The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-07 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

FRANCE AND AUSTRIA

The following telegra& has been received at
Mr. Reuter's office : .

PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 7.
The Moniteur of this morning contains the fo:

lowing :--

* " For several days past public opinion has been
agitated by alarming reports, which it is the duty
of Government to put a stop to by declaring that
nothing in diplomatic relations authorises the fears
which these reports tend to provoke.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY,

It is said, on good authority, that: after all that
has been said, there is actually no compact between
Russia and France on the subject of Italy ;1 that
foreign Governments have long since been made
acquainted with the Emperor's views on the reforms
necessary in the Roman Administration. There is
also some talk of M. Walewski retiring from the
Foreign Affairs.

A Paris letter, in the Independance, says :—" At
the reception at the Tuileries on New Year's-day,
Prince Napoleon, in the course of a long conversa-
tion with Lord Cowley, is stated to have announced
that the Imperial Government was ready to abandon
the existing system of immigration, provided Great
Britain would frankly undertake to assist France
in obtaining coolies from the English possessions
for her colonies. H.I.H. is even said to have pro-
posed to Lord Cowley to allow England in return
to make engagements of coolies in the French ports
in India, and to have added that the operations of
both countries should be subjected to all the control
that could be required. Lord Cowley naturally
received with respectful attention the overtures of
the Prince, and said that he would transmit them
to his Government."

BOURSE, JAN. 6.—There has been considerable
agitation to-day in the market, and a further fall
took place at the opening on the Rente, and the
other securities were nearly unsaleable. The divi-
dends were deducted on several securities-25f. on
Mobilier, 25f. on the Northern, 7f. 90c. on the
New Northern, 10f. on the Southern, 10f. on the
Grenoble, 12f. 50c. on the Austrian, and 12f. on
the Saragosa. Threes, after having been done at
71f. 15c., declined to 70f. 70c., and are now at
71f. ; Mobilier varied from 870 f. to 850 f. ex div. ;
Orleans, 1,335 f. to 1,340 f. ; Lyons, 840 f. to 845 f. ;
Northern, 945 f. to 940 f. ex div. ; and Southern,
552 f. 50c. to 550 f. ex div. The following were the
last quotations :

4i per Cents..... 96 75
Do. end month .. 96 60

Credit Fonder....
Belgian 41 . "..—
Piedmontess (5) .. 93
Roman 4.. 92 60
Austrian —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 42

3 per Cents 7l 25
Do. end month 7l 45
Bank Shares. 2950

Credit Mobilier 875
Do. Account B9O

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern . 950 -- .. 962 50
New ditto BO5 .. 815
Lyons and Mediterranean 855 860
New ditto ...,
Geneva
Midi
Southern ,
Western
Eastern
Gra ad Central
Sardinian
Austrian

'''' "'-' • •

.. 590

550 - 555
595 - 600
677 50 .. 685

420 - .. 415 -
610 .. 612 50

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money,
25f. 121 c.; three months, paper, 241. 971 c. ; money, 24f.
95c.

EGYPT.

A letter from Alexandria, of the 24th ult., in the
Debats' says :—" Mr Green, the English consul in
this city, went last week to Cairo, and was imme-
diately received by the Viceroy. Mr. Green pointed
out to his Highness that by the concession which
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he had granted to M. de Lesseps, he (the consul)
had been placed in a very perplexing situation,
and that M. de Lesseps, assuming the title of re-
presentative of the Pacha of Egypt in the affair of
the canal, had formed a company. The consul added
that there was still time for the Viceroy to disavow
his representative. Said Pacha replied as follows :
' A mistake has been made in Europe, in attributing
to NI. de Lesseps alone the project of cutting through
tb►te Isthmus of Suez ; whereas it is I who am the
promoter of it. M. de Lesseps, in all that he has
done up to the present time, has only followed my
instructions. You will doubtless ask me what
motive led me to conceive this undertaking. I
will frankly reply that it was a desire to do
honour to my Government and to render my name
illustrious, while at the same time I served in the
most efficacious manner the true interests of the
Ottoman empire. I have from this fact acquired
the approbation of all the nations of Europe, and I
have formed an undertaking in which all of them
ought to interest themselves. This will prove to
you that the majority of the great powers are highly
interested in the formation of the Suez Canal.'

Your Highness,' replied Mr. Green, 'will allow
me to observe that, although France and other
powers have shown themselves favourable to the
project, it has been highly disapproved of by the
English Cabinet, as being contrary to its interests.
lam decided,' replied the Viceroy, on persevering
in the line of conduct which I have hitherto followed
and on doing all in my power to accelerate the
execution of a project the realisation of which is so
generally desired.' Mr. Green then asked the Vice-
roy whether he might make his Government ac-
quainted with the conversation, to which his High-

ness replied in the affirmative. The consul then
left, and on the following day returned to Alexan-

do a."