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London, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

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THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

We have been favoured by the Peninsular and
Oriental Company with the following message,
received by them Dorn Marseilles this morning
(Wednesday, Dec. 30) :
"The steamship Vectis, with the Calcutta and
China mails, arrived at Marseilles last night.

" The mails left for London at 10 this morn.

ing."

MARSEILLES, DEC. 28.

Tho Malta journals state that the Porte, before
consenting to the cutting of the Suez Canal, de-
mands the evacuation of Perim. The Shah of
Persia has invited the various ambassadors to be
present at the coronation of his son. The Eng-
lish Minister, it is said, has refused to attend,
making a reservation in favour of the rights of
another heir to the throne, now a refugee at
Bagdad.

BERNE, DEC. 28.

The Federal Council has assigned the various
Ministerial portfolios in the following manner :
That of General Policy to M. Ferrer, president ;
Interior, M. Pioda ; Justice, M. Kunsel ; Mili-
tary Affairs, M. Frey Heroseo ; Finance, M.
Staempfli ; Commerce, M. Fornered ; and Post-
office, M. Naeff.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
Intelligence from Galatz of the 13th says :
" The early departure of the commissioners from
the Principtilitios is spoken elf. Tlict rocinTiralPs of
the country and the state of public opinion must
now be sufficiently well known to them to enable
them to enlighten the Congress of Paris. The
question of the amelioration of the mouths of the
Danube does not advance ; it is not even yet known
which of the mouthss is to be elected. The Eu.
ropean commissioners are divided on the point,
three of the seven being in favour of that of the
Sulina, and two for that of St. George ; the Austrian
commissioner says that personally he is favourable
to the latter, but that he does not know what his
government will decide ; and the Turkish commis-
sioner has not yet given any opinion."
The Etoile anube states that the Divan of
Bucharest, which was to have met on the 15th,
persists in its resolution Rot to enter into the ex-
amination of any question of internal organisation.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

Letters have been received in Paris from Teheran
stating that the British Minister to the Court of
Persia had declined acknowledging the son of the
Shah as heir to the Throne. The reason assigned
is, that the young Prince was appointed heir at the
suggestion of the Russian Government.

M. Caroll Spence, Minister from the Government
of the United States to the Sultan, arrived in Paris
last evening, coming from Constantinople.
Vine dressers have been engaged in the wine-
growing departments in France to go out to Aus-
tralia. The wages offered are advantageous to the
vine dressers, who are engaged for extensive landed
proprietors at Vict iris. Vine cuttings had rlready
been sent from Burgundy and the Bordelais to
Australia.

The meeting of the Council of State, which was
to be held to-day, und..3r the presidency of the Em-
peror, to discuss the usury laws question, was post-
poned iu consequence of a slight indisposition which
prevented his Majesty from attending. To the
same cause is attributed the counter order for the
review which was to take place yesterday in the
court-yard of Tuileries.

The exchange of the treaty concerning the Bes-
sarabian frontier did not take place to-day at the
Foreign-office as expected, The delay of this act
will be confined only to a day or two.
Her Majesty's steamer Vulture has arrived at
Palermo. This vessel will occasionally visit Naples
and relieve the ship now occupied in running be-
tween Sicily and the Continental dominions.
BOURSE, DEO. 20.—An official notice of the
Bank of France having been posted up before the
opening of the Bourse announcing that the rate
of discount had been reduced to 5 per cent., the
market acquired great firmness, and prices itxt-
[ ['fovea. A. urder has Loon cant to all
the agents de change, prohibiting the despatch
of affairs for money by clerks, and declaring that
they must be negotiated directly by the agents
de chang6. Threes have been done at 68f. sc.
to 68f. 15c. ; Mobilier from 828 to 840 f. ; Aus-
trian, 732 f. 50c. to 737 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 865 f. to
870 f. ; Orleans, 1,365 f. to 1,367 f. 50c. ; Southern,
550 f. to 5521. 50c. ; and Northern, 9521. 50c.
to 955 f.

The end of the market was very buoyant on a
report that the Bank of France intended to
make an advance of 17 millions of francs, at 5
per cent., to the agents de change, in order to
make continuations (reports) on the Rente.