The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

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Cash. Account.
Orleans -
Northern 975 .. 980
New ditto 855 .. 862 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 936 25 .. 940
Geneva — .. 553 75
Southorn
Western 585 .. 590
Eastern
Sardinian 432 50 .. 427 50
Austrian
Lombard ..
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Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money,
25f. 9e.; three months, paper, 24f. 95e. ; money, 241. 931 e.

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 6th publish the fol-
owing proclamation, addressed by General O'Don-
nell to the Moors, from his camp at El Otero ;
" Inhabitants of Morocco !—ln penetrating into
your country we shall be neither your tyrants nor
your enemies. Your Emperor, who has refused us
justice, forces us to have recourse to arms to obtain
it—it is he who has destroyed the generous friend-
ship which Spain has always accorded you! Do
not fear, however, that we shall make an abusive
use of our triumph or of your submission—Spanish
soldiers are always generous in victory, and your
submission will give you a claim to our considera-
tion and friendship. Continue with confidence
your ordinary labours. I promise you the aid and
protection of my soldiers. I promise that your re-
ligion and customs shall be respected by all! The
Spanish soldier, faithful to his Queen and his
country, is only to be feared in the moment of
combat !
" LEoPOLDO O'DoNNELL, General-in• Chief."
One of the journals says that though as a general
rule the Moors will not allow themselves to be
taken prisoners, yet that eleven were captured in
the affair of the 25th ult. ; of these eleven, however,
it adds, not fewer than eight killed themselves !
The same journal states that such is the desperation
of the Moors that even when lying on the ground
wounded they attempt to kill the wounded
Spaniards who may happen to be near them. The
chaplain of the battalion of Madrid riflemen, whose
warlike exploits were referred to yesterday, dis-
tinguished himself it appears in the combat of the
25th. Seeing that some companies of the battalion
were at one moment thrown into confusion by the
loss of several of their officers, he led them up to
the 'Moors, and with his own hand killed one of
the enemy.

AUSTRIA.
The Press of Vienna, under date of the 6th,
says :—" The Gazette of the Faubourgs has received
a warning because, in its number of the 28th ult.,
it contains, under the head of The Fate of Central
Italy,' an article at the end of which it puts for-
ward, contrary to the preliminaries of the peace of
Villafranca, the canditlateship of an Imperial Prince,
and thus infringes on the respect due to the mem-
bers of the Imperial family."
The Minister of Finance of Vienna has published
a notice, inviting all the Austrian creditors of the
Lombardo-Venetian ex Monte to bring forward
their claims before the 15th January next.
The Vorstadt Zeitang has received a written warn-
ing on account of an article entitled" The Fate of
Central Italy," in which mention was made of the
Archduke Maximilian "without that respect which
is due to a member of the Imperial family." If my
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Austrian Government, it could not refrain

from observing, that if Paragraph 4 of the
supplementary Press Law should be strictly up-
held, " a paper could publish hardly anything
without being in danger of punishment." Fortu-
nately for Government, paragraph 4 cannot be car-
ried out, as it is so loosely worded that the judges
are unable exactly to understand its sense: As half-
a-dozen papers have received warnings during the
last three or four days, it is probable that the Go-

vernment will hold its hand for a time, as it must

know that the line which separates the serious from
the ridiculous is a very narrow one. The Imperial
Government thinks of proceeding against the 140
persons who signed the Kfusmark protest against
the Imperial Patent of September Ist, so that there
is likely to be a " monster process" in Hungary.
The man who printed the protest—the Hungarians
call it a " petition"—was sentenced to imprison-
ment for 30 days, or a fine of 15011. The pay-
ment of the money was at once offered by some
Hungarian patriots, but the printer declared that he
wished to be locked up " for having done his duty

to his country." It strikes me that it is unwise of
Government to proceed against the licesmark Pro-
testants, as it will be at a loss to know what to do
with them if they are convicted. The Hungarians
are in a state of great excitement, and one false step
on the part of Government might bring about a
conflict, which would lead to a regular Hungarian
question. It affords me pleasure to be able to in-
form you that the Minister of the Interior has in-
formed the Saxon Protestants in Transylvania, that
they are at liberty to dedicate 50,000f1., their an-
nual contribution to the provincial treasury, to the
improvement of their schools. "If there is money
enough in the Treasury " the arrears due since the
year 1851 are also to be paid up. It is said that the
taxes are to be raised in all the provinces, but the
report can hardly be true, as the Hungarians, Croats,
&e., are unable to pay the taxes already imposed.