The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

SWEDEN.

A letter 'from Stockholm of the 18th, in the
Moniteur, says :—" The preceding Diet voted a
first credit of five millions of rixdollars banco
(about 10 millions of francs) for the establish
ment, at the expense of the State, of a railway
from Gothembourg, through the provinces of
Skaraborg and Neriell, and for the construction
of another line from Malmo towards lonkoping,
running across the provinces of Scania and
Smaland. Since that time the question has
been examined whether it would not be useful
for the economical and military interest of the
country to establish, as promptly as possible,
a network of railways for the purpose of uniting to
the capital Malmo, Gothembourg, and the North-
ern provinces of Sweden. Colonel Ericson, one
of the most distinguished engineers of the king-
dom, and who, at the same time, fills the post of
director general of the ponts et-chaussees, was
charged by the King to collect every information
of a nature to throw light on the question, and he
has drawn up a report, which has just been pre-
sented, to the Diet now assembled. The States-
General will be very shortly called on to discuss
the recommendations made by Colonel Ericson.
There is reason to expect that their opinion will
be favourable."

The Brazilian mail-steamer Tamar, which was obliged
to put into Vigo damaged, wac. expected to proceed on
her voyage to the Brazils on the 30th ult. Her Lisbon
mail, which she took out from England, was sent on
overland from Vigo.
Mr. Savage, second wrangler at Cambridge this year,
is the brother of the late senior wrangler, whose sod.
den death after the accession to his honours was the
subject of much regret. The father of these young men
is a dissenting minister.
Our Lisbon correspondent writes :—."I am informed
on good authority that the ex-Regent Dom Fernando
meditates a Con'inental tour, and that in the fir:t place
his Majesty will proceed to England in the war
steamer Mindello."

Mr.
of Canada,
general
manager of the Grand Trunk Railway o
.—....___
Sir C. P. Roney, secretary, and
Canada, intend
sng this i
owne eokf,
emigrantsto
"
rnake
and other passm•
arrangements re-
gardingGthleastgroanwsmthi
gers from this port to all parts of Canada arid Western
States of America, via Portland, Quebec, and Monthal.
At Paris and in the departments complaints have for
sonic time past been made of the rarity of the smaller
silver coin, and complaints have been made on the sub-
ject by the Chambers of Commerce of Rouen, Lille, and
other places. In consequence,Mint '
the of Paris is now
coining, in addition to pieces of 5f a large number o
pieces of 2f., lf., and 50c. .)
THE SALE of THE PROPE SSRS MARE AND
IV Co., BLACKALL.--Yesterdn". OF
MBe
sale of the.
ay th property of
Messrs. Mare and Co. , Blackwall, which took place by
direction of the assignees, and which has been effected.
by Messrs. Fuller and Horsey, in conjunction with
Messrs. Pullen and SOD, Fore-street, was completed by
the auctioneer. The auction has occupied sixteen days;
and during that period an immense stock of machinery,
stores of ironmongery, engines ' and boilers, tools, fix-
tures of the slips, steam engines, Nasmyth's hammers of
great power, i.a-work for the new Westminster-bridge,
&c., were disposed of. One of the most beneficial days
of sale was at the disposal of the fittings of the slips,
with the stock of timber slabs, which came off last
Wednesday, and which were disposed of by ilia Messrs.
Pullen. This consisted of an extensive stock for the
use of ship builders, timber merchants, cabinet makers,
&c., and comprised about 3,000 stage deals, 2,000 stage
standarc.:s, 2,000 keel slocks, 300 fathoms of oak, 29,000
feet of bird's-eye maple veneer, 2,000 feet of mouldings,
ship and ca'bin fittings, &c. There was in the course of
the two days' auction a more than usual attendance of
buyers, among whom there was more than the usual
competition, the effect of which was that the various
lots, of ,which there were 335, went at 20 per cent. higher
value than what the property had previously fetched.
The whole has realised about 40,0001. What remains of
the stock and plant has been purchased by the Thames
Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company (Limited),
Orchard-yard, Blackwall, for 55,0001., which company.
intend to devote the resources of the yard to the building
of ircn vessels of every towage.