are—Fernando Po, Nov. 26 ;
Cameroons, Nov. 28 ; Old Calabar, Nov. 30 ;
Bunny, Dec. 3; Lagos, Dec. 6 ; Accra, Dec. 10 ;
Cape Coast, Dec. 11 • Monrovia, Dec. 15 ; Sierra
Leone, Dec. 20 •, Bathurst, DeC. 23 ; Goree, Dec.
24; Teneriffe, Dec. 28 ; Madeira, Dec. 30.
She brings the usual mails, six cabin passengers,
and the captain and part of the crew of the barque
Countess of Durham, the wreck of which vessel has
bean noticed previously.
Her cargo consists of 1,801 ounces of gold dust,
334 casks of palm oil, 902 billets camwood, 64
packages gum, 47 packages bees-wax, 81 tusks and
60 ewes of ivory, and 40 packages of sundries.
At Fernando Po there were no ships of war. At
Lagos, the Vesuvius, Virefly, Hecla, Brune, Con-
flict, and Bloodhound. At Siert a Leone, the Pluto
and Childers. At Teneriffe, the Spitfire, bound
for the Coast of Africa, Heron, and the American
frigate Powhattan ; the screw steam ship Powerful
put in here leaky, making five inches per hour, ex-
pected to leave on the Ist of January.
Trade was quiet in the rivers.
The Niger exploring vessel Dayspring was lost
near Rabba, on a reef of rocks.

The publication of the New Era newspaper had
been suspended at Sierra Leone through the go-
vernor having refused to accept the sureties offered
under a colonial regulation. A memorial bas beeu
forwarded on the subject to the Secretary of State
for the CJlonies, and the subscribers to the paper
await the result.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, JAN. 5.

We have had a quieter market owing to the ad-
vance in cotton. The sales of cotton to the trade
yesterday, at Liverpool, were rather large, and
forced up prices, making the total rise from the
lowest point about id. per pound. Such a serious
advance in cotton has been necessarily followed by
producers of yarn and cloth asking a corresponding
increase, and manufacture's required fully 3d. p..tr
fiece more for long-cloths, T-cloths, madapollams,
and Indian shirtings. Spinners asked an advance
of id. per pound for yarn. Buyers, however, had
sfitigflocl their mot-. pressing wants at the turn of
the market, and the advance has stopped business.
Some manufacturers having accumulated large
stocks are easier to deal with, and there would have
been a large business in both yarn and cloth at lass
week's rates. For Germany there was little dis-
plsition to, take yarns at any advance, and to '
some parts of the continent the frost will -neces
sarily prevent shipments so late in the season.

LEEDS, JAN. 5.
With the improved seasonable character of the
weather, which is now bright and frosty, and the
receipts of nif re cheering accounts from America,
together with the favourable reports of the way the
bills due on the 4th have been met throu2hout
England and Scotland, there has been a better
feeling in the Cloth-liAlls this morning. The at-
tendance of buyers was of an average nature, and
they operated more freely than of late, so that
altogether the market was more animated, and a
dgreater bulk of cloth changed hands. The
ressers and dyers are receiving a little more work
to do, but not anything of an extensive character.
A brisk trade is not expected, but with the advance
of the year an improved state of things is confi-
dently anticipated. Cloths, as well as wools, are
tolerably steady in price, and no great alteration is
likely soon to take place in either.

BRDFRD, JAN. 4.
A little more business has ben done in wool at
our market to-day. The full rates of lag week
have been maintained, and in some instances sel-
lers have obtained a slight advance. Inactivity is
still the ruling feature of the worsted yarn trade.
The demand for Germany is likely to be affected by
the severe weather which has set in, as it is sugges-
tive of the closing of the navigation, and will cause
exporters to refrain from shipping to that quarter
at present. There has been increase of business in
cotton warps, the firmness of the markets in Man-
chester and Liverpool having led manufacturers to
think that prices for the present have re.ched the
lowest point of depression. As regards pieces there
have been few transactions in the market to-day,
and Lo improvement can be noted as compared
with last week.

