The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-08 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin of the 4th inst. announces the
following changes in the Prussian corps diploma-
tique. Prussia will now be represented abroad as
follows :
Frankfort.—M. d'Usedom.
Vienna.—M. de Werther.
Paris.—Count Portales.
St. Petersburg.—M. de Bismark-Scheenhausen.
Constantinople.—Count Goltz.
Brussels.—Count Redern.
Munich.—Prince Loewenstein.
Dresden.—M. de Savigny.
Carlsruhe.—Count Flemming.
Lisbon.—M. de Rosenberg.
Darmstadt.—M. Jules de Canitz, actually Charge
d'Affaires of Lisbon.

Athens.—M. George de Werthern, actually Firs.
Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg.
Berne.—M. de Kamptz.
Cassel.—M. de Sydow.

Hamburg.—M. de Richtofen.
The Envoys at Atheds and Darmstadt are to be
Ministers resident ; at Lisbon the_ rank is Charge
d'Affaires. The First Secretaries of Legation at
Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and Constantinople
have still to be appointed.

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING.

The Royal Mail steamer Armenian has arrived.
Her dates are—Bonny, January Gth ; Lagos, 9th ;
Accra, 10th ; Cape Coast Castle, 12th ; Cape Pal-
mm, 14th ; Sierra Leone, 19th ; Bathurst, 23d ;
Teneriffe, 29th : Madeira, 31st.
She brings 2,300 oz. of gold, 125 bales of cotton,
and 134 puncheons of palm oil,
The Royal mail steamer Ethiope sailed from
Sierra Leone on the 16th of January.
At Bonny trade was opened on the Ist January.
King Eyo, of Old Calabar, had died.
The slaver Julia Dean was captured at Cape
Coast Castle, December 19, by the American frigate
Vincennes, and sent to the United States.

The ship Juliet, deserted by her crew at Bonny,
and reported to her Majesty's ship Archer.
The steamer Rainbow left Bonny for the Niger
exploration Jan; 6.

Amunmst the passengers fro-ni-Australia on board
the steamer Thames, which is now on the passage from
Alexandria to Southampton, are the Bishop of Perth, Major
Bell, and Lieut. R. Goff. _ _

CLOSE OF THE SHOOTING SEASON.—The shooting
season closed on:Tuesday. The season has been much more
successful than on an average. Pheasants have been most
plentiful andin capital condition—many lovely birds have
been shot—while . hares, although fewer in number, have
been infinitely superior in quality.—Stirling Journal.
THE
.MAILS.—The following notices were issued
from the General Post-office yesterday, viz. :—Mails for the
Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Mauritius, Ceylon, and China,
via Marseilles, will be despatched on the evening of the 10th
inst. Behar, for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, and
Mauritius, mails via Southampton of the morning of the
12th inst. The. next mail from Calcutta direct; Penang,
Singapore, and China, via Marseilles, is due in London on
the 14th inst. The next mail from India via Bombay and
Marseilles is due in London on the 18th inst. _ .

