The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-01 00:00:00

THE SIJN, LONDON, TZESDA Y EVENING, pECE,',AII3EII 1, 18:17.

LATEST! NEWS.

AUSTRALIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 23.

The Australian mails will go forward per
Tamar. The dates per Simla are Sydney, Oct.
11 ; Melbourne, Oct. 16 ; Gallo, Nov. 6.

An after-mail had reached with Sydney papers
of the 13th.

The European arrived at Melburne on the 14th
Oct. Hei detention is attributed to adverse winds
and a failure of machinery.

The reports from the goldfields were good. The
escort returns equal last year's. Price of gold,
3/. 16s.s3d. for Castlemaine to 31. 19s. 9d. for
Ballarat.

The Suffolk sailed for London on the 3d Oct.
with 112,446 ounces. Exchange for draughts, 60
days, 1i premium.

Trade was dull, save for Eastern produce. The
markets continue overstocked, but goods were not
sacrificed, and the speculation was restzicted by
the tightening of the money-market and the firm
attitude of the banks.

The Lands Bill had been thrown out in the
Upper House, but the Haines Ministry had deter-
mined not to resign. The bill to abolish State
Aid to Religion was rejected by a majority of one.
The report of the select committee on railways had
been adopted. Two trunk lines were to be con-
structed, and loans on debentures were to be raised.
A. license-tax of 103. per month per head had
been imposed on the Chinese, three members of
the Legislature only disSenting.
The gold received .by escort at Sydney dur-
ing the quarter ending the 30th of September was
35,803 ounces, against 28,252 ounces last year.
Wool was firm—superior clips, Is. 10d. to 28.1. d.
Tallow freely supplied—prices not quite so firm.
The 'transport Ballarat, which sailed on the
15th of Aug., reached Galle on the the 4th of
November.

MALTA, Nov. 27.

Her Majesty's ship Urgent, with detachments
from Portsmouth and Queenstown for Malta and
Corfu, arrived last night.

The Independance Beige says Our private
correspondence from Constantinople, of tke 18th,
announces that M. Thouvenel has just officially
demanded, in the name of the French Govern-
ment, the assent of Turkey to the Ishmus of Suez
scheme. • This demand has produced considerable
impression on the Ottoman Cabinet, which has
immediately met to consider the project. But,
in the face of the open opposition which England
has made to the project of M. de Lessepq, the
Ministers hesitate to pronounce upon it, and they
have not yet come to any resolution."

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The treasure in the Bank of France continues to
increase.

It exceeds 206,000,000 ; and as the bills payable
to-day are very considerable—it is said above
72,000,000—the result will beto reduce the amount
in the Portefettille and that of the circulation, and
to add to the metallic reserve.

A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, of the
29th, states that the health of the Queen and the
infant Prince leaves nothing to be desired.
The Moniteur announces the reception by the
Emperor, at a private audience, of Monsignor
Saccoui, Archbishop of NiCa3 apostolic nuncio,
who delivered the answer of t is Holiness to the
letters of recal of M. Rayneval.
M. Kern, the Swiss Envoy, and Minister Pleni-
potentiary j Juan Francisco Martin, Minister of
New Grenada ; and Lafond do Lurcy, Minister of
the Republic of Cost. Rica, were received by the
Emperor in private audiences.
In the Paris corn market during the past week,
very little business was transacted. The fall in
flour, which appeared gaining giound in the early
part of the week, suddenly ceased, and the' four
marks are now quoted at 53f. the sack of 157 kilo-
gt whines. Wheat was offered and its price tends
downwards, excellent quality being sold at from
27f. to 28f. the hectolitre awl a half. Some sam-
ples of Montereau were offered at 28f. the 120 kilo-
gramme. The greatest number of the country,
markets have arrived with a decline, prices how-
ever being exceedingly firm in the ports of the
Meliterranean and of the Atlantic, which must be
attributed to the demands made for exportation.
BOURSE, Nov. 30.—The following were the last
quotations :
Cash. fr. End of Month.
44 per Cents - -c.
3 per Cents 67 25
Bank Shares .........3000 Credit Foncier 535
Credit Mobilier 765 ---- Roman
Do. Account 760 Austrian
Belgian 44 96d— Spanish Tureeo —
Fieumontese (5) ...... 88 Home Debt