HUDDERSFIELD, JAN. 5.
There is some improvement to notice in the mar-
ket of this morning. Not very large purchases
have been made, buyers confining themselves chiefly
to heavy goods. A few orders for spring gods
have been given, and the prospects of the trsd,3 are
Loking better than they did a week ago.

The trial of Mr. Glover, has been postponed until the
February sessions of the Central Criminal Court.
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT BANK.—
It was determintd on Thursday to take immediate st-ps
for placing the affairs of this bank under the operation
of the voluntary clauses of the Winding-up Act,—
Northern Express.
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MURDER OF A POLICE-CONSTABLE AT STEPNEY.—Yes-
terday afternoon Mr. Wm. Baker, the coroner, held an
inquest at the Masons' Arms Tavern, Watuey.etreet,
Commercial-road, St. George's-in-the-East, respecting
the death of Henry Morgan, aged 25 years, a police
constable of the K division (No. 403), who died from
the effects of injuries received in an affray on the night
of Wednesday, the 29th Dec. last, in Jubilee-street, Mile-
end Old-town, under circumstances already described in
the police reports, and after some evidence had been
taken the inquiry was adjourned.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN DRURY-LANE.—
Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Brown-
low Arms, Brownlow-street, Drury lane, before Mr.
Wakley, coroner for the western division of Middlesex,
on the body of Mary Page, aged 48, who was killed in
Drury-lane, on New Year's Day, by a cart filled with
grains going over her. Mr. Frederick Spear, saddler,
14, Drury-lane, who witnessed the eccurreece, con-
sidered that the death of the unfortunate woman was
accidental, and that no blame was attached to the driver
of the cart, who was certainly a very careful driver, and
quite sober at the timf. Mr. Evans, cowkeeper, io
whose employ the driver was gave him a good character.
The Coroner observed the present case was one of Tea- e
arising from the effects of intempera ,c,; Had the
wretched woman been sober the accident would not have
occurred. Verdict, "Accidental Death."
FAILURES.—The North British Daily Mail announces
the suspension of the firm of Thomas Callender and
Sons, hide and leather factors, and Dales r Mitchel',
Miller, and Ogilvie, wholesale warehousemen, both ot
Glssgow. In the latter case the liabilities are believed
to amount to 80,000/. The Glasgow Herald mention:
also the steppege of Messrs. J. and W. Wallace, 'Owed
muslin manufacturers, fur 250,0001. At Dundee, Nlr.
John Evan, the &aid' magistrate of the town, a mane
facturer and export merchant, has stopped for w
of 50,000/,

In the sitting of the 2d of the Chamber of Depu-
ties at Turin, the report on the election of M.
Bottero by the first college of Nice, recommending
its approval, was read. M. Deviry, of the right,
proposed an inquiry into it on the ground that the
government had exercised undue influence over
the electors in favour of its candidate. The In-
tendant, he said, had told an elector that if he did
not vote for the government candidate. he might
do injury to his son's career in the financial
department. Count de Cavour emphatically
denied that any such threat had been held out.
The son was one of the ablest functionaries
of the finance, had been promoted three years
ago, and would be promoted in future according to
his merits, without any regard to electoral votes.
The Intendant, he added, had no power at all in
the matter. After some further discussion, the
motion for an inquiry was negatived by a majority
of 70 against 45. Next followed the report on the
election of Pancaheri, where General Lamarmora
had been ousted. The report recommended an in-
quiry on the strength of a protest signed by
the Syndic and the majority of the communal
councillors, in which it was stated that the
ballot-box had been left unguarded for some
time. Thera was, however, a counter pro-
test from the members of the electoral board.
Count de Cavour observed that this was the elec-
tion which had been most regretted by the Cabinet,
on acconnt of General de Lamarwora's ill-success,
but that he must oppose an inquiry, because such
measures ought not to be often resorted to. After
a debate of some length theinquiry was rejected
by a small majority, nearly half of the Right having
abstained from voting.