The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

COPENHAGEN, APRIL 14.

The Faedrelandct announces that the King has
successively called on M. Bluhme, and afterwards
on M. Tillisch, to form a Ministry. It is said that
the former has refused, but the answer of the latter
is not known.

It is not probable that the old Ministry will re-
main in office.

Speaking of the late arrests in Paris, the Times
correspondent (second edition) says :
" A few more arrests were, it is said, made yes-
terday and the day before. 1 have not noticed the
various stories, some of them extravagant enough,
which have been current about these arrests. It is
hardly necessary to say that secret societies never
wholly disappear in France. They may be more or
less quiet—more or less dangerous—more or less
withdrawn from the public eye, but they do not
cease to exist, and their influence is never wholly
unfelt. When a certain time elapses, and when a
movement is observable, the authorities think it
useful to lay their hands on a few dozens. To do
this it is necessary to entice them out of their
hiding-places, as rats are coaxed out of theirholes. In
the meantime the traps are prepared, and as the con-
spirators become visible or tangible, they are caught
when least aware of their danger. The ratcatchet
in th'e present instance have been rather successful,
though it is probable that at least one-third of the
arrested are agents of the secret police. I believe
these arrests to be nothing more than one of those
sweepings which take place every now and then.
The principal charge against the persons now in
custody is for conspiring with a view to an attempt
on the person of the Emperor. M. Treilhard is
the magistrate who is charged with investigating
the offences of which they are accused."

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Their Majesties y6terday received M. de la
Torre Ayllon, the Spanish minister at Lisbon, and
Mme. de la Torre Ayllon, who were presented by
the Spanish ambassador.
The Grand Duke Constantine is expected at Tou-
lon on the 20th or 21st. He will proceed at once to
Marseilles on board of the Refine Horteuse, and
review the fleets and examine the decks and ar-
senals. The next day he will proceed to Lyons, but
will not stop there any time ; he will pass the
night at Chalons-sur-Saone. He intends to inspect
with much attention the well-known foundries of
the Creasol (Saone-et-Loira). He will be here about
the end of the month and will take up his quarters
at Fontainebleau, where great preparations are
making to receive him and his suite.

General Todtleben has presented the Emperor of
the French with a copy, magnificently bound, of his
journal of the siege of Sebastopol, kept by hitnself
day by day. This most interesting dairy is written
in Russian, with a French translation in each page.
The Minister of Marine had a brilliant reception
last night, at which numerous Russian officers were
present.

- The Committee of Defence, which is composed of
military men of high rank, on the question of the
projected lines of railroad in Russia being brought
before it, have expressed the opinion that these
lines of communication are of a decidedly strategic
character, and that, by the facilities they afford,
from 85,000 to 100,000 men could be transported
from various points of the Empire to Kaffa in eight
days. The concession for these lines was obtained
by M. de Monty.
The Moniteur publishes the official return of the
taxes and indirect revenue for the first quarter of
1857, as compared with the corresponding period
of 1856. The items which show the greatest
improvement are Duty on potable liquors,
3,655,000 fr. ; import duty on different merchan-
dise, 3,384,0001 r. ; ditto on foreign sugar,
1,480,000 fr. ; duty on manufacture of beetroot
sugar, 1,267,000 fr. ; sale of tobacco, 1,935,000 fr. ;
registration dues, 727,000 fr. ; salt duty (consump-
tion), 458,000fr.'; stamp duty, 403,000 fr. ; import
duty on French colonial sugar, 329,000 fr. ; sale of
gunpowder, 274,000 fr. ; Post-office, 103,000 fr. ;
import duty on corn, 46,000 fr. ; navigation dues,
43,000 fr. ; transmission of money, 13,000 fr. The
only items of revenue which show a falling off are
—Conveyance by malles-posts, 32,000 fr. ; sundry
customs duties, 20,000 fr. ; and accidental receipts,
19,000 fr. On these returns the Monitcur remarks
as follows :

"It results from these figures :-1. That the produce
of the first quarter of 1857 exceeds by 14,202,000 f. that
of the corresponding quarter of 1856. 2. That this aug-
mentation would have beau 16.886,000 f. if the year 1856
had not been leap year. 3. That in this increase the
month of March stands for 7,470,000 f."
The Univers affirms that the rumour of an at-
tempt at reconciliation between Piedmont anti the
Pope, me❑tioned by the Nord of Brussels, is devoid
of foundation.

BOURSE, April 15.—The following were the las'
quotations :

Cash. ft. C.
14 per Cents
3 per Cents 7O
New Loan —

End of Month.
—fr. —e.
70 20

Bank Shares 4,600 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,405 Austrian
Belgian 4i
Pied montese (5) 9ol— Home Debt

RAILWAYS-FOR CASH.

tr. c. fr e
Orleans 1,5021— Western
liorthern l,OlO Strasburg
Lyons 1,585 New Ditto i—
Mediterranean 2,150 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva -
Midi