The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

LATEST NE WB.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23, 9 A.M.
It is reported that Lord Cowley goes to Vienna

on a special mission.

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY,

It appears that 30,000 pairs of shoes and 30,000
greatcoats for the Sardinian army have been ordered
in France.

Intelligence from Hayti states that the ex-Em-
peror Soulouque has written to M. Mellinel, Consul
General of France at Port-au-Prince, thanking him
for having preserved him from popular insult. It
is stated that Gen. Geffrard is negotiating with the
Dominicans for the fusion into one state of the two
republics.

BOURSE, Feb. 22.—The fall of Metalliques in all
the German markets has had a depressing influence
on the French funds. Threes, after having been
done at 67f. 45c., receded to 67f. 25c. Mobilier
varied from 745 f. to 740 f. ; Austrian, 522 f. 50c. to
517 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 822 f. 50c. to 820 f. ; Orleans,
1,305 f. to 1,300 f. ; a►nd Southern, 507 f. 50c. to 505 f.
The following were the last quotations

4f per Cents. 96 90
Do. end month 96 90
3 per Cents. 67 35
Do. end month 67 35
Bank Shares. 2900
Credit Mobilier 745
Do. Account

Credit Fonder
Belgian 4f
Piedmonteso (5)
Roman
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt

88 50
84 50

Orleans
..
Northern . 920 ..
New ditto .
Lyons and Mediterranean 822 50 ..
New ditto
Geneva
Midi
.. - -- • •
Southern .. . 5lO ..
Western
Eastern
... 667 50 ..
Grand Central „ . — ..
Sardinian
• ... 4OO ..
Austrian
Exchange on Lon don, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c.
25f. 10c. ; three mouths, paper, 25±. ; money, 24f,

Account.
1305 --
917 50
785
820

607 50
587 60
665 -

400
522 k
; money
95c.

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 10th, in the
Journal of Posen, says :—" The central committee
established in this city for devising measures relative
to the emancipation of the serfs held a few days ago
a meeting at which the Emperor ,presided. M.
Mouravieff, one of the ministers, who belongs to
the party hostile to the complete emancipation of
the serfs, and to the cession to them of lands which
they occupy, read the draft of a project carefully
drawn up, but which treated only of the ameliora-
tion of their condition, not of their enfranchisement.
The Emperor, after having patiently listened to the
end, said, 'All that is very good, gentlemen, but
what is the result ?' Several members of the com-
mittee replied that they had adhered strictly to the
terms of the Imperial ukase, in which there was no
question of the emancipation of serfs, nor of lands
to be given to them, but only of the amelioration
of their position. The Emperor answered, Well,
gentlemen, if it be thus that you interpret what I
wished, and if you desire to adhere so strictly to
the very letter of my ukase, I am ready to publish
another P The members of the committee, alarmed
by these words, undertook to draw up a new pro-
ject."

DENMARK.
According to accounts from Copenhagen, a letter
has been received from the hereditary Prince of
Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg, addressed to the
King, and which has been communicated to some of
the Legations. This letter relates to the proposi-
tions which the Danish Government made to the
States of Holstein, to obtain their adhesion to
the new order of succession ratified by the pro-
tocol of London. The Prince requests the King
to withdraw that proposition, and declares that
if his application be rejected he shall protest
against it as an attack on his right of succession to
the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, as well as
in general to the Danish monarchy. It is well
known that the Princes interested in the order of
succession have not adhered to the convention of
London of May 8, 1852. All that the Danish Go-
vernment hare been able to obtain from the Duke
d'Augustenbourg is that he would not oppose ma-
terially the new order of succession--a declaration
which is purely personal and having nothing of
the character of a resignation.