The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-11 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The following telegram has been received :
" .BERNE, Jan. 10.
_ _ _

" The Federal Assembly opered to-day, in order
to continue the ordinary session, under the pre-
sidency of M. StehHn, of Bale, member of the
National Council, and M. Niggeler, of Berne, mem-
ber of the Council of State. No speech was de-
livered."

SPAIN.
The following telegram has been received:—
" MADRID, Jan. 9.
" The Government has presented to the Cortes
draughts of bills for the re-organisation of the
system of keeping the provincial and municipal
accounts.

" The movement of the smugglers in the Pyrenees
causes great uneasiness."

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY NIGHT.

The screw steamer Sultan, Captain Cook, has
arrived with the Bombay mails. She left Alex-
andria on the 26th ult., Malta the 31st, and Gib-
raltar the sth inst. She brings 18 passengers,
among whom are Captains Marshall and Buchanan,
Lieutenants Twentyman, Ryad, Ashe, Gubbins,
Bishop, and Gaskell, and Mr. Crony. On freight
she has £66 in specie, 46 boxes of oranges, three
packages of dates, eight bales of wool, 161 bales of
flax, 153 packages of tusks, and 105 packages of
sundries.

At Alexandria—The French frigate Chaptal and
the American frigate Macedonia.
• At Malta—Her Majesty's steamships Marl-
borough, Conqueror, Brunswick, and three despatch
boats.
At. Gibraltar—An Austrian frigate and her Ma-
iqsty's steamer Urgent. The Quail gunboat re-
turned to her anchorage at the New Mole on the
31st ult. from a cruise to the Riff coast. The Pen-
insular a.nd Oriental Company's steamer Behar,
with the outward Bombay mail, arrived at Gibraltar
on the morning of the Ist inst., five days from
Southampton, and the Alhambra on-the 4th.
The merchant steamer Thalia, from London,
arrived on the 2d, and the Albanian, from Liver-
pool, on the 4th.

- The Russian Government steamer Tonapse ar-
rived on the 2d from Havre and Falmouth.
A letter from Gibraltar, of the sth inst., says—
" Yesterday the whole of the garrison assembled
under arms, and marched to NV indmill•hill, the.
southernmost part of the Rock, to witness the execu-
tion of a private soldier of the 2d battalion of the
6th Regt., named Connor. This unfortunate young
man, aged only 18, was hanged for having, without
provocation, on Sunday morning, Dec. 19, at eight
o'clock, killed Sergeant Taylor of his own company,
by firing at him with his rifle. None of the inhabi-
tants were, by strict orders of the authorities,
allowed to witness the execution, which took place
at eight a. u. precisely."
The commission appointed by his Excellency the
Governor to inquire into the malpractices and abuse
of power in the Police Department continued to sit
.daily, from 12 noon until 5 afternoon. A number
of witnesses have been examined, but as there is
great secrecy preserved nothing but rumours are
in circulation, greatly to the prejudice of the cha-
racter of the director of the department.
The Austrian screw corvette Archduke Frederick,
Capt. Tegasoff, which arrived here under sail from
Trieste on the 3d inst., is preparing to proceed in a
day or two on a 40 days' cruise to the coast of Mo-
rocco, as far as Mogadore ; she will not use steam,
but sail, during the cruise. On her return from.
Mogadore she will provision here, and go on an-
other cruise off the Riff coast. The Government
expects there are some Austrian subjects in capti-
vity belonging to a vessel of this nation supposed
to have been wrecked on the Morocco coast some
12 months ago. In case the Archduke Frederick
be unsuccessful in her search she will return to
Trieste in the month of March next.
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
—London, 50i; Paris, 5 20 ; Marseilles, 5 28; Genoa,
5 30; Madrid, Seville, and Barcelona, I dis. each ;
Alicante, ; Cadiz and Valentia, 9 each ; Malaga,
par.

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