The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-03 00:00:00

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Cash. Account.
Orleans 1395 .. 1400
Northern 960 .. 960
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 942 60 .. 945
Geneva 385 .. 387 50
Southern 537 50 .. 540
Western
Eastern .. ..
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon bard

The Sieele publishes the following private tele-
graphic despatch, dated Milan,lst, 3 p.m, :--44 Aus-
trian agents are buying up the furloughs given to
the Garibaldiau volunteers, with the intention of
providing their own emissaries with them. The
latter, when thus provided, would pretend to invade
some part of the Austrian territory, and so afford a
pretext for falling on Lombardy. The Pungolo
denounces this fact, with numerous proofs in sup-
port of the truth of it."

The Opinions of Turin of the 30th ult. says :

" Private despatches from Paris announee that
the French Government, having demanded expla-
nations concerning the military measures taken
by Austria in Venetia, and the concentration of
troops on the frontier, the Government of Vienna
replied that it had no intention of attacking, but
that it wished to be prepared to repel any invasion
of volunteers, at the same time declaring that
any invasion made by the latter, whatever their
numbers, would be regarded as a casus belli. These
explanations induce us to think that the withdrawal
of the Austrian troops from the district of the Po
is a snare. Austria, by leaving the countries with-
out troops, hopes to provoke certain movements
which might supply a pretext for violating the
principle of non-intervention.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY.

The Royal Mail steamship Niagara, Captain
Moodie, from Boston on the 20th, and Halfax on
the 21st ult., arrived here at 5 20 p.m., landed all
mails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at
535 p.m. She brings 28 passsengers. She was
detained off Halifax 28 hours by a snow storm.
She experienced strong easterly gales all the way
across the Atlantic.

The steamships Canada and Palestine, from
Liverpool, had arrived out.

The New York _Herald publishes in full the new
tariffs of the Southern and the United States. It
praises the former, but condemns the latter.
It was stated that no duties would be imposed on
goods passing through the Confederate States for
States beyond their jurisdiction.
Mr. Charley Adams had been appointed United
States' Minister to England, and Mr. William
Dayton Minister to France.

Mr. Lincoln still refused to receive the Southern
Commissioners.

It was expected that Major Anderson would
withdraw his force from Fort Sumter on the 23d
ult.

The mode of surrender had not been decided.
The barracks on the river Brazos and at Santiago
had been surrendered to Texas.

A collision was anticipated in Texas between the
Unionists and the Secessionists.

The Southern Congress had adjourned until May,
without adopting the new tariff.

North Carolina had voted against the holding of
a Convention by a majority of 1,200.
The Louisiana Convention had rejected the
Southern Constitution.
It was stated that the Havre Customs' authorities
had notified that ships belonging to the seceded
States would be received on the same footing as
those sailing under the Federal flag.
The Philadelphia banks had resumed specie pay-
ments.

Th© Canadian Parliament assembled at Quebec on
the 16th ult.

It was stated from New Granada that Mosquera
continued triumph ant.

The Jamaica House of Assembly had voted £l,OOO
for the reception of Prince Alfred.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, MARCH 19.

Stocks fluctuating. Erie, 32; Illinois Central,
tqn,-; New York Central, 78i. Exchange—
Bankers' bills, 106! to 107. Breadstuffs and
cotton firm. Sugar in fair demand. Coffee quiet.
Freight steady.

NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 18.
Cotton—Sales, 22,000 bales; middling, 111 e. to
12:1e,

MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT.

Hollingworth Lake, about three miles from Roch-
dale, was visited on Friday by several thousand
pleasure seekers ' • but a most melancholy catastrophe
occurred about four o'clock in the afternoon. Two
boats, each containing about half a dozen young
men, came into collision and were capsized ; and,
notwithstanding the exertions that were made,
either five or six of the poor fellows were drowned.
The following account is written by an eyewitness :
—Yesterday being Good-Friday, a great number of
people had come from various parts of the country
to spend the day at Hollingworth. There were
about 50 small boats, besides two steamers, on the
lake, all of which were floating about in various
directions ; when suddenly, about four o'clock p
two of the small boats came in contact with each
other near the centre of the lake. The collision was
so violent as to capsize both boats, some 13 persons
being precipitated into the lake, which at this place
is 16 or 17 yards deep. Several of the small boats
paddled away with praiseworthy alacrity to the
scene of disaster, as did also one of the steamers ;
but long before any assistance arrived several of the
unfortunate sufferers had sunk to rise no more. Out
of the number immersed five were got out alive, but
three of them were nearly exhausted. Up to six
o'clock p.m., only one of the dead bodies had been
recovered, it being the body of Sydney Smith, the
One of o f the
boats contained a party
son of one of the firm of Messrs. William Smith
and Brothers,
machinists,
o fe
of Heywood.
persons
Hey-
wood, four of whom were got out alive and are
doing well. The other contained a party, it is sub-
posed, of six persons from High Crompton, one of
whom is saved. Mr. William Schofield, justice of
the mace, was on board one of the steamers with
a number of men, putting forth every effort to
recover the bodies of the unfortunates. Another
Account : —On Friday afternoon there were thou-
sands of visitors from all parts to Hollingworth Lake,
and the boats were kept in constant requisition.
Before dusk, however, a sad event marred the
general glee. One boat ran into another, and both
sank with their 12 occupants. One of the boats
contained six lads from Shaw, and the other six
from Heywood, and of the six from Heywood four
are known to be drowned. These are Sydney Smith,
son of the proprietor of the:Sun Ironworks ; Joh*
Tatham, Benjamin Taylor, and Richmond Richard-
son. The two others, Marble Kay and William
Pickup, were got out much exhausted. Of the six
from Shaw no definite particulars could be gleaned,
but it is believed that two or three are drowned.—
bkeffeld Daily Telegraph.