The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Austrian Minister of Commerce has published
the following statistical return of the imports and
exports of the empire during the past year. The
imports were valued at 281,932,922 florins, and
produced fur the State 19,179,777 florins. This
represented a falling off on the previous year of
7,498,380 florins in the gross value, and of 1,779,442
florins in the government receipts. The exports
were 231,018;109 florins, with a customs return of
494,717 florins, which gives a reduction of
20,417,491 florins in the exports, and 103,977
florins in the customs receipts. The decrease in
the imports bears chiefly on colonial produce,
metals, and leathee. The exports have diminished
mainly on woven goods and timber. The export
of cattle, animal produce, and precious metal has
increased.

BELGIUM.
M. do Brouckere, burgomaster of Brussels, at-
tended by the Town Clerk, went to the palace in
that city on Saturday, and received the declaration
of the Duke do Brabant that the duchess had
given birth to a princess ; and he registered the
birth in the usual form. The declaration was made
in presence of M. Teach, Minister of Justice ;
Baron de Gerlach, First President of the Court of
Cassati,ua ; M. Leclercq, Procureur-General of the
same Court ; Count do Marnix, Grand Marshal ;
and Count de Lannu, Grand Master of the House-
hold of the Duke.
The King of the Belgians, in addition to the re-
mission of punishment accorded to civilians on the
occasion of the happy deliverance of the Duchess
de Brabant, has ordered that a pardon shall be
granted to soldiers undergoing imprisonment for
pet `.;y offences.

The New Zurich Gazette states that on the 16th
the French Minister at Berne proceeded in person
to the palace of the Federal Council, and officially
announced to that body that henceforth the French
legation would refuse to attest any passport that
was not presented by the owner in person.

The Madrid journals of the 17th do not contain
any political news. The attention of the public
was absorbed by the festivities of the Carnival.

The Mazzinian journal of Genoa, the Italia e
Popolo, was again seize f on the lith, for an article
relating to foreign affairs.

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OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM INDIA..—A. suppS neat to
Friday's Gazette was published yesterday, containing
copies of various despatches received at the East India •
house, detailing proceedings respecting Delhi, Lucknow,
and other places, the particulars of which are already
known. Those documents Included despatches from
Major-General A. Wiwi)°, Major A. Ouvry,
Greathed, Major F. Turner, Capt. F. Remmington, Capt.
Blunt, and other officers. Returns are also given of
ordnance and ammunition captured from the enemy, a
return of the killed and wounded of the moveable column
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Greathead in
the affair of the 28th of Sent. at Camp Boolundshuhur,
and a return of the sick and wounded in the field force
under the command of Major-General N. Penny. There
are also despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Seaton,
C. 8., Majqr-General W. R. Mansfield, Captain
Caulfield, Captain W. J. Staff. rd, and Captain
Ge ,rge Wardlaw. To these are added numerical
returns of killed raid wounded of the moveable column
in action, under the con wand of Col. J. G. Gerrard,
on the 16th of November last ; and a descriptive casu-
alty roll of Europeans of the regiment of Artillery,
from April 1 to September 30, 1857. Another return,
dated Lucknow, October 1, gives a nominal list of
killed, wounded, and missing in the Artillery Brigade
from the 19th to the 30th of September, 1857, inclusive.
LITERPOOL, Feb. 20.—The Royal Mail steamship
Europa took her departure hence for New York to-day
with the mails, a fair cargo, and 53 passengers. The
Canada will sail for Halifax and Boston on Saturday
next ; and on Wednesday, the 3d "of March, the sotto;
steamer North American will take her departure for
Portland with the Canadian mails, besides passengers.
The clipper ship Americana, belonging to the White
Star line, sailed to-day for Melbourne with about 120
, passengers and a large cargo of manufactured goods.