The exchange quotations 'from China yesterday
show an alteration in favour of this country equal to about
3 per cent. at Shanghai; and 21 per cent. at Hong Kong.
_The exports of tea to date were 28,000,0001 b., showing a
deficiency of 7,000,0001 b. The exports of silk were 46,000
bales. There are 3,000 bales by the present steamer. The
total settlements weres2,ooo bales, of which 4,000 had taken
' place during the last fortnight.
The commercial advises received from France
mention serious effects in all quarters from the policy of the
Emperor. Numerous failures are reported, and the gene-
ral anxiety is such as would scarcely be allowed to prevail
if mischief were not positively contemplated. Among the
largest disasters is the stoppage of Varnier and Roger,
bankers at Orleans, who were compelled to suspend after
having paid away 'BO,OOO during a run. Meanwhile the
letters from Toulon, and other naval and military stations,
continue to describe incessant activity in the preparation of
frigates and transports and the purchase of horses.
THE COLLISION IN TIIE CIIANNEL.—The Dutch
ship reported in The Eun yesterday as having been in colli-
sion with a Spanish barque in the Channel was towed into
Portsmouth harbour this afternoon. Her name is the
D'Elmina, Capt. Teengs, from Batavia for Amsterdam, and
she has lost her bowsprit and fore-topmast ; her bow is
stove in, and she has received other damage. The collision
occurred on Saturday evening, off Beachy Heid, with the
Spanish barque Vizcaya, Capt. Tirquiola, from London (in
ballast) bound to Bordeaux. The crew of the Spanish
barque jumped on board the Dutch ship, and were landed
at Portsmouth :this morning. The D'Elmina has been
towed into harbour to repair.
THE RECENT RUSSIANiTREATY OF COMMERCE.
—The treaty of commerce and navigation with Russia,
which was signed at St. Petersburg on the 12th inst.,: has
been printed to-day. It gives British subjects equal rights
with those of any other foreign nation, and provides that
the ports of each country should be free to the other. Bri-
tish vessels are to be on an equality with Russian in all
respects, except as regards the coastinir trade, on which each
country is still to reserve the right of making its own regu-
lations. Vessels from Great Britain, however, may break
bulk at any number of Russian ports, and may also load at
any number. Freedom .of residence and equality of taxation
with Russian subjects is accorded, together with exemption
from military or municipal service and forced loans, except
for owners of real estate. Consuls may be appointed to all
ports and towns. Means are to be taken by each Power to
punish persons introducing goods with fraudulent trade
marks. The lonian Islands are to share the advantage of
the treaty. It is to be for ten years, and ratifications are to
be exchanged in London within six weeks from the 12th of
January.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS IN OUDE.
—The settlement in Oude is progressing most favourably.
The principle is to maintain things as much as possible as
we have found them, regardinc, ancient possession as a valid
title. No less than 277 forts have been demolished, and 133
a:0 being destroyed. AS yet only 15 guns have been given
up, but 216,379 arms of all sorts have been surrendered.
There were not six talookdars of any note holding out. Of
these the most important are are Bence Madhoo and Debee
Baksh of Gonda. The former will, it is expected, come in.
We are glad to be able to state that the whereabouts of the
Nana is known, though it is not where the papers report.—
Homeward Mail.

ACCIDENT TO LORD CLYDE.—Lord. Clyde, with
the head-quarters of the army, left Barraitch on the 24th
December direct for Nunparha, and, passing through that
place, which he found evacuated, advanced towards Chur-
dah. At some distance outside of Nanparha he had, on
the 26th, a running fight with the rebels, depriving them
of six guns and making some havoc amongst the men. The
only drawback to our success was a painful accident which
happened to the Commander-in-Chief as ho was directing,
the movements of the army. Whilst riding his favourite
charger at full speed over some broken ground his horse
came down,. throwing his lordship with great force on the
ground, dislocating his shoulder and hurting his face. Me-
dical attendance was almost immediately on the spot, and
the limb was put back; but so severe was the shock his
lordship sustained that he was unable to ride the next day,
and has since been carried in a dhoolie.
FUNELIL OF THE LATE 11111.. COMMISSIONER
Pniwrs.--liesterday the funeral of the late Mr. Com-
missioner Phillips took place at Highgate Cemetery. The
procession left the residence of the late commissioner in
Gordon-square, attended by eleven mourners in four
coaches. _The chief mourners were Major Irvine and one
Of the nephews of the deceased, and among them were the
Chief Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors Court and
Mr. Commissioner Murphy, as also Sir James Prior, Dr.
Croely, and' Mr. Ingpen, Registrar of the late commis-
sioner in the Insolvent Debtors Court. Several other per-
sons connected with the court also attended, including Mr.
Hurley, the Usher of the Commissioner, who had been his
faithful attendant for nearly thirty years. The service wits
performed by the Rev. W. Outhwaite. In order to enable
the learned commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court
to pay the last respect due to the deceased commissioner,
the business of the court did not commence till one o'clock.
It is understood that the vacancy of the commissionership
of the court will not be filled up until after the introduction
of the promised measure on the law of baultruptcYith.d in-
Solvency.

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