The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-03 00:00:00

MONTENEGRO

A le'ter from Vienna of the 27th ult. says :
"A great many Montenegrin fugitives are arriving
on the Austrian territory, especially the relatives
and friends of Aare() Durascowitch and Michael
Vuco, who were lately &Jo. at Ricks. All the pro-
perty of these persons having been confiscated, their
families are without resources. It appears that the
greatest terror reigns in Montenegro, and that the
Prince regards every one who exercises influence
over the people as his enemy." Another letter
from the same place and of the same d tte in
the Ilambargh News says :—" Baron do Steel,
Russian secretary of legation, has arrived here from
St. Petersburg with despatches for Baron de Bud-
berg ; it is said that these despatches are relative
to the recent Russian ordinance on the navigation
of the Black Sex. It appears that the great powers
are not satisfied with the declarations of Pritie3
G-ortschakoir, and that they demand the complete
and immediate execution of the treaty of Pari4 on
the subject."

"In consequence," says the New Prussian
Gccette, "of the temporary suspension of the laws
regulating the rate of interest, the Bank of Prussia
has decided on lending oa shares and bonds at 8
per cent., and on merchandise at 7. BAJA are
at 7i.

A Vienna letter in the New Prussian, Gazette
lays :—" There seems to be no doubt at present
that England is favourable to the views of Ger-
many in till affair of the duchies. According to
information which we have received, England will
not confine herself to merely approving of the pro-
ceedings of the German powers, but will support
any proposition tending to solve the difficulty in
favour of Germany."

A Frankfort letter says :
"The unexpected arrival in this city of M. de Bille-
Brahe, the Danish Minister at the Court of Austria, natu-
rally gives rise to a vast number of conjectures. What
is most probable is, that M. de Bille-Brahe has been
charged to convey to Frankfort the assurance that his
government is animated by a desire to enter on the path
of•concessions towards the Duchies. M. de Blle-Brake
accompanied by Baron de Bubw, the Danish Envoy,
went un the day of his arrival to Count de R.-.iichberg,
President of the Diet, where he remained for a long time
"liid"Onfere'nce.. M.' de Bismark-SAionhausen, the .P.,russian
Envoy, was present at Vie interview. This next step on
the part of the Danish Cabinet has doubtless been caused
by the re:iolu:ion come to by the Diet in the sitting of
the 18th, in favour of the Duchy of Lauenbourg, the
catLplaints of which, al ret forth in the memorial pre-
sented to that assembly, have been admitted as legal
and well-founded. It is el o thought that M. de Bille-
Brahe is charged, on the part of his government, to
deliver to the President of the Diet the reply to the
c,msiderations se'. forth in then port, which the Bavarian
Envoy was charged to make on the claims of Lauen-
bourg, and that Count de BAchherg vull hasten to com-
municate to the Diet the result.of the conediatory over-
tures which M. do Lille-Brabe may have made to law
in the name of the Danish Cabinet.

An important modification has taken place in the
Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
•
in execution of the new constitution. The " gene-
ral administrators," MM. Servals, Eyschen, and de
Scherff, have resigned ; but the latter is to con-
tinue, until a successor is appointed, to act as Ad-
muistrater-General of Rtil ways, with a vote in the
council. The government is now composed of M.
Simons, with the title of Minister of State and of
MM. Wurth-Paqueta,nd. Augustin, Directo: s-Gene-
ral. The Council of State has also just been reconsti-
tuted. M. de la Fontain, ex-Governor of the Grand
Duchy, has been appointed president of it for
the period fixed by -he organic decree ; and the
other members are MM. Willm ir, Ulveling, Judo!),
Servals, Thilges, Eyschen (ex-members of tbe Go-
vernment), F. FescAtore, M. Wirz (Chief Engineer),
Count d'Ansemburg, and Merscb. The new Go-
vernment and the Council of State were installed on
the 29th ulf. by Prince Henry. The Government
is about to bring out, under its surveillance, an
official journal called the Journal de Luxembourg.

The cantons of Uri, Schwytz, Upper-Unterwald,
and Vales have commenced a civil action against
the cantons of Fribourg, Lucerne, and Zoug, for
the settlement of the expeuses of the war of the
Sonderbund.

THE CASE OF MARY KING.

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The following reply to it memorial addresoed by the
Protestant Alliance to the Earl of Clarendon, in refer-
tnce to the case of the above-named girl, has been
received :

" Foreign-office, Nov. 30, 1857.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to
acknowler4e the receipt of a memorial from the com
mittee of toe Protestant Alliance, requesting an inveFti-
gation into the circumstances connected with the case of
a young girl, named Mary Ann King, who, against the
eoutieut of h. q. mother, was removed from a convent at
Norwood to a situation at Ilavre, and who has quitted
her eitnaiion without leavin;s any traco of her pretent
abode ; and I am to acquaint you in reply, that her
Majoaty's Arobal,ador at Paris has huen instructed to
request that the Government of the Emperor will cause
inquiry to be made respecting the child, and to have
her restored to her mother.—l am, sir, your most
obedient humble eervant,
(Signed)
‘
"To the Secretary of the ProtestantA‘Seß .
Alliance."

PENSIONS TO INDIAN OFFICERS. —Yesterday, at tho
Court of Directors of the Heu. East India Compariy, it
was resolved to grant to Major-General Sir A. Wilson,
K.C.8., an annuity of 1,0001., and to Lady Neill, the
widow of the late Brigadier• General Neill, and to Mrs.
Nichols.m, mother of tho late Brigadier-General Nichol.
bon, special pensions of 5001. per annum, respectively.
These resolutions will come before a special court of
proprietors of East India stock, on the 15th instant, for
confirmation.